No im watching al jazeera live from london also coming up iraqi. Protesters Baghdad International flights into the region in retaliation for mondays. Support for sundays vote on it secession from spain and turning Science Fiction into science fact Aerospace Companies unveiled their futuristic plans to colonize mom. With. The United States government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy and havana its said to be because of quote specific attacks on u. S. Diplomats some of which have taken place in cuban hotels also used by american tourists the embassy is now expected to stop processing visas and issues and issue a new travel warning so lets get more on this now for Us State Department correspondent patty call hainan washington d. C. What will do we know about these attacks. Well you know this is really just a bizarre International Mystery so here we have twenty one diplomats they say they were attacked by whats been leaked to be a sonic weapon of sorts now some said they heard a noise a hum one diplomat said he was sitting in his bed at this hotel and it was this really annoying hum and when he stepped away just a few feet away it disappeared when he came back he heard it again other diplomats have said they have no idea what happened they never heard anything but all of a sudden they all started coming forward with these pretty dramatic symptoms some said that they were losing their hearing and thats actually verified in medical tests others said they were experiencing dizziness and problems balancing and then cognitive issues they couldnt remember things and some have now been diagnosed we believe with traumatic brain injury so all of this was happening for months now the state Department Says they havent had any new incidents since august but theyve been investigated so down theyre taking these steps you might ask yourself do they have some evidence was cuba involved well the point is no talking to Senior State Department officials they say the investigation is ongoing they still have absolutely no idea what harmed their diplomats they say they are taking this step reducing and basically everyone but non Emergency Personnel and their families theyre off the island because they want to reduce the risk to american diplomats they say this isnt meant to punish cuba they simply while they dont know they want to take these precautions so as you mentioned a couple of things sixty percent staffer duction that means no visas for cubans who wanted to come to the United States and we did ask the question so how many of people are going to be impacting this how many of uses do you give every month from cuba and believe it or not the state department is but a person who is briefing the press that he didnt have those numbers so we dont know how many people are going to be impacted by this but the bigger factor could be that travel warning to americans theyre going to tell them not to go the reason is they said some of these attacks were in the diplomats homes but somewhere in hotels americans will stay in hotels they cannot protect them so theyre painting this is a precautionary step not a definitive answer that they have any idea what is actually going on with this International Mystery indeed that there is a great deal that we dont know including of course who might be behind these attacks how could it affect reconciliation between the u. S. And cuba. Well its obviously thawed quite a bit under President Donald Trump remember this is these are two countries that didnt have relations for decades president barack obama went to the island a historic visit opened it up for american businesses did not get rid of the overall embargo only the u. S. Congress can do that so when President Trump came to office he made a big speech down in south florida where there are some republican donors who are very anti castro anti castro presidency he said he was going to make changes they were really just cosmetic so business as usual continues the state Department Going out of their way to say a bit that this is a diplomatic slight this is a measure they believe that needs to be to protect their people and as you mentioned they dont know who did it theyre not saying that cuba is behind it they say cuba is cuban officials are helping the f. B. I. Investigate they havent ruled out that this is being done by a third country i have to point out that the story in just a couple of hours sonic experts say sound just cant do what theyre saidin has been done in cuba so it really is just a mystery. But you thanks very much Patty Colleen with all the latest on that story from washington d. C. Now International Flights to iraqs kurdish region have been halted as the government ramps up pressure for the results of monday secession vote to be canceled shortly before the ban came into effect protestors outside Erbil International airport when hes balloons carrying messages of peace a Central Government of baghdad has ordered for an alliance to stop services to the region but domestic flights will still continue as normal monday secession referendum received a ninety two percent yes vote on the abdul hamid joins us live now from Erbil International airport as a whole to tell us more about the disruption that this has caused over there and the reaction to this move. No more International Flights to and from both. Ports actually the parts inside is completely empty. And this should last until twenty ninth of december according to the director of the of the airport she says though that she has been trying to reach out to the authorities in baghdad to understand what exactly do they require these airports to do she said that nothing happens here without prior approval from baghdad in the first place and the airport comes under. Observers and supervisors come regularly to their present check that the standards of these airports. Prime minister ive already on his side says that this is not a measure to. Quote starve. People its simply a measure to extend. The federal government to the entire territory of iraq so including the kurdish region but ive been speaking to people traveling throughout the day many workers. Who came here to take part in this is. Causing so much problems and they said that actually they thought that this was a form of collective punishment has to be said that you still have the flights operating from this airport but many of the people i spoke to said we took part in this referendum and we simply dont feel safe to transit through baghdad to catch an International Flight and all right. Thank you. Want to move to spain now where farmers have converged in barcelona on their tractors to show support for catalonia referendum protests have been taking place across the region against measures taken by the Spanish Government to stop sundays vote. Which it says is unconstitutional recent polling stations. Say they will start with that track cattle i need to say more than two thousand stations have been set up lets go to john hendren whos in boston i know whats happening there now. Well what youre hearing behind me is the sound youre monitoring here and listen to the way many cattle and see this is a rally behind me. For people in favor of secession people who want to separate from the. Rallies or with many. Around town youre in barcelona for several days now we have. Rallies with those of not. Only. Want to vote in this election thats actually ten percent more. They were planning to vote in this. Referendum rather weeks ago and that suggests that the rather harsh actions of the Spanish Government have taken have actually driven people to the polls despite the fact that the Spanish Government has told them this is an illegal referendum that they should vote and that banished National Police will closing down the polls interestingly the local police. Are the people seventeen thousand of them who cover this region on a regular basis. Those who believe today there will be no force so it will be interesting to see what that means technically fall under the National Police and. Be coordinating with they do not seem to be on the same page so the question is how many people are going to make it to the polls or will those polls be open and then what happens after that. There is no minimum threshold to make this a legitimate allow. However many people. Say yes he has committed himself within forty eight hours that is by tuesday declaring independence so we will find out on sunday whether or not that happens but right now everything is. Very keen to have their voices heard thanks very much john hendren in. As many as sixty revenge refugees a feared dead after that boat capsized in waters off bangladesh thursday but hundreds more continue to make the perilous journey for me because theyve been warned of an imminent crackdown in central iraq stay ten of a challenge re has more now from coxs bazaar and bangladesh. I mean. You can see the beach behind me this is where the boat wreckage tragedy took place on thursday evening we spoke to some of the survivors in this boat wreckage they told us there were at least two hundred people in that boat. By the bangladesh. Something hard on the sea and capsized. A lost my mother sister brother in law. I lost family members. This boat i meant for only barely twenty five to fifty people you can see the boat on my left side part of the wreckage theres other wreckage all spread across the bridge now most of this people are fleeing central iraq the people in northern part came to their villages and told that you need to flee because the army is going to crack down in the central part of the villages at least within the last two days theres been thousands of people have crossed into bangladesh the exodus isnt over the pace is slow but hundreds of people are crossing into bangladesh every day we spoke to the authorities there say that two thousand five hundred people on. The twenty five thousand people between when it crossed into bangladesh the camps the temporary shelter just an able to cope with the sheer number of refugees coming into bangladesh. China and russia throwing their support behind the myanmar governments handling of the range of crisis russia play many of the attacks on civilians in the burning down of villages on a hinge equips while China Community to back the myanmar government in solving the crisis china condemns the recent volunteer talks in myanmar who are kind state. Supports me and asked effort to keep its domestic situation stable it behooves the International Community to view the difficulties and challenges confronting the government of myanmar through all objects exercise patience and provide support and help so i have for you on al jazeera dozens killed and injured in a rush hour stampede in indias commercial capital known by also. 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Welcome back well look at weather conditions across central and southern parts of china and taiwan plenty of showers around as you can see hong kong of those and going to pick up some showers on saturday sunday maybe a bit Brighter Foods you should be far below says young sea river valley got this area of rain developing thats going to be quite heavy also lots of showers across indochina at the moment for northern parts of vietnam laos miramar particularly coastal areas is looking fairly wet here lets head across into south asia and still plenty of showers in evidence particularly across more eastern parts of india up into nepal bhutan and bangladesh theyre seeing some heavy rainfall and at miramar too is looking quite wet these areas will continue to see some heavy rain as we head on through saturday and for the Western Ghats weve got rain say from on by down towards bangalore has been very wet in recent days but for central and northern parts of india and across into pakistan weather conditions are looking draw and fine and there are with highs of thirty five in delhi thirty two in karate here in the Arabian Peninsula the temperatures just easy off a little bit around the gulf states the Community Also just starting to drop thirty eight the maestro in doha and abu dhabi on the other side of the peninsula fine conditions for medina with highs here forty. 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Now in all the stories were following closely at least thirty two people have been killed and another twenty seven injured after a stampede in indias commercial capital by it happened during morning rush hour on a pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations. Crushed against the steps of this Railway Overpass or the bodies of commuters flattened as a stampede of passengers pushed them to the floor i. Go by police say forming concrete hate part of the hombre and people panicked thinking the bridge was collapsing a monsoon downpour made things worse as they were also people sheltering from the rain. Because when the stampede happened because there were too many members of the public on the bridge and the people were in a hurry and wanted to get out there was no one helping they were suffocating a felony child i commute to film the crowded bridge minutes before the stampede. It was the mom by friday morning rush hour in the worlds second most densely populated city this see is typical that. As soon as the bodies had been moved the bridge was open again a few blood spots the only indication of what had happened. To. The injured who had probably been on my way to work when our on their way to hospital. Relatives of those who didnt survive waited outside to recover their bodies in the israel way minister says hes ordered a high level inquiry burnet smith aljazeera. United nations is going to set up a group to examine all Human Rights Violations committed in the war in yemen the Un Human Rights Council said it hopes to identify those responsible for possible crimes the yemeni delegation said it accepted the resolution that was passed in a compromise between western powers and arab countries lets go live to our u. N. Correspondent roslyn jordan in new york and they have long been allegations of war crimes taking place in the war in yemen how significant is this. Mari and this is quite significant one because this is not an actual commission of inquiry which is the Gold Standard as it were for the u. N. When it wants to look into allegations of crimes against humanity or of or investigate alleged war crimes this is a hybrid its going to deal involve a group called an international Eminent Group of experts they will be going into the country as soon as possible and they will be expected to gather their evidence presented to the Human Rights Council a year from now and then then theyre supposed to engage in some sort of interactive dialogue on the next steps this is a process though that what could not have happened at all without this compromise because the chair of the Human Rights Council zaid rodell hussein wanted a commission of inquiry or c. O. I. Whereas the saudi government which has been supporting the government of president months to rob a hadi did not want this is simply said that the yemeni governments own internal investigation into these alleged abuses should be the only investigation taking place so after some last minute compromising theyve agreed that this group will take a look at whats being generally described as all international abuses and violations and then they will report back to the Human Rights Council in september two thousand and eighteen yes so itll be a while before we hear from them one of the next immediate steps. Well beyond constituting this group and trying to get this group into yemen theyre going to be several questions how much access will this group have to all parts of the country that have been engaged in the civil war whether theres going to be any cooperation from the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh as well as from the who these who have been fighting the government of president hadi for control of yemen and there are going to be questions about whether this group since its a hybrid group and i dont know that it really is a legally. Viable entity whether its recommendations will hold any legal weight for the Human Rights Council those questions still need to be