And im jane dutton this is al jazeera life and also coming up on the eve of another secession that referendum catalonia remains defiant as the Central Government in madrid tries to block the vote. The u. S. Navy sends ships to help with Recovery Efforts and puerto rico still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria plus. A hole in the river unit of the local hospital is probably where a new wave of refugees arrival has brought with them more terrible stories of the rabindra exodus from. Iraqs government is increasing pressure on Kurdish Regional leaders following mondays secession referendum official results say ninety two percent of those who voted said yes to the. Sation iraq Central Government says the vote was Illegal Parliament has called on Prime Minister high the body to deploy troops to disputed areas including the oil rich area of kids that areas managed by Kurdish Military units but officially governed by baghdad a body says the kurdish leadership must relinquish control of border crossings and oil revenues several International Airlines have agreed to baghdads request to stop flying into airports managed by the Regional Government from friday Turkeys Foreign Ministry has advised its citizens to leave the area before flights are suspended take as president ridge of tire better one is warning against Ethnic Division in the region following the vote. The issue in Northern Iraq is not related to any partys right to establish a state the main issue here is the support for the parties are willing to wait for endless clashes in the region by destroying the unity togetherness and solidarity of the regions people but region has already suffered a lot due to sectarian tension and the ethnic conflicts will hurt more we have to calculate the benefit from this situation but i dont have made reports from just outside of the bill. Coming from iran and turkey. They consider this referendum a threat to their own National Security you have to bear in mind that they have a sizable kurdish nation and those two countries and while the referendum that was happening here they were sort of celebrations even messages of support from those kurdish populations whether from iran from. This referendum actually on the main square of the celebrations the night of the referendum itself. Kurds who had crossed the border where they come here not to vote but to be part of the day that it was very symbolic even for them even if it had direct week on the whole big boy it would be the way for them to also forge ahead with some sort of maybe or any kind of. Contemporary history of the middle east a cattle university he says iraq iran and turkey are coordinating their response to the referendum. We have to expect more pressure on and kristan i think this is these are the first step of the pressure. Kurdistan. They have to show good willingness. To the Central Government and they have not done this yet and i think and listen they do that unless they confirm that you know they are willing to cooperate and to coordinate further steps and actually the request of on the Central Government is actually to to. Announce that this referendum is illegal im not sure that the kurdistan will be able to do this after the ninety two percent of the you know voters said yes for and so could the stand and the severe pressure if the International Community would not intervene to do anything i think has to play with the regional players and to give a concession so they can go ahead on their steps or at least accept the fact of that and instead should be done with the coordination with the government and by that. Thousands of students in the spanish region of catalonia marching in support of a controversial independence referendum regional leaders in the virtual go ahead as planned on sunday despite spains Central Government and warning the vote is illegal. To discuss plans to block people entering Voting Centers. Is. Surrounded by School Students whats going on. The crowds are thinning out a little bit now. Sixteen thousand. Students. And on to the streets. To express their support for catalonia to break away from spain in the referendum this coming sunday now of course if you look through this crowd youll see some young faces some clearly young to see this coming sunday but they say nevertheless that they have turned out to express support for the referendum for barcelona and also simply just for the right to vote its also a reflection of become a battleground in this political crisis between the Central Government. And Regional Government that is because the schools are likely to be used as Voting Centers come sunday and the Central Government is ordered. To go to schools. Potential crime scenes and stop the boats happening a lot of the students are saying is that. They will head to those schools. Around them to stop the Police Coming in to close them and Political Developments. A number of Political Developments lets remember no country. The European Union has said that they will recognize the outcome of catalonia referendum. On sunday they have said that those countries of called mostly for support of the spanish constitution which is declared the referendum illegal and so the day the capital and Foreign Affairs minister was in brussels and he made a very Firm Statement saying the cats language no government would recognize sundays vote as binding and if it was a vote yes vote then within forty eight hours the cattle and government would declare independence from spain that of course will only deepen this political crisis which has been rumbling on now for many months but its coming to a head over these last few days here in barcelona there was also a meeting between spanish Central Government officials and cattle and government officials but really no positive outcome there both off already still very much on a collision course join. Breaks at the goetia asians are mixed on the status of talks between the European Union and the u. K. E. U. Chief negotiator Michel Barnier says sufficient progress has not been made he said discussions would need to take place for several weeks or months britains brick said negotiator david davies was more optimistic telling reporters they were making decisive steps forward. The Chinese Government ordering most north korean owned businesses in china to shut down china is the norths main trading partner the Commerce Ministry in beijing says the businesses must close within one hundred twenty days of the last round of u. N. Sanctions imposed earlier this month ordered after the north defied previous sanctions and detonated another Nuclear Bomb Test and launched ballistic missiles. A fleet of u. S. Navy ships packed with personnel and aid has been sent to hurricane hit puerto rico food and Water Supplies are running low and three million islanders are still without power eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the u. S. Territory there is a ball reports from the caribbean island. Even then cool is still trying to recover her belongings from the damages caused by hurricane my dear she lives in san juan puerto ricos capital because having only see her i didnt want to leave my house when the hurricane came i stayed inside with my two sons and tried to protect the little we had just like in the rest of the capital in this neighborhood there is still no water or electricity and this is one of the front ones poorest neighborhoods as you can see many of the houses here have been completely destroyed mostly because there were built with a mattress and wood those who are living here had to seek refuge in a shelter and thats where they remain in days after the category four hurricane hit this u. S. Territory in the caribbean the United States government says aid is on the way to address the growing humanitarian crisis in some parts of the island the federal Emergency Management agency has said badly damaged airports and seaports are making it difficult to get aid in personnel so puerto rico has tremendous problems with floods and with damage and collapse were still looking for people still looking for people but im going to be going there are tuesday may also stop at the Virgin Islands the governor there is done a terrific job on the streets of san juan people are lining up for hours to get fuel and cell phone towers have not been fully restored. People like my p. S. A. Aid is going to slow. Down when i would like you know i still havent received any help do you see much going on around the city its like nobody kid is many here feel the same way as they struggle to get by every day. And just see some one Port Authority go help is also needed on the caribbean island of dominica where Hurricane Maria killed at least twenty seven people doesnt remain missing they feared dead and ninety five percent of homes were either destroyed or damaged most of the island remains without food water and electricity is under is there. Im here in a side street in the capitol of a road so you can get a sense of how bad this hurricane was there just destruction here everywhere now look at this vehicle that im about to show you again it shows you how strong the winds were and how ferocious the storm was you can see a helicopter about to land here this is near the stadium and we see a helicopter areas last. Thirty minutes when we flew into the country what we saw was absolutely devastating this is normally a very lush green island but it was all brown the force of the hurricane winds just ripped all of the trees and vegetation completely out of the ground it was absolutely astonishing when we got to one of the main airports we saw aid convoys that were arriving from various Different Countries helicopters also large military planes as well aid is finally starting to get into the country and its needed desperately on the drive we saw more of the extreme devastation thats been hitting this country at one point there were people with gathering water from a precious water stream because thats the only access to water that they had very very bad way off to the right this is that these are just nothing. The steroid the the whats. The room and suddenly we came here to speak to the countrys Prime MinisterRoosevelt Skerritt this is what he had to tell us complete devastation and every street and every village in the country. It is it is it is very painful to see the suffering and and wish people well aid is starting to come into the country its very clear the recovery of dominique is going to take weeks months know its going to take years. In the House Minority leader nancy pelosi has been talking about puerto rico and what is being needed in washington lets listen to what she had to say congresswoman velasquez for bringing us together this morning thank you for your ongoing commitment to the people of our entire country and that includes puerto rico thank you for sharing the grief of your family. You were born and raised there and came to america to be in a stark figure here to be one of the few women in congressional history to chair a full committee of the congress of the United States you share that proud heritage with Luis Gutierrez who was whose family is from puerto rico as well as from jose serrano and mr soto hes half italian. But nonetheless they are serious messengers to us on the ongoing of the challenges facing the people of puerto rico now we cant make them whole right this minute but we can give them hope immediately and that is what we must do we want the people of puerto rico to know that their plight challenges the conscience of our country. Challenges our conscience and we must meet that challenge and so that would take the form that would take the form of doctors helicopters habit trucks water food generators temporary housing medical supplies that we need it yesterday we must move more quickly and to the people of the Virgin Islands we share your concerns equally and again we want to give you hope as we try to make you whole puerto rico in the u. S. Virgin islands need resources they need our focus and they need the full commitment of this congress and this it ministration now and into the future sad as the situation is it does provide an opportunity for the islands to redo their grid so that they will be leaders into the future of how people receive their electricity their communication and the rest are right now we have some challenges in infrastructure their helicopters can leapfrog over that but as we rebuild in both places to do so with the leading the way into the future than this is a National Emergency millions of our fellow americans are in peril and we have to be joined with them and were calling on our colleagues democrats and republicans alike to move quickly time the most valuable commodity of all which makes the biggest difference and how people can be nice can be addressed in that relief effort time is very important so we want everything to move faster to the extent that that means acts of congress we have to move quickly as well but again my College Roommates on us a part that i havent been able to hear from her just anecdotal but nonetheless indicative of what everyone has gone through when when trying to reach loved ones there it is. Nancy pelosi talking in washington d. C. Surrounded by Democratic House leadership members there just talking about the plight of people in puerto rico and what it is that they need she said they running out of time time is of the s. And essence now shit is a National Emergency and they need aid and they need it now. Player now deserve donald trump has his way congress will pass the biggest tax overhaul in u. S. History and critics say americas rich are going to love it. Welcome back now across southern and eastern parts of china weve still got some rain showing up the things are relatively quiet now so if the shanghai it should be somewhat dries we head on through into saturday we may see southern parts of china picking up more in the way of rain which might push into parts of northern vietnam too still looking fairly wet across laos and meum are a lot of heavy showers in here and certainly through up into buying the dash and bhutan the poor were seeing very heavy rain continuing to develop here so moving across into south asia you can see on the satellite imagery those showers across those northeastern areas also down through the Western Ghats weve got some heavy rain returning once again through the course of friday but central northern parts of india much of pakistan expected to remain dry and fine with temperatures in the mid thirtys as far as delhi is concerned and kharaj theyre coming to the maximum of thirty two degrees here in the Arabian Peninsula just the humidity levels around the gulf states just dropping very slightly now probably still saying quite humid until the first week of october but generally its getting a little bit better on the other side of the Peninsula Community generally less temperatures there in the low fortys so head on through into saturday still forty one a medina further south at altitude of course temperatures considering there are twenty six in santa. I just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page where theyre online want to pollute the u. S. Citizens here and want polluted people of iraq for one and the same or if you join us on saturday i was never put a file been looked at differently because im darker than all the people this is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag a. J. Stream and one of your pitches might make a connection join the global conversation this time on aljazeera. Were going to be remind you of the top stories this hour Iraqs Parliament is calling on the Prime Minister to send troops to areas controlled by Kurdish Military units it follows mondays kurdish session referendum ninety two percent of people who voted said yes to secede. The government of the catalonia region in spain insists an independence referendum on sunday will go ahead the Central Government warns the vote is illegal these chiefs have been discussing plans to take control of voting booth and block people from casting about. A future of u. S. Navy ships packed with personnel and aid is being sent to hurricane hit but a week of food and Water Supplies are running low and three million islanders are still without power eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the u. S. Territory. At least fourteen rangar from me and mine have died when their boat capsized off the coast of bangladesh the bodies of ten children four women were found on beach in the United Nations says more than half a million rangar have arrived in bangladesh in the past month to escape a military crackdown. The Un Security Council is due to hold a session on the crisis late on thursday hospitals in bangladesh are struggling to cope with the influx reports. The Government Hospital in the town of cops is bizarre is the next best thing to the clinics in the camps it receives some of the more seriously injured and sick including you arrivals in the last few days. Its hot its filthy and it stinks. But for Mohammad Saleem and his family it is a haven from the horrors of their journey to bangladesh woken up at night by gunfire in the village they room for their lives but the children were left behind. When the shooting stopped i came out of the jungle and found my wife where my other children i did not know i have three children i found my wife on the floor and the baby and saw that my wife had been shot three times in one leg and in the other went in. Mohammed picked up his injured wife and baby and fled they dont know whats happened to the other children aged two and three i knew that. I felt like my world had changed for ever thinking about what id left behind leaving my children behind i had left my own children behind did i feel like carrying on i didnt even feel like taking a single step forward. The couple believe they hope the children may have been picked up by fleeing relatives it feels like a forsaken place this hospital people on the floor on benches the rubble patients and their own beds more stories than we were able to tell. We also met while emma the tune beaten by soldiers as she escaped me and with her children and grandchildren the old thing that i did. I left at three am so the buddhists wouldnt see me everyone was crossing the river there was shooting people and killing them everywhere there were dead bodies floating in the river. Did she know i asked her why it was happening that killing men children brothers not letting teaches or survive not leaving any rich people or life but just killing everyone to finish the job the job as the un has said is an organized campaign of ethnic cleansing jonah aljazeera bangladesh. Yemens cholera outbreak is now the worst ever on record the British Charity oxfam expect a million cases by november its as its difficult to respond to the crisis because more than half of yemens hospitals and Health Centers are closed due to the civil war ben smith reports. Yemen is Fertile Ground for cholera when this outbreak began almost six months ago conditions were perfect to help the disease spread thirty months of war to stop virtually all Public Services as strikes have destroyed Water Treatment and other infrastructure filth is everywhere more than half of all the Health Facilities are destroyed or only partially working hospitals and clinics that are Still Standing are overwhelmed especially with infant and elderly cholera patients oxfam says there are more than five and a half thousand cases a day however is a very easily treatable very difficult in yemen with an active more thats happening its difficult. We have about fifty Million People in yemen who dont have access to basic and we also have a situation where basic infrastructure and essential services. For fighting in yemen between who the fighters and a coalition of countries led by saudi arabia has killed more than five thousand civilians another three million have been forced from their homes and the most vulnerable to cholera weak from hunger and have little money to buy medicine the war is making it difficult for aid agencies to get into yemen oxfam and other help organizations say obtaining visas for cholera specialists can take up to two months medics who do get in so its difficult to move around freely because of military restrictions burnitz met aljazeera. U. S. President donald trump is proposing the biggest tax overhaul in three decades it cuts the number of tax brackets from seven to three dropping the highest rate but raising the percentage paid by the poorest taxpayers critics said loud the wealthy dodge their fair share of taxes chum says it will help the middle class but the documents his administration released offered few details it could cost more than two trillion dollars over the next decade according to a preliminary estimate by the committee for a responsible federal budget a White House Correspondent kimberly helicopter has the story from washington d. C. Well certainly Donald Trumps tax proposal is one of the most ambitious seen in the last eight decades in the United States its getting a lot of cheers and a lot of cheers depending on where you sit on the political spectrum conservatives like this plan because what they believe it will do is lower the Corporate Tax rate from thirty five percent to twenty percent making the United States more competitive with countries like china that has a fifteen percent tax rate and allow for companies to come back to the United States and create jobs but certainly there are many critics of this proposal the top democrat in the u. S. Senate Chuck Schumer saying that in fact the conservatives cannot be trusted to deliver and the companies cannot be trusted to deliver when it comes to creating these jobs should they come back to the United States with this lower rate and there are certainly concerns that this could hurt lower income bracket americans what donald trump is trying to do is simplify a very complicated tax code by eliminating some of the things that many agree are a little bit absurd about u. S. Taxes for example taxing peoples inheritance from their parents when their parents die for example penalize people for getting married and also offering some credits when it comes to having children or even for the elderly so this is certainly a complicated package that seeks to make taxes in america less complicated but of course that requires the approval of Congress Donald trump again looking for some legislative victories after struggling to get health care through the u. S. Congress this one is expected to be an equally tough sell its been called the most advanced Digital Society in the world a study has led the way with id cards online voting and Electronic Government Services but with all this comes great exposure to Cyber Attacks challenge reports from the start and capital of talent. Whatever estonians do as citizens these days its likely to involve carter visiting the clinic for example the doctor assesses a patients full medical history uploads a diagnosis and patients use the ecard to get their prescriptions id say theyre huge for the one they choose because i cant even imagine going back to the days when we had these paper britain for instance obey the medical histories. Its make the doctors work much faster so is travel banking tax voting and get an id card through is your id card and you enter into your computer and you put in a pin one you dont write anything you click on the name and thats it voted estonia was the first country to vote online in two thousand and five and also one of the first to experience a full blown cyber attack two years later thats theres all this was nothing is one of the insecure so you have to be ready every time before every election and just start analyzing for the next elections how it could be made better how it could be improved even more despite fears of cyber aggression from neighboring russia estonia is pushed even further into the digital realm its now realized a vision of the modern states where ninety nine percent of services are online and the solution environment where Public Sector data systems talk to each other and civic life is largely paperless at the heart of this is x wrote a creationist designers insist is remarkably robust its a distributed architecture there is no single point of failure all the communication in an i. T. Jargon. Peer to peer so between two individuals there is no one Central Hardware which blocks or which is a single point of failure to be extra sure by the beginning of twenty. Governments data systems will be backed up in luxembourg meaning if estonia is attacked you can both run itself remotely to the state and heres something for the philosophical among you to ponder on estonia is basically embarked on an experiment certainly smartest perhaps even a raises the connections between state and country if the states functioning components could mean sent down a fiber optic cable to work perfectly well from the other side of the world well will the states of the future need a fixed location at all. Thats a question with no answer yet but this tony is pioneering voyage into the Digital Future of state and citizenship give us clues. How does iraq talent. In the top stories Iraqs Parliament is calling on the Prime Minister to send troops to areas controlled by Kurdish Military units and follows mondays kurdish secession referendum ninety two percent of people voted yes take as president. Is warning against Ethnic Division in the region following the vote. The issue in Northern Iraq is not related to any partys right to establish a state the main issue here is the support for the parties are willing to wait for endless clashes in the region by destroying the unity togetherness and solidarity of the regions people but region has already suffered a lot due to sectarian tension and the ethnic conflicts will hurt more we have to calculate the benefit from this situation oh yeah cholera outbreak is now the Worlds Largest on record and still spreading the British Charity oxfam expects one million cases of the disease by november more than two thousand people have died from cholera since may at least fourteen rangar from me and i have died when their boat capsized off the coast of bangladesh the bodies of ten children and four women were found on a beach in coxs bazaar United Nations says four hundred eighty thousand have arrived in bangladesh in the past month to escape a military crackdown in myanmar thousands of students in the spanish region of catalonia are marching in support of a controversial independence referendum regional leaders insist the vote will go ahead as planned on sunday thats despite spains Central Government and courts warning the vote is Illegal Police chiefs have discussed plans to block people entering Voting Centers. The Chinese Government ordering most north korean owned businesses and china to shut down china is the norths main trading partner the Commerce Ministry in beijing says the businesses must close within one hundred twenty days of the last round of u. N. Sanctions imposed earlier this month those are the headlines the news continues after the street. On october the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the Central Government constitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state prompts downed and cattle take to the streets where. For the latest. Hi emily could be its one of the richest countries in the world yet ireland has what campaigners are calling a homelessness crisis and its getting worse and youre in the stream live on aljazeera and you tube