The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer this morning will be offered by the guest chaplain, Bishop Robert barron, archdiocese of los angeles, santa barbara, california. The chaplain let us pray. O god, source of all justice, youve sum oned everyone who works in this chamber to walk the path of righteousness, to foster life and liberty, to care especially for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Free these servants of yours, o lord, of all those attachments to wealth or power or privilege or fame, that would prevent them from following the course you have set out for them. Make them mindful of the time when they first heard your voice and followed it with idealism and enthusiasm. Illuminate their minds, direct their wills, stirrup in them a holy passion for doing what is right, despite the cost. Give them the knowledge that whenever they strive for justice , they are pleasing to you. And shower, o lord, your choicest blessings upon our country. Amen. Th
Zero this is a news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Violent scenes at polling stations and words of defiance on both sides as council vote in a referendum rejected by spains government. In malaysia the trial is set to begin of two women accused of murdering the north Korean Leaders estranged half brother also this hour iran and iraq continue their economic retaliation against the kurdish secession referendum by taking control of the regions border crossings and after americas top diplomat visits china for talks on north korea a tweet from his boss says dont bob. Thank you for joining us initial figures released by the council on Regional Government show a decisive vote in favor of secession in sundays referendum but also indicate an unexpectedly low turnout meanwhile the divide between the Regional Government in basra and Central Government in madrid appears to have deepened after polls closed the president of the Regional Government chongs.
But they also indicate and unexpectedly no turnout at least eight hundred forty four people were injured across the region a Spanish Police moved in to shut down some polling stations the Regional Government in catalonia unveiled the preliminary results a few hours ago car panel has more from barcelona. In a tally of the votes offered by catalan or thora tees they say an overwhelming majority of those who voted voted in favor of catalonia breaking away from the rest of spain capital thora the say ninety percent of those who voted of voted for secession but the problem lies more in the level of voter turnout and from the figures that we have been given it seems that that did not reach much higher than around forty three percent that effectively means that well over hoffa registered voters in catalonia either did not turn out could not vote or boycotted the vote and that will certainly lead to even deeper divisions between the Regional Government in catalonia and the Central Government i
Hello im adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the trial has begun in malaysia of two women accused of murdering the north korean leaders a strange half brother. One familys struggle to reunite shows the painful road to recovery faced by the people of puerto rico and. Were going to need seventy five Million Dollars just for food alone in the next five to six months after visiting rohinton refugees in bangladesh the head of the World Food Program outlines the scale of the help required. Initial figures released by the cattle and Regional Government show a decisive vote in favor of secession after sundays referendum but also indicate a low turnout meanwhile the divide between the Regional Government and barcelona and Central Government. In madrid appears to have deepened after polls closed the president of the Regional Government charles push once said that catalonia had earned its right to independence at least eight hundred forty four people were injured as
Hello im rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the rising tensions the u. S. Says it will stop handing out short term visas to visitors from turkey now turkey says it will do the same thing to the u. S. Another boat tragedy involving will hinge or refugees fleeing me and mark two people are dead several others missing. Finding their voice catalonia as the silent majority speak out against a break from spain. Remembering memorials across latin America Fifty years after the death of a revolutionary i call. That we begin this news hour with a rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute between turkey and the u. S. In the last few hours has said it wont process visas for u. S. Citizens who want to travel from the u. S. To turkey the only ones it will hand out will be for people who want to move to turkey permanently its come shortly after the u. S. Made a similar announcement about some u. S. Visas for turks a few days ago a u. S. Consulate empl