leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by massoud barzani he's being facing mounting pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum stephanie decker has more from ever built. there hasn't been an official announcement but certainly according to sources in kurdish media it seems that president asad by design he has sent a letter to parliament where he says he will be seeking an extension of his presidential term and this is expected to be debated in parliament on sunday what it means basically his term would have ended november the first technically legally his term as president expired in two thousand and fifteen now elections are supposed to been held november first president karzai has said he would not have run in these elections have now been postponed for another eight months time it's complicated but the bigger picture is certainly significant once we hear an announcement that he will not be extending his term he will no longer be presid

leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by muscle barzani he's been facing pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum. in kenya president who are kenyatta has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote that's according to unofficial results from the repeat presidential election but turnouts estimated to be less than thirty five percent voting was suspended in some opposition strongholds and the elections been marred by violence the bodies of thirty six unidentified people have been found in a village near the eastern libyan city of benghazi locals made the grim discovery they say the victims were critics of the renegade general hurley for after some of the bodies were found with signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head the arizona have to control spain says catalyst the deposed leader of the catalan regional government will be allowed to run in regional elections in december monti is calling for democratic and peaceful opposition

leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by muscle but he's been facing pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum. the bodies of thirty six unidentified people have been found in a village near the eastern libyan city of benghazi locals made the grim discovery they say the victims were critics of renegade general how the have to some of the bodies were found with signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head. in kenya president a hero kenyatta has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote that's according to unofficial results on the repeat presidential election turnout estimated to be less than thirty five percent voting was suspended in some opposition strongholds on the election has been mobbed by violence cuban officials of the night any involvement in the alleged attacks that led to more than twenty u.s. embassy staff recently being recalled from havana and us as the stop were injured at the office and residences said there's no

leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by massoud barzani he's been facing mounting pressure to quit following september's controversial referendum iraq's government opposed the vote calling it unconstitutional. the bodies of thirty six unidentified people have been found in a village near the eastern libyan city of benghazi locals made the grim discovery they say the victims were critics of general holly for hafter some of the bodies were found with signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head areas and have to ask control well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of. his native am increasingly struggling to survive in today's world. and they're trying to protect them at this time. hello i'm sam is a than this is counting the past and al jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week out of pocket and out of patience italy's rich northern regions vote make a break from rome. also this week c

and kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november the first parliament is due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by massoud barzani has been facing mounting pressure to quit following september's referendum on secession iraqi government opposed the vote calling it unconstitutional. two car bombs exploded in somalia's capital mogadishu killing at least seventeen people the first targeted a hotel where somalia's president was expected to host a meeting the second went off near the former parliament building and appears to have targeted the military the on group al-shabaab says it was behind both attacks become just two weeks after a huge bomb killed more than three hundred fifty people myanmar's government says it's put in place a plan to harvest rice from land abandoned by rigid families in northern rakhine state almost six hundred thousand revenger have fled to bangladesh since late august after a crackdown by me in mars' military human rights groups say the decision raises questions about whether the refugees will ever be allowed back pre

leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament is due to meet on sunday to redistribute the palace held by muscle but as he's been facing mounting pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum iraq's government opposed the vote calling it unconstitutional stephanie decker has more from ebi. there hasn't been an official announcement but certainly according to sources in kurdish media it seems that present massoud barzani has sent a letter to parliament where he says he will launch be seeking an extension of his presidential term and this is expected to be debated in parliament on sunday what it means basically his term would have ended november the first technically legally his term as president expired in two thousand and fifteen now elections are supposed to been held november first present result he has always said he would not have run in these elections that have now been postponed for another eight months time it's complicated but the bigger picture is certainly significant once we hear an announc

iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november the first parliament is you to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by must. be facing mounting pressure to quit foreign september's controversial secession referendum the iraqi government opposed the vote calling it unconstitutional. joins us now from the capital of the kurdish region so what we expect to happen exactly. what it's all still unofficial and on can for of a certainly you know the the details coming out from various sources also to kurdish media advisers close to the president is that he seems to have sent a letter to parliament parliament which will be convening tomorrow afternoon two p.m. local time where he will be stating that he will not as you mentioned be seeking an extension of his presidential term not just to get into sort of the specifics of the floor and in term technically ended in two thousand and fifteen it was controversially extended now he said he was never going to run in new elections which was supposed to be held just coming up now november the fourth those ele

iraq's kurdish leader massoud barzani is to step down as president parliament has approved his request for his term to end by november the first on the parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judiciary after the announcement barzani said that iraq central government no longer believes in kurdish rights and he said it was using september secession referendum as a pretext to attack the region let's go to the darts in the fight against eisel the peshmerga showed great bravery to the people of kurdistan short of defending spirit the international community came here the role of the peshmerga the people of kurdistan but unfortunately at the time they had to show action they all went back to their own interests and the principles disappeared. al-jazeera stephanie decker has more now from erbil in northern iraq president must sued by designing he had been absent in these sort of public realm over the last few weeks have been a lot of rumors about his potential standing down and the letter had been sent to parliament but it was the first time sunday night when he actually addressed the

was here iraqi kurdish president massoud barzani says he won't extend his term be on november the first kurdish parliament has approved his request president barzani has been under pressure to step down following last month's controversial secession referendum succession vote which the iraqi government says was illegal led to days of fighting between iraqi and kurdish forces says the referendum result can never be erased. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona calling for spain to stay united the rally is the biggest show of force yet from the so-called silent majority who don't support catalonia as independence bid some were demanding the arrest of sacked catalan leader kalus wisdom on. kenya's main opposition leaders called the presidential actually run a sham and demanded a new vote within ninety days right loading are met church leaders and supporters in a part of nairobi seen violence since the election and action commission is putting president who can yet are on course for victory with ninety seven percent of the vote. it was basically who was a who or who was the ki

parliament. this new counterterrorism law is scheduled. to come into effect on november first a and that will bringn end to nearly two years of a state of emergency here. in of france now according to the interior minister shop

we now learn that this key bit of brexit legislation will not begin its passage through parliament until mid novembert needs time. it needs time to go through the 300 amendments that have been tabled for the bill, but to fend off and prise apart the alliance is being fought between tory rebels and opposition mps intent on amending the bill to ensure parliament can veto any deal that mrs may strikes. one other thing, this will inevitably fuel the sense that brexit is sort of moving into slow mode, that it is getting snarled up, stored in brussels and now it is getting slowed down in westminster. this matters because the clock is ticking down until our planned departure in march 2019. thank you. average earnings including bonuses increased by 2.2% in the year to august, according to official figures — but wages continue to lag behind inflation. it's likely to increase expectations that the bank of england will raise interest rates next month. the office for national statistics also said unemployment fell by 52,000 between june and august, to 1.4 million — equalling the lowest level since 1975. more tha

president sent a letter here to kurdistan regional parliament where he was suggesting a way to you know disperse his powers for the interim period of course november first is wednesday the parliament voted to extend to postpone the elections by eight months so i think we have to wait and see what exactly gets debated here to close session but we are expecting them to tell us something at the end of that about how it looks pretty certainly all indications seem to be that he will not be the president as of wednesday going forward but does that mean as far as the people that do his job or whoever follows him if he steps away from being in office does he or does his family more to the point i guess step away from being in power. that's the crucial issue here the barzani's are you know a dynastic family when it comes to this region together with the taliban is there. been you know splits and divisions among those two families for a very long time many people will tell you just because president. is no longer officially the president it means his powers are not weighed it is perhaps a way of simply sort of keeping the family's hold on power there are ru

parliament on sunday president barzani has been under pressure to step down following last month's controversial secession referendum it's thought he will not renew his term and expires on the first of november. correspondent stephanie decker is live outside the iraqi kurdistan parliament in system is he still president. hello think i have a definite remain not have said man if you can still hear me stephanie. just asked me whether on is still the president. not sure if anyone can hear me you can hear it will come back to stephanie as soon as we can somalia's government has fired its police and intelligence chiefs in response to two suicide bomb attacks in the capital mogadishu at least twenty three people died in saturday's attack which has been claimed by the group conference or a report hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out more booties this siege is over and once again residents of this city are in mourning just two weeks after another attack the wost in somalia's history close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing out of how low you have are two of the attackers were killed and thr

supposed to be elections here parliamentary and presidential on november first as this wednesday that has been extended by this parliament for eight months now president barzani always said that he was going to run in these elections but people will tell you here that regardless of what he said the fact that actually officially he will no longer be president of this country nor will he run is something significant so certainly now what they're going to try and debate is how to move forward what kind of governing system body who will run you know this region in these eight months until you have these fresh elections but i think you know sami it is significant in the atmosphere that this is happening and the facts on the ground the fact that you know what is that he wanted his legacy to be kurdistan and independence he said in two thousand and sixteen i will stop being the president once we have an independent kurdistan while he had his referendum against all the advice of even his close allies and it has got fired in a spectacular sense the fact that you know iraqi federal forces have taken back all the disputed territori

november night own. state everything is coming to wind from berlin to spanish prime minister more honorable joyce sax catalogs parliament at the bridge and the players in the tenets for boys called snap elections for catalonia and the motive comes as thousands of separatist supporters are gathering right now on the streets of barcelona.

november fifth on the double. this is d w news live from berlin germany's new parliament has met for the first time today and all i was were on the populist a if deep part it's the first time in decades that a far right party has made it into the bowl in this dog and the atmosphere inside is already tense also coming up you know you would think he would aspire to to be the president united states in an act like a present united states but you know that's just not going to be the case apparently and a republican senator led solution on donald trump and the president fires back we'll have the latest on the latest spat on capitol hill and the last russian tsars of for business the new film matilda tells the story of czar nicholas of the seconds affair with a ballerina and it's already sparking a violent reaction. i bring it's good to have you with us germany's a newly elected parliament has convened for the first time since last month's elections and it promises to be anything but business as usual with the right wing party now represented right there for the first time there that they're not the only new faces in pa

november fifth on t.w. . this is d w news live from berlin tonight germany's a new parliament convenes first item of business keeping of the political order and peace parliament today elected former finance minister both gong show ability preside over what will likely be some stormy debates the right wing populist a if the party was elected to parliament on a promise to disrupt the establishment also coming up a legacy building the chinese way chinese president xi jinping increases his influence over his country and his party as the communist party congress votes to enshrine his vision for the country's future in the country's constitution. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us germany's newly elected parliament has convened for the first time since last month's elections and it promises to be anything but business as usual with the far right party now represented for the first time one of the parliament buddhist tog's first task today was to elect a new parliamentary president. it now falls to parliament's longest serving member to keep things under control with elected president of the bundestag t

that is one of the things being fought over with the withdrawal bill, which comes back to parliament mid—novemberent cannotjust to the negotiating table and the government cannot just walk away. as for nicola sturgeon and theresa may, the talks between the scottish and uk governments on this have not been productive, have not always lead to much agreement. i think we are starting to see some agreement mayor on what the withdrawal bill should look like, what it would be a cce pta ble look like, what it would be acceptable to devolve to governments. we expect decisions soon and the issues that nicola sturgeon is raising today will be discussed there. australia's government has lost its majority in the lower parliament after it was ruled that the deputy prime minister was not allowed to be an mp as he held dual citizenship with new zealand during the election, which was not allowed under the constitution. he has since renounced his new zealand citizenship. in the end, ignorance could not save all of australia's citizenship seven. they said that they did not know at the time of the election last year

november night own. this is deja vu news live from berlin the german parliament is holding its first session since elections last month now it is the biggest and most right wing in post-war history taking a seat in.

presidential powers between the regional government parliament and the judiciary stephanie decker joins us live from the bill so stephanie come november that's what we're hearing at this stage anyway he's gone do we know anything more about the decision the why. yes he's issued a letter to parliament which is there what they're discussing behind me where he said that he doesn't want his term to be extended it's political speak again but basically his to his mandate is present expires on wednesday november the first that's when elections are supposed to been held here they've been delayed for spode for eight months so what's happening now is that parliament is debating how to sort of divvy up his powers in moving forward he's made it very clear that he doesn't want to do that why he's come under a lot of pressure jane recently because of this backlash to that controversial referendum especially from inside the political you know dealings inside this region it's not particularly a reason but he's always said he wouldn't run in november the first in these elections but you know it's the atmosphere that makes this so significant and it is

parliament will debate it. voting for australians living overseas has now closed, while those at home have until november the 7.director of australians for equality. he joined me a short time ago. the world of politics has managed to give us this process. parliament could pass this straightaway, but obviously, the world of politics has not seen a clear way through. the proposed way through is a non—binding postal vote. no other country has done it this way, but we have to find our runway. the reaction, though, in terms of turnout, has been incredible. in the first few weeks, we are already up at 75% for the turnout, and that's a huge response from the people. australians understand how important this issue is. they understand this is their moment to tell politicians to get on with thejob. tiernan, there were concerns when there was talk of a compulsory vote being discussed, that it might bring out some rather aggressive, nasty campaigning. have you seen that in this particular type of vote, or not? yeah, i think there has been a little bit of that. i think any campaign's going to throw up some of that. and it's

parliament. this new counterterrorism law is scheduled. to come into effect on novemberirst a and that will bringn end to nearly two years of a state of emergency here. in of france now according to the interior minister shop prolong. this law is necessary it's needed to so the police will have the power as they need to keep french people safe. and the government says it has struck the right balance between. protecting civil liberties as well as giving police the power as they need now that. and we seem to snow from human rights. as well as from the far left in the in that. assembly here france they say that this and that this new council terrorism law infringes massively. on french people's of human rights as they say that is the government's attempt play to p. whose emotions. they also said that look the state of emergency hasn't what we've seen several terrorist attack it's an several attempted. terrorist attacks in the last two years since that said to emergency. has been in place but to show how could only in syria minister got the votes he wanted to call the result

november fifth. this is a deadly news live from spain's catalonia reaches its latest crisis point the country's prime minister tells parliament upper house there is no alternative to direct role the senate is expected to authorize mariano rajoy request the first consequence of which would be the dismissal of catalonia separatist president thank you live to madrid and barcelona also on the program a tale of survival after five months adrift and they pacific the devil of speaks exclusively with a commanding officer of the ship that rescue the sailors lost at sea. welcome to the program. spain's prime minister address the country the house of parliament today ahead of a debate and votes on government plans to impose direct rule on the region of catalonia the senate's expected to approve money on a row for its request to trigger article one high five of the spanish constitution allowing central government to remove regional leaders from office but the president putin will logical one by five has not been used since spain returned to democracy forty years ago mr rajoy said using these special powers was not meant to remove the lib

november fifth on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin germany's new parliament has met for the first time today and all i was were on the populist a if deep part it's the first time in decades that a far right party has made it into the bone this dog and the atmos.

november fifth. the day of the news coming to live from berlin spanish foreign minister mario the old boy sacked battling his parliament after the region the players the prime that's why it's called snap elections for the region that were out there thousands of separatists supporters gathered on the straights of barcelona to celebrate independence for you the latest from the dread and barcelona coming out plus new classes in kenya playing more by the country grapples with. repeat presidential election will go tonight well. and sarah palin welcome to the show it's good to have you with us we begin in spain where prime minister marianna report says he's dissolving the cattle on parliament where his sacked the government of catalonia and call him snap election for the region set to take place in the summer the twenty first all of this after the cattle on parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain that vote trigger huge that liberations in parts of catalonia thousands are still out on the streets of force alone a white now. all right spent dramatic day in spain and developments are coming fast and furio

parliament mr proponents. have been involved from all this you know november. you were barred from office and you november ninth twenty fourteen you know more that's the form of it and there were find randomly and obviously. if they don't pay more than five million universe america to the constitutional court all. assets will be taken and their families could also be affected also and i mean i'm important parts of the bureau of parliament has also said what . i had to face complaints because they are allowed. to have any paid on the referendum as the measure of a complaint filed against the president of parliament and the beauty of parliament because she allowed this chamber to have a debate on that i'm done. i got the latest wave of repression against scotland situations such as the tension with about sixteen officials of the couple and government a little hard to see for i big question because you. in congress cards and with no knowledge of why what the charges were that kind of money for. the. head last peaceful rally that you are charged with sedition and t

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's not clear what the charges are or who they are against as the indictment is sealed under orders from a federal judge investigation led by special counsel robert muller a former f.b.i. director is looking into whether trump

draw flow on the reinforcement of internal security has been adopted by parliament three majority and will come into power on november the first when the state of emergency expires the state of emergency was effective however we've seen in recent months that it unfortunately doesn't protect us from the reality of certain attacks because any state of emergency can protect us and totally reduce the threat from since a state of emergency is due to be lifted on the first of november it was issued following a number of deadly terror attacks in the country let's take a quick look back at the times. we gauge their reaction to the new law on the streets of paris. you know more soon with the product no i don't agree with it and i'm sure we can do things differently i don't think it is the way to solve the problem of terrorism. i think that when you look for something to have real reasons for doing so me personally am not against it. but i really don't think it will help to fight any terrorists it will only harm personal freedoms and i believe it is designed more to control the people normally the more your point i think we we

november sixth to double as. this is due to be news live from berlin catalonia as parliament declares in the presence from spain thousands of separatist supporters cheered at the vote in barcelona the motion passed despite the opposition walking out of the mouth of the spanish senate has voted to rescind catalonians power and take control of the rest of the region where in barcelona and madrid. also coming up new clashes in kenya claimed more lives as the country country continues to grapple with the fallout from a repeat presidential election a vote marred by low turnout the claims of voter intimidation we'll get you the latest from nairobi. thank you very much for your company we want to begin with bows breaking developments out of spain the senate's in madrid approved government proposals to take control of catalonia just after catalonia has regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain in an unprecedented move the senate in madrid voted overwhelmingly in favor of spanish prime minister mariano rajoy worked . yes to trigger the infamous article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constituti

november fifth. this is developing news coming to you live from berlin vote counting is underway for germany's new president it's the first ask for a new german parliament the biggest and the most rightwing in post-war history for the first time the parliament includes the far right alternative for germany the party's promise to shake up german politics or succumbing up chinese president xi jinping makes his move and communist party delegates all back his vision for the future with a she iraq see china become a global superpower. and in sports christiane ronaldo and another trophy to his collection he's been named the finest footballer of the year. i know i'm of the thought she might great to have your company the been the song is holding its fullest bottom entry session since september as federal election is the first ask of the new german parliament is to elect a new president the bottom that is the biggest and most right wing in post-war history and the first summit also includes the far right will tentative a joke. many which has promised to shake up german politics as i mention let's now take a look at the f.t. party and what its promise to do to t

november fifth to w. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has sacked the government in the region of catalonia and disbanded its parliament he announced the region will hold fresh alike.

november fifth on t.w. . they are. thousands of pro catalan demonstrators gathered in barcelona as the spanish senate prepares to rule on dissolving the regional parliament.

november fifth on to a double. this is due to the news live from berlin catalonia as parliament declares in the presidents from spainthousands of separatist supporters cheered at the vote in barcelona the motion passed the spine of the opposition walking out of the mouth of the spanish senate has voted.

leader massoud barzani will not extend his presidential term be on november the first his request was approved by the region's parliament which will redistribute his powers in a speech following the announcement he said the iraqi central government no longer believes in kurdish rights and is using september's secession vote as a pretext to attack the region. according to the law the presidency can be extended by the parliament however i inform the parliament that i will not extend my term i will not accept any bed but in the law to extend my term as president let's go to stephanie decker in what else did he have to say. coming off the back of what you just heard him say because his term has been extended two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fifteen he said that was because we had the threat to beisel and this is why i then agreed to do that he said without the pressure i still would not be defeated he said that calling on all the parties here certainly in this region that they will agreed on the referendum making it very clear that everyone had been behind this referendum once it went ahead it wasn't just on h

november night own. state every news coming to wind from berlin spanish prime minister more honorable voice sachs catalogues parliament that's the reason the players in the tenets for boys called snap elections for catalonia and the model comes as thousands of supporters supporters are gathering right now in the streets of barcelona to celebrate independence day i'll bring you the latest from madrid and barcelona coming up plus new classes in kenya playing more laws as the country ground the fallout from a repeat presidential election. and it's the end of an era for air berlin almost four decades out of the airlines first take off today it's ever quite landing quite here in the german capital. welcome to the show my name sara harmon it's good to have you with us. we begin in spain where prime minister mariano rajoy says he's dissolving the catalan parliament roy sack the government of cow long and call us now by election for the region set for december twenty first all this after the kalman parliament voted in favor of the clearing independence for spain that triggered celebrations come on government palace and even l

november fifth on t.w. . spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has sacked the government in the region of catalonia and disbanded its parliamenthe announced the region will hold fresh elections on december twenty first but cut along lawmakers have passed a motion declaring.

november fifth on w. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has sacked the government in the region of catalonia and disbanded its parliamenthe announced the region will hold fresh elections on december twenty first but cut along lawmakers have passed a motion declare.

parliament before march 2019. everybody is saying that will probably be in about october, november 2018. is in the house, whether we should have a vote, i was very keen to extract from david davis the undertaking that our vote would be before the european parliament and the wording that both he and the prime minister had used, to the best of my recollection, is that it is intended that the vote in our parliament will be before the european parliament. i cannot... i cannot see how that can be after article 50 has expired. i cant really... i'm struggling to make sense of what he said this morning, to be honest. and it does seem that the department, the spokesperson for david davis himself, seems to agree, actually. they put out a statement trying to clarify the position, saying that it is in fact the government's expectation and intention that the deal will be done before the vote in the european parliament, and therefore before we leave. they explain the comments by saying he was talking about a hypothetical scenario. they also point towards the eu negotiators aim is to get the trade deal

november first one hundred days before the games begin. and here's a reminder the top story we're following for you germany's new parliament has opened with a new president on shore blood is a likely to oversee some stormy debates in the new assembly with a right wing populist party joining proceedings for the first time in decades. you're watching the news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. arcana. two hundred fourteen million euros a year in search of a partner. and thirty percent of them now find their partner online. business so when our special focus on me. in sixty minutes. when i'm traveling to be comfortable. but i also want to stay up to date on the latest news and events. and make that part of travelling. because it's available and thousands of hotels resorts cruise ships worldwide. where have you found inside. a picture that shows in your room you could win a great price. dot com travel. history books are brought to life. maybe the stories there will get a rewrite. the story of the russian revolution. from the perspective of writers thinkers. what did it feel like to live in times of

november fifth on d w. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has sacked the government in the region of catalonia and disbanded its parliament he announced the region will hold fresh elections on december twenty first but cut along lawmakers have passed a motion declaring.

day terrorists killed 130 people in paris in november 2015, france has been under a temporary state of emergency. nearly two years later, the french parliament overwhelmingly voted to replace it with the new antiterrorism law called the french patriot act. at the request of president emmanuel macron, the legislation would extend police powers to try to stop the wave of terrorist attacks. sunday, a man who isis said was a soldier, killed two women at a train station in marseille. on monday, police arrested five with a connection to abominable paris apartment. the attack in nice that left 80 dead. >> even though isis has retreated on the battlefield and lost its ability to prepare attacks from its territory, the threat is not reduced. >> under the new legislation, french police will be able to conduct home searches in place suspects under house arrest. some fear this will leave the country in a permanent state of emergency and that it violates human rights. >> translator: this law grants authority to restrain liberties with no sufficient guaranties about abuses put in place. >> the police will also be allowed to close places of worship which a

november fifth. welcome again your news our top story at this hour the german parliament has been renovated ahead of today's session the first since national elections held last month the bonus bought the tog must now see germany's biggest parliament ever with seven hundred nine seats in the far right if de the alternative for germany will enter the chamber for the first time as the country's third biggest party. while today in china the nineteenth congress of the communist party comes to an end and when delegates leave that summit the political course will be set for the world's second biggest economy through the year twenty twenty two now this man is the dominant figure at the congress of president xi jinping five years after his election. as party chair he is now at the height of his power and he can point to some real successes although economic growth has slowed at six percent it is still the envy of many an industrialized nation now he's also fought rigorously against corruption in the country it's and demick and likely saved the communist party from going under as a result now when it comes t

november. it is believed that the announcement is contained ina that the announcement is contained in a letter which is to be read in the kurdish parliamentkers in central nepal are searching a river for survivors of a bus crash which killed 31 people including children. the overcrowded bus skidded off the road. 80 kilometres west of the capital kathmandu and plunged into the river. let's go to the syrian city of raqqa which was captured by us —based —— led forces less than two weeks ago. it was these self—declared capital of islamic state. it will be sometime before the people can feel normal again but in the first since the liberation of the city, women and men have celebrated together by dancing this would have been unimaginable months ago. in traditional manner, women swirl and ululated in wedding celebration in one of raqqa's western neighbourhoods. this is the first such neighbourhoods. this is the first such evergreens neighbourhoods. this is the first such evergreens since the so—called islamic state were driven from the city by a coalition of kurdish arab and syrian fighters. 0ut city by a coalition of kurdish arab and syrian fig

planned between here and november only to discuss all those differences that you mentioned there will be working groups there will be plenty of meetings here in the german parliament as well to try and see if they can find any common ground because the differences between the political parties here involve very big if you judge for example between the c.s.u. that's the bavarian sister party of angela merkel's c.d.u. which stands rather on the right part of the political spectrum of the greens which sign on the left part of the political spectrum you have to somehow bridge those differences and the way in which they're trying to bridge those differences is like trying to discuss a wide range of issues in fact there are twelve issues on the agenda and that's also the reason why these talks will take so long they already be saying here that they could take until christmas before a coalition agreement is reached one world in particular a contentious issue is how to deal with a million plus refugees that have come to germany or walk away expect. well a lot of different opinions as a start and and here is where you can really see how how different the parties are on the

planned between here and november only to discuss all those differences that you mentioned there will be working groups there will be plenty of meetings here in the german parliament as well to try and see if they can find any common ground because the differences between the political parties here involve very big if you judge for example between the c.s.u. that's the very and sister party of angela merkel's c.d.u. which stands rather on the right part of the political spectrum of the greens which sign on the left part of the political spectrum you have to somehow bridge those differences and the way in which they're trying to bridge those differences is like trying to discuss a wide range of issues in fact there are twelve issues on the agenda and that's also the reason why these talks will take so long they already be saying here that they could take until christmas before a coalition agreement is reached one world in particular a contentious issue is how to deal with the million plus refugees that have come to germany or walk away expect. well a lot of different opinions as a start and and here is where you can really see how how different the parties are on t

parliament will debate amending the country's marriage act. voting for australians living overseas has now closed, while those on home soil have until november seveniernan brady, the director of australians for equality. welcome to the programme. just tell us welcome to the programme. just tell us how this is having an influence if it is non—binding and voluntary? the world of politics has managed to give us this process. 0bviously, the world of politics has managed to give us this process. obviously, the world of politics is not seen a clear way through. the proposed way through is a non—binding postal vote. no other country has done it this way, but we have to find our runway. the reaction has been incredible. in the first few weeks, we are already up at 75% for the turnout. that is a huge response. australians understand how important this issue is. they understand this is their moment to tell politicians to get on with the job. there were concerns when there was talk of a compulsory vote that it might bring out some rather aggressive and nasty campaigning. have you seen that in this particular type of vote?|j think this particular type of vote

parliament a proper and meaningful vote. on thursday, we finally found out when detailed consideration of the eu withdrawal bill would start — novemberlly, if you want to make a note in yourdiary. mps had expected the process to begin much sooner, and, while they've been waiting for it, very few substantial bills have been discussed on the green benches. i've been speaking to anand menon, professor of european politics at kings college, london, about what's going on here. i began by asking him what parliament had been doing with itself. well, the fact is that, since the election, parliament has not had a lot to do, and that is partly a deliberate government strategy. there are not many bills to be discussed, it is in the interest of the conservatives not to have too many debates and votes in the house, as we have seen. what's interesting is you have two political parties acting on the basis of different timetables. labour are on an election footing. they are all revved up. the tories on the other hand are playing a very slow waiting game. they want as little to happen as possible, they are focused on brexit, and so you have this weir