hello and welcome to the al-jazeera news our life or my headquarters in doha with me and as a product coming up in the next sixty minutes. celebrations on the streets in barcelona after catalonia declared independence from spain. boss there's political uncertainty as madrid retaliates by dismissing the regional government and ordering snap elections for december. bridging the divide serious three main rebel factions thick to unite against president bashar as government forces make gains and the japanese devils and burning up tokyo streets part failing to attract young fads. it's a lie that along be remembered in spain the country's prime minister is calling for calm after he ordered direct rule over catalonia an hour after the regional parliament declared independence of thousands gathered in barcelona charge in liberty and singing traditional catalan songs where regional politicians voted to split from spain it is a major development in the country's worst political crisis in decades on the first of october catalan leaders defied a spanish supreme court ruling by holding a referendum on secession madrid sent thousands of police to prevent the vote from happening sparking confrontations with cottle and attempting to cast their ballots since then madrid has rejected calls for talks and has now with the trauma of regional autonomy a snap election to choose a new regional government will be held on the twenty first of december and her summons has more from barcelona. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the catalan parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mayors have been invited so i'm only all sticks by their sides to. the story. it wasn't long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving his parliament into the history books most opposition members walked out in disgust lou. the spanish national flag and the catalan flag draped over their benches then came the count again slow with reaction to every yes. seventy votes for ten against into abstention and the catalan national anthem this time striking a different group. before long another vote in madrid this time the senate making a decision on article one five five direct rule moving to the spanish government a large majority. two hundred fourteen for forty seven against approval for prime minister mariano rajoy to sack the regional government and impose sweeping powers back in barcelona these politicians and supporters hardly look like people about to go into the background president colors push them all called for calm. citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our country's polls a most of all to montane that peace public spirit and our dignity i think we have always done with no doubt it will continue to be that way this is an extraordinary moment but it's historic to find the right way across this eighteenth century building of the mix of moods and they said was on the brakes with the sticks to see from the more right across the here to express the. you. don't see the look of what o'clock it was one of them was. independence. independence is heartbreaking sad distressing that is how all the cats lands who are not pro independence feel including very democratic and pro independence supporters that cannot shed this destructive operation based on lies fraud and impositions it is causing on the social fiber of catalonia looking to madrid for the next move cats on lands who are angered or saddened or also fearful of what will happen again mariano rajoy is already using his new powers not dissolving parliament calling elections in december and listing those he's sacking. friday night in the center of barcelona a city known more for its football its beaches and sunshine than any resistance to state power and it's party time for a large number of people packed. into a square in front of the seat of. how long will the smiles last so many questions remember the mother so bring this story not. just between those who want to be inspiring but you don't hear. never been big andrew symonds. well let's get more on this now or george as and one professor of history at the university of florida he specializes in spain and has russian several books on spanish history and he's joining us via skype from gainesville florida mr as and while it's great to have you with us on al-jazeera as our correspondent mentioned there are so many questions let's try to address some of them just how quickly and how forcefully do you think the central government will try to impose direct role here. that's a difficult question to answer with any accuracy because i think that there's supposed to be a series of deliberations that goes on in this vote which is. which steps are measures will be taken precisely by the government and this is something again that if you knew too quickly and this very volatile atmosphere it could really produce a much worse outcome and one might so i think it's it's it's really up to this fantasy government to step back a little bit and to get better a greater sense of the timeline here that might follow and how important is it for the spanish government that direct rule that it's not going to be messy all violent you know given the brutality by spanish forces on the first of october around the referendum. you know that's a very good point to emphasize here which is you know the way in which it's handled by the government which is seems to have been very heavy handed up to the moment or to the present in terms of how it's dealt with this rogue behavior about cattle and government generally tut and so i think that at this point if the government continues to pressure. or put you know hard pressure on the cadillac's this will redound negatively on the government and it might encourage other groups who would otherwise be some sympathetic to madrid government to actually turn against it for because they feel like it's being mishandled we know that you have regional elections will be held now and cautioned when you're on the twenty first of december do we know though if the mom of his party if the pros secession pro independence parties in the coalition will they be allowed to contest the election . that's another unknown as far as i can see i think that that's that will be. you know the test of the litmus test of what will happen now in terms of trying to main. determine some sort of a democratic process or that could unfold that would satisfy both sides in this case and i think that that's you know since the whole independence declaration has been declared illegal by the spanish government would be very problematic for these these. push them on and as groups to be represented in a new election so just so many on knowns then where to from here is there a compromise with both sides essentially backed into a corner. i've been thinking about that and i mean it seems to me that the only way in which really spain can deal with this this and catalonia is to have some sort of an arbitration coming in and although that seems to be an unattractive alternative for the european union and other nations who feel that this is a spanish affair and it and they need not be involved but the question is whether. that's going to resolve this issue because i think that if both are very stubbornly opposed to the other side. recommendations then there's never going to be any movement here and there will be strikes general strikes or sit ins or they'll be all kinds of disruption that neither catalonia nor spain itself could know absorb at this point because it's going to be a very messy situation and just lastly mr as in line do you think the european union has much of an appetite to mediate in what's going on they all stand in with spain for now. at the moment they see this in legal terms they feel that this violates the charters of the. european union and so therefore they feel it's not anything new as long as catalonia as decided to take you know an extra legal process here in declaring independence so they'll have to be convinced that it's in their best interests as well as those of the spanish government to get involved and perhaps that's what the next step will be the second one it's great to get your thoughts on this george as a one joining us live from florida thank you ok thank you let's move on to other news now kenya's election commission is calling for calm as it counts votes cast in those days were paid to presidential election low voter turnout has further divided the country would just one in three people casting their ballots the home of the reports. kenya's second presidential elections in three months what designed to bring along a coup money as political season two and. then now doubts they may provide any closure off to what we witnessed was a very low voter turnout into our climate of fear and intimidation and in that political environment is difficult for an election to be considered credible with nearly all photos of opposition leader raila odinga heeding his call for a boycott. victory is not in question but some are already questioning whether the lol tunnel to give president kenyatta a reasonable monday took up a major defeat at a thirty percent of the total voter turnout is a little over thirty percent who can yet i may have won but there's no way you can see a leader of you and form a government for all the. voting on thursday was mobbed by skirmishes between police and stone throwing the position of supporters police used teargas and clad live ammunition and blanks into the air to disperse them the protesters were driving through this big grouping quickly how about the situation was calm elsewhere for voting in kimbo outside nairobi and other strongholds of president kenyatta. the election comes after weeks of political twists and tongues in the central business district of ny rule b. this through almost empty the kenyan economy slowed sharply they see as businesses have held back on investments until after the elections many kenyans say they want this crisis. some even say the continued uncertainty is threatening their livelihoods when is the we've been stuck at home since wednesday the children went milk they want to eat and who else will provide for them yes we want a president if he wins and if you're sworn in it's fine as long as we can continue to work and our children can have food and an education. for old election numerous resulting in a controversial route which many stayed away from the. it is the story of this presidential race there is hope it will have a happy ending but confidence is small talk have it all does it become. and catherine saw it in kisumu one of the four opposition strongholds where saturday's shared your version has now been canceled this comes as a huge relief for many people here who have been calling on the electoral commission to call off this election saying that the time is just not right it's been very tense on thursday all day we were covering running battles between police and processed as dozens of people were injured several had gunshot wounds several died as well and the biggest problem really has been electoral commission officials just getting material safely to the various polling stations and also you know we so groups of young men who had set up roadblocks in different parts of kisumu saying that they will not allow any pile of materials to get to their destination so that has been a problem another problem has just been the electoral commission getting the employees to come to work these are people who leave here and they've been citing security concerns people know them so that has been another problem the electoral commission itself has not set a new date for the election but i think it's unlikely to happen between now and wednesday which is the final day to declare we know who very clearly is going to be who looking at a. form day has become the first country to withdraw from the international criminal court that comes a year after boehner notified the united nations secretary-general of its intention to leave the court that prosecutes the world's worst atrocities how tough has this report from get tangled. human rights groups say president p.n. couldn't see this government is trying to avoid prosecution and protect individuals accused of human rights violations in august a un commission of inquiry report said crimes against humanity including killings in situ of violence are still happening in burundi the government says the allegations are false and that the international criminal court is deliberately targeting africans for prosecution in the this world there are some people think about it they come to let others on the. route is to use the i.c.c. as a tool to the military commissions as they think that we are. unfortunately for them we want to work we are very strong we are sovereign nations. burundi has experienced political violence since april twenty fifth teen when president putin does announce plans to run for office for a third time after a crackdown by security opposition protests have largely disappeared some people who live in the have come back they say they want to start over but the united nations says there are still four hundred thousand people living as refugees in countries such as rwanda and uganda opposition leaders accuse the government of brandy of crimes against humanity including execution and torture when you see some vehicles circulating rebelde numberplate and you hear that some people are kidnapped we've people on board such kind of cars and some other times it is done in the big broad light and the government cannot explain. the european union has renewed sanctions of some top government officials in the police and intelligence for another year but it is still finding humanitarian projects such as school feeding schemes the international court is boring these withdrawal will not affect its investigation. according to. the withdrawal not us. the jurisdiction of the. tribes that i was in committed prior to the date where. and you know that there is. a case that has been ongoing since. and i see prosecutor we got the results of this for me. these justice minister and his leaving the i.c.c. is an achievement other african countries a tried to leave in the past but it is the only one so far to follow through on the threat how to toss al-jazeera uganda brandy we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including. celebrations in south africa after two white men a sentence for an attack that highlighted racial abuse the son of africa's longest serving leader a sentence for embezzling millions of public funds and in sports catalonia votes declare independence bob where will that leave the power house f.c. barcelona peter has that story. the united kingdom says military action should be considered against those who have carried out chemical attacks and servia it follows a u.n. investigation that blames the syrian government for a sound gas attack on a problem which killed more than eighty people and conch a question mike hanna reports from the united nations. the security council debate is about women peace and security but in coming days the chambers likely to become the scene of heated argument about the future of the joint investigative mechanism jim its annual mandate needs to be renewed before the seventeenth of next month the g.m. as it is quite frankly the best who we have it has been created by unanimous vote. it has demonstrated that it is highly professional. impartial. so we have. to let's let's use it frankly collectively but the key the key priority now is to recreate consensus. i consider that we have the moral and political responsibility to succeed here in its latest report jim found the syrian government accountable for a sarin gas attack and it looked province earlier this year more than eighty civilians died many of them children the report says evidence gathered from eyewitnesses satellite imagery and mobile phone footage indicate the attack was carried out by syrian government aircraft and that samples of chemical compounds used in explosives lifted from the scene are identical to those found during an inspection of syrian bomb stocks before the conflict began earlier this week russia vetoed a security council resolution calling for jim's mandate to be renewed maintaining it first wanted to judge the objectivity of the latest report. and in a move likely to raise the level of argument the u.k. says the security council must pass a chapter seven resolution which would allow armed force to be used there must be a chapter seven security council resolution to do what we said we would do. we all agreed in advance that if we were in the scenario then they would be a chapter seven resolution to impose accountability or whoever used chemical weapons in syria the question now will russia hold to the supreme and will formally reject jim's findings and we'll that security council veto for the tenth time since the syrian conflict began mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. now the syrian opposition wants three main rebel factions in northern syria to unite as one army and many say has come too late but government forces are on the move retitled more territory while the rebels are treating. reports from on turkey's border with syria . safe is the command of an elite free syrian army unit the f.s.a. once the pride of the syrian opposition is backed by turkey the u.s. and many european and gulf countries it has paid crucial roles in recent military operations against i said in northern syria. but it has been weakened by divisions and is outnumbered by rival groups syria's opposition is now turning to commanders like from the brigade to unite all the armed groups and build a new army. we will have a transitional authority a new army that will run the country when it is a victor power but we need weapons and logistical support the syrian opposition is expected to appoint a minister of defense and chief of staff but rebel commanders are yet to overcome differences about the structure of the new army and the groups that will be allowed to join the f.s.a. has disintegrated into disparate factions mohamed commands a free syrian army unit in. an area in homs besieged by government forces. some factions have acted selfishly never cared about the others they still weapons but never share them with those constantly on the front lines this is created resentment among many factions. other commanders like a mensch a band blame the opposition's main regional backers for undermining the. no see. backers are the ones who dictate when and where to start a fight they are manipulating the rebels had it not been for their interference we would have toppled asaad a long time ago. powerful factions like. a coalition led by a former al qaeda affiliate well to be fond of the new army the to operate independently and which act handing over their territory to the f.s.a. . the rebels may not be able to stand against the syrian army which has the support of russia and iran but there is still this feeling among opposition command that reversing gains is never too late that it being confident that the fight is far from over and that with international support we may be able to run syria in the future. as a mayor has revealed that the us president has offered to hold a meeting it has retreat and camp david to put an end to the blockade on cutter check the main been hammered out palin says donald trump plans to burn the gulf neighbors together in a bid to mediate in the crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar in june and imposed a land sea and air embargo. i'm fearful that if anything happens any military act happens this region will be in chaos i met with with the president when i was in new york few weeks ago for the united nations the united nations and the president showed that he is committed to find an end to this crisis yes it is true here he suggested that we come and i told him straight away mr president we are very ready i've been asking for dialogue from day one and what did the other countries say it was supposed to be very soon meeting but i don't have any response . jordan is following developments from washington d.c. . the interview with the u.s. produced program sixty minutes took place in doha at the beginning of october just after the emir shake down mean bin hammad danny visited the united states to take part in the opening of the seventy second un general assembly during that trip the emir met with the u.s. president donald trump where mr trump talked about the fact that he and the emir were longtime friends and that the u.s. had a vested interest in seeing the dispute between qatar and its neighbors and it sooner rather than later in the sixty minutes interview the emir told the interviewer charlie rose that the president had offered to mediate the dispute with a meeting of the regional leaders at camp david the emir said that so far he has not gotten a response on when this meeting is supposed to take place but he notes during the interview that he is very much concerned about his country's ongoing security and that he really would very much like to extend a hand to negotiate with the other countries notably with saudi arabia egypt. and the united arab emirates of course this is a situation where are the u.s. intentions and impartiality have been brought into question since the blockade against qatar started back on june fifth but it does seem as if in light of the recent visit by the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson to doha that it is much more interested in trying to resolve the dispute than have it extend into a six month still ahead on the news on the u.n. secretary general calls for calm to an access to humanitarian aid and central african republic plus. it was felt as i was saying that some progress had been made to the. east plate in the region and sports fans i take now at. against israeli football clubs and little in the west bank settlements peter has more coming up. hello we've had some rather when she weather into central parts of canada pushing down across the northern plains into the midwest behind this weather system which is making its way east with well i can get some cold air just talking him behind when he paid a high of around four degrees celsius the wintry weather the snow that will make its way across ontario toward quebec and you can follow that line the very heavy rain which will push right down the appalachian chain into the deep south ahead of that saturday's farden try new york nine hundred twenty one celsius there for the same getting up to around twenty twenty one in san francisco add also in calgary on saturday big for calgary come sunday temperatures struggling to get around eight degrees or snow there into central pass just three manitoba pushing a little further east was some very heavy rain by this stage into eastern canada into new england just around pennsylvania upstate new york you could see some right and also the possibility some snow on the back but some very wet weather right there on the eastern seaboard by this date is a very wet weather to just joining up across cuba. jamaica will see some heavy rain came and also seeing some very wet weather that all links back to the flooding rains that we've seen in central america nicaragua and costa rica slowly but surely pushing north. just didn't have enough to have no i didn't have. the debt. we wanted to for that's what our formulas are you trying to get them not. just. jump on the truck. get over the building today. just on al-jazeera discover a wealth of wood winning programming from around the world paul full documentary as we were running away for our life from a brutal regime the queue for the still performance debates and discussions we're getting comments on what the international community should do how worried should we therefore me that this guy has the nuclear codes on a scale of one to ten can challenge your perception. that al-jazeera. good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour these are our top stories and a historic move the spanish prime minister has stripped of its ptolemy and ordered regional elections that came within an hour of because parliament issuing a declaration of independence. the syrian regime has rejected the findings of a u.n. investigation that blames it for a lethal chemical attack in april more than eighty people were killed when the nerve agent sarin was dropped on the rebel held town of cards. and violence has broken out between supporters of the kenyan president who kenyatta and opposition protesters kenya's election commission is calling for calm as it counts votes from thursday's repeat presidential election low voter turnout has further divided the country with just one of three people casting their ballots. to what south african men have been jailed after they were found guilty of trying to force a black man into a coffin and threaten to burn him alive there were eight sentenced to more than ten years in prison the case triggered widespread outrage in the country natasha the name reports. there were tears on both sides of the courtroom in the so-called coffin case it was a case that laid bare the ongoing racial divide in post apartheid south africa on friday a judge sentenced tayo jackson to fourteen years and villa. to eleven years in prison. and. was leaving. again. video shot by the men on a mobile phone led to nationwide condemnation and eventually their arrests victor millo she was says he was taking a short cut on the men's farm when they kidnapped him drove him to another location forced him into a coffin and threaten to kill him in their defense the farmer say was trespassing they caught him stealing copper cables and said he threatened to kill their families and burn their crops but the judge pointed out this was not the first time the men had force someone into a coffin and their behavior had quote fueled racial tension in let's say this case spotlights the haves and the have nots in south africa which is largely split along racial lines heaven to come to terms with exactly who we are as a country where country that is both on racism and shipley on success. in sentencing the two men the judge said they showed no remorse their prison sentences should send a message to others that this kind of behavior will be punished and punished severely. iraq's prime minister has a right to bobby has ordered a twenty four hour suspension of military operations against kurdish forces in northern iraq both sides have a going to halt the fighting which broke out on the sixteenth of october after iraqi forces seized the oil rich city of kirkuk a body says it will give time for the peaceful deployment of soldiers along kurdish iraqi border crossings stephanie deca has more from ebay and in northern iraq. so these twenty four hours are for a joint committee with both iraqis and the kurds to figure out the details of areas of redeployment in the words of the iraqi prime minister to save iraqi lives because we have seen violent minute you confrontations at some of these flashpoints now the intention here is for the iraqi federal forces to take back all of the disputed territories and also significantly to take control of the border crossings that the k r g still holds with syria out with turkey and with iran they've been holding those borders since two thousand and three so says this is certainly a huge reversal of fortune for the kurds i don't think anyone would have predicted that these were the consequences of that controversial referendum. of equitorial gettings president has been found guilty of a beslan money to buy property and luxury cars to adorn obiang who's also the country's second vice president was found guilty in absentia by a french court but equitorial going to the same basket from says the charges will falls david chase has more from paris. the vice president of equitorial guinea embezzled more than one hundred seventy five million dollars from his country's public funds to finance his playboy lifestyle in france the verdict on don't usually introduced legislation to deal with so-called ill gotten gains was hailed by his opponents and described by prosecuting lawyers as an historic decision. is an unprecedented and global message to court is sending to kleptocrats it is to beginning of the end for this rule of impunity and immunity is kleptocrats imagine it was a turnoff and universal unity or bangs father has been president of equitorial guinea for nearly four decades a country made rich by its oil reserves but where nearly two thirds of the population live in squalor and poverty is sun's multi-million dollar mansion in an exclusive suburb of paris has now being confiscated as well as many of the luxuries artworks and antiques inside the former butler of the vice president alleges that live behind his mansion the walls with one full of alcohol and cocaine those days are definitely now over but at the paris courthouse a reminder of what life can be like for opponents who challenge the families grip on their country or to live meanies through our stacia by the minister or the minister himself was giving orders saying do it is do that it happened at the ministry building in equatorial guinea to me is a touching me that means did or didn't endear the activists who launched the campaign want to return the embezzling money back to the people it was stolen from but no mechanism is yet in place to do that investigations have also been launched against the presence of good one and the republic of congo but it could be months before they reach the court david chaytor al-jazeera paris. the un. african republic to lay down their weapons completing a four day trip to the country between question. has been escalating. the united nations secretary general received. there were high hopes placed on this visit especially for the many here wanted to see an end to the fighting between muslim and christian armed groups. the un peacekeepers are so slow to react when asked what are you doing to help children going hungry asks another can you not desire these gangs that have taken our country hostage. in the central african republic there are many demands placed on the twelve thousand u.n. peacekeepers. the un's mandate is to protect the civilian population but scores have been killed a peace deal signed in june has failed armed groups control large parts of the country as the violence escalates. this illusion to this conflict is groups to disarm and for us as a nation to reconcile. the newspaper headlines are critical of the u.n. some especially in the christian community accusing un peacekeepers from muslim nations from not doing enough to protect christians from muslim armed groups. i felt good terrorists would be more firm towards certain peacekeeping troops who i think are supporting some of the armed groups we want him to be harder with here and. underfunded and ill equipped the secretary general wants more troops on the ground this is a country where a lot of people are suffering and a country that is forgotten by the international community and we have a need to address the suffering of the south african republic and people. with. the number of troops here but also to improve their capacity to deliver support to this population so far a lack of funds from donor agencies has forced aid agencies to cut food rations with a million displaced and half of the population dependent on humanitarian aid the situation is dire. if we don't. die from corner if we don't provide humanitarian assistance people who want to have anything to eat. armed groups are targeting aid agencies the groups try to coordinate relief efforts to win over the population in early november the security council look out there to renew the mandate of the un mission some donor countries like the united states want to slash peacekeeping operations. the secretary general says this would be catastrophic for car divisions between muslims and christians are getting worse again and again the terrorists have called on politicians to have some responsibility for them to stop the hate speech at the start dialogue otherwise even with more troops on the ground the violence will stop and this country will descend into chaos because hold al-jazeera thank you. you don't have nations human rights investigators say they're deeply disturbed after hearing the counts of mass killings and rape by a security forces against the one hundred minority the investigators say that the accounts are among the worst that they have ever heard in conflict zones around the world more than six hundred thousand two hundred have fled iraq on state from bangladesh since august. a pakistani man suspected of more than seventy murders in his country has been arrested and hungary a court in budapest says the thirty five year old known as the pakistani butcher is now awaiting extradition he was caught trying to illegally and to hungary through its southern border al jazeera is demanding the release of of journalists or hussein has now been an egyptian prison for more than three hundred days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos claims he and al-jazeera strongly deny hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december while visiting his family. now thousands of documents relating to the assassination of president john f. kennedy have been released by the u.s. government so the details have been released about how kennedy's assassin lee harvey oswald spoke with a k.g.b. officer in mexico city before kennedy was shot contacts in the soviet union had been known of before now the documents provide some new details today's after the president's death all's well he was shot dead whilst in police custody the documents say the f.b.i. had warned the dollar's police of a death threat against him another memo tells how a british regional newspaper got an anonymous phone call warning them of some good news in the u.s. hours before the shooting and intelligence files say theories abound in the soviet union that u.s. was president lyndon johnson was behind the cunning moscow fear that it would be blamed and attacked in retaliation. has more for that of. a u.s. president gunned down on a dallas street a day in one nine hundred sixty three ever remembered here and around the world i think i voted for half the price and i think the killing of john f. kennedy was investigated by law enforcement and congress there unanimous conclusion a civilian sniper we harvey oswald had acted alone to assassinate the president but also will never provided the reason why just days after his arrest he was killed on live television shot by an enraged businessman named jack ruby who joined the throng of reporters to see oswald escorted through the dallas police department i think is the root of the way that the police in and kind of the feds handle. and. the ruby deal. roger signed that there's a lot of things that we need to know researchers hope more answers can be found in the twenty eight hundred j.f.k. files released by the national archives they're among the last classified records of the investigation hidden from the public for fifty four years and now compelled by law to be released what secrets do they contain nothing that would change the outcome of the investigation but some pages stand out a report about jack ruby's possible ties to the mafia and interview with a cuban embassy worker about oswald's request for a visa and various records of the kennedy administration's covert efforts to overthrow the cuban government it just shows that what. i hope her powers are capable of and that scares me a little bit and then either way i'd just like to know what happened the files are a treasure trove for the mini j.f.k. enthusiasm who still visit the site of his assassination and they may have more to look forward to some three hundred records remain hidden due to national security concerns but us president donald trump has given intelligence agencies six months to justify their secrecy or release them heidi to castro al-jazeera dallas. now the world's top comedy because it's playing then they to save the cars and driving technology at they touch much to show the contour that manufacturers are doing enough to attract young guys. and a pole. in the school rajan the japanese town of oil yaman near mount fiji forty seven year old tuckey she khumra keeps his most prized possessions some twenty modified and customized cars he's a real estate agent by day. and by night he races his souped up cars. techie she is known in japan as a social media embassador of what may be a fading car culture he's worried millennialists those people aged eighteen to forty five don't share his love affair with the automobile even all. but that's today's young people came of age during the recession where their family didn't have a car so some of them didn't grow up knowing how fun and convenient cars can be. took issue another car enthusiastic get together in parking lots on weekends to show off their old cause and check out others. most of those together are men in their forty's and fifty's among them only a few millenia was good mitt their peers just aren't interested. i know some people who has a t. to get a driver's license because a strap on some expensive researchers in the u.s. say there's been a continuous decline in the number of people under forty five getting driver's licenses and buying cars and manufacturers say they're selling fewer cars to young people since the global financial crisis in two thousand and eight some sociologists believe the century old love fair with the car may be a thing of the past i think there's more to it than that it's rather more complex we have been seeing a financial crisis we've also just been seeing general trends millenniums to delay that big life choices that getting married late that moving out of home. the financial press has plea other social pressures and there is less reason to. tookie she and his friends believe millennial is no longer identify their freedom or personality with a car and that smartphones and high tech gadgets are how young people now express themselves car sharing and other services have also made it less essential to own a car make up to one of its japanese automakers want more young people to buy their cars they have to come up with truly stylish and unique cars if they do i think consumers will notice. and that's exactly what car makers are hoping to achieve at the tokyo motor show. a lineup of gleaming new tech savvy cars and prototypes to capture the imagination of those whose interest in cars may have been on the wane pull chatterjee on al-jazeera. still ahead on the news out of the tree without a flag or an anthem why this is why he was denied his golden moment on the podium. so the us now at two point six million people took part in the a woman's march in january the biggest national protest in the country's history the movement which followed the election of u.s. president donald trump spot to protests around the well it's now organizers amazing in detroit for the women's convention john hendren. the day after the inauguration of president donald trump they marched. in washington chicago san francisco into around the world. now they're turning a women's march into a growing women's movement. thousands of women from the movement are descending upon detroit for the first ever women's convention the group called the women's march now has a permanent staff in a political action committee that raises money to elect women it is officially nonpartisan but it was no accident the women's march came the day after the man who said this i did drive she was married he was inaugurated as president of the world's most powerful country there was a spark and retrying to feed into that spark i think americans would tend to react to something that is painful and for many of us the election of president trump was very painful all of those things impacted us and we reacted and that's what you saw in washington d.c. after he was sworn in the organizers of the women's convention want to transform the role of women in government in the workplace and in society and what better place to do that than here in detroit a city that's transformed itself since emerging from bankruptcy two years ago. coming as allegations of sexual harassment against producer harvey weinstein have rocked hollywood some see this global strategy session is the perfect opportunity to talk about the issue in the same way that it's. going to take white people changing to change racism it's going to take men changing to change sexism and the issues of sexual assault and sexual violence what we really need is for men to get involved detroit civil rights attorney john follow agrees the effort to enhance the rules of women need help from men too often as males right we may see something occur you know that. you say it's not right we didn't do it so we don't speak out we don't. force change and i think what the women's movement really is doing is forcing the chains and what's needed that's right. and enough is enough the role towards january twenty first brought us together with great sisters the women behind the women's convention hopefully gathering this weekend is enough to launch this is stained movement. john hendren al-jazeera detroit. it's time for sports now has paid to. thank you very much f.c. barcelona are facing perhaps the most uncertain moment in their history earlier on friday the catalan regional parliament voted to declare independence from spain the spanish government responded by firing catalonians cabinet and suspending the region's autonomy while the future of spain as a unified country is uncertain so too is the way forward for cattle and sporting clubs like barcelona and espanyol who would likely be expelled from the leader and instead play in a new catalonian league although goal dot com journalist ben haywood says that scenario is unlikely talking about the possibility of possible playing out so i still think it's far fetched. needs barcelona and needs as well are yes you top of the possibility of a cancer and really well look at the clubs that they would be. well beyond this life. and i want to you know we'd lose so much injury and lose a lot of money in television rights and i just don't. prepared to carry on without was one of the rows right now no team outside spain can. change catalan clubs might look to take a leaf out of english football's book where a handful of welsh clubs are actually part of the various leagues in england this group includes swanzy city who will be in english premier league action away from home against arsenal on saturday league leaders manchester city or away at west brom champions chelsea visit almost and the day's action begins at old trafford when manchester united host tottenham hotspur that is so important for us is so so exciting to go into play to old trafford and try to do when we are you know similar position and that they will. go in there try to be brave. try to be competitive and try to win. football's governing body has decided not to take any action against six israeli football clubs based in illegal settlements in the west bank the palestinian football association have been asking for to force the clubs to relocate or to suspend the israeli federation but after two years of delays the fee for council meeting decided to close the matter without resolution saying they must remain neutral in regards to political matters. it's not about people being fine or not fine that that our clubs playing are not playing in. territories which. are considered. by the un resolution as occupied territory that's under question. council has taken a decision is not the late decision is taken a decision and the decision is to close the matter. because it was felt as i was saying that some progress has been made that at least some football is played in that region meanwhile an israeli judoka who won gold medal at a tournament in abu dhabi on thursday was forced to celebrate in muted fashion tell flicka who won the under sixty six kilogram category received he's medal but the organizers refused to play the israeli national anthem or raise the flag they claim that it was not allowed because of security reasons the flag of the international judo federation was raised in stayed but flick it still saying the israeli national anthem from the top of the podium. governor owens tiger woods has pleaded guilty to reckless driving to settle the charge of driving under the influence which was arrested in may near his home in florida when police found him asleep at the wheel of his mercedes he was found to have painkillers sleep drugs and an active ingredient in marijuana in his body at the time of the arrest the forty one year old has agreed to enter a diversion program where the four time masters champion will be on probation for one year he would have to pay a two hundred fifty dollars fine and also pay court costs and in tennis world number one some other help has been eliminated from the w.d.a. finals in singapore she was dismissed in straight sets on friday by ukraine's ailing if it alina going down six three six four she could lose her top ranking if carolyn the president of the czech republic wins the title on sunday. so know how in the semifinals all states alina for that matter instead it's the two carolines garcia and was an iraqi who go through to the final four earlier in the raid garcia defeated was the i love six six three and seven five it means the french women will go through as the group with. australia are up and running at the rugby league world cup thanks to an eighteen four opening match victory of england in melbourne on friday the aussies did not start the way they would have liked as england's called the first try but met gillett and billy slater crossed the line to ensure half time advantage for the home team just do again winterval late in the match to wrap it up for the defending champions the action continues on saturday when co-hosts papa new guinea host wales in port moresby after that the third of the tournament co-hosts new zealand face samoa in all and and then fiji will be up against the united states in pool the. now rugby league is a different school to read be union it has thirteen plays instead of fifteen different rules it's particularly popular in this year's three co-hosts nations australia new zealand and papa new guinea there are diverse countries among the fourteen competing nations varying from fiji and some of the united states and lebanon who are competing for the first time earlier we spoke to the c.e.o. of lebanese rugby league remonde saffi who told us how and why the sport has gained a footing there in. the large lebanese community. in the games since the early eighty's and we began here in ninety seven it dissipated in the seventy's torn amount in sydney and participated in the world cup qualifiers in ninety nine where we participated in the walk up two thousand in england from there i was asked for us to establish the game in lebanon for us to continue to play at international level and use the name let me on the state represent the state where we're just under a thousand in lebanon we would have been more it wasn't for the instability that we were in the last five years where most of the places have left two thousand and twelve to two thousand and fourteen and have not returned back here and that's all the sport for me another update coming up again later. and that does it for this al-jazeera news out that i will be back in just a couple of minutes. thank you very much for watching. right now. november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me and mine and bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the rain jeff. a new six part series about extraordinary lives of the common people from across to musea. as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bone to restate that commitment. from the heart of asia one zero one east brings captivating stories and award winning feel. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump mbox in a five nation tour to east asia nov on al-jazeera. his native amazonian is increasingly 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