overfishing and ocean contamination especially plastic are also killing penguins. with. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. a move that could endanger decade long dispute between palestinian factions hamas says it's reaching a recount to deal with fatah. and

fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead tensions grow between kurdish authorities and the iraqi government after last month's disputed secession referendum. spain celebrates its national day i made a deepening political crisis over the future of the catalonia region. and demonstrations in kenya as crisis talks continue over whether or not they will be a rerun of the presidential election. thank you for joining us the palestinian faction hamas says it's reach a deal on political reconciliation with fatah a move that could signal an end to a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in egypt and capital cairo to disk. at the formation of

a national unity government. brokered by egypt started on to sleep live to al-jazeera as harry foster who is in ramallah for us in the occupied west bank harry it seems they delayed the press conference we were expecting out of cairo on the details out this agreement what do we know they have agreed on exactly where yes we heard that they'd arrived about ten minutes before the press conference was due to take place an hour ago and we are still waiting for it so those details haven't yet been officially announced but what we are hearing out of gaza from a senior official in the strip is that the agreement centered around three key points the crossings between egypt and gaza the rougher border how that will be policed security within gaza who will will police the strip itself we have been hearing last week that there might be a plan whereby three thousand palestinian authority security offices start to be

merged with the hamas officers who have been carrying out the security operation for the last ten years and crucially the issue of employment for the tens of thousands of hamas officials who've been working in the government in the the sort of shadow government that hamas has been operating since the division in two thousand and seven we're hearing a plan of four months in duration to try and merge at least some of those into the palestinian authority government so those are the key facts that we have so far we're still waiting for all of that to be fleshed out in terms of how this is all being received given the humanitarian situation within gaza there is a huge will in gaza for this to take place soon or thirty itself has been imposing extra restrictive measures to try and pressure hamas to this point and they have really bitten in terms of perhaps payments to staff in terms of specially of the electricity supply being squeezed and so people are desperate for this to work.

when we used to hear about any reconciliation efforts we would think immediately of the failure of it but we hope this time is different unity could at least solve the power crisis and bring happiness to the gazan people. we've had enough eleven years of suffering without electricity no medicine for people no travelling we want to live like other nations so area a great deal of help from palestinians as specially those in what has been the reaction if any from israel. so far no reaction to this announcement or impending announcements we have had a statement in the last few days from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu in which he again. any attempts at reconciliation must include from hamas a recognition of the state of israel disarming of its military wing that is something that he said before it's not as aggressive in tone as netanyahu has been

towards previous attempts to reconcile the united states has also been relatively muted in its response so there is kind of almost a default encouragement i think among many countries for this to happen and of course the huge pressure coming from egypt which is very much sponsored this and in some quarters is being seen as something of a partner a guarantor potentially in this deal being implemented and being sustainable. gary foster live for us in ramallah thank you very much and of course we'll bring you that press conference out of cairo when it happens of the palestinian factions who will be officially announcing the deal they've reached to reconcile now a bit more background on what led to the divisions between the palestinian groups in the first place in two thousand and six hamas won parliamentary elections but he couldn't reach an agreement on how to share power with fatah a year later hamas took control of gaza after days of gun battles with fatah the conflicts weaken the palestinian authority leaving it only in charge of palestinian

territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year had been running gaza under an administrative committee which was seen as a rival government to the fatah dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but last month it agreed to hand over administrative powers in gaza to a fatah backed government. is a professor of political science at university he says the timing is right for an end to the rift between the two palestinian groups. and the palestinians has been has taken place more than ten years ago since the summer of two thousand and seven and so many agreements have been reached between hamas and fatah over the years but none of them has worked but i believe this time the chances of success are much bigger than the previous times for a number of reasons are first of all that. the new leadership under the leader of yes and one who is the head of hamas in the girl's us to who is much more serious about dollars than the reconciliation and second we do have

a much more serious. effort by the egyptian government who is trying to regain its regional role in the middle east region by engaging in the palestinian reconciliation efforts and i believe a third reason would be an international push for palestinian reconciliation with whether you us who is much more interested in the so-called big deal between the palestinian and israelis. and without palestinian reconciliation this deal might not go forward for for all of these three reason i believe that. has a much better justice done than the previous times the two million palestinians in the ghost of been looking forward for for this they are the person. to the palestinians unemployment in the gaza strip forty three percent seventy percent of the palestinians in gaza are under the poverty line and the past six months. has taken harsh measures against gaza with reducing electricity and. have been

catastrophic so the palestinians are waiting for this day now the news tensions are growing between kurdish authorities and iraqi government after last month's controversial to session referendum baghdad has denied claims by the kurdish regional government that it plans a major attack on the region the kurdish regional government says it fears iraqi government forces could launch an assault on the autonomy northern region let's go live to fred who is in erbil the capital of the region in northern iraq tell us about the situation on the ground for how tense things right now. well it certainly seems as if tension is mounting we're just outside of erbil the checkpoint you can see behind me is the last kurdish peshmerga checkpoint. on the main road between erbil and mosul and this was one of two roads that was closed by the k r g last night following what they say will messages that they received from

the iraqi military and shia militia groups saying that they were planning an attack around southwest of the oil rich city of kirkuk and an area north of mosul now the baghdad government denied these messages completely rejecting them but these roads were closed last night they've opened in the last couple of hours but it's a big indication of just how nervous the k r g are at the moment kirkuk is a hugely important area for all the it's all well schooled six hundred thousand barrels of oil exported there by the kurdish all sources every day it's an area in the disputed parts of northern iraq the kurdish peshmerga say they are not going to withdraw and pull back from that area they having taken control of it in two thousand and fourteen but analysts are saying that if there is going to be a flashpoint it's all around that all rich area of kirkuk the kurdish regional government ali very nervous because there's been

a great deal of pressure on it not just from the central government in baghdad but also from the neighboring countries after this controversial referendum. right there we have seen joint military operations between the iraqi military and the iranians on the iranian border joint military operations between the iraqis and the turkish on the on the turkish border i mean in the last few hours that we hear reports that the spokesperson for the turkish president president roosevelt try a murder one saying now that turkey is planning on gradually taking control of that land border with the k r g in coordination with the iraqi and the iranian government's they've been threatening to do this since that referendum happened certainly the turks now saying that they are intent on doing that and it's been increasing pressure as we've been saying from baghdad it was yesterday one of the main federal courts said that it had arrest warrants for members of the k r g

election commission for those arrests to be made however it has to be signed off by the supremes court. the list of names has not been made public and that signature from the supremes court hasn't happened yet but they're also putting pressure on the banks here as well the federal government saying that they want to take control of bank transactions they said that they're going to reopen an old pipeline that would circumvent a pipeline across the k r g to get oil out of turkey. last night certainly the biggest indication so far really of just how nervous the k r g government of the k r g have become in the wake of this very controversial referendum held more than two weeks ago charlie thank you very much for that child fred reporting there live from abu ala in northern iraq. spain is celebrating its national day as a political crisis over the future of the catalonia region deepens many have already taken to the streets south boston and i in a show of unity these are live pictures independence rallies out so i expected that

the central government in madrid has given casanova his leader china scholars put him on time to monday to say whether or not he has declared independence not. if catalonia does price on with secession a spanish government says it will take away the region's funny scholar tonic currency has more from madrid. it is the most extraordinary turn of events that spanish national day coincides exactly with a day numeral of the crisis between madrid and barcelona have a look over here and you can you can see what it looks like look at the depth of the crowd the other side of the road maybe ten or twelve people day this is actually the end of the parade now but huge applause for the army coming past the fly over by the air force always very militaristic as an event that is loved by supporters of king and country really but it's the timing is crucial because for the national government here in madrid is the perfect opportunity to send a message to the catalans and to say look how united we are the whole of spain is

here the whole of spain suppose unity and the whole of spain hates your idea of independence and at the moment they think they've got the capital and independence movement on the run because they've given this deadline of monday to the president to say are you going to go independent or are you not and i know that whichever decision he makes they will split his own movements this feels like really does feel like a triumph in sort of day for the nationalist movements the pro-government movement of madrid's. dr nakasone gago in barcelona sunny a number of rallies happening today tell us about where you are and what's happening. wolf this particular rally. right now is a rally which takes place every year on national day it is comprising of a group of fringe national right wing groups that commemorate national day every year at this particular point and their rhetoric is one that can be

expected is a lot of criticism especially this year about the i'm seeing you have a salon separatists and the the kufa separatist robber and a lot of criticism also of the petition as them have been presiding over this is one of the cats one government side also quite a bit of islamophobia aggressor it has well but these don't necessarily represent the the unity boyce's those that is a completely different rally this is is something which is which happens every year it represents a tiny percent of the ultra right wing the right wing fraction the ultra right wing as you can probably hit see behind me a lot of chanting a lot of pro spain and prospering unity chants being taken place here as well and that really goes in contrast to a march that we were out which was an anti fascist march their plan was to march up this side of the city and to meet this particular one they try and do this every

year the local police called the most of the squad that have stopped them and now they're going now towards the city center and maybe joining perhaps the unity march that all in all quite a day full of these tensions which have continuously happened it now of course this year has special significance holly thank you very much for that. for us in boston on a space. still ahead on al-jazeera on the defensive donald trump ace back out reports he wants to increase the u.s. nuclear arsenal plus. i'm christopher lee in manhattan where the chinese artist ai wei wu. he has created one of the great. coming out i'll tell you which famous new york are you trying to meet.

or as yesterday there's a stream of cloud running out of central china north and china more or less and out through the korean peninsula heading study southwest towards japan now that does bring some rain with it it's not particularly heavy or concentrated so it looks like rather a cloudy day but brighton is part with some right in holland maybe some in. but behind it all the sun's come out so it should be a sunny day for the green producer and a good part of northern china we're still at nineteen degrees in beijing the only plus one in will and but what was significant snow showed a couple days ago it's not that the cold air is on sea right it's not far away as you say but it's not over this part it's not over korea's not over japan and start of the most part northern china still got rain there and that rain is concentrating still around sichuan less so the further east you go. because we've got this concentration down here that's going to induce a northeasterly but it's still quite a humid one so that the chances are it'll be slowly cooling down in hong kong but

it won't feel it because you've got this massive cloud commune full of moisture with rain probably to follow certainly for taiwan but there's a secular nation of the philippines and its course eventually will take it not to china probably across again to vietnam. china's property. fields become cities rivers water publix forests. mostly empty. brings international before us the illusion of a thriving metropolis and the many. chinese dream of a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera.

the arab. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder our top stories this hour the palestinian faction hamas says it's reach a deal on political reconciliation with fatah the two groups have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government. tensions are growing between kurdish authorities and the iraqi government after last month's controversial secession referendum the central government in baghdad has denied claims by the kurdish regional government that it plans a major attack on the coke city the k r g says it fears iraqi government forces could launch an assault on the north northern region. and spain is celebrating its national day in madrid as and elsewhere in the country in fact as

a political crisis over the future of a customer in your region deepens many have already taken to the streets in boston as you can see on these live pictures independence ronnie's also expected the central government has given the cost line leader until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence. now the u.s. center will hold. talks soon they say to try and resolve a diplomatic dispute that rile between the nato allies flared up last week when a u.s. consular staff member in turkey was arrested the american embassy in ankara has suspended most visa services which lead turkey to retaliate with similar measures the u.s. foreign secretary rex tillerson has called on the turkish government to back with evidence claims that embassy employees were linked to the coup in turkey in twenty six. you know i want to be very clear we don't want this dispute to last more than a second. we responded in

a likewise because took e's a proud nation we are a sovereign nation. you know we're seeing it you know this decision is to be reversed to kenya now where demonstrations have been banned in the central beds business districts of three cities including nairobi mombasa and chris so more this as a crisis deepens in kenya talks are being held on the future of the repeat presidential election which is due later this month philip net is a lecturer and political communications expert at the university of eldoret he says the main opposition leader who withdrew from the race later this month now faces a difficult decision on whether to run or not. right not being snow just good to see trisha. it's a good investment in letting the same behavior fit into forms in the form.

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he forms that nobody has. been a hundred i'd be up to be an order up. to six o'clock. provisional results in liberia's presidential election are expected later this says say it's likely a runoff will be held as the winning candidate needs more than fifty percent of the votes twenty people a vying to replace ellen johnson sirleaf who was africa's first female leader and is stepping down after nearly twelve years in office. to the u.s. now way to more people have been confirmed dead from wildfires in the state of california bringing the total number of people killed to twenty three hundreds of others are still missing and with high winds picking up it's become even more difficult to contain the flames rob reynolds reports from the scientists. high winds low humidity and dry brush the ingredients of california's fire disaster are simple all they need is

a spark if you get that ignition and you don't get that if you don't get that ignition put out right away then those are the conditions that allow a wildfire to spread really uncontrollably hot winds from the desert blow eastward every october just as the forest and brush is at its trius many wildfires are almost impossible to contain with winds of up to one hundred sixty kilometers per hour propelling the flames along fire experts say while brush fires are inevitable the destruction they cause is not it's going to be far easier cheaper and effective to reengineer our homes and communities than the try to reengineer the forest if you just do one thing. replace rooftops with non-flammable materials like a metal roof that alone can increase the probability of a home surviving

a wildfire by ninety to ninety five percent for more than a century the conventional wisdom was to fight forest. fires at almost all costs the consequences it has allowed underbrush and dry fuel to build up making fires burn with even greater intensity what we need to be doing is working with wildfires not fighting against the whole war on wildfire paradigm is complete the storage and and we're just throwing lots of blood and treasure into absolute folly making war on nature is essentially what it's about firefighters are doing their best there are several thousand firefighters on the line right now we have firefighters from throughout california san diego julian borger but scientists say those who have built their homes and businesses in harm's way can't count on

firefighters to save them there's always a lag time in these fires between the time that the fire starts and the time that they can get people out of the way getting resources in to start to protect against it and it's in that lag time that people in that lag time that a lot of the bad things happen a new approach in how people should deal with nature along with changes in planning and building design could help keep things from going from bad to worse robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. yes resin donald trump is denying allegations he wants to dramatically increase the size of america's nuclear weapons arsenal but he admits they are key policy differences between himself and top republicans in his cabinet and in congress a white house correspondent kimberly hawk it reports we're going to have you both here at oval office meeting with canada's prime minister u.s. president donald trump her hit back at reports he wants to increase u.s.

nuclear capabilities to ten times its present size though it's use fake news by n.b.c. which gives a lot of fake news lately and it's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write the us president has repeatedly voiced his frustration with the media and almost as frequently an apparent willingness to exercise military might against north korea's missile threat. so i desire to increase of america's nuclear arsenal wouldn't be surprising but for some like republican senator bob corker trumps words are concerning. trump is ridiculed corker openly for his statements exposing an escalating rift between the president and some republicans in congress and even members of his own cabinet. one of those said to be out of step in favoring diplomacy over force with

north korea secretary of state rex tillerson who has again seen his efforts undermined i think i have a little bit. different attitude on north korea than other people might have. and i listen to everybody but ultimately my attitude is the one that matters is that such in-fighting carried out in public which could involve cabinet discussions over nuclear weapons may put the president's policy goals in peril press. the only main power they have is to persuade. and once you become that person who is putting yourself in between people on fights as opposed to bring them together it's much more difficult to go and ask for something and get something done this latest white house rift comes at a particularly bad time on another of america's nuclear fronts the president has

until the end of the week to recertify iran's compliance with the terms of the twenty fifteen agreement to limit iran's nuclear program or pull out of the deal kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington. saying the u.s. chinese artist ai wei wei is installing more than one hundred wire fences at various sites across new york city the exhibition is aimed at highlighting the plight of refugees and the trump administration's policy towards immigrants christensen reports. two people cut through the fence that now blocks the triumphal arch in new york's washington square park a giant work of public art inspired by the global refugee crisis it's called good fences make good neighbors but these fences found in parks and on sidewalks all around new york city have openings one of things i love about the park system in the city is that you never know what you're going to cross so there's always that sense of adventure and exploration and when there's something like this it's very

thought provoking and enjoyable i think it's beautiful i think it has a lot of good work that like people can interact with it starts a conversation it's creator the chinese artist ai wei wei lived in the city for twelve years but at first hesitated to take on the commission to see. so much it's not. just. sculpture in the city. my respect my love these days i way way is an international superstar known as much for his political activism as his art but while sculptures like these may be warmly received here in new york they haven't always the light of the authorities back home. i has at times been detained and harassed in his homeland of china this time he's taking aim at the west his gilded cage painted to match trump tower just a few blocks away. time this note the color and. and.

divided. by collar. religion nationality. which is i think it's a good. going back or it's the message is universal but has a special resonance in a city of immigrants new york city is very open it excepts people from all kinds of backgrounds and i think that was a very profound experience for him so i think he would be values that and he wants to make sure that we think about it and don't take it for granted i's boundaries are fluid meant to provide comfort not divide and circling the community with the masses that all are welcome here christian salumi al jazeera new york.

so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the palestinian faction hamas says it has we should deal on political we consultation with fatah the two have been meeting in egypt in capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government control of the rafah border crossing with egypt salaries of employees in gaza and security issues where we thought had the agreed on that was at the notice that the vote was when we used to hear about any reconciliation efforts we would think immediately of the failure of it but we hope this time is different unity could at least solve the power crisis and bring happiness to the gazan people. given the level we've had enough eleven years of suffering without electricity no medicine for old people no travelling we want to live like other nations. spain is celebrating its national day as the political crisis over the future of the consul in your region deepens many have taken to the

streets in madrid and barcelona in a show of unity but independence rallies are also expected the central government has given catalonia as leader until monday to say whether or not he has declared the region's independence in the u.s. to more people have been confirmed dead after wildfires in the state of california bringing the total number of people killed to twenty three so far hundreds of firefighters and crews arrived in of the area to help fight the flames but winds have picked up making the operation very difficult. tensions are growing between kurdish authorities and the iraqi government after last month's controversial secession referendum the central government in baghdad has an eye claims by the kurdish regional government that it plans a major attack on the kurdish region region the carriage says it fears iraqi government forces could launch an assault in the autonomous northern region and at least thirty people have been killed and dozens more injured in an airstrike near

the syrian city of their resort twenty people died when suspected russian planes bombed a river crossing outside the city and ten others were killed in as strike to the east near the border with iraq next inside story. consolo news leader has signed a symbolic declaration of independence from spain call a speech the mole is now calling for talks with madrid but the strongest government is refusing to negotiate with its worst political crisis in decades now only stalled not resolved what's the way forward for the country this is inside story.