Standing their ground thousands turn out to protest spains attempt to take control of the region. Down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up polls are open in japan where Prime Minister shinzo seeks to become the countrys longest serving leader since World War Two. Your sect of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade on qatar plus. A close. Call. Five former u. S. President s on stage together at a Hurricane Relief concert in texas. Hello we begin in spain where catalonia as president is accuse. The Spanish Government of attacking its democracy by moving to take political control of the region. Said it was the worse path since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco hundreds of thousands came out on saturday in barcelona to support a countenance a session as the constitutional crisis comes to a head is under simmons. Street protest again in barcelona and i may just scale shock instead of indignation now but defiance in the air was few expected such severe moves from madrid aimed at removing the Political Leadership of this region and within lections inside six months. Anger was directed up above that Spanish Police helicopters repeatedly over flying the demonstration. Occupation forces go out those shelters. Earlier they are no real holy made history with a Cabinet Meeting of grim faces and the triggering of article one five five its destined to take power away from catalonia in less than a week it will be. The government has had to trigger article one five five of the constitution that was not our wish or intention it never was i think that most of Spain Society knows this article one five five is part of our constitution and it is only invoked in extremely extraordinary circumstances back in barcelona president carlos pushed him all sacked by rome joined protesters and then moved on to make a television address. The people cannot accept this attack or these measures the Spanish Government is trying to overwhelm life in catalonia and this is outside their own little or the catalan parliaments president was even more damning about the action ability then. Prime minister rouhani has shown political recklessness and exceeded all limits he has announced a coup detat the aim is to put him into castle and institutions and to own them this is an attack on democracy in the twenty First Century whats happening here by no means represents everyone in got the. But the numbers here and the sentiments being expressed could indicate there will be problems ahead for Mariano Rajoy in getting what he wants but at the midst of it were here because the Spanish Government made a coup without weapons against the catalonian people and their government in the sense of living here in the twenty First Century we have other problems we cant hold on to a constitution which is forty years old and thats what they did today we want to speak if we have to change it lets do it the brinkmanship in this crisis has reached an ultimate phase the stakes couldnt be much higher either side the referendum oskin residents of the region if they wanted to break away from spain took place on october the first but whether catalonia will declare independence is still unclear. It will take less than a week before article one five five reaches the senate once that happens its certain to be approved parliament here will be meeting soon a few people still think there could be a solution for their getting to know on the ground under simmonds aljazeera bosler. When you are seen as a professor of iberian studies at Stanford University he says moves to undermine Catalan Autonomy represent a dangerous escalation in the crisis. The president got us because the mond and the president of the cattle in Parliament Come up or go they are right in saying that my navajo has overstepped the law because intriguing article one of fifty five in the terms that he has announced hes actually trampling over with the organic law of the statute of a ton of youve got money which is so integral part of the spanish constitutional law hes probably going to have no trouble at all in passing getting these article fifty five passed at the Senate Meeting on friday nevertheless theres enough questions that are going to be raised by experts in constitutional law that dont make this plain sailing for the Central Government of spain internationally clearly. Going these way having denied president puts him on any possibility for negotiation and having refused any offers of mediation from from various parties you know the whole history of a very dangerous path of escalating the killing the situation that maybe the easily. Degrade into violence in the streets if the Spanish Senate passes article one fifty five in the terms of money and or how he has spelled out then we are going down into a dictatorial situation where holy to all the things the clears can sell for the clears the spanish Central Government to be the president assumes president ial powers in catalonia and will stifle any sort of parliamentary politics for the foreseeable time to come polling stations opened for japans general election Prime Minister shinzo of a shocked the country by calling the vote a year earlier than expected hes asking people to stick with him in the face of what he termed a dual National Crises and an aging population and tensions with north korea. Well one thousand one hundred eighty candidates are running for the lower house of parliament is really in coalition is on trying to win about three hundred of the four hundred sixty five seats it would allow him to realize his goal of revising japans pacifist constitution to formally knowledge the role of its selfDefense Forces such as governor yuriko call you could launch the reformist conservative party last month to try and steer voters away from the ruling l. D. P. You care however is not running lets go live now to sarah clarke she joins us from tokyo seris the polls have already opened but we understand as a typhoon sweeping across japan so what are we expecting this typhoon land is currently sweeping across japan and will play a major factor i think in the voter turnout for this general election we were just a polling booth earlier the rain was light at that stage there was no wind but since in the the situation has deteriorated weve got heavy rain and the wind is on the rise all the way the intensity of the wind so the public on those grounds have been encouraged to vote early and having said that fifteen percent of eligible voters had gone to the polls before todays official election day which is being boosted or both in some kind of expectation that there may be a higher voter turnout but looking at the conditions we expect the typhoon to move across tokyo light of this afternoon the polling booths close at i came tonight which is when we expect some of the worst of the weather i should say bernie is not compulsory in japan and the last election about fifty percent of eligible voters went to the polls so certainly we do expect this time frame to play a part in the number of people who do katherine vote this time around and sarah since there are bears expected to win comfortably with a big majority but what will this mean do you think. Well you know the polls are indicating that there are they will be returned with a robust victory and as you mentioned earlier the two thirds or two thirds majority now if thats the case hell be able to make constitutional changes as long been pushing for japan to build up its military in light of escalating tensions with north korea and if he does get that solid majority hell be allowed to do that and in particular he wants to change japans Defense Force into a into a National Army for the First Time SinceWorld War Two so this would be a controversial step but he would have the ability to do that and also theres a mixed response from the people on those on that policy front on another night hes returned to power as the polls are suggesting he will be he will be the longest serving leader in japan since in the postwar japans history or a circle there in turkey or syria thank you. Well Rex Tillerson is our ivan saudi arabia as part of a new push to end the gulf diplomatic crisis but the u. S. Secretary of state isnt making optimistic noises saying he doesnt anticipate a breakthrough its now four months in saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain all suspended ties with cata logical hand reports. Hes back u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has landed in saudi arabia he was here in july then signing a memorandum of understanding with carter would be enough to end the blockade it didnt despite his shuttle diplomacy so now hes coming back trying a new tactic for the four blockading countries saudi arabia u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain assigning blame and then in an interview saying qatar is willing to negotiate and the Saudi Led Coalition is simply refusing to talk because he tried before he tried to try to be nice with everyone but him no where. Produced no results so i think thats probably. The time has come. Analysts say there is a renewed hope they might be more willing to engage now has the president for example try to put pressure on the saudis in the u. A. E. To be willing to to meet. The resolve some of the sanctions and stop that they put on. The fact that the president house call mout now and basically decertified the iran deal is not going to make the saudis more willing to work with us to deal with the situation with god or the u. S. President initially put all the blame for the crisis on cutter but after being pushed by his secretaries of state and defense he now says its time for all sides to talk if i can help mediate between cutter and in particular the u. A. E. And saudi arabia i would be willing to do so and i think youd have a deal worked out very quickly his own separate. Her state is publicly disagreeing taking the trip while downplaying expectations the g. C. C. Crisis will end soon what he does during this trip could very well determine if that is true. Else is there. A dispute between the u. S. And turkey showing no signs of easing russian type hurdle on a sunday u. S. For indicting nineteen people including fifteen of his Security Officials for a brawl with protesters during his visit to washington in may need a new america they say the United States is the cradle of democracy this cant be true this cant be democracy if warrants are issued against my body guards in absentia without seeing them or getting to know them in the United States where i went upon invitation excuse me but i would not say this is a civilized country lets also to come here and i was there including a premiere to war thats up young young describes u. S. Naval exercises underway of the Korean Peninsula. And ranger refugee children who escaped violence in me and face a new threat in bangladesh more in that state. Hello there weve got some very heavy downpours working their way through parts of the u. S. At the moment particularly in the northwest thats where were seeing some of the wettest of the weather its also affecting us in the western parts of canada over here quite a lot of that is turning to snow ahead of it theres another weather system galloping its way across us thats giving us some heavy downpours and also dragging down the temperatures too so ahead of it still warm for now its new york there clinging on to the sunshine even as we head through monday and temperatures should make it to around twenty one degrees which is seventeen fahrenheit a bit further towards the south and here theres lots of showers currently particular over cuba and jamaica thats where were seeing most of them but they are easing i think as we head through the next twenty four hours or so so more sunshine in between the clouds towards the west thats where there is more in the way of rain that stretching from the southern parts of mexico all the way down tools colombia and this is going to stick around even as we head through monday so really does it fairly wet for some of us here theres also some heavy rain over parts of south america that stretches down into the southern parts of brazil now to the north of that system is fairly warm rio theyre getting to thirty one degrees but then the system works its way across us theres more rain in rio on monday and the temperatures will drop just to twenty three. On counting that cost china two point zero zero how president xi jinping wants to reboot the economy with ai and robotics look at why hijack an all makes is causing tension along the river nile plus the u k c u divorce is breaks it failing counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on the aljazeera catalonia as leader has denounced moves by the Spanish Government to take control of the autonomous region got us put them on says it goes against democracy on the rule of law spain plans to dissolve the Regional Parliament and call new elections comes out to count the necessary random. Millions of people in japan are voting in a stop election there lots to give Prime Minister shinzo that hes asking people to stick with him in the face of what he calls the National Crises of an aging population and tensions with north korea. And us such of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia as part of a new push to end the gulf diplomatic crisis but he says he doesnt expect a breakthrough its now four months since saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates noted on bahrain or suspended ties with cattle. Egypts government says sixteen people have been killed in an ambush on Security Forces in the Western Desert the Police Officers were raiding a hideout in the. When they came under fire from a group of fighters you know as have been held for some of the officers killed Egyptian Security sources say the number of dead could be as high as fifty five no ones yet claimed responsibility for the attack. And fifteen soldiers have died in a suicide bombing in afghanistans capital the taliban says it had been minivan carrying military cadets in western kabul its been a deadly week for these eighty nine people died in two separate mosque attacks on friday last as more from kabul. Extra security guards started work at the mosque last month but they werent enough to stop fridays attack the bomber entered the mosque before guards started their security searches. Mohammad is a regular volunteer who helps clean the mosque he was knocked down by the blast then ran inside he says there was smoke and blood everywhere he helped the wounded and move the dead. They do this to divide as they wont be able to foreign hands behind such attacks and they do it for later benefits through their slaves why they come to attack this mosque of course they want to divide us and thats what. I saw fighters in afghanistan said they carried out the attack and shia mosque was about half full with three to four hundred worshippers the bomber waited for prayers to begin before he wanted to the first throwing hand grenades over here a curtain area where women and children were praying he then said himself over here in the middle of worshipers killing him mom and dozens of others workers have already removed the charred carpet and abandon possessions they say it will take a month before their clean up is complete and the mosque reopens among the mourners or relatives of eight year old mustafa husseini. The president is the father of this country and its that if both ability of the father to bring peace in a country or in the family of the president to bring peace and to protect us from the afghan president ashraf ghani says this is attack and others across afghanistan are crimes against humanity and contrary to islamic values terrorist groups will never succeed in their sinister goals for divisiveness he says and will soon be suppressed and destroyed by the legitimate struggle of the Afghan Security and Defense Forces at least two hundred fifty afghans have been killed in attacks nationwide since tuesday the taliban targeted Security Forces in the east South Southwest and north of the taliban on one hand and the Islamic State on the other hand what theyre trying to portray is that they have the ability to inflict damage not just to the Afghan NationalSecurity Forces and the Afghan Government but also with us to the to its International Counterparts wherever and whenever they want to on martyrs hill on the outskirts of kabul another victim of the mosque attack an elderly woman is laid to rest dozens have been buried here today as this spiritual and another body arrives and the morning goes on jennifer glass al jazeera on martyrs hill kabul. To wrong now where its been another day of angry protests by hundreds of kurds and a bill for the second day in a row demonstrators gathered outside the u. S. Consulate to express their frustration with the International Community must feel betrayed by the u. S. On the United Nations last week iraqi troops seized control of all the disputed areas of Northern Iraq including the city of stephanie has more from. There is a feeling of tension here in erbil people are not sure how this is going to play out certainly the protesters that took to the streets really rich. Of the feeling that theyve been stabbed in the back theyve been abandoned by the International Community by the United States saying that the Kurdish Forces the kurdish soldiers who fought so hard to push back within the last three years or so that was praised by the world and they now feel that everyone has turned their back on them of course the irony of this is that you have two forces now the peshmerga and the iraqi forces that were trained and armed by the United States they fought together just a year ago to push out of mosul now theyre pointing the guns at each other so certainly a real feeling here of the fundament also an element of humiliation the fact that the had to retreat from these areas that the iraqi army moved into and the fact that they had no International Support no one actually came out to say that this is not what would be happening so this is something that people are dealing with right now and again these are Uncertain Times which is why people in erbil are feeling so uncertain and certainly just seeing the movements on the streets far less people out and about as you would expect. Well as they were exodus from being mom is six hundred thousand the spotlight starting to children caught in the crisis the u. N. Says more than fourteen thousand risk of dying from malnutrition in the basic camps they now call home in bangladesh aljazeera visited a mother. Clinic and the refugee camp on the border between bangladesh and myanmar reports. Already and your childs peers into a Health Clinic and the camp inside sidecar turn a mother of three teens to her youngest the little girl fell ill as they fled violence in the end i think it was my child got sick with diarrhea and is also suffering from malnutrition so i brought her to this clinic for treatment several times thats been providing her with a nutritional pack shes Getting Better but isnt fully well yet. The u. N. Says more than fourteen thousand children could die in these camps from malnutrition side his daughter can only manage a week cries shes been waves. Thirteen thousand children have been screened and unicef has discovered there are high levels of severe malnutrition. At least a dozen mobile Health Clinics have popped up treating children under five with nutritional packs enough to bring back the hands of a smile for a toy fish. That. My child has been sick since we escaped from miami two weeks ago at this clinic is treating her with nutrition a medicine but she still sick so i have to keep bringing it here. Myanmars military began its Systematic Campaign of what the u. N. Describes as ethnic cleansing in neighboring Rakhine State in august since then nearly six hundred thousand mainly muslim or hendra have fled to bangladesh more than sixty percent of children this is the staggering sprawl of the camp from above unicef has labelled its residents out cost and desperate its the sense that these children just feel so abandoned so completely remote and without. Without a means of finding support or help and in a sense its no surprise that they must truly see this place as hell on earth there are hendra dont know where this road will lead where they will be able to cause harm until they do the Sick Children a fully dependent on their parents who are fully dependent on the charity of others shallop bellus aljazeera. A rightwing billionaire businessman has been compared to donald trump looks set to become the Czech Republics new Prime Minister. Skeptic and no party won about thirty percent of voters in saturdays parliamentary election hes been critical of the e. U. In the past anderson against the Czech Republic joining us but he now says he wants to take an active role in shaping the u. S. Policies and hes beginning talks to form a Coalition Government now miss murphy could. Not. Have extremely excited and we really want to thank you youve supported is in such numbers almost one and a half million voters is something we did not expect would you put the confidence in is even despite the massive this Information Campaign has been going on for almost two years. Among the parties itll be vying to be in the coalition as the far right s. P. D. Which polled in fourth place. Well see who is willing to negotiate because elements of a Political Program in this key elements i included on the referendum including the referendum on leaving the European Union it includes also the tolerance of migration within this immigration beaver abandon sharia law and his promotion. Five former u. S. President s are joining forces for a Charity Concert to support Hurricane Relief the one america people concert in texas to raise money for people affected by Hurricane Harvey a memory or tens of thousands of people were displaced by the billions of dollars worth of property destroyed after the storms hit the u. S. On the caribbean President Trump sent a video recording to concert goers. Republican strategist and commentator she says Donald Trumps absence of the event is raising questions. Bass is going to bring up one point and this is one thing ive heard from them. Is that its youre above that they didnt invite the commander in chief these are present and theyre dividing this country even more by not inviting. The sitting president and i said well this is its. A campaign of misinformation out there on the social media universe fortunately social media exists so that we can amplify the message and raise more plans for great causes like this america number one most the land dropping nation in the world and we take great pride really think plans for both when they are hitting hard times like this this Hurricane Season brought out just the worst that nature could have done for our country and for americans in everywhere and i think tonights concert is going to do the best but i dont think i would present a chance of orders are going to be any happier if the president or i dont think itll make any effect for them to be honest and the president said tonight that i think theyll continue to say that his predecessors didnt do a good job and he and only he alone can fix things unfortunately he hasnt fixed much at the one week mark woods which was last wednesday puerto rican and eighty one percent of their island did not have power the Administration Last sat and i think that is why these president s have stood up and said and made this urgent appeal. Donald trump says he wont block the release of classified government documents of the assassination of john f. Kennedy. I am kennedys killing in dallas in one thousand nine hundred sixty three spawned numerous conspiracy theories that have enjoyed for Decades Congress set a deadline of thursday for the release of the documents trump says he will make them available unless Law Enforcement agencies provide compelling reasons against it that would join us Aircraft Carriers complete their week of naval exercises with warships from south korea the drills off the Korean Peninsula are ahead of president from strip to asia north korea has threatened to sink the Ronald Reagan which is leading the u. S. Naval task force craig lease not been on board in the port of busan. The giant war ships me a prison seen bruce in port is a stark warning of the firepower of the forces ready to confront north korea. The u. S. S. Ronald reagan has played a leading role in a week of intense military exercises off the Korean Peninsula in what some see as a dangerous game of brinkmanship. Above. And u. S. Navy forces. Have by their actions demonstrate. Our commitment result of an ability to defend the rank of korea and maintain security and stability on the Korean Peninsula the u. S. S. Ronald reagan is a one hundred thousand ton of Nuclear PoweredAircraft Carrier with five thousand sailors on board this week they perform nineteen f. Eighteen super hornet saudis in the yellow sea and the sea of japan the mission here is almost complete but the message of these war exercises is loud and clear. My brother. North korea has condemned the exercises calling them a rehearsal for war at a Nuclear Nonproliferation conference in moscow a north korean diplomat said the United States would have to put up with its Nuclear Status as for the d. P. This is the matter of life and death and the present situation for the strengthens our belief they we should strongly hold to the Nuclear Weapons to deter if possible u. S. Attacks as the naval exercises wind up north koreas threat of what it called an unimaginable strike on the Aircraft Carrier appears for now at least to be more rhetoric propaganda always creates expectations on the part of the populace that the regime of the government is going to carry through on them to some extent so i would not be surprised at all if in the weeks ahead we do see a bill. North korean reaction to these exercises ironically enough they tend to act up more when theyre sounding peaceful theyre when theyre making bellicose notion noises so i think the west should be on its alert as the standoff continues the allies are again discussing a possible diplomatic resolution through back channels donald trump is scheduled to meet allies in asia early next month hes to include stops in japan south korea vietnam and the philippines craig leeson aljazeera south korea. Ok remind of the top stories here on aljazeera catalonia as leader has denounced moves by the Spanish Government to take control of the autonomous region godless put them on says it goes against democracy and the rule of law spain plans to dissolve the Regional Parliament and call elections because of catalonia secession referendum if you repent. Are a rethink of how long. They will also be at risk in europe it would practically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime. These goes against foundations that you need european citizens through diversity millions of japanese are voting in a snap general election theyre likely to give Prime Minister shinzo lob a new mandate hes asking people to stick with him in the face of what he calls the National Crises of an aging population and ongoing tensions with north korea a right wing billionaire businessman whos been compared to donald trump looks set to become the Czech Republics new Prime Minister. The u. S. Skeptic and no party won about thirty percent of votes in saturdays parliamentary election hes been critical of the e. U. With the past but now says he wants to take an active duty policies and has been in talks to form a Coalition Government. The taliban says its behind a suicide bombing that killed fifteen soldiers in afghanistans capital its been a deadly week for the country at least eighty nine people died in two separate mosque attacks on friday your sect your state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia as part of a new push to end the gulf crisis but he says he doesnt expect a breakthrough its now four months saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates egypt and bahrain all suspended ties with qatar and five former u. S. President s joining forces for a Charity Concert to support Hurricane Relief the one America Appeal concert is texas will raise money for. Tens of thousands of people who are displaced and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed after the storms hit the u. S. And the caribbean. President donald trump has sent a video recording to concepts well those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after counting the. Documentary. On aljazeera. Has. A look at the well the business and