In doha coming up in the next sixty minutes thanks its a move that could and they decorate long dispute between palestinian factions hamas says its reached a reconciliation deal with fatah. High level talks soon between the u. S. And turkey to end the ongoing diplomatic tensions. Also spain celebrates its national day as the political crisis deepens over the future of the region of catalonia plus. Im chris im filling me in manhattan where the chinese artist ai wei wei has painted one of the latest poll coming out ill tell you which famous new yorker hes trying to reach. We start in the middle east welcome to the news the palestinian faction hamas says its reached a deal on political reconciliation. With furthur a move that could signal into a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a National Unity government to go she actions brokered by egypt started on tuesday well its at the very latest im sorry force that is live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank we are expecting a press conference within this news hour harry the details are sketchy but we have some. Certainly some idea of what has been agreed on. Thats right were getting those indications the News Conference was due to started around now but were hearing reports that its been pushed back by more than half an hour however we have been hearing from senior fattah figure in garza saying that three key areas of contention have found some resolution in this agreement the issue of how to control the southern Border Crossing with egypt the issue of how the internal security arrangements in the guard will be policed suggestions that some three thousand Palestinian AuthoritySecurity Officers will be gradually introduced to merge with the hamas officers whove been dealing with internal security during the ten Year Division and also the issue of employment more generally there are forty thousand hamas staff Public Servants and security who have been working in that ten year period the indications are that some of them at least will be merged into the regime over a four month period with payments going to them during that time so these are some of the things which of really caused major obstructions to previous attempts to reach a reconciliation deal and the indications are that some of them at least have been agreed upon certainly people in gaza are hopeful and that hope is coming from a point of real despair up until now because of the situation the humanitarian situation there which has been exacerbated by the p. A. Measures designed to really restrict electricity and payments going into gaza to pressure hamas to this point and so heres are some of the people in gaza have been reacting this morning. When we used to hear about any reconciliation efforts we would think immediately of the failure of it but we hope this time is different unity could at least solve the power crisis and bring happiness to the gazan people. Weve had enough eleven years of suffering without electricity no medicine for people no travelling we want to live like other nations and you controlling the gaza strip is another issue not just politically but militarily and of course so in a civilian manner as well and thats a very big dilemma for both parties isnt it. Yes well in terms of civilian control the whole basis of the single agreement is that the p. A. Resumes fully as the governing entity inside gaza and the fattah figures that have been speaking about this have made that clear that that is a a cynic or non of this entire arrangement that they wont accept just being for show and indeed there was the the handover of ministries during the Cabinet Meeting last week and there was the dissolution of hamas as an Administrative Committee which set a set this whole chain of events moving last month we are hearing from factor that president Abbas Mahmoud abbas will be if everything goes according to plan traveling to gaza for the First Time Since two thousand and seven within this month and he will do so as president with full powers in gars and i one of the things that hes been talking about in the run up to all this is the military side of things the the how masses brigades the military. Ranks how they will fit into this he says that he doesnt want a lebanese dire situation with the hezbollah style entity having a separate center of power from the civilian administration however hamas has been saying that there is no question of disarming that part of its his organization and that was never on the table in these talks so it could be that there is some kind of more quiet informal arrangement where they dont make too much noise certainly they arent visible and that any decision to use those forces would be taken in some kind of a consensual manner without an official submission of those or subjugation of that part of hamas into a wider p. A. Or forty it seems that theyre trying to agree on what they can for now some kind of Halfway House between full political unity and having the p. A. Back in gaza and that may be enough for now and putting in the more difficult thorny issues which have separated them for so long a bit further down the track itll be interesting to see her you know what does come out of this press conference of course well go to that live when it happens i will of course join you for more analysis thank you. Now a bit about ground told what led to the divisions between the two palestinian groups in two thousand and six how massive one parliamentary elections but it couldnt reach an agreement on how to share power with fatah a year later her master control of garza after days of gun battles with fatah the conflict weakened the Palestinian Authority leaving it only in charge of the palestinian territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year hamas has been running gars under an administrative Administrative Committee which was seen as a rival government to the fact that dominated Palestinian Authority in the west bank but last month it agreed to hand over administrative powers and garza to a factor backed government. Oh marshall is a senior lecturer at the university of exeter in the United Kingdom he joins me here on set in doha good to have you with us earlier this year in may we saw how mass reveal a new policy document which redefined than they hoped not just to the Palestinian Authority but also to the International Community how important was that stage back in may to where we are right now i think it was important but it was not the first document you know hamas has been a state of trance formation since one thousand nine hundred nine on words and it was not the first document they should stop with before that for example. Renewed perception of it up toward democracy and participating in elections on that occupation which was a no no before it issued documents that has to do with with transforming the idea of taking up arms against israel from being the only did you to meet me as the one thousand nine hundred charter says to a mean so other means nonviolent or otherwise are also acceptable and it has also issues it has to do with constitutional liberalism supporting you know for example interesting candidate from point so there has been a transformation in this this document in particular stresses the previous transformations but also puts it a bit further in a sense that they break the ties with the muslim brothers organizationally they broke and ties before but this time also ideologically things have been taking a different turn and more than saying that theyre more and more distinct from the muslim brothers as an organization which is a concern for cairo specifically and thats still believe it or not for israel indeed i mean we have now this is you know agreement between how to hamas and fatah and we have been here before you know we had ten years ago weve seen a potential. Breakthrough in alliances and sort of a kiss and make up how significant is this particular potential agreement in terms of the failures weve seen in the past on. One and it is very very important for us for the to succeed in this one so on the short to mid term will probably see some significant changes. Needs. The burden of running the gaza strip under siege from both israel and egypt to be lifted this is the only way out he needs also an agreement to cut any other agreements with rival factions like that one faction for example with how messed supported by also the officials that had official burstein authority wants that agreement to be done so both sides here want this to work the problem is on the long run that same it too long to we have significant issues that are very critical of arms of us for example and you just mentioned that the hezbollah model kind of governing but ruling but not governing still the issue of the arms is critical for the dictions and for the best you know thought of these and of also for for israel but most importantly for hamas because this is a safety net i dont know if the if it does bends what will happen to its actually political leaders and their organization as a whole because they have the model of the muslim brothers in egypt very clear for them there with one second want to give you some more information before you come to our next question and of course now to the die humanitarian situation in gaza that makes the coastal enclave practically unlivable for its almost two million residents the densely populated area has been under israels land sea and air blockade for ten years its only access to the outside world bypassing israel has been a severely restricted access through egypt some describe it as the Worlds Largest open air prison at forty two percent garza has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and since april residents have been getting only four hours of electricity daily due to the dispute between hamas and fatah dominated Palestinian Authority more than ninety percent of gazas water has been rendered unsafe for drinking. One of the really big issues as opposed to these we look forward is that a unification of these two groups a one voice and potential elections that could lead from this could potentially legitimize hamas within the Palestinian Authority and therefore the International Community whether it be the e. U. The americans or the israelis would have a tough time not being able to negotiate with a unified palestinian voice so this is kind of back to the future this is two thousand and six two thousand and seven indeed thats always the hope isnt it when we can when we see the scenario develop in different regional conditions so this is the hope that since now there are different regional conditions then maybe this will work but really we have the issue of the elections what happens if hamas win the elections this time and how would that affect the International Dimension you know the relationship with israel issues with the you you that it isnt cheap with the americans on the Drug Administration so the big question mark the other question mark is a simple process demoralization disarmament and reintegration into one command and control security a military structure between the hamas forces and fatah forces that tried to happen in two thousand and so it was attempted in two thousand six thousand seven and we know it failed miserably hamas had to have a pedal and institution called executive force back then and the ministry of interior so it didnt work it was kind of a an armed forces with two bodies so there are some significant challenge and there is another challenge that has to do with the security dogma if you wish of the of both institutions sees the cooperation Security Cooperation with israel as something very very important something they signed on how must the Security Cooperation with israel as trees and they target their collaborators in gaza so how this is going to change in terms of the dogma of security establishment this is also the challenge in addition to the general challenges of the palestinian case from you know the statehood to the knees and then that if you choose and so on so forth of course i will come back to you for more analysis want to hear what happens in that press conference for the moment thanks for joining us thank you. Tensions are growing between kurdish authorities and the Iraqi Government following last months disputed secession referendum baghdad has denied claims by the Kurdish Regional government that it plans a major attack on the could cook region says it is Iraqi Government forces could launch an assault on the autonomous region well Charles Stratford joins me now live from belle in Northern Iraq charles just bring us up to speed on what the situation is like right now. Im at the last place checkpoint on the main road from here bill to mosul and the trucks that you can see behind me are basically a back log as a result of this road being closed last night this road and the main road from the hook a second city here is in the k r g and nineveh province and the reason why the k r g close those roads were because according to the Security Council last night they received messages from the Iraqi Military and the shia militia groups that they were planning an attack around the all rich city of kirkuk and around northern mosul now the baghdad government still denied those kind of accusations and as i say this checkpoint and that road from to hook to nineveh province was closed overnight in the last hour or so this road has opened and those trucks have started moving people have started coming out of the mosul area as well but its a big indication of just how nervous the k r g government theres also a big indication of how important that area around kirkuk and kirkuk city itself is in this equation kirkuk oil rich the k. R. J. Of reportedly exporting around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from that area of the city so. Getting dissipated in that controversial referendum. And the kurds the peshmerga have said that they will not actually withdraw from a. That city and from that area so yes heightened tensions its been more than two and a half weeks since this referendum and the tension certainly is being felt here in the k r g for the moment charles thinks that they will come back to you as that situation changes. At least thirty people are being killed and dozens more injured in an airstrike near the syrian city of dealers or twenty people died when suspected russian plane bombed a River Crossing outside the city and ten others were killed in air strikes to the east near the iraqi border. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including political tensions in kenya as the future of the National Vote hangs in the balance. And the wind was just howling and so i knew. He was one of the lucky ones the death toll in the California Wildfires is now more than twenty. And in sport the new york yankees avoid elimination for a fourth consecutive game in baseballs playoffs joe will have the details in sport. Spain is celebrating its national day as the political crisis over catalonia continues many have already taken to the streets of barcelona in a show of unity independence rallies are also expected to trade has given the catalans leader trials until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence its the first step before the government triggers article one five five which gives madrid the right to take away the regions political autonomy lawrence lee is live for us in the spanish capital just paint the picture for us lawyers in terms of the mood of people on the ground. Yes it is it is the most extraordinary piece of timing right of the denouements of the crisis between madrid and barcelona. Spanish national day where actually the end of the parade public just just put the camera over there so we can see the parade is more or less finished now but look at the crowds are here just out of the road there are a least ten days theres been a flight a twenty one gun salute the kings up down there watching all the army in the in the and everybody go past the its always have a heavily militaristic this event but they really stepped on it this year that the government is making an absolute virtue out of what they see as a. Entire display of spanish unity in the isolation of the council on. Independence uniquely and for the first time in thirty years the guardian civill and the National Police a bit invite saves the government says it was a tribute to their roll up to the barcelona terrorist attack in august but it was the optics of it because these are the same people that gas and rubber bullets at the crowd in catalonia on referendum day when they went past the applause from the crowd was rapturous so that just shows you what was the mood like set against what the catalans thing but they said an absolutely fantastic opportunity for the government to side of the council and youre isolated youre on your own step back forget about independence and just talk about the clock ticking away you know till monday whats at stake just detail from International Audience what article one five five actually means. I mean the thing is you know because the Public Holidays i dont know political events whatsoever planned in the trade but the thing is they dont have to do anything now because basically what little you did yesterday which is a fantastic piece of brinkmanship you just lit the fuse and step back he sai