catalan later karla's puja mont has said spain's plans to sack separatist leaders and call the new local election are the worst attack on catalonia since the dictatorship of francisco franco there.

central government's plans to suspend the region's autonomy on saturday catalonia as president carlists puja ma has threatened a regional parliament vote on independence if madrid goes ahead. andrew simmons joining us from barcelona to tell us more on what exactly that would mean andrew. well what it means is this according to a socialist senior politician who was speaking on t.v. the public t.v. channel it means that there's a deal now between the government of mariano rajoy and the socialist party the p s e and they have agreed to regional elections or they will impose regional elections on catalonia in january part and parcel of this article one five five which is being very described by some observers as really the nuclear option in that it will bring back direct rule from madrid to catalonia and of course this is going down really badly with the pro independence campaigners now these elections will necessarily guarantee a reversal of the feeling here certainly not in some quarters of opinion and that there is going to be a number of other measures which will be announced on saturday mor

saying they saw egyptian warplanes flying over the border now deposed catalan regional president carlos puja manors met lawyers in belgium after spain's chief prosecutor sought charges against him and other leaders of the region secession vote they could face thirty years in prison if convicted of rebellion sedition and embarrass the moment russia's foreign minister says allegations it meddled in last year's us presidential election are fantasies his comments come a day after the first charges related to moscow's involvement in the election were unsealed in the us court risking it all now stay with us. it's u.s. president donald trump first visit to asia the goals to afford relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact can this visit really have we'll be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage here on al-jazeera. on a frozen road traveling through the high plateaus of kyrgyzstan a small truck is on the move. in these extreme conditions the truck is beginning a long journey to deliver mandarin oranges to remote villages. the fruit

he resigned after puja month refused to call for new elections. with no agreement reached yesterday catalan parliament will resume debate today. but in madrid spain senate is widely expected to approve the government's plan to trigger article one five five of the constitution and remove powers from the castle and government. so that the. article hundred fifty five is about protecting catalonia as government from the misrule by the pro independence or do you believe that what we've seen can be described as anything other than me. this rule this will be it and. some fear and that the central government seizing control of cason and you could spark confrontation on the streets oh it would do you think should have been discussed and arranged on good terms not like now what's going to happen a wall it gets worse every day i. think has announced the future is uncertain as the standoff between madrid and barcelona enters here tonight the stage. let's go now live to our correspondent public he's covering the story for us in madrid where the senate is meeti

the ninety minute puja starts at half past nine the word means something like worship and is an important ritual in every day buddha's life. according to legend the sacred tooth is said to store the buddhist spiritual strength this belief also turned this religious relic into a political instrument of power for the single use tools. by danny how that sri lanka was ruled by king. with me. in death there were seven royal ruling period was thing going to go and landed on your knees in the in eighteen fifteen the british conquered candy and with it the temple of the sacred tooth was he as an important symbol of power and straight lanka with on. budget you've been a city. patiently waiting outside the chamber where the relic is housed. visitors only get to see a container the tooth isn't on display it's said to be housed in an ivory capsule which is in turn encased in six further containers. it's thanks to the temple that candy is on unesco's list of world heritage sites. a further spectacle worth watching right next to the temple in the late afternoon serato new batters bats otherwise known a

all day have been waiting for some real clarity as to what the next step is going to be from callers puja monday people here been very uncertain they thought hey these declared independence that we're going to see protests on the street what's going to happen and we didn't get much of an answer from him his statement was very short and very concise it was pre recorded as well one thing though that we did hear from him that was that he does not acknowledge that spain is taking direct route he still considers himself the leaders this region and he wants to push ahead with the independence that he says is the just image we know that today he's been enjoying are in fact he was apparently spotted having lunch in a restaurant people dyer's a very pro independence area were cheering president president's then not willing to accept that he's no longer in charge either what's really interesting is that he could in the coming days face arrest that is something that is certainly on the cards so his is time for for not giving many oz's and still insisting that he is going to push ahead with this inde

region's leader doesn't abandon his secession bid within the next hour catalan president's car last puja ma has until eight hundred hours g.m.t. to clarify his position on whether the region will declare independence after this month's controversial referendum there is growing pressure on me in march to stop the violence again throw hinge on muslims u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. holds me in mars' military leadership accountable for what's happening and we're trying states the u.n. human rights chief is threatening to seek the security council's intervention. with a week to go until the presidential election rerun kenya's electoral commission has admitted it counts guarantee a free and fair vote presidents overall kenyatta insists the new poll will go ahead despite the commission claiming its operations have been compromised the opposition leader has refused to participate. we're getting some breaking news in at least a four hundred thirty three excuse me forty three afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military base in kandahar the taliban is being bla

central government plans to suspend the region's autonomy on saturday catalonia as president's car less puja ma has threatened a regional parliament vote on independence if madrid goes ahead a twenty one year old egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of him but he was released was welcomed by his family and the governments in ireland last month he was acquitted of charges including inciting violence and rioting linked to the demonstrations and twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested at the time after protests against the military coup that ousted president mohamed morsy the chinese president is set to have his own political theory incorporated into the ruling communist party's constitution chinese state media is reporting the so-called xi jinping thoughts will have fourteen principles but it's not yet known what they are the move is expected to further consolidate she's power putting him on par with mao zedong who founded the communist party adrian brown has more from beijing. we've had the chairman mao era the dung sharping era welcome to the xi ji

leader of council on karla's puja along making a brief statement saying that he is not calling for a snap election as some people had been predicting that he might be doing and you're simmons joining us and barcelona and you're his speech was perspiring and then it was canceled and now he's finally come out and spoken and he said he's not calling for a snap election was this expected at all. that is pretty extraordinary really because it is the headline hearings knows we would be calling elections so he's really putting out the file that was started by the valuable service somebody and his policy a few hours by because there was a very bad reaction from the politicians in the coalition government to the coalition politics to the suggestion that there would be this nothing that can hold on a thursday and now we're. going to strike hero you know steam roll in the bank in the final session he was waiting for the next thing you know here certainly we see that so tell us what is known as the what he doesn't see any favors in the kind of the stakes taking the stunts he did emphasize that h

many holding signs saying that catalonia has never been part of spain so here's some of what this puja mom had to say. just a short time ago. the political representatives that were legitimately elected have adopted the mandate that was validated through the polls kettle on citizens in the next few hours we'll have to keep calm we have to remain peaceful in a civil and democratic manner while just after a catalonia as parliament made that stunning declaration spain's national government obtained the approval it needs to impose direct rule over the region as it tries to cross the splits so the prime minister might be out a hallway tweeted this immediately after the vote it's obviously in spanish but you can see the translation beneath and he's saying i call tranquility to all spaniards the rule of law will restore the legality in catalonia and m.r. and those are in fact his initials for. the whole way all right we have correspondents covering this story for us let's start where it all happened in fact and and that is barcelona andrew it's been a dramatic couple of hours and or simmons t

people have signed it so far calls are also coming from council on officials for president carlos puja to speed up the independence process but members of his own party say the things must be handled in the right way the struggle for independence unites us but we need to make things right we have to try not to loose or expel and one from the process in a further development in the country madrid has passed the new law making it easier for companies to relocate away from council near several banks as well as energy telecommunication textile companies have already decided to move their headquarters art of the region the recent business exodus walls among the topics we discussed with several economists. i think it's the companies that are genuinely concerned about the break of the lol and more importantly you know completely random the decision of which you know is the government to buy to them which ones they don't because this is this person significant risk for investment security and for for many other issues. and he prepared to go new. is not dissing at audio the treaty says not rece

will meet to discuss its response to madrid's plans to take control of the region the leader qantas puja months will attend the meeting in barcelona on thursday politicians will discuss how to tackle the possibility that the central governments will impose direct rule if article one five five is triggered on friday those are your top stories so far more news in thirty minutes up next it's the stream. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring mainstream you do narrative at this time on al-jazeera. i am from the ok you're in the stream now live on you tube and i'm only going today what's next for iraq that i saw has been pushed out but with the city destroyed its future remains unclear. foundation to restart an education in syria i also represent the nation. and i was. it's been a week since the syrian democratic forces with the help of intensive bombing raids from a u.s. led coalition dealt a huge blow to i saw by taking full control of the syrian city of raka in twenty fo

cattle and leader carlos puja mont has said spain's plans to sack separatist leaders and call the newlocal election are the worst attack on catalonia since the dictatorship of francisco franco this has hundreds of pro independence demonstrators gathered to show their support outside the.

catalan leader karla's puja mont has said spain's plans to sack separatist leaders and call a new local election are the worst attack on catalonia since the dictatorship of francisco franco this has hundreds of pro independence demonstrators gathered to show their support outside the.

of its government and police the spanish prime minister dismissed calends leaders including carlos puja ma now the prime minister mariano rajoy called for a snap election in the region on december twenty first and handed over catalonia is reins to spain's deputy prime minister psoriasis and as does santa maria. used to be made up maybe this game was operable though the first measures that have been tossed are the following to depose the president of the council on government the position of the deputy president and all of the members of the council on government we will also abolish the delegation abroad known as the embassies except in brussels and the secretary general of the council on police will also be suspended while several thousand people have been taking part in protests unity rally in madrid pro separatist supporters say they'll continue their fight for catalonia autonomy regardless the independence secularization has not only been rejected within spain several countries including europe the european union itself and the united states have all said they won't recognize an ind

central government's plans to suspend the region's autonomy on saturday catalonia as president carlos puja has threatened the regional parliament vote on independence if madrid goes ahead russian foreign minister has warned that abandoning the iranian nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions. north korean delegates are at a moscow conference in what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue between the two sides. those are the headlines inside story is up next on al-jazeera. spain's has it's going to take away catalonia is autonomy as the regional leader ignores a deadline to abandon secession plans what's next for the catalan separatists and how will madrid impose its writ this is inside story. a low there on james bond it's a showdown with implications for not just spain but for separatist aspirations across europe even as the european union faces marathon negotiations over brics it madrid would be imposing direct rule on the autonomous region for the first time since spain returned to democracy in the late one nine hundred seventy s. a special c

regional government stop short of declaring that independence late tuesday regional president car less puja mon said catalonia should hold talks with the spanish central government after the landslide results in that referendum earlier this month the madrid based government has given few hints it is willing to even talk since it does not consider the vote to be valid. for years u.s. based chip maker qualcomm has been accused of violating enter trust regulations as a result more than a few probes have been made into the telecom giant as you might guess now one of these just led to a record fine in taiwan boom bust bianca for she has more on this for us after years of allegations regarding and i trust violations qualcomm was fined hundreds of millions of dollars in taiwan on wednesday the country's fair trade commission claims the u.s. based chip maker violated antitrust rules for at least seven years and that led to a record fine of seven hundred thirty three million dollars the taiwanese regulator said qualcomm created a monopoly by not providing products to clients that don't agree with it

let's just pick up on the point about the president many expected karla's pujas want to dissolve the couple on government today call a snap election in a bid to prevent madrid from implementing article one hundred fifty five essential taking away capital loney is autonomy why didn't he. well i think i think that in the recent european history in that on the many different strategies in order to succeed in constituting a new our newest state and that catalyst put him on the president's catalonia is just following out of one of advantages we just had to end up with the the question of is that from thence what he may have tried this morning is to call for elections jazz so the spanish state a stops then invention of control or political it or the different catalan government and public service at the do what has happened is that he announced the elections but nothing has changed from the spanish state they still want to pursue they repression their political repression against catalonia so there was no point in trying to this once again try dialogue with a state that actually don't want

now deposed catalan regional president carlos puja manners met lawyers in belgium after spain's chief prosecutor saw charges against him and other leaders of the region secession vote they could face thirty years in prison if convicted of rebellion sedition and embarrass the moment russia's foreign minister says allegations it meddled in last year's us presidential election fantasies his comments come a day after the first charges related to moscow's involvement in the election were unsealed in a u.s. court risking it all now stay with us. president donald trump first visit to asia. to afford relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact can this visit really have will be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage here on al-jazeera.

well together let's move on to other news now and spain has given cattle scotland's leader collis puja mom to until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence of catalunya goes ahead with secession the spanish government says it will take away the region's political autonomy long sleeve reports from the dreaded budget does not like being told what to do by the council and for once parliament is united as the journalist speculated the cabinets agreed the spanish line back against the catalan demands that their independence will happen. the prime minister said you say it out loud and we will take back your powers no dice no deal and you have until monday. we've held a cabinet meeting and we've decided the cattle government must confirm whether or not they have declared independence regardless of whether it's going to take effect or not this is a requirement necessary before any other measures can be taken by the government including invoking article one if the five. so back it goes to barcelona madrid no society there is split some separatist wants a session now others a n

welcome to the program your top story the deposed catalan president carter's puja mount spoken for the first time since charges were filed against him and secessionist leaders for declaring catalonia his independence from spain he met his lawyer in brussels on tuesday but says he is not there seeking political asylum there has been growing tensions in spain impose direct rule and ordered new regional elections. in regards to the elections called by the spanish central government we think they are a democratic challenge and we're not scared by democratic challenges quite the opposite if the spanish government wishes to carry out these elections to legitimize article one fine five's use of course we will face these elections well spanish national police searched castle and police headquarters on tuesday as they investigate who helped facilitate the band independence vote on says he's in belgium so he can act in quotes freedom and safety he and other catalan leaders could face thirty years in jail if convicted of rebellion sedition and embezzlement we've got correspondents following the s

he won't call a snap election until spain central government agrees to certain conditions karla's puja mom says she hasn't received enough guarantees from madrid that it won't impose direct rule on the autonomy this region if a new election is held sizes of protesters have gathered outside the capital and government headquarters to show their support for. the iraqi prime minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession bed bodies in tehran for talks with the reigning leaders both countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation rox kurdish regional government had offered to freeze its secession bid to iraq says that doesn't go far enough iraqi forces have launched an assault to recapture al qaim and rai from the tons on iraq's western border with syria remember. last strongholds in the country. today those are our current headlines stay with i'll just see where the stream is coming up next we'll see you a bit later but by. i am really good bill.

discuss its response to the madrid plans to take control of the region be careful and leader carlos puja moments will attend the meeting in barcelona on thursday politicians will discuss how to tackle the possibility that the central government will impose direct rule if article one five five is triggered on friday he's turned down an invitation to speak to senators in madrid there have been more protests in barcelona as the spanish government seems poised to take control and are simmons's their. this demonstration is of two groupings school teachers and parents protesting at what they say are false allegations from the spanish government of indoctrination in the education system here in terms of prose secession they say that's not the case many of them protesting are in fact against the session then there's another grouping which is the defense committee for the referendum and they are intending to march to parliament with their message the steam is rising here in the sense that there is more and more suggestion that there is now a path towards a declaration of secession from spain and

spain's prime minister has given carte long lead to carter's puja montandon monday to say whether or not he has declared independence the spanish government says it will take away the region's political autonomy if it passes ahead with the secession. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called on turkey to provide evidence for accusations that local u.s. embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed coup one employs attention has been at the center of a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. iraq says shoot arrest warrants for three kurdish election commission officials over the september twenty fifth referendum on secession iraq's supreme judicial council said the warrants for hendry and muhammad and his aides were issued for violating a valid court's ruling minded two percent of kurds voted in favor of independence from iraq. a un report has found myanmar's army torched harms and crops in vulcan state to stop the hague from returning there the report based on interviews with the hunger who escape to bang the variation details killings torture and t

meeting attended by both sides first to be held in three years also catalonia as regional leader sheilds puja man has just arrived at the parliament in barcelona where he's due to make a speech on the future of the region it's believed he could make a declaration of independence but spain's deputy prime minister has warned that madrid will and on any attempt to divide the country. also polls open in liberia to elect a new leader after twelve years president ellen johnson sirleaf africa's first elected female leader is stepping down after two terms in office twenty candidates are competing to replace her. go to north america where wildfires in the u.s. state of california have left ten people dead and more than one hundred missing over a thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed in the northern wind producing region in southern part five thousand homes have been evacuated as fire crews struggle to control the blaze the governor of california has declared a state of emergency in seven counties well rob reynolds has more from los angeles much of california is burning or at risk of going

catalonian president has accused the spanish government of attacking the region's democracy and his puja mom said it reminded him of the days of the former ruler. francisco franco hundreds of thousands of people rallied in barcelona in support of catalan secession off to madrid to move to take control of the region under simmons is their. fair street protest again in barcelona and i may just scale shock instead of indignation now but defiance in the air was few expected such severe moves from madrid aimed at removing the political leadership of this region and within the actions inside six months. anger was directed up above that spanish police helicopters repeatedly over flying the demonstration. occupation forces go out those shelters. earlier they are no real holy made history with a cabinet meeting of grim faces and the triggering of article one five five it's destined to take power away from catalonia in less than a week it will be. the government has had to trigger article one five five of the constitution that was not our wish or intention it never was i think that most of spain s

government imposes direct rule by triggering article one five five on friday catalan leader karla's puja maher has turned down an invitation to speak to senators in madrid qatar will implement a range of labor law reforms including the introduction of a minimum wage details are yet to be revealed on how much the minimum wage will be and when it will take into effect the latest reforms will also ensure that employers will no longer be able to stop employees from leaving cattle doha has been an international scrutiny over migrant worker rights in the lead up to the twenty twenty two world cup back with more news in half an hour. you know my father who doesn't go for home plays in the fall down season is obviously youngest of us to do it has died and fifteen others were injured after an explosion at a foxconn factory in chengdu south with china the economy to some opened on cuba you know just how you hold a day or two that occurred at around seven p.m. in a polishing workshop that appears to have been triggered by an explosion of combustible dust in a duct. no one to be surprised that alumi

left wing pro independent policy we're in uncharted territory aren't we we've got on the one hand mr puja on not being very clear about whether independence has actually been declared and secondly now as we've heard from media no indication that he will come back to madrid with any kind of answer on thursday what next what's going to happen now well obviously the catalan president cannot answer this second because we're. prime minister wants is to have a pretext for pressing the nuclear button and applying article one five five which would suspend catalan rule autonomy everything so he's not going to give him the chance. he's not going to assume that guilt that mariano rajoy wants to transfer. a spain the spanish government wants to do that it's up to the spanish government and things are quite clear there was there was a vote there was a referendum and automatically the people voted yes they voted for independence so it's the people who proclaimed this it makes no sense to have the people vote for independence and then having another vote somewhere else parliament whatever which might ev

spain and indeed the rest of the european union have a little over forty five minutes to wait until puja is supposed to address catalonia as a regional parliament ninety percent of catalans who cast ballots in a referendum on october the first voted in favor of secession that's despite a court ban that ruled the whole thing unconstitutional the poll also had low turnout as police blocked access to many voting places and many catalans who oppose the session simply stayed at home madrid as warning not to do anything quote irreversible so at stake in. the future of a region that's home to seven and a half million people and generates twenty percent of spain's economic output word a country the size of catalonia economy would rank somewhere between denmark and finland so we're covering this from both sides of this highly divisive debate we have lawrence lee there he is he's standing by in madrid that's the home of the national government as you know but we'll begin with jonah hall in barcelona that's catalonia as a regional capital output to your comments coming into us here at the news grid

catalan leader karla's puja mont has said spain's plans to sack separatist leaders and call the new local election are the worst attack on catalonia since the dictatorship of francisco franco this has hundreds of pro independence demonstrators gathered to show their support outside the cattle and government building in barcelona. voters in japan are set to deliver their verdict on shinzo aves nearly five years in power as they head to the polls in a general election the prime minister is expected to win a fresh charm he called the snap election last month amid increasing uncertainty over the threat from north korea. populist billionaire andre bobbish looks set to become the czech republic's next prime minister after his party scored some thirty percent of the vote in saturday's parliamentary elections the anti-establishment businessman now faces the tough job of finding willing coalition partners. thousands of people gathered in the portuguese capital lisbon to mourn the victims of massive forest fires and to demand better fire prevention policies. more than one hundred people died in two

catalonia president prepares for the worst cutlass puja moment flies to belgium as prosecutors seek charges of rebellion and sedition plus. some say it's ten years too late to clean up finally begins a decade after a massive oil spill in nigeria also. this individual was the member of the volunteer advisory council then at one time over the course of the year white house damage control after the indictments in the legal case around in the front campaign and possible russian collusion in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. top story tensions are running high on man asylum and in papua new guinea where there are widespread reports that locals looting an australian run prison camp which was closed on tuesday abouts around hundred hundred fifty men if they came around to the beijing center they start moving around taking everything we just left over boxes air conditioned vans. about six hundred refugees are refusing to leave the facility over safety concerns the australian government wants them to move into the community but the refugees say they will be attacked there have been rallies in severa