I love im Julie Macdonald this is the news hour live from london coming up Spanish Police are accused of brutality as they move in to prevent an authorized secession vote in catalonia the government blames poor independence leaders for what they say are senseless events. U. S. 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 in bangladesh as aid agencies struggle to help the more than half a million were hinges who fled humas Rakhine State. Im joined her oscar in doha with all your sports news catalonia is the biggest sports team plays behind closed doors fans a shutout of barcelona football match after clashes over the referendum. Is very warm welcome to the news hour we begin in space where police have been accused of using on justifiable brutality to shop down on authorized the session vote in catalonia in the regional capital barcelona offices used best songs and fired rubber bullets during progress random protests these four hundred and sixty people have been heart according to the citys mayor the National Government claims for independence leaders for what it calls senseless events polls are due to close about now but its not clear when the result will be known but weve got reporters across the country covering the story tony burke he is at the rally in madrid karl penhall is in the main square in barcelona and john hendren is at a calling station in the same city well hear from all of them shortly but first john 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 voters downstairs striking them with the tonton as promised confiscating ballot boxes. They did not discriminate by gender or age advancing on those peacefully protecting the polls 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 tried. They stole materials they violate that human rights they were you know they injure people that east a crime still voters lined outside by the thousands here at the polls election organizers used a special tactic they gave the entire voter registry to pulling place so that it police shut down one place voters simply went to another 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 shutdown. I believe we will gain independence because we are sick of the current government that we have. This hundred two year old waited out several outages to cast her ballot. Just outside the center of barcelona where residents proudly 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 leafs but there is no reason why we have problems with this obsession ists. If i am catalunya and i dont think like the secessionist do then 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 seem largely to have boycotted the referendum which the Spanish Government again declared illegitimate under spanish along. Not me no but if it and there hasnt been a referendum or the resemblance of one i ask the Catalan Government and the parties that supported to cease this irresponsibility to assume from this moment that what had never been legal is clearly unfeasible it makes no sense to continue this that leads nowhere. This International Observer says the vote passed global voting stand she if you look at whats happening yes among the rocks. Here with their official i didnt see the register them as well and they just. Keep right on the phone. As catalan celebrate the way the outcome and perhaps the declaration of independence. Well john joins us now live from a polling station john those polls are jude sickles whats happening where you are. Route right now the polls have just closed and you can hear this crowd celebrating behind me those are the doors to the polls right there i dont know if you can see it but if you can see some helmets in there those are firefighters from catalonia theyre here to protect the doorway and look in front of them that is what all of those people are doing here and many of them have spent a good amount of time here im about to introduce one of them this is tara and let me ask when did you come here i came to seven oclock and they stayed until one oclock no goal was just to preserve and not allow the belief bunnies belief to come in because the idea was that as long as there is a belief two hundred people you can upload it to how many people do you think are here now thousands i dont know because of when we see only one part of the full street clothes full of people as well are you going to stay here until the ballot boxes are carried out yet until we have them the final outcome theyre going to thank you very much. So i dont know how well were going to do that because it places very crowded but there are thousands of people all gathered in this square where we are right now. And this place is ringed by fences outside of those fences are thousands more people blocking the street so theyre going to stay here until the ballot boxes are carried out in this is just one of several locations in barcelona and throughout catalonia where people are protecting the posner protecting them from the spanish National Police and the Civil Defense forces who have been bursting as you saw in that story theyve been bursting into the polling places their goal is to capture those ballots. There was a gentleman who was here earlier today when the police came to this very spot i can find him im going to introduce him to you this is david dreier hes an american who lives in barcelona right now so just tell me what happened here earlier today somewhere around ten thirty or eleven after the polls had been open for a bit the Police Arrived out front from. And where theres one gate its basically the only main entrance in and as they came close people called to everyone who was out on the street to come inside the gates and the gates were closed with the police on the outside. I dont know how much they pushed in after that but at that point we felt secure and that was resolved that was resolved however you should have barricades the police did not make it into state the bell actually there was even a barricade if the gate itself theres theres a good theres a gate in the wall and theres spikes on top of the fence so climbing wouldve been hard for them not impossible im sure but with with fifteen hundred people standing in front of it it was pretty much box from there thank you david i bet im going to have to end it there but i really appreciate it and its amazing story so here we are the polls are closed but the people have not gone away many of them as youve seen youve been waiting here for hours the firefighters blocking the door and theyre going to stay here until all of the ballot boxes are carried away or until the police force them out and that has happened in a number of places although we are told by the catalonian government ninety five percent of the polling sites were open at the end of the day but the manager now live from boston on its own son to call pinhole joins us now live full so and boss alona at cult tell me more about what hes been witnessing today how would you sum it up. Well julie its interesting to hear what john is saying there because the day is ending very much as it began and that is the involvement of citizens potential doubt. His pro secessionist supporters mobilizing in what they call defense committees to defend their right to vote effectively what they have been doing since before dawn since hours before voting actually got underway is putting up human cordons to stop the threat of the spanish National Police and civil guard coming in and trying to shut down those polling stations the Spanish Government had given them that order to stop the referendum happening now throughout the course of the the morning at least we saw a lot of scuffles as riot police tried to clear entrances to polling stations from its high of humanity as those scuffles broke out the the citizens were under orders under a new organization alluded to only showed peaceful resistance they put up their hands and at that point the police would drag them away by their arms by their legs sometimes by the hand and there were injuries over four hundred sixty people were told were injured in the course of the day we saw an elderly lady bleeding profusely from the base another man stretchered away in another clips a video weve seen people kicked and beaten but then fast forward to now and were in the Downtown Boston logan middle class at Catalunya Square and you can see the scene thats shaping up behind me hundreds lets say perhaps thousands of people expected to flock here ask the results come out now we dont know when those results will come in what we do understand is that first of all level be some kind of announcement about voter turnout because that is key in order for cats alone here to show that this was a fair and square referendum they need to show that there was a sufficient number of people voting today of course the government did their best to try and stop that so we are here now waiting for the some of the initial results to be announced on big screen t. V. And karl lots of people commenting online and other wise that the crack in time from the government has actually encouraged people to turn their backs on the government in madrid. This certainly has been an outcry even people who are perhaps against catalonia as bait for secession are also against the way that the Spanish Government has reacted lets hear what the catalonian spokesman jordi total had to say about the way the day i am told that. What theyre doing is scandalous an International Scandal its disgusting the Spanish Government should be ashamed of itself it is placing spain in a very delicate situation because it is violating human rights. So carla guess the question on everybodys lips is what happens now. What happens now over the next few hours is key first of all as john was describing in his report there citizens have to defend the ballot boxes they cannot lose those ballot boxes to National Police right at this stage because simply there would be no vote to count the next day were all waiting to see what the turnout was after that we dont know to hear what the actual results were but then forty eight hours from now if there was a yes vote in favor of secession the cattle and government said it will declare independence from the rest of spying and that is only going to stop this political crisis one of spains worst political crises since the end of general francos dictatorship in ninety seven by julie karl penhall there live from central barcelona karl thank you. Well lets go has its horn in berkeley in the spanish capital madrid hi there tony a day that may well have lasting effects on the spanish psyche. Yes i mean a lot of people here expressing dismay about what is to happen the fact the police have use such force this is a rally by the socialists they say just to show support for the. Rights of catalonia for selfdetermination of come out in numbers we see barcelona flags catalonian flags past flags communist flags over here there have been some small clashes earlier on which were put down quite quickly it was a clash between program friend of people and anti referendum people the police now have gone they were in numbers but it is shows you know the depth of feeling in this one person said to me today that this feels like a divorce they dont know how catalonia im straight can live together after this so much has happened they feel very sad about what happened they cant believe what happened the still in shock until we are we likely to get some sort of reaction from the government this evening obviously pools have closed and i wonder if they will reflect its all on that sense of you say of of almost disappointment and worry frankly anxiety about whats going to come next. Here a lot of people are disappointed they are embarrassed weve only had one official statement from the deputy Prime Minister not the Prime Minister mr henri expecting something for him later but its noticeable that he has not been to the forefront of whats been happening today and you would expect that for him for the leader of the country people here talking about the old days away franco was here the return of the authoritarian regime we shall see behind me. Democracy is dying and here is the graveyard of fascism also theyre talking about fighting with us the only way to do it and they say they want to fight where this leads i dont know but its not very good people are very concerned about the next few days what will. Good. Morning there joining me live from madrid tony thank you so still to come on the aljazeera news hour where two of the can find sing for survival ten days after the devastation of hurricane maria. Demonstrators in hong kong march against what they say is political persecution by china. And ferrari screech through the weekend at the malaysian grand prix joe will have the details in support. 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 hes wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rock man thats a reference to leader kim jong il and he also said well do what has to be done well for more on this lets speak to mike hanna who is live for us in washington d. C. Hi there mike so just yesterday we spoke about the u. S. Actively using these back Channel Communications to negotiate with north korea and now this tweet. Well its an astonishing act by the president of the United States changing Foreign Policy with a few some strokes in the public tweet to the course of the morning and repudiating contradicting his secretary of state who as you said has been holding two days of talks with senior chinese leaders ricks to listen said yesterday that the u. S. Was exploring back channels of communication with the pure nyang administration saying that these were unilateral forms of communication not going through the chinese this was an important step forward the first public confirmation that back channels with north korea did exist however that has now been contradicted by donald trump who says that negotiation is worthwhile is worthless apparently taking the whole concept of dialogue off the table the very concept that his secretary of state assured he was pursuing with the chinese leaders just a few hours before and mike what does this tweet tell us about the negotiations themselves that are ongoing and how they might continue to unfold. Well the negotiations themselves did not appear to be gaining any traction we did hear from the state department in the last twenty four hours that north korea was showing no inclination of being willing to discuss the question of denuclearization however the important point is is that the possibility of discussion of negotiation of dialogue was being kept alive by the secretary of state while the sanctions which have been imposed by the us and by the u. N. Security council took their course in terms of having some effect on the north koreans and on the economy in particular this was a Long Term Strategy that the secretary of state had outlined in alliance with china pressure be brought to bear on north korea may take a bit of time but sooner or later that a stop in currency flowing into north korea would have an impact on its Weapons Program and may take it to the negotiating table that is now completely off the books and donald trump in the course of the morning has totally restated u. S. Policy on north korea making clear that dialogue is not an option of basically saying that his secretary of state is incorrect in pursuing this option and opening up the possibility that only one option is left on the table and that is military action michaela there live from washington d. C. Mike thank. The u. S. Says it sent more than two thousand more personnel to storm ravaged four to recall for the weekend most of the u. S. Territory has been without power jenkin water since it was devastated by hurricane moneer maria nearly two weeks ago the government continues to face criticism for its slow response eighty eight hundred people remain in shelters to ease of over four its not from some. 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 on site 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. For the recall is pending and on a general way fifteen hours which was completely destroyed during the hurricane just an example of how the situation for the police really 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 were long 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 good 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 your list so omar to say that a general isnt saying the right thing right for most people here this fight is not a political one but one of survival and they hope those in charge we leave their defense. Prime minister mariano. Reacting to events in spain for president of spain a great nation one of the oldest in europe and one of the most developed in the world. Another. Kind and at the same time firm. And which allows. Everything according to the with the guarantees our nation as president of the government i have to get along and make sure that its kept. To protect democracy but also to. Find the. Cordons between people who all of the nation or the people in the country. This is what i have done and i wish to speak to you about this today. I can tell you right now. With all honesty that what all of you know. And which we have seen during the course of the day today there hasnt been a referendum there has been a referendum. And all of the spanish have seen that my. Rights has. Strong. And. That all those that really react. Act with all of the legal. Means allowed and the done so with if the first city is the first city and correctly. None of us. We have seen an episode of the strategy against the. Democracy and egalitarian you know. In this irresponsible strategy political strategy and some have tried to change the voice. They have. Damaged the most. Elementary parts of the democracy we have been able to see in parliament on the sixth and seventh of last month. When in a few hours they tried to cancel an ultimatum of the constitution and the statute when they. Canceled the democratic rights. And the abuses which we have seen since then. Against the democracy and there is a. A joke against democracy we have seen the behavior which. Terrible against any democracy and this never be done again. Threats towards judges and journalists. I want to make absolutely clear that those responsible for these things which have taken place today and which have bought us to this point. Soley and only those that have moved the vice elation of the legality and the rupture of unity dont try and look for other people who are guilty there arent any. I am very aware of many cut and cut alone ians who. Have taken part in an illegal activity without any kind of guarantees of the end i understand the frustration that they can feel and very sorry. But the political demands cannot ever. Take place duty illegality but. In a way which will be one can hear what everybody has to say i want told all of spain the majority of catalonia have not wanted to participate. In what has happened. And this is something which is an arguable the majority of catalonians have shown that they are lawful people in the most noble sense of expression. Without noise and they have ignored. The referendum and have. By doing so stayed on the side of democracy and. Unity i wish to thank them especially they have shown that. They respect the principles and fundamentals of our unity. They have. Avoided the arguments. And i want to let it be known that all spaniards value their acts. And. Peace for unity legal peaceful unity we will be able to continue building a nation which has been able to build a full democracy and. During the length of our long history spanish people have been able to overcome the differences painful to the differences and also the difficulties which have seen. Unsolvable we have shown the world. That we are able to believe in ourselves and to overcome every step that government as you know. At all times said that this referendum would not take place and new months ago. The promoters of this. They knew and this week they recognize yesterday with folklore and today a premeditated act which the state have reacted against with. They wanted to liquidate the constitution the spanish constitution and in the independent rise to one part of our country without. Taking into account the opinion of the majority of the people as if they didnt exist they have tried with the fundamental. Law and with the. Support of the democracy and court. And Security Forces of the state. I want to say thank you here to the Political Parties who have shown the loyalty with the state during these difficult circumstances the judges and prosecutors who have applied the law without being afraid of the anti democratic threats which they have been subject to. In a very special manner to the Security Forces of the state to the National Police and the civil guard who have carried out their obligations and with the mandate which they had of justice. It would have been much easier for everybody. To look the other way. And such an attack took place against legality but they havent done so. They have all responded with loyalty to their obligation of democracy and the right of the country i also wish to thank you thanks very much to the opinion and to all the International Community who at all times have understood. That what was in play here was. The Constitutional Order and i wish you to know that we have done what we had to do. The government of spain and i am the president of the government of spain and i have taken a plan myself and my responsibility is we have. Done what we had to do and we have acted as i said at the beginning with in the law and only within the law and we have shown that our Democratic State has the resources to be able to defend such a serious attack as the one which has been tried with this illegal ever. If youre just joining us here in our listening in to the spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy talking about his side his opinion on what happened today he said that. Referendum didnt happen today that it was a joke against democracy he said that those who had taken to the ballot bowl so tried to liquidate the spanish constitution without asking the majority for their opinion in response to reactions about the crackdown he said that they had only acted within the law he was keen to stress that he also said that the majority of catalonians are lawful people and have not wanted to take part and stayed on the side of democracy and the unity lets bring in our correspondent kabul and a whole whos been live for us these past few days in barcelona karl just listening to Mariana Hawley there he did say to the people of catalonia i do feel your frustration but he very much believes that the crackdown did happen within the bounds of the law. Well julie that speech has just been beamed live into the plastic cup the loony and downtown boss alona via giant screen t. V. And that speech has not gone down well with the secessionist crowd here tonight they are jaring of the t. V. Screen and periodical there have been shots. To quit to resign i asked the Prime Minister of spain a number of controversial points there as you mentioned the Prime Minister of spain saying that there was no referendum today in catalonia that it was a share rather of democracy he also went on to thank the actions of the spanish National Police and civil guard those same Police Forces that were boosted and sent here to kaplan with orders to shut down the referendum and we have seen them today driving away Peaceful Protesters we have seen old ladies with bloodied face says we have seen people dragged by their hair by their limbs so his. To the Security Forces has not played well he also made the comment that the great majority of catalonians did not go to the referendum did not vote today that is contradicted by early figures that the catalonian government is now giving as the top line government is suggesting that three million of five and a half million registered voters may have turned out today that by my calculation puts the bug centage of voters who turned out pretty close to sixty percent clearly a majority if the figures from the capital and government are correct in the final point the money im not a made which is proving very controversial he insisted i am the Prime Minister of all of spain for those who voted for me those who voted against me remember that Prime Minister the hoary was only returned as Prime Minister off to two backed up by general elections that failed to give his party a majority in parliament he is a minority Prime Minister and he has to in order to survive in power has to rely on a fragile working coalition with other parties and that is where he could come under pressure in the next few days from Political Parties in the National Parliament who have not been pleased with the way he has handled this political crisis in catalonia julie hope in all their reacting to the speech from the spanish Prime Minister. The head of the World Food Program has visited range of refugee camps in bangladesh David Beasley says they desperately need International Support to help deal with the crisis aid agencies are trying to help the more than half million refugees who fled the military crackdown and may in mosques Rakhine State their chowder has more from one cow on the me and more border. I mean. The relief this division sense to be more active in lot of the camps we have visited the last couple of weeks this is far from a very different scenario two weeks ago when things were very chaotic. The army took over for the Central Distribution of relief and the Traffic Management thinks 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 for old monitoring things i spoke to the executive director of the 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. What is most needed right now in bangladesh he said things needs to be ramped up more food aid is needed unless thats not done he expect more people thousands more on him just to cross over into bangladesh shortly and the International Community to really speed up the aid process into this camp. As many as forty thousand protesters have marched through heavy rain in hong kong in defiance of Chinas National Day they were calling for more democracy and an end to what they call the political persecution of chinas opponents to vehicle paula reports. 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 risky u. S. 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 year 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 this year how can people face a loss of loss of political suppression when youre saying this tell us totally ridiculous and totally against basic human right and democracy these protests also mark 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 the best march is particularly significant given the governments recent actions they feel they could be arrested john. 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 her 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 would highlight 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 pollin are Jazeera Hong Kong french piece of open the counterterrorism investigation after two people were killed in a knife attack in marcell central train station its aca was shot dead by Security Forces after he stamped to passers by the stations been evacuated france has been in a state of emergency since november twenty fifth when one hundred 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 theyve arrested a thirty year old man who they say rammed a Traffic Control barricade after a Canadian Football League game they say he then attacked a Police Officer with a knife the Police Seized what appeared to be an eyesore flag from his car. Iraq says its coordinating with iran to take control order 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 Charles 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 stories here who say certainly at this border at least trade in oil and fuel the stock. The transport of food in general goods is not that. These trucks are waiting to cross back into iran having delivered their loads. The situation will continue we have made out a living and are 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. Independence celebrations in nigerias northeastern borno state has said if he is attacks by boko haram a mistake International Says the group has killed nearly four hundred people since and attacks are becoming more frequent as reports from near my do. I buy i would be a member of a militia helping the army in the fight against boko haram is now facing its own battle for his life. For through the patrol car he was in as he helped provide cover for workers two months ago. But no one was also part of that convoy that included soldiers who would be as if theyd be i. D. D. As i wish it was an ambush the surprise is that we were sitting there was safe we spent days working there that track happened in our last day. They attack was a bloodiest so far this year in nigeria as in all the east a few kilometers away from here in july book or on fighters a convoy of Oil Exploration workers being escorted by the military and vigilantes more than fifty people died in that attack that attack coincided with an increase in the rate of suicide bombings and abductions in the northeast the militarys response was an and ground offensive that lasted for weeks but top commanders were ordered back to the region. Where a climate of fear has returned the latest wave of violence represents a change in strategy by boko haram which suicide bombings and hostage taking being stuck but Security Experts say this has to be expected after the group lost control of territory Holding Ground is also makes you weak because if you hold the ground its ms you know the opposing force has something substantial to heat but when you attack iraq you know you you you you kind of dilutes all that advantage in numbers advantage and put men and advantage in training a retired Group Captain said aq. Fears an end to the fight is not yet in sight we may probably does. Was a very very long time. That you spend weeks with out here in that. Operation the notion of. A very difficult but maybe victory the military declined to speak about the recent strategy and its own response. When i renewed military operation may have calmed the situation but people in the northeast know that they have not heard the last from fighters in the last eight years have killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than two and a half million others from their homes. Aljazeera north east nigeria. Of the six people have been killed during protests Unification Day marches in cameron the west african countries celebrate fifty six years since the English Speaking areas voted to join the much larger french speaking part but in recent years there have been growing demands for a return to independence. Reports. They have a National Anthem their own flag and a leader in waiting all the trappings of a potential new country but without any land because what these people want to call amazonia is at the moment the English Speaking part of cameroon its here the demonstrators have gathered momentum in the last year by saying that people suffer discrimination at the hands of the french speaking government. Most people just want reform but calls for outright independence are getting louder we are not going to end it in the good donuts and not going to the market is not the goal must solve this by giving our independence freedom at the end of the First World War cameroon was divided between the french and the british at its independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty one the English Speaking opted to join the French Cameroon instead of neighboring nigeria. These protests have been mainly peaceful but cameroon Security Forces have cracked down six protesters were shot dead last year and hundreds arrested. An apparent gesture of reconciliation president paul bia ordered that the charges be dropped against several detainees but that doesnt seem to have calmed the tensions the man who leads a separatist has been touring the us calling for a peaceful uprising we call for a nonviolent revolution we call for them by lead protests because were not involved in much this is what young people are taking to the world and we have resisted. I mean of vision you know but this is a moment that we must continue to stand for. The u. N. Secretary general has asked camerons government to address the grievances of the English Speakers but the u. N. Is unlikely to answer mr thomas prayers for a new country called amazonia Mohammed Omar do you see aljazeera. A battle full face veil has come into force in austria muslim groups of condemned the law which the government says is to protect a strain values law applies to all face coverings with specific exceptions for things like surgical masks worn and hospitals and fancy dress a cultural events. To berlin men have become the first gay couple to tie the knot after germanys new laws on same sex marriage came into force town halls opened on sunday to allow couples to celebrate the law change same sex partners have been able to register their partnerships since two thousand and one they now have the same Tax Advantages and adoption rights as heterosexual couples. Its been two years since the un adopted a resolution calling on stronger to ensure justice for the victims of the countrys civil war so i was missing during the thirty year long conflict look government is planning to set up an office to look into those disappearances many families of the victims think more needs to be done and this reports are learned and pushed around he is desperate desperate for news of her youngest son she says she was separated from him while fleeing the shelling during the final stages of the war. He called to say he was being held with thirteen other times it was the last she ever heard from him. This was my youngest child he was very close to us we cant imagine living without him he would always take me around on the motorbike whenever we walked anywhere and now we have no one. Push for ronnies not alone shes one of hundreds of timers waiting for news of their family members who remain missing after the war they have begun a number of continuous demonstrations in different parts of the north its two hundred days since this one started. Their alive or not they have to tell us that they must give us answers we will continue our campaign. Setting up a mechanism to deal with such cases was among pledges made in the two thousand and fifteen Un Resolution the office of missing persons was brought into being by president might the palace erasing or shortly before he attended the Un General Assembly last week pledges to create mechanisms for a trip commission and a judicial mechanism remain just that pledges some privately owned land occupied by the military has been handed over but a sizable amount remains in military control. Speaking at the General Assembly the sri lankan president stressed that after a thirty year conflict its a slow process. As a free and peaceful country we hope to address our gay sions and take on board suggestions of how we should deal with them during a slow but effective Journey Towards a clear target i ask for your support while we do that but not everyone accepts the president s claim a Senior Lawyer who has a number of warwick to clients says the commitment is lacking the families are very much disenchanted they own the war. Because the government is unwilling to take on the security. Ultimately it is the army and the police. The people. Alleging that they did this the uns human rights chief zaid hussein has told the government that acting on the resolution is not a box ticking exercise to keep the council happy but an essential undertaking to address the rights of all its people. Two years after the Un ResolutionRights Groups have complained of a lack of progress while the government says it will take time but thousands of families say theyre suffering in silence waiting for the truth of what happened and hoping for justice been a fan and theres aljazeera. After all the latest days sports news lets go to from joe in doha. Julie thank you very much for the cattle and referendum is also had an impact on sports barcelona Spanish League game against west palm this was played behind closed doors because of the clashes between police and voters there was some confusion as fans queued to enter barcelona as camp new stadium earlier because the decision had only been made shortly before kickoff and barcelona which is voiced its support for catherine independence had originally asked for the game to be perspire owned of but were refused by the league they released a statement saying the club condemns events which prevented citizens exercising their democratic right to Free Expression the match finished three nil to barcelona who continued to lead the League Arsenal have helped manager arsene venice celebrate the twenty First Anniversary of his arrival the club they beat brighton to know to sit fifth a point behind north london rivals Tottenham Burnley beat everton one nil while newcastle drew one one with liverpool. And if our players continue to defy u. S. President donald trump with an ongoing protest against racial inequality during the National Anthem three players from the Miami Dolphins knelt at Londons Wembley stadium ahead of their game with the new Orleans Saints they then stood for god save the queen and the saints knelt before the follows trumps renewed twitter calls for players to stand. Coming formula one star max the suppan has won the malaysian grand prix basing out championship title leader Lewis Hamilton while friday Sebastian Vettel put on a probably an as far as far as no reform. After turning twenty on saturday max pushed up and didnt realize the celebrations were just about to begin. Starting from third on the grid the rebel driver quickly pulled away from pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and took control of the race. Meanwhile Sebastian Vettel saved the day for for loring after losing to me reichen and moments before the race vettel put on a brilliant drive going from last place on the grid and finishing in fourth. But a bizarre incident after the race could put a dent in the germans title hopes. A collision between him and Williams Lance storm a slow down lap smash the rear left side of his ferrari for the fabric for the start of if the gearbox needs to be replaced vettel could be penalised by places for the next rates the way it was pushed out and who proved to be the dominant force in malaysia winning ahead of hamilton for his second career when red bulls Daniel Ricardo took the final podium position. I do my own race you know the car was unbelievable i had faced any of the speed up and i i still think thats amazing you know its very tough race but of course incredible to win and i feel good but i think weve got some work to do with the car obviously we didnt have the pace a this weekend so the store to do the still races ahead in the summer we can for sure when. Hamiltons lead has now increased to thirty four points ahead of vettel the race continues next sunday as the one heads to japan for a smile al jazeera. Will sunday also my. A milestone for International Basketball as a longstanding role banning head coverings is officially lifted the changes approved early this year after a sustained Online Campaign and now one of the key campaign is trying to promote the participation of listener women in basketball and his home reports. Weve gotten from home here because you know that im in just slipped on its a new look for basketball and for muslim women who play across the world by haarp the start of new opportunities after a long Standing Campaign that he job is finally allowed in the sport. In leicester basketball players from across the u. K. Came together as they try to form the countrys first Muslim Womens team emboldened by the rule change on head coverings that was approved by the sports governing body fever earlier this year i think were going to get the difference and is of even for the young kids they can see those as well was to be able to give us more when job some of what i used to busboy i used to actually stop for two years because of a job and didnt play and now when i heard about the bond i actually decided to go back. 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To the falcons the squad a full of foundation they want to raise money for kids to play basketball in iraq and syria and promote the participation of muslim women in the sport so it doesnt make it this whole connotation or bogus from a woman in the press corps when they see a plane and were going to double laughing and joking for the whole time its about the boy oh ok she smiled ok she got bored ok wait the problem for the full feed this 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 Homan Al Jazeera now the final round of golds new Zealand Womens open has had to be at the spiral down to monday because of some treacherous weather conditions this was overnight aided bell and mozo on the seventh hole when she came under attack for some had ties in holdings during a strong gust of wind and heavy rains the spaniard was unhurt but was clearly fear arius the tournament officials for allowing play to go ahead. Weve only a few. Because it was already lets talk to. This story we like she was all right that is all a school for now back to gerri in london so thank you well you can find out much more about the stories were following on our website you can get loads of video on demand right there and lots of extra information from our correspondents in the field too thats all aljazeera dot com thats it for me Julien Macdonald for this news hour so it will be here in a moment with much more of the days news. Facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasnt happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g. C. C. Will be in doubt. Here the story. On talk to. At this time. October on aljazeera. After a year of mourning time on bids a final farewell to its longest reigning monarch. 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