hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan spain's highest court to sense a strong message to catalonia 2 years out to the region tried to break away separatist leaders have been jailed to between 9 and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition and misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independents nobody's above the law nobody's have although you know the microsleep like a spinning nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the will. of the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's airport and rallied elsewhere denouncing the sentences as unjust al-jazeera saya gago reports now from boston lona. hours after the sentencing of catalan lawmakers and political activists was sentenced to years in prison for so addition ov

adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera sporadic gunfire has been heard in iraq's capital where anti-government protesters are defying a curfew this video shows people in districts apparently runnings were void bullets fired by security forces at least 20 iraqis have been killed in 3 days of demonstrations britain's prime minister boris johnson has delivered his new proposals to revive briggs talks with the european union it includes a new regulates resulted in northern ireland to replace the backstop arrangement in the existing withdraw bill. joe biden's described donald trump as desperate and defensive after the us president called his potential 2020 democratic rival stone cold crooked without offering any evidence details of a call between the 2 were made public after a whistleblower complained that prompted the democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry one hour from she had britain's. house democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they don't receive by friday they'

hell again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al jazeera protesters calling for political change back on the streets of iraq's capital baghdad demonstrations to fight the crackdown and curfew that the government enforced on monday earlier cobbler's governor denied that anyone had been killed in the province more than 80 people have been killed so far in nationwide protests al-jazeera sometimes joins us now live from baghdad what's happening right now natasha. i eat really and this is the biggest crowd i have seen in 4 years where since the protests began on friday and the people keep coming i'm actually no.

hello adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al jazeera iraq's prime minister has announced a series of measures aimed at stopping days of violent antigovernment protests they include giving special status to those who've been killed so their families can get compensation the number of people who died during the protest in iraq now stands at 105 according to iraq's observatory for human rights the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters were met thousands of battled police on the streets for 5 days demanding jobs better public services and an end to corruption let's go live now to baghdad and zeros imran khan is with us from there rather seems to be some sort of political battle here going on between the prime minister the speaker how is that likely to work itself out. well let me give you a clear example of how much pressure pressure. is under he's addressed the issue of life on the protesters saying that the iraqi security forces only use life when threatened. you don't have to go very far to see evidence of that live f

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over to adrian finnegan he'll be with you in just a moment with much more of the day's news coming up thanks for watching by. some of the to today's headlines there are protests like this one that are trying to desert and we forested areas that have been always have a stated goal setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions you've been out there with. protesters on the streets where they will tell you international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform and in spots. on al-jazeera. told to notice their own. they don't believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter although to 0. you responding 6 continents across the globe. i'll just serious correspondents live in bringing the story state. of. nothing but the. letters. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestinian refugees i'll just 0 fluent in world news. kurdish fighters reach a deal with the syrian government to help ba

this is al jazeera live from doha i'm adrian finnegan also coming up. i will continue to take pot protests even with the backing of the. hong kong protesters hit back as leader caroline evokes a colonial era law banning face mosques to quell months of demonstrations. going on so over the river nile how to fish down projects in ethiopia is angering egypt. and why new yorkers don't have to travel far these days to see. something of a giant comeback. iraq's parliament has announced an urgent session to discuss protesters dumond's on saturday people are still demonstrating despite curfews in the capital and several other cities at least 45 people are dead and another 2 and a half 1000 injured. in iran com reports now from baghdad. protesters take cover under a bridge in central baghdad as gunshots ring out iraq's security forces continue to fire bullets at unarmed protesters dozens have been killed during the past 4 days and nights of anti-government protests i overnight the iraqi prime minister our beloved appealed for calm his words seemingly having the e

even entire episodes for you to catch up on but that's it for this edition of county because i'm adrian finnegan from the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us al-jazeera is next. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories in the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the intelligence services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose a too late we already have the information they're listening post on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks difficulty of it all boiled mostly young people here will get together. with the police with detailed coverage is meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life little affiliations to work together to shake their futures together from around the world not many people buy physical news but all the what the front pages represent the logic of. how and hasn't sake end all the top stories on al-jazeera iraqi security forces of y

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it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera protesters in lebanon say that economic reforms approved by the government are not enough many want the entire cabinet to step down prime minister saad hariri announced the measures on monday in an attempt to diffuse the country's biggest demonstrations in years president donald trump has defended his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria he says he never agreed to protect syrian kurds forever a ceasefire between turkey and the kurdish led syrian democratic forces expires later on tuesday violent protests are taking place in bolivia where the president is being accused of trying to manipulate sunday's election results so that he can avoid a runoff in december. appears to have a 10 percent lead over his main rival but carlos messer is refusing to accept the result. cheeriest government is enforcing a curfew for a 3rd exact consecutive night after another day of violence and santiago police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters in the capital at least 11

but that's it for this edition of counting the cost i'm adrian finnegan from the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us the news on al-jazeera is next. big storms generate thousands of headlines it seems that much the media is still struggling with how to deal with it with different angles from different perspectives and you hold to separate the spin from the facts. the misinformation from the journalism how careful must you choose your words but some tough stuff has to be said so some critics have to be made the listening post on al-jazeera. the show. conspiracy lives in justice special coverage on al-jazeera. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic but some of broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspire others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. palin and top stories of al-jazeera trumps presidency loo

it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera syria's government to strike a deal with kurdish forces that will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey the kurdish led s t f says the deployment will help to repel took his forces that have been advancing since wednesday. turkey's president richard typer one gave an update on the operation half an hour ago it indicated that an assault on the syrian kurdish held city of man bitch is about to happen maybe. about maybe as we decided we are going to act on it as you know our discussions with america about members we were saying within 90 days the terrorist organizations be going to exit there but this didn't happen we're not going to enter a main beach the real owners of that area are arabic brothers and they're going to enter that area our approach to this is that they are going to enter there and we are going to make it secure for them the u.s. defense secretary said they would withdraw american soldiers from syria i think this is a positive approach spain's top quarter sente

and again this is the news hour from al-jazeera adrian finnegan here in the headlines iraq's parliament is attempting to hold the most see session to discuss 5 days of violent protest boss but of divisions among the political groupings and some a boycott in the process at least 93 people have been killed more than 4000 injured . protesters have been back on the streets in hong kong despite a railway shutdown of calls to cancel demonstrations many cover their faces in defiance of a pound mosques imposed by the city's leader carry law. to greece and the united states of side a new defense agreement u.s. secretary of state mike compare was in athens for the meeting the deal establishes a new u.s. base in greece near the border with turkey greece's prime minister urged the u.s. to help diffuse tension with turkey over cyprus it comes as nato member turkey continues to develop closer on relations with russia including purchasing its s. 400 missile system. at least 10 people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir that happened near a government office in the city

get adrian finnegan here in doha with the news out from al jazeera headlines sporadic gunfire has been heard in iraq's capital where anti-government protests and so defying a curfew at least 20 iraqis have been killed in baghdad and other cities in 3 days of demonstrations against corruption a lack of jobs and poor public services. nigeria's president is visiting south africa following attacks on foreign businesses that last month the nigerian government threw 600 citizens home following attacks in johannesburg. north korea says its latest weapons test was a new type of submarine launched from mystic missile it was fired towards japan on wednesday hours after the announcement of the resumption of denuclearization talks with the us beginning on saturday. peru's congress has been dissolved as part of president mass and the. campaign against corruption legislators had failed to back his reforms which he said would begin the process of ending corrupt practices but the opposition says the president is abusing his power to serious money on ascensions reports from lima. the lockdown continues

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hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week as africa opens its borders in the hope of emulating the success of the european union nigeria shuts its borders blaming smuggling and tax evasion. despite a slowing economy continues with its infrastructure spending ahead of the fifa world cup talk to qatar airways c.e.o. about airport expansion as rival dubai puts its project on hold. plus can't count our build on the success of homegrown giants al-jazeera and b. in sport by attracting more media companies to set up shop here. in a world where nations are grouping together to form trading blocks replicate the best of the best the european union it's somewhat strange that one nation is leaving but this week's show isn't about briggs it this is about africa's decision to create an economic bloc that could become the next european union in may of this year a new economic bloc was born $24.00 nations came together to form the africa continental free trade area now the aim of the block is to increase trade between

adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines and syria's government to strike a deal with kurdish forces that will see the syrian army deployed along the border with turkey president another one says the assault the city of man bitch is imminent. maybe. about maybe as we decided we're going to act on it as you know our discussions with america about members we were saying within 90 days the terrorist organizations be going to exit there but this didn't happen we're not going to enter main beach the real owners of that area are arabic brothers and they're going to enter that area our approach to this is that they're going to enter there and we're going to make it secure for them the u.s. defense secretary said they would withdraw american soldiers from syria i think this is a positive approach spain's top quarter sentenced 9 cattle and separatist leaders to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence the supreme court delivered sentences of up to 13 years in prison for catalonian vice president oriel young careless received the longest sentence for the crime of sedit

hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al jazeera protesters calling for political change back on the streets of iraq's capital baghdad demonstrations to fight the crackdown and curfew that the government enforced on monday the accomplice governor denied that anyone of been killed in the province 80 people have been killed so far in nationwide protests al-jazeera sometimes you can name joins us now live from baghdad what's happening there right now natasha. and this is the biggest crowd i have seen in my prayers where is the protest began on friday and the people he's coming i'm actually not even in the square i'm on a main thorough for their meetings in the where which you can see behind this mass of people the momentum for these protests has only picked up despite the curfews despite the more than 200 people who have died across the country despite the phallus and who have been injured and we do want to mention among the injured and among the dead are security forces there is a curfew here in baghdad it begins at midnight so we have about 9 hours between now and t

hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera lebanon's president has assigned prime minister saad hariri to form a caretaker government heavy resigned on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide unrest president michel one will now consult the various blocs in parliament on forming a new government lebanon's army has begun clearing some main roads in the capital beirut that have been blocked by protesters for days iraq's prime minister is under growing pressure to resign the prime minister the president the speaker of parliament will hold talks later on wednesday to try to find a way out of the crisis and discuss possible names for a new prime minister earlier influential shia cleric. called for marty's resignation following weeks of protests on tuesday tens of thousands of protesters turned out spurred on by reports of security forces shooting protesters in karbala iran's supreme leader says that protesters in iraq and lebanon should seek demands that demands within the framework of the law. harmony has accused us and some arab states of stoking unrest in the 2 cou

it's good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera turkish forces in this syrian allies say that they've captured large parts of so look the town can ensure supply routes from turkey a kept open as the operation goes forward and as it is charles stratford has the latest for us from actual color on the turkey syria border we've begun to hear heavy artillery fire. and see a heavy artillery being fired across the border from here into positions we understand is close to the town of tell our backyard which is just across the border we're hearing now reports from members of the free syrian army that's the these are fighters that the turks of the enlisted into come and help with this operation that they say they have taken part solve or possibly full control of the town of so look we g.'s around 10 to 15 kilometers south east of tel aviv tel aviv . a powerful typhoon in japan has left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help with rescue and cleanup operations typhoon i gave this hit tokyo on saturday before moving north do

censorship is the only contender disqualified from the november 24 election and earlier my calling adrian finnegan spoke to joshua long and got his reaction to being barred from the elections. just prove how beijing ignored the boy's young generation and to run for office which show they have no respect on the dissidents that hope to end the institution but they say the problem with you is that you advocate self-determination for hong kong which conflicts with the requirement for candidates to declare they'll pledge allegiance to the city it up hold its constitution south determination is their right and fundamental. right spent should be enjoyed by people according to the united nations charter and international law i already openly declared that i did not advocate on hong kong independence and i reckon i still employed has been the cause of to get a phone call named basic law and how beijing imply political censorship and screening to me to run through all this would just prove that they hope to rule with the whole generation of youngster and a new generation to enter it is that you should it wi

it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera turkey has pushed forward its offensive in northern syria with another night of strikes smoke has been seen billowing over. on sunday morning turkish forces say that they've taken control of the strategic border town but turkish that forces deny that chance stratford reports now from the turkey syria border. there were reports of clashes in and around russell lyon overnight the s.d.f. adamant that. the turkish military do not have full control of this town a town that is of great strategic importance obviously to both sides and has been the focus of a very heavy bombardment of artillery and air strikes over the last few days it's basically one of the most eastern towns part of this 1st phase of this turkish campaign the turks saying that they are trying to clear an area around 120 kilometers long along the border going west to here which is the town of tal abio and we hear again that there was more bombardment more bombarding of tel lobby out overnight with artillery the reports last night e

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan spain's highest court to sent a strong message to catalonia 2 years out of the region tried to break away separatist leaders have been jailed to between 9 and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition of misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independence. nobody's above the law nobody's have although in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no thanks. the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's airport and rallied elsewhere denouncing the sentences as unjust al-jazeera saya gago reports now from boston. hours after the sentencing of catalan lawmakers and political activists were sentenced to years in prison for a dish over their role in th

even entire episodes for you to catch up on but that's it for this edition of county because i'm adrian finnegan from the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us al-jazeera is next. in a world of alternative facts and truths unfiltered social media spreads misinformation unfavorable reports become fake amuses the fake phony the enemy of the people and press freedom is under attack in a brand new documentary series we explore the media landscape roseville the future how are journalists the world over coming to terms with this new reality and finding ways to challenge mainstream misconceptions whose truth is it anyway coming soon on a. all i want to stay with most of. the rest internment and mass indoctrination children are now in the process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance we're being complicit in the human rights abuses that are trying. to china's systematic repression of the week tell the world on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello and welcome to the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters in doha with me it is a problem comin