Unwilling to engage the u. S. Secretary of state blames the for arab countries blockade in qatar ahead of his visit to riyadh and. Watching aljazeera life from a headquarters in doha im dead you know bill gates also a heads catalonia turkey and the Iran Nuclear Deal european leaders have their hands full on day two of their summit in brussels. The head of kenyas election board goes on leave us tension surrounding the president ial vote rerun over saddos heroes Day Celebrations plus. The testers southdown a White Nationalist leader at a Us University. Hello the us secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticised the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis. So hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar as well in june saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and beheading and close the airspace and severed trade and diplomatic links with qatar they accuse it of fostering terrorism charges doha strongly denies well one month later tillerson embarks on his First Shuttle Diplomacy Mission as you can see in the beds to shore up kuwaiti efforts to solve the disputes u. S. President Donald Trumps also offered to mediate pushing for a quick resolution but the state department now says theres little hope of agreement anytime soon we want to see these countries keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes the fight against terror terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has been resolved just yet hes talked pretty consistently although folks havent havent paid much attention to it recently about the disappointment that the nations havent been able to do so the g. C. C. Crisis we hope that they well we hope that theyll sit down and have talks but it seems like theyre not ready to do that yet heidi so castro has more from washington d. C. Clarksons comments in an interview with Bloomberg News marked a significant change in tone gone was the optimism we heard three months ago when tillerson last visited the region instead he expressed his frustration saying there appear to be a real will unwillingness on the part of the quartet of blockading countries in. Progressing with these talks in contrast saying qatar has been very clear that theyre ready to engage now the fact that tillerson is returning to the region this following week and to push further these talks is a long ways from where the u. S. Policy on this crisis started back in june if you remember thats when u. S. President donald trump was quick to come to the aid of saudi arabia praising its leadership and in a shooting this blockade and trying to claim credit that was a direct result of president trumps visit to the region since then the white house has been more silent on this topic while the state department has taken a lead here with tillerson returning again. Leaders are resuming meetings in brussels aimed at breaking a deadlock over breakfast talks the british Prime Minister to resign may is speaking to is seeking to expand negotiations to include trade but e. U. Leaders want more progress on Citizens Rights the u. K. s financial obligations and the border with Northern Islands is that line for a final deal is martes twenty nineteen jonah hall joining us from brussels so will terrorism may walk away empty handed joan are looking for her. To reseize not going to get the progress that shed hoped for from this summit in a sense she knew that in advance though the summit conclusions had already been written she did manage to address her fellow leaders as planned on thursday night of a dinner a very brief address just five minutes but a potentially significant one as she tried as you said to persuade them to allow talks to progress beyond the initial very difficult controversial stages of talking about money the socalled brakes a divorce bill into the next crucial stage for the u. K. Its future trade relationship with the European Union and thats something theyre not quite ready to do yet this was an address the reason may gave which offered nothing new in terms of concessions to the talks but it also nothing in the way of threats no talk of a bad breaks it no talk of possibly walking away from the talks altogether if she didnt like the way they were going the tone was conciliatory it was in a sense an appeal for help she said this there is an increasing sense that we must Work Together to get an outcome we can stand behind and defend to our people what shes talking about is her own political difficulty in coming up with higher and higher sums of money demanded by the e. U. To meet britains outstanding liabilities and commitments after it leaves the twenty billion plus dollar figure shes already. Come up with is not nearly enough for the e. U. The figure they have in mind is tens of billions of dollars higher which is why theyve concluded that not sufficient progress has been made in these talks to move them on they want more detail on the money they want more money on the table the message for to resume a century was Pretty Simple but shes come as far politically as shes able to in these talks alone and she needs to be given something by the European Union they need to come along with her if these talks are to progress further and what other issues are on the table for the e. U. Leaders. Just one of many to reason may acknowledge that over dinner there is the ongoing migration crisis they continue to look for ways of preventing the flight of people from countries particularly north africa by putting money into those countries to try and encourage people to stay theyve taken a decision to look at withdrawing some funding from turkey as part of its access process essentially a punishment for straying away from the rule of law is this catalonia of course the catalans have asked for the e. U. To intervene in what could be a very significant crisis at the heart of the e. U. In just a few days time of the e. U. Has essentially shrugged its shoulders and said that its hands are tied it cant intervene in the affairs of a member state unless its asked to by that member state and thus far spain has asked for no such help ok thank you. Well speaking of spain in catalonia the Processing Group the Catalan National assembly is calling on its supporters to withdraw their money from five or spains largest banks this is in response to the spanish central governments plans to suspend the regions autonomy on saturday catalonia as president carlos has threatened a Regional Parliament vote on independence if madrid does go ahead. A twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of him but i was released was welcomed by his family and the government and government in ireland last month he was acquitted of charges including inciting violence and rioting linked to the fed to hamas demonstrations and twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested there after protests against the military coup that ousted president Mohamed Morsy the fighting has broken out between iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga northwest of kurd kook the kurds took up new positions on the roads between erbil and thursday three days after they pulled out of the city there are reports the press america is battling a militia in the same area and that a bridge has been blown up their Rocket Forces want to push the peshmerga further towards erbil the Kurdish Regional capital well despite that latest fighting iraqs Prime Minister says is safe but the United Nations is worried by reports civilians are being forced from their homes with businesses looted and destroyed about one hundred thousand kurds have fled the area since monday from m. B. O. Here stephanie decker. In a dusty abandoned Housing Project on the outskirts of erbil these are unexpected occupants. Kurdish families who fled their homes in car could consume rounding areas just a couple of days ago now scrambling for basic supplies. To man abdul kareem says she left because she was scared of shia militia fighters called shabby who arrived alongside the iraqi army. They werent good with kurds they didnt treat us well. And imprisoned even hit women my husband is dead all i could do is take my four children and we came to a build it is ours to get the bride with. Iraqi Prime Minister. Has ordered all armed groups out of kirkuk with only the iraqi army and federal police remaining he insists. For the protection of civilians the men here tell us they wont return. Just like. In his family he was a policeman in kirkuk until he fled two days ago. People are saying is safe now but it is propaganda and i they came out and be the you know they have burned houses thats why we got scared because of our families thats why we left a Political Party sold us out not all kurds are refugees this is all political. Hinting at the internal divisions among the main two kurdish Political Parties the ruling accuse the p u k of colluding with the Iraqi Government leaders iran and turkey in orchestrating the takeover for cook the complex web of age old kurdish rivalries and geopolitical interests. Through her sixty seven years. A lot happened to us we dont own our own house now we dont even know we have a house or out things every year there is a war this war then leads to this fight that leads to this war i. Wish should we go now. What is life in iraq. Since i was a child ive never seen happiness its we were off to war she tells us. Many warned that regaining territory captured by eisel would mean little in solving iraqs complicated territorial ethnic and sectarian tensions it seems they may have been right stephanie. Agency unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for hidden refugees in overcrowded camps in bangladesh the International Body says children fleeing violence and meanwhile are facing hell on earth in the camps a large number of the almost six hundred thousand people who have fled the military crackdown in Rakhine State are children mean more as military denies allegations of ethnic cleansing saying its operations are targeting armed groups. The chinese president is set to have his own political theory incorporated into the ruling communist partys constitution Chinese State media is reporting the so called xi jinping thought will have fourteen principles but its not yet known what they are the move is expected to further consolidate seize power putting him on par with mao zedong who founded the communist party adrian brown has more from beijing. Weve had the chairman mao era the dung sharping era welcome to the xi jinping era state media has confirmed the president xi jinping name is going to be written into the constitution this means hes now in the same club as chairman mao who led the communist to victory in one nine hundred forty nine and dunk sharping who was the architect of chinas many Economic Reforms but it took chairman mao decades for that to happen and also done shoppings name was an added to the constitution until after his death she jinping has achieved that in just five years this is being the congress where hes been stamping his authority outlining his vision for china not just for the next five ten or fifteen years but for the next twenty and he now wants to be around to ensure that happens and the fact that his political thinking is now going to become the partys guiding ideology will of course make it much easier for him to remain in power perhaps for another twenty years now the past few years of course have really been a period of political shock and awe here in china he has turned the communist party upside down tens of thousands of card rates have been purged in his Anti Corruption drive that drive has also extended to the military now its expected that at the end of this congress which will wind up early next week will get final confirmation that were now entering the xi jinping era still ahead on aljazeera it stuns me that a member of congress were to listen in on a conversation. Salumi stuns me president chief of staff gives an emotional defense of his bosss reported remarks to a grieving war widow. Holdens an icon to a strike like the kangaroo in the make pies the end of the line why there are no longer making this classic car in australia. From brisk news and fuel. To the woman trying to its of southeast asia. Weve got more very lively weather pushing into western parts of europe as we go on through the next couple of days are your clouds streaming in from the atlantic its another named storm this ones called bryan but it will not compare with a theory you can see this complex area of weather systems rolling through that means blustery showers long spells of fray for much of england im well. Much of the u. K. It doesnt look too bad on friday blustery day yes but you can see the right already knocking on the door as we go on through the day well get heavier so some cloud and right to pushing across the low countries Northern Areas of germany into scandinavia linking down towards that what weather that we saw in. Eastern parts of spain through thursday that western weather will ease its way further allows and thats for the system to come for say heres brian its going to be a wet day its going to a windy day very blustery winds could gust as high as one hundred Kilometers Per Hour but as i said not as bad as a fadia the shot was longer spells of rain they also make their way across northwestern parts come down to central and southern passes generally fine and dry with pleasant sunshine across a good part of north africa but it shows you some cloud of right you can see that western weather starting to push cross Northern Areas about syria. There with sponsored by cats hes. Like the only is it when theyre online me what in hurricane winds full almost like thirty six hours these are the things that you u. P. A. Has to address or if you join us on sat. But. A relationship is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag a. J. Stream and one of your pitches might make the next show join the global conversation at this time on al jazeera. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on. For refusing to reengage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar fighting has broken out between iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga northwest northwest of her the kurds took up new positions on the road between erbil and her kook on thursday three days after they pulled out of the city the british Prime Minister to resign may is seeking to expand the bricks at negotiations to include trade as the e. U. Summit resumes in brussels but e. U. Leaders want more progress on Citizens Rights. The chief executive of kenyas election board is taking three weeks of leave just ahead of the president ial Election Rerun next thursday at says hes taken a personal decision the opposition was demanding he be fired before the votes the initial. Vote in august was an old by the Supreme Court citing irregularities meanwhile kenya is celebrating heroes there on friday its a Public Holiday honoring Freedom Fighters and president. Is expected to speak live at the celebrations are reporter Catherine Sawyer joining us from nairobi so with so many twists and turns leading up to this election thats meant to be taking place next week and we dont know if it will how is the mood at these celebrations what the significance of the celebrations was with all this uncertainty. The celebrations are in a very significant this is supposed to be a day where that you know is set to unify kenyans where kenyans get to celebrate Freedom Fighters who fought for the countrys independence those who later fought for the democratic space in the one nine hundred ninety then just modern day people who are on the country in various ways so its a unifying day but were seeing so many divisions kenyans are divided now more than ever along ethnic lines all position. Not up with the politicians across all both our own completely opposite sides for example like you said were looking at is going to be here to lead the National Celebrations but then we have opposition leaders holding up events in western kenya where they say theyre mourning those who have been killed during protests a lot of people really up and sign saying that the political environment is very toxic and really wondering can there be an election in this atmosphere and especially after that. Chair parson of the Electoral Commission and i say that he cannot guarantee a free and fair and credible election he ease the chief of the Electoral Commission and he coming out to say this is really a big problem he once. Talks between who are looking outside and. Who say that he wants the election postponed and electoral reforms carried out that he can consider participating in the election who are looking at i have said hes not going to be in this boat top says that they the bankia minded of the Electoral Commission and if they cannot fulfill that mandate that they need to go back to the Supreme Court to seek direction so a lot of uncertainty like you mentioned people very concerned and wondering whats going to happen next week daryn what fears do people have especially with a possibility as some people say of violence if the election does go ahead. Thats a big fear even with people who would want to go and vote theyre fearful that say ok who is going to guarantee our safety if we go out and vote and a particularly in. Opposition strongholds there are fears that there could be violence we were in western kenya recently and a lot of people we talked to said that its not that we will not just not go to vote we will make sure that that there is no election that means disruption police have been deployed there in big numbers to protect what is being seen as Government Property and so we expect if that happens if people try to disrupt an election that is going to be confrontation between police and protesters so that is a problem but even if daryn the elections do happen and i know people are saying rylan thing the supporters and there are millions of them are going to be different broncho iced over looking at says victory or who says a declaration as when i was also going to be put to question it is going to be very difficult for you Going Forward and if theres not going to be an election within this timeframe stipulated by the nose a lot of constitutional law constitutional lawyers i telling me that is going to be. A constitutional crisis. Ok catherine so i thank you the. Son has been defying a government ban on demonstrations for the last three days three people were reportedly shot dead on thursday the protesters are demanding president ial term limits victoria has more. Protests despite running battles with the police in the capital they want constitutional reforms including a two term limit for the president his family his rule togo for fifty years opposition leaders say that instead of listening to the demands of the people the government has orchestrated a brutal crackdown. That we have seen Paramilitary Forces spreading in large numbers of the place where the protests took place they were all. They came in to make up trucks and they were attacking the demonstrators who were gathering. Medical centers like this one a full of injured people who say they were attacked by the police. They parked starwood car and started shooting we were not even protesting we were just standing there i dont know what they were taking about they started shooting at us. Opposition activists have been demonstrating against president hu in a sim base in school guest but in recent days the violence has intensified protesters say Police Attacks on them are unprovoked and unjustified and also just. Today it is getting worse i just received a seventeen year old and i have a fifteen year old. How are we going to do this youre saying you want peace people in the streets we also want peace and for the normal constitution to be brought back and you. Miss him by still has plenty of support in togo the government has put conditions on where and when people can protest. The internet to control hate speech and misinformation under current law could continue in office until twenty twenty protestors say despite Police Harris and government pressure the fight to stop that happening Victoria Gate and be aljazeera the white house chief of staff has defended the us president s reported remarks to the widow of a slain soldier donald trump is accused of being insensitive during a phone call to my johnson her husband Sergeant David johnson was one of four soldiers killed in an ambush in these air this month a member of Congress Says she heard the president s comments john Carroll Kelly told the white house News Conference that he was broken hearted by the criticism of trumps efforts to offer his condolences. Dozens of protesters have disrupted a White Nationalist speech at a Us University by yelling go home nazis theres been heightened tension in the u. S. Following all this violence white supremacist rally in charlottesville and the gallagher reports from gainesville florida. The from the moment he took to the stage white supremacist Richard Spencer found himself at odds with his audience you know what i am going to be the world for you wont have something. To do now. Was if we always assume to the e. U. Oh no it was the word he. Was was for much of his speech chants of go home nazis echoed throughout the venue the university of florida didnt invite spencer but were unable to ban him because of freedom of speech laws following a state of emergency a huge security operation was launched some arrests were made and minor scuffles broke out but those that turned out to protest spencer and his racist views prevailed i just but its really important for a person with a problem and im why im straight to come out here and denounce on hatred and bigotry and to show these people who advocate for cleansing and tonight and take a that there is no hate tolerate in our community and that we will fight against i mean to them that we are united i mean ive respect their right to free speech obviously the First Amendment i think its important to demonstrate that we dont tolerate that type of rhetoric and its important for us i mean not only just people but students to show that and i think thats kind of ultimately why were all out here. Expenses first major public appearance since violence broke out in Charlottesville Virginia following a unite the right romney that he helped organize one protester was killed in scenes shockley us on the world Richard Spencer then didnt get quite the reception he might have hoped for protests as he had drowned out anyone from the socalled alright but its also worth noting that this entire security operation cost more than paul familiar. In dollars if this is the model Going Forward handling people light spencer its going to get very expensive for other institutions. Spences appearance here has reignited a debate about freedom of speech but its almost certain hell continue to talk the country on campus most are just happy the event was peaceful. And their message of resisting hate was loud and clear and gallacher aljazeera gainesville florida. Well the u. S. Senate has passed a fourth trillion dollar budget blueprint clearing a critical hurdle in President Donald Trump purse to cut taxes they Republican Controlled Senate approved the budget measure by fifty one votes to forty nine. Australia last car factory closes on friday ending nearly seven decades of large scale Automotive Manufacturing in the country holden is shutting down its plans in adelaide to move manufacturing to cheaper locations says Andrew Thomas reports. In australia two thirds of people drive to one big distance road trip holidays a common classic car fare as a popular affinity with cars here is cultural and ingrained but after friday calls will no longer be made in australia its lost car factory will close the Company Closing its General Motors owned holden has been a fixture of australian industry and culture but decades holdens an icon to a strike like the kangaroo in the make pies and i was brought up with the holding cause my father bought one example is from holden brain you. Holdens advertising played on there as being all of the cars theyll continue to sell cars in australia theyll now be imported from europe asia and the United States where production costs are lower a study is over on car industry was not a huge so. This peak it made me halt a million cars year but that was when it was protected against imports at one point there was a tariff on them of almost sixty percent as tariffs disappeared and other countries made cost cheaper australia as common a fracturing suffered ford was the first big player to close its factories earlier this month toyota shut down production holden has held out just two weeks longer the end of australian made cars like this one is a sign of the changing nature of australias economy but its not necessarily a sign of its decline. Straight is Unemployment Rate is low at five point six percent as manual work declines people are getting more skilled work or work in high tech manufacturing capitalism and economic evolution is a story of industries slowing down closing and evolving and the important thing is to concentrate on what needs to evolve so that next twenty five years is as successful on the numbers as i was twenty five. Holden says it will keep on hundreds of designers and engineers in australia and it will help its thousands of former factory employees to find jobs under thomas aljazeera sydney. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar we want to see these cock hundred keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes our the fight against terror terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has