it stressed tickly larger than those who supported it so the deal with greece did not give the green lloyd's people of the republic of macedonia who are owners of this land showing great patriotic and democratic awareness. has the latest from the capital scope here. this outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided society and that the discretion about the name means should about about the name of the republic of macedonia is very emotional. question especially about the ethnic must've gone on in the country even the prime minister's own side of said that these day was successful and that he was satisfied with the outcome and they did boycott was organized by the main political party from the opposition in the country though position actually said that the people defeated the agreement with the greece so yes in the campaign now the situation is very similar the people

are here strongly divided in the. position for and against the agreement with greece chill the end of this year macedonia shrewd to fulfill its own obligation on its own part of the agreement three degrees but what is happening now can postponed plans for implementation of these agreements. prime minister as i have said that he expected that the opposition we do support the constitutional change in the country if not there will be early eric election in the country that means that you dare is the election the terms for implementation of this agreement will be postponed that macedonia will not finish is part of the job till till the end of this year so risky. not ratify these

documents next in the beginning of next year. some greeks are also opposed to the proposed name change hundreds of people of march through this capital of the greek province of macedonia say the use of the name i said only a by the name of the country implies a territorial claim to greek land. votes being counted after parliamentary elections in the semi autonomous kurdish region of northern iraq it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls since a failed bid for secession last year's referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad punching the region into economic turmoil and leaving its leaders deeply divided now a member of one of the main groups the p u k said his party would reject the results of the vote john stratford has more from bill. but we understand that this statement was made by a p.t. you k. spokes person was the saudi pira who said that the p u k was going to reject these

election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the k.t. p.d.t. ship in the towns of sunni and shia which are p u k strongholds of come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just showed just how full these palm tree elections are indeed how the a for the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always been if you like in on an easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region that is full of partisan subsequent to that referendum the

failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the k.t. they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish forces were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has left kuwait after talks with a mere six months it's understood the leaders discuss the ongoing gulf crisis kuwait has been mediating since saudi arabia the u.a.e. back lane and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar last year qatar denies that accusation that it supports terrorism. britain's governing conservative party is holding its annual conference in the city of birmingham with deep divisions remaining over how the u.k. should quit the european union just six months from bragg's its prime minister theresa may leads a party still splits between pro and anti e.u. factions so you're going to go reports. the buzz word of the conference written all

over the venue opportunity may be in the air or translating it into reality another thing altogether but when it comes to bricks it the u.k.'s departure from the european union the british prime minister to resign may was keen to point out that plan the so-called check is deal represented the best opportunity for orderly exit i do believe that but crucially i believe in delivering bricks it in a way that respects the vote and delivers on the fate of the british people yet at the heart of her party the debate still rages over how to leave the e.u. lurking in the foreground the cheerleader for pro breck's it group former foreign minister boris johnson he wants a so-called hot bricks it to leave the e.u. at any cost in his latest verbal volley he attacks to resume a's plan as posterous and even deranged a new low in the discourse and a sign of just how bitter the quarrel has become within the party this could not

have been the conference opening that prime minister may had hoped for the party was supposed to have united behind a vision for breck's it instead it is more divided than ever with those who want of course a very divorce from the european union fighting her every step of the way. all of this prefaced with an embarrassing data breach the day before the conference was due to begin an up recommended to delegates exposing personal contact details of senior government ministers and other leading figures but all the while there are other voices angry at the government about bret's it itself based on the principle there was nothing that said. that a lot of people who voted. for the regretted that decision this is not what we want . we really need you know one or need. not benefit as in any way and.

one thing is certain there are less than six months to go until it breaks it the u.k. is still none the wiser as to how rex it will happen but there will be a fight to the bitter end of a witch wing of the party will win out with no guarantee that prime minister may will still be leading the charge so now you go there are. people in spain's contra lonelier region have protested is the mark one year since a failed bid for secession they rallied in front of a prison where some of the leaders of last october's referendum are held spain's central government has called the vote illegal by mr pedal sanchez has proposed a referendum for more autonomy but has ruled out another poll on independence catherine stansell has more. the scenes are reminiscent of one year ago pro independence protesters clashing with police catalonia may have voted for independence but it's failed to materialise and the issue remains as divisive as

ever protesters who support secession have come out in their thousands so have people on the other side of the independence divide brief skirmishes broke out in a rally in barcelona on saturday and those one on and off. we will continue to fight for independence despite the many difficulties we'll do it day by day in the hunt we will continue to defend the folks we held on the first of october and remind people that fascism still exists in spain. last year carlos ph dimanche the catalan leader at the time pressed ahead with the vote despite being declared illegal by spain's constitutional court on the day of the referendum spanish riot police stormed polling stations across the region and clamped down on protesters hundreds of people were injured the violent crackdown brought international condemnation the cattle an assembly officially declared independence on october

twenty seventh but it was not internationally recognized the spanish government dissolved catalonia parliament and imposed direct rule shortly thereafter carlos peach demands fledge to belgium and remains there and self-imposed exile earlier this year spanish authorities revoked european an international arrest warrants for him on the eve of the anniversary he says that the route to independence was never going to be smooth or quick. we are facing a very complex crisis i said that even before the declaration of independence i don't regret the vote but there isn't a button that we push and just like that we have a republic it doesn't work like that. direct rule in catalonia and in june when petra sanchez ousted mariano rajoy in a vote of no confidence sanchez is against independence but his approach is softer than not of his predecessor his government agreed to move jailed cattle and politicians out of prisons and madrid to once in catalonia. a few in there with the

election of petra sanchez is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can resolve the situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people kathy stansell al jazeera hundreds of swimmers of him taking part in a race between the senegalese capital dhaka and goree island but it's no ordinary competition it involves swimming to a former slave ports where africans were once sold and shipped off to slavery in the americas because hoch met the swimmers. minutes away from the start one final stretch. allows a bit of advice. and a few words of wisdom. you need training devotion and peace of mind is not easy but

it's possible if you give your heart to it first the professional swimmers with set off. then three hundred amateurs young and old jump into the atlantic ocean for the annual five kilometer open water race to the historic island of gori. as the hours go by the gaps between swimmers widens faced with strong currents pain sets in. the swimmers battle crabs and exhaustion. he says my lungs are hurting. for many it's just about trying to complete it and get to goree island so come on. i mean. it's like a marathon on water the goal is to get to glory which for us is a symbol of our history it's an important event. this stretch of atlantic ocean that separates deckard to korea is a historical importance the island was a major hub for the slave trade where african men women and children were captured

boarded on ships to america some in chains tried to escape it would try to swim to the mainland in what was then shark infested waters. and. this isn't just a swim race it's a tribute to those who remain defiant refusing their fates as slaves instead of swimming for freedom and so this is also a celebration of freedom resistance and the human spirit some ability to overcome adversity. here comes the winner. a soldier for senegal the navy. really so not only oh no it's a victory not just to may but for all all people here in senegal and throughout the world then slowly one by one there is come out of the water each pushing beyond their limits to make it to the other side. breathless but happy

and proud nicholas hawk al-jazeera the car. this is all just here these are the top stories canada the u.s. and mexico have reached a new trade deal to replace the one thousand nine hundred four north america free trade agreement or nafta canada's prime minister justin trudeau is how the late night cabinet meeting ahead of a u.s. imposed deadline to sign up or be excluded from the pact u.s. president donald trump is blamed and after for the loss of american manufacturing jobs castro's got more from washington d.c. . this deal that would replace nafta is called the u.s. embassy a short for us mexico canada agreement and it is being trumpeted by senior u.s. administration officials as a win for all three countries major provisions here include benefiting u.s.

dairy farmers by opening up the dairy market in canada as well as protections offered to the canadian auto industry to a degree from possible future u.s. tariffs on auto indonesia's president is accepting international help to recover from friday's earthquake and tsunami mass graves are being dug to stop the spread of disease more than eight hundred people are confirmed dead with fears the final toll will be much higher rescuers are still struggling to reach coastal communities cut off from help my cydonia is bid to change its name has failed sunday's referendum had strong support in favor but turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold it needed to make it valid the government wanted to change the name to republic of north macedonia to help and a decades old dispute with greece. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon has left kuwait after talks with amir shaikh hammad coates been mediating this in saudi arabia the u.a.e.

buchan in egypt imposed a blockade in qatar last year to reject their accusation that it supports terrorism . votes are being counted after parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls and a failed bid for secession a year ago and the white house is denying reports is trying to limit the f.b.i. investigation into the president's supreme court pick looking into two allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh not considering a third coming up next an al-jazeera it's the listening post for not. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human prine in the twenty first century nuclear war climate change and technological disruption they seem reality whatever is there is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on and talk to how does. this get so i call. torture you know we're.

just. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week brings out the worst in the british papers brussels does not approve but the satirists strike it rich. and mahathir journalists in malaysia wonder what's in it for them and the country's media space and more than two years after their publication the panama papers are still making news britain is more than two years into the painful process of negotiating its way out of the european union and the media angle to this story is no mere sideshow when the justice commissioner veera of i said this past week that the news media can so divisions spread this information and encourage exclusion she said that the

bracks it debate is the best example of that many of britain's papers especially town the. lloyds like the sun and the daily mail are playing an outsized role stoking the political flames pushing their proly but john does in fact the day after the e.u. rejected prime minister to resign may's bracks that proposal the sun's front page served up yet another example of that another reminder of the role it played in the two thousand and sixteen referendum that landed britain where it is today it's not just the politicians who have a lot to answer for on this story our starting point this week is london. four voices on bracks it and the u.k. media on the leave side a former political editor of both the sunday times and the daily mail papers that want the u.k. out of the you as an island we've never been food cards of the european project on

the remains of a journalist campaigning for a more reasoned debate on issues pertaining to the british media. has failed and two academics one studies journalism for the reuters institute much of the newspaper industry historically been very skeptical of europe and the other teaches journalism and advocates for the reform of the british media and right wing press. a lot of responsibility to. one of the curious things about this story is just how unsurprising it runs the political development and the coverage prime minister to resign may's blueprint for britain's exodus from the e.u. the terms under which the u.k. would depart did not even have the support of her own party at one point it was decided that breaks it means the name let alone the opposition. had e.u.

officials somehow agreed to may's proposal that would have been real news but they didn't. about the only people surprised by that or who feigned surprise with a little outrage thrown in was britain's pro bracks it tabloid press what a great headline that was that yes language is emotive but this is a tabloid paper it is a read blogs it's top lloyd designed for red blooded readers who have strong views on where we are going with the breaks in negotiation i think song readers look for that fool's frontal coverage the sun is not a newspaper that is on the one hand on the other the sun is a newspaper that takes its position and goes for it to see that such an important. moment can.