a controversial referendum kurdish peshmerga leaders say the seizure of kirkuk amounts to a declaration of war. now with me i have florian oil journalist who has reported extensively from iraq including kid cook welcome authority you will often embedded with iraqi forces it seems they have taken control of many of the disputed regions what is the latest you're hearing about the offensive well after taking a cook quite easily yesterday that is there now also have moved troops interesting close to the syrian border and areas closer to the iranian border and also moved on to that was pretty controlled by the kurds around the city of mosul and it seems to me that the peshmerga are retreating without a fight today after that where some trash is yesterday and give us some context why is this certain area off northern iraq considered disputed regions and this was