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The whole rahman this is the aljazeera news our lives more headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes count up to catalonia is a big announcement the regional leader arrives at parliament to make an important speech on the future of the region. And i see relationship grows even colder turkeys president calls for a ban all beatings with the u. S. Ambassador as tension grows between the two countries also liberians head to the polls to choose who will take over from africas first elected female president Ellen Johnson sirleaf plus. With the wind driven event this fire changed behavior very rapidly it is moving throughout the area. One hundred people missing and twenty thousand evacuated as wildfires spread in the u. S. State of california. Im joining us roscoe with the latest sports news including syrias world cup dreams come to an end to extra time by australia one step closer to russia but. Good to have you with us on the news hour we start in europe where were just three hours from knowing the direction of catalonia its relationship with spain will be heading thats when the catalonia regional president and. Makes a speech revealing if it will follow through on a vote to secede all eyes are on the regional leader at the Catalan Parliament in barcelona is under enormous pressure to make an announcement to declare independence the issue has divided the country but which side will the president choose Police Support the people who voted in october for catalan to become independent or willie heed the warnings of the Spanish Government which insists the country will remain united on all sides of the arguments people have made their voices heard at massive rallies that we saw throughout spain over the weekend now the next showdown between the palace and the capital of catalan and the government has now arrived. While were covering the story from both sides lawrence leaders in the spanish capital madrid but first lets go over to jonah how in barcelona hes outside the katter lonia parliament jonah one wonders now will he what can we expect. Absolutely that i wonder whether this building behind me the Regional Parliament of catalonia has ever been the subject of such intense scrutiny and of course happening as you can see there under intense security as well the most austere squadron catalonians police force out in big numbers here and everybody wants to know the answer that question will he or wont he mr bridge to more weight when he addresses parliament in three hours time declare independence from spain will the Regional Government has given precious little away about the contents of his address to build ostensibly as a report back on the referendum that was a subtle use of language to avoid a possible ban by the Constitutional Court for the convening of this parliamentary session but of course he may go much further than that there is a referendum law that this parliament passed in september saying in the event of a positive result in the referendum a declaration of independence must follow or as you were suggesting there will be. Mounting pressure both inside catalonia and outside madrid and the capitals of europe to step back from the brink to offer perhaps some kind of a symbolic statement towards catalonia is right to independence but something which opens the door to talks with madrid we have to wait and see indeed i mean whatever mr putin does actually say what it has done is highlight the the massive divide to a certain extent with the within a region that it brings in so much financial money into the coffers of spain and the everyone benefits. Yes thats right this is a movement has been around for many many years here but which has really gained traction and momentum since two thousand and ten and since then its largely been a one sided argument the Pro Independence movement won a majority in the Parliament Building behind me in two thousand and fifteen theyre the ones who get the big crowds out onto the streets theyre the ones who tend to get the majority of airtime on Regional Television here but as this issue has been pushed to the brink in the last few days the last week or so the other side has found its voice and it is large in numbers we saw from a massive demonstration here in barcelona on sunday and they are worried that people opposed to independence of worried about the prospect now of a catalonia cast adrift from spain outside of the e. U. Even outside of the eurozone struggling to make its way as an independent state so there are undoubtedly very passionate feelings on both sides of this argument indeed well leave it there for the moment joan of course and come back to you when we hear more from the Regional Parliament lets go over to the spanish capital in madrid lawrence lee is there for us and madrid has said very clearly that its not going to tolerate any secession statement from barcelona or from the Catalan Parliament what wonders what avenues are left to madrid to pursue any such statement. Well you know i think you see the thing the problem for the Spanish Government is for all the threatening and bellicose language that you mentioned and for all the time the aggressive behavior of the National Police on referendum day none of the positions that the madrid government have and their options are really very good so lets just list them they could look at they do they could send the troops in disastrous they could arrest. On grounds of treason that would make them a political master and probably strengthen the catalan calls for independence they could invoke article one five five which is the most likely option which means taking back the autonomous powers of the catalans have bring them back to madrid all that would do would entrenched the problem and kick the problem down the road without solving anything or they could do what the catalans say they want to do and the European Union says it wants which is to hold political negotiations with the kathleens but for the government here thats a massive problem because it would legitimize the cattle and the madrid government has said is this in the political thing its a legal thing you broke the law by holding the referendum and therefore you deserve to be arrested if they back out to the catalans and say ok well have a political negotiation it looks like a defeat they lose all their sense of moral high ground and it gives the catalans even more impetus to say give us as many pounds as we can none of those options are any good and i think in a way clearly this must be part of what the catalans are weighing up and it does lend to the arguing that many people have that they will declare independence because they come for that they cant see what madrid is going to do apart from show more force and then second more people and of course you just touched on that subject of communication neither side wants to talk to each other the e. U. Is saying lets talk yet one wonders what the outside world thinks knowing that no country has as yet said they would recognise an independent catalan state. No they wont do the only people who show any sympathy with it at all of the scots because they want to break away from the u. K. And potentially bought another belgian well loons or somebody you know that the catalans will be absolutely friendless and the reason is this if you look at whats happened over the course of the last twelve months inside the European Union they thought was going to be a terrible year but the far right the populous far right and the european far right lost in austria they lost in the netherlands elections in april Marine Le Pen the from the us you know lost in france in the summer and then merkel emerged again triumphant in the german elections john claude younger the head of the European Commission gave a speech of the day in which he said the wind is back in europe sails lets march Forward Together in unity like never before you know he didnt see this coming nobody saw this coming the last thing the European Union want is for catalonia to go right at the end of what they thought was a good year and so they will do everything in their power to stop the catalans from doing this and that makes the catalan position as well very weak it is a bizarre situation where both sides say theres so much in the right and yet both sides seem to have such a weak position for the moment well leave it there lawrence thank you. President rest of the one says his government no longer recognizes the u. S. Ambassador to the country is the latest twist in the diplomatic dispute that continues to escalate between the two nato allies mohammed i reports. You are some turkey trying to explain and this diplomatic spot highlights wasin and relations between the countries. The turkish employee of the u. S. Consulate in. Last week for the second time this year a turkish daf member of our Diplomatic Mission was arrested by turkish authorities. Despite our best efforts to learn the reasons for this arrest we have been unable to determine why it occurred or what if any evidence exists against the employee turkish president reject type defendant the decision to make that arrest true. Or prosecution is convinced the arrested official has links with fit to knock you down the police have the evidence the employee has no diplomatic immunity an arrest warrant has also been issued for another employee all these show that there is something wrong going on at the u. S. Consulate in istanbul the u. S. Then announced it will stop issuing visas for some turkish nationals traveling to america the u. S. Ambassador stressing that its multiple bomb im talking citizens if you have a valid visa you can still travel to the United States if you want to apply for a visa at another u. S. Embassy or consulate outside of turkey you are free to do so this was not a decision we took lightly and its a decision we took with Great Sadness tuckey disappointed with similar measures this is about is just the latest in a growing list of diplomatic for lots relations between the two nato allies so it at the start of the city and civil war talk he was upset that the u. S. Did not do enough against the Assad Government and was furious when washington backed city in kurdish fighters and later them. Then last years failed coup in turkey and things got even worse turkish president of egypt type one blamed cleric for to legoland who lives in the u. S. But denies involvement and the one wanted him extradited but the Obama Administration refused to trumpet mr shin has been moved on it. The u. S. Ambassador to turkey and says the duration of the suspension in Business Services in turkey will depend on talks between the two governments theres no sign of those taking place and the time soon Mohammed Atta well just. Wild west african our liberians are casting their votes to elect a new president to replace Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female leader twenty candidates are in the reins to succeed the Nobel Peace Prize winner president sirleaf is stepping down after serving two terms in office the election marks the west african nations first democratic transfer of power since nineteen forty four. And a dangerous joins me now from the liberian capital monrovia there was a slight delay to the vote starting but it has begun and of course whoever does win this vote has some very big shoes to fill. Absolutely while they were in the cell delays to the start of the vote this morning especially. Now the the board was delayed for more than an hour simply because there was a lot of confusion between Election Officials and voters as to where. The voters can go and drop their ballots some people have been turned away just after queuing up to off to queue for more than two hours immediately they reached the ballot box of what all but this is not your polling station so you have to go elsewhere as a lot of confusion but this is being gradually sorted and talking about the issues at stake whether wins. His work cut out. For him basically this is a country in dire need of investment the unemployment is more than eighty percent the rate is simply. Just above thirty percent so the infrastructure here is very poor except for the few infrastructure. In place by and in just a sunny now the struggle is also to deal with issues in Education Health care delivery infrastructure and not only that whoever takes over from energy also has to deal with issues of uniting liberias divided by the war and the electioneering of the last one you know here in the morning in monrovia the capital proceedings have been going on very well from the start in some polling stations stations like this i tell you having a lot of issues now to talk about that with me as an observer with the n. D. I. And hes also the former Senate President of the Nigerian Senate senator i can in the money talk to us about the problems you saw and whether or not they have been addressed to us out of this case well i think the first and foremost is thats. Very excited that i have an opportunity. Using little bullets and not take size them a lot of excitement however. A large extent yes i am but initially in the morning i simply. We noticed that there were have been difficult to identify names of voters but as time went on it got a lot of bush. And his and theyre going better fast you can sort of all of the success and. Im fairly comfortable yes. Yes that was Initiative Team problem. Thank you senator. No money in the form and Senate President held election or their voting here at six oclock local time which is just under five hours from now so until then people will continue to cast their votes those who are able to cast their votes because of the country earlier the Election Commission says it hopes to resolve all these matters before before then. For the moment. When the polls close and the counting begins as well thank you. Still had a lot more here on the aljazeera news hour including theres been yet another dramatic increase in the number injure a few g. s fleeing violence and persecution in me in my. Class canada cracks down on poachers of our wild her that is selling for record prices in east asia. In support iceland viking chant is ringing out in reykjavik again find out why they dropped. Wildfires in the u. S. State of california have left ten people dead and more than one hundred missing over a thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed in the Northern Wind producing region in southern parts five thousand homes have been evacuated as fire crews struggle to control the blaze the governor of california has declared a state of emergency in seven counties rob reynolds has more from los angeles. Much of california is burning or at risk of going up in flames from north the south in the most populous us state 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 know these 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 conditions 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. Well lets get more this time for the weather here is richard of course we hear about wildfires in america all the time im doing a california you know what makes this so unique. As a good question obviously were at the end of a long warm summer so if you like wildfires are more likely but there is another factor so how involved in this time by the way as far as the general situation across north america is concerned once we get in september october this is when we start to see were known as the santa ana winds so you often get an area of High Pressure sitting across the great basin and then you get wind circulating around it and those winds tend to come off the platters over the Sierra Nevada and then they warm and they dry out because you have precipitation on one side and then this drawing a warming of the air on the other side so as a result these winds these kassam batek winds known as the santa anas in Southern California and diablos in Northern California they tend to be warm and dry and sometimes in a pretty strong sort of steady sixty seventy Kilometers Per Hour and really thats what weve been experiencing must why the wildfires being particularly bad mostly got some fairly high temperatures to go with it so across the region is nothing in terms of a respite to come the winds are probably ease of little bit but still the situation looks pretty bad but basically looking at dry weather no precipitation to help the situation there as we look at the forecast there is some rain though further towards the southeast and some of that is quite heavy. Thanks very much richard well as we go to the middle east now when we go shooters from rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas are in cairo for talks on reconciling their decade long split but it follows last weeks Palestinian Authority Cabinet Meeting attended by both sides the first to be held in dancer in three years the split began in the aftermath of hamas as election victory in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven has defeated factor in street battles taking full control of the gaza strip since then attempts at reconciliation of broken down within weeks or even months and talks in cairo are designed to implement steps agreed in a deal signed six years ago also in the egyptian capital but divisive issues remain to be resolved from finding employment for both groups personnel to the future of how masses powerful military wing well how we force it joins me live from ramallah in the occupied west bank and as we wait really for the detail of what might or might not be agreed one wonders how ready the public is reacting in both the west bank and gaza where yes theyve been watching both sides say relatively positive things there is some momentum for all this not least because of hamas is decision to dissolve its ability of committee to invite back in power soon Authority Government and indeed the fact that egypt is very much behind this and has been pushing this very hard and that these talks are happening in cairo egypt we want them to want want want to see them dissolve at the first step so there is a lot of pressure for this to succeed however theres also a lot of experience of failure over the last ten years and that was reflected in opinions both in gaza and first here in ramallah. So the situation will remain the same with the talks by what was going to happen it cant get worse than it was. Hopefully there will be reconciliation it would result in achievements for all palestinians but one because. Its better if theres reconciliation for fatah and hamas and all of us it would reflect on us and on the people in gaza economically and mentally. Honestly i do not trust them i am sixty five years of age and i have never seen more untrustworthy people but those two groups hamas and fatah they made promises under oath and before the holy mosque in mecca to mend fences among them eleven years of past and the Palestinian People have been suffering but they did not take any action show me any positive sign gaza strip has become a dead body ignorance has prevailed unemployment look around you young men are not able to marry. First of all they will empower the youth Job Opportunities will be made available we expect the Economic Conditions to move forward especially now that weve been in frightening economic recession needless to mention the siege our lives depend just on opening the Border Crossing we have the right to move freely and lead a dignified life weve been denied many rights to these circumstances. Certainly very many issues that people feel very strongly about there on the ground in both west bank and gaza another issue is security if there is some sort of unity government or agreement the big issue is who actually polices the gaza strip with agreement from both sides. Thats right there are a number of issues related to security related to weaponry indeed who is in charge of security internally within the gaza strip its obviously been hamas for the last ten years will there be some kind of incremental process whereby Security Officials start to reassume that control or will there be some kind of compromise where they leave hamas in charge on the ground but bring them under some kind of supervisory umbrella and then theres the separate question of the alcazar brigades the military wing of hamas the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that he wont accept what he calls a lebanese style solution where theres a hezbollah like entity outside a civilian administration we heard a similar line from the head of the Central Committee of when we spoke to him yesterday saying that there couldnt be just provision of services from the p. A. From fatter hamas retains this very powerful alternative center of power however that is something that is the extremely difficult to bridge hamas has made it clear that it doesnt see that is on the table at all so we may see some kind of intermediary situation where there is the resumption of the p. A. Government where some of these more difficult issues are pushed further down the track but at some stage they will have to meet them further down the track and its at that point that we may see the same difficulties emerging again while this is a two day meeting and even stretch into three days but we know that youll be following it for us from ramallah the very force that. Still ahead here on aljazeera iraqi kurds under pressure from baghdad following a session vote well be live with our correspondent for the latest updates from the region. South korea shows off its military might in a bid to project strength to its northern neighbor. Where the netherlands for a debate swayed by seven goals to keep their world cup hopes alive its unlikely to happen so well look at whats gone wrong. Optimism has faded. Khans elected leaders are divided. Attention grows as fears that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who fought for democracy divide and conquer. Part five of the six part series filmed over five years. Chinas democracy experiment at this time on aljazeera. News is happening faster than ever before from different places from different people and you need to be part of baghdad you need to be able to reach people wherever they are and that means being across all social media platforms this is where our audience lives as well as in front of a t. V. Theyre on their smartphone theyre on the tablet theyre on the computer. And thats the way aljazeera is of all into the true media network. Both about what realtors there is news our arms the whole robida reminder of our top stories in spain pressure is mounting on the catalan president bootable as his meeting his team in the parliament in barcelona ahead of what could be and historic speech speculation that he couldnt scuttle indias independence but the Spanish Government insists the country will look be divided. Turkeys president says his government though longer recognizes the American Ambassador is the latest twist in the diplomatic dispute the began when a u. S. Consular employee. He was arrested in istanbul turkey alleges he has links to last years failed coup in the country and one says he has no diplomatic immunity also liberians are voting to electing a new leader to replace president Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female leader football star george we are Vice President joseph buckeye are among the twenty candidates competing to replace the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A military buildup continues on turkeys border with syria where a major operation is expected turkey is supporting a campaign to secure the city of idlib the rebels last stronghold in the country but civilians still live in fear as hashim reports this is a turkish base in the southern town of ray hadley sitting on top of a hill that overlooks syria the base is surrounded by tanks and artillery its quiet here for the time being whats behind these hills convoys of the Free Syrian Army crossing into syria ahead of a Major Military campaign. Turkey says the cross Border Campaign is part of the deal to secure the citys mostly controlled by hate. A former alqaeda affiliate. The Group Rejects a recent deal between turkey iran and russia to set up a deescalation zone in the province. Civilians are concerned about a major confrontation between the turkish army and yes we reject any intervention right now and the campaign has any benefits from muslims and thats fine because. If it takes into ed lib usefully and inclination with hate that you have a sham thats fine but if you enter the country along with the fifty fighters theyre not good or we detected. It is the only province in syria still under rebel control but the opposition is losing ground Government Troops backed by russia say they are determined to take back it live syrian and russian warplanes have recently increased their airstrikes dozens of civilians were killed turkey says his ultimate goal is to ward any threats coming from factions operating on its border but its unclear at this stage whether turkey would stay longer in Northern Syria or would hand over the administration of civilian opposition body once the province is cleared of a definite fighters. Well lets go back to one of our top stories and those wildfires that are affecting northern all across california in north america were joined now by n. B. C. Reporter Jennifer Bjork learned who joins me from napa weve heard of wildfires in california before jennifer with alarming regularity why is this one raising and creating so much concern. This is a very different wildfire hill because it broke out in the middle of the night they were under a red flag warning here in napa but for whatever reason the humidity was low and the winds kicked up at eleven thirty at night and caught a lot of people unawares burned one hundred seventy three thousand or sorry seventy three thousand acres and fifteen hundred buildings including a hilton hotel on the edge of town and so its burned through several counties and its hopscotched around fire crews are are doing their best to get lines around some of these fires but we wont know until first light how well they did overnight last night youve been able to monitor how the Emergency Services have been able to react from the ground and from the whats your general assessment. Im sorry im having a little bit of trouble hearing. You this cellular towers are all down here because of the fire and they actually have thats part of the problem when theyre trying to check in with people that are missing we have one hundred missing persons reports throughout the counties area here and theyre hoping that some of those miscommunications are because of the cellular towers being down and also one of the reasons im having trouble hearing this morning of course we do and appreciate the problems that are facing communication for the moment at least jennifer thank you for bringing us up to speed jennifer with our media partner n. B. C. Television. Now the u. N. Special envoy for yemen is Briefing Security Council members on the latest situation in the country war has caused a humanitarian catastrophe is the first consultation since the United Nations report blamed the Saudi Led Coalition for causing the deaths of hundreds of children but strikes have continued and survivors are struggling to cope. Reports. The site of what used to be mohammeds home brings back painful memories. This is where three members of his family died in the near strike but i want. All of a sudden i heard the air right the house was hit my rocket was totally destroyed shelling continued to russian my family home where i saw my mother she told us our house was hit my father my brother and sister were killed their bodies were torn into small pieces the house was reduced to ashes if you look at it now you need to think a house once stood there. Not many people can afford a house and how. Many here are displaced from the war and live in wooden structures which barely protect them from the elements this village is close to the saudi border we are fighting between progovernment forces and who the rebels continues is the same area where there strike at a refugee camp killed more than forty people. About that had the fighter jet targeted by name. Home he was a fisherman like me came home with a small catch not even worth two dollars he asked his son to go get some water he started to prepare said breakfast to his children but they were taken by surprise and the house was shelled by a warplane about seven thirty or eight and i morning by the time we came the house was destroyed it was reduced to ashes we couldnt even find a trace of a body. Its not a unique story as the Saudi Led Coalition has continued to doget to the rebels since two thousand and fifteen. And many of more than ten thousand victims of the war have been civilians as more words are used to describe a manmade crisis which has resulted in the worlds worst cholera outbreak man the derision and famine like conditions many yemenis have already lost all of what little they had some of the others there nato is launching a new Multinational Force and remain here the move comes following russias twenty fourteen onix ation of crimea from ukraine four thousand remaining in troops will be supported by personnel from nine other nato countries moscow has accused nato of trying to encircle it and threaten stability in Eastern Europe which later tonight is do not mirroring what russia does so were not mirroring russia are playing by playing those shoulder by Shoulder Point by thank you exercise by exercise we are responding in our way and we do it in a proportionate michoud and the fancy way and we had to remember that of course you need to also all this happen follow on forces we have more forces than in they to Response Force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. United and so clear and coherent no messaging no adversary tries to know our potential tries to attack nato. No Nuclear North Korea is marking the seventy second anniversary of the founding of the countrys Ruling Workers Party meanwhile in south korea the military has been putting on a show of its own firepower from abroad reports from gary young. Its a timely opportunity for south korea to show off its military hardware given the current standoff with north korea and. We are doing our best to show the strength and resolve of the army through this festival we believe it gives the public trust of the army. The equipment is being boosted with the biggest increase in military spending in decades south korea says it wants dialogue with north korea but it must be accompanied by a Strong Military the aim is not to rely so heavily on the u. S. For its security but to develop its own answer to north koreas missile a nuclear threat. South korea is bringing forward plans to strengthen its military it wants the ability to carry out preemptive strikes against north Korean Missile sites and if it ever comes under missile attack to have the weapons to respond with what it calls a massive punishment and retaliation strike. North korea is marking the anniversary of the founding of the Ruling Workers Party of korea and thered been fears of another missile test but it didnt happen. Changes in the Party Leadership ahead of the event have led to speculation that north Korean Leader kim jong un may be concentrating more on the economy instead of his weapons program. For most of the people at this festival in south korea security comes through strength in the city of gary young is home to the headquarters for all of south koreas armed forces and nearly half the people are employees of the military or their dependents in this area the soldiers are friends old and young men like. North korea she was offered a range of military hardware so i think we can also show our capabilities. Ive been worried but i think if we have a quip in like this we would win against north korea. Without Nuclear Weapons of its own building up formidable conventional forces is seen as a deterrent to conflict but it also ups the stakes should hostilities break out rob mcbride al jazeera here young south korea to south asia now where there are reports of a dramatic increase in the number of the hindu refugees fleeing ongoing violence in me and its thought to ten thousand people crossed into bangladesh on monday more than half a million have left me a bar since the military crackdown began six weeks ago mama june has the latest for us from coxs bazar in southern bangladesh near the border with me and mark. A dramatic increase in the number of our hindu refugees crossing from me and more into bangladesh the u. N. H. C. R. I said they are investigating reports that at least ten thousand more refugees have crossed from me and more into bangladesh in the past few days it is hard to confirm these numbers exactly but in local media reports since yesterday many local government officials have said that in different areas the thousands of refugees have come in and that there has definitely been a surge since last week when the numbers of ranger refugees that were crossing per day from me an hour into bangladesh had waned now in the camps that we have been visiting conditions are extremely dire today in this makeshift camp its the start of a Cholera Immunization Campaign the reason for that groups like the w. H. O. And unicef in coordination with the Bangladeshi Health ministry theyre trying to take these measures preventive didley to vaccinate the many refugees against cholera now in this first phase which begins today were told that it is expected that at least six hundred and fifty thousand refugees will be vaccinated after that phase ins next week then another phase will begin a bit later more will be vaccinated you know conditions in these camps are absolutely atrocious they are extremely unhygenic and thats one of the reasons aid workers and Health Workers have been concerned that there could be a full on Health Crisis and there could be epidemic spreading and the disease is spreading if they dont get this under control. The two Royal Australian navy vessels on an old ship and a guided missile frigate visiting the philippines its a sign of greater military cooperation between the two countries as the philippines looks to rely less on its traditional ally the u. S. From manila. This is its first visit to the philippines and according to the government its presence here is a symbol of the strengthening ever increasing ties between the philippines and. It is also part of a tour all across the pacific highlights the ability. To respond to natural disasters not just in the philippines but also all across the region but more importantly they are doing the tour to highlight the role and the importance that. Can play when it comes to regional and maritime security. The philippine is certainly one of our strongest and most important ships we have here in the region. Certainly. We are very much looking forward to working with the Philippine Armed forces and civilian agencies. Here in manila and also. But Security Experts say theres an underlying message to this visit all across the pacific and that is the emphasis when it comes to the freedom of navigation specifically in the South China Sea where tensions continue to rise between flame and countries however both governments admit that they have growing cooperation specially when it comes to anti terror operations in mindanao government there wont be boots on the ground here but they will be merely focused on training all across the country with the Philippine Military well still ahead. Here on aljazeera in sport getting all says booed off a cold to the shanghai masters tennis those details coming up with. Welcome back the Third Largest city in colombia is home to an animal refuge like no other for two decades abused animals from drug lords or even the circus have been sheltered. In the city of cali but no environmental forty say the refuge must close. The story. Jupiter to live might appear to have the same of a cat in the wild better around this adopted mother hes no more attractive than a housemate. Hes one of many exotic animals that an authority shelters that. Are unique animal refuge in cali. Trade which connects them all is that they were abused in the past yeah are on their own accord with their head and circus brought a lion and a tiger one lion was crippled they broke his power by a lashes another line was crossed side more and more animals kept arriving because the city like this place to house wildlife for twenty six years i have done the work of the state at one time police handed over a steady supply of animals many seized from drug lords on their own. I cry out of anger and impotence when i see them so abused so by a lated by human beings but the. Revenues from three private schools have helped finance the facility supermarkets provide fruits and veggies land owners the remains of their livestock for the big cats. The alerting us founder has long been praised and even encouraged in 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 their local environmental story to. 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 let it happen. On lot of. People smaller animals should be released but many of the older or disabled creatures could be euthanized. I mean. Its unacceptable that they kill them after i took care of them for so many years keeping up 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. And a promise is to keep fighting for them and this sanctuary from animal cruelty. Great pictures i well its i think everybody in australia is breathing a sigh of relief with regard to the National Football Team Absolutely yes serious unlike reaching the fifa world cup for the first time has come to an end after they were beaten by a stranger in sydney this playoff was tied at one one after the first like the syrian surged ahead with a goal in just seven minutes their advantage didnt last for long as tim cahill got to go back for the home side in fourteen minutes but the tie level to take it to extra time to decide this game and thirty seven year old cahill turned the hero for the socceroos again with the winning goal they now advance or play off with either the usa panama or one generous and you thomas is that against. Going into the sky not many of the syrians a chance against australia much higher ranked on home ground syria remember a country in the midst of a civil war and yet they fought and they fought and they fought and even in the last three minutes when it looked as though the money. That would have taken them to russia rather than australia of course syrians coming out of the ground disappointed but they have pride and i think i talked to some friends. It was a hell of a game. And this is the furthest ive come. Up to go out next time and i can go all the way back she played very well to be quite disappointing the fact that. I have now and i was left. Cant wait for the next guy australia on its going to rough it yet they still have another fly off to get through but i think late forward on that road i could pretty. Well have been around. I some players and fans have been celebrating in typical style after reaching their first ever. World cup. But these are the same thing they can because players and fans joined in a rendition of the viking clap following it to know when over kosovo iceland celebrations became famous when they made a surprise run to the quarter finals of euro twenty sixteen will be the smallest country to ever take part in a world cup. The netherlands need a miracle later if they to qualify for russia twenty eighteen thats despite finishing third at the last world cup run you now need to beat sweden by seven goals to reach the playoffs they willing reports from. The future was bright the future was orange when the netherlands finished third in the last world cup in brazil Robin Van Persie is famous header in a five one humiliation of spain gave them a lift off but three years of misery of following a failure to reach the expanded european championships now they look certain to miss out on next years world cup dickau because they need to beat sweden by seven clear goals what do you think has gone wrong over these past four years well we all here i think you know about that how we can improve everything also but a better federation. Still got some good Young Players coming up. Fill the gap well we need but the young talent is not there now for an assistant route while it whose team were beaten for nella by france in august nor was it their facade predecessors guus hiddink and thirty three year old all your robin is shouldered the burden but not given up or talked about International Retirement yet. It isnt about me its about the squad its about the team and together we have to get a good result i really hope the stadium will be packed and then we have to present ourselves in a really good manner it wont be long before next its the International Stage and hell be hard to replace like the legends before him in the one nine hundred seventy s. The netherlands brand of total football mesmerised and influence generations to come with a great course at the center of it. In the world had a better reputation for producing young talent than i x. Here in. The national but like the national have gone backwards where have the darts legends gone for its parent has been watching and reporting on them since the glorious seventys era they still think we are a team like from buster reichardt and we dont have those players like iceland why like. Why like norway so play like iceland and dont play like italy or spain there was a subdued atmosphere and disappointment not anger people here except that in a world cup for the first time in sixteen years most just want to forget about football for now we can believe in fairy tales now we know there is no very tail and last we can pay them but we dont. Well the prospect of a world cup without my say and argentina closer become a reality later south americas two thousand and eighteen qualification battle reaches an end that i sub zero report reports from want to say this. One last Training Session before the match that will decide whether the runners up at the last world cup will make it to russia next year. Is one of the few fans who came all the way to i say sir to see your nail messi train he says he still has faith with only one pill to go all the i brought my son and told him lets go and see the team i believe in the team we will qualify in the end once the ball starts to go inside it wont stop argentina has been struggling to qualify for the world cup next year in its last four matches the team has failed to score a single goal the two time world cup winners head into the final round of regional qualifiers in sixth place outside the top four positions which grant automatic qualification i win against it while the order is a must overall argentinians are disappointed and frustrated with the National Team and many say that they are not emotionally ready to cope with the fact that they could not make it to the world cup but its not just ports that people are worried about but the repercussions that not qualifying could have in the Argentine Football Association that hes already broke. Not being in the world cup could mean millions of dollars in lost revenue. From the sponsors from the t. V. And from fee for a forward for would be i least ten less. That they have now for alexander argentinians will have to do a lot of rethinking if argentina fails to win on tuesday during the day. And even for five because there was a lot of critics and the national for being this they were running to. Being the second best. And with argentina out russia will be left without. For some the worlds best Football Player in. The world cup has already been organized its not for messi or for Cristiana Ronaldo but for russia. And so much money in it so having the top players there is crucial i also think it shows up in football because we would have never thought that messi could end up not playing in the world cup. But there is one match on tuesday in the high altitudes of keep that could change millions here i waiting to watch what they say will be the miracle that could put argentina back in the game. All right that is it for now. Thanks very much just bring you some breaking news coming out of east africa ten years Opposition Leader has withdrawn from president ial elections that were due to be held later in october as called for days of protests and has accused his rival the incumbent president. Of paying his supporters of course well bring you more on that story at the top of the hour. And moving on to the american gin saying its thought to have a wide range of Health Benefits such as lowering blood sugar levels and reducing stress but its illegal to picket in canada and officials are warning that poaching is on the rise as prices of the herb increase dont you like has more from ottawa sort of easier its a very nice. We can see butternuts on patrol not far from canadas capital city John Francois du bois is looking for wild american gin saying its an endangered species and record prices for the plant in east asia are attracting poachers if mr dubois finds any jinn saying he knows where to focus his surveillance and were using a lot of technologies and thats what the poachers theres no they may be walking in the forest and it may be some of the cameras live cameras that will receive the live pictures on our cell phones Conservation Officers across canada sees many kilos of illegal wild gin sing every year poachers can spend five years in jail but with a Global Market worth more than two billion dollars a year illegal harvesting is getting more organized and difficult to police just like the trade in the worlds other endangered species interpol estimates that Wildlife Crime is the fourth most lucrative crime out there after Illegal Drugs after Human Trafficking after counterfeiting the fourth most valuable is wildlife this is big time crime canada as well ginseng population is under threat even though farmers in ontario are legally growing what is essentially the same plant in east asia in Traditional Medicine well ginseng is more desirable and its domestically grown cousin thats not what scientists in toronto have found though in Clinical Trials researchers at st Michaels Hospital have discovered farm gin saying has positive Health Impacts that the wild plant does not have we have very enthusiastic we continue were talking to growers who want to make but think of the formula for diabetes may be full of blood but i should and be a very optimistic John Francoise dubois even spends many of his weekends combing the woods for a plant that poachers have helped push to the brink of extinction he has his eye firmly on the future especially i would like to someday come here with my son is now two and a half years old and maybe come back and say you know you can see here and theres wilds and sing there well while americans in saying and its here because we did something for it. Canadas ginseng protector remains vigilant and committed to what is essentially a passion not just his job daniel lack aljazeera youre ought. To stay with us ill be back with more news on the other side of the break youre watching aljazeera. The sun and age old part of spanish culture no one i can stop thinking about today the bullies in my life others are explored and a symbol of Central Government by one time we shouldnt carry on something that goes against the morals of cult alongside he is a from the catalan nationalist perspective and from the believes the present banished culture and this and catalonia has lost full fight at this time on aljazeera wild. When we managed the Financial System between one nine hundred forty five and one nine hundred seventy one there was not a single financial crisis anywhere in the world and then in one thousand seven hundred the bank has lobbied and they said no no we dont need controlled you know the market will discipline us banks love to make loans to sovereigns why because behind the sovereign a millions of taxpayers we can see reaction to the liberalisation of finance just as we saw it in the one nine hundred twenty s. And its going to be doing it already is ugly in many parts of the world where people are saying if my government went look after my interest then i will look for a stronger if hes a fascist i dont care if you promises to secure the stability of my life and my people i will vote for him i think thats where were heading and i dont think our leaders have the vision to understand thats the threat that we face. Chinas property. Fields become cities rivers water bugs forests. Its mostly empty. Yana brings international before us the illusion of a thriving metropolis and the myth of an unknown noble economy china is dreaming a witness documentary at this time on aljazeera. Ten years Opposition Leader rhyolite it to others as if withdrawing from the president ial election