allow him to basically sack carlos puts them on and the parliament in barcelona just voted to declare independence so that's what this vote is that we are seeing. right now. so what has happened is the harlem and in madrid has voted to enact direct rule over catalonia basically their autonomy and that they have had for all this time is now null and void so there's two things on this collision course right the the parliament and madrid declared independence and the parliament in madrid responded by basically their autonomy and imposing direct rule that is what is happening and they're going it they're discussing the vote numbers right now so let's listen. to. food in favor two hundred ten fifteen again turn one abstention. the food is rejected particular vote. the problem in the group for the most. votes in favor two hundred and fifteen against and one abstention. next particular vote. only those put the most. two hundred ten fifteen i didn't and one abstention rejected and last. so my apologies for having to add interrupt you there are just wanted to know our viewers to know w

speaking that carlos purge the man has now left the building and getting into a car to leave parliament there's been a lot of reaction as you can imagine some of the reaction we have now to play for you is from pro secession catalogs just after this vote in parliament let's listen to that and so north of the front row i feel enormous satisfaction because after many years of fighting we managed to arrive to be as an independent catalan state it was hard to achieve it needed a huge effort by the regional assembly but we're all united we are all happy and a new life is starting for all catalans to every catalan to the seven million people who wanted a free catalonia and. that to me this means freedom it's a big emotion viva catalonia forever this is what i wanted i never imagined this would ever happen but thanks to the cid ministration we made it. the speaker of the cattle on parliament announcing the result of the vote. after everything that has been said we as democratic representatives of the people of catalonia are exercising the right of self-determination according to the mandate re

significant number here whether you consider that legitimate or not the president of catalonia carlos is said that there is no minimum threshold and he says that even under spanish law there is no minimum threshold so he considers it a victory the spanish government considers it a crime sent up to the castle i know for it is proposed today do that and they re going to go ahead with the union you need a lateral that creation of independence. yeah i spoke to carlos put it did put him on a couple days ago the catalonian regional president and he said that if this referendum went ahead and if a majority of those who voted however many that was said yes then he was going to present to the parliament a proposal to create an. independent state to declare independence and that is what most of the government officials here seem to be determined to do and now they have what they consider a mandate to do that what we don't know is how spain will respond will the spanish government come and try to occupy catalonia will it arrest the leaders who have done this they've threatened them with charges

only sign of carlos. is his portrayed his name is among twenty others on the charge sheet filed by spain's chief prosecutor they can learn why none of the film in the studio the prosecution has filed several charges for rebellion addition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the catalan regional government in their actions and decisions over the past two years have caused an institutional crisis that resulted in the unilateral declaration of independence this was carried out without observing and ignoring our constitution these charges are the worst case scenario for the sat catalan leaders sedition carries a maximum of fifteen years in jail and rebellion a maximum of thirty years. some ministers braved it out by appearing folk work then being asked by police to leave one was defiant. we will continue. later came separate meetings of both parties that were in the government coalition and they both agreed to take part in the elections called by the spanish government for december more twists and turns in a crisis with so many dimensions and now the threat of jail h

warplanes flying over the border. the pows cathal and president carlos tuesday manors met lawyers in belgium after spain's chief prosecutor sought charges against him and other leaders of the region secession vote the catalan leaders could face up to thirty years in jail if convicted of rebellion sedition and embezzlement under simmons reports from barcelona. the police may be guarding it but the seat of regional government here no longer has a president as its head the spanish state is in charge its flag didn't get removed when says session was declared by parliament last friday the only sign of carlos. is his portrayed his name is among twenty others on the charge sheet filed by spain's chief prosecutor. in ministerial. prosecution has filed several charges for rebellion addition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the catalan regional government in their actions and decisions over the past two years have caused an institutional crisis that resulted in the unilateral declaration of independence this was carried out without observing and ignoring our constituti

tuesday catalonia as leader carlos stepped back from announcing full independence and signed a symbolic declaration instead to allow for negotiations with majority. the un is accusing miramar security forces of torture killings and the rape of children as part of well organized coordinated and systematic attacks against range of muslims it says quote those clearance operations began before an attack by richenda fighters in august which is the reason given for the military crackdown syria's interior ministry says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a police headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building iraq's prime minister has formally declared victory over iceland the city of ho we need to find out about he says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria that's the last stretch of land in the country but it still controls. and those are the latest headlines here on out is there i'm back with a news hour in about twenty five minutes time until then it's insid

leads it john hendren sat down with cat along as president carlos puts them on and asked him why he thinks catalonia should be independent. the poor they see the talent in the rest of us but the effort to beat cotton and within spain has failed and now is the time to choose the only possible way to continue being cut and ends with dignity and equality of conditions an independent state will be honest i think that when then. the last part but only dealt with there are lots of patterns who want to vote and to create what i would call a democratic tsunami and people will see the world will see in them and that it is their secret plan for how to carry this out and then you tell us about it i'll call you to them and the rest of us but you know we don't know what the plans of this state are to stop their friend whom they've kept them on the ropes so we have no obligation to publicise how are we going to organize there were a friend in the gallery i will take that to mean yes there is a secret plan and no you can't tell me about it. on the front lines of this quiet revolution our children

regular going to the movies at least. carlos agrees to take us to the outskirts of an airport that is often the starting point for cocaine no trafficking. some people will be totally a mother as for me i think they are right like the i don't poke way are more common or ok we don't really go. over there but oh by where he. told me he going to hear from tell your story lines on the map there will soon be a good time we're going to know you were on the internet but it's on michael i mean . in the past five years flights between peru and bolivia have multiplied. the authorities claim to trace five flights a day out of the van i'm valley in through the new global center for cocaine production. this is carlos its regular route picking up cocaine base from the road to be turned into powder in bolivia laboratories. you know sort of every sound more like helping me out i mean that i hear they know that. almost your song we're not friends when they move. or talk on the tele yell and i hear your current. there are no new moment but there was an order. from our bureau a good room just somebody di

parliament last friday the only sign of carlos. is his portrays his name is among twenty others on the charge sheet filed by spain's chief prosecutor they can learn when your mother the. prosecution has filed several charges for rebellions addition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the cattle and regional government in their actions and decisions over the past two years you have caused an institutional crisis that resulted in the unilateral declaration of independence this was carried out without observing and ignoring our constitution these charges of the worst case for the sacked cats a lot of leaders sedition carries a maximum of fifteen years in jail and rebellion a maximum of thirty years. some ministers braved it out by appearing folk work then being asked by police to leave one was defiant. we will continue. later came separate meetings of both parties that were in the government coalition they both agreed to take part in the elections called by the spanish government for december more twists and turns in a crisis with so many dimensions and now the threat o

facility by papua new guinea's supreme court. deposed president carlos fused them all as 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 embezzle money. sources close to renegade libyan general hurley for half the forces loyal to him carried out the airstrikes and severe know which killed sixteen people most of the victims were women forces want to have to have the siege for more than a year. a former advisor to u.s. president donald trump has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with a legit middleman for russia the white house says charges against george proper the oval office and to all the former advisers to trump's campaign are irrelevant the white house says the case for fails to show it was collusion with russia to influence the election moscow is once again said the allegations made against it are refined to see our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports. from do solemnly swear donald trump has

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 is highly prized as a

who simmons has more now from barcelona. carlos pushed him on is on a mission trying to get international support while at the same time justifying why he left his homeland after charges were filed against him by the spanish prosecutor i am not here you know the man desirability for he goes on. this is not a belgian question you're losing i'm here in brussels as a capital of europe. this is not a matter of the. question of the belgian politics there's no relationship. i'm here. to act with freedom and safety. pushed him all says he needs guarantees if he comes back and he wouldn't say how long he'll be away in the organization that's involved in all the big procession demonstrations the mood lifts a little thing it only makes sense that at least part of the government can remain operative outside the country because it would not be safe for them to stay in spain pushed him on spent a low profile weekend apart from a call for peaceful support then came the heat on monday with charges filed and he was nowhere to be seen when he emerged in belgium his supporters have a range of

leader carlos appears the man is calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to the spanish government's direct rule of law in the region madrid stripped catalonia of its autonomy and dissolve the regional parliament after barcelona declared independence on friday under simmons reports from barcelona. their sinking long live spain this is the response to the breakaway declaration from barcelona on friday the demonstrators are unionists government supporters in madrid waving spanish flags. that i am cattle i am spanish and it is a moment in which we need to be more united be brave and to do something definitive . as the demonstrators in madrid called for the jailing of the catalan leader. he was freely walking around his home city of jerome surrounded by supporters and media the prosecutor general is set to announce charges. pushed him or made a t.v. address to catalans calling for peaceful support. it is clear to us that the best way to defend what we have achieved so far is to have a democratic opposition to article one five five this is the response to the deliberate actio

catalonia as leader carlos bridge them on has held a cabinet meeting and the regional parliament in barcelona is due to give a speech on whether he'll follow through on the referendum vote to split from spain and make a unilateral declaration of independence but the spanish government has warned it will act on any attempt to divide the country. we're covering the story from both sides lawrence lee is in madrid but first let's go to jonah hole who's outside the catalan parliament in barcelona as everyone desperate to know whether he'll declare independence or some other kind of form of decision. absolutely lauren a i'm sure there has never been such a spotlight shown on the building behind me here the regional parliament in catalonia bristling with security the local police force the most awesome squad here in big numbers as well as is mr wisdom on himself he arrived about half an hour ago and we expect to hear from him any minute now and the big question of course that everybody wants to know will he or won't he the government hasn't given much of a clue much of a sign as to what ma

leaving a political situation unclear reports suggested that carlos was going to announce plans for regional elections in december and a declaration of independence spain senate plans to debate the implementation of article one fifty five of its constitution what that would do is allow suspension of caroline his political autonomy and thousands of people in barcelona are demonstrating against spain's plans to dissolve catalonia government live pictures of those protests happening right now in barcelona covering all angles of this so. andrew when might we hear. from catalonia as leader and where do they stand right now. so he may appear he's lucky took the hour now so tuesday will be so hard to find. the public's been so. the ruling. very soon we were told to him to the people of the press will be here in the only a little so as bowing actually saying that he loaned to cold snap elections in december december twentieth was mentioned by. a publication which helped supposedly have a leak. the reaction amongst both politicians and the public in fact we understand that the partners in th

the region's president carlos preached a moment it's a bit scary to see. it in the streets because i am used to see them. used to see so many bodies when she says yes and now they're here. we have them on our doorstep and it's like feeling under siege. these police guys the have really hit us hard and it's i think it's very bad here at the moment a spokesman for the squadron police force said it had no choice but to accept the supreme court ruling. we don't understand it at all we have been guarding the spear court of catalonia for the last twenty four years and there's never been any reason to doubt our service so we don't understand it and we don't like it but it is a judicial destruction so we accepted. the extremely unusual you might call it provocative site of spain's national police on guard outside this important building in central barcelona is a reminder of just what sensitive times these are as this region and the whole of spain await a possible unilateral declaration of independence by catalonia on monday madrid again made it clear that an independence declaration would ha

fifty five to suspend catalonia as political autonomy the move comes after the catalan president carlos pure jamal warned his regional parliament could vote on a formal declaration of independence if madrid did not agree to talks. at least forty three afghan soldiers have been killed after an armored vehicle exploded at a military camp in kandahar the taliban says it was behind the attack. pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif his daughter and son in law have all been charged with corruption they deny the charges the supreme court disqualified sharif from office in july for not declaring his source of income from luxury flights and london. while pressure is mounting on me and maher in the past day the united states the united nations and human rights groups have all condemned the violent crackdown on muslims in rakhine states the us secretary of state rex tillerson says his country holds me in mars' military leadership accountable. for the violence amnesty international accusing me in mars' security forces of crimes against humanity alleging they were engaged in the systematic r

next my. castle anya's president carlos pritam or has refused to hold a snap election unless spain central government agrees to certain conditions he says he hasn't received enough guarantees from the trace that it won't impose direct role of the autonomous region if a new election is held thousands of protesters have gathered outside the capital and government headquarters in anticipation of his speech well out of there as anderson is joins us live now from barcelona so andrew what's happening there right now. well there are still demonstrations going on pro independence procession is groups demonstrating here i don't swear in barcelona but really it's been a very confusing and tense day initially there were reports. of series of reports in regional media newspapers t.v. that carlos opposed them all and actually decided to call a snap election that's not regional election which would really have matched the agreement that the poll i don't recall one five five for elections within six months and it was apparent that there was some sort of deal going on and that caused a lot of deri

announcement to come but carlos demobbed president of catalonia is regional government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. as president it's my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a public. should become the words greeted with rounding applause in the chamber before the independent state party was put on hold. we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solution we need to lower tensions and show our will and commitment to meet the demands of the catalan people the reaction in madrid came swiftly and this course not kato your present day that the speech that the catalan president has made today is a speech by a person who doesn't know where he is where he's going or with whom he wants to go the government cannot accept that the catalan referendum be validated because it's been suspended by the constitutional court. having consistently refused to talk one centrist politician suggested the time may have come for the gove

issue carlos pushed them all said the overwhelming yes vote meant catalonia had won the right to be an independent state but he softened his previous line saying he wants a new understanding with spain not a traumatic break with spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is meeting the opposition leader to discuss his response spain's constitution gives him the power to dismiss catalonia regional government and suspend its autonomy wisdom on the e.u. to intervene but it considers it to be an internal matter for spain european commission spokesman has called for all the players to move from confrontation to dialogue let's take you live now to our visitors john hendren who's in barcelona for us and john all of this leads to great uncertainty for the people of catalonia. it does indeed felicity that there was celebration here today in this square where i am right now and all across parcel lonna and catalonia but it was measured they were really hoping the leaders of this is session movement were really hoping for a spectacular outcome a spectacular turnout in that election and what happened was

the region carlos pushed them all accuse madrid of ignoring the will of catalan people who voted to secede from spain the spanish government sacked him and dissolved his parliament after it declared independence from spain on friday and independence demonstrators have gathered on the streets of madrid in support of the government u.s. defense secretary james mattis says the threat of a nuclear missile attack by north korea is accelerating speaking at annual defense talks in south korea mattis insisted diplomacy was the preferred course of action but stressed it was only effective when backed by credible force. mayor miles government said it has put in place a plan to harvest rice from land abandoned by row hinge of families in northern iraq and states more than six hundred thousand ranger have fled to bangladesh since late late august after a military crackdown by myanmar's military human rights groups say the decision raises questions about whether the refugees well ever be allowed back those are the headlines i'll be back in twenty five minutes but for now you can see inside story

carlos would you mark later today is there a sense of what he's going to be announcing. is the million dollar question followed but in terms of how this has been progressing over the past few days as well there seems to be some kind of sign that he is under enormous pressure to do to have some kind of declaration of independence that is certainly of no doubt but it's also taking a look at the pragmatic issues that are at stake care and the fact that in terms of the european union of. but there's also a sense well how much of an independent so what can he do would it be more of a symbolic show of it all would it be an outright defiance of the spanish government of whom they've said they would absolutely waste no time in trying to. reverse any any such option with me to discuss more on that is sonia and she's a political analyst at the university of. the cuts is really in a very difficult situation now really isn't it is i would say it's actually even a trap or a tricky situation the president himself is from the conservative party but he is governing in a correlation with the party whic

day's sport including details on the rasta brazil's olympic committee president carlos newsman on charges of corruption. iraq's prime minister says his military has retaken from eisel iraqi military vehicles rolling into the northern town of the campaign to recapture her wish it was announced two weeks ago it is. main town and one for the last two iraqi enclaves still held by isis fighters well i don't know how to how do you we have liberated how we judge them and in this regard we have only the borderline with syria to go so we have beaten terrorism and our armed forces despite all difficulties have achieved big progress fighting terrorism in iraq. charles traffic has more now from nearby davis this is a peshmerga defensive position we understand according to the peshmerga fighters that we've spoken to that it is around twenty kilometers in that direction according to the iraqi military going offensive continues we understand that they are in control certainly of the center of the city but they are pushing eisel in this direction but tween here and here we are there are a number

leaving the political situation unclear a report suggested that carlos approached the mob was going to announce plans for regional elections and december and drop a declaration of independence spain senate plans to debate the employment taishan article one fifty five of the constitution which allow suspension of catalonia political autonomy also thousands of university students are protesting in barcelona demonstrating against spain's plans to dissolve catalonia as the government is going down to andrew symonds who is live and barcelona so andrew what what we know about when and where we may actually hear from carlos poached them on there was a sentence a patient about the statement there's an announcement he was supposed to make and that it's been suspended i believe it's a language they're using not cancel per se so what do we know about where and when we might hear from him. well that is the big question that's the question what good you would cope with the camera there right away it's a question that the students in the demonstrators all round this well what should house is the

will declare independence mystery surrounds whether carlos put him on will honor the process and vote for a referendum that the national government says was illegal flawed for life to barcelona and madrid as the clock ticks down and australia and syria's world cup dream in an extra truck time ruler in sydney the visitors though certainly far away until the end they want to hazard. special sports segment with all the celebration heartbreak and reaction and it's kind of lonely away to find out its fate will also look at how public broadcasters have been accused of fanning the flames of division i mean your questions and comments throughout the show using the hash tag. you're the news get real live on air we're streaming online as well through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com so kenya's fragile political situation has been dealt a significant blow that's just in the past hour where the opposition leader raul loading up pulling out from a rerun of the presidential election well he lost the election in august to president kenyatta but the result was later scrapped by the su

carlos was due to speak others went to his party's headquarters. we were protesting today against article one hundred five and all of a sudden we hear that pushed him on wants to call for elections we are totally against it we feel this is treason to the castle. eventually announce that no decision had been made. you know that i am willing to call an election so long as there are certain guarantees so that we can hold elections under normal circumstances those guarantees of not being provided and there for elections are not warranted my duty was to try to hold elections and to do it honestly and truthfully in order to avoid any impact on our institutions after the president finally did make an appearance these crowds seem to the main supporters of the earlier. shouted traitor when reports of notes that he was going to actually announce the stuff the election is appearance that was showed you was then quote suspended by his start. in madrid the spanish deputy prime minister said nothing had changed article one five five would go ahead on friday the president an article in this one

important thing is that the president of spain carlos carlos pledged a month told me in an interview the day before the referendum that there was known threshold that he had to meet and he said even under spanish law you don't have to have a fifty percent threshold of eligible voters voting for that to be a legitimate election so they plan to move forward with their independence movement so moving forward and what way what what is next john. well we jim on says that he is valid that within forty eight hours of the referendum if most people voted yes that he would press for a declaration of independence from the government of the region of catalonia that would begin the process of independence and of course spain has shown it is not going to sit tight for that it is considered this referendum illegal and it is considered the efforts of catalonia crime threatening to prosecute those people who have let it with crimes up to sedition which carries a fifteen year prison penalty you can be sure that spain will strike back the key is will other countries recognize this independence movement and tha

other elections the demonstrators change their plans marching to the building where president carlos was due to speak others went to his party's headquarters. we were protesting today against article one hundred five and all of a sudden we hear that wants to call for elections we are totally against it we feel this is treason to the castle. eventually announce that no decision had been made. you know that i am willing to call an election so long as there are certain guarantees so that we can hold elections under normal circumstances those guarantees of not being provided and after elections are not warranted my duty was to try to hold elections and to do it honestly and truthfully in order to avoid any impact on our institutions after the president finally did make it up. these crowds seem to the main supporters that hear it shouted traitor when reports emerge that he was going to actually announce this action his appearance it was should you was then quote suspended by the star. in madrid the spanish deputy prime minister said nothing had changed article one five five would go ahead

giving cut a line leader karl leader that is carlos puts them on until 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 presses ahead with secession u.s. president donald trump has suggested talks on the three country north american trade deal could fail that's after a visit by the canadian prime minister but justin trudeau says he's optimistic about the negotiations and that the meeting with trump went well 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 last week the u.s. embassy in ankara suspended thesis services after a staff member was detained and canceled americans existing pieces and start up stopped issuing new ones in retaliation turkey's deputy prime minister earlier attempted to diffuse the tension which he says has been overblown you know i want to be very clear we don't want these dispute to last more than a second. we responded you know like

people for thinking a different way about secession and a televised address carlos put them on said he wants mediators to help resolve the standoff with spain's central government but madrid says for that to happen the region must respect the law and on parliament is expected to unilaterally declare independence next monday the european commission's vice president has urged the spanish government and cattle on already to avoid further confrontation. violence does not solve anything in politics it is never an answer never a solution and it can never be used as a weapon or instruments europe knows this better than anywhere else none of us want to see violence in our society. however it is of course the jew chief for any government to uphold the rule of law and this sometimes does require the put portion of use of force karl penhall has more from barcelona. the head of the catalan government colors posed to monta used a televised address to criticize the spanish government's handling of the political crisis he also said that he firmly disagreed with king philippe's address to the nation t

historical cliche catalans president carlos. a former journalist also knows that when dealing with the foreign news media it helps to speak the language. among. them when did frontage of the independence movement is that the last two presidents of the capital and parliaments to a mass and. the month communicate very well and speak various languages they are proficiency in english and french it is clear that those who are often pro independence want to give this conflict and international look and feel to enable european mediation that want to go along catalonia to vote in a referendum that's the strategy and it's been done very well there you know. when and if there is something really quite tragic going on here as far as journalism is concerned journalists are always looking for sensational stories any foreign journalists the anglo-saxon ones in particular are forever looking for even the slightest trace of the spanish civil war in contemporary events so the sensational approach is to say that we are dealing with a rebellion an uprising that signals the end of the spanish constitution

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autonomy system and the question is will carlos actually more or less go right away with a declaration of independence so this is really a charged area and there could be some dramatic developments andrew thanks very much and as soon as that news conference starts with mariano rajoy we will bring it to you live here on al-jazeera now we move on at least eighty seven people in a known to have died in friday's mosque attacks in afghanistan eisel says one of its fighters walked into a shia mosque in the capital and detonated an explosive vest the mosque was packed with worshippers attending friday prayers the second blast happened when a suicide bomber targeted a sunni mosque in central gore province jennifer glass has more now from kabul. the afghan capital awoke to two explosion just at just about six thirty local time two rockets landing not far from nato headquarters here in kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for that the latest attack in a series i hear in the end here in the afghan capital and around the country the islamic state claimed responsibility for a friday night a

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 jazeera. and for you. the brazilian amazon and immense ra

tuned to the needs of of the community. you know that boy that william carlos williams wrote about the red wheelbarrow it's only forty words so much depends upon a red wheel barrow plays with rainwater beside the white chickens. what are you talking about says i i mean i really tried to get that one it was a december because we had two kids in our town that they live by the river in the they had ice over they'd got out and they fell through the ice and drowned one was six one of those four i think we put them both in one casket. and i remember the minute walking those parents into see these two little boys they were in there we got blue jeans one had his arm on the other one they looked like two boils i remember looking out the window at my garage across the street and well they're all there something to take your your gaze away on which you could concentrate all your attention so as to avert your eyes from this horrible notion that this could happen to be a good funeral director you have to notice right away that there are things that won't be fixed but you can be present for them. ob

as president carlos an ultimatum to abandon plans or risk losing its autonomy barker reports from barcelona. catalonia as independence movements looking increasingly desperate they're reaching out for help it concerns to each and every european citizen but slick campaign videos won't and the tense standoff with the spanish government. earlier this week protests at barcelona against the jailing of two independents leaders by spanish judge the catalan president call a speech of almost call them political prisoners last week a unilaterally declared independence and civil tasty suspended it to allow for talks but prime minister. says his government won't mediate with secessionists he. given puts him on until thursday morning to clarify revoke any independence claim if he doesn't back down the spanish government could take an unprecedented step and impose direct rule put him on and his entire government could be suspended or even jailed this is high stakes political brinkmanship of mr preacher man seems ready to risk everything he believes he's honoring the will of more than two millio

would seem no more will they be made possibly by carlos. and his ministers who have all been ordered for suspension that has to be ratified by the senate and that meeting is like the place take place next friday what we expect to hear from pushed him on is unclear he will attend a demonstration which is not a long way from here but it will be a big one apparently according to organizers it's taking place in only a few hours' time he will be there that demonstration and he will make an announcement according to council on television at night saturday night and spell out what the reaction is will it be defiance an insistence that he stays in place somehow or will it be a declaration of independence which has been suspended that declaration which is a rather unusual situation that has caused all the build up. to this crisis but it has had a real slow motion nature all of this a convoluted procedure to invoke this article one five five which has never been used before in spain for decades history of democracy what happens thanks andrew the prime minister says he's taking away or he sacki

soon as this weekend a comments come off to carlos pushed him on to was invited to the national parliament for talks on thursday meanwhile catalonia is regional government has said it will convene a session of its parliament to discuss moves by madrid to take direct rule of the region. human rights groups in france are denouncing an upcoming visit to paris by the egyptian president they say france should not support present. politically or sell weapons to egypt activists say torture or oppression and unfair trials against civil rights advocates and journalists a common french president's office has responded by insisting it's particularly vigilant about human rights issues. present micron should not continue to scandalous policy or french tolerance towards the repressive government of l.c.c. and should not pretend that the human rights question will be evoked drawing his visit without acting on this means that the demands of the suffering of egyptians will be swept under the carpet. japan's prime minister has promised to tackle the challenges of both north korea's military actio

after the arrest of carlos brazil's olympic committee president he was arrested as part of an investigation into voted by a scandal the probe is linked to rio's awarding of the twenty sixteen olympics this man has also been suspended as i.o.c. honorary member and withdrawn from the tokyo twenty twenty coordination commission fell pair cam newton has apologized on social media after being accused of being sexist towards a female reporter he carline up panthers quarterback said during a press conference that it was funny to hear a female talking about football when questions by a jordan or from a local newspaper the league condemned the twenty eight year old comments as plain wrong and this respectful one sponsor had dropped newton from their books. during this whole process i've already lost sponsors and counseling and i realized that the joke was really on me. and i learned a valuable lesson from this and to. young people see this oh that you learned something from this. don't be like me. be better than. i am to the reporters to the journalists. to the. super mom. to the daugh

shooting rashid said the more carlos thing the group could have done but then there was people over who was one of the government's ability to protect the people in mogadishu saying look only the government. troops there more than twenty thousand of union peacekeepers in the country and have been there for more than two years why is that the. box holds all. compete on. you. in the cup with all. of the groups life of one group of people. to the government's ability to protect them i want our audience to shout and to see what it was like thinking surrounding five has hit the streets have a look as the council protest decides to upset today's a blast site that was cut by somali police and up to continue peacekeepers but the college press sourcing the police to shift and to discuss the goldfish bowl mourning period is over i'm does it as a militia say they come out ask the difficult questions they say that i'm going to the house will they believe kind of talk but also the government for what they call a failure to protect them. well to let me bring you into the conversation we've had a

called to testify on thursday andrew symonds reports from barcelona. carlos pushed him on is only a mission trying to get international support while at the same time justifying why he left his homeland after charges were filed against him by the spanish prosecutor i am not here in order to do in desirability for the cause on this is not a belgian question and i'm here in brussels as a capital of europe. this is not a matter of the. question of the belgian politics. there's no relationship. i'm here. to act with freedom and safety. pushed him all says he needs guarantees if he comes back and he wouldn't say how long he'll be away in the organization that's involved in all the big procession demonstrations the mood lifts a little i think it only makes sense that at least part of the government can remain operative outside the country because it would not be safe for them to stay in spain pushed him and spent a low profile weekend apart from a call for peaceful support then came the heat on monday with charges filed and he was nowhere to be seen when he emerged in belgium his supporte

rebellion sufficient in the bessel months meanwhile deposed cattle and president carlos pushed amount has travelled to brussels seeking support for the bid to split from spain under simmons reports from barcelona. the police may be guarding it but the seeds of regional government here no longer has a president as its head the spanish state is in charge its flag didn't get removed when says session was declared by parliament last friday only sign of carlos. is his portrayed his name is among twenty others on the charge sheet filed by spain's chief prosecutor begin. filming the study of the prosecution has filed several charges for rebellion addition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the catalan regional government with their actions and decisions over the past two years have caused an institutional crisis that resulted in the unilateral declaration of independence this was carried out without observing and ignoring our constitution these charges are the worst case scenario for the sat catalan leaders sedition carries a maximum of fifteen years in jail and rebellion a m

favor of independence and it points to the level of anticipation ahead of the speech by carlos bridge to mark the regional president of parliament tomorrow evening whether or not he will unilaterally declare independence from spain and the question of independence of course leads to the question of what happens the day after nobody really knows but among the things that will change and change very quickly is that institutions of state like this court will change hands which is why the president of the high court here appealed to the supreme court to say look send us some additional reinforced security to stand alongside the most hostile squadron couple of his own police force just in case to protect the integrity of the building in those inside so this is a judicial decision it's not a political decision as such yet having said that though it is very clear that the use of section one five five of the constitution which would revoke catalonia is autonomy it's never been used before but the government in madrid has made it very clear they may well be prepared to use it the day after any

builds on the catalan leader carlos push tomorrow to clarify whether he has declared independence military parades flyovers and marches took place in madrid with smaller scale demonstrations in boston area. and those are the latest headlines coming up next it's al jazeera correspondent i'm back in twenty five minutes. the smallest sprout shows there is really no dare. all goes outward nothing collapses we're committing poetry it's a reading of walt whitman song of myself thomas lynch is both a writer and a funeral director he is considered the poet laureate of the funeral business i say read write resist and this is what we do i bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass i love if you want me again look for me under your boot soles oh. thank you my dad always said thomas lynch's bestselling book about funeral service the undertaking is the book he wished he could write like my father thomas lynch took over his father's funeral home in a small town in michigan he recently passed it on to his son morning how are you oh man how you doing very good thank you. dr coffee i'll be

and leadership possibly even the arrest of carlos carlos push him on it himself it could mean other things the control of the regional police being taken over by the interior ministry as well as other financial constraints being imposed upon catalonia what's going to happen next is very very unclear but it's hard to imagine the next few days going by without there being any outpouring of support amongst the independence movement for the catalan government and of course the e.u. capitals as well as the e.u. had quarters in brussels watching with great anticipation they had hoped. would not come this far the one thing that madrid has in its favor to a certain extent is that no nation on the globe has actually said it would recognize an independent catalonia. yes and i think perhaps it's fair to say one of the failings of the independence movement was being able to explain wat or what practically independence would look like of course beyond all the sound of the fury in the energy of the independence movement what happens if independence does happen they would have to catalonia would h

here and of course the president carlos. has said he's going to move forward with his move toward independence. defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. is a strong nation and i feel. i don't look and doing great things and i don't just been is because of the biota is because of the repression and i don't like spain because of all of that catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. the moment calls the mediation and has to be internationals used to be effective. called for a formal independence vote from the regions parliament the response from the european union was swift and to secessionist disappointing on their of the spanish constitution yesterday's vote to cut the lonia was not to go in madrid prime minister marianna real horror met with his cabinet as his country faced a constitutional crisis catalonia might be on the verge of declaring itself an independent nation but the day after the referendum looks pretty much like the day before there's a healthy

in this illegal referendum today the one. well in the last hour the catalan president carlos french to more criticize that response by the spanish government accusing it of violence and prussian blue. the banners and i'm here to pay tribute to the bravery and courage of millions of catalans who took part in the referendum on self-determination in the state try to stop. today the spanish government has demonstrated a shameless attitude showing that it's only through violence that they can get their message across the spanish state has always on such questions with violence and repression. how is life for us and. monitoring what he was saying that well more can you tell us about what his message was really. well i think from the messages both from the prime minister and also from catalonia first minister carlos posed among you can see that neither side is talking the same language neither side is backing down and both sides indicating that this political crisis is going to get a lot worse before it gets any better we still haven't had any official results from the referendum yet but i