combustible, brian mendoza desde philadelphia estÁ allÍ >>> saludos >>> asÍ es nos encontramos en miramaras porque se han reportado varios actos de violencia alrededor de la isla de puerto. y vean estas filas que las personas estÁn haciendo, una fila bastante largas vamos a entrevistar las personas de cuÁnto tiempo han estado esperando aquÍ, buenas tardess cÓmo estÁ. >>> muy bien >>> cuÁl es su nombre >>> josÉ >>> cuÁnto tiempo en la fila >>> 2 y 30 >>> no les importa esperar >>> estamos pasandolo muy bien es un camping >>> para quÉ es la necesidad de la gasolina >>> para los generadores de emergencia >>> una persona puede llenar $20 de gasolina y les cuero mostrar la lÍneas de carros una linea inmensa que llega atrÁs, bloques y bloques de carros solamente estacionados. estamos viendo a varias personas hay mucha preocupaciÓn en el aire ¿ quÉ le desea a puerto rico despuÉs del paso del hurac huracÁn? >>> de verdad cogerlo con calma, estamos vivos poca las fatalidades lamento y estamos vivos y vamos a seguir adelante que loco jan con calma >>> esta es la situaciÓn que se vive en miramar en

quite heavy also lots of showers across indochina at the moment for northern parts of vietnam laos miramar particularly coastal areas is looking fairly wet here let's head across into south asia and still plenty of showers in evidence particularly across more eastern parts of india up into nepal bhutan and bangladesh they're seeing some heavy rainfall and at miramar too is looking quite wet these areas will continue to see some heavy rain as we head on through saturday and for the western ghats we've got rain say from on by down towards bangalore has been very wet in recent days but for central and northern parts of india and across into pakistan weather conditions are looking draw and fine and there are with highs of thirty five in delhi thirty two in karate here in the arabian peninsula the temperatures just easy off a little bit around the gulf states the community also just starting to drop thirty eight the maestro in doha and abu dhabi on the other side of the peninsula fine conditions for medina with highs here forty. water scarcity is a serious problem we use more than probably you

and indeed parts of thailand to some very heavy rain still some showers here miramar looks particularly wet otherwise weather conditions not too bad may see thought share affecting hong kong as it head on through into sunday is looking particularly warm across taiwan with thirty seven as a nice one for taipei let's head across into south asia and here you can see the cloud across central areas and if i had some very heavy rain here to. area of play it is moving towards the north heavy rain affecting delhi likely to ease off slightly as we head through saturday and then as we get through into sunday that rain continues to ease across the region conditions across pakistan further south mumbai seen some dry weather returning we're losing some of the rain for the time being across the western ghats here in the arabian peninsula still pretty warm in doha highs or thirty nine maybe not quite as he would say that has been not much in it already well the other side the potential is very dry heat with temperatures of forty two in mecca and medina we should get a dry high of forty three degrees.

reporting live in miramar, florida. >> thank you so much. and the damage is mounting.several communities now bracing for the worst. one of them, tampa and tampa bay. >> the storm moving slightly east of the national hurricane center forecast. but still very close to tampa. what she's seeing is the outer bands hitting miami. let's take you in closer to tampa right now. we still have a category 2 hub hurricane. so our concern is the push of onshore winds keeping the storm surge levels high soulth of fort meyers. into tampa bay as the wind shifts on shore. that's going to push the water inland that will bring the storm surge up probably five to 10 feet, could see a storm surge up to nine feet as hurricane irma continues on. but look at are had the rain that has fallen in just the last 12 hours. the damaging winds, coastal flooding and rain. this will continue to progresses as a tropical storm across southern georgia into alabama during the day tomorrow. >>> well, the fury actually started in the keys. this is the storm chaser demonstrating how powerful those winds of hurr

malaysian schools a baby was among two more range of muslims to have died making the crossing from miramar to bangladesh bringing the number who drowned since the start of the crisis to eighty eight they died when a refugee boat capsized almost four hundred thousand to fled since the military launched a crackdown three weeks ago after hinge of fighters at a number of police posts u.s. president donald trump has denied reports of a deal to protect undocumented young immigrants known as dream notes earlier democrats announced an agreement had been reached to protect nearly eight hundred thousand young immigrants under a program the president said last week he would scrap. no deal had been finalized but an agreement was close and it would include a provision for border security a senior russian negotiator says his country turkey and iran are close to finalizing an agreement on deescalation zones in syria they're discussing the details at a meeting in kazakstan capital starner it's the sixth round of talks to try to end more than six years of civil war. and those the latest headlines here on a

. >>> right now we want to go back to live from miramar just north of miami with what is going on right about 2:30 a.m. here in miami and folks really just need to stay at home and try to see if they can wait it out overnight and try to get through the night into tomorrow. at this point, out here we're seeing the winds picking up. this is what it was looking like. we had strong whipping winds and very strong bands of rain in ft. lauderdale where we spent the majority of the afternoon. we found families walking along the beach prior to that 4:00 p.m. curfew. hopefully they all made it home safe. we're going to head back into the hotel, ourselves to make sure that we're also safe. we will be bringing you live coverage tomorrow with the latest updates. and as long as i have a working cell phone and a connection i will be updating you constantly on social media. i'm a little tired. across all social media platforms. >> be safe. thank you so much. 2:30 in the morning and pulling it off. i appreciate it greatly. thank you for watching nbc bay area news. the news covering hurricane irma starts

. >> reporter: in miramar, their waiting in long lines at this costco to stock up on supplies. water and flood are flying across store shelfs. >> knowing you get two waters. this is the third place i came today, and the first i got any water. >> reporter: there's a run on gasoline. in puerto rico, people are crowding food stores, and officials are urging residents to get to shelters. hurricane warnings are issued for a dozen caribbean island groups. irma's direct path is still an unknown. don champion, cbs news. >>> meanwhile, in houston, piles and piles of debris left behind from hurricharvey, piling up. texas health officials worry over potentially toxic material, lurking in the flood water there. they say the biggest concerns are illnesses, that can collect in both the water and in the air. public health executives also worried about people's mental health. i was crying, saying oh, my god, it's raining again. >> relief for hurricane harvey victims has worked its way to the top of the to do list. now that congress is back in session, a vote on a nearly $8 billion emergency fu

here is miramar shall. >> good morning.rday was too hot those temperatures scale back at least six to seven degrees. 72 right now. highs up to 80 to 85 degrees. yesterday we were in the 90s. there will be showers possible, especially south and east of the area. most of us should be dry most of the day. we will watch the trend for you and a shower chance wednesday and thursday then a cool off is on the way. the extended forecast is coming up. ellen has traffic. >>> a big problem on the roads. i hope i don't talk about it b.w. parkway southbound all lanes are blocked by route 197. trying to get you a live look at the accident. we have to show you the closure. at 197, any on ramps are blocked to get to the b.w. parkway. police told us maybe a single vehicle accident, now they are not so sure. we asked how long it will take to clean up. they said it will be there for a while. the backups are not significant yet. you can get off by route 198, maybe take it to route 1 and head to the beltway from there. >>> monday night football

this is just the parking lot of our hotel in miramar, west of miami. trees down.ook at this part over here. just literally kind of ripped in half. over to this side, there are trees that were weakened by the rain and came up by the root ball. they're now blocking cars and the parking lot is koefred with debris. we also went driving tonight and looked at areas that had problems. we found obstacle courses out on the road and tree guts, if you will, palm frons everywhere. they have ponds around their houses and golf courses, so that water is way up. we're not really out of the woods yet. but you can see, even though the storm went west, we have a lot of problems here on the east coast of florida. tim furlong, "nbc 10 news." >> tim, thank you. irma not finished yet. let's bring in meteorologist erika martin for a look at irma's impact and what's next for florida. >> what i like is that tim mentioned the east coast is being impacted greatly by irma, and that's because of the mere size of it. you can see here the outer bands of this massive hurricane moving northward ac

a baby was among two more random muslims to have died making the crossing from miramar to bangladesh bringing the number who drowned since the start of the crisis to eighty eight died when a refugee boat capsized almost four hundred thousand afloat since the military launched a crackdown three weeks ago of three hundred fighters a type of number of police posts. u.s. president all trump has denied reports of a deal to protect undocumented young immigrants known as dreamers earlier democrats announced an agreement had been reached to protect nearly eight hundred thousand young immigrants of the program the president said last week. no deal had been finalized an agreement was close and it would include a provision for border security. or at those headlines here on al-jazeera i'm back with an update for you in about twenty five minutes time do you stay with us though the strain is coming next but why. today catalonia independent from spain ok to say they're going ahead with a referendum on that very question about the spanish government has said it is illegal. and you're in the stream.

eastern parts of india up into nepal bhutan and bangladesh they're seeing some heavy rainfall and at miramar too it's looking quite wet these areas will continue to see some heavy rain as we head on through saturday for the western ghats we've got rain southam and by then towards bangalore has been very wet in recent days but for central and northern parts of india and across into pakistan weather conditions are looking draw and fine and there are with highs of thirty five in delhi thirty two in karate here in the arabian peninsula the temperatures just easing off a little bit around the gulf states the humidity also just starting to drop thirty eight the maestro in doha and abu dhabi on the other side of the peninsula fine conditions for medina with high seer of forty. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page where they're online what pollutes the u.s. citizens here and what pollutes people of iraq don't want and the same you join us on sat i was never put aside. because i'm darker than all the people. is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag eight a stream and one of yo

have no voice as he mentioned the conflict in syria he also talked about the military operations in miramar saying they must cease the law must be established to tackle what could be characterized as ethnic cleansing and the latter part of his address he was very concerned about can multilateralism survive he said we can only address the world's challenges through multilateralism not through survival of the fittest. let's just remind you of the main news this hour u.s. president donald trump has threatened to totally destroy north korea in a highly combative debut speech to the u.n. general assembly using president of language he warned that the u.s. would be forced to confront kim jong un if he continued what transpired was reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons describing north korea as a deprived regime he said it showed contempt for other nations and the well being of its own people no nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals armored serve with nuclear weapons and missiles the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its

camps and every day the camps get more and more organized and every day they say across the border in miramar smoke billows into the air bangladesh doesn't want these people to stay on its side of the border and it's hard to believe me and will want them back the stateless route have become the world's problem now jonah how al-jazeera bangladesh. a strong quake has shaken southern mexico just days after a seven point one magnitude quake hit the capital hundreds of people were evacuated from parts of mexico city as a tremor set off warning alarms rescue efforts were temporarily suspended the latest quake happened about three hundred sixty kilometers south of the capital causing further damage to already weakened buildings or rescue efforts in the capital and now into a fifth day with foreign crews continuing to arrive in fisher has more. than just each hour is a fresh agony each minute feel so much longer families of the missing can do little but hope and pray they're staying close to the office block in the condesa neighborhood of mexico city which collapsed in tuesday's quick but there may b

would you to be allowed into rock island state for the first time since august the twenty fifth but miramar says the trip has been postponed due to bad weather. the u.n. has accused me of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity there calling for sanctions in particular an arms embargo. meanwhile hundreds of children are being separated from their families as they flee the unrest say the children and unicef have expressed concerns about the increased risk of child exploitation abuse and trafficking. well there is he made it to bangladesh brought with them accounts of murder and systematic. there is john hall reports from the border district of cops is bizarre. the government hospital in the town of cops is bizarre is the next best thing to the clinics in the camps it receives some of the more seriously injured and sick including you arrivals in the last few days. it's hot it's filthy and it stinks. but for mohammad saleem and his family it is a haven from the horrors of their journey to bangladesh woken up at night by gunfire in the village

across indochina we've seen some really tarantula running going across parts of los in particular miramar seems to be getting the bulk of the showers at the moment across into south asia things are still looking pretty lively here certainly down through the western ghats so a lot of clouds and seen some big rainfall totals being reported here mumbai is being particularly wet but this circulation is also going to give you some heavy rain and with time that's going to drift a little bit further towards the north up towards delhi so as we head on through into saturday we could see some showers here temperatures coming down in delhi just twenty seven one poor thirty one by looking at somewhat dry conditions across in theory be employing things already starting around the gulf states so have been for weeks on end really temperatures around the forty degree mark but the humidity remaining very high i dryer sort of heat on the other side of the peninsula with mecca medina sharing a maximum temperature of forty one degrees. in the next episode of science in the golden age exploring the contributi

a baby was among two more range of muslims to have died making the crossing from miramar to bangladesh bringing the number who drowned since the start of the crisis to eighty eight died when a refugee boat capsized almost four hundred thousand afloat since the military launched a crackdown three weeks ago after a hindu fighters attacked a number of police posts. u.s. president on the trunk has denied reports of a deal to protect undocumented young immigrants known as dreamers earlier democrats announced an agreement had been reached to protect billy eight hundred thousand young immigrants are the program the president said last week he would scrap translators said no deal had been finalized an agreement was close and it would include a provision for border security. or at those are the latest headlines here on out is here i'm back with an update for you in about twenty five minutes time do stay with us though the strain is coming next but why. today should catalonia be independent from spain i found the ok supper to say they're going ahead with a referendum on that very question about

more tales of horror of muslims who fled violence in miramar the u.n. says hoth a million refugees have now crossed into bangladesh. are there i'm watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. they once were bitterly opposed over the war in syria but now it's a meeting of minds as turkey's president hosts his russian counterparts in. another day of rallies in barcelona at this time it's students who are on the streets in support of catalonia independence referendum. the show of force in south korea. young young it has military might use it provoked. the u.n. and international aid groups say more than half a million refugees have now fled to bangladesh since violence broke out in state last month the united nations security council will hold a meeting about the crisis in the coming hours u.n. officials were due to be allowed into rakhine state for the first time since august the twenty fifth but me i'm all says the troops be disposed due to bad weather the un is accused me of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crim

despite that he finds himself center stage in a north korea crisis there's ethnic cleansing underway in miramar five of his closest middle east allies are involved in a deepening dispute and what about syria is he happy to leave syria to the russians to sort it out and then there's the u.n. itself everybody expects that he is going to reduce the amount of u.s. funding so we've got lots to talk about but first let's have this report from our diplomatic editor james bays. donald trump is the thirteenth u.s. president to come here to address the u.n. and with the north korea crisis to tear orating he knew the world would be hanging on his every word the message is really the centerpiece of messages coming together but once he headed to the general assembly chamber excellent see donald trump he had a very different message delivering a speech that astonished many diplomats spying clued in on precedented threat to annoy late another u.n. member state the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to turn only destroy no

the miramar government of nobel peace prize winner unsung suchi continues to deny what the u.n. calls ethnic cleansing by its forces but there is no denying the destruction of the hinge of villages in northern rock and state that have been their homes for generations these are their homes now makeshift shelters on hillsides muddied by the monsoon rains nature too has been unkind to the injured. a shortage of basic sanitation means the ever present risk of disease and aid efforts are only starting to meet their needs. the mixture of needs that are staggering together with the trauma that they carry from having witnessed incredible violence that mixture shock me profound that maybe this is the first the un's refugee chief warns this crisis may be long yes we need to be ready for. a problem that could last for some time but we also need as the prime minister of bangladesh has said many times we need to invest in a solution to this problem we cannot simply ignore the fact that these people have a right to return. but merely doesn't recognise their right to be there nor does banglade

indochina certainly for vietnam we've got wanted to have the showers and those extend into laos and miramar but generally not as many as there have been but notice this circulation just to the west the philippines will eventually push in towards hong kong and towards heinen as well sums have free reign expected here so it is head on through into monday heading into southeastern parts of asia we've got to scattered showers across borneo but we have got some rain pushing into parts of java and bali could be weights here so some showers likely in jakarta with highs here of thirty two. the world's primary could change producing nation. is at the forefront of the war on drugs with them so we're talking about serious sloganising crime as a country we're reaching a critical point while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry who through this business will go on forever it will not change almost global policies do who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes this time. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stor

but then you look at countries like miramar, where the generals control a lot of the country, so womenbring more investment, make our companies better. so women are taking over the companies and pushing them and doing a great job. we are thrilled to be launching a chapter in miramar next week, because it is the women who want to be able to compete with other countries and show they can do a great job. kathleen: how much of this is generational? we can look in the united states and look back at grandmas and mothers, they were the secretaries, now executive assistant. nowadays, we have a generation of women, more young women going to college than young men. how much of this is just part of that passage of history and time that really seems to be spreading around the world? susan: i think it depends on the industry. if you look at technology companies in silicon valley, it is mostly guys coming from various other parts of the world. when you look at consumer products and other companies, they realize that it is women who are buying cars, shopping for the families, women who are making so

leaders again urge the miramar government to cooperate mass killings excessive use of force torture and ill treatment sexual and gender based violence and the burning and destruction of entire villages it is important for us to see with our own eyes the sides of these alleged violations and abuses access would allow investigators to see what's really happening these satellite photos show one village in iraq and state first in may that in september revealing the near total destruction of buildings and surrounding vegetation human rights watch says new data shows more than two hundred villages have been almost completely destroyed and accuses security forces of ethnic cleansing but me a man's leaders continue to protest their innocence while denying international agencies free access to the region we're going on you do believe that instituting such a mission is not a helpful course of action in solving the already integrated rick and issue me a mars leaders have repeatedly blamed much of the violence on what they describe as terrorist groups. maintain strong support in much of me a mark t

their homes in me and mark because her joins us from cox's bazar in bangladesh near the border with miramar so quite a few strong statements coming from her and she wants the refugees to go home but i wonder what the situation is not particularly when it comes to children and when it comes to aid. well you know the majority of the people that are coming in into the country and they're still coming in because there are villages still burning across the border and the wreck well the majority of the people are young women and children they tell us that the men have either been shot dead and put into mass graves or in or are in internment camps and they're coming here in refugee camps that just are overflowing with people now the bangladeshi government with the military are the one leading this aid relief operation but there's just so many people to deal with there are dozens of aid agencies and i've seen trucks of donation coming from south africa from. from turkey from british bangladeshis in the u.k. but the situation there is really dire as one doctor puts it he's seen adults coming or comi

for she is no longer a peace campaigner she is no politician we should lose sight of the fact that miramar is blaming this latest situation on attacks by n. me and by the other kind of salvation army how do you think that our hinge are going to react to the fighters who are being blamed for having created this latest situation. indeed the army claims that they are undertaking clearing operations because of an attack on the twenty fifth of august by the ruling just told r.t. r me but there's a essentially came just a couple of weeks ago i do a piece in newsweek last year in december last year and dick eating the myanmar military is in preparations for a flu genocide and ethnic cleansing operations this is all in the public domain and the fact that they have used this as a trigger as an excuse as is actually very telling they have been in preparation for this and in fact the the chief of the military of myanmar general may know milling has actually come on record and said that this illegal bengali problem in their country has been long overdue to be taken care of so it's very clear what exac

eight and a half inches of rain in key biscayne, four inches so far in miami, three inches so far in miramar, and it's still raining especially down in key largo where adam housley is live >> reporter: take this into account the first recorded hurricane force wind here is 12 hours ago, so for 12 hours the winds here has been battering this island, i should say for that matter this entire area here. the winds still hitting as hard the rain still coming down. we had a chance to sneak away shepherd because we spoke to you last only about maybe a hundred yards to my left is the bay out there. we talked about the phenomenon where the storm is swirling counterclockwise so we're getting hit now from the east that will eventually come from the west but where the water gets sucked out it gets sucked out of the bay and it will come back. i had a chance to take my phone out there and get a couple photos i e-mailed to your staff. take a look. this is the bay outside of key largo. the water is gone. you can look out for maybe a quarter mile and the water is just not there. its been sucked out by the powe

missing when their boat capsized in waters off bangladesh hundreds continue to cross the border from miramar felt told al-jazeera they have been warned of an imminent army crackdown in rakhine state a diplomatic editor james bays has more. they died at sea men women and children fleeing bloodshed. and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sink this tragedy the un security council was told a result of a massive flow of people over half a million in about a month the situation is spittles into the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and the humanitarian and human rights nightmare the trumpet ministrations policy towards me and my change sharply jury in this meeting with u.s. ambassador nikki haley demanding the prosecution of members of the meon mom military and the suspension of all arms sales to the country we cannot be afraid to call the actions of the burmese authorities what they appear to be a brutal sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority having heard those scathing com

camps and every day the camps get more and more organized and every day they say across the border in miramar smoke billows into the air bangladesh doesn't want these people to stay on its side of the border and it's hard to believe me and we want them back the stateless route have become the world's problem now jono al jazeera bangladesh. well the facts of ranger into bangladesh is having a huge impact on the businesses and residents of the border district of cox as bizarre nicholas sack has more from a locket in the city which is on the me and bangladesh order. here bangladeshis come to buy their daily necessities spices food and vegetables and it's around this market that. have set up camp with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people a new informal economy has grown there's one item that's particularly popular among these plastic sheeting they're used to build the homes to protect them from the rains inside that counts. the business. of the whole presume one is well the other doesn't so he's saying that business isn't going as well as it used to he saying that now aid agencies the g

papias is expensive lives sandaled strikeforce to help them scottish champions celtic five nil miramarand. got their first champions league goals of for the club with at the sink avani also scoring twice and chelsea made a perfect start to the group stages of the blues put six apos competition debutantes. of that i began the premier league champions at making their return to european competition having failed to qualify last season. a good start and. a perfect staff to follow for us to play the first game troopers league and then improve. to when we double. to score a many goals to people. to finish the game with appreciate and yeah i saw a lot of. positive things tonight. imagine a night or two or three no winners against basle on their return to the competition for jani and the rush for the scores five time champ is by munich a bit under left three nil and it was goals between roman athletico madrid. carson los angeles will officially confirm be confirmed as host of the twenty twenty four and twenty twenty eight in limping games later international limpet committee members are expect

could be some significant landslides and flooding concerns about system that runs across through into miramar and that is going to be for some very wet weather here already plenty of showers around for coastal areas but inland areas too are going to be seeing some to rancho rain at times into southeastern parts of asia here we can see further showers right across the philippines looking freddie wet at the moment so showers are on board as much as you'd expect but it's also looking quite white in parts of java and bali to pick up some showers so definitely some thunderstorms there highs of thirty two up through them and they can ship for singapore and kuala lumpur weather conditions generally aren't too bad but once you get into thailand and across central southern parts both come both here and vietnam it is looking pretty wet at times so again some localized flooding is possible here into south asia we've still got some showers effect in the western ghats we still got some showers for the east but northern parts of india largely fine highs of thirty five in delhi. the weather sponsored by qat

officials were due to be allowed into state for the first time since august the twenty fifth but miramar says the trip has been disposed due to bad weather the u.n. is accused me of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity the calling for sanctions in particular an arms embargo meanwhile hundreds of children are being separated from their families as they flee the rest save the children and unicef have expressed concerns about the increased risk of child exploitation abuse and trafficking. well they made it to bangladesh and brought with them a counts of murder and systematic arson there is john hall reports from the border district of cox's bazaar. the government hospital in the town of copses bazaar is the next best thing to the clinics in the camps it receives some of the more seriously injured and sick including you arrivals in the last few days. it's hot it's filthy and it stinks but for mohammad saleem and his family it is a haven from the horrors of their journey to bangladesh woken up at night by gunfire in the village they ran f

ozone suchi in all of this she's opened her self up to significant criticism from around the world in miramar to be clear are the military and the government two separate entities or does one have influence over the other i'm very sympathetic to the people who key doesn't have much control of the military the military still who would considerable power in the country they still control a quarter of the season parliament and they still control the media ministries the foreign affairs ministry the boredom and used in the human history but despite that we have to remember that. isto the leader of the largest political party in the country she is the moral conscience of the country she is the most famous citizen of the country and for hard to say nothing at all of what's going on and in fact say that ethnic cleansing is there's no ethnic cleansing going on it's far too strong a word and to see that this is this is all feet news and this is an iceberg of misinformation i believe a lot of our supporters people have believed in are people like myself will be hugely disappointed to me it's very clear

camps and every day the camps get more and more organized and every day they say across the border in miramar smoke billows into the air bangladesh doesn't want these people to stay on its side of the border and it's hard to believe me and will want them back the stateless route have become the world's problem now jonah how al-jazeera bangladesh. cohen and independence protesters have met on the streets of the cattle on capital barcelona as tension ahead of next month's vote on independence from spain the central government in madrid is trying to crack down on dissent karl penhall reports to. the spanish flag flying on the streets of basra load of cattle and flag to shreds a rallying cry for those citizens who oppose catalonia his bid for independence they fear it could mark the breakup of spain. we will not allow the breakup of spain if that happens people will die they can be no half measures. the question of independence is deeply divisive but hard to calculate percentages for against due to lack of accurate opinion polls many here define themselves as both catalan and spanish you know loo

investigators be allowed in to examine the growing allegations of atrocities un leaders again urge the miramargovernment to cooperate mass killings excessive use of force torture and ill treatment sexual and gender based violence and the burning and destruction of entire villages it is important for us to see with our own eyes the sides of these alleged violations and abuses access would allow investigators to see what's really happening these satellite photos show one village in iraq and state first in may that in september revealing the near total destruction of buildings and surrounding vegetation human rights watch says new data shows more than two hundred villages have been almost completely destroyed and accuses security forces of ethnic cleansing for me a man's leaders continue to protest their innocence while denying international agencies free access to the region we're going to and you do believe that instituting such a mission is not a helpful course of action. in solving the already integrated rick an issue me and leaders have repeatedly blamed much of the violence on what they des