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hello i'm maryanne demasi oh watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up israeli forces raid the home of a palestinian man who was shot dead three of the security forces in the occupied west bank. u.s. president announces he'll be visiting hurricane hit puerto rico but not before sparking controversy over its financial debt. and spain's government sends thousands of police reinforcements into catalonia orders to block a planned vote on independence. and though our top story this hour iraqi kurdish leader massoud barzani has said that the yes vote has won has won monday's on monday referendum on secession he said iraq central government in baghdad should now engage in serious dialogue instead of threatening sanctions but he also called for calm when the official result is announced. we should all step out of our political shoes

and i ask you all i also all the sisters and brothers when the results of the referendum is announced to behave in a civil manner and express their love and not to fire a shot so that we don't affect that piece. earlier iraq's prime minister body had one kurdish officials against declaring independence according to early results eighty eight percent of voters support secession from iraq but a body says he won't allow the country to be divided or not. as a matter there are those who want to plunges into an internal crisis and to divide iraq through a referendum which is unlawful and unconstitutional i want the consequences of this referendum will have a negative impact on the kurdish area and the region as a whole and a negative impact on all citizens. the federal government of iraq will do whatever it takes and we will need to be quite united news for god according to the constitution we have to protect our citizens. strafford sent us this update from

our bill in northern iraq. it was only a few minutes after a speech given by prime minister hydrilla body concerning this ongoing crisis regarding the what he describes as the unconstitutional referendum held in the k r g that we had a reply from the president of this region masoud barzani in a statement he said that the wishes of the people of this region should be respected not only by the baghdad government but by regional countries he said. were not the solution and he invited members of the baghdad government and neighboring countries to come to a bill for discussions to try and negotiate some sort of solution to this crisis meanwhile more threats from the baghdad government the cabinet saying that the k r g have three days to hand over control of their international airports here

or they will face an international air in bargo we understand that domestic flights will continue it's highly unlikely we understand that the k r g will agree to these threats also the cabinet saying that again the k r g have three days to hand over control to border crossings land border crossings or neighboring countries will be invited to take control of those border crossings themselves so yet again we're seeing an escalation of the rhetoric from the baghdad government from neighboring countries replies by the k r g of sorties here the crisis continues and the situation does seem to be escalating the regional anger results and mounting of the monday's vote iran says it sending new missile equipment to its border with iraq while takis president is threatening sanctions that's causing concern among some businessmen anderson is reports now from on the turkey iraq border.

two flags now turkey and iraq on a battlefield and sends out a daily message it's addressed to iraqi kurds as they celebrated the referendum on the other side of the border these iraqi government troops were flown in to join the exercise. this exercise conveniently perhaps situated right beside the main border crossing road between turkey and iraq really hasn't got a great deal of military significance it carries yet another political message to the iraqi kurds. the reason is that alongside the tank charges the political attacks coming from turkey are in line with the iraqi government's sentiment. the kurdish leadership is being accused of treason by turkish president. yes they'll be left in the lurch when we start imposing our sanctions will be over

when we close the oil or the revenues will vanish and they will not be able to find food and clothes will our truck stop going into northern iraq. these are the trucks he mentioned up all the only border crossing from turkey into northern iraq is one of the largest in the world for trade it's worth more than eight and a quarter billion dollars of business a year to turkey if it closes it will be catastrophic for iraqi kurds it's estimated turkey supplies nearly seventy percent of their imported goods. nihad billy schick is a businessman dealing in exports he's a turkish kurd and he's anxious he says the situation could hurt both kurds and turks shanda obvious now there is tension in the northern iraq really needs turkey in my view turkey also needs northern iraq because of domestic and other regional issues in a bridge of friendship and trade should be destroyed on the contrary it should be

reinforced. irwin's other threat is blocking kurdish oil exports shutting off a pipeline in which up to six hundred thousand barrels worth of oil a day flows through turkey the threats are being repeated with no action so far apart from simulated combat on the border it's holding back is aimed at pressuring the iraqi kurds into some sort of u. turn it's hard to see that happening for now while armies make new alliances there is uncertainty and drew simmons al-jazeera war on the turkish iraqi border. now israeli forces have raided the home of a palestinian gunman who opened fire at the entrance of a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank killed three israeli security officers and wounded another before being shot dead how

a force that has long. the aftermath of a deadly attack in the occupied west bank this gate is used every day by palestinian workers employed inside the illegal israeli settlement of har adar police say at around seven a.m. on tuesday one of the group pulled out a handgun and fired on security forces guarding the entrance as a result and for twenty three israelis were killed pronounced dead at the scene by emergency units a fourth person was taken to hospital in serious condition the attacker. was shot dead a thirty seven year old father of four from the nearby palestinian village of beit syria he was a familiar face in the settlement and worked there for many years developing longstanding relationships with settlers. helping i think with the garden and. how for. our neighbors the israeli president called it

a cruel act of terror the prime minister blamed incitement by the palestinian authority and others in gaza hamas and islamic jihad hailed what they called an act of palestinian resistance while rival faction fatah said israel responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to its crimes the consequences of what happened here also being felt in the village from where the palestinian attack came from the prime minister of israel has already said that his house will be demolished his brother has already been arrested and also his entire extended family will have their work permits rescinded outside the family home shocked mourners said i'll jamal wasn't political had been having marital difficulties but that didn't explain what had happened in a social media message to his wife apparently said she had no connection to what he was about to do. the pressure the palestinians suffer on the checkpoints and the humiliations that we see makes him and others do these things because of the

pressure. it tackles coincided with the latest. is it to the region by us and really jason green black his talks with each side now likely to be made more complex by this latest outbreak of violence ari forces out of syria in the occupied west bank. u.s. president donald trump says he'll fly to puerto rico next week as the caribbean island struggles to recover from hurricane maria. five days after the category four storm ripped through the u.s. territory most of its three point four million residents are still without power roads are clogged with deborah and communications haven't been fully restored many people are still without adequate food water and fuel supermarkets are running out of supplies but it's not just the shops some pharmacies are now saying best stocks will run out in less than a week medical facilities are getting overwhelmed with the number of patients hundreds of terrorists have been able to leave experts say it will take months and tens of billions of dollars to fix the main airport the

president donald trump says puerto rico is in deep trouble because it knows billions of dollars to banks on wall street is also praised his government's efforts to help florida and texas which have been hit by hurricanes as well and insists that puerto rico will get similar support. what are we going to do a lot of money i'm going to puerto rico on tuesday scheduled trip that's the earliest i can go because of the first responders that we don't want to disrupt the relief efforts you know we're going to a lot we've got great places like texas and florida and we will also on puerto rico but the difference is this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean and it's a big ocean. the united states has announced new sanctions against north korea including twenty six individuals and nine banks some with ties to china north korean nationals in china russia libya and dubai have also been targeted the north korean delegation is arrived in russia raising expectations that moscow may be

attempting to find a political way out of the crisis on the korean peninsula or a challenge has more now from moscow. although the russian foreign ministry announced on tuesday that it was working behind the scenes to bring the north korean crisis to some sort of political resolution we don't know much more because they're not releasing any further information however we have heard also on tuesday from the north korean embassy here in moscow that a delegation is arriving from pyongyang of foreign ministry officials to have talks with their russian counterparts and that the pyongyang delegation includes the head of the north american directorate russia's perspective on north korea is that it's sanctions against it are running out of steam that a war on the peninsula would be catastrophic and that the language used by donor trump is essentially irresponsible it would like to see a few more carrots being used in this situation and not so many sticks and i think

that it will try to use its political and economic leverage with north korea to try and diffuse the situation perhaps dangle some incentives in front of them like gas contracts already grayling's or perhaps increasing the number of north koreans allowed to work in russia basically things that might help the north korean economy and try to persuade them to back away from the march to war and watching out as they are still to come we our young ranger children have escaped war in the end my dealing with their traumatic experiences. and tens of thousands of people leave the island of bali is indonesia was an eruption of the mt agang volcano is imminent.

hello we've still got some rather lively showers across parts of central europe but a little bit of cloud still way down towards greece towards the balkans easing over towards the black sea areas of low pressure still bringing some thunder rehab the showers in across the region then still seeing some of the lobby showers just around the new year in corsica well the cloud of rain will eventually spill its way in from the atlantic but not too bad for england wales and scotland as we go on through wednesday northern ireland getting off to a decent start with a wet weather as you can see not too far away seventy winds coming in here to twenty or twenty one celsius for london and paris but the cloud of rain that will not use way through as we go on through day perhaps a touch colder but not too bad for the time of the year nineteen celsius in vienna as well maybe a seventeen there for bucharest still a few of those showers just across central parts of the med but further north moscow not doing too bad the highs here of around twelve degrees celsius it will stay dry staying dry to across much of north africa as one would expect thirty two

celsius there for kyra little more cloud though just moving across northern areas of algeria spectacle driving the chance of wanted to showers into a little rocco plenty of showers across central africa more big downpours into the gulf of guinea and that rain across much west africa. determined to live life to the full. i have very limited sight. but i can distinguish objects big. and real is their ambition. but also. because america. today. follows for inspiring people in a stumble seek to prove that seeing isn't everything this time. i

come back watching out is there a quick recap of the top stories for you iraqi kurdish leader massoud barzani has said the yes vote has won monday's referendum vote. he said baghdad should now engage in serious dialogue instead of threatening sanctions. three members of the israeli security forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting near a jewish settlement in the west and the occupied west bank a palestinian gunman was shot dead and u.s. president donald trump says he'll fly to puerto rico next week as the caribbean island struggles to recover from hurricane ria three and a half million residents on the u.s. territory still without power and many face food and water shortages.

aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of children who fled violence in myanmar are risk of malnutrition four hundred thirty thousand muslim ranjoor refugees have crossed into bangladesh since a military crackdown began more than a month ago more than half of them children some of them the two traumatized to speak about their experiences drawing pictures instead. reports from the could have pollen count in southern. there are moments children best described using markers and pencils moments too difficult to put in words like when merriam saw men in uniform slashed the throat of her friends miriam's friend i will not talk about the moment they set her house on fire with her parents inside me more's and she may deny there's been an ethnic cleansing but ten year old john a draw is

a different picture. i was in my home when they grabbed my mother she was screaming they hit her and force themselves on her then they shot her in front of me. these are satellite images of the children's home collected on september sixteenth now look at it we can later and this to international accuses mean more security forces of a scorched earth campaign on a mass scale no independent observers are journalist have been allowed into the range of villages this is as close as we can get to the right kind states where an ethnic cleansing is currently happening just moments ago we saw villages burned in the distance mean more security forces have put up barbed wire fencing and planted land mines on the border the general in charge of this clearing operation says that all its citizens are welcome back to me and more except rangers who are considered illegal immigrants by young gone almost half a million people now live in sprawling villages made out of bamboo and plastic

sheeting bangladesh hasn't seen such mass movement of people since its war of independence in one thousand seventy one. they too have beefed up patrols on the border and deployed the army. normally our orders are to not allow ro hinge in but given their suffering our government has told us to look after them bangladeshi soldiers patrol the camps without arms so as to not frighten the refugees they come here traumatized afraid unable to hide their pain nicholas hawk al jazeera could have a long count kenyan police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital nairobi who accuse the electoral commission of involvement in vote rigging in august presidential election as a frame call invalidated president kenyatta his victory and a repeat vote is scheduled for a month's time but the opposition in a while or a dentist says he won't take part unless some members of the electoral commission a sacked. french president emanuel lakhan has called for

a major changes to the european union he wants the eurozone to have its own finance minister and he wants to see more cooperation on everything from the integration of refugees to defense and reports from paris. unless the european union is reformed its very existence could be threatened the message from the french president in a speech should sorbonne university emanuel markhor set out his vision for overhauling the block and says only change will stop growing euro skepticism and the rise of anti e.u. parties maybe. this idea that you can flourish has not disappeared even though it's fragile globalization has had an impact we need to confront ideas which pretend to be new solutions such as not using protectionism segregation these ideas have so many times before threatened europe they pretend to be legitimate because they exploit people's fears for too long with north their power. macross

said issues such as security refugees and globalization have divided europeans and brigs it's been a challenge to reverse the trend he called for more e.u. collaboration in defense migration and education but the focus of his reforms is the eurozone is calling for the creation of a euro zone budget and ministry to finance current projects such as infrastructure from i call the u. vision to become a reality who needs the support of other new leaders and in particular germany it's why he's delivering the speech just two days after the german election he wants his reforms to be firmly on the agenda as chancellor angela merkel begins our coalition talks merkel shares micros desire to reform europe she's open to a small eurozone budget and a ministry but who she ponders with in the new german coalition government will determine how far she can go the liberal f.d.p.

party opposes the french president's agenda saying it lead to germany bailing out weaker countries from a cross perspective on euro zone reform. the liberals are quite skeptical on a lot of the issues that he wants to reform so they will be a more difficult partner on the other hand we have the green party who is strong here probably european a bit more left leaning closer to my home maybe on that front as well and they could counterbalance to a certain extent the liberals and germany. outside the sawbones students protested against some of my close domestic reforms saying he's ignoring poorest sections of french society a reminder that like the german chancellor the french president still has much work ahead if he is to convince those at home and abroad that his ideas are in their common interest with al-jazeera powers. and spanish government has sent thousands

of police officers to catalonia ahead of sunday's planned independence referendum spain's central government insists the vote is illegal and is determined to stop it from going ahead gasline officials say if the yes count wins they will declare independence within days reports now from barcelona. the. spanish police court made angry charge of. the spanish government is drafting thousands of police force winds into catalonia with orders to block the referendum. secession activists say patient forces as. they're trying to frighten us with machine guns but i'm not afraid. many of the estimated ten thousand extra police ability ferries at barcelona port to avoid public hostility concern is growing

within the ranks about how police are being thrust into the growing political crisis. alphonso union representative to the paramilitary civil. seeing the political climate seeing how society is reacting police morale is falling things are not good at all and the referendum could get very complicated. very good security forces have shut down dozens of websites promoting the referendum sparking spontaneous demonstrations. we met this computer program after he was released from questioning by national police he's accused of creating proxy websites backing a secession he's facing jail on public disorder charges. spanish state is applying censorship closing web pages servers monitoring data and trying to block access to information just like north korea or china would. the closure of

those web pages has prompted independence activists to go back to low tech methods that is meant simply setting up tables on the street to hand out campaign material and also telling voters where they can go to cast their ballot on the day media also under scrutiny radio catalunya presenter monica. the morning show state prosecutors are threatening to charge her with obstructing police business after sheeple were cast this message. by once young women that a call to taxi drivers and truckers to colin reports of police maneuvers and operations. the crisis may have been triggered by cause for independence that the brits reaction is now raising fears of a crackdown on civil rights and freedom of expression. and all al-jazeera basile of spain. out saudi arabia says women will be allowed to drive for the first time

in elements from state media and the kingdom state is the only country where it was forbidden while the korea's been ordered by king someone a former leader of hong kong has pleaded not guilty to a charge of bribery donald sang who was chief executive of the chinese territory between two thousand and five and two thousand and twelve could be facing up to seven years in prison difficult palin was at the high court. so far donald has spent about two months in jail for misconduct in public office which he is appealing and now he's back in court to face separate bribery charges after jury could not be heard to ring february how the charges stem from he shot them and haven't gone along with the protection of. the jury will deliberate on whether a decision to grant a company a digital license was influenced by the fact that the company's major shareholder had renovated donalds on spends how for free. in hong kong is too neat in that the

officials has really close connections with the business side to what you know tycoons i think people already has that image in mind even with these cases now these days us only is trying to put it in fresh and in use of the general public and i agree with that if you have the why that. would be proud of this kind of the old gentleman in the business connection should be. on day one of the trial donald's on pleaded not guilty but the rest of the proceedings was mostly jury selection the judge refused to use a juror who said he was not a literal simply because he didn't like donald son now it is representative of the mixed feelings here in hong kong while many believe that the trial highlights corruption among the political elites others feel that it is excessive and donald johnson actions does not warrant jail time. indonesia's disaster agency is warning the eruption of the mount volcano on bali is imminent more than seventy five

thousand residents have been evacuated from a twelve kilometer exclusion zone step vause reports from a mountain village which is doing its best to provide temporary accommodation. speaking out from behind the clouds mount is holding back suspense knowledge as say the risk of an eruption is imminent thousands of people who live on the slopes of the volcano have been. forced to leave their homes but our balinese have been quick to respond with help. these poor girls are bringing clothes rice and shampoo. but i feel that my relatives like my own family they really need help from. more than seventy five thousand people have moved to safer ground many now staying in temporary shelters relying on others for basic needs bally's spirit of solidarity and it's best volunteers are struggling to distribute goods that are poor in nobody knows until one aid is needed for the evacuees and they hope this spirit will last

. local activists are taking good story mode areas which are difficult to reach what a purifier mattresses and food arrives in. a small village that has accepted two thousand evacuees but. this is bali tradition is to help each other their suffering is our suffering that's our possibly involving. local teachers are providing children with learning materials and classes to ensure they don't miss their education the hospitality is well received. but i feel relieved that i can stay here because there's a lot of aid and people are really nice to us if we need something they try to give it to us. and it's not just people who are finding refuge here but also their pads birds cats and dogs have been evacuated too which makes what could be a long and on certain weight of possible disaster

a little more bearable step al-jazeera. ballen. now astronauts have captured the spectacle of the northern lights as seen from the international space station the time lapse footage showing the green lights of the or up arreola swiss taken by the italian astronaut paolo nespoli and he posted it on social media it was filmed as the space station passed over canada was this month. but look at the main stories making headlines today iraqi kurdish leader massoud barzani has said the yes vote has won monday's referendum on secession he said baghdad should not engage in serious dialogue instead of threatening sanctions. and

has more from erbil in northern iraq. that the wishes of the people of this region should be respected not only by the baghdad government but by regional countries he said the threats were not the solution and he invited members of the baghdad government and they bring countries to come. for discussions to try and negotiate some sort of solution when. my minister body had warned kodesh officials against declaring independence his government has given kurdish officials three days to hand over control of airports or face an international air embargo now moving to other top stories three members of the israeli security forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting near a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank a palestinian gunman was shot dead israeli media says he opened fire after arriving with palestinian laborers at the settlement of har done near jerusalem israeli

security forces then raided the alleged attackers home and arrested his brother. u.s. president donald trump says he'll fly to puerto rico next week as the caribbean island struggles to recover from hurricane rita five days after the storm ripped through the u.s. territory nearly three and a half million residents remain without power the u.s. has to be honest with you that's an important function of work well the u.s. president has also been speaking today about north korea saying is government is preparing a military response to the threat posed by that country i was this as the u.s. treasury and else new sanctions against north korean individuals and banks and. aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of children who fled violence in myanmar risk of malnutrition four hundred thirty thousand muslim or enjoy refugees have crossed into bangladesh since a military crackdown began more than a month ago and more than half of them a children can you please have fired tear gas at protesters in nairobi who accuse the electoral commission of fires in favor of president kenyatta and his ruling

party the supreme court invalidated kenyatta's victory in orcus presidential elections. stream is coming up next after that stay with us. hi emily could be. and you're in the stream now live on you tube today uncertain future of the iran nuclear deal u.s. president donald trump's rhetoric against the deal steps up what's the conversation in iran.