people will abandon this is enjoyable to do is take time al-jazeera correspondent the current and this time. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth as i was that's what the job. zero. and three. former al qaeda linked fighters filed to fight to the death as free syrian army rebels backed by turkey prepared to me to launch a major operation in northwest sydney province.

this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. a giant fireball billows into the sky over gonna scapel after an explosion at a gas station several people are killed thousands call for dialogue over catalonia secession bed but spain's prime minister mediation and china tries to clean up the dirty reputation of its electronic waste disposal industry. thank you for joining us on armed coalition led by former al qaeda linked fighters is promising fuz fighting against those who enter its territory in syria is it a province. has released a statement condemning a military operation by turkey and the free syrian army or if they say the

coalition is made up of many factions including opposition groups that were pushed into a syrian government forces retook aleppo last december f.s.a. forces cross into edley province from turkey on saturday they're being backed by turkish forces from turkey's border let's go live to her in gaza and to me the turkey syria border for the latest we've heard reports of turkish forces exchanging fire with fire fighters what more are you hearing about this. well we're getting reports of artillery rounds being fired from turkey in syria we don't know exactly what is happening or what kind of engagement is. this particular moment but there's been a military build up over the last few days of the border free syrian army factions have crossed into no man's land inside syria preparing for this major offensive

against positions in this city of it could be and the terms by the different factions operating there to break the defense lies of. so that they can move forward into. is say a sense of when turkey should who actually crossed the border into syria if they're actually going to do that we heard some pretty. words from the turkish president but date seems that the foreign minister has been trying to backtrack a little bit what are we what's the turkey's position right now as far as a thing gauge meant in this operation. they are very careful investigators about the this military operation because this is a military operation that will take them into syrian territory all the way to this bears no resemblance to the year freighters and shells into thousand and fifteen

when the syria when the turkish military started to cross border operation inside syria but we're talking about a few miles deep into sea and now we're talking about really. and the territory of the province of it so for them to be able to go that they have to ensure that the area is safe of potential dangers this is exactly why the free syrian army is going to launch of the first wave of military attacks i guess to hear that. the turkish bitter will be providing logistical assistance may be surveilling intelligence gathering and sharing intelligence with the syrian free syrian army and later they will move inside to the deescalation agreement that was signed with iran and russia and so just how difficult an operation they say and the turkish faithing tell us more about this. how powerful is this and how fierce of

a resistance will they be putting up. head to head is an umbrella organization that by itself but which was formerly known as the last from a former affiliate of al qaida it's led by danny who is widely seen inside syria as the most powerful military commander there he commands thousands of fighters he clued in some foreign fighters have been fighting in syria since two thousand and twelve in two thousand this summer pay at the head of a surprise attack against rival groups and then claim total control of the area has thousands of fighters in transit in different parts of the fight is not going to be easy this explains why yesterday they said that this is not going to be a big following to put up a fierce resistance i guess the turkish government i guess the free syrian army and also against the russians i think this is definitely going to be one of the issues

that the turkish military planners will take into consideration the need to move into with less casualties from all the parties not the second major challenge is to explain to the syrian people and mainly to the opposition what is happening is this just a part of an operation to take. part of a broader political settlement that will force many other rebel positions opposition groups to pull out from the area and let only the moderates and the civilians to run we don't know exactly the details of what will happen in the near future as always a very complex situation when it comes to syria. thank you very much for that and other world news spain's prime minister is threatening to suspend catalonia autonomy if its leaders they care independence mariano rajoy is rolling out mediation to resolve the political crisis caused by last sunday's secession referendum tens of thousands of people have held rallies to call for unity as john

holmes reports. 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 a spain united the protest here mirrored by large crowds in the capital madrid what this shows is that whatever was happening was actually from there on the wall for some but by no means all the people who live. under and alberto have just married at the town hall of frost the square from the regional government headquarters there 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 one thing you want to know where you want to be run by leaving the house 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 one shirt in the 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 parliament of catalonia needs to acknowledge we have two projects here one is democracy the other one is repression or violence which one the people. will put a solution that a solution. that. we don't store on the people not just some of the people there didn't just i don't know i think we need a space to express ourselves in the middle of such a polarized situation where both governments are taking us to the brink of disaster

. so. 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 procession groups raising the warrior prospect of more violence join a whole al-jazeera barcelona. and more protests are expected this sunday live to go in boston are still sunny what's going to be happening today how big are the rallies going to be. only two hours to go to the start of a pro unity rally of an already you've got a significant amount of people have turned up to central and central barcelona and they've come from all over the country really it's been organized by a centrist right wing group and also. an activist group as well which has been campaigning for unity i need to say also there are elements from some right wing

organizations and political parties as well the feeling here very much that they want spain to remain united and they do not want counseling to secede and it's not just those who are outside of the region of catalonia want this but there are also people. who do want to remain as part of it and yet still be proud to be catalan however saying that it's soon sort of bringing this whole. issue of dialogue really to it to rest really here people it's not for them a question of dialogue but it's a question of strong arming this into into preventing secession from taking place and certainly we've seen that certain from the capital government's perspective they see that as where the having happened not just with the police force that was in use last sunday but also economically as well with the banks having already

agreed to move certain legally out of barcelona to. spain two other cities in spain but also all the energy companies and all the major castle and companies as well they see this is a form of bullying to try and get the castle and government to cower down here and certainly that's a feeling that's reflected here amongst this group of people who've gathered who are even calling for the castle president to be put into prison thank you very much for that sonia i will be speaking to you throughout the day of course when you go live for us in barcelona. a gas tanker explosion in ghana has killed a number of people in the capital the blast led to a second fire causing frightened witnesses to run to safety as holiday on reports. to more people come to nobody without the blast was overpowering witnesses looked up a towering flames and disbelief. among the water over her. ghana's government says a tanker caught fire at a gas filling station in the flames spread across the street to another gas station

triggering a second explosion. with all the fear and confusion people ran to safety. at moments this witness was injured as he made his escape before the bank was like a son over forty five but none of them like the government says people were hurt and killed in the actual explosion but it's unclear how many this isn't the first time ghana has gone through a similar situation in two thousand and fifteen a blast at a gas station killed at least ninety people. the young al-jazeera. staying africa campaigning in liberia's presidential and parliamentary vote is coming to a close twenty candidates are seeking to replace africa's first elected female president ellen johnson sirleaf the contenders include the vice president i businessman and a former wall footballer of the year i made

a report from monrovia. candidates for liberia's presidential and parliamentary elections i know last minute effort to win over voters there range from the flamboyant to the everyday person. one thing they have in common though is that they stand on issues look and sound the same and this is forcing many voters to narrow their choices down to all the allegiances of tribal region and personality. relation not. candidates with developmental. programs or with platforms many political observers believe that voters are not asking the right questions. which. democracy. is

a product of the country's broken education system. she and her neighbor take turns teaching their children the little the know. the literacy rate is about thirty percent. some kind it is a better life and ideas from poverty reduction to education and providing infrastructure one thing what the one so far is a campaign. to record itself. holds. the election commission is confident of successful elections but could lead to a transition from one democratic government to another for the first time in more than

forty as. one of the challenges we had of course were. part of our country difficult to reach because. we were blessed to have the graciously agreed to provide air support or transport. a presidential aspirant needs to have more than fifty percent of the vote the runoff for legislators though a simple majority will do. what drove you. still ahead on the worst mass shooting in recent u.s. history causes a spike in the las vegas gun industry but. i'm charlie actually in london at one fifty four the african up that it's creating and it. is that point.

pink sky by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. how i was still got some very heavy rain across parts of eastern europe some life showers coming through this big cloud which pushes right up into that western side of russia with this area of low pressure just think it around the black sea to the south of that we have seen some terrific downpours and a little further north in bucharest well fifty seven millimeters of rain in twenty four hours but take a look at it had a hundred ten millimeters of rain they just twenty four hours still some disturbed weather just making its way across northern parts of the balkans into northern areas obviously that will all make its way further eastward struggling temperature wise for bucharest in the cloud and the right just eleven degrees celsius or twelve for kiev meanwhile we've got clear skies coming into the northwest so london paris some sunshine temperatures at about seventy degrees with the winds coming in from

the north and northwest direction not feeling particularly well we will feel a touch better as we go on into monday and those temperatures picking up to about eighteen celsius in that westerly wind so temperatures by the station to book rest it warms up then so be getting up to around seventeen degrees and he should brighten up with some pleasant sunshine for all present sunshine to where cross the other side of the med it's clear skies across northern parts of africa car with a high twenty nine. the weather sponsored by race. facing realities the 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 our. at this time.

our top stories on al-jazeera this hour an armed coalition led by former al qaeda linked fighters is promising fierce fighting against those who enter its territory in syria's it may province turkey's sending troops to back the free syrian army which crossed into the province on saturday. more protests are taking place in spain over the political crisis caused by catalonia secession referendum last sunday spain's prime minister is threatening to suspend the region's autonomy if its leaders declare independence and a gas tanker explosion in ghana has killed several people in the capital accra it

was followed by a second blast the explosions happened near a transport terminal and close to hospitals for university students. to the u.s. now where hurricane nate has hit a second state along the gulf coast a storm lashing the city of biloxi in mississippi with winds of up to one hundred thirty five kilometers an hour major has already killed at least thirty people in central america it strengthened again as it moved over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico for a sitting southeast louisiana on saturday night has this report from new orleans. hurrican mate with winds of up to one hundred thirty five kilometers an hour was increasing speed as it worked its way north to the gulf of mexico it finally made landfall fairly close to the mouth of the mississippi river and it will bring with it heavy rains and increasingly strong winds here feel that they have made sufficient precautions to withstand this very strong winds these are people who

have suffered. a tropical storm in the recent years the most notable being hurricane katrina in two thousand and five when billions of dollars worth of damage was caused by something like a thousand eight hundred people killed a great deal of investment has gone into those defenses so it's really now a case of working through the night watching and waiting to see what kind of damage needs to be assessed in the with the light of day and whether those defenses have in fact been effective the u.n. secretary general says the caribbean islands recently battered by hurricanes are the victims of climate change and only a terrorist travel to barbara and dominica to see the devastation caused by hurricanes and maria ninety five percent of infrastructure in barbuda was destroyed and the tears had made his never seen that level of destruction before. the reason of my visit. 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 emerge in that in the next few years since we'll get worse than worst the world bank is promoting. 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 classified 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 not only because of the natural disasters but because of the i levels of depth that they already had before they need international solidarity they have not contributed to

climate change but they are the first victims of these dramatic impacts of climate change momentum is growing in the u.s. to regulate or ban advice that helped a gunman fire hundreds of bullets and minutes on a concert in last august last week killing fifty eight people but a gun tourism culture continues to thrive as christian salome reports now. the guns are real the ammunition non-lethal rubber bullets for about one hundred dollars you too can experience what it's like to shoot and get shot at here at the las vegas gun fights shooting range. paper targets are the lowest form of firearms training you don't move they don't react they certainly don't shoot back. but. the idea is to simulate

a real gun battle in the fear and the adrenaline rush it inspires when you see a weapon pointed at you. must vegas gun fights are just one aspect of the city's thriving gun tourism industry which also includes places like battlefield vegas looks to be getting ready for a shooting range where guests can fire automatic weapons and even drive a tank over a car. but. literally it's become a very very popular tradition but that of machines in vegas is one of the few establishment is to shut down after fifty eight people were shot and killed at an outdoor concert expressed support for limited gun control measures there's absolutely no reason for an average citizen who wants to have a gun to have one hundred round magazine. ok there is no reason for them to be able to buy. accessories for the gun which makes the gun almost fully automatic

there's just no reason for according to economist jeffrey water half of the economic activity in las vegas comes from tourism i think that it's in our long run best interest. to deal with this problem so that. so that tourists feel more secure more safe but for many here feeling more safe means having a gun and knowing how to use it. the person behind the gun is the problem not the gun so i felt like it in deter me as speier me to just really want to be more trained the owner of las vegas fight says six hundred people signed up for his gun training class this week christine for me al jazeera las vegas nevada. iran's president has delivered a message to the u.s. president saying the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal is reversible present donald trump has hinted that he may decertify the deal next week ambrose i got already

called today of the united states violates the nuclear deal the entire world will condemn america not iran amaryllis whole yes we have managed to stabilize our nuclear rights our people would always defend it as they're an alien all right we have proven that's an illegal right at the united nations and in the world diplomacy. asia's middle middle class is getting wealthier that means they're buying more electronic goods which ultimately have to be thrown away china is not the world's biggest recycled ways but the industry has a poor reputation and brown has a story. the village of dalia in northeast china was once part of a burgeoning illegal industry it's still survives just. for years unskilled local people made a living picking apart electronic waste by hand extracting mentals like gold silver

and copper and anything else that offered value. oblivious of the dangers to their health or to the villages water and soil this contamination will last for years. slowly these unregulated workshops have started to close as we took these pictures a local government official appeared and unusually for china he agreed to an on the spot interview you know he said that what they are in the dark for the state is getting stricter and stricter on all types of pollution which are harmful to human beings as a result of these new regulations a lot of workshops here cannot survive. for decades places like this existed for one reason only the dirty and dangerous job of processing electronic waste but recently the government started to close down some of these illegal workshops and everyone is now being moved to a new official recycling plant just down the road where we're told conditions are

much safer. while this illicit trade survives much of the hazardous work now happens in either waste processing centers. this is one of more than one hundred now operating across the country handling mostly old t.v. . drilled the part by hand it is still dirty work but here at least workers have a measure of protection from the dust and toxic fumes more and more recycling workshops are being forced to move into such purpose built facilities. that china has made a great deal of progress on the treatment of waste in the past decade at this plant we are now able to process more than eighty million households electrical appliances that year and as the middle class in china and the rest of asia continues to grow so too will the work load of plants like this one. adrian

brown al-jazeera in china. now there's always been a demand for africa's modern art but it hasn't commanded big prices until now collectors are willing to pay more and often london is determined to bring africa's contemporary artists into the mainstream recourse. and. exploding with color and energy london's african one fifty four feels like it could bust out of its conservative home at somerset house it brings together hundred thirty artists from the continent under one roof from the of mozambique's got to go . using leftover weapons from the country's civil war to the intricate cubist drawings depicting frenetic life in the democratic republic of congo. each room feels fresh but only for western audiences so is found. it's always emerging from the west and over the not so emerging you know when you talk about artists who are

extremely established on their in their country and their continent so this is what we're trying to change as well because obviously changing the narrative changing the history and make sure that african artists are included in the new art history where they should have been for a long time many of the pieces here use found materials seedpods electrical wire plastics from the political pieces to pure fun. this painting by gun. sold for twenty three thousand dollars bought by saudi collector who sama tybee as a strong depiction of black empowerment collecting is a very selfish part of kind of the process of loving art so you want to give something back you want to share and i think that's part of what we do in the heart of our culture you know being from a tropical african art as and kind of an art movement is very under-represented in kind of the article which is something we thought we should give them kind of a platform nigerian artist to diena describes himself as

a folk artist this one is called son of the soil and the cake feels really the idea . had this like uncomfortable feeling that something has been stolen his values have been stolen people's rights have been stolen in many communities there's so much that scene that we thought was in place has been stolen so many pieces of this fair deal with the issue of identity like this one by alexis pesky and he's covered his portraits in an armor of nails a technique he calls accu painting type of acupuncture to help heal the trauma of age old discrimination. the market for this is strong and there's only one way for it to go charlie rangel al-jazeera one hundred. now again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera and armed coalition led

by former al qaeda linked fighters is promising fierce fighting against those who enter its territory in syria as a province turkey has been sending more troops to its border with their backing the free syrian army which crossed into the province on saturday. is in gaziantep on the turkey syria border with more. we're getting reports of artillery rounds being fired from turkey in inside syria we don't know exactly. what is happening or what kind of engagement is. this particular moment but there's been a military build up over the last few days all the border a gas tanker explosion in ghana has killed several people in the capital across it was followed by a second blast was the explosions happened near a transport terminal and close to hospitals for university students. more protests are taking place in spain over the political crisis caused by catalonia secession referendum last sunday these are live pictures from barcelona spain spy

minister is threatening to suspend the region's otani if its leaders declare independence marianna hall is ruling out mediation to resolve the issue. campaigning is coming to a close in presidential and parliamentary elections in liberia twenty counties a second p. team to replace president ellen johnson sirleaf was standing down after two terms the contenders include the vice president a businessman and a former world footballer of the year. in the u.s. hurricane nate has had a second stage along the gulf coast the storm lashed the city of biloxi in mississippi with winds of up to one hundred thirty five kilometers an hour mate has already killed at least thirty people in central america is strengthened again as it moved over the gulf of mexico and head to louisiana on saturday night the u.n. secretary general says the caribbean islands recently battered by hurricanes are the victims of climate change antonio terry's traveled to barbuda antigua and

dominican to see the devastation caused by hurricanes and maria ninety five percent of infrastructure in barbuda was destroyed and the tears said mrs never seen that level of destruction before you're up to date with the headlines next here it's talk to al-jazeera. in the hash tag era when news coverage of looking for an easy solution we delved deeper from on says and challenge the status quo join me man the hot sun for a new season of up front at this time of his era. you can. see. when the sun came up on the morning of tuesday september nineteenth the people of domenica got their first glimpse of hell it's just like a bomb went off their small caribbean island nation.