Minutes one day before plants a session referendum questions in catalonia about whether the vote will proceed and what happens next. Meanwhile across the border in france the second largest cattle and community watches and waits. The u. N. Will investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but its had to make a lot of compromises. With an agenda stretching from trade to north korea the u. S. Secretary of state arrives in china. Spains catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation a banned secession referendum is scheduled to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote occupying schools expected to be used as polling stations but the Spanish Government insists there will be no vote it says the referendum is illegal and is deploying police to ensure that no ballots are cast opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away. Call pennell is live for us in barcelona i believe the police have been pretty active today. Absolutely jane you can see the city of pasto alone is stretching out beneath is there a lot of action going on right now citizens are occupying schools are intended to be used as polling stations a lot of families and children are all keeping those to try ensure they remain open so that the vote can go ahead the police are due to shut those down before six a. M. Tomorrow morning in other developments were also seeing that spain civil guard has occupied the Information Technology center of the Catalan Government to try and shut down web pages promoting the referendum and theres also been a legal order put out to google to shut down web pages promoting the referendum as well but im here right now with salvador hes the speaker of the socialist party here in catalonia and i just want to ask him some questions about tomorrow salvador voting seems to be just such a basic democratic right why not just let people get on and go and vote yes or no and solve the situation there is no democracy without the rule of law and to cut their own government calling all of these fake refrain boom has break the rule of law this is why the spanish groups that got their own calls have are asked to suspend these referendum because he does not comply with any Standards International standards and they are not the conditions are as you conditions to make to do so and these referendum besides of the us we seem to refrain do you buy they got their own people sold the social yes we are for a proposal a political proposal that you need to go out there and people we want a new agreement and you parked between the two on your and raced over spain we are against the referendum in short because it doesnt go you do x. We go but we. Earned. The second point because you did buy the car they want people to regardless of whether you support or reject the basic premise of the referendum right now were seeing ten thousand extra police being sent in by the Spanish Government were seeing close. Because of web pages were seeing government officials being arrested many are saying that thats against the basic rights of freedom of expression basic them and their democratic rights where does the socialist party stand on the heavy handed approach of the Spanish Government yesterday you know here there was a big demonstration of people in favor of independent who g. s to prove that their basic right their basic rights are in force here in spain and got the idea so spain is democracy but there is no democracy without the rule of law so the first point is that they got their own government does not break the rule of law we are for the Self Expression of people for people to defend what they say its better for what they were in spain but weve seen the framework of the rule of law disease why are we feeling these fake referendum is a bad news for catherine for spain now leaders of the Police Unions on both sides are saying to me that they see this as politicians on all sides hyperventilating talking to people on the street they say that this referendum has been so deeply divisive that Catalan Society is broken what is the socialist party going to do to try and pick up the pieces help Catalan Society and the rest of spain speak up the pieces how are you going to help to planning to me to evolve we ask for a political negotiation with the so shes got a warning in spain saying that these men are a whole huge government has made big mistakes not initiating a but we going to take out our own government we think their way out of these disasters of these mass east to start going to wish ations and we have made some proposals to start as soon as possible these negotiations in the Space Program but the first point is to restore the rule of law so our demand ease also to visit him to do more and Vice President and get us to go of these fake referendum which he by jakarta one pupil that is no way out with a division among cattle and people we want to unite catherine pupil eighty percent of people would back a new agreement we got already in spain and this is the way out we are assured resource show is going to war we have been. You know the one award you did action for in the coming weeks and months. Many people have described this referendum as politicians on all sides driving cars with no brakes on they predict a car crash were going to have to wait now about twenty four hours to see if in effect this referendum does prove to be a car crash for the capitol and people or whether somebody will put their foot on the brake and find some way to negotiate a joint panel thank you well catalans across the board in france are watching the situation closely there are nearly half a million in the Southwest Region revise the second biggest cattle and city after barcelona tasha to report on how they see their future. Its prime time at a radio ad ells frances only catalan news station for more than thirty years its been broadcasting to the southwest and peppino region where a third of people speak the language the radio is a way of keeping their culture alive to the. Region where our language is under threat three centers it was banned slowly its coming back especially in schools so our radio is helping this renewal by developing the language and maintaining our catalan identity Rolling Vineyards and sweeping mediterranean beaches define this part of france known as northern catalonia southern catalonia is a few kilometers away just across the spanish border here any separate the two but people are united by their catalan roots traditions and pride. It certainly feels very unique carib feels very different from other parts of france there are cattle and colors and reminders everywhere and people say they are looking very closely at the referendum which is taking place just over the border but whats interesting is for a few people in french catalonia say that they would want independence from the state. A Catalan Association in the center of pep in your Office Activities for all ages while many catalans in spain want to vote for a clean break from madrid those here say they wish to remain part of france but with more regional autonomy. Unemployment is widespread here young people are jobless the french trade does little for us we want a special status. Which would give a small town of me. Going to me and taxation. Mesmerising start down a dance was banned in the one nine hundred forty s. By spanish dictator general franco who regarded the catalans as a threat the people here grew up with it its intricate moves have been passed down through generations and classes like this are popular. Form on the new south fire along with our mountains the sadhana our language its everything a sketch islands have its our inspiration. With no great momentum for independence the focus for most catalans here is on keeping in step with france but dancing to their own tune the aljazeera. Tension is increasing between the kurdish leadership in Northern Iraq and its neighbors after mondays session that iraq says its coordinating with iran and turkey to take control of borders administered by the same autonomous Kurdish Regional government kurdish leaders have refused to give up control of border posts to baghdad as part of a campaign to pressure the kurds to cancel the results of the referendum which ninety two percent voted in favor of a spirit from iraq the government in baghdad says the vote was unconstitutional u. S. Which is supporting kurdish led forces fighting eisel in neighboring syria says it doesnt recognize a cessation vote as legitimate secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Supports a united federal iraq and International Airlines of stop landing at airports in the region after a request by iraq now the city of kirkuk in Northern Iraq has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country for decades there have been disagreements about who should control it peshmerga units loyal to the Kurdish Regional government control the city of kirkuk inclusion in mondays secession vote as angered baghdad is structured. The Kurdish Peshmerga to control kirkuk after the iraqi army fled in islip pensive in two thousand and fourteen but theres never been agreement between the Kurdish Regional government took in the federal government in baghdad about who should be in control the benefit most from the areas vast oil wealth. Kirkuk at an eighty percent turnout in the referendum on kurdish the session but they are to the vote the Iraqi ParliamentPrime Minister hydra liberty to send troops into kurdish controlled disputed areas like cook and take back control of the oil fields because as governor of kirkuk hopes he doesnt heed to parliaments demand Prime Minister has made it clear that force is not. How he will approach this thing. And i agree with him and we dont expect a force to be used but of course there are people may be not under his control who may try to do this Parliament Earlier this month voted to remove mr karim but he has refused to go and anything that comes against me for my patriotic position its its an honor for me many kurds call kirkuk their jerusalem but there are also turkomans arabs and christians here too there are also hundreds of thousands of arabs that have arrived here in recent years fleeing i saw and they feel very let down by the baghdad government theres also considerable opposition amongst the arabs and the turkmen about any idea with respect to kirkuk being part of a future independent kurdish state the vast majority of turkmen and arabs who have lived in kirkuk for generations boycotted the referendum this if you to the area and the borders of k r g is not the clear and the specially care. Will be. Space officer try going between arab be owned by that and maybe be a war about kirkuk the way to solve this a problem is not independency and therefore and on the way is. The two thousand and five constitution stipulates that the federal government send seventeen percent of the federal budget to the k r g every year it stops sending the money in two thousand and fifteen. And baghdad has since accused the kayleigh ji of not sharing the oil wells but any fighting here could jeopardize the battle against leisel in how we are around fifty kilometers southwest of kirkuk. Who control was killed cook was at the referendum on kurdish independence the kurds say they will fight anyone who tries to take it from them. But al jazeera. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is holding top level talks in china the tensions in the Korean Peninsula its to listen second trip to beijing this year and the tightening and economic squeeze on north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program the u. S. Sees china which is pyongyangs main allies vital to force kim jong un to retreat from his nuclear arms and missile ambitions aaron brown joins us live now from beijing lots to talk about those too. Yes i think rarely has the relationship between britain between sorry china and the United States mattered more but it has done now particularly as tensions on the Korean Peninsula remain at a very high level actually Rex Tillerson was due here in beijing on friday night where there were there were mechanical problems with his plane and he was unable to get here until today and he came by a military aircraft now as you say the two sides have lots to talk about fair to assume that north korea is at the top of the agenda both countries of course have very different ideas about how to resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula now Rex Tillerson met not just only the Chinese Foreign minister one year but he also had an audience with president xi jinping now thats significant because chinas president doesnt ordinarily meet high ranking senior diplomats from overseas the fact that he met Rex Tillerson is a recognition of the importance that china places on Rex Tillerson being here and of course the importance they place on President Donald Trump making a visit here in november that was confirmed actually by the white house at the weekend President Trump will also be going to the philippines vietnam and japan and south korea now what Rex Tillerson wants to get from china during his brief visit here it has to be said is a guarantee that china will stick to its promise to fully implement sanctions against north korea china for its part says that its backing a whole slew of new sanctions against north korea so in a strange way jane the issue of north korea appears to be bringing china and the United States a little bit closer together it doesnt end thank you. Paid to go ahead on the news including wearing coxs bazar with an update on the crisis. Surviving but struggling people in puerto rico trying to rebuild their lives on Hurricane Maria. And in sport missing the shop shes at Manchester City striker for one of the biggest matches of the season. Has more from a rehab. For children in coxs bazaar in bangladesh dealing with the crisis and there were hangings fleeing from that. Close to how many are going to refuse it up crossed over to bangladesh for the matter of one month out of time two hundred eight it isnt our children according to aid agencies im going to the government and among them a hundred thousand children one of. This is something called child friendly space this was set up by bangladesh crack the largest and you know and also with the help of unicef what you see is children has got to play corner that drawing corner and reading corner they also have music on are the children dressed to be quite happy out here theyre out of danger in the street they get counseling from a professional counseling people theyre also in a place where they are given free mats and lines sometimes fifty or six of this kind its not set up among the new and old refugee camps six of them are old the rest are new you know if theres me and my references are unable to go back to me on my wedding yes to come goes like this and half a sentence like this are badly needed to really have a lot of those children who are highly traumatised by what theyre facing on the other side of the border in the us to combine with those government aid agency has to mentally prepare to set up institution like this to help the children cope with the trauma of their face while coming to bangladesh and what the face in myanmar. To truly understand the rang a crisis there is no substitute to being there all the see but the team at aljazeera dot com has created the closest thing. This is. Shes just one of thousands of muslim or hinge or persecuted in maine maher and now living in a camp and culture is bizarre bangladesh put yourself in her shoes. I am reinjure is the worlds first three hundred sixty degree documentary on the region it was filmed back in may by aljazeera Virtual Reality teamed contrasts v. O. R. They thought they would documenting the peak of the crisis but since then as we know around half a million more regain your refugees have crossed into bangladesh their stories can seem overwhelming mostly because they are putting yourself in the place of just one person makes it that much more understandable. For them. You can view the film for yourself at aljazeera dot com for its premiere at the Vancouver InternationalFilm Festival on october fifth. Wildfires in Southern California are spreading and forcing evacuations video has emerged of fires burning dangerously close to homes in the city of long book flames and heavy smoke of cloud at the horizon the five hundred homes are at risk and forty one thousand wildfires have scorched almost twenty five thousand square kilometers in the u. S. So far this year the mayor of puerto ricos capital san juan is accuse the trumpet ministration of killing people with inefficiency ten days after Hurricane Maria devastated the u. S. Territory it is beginning to reach communities in need in the white house has appointed a three star general to oversee relief operations but common crew says its not happening quick