getting back. will be documentaries magazines and talk shows focusing on luther and the groundbreaking events he helps set in motion. rich or mission day october thirty first g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin iraqi kurds hopes for independence shattered their leader masoud barzani has stepped down after iraqi troops seized their coke and other kurdish areas are rocks kurds have been under sanctions from baghdad and

internationally isolated. has the latest from the region also coming up. support for spanish unity spills onto the streets of catalonia now madrid must decide whether to arrest caught along leaders who proclaimed independence last week . united nations is warning of a new humanitarian crisis in syria that is images of starving children emerge from rebel held in the east of the capital damascus. and lewis hamilton seals his fourth formula one world title after a day of drama in mexico city while all the details. i'm brian todd. i'm a savory warm welcome to the show well

a month ago iraq's autonomous kurdish region defied the central government in baghdad and held a referendum on independence kurds overwhelmingly backed a separate state but that move triggered quick retaliation with troops from baghdad seizing key cities and oil wells now president masoud barzani the man who has championed independence for decades is stepping down in a moment we'll be hearing from debbie is funny for shar who's been in the region first let's look at the mood amidst iraqi kurds. outrage in the kurdish capital protesters here in erbil forced their way into the parliament building as lawmakers voted to approve barzani his resignation. many here feel he's being mistreated after fighting for kurdish independence for decades. barzani's long struggle for a separate kurdish state culminated in last month's move to secede from iraq he

wanted that vote to be his legacy instead it's provoked baghdad to crack down on the kurds. in a defiant address barzani defended the referendum he said the will of the kurdish people was clear. and then get a referendum can never be erased because these are the votes of three million people from. iraq no longer believes in kurdish rights. more iraq is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack kurdistan. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government backed at once the kurds to declare their referendum void and is backed up those demands with force after the referendum the iraqi government launched a surprise attack on kurdish controlled territory and seized her cook the oil rich

city would have been the economic hub of a future kurdish state. the loss of kirkuk has cost barzani support among some of his fellow kurds but it's unclear whether his resignation will help bring an end to the confrontation with baghdad. well is this the end of that confrontation funny foster joins us now from iraqi kurdistan she's in her bill the capital of that region a fatty first off is the regional government still even in control of iraqi kurdistan with baghdad's troops now having taken key areas in cities. good morning from ariel the regional government is in control of the ultimate region here obviously have been a lot of tensions over the course of the past weeks since the since the independence referendum a non-binding referendum and of september you have seen of course the airspace

close here over arab real initiative both by a bag that but of course in accordance with turkey and iran is about who do not support a iraq kurdistan break away from iraq also there is discussion going on just how much and how many parts and entries land and trees the borders going to be controlled by the central government the entries through syria the entry through turkey and iran to the kurdish region so i would rather say bugout the central government wants to keep a tight rope around the regional government around our bill just how much the autonomy of the regional government of the iraqi kurdistan region is going to be really reduced is the big question what about mossad barghouti he's been pushing independence for decades now is his resignation effective and of the movement for independence for iraqi kurdistan.

so you know if you ask people here in at a field but also in other parts of iraq your kurdistan from their hearts to say still people do want an independent state at some point the opinions differ however when that independent state should be put in action in fact two thirds of the population of the iraqi kurdistan population did cast their ballot at this independence referendum a month ago hold their one third didn't know that or said no no meaning no to now because they believe that it would be better to have a dialogue about to dilute the first in order to negotiate just how an independent state could look like the central government the regional government rather said here that they want to freeze the independence crast however freeze does mean of course that they do not want a national state at some point and this is something also that barzani stressed yesterday in his televised address to the iraq kurdistan region ok now there are

kurds of course not only in iraq but in syria and turkey in iran as well there are also a large kurdish minorities you know how does this play into their aspirations for national identity and even independence. well let me tell you the middle east and the middle east is very complicated it's already a big question just how much iraqi kurdistan is united in their quest for an independent state as i just said before people may be united in the cross but they huge differences when it comes for example to the regional government to the main parties k d p p u k even though they do share the power they are rivalries in between these two parties so that in itself is already complicated so you can rally magine that done having a sort of a common ground between syrian kurds turkish kurds iraqi kurdistan course and kurds in iran it's even more complicated than it thanks much for that as masoud barzani

the man who's championed independence for decades steps down in iraqi kurdistan thanks very much for. or catalonia is waking up to its first week under direct control by officials from madrid that after the spanish government fired catalonia as leaders of the weekend spain must now decide if they'll be charged with treason for claiming independence hundreds of thousands of demonstrators showed up on barcelona streets yesterday calling out for independence but for national unity. they took to the streets of pass a learner in the hundreds of thousands the spanish flag held high the call for national unity coming just two days after the catalan declaration of independence the the where all spanish they say catalonia belongs to spain they call themselves the silent majority for days they've kept quiet now they want the world to hear their message for a united spain against

a breakaway catalonia many feel betrayed by the separatists. and say this is not good and what they created as a break at work the ones who are not separatists are isolated also with families and friends you feel that you can last i mean this is the most if we demand that catalonia state in spain and then the european union since we are all europeans. these people fear a future as an independent state outside the european union and without a lead vantages of membership some go further they want to see the arrest of khalid demand the catalan leaders sacked by madrid it's a tense standoff at one point a group of pro unity demonstrators attempt to storm the barricades to reach the catalan parliament. with fresh regional elections ordered for december in madrid spain socialist leader petra sanchez is banging the drum for unity.

i have no doubt that harmony and coexistence will win catalonian. will continue to be part of spain thanks to reason and the law everyone wants peaceful coexistence between cats and ernie in spain local media say the public prosecutor could order a month's arrest as early as monday with tensions still running high there's little sign of any end to the crisis. let's get the very latest now i'm joined by our correspondents charlotte charleston pill in barcelona and public folios in madrid charlotte if we could start with you will the catalog president be showing up at his office today and if he does will he be arrested. the question today brian yes that is the reason that all eyes are on the door right behind me just that that's the regional government office that's where he could be showing up for work people here have been telling us that if it's going to happen

so far in this process it was going to happen today today's the first working day back since independence was declared you know they pushed around close he claims he is still a leader of this region so far he hasn't been able to act on that practically but if he starts to come in and try to start acting as president that is going to be a real problem the madrid as for his arrest spain's public prosecutors are preparing to file charges against him a charge of rebellion which carries a sentence of thirty years in prison it's not clear whether or not that is going to happen today but it's something that certainly been suggested that's up to the spanish courts and his face may already be decided but what's crucial is how his next move is going to be how he decides to act if for example he's seen coming out of here in handcuffs that could really inflame tensions among his supporters and really turn a situation that so far been quite calm into something that's very volatile pablo

what are you hearing in madrid how will exactly the central government be taking power today. well it's already very clear that the deputy prime minister of spain sort i assigned this on to money is going to be overseeing the control will say of the regional authorities there obviously all the powers now have been taken away from at the various different i'll start writing from taxation to you know development and infrastructure in the region will be overlooking basically had all of that runs from here in madrid and she also has placed her man in charge and when you know who will be overseeing it directly from in fact where charlotte is standing from to follow the election about which is also where i got a list of them on the rest of his. you know government have been essentially working and and are now not permitted to enter after. after article one fifty five was approved so it's a rather an odd situation everybody's looking here in the dritte to see exactly how

the governments are going to act if this push them on the rest of his government do in fact turn up for work and also there's a lot of talk here in madrid and how the two hundred thousand civil servants who work in catalonia are going to react today will all of them were a turn up for work on monday and of course now they have a new boss and in inverted commas and that is of course the central government here in madrid so what charlotte was saying many many questions and a bit of confusion to say the least charlotte you know the catalog president has called for passive resistance now that makes this even more difficult what what form could passive resistance take. well that's exactly the point i don't think anyone here is very sure exactly what form that would take as i've said it's been very calm so far no violence really on the streets even yesterday when hundreds of pro independence hundreds of thousands of pre-independence supporters were here

calling for spanish unity there were no clashes with those who think basically that they've seen a new state created here in the build up to the independence declaration there were people around colors pushing on saying that they wanted to see people literally blocking government buildings like this to make sure that spanish officials and officials madrid didn't come in whether or not we're going to see that happen today it's not yet clear what they some people are suggesting even you could see citizens right here behind me. will have to see as the day on polls show it's all simple for us in barcelona and problem worse in madrid thanks to both of you this morning very much for that. now for some of the ows stores making the news in kenya opposition leader raul odetta held a rally in nairobi as a standoff continues over that country's repeat presidential election or during a has called the vote a sham electoral board is expected to decide whether to reschedule voting where

protests turn out or to declare victory for incumbent president who can ya. it gets us president donald trump a sharply criticized investigation into his twenty sixteen campaigns alleged ties with russia this says american media is reporting the first arrests in that probe could be imminent without pointing to specific evidence trump used twitter to accuse his former opponent hillary clinton of having rochelle ties. academy award winning actor kevin spacey has come out as gay and has apologized to a man who accused him of sexual misconduct spaces announcement came via twitter after broadway performer anthony rapp told buzz feed that spacey had tried to seduce him when he was fourteen years old. this is the revenue still to come on the show lewis hamilton claims his fourth of formula one world title will have more coming up.

first on a very important decision in global finance scare hearts following that the top job for grabs there and that's the chairman of the u.s. federal reserve currently that post is held by janet yellen but her term expires in fed. she has recently tightened the reins after a period of extremely loose monetary policy triggered by the financial crisis yellen could theoretically continue in the job but it's highly unlikely that president trump will choose he'll pick yellen successor this week and said on friday that he had quote somebody very specific in mind i think everybody will be very impressed he said so who is it going to be the leading candidate is jerome powell a former investment banker who's a member of the fed's governing board already markets would welcome his nomination believing he would continue with the fiscal policy something that would please

democrats as well despite the fact that he's a republican also stanford economist john b. taylor may be considered but his chances are slim insiders believe he would raise interest rates right too fast so is this really the top job in the world finance and what changes and we expect i want to discuss this with your cohort is the president of the european school of management and technology here in berlin welcome to the studio just how important is this job for the world economy it is very important job central banks overall have a great importance they have even more importance following the financial crisis given the extraordinary measures safe take for example in the so-called quantitative easing so the massive buy up of sovereign debt of corporate debt this is certainly a key function of the world. kaname also the dollar is very important for the world economy is it not it is certainly actions taken by central banks may also have impact on exchange rates so the way exchange rates go and also the way politicians

actually would like these exchange rates to go does play a very important role in particular when it comes to trade relationships and also when we think about the subplots and deficits we see in the exchange between europe and the united states. if you look at the candidates or at the most likely candidate what can we expect any real change in monetary policy the current expectation is that he would more or less follow the route that he has taken so this means it will slowly keep on continue raising interest rates again to basically normalize the situation and this is maybe the opposite to some others who are also in the run where the expectation might have been to actually see a fast return to normality and so this is why i think the overall expectation is more of the same. in terms of deregulation of the banking sector trump has sort of announced that he wants to kind of loosen the reins the as well what can we expect

them what does it mean for the rest of the world this is a step that has to be taken and consider that very carefully given that the financial crisis showed that there was less regulation at very decisive points for example in particular less capital to be helped by banks so it's very important to not go back to those stages ten years ago where it might be possible is to look at the bureaucracy that has been piled up in certain legislative procedures so maybe there's a little bit to be done but it's also important to focus on the key points. has regulation in the u.s. become. after the financial crisis it was an overreaction i do not think it's an overreaction because we have to keep in mind that the losses to the world economy to the taxpayer were enormous and really it has to be the case that this doesn't happen again. at the same time we need more assessment more impact studies to see how certain aspects of regulation really have played out and more evidence needs to be taken in order to figure out what is the next step in regulation why was from so

unhappy with your own briefly if you can you know most basically nominated by a democratic president and it seems to be that a republican president also wants to have someone who is republican because thank you very much for this analysis now british banking giant has busies profits were up more than five fold in the third quarter the lender expanded its market share and its key business in asia the bank reported pretax profits of four point six billion u.s. dollars in the last quarter up from eight hundred forty three million in the same period a year ago at that time things were hit by a one off loss of one point seven billion dollars from the sale of its brazilian unit the bank continued to do that on asia seems to be paying off it's been part of h.s.b.c. strategy to expand business in one of the world's fastest growing region and make up for losses elsewhere. and we keep hearing about robots taking all our

jobs and most of us think that decades away well you might want to think again because it's already happening a new breed of robots is hitting the streets of germany these days for now they're only helping human male carriers in their daily job have a look. meet the boss but a strong robot that is always two steps behind sensors truck the mail carriers footsteps and a hand gesture is all it takes to stop it. we have between forty and forty five kilos on a cart that's really hard to push possible it makes it so much easier because we can also get to carry more it's really great. position on. the robot can carry up to one hundred fifty kilos that means fewer reloading stops and it is garnering a lot of attention on the streets of bad has failed ninety minutes from frankfurt it is the only place in germany where the possible it has been rolled out. it can

go open curbs but it can't climb the stairs and it can't go up to the second floor on its own but it does everything she does if she stops it stops and then she can also take the mail and deliver it. to its mission. only six mail carriers get to work with the roberts for now but many in the country will be watching whether it will soon be rolling on their streets. trying to use the area now where people in parts of the syrian capital damascus are facing starvation run striker her reports are coming in right now from syrian activists that government bombing has killed at least eleven people in rebel held eastern ghouta now the area is north of the capital damascus as part of an internationally brokered deescalation zone declared earlier this year but the government in spite of that has been late laying siege to the area prompting the u.n.

to warn of a humanitarian crisis in the making. was already close to death when her parents brought her to the doctor her mother has no milk she has hardly any food herself. so hart died the next day in eastern how to she was only thirty four days old. doctor has and how that works in east and how to via skype he tells us there are sixty thousand children under five years old but there's no vaccine no drugs and hardly anything to eat. some people have had no outside help since last year. this footage is from syrian opposition activists it can't be verified but there's no doubt that eastern how to has been under syrian government siege for four years . there were more deaths on sunday. armed rebel factions shoot back and they cause casualties in government controlled areas to. the east in

how to is supposed to be a deescalation zone but in recent months the siege has only grown tighter the syrian army has destroyed tunnels used by smugglers to bring in food and medicine and the syrian government has allowed next to no united nations a transports in recent months the last convoy was on the twenty third of september it brought some supplies for twenty five thousand of the at least three hundred fifty thousand people who live here. the high commissioner's reminding all parties that the deliberate starvation civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a clear violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a crime against humanity and war crimes until recently the syrian government allowed seriously ill children to leave the snake culture for treatment in damascus but now opposition ling doctors say there are sixty eight cases of severe malnutrition every third child is on the developed. there is two years old

proper medical care and food would help neither exist in eastern how to. thank. we have some motor sports now and lewis hamilton has been crowned formula one world champion for the fourth time after his finish at the mexican grown pray the mercedes driver started up field but both he and title rivals boston federal were caught up in drama right from the start a championship was at stake in the start of the mexican grand prix was appropriately ferocious on the very first lap sebastian festivals ferrari collided with lewis hamilton's miss eighties. hamilton was forced off the track and had to change tires. as did fettle. max to step in took advantage to race into what would be an honest saleable late. that's what was not giving up however he recovered from nineteenth but his fourth place finish was not good enough to delay

hamilton celebrations. hamilton crossed the non to seal his full formula one championship. it doesn't feel real man i mean obviously that's not the kind of race that i want. when you're forty seconds behind us something but you know i never gave up unnecessary i guess what's important in my heart. hamilton now has his sights set on me his record of seven f one taught to use. when asleep or football now instead guard faced off against nearby rivals freiburg and there were more than just bragging rights on the line so the guard have been in fine form since their return to the top flight and were undefeated at home going into this match. stuttgart have averaged two and a half points a game at home this season and seattle points the way they were hoping that these guys would again make the difference in a clash with fellow strugglers five books on the raucous home support seem to get to five books tell us a huge you sent packing by the v.a.

off of this town hall and thirteen minutes to his. on his manager's consternation she took the lead through don you can check in thirty minutes. and glanced in a second against the ten men on how. she went to the to the third on eighty three minutes another one at home. but knowledge of the pot the crowd had played in their victory. by bush meanwhile clearly felt the ref was to blame for the latest setback the visitors remain mired in a basement bottle. of our top stories at this hour the leader of iraqi kurds has stepped down after the backlash against that region's independence fed angry protesters stormed parliament after hearing the news. and has started its first working week under central spanish control that after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded barcelona yesterday calling for spanish unity. this is the news live from berlin thanks so much for joining us from

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