Unwilling to engage the u. S. Secretary of state blames the for arab countries blockade in qatar ahead of his visit to riyadh and. Youre watching aljazeera life from a headquarters in doha and the navigator also a heads catalonia turkey and the Iran Nuclear Deal european leaders have their hands full on day two of their summit in brussels chinas president takes a page from miles a Little Red Book siege and paint thoughts a set to be enshrined in the communist partys constitution plus. Im alan fischer and puerto rico its a month since the hurricane here struck and many communities are still struggling with the aftermath and theyre asking where is the government help but they were promised. Hello the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar as well when june saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates egypt and behave in closed airspace and severed trade and diplomatic links with cats harm they accuse it of fostering terrorism charges doha strongly denies one month later tillerson embarked on his First Shuttle Diplomacy Mission in a bid to shore up kuwaiti efforts to solve the disputes the us president Donald Trumps also offered to mediate pushing for a quick resolution but tillerson now says there is little hope of agreements anytime soon we want to see these countries keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes the fight against terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has been resolved just yet hes talked pretty consistently although folks havent havent paid much attention to it reece recently about the disappointment that the nations havent been able to do so of the g. C. C. Crisis we hope that they well we hope that theyll sit down and have talks but it seems like theyre not ready to do that yet so castro has more from washington. Florences comments in an interview with Bloomberg News marked a significant change in tone gone was the optimism we heard three months ago when tillerson last visited the region instead he expressed his frustration saying there appear to be a real will unwillingness on the part of the quartet of blockading countries in. Progressing with these talks in contrast saying qatar has been very clear that theyre ready to engage now the fact that tillerson is returning to the region this following week and to push further these talks is a long ways from where the u. S. Policy on this crisis started back in june if you remember thats when u. S. President donald trump was quick to come to the aid of saudi arabia praising its leadership and in a shooting this blockade and trying to claim credit that was a direct result of president trumps visit to the region since then the white house has been more silent on this topic while the state department has taken a lead here with tillerson returning again. Leader is a resuming meetings in brussels aimed at breaking a deadlock over. The british Prime Minister to resign may is seeking to expand the go see a sense to include trade but leaders want more progress on Citizens Rights the u. K. s financial obligations and the border with Northern Ireland the deadline for a final deal is martes twenty nineteen dont know how joining us from brussels thats a reason may address leaders over dinner how did her speech go down. Yes thats right she made a very short address after dessert and before the coffee was served on thursday night only five minutes she spoke but potentially a fairly significant five minutes as you say trying to persuade them to move beyond the thorny issue of money for the time being and Start Talking about there was no new concession on the table there was no new offer made by the british side but crucially also there was no talk of a hard break no threat to walk away from negotiations if things didnt go britains way instead the tone was conciliatory this was a sort of appeal for help if you like she said there is an increasing sense that we must Work Together to get an outcome that we can stand behind and defend to our people thats appointed reference to the difficult to the political difficulties shes had at home in raising higher and higher amounts of money to pay for britains outstanding commitments to the e. U. After britain leaves the bloc she reminded them that three weeks ago she tried to break the deadlock by giving a speech in florence offering to meet britains commitments to the tune of well over twenty billion dollars the problem was that figure is well short of what the e. U. Expects which is why it didnt get the warm response that shed hoped for which is why these leaders have not deemed that sufficient progress has been made to be able to move the talks on the essence of to resume as message on. But ive come far as i am able to politically. Now to offer me some concessions to come along with me in order for progress to be made by jonah for a second because lets just look at the other issues that leaders are dealing with so were saying that not the only issue on that agenda leaders have discussed catalonia secession bid so far the e. U. Has refused to intervene in that standoff and the german chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing the to cut funds to turkey over Human Rights Concerns and the blocs leaders are unanimously backing the Iran Nuclear Deal its a show of support for the agreement thats being denounced by the u. S. President so jonah as were saying leader is really have their hands full over there in brussels on day two of the summit. Oh yes i mean even to reason over dinner admitted breaks it was only one of a great number of issues that the e. U. Is dealing with now their hands are full as you say theyve been appeals by the catalans to come on board and intervene and negotiate mediate in the crisis there with the European Union isnt going to do that apart from anything else its legally bound to not to not intervene in the affairs of a member state unless that member state asks them to and spain certainly has not so breaks it only one of a number of issues here certainly but it is a very key moment in the talks over breaks it a moment at which it was to be decided whether they could move on crucially to the trade stage with big business in the u. K. Desperately needs to know about in order to be able to plan down the line for the effects of what will happen i think is that they will set a new deadline of the fourteenth of december to look again at whether enough progress has been made and maybe in the final communique today just offer some words of encouragement to resume a to allow her to return return home not further damaged not further politically weakened all right thank you. Well speaking of catalonia the pro Secession Group the Catalan National assembly is calling on its supporters to withdraw their money from five of spains largest banks this is in response to the spanish central governments plans to suspend the regions autonomy on saturday and there is growing tension over the political crisis that was sparked by this months assassin vote barker reports on the catalan capital barcelona. Spains political crisis is deepening after failing to comply with the Spanish Government got to libya will now be stripped of its autonomy. In the absence of a clear response we note that he has not requested and therefore we will continue procedure of triggering article one five five of the concert. To restore legality in catalonia the caps president. Had been given until thursday morning to clarify and revoke any independence claim last week he unilaterally declared independence. Suspended it to allow for talks but instead of clarifying his position sent a letter to madrid calling for an end to repression and for dialogue Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has repeatedly refused to mediate with the secessionists were now in uncharted Territory Article one five five has never been invoked in mainland spain before they could see devolved powers over the raising of taxes Education Health care in the police soon in madrid hands of the very worst you could see the suspension of the government and the arrest of its leaders its hard to imagine any of these scenarios unfolding without more massive protests or perhaps even a change of tactics i think theres no possibility of following like taking arms praising arms and or even like. Seeing the birth of a terrorist group i dont think that is a possibility i dont know but some kind of more aggressive i dont want to say by land but more stronger organized an insurgency in terms of political insurgency and her organization i think its its a problem. But madrid the show restraint amnesty internationals urged the Spanish Government to avoid a repeat of these scenes on the day of the cattle referendum. Theyve also asked for two independence leaders jailed by spanish judge to be released the Spanish Government expects it to finalize plans for direct rule at a Cabinet Meeting on saturday. In response the catalan leadership say theyll now formalize independence with a vote of the Regional Parliament this tense standoff is entering a critical new phase. The. Twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of a bit of humor was released was welcomed by his family and the government in ireland last month he was acquitted of charges including inciting violence and rioting linked to the demonstrations and twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested there after protests against the military coup that ousted president Mohamed Morsy pakistans ousted Prime Minister nawaz sharif has been indicted in a third case of corruption its in addition to the charges that were laid against serif his daughter and his son in law on thursday in july the Supreme Court disqualified serif from office for not declaring a source of. The investigation was sparked by the Panama Papers leaks which accused of fusing an offshore company to buy property in london serif and his family deny the charges. The Un Childrens Agency unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for refugees in overcrowded camps in bangladesh the International Body says children fleeing violence and mean maher facing hell on earth in the camps a large number of the only six hundred thousand people who have fled a military crackdown in Rakhine State are children mean mars military denies allegations of ethnic cleansing saying its operations are targeting armed groups the chinese president is set to have his own political theory incorporated into the ruling communist partys constitution Chinese State media is reporting the socalled xi jinping thoughts will have fourteen principles but its not yet known what they are the move is expected to further consolidate shes power putting him on par with mao zedong who founded the communist party adrian brown has more from beijing. Weve had the chairman mao era the dung sharping era welcome to the xi jinping era state media has confirmed the president xi jinping name is going to be written into the constitution this means hes now in the same club as chairman mao who led the communist to victory in one hundred forty nine and dunk shopping who was the architect of chinas many Economic Reforms but it took chairman mao decades for that to happen and also done shoppings name wasnt added to the constitution until after his death she jinping has achieved that in just five years this is being the congress where hes been stamping his authority outlining his vision for china not just for the next five ten fifteen years but for the next twenty and he now wants to be around to ensure that happens and the fact that his political thinking is now going to become the partys guiding ideology will of course make it much easier for him to remain in power perhaps for another twenty years now the past few years of course have really been a period of political shock and awe here in china he has turned the communist party upside down tens of thousands of card rates have been purged in his anticorruption drive that drive has also extended to the military now its expected that at the end of this congress which will wind up early next week will get final confirmation that were now entering the xi jinping era still ahead on aljazeera kenya heroes Day Celebrations are overshadowed by tension surrounding the president ial Election Rerun were live in nairobi in just a moment and al jazeera speaks to n. F. L. Football fans to find out if they agree with Donald Trumps criticism of players taking the money. Hello theres been a dramatic change in the weather across spain and portugal weve gone from what was really late summer with this clackamas through to most definitely changed to water not cloud is more one frontal system that means a change in temperature and you just dramatic whether it was this time as well thunderstorms rattled through Southern Spain and actually all the way through spain theres flooding recorded by video in the southwest from terraces over the border from portugal as any result of thirty or forty millimeters of rain is channeled down the streets fairly obviously now that rain has moved on from spy went to the by the arctic allans into Southern France and the next twelve hours is a little more or less lose all its impetus in that part of europe and so we end up with a much drier day in spain in portugal this is fridays forecast as little cooler in spain in fronts and the seventeen in france but otherwise generally speaking bright because all the excess and shes going to that spinning circle just west of all yes its a little storm system quanta major one running through quickly probably fairly windy weather as a result and it will throw some windy weather north in france and of course that green is rain on the old cold front but the rest of europe for the most part is still enjoying rather late you warm. The top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four arab countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar the british Prime Minister tourism a is seeking to expand that negotiations to include trade as the e. U. Summit resumes in brussels but leaders what more progress on Citizens Rights and european leaders are backing spain as the Catalan Crisis escalates in brussels the Prime Minister mariano to appoint received support from the french president emanuel on german chancellor Angela Merkel but the e. U. Says it wont intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona. Kenya celebrating heroes day a Public Holiday honoring Freedom Fighters but the occasion is being overshadowed by the political crisis gripping the country as catherine so explains. Can. And murdering a million Freedom Fighter corroboree jungly reads from his autobiography canyon celebrates him along the thousands of iraqis who battled british colonialists those who fought for democracy in the one nine hundred ninety s. And modern day people who have the country. Biden is not happy he says he fought for land hes yet to get and peace threatened by political brinkmanship. Kenya not to. Bribe program or affection. Bernard from the british an. Enemy from were really in our home and ive struggled at this time in another part of kenya land searching continues to moan a six month old daughter pendle who she says was clubbed to death while in her arms by police in august even me i came out in the house saying i surrender i have my little Child Holding my child on my chest i want to focus our country and i was talking. Since then dozens of other people have been killed during opposition protests calling for electoral reforms before the rerun of the president ial election human Rights Groups blamed police for most of the deaths most of those who have been killed while from Opposition Strongholds like this one the government says that criminals were trying to loot but several people we talked to here say they were attacked in their homes sixty five years ago to their day job working at time and five others were arrested after the British Government declared a state of emergency can yet i became kenyas fast president with. His deputy. The pair later fell out because of ideological and political reasons. Now the sand. And dry loading that are engaged in what many see as a major battle for supremacy which has deeply divided kenyans along ethnic lines we need to recognize this is probably the last connla or. Electoral contest the best thing is that we dont really see successors within their communities that can run lead the same sort of emotional and and an almost irrational. You know support for the for the various ethnic kingpins. Police in the election goes ahead next week baby pandas mother itchin will not be causing her ballot as she did in august she says how can she not have baby paid all to make price of the political feud. And we can now speak to Catherine Sawyer whos joining us from nairobi celebrations going on behind you as we can see but with so much Political Uncertainty over the election do we even know if theres going to be an election at this point. Daryn let me just start by saying though who is expected to come here in a short while to preside over these celebrations opposition leaders on the other hand are in western kenya where theyre mourning people they say have been killed by police during protests now back to your question a lot of people are asking the same question will there even be an election and now its becoming increasingly clear that its difficult to have a credible free and Fair Election one commissioner who has resigned and fled the country has say to the chair passing of the commission in south i say that he cannot guarantee a credible election hes called for talks between right and president Uhuru Kenyatta he did meet with my loading guy who said who rate a rate that he wants the election postponed and electoral reforms carried out then he can consider joining rejoining the race who are looking out on the other hand i got his campaign trails he said that hes not going to sit down in boardroom for talks the mandate of the Electoral Commission is clear the low is clear that an election has to be held within sixty days either Electoral Commission is not clear about that they need to go back to the Supreme Court for direction to remove also last night. The c. E. O. Of the commission of the commission as retching also stepped aside this is a man that the opposition has always been say among other people should be removed ahead of the election so now he stepped aside but a lot of the supporters really saying that it is too little too late and there cannot be an election on the twenty sixth diaries so what fears do people have especially with the. Possibility of violence if the elections do go ahead. There are a lot of concerns even people who would have wanted to go and vote are fearful and i think theres going to be apathy the election happens. And i think theres also going to be confrontations commission is a particularly in strongholds of the opposition who are in. Recently and people look were not just not going to vote for we are not going to theres not going to be a vote as i told theres not going to get an election yet so that means disruption in the police out there as well so protecting Government Property so confrontation is. Going to be violence in this area even me during the elections happen then you know millions of supporters are going to feel disenfranchised to the legitimacy of president who are looking at is when is all is going to be put to question and then again you know election within this time for in steep elated by the by the lows and. The saying that were going to have a constitutional crisis either way canyons very much caught between a rock and a hard place ok catherine so i thank you. Many of puerto ricos communities are still without basic services one month after Hurricane Maria head people are digging through the rubble waiting for Us Government aid that was promised but hasnt come alan fischer reports some pointed blanco. On him is get tired of waiting one month after hurricane rita struck his community was a mess so he called some friends we are in a process to clean up the creek because basically the crane was. A real. Houses and around twenty blanco is a ninety minute drive from san juan the islands capital the people here feel that far away from the center they are far away from recovery far from the belief that anyone. Its going to help the government its almost absent theres almost no coordination roman here just staying with someone. But their reality is right here we see sometimes and im sure our guard just provide us a lot but just a couple of patients are not more we ask and then we beg of them for at least two of some excavator to clean over. The area and what were being told is this isnt a one off but there are communities across this area that have asked for and waited for government help and now theyre doing what they can where they can the hurricane they say it was a problem the greater tragedy is a lack of government action. Not far away from here at the hurricane brought a flood that overwhelmed and destroyed the bridge that was a lifeline to a nearby Mountain Community so the locals built a pulley system which carries food and water and diesel for having heard. We are going to have a great we dont know anything. You know we are just disconnected across the island people are putting in their own fixes to get what they need a local stream by the roadside suddenly with plastic piping becomes the only source of fresh water for clothes washing drinking and even some fun. There is no where to be who wasnt well equipped to deal with a storm the size and intensity of maria one of the federal agencies here see few places are theres this island was pummeled by over one hundred fifty mile an hour wind what that does to infrastructure that is in excellent condition versus ordinary condition its still the same its highly destructive put to me because governor disputes things here are slowly Getting Better in fact he says they may be getting worse and many communities fear they are being forgotten after a storm none of them will ever forget alan fischer ill just point to blanco puerto rico. Well the u. S. Senate has passed a four trillion dollar budget blueprint clearing a critical hurdle and President Donald Trump supposed to cut taxes the Republican Controlled Senate approved the budget measure by fifty one votes to forty nine. And fans of the most popular u. S. Sport are split on the controversy that surrounded players rights to kneel in protest during the National AnthemPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly accused players of being on patriotic but the n. F. L. Owners have decided not to sanction players who protest rob reynolds went to oakland to gauge the opinion of football fans. Here this is one of the Great American sports traditions the Tailgate Party a chance to barbecue drink some beer and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow fans these Oakland Raiders supporters showed up early to party in the parking lot near the stadium where their team played the Kansas City Chiefs thursday night. Its the first pro Football Game since the National FootballLeague Owners weighed in on the controversy will play or protests that have made the sport a political football the leagues commissioner said players would not be forced to stand and this is something that what we try to do is deal with the underlying issue and understand what it is that they are protesting and try to address that matter in response President Donald Trump tweeted not forcing players to stand showed quote total disrespect for our great country the president the players and now the team owners have all had their say so we came here to find out how the fans are feeling michael and lindelof and say trump is twisted the meaning of the players protests he will if we get what the original message was it was the road says Police Brutality in the black community with the has been politicized now the flag stands for more gay military the flag stands for equal justice and liberty for all mary all over believes the protests are inappropriate its their rights to exercise free. Speech but. I feel that. The flag and then the National Anthem represents our freedom and hands of what our soldiers have bought for most fans agreed the players had a right to express their opinions if they want to neil i dont personally agree with. Say nylander they i dont buy greed that if they want to do that they have that right theres no disrespect not not on it out not it out more but what they do before the game starts is their business and i think its just a distraction in a topic thats not needed right now with all the other chaos going on in the world others say its a shame that political mudslinging has soiled the game they love no i just here just watch the Football Game leave Everything Else behind and just just watch a Football Game before the raiders chiefs game got underway several players did kneel in protest players are making political statements and the president is playing to his Political Base and fans who just want to have fun are caught in the middle while promotes Al Jazeera Oakland california. The headlines on aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on tar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis hes kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar. We want to see these countries keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes the fight against terror terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has been resolved just yet hes talked pretty consistently although folks havent havent paid much attention to it recently about the disappointment that the nations havent been able to do so of the g. C. C. Crisis we hope that they well we hope that theyll sit down and have talks but it seems like theyre not ready to do that yet the british Prime Minister to resign male seeking to expand brecks at negotiations to include trade as the e. U. Summit resumes in brussels but leaders want more progress on Citizens Rights and european leaders are backing spain as the Catalan Crisis escalates in brussels the spanish Prime Minister mariano to holy received support from the french president and the german chancellor but the e. U. Says it wont intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona a twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of her but i him her that was released was welcomed by his family last month he was acquitted of charges linked to the demonstrations in twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested there after protests against the military coup that ousted president Mohamed Morsy the u. N. Childrens Agency Unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for row hinge refugees in overcrowded camps in bangladesh the International Body says children fleeing violence amenable are facing hell on earth in the camps. The chinese president is set to have his own political theory incorporated into the ruling communist partys constitution Chinese State media is reporting the socalled xi jinping thoughts will have fourteen principles but its not yet known what they are and the move is expected to further consolidates sions power those are the headlines inside story is coming up next. An Indian Mining Company is heading to australia to build one of the worlds biggest mines will it be an economic bonanza or an ecological disaster. At this time and how does it. Spains its going to take away tony as the regional leader ignores a deadline to abandon secession plans whats next for the capital on separatists and how will madrid impose its rich this is inside story