sedition and embezzlement we've got correspondents following the story in belgium and in spain hoda abdel-hamid is in the capital cattle and capital barcelona. first let's take it to david chase who's in brussels david what do we think mr putin want does next. that's a very good question i wish i could answer it he's got a lot of things on his agenda made it very clear of that rather confusing and chaotic press conference which was conducted in four languages catalan spanish french and english he made it clear that he still considers himself the president of catalonia and he's not here to seek political asylum as you said so he said that he was rather in the heart of democracy here in brussels he met at the center of

barcelona thanks andrew let's cross now to madrid where hoda abdel-hamid has been live for us throughout the day so it's understanding that the spanish prime minister on a real hallway is back in parliament they are in madrid what do you know about what's happening now. has been since this morning ten o'clock local time inside the senate building here he did leave us some point the chamber where the liberations were happening what we were told is that i actually was following very closely the events unfold in barcelona and just a few moments ago you. and as we understand the vote. if i could stop you for just a moment what we are looking at now is the vote that you were talking about so just stand close this is the vote that the senate and the parliament in madrid hasn't been debating all day this is basically giving the prime minister avoid the authority to enact article one fifty five which would allow him to basically sack carlos puts them on and the parliament in barcelona just voted to declare independence so that's what this vote is that we are seeing. right now. so what has happen

so we have hoda abdel-hamid in madrid first let's go to andrew simmons and catalunya capital barcelona so andrew everything was leading to this moment of whether or not the parliament and barcelona would specifically declare an independence leading up to this vote that is supposed to be happening and now there seems to be this breakdown about procedure about whether to have a secret ballot there's people walking out what what is happening now. well what's happening here is quite predictable really in that the opposition who are opposing this resolution are on a walkout so far the socialist party and the people's party of walked out we've just seen one vehicle drive off with members in the we can see spanish catalonian flags draped over the benches there has been a fierce passionate debate going on and there's a disorder really not of a violent nature but certainly of a verbal nature because this is history in the making this is colossal this is a resolution which will effectively declare secession and so when the vote takes place and we're told now it's going to be a secret battle it's

program at stanford university mr director mr professor thank you very much well let's bring at hoda abdel-hamid now thank heaven all of this from madrid as the parliament there has been discussing how how to proceed and how to not sure if you are listening there but our guest there. says that article fifty one fifty five does not mean that the government in madrid can sack. it certainly seems that that's what the parliament in madrid what their understanding is that they can do are we correct. yes that's absolutely right but actually the argument of our guest is actually the argument that we heard from the council on representative here in madrid they were saying back to the art article one hundred five doesn't allow you to go against the autonomy of the region so in this case. this is a point i think it's so broad that article and it's written in such a vague way that really that opens all the options for interpretation interpretation and that's exactly what the government of prime minister is banking on you had a guest earlier that was saying that article one five five doesn't allow the use o

live in brussels with the latest from there thank you let's take you to barcelona now where hoda abdel-hamid joins us live and hala how the people in barcelona been reacting to what we should all had to say at a news conference earlier. they were relieved to hear from. you know people here. have been. taken by the government. the government. government. people rally. with. an official. was published earlier today. two thousand. relief even. should be here. with people. from the national government what it's going to do next. government. we haven't heard from the prime minister. and. we will expect to probably give. all right. thank you. kenya's opposition leader has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an alt president hurricane yes that was declared the winner of the election was widely boycotted by opposition supporters kenyatta took ninety eight point two percent of the vote with the turnout below forty percent but anger made no mention of a legal challenge that won the election result will undermine the public's faith in democracy amodeo has more from. says he w

the italian island are now a reminder of the risks that people face trying to reach europe as hoda abdel-hamid reports the landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean. is an environmentalist who now spends his time documenting their arrivals of these migrant boats. ninety nine percent of the boats arrive from china zero those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they arrive in this way that it want to be recognized we know little about them and they have total freedom here. eighty boats are now stranded here including this one that could have never made it across the sea alone authorities suspect a large mothership somewhere at sea this patching migrants in smaller numbers people here call these the goes boat it takes twenty four hours from the minute they leave tunisia to when they're arriving here in sicily and during that time these boats go completely undetected the minute they're arriv

the vote is having a big impact on trade in predominantly kurdish areas along the iraqi border hoda abdel-hamid has those details from the crossing. crossing it's business as usual goods flowing into the kurdish region from turkey people traveling back and forth between the two it's iraq's most important land crossing kurds on both sides of the border make a living out of it. i am poor i don't love my job but i make my daily bread coming and going through this border if it closes there will be a domino effect from here to istanbul it's all connected i won't be the only one her. cousin and the other drivers here are turkish kurds they have silently supported the referendum they live across the border in the same area where iraqi soldiers carried out joint exercises just a few kilometers away from the crossing. iraq's prime minister. has to bring it under the federal government's authority although it's an entry point. here. actually. everyone is scared the regional government also imposes its own customs and immigration policies and if you are still in doubt then you have to remind you where and

sedition and embezzlement we've got correspondents following the story in belgium and spain hoda abdel-hamid is in the capital and capital barcelona first let's take it to david chaytor who's in brussels for us here on the news david what did he have to say. well i think you can boil it down to two essential points first that he was not here for political asylum he was here because this is the heart of europe the democratic heart of europe and that's why he chose to come to brussels because he could still operate freely and with security he said the other point the main point he made was that you think that the federal government in actual fact acting very much with violence and aggression and that he would not return to face trial in the dritte i guess he had what he called safety guarantees by that i think he means he's got to get a guarantee that he'll face a fair trial now at the moment he doesn't have those guarantees so it seems to be that he will stay here in brussels his idea was that he would try and. two european leaders this is the place he said where his idea is all. of a peacefu

ok hoda abdel-hamid thank you for that update from madrid and just to let you know a lot of viewers are interested in this story out of spain that we're covering on the newsgroup and we do have a what's our comment viewer telling us that the best strategy for a catalog is to do nothing more and force the hand of madrid so do keep your comments and questions coming to us you can send them to us using any one of our online platforms and also always use the hash tag a.j. news going to make sure that we see your questions before we broke into into barcelona and brought you that speech by carlists of puja mo we were telling you about what's going on in kenya so one of our top stories tonight and that's the election rerun that's taken place in kenya this thursday we have katherine sawyer joining us live from away. in kenya and that is the opposition leader while loading does stronghold and catherine what we're hearing is that it's been quite volatile in parts of western kenya and we do have reports of casualties as well as injuries what can you tell us. yes we do and i'm right now at a hospit