I love im Julie Macdonald this is the news hour live from london coming up Spanish Police are accused of brutality as they move in to prevent an authorized secession vote in catalonia the government blames poor independence leaders for what they say are senseless events. U. S. President donald trump resumes his war of words with north korea undermining his top diplomat. The head of the World Food Program visits refugee camps in bangladesh as aid agencies struggle to help the more than half a million were hinges who fled humas Rakhine State. Im joined her oscar in doha with all your sports news catalonia is the biggest sports team plays behind closed doors fans a shutout of barcelona football match after clashes over the referendum. Is very warm welcome to the news hour we begin in space where police have been accused of using on justifiable brutality to shop down on authorized the session vote in catalonia in the regional capital barcelona offices used best songs and fired rubber bulle
Calls the. Catalonia an attack on the rule of law. Of brutality. U. S. President. His war of words with north korea undermining his top diplomat. The head of the World Food Program visits refugee camps in bangladesh as aid agencies struggle to help the more than half a million who fled maam. Im joining. With. The biggest sports team plays behind closed doors fans a shutout of football match after clashes over the referendum. We begin in spain where the head of the castle long Regional Government says catalan citizens have won the right for an independent state but spains Prime Minister has called a an authorized secession referendum an attack on the rule of law its been a day of anger and violence with police accused of using unjustifiable brutality to shut down the vote at least eight hundred forty four people have been hurt according to the Regional Government. There was no independence referendum in catalonia today and the Prime Minister and the leader of the government and we have
Zero this is a news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Violent scenes at polling stations and words of defiance on both sides as council vote in a referendum rejected by spains government. In malaysia the trial is set to begin of two women accused of murdering the north Korean Leaders estranged half brother also this hour iran and iraq continue their economic retaliation against the kurdish secession referendum by taking control of the regions border crossings and after americas top diplomat visits china for talks on north korea a tweet from his boss says dont bob. Thank you for joining us initial figures released by the council on Regional Government show a decisive vote in favor of secession in sundays referendum but also indicate an unexpectedly low turnout meanwhile the divide between the Regional Government in basra and Central Government in madrid appears to have deepened after polls closed the president of the Regional Government chongs.
This is the news hour live from my Head Quarters in doha fully back to bill coming up in the next sixty minutes leaders claim a mandate low turnout for sundays secession referendum adds to the uncertainty about what comes next one familys struggle to reunite shows how long way to ricos road to recovery will be after Hurricane Maria also this hour in malaysia the trial has begun of two women accused of murdering the north Korean Leader is a strange half brother and were going to meet seventy five Million Dollars just. In the next five to six much after visiting a role in giraffe you g. s in bangladesh the head of the World Food Program outlines a scale up to help need it. Thank you for joining us initial figures released by the catalan Regional Government show a decisive vote in favor of secession after sundays referendum but they also indicate an unexpectedly low turnout meanwhile the divide between the Regional Government in boston and Central Government in madrid appears to have deep
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4am in islamabad. Pakistans Prime Minister nawaz sharif has cut short a visit to london, after an Oil Tanker Explosion killed at least 150 people in punjab province. More than 100 others are in a Critical Condition in hospital. The incident also cast a shadow over the muslim festival of eid al fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan. Secunder kermani reports. Hundreds of local villagers flocked to the scene of the overturned tanker this morning, despite being warned not to. In this impoverished area, they collected fuel in buckets, jerry cans, and even empty water bottles. But moments later, grief and Anguish Thousands of litres of petrol went up in flames, engulfing those nearby. Early reports suggest the blaze began when someone lit a cigarette. Translation the oil tanker capsized, people shouted, oil, oil the local Traffic Police asked people to leave, warning it may explode, then suddenly there was fire. Translation i had