might have defused tensions with the spanish government over cattle on independence carlist bridge demasi said it is now up to catalonia its regional parliament to decide whether or not to hold elections the spanish government plans to strip huge man of his powers and impose direct rule on ted alone later this week thousands of probes separatists of borders waited outside the regional government headquarters hoping that would declare independence today now he did just that after a referendum at the beginning of october but he immediately suspended its implementation. correspondent charlet chosen hill joins us from the catalog capital barcelona she's on that story for us tonight good evening to you charlotte so we're not we're not going to get a snap election we're not getting a declaration of independence the ball seems to be back in the central government's court in madrid tonight doesn't. it certainly does appear that way that's because we know tomorrow or the senate in madrid is planning on voting on whether to impose article one five five that would impose direct rule on catalonia it

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london area top stories on al-jazeera iraqi kurdish president massoud barzani is stepping down the kurdish parliament has approved his rick.

and no i'm maryanne demasi this is al jazeera live from london also coming up turkish troops move into syria's adlib province as part of a deescalation deal with iran and russia. we speak to a gym of a traumatized often losing her family and watching me i'm lost soldiers throw her baby into a fire here. with. two dead in kenya as police dispersed people defying a ban on election protests. and just two penguin chicks survive what scientists a calling a catastrophic breeding season in east antarctica. follow in the next hour u.s. president donald trump is due to give a speech laying out a more confrontational approach to him. iran is not expected to pull out of the nuclear deal but he has decided not to certify iran as being in compliance with the accord he wants congress to toughen u.s. policy towards iran by requiring it to allow greater access to its nuclear sites he will also ask congress to find a way to punish iran for its ballistic missile program the current deal only covers its nuclear activities and his administration will punish some members of iran's revolutionary guard but i

low i maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up next. police fire into the air to disperse protesters in la good issue was anger maltz over saturday's massive truck bombing that left more than three hundred dead. china's president xi jinping lays out his vision for the future on day one of an historic communist party congress. and donald trump is embroiled in a new scandal over comments he allegedly made to the window of a foreign u.s. soldier will be live at the white house. the head of kenya's electoral commission is warning next week's election rerun may not be free and fair. admits there's been a little interference in its operations a commission has already resigned saying it would be impossible to hold a credible rerun of august disputed vote me to mila has more from nairobi. it looks as if things are falling apart at kenya's electoral commission headquarters rather than a combo one of seven commissioners has resigned alleging political interference she says threats have been made on the lives of staff members including her own com

hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official in both countries suspend visa service.

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up kenya's opposition leader announces he's withdrawing from the rerun of the presidential election. voting draws to a close in liberia's presidential election where the choices include a former rebel leader awards ex-wife and a football star. and thirteen dead twenty thousand evacuated and hundreds of homes destroyed as wildfires spreading in california. in a highly anticipated speech the catalan president has said his region has the right to become its own state but he stopped short of declaring independence outright addressing the catalan parliament carlos' bridge to call for a deescalation of tension and said he was ready for a dialogue with the spanish government he said millions of catalan citizens believe lonia should have its own state and he had a clear mandate to declare independence but was willing to negotiate. and when the . as president it's my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a republic we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london area top stories on al-jazeera iraqi kurdish president massoud barzani is stepping down the kurdish polman has approved his request not to extend beyond november the fust has been on the precious since last month's controversial secession referendum vote which the iraqi government says was illegal led to days of fighting between iraq and kurdish forces are accused of failing to support the kurdish people but he says the referendum results can never be erased one on one. according to the law the presidency can be extended by the parliament however i inform the parliament that i will not extend my term i will not accept any abed but in the law to extend my term as president stephanie decker has more now from air bill. it is massively significant just briefly this is a man who's been president for twelve years this is a man who fought baghdad for kurdish rights he is a huge figure when it comes to the history of this region whether people say this was expected or not the way he's leaving under the circumstances of the backlash of this referendum which he re

hello i'm maryanne demasi and london harry a top stories on al-jazeera spain's government says it will press ahead with plans to suspend catalonia autonomy after leaders there ignored a final deadline to back down on succession prime minister mariano rajoy will hold a cabinet meeting on saturday and trigger article one fifty five of the constitution a measure that's never been used language or it imposed direct rule over the region has more from barcelona. it's not going to be an instant process the madrid government will have to qualify exactly where they believe that the catalonia leadership transgress their normal parameters where they basically essentially broken the rules they have said repeatedly that they want to bring the region back to the galaxy that's the prime minister mariano rajoy those close to him her phrased it but so exactly how long it will take to pinpoint the detail where the transgressions of the raid it's very unclear the u.s. secretary of state has his house in saudi arabia for failing to resolve that standoff with cata rex tillerson says he has little hope the

minister suggested that muslim public holidays be introduced in some parts of the country thomas demasi or stated that he's open to discussing the possibility of being holidays from islam but that was not a sentiment shared by other politicians in germany legs on the brink from the christian social union said it's simply out of the question. the interior minister later played dunn his statement saying been mis understood we went to ask people in berlin what they think about the idea that i absolutely have no problem with that is fine germany is like on to open to something that. i'm just not sure about that if i move to another country they wouldn't just establish holidays for things close to my heart i have mixed feelings about it. i think it is difficult to establish a muslim holiday in germany as it will challenge the tolerance of many people even if they are not christians this could boost right wing ideology i think we should wait at least twenty five years until the society's acceptance level is strong enough. when i was a teacher and m. a protestant i often had to call focus on t

hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official in both countries suspend visa services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. at least twelve ranger refugees drown ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from man not to bangladesh. and spain's government called in the national police to guard catalans key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on independence. m p seven in doha with all the day's sports news including a very public statement from the v.p. as mike pence walks out of an n.f.l. game even mealing players i'll have more on that later. a diplomatic dispute between washington and curry is intensifying after reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. calls you know it work or else we cannot the american consular employee was arrested and as some. allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey a turkish lira has dropped sharply cents in both countries suspended visa services for each other's nationals mohamed adar reports.

mexico now to address politicians then let's get some other international news now here is maryanne demasi in london. yes we begin with sneeze from south africa where the supreme court of appeal is out how the high court ruling to reinstate hundreds of corruption charges against the president jacob zuma they date back to before he took office in two thousand and nine zuma says he's disappointed by the court's decision and denies any wrongdoing tanya page has long. it took less than fifteen minutes for the supreme court of appeal to reject the president's latest attempt to avoid corruption charges. dismissed with cause. the charges relate to allegations during a multi-million dollar deal from the one nine hundred ninety s. they were controversially dropped in two thousand and nine clearing the way for jacob zuma to become president the reason given by the prosecutor at the time was that secretly recorded phone conversations showed political interference last year the high court ruled the decision to drop the charges was irrational and they should be reinstated some legal experts say with th

is dot com details of events in catalonia today that's it for me ever there's news that maryanne demasi will be here with another full roundup of the day's news in just a couple minutes thanks for watching. hyperfocus it oh is it allison when they're on line me what in hurricane the winnings for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that you care has to address or if you join us on sat i'm a member of a kook love one but we struck up a relationship base is a dialogue tweet us with hostile a.j. stream and one of their pitches might make the next show join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera a new television station in afghanistan is turning the focus on women it's on t.v. they are on camera in the guest chair and in the control room the founder of zone t.v. says this project couldn't wait this theme is for those mothers on both the sort and those wife's living in afghanistan there's always talking about their vice but they didn't see anything in a nation where education was forbidden for girls as recently as two thousand and one and network just for women is a

a low i maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up spain's that suspend catalonia is autonomy after the region's leader refuses to back down over declaring independence. taliban attacks kill one hundred twenty people in just a few days with at least forty three afghan troops the latest casualties. the u.n. voices concerns that kurds are being driven from their homes in areas retaken by iraqi forces. it was a ten. donald trump gives his administration top marks for its response to the hurricane which devastated puerto rico we look at how the island is getting on. and on. with the latest sports news says norway's women's football team become the first female national team to receive the same pay deal as they male counterparts getting more later this hour. our top story this hour the confrontation of a catalonia is intensifying spain's government says it will suspend catalonia as autonomy after the region's president refused to back down on independence prime minister mariano rajoy will hold a cabinet meeting on saturday to trigger article one fifty five of the consti