all of us to explore. and it's a strange thing for us to be a part. of our ways going places to get a sense. of the. six years after the death of gadhafi. just a little travels to libya. to hear from some of those who for his regime contributed to his downfall. the battle of misrata at this time on al jazeera.

consulate just celebrate the declaration of independence that the spanish prime minister responds by dissolving the parliament calling us nothing much. we are not suspending the autonomy we are returning. to that region. i'm citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up ten years really run a presidential election is mobbed by more violence voting in four positions strongholds is postponed aquittal will get his vice president was seen as a suspended jail term for embezzling money to fund his playboy lifestyle and the japanese speed devils burning up tokyo streets but fang to a child found. president

. palmer and hours after the raging declared its independence facing his country's greatest political crisis in decades. says spain is living through. an ounce to stuff election in catalonia on december twenty first and. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the catalan parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mayors had been

invited ceremonial sticks by their sides to. the story. it wasn't long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving this parliament into the history books most opposition members walked out in disgust leaving the spanish national flag and the catalan flag draped over their benches then came the count again slow with reaction to every yes. seventy votes for ten against into abstention. and the catalan national anthem this time striking a different group before long another vote in madrid this time the senate making a decision on article one five five direct rule moving to the spanish government a large majority. two hundred fourteen for forty seven against approval for

prime minister mariano rajoy to sack the regional government and impose sweeping powers back in barcelona these politicians and supporters hardly look like people about to go into the background president colors push them all call for calm. citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our country's polls a most of all to montane that peace public spirit and our dignity i think we have always done with no doubt it will continue to be that way this is an extraordinary moment but it's historic to find the right way across this eighteenth century building of the mix moods and all they said was the liberation of those sticks to say a from the more the right across the head to express the. you

. don't see the look of what a thought was one of them was. independent. independence is heartbreaking sad and distressing that is how all the catalans who are not pro independence feel including very democratic pro independent supporters that cannot share this destructive operation based on lies fraud and impositions it is causing on the social fiber of catalonia looking to madrid for the next move cats in lands who are angered or saddened or also fearful of what will happen if mariano rajoy is already using his new powers not dissolving parliament calling elections in december and listing those he's sacking. friday night in the center of barcelona a city known more for its football its beaches and sunshine than any resistance to state power and it's a party time for a large number of people packed. into a square in front of the seat of government how long will the smiles last so many

questions along with another sobering historic moment the gulf between those who want to be in spain and those who don't here has never been because andrew simmons i would use a bustling. well i'm joined now by a monk patch aiko pardo senior lecturer in spanish politics at kings college in london thanks for staying with us here and al-jazeera and i suppose people watching from home i was thinking what happens next we have madrid making a very very clear that they won't accept a vote that was made in the castle in parliament today katlin parliament hasn't really responded the president hasn't actually responded since that address was made by the prime minister is this an impasse champions on the ground i think we're going to just hear what happens tomorrow because there's going to be a response by the cousin on the president at least until tomorrow to remain as president and i think you will reject the decision by the spanish parliament by the

spanish government and then we'll see what happens afterwards many katanas will be siding with him but many other things would be against those you know has been taken today we going to see the castle president taken off in handcuffs because he is now being removed by the prime minister of spain well this is what the spanish government wants to avoid. this could happen because what he does that he sexually illegal but i think this plan is going might try to kind of the to do is you know a different way so that this image doesn't happen is actually showed across the world so my not happened in the end at least publicly or mad wait a few months until it has come down a little bit do you think the crisis in the way the prime minister's handled there is enhanced his reputational damage his reputation along well i have to say i think he has them and his reputation and these are started five years ago many both thought it should have been dealt with two or three years ago had the very least if not

a few months i was as well and i feel here said and done it properly dialer would have been the way to go it is true that within the cut in an area you may believe in one dialogue but there are also times wanted these on the spending side there are so many who want to sit down and have a proper discussion we don't want independent i don't know nobody wants a repeat of the kind of. these protests and the kind of violence that happened after the election what do you think really can stop that we saw a lot of people on the streets obviously the evening in barcelona today very much pro secession how can they really calm it down and not see a violent action happening well of different ways of doing this and people are saying that for example is france going to stop paying the salaries of those that oppose his decisions and this really wouldn't be meant then we should all feel that the more than half of qataris are against independence or elections coming up short probably over the next few weeks less and less people will be willing to demonstrate and actually you have to be some sort of friend unless people go into

the streets and more people sitting quietly at home so actually a situation could carry on in this way and to be very interesting saturday in spain thank you very much for joining us here on al-jazeera pacheco. and officials have called off voting in four opposition strongholds as violence flares over thursday's presidential run at least six people have been killed and witnesses say armed gangs roaming the streets kenya's election commission has appealed for calm while the results are still being verified turnout has been lower around six and a half million kenyans cast their ballots on thursday that's around thirty four point five percent of registered voters by contrast turnout in the august election was eighty percent or nearly fifteen million voters kenya's election commission said more than one in ten polling stations failed to open due to what it described

as security challenges mohamed atta reports from nairobi. kenya's second presidential elections and three months what designed to bring along as political season. there now doubts they may provide any closure after all what we witnessed was a very low voter turnout into our climate of fear and intimidation and in that political environment is difficult for an election to be considered credible with nearly all followers of opposition leader raila odinga heeding his call for a boycott. victory is not in question but some are already questioning whether the low tunneled will give president kenyatta a reasonable monday took a major defeat. to the total voter turnout is a little over thirty percent kenyatta may have won there is no way he can be the leader of a few and form a government for old people voting on thursday was marred by skirmishes between

police and stone throwing opposition supporters police used tear gas and fired live ammunition and blanks into the air to disperse them but the protest this big grouping quickly how about the situation was calm elsewhere for voting in kimbo outside nairobi and other strongholds of president kenyatta. the election comes after weeks of political twists on tongues in the central business district of ny rule b. this through almost empty the kenyan economy slowed sharply they see as businesses have held back on investments until after the elections many kenyans say they want these crisis. some even say the continued uncertainty is threatening their livelihoods down when is the does the we've been stuck at home since wednesday the children want to they want to eight and who else will provide for them yes we want a president if you wins if he is sworn in and it's fine as long as we can continue

to work and our children kind of food and an education. a flawed election numerous call resulting in a controversial run which many stayed away from thought is the story of this presidential race there is hope it will have a happy ending but confidence is not high mohammed at all jazeera i don't become law. still ahead on the program. celebrations in south africa after the white men over an attack that racial divisions it's obvious time in the occupy west bank. town. how in place to say we got some dry weather for eastern parts of australia over the next hour some of the showers never really too far away the wet weather well it's

going to continue driving through the bike along with the system just coming in for him we'll see some pretty brisk winds feeding into a good part of south all stright a little bit about whether they're coming into victoria twenty celsius for melbourne ahead of that some warm dry skies there bristling at around twenty eight degrees we see some rather wet weather in perth recently but i think what the stock type is for quite some time past chippie well as you drive through saturday sunday i suspect a little drive as well we see a little more cloud just pushing in but temperatures getting up to around seventeen celsius well so weather the cloudy skies push across the fossella but i think for many it will be fine and dry now she says temperatures picking up in brisbane to around thirty one degrees we will see some clouds increase in cloud just spilling across the tasman sea heading towards new zealand i think some parts will see some dry and bright weather having said that south island certainly as we go through saturday what's the weather just pushing across the north island for a time but nine hundred. so not too bad here meanwhile things will take

a turn for the worst over japan over the next few days as a tropical storm makes its way in from the south. i'm counting the cost to italy's wealthy northern region so you see the moral tone of the forces reshaping european politics china's new leadership lineup the fact the economy plus why trade is the hong kong stock exchange is saying bye bye to the back country because at this time or now just near zero. zero zero this is an opportunity to understand when a very different way were there before something happens and we don't leave.

welcome back to remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera the spanish prime minister has announced these dissolving the council of politics and calling regional elections after it declared independence from the rest of the country. thousands of people are rallying in barcelona to show their support for independence waving separatists flags and singing traditional song. called off voting for opposition strongholds as violence flares over thursday's presidential rerun at least six people have been. to one in south africa man have been sentenced to a total of twenty five years in prison after they were found guilty of trying to force a black man into a coffin and threaten to burn him alive natasha reports. there were tears on both sides of the courtroom in the so-called coffin case it was

a case that laid bare the ongoing racial divide in post apartheid south africa on friday a judge sentenced tayo jackson to fourteen years and villa. to eleven years in prison the most appalling and. was to leave. again. video shot by the men on a mobile phone led to nationwide condemnation and eventually their arrests victor millo she was says he was taking a short cut on the men's farm when they kidnapped him drove him to another location forced him into a coffin and threaten to kill him in their defense the farmer say was trespassing they caught him stealing copper cables and said he threatened to kill their families and burn their crops but the judge pointed out this was not the first time the men had force someone into

a coffin and their behavior had quote fueled racial tensions in let's say this case spotlights the haves and the have nots in south africa which is largely split along racial lines well heaven to come to terms with exactly who we are as a country with a country that. shipley on sexism. in sentencing the two men the judge said they showed no remorse their prison sentences should send a message to others that this kind of behavior will be punished and punished severely. the syrian opposition wants three main rebel factions in northern syria to reunite as wall me president assad's forces are on the move taking more territory while the rebels retreat six is off to the start of the uprising in syria the rebels. have a choice we build a strong army or face to. report some on turkey's border with.

safe is the command of an elite free syrian army unit the f.s.a. once the pride of the syrian opposition is backed by turkey the us and many european and gulf countries it has paid crucial roles in recent military operations against i said in northern syria. but it has been weakened by divisions and is outnumbered by rival groups syria's opposition is now turning to commanders like. from the brigade to unite all the armed groups and build a new army. we will have a transitional authority a new army that will run the country when bush ariel assad is a victim power but we need weapons and logistical support the syrian opposition is expected to appoint a minister of defense and chief. but rebel commanders are yet to overcome

differences about the structure of the new army and the groups that will be allowed to join the f.s.a. has disintegrated into disparate factions mohammad mohamed commands a free syrian army unit in. an area in homs besieged by government forces. some factions have acted selfishly never cared about the others they still weapons but never share them with those constantly on the front lines this is created resentment among many factions. other commanders like a mensch a band blame the opposition's main regional backers for undermining the. it's no secret our backers are the ones who dictate when and where to start a fight they are manipulating the rebels had it not been for their interference we would have toppled asaad a long time ago. powerful armed factions like. a

coalition led by a former al qaeda affiliate well to be part of the new army the to operate independently and reject handing over their territories as. the rebels may not be able to stand against the syrian army which has the support of russia and iran but that is still this feeling among opposition commanders that reversing gains is never too late that evening confident that the fight is far from over and that with international support we may be able to run syria in the future. iraqi prime minister hi there he has ordered a twenty four hour suspension to military operations against kurdish forces and northern iraq he says it's to allow for the deployment of every rocketry the border crossings with the kurdistan region stephanie decker sent this update from a bill. so these twenty four hours are for

a joint committee with both iraqis and the kurds to figure out the details of areas of redeployment in the words of the iraqi prime minister to save iraqi lives because we have seen violent mature confrontations at some of these flashpoints now the intention here is for the iraqi federal forces to take back all of the disputed territories and also significantly to take control of the border crossings that the k r g still holds with syria out with turkey and with iran they've been holding those borders since two thousand and three so since this is certainly a huge reversal of fortune for the kurds i don't think anyone would have predicted that these were the consequences of that controversial referendum. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud his saying who's now been in an egyptian prison for more than three hundred days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos claims he. strongly deny his saying has repeatedly complained

of mistreatment in jail he was sentenced in december while visiting his family. mammals government to allow food aid into iraq and state off to denying access to aid agencies for two months the un has world food program says malnutrition rates in the states already above emergency levels before access was blocked the agency had been providing aid to about one hundred ten thousand rohinton muslims the region. the son of acquittal against president has been found guilty of embezzling money to buy property. and who always also the country's second vice president was found guilty in absentia by a french court david. device president of equitorial guinea embezzled more than one hundred seventy five million dollars from his country's public funds to finance his playboy lifestyle in france the verdict on don't usually introduced

legislation to deal with so-called ill gotten gains was hailed by his opponents and described by prosecuting lawyers as an historic decision. is an unprecedented and global message to court is sending to kleptocrats it is de beginning of the end for this rule of impunity and immunity is kleptocrats imagine it was a turnoff and universal unity or bangs father has been president of equitorial guinea finnish father has been president of equitorial guinea for nearly four decades a country made rich by its oil reserves but where nearly two thirds of the population live in squalor and poverty his son's multimillion dollar mansion in an exclusive suburb of paris has now being confiscated as well as many of the luxuries artworks and antiques inside the former butler of the vice president allege that life behind his mansion the walls with one full of whores alcohol and cocaine those days are

definitely now over but at the paris courthouse a reminder of what life can be like for opponents who challenge the families grip on their country or to live meanies through our stacia may the minister or the minister himself was giving orders saying do it is do that it happened at the ministry building in equatorial guinea to me so touching me that means did or didn't endear the activists who launched the campaign want to return the embezzling money back to the people it was stolen from but no mechanism is yet in place to do that investigations have also been launched against the presence of good one and the republic of congo but it could be months before they reach the court david chaytor al-jazeera carries. three palestinian farmers have been injured as they tried to harvest olives when they were confronted by israeli so settlers is the latest incident in a harvest season beset by harassment around illegal settlements palestinian farmers

need special millet ship a mission to reach the hari force it spent the day with one group village fit in the occupied west bank in the pre-dawn light a handful of farmers gather for the chance to get to their land for a few minutes israeli soldiers open the gates. id papers are taken. and they go from being locked out to locked in they were cast fitting the branches isn't good for the trees but it's quick which helps when you have a six week old baby to tend to as well each family has just a few days not only to harvest olives but to carry out maintenance work that would normally be done throughout the year but. the trees don't get the trimming or fertilize and they leave the land doesn't get plowed or maintained so the production goes yeah. the restrictions of the result of a separation barrier and military road that cordon off the nearby illegal

settlement of. the palestinian agriculture ministry says of eleven million olive trees five hundred thousand cut off in this way requiring coordination with the israeli military to farm a recent un report said those trees were sixty five percent less productive than those that are regularly tended less than twenty kilometers away near nablus another group of palestinian farmers was confronted by israeli settlers three were injured earlier this month by an illegal israeli outpost in the same area settlers simply help themselves back in south we find and rummy's harvesting some of the nearly two hundred family trees they say they get two days access to do two weeks worth of work in february and seventeen days now at harvest time. at their mercy it all happens quickly as if we're stealing time we come a don't sometimes we wait until eight or eight thirty we wait in the cold sometimes they come late sometimes they come early it's the same when we leave ten hours after they first opened the gates unlocked once again the farmers expect another

week or so of this restricted harvest season from then until late winter the locks will stay in place are a force that al-jazeera south feet in the occupied west bank. the palestinian group hamas says its security chief in the gaza strip has been wounded in what it is describing as a failed assassination attempt orchestrated by israel tofik abu name was slightly injured in the car bombing on friday outside a mosque in gaza a mass did not provide any evidence of israeli involvement the israeli military says it does not comment on following reports. in january two point six million people across the u.s. took part in the women's march following the you know we're a nation of president donald trump now organizers are meeting again in detroit for the women's come vention actress wrote mcgowan gave a rousing speech saying people shouldn't be afraid to name and shame their sexual abusers it was her first public appearance since speaking out about the abuse she

allegedly suffered at the hands of hollywood producer harvey weinstein. the world's top comic has displaying that latest super cars and driving technology out. automakers well doing enough to bias. in the school raj and the japanese town of oil yaman near mount fiji forty seven year old tuckey she khumra keeps his most prized possessions some twenty modified and customized cars he's a real estate agent by day. and by night he races his souped up cars. techie she is known in japan as a social media embassador of what may be a fading car culture he's worried millennialists those people aged eighteen to forty five don't share his love affair with the automobile even on. what that is today's young people came of age during the recession where their family didn't

have a car so some of them didn't grow up knowing how fun and convenient cars can be. took issue another car enthusiastic get together in parking lots on weekends to show off their own cars and check out others. most of those who gather are men in their forty's and fifty's among them only a few millennia less good mitt their peers just aren't interested. i know some people who has a t. to get a driver's license because a strap on some expensive researchers in the us say there's been a continuous decline in the number of people under forty five getting driver's licenses and buying cars and manufacturers say they're selling fewer cars to young people since the global financial crisis in two thousand and eight some sociologists believe the century old love fair with the car may be a thing of the past i think there's more to it than that it's rather more complex we have been seeing a financial crisis we've also just been saying get

a new trend millennial is to delay that big life choices that getting married late that moving out of home later. partly financial pressures plea other social pressures and there is less reason to call tookie she on his friends believe millennial is no longer identify their freedom or personality with a car and that smartphones and high tech gadgets are how young people now express themselves car sharing and other services have also made it less essential to own a car because of what it's japanese automakers want more young people to buy their cars they have to come up with truly stylish and unique cars if they do i think consumers will notice. and that's exactly what car makers are hoping to achieve at the tokyo motor show. a lineup of gleaming new tech savvy cars and prototypes to capture the imagination of those whose interest in cars may have been on the wane culture dirge on al-jazeera.

a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the spanish prime minister has announced his dissolving the catalan pollen meant and calling region and elections after it declared independence from the rest of the country arianna rouhani said that decision was based on lies and election will take place on december the twenty first. mr premier of maybe more. the first measures that have been tossed are the following to depose the president of the council on government the position of the deputy president and all of the members of the council on government we will also abolish the delegation abroad known as the embassies except in brussels and the secretary general of the catalan police will also be suspended thousands of people have been rallying in barcelona to show their support for catalan independence they've been waving surfaces flags and singing traditional

catalan songs. kenyan officials have called also ting in for opposition strongholds as violence flares over thursday's presidential well at least six people have been killed and witnesses say armed gangs in the street kenya's election commission has appealed for calm while the ballots are still being counted. mammals government will allow food aid interlock kind state after denying access to aid agencies for two months the united nations says malnutrition rates already above emergency levels before access was blocked the agency had been providing aid to about one hundred ten thousand grinch and muslims in the region. south african men have been sentenced to a total of twenty five years in prison after they were found guilty of trying to force a black man into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive. as jackson. hasan welcome back to dip

attempted murder assault and kidnapping. he has become the first country to withdrawal from the international criminal court the pullout takes effect on friday after it notified the united nations intention to leave it follows accusations at the core focus too much on africa. withdrawal doesn't affect ongoing. those are your headlines counting the cost is next. and for you.

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