Protest against spains attempt to take control of the region. This is. Also coming up polls are open in japan the Prime Minister shinzo to become the countrys longest serving leader since world war two. Say the. Full. Five former u. S. President s on stage together. In texas. And italys rich northern regions feel changed by the governments economic policies but now the fighting back. President has accused the Spanish Government of attacking its. By moving to take political control of the region has put them on said it was the worst path since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco hundreds of thousands of people rallied on saturday in barcelona to support a cattle answer session as the constitutional crisis comes to a head hes under sevens. Street protest again in barcelona on a major scale shock instead of indignation now but defiance in the air. If you expected such severe moves from madrid aimed at removing the Political Leadership of this region and within the actions inside six months. Anger was directed up above that Spanish Police helicopters repeatedly over flying the demonstration. Occupation forces go out those shelters. Early 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 road joined protesters and then moved on to make a television address. The cattle 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 catalan institutions and to our name this is an attack on democracy in the twenty First Century whats happening here by no means represents everyone in the loonier but the numbers here and the sentiments being expressed could indicate there will be problems ahead for mario no real holding 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 for 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 thinner on the ground and drew simmons aljazeera bosler. Sells an associate professor at Georgetown University she says mediation may offer a way to resolve the crisis. The Spanish Government has argued that they will call for elections in periods of like six months so theyre going to be new elections in cut the long. So thats supposedly whats going to be happening but its unclear if thats going to be the case or not because the article basically allows for this intervention to occur until normality is restart in catalonia and feel the region goes back to legality and theres a whole element of subjectivity on this one way to get out of this is what would be getting some International Mediation which could be not the like being like the European Union the u. N. Or perhaps some other nongovernmental actor to be aged between these two actors the spanish woman the cat the longer men and that could be dawn within the next week to avoid on the one hand the implementation of the article on friday but also to avoid that duration of independence by the spanish by the Catalan Parliament next friday because that is something that can happen in light of what just happened to the rights to listens arrived in 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 since saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates egypt and bahrain all suspended ties with qatar this particular. Hes back u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has landed in saudi arabia he was here in july then hope 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 well. I think thats probably. The time has come. Analysts say there is a renewed hope 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 secretary of state is publicly disagreeing taking the trip while downplaying expectations that crisis will end soon what he does during this trip could very well determine if that is true. Aljazeera polling stations open for japan general election Prime Minister shinzo the country by calling the vote earlier than expected hes asking people to stick with him in the face of what he termed the dual National Crises of an aging population and tensions with north korea lets go live now to sarah clarke in sarasota expected to win with a big majority so what policies have convince voters to keep him in power. Well as you mention even bill this election is there as a way to get a general mandate or a strong mandate to deal with a number of these National Crises you mentioned the aging population another key platform that was used during the campaign was obviously National Security in light of the escalating tensions with north korea north korea has threatened to quote sink japan into the sea and of course weve had to reset missiles over cargo now our body has used this particular issue to tell voters to return or vote for him vote for security for experience and vote for safety hes taken credit for the keeping threats and by he doesnt want to go to war and the response of course is that basically the voters have have been trust from the public and in the polls indicate that yes he will return to power with this Strong Majority hes also pushed the success of by nomics reforms and try to convince voters to go through with a hike in consumption and sales tax so hes used the economy as well and heres what a couple of voters had to say before at the polling booth so lets assume i do that but i support shinzo of its policy not to yield to north korea i want them to take a strong position and to cooperate with you know states and south korea this is one of the key issues i watch carefully in the selection theyre going to work you know at the pension payment and salaries are not Getting Better and the sales tax is going up to eight percent and the Consumer Price is higher now i dont feel the economy is recovering at all. And sort of theres currently a typhoon sweeping across japan is that like to affect the turnout and perhaps the final result. It will affect the turnout no doubt were at the polling booth earlier and it was light rain it seemed so the weather has deteriorated over the last couple of hours the general public were told to vote early because of these deteriorating conditions in about fifteen percent of eligible voters did vote before polls open today on this official election day weve just had the latest count on by ten oclock this morning which is a couple of hours ago about three hours into polling that another seven percent have now voted so were looking at twenty two percent of eligible voters so far and its just after lunch here and polling booths poes that i came tonight so we still have a fair way to go if they were going to expected to get the turnout that i hoped for or at a sort of talk there in tokyo sara thank you egypts government so sixteen people have been killed in an ambush on Security Forces in the Western Desert the Police Officers were raiding a hideout of the barrio way sis when they came under fire from a group of fighters funerals are going to hell for some of the officers killed gyptian security sources say the number of dead could be as high as fifty five no ones yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Lots more still to come on aljazeera including revenge of refugee children who are still fall into myanmar face a new threat in bangladesh last appearance of the worlds most migration from the countryside to the city los angeles could become a blueprint for the future for the state. From the slowing in the winds to an enchanting desert breeze. Hello there the weather is all looking quite subdued across the middle east at the moment just really in the northern parts of our weve got more in the way of cloud and rain is showing up a little bit on the satellite picture but really develops as we head into sunday thats when the rain really begins to pop up so i think the southern parts of russia here is where we see the west of the weather on sunday than that sweeps its way eastwards but eases a little bit as it does say elsewhere were just looking at the thermometer to really say twenty four maximum in tehran force in beirut were looking at around twenty five here in doha the temperature is all gradually easing now but it is quite a slow process but winds easing as well so on sunday thirty seven will be maximum then as we head into monday the winds swing round so they bring in a little bit more moisture it is a little bit more humid so thirty six degrees. But a sticky thirty six as we head down towards the southern parts of africa theres quite a bit of cloud quite a bit of rain with us at the moment and well see plenty more outbreaks of rain as we head through the next day or so working its way through namibia and down into the eastern parts of south africa thats on sunday shop showers out of this and then as we head into monday a system will sink a little bit further towards the south and this time the wettest of the weather will be in the eastern parts of south Africa Cape Town there look strong on all temperatures at twenty. The weather sponsored by cattle race. Provoking debate the Corporate Tax has not hurt job growth in the barack obama the well. Thats not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on Media Freedom arbitrary killings torture. But challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who is killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that he didnt try them didnt prosecute if you didnt charge him a shot once i join many has done for a front at this time on al jazeera. Welcome back a great cap of the top stories here this hour catalonia as leader has announced moves by the Spanish Government to take control of the autonomous region. Says it goes against democracy in the rule of law spain plans to dissolve the Regional Parliament and call new elections here sect 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 now for months in saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain all suspended ties. And millions of japanese are voting in a snap general election that lucky to get Prime Minister shinzo lobby a new mandate hes asking people to stick with him in the face of what he calls a National Crisis of an aging population and ongoing tensions with north korea. Now a giant u. S. Aircraft carrier has completed a week of naval exercises with warships in south korea the drills off the Korean Peninsula come ahead of President Trumps trip to asia north korea has threatened to sink the Ronald Reagan which is leading the u. S. Naval task force greg leeson reports from tucson. The giant war ships me a prison seen boose 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. Rather grim 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 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. Ated 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 in south korea fifteen soldiers have died in a suicide bombing in afghanistans capital the taliban says it targeted a minivan carrying military cadets in western kabul its been a deadly week for afghanistan at least eighty nine people have died in two separate mosque attacks on friday. Now as the ranger exodus from manmohan is six hundred thousand the spotlights turning 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 al jazeera visited a mobile clinic and the baloch ali refugee camp thats on the border between bangladesh and me and shell a palace. Already hinge your childs peers into a Health Clinic and the camp inside side occurred to a mother of three teens to her youngest the little girl fell ill as they fled violence in the end i think it was where 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 why. 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 hint of a smile for a toy fish. My child has been sick since we escaped from miami two weeks ago at this clinic is treating her with nutrition a medicine but shes still sick so i have to keep bringing her 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 outcast 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 the hell on earth there are hendra dont know where this road will lead where they will be able to call home until they do the Sick Children a fully dependent on their parents who are fully dependent on the charity of others charlotte bellus aljazeera five former u. S. President s are joining forces for a Charity Concert to support Hurricane Relief the one America Appeal concert in texas is raising money for people affected by Hurricane Harvey and maria President Trump sent a video recording to concert goers the president s have already raised thirty one Million Dollars for hurricane victims beyers americans to give more. These were grievous storms back to back there is still to be honored in florida. And our friends in puerto rico and the american Virgin Islands have only begun to dig their way out of what could be still a calamity this disaster but it can be a new beginning it was former students here tonight could not be prouder. Of the response of americans. When they see their neighbors and they see their friends. They see strangers in me american step up. But rina shah is a republican strategist and commentator she says Donald Trumps absence of the events raising questions. His base is going to bring up one point and this is one thing ive heard from them throughout the day is that its terrible that they didnt invite the commander in chief these are five past president s and theyre dividing this country even more by nine biting donald trump whos the sitting president and i said look 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 americas number one most the land dropping nation in the world and we take great pride rethink 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 president chunks of orders are going to be any happier if im president or i dont think itll make any effect for them to be honest and that the president sent a message 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 which which was last wednesday puerto rican eighty one percent of their island did not have power the administration lacks that and i think that is why these president s have stood up and said and made this urgent appeal. U. S. President donald trump says he wont block the release of classified government documents about the assassination of john f. Kennedy was kennedys killing in dallas and nine hundred sixty three spawned numerous conspiracy theories that have endured for decades trump says hell make them available unless Law Enforcement agencies provide compelling reasons against him. Mortise government is offering a one point two Million Dollar reward for information on the murder of an investigative journalist. Who was killed in a car bombing on monday she said she found links between maltese Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat and offshore accounts revealed in the Panama Papers leaked italys wealthy northern regions of lombardy inverness who are going to vote on whether to take more control over their own affairs they account for about thirty percent of italys g. D. P. Some people there say they resent the amount of their taxes being used to pay for services in the poorest south heres how the abdelhamid. Survived throughout the centuries reflecting a time when venice was a prosperous suffering state that thrived for over a millennium before becoming part of. A bygone era some hoping to revive. The future is a europe one of many different people were not the only ones everyone has a right to decide its only administration our culture has been forgotten our children are not taught the history of the republic of venice but a history that was never ours. This is a strong sense of identity among the nations but ask anyone and they will say the region is not getting much in return and its time for a better Financial One they hope will come after taking part in a nonbinding referendum that was approved by the Constitutional Court if you look around here youd be hard pressed to know theres a referendum taking place now the question voters will have to answer is not about independence but rather whether they want more tanami from the Central Government during the night there was a mark a bit ngo does hope to vote will help save the murano glass industry a cultural flagship of venice that has decreased by nearly ninety percent over the past three decades his Family Business is one of the few still surviving because in a way the bullet the shell that will take care of theyve invented the region they come from benetton they will drive the best. They the identity of the of the glass going on i love to be part of. The percent. But opponents see this vote as a shrewd political move by didnt or didnt like the regional ruling party which had called for independence in the past and. The real issues are hidden in the middle of us providing for the rest of italy is not true we already have other region it will employ referendum so each region calls for autonomy then there will be a clash a Power Centers and more chaos it will snowball by saying no we try to put up a wall to stop this avalanche. If the yes vote succeeds it will give up popular mandate to denote elite ahead of National Elections next year and coming on the back of the cat and vote by d. N. Venet to referendums are yet another signal of european separatist movements picking up steam make it. Was rob reynolds looks at an ambitious plan to revamp the heart of los angeles. At the american Landscape Architects annual conference there is a focus on sustainability and designing for an era of Global Warming for example econ creek has developed a chemically unique waterfront Building Material that encourages growth of marine life in projects now underway from the middle east to new york harbor my creating a habit that that is actually counts and Permanent Base youre creating a kind of a reef its growing with time so its becoming like and leaving water for the plants and marine organisms clinging to them actually make waterfront structures stronger and more resilient and a time when warming oceans are spawning more frequent more intense storms. Well santa list is the site of one of the most ambitious Landscape Architecture and Design Projects underway in the country the revitalization of the l. A. River the river was in tuned in concrete in the one nine hundred thirty s. Much of it is a lifeless ditch surrounded by industry full of trash and mostly off limits its a gash the river is a gash and intractable corner of the channel rail and fences and you know it just was the kind of place that was invisible this is what the river looks like now but plans are afoot for a transformation to this a living corridor for wildlife a Gathering Place for people and environmentally sustainable green space planted with indigenous grasses shrubs and trees in the heart of a city known for its freeways parking lots and strip malls theres biking jogging. There are pocket parks or smaller parts or you know apartment buildings with terraces overlooking the river its basically a space that we can. Use in a much more meaningful way to weave the city together the project will take decades and cost billions of dollars in public and private funding but with strong support from the state City Government and businesses it is moving forward creating more grace in the city of angels robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. A quick recap of the top stories here this hour catalonia as leader has announced moves by the Spanish Government to take control of your thomas region put them on says it goes against democracy in 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 was practically deciding the future of a nation not a crime. These goes against foundations that you need european. Diversity millions of japanese are voting in a snap election theyre likely to give Prime Minister shinzo lobby 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 on her about issues u. S. Skeptic and opacity what about thirty percent of voters in saturdays elections hes been critical of the e. U. In the past but he now says he wants to take an active role in shaping policy and beginning talks to form a coalition. 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 you said just eight Rex Tillerson xin saudi arabias part of a new push to end the gulf crisis but he says he doesnt expect a breakthrough its now four months in saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain all 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 of the bacteria oasis when they came under fire from fighters no ones yet claim responsibility for the attack. Former u. S. President s are joining forces for a Charity Concert to support her attend the White America people concert in texas to raise money for people affected by hurricanes. And maria tens of thousands of people were displaced after the storms hit the u. S. In the caribbean President Trumper sent a video recording concept. But those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera upfront. But the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera how much is Nobel Peace Prize winner aung sang suu kyi to blame for the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims in myanmar one of her fellow Nobel Laureates the renowned bangladeshi economist muhammad yunus. As a new