Out of the im doing what all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up yes President Donald Trump resumes his war of words with north korea undermining his top diplomat. The head of the World Food Program visits refugee camps about desha say the agencys struggle to help the more than half a million were hidden who fled me in mosques Rakhine State im for so weakens fighting for survival ten days after the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Their warm welcome to the program but to have your company we begin in spain where police have been accused of using quote unjustifiable brutality to shop to and almost arises session in catalonia the National Government claims full independence you. For what it calls events at least four hundred sixty people have been hard according to the citys mayor polls are due to close in an hour but its not clear when the results will be no always what report says across the country covering the story tony bartley is in the trade coppin hall is in the boss alone well hear from them shortly but first john hendren reports on the days events so far. Catalans lined up by the thousands devote many paying a high price for. Spanish National Police in riot gear battered their way to one Voting Center after another was tossing housefull voters downstairs striking them with the times and as promised confiscating ballot boxes. They did not discriminate by gender or age it dancing on those peacefully protecting the poems sometimes retreating and sometimes clashing verbal ewood patton is local most of the elite apparently over the use of force what they chose that is a cry. They stole materials they violate that human rights they were you know they injure people that use a crime still voters lined outside by the thousands here at the polls on election organizers a special tactic they gave the entire voter registry to the wing place so that if police shut down one polling place voters simply went to one out of this ninety two year old voter remembers when the catalan language was outlawed until the one nine hundred seventy now she comes to vote only to be turned away by a system shut down the question i believe we will be an independent because we are sick of the current government that we have. This hundred two year old waited out several outages to cast her ballot. That is just outside the center of barcelona with residents probably fly the spanish. Banner some catalans quietly oppose independence since. I lived here for sixty years of course i love catalonia its where my children are where my family lives but theres no reason why we have problems with this obsession just. If i am catalunya and i dont think like the secessionist do that im from the outside but then when i go to my family home then im also from the outside so where am i from and what identity do i have yet the n. T. Secessionist seen largely to a boycott of the referendum which the Spanish Government again declared illegitimate under spanish long not me no but if it and there hasnt been a referendum all the resemblance of one i asked the Catalan Government and the parties that support it to cease is a responsibility to assume from this moment that what had never been legal is be clearly unfeasible it makes no sense to continue this process that leads to nowhere when this International Observer says the vote has global voting stand if you look at whats happening here lets talk about the process people came here with their official identity and the register that said what if they just simply think you keep fighting the fight. As catalan celebrate the way the outcome and perhaps the declaration of independence john hendren aljazeera barcelona. Pinhole joins us live now from boston hi there kala some of the day for us what have you been witnessing. Julie since before dawn. Procession a supporter of polling stations lining up hours before voting was due to begin one of their functions was previously planned to act as defense committees putting up a new money. To stop the threat of Spanish Police coming in and trying to shut down the referendum we knew that they were under orders from the Spanish Government to do just what happened as the Spanish Police did arrive on the scene broke out scuffles the police tried to pull away these human cordons who were organizing a campaign of civil disobedience in most cases the voters would simply sit on the ground and that would then force the Spanish Police to drag them away by their limbs by their hair by their arms to get them out of the way on some occasions in some video that we see the Spanish Police also see kicking and punching potential voters as well polling station we saw a lady also seventys or sixtys or seventys bleeding profusely from my face and another man stretch you know why he talked like happy lange government is reporting more than four hundred people injured in Police Actions but that didnt stop many of these voting stations. If the police. There were layers of contingency plans in place and so within moments another. Place where theres a sense right now with just a little less than an hour left for the official voting to take place sense among many that again they are moving into a critical period because they fear that the Spanish Police. Eleanore has to shut down this referendum could move in and seize those ballot boxes before the counting is complete and so that is why many of those calling stations there are still people but also here in plastic out tony in downtown barcelona as you can see people starting to gather on a giant t. V. Screen results will be mean down here asked me to come in but we still have no idea when those results you can use coming during the campaign will there live from barcelona with the latest count. Thats going to answer to anybody in the spanish capital madrid hi there tony whats happening where you are. Well im in porterville soul a very sense of space and this is where people come to express themselves and now hundreds could be thousands were not exactly sure of spain socialist have gathered here to show support for catalonia theyre flying flags for an awful catalonia even the boss creature and theyre shouting that madrid has betrayed democracy and the truth will be the graveyard fascism or even chanting things of use in the civil war eighty years ago no one shall pass they want to get their point of view or that their. Cattle is right for selfdetermination and they support them because the right place in the movie were around at the moment we see the least warm police what im flying is funny not for me boys but it seems as if they may be so its very temperamental the moment peoples emotions are running high every day now were seeing the escalation in the rhetoric and the actions of the demonstrations and of course this is dividing society so much. Tony i guess i dont want to you know reduce this down whats happening today but what will this be a day remembered as one that will have lasting effects on the spanish psyche pointing to the fact that youve talked about the feeling of division. I think it will people weve been speaking to say its so big and so serious now they dont see how its going to be the same again afterwards it will take a long long time to heal the wounds whatever the outcome of the referendum people are very disappointed that when saddened by what theyve been watching on t. V. The way that the police have been going in and facing spaniards catalonians taking such action theyre very concerned about that they feel that the gates the principles of democracy some feel its a throwback to the days of work of fascism when Francisco Franco was leader of this country so its going to take some time to overcome this how are they going to do that i dont know but society here is divided its very sad i dont think they ever thought they would get to this stage but now its here theyre in shock tony but live their life and from madrid twenty thousand. U. S. President donald trump has resumed his war of words with north korea over its Nuclear Weapon and Missile Program on sunday he tweeted i told Rex Tillerson our wonderful secretary of state that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man thats a reference to leader kim jong il and he also said well do what has to be done on this lets speak to mike hanna his live in washington d. C. Hi there mike so just yesterday we spoke about the u. S. Actively using what they call back Channel Communications to negotiate with north korea and now this tweet. Yes indeed well the secretary of state Rex Tillerson has been in beijing holding the talks with chinese leaders in the course of the past twenty four hours and he said yesterday that yes the u. S. Did have back Channel Communication with north korea at least three did have a news of communication he said this is the first time that a member of the transferred ministration has publicly confirmed that the of that door channels of discussion with the North Koreans however Rex Tillerson who was making these comments in between talking to senior chinese leaders has now been publicly repudiated by his president in making those tweets donald trump has embarrassed his secretary of state in front of the chinese and in fact in front of the American Public basically what he said is that his secretary of state doesnt know the real policy of the trumpet ministration and that policy which is outlined in a public tweet on social media is that there will be no discussions there is no negotiations there is no point in it one questions about the unity of the trumpet ministration in terms of its north korean policy and mike what does that then tell us about the negotiations themselves and how they might now unfold. Well it says that there is no room for discussion at all now this is something that there has been discussion about within the trumpet ministration the secretary of state the secretary of defense have all made clear their position that dialogue is an essential process before the armed action or military force is resorted to as a policy this has been made very clear by these members of the cabinet President Trump has now confirmed that for him dialogue is off the table that leaves the question of what option is he thinking off there can only be other one other option on the table and that is some kind of armed action some kind of military action now not only is this a setback for the secretary of state being publicly repudiated by this president but it doesnt bode well for u. S. Relations with china which had been warming up consistently china one must remember had been actively engaged in bringing pressure to bear on north korea in recent weeks this on the assumption and on the assurance from the secretary of state that dialogue was still a possible option in terms of dealing with this crisis now the President Trump has taken this off the table were expecting angry and certainly disappointed reaction from china there live from washington d. C. Mike thank you hugh still to come here on our. Demonstrations in hong kong march against what they see as political persecution by china. And how wearing a head scarf is no longer a barrier to playing basketball all that and more when we come back. We got more showers in the forecast cross northern parts of the middle east you can see the clouds spilling out of the black sea running a which was the caspian sea and thats been producing some reading i was over the past few days theyre going to stay in the forecast over the next few days as well let me go well showers around george azerbaijan northern parts of iran also seeing some rather wet weather to run at around twenty eight degrees celsius elsewhere across the region it does stay dry but those showers as you can see just a little further southwards as we go on into tuesday so something of a chinese to come for many of us here for the south it does stay dry and fine pleasantly warm temperatures here in doha around thirty eight celsius over the next couple days maybe not going up and not as we go on through chuse day but hopefully not feeling too humid at least by day but theres dry weather to across the southern parts of africa alone we have seen some rather live the showers just pushing towards the eastern cape recently fam out of plough there diving outs of namibia botswana down into central and eastern parts of south africa say a choice of want to go on through monday tend to fizzle out by choose day with a top temperature twenty six. Of the top stories here on aljazeera Spanish Police have been accused of using unjustifiable brutality to shock tylenol thrice secession vote in the catalonia region of these four hundred sixty people at the heart according to the mayor of paris alone. The National Government though blames poet independently days for what it calls senseless events thousands of people have rallied on the streets of madrid against the referendum u. S. President. That his secretary of state is quote wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man a reference to north Korean Leader kim jong. The head of the World Food Programme has visited range of refugee camps in bangladesh aid agencies are trying to help the more than half a million who fled a military crackdown and me and mas Rakhine State has limited access to clean water and toilets and Health Workers fear there could be an eye break of disease David Beasley says bangladesh urgently Needs International support to help deal with the crisis. Just for example the World Food Program were going to need seventy five Million Dollars just for food alone in the next five to six much money we need access we need roads we need shelter we need support from around the world because youre talking about literal a humanitarian disaster if we dont get the support we need from health care to proper nutrition and safe water and sanitation shelter things this could explode into trying to strive for humanitarian disaster well turning their child who has more from a refugee camp on the me and mark bangladesh border. I mean. The relief this division sense to be more active in lot of the camps where a visit the last couple of weeks this is far from a very different scenario two weeks ago when things were very chaotic since the army took over for the Central Distribution of relief and the Traffic Management things looks far better on the ground right now we have also seen presence of very high up u. N. Agency people as well as International DonorAgency People taking part in distributing relief coordinating on the ground talking to put monitoring things i spoke to the executive director of World Food Program david bisley i oxon to share his experience on the ground he went to went to narrate to say what the refugees told him on the ground Something Like women and children crossing into bangladesh how they were shot at by me and my Security Forces i oxen if you need it what is most needed right now in bangladesh he said things to be ramped up more food aid is needed unless thats not done he expect more people thousands more going just to cross over into bangladesh shortly and the International Community to really speed up the aid process into this camp the u. S. Says it sent another eighteen hundred personnel to storm ravaged puerto rico over the weekend most of the u. S. Territories been without power or Drinking Water since it was devastated by Hurricane Maria only two weeks ago the government continues to face criticism for its slow response eighty eight hundred people still remain in shelters. From someone. The generator went down in this hospital in some one who more than one hundred patients had to be urgently transferred to other locations a lot of his mother is still inside hes worried about where theyre going to take her. Just several complications in the oxygen she is old and im not sure where we will go but she is not alone inside there are others who are recovering from surgery among other things who were not allowed inside but we were told that most of the patients were transferred on time. Because tenet and on a general way fifteen hours which was completely destroyed during the hurricane just an example of how the situation for the city deteriorate if immediate action is not taken this forward is playing a crucial role this days as it is where much needed aid has arrived. Says there are more than ten thousand containers here with goods even though the products belong to private companies they could easily help to restore the supply chain here right now in in all of our terminals there are merge and see supplies they are emergency goods medicine water food Construction Materials commercial materials so the terminal is full of goods its a matter of how we restore the distribution part of the supply chain on the island distribution has been one of the biggest issues so far in getting aid out ten days after the hurricane people are still lining up for hours for fuel many are still in need of water and other goods some are desperate to get help to most commonly see only we want my mother to live the house was destroyed she hasnt many years left and we want to live decently is that too much to ask what i mean joining groups is the mayor of san juan. She has been pleading for more help from the United States government on saturday President Donald Trump accuse her and other Puerto Ricans of not doing enough to get out of the Current Crisis i think we havent been treated with the same sense of emergency that other disasters have been treated and again you know. Five hundred twenty pounds mayor of a city in the caribbean a three star general. Said yesterday we dont have enough we need to get more in order to be able to take care of the situation. Home artists that are generally saying right right for most people here this fight is not a political one but one of survival and they hope those in charge will leave their differences aside and sort things out. Ill just see some one. Iraq says its coordinating with iran to take control of border crossings from the Kurdish Regional government the measure is designed to pressure the kurdish leadership into a knowledge of the results of mondays secession referendum strafford reports from the border town of penge when. This is one of two main border crossings between iran and the kurdish region of Northern Iraq now the kurds used to sell their crude oil to the iranians who would refine it for them before selling it back but it seems like tehran is acting on its threats and weve been speaking to customs of sources here who say certainly at this border at least to trade in oil and fuel the stuff. The transport of food in general goods is not being done. These trucks are waiting to cross back into iran having delivered their loads. The situation will continue we have made it a little risky and like going back to. We dont know if i might be allowed back to the carriage. Iraqi soldiers are expected to participate in military exercises with the iranian army on the iranian side of the border in the coming days. This is the closest town to the border many of the goods sold in the shops are iranian many of the people here are reliant on trade with iran. We are afraid of the referendum ignore the economic challenges we now face. Many of the kurds here voted yes in the referendum but they are increasingly anxious about what further threats from iran could mean. French police are investigating what they say is a possible terror attack after two people were killed by a man with a knife in my say this hacker was shot dead by Security Forces after he stepped to passers by the central train station has been in a state of emergency since the end but twenty fifteen and a hundred and thirty people were killed in attacks in paris. Canadian police are treating an attack that injured four people in the city of edmonton as an act of terrorism ever arrested authority will man who they say rammed a Traffic Control barricade after Canadian Football League game they say he then attacked a Police Officer with a nice knife place sees what happened to be an eyesore fly from his car. As many as forty thousand protesters have marched through heavy rain in hong kong in defiance of Chinas National Day of a calling for more democracy and an end to what they call the political persecution of chinas opponents difficult policy explains. Marching against what they see as government oppression but with a very specific demand adding to the chance for democracy calls for Hong Kongs Justice secretary to step down they say rimsky unions recent decision to retry and jailed protesters and activists created the citys First Political prisoners. We witnessed in reason models how the secretary for justice abused his political position to make sure that those who fight for justice in hong kong would be ended up in prison activists call twenty seventeen a punishing here for hong kongs Democracy Movement in august three former student leaders were given jail sentences for storming the government grounds during the twenty four thousand protests that triggered a seventy nine day occupy Movement Government prosecutors are now bringing public nuisance charges against the cofounders of the occupy movement and since last year the government has removed six elected prodemocracy politicians from hong kongs parliament and recent years especially the share m how can people face a loss of loss of political suppression when youre saying honest how us totally ridiculous and totally against basic human right and democracy these protests also marked three years since the start of the Umbrella Movement which has proved to be one of the Biggest Challenges to the Central Government in beijing but since then many here say the rights of people who live in hong kong have been eroded. There have been many protests this year but theres a heightened sense of urgency at this march people here say best march is particularly significant given the governments recent actions they feel they could be arrested just for being at this protest despite this families and people of all ages brave the three kilometer walk through the heat and heavy rain. I think the next generations will suffer even more because of the government i find it strange the chinese leaders from the communist regime are trying to govern home kong like the rest of china but the two are not the same. Organizers say its the reason they held this protest on october first a day which it highlights unity in China Hong Kong is the only place where people can still protest freely under chinas one country two systems policy and they want to make sure it remains that way pollen are jazeera hong kong. A ban on full face veils has come into force in austria muslim groups have condemned the law which the government says is to protect austrian valley is the law applies to all face coverings with specific exceptions for things like surgical masks worn in hospitals and fancy dress of cultural events anyone breaking the ban faces a possible fine nearly one hundred and eighty dollars. Theres been a very different rule change in the world of basketball wear headscarves are now allowed in professional matches its hoped that well get more muslim women playing the game as a whole and before. Weve got the from home here we can choose. 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Crannies donated the he g. B. To the falcons the squad are full of ambition they want to raise money for kids to play basketball in iraq and syria and promote the participation of muslim women in the sport phoebus decision doesnt just benefit muslim women turbans will now also be permitted on court but for the falcons its not just about them but about the younger women who will now have every opportunity to reach the top elites homan al jazeera. Where you can buy that much more about the stories were following on our website head to w. W. W. Dont aljazeera dot com well see in just under half an hours time. Well heres a reminder of our top stories on aljazeera Spanish Police have been accused of using unjustifiable brutality to shock time and almost thrice a section vote in the catholic me a region the National Government though claims pro independently does for what it calls sense to save ends in the regional capital barcelona officers used batons and fired rubber bullets during pool referendum protest polls are due to close in just under half an hours time col pinhole has more now from barcelona. What we saw right these polling stations were virtually all were civilians throwing up human poured on the human powered page to stop the Police Coming now this was an act yes of civil greedier disobedience coordinated started these would be peaceful actions when the Spanish Riot Police arrived they moved in on the orders they were dragging citizens potential voters out of the way why there are by their legs sometimes by their hair u. S. President donald trump has resumed his war of words with north korea over its Nuclear Weapon and Missile Program he tweeted that his secretary of state is called wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rock a reference to leader kim jong un he also tweeted will do what has to be done agencies are continuing their efforts to help the more than half a million refugees who fled a military crackdown and myanmars Rakhine State the head of the World Food Program has visited ranger refugee camps in bangladesh David Beasley says the country Needs International support to help deal with the crisis theres limited access to clean water and toilets and Health Workers fear there could be an eye disease. Iraq says its coordinating with iran to take control of border crossings from the Kurdish Regional government the measure is designed to pressure the kurdish leadership into a knowing the results of mondays secession referendum. French place of opened a kind to terrorism investigation after two people were killed in a knife attack at most a central train station the attacker was shot dead by Security Forces after he stabbed two passers by francis been in a state of emergency now since november twenty fifth. Those are your headlines are up to date stay with us inside story coming up next. Violence outside polling stations in spains controversial secession vote say they want to separate bob madrid insists the referendum is illegal so how will the governments deal with this and can cause you know when youre being independent is inside story