this doesn't take to the streets to protest the jailing of klan politicians and arrest warrant is issued for a leader who is one. of

them surely we don't know this is sound as they were live from london also coming up donald trump slams the sentence handed a u.s. soldier who walks off his base and into the hands of the taliban. multiply raise it's murder journalist with a warning coming from the european union. and the united nations signs a deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in the decimating the drug trade in colombia. and their very warm welcome to the program and international search and arrest warrants been issued for the acid kaplan president caused he remains in belgium and his lawyers confirmed that he'll find against extradition andrew symonds reports from barcelona. the judges action came as crowds protested in barcelona about the jailing order made on thursday just before they started gathering collars

pleased to ball appeared on belgian television again denying that he's a fading justice. i'm ready to face it but to face real justice so i'm not going away i'm here and i've instructed my lawyers to inform belgian justice ready to fully cooperate. with monday's particular boy. i back in barcelona the crowds demanded the release of the eight sacked ministers from police demands cabinet as they await trial clapping and chanting our president is pleased them all i gotta lonia is still in shock after the jailing order from a judge at spain's national court the intensity of emotion is written on this woman's face carmel for carde president of parliament returns to see her stop after

a separate hearing at the supremes school that was adjourned demanded get on the little bit of our land a good bye i ask you to keep working to improve this country so people still know that this is their parliament and we are here the members of the parliament because the people have voted for us and we are here to serve this country but it's hard to serve your country from a jail cell when she and five other elected officials return to court next week they could be sent to prison to await their trials as well. this politician believes the spanish government was clever in calling elections for next month but the call to action is misguided they threw away their best card how can you say now that the spanish government and the powers of the state in general the courts included are not repressing when they put people in jail without bail people organized a vote nobody can understand that it's uncomprehensible mr barr serves on the city

council that's now the only visible political force here and so city hall is sending out a message while on the other side of the square the palace that used to be the seats of power is vacant and the people are restless. the emotions have shifted so much on the square one week ago they were elated celebrating with the declaration of secession now well look there they are holding on to them more than a demanding freedom the political prisoner. under a similar al-jazeera lawful or. well as we mentioned called putin long is now in belgium and plans to cooperate with authorities there david chaytor reports now from brussels. two sets of arrest warrants were actually issued with a total of five charges those charges being essentially the main one sedition and rebellion and the misuse of public funds there arrived at the office behind me

tonight after a long day of waiting and the federal prosecutors said essentially they will study the papers then appoint an investigative judge judge receives the warrants the the fugitive ministers the ministers in exile and more himself will have twenty four hours to appear before that court an answer those charges now are listening to fusion more tonight on the television interviews he's been giving the radio interviews if you can and it seems very clear that he will cooperate with the belgian judicial system but he has every intention of fighting the madrid the madrid courts orders so he will use the system inside the belgian courts which will allow him to perhaps gain asylum and resist those arrest warrant was so a complicated set of legal procedures will follow the european arrest warrant can

take up to sixty days and in special circumstances even up to ninety days and it does appear that. wants to stay within the system fighting the arrest warrants so that he can actually stay here in what he thinks is the relative freedom of the heart of the european union to actually conduct a campaign for those national and regional elections call for december the twenty first that appears to be his tactic and he has a very good lawyer a very experienced lawyer pulled back hard who has had thirty years of experience in fighting these sort of cases including the one for better leaders the bar set for leaders who were not extradited to spain he was very successful with them is probably going to be very successful he hopes with puja more and the four other members of the cabinet.

u.s. soldier who decided to his post in afghanistan in two thousand and nine and was captured by the taliban would not serve a prison sentence sergeant bowe bergdahl faced up to fourteen years for desertion and endangering his colleagues but a military johnston cited on a lesser punishment and as well as jordan reports a reaction to the u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl on trial for desertion and putting his fellow soldiers in harm's way through myself at the mercy of the court it paid off he faced up to fourteen years in prison but a military judge ruled instead bergdahl will be demoted kicked out of the army and forced to pay a fine and the soldier's lawyer saying all that and his guilt is punishment enough sergeant bergdahl is deeply grateful to everyone who searched for him in two thousand and nine and thereafter. especially those who heroically sustained

injuries military lawyers and some of the bergdahl fellow troops had wanted him in prison for abandoning his post in afghanistan in two thousand and nine the taliban captured bergdahl almost immediately during the military search for him to soldiers were so badly injured they had to retire then came the political controversy in twenty fourteen the obama administration released five taliban fighters for bergdahl safe return this morning i called bob and jenny bergdahl and told them that after nearly five years in captivity their son bo is coming home the trade with the taliban angered troops and politicians alike including the presidential candidate donald trump we don't have victories with sergeant bergdahl where this traitor this dirty rotten traitor. he gets no jail time it's no joke i

think you are. right. twenty five fifty years ago thirty years ago what were they have done being great the president's reaction on twitter release from air force one soon after the verdict a complete and total disgrace to our country and to our military burgos lawyer called the sentence a blow against trump's interference president tramp's own principled effort to stoke a lynch mob atmosphere while seeking our nation's highest office has cast a dark cloud over the case like every american should be offended by his assault on the fair administration of justice and his disdain for basic constitutional rights pending a final review boger goal will soon be a free man but the notoriety attached to what he did in afghanistan and its impact likely will follow him for the rest of his life. jordan al-jazeera eisel has suffered a major blow on two fronts they walk in prime ministers and as the recapture of al

qaim on the syrian border and syria's imus taking control of the city of dare us or well just five months ago i still still control vast swathes of territory marked in brown on the maya did in major cities on both sides of the border but it suffered a string of losses driven out of mosul itself declared capital and now a day or so or the capital of an oil rich region which was crucial for the group's finances and iraqi forces now control about costs him i saw last stronghold there more on that in just a second but first hashim alvar reports now on i saw losses in syria. syrian army is expanding its military gains in the eastern part of the country government forces have retaken the city of bell saw after months of fighting they are now moving north to secure major oil fields but moving north could lead to clashes between the army and his main rival the syrian democratic forces of the.

coalition of kurdish factions and backed by the united states of america. following a series of targeted operations units from our armed forces in cooperation with the allied forces fulfill their mission restoring order and stability to the entire city of the resort after destroying the hideouts of the remnants of the terrorist organization of. these are icily celebrating their control of dale saw and iraq in two thousand and fourteen the group launched a spectacular attack sweeping through eastern syria. and city to towns on the border with turkey but isis gains was shortlived its fighters from northern syria following a major campaign by a coalition led by the united states of america and a turkish cross border operation in two thousand and sixteen. and two weeks ago.

i said out of itself proclaimed capital city with finally under its control the syrian army only have one more pocket of i still territory to delaware the border city of command. is already under attack there by iraqi forces if i see a loser book a man its presence in syria would come to an end the syrian army which has suffered major setbacks over the last six years says it's determined to take all the territory it lost including. well the house like a problems which are still under the control of go to an opposition groups. well as you mentioned earlier isolates also suffered a major defeat in iraq with the loss of its last stronghold the city of stephanie decker has more now from northern iraq. is hugely significant why because it is the

last border point that i still control the border with syria the group made a huge point in their propaganda videos of showing them bold osing down these borders and establishing their so-called state while their territorial gains certainly seem to be at their very and it's also the last sort of areas that they control in this country in iraq there's a small area called route to the east of all crime fighting is still ongoing but certainly judging by the that the swiftness of this campaign it does seem to be over soon it will of course huge victory for the iraqi federal forces once they can announce that i still is no longer in iraq in this terms of holding territory but it doesn't mean that the group will no longer pose a threat to the united states has carried out two air strikes targeting eisel fighters in somalia it's thought to be the first time it's targeted the group in the east african nation well the strikes were in northeast somalia where isis been gathering but coots it's not care how many of its members were killed. still to

come and video from the refugees too scared to leave their compound after. is it a vegetable or a bomb why this discovery costs consternation and that more when we come back. how overcome plenty of blustery showers streaming through the great australian part of that area cloud there fading across south australia three of victoria and eventually make its way across the far south of new south wales feeding some wetter weather in here as well the winds moment coming in from a very cold direction that's south westerly direction so for the melbourne cup for the melbourne cup next week it's looking cold enough and dobby cup on saturday just fifteen celsius there in melbourne with the coldest one thousand nine hundred

seventy four good deal woman that a person temperatures here at around twenty six or twenty seven over the next couple of days getting up to thirty eight there in alice springs real heat in the interior now back down into the southeast corner seeing temperatures getting up to around eighteen celsius for melbourne weather just nothing its way towards sydney again eighty degrees here with a little bit of dab weather in the process and some time whether some wet weather making its way into new zealand over the next day or two rolling through the tasman sea south island seeing some outbreaks of cloud and rain twenty one cells just there for christchurch eventually that wetter weather will fade up into the north out of this well those temperatures not really too bad for the time of year meanwhile we've got cloud and rankling away from japan with brighter skies behind. on counting the cost black gold big dreams on a mega city in the desert why saudi arabia is pinning its hopes on a ram coach

a future proof its economy to raise or not to raise a big decision for the bank of england and talking turkey the challenges behind its strong recovery counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. new yorkers are very receptive to al-jazeera because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. a mind of the top stories here on al-jazeera and international search and arrest warrants been issued for the guys that kaplan the president karl pledged more that is as you fight against extradition from belgium a judge has ruled that a u.s.

soldier who was kidnapped by the taliban will not serve prison time for endangering his comrades by discussing his post if i am afghanistan. there is i was taking control of the city of dera sore from i still at the same time the rocks army's made major advances against the clinic. so multiply where thousands of people have attended a funeral for the journalist daphne the lithia who was killed by a car bomb last month the island observed a day of mourning the european union's calling them all sorts of find those responsible so home ports. deafening. it was no ordinary journalist. at her funeral on friday friends and family remembered a tireless investigator who faced threats to her life and in the courts. in thousands of posts on her popular blog uncovered scandal and corruption in what her son described as multiple mafia state she helped trigger

a snap election earlier this year after alleging links between prime minister joe's of moscato and offshore business dealings contained in the panama papers many in positions of power politicians and the police had reason to want to silence on the sixteenth of october someone succeeded with a. car apart you're a pole and the f.b.i. have joined the investigation the government has offered over a million dollars for information but no arrests have yet been made on facebook her son matthew wrote my mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it we are a people at war against the state and organized crime which have become indistinguishable. from the family made clear that leaders were not welcome at the funeral and in a statement the european commission vice president france to months said the eyes

of europe. for it is. the last words on her final blog post for a reason they're a crook so everywhere you look now daphne wrote on the day she died the situation is desperate. the un has our sister area to restore food water and health services to six hundred refugees are refusing to leave it's decommissioned prison camp on papua new guinea's man the silent services were cut when the camp was closed on choose day but the refugees are too scared to move out because of previous attacks by locals are still young ones are short prison camps the high as refugees to try to reach the country by books are diplomatic editor james bass has more from the united nations. there is growing concern here in the united nations in geneva strong statements coming from the office of the high commissioner for human rights condemning the actions of

a stray and papua new guinea and here in new york in recent hours i spoke to the high commissioner for refugees who expressed his deep concern we're worried now about the humanitarian conditions of these people because the center is closing. and no proper plans have been made to support these people so this is now the urgent matter that needs to be tackled that we believe that australia has a responsibility in helping finding a solution for this do you believe that australia in this instance and in its overall refugee policy is living up to its commitments in international humanitarian law we have had a difference of opinion everybody knows that over the outsourcing of of reception in man a silent in the now row and we have disagreed with this aspect of their asylum policy but we keep talking to them about that so the picture even is is is not the

is not uniform we have to look at the different aspect of australia's refugee policies and some are very good on others we the discussion is open the un has long condemned australia's policy of contract ing out its refugee obligations by paying neighboring countries to process asylum seekers the key now i think will be public opinion inside australia even the most neutral observer will i think conclude that the events of the last few days have been a complete mess well the refugees refusing to leave the camp have released a video pleading with these chilean government to secure their safety they're asking to be allowed to seek asylum in new zealand australia has repeatedly refused new zealand's offer to relocate until one hundred fifty reconcile. but today every country around the world they knew what the strike they did today what they have

done to us it's inhumane we are just a human being who are running from the war zone and we are asking for their protection we are not asking for a prison so this prison that we've been in for years and how and they want to send us to another prison how long are we going to spend our life in the prison we are human beings we have a feeling we have a family so we need to get our freedoms police police police if you hear this message and we want you to act immediately we want you to stand up for us. i bear is presidential election runoff will be delayed as the supreme court investigates allegations of electoral fraud in the west african nation the vote was due to take place next tuesday and was expected to mark liberia's first democratic transition of power but this week the supreme court halted preparations will on monday on a petition filed against the election commission by the liberty party candidate who missed the runoff by finishing third. from the capital monrovia. the candidate for liberty party charles brahms king is asking the supreme court to

council the vote and he's asking for a rerun of the whole election the presidential election in particular he wants the court to set aside the move by the national electoral commission to all i don't know of between georgia where was former wall football player of the year and of course the current vice president this is a job or cry according to mr. brown's a lot of rigging irregularities have taken place in the october tenth election now whatever the court judgement on monday what is certain at the moment is that the runoff election between the two top leaders of the vote on october tenth will not happen on tuesday the november seventh this is because a lot of preparations have been put on hold because of the court. judgment in anticipation of the court judgment it was set aside the distribution of election materials to various counties especially those far away from the liberian capital

monrovia as well as the training of officials to handle the runoff between the two candidates so whatever happens on monday in the supreme court judgement then definitely a lot of days will have to be located or rather the election commission needs a lot of days to make sure that all preparations i place for the election to go on argentina's former vice president's been arrested on corruption charges a model builder who is the second. when the government of president cristina kirchner detention he is accused of racketeering and money laundering to isabel is following events in the capital when. he was arrested early in the morning argentina's former vice president. was taken away by the police at an upscale neighborhood of one a site is accused of corruption and money laundering. justice is being done. to cut the wings suspected of committing

crimes try to hide their wrongdoing and complicate the case and that was decided in that he was called over. who investigated or suspected of corruption. fifty five year old economist faces three charges of what is formally term does elicit in richmond view accusations date back to two thousand and nine when he was cristina fernandez the economy minister. two years later he became argentina's vice president after cristina kirchner one real action. last year several members from the previous administration and people close to former president cristina kirchner have been arrested bay have been accused of corruption money laundering i mean part of a criminal organization that stole millions from state funds this investigations have been ongoing for years but it is now with a change in government that they have started to move forward. who is the second

major official to be arrested last week former public works minister who was detained also on corruption charges which he denies the arrests represent a blow to the former president who has herself been accused of corruption. but what worries him is that the high profile detentions appear politically motivated. there's been a change in the way the judiciary is operating because much of what we have seen are preventative detentions amounted not to happen in the past judges are requesting the detention of high profile figures that satisfy the media and society they are more political than anything else. also questions why some cases are moving faster than others. why hasn't kirshner been detained she is supposedly the chief of the criminal organization. president my main challenger was

elected a senator last month cristina kirchner continues to be a strong political figure that polarizes argentinean society something that analysts say benefits the current administration. arrests of high profile figures are expected to continue in the months to come some in argentina believe they are finally seeing justice others fear they are witnessing a politically inspired witch hunt. one of. the united nations in colombia have signed a major agreement disrupting the country's cocaine business is part of peace efforts between the government and long controlled the drugs trade but as our. ports the three hundred fifty million dollars deal is not universally welcomed. it's the largest deal colombia ever signed with the un's office on drugs and crime colombia will hand over to the u.n. agency more than three hundred million u.s.

dollars over four years. in exchange the country received assistance in its efforts to encourage farmers away from growing coca the basic ingredient for cocaine by replacing it with legal crops like coffee and cackle both sides describe the agreement this crucial. move. for a time coca-cola deviation in colombia subsided but it's booming again production is said to have doubled in the last three years. and the country is under increasing pressure to deal with it in part through force the revocation and by convincing farmers to turn their back on the crop for good but it's proving a challenge the colombian government hopes the un deal will help with. the un will monitor and assist the promise of participating in swapping crops and it's also

going to help rebuild the conflict areas. but some drug trafficking experts fear the money will mostly end up paying for the un's bureaucracy and not bringing benefits to farmers. what we have to observe is that ninety five percent of the resources of the amount of money that is invested is expander in areas that have no coca so ninety five percent of the money is going to the wrong areas and who's the man responsible for this i think is the responsibility of the colombian government and you know d.c. they're taking a bigot over heard on it and they're like really responsible why these programs has no provide the resources that we all expect the u.n. does have a track record of some success in colombia where it has helped monitored very story peace deal with the far gravels the question now is whether this u.n. agency deal will help change the conditions where illicit crops of long been the

only means of survival for hundreds of thousands of farmers alison that i'm just you know. and more than seventy years after the end of world war two unexploded bombs can still be a hazard in germany so when an elderly resident of the southwestern town of britain spotted this in his garden in the early hours of the morning he was understandably worried and called the police fortunately the on closer examination believed offices identified as merely a large vegetable occlusion or zucchini and the bomb squad was mercifully called off to find out much more about the main stories we're following courtships and all that al jazeera to call him. the mind of the main stories here on al-jazeera an international search and arrest warrants been issued for the as to kaplan president should small along with several

of his aides now he remains in belgium where he fled after the declaration of independence from spain mr bush spoke earlier on belgian t.v. and criticize spain for what he described as politicizing the justice system. and ready to face it to face real justice so i'm not running away i'm here not instruct my lawyers to inform belgian justice ready to fully cooperate. the judge has ruled that a u.s. soldier bowe bergdahl will not serve prison time for endangering his comrades by desires in his afghanistan post prosecutors had sought a fourteen year sentence for the army sergeant but the court has instead ordered dishonorable discharge he was held by the taliban for five years after walking away from his post. this is penny terrible ordeal. it can't be background or deal that you're all familiar with all the time during judge nancy's

deliberations has been particularly. anxiety inducing for obvious reasons he's certainly glad this is over i suppose loss for the grand in iraq and syria as the armies of both nations and the syrian opposition squeeze its forces the iraqi prime minister is and as the recapture of al qaida and on the syrian border syria's army says it's in control of the whole of city of deraa sore which has been divided for three years. dozens of people in malta have attended a funeral for the journalist daphne a. list killed by a car bomb last month communions calling almost to find those responsible vice president of the european commission is warning that democracy is at stake on the mediterranean island un is urging a strictly a to restore food water and health services to six hundred refugees who are refusing to leave its decommissioned prison camp in papua new guinea's mannus

island the chemicals don't choose day but the refugees are too scared to leave because of previous attacks from locals that's all for not counting the cost is up next season. it's u.s. president donald trump first visit to asia. to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact this visit really have will be live across asia bring you the very latest coverage on al-jazeera. has this is counting the cost on your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week twenty thirty and beyond we take a look at saudi arabia's vision for economic reform starting with. also the.