i like. the feel of the more confident of the more energetic the feel more alive. from the shawnees of the red sea storage of more time the globe and home management the major goals but enjoyed this team of change to the pics of the himalayas where water conservation looks like this. solution is to save the world's most precious resource and the next episode of act right we look at what is being done to step towards crisis. at this time of al-jazeera. exodus from care coke fountains leave the iraqi city as the army more seem to take over parts of the kurdish run oil rich area.

this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead nashton d.n.a. limbo knew we can't understand this because of a year ins and confusion. the spanish government reminds catalan leaders they have until thursday to withdraw their beds for independence. for the first time in fifteen years israel approves construction of illegal settlement units in hebron in the occupied west bank also heads. anger and sorrow somalis are in mourning after at least two hundred seventy six people were killed in a bombing in mogadishu. thousands of people are leaving the rocky city of kirkuk as government forces advance on kurdish military positions around the city the iraqi military says its forces have

captured the k. one air base and the local airport which was under peshmerga control the iraqi army and allied forces have also been moving on oil and gas positions let's go straight to stratford who is outside of kurt coke on the outskirts of the city surprisingly fast moving story tell us about what's happening on the ground right now. well yes as you say we're on the outskirts of kirkuk we've been here an hour or so now thousands of families calls moving out of kirkuk as you can see here we've also seen quite a few patients moving out hauled away for essential recently we as you say understand that the iraqi military is in control of this very strategic military base the k. one base that was taken good. by the peshmerga when the iraqi military fled and islip pensive in twenty fourteen we're now also hearing that the iraqi military control of the airport which is quite close to the center of the city we're hearing

of ongoing skirmishes clashes in various areas on the outskirts of the city certainly people we've spoken to inside there say that there are a lot of volunteers kurdish volunteers that have armed themselves in the saying that they are going to continue to defend the city after that call from the governor of kirkuk last night but what's so interesting is that here in the last hour or so we've had. all of these people and this very position here shouting at people for leaving saying that they had no right to leave the city that they call jerusalem and that they should turn around and fight and defend it but someplace maggo also needing the city though charlie as you say what does he say about that that the unity of the groper and the unity of the kurds when you have some fighters leaving and others saying. well all indications suggest that

we can't verify this but there are reports being made about it that there seems to maybe been an agreement by elements within the p u k the the patristic union of kurdistan that's the party that basically is in control of kirkuk and there are reports that they've made an agreement with the iraqi government with the iraqi military to peacefully with draw from these areas that we've seen the withdrawal from so far he would suggest as you say their eyes some sort of split a lack of unity that it's on the back of that announcement we saw last night between all the kurdish factions was made in solar mania saying that we are unified . we were refused to make the results of that controversial referendum nolen void right we will stand and fight and defend together to cook all the evidence would suggest that that is not happening now and we've also heard

a call from the central government in baghdad charlie calling on the peshmerga to come and fight are under the umbrella of the iraqi forces what's the likelihood of that happening how loyal are they still to the kurdish regional government and muscle barzani. who despite these reported splits i mean any kind of any kind of implication there that the patient will come under federal control seems at this stage highly unlikely i mean i think it's fair to say that if these agreements are indeed true that should not belie the fact that current that kirkuk is deemed by the k r g by the kurdish regional government and by one place for the forces as being fully theirs despite being in a disputed territory despite the kurds signing up to the two thousand and five constitution article one forty that says that this area is disputed and that some sort of agreement should eventually come to the fore whereby power allocation of

power who should control it would be agreed upon i mean the kurds say it's taken the baghdad government too long to act on that constitutional article and they say they lost so many fighters around one thousand seven fighters defending it against i salute they will stand and defend until the last but as i say that sounds like this stage one a lot of rhetoric right because there are withdrawals happening but despite that it seems very unlikely that the kurdish peshmerga forces would agree to come on to any kind of federal government control chinese trafford live any akercocke thank you very much for that and we have another correspondent on the ground as a weighty is west of near the oil installations. yes now. we're standing outside the oil fields west of cook city these are the fields iraqi government has demanded the kurdish region to hand over those fields stretch over

a large area of land those to the left in addition to a number of fields ahead of us over there you can see a trench set up by the peshmerga forces of the kurdistan democratic party we can also see some armored vehicles stationed in defensive positions not far from here stands a cohen military camp a few kilometers from here the camp was abandoned following an agreement between the patriotic union of kurdistan and baghdad to give up the strategic positions as demanded by baghdad including camp till awad the industrial area and military air strip all these positions were seized by the peshmerga under orders from the kurdistan regional government following the withdrawal of the iraqi forces in two thousand and fourteen with the arrival of eisel after arsal defeat and seizing control of the city to her by the iraqi forces and the people's mobilization forces baghdad demanded kurdistan province to hand back these positions as of now the

kurdistan democratic party refuses to hand over these positions but patriotic union of kurdistan had an agreement with baghdad to hand over these positions without fighting now moi fuck out of a brazen iraqi member of parliament speaking to my colleague peter darby earlier he said that despite voting overwhelmingly for secession last month the people that don't want to separate from iraq. what of the suburbs of. now under the control of the iraqi security forces. this is the this is. the what's happening here people should not forget that. there was and there the control of the government of iraq and the two thousand and fourteen when. has stormed the three provinces not to knock out but the book was the world of the occupied by the peshmerga and it's created

a new fact or new reality on the ground and there and this has this was it to the degree of the nation after have been undone by about zani why instead of mr bhansali is making given the kirkuk ok it was just the night before the session vote but kirkuk was allowed to vote the majority of people almost ninety three percent voted for succession almost more than ninety percent as well they were not then ten years ago for the constitution which it was declared the iraqis that there are united. democratic republic so if they want to divorce it has to be from both sides well could you give us an indication of how long you think your forces will be there for the council up to the present that the iraqi parliament has outside of the prime minister the commander in chief to will. deploy the iraqi security forces all over the country all over that it is of it and

there are good are the car g. or whatever this is the constitutional duty of the prime minister and the commander in chief. to impose to implement the rule of law to implement this sovereignty of the government all over iraq and that's what you doing. other world news now in just hours before a deadline from the spanish government koslow news leader has failed to declare if his region plans to secede from spain in a letter to the central government he instead asks for more dialogue madrid had given callus would you mind until monday to see whether he would proclaim independence after a bond secession referendum earlier this month in his letter the catalan leader says my first request is to reverse the repression against the council on people and government my second requests he says is to set up a meeting as soon as possible so that we can discuss the first agreements by government's priorities to seek a path to dialogue with our most intensity now in

a moment we'll be live in cuts alone you know where neve brocker is standing by for us in boston on about first let's go to spain's capital madrid where the deputy prime minister has been speaking paul brennan is in madrid for us what did she have to say paul to the letter from the catalonia need. yeah i think that. it was not an expected. response this morning he complied with the monday morning deadline imposed by the spanish prime minister but he didn't comply in a way that the spanish government demanded a yes no answer and in that sense the reaction from the spanish government was to say that look this is totally inadequate and the deputy prime minister stepping in for mariano rajoy has been called away to the northern regions where those wildfires basically said look how difficult can it be the answer is either yes or it's no. i mean that i know that i get it he will not understand advocating on

such an important issue we only asked for clarity to extend uncertainty will only favor those who wish to end peaceful coexistence and to continue with a poor project the government hopes that in the following hours up until the next step line on thursday mr put your mind will give the clarity that all citizens demand and the rule of law requires we can't understand this perceive your ins and confusion and less he's doing that to meet the demands of the most radical groups. so what we do now we kick on into thursday which point mr bustamante has to actually formally back down regardless of whether he's clarified by that time whether or not he's actually declared independence if he doesn't back down then we are very much in the in the realms of invoking article one five five and that is to bring back rule from the region of catalonia back to madrid and the deputy prime minister was a pain to say it doesn't mean totally we're a subverting or overtaking catalonia basically just means bringing in catalonia back in line with its legal requirements that said though it's

a part of situation over to my right hand side the chief of the catalonia regional police is being questioned by an investigating judge this afternoon asking whether or not he is guilty of sedition he could go to prison for this and that is just one of the flashpoints that may make this a very difficult position a very difficult situation. in the coming days paul brennan in madrid thank you very much so what is he going to do next let's bring in. sunny of the. court once more what's been the response to what the deputy prime minister i said if any. with as and as you have been any direct response from calls approach the moment war any of the catalan leadership they feel to some extent as if their job is done in answering madrid's desire for there to be some degree of clarification as to whether independence house chile being declared they as you heard there from paul brennan gave this letter on top of the things

that we heard there from paul the council on leadership of or were also requested that twelve thousand national police here based in catalonia be withdrawn they also want the prosecution the all talked about there to come to an end to prosecution of those two senior police figures and also to leaders of civil society organizations that have close links to the catalan government and crucially they want to have talks as well let me remind you what happened last tuesday well. took to the stand to declare independence almost simultaneously we drew it saying thirty be very much up for negotiations after a period of two months to be able to perhaps push mariano to the negotiating table a bit of a nonstarter though because the spanish government have made very clear very early on that talks are not on the horizon they say that negotiations or any kind of discussion could only take place within the confines of the senate within the

spanish parliament itself so it really is a game of political tennis right now a game of political brinkmanship i think for the catalans want to see some of those demands in that letter mess before we can really move forward. in barcelona thank you very much for the moment. that's more ahead on al-jazeera the philippines army announces a major victory in the battle against fighters in the south plus. if we keep trying to investigate the truth about issues in rakhine state my life could be in danger in the line of fire how myanmar is trying to muzzle the media for reporting on the crisis. welcome back we'll look at the weather across asia and northeastern areas we have this frontal system which is getting a lot of heavy rain across parts of japan in particular and down towards the

yangtze river valley have also seen some large rainfall totals being reported so if you look at the forecast we've still got this frontal system little bit further towards drier for shanghai but the southern islands of japan are looking pretty white further north korea conditions there just twelve in sapporo it should be dry in beijing fine across the korean peninsula through wednesday that frontal system just pushes away the bit further towards us so drying up across some of the southern islands but we're seeing rain pushing in towards beijing but it should be bright in shanghai further towards a science we've been watching our tropical storm develop of last twenty four to forty hours what is still tropical storm kind of in is weakening quite dramatically as you can see from a satellite imagery so still plenty of rain to come across the gulf of tonkin into parts of vietnam in particular but not as heavy as it threatened to be at one stage showers likely for hong kong we will find conditions for much of taiwan the rain is going to push across parts of low so we could see some localized flooding here

meanwhile the circulation in the bay of bengal continue to push some heavy showers for parts of b.m.r. and it's like a wet one in yangon. in recent years the sawhill of north africa have witnessed the so-called war on terror . but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara at this time on al-jazeera.

hello again you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories thousands of people are leaving the iraqi city of kirkuk as government forces advance on kurdish military positions around the city the iraqi military says its forces have captured an air base and the local airport which was under peshmerga control. spain's deputy prime minister has asked for clarity after catalonia leader failed to declare if his region plans to secede and a letter to the central government. asked for more dialogue. now the israeli government has approved the construction of israeli settlements units in hebron in the occupied west bank thirty one new units have been approved the settlements are illegal under international law and so first time the government has given official approval for construction in hebron in fifteen years harry fox said has more from hebron. well this announcement from the israeli government approving thirty one

housing units will see another illegal israeli settlement building go up within the old city of hebron and that is something that is very concerning to activists here who say that given the nature of the settlements project inside. palestinians and israeli settlers live at such close proximity separated by cages by fences by barbed wire and by israeli army checkpoints and a large israeli army presence that this is going to make life inside her on that much more difficult for the palestinian residents here it is also something which you have to see in context of a wider growth in the settlement project the palestinian government says that it's increased by eighty five percent within just one year this week we're expecting to see hundreds more housing units approved either in advance of their construction or retroactively and so it is something of a trend which is deeply concerning to palestinians who live here in the occupied

west bank certainly the mayor of the palestinian this policy of hebron says he will challenge it both in the international arena trying to get pressure on the israeli government and through the courts as well as submitting a challenge to the israeli supreme court. to somalia now where three days of national mourning have been declared after at least two hundred seventy six people were killed in the worst bombing in the country in recent years it happened at a crowded intersection of the capital mogadishu on saturday clear who's responsible for the attack catherine sawyer reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. when people in somalia's capital mogadishu are trying to come to terms with one of the worst car bomb attacks ever a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at an intersection lined with government offices restaurants and shops hours later a second blast struck another business district in the city most of the buildings in those areas have been destroyed still being pulled out of the rubble president

mohammed up to live from a jew visited the scene his government has declared three days of mourning and you know. the target of these terrorist is not government officials but civilians as you see here there are no government buildings only civilians who are going about their daily life we have to come together and fight these monsters until we eradicate them from our country. speaking to al-jazeera the united nations deputy special envoy to somalia say despite such attacks the security situation around the country has improved a great efforts have been made by the government to particularly secure the city but also other areas in in the country but nevertheless when one is desperate enough to get through these kind of things do happen and we've seen it yet again into mali unfortunately doctors are doing their best with limited resources to deal with the many people who have been injured dozens are in critical condition several

have lost limbs so. what happened yesterday was incredible i have never seen such a thing before and the death toll is uncountable corpses were burned and no one could recognize them. attacks on soft targets like markets and restaurants have become common in somalia and what sets this one apart is just how large it was and the devastation it has caused right now people are in shock hospital supplies like blood are i did he needed many are wondering how someone is able to drive a view called packed with explosives into the heart of the city catherine zero nairobi kenya. and hundreds of somalis march through the streets of mogadishu to voice their anger after the bombing some of them said they have lost faith in the ses ability to protect people. the philippines defense minister says two senior isolated commanders have been killed in fighting in the southern city of merari in sanaa on happy. which sees parts of

the city in may is fighters were helped by the mouth a group one of its leaders omar has also been killed government forces have been fighting the armed groups for control of merari for several months now and has more from mari. well the secretary of defense that bill seen lorenzana has confirmed the death of is me alone happy alone and omar about what they both are leaders of the mouth a group they pledged allegiance to i still a few years ago and the raised its black flag over several parts of america we see it see the siege has been going on for more than four months now since the crisis began more than a thousand people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced now the brother of omar met with the abdullah mosiah was killed a few months ago also in a military led operation seventeen other hostages were also released today and the government admits that even though the conflict the fighting is not officially over

there is still an unidentified number of fighters and hostages right inside the small battle zone now according to the philippine military they're expecting liberation to happen any time soon now the president is expected to show up this week where the philippine flags at the heart of what are we city will be raised for the first time in months. the exodus of ranger from myanmar's rakhine fate has shocked the world but for journalists in the country simply every forty mystery has led to heresy meant carol melhem reports from younger on. in a yangon cafe i made mean mean he's visiting from his home state of record time when he runs a monthly political magazine it's a risky business the twenty eight year old shows me photos of the bombing attack on his house last year which he says was due to his reporting in rakhine. if we keep

trying to investigate the truth about issues in reclined states my life could be in danger if we reduced our coverage of stories about muslims during the recent incidents on monday or we had to be silent we almost don't cover it because we have to be very careful. more than half a million rohingya have fled main mar to bangladesh since late august after a military campaign the united nations has called ethnic cleansing but you're unlikely to hear it reported that way in mean ma i wonder what it comes to and your issue. a traitor this reporter says he's been harassed online and even threatened in person for his reporting in record time he doesn't want to reveal his identity because he fears for the public backlash and you're feeling more crammed and you know you feel crap when you're writing the news before it's publish you you have this fear what would be the public you know response. will be swearing at me again online. directing

a fact you know the journalist walk how does he or has spoken to about half a dozen journalists from a man who also say that facing some form of harassment even death threats were not toeing the government line on the range of issues and just to give you an example of what that narrative is this is one of the country's daily best selling newspapers and it says that authorities are saying they'll continue to fight with their holy islamic terrorism in iraq and state government social media also run the line that burning their homes including posting a photo of this couple who were later found to be hindu. the burning of ranger homes was recently cited in a united nations report as being part of a campaign to expel and prevent the return of rohingya to me but the government says it's false and that these kind of attacks are not happening these accusations are spreading throughout the world even though there's been no attack after the fifth of september and this is due to the media's role and this is very bad

performance of the media i can say these media are bullying us i think it's fair to say that the government's p.r. . machine on this entire issue has been absolutely dreadful and it's been something almost orwellian dystopian. and incredibly cheap and nasty minin war is not just for his country's future but that of his magazine he lost two of his six dollars this month because he wouldn't let them use the words bengali terrorist in their reports he remains afraid of what else he could lose if he continues to search for the truth in the. al-jazeera yangon portugal says at least twenty seven people have died in massive wildfires is the largest place to hit the country after a fire killed sixty four people back in june and fires have also killed at least three people in neighboring spain. austria's conservative leader sebastian curtis

has claimed victory in the general election at just thirty one he will be the world's youngest leader his people aspire he won more than thirty one percent of the vote but he'll need to form a coalition government more from david. and emphatic victory for sebastian kurtz just thirty one years old and already the chancellor of austria in waiting his first call to party headquarters of a thank you to supporters he described as making the impossible possible be let in and. today the voters men and women in this country gave us a great mandate we must be aware of this opportunity the women and men are putting their hopes into this movement we will use all our strength and all of our fight to bring about change in this country i invite you to go on this path with us there is much to do to establish a new style a new culture a politics political analysts say his victory makes it clear the turbulent rise of right wing populism is far from over of course this is the thanks of course. saw

him to be. labeled the whiz kid joined the campaign the leader of the conservative people's party achieved his ambition by being tough on what he called illegal migration kurtz has been accused of ruthless opportunism via his former coalition partners stealing the clothes and the policies of the hard right. no one party has an absolute majority in the national parliament sir coalition will have to be formed but who will kurtz now choose as his partner. most bets are on the hard right freedom party led by heinz christian struck it's been more than a decade since they've been in a governing coalition but tonight they were celebrating a significant surge in support for the little people called the club people see this shows the true. as it looks who will be able to celebrate diverse result in

the history of the party and it also shows that the wish for change is strong in austria. that feeling might not be shared by austria's muslim community the card of islamophobia has been successfully played in this election leaving them more isolated and vulnerable to be cheater outers or vienna. american football player collin kappa nick has filed a lawsuit against n.f.l. team owners for not hiring him cap'n it started a nationwide movement on august twenty sixth when he decided to set the neal during the national anthem to protest police mistreatment of african-americans a twenty nine year old opted out of his contract with the san francisco forty nine ers at the end of last season and is still unemployed kavanah claims he remains unsigned because of owner collusion. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera thousands of

people are leaving the iraqi city of kirkuk as government forces advance on kurdish military positions around the city the iraqi military says its forces have captured dk one air base and the local airport which was under pressure mega control the army and allied forces have also been moving on oil and gas positions iraq's prime minister has called for calm all this all is last month's controversial secession referendum in iraq's kurdish region more from cha stratford who's just outside catholic. we're on the outskirts of kirkuk we've been here an hour or so now thousands of families because moving out of kirkuk as you can see here we've also seen quite a few patients moving away form a sense of hopelessness we understand that the iraqi military is in control of this very strategic military base the k. one base that has taken control of by the peshmerga when the iraqi military fled and islip pensive in twenty fourteen we're now also hearing that the iraqi military

control of the airport which is quite close to the center of the city say spain's deputy prime minister has asked for clarity after catalonia failed to declare if his region plans to secede in a letter to the central government cost money to mont asks for more dialogue and i mean they're going to pretend that i know that i go with you you don't knock on the final agreement on such an important issue we only asked for clarity to extend uncertainty will only favor those who wish to end peaceful coexistence and to continue with a poor project the government hopes that in the following hours up until the next step line on thursday mr put your hand will give the clarity to all citizens demand and the rule of law requires we can't understand this preservations and confusion unless he's doing that to meet the demands of the most radical groups and the israeli government has approved the construction of israeli settlements units in hebron in the occupied west bank thirty one new units have been approved these

settlements are illegal under international law it's the first time the government has given official approval for construction in hebron in fifteen years. you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story stay with us. syrian democratic forces launch a major operation against eisel self-proclaimed the capital u.s. backed rebels say it's the final push for a so what's next for syria and for thousands of civilians trapped in the conflict this is inside story.