Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up the british Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu one hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Donald trump names Jerome Jay Powell as his pick for the next Federal Reserve chairman paving the way for him to become the worlds most powerful central banker. And an increasing number of children a dying of pollution related illnesses in nigeria so ports being done about it. First to spain where the fallout of a cash declaration of independence has led to eight for my Catalan Cabinet members being sent to jail another is being held pending a fifty eight thousand dollars bail payment the regions deposed leader card is bridged among remains in brussels but prosecutors are seeking a european arrest warrant for him to abdul hamid reports now from madrid. Protests in the Capital Capital barcelona in support of the regional leadership summoned to face justice in madrid i feel very very very sad and sudden theres always ends with anger but first of all i. Know we dont deserve neither spaniards nine of the fourteen members of the ousted Regional Government arrived at the court not knowing if they would walk out free. The catherine deposed president remained in belgium in defiance of the court order his lawyer says he is still willing to cooperate with justice but from overseas if they are they will do that. Justice with the. Spinning. Belgium or the Video Conference its possible to do the there are no permits to do and search. Charges range from rebellion to sedition and abuse of public funds to finance a referendum they could receive up to thirty years in jail if. There were two hearings taking place at the same time while ministers of the now the government appearing in front of the National Court just a few meters away this speaker of the dissolved Catalan Parliament and five other people were standing in front of the Supreme Court their session got adjourned for a week the defense arguing it didnt have enough time to prepare. The parliamentarians were allowed to walk free although they will be put under Police Surveillance tougher rulings were handed down to the ministers of the ousted Regional Government all but one were remanded in custody without bail pending investigation catherine separatists say the legal procedures are politically motivated a separation of powers in a spain is now a fiction because all powers in a spain are working in the line of the Spanish Government and this shouldnt happen in a western democracy this is what we are calling on the wall. Because. It goes now through saving that along and helping catalonia because the future of europe at the stake now in catalonia. As. The madrid court emotions ran high among Pro Independence supporters they had travelled from barcelona in a show of solidarity. And. There are plenty of catalans who still regard to his demand and his cabinet as the only rigid timid government look i doubt that hammy but bricked. Lets go live now to David Chaytor who is in brussels and theyve been in the past hour some conflicting reports coming in as to whether or not this arrest warrant for karl is pushed a month has been issued. Yes we were told by people back out to the belgian lawyer acting for the deposed president bush had told him that the arrest warrant had been issued against himself and four other cabinet ministers here in exile in belgium but weve since heard that the National Court was hearing the case in madrid has denied that they said thats not been officially confirmed yet but most people are expecting those warrants to be issued and served first thing on friday morning but weve also heard in a t. V. Three local catalan t. V. Station interview prerecorded with the deposed president somewhere here in belgium perhaps in brussels we dont know. Weve heard the reaction of the mall to the court cases and to the imprisonment of his captors he said he described it in that prerecorded interview as an attack terrorist attack on our democracy strong words and he also sent his sympathy to the families of his cabinet ministers whove been put behind bars and expressed his willingness to help and. Support them but time and time again in that recorded interview he used the words repression or oppression a very serious oppression lies ahead for the catalan people he said and its very important that they use those words because its the key to resisting any arrest warrant that is issued in the next twenty four hours because what is essential about that arrest warrant is if theres a political motive for it and thats why he kept repeating the word repression repression repression each time in that free recorded interview larry and of course we know that nine of his demands colleagues have been remanded in custody now he plans to stay in brussels whats his next move how might he try to avoid arrest. Well the european arrest warrant was brought in just after the nine eleven attacks in the United States and it was meant to easy extradition easy you digital presence for fugitives within the twenty eight european states now what happens here is it does not name a little decision by the belgian Prime Minister or the belgium government this is considered by the belgian courts now. Lawyer here pull back out as ive said is very experienced in this process hes said she dealt over the last thirty years on cases of asylum and migration here and hes dealt with the case with the bar separate movement at a back in two thousand and ten so he knows the details of it he knows it inside out so youd say that the cattle on deposed president has got the very best lawyer to work on this case now if it happens that the arrest warrant is served then the belgian authorities will have to ask the police to get in touch and serve that warrant on the the council on present. And we we dont know where he years we dont know where this interview was conducted to the belgian of dorothys no it is he in brussels as he moved on after giving that interview to be very difficult situation we dont know how and when this warrant will be served but it will be somehow tomorrow so we have to wait and see exactly what happens with a very complex situation is evolving here thank you very much david chase with the latest from brussels. Now israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is attending a gala dinner in london with his british counterpart to reason may to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration it was signed in one nine hundred seventy nine endorsed by britain leading to the establishment of israel and the dispossession of palestinians from the homeland on a b phillips reports. His invitation to downing street on this day to israelis an affirmation of friendship to palestinians an insult to reason may says that britain is proud of its support for israel. At a lecture in london organized by the British Jewish Community a leading historian says the Balfour Declaration should be celebrated as a lead to the birth of a great country for all its problems and troubles for the acts obstinately liberal zionists like me ardently wish were not in the act for all the demolition. And terrorist atrocities on the other side that make a share further and further out of reach israel still stands as a living breathing debating thriving rejoicing democracy on the streets of ramallah very different sentiments. To many palestinians balfour even britain itself are synonymous with treachery imperialism and broken promises the man the country that set in motion a century of oppression. Not all british politicians are believe yes to that at another london gathering the Main Opposition Party says the governments policy towards israel and palestine must change. The opposition labor partys Emily Thornberry said theres no better time then for the British Government to recognise the state of palestine she said that the labor party if elected is ready to take that step the British Government is not about to apologize for the Balfour Declaration no matter what the Palestinian Authority would like a British Government minister said this centenary is being marked with pride and respect but also a degree of sadness sadness because as the british acknowledge when it comes to israel and palestine so much is still unresolved the is. British Prime Ministers spend the evening at a dinner to mark lord Balfour Declaration but the british are careful with their language because as rival demonstrations suggest there is too Much Division and anger for britain to truly celebrate this and to. Be philips aljazeera lancaster house in central london. So well to reason they Benjamin Netanyahu met for dinner to mark the anniversary of that declaration the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas spoke about it on local t. V. He said that while the people of palestine cannot accept the hatred prejudice and injustice that the declaration has caused palestine is still committed to a two state solution with israel about said palestinians are suffering under the Israeli Occupation but is still determined to live in peace now u. S. President donald trump has named Jerome Powell as his pixley the Federal Reserve power is a multimillionaire who currently serves on the banks board is one of five candidates interviewed for the role including current chair janet yellen whos term finishes in february unofficial reports it is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of jura powell. To be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve this is the man donald trump wants to steer Economic Policy in the u. S. If confirmed drone poll over the next chairman of the Federal Reserve a position many call the second most powerful job in the government inside the Federal Reserve we understand that Monetary Policy decisions matter for American Families and communities i strongly share that sense of mission and im committed to making decisions with objectivity based on the best Available Evidence in the long standing tradition of Monetary Policy independence the decision to replace janet yellen is not a surprise but it is a break with precedent the last three fed chairman more automatically be appointed even by president s of the opposite Political Party i think its very much a political decision its a very much a desire for president trying to say that he is replacing current fed chair janet yellen because she was appointed by obama and is essentially affiliated with the democratic policies how many people will know the name of the new fed chair not many people will care there is a new fed chair but the position holds enormous power over pensions over savings and over job prospects across the United States the fed steers Economic Policy in the u. S. While it sets Interest Rates its job essentially is to maximize employment and stabilize prices and janet yellen to control in twenty fourteen the u. S. Was through the wash to the financial crisis in a first year g. D. P. The best way to measure a countrys economy was a two point six percent unemployment was six Percent Inflation was point seven percent according to the latest figures g. D. P. Is up to three percent unemployment is down four point two percent and inflation is just half of one percent with a record like that many observers doubt that there will be radical change with a new person in charge it seems in appointing powell its going to continue. The federal continue in its route of pursuing lower Interest Rates and the president seems ok with that beyond that here that expressed much interest in whats going on in the Federal Reserve pole is a lawyer but he has served as a fed governor for five years and is now set for one of the biggest jobs the moshing to on Global Finance alan fischer aljazeera washington and watching out there are still to come we sit down with the uns refugee chief to talk about the crisis and man mark as the urges the Security Council to act. Im not finished make this fake news my jewish fake news it was a totally phony issue that fake news we dont want to downtown favorite phrases and they know what. They. Hell are you may still be disappointed with the weather in melbourne that all the weather in australia now is so high youre on the bite stretching through victoria to a. C. T then back towards perth north of that looks quite quiet attempts actually dont quite reflect that twenty three and purses reason we wore thirty three in Alice Springs and thats a feed that keeps the south warm until you get down here here weve got a much more of a cold fetch only fifteen in melbourne so sydneys much better im not sure the want for less to come back to melbourne either it stays about the same facts anything it invades sydney dropping down to nineteen degrees is a bit disappointing really for spring or the weather thats quite often active in australia you know heads across the tasman sea to new zealand were expecting a poor day on friday and there it is its raining on this thing else because its really quite mild seventeen or eighteen even warmer yet for the following day mind you it still looks disappointingly clarion even wet on saturday rain that stretches up towards timea caledonia New Caledonia but tents tailed off by the time. I was on the equator her on the opposite season weve now got snow showing up just as the second day where its potentially there in north korea its the north east and china otherwise is but a right for japan so very mild and again were talking rain not snow. In india women as old as seventy or define their range having maybe one or one east meets these elderly mother asks how old is too old to give up his time on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Where ever you. Welcome back recap the top stories now a spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted katla need a card his push to mount according to his lawyer a former Catalan Cabinet members have been detained and a ninth is being held pending fifty eight thousand dollars bail payment. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is attending a gala dinner in london to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration and person pave the way for the creation of israel. And the us President Donald Trump has named Jerome Powell as his pick to lead the Federal Reserve is a multimillionaire who currently serves as a member of the banks. Now the uns refugee chief says its time for the United NationsSecurity Council to come up with a solution to end the crisis in myanmar speaking to al jazeera Filippo Grandi recalled his recent visit to refugee camps in bangladesh i felt as i felt more than twenty years ago in those camps in eastern congo or these things a year at that time when rwandans were coming by the hundreds of thousands of conflicts is different but that could dish and the physical conditions of this huge out floor in a very poor area without proper shelter proper sites without enough water without enough sanitation reminded me of those tragic moments in the ninetys when we had to deal with those emergencies. Weve had a visit now by and son suchi to iraq own state the First Time Since this crisis shes been there shes seen things for herself what does she now need to do the refugees the orange refugees have a right to return to their to their to their home seemed Rakhine State but to do that you have to recreate the conditions for them to feel safe to go back and that means. Addressing finally the issue of citizenship which is really the fundamental crux of the matter here you made strong comments on this do you believe that the Security Council has been