franz‘s interior ministry local time. that is the scene now.ocal time. that is the scene now. franz‘s interior ministry is saying that two women have been stabbed to death in the attack by a man with a knife. you can see, the french army shot the man dead after he launched the attack. there is an investigation now that has been launched by fra nz‘s investigation now that has been launched by franz‘s counterterrorist team. sources say that the man shouted god is greatest in the arabic as he was starting the attack, and police say that he is —— they are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. that is the scene, as you can see, in marseille right now. police have asked people to stay away, but still a small crowd had gathered outside the station. this is an attack that happened about two hours ago, during the lunchtime french time. two women, we are told, have been killed. stabbed by the attacker at marseille's train station, saint charles train station. 0bviously station, saint charles train station. obviously a busy place in a large city. t

to protect the safety and security of all citizens and the governorates without exception the interior ministry will take all measures to stop those who commit such violations well during that operation the iraqi military seized several oil fields from kurdish forces and there's already been a major disruption to supply exports from iraq's kurdistan region more than half done ones they would both kurdish and iraqi sources citing technical glitches the fields have generated billions of dollars for the kurds and now iraq's got big plans for their development charles stratford reports from erbil. iraq a government forces are in full control here and now. the oil fields around kirkuk one of iraq's two main oil producing areas vital for the economy. before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units the bae has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of kirkuk now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the

the spanish interior ministry says most of the polling stations which photo organizes and doesn't try to to host the referendum have been shut down by authorities. law and order in the region is maintained by the council on regional police force known as the most lost this replace the spanish police locally almost ten years ago and is controlled by the cats land government and the cattle forces have been tasked with preventing sunday's referendum from taking place however fears are being expressed in madrid that offices might not comply the spanish government has deployed national military forces the civil god to the region to ensure the vote does not go ahead six thousand civil guards have been stationed at ports in the region arriving on cruise ships chartered by the spanish interior ministry they'll stay in barcelona until october the third. on saturday morning a convoy of police vans left the port area heading into the city meanwhile the spokes person for catalan his police force says that while orders will be followed it doesn't necessarily mean anything will be prevented. from b

the interior ministry in saudi arabia says two soldiers have been killed in an attack on a guard post say a man drove up to the gate and began shooting. the gunman, identified as a 28—year—old saudi national, was killed by royal guards. police in denmark say they have found the head and other missing body parts of swedish journalist, kim wall. she disappeared in august after boarding a submarine with its inventor. peter madsen has been accused of killing her but denies the charges. he's being detained while investigations continue. in london, a woman has been arrested after trying to scale the front gates of buckingham palace. police say the woman, in her 30s, was detained on suspicion of trespass, but that the incident was not thought to be terror—related. ports have been closed and evacuations ordered in the united states, as another hurricane is set to hit. it's a category 2 hurricane, and it's intensifying as it moves the outer edge of hurricane nate has already reached the us gulf coast. the hurricane is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. warnings are in place from ne

if madrid takes control of the interior ministry locally speaking, then in theory it takes control ofpolice a baby orders from madrid, all they rebel? those kind of dynamics will play out. the other thing to mention quickly is that the spanish government is saying that it has a close eye, now, on the public tv and public radio. catalan public tv and radio hearing catalonia. it is saying, basically, that if it does not like what it seas and hears, it might intervene there too. that would be hugely controversial. tom burridge, they are. —— there. almost a month after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico, the us territory is still struggling to provide basic services like electricity and running water. 3a people were killed by the storm, and some estimates have put the cleanup bill as high a ninety five billion dollars. speaking on thursday, president trump gave his administration "10 out of 10" for its handling of the disaster. but there was strong criticism of the response from the very start — and some of the strongest came from the mayor of the island's capital sanjuan, carmen yuli

it's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write syria's interior ministry says two people have been killed and six injured in an attack on a police enter in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building two of the attackers were killed on the spot those are the headlines i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour a member of the news hour as well coming up in just under an hour coming up next though it's witness thanks for watching. hello hello hi ohio. she was a. mongrel the trainer like the. circus out there that humans last turn on the. most output. of the phone. and your tools certainly for church washing the head while tola zillion those reading to do it all the time she should we at least use the usual mutal genome does she have the. dolls all to until the long laurie name. translates to. the machine tell us. this her boss asked three. my tongue in cheek comment on party culture or just. share. all those white dots. to call for you so far down the toilet. yeah it's indeed the mighty good she

civil guard two are deployed in the region arriving on cruise ships chartered by the spanish interior ministry and they'll stay in barcelona until october the third aspirants government doesn't have reasons to worry about losing this region catalonia covers six percent of the country's territory and accounts for twenty percent of spain's g.d.p. the region is also responsible for more than a half of investments into startups and almost a quarter of foreign tourists choose to go to catalonia or perhaps that's why madrid is so desperate to stop this referendum. i. think. being three members of the former government have been judged and convicted and barred from public positions only because we'll let. them i. mean that get on with. the speculate that. well you know there's a. sense of where they came to me about it that. i . i i i i. i. and these tensions are nothing new there whoops all the crisis in casa let me go way back into spanish history by now you surely heard about cats or learned his desire to go it alone the prosperous region in northeast spain the counter almost a fifth of the countr

in egypt the attack took place in our district and the giza government southwest of cairo the interior ministry says security forces who were hunting down fighters in the region were ambushed late on friday on a road to the away says police in brazil have arrested more than one hundred people in a nationwide bassed of a pedophile ring these are some of the suspects detained in the operation that reached most of the country and include the capital brasilia the charges against them reportedly include producing and sharing pornographic material of children over the internet it's been one month since hurricane maria hit puerto rico and eighty percent of the island is still without power crews are working around the clock to try to fix hundreds of kilometers of power lines but the governor of puerto rico says it could be another two months before full power is restored due to a lack of money and workers. i'll have more headlines for you in just under thirty minutes coming up next as witness thank you for watching. thank you we have a middle. name and i got home and i'm going me i mean might. be but

two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in jeddah the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces guarding the palace he was then shot dead earlier this week police raided hideouts of a group they say is linked to weisel killing two people and arresting five ghana's government. explosion in the capital and caused casualties what this is say a tanker exploded at a station that sells liquefied natural gas flames then spread to a petrol station across the street it happened at atomic junction near the university of ghana. she says these types of explosions are. this is an extremely busy part of the this is the busy interchange and it's one of the main routes out of the city it's an area known as a comic. buildings people in the street. city many more casualties that we've been hearing as emergency services. really establish what hospital i mean there is also of course a number of students. going to universities and people talking about this explosion being kilometers around i think this is going to be very interesting as events on sunday bec

serious interior ministry says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a police headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers a said to have tried to storm the building two of the attackers were killed while the other detonated his suicide vest. iraq's prime minister has formally declared victory over i saw in the city of her way chapitre all about he says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria the last stretch of land in the country it still controls about he says he expects eisel to be completely defeated in iraq by the end of the year all governments of iraq turkey and iran have joined ranks in announcing measures against iraq's kurdish regional government if all those last month's controversial referendum on the future kurdish the session from baghdad the non-binding vote was supported by kurds in neighboring countries and as charles stratford finds out from question jack in northern iraq the pressure for kurdish state is being felt on both sides of the border with iran . these are new recruits members

two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in jeddah the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security guards at the palace he was then shot dead and this week saudi police raided a hideouts of a group they say is linked to eisele killing two people and arresting five. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud hussein who's now been in prison in egypt for more than ten months he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly denied authorities ever fused to allow him to be transferred to a specialist treatment in a broken arm an injury he received while being detained he was arrested in december visiting his family gone as government says a gas tanker explosion followed by a second last us kill a number of people in the capital accra firefighters have now brought the blaze under control they're battling to extinguish flames from the second explosion it's not clear how many people have died on the black tang is in the cross he says these thompson explosions i'm not uncommon. this is an extreme

jazeera northern iraq two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces guarding the palace he was then shot dead early this week saudi police raided a hideouts of a group they say is linked to eisele killing two people and arresting five ghana's government says a gas tanker explosion followed by a second blast has killed a number of people in the capital accra firefighters have now brought the blaze under control but they're battling to extinguish flames from the second explosion it's not clear how many people died. as it was i'm aborting is in a crash he says these types of explosions are not uncommon. this is an extremely easy part of this is a busy interchange and it's one of the main routes out of the city it's an area known as a comic. buildings people in the street. city many more casualties that we've been hearing as emergency services. really establish what happened i mean there is also of course a number of students. going to university. people talking about this explosion being kilometers around i

syria's interior ministry says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a police headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building two of the attackers were killed on the spot while the other detonated his suicide vest iraq's prime minister has formally declared victory over eisel in the city of. body says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria the last stretch of land in the country that it still controls about he says he expects leisel to be completely defeated in iraq by the end of the year. the united nations is accusing miramar security forces of torture killings and the rape of children as part of what it says were well organized coordinated and systematic attacks against the hinge of muslims it says those quote clearance operations began before an attack by a hinge of fighters in august which was the reason given for the military crackdown more than half a million revenger have fled to bangladesh since august and many more are on the way europe has more from y

here they say that it was on the twenty ninth of september that twelve members of the iraqi interior ministry arrived here and handed them a letter basically an ultimatum saying we are going to be taking control of not only this border crossing but the two other main border crossings between iran and the k r g the wanted pair of his phone and then other wanted house and the kurds have rejected that ultimatum until now they tell us that negotiations are still going on to try and come to some sort of solution the border crossing today is actually open two days ago when we were here it was closed i'm certainly to oil traffic foodstuffs were allowed to go to and from. iran but oil traffic today is still open and they say that they're expecting up to forty trucks to policy either way at some stage today we've been here what three four hours now and it's safe to say we've seen pretty much zero traffic to cut a long story short the fears of the man in the building here to my left the customs of storage is the chief there said that despite. the statements coming out from the iranians that these tanks

customs or sources here they say that on the twenty ninth of september members of the iraqi interior ministry came here and delivered a letter insisting that the iraqis take control of this border crossing and the two others that border the k.l. jean other kurds have refused the iranian military say these tanks are all part of joint military exercises with the iraqi army that are happening across the border in iran but that is not allowing the fears of the customs of sorties here to see it . in such a tense political situation it's normal for us to be worried as kurds because previously we have faced so many wars and challenges with the displacement of people kurds they want a new war we understand thoughts between all sides continue to try and find a solution to this crisis iraqi prime minister hyderabadi has said he does not want a military solution but is no doubt that tension is increasing in this region we understand that those joint military exercises happening across the border between the iraq and the iranian military said to continue for the next few days well iraq's former kurdish p

i assume they were just merely terms of the control of the syrian ministry majority catalan interior ministry. as for the media state media well they're going. to be coming to terms of their you know direct control of the culture ministry magick in madrid rather than book and bathrooms in principle. but no real difference other be surprised. to the contents of the programs well why did say that one of his first priorities is a to hold elections in catalonia now does this mean that he'll be blocking leader carlist who's the man from standing. yes i mean that was. conditional that he said to one of the restrictions that as a whole that we will still be lots of the day will be a lot of what we would like to propose him or any other leader not just tell us which to mount the other thing is he said the legal deadline is for six months well if he hopes to bring the whole works as soon as possible or in his words. no business is what to do. and who. are i don't know is martin roberts reporting for us from the spanish capital madrid thank you very much. well now let's get some perspective on a possib

the interior ministry announced that the head of national security forces was removed from his post,s well as other high ranking officials. the reshuffle takes place a week after police officers were killed in a militant ambush. secretary had speculation that he weren't turkish officials of possible sanctions. he told reporters that there is no truth to the rumors. earlier this month a local newspaper reported that six turkish banks may face penalties. the report has since been pulled by the publisher and has been denied by regulators. day,l news, 24 hours a powered by more than 27 hundred journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. big week for global markets. it is a big week in terms of what could happen at the fed. markets are awaiting president trump's decision on who will be the next fed chair. bloomberg says that the chance that the president is leaning towards a federal reserve governor, jerome powell. video, teasinga an announcement he said would come next week. awaiting myump: decision as to who the next head of the fed will be. i will announce i

in the capital kiev mostly chucky is a member of the nationalist radical party the country's interior ministry is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. the democratic opposition in venezuela including former national assembly speaker henry ramos house won the european union's sakharov prize for human rights the european parliament said it wanted to reward the courage of politicians and students fighting for freedom in the face of venezuela's repressive government. the fight against america's opioids drug epidemic used to get a boost from president trump he said to declare a national emergency the u.s. is battling a surge in opioid related deaths including thirty three thousand lives lost in twenty fifty eight years to try made fighting opioid addiction a priority of his election campaign. the castle officials are set to call a snap regional election for the twenty eighth of december this is according to local media reports catalan president carlos push tomorrow is due to make going to us within the hour it's a move that could help break the month long deadlock between the government of

turning to saudi arabia now where the interior ministry says a gunman has attacked the royal palace of jeddah in the west of the country officials saying two security guards were killed in the attack three others injured that attack coming earlier today the man reportedly drove up to the gate of the palace and started firing before security forces shot him dead the gunman has been identified as a twenty eight year old saudi national. here in germany chancellor angela merkel says she's soon be should soon be opening talks with the pro-business free democrats and environmentalist greens as she bids to form a so-called jamaica coalition addressing the youth wing of her conservatives merkel said a coalition with those two parties was the only realistic path to a stable government the so-called jamaica coalition is known as such because the party's colors correspond to those of the jamaican flag the move had been expected after chancellor merkel's current partners the social democrats said they would no longer be available for a coalition with her conservatives. wealth or jews in the u.s. a

saudi arabia's interior ministry says a gunman has attacked the royal palace in jeddah in the west of the country officials saying two security guards were killed and three others injured in the attack earlier today the man reportedly drove up to the gate of the palace and started firing before security forces shot him dead the gunman has been identified as a twenty eight year old national. or thought he is in the united states a hurricane nato will strengthen to a category two storm before striking the country's gulf coast overnight nato has already forced the widespread shut down of oil and gas production in the gulf meanwhile residents in low lying coastal areas have been ordered to evacuate or torches have also declared a state of emergency in parts of louisiana alabama mississippi and florida residents of new orleans prepare to hunker down for hurricane ace the storm is forecast to start by louisiana's biggest city but even an interactive is could bring severe flooding. and more snow more concerned about my car then anything honestly my house is elevated so i'm not so concerned a

capital kiev the injured member of parliament is with the nationalist radical party the country's interior ministry says it's feeling the incident as a terrorist attack. in barcelona demonstrators have made a new call for independence for the catalonia region this after cattle on leader carlos turned down an invitation to address pain senate this week the senate is due to vote tomorrow on dismissing poos to montgomery meant over its push for independence. it's to turkey now where the german national paper story and seven other human rights activists are out on bail after three months in prison the group was among those arrested during a workshop run by amnesty international and istanbul turkey jail them on terrorism related charges as part of a crackdown after last year's to attempt to start his case is one of a number of diplomatic flashpoints between turkey and germany is released could signal a rapprochement in the deeply strained relationship. emotional reunions with relatives and supporters as eight human rights activists are released early on thursday and among them german citizen pay to stor

read on the police there the main police forces will say spain and their boss is the spanish interior ministry and now what we've seen is that a lot of the regional police have sort of stood back and have allowed people to vote or to enter a lot of the polling stations but of course that's not everywhere and there was already talk. you know they were asking for backup from the national police and the civil guard. so once again we're dealing with a very confusing situation here and it's not so black and white and saying that all the police forces are acting together or carrying at the same work. the spanish government has repeatedly as the cattle and regional government to stop what they're calling a foss is the right way to unity. well first of all i say that most spaniards do seem to support your nazi. very different ideas on how to go about it as publics of the situation is very far. so sign of this. being a couple of demonstrations in favor some issues it's almost at the center of the days people have been hunting out spanish lark's of social buildings and private residences. but as i said

what is more than reports now seeing now we're hearing from spain's interior ministry that he is indeed impossible as it comes as a big surprise to everybody who's been waiting here to see if he's going to show up to work in this building behind me today we've been waiting for hours thinking that he would he would come out and give a statement perhaps because it was any over the weekend that he was saying that he is still the man in charge here and he plans to peacefully push ahead with the independence here now there are reports that isn't alone in brussels it's claimed in one newspaper that several other members of his government are with him so is looking very uncertain as to what exactly it is that he hopes to achieve we do know that for the weekend one minister from belgium the migration minister said that it was possible that he could even apply for asylum in belgian he said that he was worried that it wouldn't face a fair trial here in spain so it would be perfectly legitimate that they was immediately rejected by belgians prime minister he said absolutely wasn't on the cards so

long time two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in jeddah the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces guarding the palace he was then shot dead earlier this week saudi police raided hideouts of a group they say is linked to iso killing two people and arresting five turkey says it's backing syrian rebels in a province in a large operation against an alliance of fighters once linked to al qaida turkey's president. says he won't allow the alliance to thrive along his country's border. i saw has been pushed out of the northern iraqi town of but fighting continues and surrounding villages. have been fighting alongside iraqi troops they say hundreds of members have surrendered ahead of a pro-government advance thousands of activists across australia have been protesting against the carmichael coal mine project they say would threaten the great barrier reef the indian from behind the project is promising to bring thousands of jobs to australia but the coal will be transferred out of a port at point which is shipping channels near the reef those

happened after a raid on armed fighters of the oasis on friday turned into a gun battle the interior ministry says some of the fighters were also killed china is refusing to condemn a.m.r. over its crackdown on the bridge which the u.n. has called textbook ethnic cleansing china which is a longtime ally of me and asked as it supports its efforts to safeguard the situation can't be resolved without outside help officials in somalia say the number of people killed in last week's bomb attack in mogadishu has risen to three hundred and fifty eight another two hundred twenty eight people were injured when a truck bomb exploded in a busy area of the somali capital it is the deadliest attack in the country's history those are the headlines inside stories next. oh the earth the earth . dozens of egyptian police are killed in a gun battle in the desert as a state of emergency remains in force how is the government dealing with recurrent attacks and is the security crackdown in egypt working this is inside story. it with. it with. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dothan the killing of dozens of po

two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in jeddah the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces guarding the palace he was then shot dead early this week saudi police raided a hideouts of a group they say is linked to eisele killing two people and arresting five. damas government says a gas tanker explosion followed by a second blast are still a number of people in the capital across the firefighters not for the blaze on the controls but they're battling to extinguish flames on the second explosion it's not clear how many people have died as heroes on aborting is an across he says these types of explosions are not uncommon. this is an extremely busy part of this is a busy interchange and it's one of the main routes out of the city it's an area known as a comic so there are lots of buildings people in the area lots of street tellers city many more casualties that we've been hearing about as emergency services. and really establish what happened i mean there is also of course a number of students. going to university and you know we've he

capital of the injured a member of parliament is with the nationalist radical party the country's interior ministry says it is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. the brazilian president michel tamar will not have to face trial after the country's congress rejected corruption charges against him the seventy seven year old has denied any allegations of obstruction of justice and i kept hearing the decision was met with protests both inside and outside parliament . in barcelona demonstrators have made a new call for independence for the catalonia region this after cut a long lead or call this push to mock turned down an invitation to address spain's senate this week the senate is due to vote tomorrow on dismissing proved amongst government over its push for independence. while here in berlin it is the speed that has caught a virtually everyone by surprise the four political parties trying to form a governing coalition after last month's election appear to be making progress much more quickly than predicted talks between chance for all americans conservatives the democrats and the greens had

to protect the safety and security of all citizens and the governor it without exception the interior ministry will take measures to stop those who commit such violations well let's talk more about what those measures might be and what more was announced with the trial strafford he's joining us from erbil that's in northern iraq charles. well that's right this announcement from the prime minister that groups must leave kid a cook is an indication of just how tense that city is in the area around it we understand that they have now left cook and the town of sin. but there's been some fairly inflammatory kind of action. made by certain members of the group how should a shabby old the the shia militias in the last twenty four hours stuff is a paid all my social media one particular video clip all of a member of the house and the shabby sitting in the governance all face and told seeing the. iraqi federal government forces taking over all think it a cook we know how potentially explosive to situation could be in kirkuk itself to say very ethnically diverse we also know that many of the groups and

happened after a raid on armed fighters at the baria oasis on friday turned into a gun battle the interior ministry says some of the fighters were also killed china is refusing to condemn miramar over its crackdown on the wreckin show which the u.n. has called textbook ethnic cleansing china which is a longtime ally of me and now says it supports its efforts to safeguard peace and says situation can be resolved without outside help. the world health organization is being heavily criticized for making zimbabwe's president robert mugabe a goodwill ambassador the u.k. and the u.s. are opposing the decision along with dozens of health groups and human rights activists. and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera coming next its people in power which takes a look at the surprising relationship between vitamin putin and the russian orthodox church. under communism the russian orthodox church was suppressed its property confiscated its fall it was paralysed and imprisoned now a resurgent church is central to president putin's idea of russian identity an echo chamber to kremlin policies intent of

by richenda fighters in august which is the reason given for the military crackdown syria's interior ministry says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a police headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building iraq's prime minister has formally declared victory over iceland the city of ho we need to find out about he says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria that's the last stretch of land in the country but it still controls. and those are the latest headlines here on out is there i'm back with a news hour in about twenty five minutes time until then it's inside story see there are. catalonia leader has signed a symbolic declaration of independence from spain. is now calling for talks with madrid but the spanish government is refusing to negotiate with its worst political crisis in decades now only stoled not result what's the way forward for the country this is inside story. hello again i'm james the leaders of spain's catalonia region a calling on the world to

by revenge of fighters in august which is the reason given for the military crackdown syria's interior ministry says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a police headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building iraq's prime minister has formally declared victory over i solicit he of which are either on the body says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria the last stretch of land in the country but it's still controls and those are the latest headlines here on out is there more from me in twenty five minutes say with us witness is next. why the real bad in life were real. i was being. a me so well it's my way. of right i had a clue what i'd go through out of never been made to feel when. he likes going and being with a guy. he just gets so excited about going but at the same time it brings up the old memories so he's pretty hard to live with before and after. more so after when he comes back because all these memories are back and it's like he's living it all over ag

the egyptian interior ministry says sixteen security forces died in an ambush in the west indies it earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at a hot two hours drive southwest of cairo two police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a race to group of armed men in their days at hideout when there was shot with machine guns from every direction. there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the ground and surrender our weapons they took the weapons officers received bullets in their heads the lapse in security is being questioned because security forces are on high alert and a state of emergency is imposed local media said the hilly terrain would have been ideal for an ambush analysts have explanations the operation is very sophisticated it's not the first of its kind it happened before happened in urban environments like the famous infamous one operation but this time i think it's was a very much more complex in a sense they were this is n

arm on mosque in dusty bargee here in kabul that killed thirty nine people according to the ministry of interior that attacker going in placing himself among the worshipers spraying them with gunfire before detonating himself killing thirty nine wounding forty five another attack in friday prayers friday evening prayers in a mosque in central afghanistan in gore province killed thirty three we don't know who was responsible for that caps a very deadly week here in afghanistan more than two hundred twenty people have been killed so far in taleban attacks on military outposts and police headquarters across the country in the south in the west in the north and in the southwest of the afghan security forces facing a resurgent taliban the islamic state also weighing in a big challenge for the afghan security forces this a try and grapple back territory from the taliban who control or contest almost forty percent of the country it's a very difficult task for these forces who are taking punishing casualties in the continuing fight. more than fifty police officers have been killed and six more wounded i

people are doing you're looking at what's going to happen now lead on saturday if these spanish interior ministry said that most of the calling stations which vote organizers sad designated to host the referendum have been shut down by a story this and really in the past couple of days we've seen mounting tensions on the streets of gaza lauda and across the region we've seen the protests or is taking it to the streets both for and against the referendum well let's just recap what happened in spain and the street and in the past couple of days. was. thank god. thank. you thank you. again today is the crucial day for the referendum on the independence of council on an ole eyes are at the moment at the polling stations located across the capital city of barcelona and of the region and we're here on the ground bringing you the latest crucial day in day thanks for that the saudis are doing a coach in a room barcelona who's going to be bringing his all the latest throughout the day polling stations due to open in less than an hour now so stay with us for the latest. on the spanish government regards th

perhaps it was very heavy handed and a lot of people in spain were very critical of how do you interior ministry handled the situation money out of the hole is also the tory for ag keeping his public appearances short he doesn't tend to appear very often and it tends to be the deputy prime minister sort of yes i understand he tends to appear more often and give more of the government's response to different situations on in particular what we've been seeing over the past week or so it's not has been the case and in particular today we've been seeing that it's not just being a deputy it's not been my. it's been other members of the government being sort of hinting at the cost of daily teas. to measure and study spanish central government are going to take you watching day w. news live from berlin the pictures joe saying inside they have regional parliament of catalonia waiting for this president comes push tomorrow to make a speech which many are predicting will fail i'll just jump in there if it's ok i just got a link there just something popped up on my screen saying that it's actually been del

chief officer and that is subject to an interior ministry meeting which has been taking place as well today lots of moving parts right now but still no clarity on where exactly these politicians stand right now in terms of what they can do and what they can't. there in the square where there was chanting a moment ago i'm wondering andrew has that news sink down to people there was sort of reaction we looking at. i can't actually physically see them right now but the certainly hasn't been any vocal reaction here as i've been speaking what you would expect is perhaps defiance but perhaps certainly a surprise that the range of charges in the sense that if rebellions being used it's a very serious matter that has charged that normally involves violence as i was saying earlier and that could carry a maximum sentence of thirty years sedition also another serious charge which has by the way been used against what are known as the two george is the two men activists who were arrested while back now and they're still in detention and being accused of sedition and there's also been a sedition c

officers weren't going after voters themselves but rather referendum material and the country's interior ministry appealed for cooperation and respect so that a direct court order can be enacted peacefully. thank you andy you can see protesters in jerome of us in northeastern council lonia facing off against officers demonstrators have their hands of us in a sign of nonviolence the police appeared to be still hitting them with batons we spoke to a woman who was injured in those clashes. we saw there will be trying to take us from the polling station and we never thought that they would be such a violent from the police they keep us back to the all people he isn't simply unacceptable we were seeing him and we saying not by humans was thing we just want to go we are seeing we are also hands on the he does with the crops it's been said about many people crying over the poor i don't know what they think it's proportion but we know one year worse than nothing owes them something in them and asking for our freedom or they were not making any distinction at all they were hitting every one they were not

or it depends on the actions coming from the security services now late on sunday the spanish interior ministry said that most of the polish stations which a vote organizers had designated to host the referendum have been shut down of by a sewer it sees a but tensions not of the referendum were mounting really with a lot of protest movement both on saturday and on sunday in madrid there was a you and an israeli if as you can see now the people are collapsing the it's people are clapping because they saw and now there's a police car approaching the building of the pollies station now so far police is not approaching the crowds and everything is really quiet but again i said that we saw a lot of protest movement both for and against the referendum let's just recap what happened in the country and the past week gigs thank. god. the oath. again today is the crucial day the day of the referendum of the of dependence canta lani and now ole eyes are ads of the polish stations across the region and of course here in the capital city of abbas a lawyer and we are here on the ground bringing you the lates

madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy , and the interior ministry of the national governmentf the regional police force. in the last hour, catalonia's regional president, carlos puigdemont has called for "democratic opposition" to madrid's move. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, reports from barcelona, in catalonia. squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning in the same. the spanish government has opted for the so—called nuclear option, after the so—called nuclear option, after the proclamation of independence yesterday. the region's parliament has been dissolved, separate separatist leaders have been removed, and an election will be held before christmas. in barcelona, that did not stop thousands of separatists claiming victory, partying into the night and singing songs of liberation. tense moments too, with confrontations between those on both sides. it is come here now, but many are asking the same question, how does the government in madrid assert its authority here, and separatist talk about protecting and separatist talk about

making a deal with hamas to return to gaza to lead the government while hamas won the territories interior ministrymr how does the fact that hamas would same in the reconcile with who was you know one of the architects of a brutal campaign against against hamas in the line nine hundred ninety s. and the two thousand does it show the severity of the plight of hamas. i think we are interested to bring all the parts together and the chair will and to allow for. affection timothy good to get together and to. show. national unity and to work together i think now is not the time does not. allow for the. differences. because i think this will weaken the position of the policy in the front. i think now the reconsideration between hamas and fatah or between hamas and the i think also. the gates for comprehensive solution i think we are in good relationship with the people here or there with all the countries around us because i think we need to support. all the countries around. the time so idea all out of the countries in order to support us and in front of the capacious it is now it is a i think it is a t

illegal immigration. 2a hours after a militant ambush on policemen in egypt's western desert, the interior ministryicers were killed in the attack. a figure given earlier by security and medical sources suggested at least 53 security personnel had been killed. thousands of italians have taken part in an anti—racism rally in rome. they marched in solidarity with migrants and refugees. more than 146,000 migrants are estimated to have crossed the mediterranean to europe this year. the head of the world health organisation says he's listening to the concerns many people have expressed after he named zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a ‘goodwill ambassador‘. britain and the united states have made public their disappointment, along with many campaign groups. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. 93 years old, and in frail health, president robert mugabe is an unexpected choice to be the new goodwill ambassador for the world health organization. and it's not just a question of stamina. the president's defenders insist he's earned this new honour. and yet, during his 37 years in power, mr m

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regional headquarters of spain's ruling party while firefighters planned a rally outside of the interior ministriesice in barcelona. the spanish government insists sunday's vote on independence was illegal. >> has to be done in a legal but also in a democratic way, and that is not the way this thing has been pushed by the government. i think they are making a mockery of democracy. >> now, the turnout was 22% for the referendum, just under 90% voting for independence from spain. the president's of spain's region says the regional parliament declares independence in the coming days. >>> federal officials have now taken control of the russian consulate residence in san francisco. state department officials went in and searched the building yesterday. this follows the closure of the russian consulate last month. the former home of the russian consul general and his family is near the presidio. ordered the disclosure after -- >>> after changes at the u.s. embassy in cuba, now, the cuban embassy in dc is being asked to cut staff. the u.s. embassy cut staff in havana last week after diplomats were injured

for instance the interior ministry of iraq and the federal police are almost entirely starved by the by that organization which is a shia jihadist group linked to the i r g c. this is a major policy concerns about it that he should be but it also demonstrates how u.s. influence is stripping if they're still willing to filter weapons u.s. made weapons to these groups to use in the internal disputes mr kushner bill you've heard both of our other guests say that the kurdish leader mr bizarre knee has made major strategic mistakes do you agree perhaps the timing of the referendum was wrong do you agree perhaps he shouldn't have included cool can disputed areas in the referendum no not agree with them because it does have right to the two vote. if we go back to the united nations the charter charters over the united nations it's a freedom of speech freedom of to vote your history to to have your self determination it's. our right but we say that just that your rocky government in baghdad is the result why you we where you we all that all did that in front of and actually. bravely defended