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follow on down this is al jazeera you from doha also coming up spain's government gives catalonia a seventy two hour deadline to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. somali rescuers look for survivors two days after the country's worst suicide attack killed about three hundred people. and a scathing persecution footage released by the un shows streams of range of refugees continue their forced exodus from myanmar into bangladesh. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of quetta cook from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds held

a referendum on succession last month al-jazeera is child stuff and has more now from ever built. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advance launched in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the industrial area airports military base and critical all fields were under the control of iraqi forces. soon after they marched into the center of the city. iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. the joint military operation was launched at dawn and progress significantly as the troops approached the area to crete and the north oil company were confronted by some rebels who tried to hinder the progress of the advancing units turned five in silence the fourth thank god today we have achieved all our goals according to our plan. the u.s.

military which a trained both sides in this dispute trying to downplay the escalation in a statement blaming the firefight on the darkness calling it a misunderstanding. but kurdish fighters painted a different picture of what was happening on the ground. now the moment i don't know what is happening exactly because we have been in the fight since four in the morning in the areas of tasa we have suffered casualties including martyrs and now we have withdrawn into this position and some of the other forces have pulled that they didn't fire a single shots and that's ok but when the seventh brigade holding up positions here . thousands fled the city as the forces approached of mixed in among them kurdish fighters now as the u.s. urges dialogue and calm the question is what's next will iraqi forces and their militias pursue the kurdish people and fight is that answer will have an impact here and around the globe oil prices are climbing with the news the possibility.

of a civil war perhaps in iraq with kadish forces fighting both iraqi army and possibly iranian militias. did not play well with the with the well so traders and so the perception is that prices will rise. until that's what we meant risky is completely character i shall we say understate most world powers at will the kurdish regional government and not to go ahead with a non-binding referendum where the majority of people voted for secession from iraq now the people of this region and their government finding out there is a very real price to be paid in this search for independence the speed with which the iraqi army were able to achieve their aim is left the kurdish regional government shocked and wanting and already there are questions being asked as to whether certain members of one of the main two kurdish political parties may have colluded with the iraqi military in order to ensure such

a swift and easy victory in and around kirkuk stratford al jazeera. while the united states has expressed concern that the unrest in the u.n. secretary general is urging both sides to resolve their dispute so dialogue. he appeals to the federal government and the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation in resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq so why is the region so crucial for both the iraqi government and the kurdish leadership well quetta coke lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population and is considered the center of the historical homeland the kurdish peshmerga rebels had held the city since twenty fourteen that captured it from i still after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region coke's rich oil

fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports and tensions been mounting in the region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month which is seen as unconstitutional by baghdad randa slim is from the middle east institute she says the international community isn't prepared to support an independent kurdish state. the whole region is not ready for to give up or to abandon this principle of integrity region we can see the reaction you know turkey iran even saudi arabia today have thrown their support for a bit of that that is a locked unst not only in the region but also in the international communities to have unilateral change of borders and so nobody wants in other south sudan in their in their neighborhood in their midst so for now i think especially with the loss

of the key fields or most of the oil fields i don't see for it to be and for the coup for the iraqi kurdistan if a pathway to have in economically viable independent kurdish state catalonia as leader has failed to clarify whether his region plans to secede from spain just hours before a deadline from the spanish government government instead asked for more dialogue in a letter to the central government he has until thursday to respond or face the prospect of direct rule so negotiate reports from barcelona. it was supposed to be a monday deadline for the catalan president's response to madrid's demand but he clarified his position on secession lacked any definitive answers in his letter to spain's prime minister might enter a catalyst you once said that the suspension of the political mandate given by the

polls in october first demonstrates our firm will to find a solution and not confrontation not exactly the yes or no response required by the spanish government before it decides whether to push ahead with suspending catalonia as autonomous powers them and they're going to pretend that i know that on such an important issue we only asked for clarity to extend uncertainty we're only favor those who wish to end peaceful coexistence and to continue with the poor project the government hopes that in the following hours up until the next deadline on thursday mr persia will give the clarity that all citizens demand and the rule of law requires we can understand his preservations and confusion unless he's doing that to meet the demands of the most radical groups the spanish government is maintaining it's tough stance on mr prejudgment but it has given away just a fraction on the question of the deadline the ball in effect is back in the catalan government's caught with a constitutional crisis is far from over. the back and forth between madrid and

barcelona has prolonging the standoff between the two sides and the catalan government is adamant about its position organizing a referendum is not a crime so that when we are confronted with there is no separation of powers in the spanish state there is no respect for the basic laws and the only thing we can address east politically to respond would be is demanding us to do. in madrid the head of the catalan police force just serve us capital was questioned at spain's national court despite pressure from the prosecution he's not being detained but all thora teams have withheld his passport he's accused of. failing to enforce a ban on the october first referendum a vote to madrid says that was illegal under the constitution. it has angered many in catalonia for whom beto is a hero to the region secessionist after his force took a much less aggressive position than the national police force they came under international criticism for their violent crackdown on voters. there is little

clarity about how this will end and which side will back down and many whatever the capital and government decides to do it will pay the price for holding the referendum in the first place so you go out barcelona meanwhile hundreds of people protested in barcelona right for a judge jailed the leaders of two probably independence groups johnny sanchez and johnny cash are now being investigated for sedition for organizing demonstrations their groups are urging catalans to protest by stopping work on tuesday. unfortunately the judge's decision is to take away our freedom it's an act that doesn't correspond to any principles of justice it's an act i mean that frightening us and punishing us for defending freedom and peacefully taking to the streets as we have done so many times that's why i want to sincerely ask that every response given in the coming days and the overall response will be to permanently protest

which will lead us to the proclamation of the republic we will give them the same attitude that has made us stronger united polite and so confident they can't defeat us if we remain strong rescue crews in somalia are working to find survivors two days after the worst suicide attack in the country's history more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured after a truck bomb explosion ripped through the heart of the capital. reports. it's a search to recover bodies and perhaps to find survivors rescue workers hope there's still life under these piles of rubble. twenty four hours after the explosion we found a young man who was alive the first thing i asked for was a phone so he could call his family he will continue to look for survivors for as long as it takes. more than three hundred people died in saturday's bombing attack in mogadishu scores are still missing. and his family were nearby when the car exploded he hasn't seen his brother since then. my brother and his wife very

near the blast that he's still. very about if they survived we've gone to the sea and all the hospitals but still nothing. many families are left with only questions not knowing whether to grieve or hang on to hope. my son had a pharmacy. where the tragedy happened we still don't know where he is dead or alive he had she wives and twelve children he was a sole breadwinner. for survivors international help has arrived military planes take these victims to turkey where they'll receive specialized treatment with limited resources and medical supplies local hospitals are struggling. in my career as a doctor i've never seen anything like this they were burned bodies all over the

place hundreds of fatalities were registered at medina hospital countless are injured. countries like kenya ethiopia and qatar are offering logistical help locals are also doing what they can retrieving bodies from the rubble providing food and water for emergency workers. but they are also angry hundred six of the sri suppose the attack they blame the armed group fighting the government and. union peacekeepers inside somalia thought. it was a massacre i've never seen anything like it in the last twenty seven years i saw a little boy's head lying on the ground it was shocking. no one has yet claimed responsibility but speaking to al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president who visited the scene blames would he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger

pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and a rising death toll. now dizzier on the eiffel tower is dimming its lights and solidarity with somalia after that attack the monument in the french capital usually stays lit until late at night but in recent times america paris has increasingly asked for the towers lights to be dimmed to on a victims of attacks around the world. lots more to come here knowledge is there including jailed on tortured for being gay chechnya security forces are accused of brutality. the u.s. football star who began a movement against racism now has a new battle on his hands state. how they were set fire across the middle east a little bit of

a possibility around the black sea around the caspian sea still got this little area a cloud in place i think for armenia for georgia a possibility of some showers coming through anywhere between the black sea and the caspian sea you see that little china clapperton some wet weather all the way into the far north of iran once again and pushing a little further east which could see some snow over towards pakistan as we go on into the middle part of the way guess where dry and sunny as per usual thought of all celsius the top temperature for kuwait city tad warmer than that. around thirty seven degrees over the next couple of days pleasantly warm shall we say you can see the warm sunshine stretches across the arabian peninsula and again it is set back plenty of dry weather to come back into south africa after a recent spell of rather heavy rain might just see want to see coastal showers just around the southern cape perhaps into the eastern cape that's for tuesday wednesday is fine and dry the showers clear away we'll see some warm sunshine coming through

harare gets up to thirty four celsius for the north well it's sunshine and showers across central parts of africa once again we got showers around the highlands right across into the gulf of guinea. on counting the cost a scandal made in japan kobe seal admits that it fakes data on components used by the world's biggest makers of planes trains and automobiles plus and bubble trouble why the i.m.f. is signaling danger ahead for the global economy even as growth takes higher counting the cost at this time on al jazeera.

welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera iraqi government forces have taken control of the contested city of quetta cook from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month. catalonia as leader has failed to clarify whether his region plans to announce independence from spain. has three more days to make the decision people are protesting in barcelona after a spanish judge jailed the leaders of two pro independence groups and rescuers are searching for people who are still missing after the worst suicide bombing in somalia's history more than three hundred were killed in a truck blast on saturday thirty five seriously injured people have been flown to turkey for treatment. no new aerial footage showing the scale of the

exodus of ranger refugees from to bangladesh the un's refugee agency has released this video showing streams of people walking towards the border more than five hundred thousand refugees have crossed into bangladesh in less than five weeks the crisis started in late august when the military launched a crackdown which the u.n. has described as ethnic cleansing the philippines military says it's close to ending the siege of the southern city of monrovia but i saw linked fighters thirty rebels and their families remain in the conflict area they're holding around twenty two people hostage two senior commanders of the armed group of battle government troops for the control of my own city since may were killed in fighting on sunday john allen duggan reports. it is the end of an era says the philippine military the leaders of the mountie group happy law and omar were killed in a military operation early on monday morning but it says the victory is bittersweet

it is a conflict that has dragged on for far too long even minutes officials here admit more than a thousand people have been killed and a hundred thousand more displaced since the fighting began more than four months ago she was there you know last. abundant. is the learn that was one of the leaders of the armed group in the southern philippines he pledged allegiance to i still a few years ago and declared leader of an islamic state he wanted to set up in southeast asia together with his supporters he joined us with their group now to last year the mountain started as a private militia in la now those who are province omar and pledged allegiance to to the group took control of several parts of city

a few months ago. it raised its black flag over several government facilities and took thousands of civilians hostage. there was killed a few months ago in one of the battles inside what are we. more than four months on much of morality is now in ruins according to the philippine military the fighting may finally end this week. about two hundred meters across that blake is the last remaining stronghold all of them out. around thirty of them continue to battle it out against the philippine military. but they still have hostages with them and it's making the situation complicated. in the midst of congratulatory salutes are questions whether lessons have been learned. from. the fighters there may have been a setback to the leadership but it doesn't signal the end of the mountain there i

so inspired groups in mindanao the people of morale we say they're happy knowing the seach will be over soon so much blood has been spilled here. and the city they love has turned desolate. dogon. city southern philippines. a russian man has accused security forces in chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a crackdown against homosexuals. it was the first person to file an official complaint despite a wave of accusations against people linked to chechen authorities earlier this year human rights groups say more than one hundred men were arrested beaten tortured up on a believes he was detained in a police building in the chechen capital grozny. twelve days i spent imprisoned in the basement slept on cardboard on the floor cements covered with bullets under the cardboard a giant pool of blood. and legs would be eaten by the time i left chechnya i could

barely crawl austria looks set to welcome a new leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz official results aren't expected until the end of this week but kurt is said to be seeking a coalition with his country's far right to immigration policy sending shock waves around the european union has more from vienna. a new start and a new image for austria the world's youngest leader in waiting is reported to be in intensive find the scenes negotiations with the hard right freedom party to whom a coalition government political analysts say sebastian kurtz cleverly exploited his country's fears about another immigration crisis. migration is now the topic that all the politicians have all political parties have to address in order to be successful intellectual campaigns. instead of the defaced posters you usually see in the aftermath of many elections curses were plastered with stickers saying

thank you. and they will. i realize the shift to the right is happening in europe in general and that is i think a development which means that people are more insecure the values on the right anymore. hinds christian strucker who leads the freedom party is expected to demand the foreign ministry as its price for giving kurds an absolute majority in parliament the international reaction to kurds is victory has been somewhat cautious and muted no doubt because the coalition talks are still going on. the german chancellor angela merkel praised him for running a very modern campaign but knows the immigration crisis could be even harder to handle with curt's as her new neighbor. today we have said and i say this time and time again we must solve the problems and we must look we have achieved what we have not. the counting of postal votes has yet to be completed city official

results of the election will not be announced until the end of this week no major changes are expected though the far right is about to enter the government for the first time in seventeen years if the coalition talks are successful. to al-jazeera vienna. the united states has condemned venezuela as regional elections on sunday as. president nicolas maduro is ruling socialist party won seventeen of the twenty governorships opposition leaders are rejecting the results and want a full recount reports from the run district. a small party in front of the governorship in the capital of the state of. these are supporters of president. celebrating the ruling party's victory here and opposition stronghold since two thousand and eight. commander chavez left his legacy to his son nicholas

so that all these people can continue to live in peace. across the street many looked in shock this man did not want his name used he says he has lost hope that's missing. i'm disappointed with the country the people crushed themselves for communism on sunday they finished democracy in this country officially the office of former presidential candidate of the opposition and who was the governor of the state has been barred from running for public office for fifteen years administratively irregularities. persecuted by the government losing in the state. for the opposition even though now they control governorships around the country. the new governor selected on sunday will be sworn in at the constitutional assembly elected last july when

a super body the opposition says was created to strip the opposition controlled congress of its last powers. in spite of winning five governorships the opposition says they will not be attending they say the process was filled with irregularities . the government has. isn't the real fraud violence irregularity manner pollution advantage corruption treachery and extortion to do and not recognize the bill of the people. that government insists fraud accusations are ungrounded. it's not true that you lost because of polling station relocations and substitutions have a little sanity just because trump supports you you don't have the right to a lawyer the way you do. your position is in a complex situation they have lost hope in the electoral system but have yet to decide how they will continue to fight against what they say are the governments to

tell you. venezuela. experts from all of the world are gathering to investigate the mysterious death of the chilean poet problem the road up sixteen forensic scientists from canada denmark the us spain and chile a meeting in santiago to share their analysis of his death in one nine hundred seventy three his family believe he believes he was murdered by agents of the military dictator augusto pinochet the forensic experts will present the conclusions on friday woman who says donald trump groat ten years ago has filed a subpoena against the u.s. president. to try to get with me here still it is just innocent doing right now for the summer services a former contestant on trump's television show the apprentice she wants documents relating to her and other woman making similar allegations handed over to court trump has denied her accusation calling it totally fake news he told journalists claims are disgraceful and made up

a lawsuit filed by an n.f.l. quarterback is escalating an on off the field dispute in the world's most lucrative sportingly it's a debate between freedom of speech and patriotism in the united states the league is meeting to see if it can be resolved gabler's under reports from new york. he's only twenty nine years old and widely considered still in the prime of his playing career but he can't find a job former n.f.l. quarterback calling kaepernick believes there's a good reason for that and he's filed a formal complaint accusing the national football league and the owners of the thirty two professional football teams of colluding to keep him off the playing field but it definitely is rattling for the league if this case goes through if he's able to prevail in the house and prove that there was collusion among the owners to keep the league there is a very serious ramification for the n.f.l. kaepernick has been unemployed since opting out of his contract with the san

francisco forty nine er's earlier this year last year he launched what has become a movement when he took a need during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism this season some other players continue to do the same in solidarity this weekend's games were no exception and act of freedom of expression for them but not in the eyes of president donald trump who once monday again commented about it you're disrespecting our flag and you're disrespecting our country and the n.f.l. should a suspended some of these players the n.f.l. brings in about nine billion dollars a year making it the most lucrative sports league in the world. attendance and t.v. ratings were already in decline but there are signs that the controversy may be adding to the n.f.l. as wos average ratings for the first five weeks of the two thousand and seventeen season are just over fifteen million viewers that's

a seven percent drop in the same period last season and in more worrying eighteen percent drop from the more than eighteen million viewers in two thousand and fifteen and that could all have a knock on effect for the amount t.v. companies and advertisers are willing to pay the n.f.l. the owners just don't like the distraction the more that it starts to threaten their business model than of course the league is going to be upset now n.f.l. bosses and team owners are set to huddle in this new york hotel for two days to try to come up with a response to the growing controversy they wish would just go away gabriel is on doe new york all that is of course on our website there it is on his screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's not a zero dot com. this week at the top stories here on al-jazeera iraqi government forces have taken

control of the contested city of quetta coke from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region of the since the kurds had a referendum on succession last month the united states and the united nations second a general of both calling for donald to resolve the dispute. he appeals to the federal government and the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq catalonia as leader still hasn't clarified whether his region plans to announce independence from spain. three more days to make that decision people are protesting in barcelona or after a spanish judge day of the leaders of two independence groups rescuers are searching for people who are still missing after the worst suicide bombing in somalia's history more than three hundred were killed in

a blast on saturday thirty five seriously injured victims have been flown to turkey for specialist treatment new aerial footage showing the scale of the exodus of range of refugees from me and marta bangladesh the un's refugee agency released this video showing streams of people walking towards the border more than five hundred thousand refugees have crossed into bangladesh to escape a military crackdown a car bomb and motor has killed a journalist who'd been leading the fight against corruption. wrote a blog on bribery and fraud between politicians and businessmen some of the accusations involve the prime minister joseph muscat was denounced the killing a russian man has accused police in chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a crackdown on homosexuality. is the first person to file an official complaint despite a wave of accusations against people linked to check north ortiz earlier this year

human rights groups say more than one hundred men were arrested beaten and tortured that one says he could hardly cruel when he was released after two weeks well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost so much and thank so much in life an elf. just some an age old part of spanish culture no one i can stop thinking about today or the bullies in my life others about barack sport and a symbol of central government by one we shouldn't carry on something that goes against the morals of got along the sides it is a from the catalan nationalist perspective the believe the present spanish culture and catalonia is lost for a fight at this time on al-jazeera wild.