Welcome to the weekly here on r t where we wrap up the top stories from the past week well bring you the latest developments as well thanks for tuning in. Militants in the eastern go to district of syria are indiscriminately shelling the capital damascus thats according to Russias Defense Ministry thats despite the United Nations voting on saturday to implement a cease fire our war correspondent more ive got stan was here the studio earlier with the details Russian Conciliation Center Monitoring Center in syria says that over the last twenty four hours rebels in the east launched no less than thirty one shells into damascus and i know what that looks like every time weve stayed in damascus every time weve been in damascus we have shells landing all over the capital all over the masks because east ghouta is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital the last stranglehold you know the residue revolutions because all of the on claves around the capital have been have been re
Saying catalonia session vote wont happen supporters of the referendum have occupied polling stations in barcelona bad determined their voices will be heard coming up a live update from a very tense. Also on the grid hitting puerto rico while its down trumps accusing the islands mayor of bad leadership as the u. S. Territory tries to recover from the strongest hurricane to hit in almost a century and the uns announced an investigation into potential human rights abuses in yemen by all sides its what yemenis and human Rights Groups have called for for years but really what sort of success right do these sorts of groups even have. And im leon harding thousands are expected to march in washington d. C. Demanding an apology for black men and women immigrants and taking it were following that conversation online but we want to hear from you think about the hash tag it james. You know we can use good live on air in streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and aljazeera dot com and we
Anger in madrid as demonstrators take to the streets in protest against sunday succession referendum in catalonia. If anybody out there is listening to us. We are dying. Puerto rico urges the u. S. To speed up pay it has it struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. And we have a special report on a Nigerian Army crackdown on the oil pirates who are raiding refineries across the niger delta. And far as small have all the days sporting including unbeaten Manchester United pile on the misery for Crystal Palace beating them for a nail in the English Premier League. The. Spains government is cracking down on the bounce a session votes in its catalonia region on sunday describing it as a mockery of democracy its were born volunteers at polling stations they could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand Dollars Police have already begun deploying ahead of the ballots and sealed off more than half of the schools designated as Polling Centers offices say they will remove voters in the
Angry protests in madrid ahead of sundays secession referendum in catalonia with these things voters will be removed. If anybody out there is listening to us. We are dying. Puerto rico urges the u. S. To speed up aid as it struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. The u. S. Secretary of state is back in beijing wanting more from china to stop north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. And im far as small have all the days sport including on beating Manchester City score a win over English Premier League champions chelsea. If their warm welcomes the news hour spains government is cracking down on the bands the session vote in its catalonia region on sunday describing it as a mockery of democracy its one volunteers a polling stations could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand dollars they have already begun deploying ahead of the ballot and sealed off more than half of the. Schools designated as Polling Centers they will. In the spanish capital madrid thousands of people in savior of th
Prepares to stop them. The u. S. Reveals its been trying to talk to north korea despite increased his tell it a between the two but so far no response from pyongyang. And another storm of words is centered on donald trump over criticism from puerto rico over the u. S. Response to the devastation from how to can maria. Making their voices heard thousands take to the streets in the u. S. Demanding racial equality. Spains government insists its going to stop sundays plans to session vote in catalonia which its a coyote illegal madrid has described it. Of democracy reuters news agency. Is reporting that volunteers at polling stations could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand Dollars Police have already begun deploying ahead of the ballot and theyve sealed off more than half of the schools designated as Polling Centers officers say theyre going to remove voters in the spanish capital madrid thousands of people in favor of a united spain have held a rally neither side shows any s