a rite of passage preserved through the generations my cousin was laying down there until a screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses goes fi calls of pain for what that menai meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perception this ng people will abandon the search even through it a bit of a mistake al-jazeera correspondent the cunt and this time. i'm . losing. the spanish prime minister turns down mediation as thousands rally across spain and catalonia calling for talks to resolve the worsening crisis between them.

hello i'm barbara starr and this is al jazeera live from london and also coming up . more than two hundred russian opposition supporters arrested is they mark putin's sixty fifth birthday with protests around the country the u.n. chief surveys relief efforts in and and for a beauty he tells about hurricane irma has turned the islands from a paradise into hell and new orleans braces for harakah nato as it heads for the u.s. gulf coast after killing twenty five people in central america. spain's prime minister has ruled out mediation with catalan officials to resolve the crisis over last weekend's secession vote that's this fight tens of thousands of people gathering in barcelona and madrid to call for talks to end the standoff catalonians

leaders say they have a mandate to push for independence even the madrid insists sunday's referendum was illegal join a whole reports from barcelona. it's all in the hands apparently at a demonstration in barcelona the fluttering gestures of openness and peace. let's talk they say in spanish and in catalonia the language of this region pushing to secede. but not all catalans want to break away many prefer spain united the protest here mirrored by large crowds in the capital madrid what this shows is that whatever was happening in government actually can be on the way to some but by no means the people who make the ranks and alberto have just married at the town hall of course the square from the regional government headquarters they're happy

they say to share their union with calls for national unity in spain i personally think that he must remain united car i also think that everybody has a right to choose what they want to do with where they want to be run by leaving the us as the crowd gathered outside inside we spoke to catalonia as foreign minister so do will of the people needs to be respected for a single reason there is no alternative to this we tried for years to enter into negotiations with the state no once or into positive manner repression was the only answer and despite this the people went to vote freely the market and peacefully and that is what the problem of catalonia needs to acknowledge we have two projects here one is democracy the other one is repression of violence which one the people . will put a solution that is in the sun. that. we dance to all the people not just some of

the people you know just i don't know i think we need a space to express ourselves in the middle of such a polarized situation whereby. governments are taking us to the brink of disaster when the stars. are searching for a way out of this political crisis before it gets worse social media posts suggest a unity demonstration planned for sunday may be disrupted by process session groups reason the real prospect of more violence join a whole al-jazeera barcelona. there's growing concern over the effect that the political standoff is having on the spanish economy the fourth largest in the euro zone several companies including some of the country's biggest banks have already decided to move their headquarters out of catalonia called pen pal reports from barcelona. in the winding streets of barcelona bike tours a big business but says she's worried the hostile political climate could scare off

tourists especially those from the rest of spain. only spanish people. get there and people are spanish people so it's more a problem of the government not enough. tourism earns billions of dollars and sustains thousands of jobs but it's just one part of catalonia is buoyant economy if the region breaks away it'll take twenty percent of spain's g.d.p. with it places like beer store to store a cool signpost this is a former textile mill now a university in state of the art media center it's a sign that catalonia has where the tough economic times but is innovative to survive. a rise in is one of those innovators this by a pharmaceutical company is running clinical trials on a new drug for alzheimer's. but it is one of

a growing list now moving some operations out of catalonia you cannot risk being in a breakaway republic with no automatic access to the european union we need to have the certainty that that is not going to be a regulatory change in a regulatory or me would be on this that does over the company as i'm a sponsor of the droid so we decide to move our war. to two hundred years the economic fallout has caused the benchmark ibex thirty five stock index to see saw barcelona traders active a trade say the market outlook is volatile at best they warn the entire spanish economy could crash if wealthy catalonia succeeds in declaring independence if you take their part from the spanish economy it will contract a lot of the g.d.p. it will reinforce going to depths of twenty or even one and thirty percent for now

the economic wheels are still turning but madrid and barcelona must either reconcile or agree to an amicable divorce if not this political crisis could herald an economic disaster karl penhall al-jazeera barcelona spain. russian police have detained more than two hundred people at anti-government protests around the country. in st petersburg sixty people were taken into custody when police moved in to break up a demonstration it was one of at least twenty seven held to coincide with president vladimir putin's sixty fifth birthday the demonstrators are supporters of opposition leader alexina found me who is currently serving a twenty day jail term for a challenge reports from moscow where police were more restrained in their handling

of the protests. saturday was a test for alexei navalny and the test for russia's security forces on the day president putin turned sixty five the opposition leader wanted supporters to demand his release from twenty days it minister to detention and for him to be allowed to run in next year's presidential elections he's going in the band of independent candidate they won the most of. their thoughts about what i talk about the real russian problems i love my country very much this is why i am here the method of ruling. i wrote that they are soviet and. new generation is great. but while unsanctioned rallies earlier in the year trail many thousands of people not nearly so many came this time perhaps the awful weather kept people away moscow at least but perhaps to get the message this time with less focus on

the corruption that blight so many russians lives and more focus on the ballot herself and maybe a stir out here than on previous demonstrations mostly young russian tourists a very vocal time the shocking development i would imagine fables i should say the . the following. incident. since novelli was sentenced on october the second for organizing unauthorized rallies there have been numerous raids and searches of his campaign offices around the country but also. for a moment. and whereas in moscow both or it seems appear to be trying new softer tactics letting protesters shout their slogans with a minimum of a rest in other cities like some petersburg it was the same old treatment with riot police wrestling people to the ground and throwing them into waiting vans will have to wait for future demos to see if this dip in attendance marks

a long term waning of support for number only and also to see if authorities favor the moscow police approach the horse in petersburg will reach alan's how to zero moscow turkey has announced the launch of a major operation in syria's province ankara isn't sending its own forces in but it is backing syrian rebel groups from the turkish side of the border turkish president trichet type out of the hand says turkish soldiers haven't yet entered the area much of it libya is controlled by car here all shaan an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al-qaeda affiliate barra's more now from on turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far the turkish military standing reinforcement of their highly border crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area phase one of the offensive will be the free syrian army leading the fight to take on to have either in it live face to will be the turkish military crossing

into it live to secure the city this is part of a deal that was signed with iran and with iran and russia in a stand last month but with turkey's involvement in syria this could pose many challenges for the turkish with you first of all because to have the same is one of the most powerful rebel factions operating inside syria they have issued a statement warning that any attack against them with be met with stiff resistance warning all those who try to dislodge them from it live to pay a heavy price the second major challenge for the turkish military is basically the town of a three an all the border with. turkey which where there is significant presence of the s.d.f. which is a coalition of turkish fighters i think minister planners in the turkish military we're trying it out just like a delicate balance between the need to take on some of the same time but also to

prevent any attacks. as the operation starts. i guess station in ghana's capital accra has exploded sending a giant fireball high into the sky above the city the local media is reporting that at least one person was killed and several others injured frightened residents fled the scene at the city's atomic junction that's near the university of guyana it's an area where the number of student hospitals at least six fire trucks and several ambulances have responded to the blast we're going to bring you more on that story as we get more details here. bangladesh's prime minister says her government will continue to support arrange of muslims who have fled violence in neighboring me and mine shake a senior says the government plans to build a temporary shelters for the refugees now number almost a million with the help of international aid agencies the united nations has warned

that it's bracing for a further exodus of refugees from me and more to bangladesh well access to humanitarian aid is a problem for all those sheltering in bangladesh where conditions are getting worse mohammed jump huma's more now from the refugee camp in cox is bizarre. the remainder a few g.'s that you see in this very long line beside me they have been waiting here for hours today they are hungry they are desperate they are waiting for food distribution much needed food distribution and many of the ones we've spoken with they're concerned that by the time they actually get to the tent where the food is being distributed that there won't be enough left over for them this really speaks to the magnitude of this crisis a crisis that the u.n. is calling the most urgent refugee crisis in the world right now conditions in camps like this is the could to prolong camp and cox's are they're absolutely appalling nobody expects they're going to get better any time soon now bangladesh's prime minister has said that this country will continue to support these refugees

but the fact of the matter is aid groups communitarian organizations they're very worried about the flow of aid into this country they're worried about the international community not donating enough for this cause and everybody we're talking to just is not seeing that this is going to get better anytime soon. still ahead on the program a force for reform or a politician for the failed promises we'll look at the legacy of late barry and president ellen johnson sirleaf as she prepares to step back and south africa's unemployed young people are encouraged to create jobs for themselves by becoming entrepreneurs. hello sydney has been very dry. since the start september so this cloud is welcome

i don't think much rael come out of it but just a bit is going to be helpful and quite a few there's more waiting inland anyway and it's heading in that general direction it's a problem but a turbulent spring the rain extends all the way from northern territory down towards timor leste in sydney is involved twenty two degrees the right possibility on sunday it's calm a further west lot warmer though perth still got that southerly about seventeen degrees no real change from day to day does dry out in the middle of australia now and the showers just tell a decent coast are on their way out through monday melbourne probably seeing the last of it along with tasmania now it has been particularly west just recently stormy really in the middle of us of a new zealand fact can you see new zealand at all that cold fairly obvious not an active system it is going to slowly decline but sunday still looks wet and windy too very useful woodsy not cold eighteen in oakland because the air is actually fairly humid in nature and came from

a warm place over the ocean only twelve in christchurch i should say now doesn't prove a little bit about how we get to monday but the improvements really and rather than the one time and. the rain forest of the sea we continue on our current way we won't have hallways within twenty thirty forty years from now so you're essentially trying to recreate the ecosystem but under controlled conditions the layout is so in the balance still about as it was for the so far of the great barrier it's still saveable but we've got to start now i mean you get everyone behind the solution tag no i base time on old is iraq.

and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera spain's prime minister has ruled out mediation of the catalan officials to resolve the crisis over last weekend's session vote this this by tens of thousands of people gathering in barcelona and madrid to call for talks to end the standoff russian police have detained more than two hundred opposition activists at anti-government protests across the country and turkey says it's backing syrian rebels in a major operation against al qaeda linked fighters in aid labor problems. hurricane mate is heading for the u.s. after wreaking havoc in central america the storm battered costa rica nicaragua honduras and el salvador killing at least twenty five people in flooding and landslides eleven of those people died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes were flooded and ten thousand people affected when they've hit nicaragua and costa rica

on thursday as a tropical storm after sweeping across honduras and el salvador it headed north brushing mexican beach resorts it's now picking up strength and is expected to hit the u.s. gulf coast as a category two storm on saturday night and a state of emergency has been the clarity in alabama louisiana mississippi and parts of florida well evacuation orders have also been issued including for parts of new orleans that is there for us said that you know what exactly is nate expected to hit. well certainly imminently it's very difficult to predict exactly when it's going to hit as you mentioned it's picking up intensity and speed since it devastated central america heading in this direction we've already seen some of the outer rings of the storm hit the coastline here a short while ago we were out in mississippi and on the way back we were hit with

blinding rain very strong winds that since subsided the winds are now again picking up so we're expecting it to hit fairly soon certainly within the next two or three hours probably a little east of here closer to the border the border between mississippi and alabama where those certainly the whole of the gulf coast is preparing itself is ready for when the storm finally does hit but it will happen certainly sometime in the next few hours and of course an area battered i'm sure everyone there will remember what happened when hurricane katrina hit so what exactly are people and they're doing to prepare for this. well evacuation plans have been set up for those who are thought to be most vulnerable certainly here in new orleans we've seen people. nailing hardwood to windows closing doors removing anything which could conceivably be picked up and blew in the blown away by the wind many people are voluntarily evacuating moving out higher

areas to safer areas others are going to visit friends and family to get away there are still people out in the streets in the kind of the calm before the storm but they they are certainly going to be removing indoors fairly shortly the authorities here have talked about a curfew after the storm has finally hit we could see people down in the ports moring their boats some boats being lifted out of the water to be taken to draw i safe places you mentioned hurrican katrina that caused massive devastation in two thousand and five something like a thousand eight hundred people killed over a billion dollars worth of damage done throughout the new orleans region your thought is our confidence that they have put security measures in place the flood measures are here this will be the biggest test they've had to face since those measures were implemented but your thought is the mayor of new orleans a governor of louisiana how has been talking about the sludge measures saying that

they're safe but really we're now waiting to see whether their confidence is well founded and you know with the latest from new orleans we'll be checking in with you in the next hours and days for the moment thank you. the u.n. secretary general has told al jazeera that hurrican has turned and t. get amber beauty from paradise into hell and turn you could tear asia is visiting the caribbean nation to serve the relief efforts after it was hit by the storm last month he tweeted earlier that the people of her beautiful face months of recovery and urgently need help to. ninety five percent of all infrastructure in bermuda was destroyed by hurricane. i saw a paradise transformed into hell total devastation as as you mentioned the. winds of six hundred kilometers per hour for thirty seven hours and this is the longest such level resistance which means that we are really facing

a huge impact of climate change in these in these natural disasters they have tripled in intensity in the last in any number in the last thirty years and the economic impact as a multiplier was multiplied by five it is not clear that there is a link between climate change and this intensity multiplication and devastation caused by hurricane in the caribbean and around the world the reason of my visit to barber to munich is exactly to raise awareness to put pressure on international community for a stronger humanitarian aid now and also for a stronger aid in relation to the reconstruction and the building resilience in the islands of the caribbean as we manage in that in the next few years since will get worse the worst the world bank is promoting a donor meeting in the context of their annual meeting and i urge the international community to fully support these caribbean states they are small islands they are

sometimes completely destroyed they are pressing five many of them as middle income countries they have no access to grants or to soft loans this needs to be revisited and i think it's essential for the international community to be able to help these states allowing them to reconstruct and overcoming the enormous difficulties that they face. last minute campaigning has been taking place in liberia ahead of a presidential election to find a successor to africa's first female head of state twenty candidates are competing to replace ellen johnson sirleaf who standing down after two terms tuesday's vote will be the third since the country's fourteen year civil war reports now from the capital. mount coffee hydroelectricity project is already generating twenty two megawatts of electricity to the power grid. one of liberia's

infrastructure success stories. the challenge now is to improve the distribution system to get the electricity to consumers. johnson is forced to use generators. to power use to food processing factories. it would be a lot better because one electricity because a lot cheaper also in terms of labor costs like the liberal liberal it's more efficient if you have electricity the government says it is invested in infrastructure but a lot more could happen that the more highway to the border with the road open up dozens of towns and villages transporters of goods and services but many areas in other parts of liberia have waited for years if. it seems like they will continue to wait even longer. of good. government to greece they were missed opportunities but a foundation for growth has been laid the image of our country was restored and

then before we can measure some of the real work is done with restoring infrastructure in the services in our country for good as the legacy. image building of our country that was. before she came in but the president may also be remembered for promises she hasn't kept a few months ago she admitted to parliament that i government failed to tame corruption. and that's just what many say has restricted. us president. been accused of stealing tax revenues and. only

a few. you know it's only a few months away no one knows what lies ahead but liberians are already looking forward to the next chapter of their lives. british police say an incident outside a museum in west london was not terrorism related eleven people were injured when a car mounted the pavement outside the natural history museum in south kensington the site is a popular attraction both with locals and tourists neve barker has more now from the scene. it's been described by british police as an unfortunate traffic incident but it did cause a tremendous amount of alarm when reports of a vehicle mounting the pavement at twenty past two local time first surfaced we now know that around eleven people were treated according to the london ambulance teams

that were here on site nine of being taken to hospitals but it is the location that perhaps rang alarm bells very early on we're at a key junction a key thora fair here in london next to the victoria and albert museum not far from the science museum and the natural history museum there are also several embassies around here and the police were very quick to arrive on scene some of them armed some of them specialist officers in the last few hours we've seen forensic teams on the ground as well of course the u.k. is no stranger to terrorist related incidents have been several in london one in manchester a lot of people have lost their lives the most certainly the or thirty's on this occasion we're not taking any chances. danish police say that they've recovered the head and legs of a swedish journalist who died after going on going in and inventers homemade submarine him da was reported missing after going on a trip with peter madsen in august her torso washed ashore in copenhagen eleven

days later that's and says she died after hitting her head on a hatch and then he buried her at sea police though say they didn't find any fracture is on her skull which they found on friday that's and has been charged with killing the journalist. unemployment in south africa is at a fourteen year high with almost forty percent of young people and able to find work but it entrepreneurial spirit is keeping food on the table for some and their hopes of a better future alive tanya page has a story from johannesburg. well it is owned is a natural salesman he gets by selling goods from the back of his principia coal becomes a problem in our survival to say now if i don't do this what am i going to you know and then that's when the crime mindset starts coming in that's when the negative things starts coming in so we need to always try and keep in mind in a positive state you know their main product is homemade archer

a type of pickle i told him i'm bringing in the best at your in town and i want him to come and have a look was early it is like many young people have no choice but to create their own opportunities south africa's unemployment rate is the worst it's been for fourteen years thirty eight percent of fifteen to thirty four year olds can't get a job africa's most industrialized economy expanded by only zero point three percent last year due to a drought low commodity prices and weak demand for its main exports a lawless point lots of promises neither government nor the private sector is creating enough jobs so many do lose hope but there are some initiatives aimed at teaching young people how to be employable and how to foster their own entrepreneurial spirit this is the thing in print your festival where teenage is a pitching their business plan the idea is that they can't rely on anyone else to

fulfill their ambitions the festival was created by a young entrepreneur to cause a joy for me it's not about a degree it's not about waiting for financing from some government governmental institution is about looking at what you have in making that work for you right now with context and mentoring some of last year's winners at the festival and now exporting their products and employing other people entrepreneurship may not solve south africa's youth unemployment problem but it is creating jobs and perhaps more importantly hope tiny a page out of their johannesburg. much more on that story and everything else the we have been covering here on the program on the web site the address on your screens al-jazeera bucko. in other top stories on al-jazeera spain's prime minister has ruled out mediation

with catalan officials to solve the crisis over last weekend's secession vote this despite tens of thousands of people gathering in barcelona and madrid to call for talks to end the standoff that are officials to say they will abide by the results of sunday's referendum in which an overwhelming majority voted for independence a gas station in ghana capital accra has exploded sending a giant fireball high into the sky above the city government officials say there has been a number of casualties frightened residents fled the scene of the city's atomic junction near the university of ghana at least six fire trucks and several ambulances are responding to the blast. the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorism is tearing the caribbean about a month after hurricane devastated several islands he says people in the region face many months of recovery and called for help from the international community.

i saw a pair of those two was formed into hell total devastation as as you mentioned the . winds of six hundred kilometers per hour for thirty seven hours and this is the longest such a level resisted which means that we are really facing huge impacts of climate change in these hurricanes in these natural disasters they have tripled in intensity in the last in the number in the last thirty years and the economic impact as a multi-block was multiplied by five it is not clear that there is a link between climate change and this intensity multiplication and devastation caused by every games in the caribbean and around the world for. police have detained more than two hundred people at anti-government protests around the country in st petersburg sixty people were detained when police moved in to break up the demonstration it was one of at least twenty seven held to coincide with

president vladimir putin's sixty fifth birthday the demonstrators support opposition leader alexander and of on the who is serving a twenty day jail term those are the headlines talked to al-jazeera is next and i'll see you tomorrow thanks for watching but i. swear i think you. might. even. see. chemical weapons it was an unprecedented moment at the united nations general assembly the president of the united states in front of other way.