Aljazeera. A lot of the robber this is the aljazeera news our live more headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. The. Fighting breaks out between kurdish and iraqi forces as they battle for control of the north also the e. U. Says its hammered out a united position on trade for negotiations on the u. K. s exit. And the claiming political consensus spains Prime Minister says the main opposition parties back his plans to take away catalonia as autonomy and im with the days sport news including the l. A. Dodgers defeating the defending champions the chicago cubs to reach their first world series since nineteen eighty eight. Could have your company heard the news i we start in the middle east where Kurdish Peshmerga are sending reinforcements to the front line north of kirkuk where theyre battling iraqi forces a bridge was blown up near the town of. The iraqi forces want to push the peshmerga further towards erbil the Kurdish Regional capital but Iraqi State Television says Prime Minister baddies ordered his troops not to enter the city limits the kurds took up new positions on the road between erbil and kirkuk on thursday three days after they pulled out of the city they also withdrew from several other towns and oil fields as the iraqi army and shia militia advanced care to shield already is estimated at least one hundred thousand people have fled since the operation began about he has told his forces they must protect civilians and their property and during friday prayers iraqs top shia cleric ayatollah Ali Al Sistani reminded the Iraqi Government of that duty now the fighting has centered around out and capri as we mentioned about forty kilometers northwest of kirkuk Stephanie Decker is on the highway a few kilometers from the front line and of course its been a very fluid situation in the past couple of hours stephanie so just bring us up to speed on what you know. Well the latest information we have is that the fighting has stopped that town you mentioned the area alton capri is under the control of the iraqi forces earlier today that was on the control of the Kurdish Peshmerga marga now holding a position around one kilometer away but the fighting is not happening at the moment what we understand it is quiet and what we have seen along the day in particular in the last two hours or so heavy reinforcement of peshmerga fighters there was a huge convoy that stream past us going high spirits also in the back of their trucks mattresses and blankets an indication that they are heading there for the long haul to defend these lines one commander we stopped the convoy to speak to him so that they were going to defend erbil that they didnt trust has still shabby these are the shia militias that are fighting alongside the iraqi army and also in particular he said you know it was our the irony of how the whole world was complimenting the peshmerga as they were fighting isis pushing eisel out of those areas in the last couple of years and he says now were being attacked and it seems that the world has turned their backs on us so there is a real feeling of sort of a disillusionment with the International Community that this is basically been handed to them they have no support to be able to hold their positions and this is why many people will tell you one persian rug a soldier yesterday said we would have forced a fed her cook we would have done that but we have no support we dont have turkey we dont have anyone anywhere weve been left totally on our own and stuff you this is very different trains of thought you have the peshmerga in the kurds obviously assuming that the iraqis want to either invade or infiltrate their area and we heard in iraq a senior diplomat here. Talking to me on the show a few days ago saying that there will be no will filtration of the autonomous area and that iraq is one unified country and thats the way we want to keep it to very different trains of thought. Yes you know the stress on the iraq being a unified country comes from the iraq leaders also coming from the International Community what were talking about of the iraqi leadership stressing about the iraqi forces should not enter or below people dont really think that might happen of course theres a what were talking about are disputed territories the map of iraq has changed to hell over the last couple of years particularly when it came to i sill coming into these areas you had the iraqi army leading positions you had the pressure coming in fighting eisel and staying in those areas its complicated and disputed territories between baghdad and the autonomy is kurdish region has been going on since before that that was supposed to have been. Resolved through the constitution that has never happened so youve always had this sort of unresolved issue between the two who holds what territory well now you have the case where both sides no longer need to point their guns and i saw and theyre starting to resolve these issues people have been saying this is hell this is not surprising that the real challenges could perhaps come after i still had been pushed out because of the territorial tensions and issues here the ethnic and sectarian one so now what were hearing from the Iraqi Government is that the iraqi forces will not move beyond what theyre calling two thousand and three positions and then one of those position im being told is literally one or two kilometers down this road so perhaps thats what this is about again very difficult to know what the plans are but at the moment just briefly the fighting has stopped well for the lives of course we will continue to monitor the situation with the staff there in Northern Iraq thank you. Now the Syrian Kurdish forces that drive out of its stronghold in iraq have stressed the need for the citys residents to be in control of the rebuilding process spec Syrian Democratic forces seize control of rocket choose day and in three years of ice and control of the city has been rigged. Used to rubble and less than one percent of the prewar population of three hundred thousand still if that. Was not. What. Their future of iraq will be decided by the people who. This is where the important and the family of the governed the rate will administer there are fares by themselves. Every country and every peace loving people and every peace loving organisation to come and take part in the eco structure and rebuilding of the city and its countryside elsewhere in syria rebel groups have signed a cease fire covering Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital damascus but hell is fragile and the rebels are worried it will expand splitted by the government to start a major push to recapture the strategic area explains from how today in neighboring turkey. These are fighters from failed luck a russian man a Syrian Rebel Group that controls. A neighborhood on the outskirts of damascus the area is a rebel stronghold. They engage almost daily in skirmishes with Government Forces the army has been trying hard for years to take back these areas to help secure the capital and yvonne would have thought alina the government is tightening the siege to break our resolve by it will never happen were not scared of the airstrikes the daily shelling and the armys reinforcements we are committed to fight to the death the rebels are digging tunnels that run from to the rest of eastern. These tunnels are vital lifelines for the rebels who are short of ammunition and may not be able to defend their territory for a long. We hear about a family get this is hometown it means a lot to me my family my loved ones my memories are all linked with this i will fight here to the death east im appalled by has been under government says to thousand and thirteen u. N. Aid convoys have only been allowed in a few times. Civilians have nowhere to go covered it is rare and food prices on the rise. We suffer daily the army attacks us with missiles rockets and warplanes the seizures made our lives hell for the time being the fighting has stopped in this area but no one knows whether the ceasefire that was recently we would hold some water was the focal point of the two thousand and eleven demonstrations in syria it became a rebel stronghold but six years later the army backed by russia is gaining ground using sea as a weapon to force the rebels and civilians out of their area or they might risk facing starvation. Aljazeera the tie on Turkish Border with syria the british Prime Minister has told you leaders in brussels they do not need to worry about the u. K. s financial obligations connected to brics it treason me trying to kick start stalled brakes at negotiations she had sought to expand talks to include trade but other leaders wanted more progress on e. U. Citizens rights and the border with Northern Ireland it also hoped to resolve issues about how much money the u. K. Would pay to break from the bloc but may says that wont be finalized until the end of negotiations. Ive made clear to my e. U. Counterparts in relation to financial contribution is what i set out in my florence speech which is that i have said that nobody need be concerned for the current budget plan that they would have to either pay it more or receive less as a result of the u. K. Leaving and that we will honor the commitments that we have made during our membership now there has to be detailed work on those commitments as david davis has said were going through them line by line and well continue to go through them line by line and the british taxpayer wouldnt expect its government to do anything else. Well the german chancellor Angela Merkel was optimistic the talks could be broadened in the near future. We hope that by december we have moved along enough to allow phase two to begin but that depends on the extent to which Great Britain make sufficient progress on the core themes of face was in this regard the Financial System and is the most prominent issue here well to dissect this lets bring it in doug hes the editor of politics dot u. K. And author of for exit what the hell happens now well he joins me now from london good to have you with the good to have you with us on the program its interesting to hear what the german chancellor and the british Prime Minister have to say in terms of their positions i just want to bring in what the president of the European Council has said in the past hour or so and he and i say he quotes my impression is that the reports of the deadlock between the e. U. And the u. K. Have been exaggerated they went on to say well progress is not sufficient it doesnt mean there is no progress at all i mean what do you make of all of the three statements youve just heard. Glimmers of light basically i mean weve just heard you know quite a few months where you sort of hear Michel Barnier who is you know campaigning on the side was basically the chief negotiator on the side starting to cool things very disturbing and it awhile back and it really started to look for a while that we might be looking at a no deal scenario now or no deal scenario would mean that a march twenty nine hundred billion would face a catastrophic impact to its economy and also to its political standing in the world less so for the e. U. Just damaging but also damaging to them as well today weve started to see some of those glimmers marginally more positive statements its not happening now but i think probably the good money is on that we might get on to the future trading negotiations in around sort of december january time do you find that at the moment to me that when we were watching proceedings as well that the agenda doesnt seem to be quite concrete it was treason may want to talk about the divorce bill and trade perhaps the e. U. Want to focus really more in Citizens Rights on the border with law that island they dont seem to be much in what they want to discuss at the negotiating table. Thats right but i have to say this is baffling really i mean the e. U. Put out these rules that said youre going to talk about ireland youre going to talk about Citizens Rights youre going to talk about the divorce bill in the first phase when were satisfied with that well talk about the future relationship now britain at the beginning complained about that system david davis the bracks secretary said it would be the route of the summer then he goes in for a meeting with the e. U. Agrees to it comes out and then ever since it started complaining about the rules but they are the rules in britain and south accepted in a very very short meeting the first time that they met so i have to say the british response has been quite baffling and it part and parcel of an approach by westminster which seems to be highly n. S. Highly disorganized and much more concerned with protecting a domestic audience then it is with doing what needs to be done in brussels however once again for the first time in a long time were starting sequences of light starting to see bits of progress so theres some reason for marginally more confidence in our optimism than we had before but by no means we three are well in indeed if you are not watching proceedings and youre not connected to europe or all the e. U. One might wonder how europeans on either side of the usa the English Channel chile taking what theyre seeing from their politicians at first hand because having just come back from the United Kingdom myself theres great deal of concern about how as you say the government is dealing with the negotiations for breaks it. Yeah it hasnt been the best moment for british diplomacy already for the standards of british political debate there is a kind of frenzied emotional sort of tone to the debate in britain this is partly because parts of this sort of leave a movement not only because by any means its pensively of us who are quite sort of restrained and controlled by what theyre looking for but parts of the lead movement have become sort of borderline religious really with the ferocity with which theyve treated the subject very much looking for traces in them and its insistently sort of suggesting that separating britain from its largest export market you know market it takes basically half of british produce going overseas would have no effect on the economy a tool in that is of course public but it is pretty much where the debate has been in britain its been a very very strange time which sort of cultural sort of idea of culture war is really taken over in britain and political debate has become much more emotional than it was if you know i really just sixteen months back however still was starting to see movement was sudden see a more realistic approach from the government looking at a more realistic timetable using decent negotiating resources so even though things are still pretty bleak and things could still quite easily go off the rails theres now in the some sense of hope that the government is listening to those sorry voices a little less and actually maybe able to make it a bit more progress in the new year that is that sort of the case where the full reason is political position she sits precariously on the edge i mean is she doomed what or how the outcome of breaks it has. Shes doing no matter what happens she has absolutely no Political Capital she has no authority theres really very little respect for her has to be said and the same is true in europe i mean in europe she has basically failed to give them any kind of coherent position on what shes really trying to achieve from breck said she did a speech in florence recently you know came up with a more realistic negotiating approach but couldnt really specify the kind of relationship that britain was aiming for with europe she sort of said well we wont function in a straight which requires cooperation on regulation but also we want complete control over our regulations which means you dont get friction is trade so once again she was proposing a series of impossible Political Goals that lost the respect in europe. And absolutely self harming and deeply inept elections trying to campaign has been that she has never read off on westminster either in parliament or even has to be said in downing street so i know shes gone and the only reason shes been in position right now is because the people who want to take over from her would rather she take the damage of the various capitulations the britain needs to make on the brakes issue rather than then so the way to take the damage like a political human shield then theyre replacing get rid of if they can make this as you survives until march twenty ninth seen that to be impressive oshie see what does up into the moment. Thank you. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal could undermine the chances of curbing north Koreas Nuclear ambitions he was speaking as a Nuclear Nonproliferation conference in moscow u. S. And north korean delegates are at the meeting u. S. President donald trump has been denouncing the iran deal while at the same time applying pressure on north korea over its Nuclear Program but with his objections i mean usually with that but in tackling the Nuclear Program on the Korean Peninsula we must prevent an Armed Conflict that would inevitably bring about a humanitarian economic and environmental disaster all parties must show restraint and reserve let me remind you that in every u. N. Security Council Resolution on the Korean Peninsula its side sanctions their statements about the need to return to negotiations there is no alternative to a diplomatic settlement but north korea is ruling out talks with washington killings delegate told the conference that having Nuclear Weapons is a matter of life and death for the north he said they were necessary to repel a potential attack and that his country would respond to fire with fire. Well still ahead here on the aljazeera news like hell of a dance the way the u. N. Childrens agency is describing conditions for injured children in bangladesh also chinas president takes a page from a Little Red Book being stored is said to be enshrined in the communist Party Constitution and food for thought what fans are saying about the n. F. L. s decision not to punish protesting players. Spains Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has blamed the Catalan Government for forcing madrids her and his cabinet will begin the process of suspending the regions political autonomy on saturday roy says theres consensus with the main opposition about using the constitution to take direct control of catalonia have to vote as opted to cede in a controversial referendum. To the way they think they will go ahead with article one five five tomorrow as decided at the council of ministers the government has made many attempts at finding a way out we only asked for one thing which was for them to clarify whether or not there was a unilateral declaration of independence and they didnt want to answer that we gave them a deadline and then a second deadline we arrived at the present situation because thats what they wanted. Well caseloads in favor of secession and started withdrawing their money from some of spains largest bangs some protesters made symbolic withdrawals of one hundred fifty five euros a reference to article one five five of the constitution the Prime Minister just mentioned which madrid is using to impose direct rule only as president carters speech more has threatened a Regional Parliament vote on independence if madrid goes ahead but i do simmons is live for us in barcelona and really the clock is ticking now you might say d. Day. Is certainly is. Something of a slow motion affair but certainly not short of drama you really feel the tension here in barcelona right now with Mariano Rajoy making it quite clear that he sees this region as somewhere where people are involved in illegal acts even the police force in what its done with this referendum and he is basically calling one five five you mentioned there the article one five five his cabinet will on saturday morning work out exactly what it wants to do with that one five articles never been used before in spains history since the nine hundred Seventy Eight constitution was put in place so anything could happen it is a wide range of issues but one of the points that will be followed will be to impose we think Regional Elections here so to more or less bypass the Regional Government in the building behind me now lots of constitutional issues here and with me the crunch things down and make some sense of it all is eduardo rotch your a Constitutional Affairs expert from Boston University thank you very much i think you know we have to think now lets just get to this point about wanting to see legality here what about the. The Regional Police here confront the National Police during the referendum its not a good situation will they comply with. The law of spain i hope so we all hope so but we are not sure really so the obligation of the police of the police without a spanish constitution is to comply with the orders but probably the Spanish Government will have to put a legal and political pressure on every policeman here. And he can do it. Very very brief sanctions on them if they dont comply with whatever sanctions well probably kind of military sanctions. Penalties important prison penalties for a policeman or military people who do not obey the orders very serious stuff but lets move on from there the elections what is the point here of having another set of elections will the results be any different to a straight yes no vote on the referendum. Question up what will the callers. Do in the face of a challenge either commit and declare independence or not well first for elections maybe we thing that elections can give a different result not maybe because of. Many different distribution of votes between independent party and non independent this parties but maybe because they will change the results inside the independent east parties and they will give bryce to some Independence Party opting for a more constitutional possibility and for delay. And then some years and that would be an exit for that what about the president whats he going to do its a game of really you know its right to the wire isnt it its really a case of who blinks first yes probably and. Things that mr puts him on we call for. Elections before he will have two. Hundred fifty five into real practice and mr. Article hundred fifty five into practice and maybe then he will call for elections and the game is there we dont know what will happen really great question weve seen so many people. Visual the protests the Pro Independence but what about those many millions of people who dont want independence here i mean there they are pretty quiet you dont see them from the university more nationalist camp with their demonstrations whats your view not so much as a constitutional expert but i think what do you really. Do you think well i think that our nation or our population here in catalonia is really split i wouldnt say into two parties but into three there are many people who are convinced to unionists convince the spaniards and there are others who are convinced independent but there are many people right who just won some kind of solution in order to maintain the present situation which is very very strong autonomy for catalonia but being part of spain and all of them are waiting for some kind of offer from the president of the government here behind me or for the president of the Spanish Government but someone should give an offer to them. Thank you very much indeed for. That and so the clock is ticking much tension here as i say but explain this article one five five it actually gets triggered once the Senate Approves the the use of it so there is time still to go there is right the way through next week and its thought to be either thursday or friday the senate will make a decision on its vote and it will certainly be accepted depending on the timing but that will certainly go ahead because of the support for the government from other parties this isnt just the ruling party. That wants to do it its the socialists in the middle of the road parties as well as from there well leave it there of course andrew and continue to join you as there are developments thank you. Will move to the middle east again and the us secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on cattle for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and character in june. The United Arab Emirates egypt and bahrain closed airspace and severed ties and diplomatic relations with qatar they accuse it of fostering terrorism charges that doha strongly denies the state Department Says theres little hope of agreement anytime soon. There is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud is same whos now been in prison in egypt for more than three hundred days hes accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he strongly deny but mood has repeatedly complained of mistreatment during his incarceration he was arrested in december last year while visiting his family. The u. N. Childrens Agency Unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for a hindu refugees an overcrowded camps in bangladesh the International Body says children fleeing violence in me and more are facing hell on earth in the camps a large number of almost six hundred thousand people who fled a military crackdown in rocky the state of children military denies allegations of ethnic cleansing saying its operations are targeting armed groups. Coaxes bizarre in bangladesh the influx of ranger refugees is affecting life in the region. There has been very little focus on the impact on the local economy on the people since the large number of running your effort just took some time within this community and the number of. That almost double the population i spoke to one of the person who lives here to say his views on the recent influx of rowing are f. E. D. s with the you know there was this right now many countries are sending aid however if for some reason the stops its doubtful the Bangladesh Government can fight for this large number of new people in the area. Most of the reaction are makes but most people local people rather are very sympathetic to the plight of the rowing the refugees there are about concern about the number of population increase within this local area the prices of commodities have gone up most of the essentials doubled in prices and we also wanted to see how the shopkeepers reacted to this recent influx of ranges and why the prices are going up in recent days. Some of the Agricultural Produce can only meet local demand now with the arrival of the ring is the demand for goods and essential has gone up hence the increase in prices. The best. Is to come in a day will largely depend on how the government manages the security and Economic Community so there is not much time but in the long run. Things are going better in this Community Well chinas president will have his own political theory incorporated into the guidelines for the Ruling Communist Party state media is reporting the so called xi jinping thought will have fourteen principles but its not yet known what they are shes thoughts are expected to further consolidate his power putting him on par with the founder of the communist party but you dont every brand has more from beijing. Its the beginning of a new era in chinese politics the era of xi jinping. The language of a throwback to the period when chairman mao tsetung ruled in the one nine hundred fifty s. Sixtys and seventys it took decades for his name to be written into the partys constitution its taken she just five years. Analysts say this communist Party Congress represents his coronation when you talk about coronation is he an emperor or no i think hes reluctant emberg emperor in fact i think he embraces a lot of this stuff as part of necessity as opposed to something that is an extension of his ego so what exactly is being thought a detailed explanation will likely come after the Congress Ends on tuesday some people we spoke to on friday seemed more in the dark than others. I dont really know i dont know what to say oh watch the news tonight. I think president xi gave us new faith was his Anticorruption Campaign he saved the communist party the news of shes elevation was announced by chinas official. News agency on friday theres now little doubt itll be approved at the Party Congress before its incorporated into the partys constitution all across paging you see motivational banners like this one often with clunking dialogue this one says unite under the Central Government and communist party led by konrad xi jinping and continued victory of socialism with chinese characteristics you will see a lot more of this sort of thing in the coming days weeks months and years she jinping already holds more titles than any of his predecessors including party chief and head of the military now that is thoughts are set to become the partys guiding ideology his place at the very top of chinese politics seems assured not just for the next five years but perhaps for the next twenty eight when brown aljazeera beijing. Well its time for weather and his everton and Stormy Weather really over europe yeah thats right so were ending the week as it began really with a big storm battering island im afraid were not looking anything quite as violent as we saw earlier on in the week in the case of failure this really was a big base this ones called brian and then when the anywhere near as vicious im pleased to say you can see the cloud making its way from west to east little area of low pressure there over that eastern side of england and this line of cloud just stretching its way down into france thats making its way further east with and as we go on through the next twenty four hours or so its making room for brian to push its way through with some very wet and windy weather at times this is a know when there is vicious has a fairly a was but considering that holland is still recovering from the effects of that storm this is the last thing that we do want to say well see some plus three showers also affecting southern parts of england and wales maybe winds as high as hundred Kilometers Per Hour at times so this is quite a sixth significant feature strongest storm of the same. Make its way across southern parts of england and wales but in significance when you compare it to and we were. Clearing away from out of this we go on through sunday brighter skies coming back in behind it is coming in from rather chilly direction. Hot around thirteen celsius there for london and paris. Resumed across the northwest of england bay some rain pushing into manchester. Thanks very much effort and well still ahead here on the news hour well tell you why indonesias government still refuses to acknowledge a state backed massacre more than fifty years on plus. Im alan fischer in puerto rico its a month since the hurricane here struck and many communities are still struggling with the aftermath and theyre asking where is the government help but they were promised. Q the table invader peter will tell you what happens when five times new could jump in Bonnie Sullivan ran into this lady. From the showings of the red sea story more time. On home managed to make a go but in georgia this team is changing to the peaks of the himalayas where Water Conservation looks like. Solutions to save the worlds most Precious Resource in the next episode of. What is being done to stem whats prices. At this time of aljazeera. Sometimes pictures are the only way to truly tell a story and. Goes the extra mile to use some of the latest camera gear and technology to make sure these images are innovative to be if you dont manage it its not just sitting behind the best its about giving. With the theme whenever needed. As a child of political refugees im always been aware of different kinds of stories and different kinds of sensitivity aljazeera is a space for that. Welcome back youre watching i was there is news hour im so whole robin these are all top stories it appears the fighting stopped between iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga troops north of kirkuk Iraqi Government troops are now in control of the town of elgin capri a bridge that was blown up during the fight. The british Prime Minister has told e. U. Leaders in brussels they do not need to worry about the u. K. s financial obligations connected to brets at the leaders hope to resolve issues about how much money the United Kingdom would pay to break away from the bloc but were told that that would be finalized until the end of negotiations. Also catalans in favor suspension of started with during their money from some of spains largest banks its in response to spains decision to impose direct rule following a controversy which the session referendum earlier this. Many of puerto ricos communities are still without basic services one month after Hurricane Maria hit people are digging through the rubble waiting for Us Government days that was promised but hasnt come alan fischer of. From point blank go. Find him is good tired of waiting one month after hurricane rita struck his community was a mess so we called some friends we are in the process of cleaning up the creek because basically the crane was. A real family so i guess the houses and around twenty blanco is a ninety minute drive from san juan the islands capital the people here feel that far away from the center they are far away from a company far from the belief that anyone is going to help the government is almost absent there is almost no coordination woman here just staying with someone. But their reality is right here we see sometimes and i see our guard just providing some water but just a couple of patients are no more we ask and then we beg of them for at least two hours some excavator to clean over. The area and what were being told is this isnt a one off but there are communities across this area that have asked for and waited for government help and now theyre doing what they can where they can the hurricane they say it was a problem the greater tragedy is a lack of government action. Not far away from here to the hurricane brought a flood that overwhelmed and destroyed the bridge that was a lifeline to a nearby Mountain Community so the locals built a pulley system which carries food and water and diesel we havent heard. We are going to have a great we dont know anything. You know we are just disconnected. Across the island people are putting in their own fixes to get what they need a local stream by the roadside suddenly with plastic piping becomes the only source of fresh water for clothes washing drinking and even some fun. There is no where to be cool wasnt well equipped to deal with a storm the size and intensity of maria one of the federal agencies here see few places are as this island was pummeled by over one hundred fifty mile an hour wind what that does to. The infrastructure that is in excellent condition versus ordinary condition its still the same its highly destructive particulars governor disputes things here are slowly Getting Better in fact he says they may be getting worse and many communities fear they are being forgotten after a storm none of them ever forget alan fischer ill just point to blanket puerto rico. Well for puerto ricos financial struggle to overcome marias aftermath lets bring in mark waste fraud hes codirector of the center for economic and policy research and joins me from washington d. C. Good to have you with us live on aljazeera the challenges for the people are very eager to rebuild and recover their lives and their livelihoods in the north of this destruction is huge so when a country has so much debt up against it they can only look to the u. S. As its parent figure. Yes well first i want to say i think the most immediate thing is that we dont even know how many people have died from lack of medical attention and its really criminal neglect as representative gutierrez from illinois has pointed out the u. S. Has this military that can invade large countries normas aviation capacity engineering capacity they could replace the bridge that you were talking about theyre not doing any anything compared to what they could actually do now in terms of the dead the law you know the longer term. Intermediate and longer term problem is theyve been. Suffering under this debt burden that they cant pay at all i mean they its seventy four billion dollars they defaulted in two thousand and fifteen theyve already had a decade without any growth and if they do everything that the us congress has prescribed for them the austerity that they have prescribe. Under us legislation they will have another decade without any growth and they still wont be able to pay ninety percent of the debt so the creditors are in court right now and heres a country that has you know three times the Child Poverty rate that we do in the u. S. Fifty eight percent of children in poverty. Point seven percent unemployment thats over two and a half times what we have and theyre being subjected to this austerity that will condemn them to probably twenty five years without any growth and people leaving the car leaving the i was going to say that is one of the big issues isnt it that if you have so much debts and you dont see really if you treat your own country as a colony of the u. S. You have the ability to move to the u. S. And if people leave this it could be enough people to try and keep the economy on the island going and thats the real problem isnt it how to keep puerto rico attractive to its own people. No thats right they lost ten percent of the population over the last decade and its been accelerating in recent years and thats because there is really no future there under the arrangements that the u. S. Congress and administration have passed. And theres no solution to they didnt pass any solution to the debt problem either and you have its you know the debt is owned by hedge funds and vulture funds and theyre in court right now trying to get their money which they cannot possibly get so this is the most important thing they really need besides the the immediate needs as i said which is really criminal neglect they need to. Be able to recover they first have to cancel most of this that which is not payable anyway and maybe some of it could be restructuring the future but they have to have an economic recovery and thats what the u. S. Government is not allowing at this point but was shocked to see what does happen in the coming months for the moment we spread thanks so much for joining us. Survivors of one of indonesias bloodiest massacres are hoping the classified documents will shed new light of what happened here somebody documents suggest a close kept quiet on the killing of more than half a million indonesians who were accused of being communists in the one nine hundred sixty s. Fifty two years old the indonesian government has yet to recognise the killings ever happened so fast and has more from jakarta. Never before have indonesians been able to reach in such detail about the mass killings that started in october one thousand nine hundred sixty five declassified Us Embassy Cables and mammals show not only how the massacres of alleged communist was august raided by Indonesian Military leaders but also how much the United States knew about it kept silent and even offered help that we had. These documents prove that the amount of people who were killed it was very very high these documents contradict the government statements that only a few people were killed. And the mass killings began after the murders of Six Indonesian Army generals in what was described as a failed coup general soeharto seize power and blamed communists for the murders the military supported by muslim groups went on a killer spree not only has the government yet to admit the massacre happened discussing the events of nine hundred sixty five remains dangerous fifty two years later. Conservative groups recently attacked a gathering of survivors and activists with battle bombs student riser we asked we managed to escape unhurt and why do i have to be scared for telling the truth thats all i do when they attack and i thought i was going to die for exposing the truth every effort to address this got chapter and indonesias history has failed so far instead of providing justice and reconciliation victims and survivors to the links facing threats and intimidation now you can only hope that these stop. And we feel that the mass killings the stop the denial. Of government sponsored symposium last year the first Time Survivors could openly tell their stories backfired the government refused to continue to wreak consolation process after former generals nationwide and his Campaign John my own took our people should not be willing to be like we need to empower our people to be able to ignore those lies about the comeback of carbon ism that are being used for political purposes and. While the government and the military remain in denial about the past young indonesians are learning about the events in one thousand nine hundred sixty five steps fast and aljazeera after the least five people have been killed in malawi a very supernatural scare triggered violence plays of arrested one hundred forty suspected members of vigilante groups who have targeted people they say a vampires the attacks have been done for districts in the south where many believe in witchcraft. But its been nearly twenty years since the world fell under the spell of the little boy wizard harry potter just baldwins been to an exhibition at the British Library looking at the magic that inspired it. Minerva mcgonigle severus snape teachers and a whole board school of witchcraft and wizardry listed by author j. K. Rowling as she embarked on the plot of harry potter alchemy potions her biology courses based on magical traditions found in ancient and rare books at the British Library its an encounter with real objects that helped form the books including a medieval scroll from the fifteenth hundreds describing how to make the philosophers stone which could turn any metal into gold or maybe even extend life and wants to really make the link between the magic thats betrayed in the x. On the whole history of magical writings and practice that we have in the collections a sketch of hogwarts by rowling as she drew her expansive magical world twenty years on more than four hundred fifty million copies have been sold in seventy languages. Harry potter has had a massive impact on the world kids who hated books are now inspired to read the next are considered cool and even muggles are interested in magic gustaf was a professional magician before he became a psychologist specializing in the science of magic but just pick out academics are interested in how magic works and stop one of the few how is it that we see something but we dont do we have free will then how do magicians influence our decisions. Into the clubs well so a lot of interaction with computers is all based on a massive illusion every time you delete a falling apart or fall into a waste paper basket will you not really putting anything in a basket its the sole just an illusion and so by understanding magic we might be able to and homes human computer interaction but whats the magic that continues to fuel the very lucrative harry potter industry that brings fans to wizard locations across london you can feel like youre with it or whatever but you wake up in the morning and you realize you know i didnt like magic so it does make me like you long i dont know if i like how this now. Or that or different but. Looking into the future it doesnt take magic to know that each new generation will come under the spell of harry potter Jessica Baldwin aljazeera london. Well still ahead here on aljazeera staring towards another championship formula one leader lewis how middle gears up for the u. S. Open pretty those details coming up with peter. Welcome back its time to support his piece now with more on american baseball thank you very much so baseball indeed the l. A. Dodgers are headed to their first world series in twenty nine years they ended the chicago cubs defense of a Major League Baseball title on thursday with a stunning performance from one player in particular as. A report. To us about just the fact that its been one hundred eight years since the Los Angeles Dodgers last won a world series but now theyre a step closer to ending that drought. That just. Last season the dodgers run was ended by the now defending champion chicago cubs this time the dodgers got their own back man deep in the center field this. Cant carry. On and as hes had a lot on his mind of light his father has been battling cancer and his home country of puerto rico was devastated by hurricanes last month so his performance in game five was even more remarkable when he followed that home run in the very next inning with Something Special that said yes. Thats. Ok. With the dodgers now up seven nothing that grand slam only energize them further towards victory. Even when the cubs finally got on the scoresheet in the bottom of the fourth. The joy of their fans was short lived just ten. If you could think of. Was. This one of the k. Will kick a hen and as is the first dog ever with three hundred lives in a postseason game with that the dog just sealed and eleven to one win and a three two series victory and kiki to have a huge night three homers tonight just providing so much energy for us and we fed off that tonight. And its a very good ball clover there those guys are the world champs and they fought to the end but. Fortunately we came up on the on the good side of things this year but i want to congratulate them on their victory the Better Team Won over the course of these five games they played really well. They kind of up its just in Everything Else so give them credit its a two thousand ostia the dodge is with the first to admit to const were the better team god gave us the Los Angeles Dodgers was ten ive done it yours are headed to the world series for the first time. This time and i got the better of that champion rifle so was i want to aljazeera. Lets not get a fans view of the issue dominating americans both the n. F. L. Has decided not to punish players protesting against racial or Racial Injustice by taking in needing the National Anthem we know it infuriates President Donald Trump so aljazeera is rubber reynolds when to oakland to see what a raid is supporters make of it. This is one of the Great American sports traditions the Tailgate Party a chance to barbecue drink some beer and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow fans these Oakland Raiders supporters showed up early to party in the parking lot near the stadium where their team played the Kansas City Chiefs thursday night. Its the first pro Football Game since the National FootballLeague Owners weighed in on the controversy will play or protests that have made this sport a political football as the leagues commissioner said players would not be forced to stand and this is something that what we try to do is deal with the underlying issue and understand what it is that they are protesting and try to address that matter in response President Donald Trump tweeted not forcing the players to stand showed quote total disrespect for our great country the president the players and now the team owners have all had their say so we came here to find out how the fans are feeling michael and lindelof and say trump has twisted the meaning of the players protests. Its people if we get what the original message was it was to protest lees brutality in the black community with the has been politicized now the flag stands for more gay military the flag stands for equal justice and liberty for all mary all over believes the protests are inappropriate its their right to exercise free speech but. I feel that. The flag and then the National Anthem represents our freedom and hands of what our soldiers have bought for most fans of greed the players had a right to express their opinions if they want to neil i dont personally agree with. Say nylander they i dont buy greed that if they want to do that they have that right theres no disrespect not not on it out not it out more but what they do before the game starts is their business and i think its just a distraction and a topic thats not needed right now with all the other chaos going on in the world others say its a shame that political mudslinging has soiled the game they love no i just here just watch the Football Game leave Everything Else behind and just just watch a Football Game before the raiders chiefs game got underway several players did kneel in protest players are making political statements and the president is playing to his Political Base and fans who just want to have fun are caught in the middle while promotes aljazeera Oakland CaliforniaRussell Westbrook seguin taken center stage in the n. B. A. As the Oklahoma City thunder storm to victory over the New York Knicks the defending him v. P. Reached double digits in points and assists just midway through the game on thursday and he ended with a triple double hit the first of the season as the thunder thumped the makes one hundred five eighty four. Lewis hamilton. About the formula one championship at sundays us grand prix hamilton is on target for his fourth title hes fifty nine points clear of Sebastian Vettel but the mess a driver is refusing to concede the rivalry is over. I mean obviously such a massive margin i went through such attention throughout the season up to september but its much less tension now from from your point of view approaching right now in change for me when everything is exactly the same as it was going into the last race into the second half a season is exactly the same mentality mentally for me so. Maybe a change from your perspective for me has been fair enough so you could champion Ronnie Osullivan scott the runaround from affair and the english open the five time World Champion was close to wrapping up his third round match against chinas john young when right on a spectator slipped past security after passing the pink Paul Sullivan let the woman get in on the act giving her a shot at the black and she would prove that some things are best left to the professionals sullivan says he saved the fan from the usual fate of game in vegas which is a rugby tackle. I will leave it there most ball coming up again later thanks very much i love that story and ill have more news for you on the other side of the break until im you have been watching the aljazeera news with me so rahman for me and peter will see you minutes take. Provoking debate the Corporate Tax has not hurt job growth under barack obama the only one thats not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on Media Freedom arbitrary killings torture giving the world didnt give me that challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who was killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didnt try them didnt prosecute look you didnt show the shot the man saw it joined that he has done for up front at this time on aljazeera news has never been more available its a constant barrage that they put every day but the message is a simplistic you have the frame that good logical rational person crazy months and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera the nature news as it breaks because you can see there in the distance of shia militia vehicles thus you can see on the horizon there the peshmerga telling us are actually tanks with detailed coverage when the mine closed in one thousand nine hundred for many people lost their jobs scavenging. From around the world this is supposed to last for a month but that it only lasts for a day if you look around this is the only food available in this household. As we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the toughest job an investigation reveals how even the smallest device was deadly environmental and health we think ok well send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travel around the globe death by design at this time on aljazeera