spanish police tried to prevent voting results show that voters overwhelmingly backed secession from spain iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier taleban he was iraq's first arab president u.s. president donald trump is visiting puerto rico thirteen days after it was devastated by hurricane maria during a briefing on relief efforts trump praised his government's response but joked that recovery operations had jeopardized his budget he's been involved in a war of words with the mayor of course who rico's capital has criticized federal relief efforts those are your headlines to stay with us coming up next it's china's democracy experiment a sea of half an hour by. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests failed to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village defied the odds. t

spanish police tried to prevent voting results show that voters overwhelmingly backed secession from spain iraq'sformer kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier taleban he was iraq's first arab president u.s. president donald trump is visiting puerto rico thirteen days after it was devastated by hurricane maria during a briefing on relief efforts trump praised his government's response but joked that recovery operations had jeopardized his budget he's been involved in a war of words with the mayor of course who recalls capitol who has criticized federal relief efforts those are your headlines to stay with us coming up next it's walkathon china's democracy experiment a sea of half an hour of i. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests failed to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village de

ago charlie thank you very much for that child fred reporting there live from abu ala in northern iraq. spain is celebrating its national day as a political crisis over the future of the catalonia region deepens many have already taken to the streets south boston and i in a show of unity these are live pictures independence rallies out so i expected that the central government in madrid has given casanova his leader china scholars put him on time to monday to say whether or not he has declared independence not. if catalonia does price on with secession a spanish government says it will take away the region's funny scholar tonic currency has more from madrid. it is the most extraordinary turn of events that spanish national day coincides exactly with a day numeral of the crisis between madrid and barcelona have a look over here and you can you can see what it looks like look at the depth of the crowd the other side of the road maybe ten or twelve people day this is actually the end of the parade now but huge applause for the army coming past the fly over by the air force always very militarist

and our armed forces despite all difficulties have achieved big progress fighting terrorism in iraq. spain's constitutional court has suspended a session of the cuttle and parliament planned for monday the parliament was expected to unilaterally declare dependents from spain catalan leaders. calling for mediators to help resolve the standoff with spain's central government but madrid says the region must respect the law prime minister money on the horn is urging caution on you to abandon succession plans to avoid what he calls the greater evils let's get more on this now with our correspondent penholder he is joining us live from boston laura so the constitutional court suspending a session of cotton parliament what will happen with that koll. well liz with we're only really just getting news of this now and it really has taken a lot of people by surprise nobody really foresaw this move by the constitutional court now in fact what they've done they're using an injunction this measure is is really a precautionary preliminary measure and it is never before been used to block a session of parli

regional separatists have pledged to declare independence next week regardless of spain's constitution. iraq'ster's as iraqi forces have driven isis out of the extremist opossum's last strongholds in that country. the victory by iraq and kurdish forces in the town comes as baghdad and iraq's kurdish region remained deadlocked over a controversial kurdish independence referendum. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, i went to a doctor and then i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. that diagnosis was tough. i'm a concrete mason. i own my own company. i went from being a guy that could pick up anything i wanted, to having to ask for help. i'm a person that likes to take control. at that point in my life, i said there's nothing i can do. i have to rely on physician's information, physician's recommendations. i had to put my trust in somebody. and i found cancer treatment centers of america through the recommendation of a good friend of mine. i wanted a second opinion. it'

regional separatists have pledged to declare independence next week regardless of spain's constitution. iraq'sme minister's as iraqi forces have driven isis out of the extremist opossum's last strongholds in that country. the victory by iraq and kurdish forces in the town comes as baghdad and iraq's kurdish region remained deadlocked over a controversial kurdish independence referendum. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of - researchers of technologies that one day, you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans. we call them our team. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline.

secession the k r g says the kurdish people of iraq have spoken charles strafford al jazeera northern iraq. spain has been celebrating its national day with a massive military show of unity while the pressure remains on the castle and pushed them all to say whether or not he has declared independence there were military parades flyovers and marches in madrid while smaller anti spain demonstrations took place. once the reports. in the last fortnight hadn't been dramatic enough the spectacle of national day provided the finishing touch madrid laid it on thick the whole military display the flags of the regions used as an opportunity to say to the cattle lands just look how united we are nobody wants your independence the crowd of course loyal supporters of king and country. here but here i want to do it right here today we celebrate the day of spain which is the day of all spanish people but there's a group of us spaniards who are bent on breaking up our shared country. that they should understand and got to learn you that we belong to one country which is spain and not just a republic which they a

what do you make of how these votes in iraq and spain have been handled?you more in favour of referendums then i would normally be inclined to be, because i tend to think referendums put very complex questions in very simple terms, which is something we saw with the brexit referendum very vividly, when everybody was actually voting on a different topic and for different reasons to an apparently simple question. but when you see spanish government resorting to the most repressive tactics to prevent the catalan referendum happening, you think, well, there is a reason to do this after all. and if i were a catalan and inclined to vote no, i might begin to think about voting yes because of it. germany suggests an indifferent attitude to referendums, does that never resonate in germany? it does but more on a local or regional level, but because it is a federal system, we have something like a popular vote on issues like closing down the station, for example, there has been referendums in the past, like in stuttgart there was a big thing about a station being bui

succession the k r g says the kurdish people of iraq have spoken strafford al-jazeera northern iraq . spain has been celebrating its national day with a massive military show of unity while the pressure remains on the catalan leader pushed him out to say whether or not he has declared independence there were military parades flyovers and marches in madrid while smaller and spain demonstrations took place. laurence leamer reports. if the last fortnight hadn't been dramatic enough the spectacle of national day provided the finishing touch madrid laid it on thick the whole military display the flags of the regions used as an opportunity to say to the cattle lands just look how united we are nobody wants your independence the crowd of course loyal supporters of king and country. but here they're going to do it right here today we celebrate the day of spain which is the day of all spanish people but there's a group of us spaniards who are bent on breaking up our shared country. they should understand you've got to loan you that we belong to one country which is spain and not just a republic whic

what do you make of the way that the government in iraq and spain have responded to the referendums proposed held? well, it makes you actually be more in favour of referendums then i would be normally inclined to be because i tend to think referendums put very complex questions in very simple terms which is something we saw with the brexit referendum, very vividly, where everybody was actually voting on a different topic and for different reasons on a very apparently very simple question but when you see the spanish government, resorting to the most repressive tactics, to prevent the catalan referendum happening, you think well there is a reason to do this after all and if i was a catalan and i were inclined to vote no i might be beginning to think about voting yes because of it. germany has of course a very different view to referendums. does that let the people decide question never resonated 7 no, of course it does but it does more on a local and regional level so because it is a federal system you do have something slightly different, like a referendum but more a popular vote on things l

twenty three dead under pressure after a culture of virtual referendum iraq's kurdish leader reportedly considering standing down. spain says castillo the is the pose the they can run for his old job december's election. rally is taking place biggest city in support of the military which is facing criticism over the rangar crisis thousands of supporters of turned out on the streets of. six hundred thousand rangar muslims have fled raw state for bangladesh over the past two months they accuse the. and. the un is called the violence. ethnic cleansing. is. just a couple of minutes ago. right . here of. how independent. we were. young. and the. security forces in somalia have ended a fifteen hour shooting gunman holding hostages in a hotel in mogadishu. the building on twin bombings in the area. three people were killed. in kenya. this is the target of the first explosion the two hole tell a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast that was hard across the city at least three heavily fighters then stormed into the hotel shooting anyone in

thank you very much for your company on leyla iraq while we begin in spain where it's been a day of twists and turns because the separatist leader of the region of catalonia says he will now not call elections that might have defused tensions with the spanish government over catalan independence. says it is now up to catalonia as regional parliament to. side whether or not to hold elections the spanish government plans to strip put him on of his powers and impose direct who uncatalogued thousands of prosecco to supporters waited outside the regional government headquarters hoping that push him out would declare independence well calumnious leader the cleric in the pens as you may recall after a referendum at the beginning of october only to then immediately suspend implementation all right and we can take you now to barcelona to charlotte such else until she joins us there now charlotte so we're talking no snap election no declaration of independence is this a sign that callaghan leader a might be backing down altogether from in declaring independence what are you hearing where you are. i

having to defend their positions against them child strafford al jazeera west of kirkuk in northern iraq spain's catalonia region has held a ceremony to remember a former independence leader who was executed in one nine hundred forty council only as current president callus boogyman was at the service in barcelona he's under pressure from the government in madrid which has given him until monday to say whether he'll declare independence after last month's controversial referendum . voters in kyrgyzstan are heading to the polls in a presidential election there none of the candidates are expected to win outright with many analysts predicting a runoff between two former prime ministers security has been high because of previous political violence in the country kyrgyzstan's first two leaders since the fall of the soviet union were removed from office after riots but the country has since restyled its parliamentary system and the outgoing president can't contest the poll on sunday. that's well known the ancient city of venice is sinking but it is also shrinking its fifty four thousand residents are

resolve a political crisis after separatist leaders in catalonia held a referendum to secede from spain not on iraq why is says he may use the constitution to suspend catalonia as autonomy if leaders declare independence tens of thousands of people have rallied in the dread and barcelona to call for unity and have urged both sides to hold talks on a whole reports. it's all in the hands apparently not a demonstration in barcelona the fluttering gestures of openness and peace. let's talk they say in spanish and in catalonia the language of this region pushing to secede. but not all catalans want to break away many prefer spain united the protest here mirrored by large crowds in the capital madrid what this shows is that whatever was happening next week the un. but. the people who live. under and alberto who just married at the town hall across the square from the regional government headquarters they're happy they say to share their union with calls for national unity in spain i personally think that it must mean you know. i also think everybody has a right to choose what they want to feel when you w

doha also coming up under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly considering standing down spain says catalonia is deposed leader can run for his old job in december's election and cuba continues to deny involvement in the bizarre case of sonic attacks on the u.s. embassy in heaven are. now security forces in somalia have ended a fifteen hour siege after shooting gunmen holding hostages in a hotel in the capital mogadishu five fighters stormed the building on saturday after twin bombings in the area at least twenty three people were killed as claimed responsibility it's the second attack to hit the capital in two weeks mohammed atta reports from neighboring kenya. this is the target of the first explosion the two hotel a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast that was hard across the city. at least three heavily armed fighters then stormed into the hotel shooting anyone in sight and i'm going to rely on you i was driving a took to the front of the hotel and i saw a car exploding at the gate of

elizabeth parata secession it's been the talk of the week from the kurdish region of iraq because morning and spain and on sunday he was speaking parts of cameroon joined the trend by demanding their own independence police shot and killed at least eight people in the western regions of the country power was also caught and remains out the rallies took place on the very day cameron's anglish and french regions had united fifty six years earlier they had been protests like this for nearly a year but until recently they had only called for reforms cameron's english speaking minority said they're being marginalized by the french speaking majority. well the government has been criticized for its lack of response to months of protests the president responded to sunday's protest saying let me make this very clear it's not forbidden to voice any concerns in the public however nothing great can be achieved by using verbal excesses street while ins and defying authority lasting solutions to problems can be found only through peaceful dialogue but critics of the government say it's shown dialogue through all

iraq. we start off in spain where the separatist leader of the region of catalonia says he will not call elections that might have defuse tensions with the spanish government over cadillac independence carlist which you said he had considered the possibility of staging a vote but couldn't have not received guarantees that he wanted from the central government in madrid but says it is now up to catalonia as regional parliament to decide whether to hold elections the spanish government plans to strip which amount of his powers and impose direct rule on catalogue all as pushing all spoke thousands of pros separatist supporters waited outside the regional governments the headquarters hoping that put you out would declare independence because that put you on declared independence after a referendum at the beginning of october but he immediately suspended the implementation. or a lot has happened in the meantime and correspondent. phil is in the capital a cadillac the capital of barcelona charlotte so no snap elections no declaration of independence just more of the same criticism of madrid what do the

spain. turkey says it will impose a further sanctions on iraq so thomas kurdish region after it overwhelmingly voted for independence from baghdad last month the iraqi kurdish government says it now plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in november since the referendum baghdad has banned the international flights to kurdish airports. and iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier and those are the headlines remember you can get more on all those stories on our web site the address al-jazeera dot com will stay with us inside stories next i'm going to have the news hour for you in less than half an hour but i. it's a real reconciliation. and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth piron i'm the palestinian government has made its first trip back to dolls after a decade in exile the fattah movement which leads the government was driven out of the strip in two thousand and seven after a

iraq's kurdistan region. well catalonia has started its first week under direct rule from spain's central government politicians and civil servants started returning to work amidst uncertainty if they will be accepting orders from madrid hundreds of thousands of pro unity demonstrators filled barcelona streets sunday now that was two days after separatist leaders declared independence spain dismissed catalonia as regional government over the weekend and must now decide if its leaders will be charged with treason. or will they to find out let's bring in our correspondent charlotte children phil and barcelona are charlotte will the catalonian president show up right behind you at his offices this morning. it's crunch time here in barcelona bryan is the first office day since independence was declared as a we will soon find out whether or not those who were in charge of the regional government are going to come in and get back to work as normal they say they're in charge madrid obviously says something very different now we are starting to hear a few people turning up to one minister has tweeted a picture of himse

spain within days. turkey's president is not threatening a brocade of iraq's kurdish region by closing it as space and borders following the kurds vote for secession are shipped on says he will also decide with iran and iraq central government on whether to cut oil imports from the iraqi kurds at one has been discussing the vote with iranian leaders in tehran both countries have launched ethnic kurdish populations and yet another hurricane warning has been issued for the u.s. gulf coast and mexico forecasters say tropical storm nate's could strengthen to pummeling central america where at least twenty two people were killed eleven of them died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes have been flooded a series of hurricanes in the past month has devastated islands in the caribbean parts of mexico and the united states. with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next here it's talk to al-jazeera stay with us. an indian mining company is heading to australia to build one of the world's biggest mines will it be an economic bonanza or an ecological disaster. at this time on al-jazeera. you can. see. chemical weapons it w

countries in iraq with the rest of the iraqis in spain it's where the rest of spanish people then those who are from the becomes becomes a session ists and becomes hostile to the majority so while the minority has digital rights kurds have legitimate rights but within the nation states or within the modern state that say they need to work it out somehow with the majorities or with the region or with international law and so on and so forth so yes clearly they have overstepped what is possible and what is rational at this point in time and that's why they're attracting all the countries all the major powers with the exception of israel that talks but doesn't walk when it comes to kurdistan now the turks and the iranians the regime itself in iraq as well as saudi arabia are all saying we need national unity we cannot deal with breakup of a country like iraq quick look at what's happening in syria then the future of life in syria but perhaps even more importantly how does the liberation if you like of rocca how does that affect the one to six year civil war in this country this is what's s

spain. turkey says it will impose a further sanctions on iraq's autonomous kurdish region after it overwhelminglyvoted for independence from baghdad last month the iraqi kurdish government says it now plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in november since the referendum baghdad has banned the international flights to kurdish airports. and iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier and those are the headlines remember you can get more on all those stories on our web site the address al-jazeera dot com will stay with us inside stories next i'm going to have the news hour for you in less than half an hour right. there's a real palestinian reconciliation possible it is a fetus and fighting the palestinian authority his government and. the. rest. of his neighborhood have seen. this as end side stories.

spain within days. turkey's president is not threatening a blockade of iraq's kurdish region by closing it as space and borders following the kurds vote for secession or ship type bedouin says he will also decide whether iran and iraq central government on whether to cut oil imports from the iraqi kurds add on has been discussing the vote with iranian leaders in tehran both countries have launched ethnic kurdish populations. and yet another hurricane warning has been issued for the u.s. gulf coast and mexico forecasters say tropical storm nate's could strengthen after pummeling central america where at least twenty two people were killed eleven of them died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes have been flooded a series of hurricanes in the past month has devastated islands in the caribbean parts of mexico and the united states. you have to see it with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next here it's talk to al-jazeera stay with us. an indian mining company is heading to australia to build one of the world's biggest minds will it be an economic bonanza or an ecological disaster. at this time on al-jaze

supporters of a united spain have staged a huge protest in barcelona, as prosecutors prepare criminal charges against pro—independence leaders. the president of iraq'sesigned after his bid for independence backfired. a powerful storm has hit central europe, killing at least three people, cutting electricity supplies, and disrupting traffic. falling trees killed two people in the czech republic, while in poland a driver died after crashing into a branch on the road. hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity in both countries. with more, here's david campanale. strong winds of more than 140 kilometres per hour have led to problems across central europe and they have been the cause of human tragedy, too. in the czech republic, falling trees proved all too deadly for one woman in a forest and an elderly man out on the street. strong winds have halted traffic on dozens of railways and several important roads. the state—run power company says hundreds of thousands of households in the czech republic have been left without power, largely because of falling trees. translation: the tree has fallen in the direction where it has fallen and it did

also coming up under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly considering standing down. marching for spain's unity thousands. to drop its bid for secession plus. i mean reporting on moves to bring apex predators like wolves back to the scottish highlands after an absence of more than three hundred. says it was behind the siege of the house held in the somali capital that lasted for more than ten hours at least twenty three people died five fighters stormed the building on saturday after twenty in the area and took people hostage security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine so i reports from neighboring kenya hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out mobile this siege is over and once again residents of this city. 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 how allowing two of the attackers were killed and three others were captured alive after a ten hour gun battle between our security forces a

headlines: supporters of a united spain have staged a huge protest in barcelona, as prosecutors prepare criminal charges against pro—independence leaders. the president of iraq'signed, after his bid for independence backfired. a year of official mourning for thailand's late king has drawn to a close after a five—day funeral. on the last day, king bhumibol‘s son and heir transported his father's ashes to two bangkok temples, where they will be housed. jonathan head reports. this was the last stage in a prolonged and, for thailand, profoundly important funeral. plenty of ordinary thais were prepared to wait outside the royal palace, to see this grand farewell out to the end. king vajiralongkorn presided, as he has throughout the ceremonies, as the cremated remains of his father, king bhumibol, the monarch credited with shaping modern thailand, were blessed. these rituals are as important in cementing the new king's legitimacy as they are in marking the public‘s love and respect for his father. the thai monarchy owes its exalted status to king bhumibol‘s charisma and personality. everybody here now knows that the institution must now adapt. the royal remains were

between iraqi and kurdish forces but as sania sent the parliament of iraq's kurdish region a letter asking it to redistribute his powers spain says carlos huge demand the leader the supposed leader of catalonia will be allowed to run in regional elections in december the man is calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to madrid's direct rule of catalonia following the region's declaration of independence but you know he has no powers no competence there's no financial means for all i insist that if you want to continue in politics which is his right i think he should prepare next elections to be held us have mentioned before the first of december and there he can exercise this democratic opposition. kenyans main opposition leaders are expected to issue a statement as unofficial results from the repeats election suggest the president has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote these are live pictures from the kenyan capital nairobi opposition leader by loading is expected to address the gathering the election has been marred by violence voting suspended in some opposition. talk of zero and now stay with us. al ja

iraq in politics. how it will it take a turn now to that increasingly tense standoff in spain a top spanish government official in catalonia has apologized for violence by police during the region's un authorised independence referendum last sunday while meanwhile a spokesman for the government in madrid suggested catalonia hold fresh regional elections to try and settle the crisis sparked by its push for independence he also addressed last weekend's police violence in his statement let's have a listen go to the remote we all know that the security forces were carrying out the judge's order to prevent a vote that was illegal they were acting because the local police had to do so. they went in to prevent voting and not to target voters. if you don't buy the fact some people did suffer the consequences of that is regrettable. while meanwhile zero two senior police officers and two leading separatists have appeared in court to face addition allegations the four are accused of failing to enforce a cord ban on holding the referendum and they will have to return to court in the coming days after prosecutor

doha also coming up under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leaders reportedly not seeking to extend his term. spain's says catalonia is deposed leader can contest the december polls. calls for opposition to direct rule plus. you can feel the heat and smell the sulfur we'll take you up close to one of africa's most active volcano. holding hostages in a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu had been shot dead by security forces just hours before the fighters held coordinated attacks which killed at least twenty three people it began when two car bombs exploded and gunmen stormed a hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting monitor reports from neighboring kenya. this is the target of the first explosion. two hotel a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast that was hard across the city at least three heavily armed fighters then stormed into the hotel shooting anyone in sight and i'm going to rely on you i was driving a took to the front of the hotel and i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't k

spain. turkey's president in iran for talks are to the yes vote in the kurdish secession referendum in iraq. it's clear to me that the connections with with terrorist groups a top u.s. general in washington takes aim at pakistan's spy agency. new details are emerging that indicate the last vegas mass shooting was thoroughly planned u.s. police say sixty four year old stephen paddick set up cameras outside his hotel room to watch for approaching offices assault rifles have been found in the room which were modified to produce automatic fire and he got a report. a steven public fires down on a crowd of concert goers on sunday night newly released police body camera footage shows panic and confusion officers scramble to locate the source of the gunfire and get members of the public to safety this is a dramatic snapshot of the moments before panic was located on the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel police gave more details of how events unfolded. the suspect i can tell you that we know now that he fired off and on for somewhere between nine and eleven minutes we know that the suspec

last month's referendum to secede from iraq voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the. thousands of people have rallied in basle of spain to stay united is the biggest show of force yet from the so-called silent majority who don't support independence but some are even arrest. kenya's opposition leader has branded the presidential election a rerun man called for a new poll within ninety days. church leaders and supporters in the capital as a country remains in political limbo but the poll was marred by violence and a low turnout of just forty three percent of the dough has more from nairobi. there's little doubt president two who headed for lunch when after thousands election was boycotted by the opposition but his shrunken electron monday. time out continues to tarnish the credibility of a process. opposition leader leading the company to describe it. i think. is a bizarre it is. i think elections. in the turnout. from. kim. we said. three point five million people. but it printed in the so called addiction. custody. i was on the bottle of and boy has declared that he will play no part in the run up to the repeat tell

something like normality the rift with spain seemed wider than ever john hendren al-jazeera porcelain. iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraq's autonomous kurdish region following last week's secession referendum that the deployment as part of joint military drills with iraqi armed forces the referendum was held in the finance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey baghdad has rejected any prospect of dialogue with the kurdish regional government unless the referendum is an old one iraq's former leader saddam hussein used chemical weapons against the iraqi kurds of a province in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight that attack is often cited as a reason for support of kurdish autonomy but despite the history the provinces turned out in last week's secession referendum was low as charles trafford reports . almost thirty years ago during the final days of the iran iraq war the people of this town were victims of an atrocity that shocked the world. almost sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty eight iranian soldiers were in the area when iraqi war planes dropped chemical weapons in and around the kur

by cattle on trade unions in response to the violence by spain's national police during the power. supply tanks along its border with. iraq's sunni autonomy kurdish region process the deployment as part of a twenty military trail with iraqi armed forces tensions in the region are high following last week's kurdish secession referendum that it was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey trapping the ports from the border post and iraq's kurdistan region. will certainly for the kurds that we've spoken to here at this border crossing the customs authorities here these maneuvers are very threatening to my right on the hill behind me there is an iranian tank with its guns are pointing in this direction into the kurdish area of northern iraq it's a similar scenario to the left there are tanks over there we've been told there are tanks in borders on the hills even further back further along basically all the way along this area now the iranians say that these tanks are positioned there as part of these joint military exercises with the iraqi military the kurds here say that the iranians

by the vote on to session from spain the regional president has demanded the removal of over ten thousand spanish police sent there in the lead up to the referendum iraq has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraq's autonomous kurdish region following last week's a session referendum the deployment as part of a joint military drill with iraqi armed forces the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey the u.s. government says the progress is being made in rehabilitating puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by hurricane maria large parts of the u.s. territory are still without running water or electricity u.s. president donald trump is to use a visit to the island on tuesday ecuador supreme court has ordered the vice president be held in prison while he's investigated of corruption charges george glass is accused of taking bribes from a brazilian construction giant owes the headlines i'll be back with more news for you here on al-jazeera right after witness next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you ta

succession from spain trades unions a call for a general strike on tuesday as widespread public anger over riot police tactics. iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraq so thomas kurdish region following last week's a session referendum the deployment as part of joint military drills with iraqi armed forces the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey the u.s. government says that progress is being made in rehabilitating puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by hurricane maria large parts of the u.s. territory are still without running water or electricity u.s. president donald trump is use a visit on tuesday thousands of workers at the toyota manufacturing plant in australia as a lose their jobs the auto giant announced that it's to end production in melbourne u.s. singer tom petty has died after suffering a heart attack. as he rose to fame in the one nine hundred seventy s. with his group tom petty and a heartbreaker he was sixty six years old had a hugely successful solo career selling more than eighty million records worldwide . as the headlines twenty years after al-jaz

iraq. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera spain's prime minister has ruled out mediation of the catalan officials to resolve the crisis over last weekend's session vote this this by tens of thousands of people gathering in barcelona and madrid to call for talks to end the standoff russian police have detained more than two hundred opposition activists at anti-government protests across the country and turkey says it's backing syrian rebels in a major operation against al qaeda linked fighters in aid labor problems. hurricane mate is heading for the u.s. after wreaking havoc in central america the storm battered costa rica nicaragua honduras and el salvador killing at least twenty five people in flooding and landslides eleven of those people died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes were flooded and ten thousand people affected when they've hit nicaragua and costa rica on thursday as a tropical storm after sweeping across honduras and el salvador it headed north brushing mexican beach resorts it's now picking up strength and is expected to hit the u.s. gulf coast as a categor

logic is unacceptable there waving the poster of the terrorist leader in iraq ah how is the united states going to explain this. to spain now and the government there has secured backing from the opposition to dissolve parliament and hold new elections there the prime minister mariano rajoy says he will unveil specific measures on saturday to him put his direct rule on catalonia after its leader refused to drop his bid for independence and to simmons's more now from barcelona. what you really sense here in barcelona right now is a fear of the unknown and that's shared by both sides in this crisis politicians and public alike people on friday were going out to protest in a very different way going to banks and withdrawing one hundred five fifty five euro as a protest of protest against two of five banks which have actually moved their main administrative registrations out of catalonia because of the fear of independence or what that might mean as far as article one five five goes it's never been used before from the constitution of one nine hundred seventy eight and it will mean direct rule from madrid this is what the s

having ties to armed groups the king of spain has intervened in the crisis over catalonia describing sunday's secession referendum as illegal and undemocratic. iraq is to hold financial transactions with its kurdish region in retaliation for last week's secession referendum iraqi state television says that parliament voted in favor of the blockade in order to preserve the interests of the kurdish people the u.s. state department has ordered the expulsion of fifteen cuban diplomatic staff it has given them seven days to leave the country comes after the u.s. reduced its staff at its embassy in cuba sizing unexplained injuries to american personnel the. police in colombia have arrested more than one hundred fifty people in a crackdown on kidnapping and extortion around one thousand officers were involved in raids across colombia those in charge say that it's had a significant impact on reducing the number of cases and there's the headlines more use fear here on al-jazeera after the listening post next. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera like its president is determined to hold a referendum want to. see . the image

to secede from iraq the parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judiciary. hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in barcelona to call for spain to remain united it's the biggest show of force yes from the so-called silent majority who don't support catalonia as independent spirit some are even demanding the arrest of sacked catalan leader colace puts them on qatar's amir has told the us television program sixty minutes that the countries behind the gulf crisis are trying to force a change of leadership his country's been living on the blockade for almost five months after four arab countries cut ties in june why can a reports. 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 it less than two weeks later the blockade against qatar was launched much to the surprise of cutters emir shaikh bin. we were praising each other. laughing with each other this cussing you know how to solve this terrorism that is a threat for the rest of the world they are making demands of you that you shut down al-jazeera th

spain says catalonia. opposes. calls for opposition to directly. under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly seeking to extend his time. and a mother and daughter rig united in the philippines despite a deadly conflict that has torn hundreds of families of. at least twenty three people have been killed in coordinated attacks in the somali capital mogadishu it began when two car bombs exploded and gunman stormed a hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting and he said thirty hostages have been rescued from the building so far but many remain trapped inside my home that there are reports from neighboring kenya. this is the target of the first explosion. two hotel a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast that was hard across the city. at least three heavily armed fighters then stormed into the hotel shooting anyone in sight and i'm going to rely on you i was driving a took to the front of the hotel and i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two

referendum to secede from iraq parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judicial. and hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in barcelona spain to stay united is the biggest show of force yet from the so-called silent majority who don't support catalonia his bid for independence some are even the modern day arrest of the such leader. kenya's opposition leader has branded the presidential election a rerun a sham and call for a new poll within ninety days. church leaders and supporters in the capital as a country remains in political limbo. well the poll was marred by violence and a low turnout of just forty three percent mamadou as more from nairobi. there's little doubt present a hook in yachties headed for lunch slide when after thousands election was boycotted by the opposition parties shrunken electoral mandate due to a timeout continues to tarnish the credibility of a process that has deeply polarized this nation. opposition leader a loading case leading the company to discredit that. i think. is a bizarre it is. i think really no elections no one. you know kind of the turnout. because you know from the record of. the kim

iraq. sort of historic in spain just two was no big lesson for the spanish region of catalonia to officiallystate whether or not it's declaring independence the deadline was set by the government of madrid after the controversial referendum two weeks ago show voters wanted secession a catholic president now that is facing intense pressure from both sides. in sea steer. we have decided to insist and insist again on the need for mr project want to determine in an affirmative clear and comprehensible way that the republic must be proclaimed and it must be proclaimed on monday. rallies are still being stays in the region this one you're seeing here in the capital city of jerome we can saw hundreds there pushing for local leaders to make good on their promise to declare independence. has not gone down well in central europe the european commission president earlier warned that if catalonia does break away it would set a troubling president the us catalonia becomes independent others will do the same and i wouldn't like that i wouldn't like to see some ninety eight states in the european union it'

iraq next inside story. catalonia as leader has signed a symbolic declaration of independence from spain colors which the mole is now calling for talks with madrid but the spanish government is refusing to negotiate with its worst political crisis in decades now only stalled not resolved what's the way forward for the five country this is inside story. hello again i'm james the leaders of spain's council on your region are calling on the world to recognize it as an independent and sovereign state but not just yet late tuesday the catalonian president put its independence bid on hold by suspending the declaration he says he wants to try to negotiate with the spanish government first but the government in madrid says that spain's unity is guaranteed by the constitution and cannot be questioned so with the two sides on such extreme ends of the issue can they find a middle ground we'll get to our guests in a moment but first jonah whole report from barcelona. he arrived at the parliament building bristling with expectation a heavy police presence hinted at the weighty announcement to come but carlos demobbed pres