Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. On the streets across alone a show of strength by opponents of cattle an independence. Under pressure after a controversial referendum iraqs kurdish leader will not extend his term as president. Thousands marching young go on in support of me and most military over the crisis in sport pakistan is hosting its most important cricket game since two thousand and nine a huge Security Operations underway in the hole as sri lanka return to the city where its team was attacked eight years ago. We begin this news in spains catalonia region where organizers say more than a Million People are rallying against efforts to break away from space demonstrators are calling for the country to remain united catalonia as deposed leader called a speech amount is calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to madrids direct rule of the region after it declared independence what
This is al jazeera you from doha also coming up they want they want a regime change its obvious in his first interview since the five month old crisis began qatars emir says the four blockading countries want to overthrow him. Marching for unity hundreds of thousands stage a rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia determine independence. And child people smugglers the young mexicans recruited by gangs to help migrants cross into the u. S. The president of the Kurdish Regional government in iraq is stepping down Massoud Barzani says he wont stand for reelection his turn in office ends in just two days he was the driving force behind last months controversial kurdish referendum on secession was the Iraqi Government dismissed as illegal from edible stephanie to. An independent kurdistan was supposed to be his legacy and yet it seems to have led to his downfall as somebody looking mustered better than he finally addressed the people directly on sunday night after relative silence f
Hello im adrian for again this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Massoud Barzani steps down as the kurds president in iraq his supporters stormed parliament. Marching for unity hundreds of thousands stage a rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia declaring independence. Day one they want a regime change thats a sort of yes in his first interview since the five month old blockade began qatars accuses the four arab countries of trying to overflow him. And swapping weed for why in the new growth industry in lebanon. The president of the Kurdish Regional government in iraq is stepping down Massoud Barzani says that he wont stand for reelection his term in office ends in two days he was the driving force behind last months controversial kurdish referendum. Which the Iraqi Government dismissed as illegal from Stephanie Decker reports. An independent kurdistan was supposed to be his legacy and yet it seems to have led to his downfall a somber looking
The fairytale of Leicester City or Claudio Ranieri, as the manager who masterminded the most unlikely of premier League Titles is dropped by the club. Good morning. After weeks of Front Page Campaigns and political protest, the government has promised help for thousands of Companies Facing sharp increases in the amount they pay in Business Rates. Storm doris brought us near misses like this, and disruption to roads, rail and air travel. As many people try to complete their journeys, nick has the details on what the weathers going to do next. Yes, good morning. Storm doris is gone. It is cold and calm this morning. Many places will be dry. It will turn letter later. It is nowhere near as nasty as storm doris. I will be back with the full forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. A truly historic victory the words of new conservative mp Trudy Harrison after taking the labour seat of copeland in last nights by election, the first gain by a Governing Party since 1982. In the nights ot
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,