challenge. facing reality 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 and. hear their story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. turkey and the us impose mutual. deepening diplomatic disputes. back to watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha also ahead spain's government insists the country will not

be divided as pressure grows on the government after huge launch in barcelona against independence. one of the middle east eternal issues water has become a factor in the kurds drive for independence. fifty years after his death. america to remember a revolutionary icon. thank you for joining as the united states and turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker any sample is accused of links to the u.s. based cleric who turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's field goal. report

from washington. the u.s. fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant visa services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the turkish embassy responded in kind to the u.s. the visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a us consulate employee met in tokyo claiming topas was fine for an exiled turkish cleric the u.s. says those accusations are baseless oh look i was a look are retired and bassett are and former principal representative to the european union says the u.s. is sending a clear and deliberate message. from the army to come say. already there warning that. whole with what's going. on in talking to the american interests the exiled cleric fedele

a good one has been a bone of contention between the u.s. and turkey for nearly two decades turkish president heir to want claims that masterminded last year's bloody military coup attempt from his compound in the u.s. state of pennsylvania he's been pressuring the u.s. to extradite the cleric google and has repeatedly said the claims are baseless following the failed coup attempt former vice president joseph biden traveled to turkey to reaffirm friendly ties with the nation president donald trump did the same thing when air to one visited washington last spring turkey remains a valuable nato ally is home to the incirlik air base a strategic military tool in the us war against eisel besides the consulate employ a dozen other americans remain under arrest in turkey but so far efforts to negotiate their release have been unsuccessful dian estabrook al jazeera washington . now as dianne mentioned in her report there the tension in turkey's relationship

with the us goes back to the obama administration the u.s. has on don't supported kurdish fighters in their fight against ice on a cross the border in syria turkey considers them what it cost terrorists and an extension of the kurdistan workers' party p k.k. which is wage an insurgency within turkey's borders for over three decades and more recently a us grand jury indicted fifteen turkish security officials involved in a street fight with protesters. who were protesting against president bush up type two on during his visit to washington in may describe the indictments as scandalous well for more on this let's speak to brian who's economists and a lecturer at least eighteen universities via skype from me some will thank you very much for being with us on al-jazeera so relations between the u.s. center ikey have been tense over a number of issues lately how serious an incident is this latest one do you think this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. still you do not say that the

united states and turkey are not allies anymore but the the recent at the time of the way obama administration dealt with the turkish government was completely unacceptable from the turkish perspective and the way they disregarded all the concerns of turkey guarding its national security in the region and the extradition of fettle like the land the cleric who is accused here in turkey of committing the coup attempt now all these things didn't mend the relation between the two partners but still you cannot say that this is a complete departure though the practices of donald trump after. tells the officials here in turkey that their relation is not going to be good in becoming few months or years so what's happening they're pushing the widespread

perception here in turkey is that the united states administration is pushing the government here in turkey to move to word iran and russia and find other alliances in the region if they could go in there on the ground very interesting that you say that because we have indeed seen the techies president meeting with the russian leader relations improving with russia does that mean then that the u.s. that the turkey from the turkish perspective they don't see the u.s. as a reliable partner anymore. one of the most the worst thing if your partner is to be uncertain and that is the main characteristic of donald trump you do not know he's rather remove the president you do not know whether he is your ally is he serious about what he's saying about supporting turkey as the main ally in nato or does respecting its national security issues in syria and with the

why p.g. big kurdish militias in the northern it's once or syria all these issues in addition to the extradition offer to like you land he is very hesitant when he speaks about it is uncertain the ambiguity that ingold the whole relation does make the sustainability of this going of partnership to a little bit too many of the analysts more impossible because again and the other let me just ask you this we talk about a deteriorating relationship and a deteriorating partnership how do you see this affecting the wider geopolitics in the region and most notably turkey's involvement in the syria conflict we're seeing turkey backing f.a. same rebels right now in the fight for it live. in the conflict in syria how is deteriorating relationship with america are going to affect this involvement.

you know that's absolutely the elephant the white elephant in the room which is the geopolitical interests of the united states and turkey completely diverged in the recent mainly in syria and the middle east turkey does say the united states looking for its own interests disregarding completely their concerns about an autonomous entity that is going to be has signed to turkey supporting the y.p. g. the people's protection you know the kurdish militias in syria with him weapons is a clear message to the turkish that we are not considering your concerns from the one hand a reluctance of they were of washington to extradite and who is being used as a traitor of the nation here in turkey is another issue on the table and arresting the manager of the public bank here in turkey and recently having some agents

working in the embassy who is spying on turkey and then doesn't respect the so virnet all these things will lead to the burdens of the geopolitical interests and that will this throw that will break the camel's back and that will lead to and it will go in force between the relations between ankara and washington that may lead to a departure of going to from the united states to other corporates in ada ok amidon for i thank you very much for sharing your views and bringing us to the tech introspective on this issue thank you very much for speaking to us and our bright and stumble there. now the jump administration has outlined to congressional leaders new hardline immigration plans the proposals include limiting the number of green cards for family members of u.s. citizens shop wants to employ an additional ten thousand immigration officers and judges to deport criminals and unaccompanied children he plans also to penalize so-called sanctuary cities because they refuse to share information to help inforce

federal u.s. immigration policies the white house says also address the issue of people who came to the u.s. as children known as dream is from say is to protect them from deportation congress must approve funding for a war on the border with mexico democrats have ruled out that bargain saying it is far beyond what is reasonable. in other world news the international red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan this follows the death of seven staff on duty in the country this year in february six red cross workers died in an attack on an aid convoy last month a physiotherapist was shot dead by one of her patients another four staff members were abducted this year the organization says however it will not be leaving afghanistan all together. now to the will hinge or refugee crisis and at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranger refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them

were children this is a third such incident since people started fleeing myanmar's rakhine stays in august more than sixty people have drowned when two balls capsized last month my mate john john is following developments in cox's bazar invented it. this boat carrying rohinton refugees saying close to shop or to do it on the southern tip of bangladesh it really speaks to the magnitude of this refugee crisis despite the dangers of trying to cross the now river more and more of these boats are still trying to cross now this is just the latest incident we're told that some survivors have been found but many are still missing in that many of those still missing are children so there's a lot of concern that the death toll will may may go up in the hours ahead now in september there were at least two incidents in which boat sank or hindu refugee that were trying to cross from me and mark into bangladesh and again this really goes to show these people are so desperate fleeing for their lives trying to get to

bangladesh despite the dangers now the u.n. h.c.r. has said that there's really no end in sight to this crisis and that's why there's so much concern right now you have over half a million people cross from me and more into bangladesh just in the last six weeks it looks as though that flow that flow of people that exodus won't stop any time soon these makeshift camps that they are going to they are overcrowded the conditions are on hygenic unsanitary there is not enough aid that is why there is a lot also still so much concern that epidemics could break out and diseases could spread in the meantime the u.n. aid workers humanitarian organizations trying to get the international community to respond more vigorously to this crisis which they do which they do not believe will get any better any time soon. to spain now in catalonia president is due to speak shortly on his country's region's plans for independence in defiance of spanish

authorities can is put him on to set to address a regional parliament on tuesday one week after cast knowing a secession vote that has divided the country the referendum has plunged spain into a political crisis and a journal reports both sides i had ning their positions. barcelona has seen plenty of huge demonstrations but not like this one will see red and yellow the common scenario flying alongside the spanish national flag meeting ripped off calls for independence this is a highly unusual show of national unity. some who come from other parts of spain but most are from catalonia itself tony roll done is a compliment politician opposed to independence we have a crowd the best of the media the first very young these. last forty years who certainly didn't she was finished was over and we have managed to build the framework that works for everyone i think the future belongs to you know i just

think that we need to know this better transnational brain which to govern ourselves in the world doesn't make sense today but they call themselves the silent majority was serious and the representative of the right forces not being the silent no sure if the. the fifty five the one moment described an atmosphere of hostility towards those who disagree with the push for independence. i was my spanish. is what i can. make. that happen at. my. right. and given the opportunity to speak out many embraced it. tired of being the majority and the

people to say that we are not we are the majority because the union has a force and come on he's common sense independent schools in this region with its distinct culture and language a centuries old but the stakes of never been higher in the dritte prime minister mariano rajoy warns he may use special powers to revoke catalonia. the regional government meanwhile is considering a unilateral declaration of independence in the weeks to come but who will follow them not these people who seem to have found their voices jonah how al-jazeera pass alona still ahead on al-jazeera find out how some countries are hoping for a dividend from the reconstruction of syria after years of war plus a bosnian commander of muslim troops in seventy seven goes on time.

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the united states and turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker in istanbul is accused of names to the u.s. base cleric who turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's failed to go the u.s. says those obligations are baseless at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying a hinge or refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children this is the third such incident since people started escaping the violence in myanmar's rakhine state in august and spain's prime minister mariano rajoy says

that spain will not be divided this in a newspaper interview cast knowing your held a referendum a week ago that authorities say showed voters overwhelmingly support independent us . now in syria at least ten people have been killed in air strikes in a province despite it being part of a deescalation zone there were chaotic scenes in a popular market town of money on gnomon in the aftermath of the bombing sources on the ground believe the strikes were launched by syrian government warplanes most of the victims are believed to have been civilians. and it now looks increasingly likely syrian president bashar assad will stay in power after six and a half years of a brutal civil war focuses a ready shifting to reconstruction of towns and cities reduced to rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially neighboring lebanon in test i have reports from the ports of tripoli in about. tripoli port has

been running below capacity for years but operators aren't to supposing that will soon change the huge terminal is just twenty eight kilometers from the syrian border and the lebanese government is positioning itself as a major player in the reconstruction of syria when the giant task of rebuilding the country destroyed by war will begin is anyone's guess fighting continues in northern and eastern syria as well as in small areas around the capital damascus. but after a series of major victories president bashar al assad in the syrian government is looking increasingly likely to retain power over large areas of the country introducing an element of stability into economic forecasts not protected by economists since the war started six years ago then he called struction off so he die mention has been so much in the news lately this has given a lot of hype if you want to get on that lebanon and that to put it can play and

this hopefully will. serve our interests cheerfully port is nearing the completion of the first phase of an expansion project first drawn up in two thousand and nine then revised last year with an eye on syria's reconstruction regeneration of the port hasn't gone unnoticed by allies of the assad government including russia's ambassador to lebanon at b.h.p. visitor on a recent government organized tour of the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria from lebanon that could be just the economic stimulus that it needs for the past five years its economic growth rate has hovered at around one and a half percent and it's hoped that this port will lead the way and bring it goes numbers up the lebanese government estimate syria's construction boom will create a demand for thirty million tons of cargo capacity annually which has already led to around four hundred million dollars of capital investment in the port i thought that was the market tripoli pullet is one of the most important courts in the

mediterranean sea so this poll will attract a lot of workers from this area and it will also attract a lot of investors. triply is widely associated with poverty and that blacks the ports revival could bring in thousands of new jobs and millions in revenue to the area as well as stimulate lebanon's overall economic growth but that hinges on a peaceful settlement in syria that will pave the way for reconstruction and despite president bashar al assad's gains in recent months peace still seems a long way off in time al-jazeera tripoli in northern lebanon u.s. president donald trump has accused iran of funding north korea's regime and has described it as a call bad player and he twenty fifty nuclear deal the agreements limits iran's nuclear program in every china for relieving economic sanctions they all report may decertify the deal i believe they're funding north korea i believe they're trading

with north korea i believe they're doing things with north korea that is totally inappropriate that doesn't pertain to the deal but in my poor opinion it does because it's called the spirit of the deal and you will see what i will be doing in the not too distant future but iran is a bad player and they will be taken care of as a bad player. say they're being punished by neighboring iran. they say tehran has stem the flow of water to border towns. once. been a tough season for many kurdish farmers and there is concern that this is just the beginning of a series of bad ones. usually produces watermelon string beans and. now he has to make choices as the quality of his crops has declined all right. if there was enough plant this land but now we only work on two out of ten. we need

to estimate how much water there is before working the land and we have to make a choice if they continue like this we will have to abandon the land. the problem started a few months ago when across the border iran closed the dam on the river which is shared by both countries some here say it all started when the kurdish referendum was first announced but iran says it needs the water for its own domestic consumption. here it meant that during the summer season farmers couldn't get their land and most of the harvest went to waste farming here depends on shallow wells and normally the water level. but since you shut down the well. it's less than one meter. underground water is becoming scarce faced with this

problem but hon i mean deeper well to save his fish farming business must go to whom the question was about the lack of water. on the fish the size also depends on the quality of water two thousand six hundred and twenty each pool should have a continuous floor a fresh and clean water we don't do that anymore from the first pool and it goes out from the last but this is not sustainable for much longer many subscribers have also gone dry currently the water is trickling back again but the flow remains at less than eighty percent of what it used to for those living in the area say they only get three hours of water. you can see what the water level used to be we build these dams. it's primary emergency reaction so we can stock some water that can feed the city and the areas the pumps need a certain level of pressure to function water is not something to be neglected and

it's not replaceable i think the crisis will grow. the little zab river also feeds it to karen lake one of two that produces hydro electricity in the kurdish region here to the level is going down so far negotiations between iran and iraq's kurds haven't gone anywhere and kurdish authorities have now been threatening to cut off water supplies to central and southern iraq to provide for their own. but at the crimean old is europe in order. in russia around three thousand people have been moved to safety after huge fire at a shopping center in moscow around fifty five thousand square metres of the market which specializes in building materials was engulfed in flames on sunday more than two hundred ninety five fighters one hundred seventy vehicles and three helicopters were used to fight the inferno. hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been fired from the studio he co-founded weinstein had taken a leave of absence after

a new york times report on thursday listing allegations of sexual harassment one scene company's board of directors says it fired the film director after new undisclosed information about his conduct. our countries across latin america have been marking the fiftieth anniversary of the death of che guevara several thousand people have attended a ceremony in the cuban city of santa clara to remember the revolutionary fighter give our became known for his role in the cuban revolution of one nine hundred fifty nine fighting alongside fidel and raul castro the sea and human takes up takes a look at his legacy. perhaps no revolutionary has been as romanticized as an estate give or change as he was known. the arjen time born dr who fought by fidel castro sighed played a key role in the cuban revolution he then tried to launch marxist uprisings in the congo and then bolivia where he was captured and executed the images taken after

his death in which many say he looked like christ only added to his legend as a left wing martyr. the oscar winning film motorcycle diaries was based on his early years.