powerful documentaries there that tell you this is hurting us this is literally killing off and we needed to stop we didn't listen to brains and discussions and you tell me the one thing you'd like us to do and gauge and gauge not for more on the fire challenge your perceptions. facing the realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt. here the story. on talk to al jazeera at this time. killing and injuring children in the war in yemen the united nations criticizes both the saudi let's listen and rebel.

know this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to also coming out the fallout from catalonia secession referendum the head of the regional police appears before a judge in madrid on charges of sedition. a funeral is about to begin of iraq's former president talabani a champion of the kurdish independence struggle and with only hours to go before this year's nobel peace prize is announced we look at a past noriega who now stands accused of being involved in ethnic cleansing. both sides in the war in yemen have been strongly criticizing the united nations on your report on children and conflicts the saudi arabia led coalition and who the rebels are jointly accused of killing and maiming many children but the u.n.

also says coalition forces have taken action to improve child protection mike hanna has more from un headquarters in new york. the report focuses on children in conflict across the globe in countries ranging from afghanistan to colombia to syria mali myanmar and war the list itself showing how widespread the problem is of children caught up in or recruited to armed action there were three thousand five hundred twelve child casualties in afghanistan alone the highest recorded in one country and in yemen a total of one thousand three hundred and forty child casualties were recorded of which the report says the saudi led military coalition was responsible for six hundred and eighty three in addition the coalition is held accountable for the destruction of a large number of schools and hospitals. the saudi led coalition was originally named in the two thousand and thirteen blacklist as well but was controversially

removed by the then secretary general ban ki-moon pending a review that was never completed u.n. aides confirmed this happened after the saudi government had threatened to withdraw its funding to the united nations we are told the current secretary general carefully vetted personally and endorsers this report this year there's a change in the format of the report an x one the black list which contains the names of the perpetrators has been divided into two sections section a contains the names of nations and non-state actors guilty of acts against children but those that have been subsequently found to have attempted to improve the protection of children during the reporting period have been moved into section b. the saudi led military coalition is in this category along with the afghan national police and the somali national army this may not be enough to avert what is likely to be strong protest from the saudi government in coming hours. my kind of

al-jazeera united nations the associated press news agency is reporting that the u.s. military is halting some joint exercises with its gulf allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting qatar a u.s. central command spokesman is quoted as saying we're opting out of some military exercises out of respect for the concept of inclusiveness and shared regional interests we will continue to encourage all partners to work together toward the sort of common solutions that enable security and stability in the region. russia says it hopes the u.s. will make a balanced decision on whether to remain engaged in a landmark international deal to curb iran's nuclear program present donald trump has accused iran of not living up to the spirit of the twenty fifteen deal and is expected to refuse to endorse it next week. we must not allow iran to or train to obtain nuclear weapons the iranian regime supports terrorism and exports

violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. in other world news catalonia. spain's biggest political crisis in decades just hype louie's top aide always accused of sedition along with three other suspects the court hearing in madrid follows unrest in barcelona after national security forces raided regional government offices in a crackdown against the secession referendum violence erupted last weekend during the catalonia vote which was banned by the central government in madrid catalan leaders have threatened to declare independence within days meanwhile spain's top water suspended a session of the council on parliamentary event that announcement the speaker of parliament says the central government in madrid has put freedom of expression in.

patients you feed them are going to get that but this is an act of extreme seriousness because it is the freedom of expression of members of catalonia parliament this shows the total incapacity of the spanish government to result political problems in the political way we repeat what we've always said that we will not allow the parliament to be censored as i go live to go in barcelona sonia a deepening crisis and bring us up to speed for us with the latest developments. well it does rest at the moment on the questioning of these figures including the head of the local police force so many. he is currently being questioned as well. with the his deputy and. buy it teleconference and also to all the leaders of civil society organizations

join the equal shop and go to the sunset they're accused of in effect inflaming demonstrations and preventing national police forces in the civil courts from doing their jobs by use of by protesting outside. a police office a police office building but this is just one measure of exactly how the politics and the tension is being ratcheted up in this situation of course where is the castle and a session a story even those who don't necessarily want to defend the saying this is one way that the spanish state the government from madrid to the promise of our hoyos strong arming their way over this crisis in the meantime from the catalan government side the ruling coalition party of which the president which you want is is from there have been more talks old war expressions

of a desire to sit down and actually discuss trying to find a way out of this crisis to dialogue and so that without some still continuing but of course this is not going to be working in the way of the prime minister itself because he says it's absolutely on the go she will fully yeah i was going to ask you about that the hopeful mediation we heard the kassam on meter a few days ago call for mediation dialogue is interest from the central government to talk. in one word no and certainly that has been the resoundingly response from the prime minister by the end of our voice he is said consistently shirt has been showing a very. tough almost stop an attitude towards even sort of considering the idea of a dialogue but he is also interesting enough he is facing. a kind of political crisis within his own party there is already the form of

a former prime minister who was once. the promise of our hoist pencil not who was prime minister here in spain he has said that if midst of our oil is not capable of resulting this then he needs to step down and call general elections so i don't know what it is having to offset that personal crisis as well but in the meantime there have been. discussions about trying to sort of rope in religious leaders as well spanish national press have said that. the vatican has said that they are not interested in entering into a dialogue with us but interestingly enough the vice president of catalonia has reportedly been having back channel discussions with the archbishop of barcelona archbishop. now this could be one way forward of trying to get some kind of. calm with dialogue into the situation the archbishop of boston and himself his is close to the pope pope francis and this is certainly something which is

a call which has been echoed the dialogue that has been echoed by the mayor of boston as. the mayor has. was criticized tremendously by the more left wing independence movements. but not seen vocal enough money so very. difficult political situation thank you very much for that sonia gecko live for us in barcelona now turkey's strengthening to close borders an ass race and book a the kurdish region in northern iraq oil exports are also threatened following the kurds yes fold for secession from iraq to president discuss cutting the kurds oil pipeline when he visited iran. and similar talks with iraqi leaders. and in iraq the funeral is being held for the veteran kurdish leader general bonnie he died. in hospital in germany two days ago at the age of eighty three he was

president of iraq for nine years until twenty fourteen and was a first iraqi leader taliban he was a prominent mediator between shia sunni and kurdish groups and is credited with reducing sectarian tension. in cinema where our correspondent. joins us now live to tell us about what's going to be happening what are the events that are planned for today and who's attending this you know. well actually just two minutes ago. carrying the body. is still taxiing on the tarmac now he will be the. kurdish president. we also saw the plane. iranian delegation landing in. about ten minutes ago iran had announced that it would send the foreign minister with a high level delegation now would the question is who is coming from baghdad well

there have been tensions but certainly a lot of discussions between the family. and the government the government in baghdad about what should happen what kind of ceremony he should have. the government in baghdad wanting for the body to actually. be given an official ceremony as a former president but as we understand it the family preferred for the body to come here so we don't know at this stage who is representing the government but we are told that there is a high level delegation coming from iraq and also coming from iraq and also there are delegations coming from neighboring countries and watching live images. of carrying the body of bani just now. i wonder how are officials actually riving there with international airspace over the kurdish region closed.

well that was a question among many people here during the past few days but i mean when the suspension of international flights was announced for both airports the one and. it was made clear by baghdad that only special planes will be allowed. and hear directly and i think this is what happened today because as we understand it all these official delegations coming from neighboring countries and beyond have actually come directly without stopping through baghdad i think it was also very important for the government of prime minister. to show that it was going to have. really overshadow what he knows to be a very momentous moment for iraqi kurds and the death of the taliban who spearheaded the kurdish independence struggle his death comes at a what is a very uncertain time for the kurdish in northern iraq for their future.

yes indeed and actually you know people here call him. mom is the kurdish word for uncle and yesterday i went around the city and i was speaking to some of these people sitting there just mourning and grieving and they were saying every spoke to said the timing is really wrong many wondered actually if he was still in a good enough condition to understand that this referendum was going on while he was secure from what we understand he had a stroke a few days ago the second stroke and that's what led to his death but certainly a huge loss because he is seen here as the man who dedicated his life since his teenage days to could a self-determination me maybe even more so then there barzani cloud he actually had a lot of fights with them at the time and he's also seen as

a man who was actually able to sometimes put people together the wise man the one who maybe would temper the the temperaments the will try to sort of find the middle way with the tensions and that's a role he carried out in baghdad during his presidency even though as a role iraq's president is a largely ceremonial role but he went beyond that he did interfere in politics he did try to bring all the different parts aside and the kurds here were very happy that he was the one carrying the kurdish message in baghdad in the central government specially during the time of writing because to choose where really it was very important to make sure that they had all these articles that now the whole problem between the two sides are still about those articles where he is the one who made sure that they were in shrine in the constitution and that's what gives leverage is leverage to the kurds at the moment thank you very much for the moment as we continue to watch shows live pictures of the airplane that is carrying the.

body of the former iraqi president. touched down in his hometown of cinema nia where he will be made to rest this friday. two days ago at the age of eighty four still ahead on al-jazeera we meet the puerto ricans turning to community instead of authorities for help after hurricane area last wastin a washed up we look at why the philippines is one of the world's worst. from the clear blue sky. to the french autumn breeze in the city. of yesterday's warning of strong winds in germany is fully justified in fact seven people were killed with the strength of the wind a lot of damage was done the system is now moved further south the winds aren't as

strong but it's still going to be a windy day those which in austria is for the size just on the shores of croatia all courtesy of this system now strong a cold front and the us about sees what lies behind still tight of the north sea so poly up on the low countries shores the shores of the netherlands for example is the north sea itself not a good prospects a very windy day but not as strong as yesterday still was showers in the flow heavy rain for the southeast of india to the west of it all is still looking pretty good in spain at twenty nine degrees but powers has become rather cooler breezier as well fifteen in paris is an example there not much changes except a renewal of rain and probably a change in wind direction the following day saturday but by this time traces rather better on the heavy rain and that cold front has moved down to remain here to bulgaria and probably north and greece in fact that's a big change with time should book rest with thirteen degrees now all this maybe takes away some of the strength of the storms that recently issued and sells into

their wandering across towards greece tiber they'll soon be wiped out but the winds will pick up. the weather sponsored by cattle race. is it when they're on line we were in hurricane winds full almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on set. but. it will. is a dialogue tweet us with hostile a.j. stream and one of your pitches might make the next show join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories now this hour the united nations annual report on children and conflict has strongly criticized both sides in the war in yemen. and who the rebels are being held responsible for for the deaths of more than one thousand three hundred children but the u.n. also says coalition forces have taken action to better ensure their safety. in spain catalonia spot him and will meet on monday in defiance of a court injunction by madrid catalan leaders have threatened to declare independence within days after a session referendum meanwhile catalonia police chief is in court in the spanish capital madrid following demonstrations around the region. any associated press news agency is reporting that the u.s. is helping some joint military exercises with gulf allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting u.s.

central command says it is encouraging all partners to work together for the security and. ability of the region saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt as well as bahrain broke ties with qatar in june the accuse qatar of backing armed groups an accusation doha strongly denies. to the u.s. now and hundreds of people have gathered in las vegas to remember a police officer who was killed in sunday's shooting at a country music festival thirty four year old charleston hartfield was off duty during the attack he was among fifty eight victims of gunman stephen paddock this was the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history yet another hurricane warning has been issued for the u.s. gulf coast and mexico forecasters say tropical storm nate's could strengthen after palming central america where at least twenty two people were killed eleven of them died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes are flooded a series of hurricanes in the past month has devastated islands in the caribbean parts of mexico and the united states well island is in

a hurricane hit puerto rico are complaining to the u.s. government that they're not getting enough help to repair the enormous damage the u.s. vice president is due in the u.s. territory late on friday. the reports from congress mike pence is flying in just days after donald trump's controversial visit. like much of puerto rico south of san juan was suffering off to use of financial steroids the cutting of social services education pensions and jobs as the territory attempted to repay its debts much held by wall street bankers before despite what happened here economy people that we are attending were already in the crisis when we feel right now in pricing coming out of the ground zero of their houses and being more fully what people already were starving people who already were not having the medicine our know having many can pop in america on a pension giovanni robot or founded a network of community kitchens around putting making the commodore a sociologist by resources such as food money and time to be plans to replace the

diminishing something doesn't cease maria these kitchens have been supplying more than food. for example here they really have been asked if they're even in medical assistance. and lunches. of i don't. i cook dignity defense i have a lot of people i know phil down we saw this week right after. independence activist all scope has rivera was imprisoned for some thirty five years by the us here in puerto rico he's widely revered as one of the world's longest held political prisoners he says the community activism that's intensified off to maria is a springboard to put a ricotta deal colonise from the u.s. on developments fishing industry eco agriculture eco tourism and alternative energy and washington is not going to let you. know best that you know i would say i was

safe with my we were doing it right there were no letters. from his contention that the puerto rican people simply waiting for government handouts couldn't be further from the truth i was from of puerto rican something you know they just love the government do not want to not look at the us nobody has given these people everything not even. the mouth. overtones of folks. at least four children and a teacher have been killed after security guards set fire to their kindergarten in brazil it happened in the city of john waba in the east of the country witnesses say the former guard downs children as young as four in petrol before setting himself alight of police helicopter was used to transport the victims to hospital. the recipient of this year's nobel peace prize is due to be announced in less than an hour will be life for the norwegian capital for that the laureate from twenty

six years ago isn't on sochi but if opponents had their way should be forced to return a prize which is widely criticized for failing to prevent ethnic cleansing offer a hinge or muslims in myanmar despite the condemnation sure remains popular at home and reports now from young on. the old military campaign is being waged against the old and mean but here in yen gone you wouldn't know it the city is celebrating the lighting first of all we signaled the end of the traditional period of buddhist lent well and sons who cheese being criticised abroad at home she still the lady and mother sued. i mean she's like our mom the choices she makes is for the benefit of all yemen and she treats everyone equally she's feeding the country peacefully demented being in a way people who criticize her from the outside it don't understand what's happening here but things are going in the right direction suit she was awarded the

nobel peace prize in one thousand nine hundred one and became a global pro-democracy icon for spending sixteen years under house arrest for resisting military rule she became the effective head of state following the election in two thousand and fifteen but her failure to speak out against the row he just suffering in northern rock and state has seen more than half a million flee to neighboring bangladesh has stunned many internationally and other nobel laureates including desmond tutu and the all use of so i have hold on her to and the violence the suit change is not the first place prize winner to disappoint supporters who once campaigned for her former israeli leader she moaned paris launched an offensive into lebanon in one thousand nine hundred ninety six just two years after receiving the prize for his part in negotiating the oslo accords for the arab israeli conflict barack obama received the prize months after becoming u.s. president by the time he collected it he devoted u.s.

troop numbers in afghanistan to triple analysts say that when it comes to suit she the focus shouldn't be on the peace prize but on the military which effectively controls me and she has no real control over the actual commanders on the forces doing this and her main failing here is pain not speaking out about she's not to blame for focusing on her as a distraction the important thing is to actually look at the plight of all these people in bangladesh right now and the one still hiding inside burma afraid of the security front. her moral leadership may be undermined but the noble peace prize can be taken away once given even if it could her fellow citizens appear willing to continue giving her unfailing support. al-jazeera young gone. water pollution is said to dominate an environment conference being hosted by the european union in malta organizers will be looking at how to tackle the growing

problem the philippines is one of the world's worst polluters linda can report. every warning wrote those songs checks his fish panel he's been a fisherman almost all of his life and has recently moved to manila fishing has always been difficult in the provinces but he says it's far more challenging in the capital. the third it is not so strong today my fish ban has no garbage unlike when the waters are high garbage is everywhere the stench is overwhelming hundreds of filipina fisherman depend on manila bay for their livelihood they admit it is not an ideal place for fishing manila bay it's one of the most polluted areas in manila but they are left with no choice. greenpeace says cleanup activities in manila bay show that disposable plastics used just once or when of the leading causes of pollution it says the situation is similar all across the country with giant

companies and their customers polluting oceans with their plastic waste in the philippines where the majority of people live below the poverty line families are pushed to buy cheap goods in small quantities the so-called sashay economy response to the needs of for the people consumers but it is also made the country the third biggest polluter oceans based on the greenpeace thirty china and indonesia ranked first and second we don't have the in our infrastructure to manage our waste we have a good law the logical solid waste management law but we feel that it's not implemented properly in in all levels of the government the government admits a national policy must be in place.

sunsets over manila bay are spectacular but the philippine capital is gaining and wanted reputation for its wasted potential jamaluddin duggan i'm just here in manila. police in australia have been busy collecting illegal guns fifty one thousand of them have been surrendered during a three month amnesty prime minister malcolm turnbull thinks twenty percent of all illegal guns in the country were handed over his says tough gun ownership laws which ban all semiautomatic rifles and shotguns limit the chances of a mass shooting such as in las vegas. shocking tragedy in las vegas. the killer had a collection semiautomatic weapons which a person in his position would simply not be able to acquire in a strike so we have strict gun control laws police in australia have also seized their biggest ever hole of

a chemical used to make illegal drugs nearly four tons of ephedrine was hidden inside green tea bottles and smuggled from thailand to australia ephedrine is used to make the drug ice three hundred fifty kilograms of methamphetamine was also seized and three people where arrested. now syria's football world cup dream is still alive after they drew one all against australia in the first leg of a qualification payoff the syrians are playing all their homes home games rather in neutral malaysia because of the civil war syria has never qualified for the world cup both teams will play in the second leg in sydney on october tenth the winner will secure a place in next year's world cup finals seen bush. play again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the un's annual report on children in conflict has strongly criticised both sides in the war in yemen the

saudi arabia led coalition and who the rebels are being held responsible for the deaths of more than thirteen hundred children but the un also says coalition forces have taken action to better ensure their safety the associated press news agency is reporting that the u.s. is holding some joint military exercises with gold finalize over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting qatar u.s. central command says it is encouraging all partners to work together for the security and stability of the region saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain broke ties with qatar in june. russia says it hopes the u.s. will make a court balanced decision on whether to remain engaged in a landmark international deal to curb iran's nuclear program u.s. present donald trump has accused iran of not living up to the spirit of the twenty fifty nuclear deal the trumpet ministration is expected to withdraw support for the agreement on october fifteenth. we must not allow a red to attain to obtain nuclear weapons the iranian regime supports

terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. and iraqi kurds are laying one of their most prominent leaders to rest john talabani was iraqi president from two thousand and five to two thousand and fifty fourteen he was widely respected as the mediator between iraq she asked sunni and kurd communities the eighty three year old died in a german hospital on tuesday these are live pictures of his hometown silliman ia. catalonia spawn aminta will meet on monday in defiance of a court injunction by madrid catalan leaders have threatened to declare independence within days after a secession referendum meanwhile cuts known as least teeth is in court in the

spanish capital following demonstrations around the vote and yet another hurricane warning has been issued for the u.s. gulf coast and mexico forecasters say tropical storm maids could strengthen after pummeling central america where at least twenty two people were killed eleven of them died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes are flooded those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream starts right now. in the. coverage of looking for an easy solution we delve deeper and challenge the status quo. from at this time. i am. in the street. how do you rebuild an entire island one that's already under an enormous amount of debt after it's been decimated by a hurricane that's the challenge facing puerto rico after hurricane maria

devastated the u.s. territory but government officials on the island have vowed.