Hello there im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program evading the question catalans leader fails to answer yes or no on whether the region has declared independence from spain. Portugals Prime Minister declares a state of emergency as raging wildfires leave at least twenty seven dead. The desperate bid to leave violence in myanmar ends in disaster for more real hinge refugees another boat capsizes leaving twelve day. Lets begin the program with major developments out of iraq where Government Forces have taken control of the city of kirkuk according to Security Forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no opposition from kurdish for rock but charles you were in kirkuk up to what two hours ago so tell us a little bit about what you were seeing when you were there what you saw unfold. Well scenes of panic really the thousands of families that we saw queues of calls rushing to get away from kid a coke eyes quickly as possible and also many. As well what was so interesting was that. A lot of people were standing by the side of the road and demanding and telling people and the peshmerga to get back into the city and fight i think what is so incredibly surprising is the speed with which they say victory for the iraqi forces has happened i mean its its a them around fifteen hours this time last night we were getting news after a meeting by the kurdish Kurdish Regional government president barzani whod been meeting with kurdish factions and the iraqi president and it was following that meeting that he said that everybody was united that they refused to make the results of that controversial referendum on kurdish secession nolen void and vowing to defend their positions in kirkuk till death us and it was literally as i say fifteen hours and look where we are now it happened so rapidly we were in some of the areas where the peshmerga had redeployed to a couple of days ago theyd set in the dug in tanks they were said to be around six thousand Kurdish Peshmerga that were moved to these positions. And it just seems as if they were overrun very quickly and also surprising is the lack of the lack of a firefight there was very little resistance we heard that there were sporadic clashes around the outskirts but by and large these withdrawals from example from the very strategically important k. One military base that the kurds are taking control of in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army withdrew in the face of that eisler fence if. The. It happened within a couple of hours then the polls fell as well before we knew it there was this announcement from the iraq human achieve that it was in full control of the center of the city and there were no pressure there at school they had all played so this is a huge loss for the Kurdish Regional government and has come as a as a massive surprise absolutely and really with breast taking as speed as well so in light of everything weve weve heard and i guess the factionalism within the kurds where does this actually leave the k. R. Ji and thats the Kurdish Regional government what does that leave them. Well theres a lot of questions being asked by the Kurdish Regional government one can imagine now as to how this happened and its interesting because the blame game is beginning to appear one of president barzani senior aides has posted a letter on his twitter account which he says is a letter from one of the main shia militia factions a group called the cibo who are going to see in this letter that this group thanks members of the p u k the party of the union of Kurdistan Party for cooperating with them in withdrawing from these areas around kirkuk with so little resistance so it does suggest serious factionalism within the k r g and these questions about to be focused on by the government if you look at it within the context of the kind of International Pressure the k r g has faced in the wake of this referendum you know pressure from the turks pressure from the iranians but no endorsement by and large pretty much from virtually everybody in the International Community full this referendum a referendum through which you know ninety two percent of those more than ninety two percent of those who voted said yes to eventual goody secession so this pressure from the International Community the big players in the region and the government now continues in this loss of kirkuk which is so important for the kurds can only make that pressure even stronger. Chance to fit in with the latest from a to b. And charles for the moment thank you. Welcome cross Live National by who is in antakya in Southern Turkey and hashem were just hearing there from Charles Stratford about the International Community being against this referendum that was held been in the kurdish part of iraq turkey of course one of those countries very vocal against the referendum and now theyve made an announcement havent they theyve halted flights to iraq sacrificially john tell us a little bit more. Whether turkish government always took up the pressure against the argy by closing the space to. Also saying that hes going to hand over the hub which is the main Border Crossing to the Iraqi Government for Border Crossings between the two between the two countries mostly controlled by the kurdish factions and now this is the turkish government is moving towards. The Central Government in iraq now i have to say that this. Outcome of the referendum is creating a redefining of the whole geo political dynamics in the region in the past relations between iraq and turkey were strained because of the presence of turkish fighter. In. Now weve seen Something Different which is basically the iranians the iraqis of the turks. Really go shooting ways to coordinate the post referendum weve seen joint drills between the Turkish Military and the Iraqi Military and the Border Crossing visits by senior officials from turkey. And also expecting the turkish Prime Minister to travel. In the coming days to definitely the issue of the g. Of the referendum the future of the area is going to be topping the agenda very interesting to Political Developments in the region. With the latest there from attacking turkey hash thank you. Catalonia leader has failed to the clear if his region plans to secede from spain instead catalyst your demand to wrote a letter to the Central Government asking for dialogue so neither hugo reports from barcelona. It was supposed to be a monday deadline the catalan. Residents response to madrids demands that he clarify his position on succession lacked any definitive answers in his letter to spains Prime Minister might enter a hoyo catalyst preacher once said that the suspension of the political mandate given by the polls october first demonstrates our firm will to find a solution and not confrontation not exactly the yes or no response required by the Spanish Government before it decides whether to push ahead with suspending catalonia as autonomous powers them and theyre going to pretend that i know that on such an important issue we only asked for clarity to extend uncertainty were only favor those who wish to end peaceful coexistence and to continue with the poor project the government hopes that in the following hours up until the next deadline on thursday mr persia will give the clarity that all citizens demand and the rule of law requires we can understand his preservations and confusion and that hes doing that to meet the demands of the most radical groups the Spanish Government is maintaining its tough stance on mr preacher mond but it has given away just a fraction on the question of the deadline the ball and the fact is back in the catalan governments caught with a constitutional crisis is far from over societies are getting exhausted for the public functioning and the normal running its also affecting every days life of people so it would be very positive for everyone if they could find a solution soon but it seems its not going to. In madrid the head of the castle of Police Forces just. Arrived at Spains National court to face charges of sedition hes accused of failing to enforce a ban on the type of first referendum a vote madrid says it was illegal under the constitution it has angered many in catalonia for whom bedell is a hero to the region secessionist after his force took a much less aggressive position than the National Police force they came under International Criticism for their violent crackdown on voters. The crisis is once again being prolonged but there is little clarity about how this will end and which side will back down and many here fear what ever the capital and government decides to do it will pay the price for holding the referendum in the first place so you go out jazeera barcelona or rome ever is catalinas minister of Foreign Affairs who joins us live now from barcelona low in a sort of thank you so much for being with us here on the aljazeera so the government in spain in madrid has given you an extension now you have until thursday morning at zero eight hundred g. M. T. To effectively say what it is that youre going to do whether you will or have the cleared independence is your is your government going to announce it then is the separatist leader going to announce on thursday whether they will indeed declare independence or not. Well but i have to insist on that is not the point in the sense that the Spanish Government really wants to talk or not that is the point i think that is important to understand that this is about politics and from that perspective weve been insisting on trying to solve these negotiations at least on a negotiation table and i insist very much on that because that will be demanded before the referendum on the first of october that would we do want to trade it on the fifth of october that we are ready for with the exceptional response given and provided by the people when they were beaten i shall remember that there were more than one hundred people beaten by the police on this fight all these we do not stop our claims of politics that we demand also and then we insist it when president bush the man spoke in the Parliament Saying the people was clear on their vote on on the fish of october but still we understand that we need to talk east dispended government willing to talk yes or no that is a simple question but i guess at the very simple answer the Spanish Government in a way has been giving you for a long time now is that theyre not going to talk about this and it seems to me that youve almost backed yourself up into a corner a because you have and the guys the Spanish Government even more they will not speak to you now there is pressure on you because a lot of companies are moving out of of catalonia theyre moving their headquarters out to banks have moved out you do have a mounting debt in catalonia so it seems to me that in a sense the Spanish Government arent going to give an inch on this so that the talk that you wanted to have is just not going to happen whether you had a referendum or not. Well the point is that actually you talk about economy all day all the comments about economy are not only a problem for catalonia as they are is a problem for the spanish economy for the economy to show trying to restrict this to a sitcom stances that only affect the lonia used to really misread the situation were trying to see is that a solution to the Current Situation that we have only can happen only can come if we and the political dialogue on this all threats that we are receiving from the spanish institutions from the Spanish State the sides are not going to solve the problem lets remember very clearly there were millions of people they want to trading in showing their wheels of undertaking a debate on that and obviously the decision was very clear as well there is more than two Million People that were very loudly saying that they want to have cattle on state of cattle and republic even this something that we should be talking about i think it is the i think that is exactly the point so more threats we have today the chief commander of the police well arch simply waiting for the decision of the judge in the audience in the audience of madrid hes somebody believing that increasing the pressure the political depletion of the judicial pressure is going to solve the real problem we have an absolute right now given him tell go and i will claim i insist is very is very serious i will claim this lets go for politics otherwise we are not going to solve the riddle i suppose you know i guess well have to wait what happens on thursday morning but you know if you do declare independence there is a very real chance that madrid will take direct control over catalonia which currently is a semi autonomous region so do you know what you are going to do if you had no breakthrough with the madrid Government Regarding talks by thursday eight a. M. Do you have a plan as to what youre going to do that. Well the problem is more simple than this they are already taking control they are violating their own rules because they are taking control on the cut on finances they are putting them in prison people without having committed any crime they are closing down theyre shutting down websites they are violating also not only the constitutional principles but also the laws are such so from that perspective they are already implementing the article hundred fifty five so they are doing they are violating their own rules so that would we need to put on the table that we need to a stretch this is not depending on what we say on thursday this is actually happening the constant violations of the law of the constitution by this penny side by the Spanish State east something that we need to address politically because from the legality point of view i understand we all see that this is not going to happen anything in a positive sense we have today people declaring in front of the judge without having committed any crime because organizing a referendum is not a crime so thats what we are confronted with there is no separation of powers in this many states there is no respect for the basic laws and the only thing we can address east politically to respond what the people is demanding us to do all thing that this is simply prolonged and prolonged and brought into problems that we understand we should be discussing about this is not going to be solvent thursday because we have been very clear eased the spending government ready willing to talk yes or no we are we are we are ready is the Spanish Government we need to do this these yes or no because thats the only way that we can politically address that problem otherwise we are simply prolonging their incertitude and this is not hyping anyone not a cartilage but not this band has not the rupee and no one you know rahm ever had to learn as a minister of Foreign Affairs assert thank you so much for sharing your views with us here on aljazeera thank you. And the minister of Foreign Affairs was mentioning there catalonia as police chief who is facing charges in madrid lets cross to paul brennan hes live for us in the spanish capital and bring us up to date with that particular case which of course we just heard mentioned by the catalan foreign minister. Thats right now the chief of the Catalan Police more sas called apparel is has come back to the court over my shoulder to be to hear from the judge as to whether or not hes going to be remanded in custody without bail that is sent to prison on suspicion of sedition the allegations against him he basically allowed his Police Officers ordered his Police Officers to enable that referendum to take place a referendum which the madrid government says was both illegal and unconstitutional its going to be an incredibly sensitive decision by the judge in this case you have the popularity that the chief has in catalonia in madrid and elsewhere in spain though he is regarded as something of a hate figure if he is put behind bars then i have to say he in fact i am just being given my book by my producer he is not going to go to jail so the news is just coming out now he is not going to be remanded into custody i suppose that will be a relief for him personally from the governments point of view it will also be a relief because it takes some of the heat out of the situation i think there would have been a reaction on the streets of catalonia barcelona if he had been jailed but nevertheless the pressure remains very much on the catalonian authorities from the madrid government. Both legally and politically in the run up to thursdays deadline paul brennan with the latest on that from madrid thank you. Stay with us here on aljazeera still lots more to come on the Program Including more than three hundred people now confirmed dead were going to have the latest from market issue where anger is growing following the deadliest single attack in somalia as history. Welcome back what was typhoon cannon theres no gracia been dont grade and then you see it was dissipating before your eyes on the satellite imagery so a Tropical Storm but its lost the strength of the winds and the rain also has dissipated to some extent still some heavy rain around and it may cause a few problems across parts of vietnam certainly some rain is likely and hanoi on choose day and that system will continue to push further towards the west through wednesday so i think well see some rain get into parts of laos and some of it has to be pretty heavy that could be some disruption caused because of the rain but gerry not as bad as it was at one stage fear we will find conditions for hong kong find whether it stands up through fuzhou toward shanghai with the circulation of low pressure in the bay of bengal and thats turning to push and showers through the coast of mia more yang gone be fairly wet at times you can see that circulation as you move towards south asia giving the threat of rain across the eastern side of more southern parts of india and then see if circulating close to chennai otherwise weve lost the rain from one point out northwards away through to delhi its looking fine temps there of thirty five degrees farsighted cannot occur carolers see some showers there bangalore and may pick up one or two downpours but otherwise looking fine fine across pakistan nice and warm and sunny and crunchy highs of thirty three. On counting the cost a scandal made in Japan Kobe Steel admits that it fakes data on components used by the worlds biggest makers of planes trains and automobiles plus and bubble trouble why the i. M. F. Is signaling danger ahead for the Global Economy even as growth ticks counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. And now i reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the iraqi army says it has taken full control of the oil rich Northern City of kirkuk without resistance from Kurdish Forces catalonia its leader has failed to the clare if is region plants the seed from spain instead catalyst bridge the mount has asked for more dialogue in a letter to the Central Government. At least twenty seven people have been killed in wildfires ravaging parts of portugal three people have died as a result of fires that broke out across the border in spain a state of emergency has been declared as firefighters continue to battle the flames which have been worsened by hurricane ophelia john a whole reports. The prolonged drought plus unusually high mid october heat already deadly combination. The wildfires bearing through the parched forests of central and northern portugal have claimed dozens of lives and made many more homeless of the rhythms of humans but. Obviously we would like to present our deep condolences to the families of these victims as you know sunday was a day when all records registered this year will be eaten we reached the maximum of five hundred twenty four fires and today since midnight weve already registered a total of one hundred ten fires. And over the border fires raged in spains northwestern gully theory to. More than one hundred separate blazes theyve been a number of fatalities including two people who died when their car was trapped by the flames thousands have been evacuated much of the destruction here is not natural but deliberate in spain arsonists are said to strike every year Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy is a native of colombia to look at some of your. Most of what we are dealing with here is something that is not caused by accident it is being provoked we are here in puddles the borden where theres been a big farm which began that one in the morning at five different points so you can see its impossible for this to be triggered on the natural circumstances in space schools as the fires closed in on towns and villages threatening more lives and livelihoods like rainfall is forecast that may help extinguish the flames but not soon enough to avoid portugal second such tragedy in four months after sixty four people were killed by wildfires in june the whole al jazeera. Twelve people including six children have died after a boat carrying range of muslims escaping fighting in myanmar capsized in the bay of bengal survivors of told local officials of the sixty five people were on board at the time more than one hundred eighty were injured have died in boating accidents while crossing into bangladesh and more than half a million have fled since fighting erupted in Myanmars Rakhine state well joining us now from on the ground then coxs bazar is william lacy swing director general of the International Organization for migration sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera the numbers are really staggering what ive just read out more than half a million since fighting erupted in Rakhine State which really was end of august so were looking at under two months so more than half a Million People in under two months give us an idea of what youre seeing there in the kind of things that the people that are arriving to coxs bazar need. Well youre quite right the sheer scope and speed of the sea of accusation. Or expulsion if you will has been staggering for everyone. All of the systems that we have in place here are being overwhelmed. Half Million People are actually about five hundred fifty thousand added to the three hundred thousand who are already here for several years brings us very close to nine hundred thousand and it could easily go to a million if the current rate of departure continues at the level of about two to three thousand and some days it surges to ten thousand so were looking at a very serious situation i recall of no other crisis in my lifetime in which the speed of the disaster has developed so quickly yeah and youve been in the job of the International Business for migration as an act of general for for nearly ten years and its quite something that this is the war stuff youve seen it give us an idea of just what the people there need but are their needs being met i mean basically the refugee camps is enough aid coming in and is that even coming close to meeting the needs of these desperate people. No we are in a very serious funding situation we will be holding a donors conference on monday in geneva the twenty third of october to address this very question were asking for about four hundred thirty four Million Dollars only for the next six months until the end of february so clearly weve got to reach some other maintain the momentum of our humanitarian effort here all of the u. N. Agencies and the not governmental organizations are working very well together in partnership but if we run out of money people will start dying one good news today was that the completed now the vaccination against the cholera for about six hundred thousand of these. Migrants and refugees and that will be continued in the coming days until everybody is vaccinated but disease can break out at any point and the suffering is really terrible i just talk us through what the priorities are right now i mean obviously these people need everything but is it more about shelter is more about food i mean youve mentioned vaccinations and the continued risk of disease what would you say the priorities are right now. I mean to minimize this all of the above but lets start with shelter shelters a major major need right now. Food on the World Food Program is doing a great job weve got nonfood items household kits hygenic kits the whole question of vaccination and health we have about twelve Health Centers throughout the area and about six mobile units that are patrolling but its clearly not enough and we have to ramp up still more we have gone in the past couple of weeks from a smaller staff of about two hundred fifty to add more than two hundred were getting a range of water and fifty now here and were only one agency but everyone is making a great effort to see to step to this whole process which is you know is at the level three which is the highest level for the you in the. We have six others around the world but this one right now is clearly the most critical and ive just come back from both yemen and libya so i could qualify this one as the most critical now and that really says something william lacy swing the rector general of the International Organization for migration speaking to us from coxs bazaar in bangladesh sir thank you. Now more than three hundred people have died after twin bomb explosions in somalia on saturday with forty of the most severely wounded flown to turkey for further treatment its the deadliest single attack in somalias history catherine soy has more now from nairobi. Attack military plane was used to transport several somalis with serious injuries from saturdays attacks in mogadishu theyll receive treatment in tukey. Other countries like kenya and ethiopia are also offering logistical help while locals have reason to the occasion helping where they can like retrieving bodies from the rubble providing food and water for my Agency Workers and just being there for those who are grieving. We have been able to take those. Systems of the government and other partners we will prevail. But people here are also angry hundreds to to the streets of the city protesting against the attack blaming al shabaab the armed groups fighting the government and African Union peacekeepers inside somalia. It was a massacre ive never seen anything like it in the last twenty seven years i saw a little boys head lying on the ground it was shocking. No one has yet claimed responsibility but while speaking to aljazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president has visited the scene blames what he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians saturdays attack happened in two different areas during rush hour a busy intersection in another Business District in the heart of the city a number of those killed continues to rise residents of mogadishu a still. Cathy zoi al jazeera nairobi. The Israeli Government has approved the construction of israeli settlement units in hebron in the occupied west bank thirty one new units have been approved the first time the government has given official approval for construction in hebron in fifteen years herefore said has more now from hebron. Well this announcement from the Israeli Government approving thirty one Housing Units will see another illegal israeli settlement building go up within the old city of hebron and that is something that is very concerning to activists here who say that given the nature of the settlements project inside hebron where palestinians and Israeli Settlers live at such close proximity separated by cages by fences by barbed wire and by israeli Army Checkpoints and a large israeli Army Presence of this is going to make life inside have run that much more difficult for the palestinian residents here it is also something which you have to see in context of a wider growth in the settlement project the Palestinian Government says that its increased by eighty five percent within just one year this week were expecting to see hundreds more Housing Units approved either in advance of the construction or retroactively and so it is something of a trend which is deeply concerning to palestinians who live here in the occupied west bank certainly the mayor of the palestinian miss policy of hebron says he will challenge it both in the International Arena trying to get pressure on the Israeli Government and through the courts as well he submitting. 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