Place. Im fully back to watching aljazeera live from doha also ahead countdown to catalonia is big announcement the separatist leader may declare independence from spain. Live pictures from monrovia where polls have opened liberians are choosing who will take over from Ellen Johnson sirleaf the countrys first female president plus. With the wind driven event this far changed behavior very rapidly it is moving throughout the areas. Ten dead one hundred people missing and twenty thousand evacuated as wildfires spread in the u. S. State of california. It will. We begin with what could be a dramatic increase in the number of ranger refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar theyve been a law in recent days but reports say ten thousand people crossed into bangladesh on monday more than half a million. Refugees have left me and my since a military crackdown began six weeks ago in rakhine c. Has the latest from young gone people of course have been fleeing violence in the north of the country in iraq and state but what were hearing now from the United Nations office for humanitarian affairs as well as from residents of hmong door which is the epicenter of the conflict is that people are leaving because simply theyre going hungry there is a lack of food aid people who are on a subsistence existence already and an hour now face restrictions on their movements they cant access the market they cant go to their fields and they cant go fishing so many people are taking the desperate decision to flee to bangladesh where relatives and friends have been telling them that there is food and there is shelter so come here and youll be taken care of now this is just increasing the urgency of calls by the United Nations and other aid organizations to open up record time state to food and humanitarian assistance. To spain now where the government insists the country will not be divided as a future of catalonia hangs in the balance the regional leader could make a declaration of independence shortly but spains deputy Prime Minister has warned that madrid will act on any attempt to divide the country john hall has more from barcelona no matter which side of the independence debate one is on this is a site a few in catalonia would welcome the National Police drafted in after a Supreme Court ruling to guard the high court ahead of tuesdays address to parliament by the regions president carlos preached a moment its a bit scary to see. It in the streets because i am used to see them. Used to see so many bodies when she says yes and now theyre here. We have them on our doorstep and its like feeling under siege. These police guys the have really hit us hard and its i think its very bad here at the moment a spokesman for the Squadron Police force said it had no choice but to accept the Supreme Court ruling. We dont understand it at all we have been guarding the spear court of catalonia for the last twenty four years and theres never been any reason to doubt our service so we dont understand it and we dont like it but it is a judicial destruction so we accepted. The extremely unusual you might call it provocative site of spains National Police on guard outside this important building in central barcelona is a reminder of just what sensitive times these are as this region and the whole of spain await a possible unilateral declaration of independence by catalonia on monday madrid again made it clear that an independence declaration would have immediate consequences. Not at. The ready for any circumstances because were already vaccinated against the fanaticism of most of them all and any hope that he will return to sanity and serenity therefore its necessary to consider all possible options with worked on all of them one option is to use special constitutional powers to revoke ptolemy if that were to happen thered be far more to worry about than the National Police guard outside the high court. Barcelona. And live now to another of our correspondents in boston on a. Very crucial day today in catalonia talk us through whats going to be happening and how are the two sides in this crisis repairing. And indeed falling and all eyes are going to be on the catalan president as he sets to make that address in Parliament Later on choose day this has been really the culmination of weeks of tension continue ratcheting up of course one particular highlight of which was the actual day of that vote declared independence according to the spanish called declared illegal according to the spanish constitution so the fact of the matter is is that the Spanish Government has been. Really focusing on really laying down the law in terms of of the legality of this it has already the high court in madrid has already brought in the heads of the local Catalan Regional Police for questioning on charges of sedition there also theyre also. Words in the wake of that if you just want dollars go ahead with that unilateral declaration as well and then the national the general Prosecutors Office in madrid has said that it will be preparing. A case for sedition and against the constitution really thats what theyve really been focusing on but catalonia doesnt really have many allies in terms of of this declaration of independence their voices within the European Union have said that really whats important right now is National Unity and still no country has said that it would recognize catalonia if it did declare independence and secede as a separate country folly so now what would be the political and economic implications of cotton oh youre declaring independence from spain. Were already seeing the economic effects it has had an effect on the spanish stock markets as well theyve been shaken by the perceived instability of such an action taking place as well and youve also had several banks and Multinational Companies that have already transferred their headquarters or indeed more thinking that theyre going to be transferring their headquarters ahead of the address theyve gone from barcelona to all the countries within the cities within spain so really the economic effect has had really. People from the capital and as the session aside thinking that people from the capital and the session aside thinking that this is already one way of strong arming of this and of course the Spanish Government is already looking at applying the law as they say continue to say that it is anti constitutional folly sonia going boston i thank you very much for that sonia. To africa now and polls have just opened in liberia where voters will be electing a new president after twelve years under africas first elected female leader Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson sirleaf is to step down after two terms in office liberians will be choosing from a crowded field of twenty candidates including george where. He says live for us now from liberias capital monrovia im ed were looking at live pictures of our polling stations that are beginning i imagine to open now the voting actually thought it are people casting their ballots already. Some in some places and some polling stations theyre voting is actually started but why im standing now its a machine its a convent there are a total of six polling stations but the. Official trying to put everything in order a Briefing Party agents who are here to witness the votes of service and all that they have almost finished their preparations now the gates will open and then well have the voters coming in right now there are dozens of people outside this location trying to come in let me show you how its going to happen first of all after the voters who have been queuing actually on line since six oclock in the morning. G. M. T. They have been queuing just to get here to come and cast their vote like i said the calling stations on this floor and three more years now im walking into one of the polling booths where you have. Where we where the voters will come and cast their vote here we have presiding officers and other off issues and right over here this is where the voters will come and then they get a creditor and issued a paper and then they move people right here being supervised by the. If you can if we pan the camera to our left right there. The various Political Parties who are here to see how. Credible this election is and these are the ballot boxes where the voters will come and drop the papers after article or marking the ballot papers so a very important day for voters twenty candidates in the running to replace johnson tell us about the mood in monrovia in the city and what situation like that. Well the mood is that of expectation people like i said have been queuing up since the early hours of the day from what we hear in other areas people have started killing up in order to vote since five thirty g. M. T. So a lot of people like keane the election campaigning has been passionate and people are really really eager to cast their votes the election matters to them in so many respects first the twelve years of Ellen Johnson sirleaf with the help of International Organizations international n. G. O. S and liberia was able to move on after the war now we want to see where takes over from. Will build on the peace that is available and of course liberians are more focused on who does infrastructure fix a bit of the Health Care System and everything so a lot of passion a lot of interest a lot of attention is being paid to this particular board somebody who will be elected to take over from and then of course there are some twenty seats senators all members of hours of representatives who will be walking closely enough to last for the government to implement ali. Thank you very much for that of course well be checking in with you throughout the day on this liberian president ial election. The Turkish Military is continuing to survey parts of edley province in syria ahead of the establishment there of a socalled deescalation zone Turkish Forces have been deployed at the border since it was announced they would support Syrian Rebels in their battle against a former kind of affiliate in a lab the group controls most of the province and has rejected the proposed the escalation zone agreed on by Turkey Russia and iran and further inland in iraq a u. S. Sponsored syrian fighters say theyre preparing for a final push to retake neighborhood still held by eisel officials on the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces believe the last phase will take between seven and ten days the operation to retake rocco with the backing of the u. S. s support has been going on since june. And both Syrian Government forces and fighters are continuing to battle i saw in there is a province this is the last major i saw stronghold in syria Russian Troops have been pushing along the western bank of the Euphrates River with fighters on the back. Still ahead here on aljazeera seeking a unified government recants nation talks take place in cairo between rival palestinian factions fatah and hamas plus why a colombian shelter for animals seized from drug lords. Is being shut down. From flowing the island winds to an enchanting breeze. 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Join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Theyre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories the number of refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar may have increased again following a law in recent days reports say ten thousand people cross into bangladesh on monday more than half a million have left. Military crackdown began six weeks ago. In spain the capital and president is expected to address the parliament in boston oh no there is speculation that he could announce independence from spain but the Spanish Government insists the country will not be divided and polls have opened in liberia to elect a new leader after twelve years of president Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female president shes stepping down after two terms in office liberians will choose from if field of twenty can exist. Succeed the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Not turkeys president russia type read on has described a u. S. Decision to suspend most pieces services for turkish citizens as upsetting the current standoff began with the arrest of a u. S. Consulate employee in istanbul accused of links to last years failed cool but as political hand reports it all takes place against a backdrop of deteriorating relations between the two nato allies. After the arrest of a worker at the u. S. Embassy in ankara and a warrant issued for another the us took the unusual step of saying they would stop issuing visas for some turkish nationals travelling to america the first explanation was posted by the u. S. Ambassador to turkey on twitter we dont know if these arrests are singular events or if we should expect other turkish Staff Members to be arrested turkey quickly followed suit with similar measures by president rich a type erdogan said he did it reluctantly and on kind of this is a very sad decision and the ambassador has taken a decision and started implementing it so its a source of sadness this is just the latest in a growing list of diplomatic back and forth the relationship between these two nato allies started souring during the Syrian Civil War turkey upset the u. S. Didnt do enough against the Assad Government even angrier when the u. S. Backed kurdish fighters and later armed them. Then last years coup attempt and it got worse blame to clerics between the golan who lives in the u. S. They wanted him extradited for his alleged role the Obama Administration refused and the Trump Administration hasnt moved on it either that was a big issue when he first met President Donald Trump but that was overshadowed by what happened when he left the oval office. Turkish Security Officers violently attacked what appeared to be Peaceful Protesters outside the turkish ambassadors residence fifteen of them were indicted in u. S. Courts and as a result the u. S. Stopped a planned sale of small arms to turkey turkey further angered the u. S. When it agreed to buy a Russian MissileDefense System equipment that wouldnt work within nato has indicated he would be willing to trade americans imprisoned in turkey for good lawn but given that would be hard to do within the legal system something he really wants the case thrown out against her citizen reza zurab who is awaiting trial in the u. S. For allegedly helping turkey in. Theyd sanctions against iran if it was a matter of wanting it back than wanting the case to go away it wanting him not to testify not wanting any of the details about their role in helping iran of aid sanctions coming out in the course of a trial it will be yet another chance for the ole reddy frosty relationship to cool even more political when aljazeera washington. Hundreds of civilians are fleeing the iraqi town of how we jet to escape fighting there u. S. Backed iraqi troops and iranian trained shia militia declared victory over i saw on thursday after a two week offensive but pockets of i saw friends is still battling for control in the surrounding areas the fall of how we germans isolate only remaining territory in iraq is a stretch along its western border with syria. Negotiators from rival palestinian factions fatah and hamas are in cairo for talks on rick reconciling their decade long splits the deal brokered by egypt follows a Cabinet Meeting in gaza last week marking the return to work on the unity government but as Harry Fawcett reports on the occupied west Bank Divisions remain even over the past parameters of the upcoming talks. On the way out of gaza hamas officials not for the first time in recent weeks were exuding optimism the architecture of a deal had been brokered by egypt now it was for hamas and fatah to start work on the details in cairo face to face. We are going to karo to discuss the mechanism of implementing the two thousand and eleven car agreements we already signed with nasa which includes the p. L. O. Preparing for elections and forming a unity government. But before the hamas negotiators even left it was clear the other side had different expectations. Telling our jazeera nothing had come of the twenty eleven agreement instead that i would present a vision for a unified National Strategy for hamas to sign up to. This do they want to have this. Ever. Delivery of services would certainly be welcomed by garzon suffering daily deprivation the divide which began with gun battles ten years ago has combined with the israeli blockade scene gun battles ten years ago has combined with the israeli blockade seen garza slide into economic and humanitarian calamity the situation worsened by three conflicts with israel in which thousands of palestinians died this year palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas imposed restrictions on salaries and electricity supplies increasing the pressure on hamas to seek a deal now hes insisting that any agreement prevents hamas military wing from remaining an external alternative center of power. A buses position is that he refuses the equation whereby the Palestinian Authority governs overground and hamas governs underground so it seems the issue of arms is on the table even though it wasnt in previous agreements. For all the smiles on the show in gaza last week when the Palestinian AuthorityPrime Minister assembled his cabinet for a formal handover of power this reconciliation remains at a fragile early stage previous attempts to understood have ended in failure there is early momentum this time not least as a result of egypts intervention but now comes the harder test of thrashing out longstanding divisions in direct negotiations are a force that aljazeera. Iran is promising a crushing response if the u. S. Designates this elite revolutionary guard as a terrorist school present donald trump has been promoting a more hawkish strategy on iran accusing it of supporting terrorism and exporting violence across the middle east and his year to withdraw u. S. Government support for the twenty fifty nuclear deal this week as reports some tehran. In the last few days the headlines here have been dominated by defiant rhetoric from iranian leaders who say that any actions by the United States to impose new sanctions or to abandon the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal will be met with a strong response at a News ConferenceIrans Foreign Ministry spokesman bufferin kasumi has said that it would be a strategic mistake for the white house to place the countrys revolutionary guard corps on a list of terror organizations and that he hoped for a more rational response from the u. S. President. Position is very clear we hope that the american authorities will not continue their mistakes or commit such a strategic mistake and impose new sanctions that will declare the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization if they do that irans response will be decisive and overwhelming the u. S. Will not be able to face the consequences we hope that those who are wise in america will take the right steps and stand against such a decision the language in recent days from the revolutionary guard itself has been much stronger the chief commander has said that if the United States was to take such an action then its bases in the region would be considered strategic targets and that its troops in the region would be given the same status in the eyes of the Iranian Forces as isis fighters and even as countries who helped negotiate the nuclear dealers the United States not to take any actions to abandon it iran wants people to know that it will need any new challenges from a position of strength its posturing on both sides that is putting the Obama Administrations hard one nuclear deal in jeopardy at least ten people are dead and more than one hundred are missing in fast moving wildfires across the u. S. State of california this was the scene just a few hours ago in the Southern Region where more than five thousand homes were evacuated as a struggle to control the blaze many are self leaving their homes after the governor of california declared a state of emergency in seven counties reynolds has more from los angeles. Much of california is burning or at risk of going up in flames from north to south in the most populous us state more than twenty major of more than twenty major fires are burning with nearly thirty thousand hectors already scorched thousands of homes and other buildings have been destroyed at least twenty thousand people have been evacuated including patients at two hospitals the fire sprang up quickly fanned by winds gusting up to eighty Kilometers Per Hour and aided by extremely low you miltie i know hes kind of conditions the rest is just a stream of new stars and thats what i mean what happened last night and this morning the plan thats going online to have these explosive visions in the famous napa and Sonoma County wine country home to some of californias finest then years residents were alerted near midnight and told they had only minutes to get out in Southern California smoke and flames were visible in a major fire in anaheim the location of disneyland with the wind driven event this fire changed behavior very rapidly and is moving throughout the area so thats why weve expanded evacuation orders and we did ask people to heed those warnings firefighters are spread thin but meteorologists say the winds should die down soon giving hope they can get the fires under control rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles. The u. S. Sports Television Network e. S. P. N. Has suspended one of its anchors for posting politically controversial tweets jimmy hill criticize the owner of the Dallas Cowboys after he told players they would not be allowed to play if they disrespected the u. S. Flag hill tweeted that brand should now not buy carboys merchandise and f. L. Players have been kneeling during the National Anthem to protest racial inequality e. S. P. N. Said she will be suspended for two weeks last month hill tweeted that president was a white supremacist. Now to colombia where the Third Largest city is home to an animal refuge like no other for two decades abused animals drug lords all the circus have been sheltered in the yellow rain in the city of county but now Environmental Authority say it must close alison the amputee has a story of jupiter to live might appear to have the same of a cat in the wild around this adopted mother hes no more try to house. Is one of many exotic animals that an authority shelters that. Are unique animal refuge and. Trade which connects them all is that they were abused in the past. Or on their own she had gone with her head a circus grow a lion and a tiger one lion was crippled they broke his power by lashes another line was cross eyed more and more animals kept arriving because the city like the space to house wildlife for twenty six years i have done the work of the state at one time police handed over a city supply of animals many seized from drug lords on the road. I cry out of anger and impotence when i see them so abused so by a lated by human beings then but those. Revenues from three private schools have helped finance the facility supermarkets provide fruits and veggies lend the remains of their livestock for the big cats the alerting us found there has long been praised in even encouraging our work by tory so much so to deserve a statue paid for by a former governor but those days are long gone and now current. Its time to close the refuge. Police have now stopped bringing new animals following a decision by the local environmental story to set it up like this will see you live in that a little less convinced these places need to have conditions that are sanitary for the city and suitable for the animals the fact that this was allowed to legally its a shame for the city and cant continue indefinitely just because we want to have you know at that moment the corn medical mistake of what the elephant people smaller animals should be released but many of the older or disabled creatures could be euthanized. I mean what you are. Its unacceptable that they kill them after i took care of them for so many years keeping a promise for twenty years to just have them decide about his life just because youre lame youre not supposed to live. That question mark hangs over all of the animals. But and the promise is to keep fighting for them and this sanctuary from animal cruelty. Now again im fully back to where the headlines on aljazeera and a number of the hinge refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar may have increased again following a lull in recent days reports say ten thousand crossed into bangladesh on monday more than half a million have left me on marstons and military crackdown began six weeks ago in spain the catalan president carlos put him on is expected to address parliament in barcelona there is speculation that he could announce catalonia as independence but the Spanish Government insists the country will not be divided the polls have opened in liberia to elect a new leader after twelve years president Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female leader is stepping down after two terms in office liberians will choose from a field of twenty candidates to succeed the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Turkeys president read on has described a u. S. Decision to suspend most Visas Services for take your citizens as upsetting the current standoff began with the arrest of a u. S. Consulate employee in istanbul accused of links to last years failed coup an arrest warrant is also out for another u. S. Consulate worker in turkey in the u. S. At least ten people are dead and more than one hundred missing in fast moving wildfires across the state of california more than five thousand homes were evacuated in the Southern Region as fire crews struggled to control the blaze u. S. Vice president mike pence assured that the federal government would do all it could to help but i want to assure the People California on behalf of prison the trump nerd ministration that we will be working very closely with Governor Brown and with california to see you through these challenging times and i want to say to the People Killed for you know all of those and then or in the past of these advancing wildfires that we are with you we are standing with you and the American People will have the communities that are affected your thoughts and in our prayers the Turkish Military is continuing to serve a parts of italy province in syria ahead of the establishment of a socalled deescalation zone there Turkish Forces have been deployed at the border since it was announced they would support Syrian Rebels in their battle against a former al qaeda affiliate in northwest sidley province youre up to date with the headlines on aljazeera the news continues right after the street. News has never been. But the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Hi anthony ok and join this train while i went out to zero and. What happens if catalonia really declares independence from spain its been ten days of violence protests and fiery debate theres been a push for die off