al-jazeera arabic would cover the middle eastern arab speaking audience and al-jazeera -- al-jazeeraenglish would do it for the english-speaking audience. >> thank you. i was wondering if you know if there was ever any conversation about the decision to come to the american market around changing the name of the network before going on air and why was it that they decided against that and one of the reasons i think about this is when you look at other subsidiaries of the media network they made this decision when going into the european market for sports for example to change the al-jazeera sports network to tv and when you watch mtv now for example there's no direct way of knowing that it's connected to al-jazeera so i'm wondering what changed? why was the decision calculus so different when we know very well what kind of challenges in the american market when it comes to islamaphobia? >> because i'm really exhausted i'm going to cheat and read the paragraph but that is a great question. even russia today at some point tries to cleanse the brand. under the direction of tony berman t

al-jazeera. where every. iraqi forces say they have captured the center of isis last enclave in the north. the shock area this is al jazeera life and also coming out the french president offers to help mediate between iraq's government and kurds wanting to break away. the meticulously planned on the worst mess because you know if they. say the las vegas gunman was disturbed and dangerous and spent years building up a stockpile of weapons plus. i'm going to be reporting from bangkok where there is a last minute rush to ties to pay their last respects to the late king before his funeral. iraq's prime minister says his military has recount turtle beach a from eisel the campaign to retake the northern town was announced two weeks ago we just one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by eisel in iraq thousands of civilians fled to nearby areas during the campaign in a moment we will go to natasha butler in paris for the french and iraqi leaders have been meeting first though to trial strafford into this

al jazeera the scottish. recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera the president of the kurdish regional government in iraq is stepping down massoud barzani was the driving force behind last month's referendum to secede from iraq the parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judiciary. has told the u.s. television program sixty minutes of the country's behind the gulf crisis want regime change its country has been living under a blockade for almost five months after for arab countries cut ties in june he says he never saw it coming. yes they won they want a regime change it's obvious history as well tells us teaches us that they tried to do that before and nine hundred ninety six after my father. became the emir bahrain's foreign minister is calling for qatar to be frozen out of the regional bloc the gulf cooperation council. has tweeted that bahrain won't attend the upcoming g.c.c. summit unless qatar meets the demands of but rain and the three other blockading nations

right here on al-jazeera. one of canada's largest retail chain sears is setting down after serving customers for more than half a century the company declared bankruptcy last week and began selling off all of its assets more than twelve thousand people will be losing their jobs as daniel black reports. named for william shakespeare's birthplace in england the small canadian city of stratford is one of dozens of places coping with the bankruptcy of sears canada nearly one hundred jobs will be lost as a chain that shows this community for its first ever store in one nine hundred fifty three closes its doors permanently it is a major retailer that of course had a big presence within our community a lot of jobs a lot of large footprint bricks and mortar within a established mall and that is now a void that needs to be filled to do that the city government is finding new jobs for former sears employees and emphasizing its downtown heritage district as a home for new business particularly information technology. no

to al-jazeera vienna. well the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of morale we are a five month battle against isis fighters president rodriguez a terrorist say says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military is still continuing the announcement came a day after two senior commanders of a local isolating group were killed more than a thousand people have died in the conflict and displaced at least four hundred thousand others. joining us from morocco itself and that is where the president was holding a flag raising ceremony with the military so certainly he's declaring the liberation of the city. i. apologize we apologies we seem to be having connection issues with we will try and get her a little later on in the program we'll move on to news out of somalia because we're hearing that rescue crews there are working to find survivors two days after the country's worst ever attack more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more inju

china's democracy experiment and this time on al-jazeera. turkish forces backed the free syrian army in an operation to drive out to form al qaida affiliates in the country's northwest. hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a number of people have been killed in a massive explosion at a gas station and donna's capital. makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi these are live pictures it's already killed dozens across central america. and we'll tell you what south koreans are celebrating almost a year after a massive street protests brought down the president. has announced that starting an operation in syria's edler province the turkish president reza type on says turkish soldiers haven't yet into the area much of it live is controlled by. an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al qaida affiliate. on turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far the turkish military standing reinforcement of their highly border crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area ph

china's democracy experiment at this time on al-jazeera. the again you're watching al-jazeera i remind of our top stories this hour and coalition led by former al kind of entices is promising fierce fighting against those who enter its territory in syria sidley province turkey sending troops to back the free syrian army which cost into the province on saturday. thousands have taken to the streets so boss alone against scott alone years secession from spain prime minister mariano rajoy is threatening to suspend the region's autonomy if its leaders declare independence and a gas tanker explosion in ghana has killed several people in the capital and it was followed by a second blast the explosions happened near a transport terminal and close to apostles for university students. staying in africa campaigning in liberia's presidential and parliamentary vote has come to a close twenty candidates are seeking to replace africa's first elected female president ellen johnson sirleaf the contenders include the vice president a businesswoman and a form

sirrah clarke al-jazeera tokyo a u.s.sparks rebel group has captured syria's largest oil field from i saw the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are in a race against the russian backed syrian troops the things parts of the oil rich there as a region yes yes have already pushed eisel from the areas main natural gas field and the city of rocker after a four month campaign well as the war in syria continues a growing number of children are being forced to find work to help support their families tens of thousands of children are missing out on an education. reporter how tight in southern turkey. where our show is from it town in northern homes the area has been besieged for almost four years by government forces but collects plastic waste not to resell for recycling but to burn during cold days so that his family can survive harsh winter conditions in nor did i want to go to school and become a teacher or maybe a doctor i just want to be with my friends. is a street vendor has the families breadwinner mohamed and many tho

november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me in my i'm bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the region jeff. a new six part series about extraordinary lives of the common people from across to new zealand. as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bone to restate that commitment. from the heart of asia one zero one east brings captivating stories and award winning feel. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on al-jazeera. is different whether someone is going. to read this but we think it's how you approach a vigil and if it is a certain way of doing it to congress. but . we wanted the good news that's our. junk on the track. all of the wanted. this stuff on al-jazeera when the news breaks. and the story. so much better marketing. when people need to be head. they were american until they broke the law now they're deported to. al-jazeera has team

this is al-jazeera. everyone i've found a warm welcome to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes trying to make good after a false start donald trump meets victims of hurricane rhea in puerto rico but he's not mincing his words. now i hate to tell you or to recover it you've grown up but you're a little out of work. space is king denounced his castle and leaders are pushing for secession in a rare public address and we'll be live in las vegas where investigators are trying to find out what drove a sixty four year old man to open fire on concert goers killing fifty nine. tennis turn around for the world number one it's relief for rafa as he survives the scare in his first match since winning the u.s. open details coming up later and. our u.s. president donald trump is due to leave puerto rico after touring areas hit by hurricane maria and meeting victims of the storm he made his first official visit thirteen days after the u.s. island territory was devastated some officials in

al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnigan this is that he is live from al-jazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. and bangladesh discuss the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of the hinge but continue to deny the muslim minority citizenship rights. kurdish peshmerga forces say they're stopping iraqi forces from advancing on the more disputed territory. china enshrines president xi jinping has political philosophy into the constitution. and the un issues a failed grade as it assesses the state of education around the world. has signed an agreement with bangladesh for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of her him but is still refusing to recognise the muslim minority as citizens government ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in the capital naypyidaw a short time ago but it contains a clause which says the repatriation must take place in line with citizenship law which has been used to deny the right here. ger writes six hundred thousand range of muslims o

on talk to al-jazeera at this time. u.n. demands myanmar allow humanitarian access to rock island state and that expects even more of the refugees to flee from violence. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth brown and also ahead dozens are dead and thousands affected as another major storm battered central america. surveying the damage we meet puerto ricans fearing what will happen today how it can help communities and plans for a permanent memorial for the victims of sunday's match in the u.s. city of las vegas. the u.n. is bracing for what it calls a further exodus of the hang of refugees from myanmar to bangor there with up to one hundred thousand people waiting to cross the border half a million rangar have already crossed since the end of the stores for the military crackdown and what kind of state says it's fighting separatist groups and deadlines accusations of ethnic cleansing. where the un is criticizing myanmar over difficulties getting humanitarian aid into iraq and state. t

al-jazeera. i think. the japanese leader looks to reform his country's pacifist constitution. follow on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we cannot force people we are not ready. it's a stalemate in the gulf high level meetings on the diplomatic rift with qatar appear to them no way. an exclusive look inside central command the desert air base in qatar some called the most important military facility in the world plus. i'm not angry with my mother and she did what she could be ten she was young when she married twenty thousand under-age girls get married every day the fight to end the practice intensifies in west africa. japan's prime minister has secured a big win in sunday's election his ruling coalition has won three hundred twelve seats that easily gives him a majority in the four hundred sixty five seat parliament to push through his agenda hopes to change the constitution and develop a fully fledged army japan's constitution limits the military to being just a se

this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes the beginning of the end of i saw in syria critics led forces capture the group's a self declared capital rucka. still in shock after saturday's massive truck bombing the president is blaming al-shabaab and is calling for more international help. the president of the philippines declares victory in the southern city of we after a five month battle against isis a link fighters and the mass exodus of refugees it shows no signs of abating between ten and fifteen thousand crossed into bangladesh in the past forty eight hours. and. with all the day's news. meeting new york to try and find a way forward of the place continue to meall during the playing of the national anthem that more later in the program. we begin the news hour in syria where u.s. backed forces have driven out i saw from itself the clear capital of raka in syria after a tough four month battle the

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. oh is it allison when they're on line we were in hurricane winds for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that new u.k. has to address or if you join us on sat i'm a member of the ku klux klan but we struck up a relationship this is a dialogue tweet us with hostile intent stream and one of their pitches might make them actually join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the people cannot accept this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands protest against the spanish move to take control of the regional government. looking pieces over you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up at the polls open in japan where the prime minister shinzo obvious seeking to become the country's longest serving leader since world war two. revenge a refugee children who escape violence in myanmar face a new threat in bangladesh. and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. catalonian pr

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dot com al-jazeera dot com for the latest news. and reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the iraqi army has taken full control of the oil rich northern city of kirkuk according to security forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no opposition from kurdish forces deployed in the city thousands of civilians have fled the kurdish districts of the city heading cars and buses towards kurdish controlled areas in northern iraq child strapped it has more from a deal. thousands of families that we saw. cause rushing to get away from kirkuk as quickly as possible and also many. as well what was so interesting was that a lot of people were standing by the side of the road and demanding and telling people and the pressure to get back into the city and fight i think what is so incredibly surprising is the speed with which this victory for the iraqi forces has happened the spanish government has warned catalonia separatist leader he has only three days left to return to legality it comes after colors praised him o

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at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. iraqi forces move into the town of singe are a day off for taking control of turku from where kurdish forces have withdrawn. their watching all jazeera life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know also ahead the philippine president rodriguez the territory declares the city of mirali has been liberated from an ice a ling group despite fighting still continuing. leaving no stone unturned so mali rescuers look for a survivors two days off to the worst suicide attack killed over three hundred in the capital. we struggle. to piece the life without my father. a daughter's plea for freedom for an al-jazeera journalist who's been jailed in egypt for three hundred days. hello we begin with the latest developments out of a. iraq that's where kurdish forces have lost even more territory so a group affiliated with the iraqi militias has taken over the city of sin giada that's in the northwest and that's after the withdrawal of kurdish peshmerga fighters earlier government troops took contr

london our website as al-jazeera dot com to get a moment take a look at al-jazeera dot com. these are your headlines on al-jazeera president xi jinping says china must cooperate with other nations to ensure the survival of mankind his comments on climate change came during a three and a half hour long speech at the ruling communist party congress in beijing he also said his country's fight against corruption remains a top priority. function. right now about the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but there are also severe challenges ahead all members of the party must look ahead and be vigilant be courageous and stay innovative amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and me and maher and in a report the group says revenge a minority are feeling a targeted campaign of widespread systematic murder rape and burnings carried out by security forces and rakhine state. u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rock

witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. 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 s

al-jazeera selects at this time. this is. a low and welcome to this al-jazeera news i live for and i'm not seen dead is coming up in the next sixty minutes i solicit driven from a syrian stronghold of russia a battle is won but the war is far from over. after retaking kirkuk iraq's prime minister office dialogue with the kurds but says their bid for independence is over . cementing his authority china's president is due to deliver his outlook for the next five years at the communist party congress. plus millions of women take to social media to protest against sexual harassment but do such campaigns hope to stop crying. but we saw in syria where the u.s. backed opposition forces have now driven i. out of it self declared capital kurdish led syrian democratic forces raise their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle from the had on the turkey syria border. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was i saw a main stronghold in syria but take in iraq wasn't easy. the

hussein is the latest al-jazeera journalist to be imprisoned in egypt last year a former editor of al-jazeera arabic website was sentenced to death in absentia in two thousand and thirteen an international campaign was launched after the arrest of peter greste mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed the three spent more than a year in prison in all cases al-jazeera says their only crime was being a journalist natasha going to al-jazeera. their top stories on al-jazeera kurdish forces are suffering huge territorial losses in iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kerchoonz they've now withdrawn from the town to singe are mahmoud and russia as well as several oil fields charles stratford has more from erbil it is of huge consternation here the government shall see that this is going on and some very big questions being made by the could regional government as to how this is happened and interestingly enough the conspiracy theories running rife was somebody old was there at the to kill a policy that was responsible for making this happen with in the k r g well the philippine pre

david mercer al-jazeera. catalonians regional president has met community leaders in barcelona to discuss what to do after sunday's referendum the group includes lawyers academics and members of the barcelona football club catalan separatist leaders say they're planning to go ahead with secession despite a ban from the spanish central government the prime minister mariano rajoy has rejected any talks on the matter but madrid has apologized for the violent response by the police during the secession vote local health authorities say around nine hundred people were injured culpable reports from barcelona. as apologies go it was a little lukewarm the spanish government spokesman said he was sorry for the hundreds of catalan voters injured by national police and civil guard riot units but he said they were just following orders those orders to stop sunday's referendum from happening at all direct from madrid on. and i said this very clearly before they were following an order they weren't order to avoid in a lega

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this time al-jazeera. russian president vladimir putin has taken part in a major new chair military drill personally oversee the test firing of four intercontinental ballistic missiles the drills included the use of nuclear submarines strategic bombers and a land based launcher the kremlin has described the exercises as routine the palestinian group hamas says its security chief in the gaza strip has been wouldn't it in what is described as a failed assassination attempt orchestrated by israel tuffy. was slightly injured in the car bombing on friday outside a mosque in gaza hamas did not provide any evidence of israeli involvement the israeli military says it does not comment foreign reporters prepare list informers have been injured as they tried to harvest their own lives when they were confronted by israeli settlers the latest incident in a harvest season beset by harassment around illegal settlements where palestinian pharmacy had special military permission to reach their land spent the day with one g

to al-jazeera vienna . a russian man has accused police in chechnya jailing and beating him must part of a crackdown on homosexuality. is the first person to file an official complaint despite a wave of accusations earlier this year he said he could hardly cruel when he was released after two weeks human rights groups say more than one hundred men were arrested beaten and tortured. as spring chechen authorities began an organized sanction from the very top a very comfortable excuse for not investigating was the lack of allegations from victims this situation quite a while many official people used to sixty's now allegations have come forward. a journalist who has been leading the fight against corruption in malta has been killed by a car bomb. had made several allegations against siena business and political figures has robbed matheson the burn drag of daphne koller one ugly thea's car lies in a bolt he's feeling flung over a wall by an explosion which killed the crusading journalist parent in the crowd don

on al-jazeera. after a year of mourning time on bids a final farewell to its longest reigning monarch. for the stories beyond the headlines faultlines examines the us his role in the world liberians are preparing for their third election since a bitter civil war observers are calling it a crucial test for democracy an investigation into the electronics industry revealing out even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs . china's communist party is holding its annual congress what will it mean for the country and its people. turn on al-jazeera. electro capital the capital which microcredit. when nature is transformed into a commodity big business takes a new interest buying landscapes protecting landscapes it's a phenomenal opportunity to be able to use a business model to achieve sustainability of nature but at what risk banks of course don't do that because they have at the heart protection of nature they do that because they see a business and pricing the planet at this tim

al-jazeera. and for you. this is al-jazeera. and welcome to the alexander news hour on live from our headquarters in doha a minute of a problem coming up in the next sixty minutes. or. so rationed on the streets in barcelona after cotton no one had declared independence from spain botched this political uncertainty as madrid retaliates by dismissing the regional government and ordering snap elections for december. a u.s. grand jury reportedly approved first charges into alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election and first in the a.t.l. suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission calls off once again for opposition strongholds and the fears of more bother. it's not that a long be remembered and spain the country's prime minister is calling for calm off to he or to direct rule over catalonia and our all. to the regional parliament declared independence of thousands gathered in barcelona chanting liberty and singing traditional catalan songs where regional politicians voted to split from s

in other headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven i saw out of itself the cleared capital of rock in syria sidran them across the forces of raise their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison to hold anyone who oppose their the battle to take the city from my soul began in june civilians have been free for weeks as the fighting intensified kurdish forces meanwhile have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they've withdrawn from the towns of. more kirkuk and can a key in as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month well iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is calling for dialogue with the kurdish leadership. the watchman i mean what we need in our responsibility and duty is to protect all citizens in force the authority of the federal government a close to how lesion according to. the help of god everything

that on al-jazeera. and now a reminder of our top stories police in the kenyan capital nairobi have used tear gas to the spurs protesters calling for electoral reform confusion is mounting in kenya over this month's repeat presidential election kenya's election board says all eight candidates who competed in the first poll will be on the ballot that means opposition candidate right loading his name will be there despite him announcing on tuesday that was pulling out of the poll. spain's prime minister has given catalan leaders on monday deadline to clarify whether they've declared independence or not the government the said that if catalonia does split from spain it will take away the region's autonomous status on tuesday catalonia as leader catalyst pushed the month stepped back from announcing full independence and signed symbolic that liberation. it was president donald trump has been holding talks with his canadian counterpart justin trudeau at the white house the pair are discussing the nafta trade

al-jazeera young gone. australian police see the cesaire biggest ever hole of a key chemical used to make illegal drugs nearly four tons of ephedrine was hidden inside green tea bottles and smuggled from thailand to australia ephedrine is used to make the drug ice three hundred fifty kilograms of methamphetamine was also seize and three people where arrested now a fifth of australia's illegal guns fifty one thousand have been handed over to police they were surrendered during a three month amnesty and will now be destroyed australia banned semi automatic rifles and semi automatic shotguns after a mass shooting in one thousand nine hundred six prime minister malcolm turnbull says australia's tough laws prevent the kind of attacks that happen in the united states we've seen the shocking tragedy in las vegas. the killer had a collection of semi automatic weapons which a person in his position would simply not be able to acquire in a stroller so we have strict gun control laws meanwhile in the us hundreds of pe

and live from studio four a team here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha for the back to go welcome to the news grid spain's biggest political crisis in forty years is only getting worse the national government is to begin the process of spending cuts known as autonomy and imposing direct rule after the region's president refused to abandon the push for independence we have a live report from boston and also on the grid the taliban strikes again forty three afghan army soldiers were killed on a military base in the southern province of kandahar is the latest in a series of devastating attacks this week we'll explore why afghan security forces us to combat a reason agents taliban and equal pay for equal play no way becomes the world's first country to offer the same cash to its man and international female football is danish an american woman may is also want their fair share and are threatening to strike but can they get a better deal. part of canada to force muslim women to remove face coverings when using any public service even stepping onto a bus i mean or chapell monitoring the on

this is al jazeera. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news hour live from doha i'm martine denis coming up in the next sixty minutes the un's human rights she says crimes are being committed against the ranger and those responsible must be punished. as kenyan official flees the country in fear of her life and the man in charge of next week's election rerun admits it may not be free and fair. the pressure mounts on catalonians leaders as a deadline to give up their secession bid is just hours away. and very nice conversation with the woman with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman. president trump embroiled in another riled this time of the his words to the widow of a soldier killed in asia. from human rights groups to the un to washington d.c. there is growing pressure mounting on me in ma to stop the violence against the range of people with an increasing number of lawmakers now demanding action u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says his country holds me in miles military leadership accountab

at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. you know again i. would be top stories on turkey says that one process any visitor visas for u.s. citizens that's after washington suspended nonimmigrant visa services at its missions and. all this comes after a u.s. consulate official in turkey was arrested for alleged links to a u.s. based turkish business when. a coup last year at least twelve people have drowned after a. refugee from myanmar bangladesh capsized as the. people start violence at myanmar's state and. can post an almost five hundred and twenty thousand refugees is now facing a cholera outbreak and hundreds of thousands of people have joined a unity rally in spain's region one week after the session referendum the regional government is considering a unilateral declaration of independence. campaigning has officially ended in liberia over voters will soon choose a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf vice president joseph is leading the race and he's got some colorful and controversial company there is legendary footballer george

on al-jazeera. a rite of passage preserved through the generations my cousin was laying down there until a screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses fikile of pain for what fact menai meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perception do you think people will abandon the search even through it a bit of the mistake al-jazeera correspondent the current at this time. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes thousands rally across spain in catalonia calling for talks to resolve the worsening crisis between the two plus. more than two hundred russian opposition supporters arrested as they mark through transit sixty fifth birthday with protests around the country turkey's president announces an operation to rid the syria's a blip province of an al qaeda linked alliance new orleans prepare is a hurricane made heads for the u.s. gulf coast africa twenty five people in central america. and far as mt i'l

al-jazeera. where ever you are. allowed. on a city and celebrates a land deal between fatah and hamas that brings the two sides together for a basic ten year split. out of that i'm watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the u.s. says it's done being a member of the un's cultural body. anti israel bias and israel says it will pull out too. i believe they're starting to respect the united states again. donald trump praises park a song for its role in the release of a u.s. canadian couple of the children held hostage for years by the taliban plus. i'm kristen salumi in manhattan where the chinese artist ai wei wei has painted one of his latest sculptures goal coming up i'll tell you which famous new yorker he's trying to reach. palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank i've been alice on the street center. a reconciliation deal between fatah and hamas brokered by egypt the agreement between the rival political movements will end a decade long splits under the agreement a unity government will take administrat

this is al jazeera. also coming out the leader of the iraqi kurdish region is stepping down as he defends his controversial push for secession. marching for unity hundreds of thousands of people rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia tearing independence. and being heard the global online campaign against sexual harassment takes to the streets in france. says the country's behind the gulf crisis trying to force a change of leadership. was speaking to the u.s. television program sixty minutes this country's been living under a blockade for almost five months since four arab states cut diplomatic and economic ties michaela reports from washington. there was no sign of friction. among gulf leaders when they met president trump on his first foreign trip it was all smiles and a common pledge to combat terrorism in all its forms yet less than two weeks later the blockade against qatar was launched much to the surprise of carter's emir shaikh bin. we were praising each other. laughing with each other t

still ahead on al-jazeera remembering the revolutionary latin america. we. expose himself more women come forward with stories of sexual harassment against one of hollywood's most powerful producers. how are we going to get autumn flowing our weather the moment that westerly flow the winds coming in from the atlantic streaming in the fair amount of cloud and rain but some mild weather in the process will see a fab in a wet weather just around the baltic states london right down towards the black sea as we go on through the next day also this out west the weather swirling away there just spilling out of finland temperatures getting up well into the mid to high teens across the central paskowitz around eighteen celsius for london and paris as those winds continue to come in from a westerly direction i think a little more cloud of right as we go on through whedon's day west the weather coming down across england the wells brightening up nicely for scotland and ireland having said that for france as we go on through the next. century knows it here pushing over t

killing the count at this time on al-jazeera. going back and watching al-jazeera quick recap of the top stories now. iraq's kurdish regional leader massoud barzani says he's stepping down parliament has approved his request for his time not to be extended beyond november the first. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of boss alone are calling for catalonia to stay united with spain some were demanding the jailing of sacked catalan leader collars pushed him out. and kenya's main opposition leaders called the presidential election rerun a sham and demanded another vote within ninety days while reading them at church leaders and supporters in a part of nairobi that seemed violent clashes since the election. now and other stories we're covering the governor of new jersey chris christie says whoever leaked details of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's presidential elections could face criminal charges u.s. media reported that a federal grand jury approved the first charges on friday it

of their julien macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. position protesters defy a ban on demonstrations in kenya two are shot dead by police. tensions escalate in northern iraq kurdish forces evacuate villages side of coca-cola over fears of an iraq it's high. a more problems for said africa's president jacob zuma as a key court ruling goes against him. all of their very warm welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he did not pull the u.s. of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to certify iran as being in compliance with the accord wants congress to toughen u.s. policy towards iran and if it can't reach an agreement trump says he'll terminate the deal he'll also ask congress to find a way to punish iran for its ballistic missile program the current deal only covers it so you clear activities and his administration will punish some members of iran's revolutionary guard but it will not be declared a so-called terror organization really how could repor

al-jazeera. the talks in a starter concentrated on strengthening the deescalation. lost more news as well on the website al jazeera dot com and we'll wrap up all your top stories when we come back. welcome back now the weather across much of southern china is looking fine at the moment sunshine there for hong kong looking fine all the way to coming there with highs of twenty we've got an area of low pressure pushing across the philippines as some wet weather here not develops as we head on through into thursday so manila could see some pretty wet weather before that low moves out into the south china sea but it's looking fine across vietnam last two we lost the showers even dryer picture here yangon thirty one draw and sunny it's not often i say that now as we head across into south asia most of india pakistan bangladesh nepal it's all looking fine once you come further south into tamil nadu and across towards carolinas a different picture we still got some heavy monsoon rain you see from the rai

craig leeson al-jazeera song south korea. to brazil now where congressional committee has voted against sending the president to be tried for corruption and the supreme court the recommendation is expected to be accepted by one. of the whole congress next week the country's top prosecutor alleges president michel tema took millions of dollars in bribes from a major production company he denies any wrongdoing saying there's a conspiracy to overthrow him. know again as a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera international concern of the treatment of myanmar's or head to population is increasing the un human rights chief says perpetrators of crimes against the range of must face charges and if they don't he wants the security council to act and across party group of u.s. politicians have written to the secretary of state calling for meaningful steps to be taken against me are miles military the chairman of kenya's electoral commission has admitted that next week's election rerun may not be free and fair. says there's

how many al-jazeera. a u.n. report has accused me of killings of rape and torture of the hunger after interviewing survivors who fled to bangladesh the military is also alleged to have torched homes and crops and stayed to stop the hunger from returning there yet of a male who has more from the gang gone. and away so this in a sea of misery. this school is teaching english to or hinder refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old say you know the conflict is ever present. in our village record and people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we can't stay there they were torturing a lot united nations investigators are prevented from going to mean mass conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is now the world's largest refugee camp more than half a million have fled across the border from maine marty bangladesh since late august it was from them that the un heard testimonies of the military campaign of indiscriminate killing mass rape and the burning down

al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our main story this hour the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons i can you know we join paneled praise the group for working to prohibit the use of nuclear weapons and this comes at a time where nuclear conflict is a new risk. their organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons aren't for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty based profile bishan on such weapons and i can see executive director has just reacted to the award with this this is an issue that has been ignored for a long time and at the same time the stakes are so high right now this treaty the treaty on the prohibition of weapons is a really. huge accomplishment and a very strong signal to the new crown states that the status quo is not acceptable . we need to work really hard now to make it all states to sign this treaty. o

al-jazeera. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests fail to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village defied the old. man who constantly just rose up demanding the return of their land calling for their leaders to step down after decades of corruption going to out. amid a crackdown activists need to be more died in police custody. but who can achieve the unthinkable the right to choose their own didn't. this isn't the father. of the. man. who was. this morning. yes. i mean. some of the real. problem. with. the new south. wales leader. or. it's only. a song playing. a male. since. two thirds of. the young do you. think that the group for. cricket with him home to her work and. family there. are two different. cases you are. fighting to. someone who thought. i had a second. chance and the only recourse. actually make. this was you wouldn't you. wouldn't you. say to. the speci

this time of al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. hello there i'm julie macdonald's in london with the top stories here on al-jazeera at least three people have been shot dead in election related violence in kenya prompting officials to delay the vote in four counties about a dozen others were injured in the opposition stronghold of kisumu which is one of the four counties where voting materials have not been delivered overall forty three people have been killed in election related violence since the august election victory of president hu or kenya so this was later overturned by the supreme court prompting thursday's leave right palm of the door sent us this update from nairobi well in most parts and particularly in oppositions small hole there was while and particularly young people relentlessly trying to pull vaulters from accessing the polling stations and also malta love him all together polling station polling officials from taking polling material to the different stations where votes were supposed to have been cast darkness f

al-jazeera. watching the news hour live from our headquarters in doha i'm dead you know coming up in the next sixty minutes. kenya's disputed presidential election gets the go ahead despite growing anger on the street. china unveils its new leadership line up further cementing the power of president xi jinping. a new report accusing israel of the systematic abuse of young palestinians under arrest in occupied east jerusalem. i'm joining with the latest sports news including the most expensive baseball clayton cashel. l.a. to victory in game one of the world series. hello we begin in kenya that's where the presidential election will go ahead on thursday despite an eleventh hour legal challenge so the election board says it's received assurances that every voter will be protected no matter who they choose to be there or a new leader well that's all despite an eleventh hour legal challenge to the vote which failed because the supreme court said there weren't enough judges to hear the case so opposit

at this time an al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and i'm jane duck and this is the news live from coming up in the show. celebrations as iraqi forces drive away kurd fighters to retake can't cook we find out what this means for kurdish independence goals spain's government gives catalonia a seventy two hour ultimatum to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. turkey steps in to help the victims of somalia's twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. and discovery of an age old cosmic collision that confirms the origins of gold and platinum. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month stratford has more from it bill. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advanc

this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes turkish forces backed the free syrian army in an operation to drive out a former al qaeda affiliate from its base in the country's northwest. casualties after a massive explosion at a gas station and gonna as capital. out of a nature makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi it's already killed dozens across central america. rallying for unity but spain's prime minister says no to talks after catalonia is vote to break away. and we begin in syria where turkey's announced it's starting a big operation and it led province isn't sending its own forces but it is providing the just. sickle and intelligence support to rebels in the north west of syria much of it is controlled by. it's an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al-qaeda affiliate turkish president one says he won't allow that alliance to thrive along the border of his country. we have opened up a space in our region