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hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up a suit barzani steps down as the kurds president in iraq and says no one stood up to support their right to self-determination. marching for unity hundreds of thousands stage a rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia declaring independence. look at the child people smugglers used by mexican gangs to get on documented migrants into the u.s. also coming up a bit later in the program is hoping we'd wind the new growth industry in lebanon. and i'm far as small have all the day's sport including first ladies driver lewis hamilton has won his fourth formula one world title.

top story this hour iraq's kurdish leader massoud barzani is to step down as president parliament has approved his request for his term to end by november the first on the parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judiciary after the announcement barzani said that iraq central government no longer believes in kurdish rights and he said it was using september secession referendum as a pretext to attack the region let's go to the darts in the fight against eisel the peshmerga showed great bravery to the people of kurdistan short of defending spirit the international community came here the role of the peshmerga the people of kurdistan but unfortunately at the time they had to show action they all went back to their own interests and the principles disappeared. al-jazeera stephanie decker has more now from erbil in northern iraq president must sued by designing he had been absent in these sort of public realm over the last few weeks

have been a lot of rumors about his potential standing down and the letter had been sent to parliament but it was the first time sunday night when he actually addressed the people directly to the first time certainly since iraqi forces pushed through and took back those disputed territories the backlash to that one traversal referendum a referendum that really bugs that he wanted to be his legacy in the end you could argue that it led to his downfall he came on television improve corded statement defiant but you could see his demeanor not happy at all saying that they had been betrayed and per cook something they hadn't expected they're pointing the finger at an internal division within the p.-u. kaon of the opposition parties saying that this had been a pre-planned push by the iraqi forces to take back the disputed territories and that the referendum was simply an excuse for that he also said pointing at the americans saying that iraqi forces were using american weapons against them and

that the american stood by and did nothing he also said that without the eisel would not have been defeated so certainly a feeling of betrayal he did refer to an old kurdish saying which is the kurds have no one but the mountains and he said that that once again we have realized is the truth now i think we need to look at how this all unfolds certainly here internally supporters of both sides their own internal divisions here and these are sort of unprecedented times eight months to go until the next presidential and parliamentary elections will be held. well zani was one of the biggest driving forces of course behind the kurdish bit of a session from iraq but pressure had been mounting on him to step aside ever since september the controversial referendum just thirty six hours after the vote iraqi government moved in to take back vast areas of land under kurdish control can't you lopez her day and takes a look at his political legacy. mustard bar sonny spent much of his career fighting

for and leading the kurdish cause a mission that ended for him soon after the kurds voted in favor of succession from iraq. was born in a kurdish region of iran on the same day as the kurdish democratic party was established on august sixteenth one thousand nine hundred forty six he followed his father's footsteps joining an army struggle for kurdish autonomy interact at the age of sixteen and then taking over the political party in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when his father died he spent two years fighting with the persian marga off the battling rival kurdish forces but after the us invasion of iraq in two thousand and three as saddam hussein's death he began to work with the iraqi government and two years later he was voted as leader of northern iraq kurdistan regional government since two thousand and fourteen his forces have helped fight eisel in iraq the kurdish region remain an area of relative stability and safety for people who have been displaced from other parts of the country.

after hinting at it for a while bar sonnie called for a kurdish independence referendum in september two thousand and seventeen. kurds voted overwhelmingly in favor of it. great people of kurdistan did not allow anyone to break your will when you voted yes to independence we entered a new stage and this is a win for all of kurdistan baghdad rejected the referendum calling it unconstitutional. again pitting bar sonnie and his peshmerga against iraqi government forces and yet after more than forty years pushing for it can still claim more kurdish autonomy than his legacy. well for more on this we can speak to an expert on kaddish affairs at washington institute thank you very much for speaking to us so as we've been hearing masoud barzani is stepping down from his presidential but does that mean he's lost power

good to be with you may in fact he's not stepping down his dipping aside because his term could have been extended along with the extension of the cabinet in the parliament but he's deciding not to extend his presidency in order to give room for negotiations between the carriage either because obviously government and baghdad and he is that for stepping aside because his name and his his office is is very deeply associated with the referendum that's correct in the backlash and anger from baghdad and run were also in washington d.c. so baghdad in particular is not willing to negotiate and maybe he is giving room for other actors in the on the kurdish side so negotiations could move forward and the current cease fire between kurdish and iraqi forces to carry on and result in peaceful settlement right so how much room for maneuver is there now that

is stepping aside how light politicians who could replace him approach talks with baghdad. he has devolved much of his authority to the cabinet and particularly the prime minister led by the prime minister who mr zani who is also his son in law and nephew so his legacy and his powers so to speak are in good hands and therefore the next phase of kurdish leadership will be led by not only his party the democratic party which mr resign the remains its leader but also by the trust the prime minister the. and you are saying that person remains in the leader of the k d p he may be stepping aside but it doesn't mean he has lost all power does that mean that he could. prove an obstacle to

this new relationship that must now be forged with the central government in baghdad. power in kurdistan so far since the cure was built in one thousand nine hundred two does not necessarily stem from state institutions personalities party leaders outside of government structure have always exerted more power and leverage on the government itself it was in fact a step toward institutionalization and good governance when. mr brazilian e was elected into office and there were therefore he is at least was accountable to parliament to some to some rule of law we still have in kurdish politics many leaders with tremendous power over the military over the economy who are outside the boundaries of institutions this current dynamic and pressure on the kurds is pressuring the kurdish politics the world more institutional representation but

also putting the house in order in order to tackle the current existential threat that the region faces. thank you. watch i want to tell you about on this news hour from london kenya's opposition leader. slams the country's repeat presidential election he describes it as a sham and is calling for another one in one thousand days. after orders an investigation into the discovery of mass graves. pakistan has its most important international cricket game since two thousand and nine will have all the details. hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in barcelona to call for spain to stay united this is the biggest show of force yet from the so-called silent majority if

you don't support independence bit anderson is reports now from barcelona. two days after the vote to break from spain and for anyone who wondered how strongly those opposed to the move feel then is the answer. they call for the jail. and they describe themselves as the silent majority you couldn't find silence. in. the seat of power for a regional government has been sacked by the state it was tense and a small number of. pushed against barriers in front of the government palace overall it was a peaceful protest though the crowds cheering the spanish national police helicopters the provoked anger when overflying procession demonstrations for those who should stay in this. age range of

people here what's striking about it is the number of people who are demonstrating for the first time this is a family. louisa column a and two of her daughters were reticent about. six years spanish like you wouldn't normally do this a people would literally on the street. or whatever and i don't know what like i wouldn't feel comfortable doing it because of the guts to be quite. the kind of heat spanish people sometimes. says unionists on not extremists they are less people they're not right we're not fascist i'm never in the social splits it will be maybe two generations three generations. in a neighborhood nearby some of the session campaigners are working out their next moves and the mood isn't celebrated. this man says the movement is

losing momentum because the regional government is spending a weekend doing little while the madrid government makes all the moves and he isn't alone we have burned the confidence in our president. but it's very difficult vice president in care us but is very difficult for us to understand read seem very mind. most of the campaigners here say they're prepared to defend public buildings if the police try to arrest politicians with institutions all returning to work on monday their plans could soon be put to the test and to simmons' al-jazeera barcelona where perry villanova is a spanish constitutional law expert and professor of political science at university of barcelona joins me now via skype thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us. now we know that card is pushed amount is defined here is refusing

to relinquish any control what does that mean in practical terms for the trades ability to now impose direct will on catalonia. why it's a mystery he probably knows what he means by that but the fact is that the central government in less than twenty four hours is news the chief of the regional police and regional police except it in full discipline and then they dismiss from something like two hundred how you feel shows of all the regional ministers what we call councils. so. we had that the central government have full complete control over the regional budget. perhaps there will be some kind of performance going to get some audience or some attention from international media but i really don't see what is the blind they have in mind the use of the band in this camp. and what about carter's push him on himself he faces

a potential jail sentence on charges of rebellion is he likely to be arrested sooner than later. well argument sure of. it is true that he is on there. to the show. inquiry. and the stakes sometimes the prosecutor house that he say my impression is that it would also depend on what he will try to do this coming week starting tomorrow you could grace every day to get it for us and the police arrested him or beaches. then we would have some more movement he is under inquiry because there are so tuesday argues against him among other things because he's been pushing this usually organ growth and government parks that have been specifically forbidden and prohibited by the constitutional court so it is

a different way elation of the court the due to a low. and just to get it you know that we look at the full picture of what is happening we know that the deputy prime minister is replacing karl has pushed him on from what you're saying the most important thing the central government has is the budget and the flow of money is directly under their control is beyond that how is it going to work in terms of you know the division of labor in terms of infrastructure and services does this sort of the civil service that is currently in place just continue doing what it's doing or are we looking at rival administrations if push to mount continues to stand his ground. well my impression with their formation of wow is that. provided there would be no major i mean see there are procreation which is not to be excluded but it's not in the use very

moment my guess is that we would be entering this week into a sort of government affairs administration because if you dismiss and they are about this since yesterday the two hundred major appreciate who make the government machinery work or what we do the employees do ok little or nothing or the garden affairs agenda. or the we do not making major decisions in certain independents or even further implementation of these independent is that. they miscalculated the balance of forces that action are for vice president you get as we these evening was already talking about ok let's see what happens in municipal elections but those elections are in two thousand and eight team so it looks like you they are stepping aside. yeah office had great deal can happen between now and then but for now pair the line of

a thanks very much for sharing your insight with us thank you. i only thing to libya now generally five to who controls the eastern part of the country has ordered an investigation into thirty six unidentified bodies found to the east of benghazi some of the victims had signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head what is to say the victims were arrested months ago i have to as libyan national army and i'm with up to a wide reports from tripoli thirty six bodies have been found in what appears to have been a mass excuse in in libya. the bodies were found in the village of lobby are about seventy kilometers east of the city. an area controlled by the libyan national army or eliminate forces loyal to negate general lee for have. the corpses showed signs of torture and had gunshots to the head. witnesses in benghazi say the victims who were arrested by health or the forces months ago and not heard of since sources

told the edges here are those who went missing including opponents of have turned and military dissidents who did not agree with the operations carried out by his troops academy fiza any human rights advocate says committing such atrocities is a kind of psychological warfare to intimidate have tears in amy's. corpses were found less than thirty kilometers away from the central command which means that this heinous crime is meant to intimidate after hours appearance and embarrass the i.c.c. and the united nations it's a message to the world that have to our forces can do whatever they want and that they don't care about the international organizations. they live in a which is affiliated to the top of the best parliament in eastern libya has ordered an investigation and a statement signed by the have to says they will try to identify arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of the crime. is

a member of the parliament yet he holds the parliament responsible for extrajudicial killing. of parliament members who have given legitimacy to have to are directly responsible for the crimes his forces have been committing i can confirm the moment half of the parliament members including myself have not given the judge i'm sorry to have to. have that is the forces have been accused of committing atrocities on numerous occasions since they're in a good general launch an operation dignity in two thousand and fourteen a campaign he said to drive out with groups of from libya last march it's allegedly on earth the graves of opponents mutilated the corpses and said someone fired in a district west of one of the. several human rights organizations have accused have to his forces of committing crimes against humanity and more than will finally one of his leading officers is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes including executions without trial as general hefted has been supported by

regional and international powers including egypt united arab emirates france and russia many libyans are losing faith in international justice and they fear those committing the crimes will continue with impunity. kenya's opposition leader has branded the presidential election rerun a sham and called for a new poll within ninety days by reading the met church leaders and supporters in nairobi a day after the repeat vote was suspended years of violence how metadata has more from nairobi. there's little doubt present to hook headed for lunch later when of the thousands election was boycotted by the opposition parties shrunken electoral mandate do to a timeout continues to tarnish the credibility of a process that has deeply polarized the nation. the opposition leader i loading days leading the company to discredit that. i think.

is the best way to describe. i think really no elections no one. look at the turnout. that is in law from the record of. the kim skits we said then for. three point five million people. but it printed in the so called an action on custody play loud ingles on the bottle of and boy has declared that he will play no part in the run up to the repeat election but didn't get demand of the electoral commission make reforms that he believed necessary to avoid previous mistakes that did not happen the election commission has promised for now so one voltage will take place in twenty five constituencies and was then

kenya where security fears violence prevented polling from taking place with voting incomplete it's unclear whether the commission would wait or declare victory. it's violence between cannot time rayna supposed is the cause most kenyans coincide in nairobi scalding water still some members of the canal to pick route try to stand over the remains of the houses and shops of time i took clashes with the biggest supporters. both sides what i'm going with machetes my voice and other crude weapons what's taught that the violence is disputed with each side blaming the other wolf like knowledge of that is it's a place it's bought kenya's deputy president says they're willing to hold conditional talks with all position we cannot engage in any discussion outside the league or from walk on the constitutional provisions that fix to change these or that we believe in dangerous situations of our country. police are also accused of

brutality and killings in opposition strongholds in the capital and was them can. go to his brother paul was shot and killed in mother slums in nairobi yes short but how many point pain points now i'm always are trying can you imagine the parents who are you know in this audience things that by the end is biting the child and then he's a very bad thing it's kenya's last crisis is a two thousand and seven vote sparked months of post-election violence that left one thousand one hundred people that mohammed at all does it or they will become. criminal organizations in mexico are recruiting children to smuggle undocumented migrants into the u.s. al-jazeera has obtained rare access to some of the teenagers acting as guides and juarez just across the border from texas john home and. beyond

the train is the united states so close to see that what is mexico you can almost reach out and touch it. the dream of many is to get to the other side and that's where mexican cartels have scented an opportunity smuggling across those without visas for a price. what's little known is to do that they're increasingly relying on minors as people smugglers they call them. this fourteen year old boy is one of them like others we talk to two hundred dollars for every mexican he takes across five hundred percent true americans with the money i can do many things buy clothes food and do many things for my family. the cartels recruit put your returns in the poorer parts of what is they can no more in a single night than their parents do in four months working in the city's border factories. government officials told us that strong young people into the business

along the u.s. mexico divide you might be surprised to know that only thirty percent of the us mexico border is covered by any sort of fence and it's where that ends that the young guides try to get their kites across the united states. for your return still face the desert with its snakes biting cold and the waiting u.s. border patrol i think we had close to close to seventy people that were identified as human are smugglers in two thousand and six in twenty sixteen we had almost one hundred fifty people identified as being human are human smugglers the problem for the u.s. is that it's extremely hard to prosecute minors and that's exactly why the cartels are using them they can run the routes again and again if they're caught it usually just means a ride back to mexico. they're handed over to this government center where a small but dedicated team gives them classes while they wait for parents to pick

them up trying to encourage them to go back to school and in time to that director here bertha saul is worries if they don't they'll only get more tangled up in the cartels your money would ask if they could finish getting into arms trafficking kidnapping he says. after being caught in his first crossing his seventeen year old is one of those who decided to begin with obama for newman i got scared i thought something would happen to me he told us but like many of what is young his options are limited and the prospect of a night's work rewarded with hundreds of dollars is a temptation whatever age you are john homan now does it or see it out. you know watching out is there a still to come another investigation into alleged meddling by russia in the u.s. presidential election a warning of criminal charges now off the details in late. fact over a fake news a new canadian exhibition highlights the importance of evidence in the construction

reconstructing holocaust. and install calls while number one suffers a final day collapse in shanghai. hello sunday was not a quiet day for germany and austria as the winds screamed dancer it pushing or following this cloud down now this cold air is coming down as a cold front and the be a big change in the weather for throughout most of central and eastern europe so overnight it is snow for the tops just to prove the coldness of the air then it gets clear temperatures will reveal what a difference is vienna is max is nine book rest ten ankara eleven is to hang on to the twenty's just about in italy and ingrates for that won't necessarily last the center of the storm but this time it's more as of east and better tension stocker

best for london's down to twelve still run about twenty one in madrid you'll notice in this part of europe if anything is going to get away with it and not change very much but we're still at nine in vienna or nine in berlin a slightly lower wind speed on tuesday sun's out but definitely feels like a change in the character so you know it's happening every year up that we're going to screamed out of the gene for a while and it's already knocked him for his back to the max and temperature likely in tripoli all monday is twenty five twenty two in benghazi even cairo is not below thirty the breeze will ease for the still cloud around and temperatures are going to recover. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera

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