Hello again im peter w. Watching the news hour live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes tekkie helps rebels from the Free Syrian Army launch a major operation against a powerful armed group that dominates a big area near its border. Two major rallies over catalonia secession vote people in madrid call for a united spain while in barcelona they want dialogue instead of unrest. The sixty fifth birthday of the russian president Vladimir Putin is greeted with nationwide protests plus. The city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared. Ok our top story here on the news for you a Major Military mission in syria with turkish support the president wretch up type says the Free Syrian Army is carrying out an operation and it lit province against former Al Qaeda Linked fighters says turkish soldiers of backing the offensive but havent yet entered that area theyve been heading towards the border in the past few days. We have opened up a space in a region with Operation Euphrates Shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a globe today there is a serious operation in a lab and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we cant tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to wake stand a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is under way. On the turkey syria border how far do we think mr erdogan is prepared to go with this. This is definitely a significant move by the turkish army we dont know exactly. The details of this whole military operation but has been describing it as a very serious one and as you know. It live is the only province in syria which is and the control of the Syrian Opposition particularly under the control of. Which is led by. The front now its a huge area with hundreds of thousands of civilians and thousands of opposition fighters in transit in different areas we need to know first of all what is going to be the detail of this whole military operation and how will the russians the iranians and the turks who have been financing all supporting opposing parties in syria come together and coordinate their mid to operation the biggest question so far is what will be the reaction of the hay at the head of the if they decide to put up a resistance against this whole mid to operation i think in the coming days we are likely to see some of the most intensified fighting in syria. I guess the mandate is to make sure that they can get to a stage where they police these socalled deescalation zones properly not going too far because then they get sucked into the broader conflict and that has not been an easy step for turkey to take before. Exactly and they have not been so far very specific about what they mean by the implementation of the deescalation particularly because as you know peter was going to happen in live is the following the Turkish Military along with the Free Syrian Army are going to secure the area inside while the russians women to in a monitoring operation on the outside of it live how is that going to happen we dont know number two were talking about the head of this town which has been categorically saying that if we had jets the whole deescalation operation it has thousands of its fighters inside the city or are they going to hand over their weapons we dont think this is going to be the case are they going to fight against the Free Syrian Army and the turkish army in the near future that is going to be the question and this is likely to further give us an indication about the type of military engagements that were going to see in the near future for the rebels it live remains more of a symbol this is the only place where the minting ground and where against the backdrop of the Major Military gains that the syrian army has been making with the backing of syria across the country if they lose it this is definitely going to be the beginning of the end for the Syrian Opposition opposition and for the military planners in ankara is the key question here theres this usual syrian disconnect between what the people who sign up to say in this case the deescalation zones following those talks on a standard of concern signing up to that the reality on the ground is all. Something radically different. Youre absolutely right and one of the reasons they explain that is basically some of those have been signing of the deal and have absolutely no command over the people on the ground and. Which in january launched a major offensive and took control of the whole of. This summer to launch a major offensive and took over it rejects the. Talks how are they going to come together and implement the destination now we have to wait and see what will the ministry of planners particularly the russians the iranians and the turks come up with particular when it comes to maintaining troops on the ground as far as turkey is concerned he says that the initial phase of this military operation is for the Free Syrian Army which is approach to turkey the factions particularly the main two major brigades are going in now to start the phase one of the operation on their way to and they will get assistance from the turkish army all the border were talking about maybe artillery operations to try to pave the ground for the Free Syrian Army to maintain its advance to words the heart of the day which is going to be an extremely delicate military operation now what if the russians in their bid to try to provide assistance to the Free Syrian Army to launch air strikes that kill civilians this is going to further stoke the russian and the International Community sentiment among the hundreds of thousands of people in. We know Little Details about what is happening. Peter this is definitely one of the most crucial moments since the start of the conflict in syria six years ago passion many thanks. Ok lets get more now on the significance of it live province the region was labeled a deescalation zone as weve just been hearing last month after that agreement between Turkey Russia and iran in a stand about fighting there has continued the deal is not recognized by a coalition of armed groups who control large parts of it live the coalition is called. Its dominated by an Al Qaeda LinkedGroup Formerly known as el nusra italy became a major stronghold for the group after it took the province in twenty fifteen the area is one of the few crossings still open on the turkish Syrian Border which is a security concern for the authorities in ankara bordering it live to the north is an area controlled by kurdish y p g forces turkey considers the y. P. G. And extension of the p. K. K. Thats the Kurdistan Workers Party which it deems to be a terrorist group met and called this a security analyst formerly Turkish Military officer and a columnist for the al monitor news website he joins us live here on the news from istanbul. What do you think the planners are planning on with this operation. Let me start with to a fact first one i mean this is another surprising really terrible meaning that we have been waiting for expecting piers more for almost an amount and the second one this is not then as unilateral military and more of this sort of negotiated outcome. After our start process and right now what we see is the. Inclusion of a military operation of turkish commando. Including around three hundred soldiers and turkish tank battalion so what we are talking about is around five hundred to six hundred turkeys thought yours and they are heading to this particular town thirty. Cities and theyre also going to special forces elements they have been there for almost two weeks and doing their reconnaissance and let me say this this is another sort of soap. I think military more and you know. As i said before its not its not how can i say call anyone for us or to compare this military operation. Operation ok there are so many variables in this equation though this military equation this very strong and to russian sentiment in the province of it live youve got the russians in the around the right and the turks all working together plus the fighting has continued on the ground so calling it a deescalation zone is maybe an inaccurate statement here it may be embryonic but nothing has deescalated. Yes as you have clearly pointed out you know this is the question to the escalate already existing whiners arent whiners you need a part of i mean i mean in terms of political directives and political objectives we have a sort of cloud there and why a month here so how to translate is political objectivity into military operational or the spheres is the question how those soldiers are going to conduct these operations to deescalate already existing to violence in and around egypt this is the key question i think but here is the point you know what were seeing right now is you know dawes you know. Russia urine and turkey. Contrarious they are trying to deescalate whiners by separating good guys i mean bad moderates from the radical elements from those arent sunni opposition i mean from those bad guys or radical elements or how to separate those two. Different armed groups so this is the question and how can we translate is question into executive military planning so this is the question but here is the issue i think after aleppo you know Campaign Russia sees this green fact for syria seach warfare does not work in in syria saw what they are trying. To separate these two. Mothers from the radical elements and ankara is saying that i can help you to separate is you know i can play a sort of mediator role so what we see i think expecting what i am expecting is a sort of prolonged Armed Conflict continues. Conflict and also at the same time negotiation with local power of holders in and around them so this will be very very tough process i think. As ever we appreciate your analysis of this developing story many thanks. Thousands are rallying across spain today as the crisis of a catalonia future continues people in madrid are demonstrating in support of National Unity many more in barcelona are calling for dialogue to resolve the dispute the Regional Parliament was planning to unilaterally declare independence on monday but it was stopped by the courts in spain in madrid lets take you live now to barcelona and my colleague john a whole journey calls for the socalled cease fire within spain a diplomatic cease fire how much pressure are the protests in madrid putting on the Secessionist Movement in catalonia. Well one assumes more and more pressure on the pressure is coming from Different Directions not just people on the streets in madrid but of course here in barcelona as well the square that im standing in was absolutely ransacked a couple of hours ago with a pro unity protesters mirroring that pro unity protests in madrid but also of course the economy these banks and Big Companies moving their legal headquarters out of catalonia because they dont want to find themselves in a situation where catalonia declares independence and suddenly is out of the e. U. Is that he was made it perfectly clear it would be and therefore their business is in jeopardy and out of the Single Market so those kind of things send very negative signals of confidence and and sentiment to the markets to the economy here in catalonia and so the pressure builds these protests that went on here a couple of hours ago in barcelona as i say People Holding black cards with the words hash tag humble am also a hash tag part of them the words in spanish and in the catalan language respectively first lets talk these are pro unity supporters people who probably didnt vote in the referendum a socalled silent majority theyve tended not to vote in the past but nevertheless quite possibly an actual majority here in catalonia who are not in favor of independence who want to find a way urgently out of this crisis by peace and dialogue but i spoke a little earlier on to the regions Foreign Affairs chief effectively colonias foreign minister and i asked him what he thought was likely to happen in the days ahead heres what he had to say. The people of the will of the people needs to be respected for a single reason there is no alternative to this we tried for years to enter into negotiations with the state no once or in the positive manner repression was the only answer and despite this the people went to vote freely the market in peacefully and that is what the parliament of catalonia needs to acknowledge we have two projects here one is democracy the other one is repression or violence which one the people. So clearly journo they plan on going with what the people have chosen but i mean the fiscal reality is another day another bank pulls the plug and move south. When its quite difficult to decode this language peter because yes they say on the foreign minister insists that the will of the people that has been spoken and must indeed be heard and of course the big question mark in the week to come is what happens in parliament when carlos preached to man the regional president addresses the cattle and parliament on tuesday at six p. M. Local time and this speculation is rife that he may choose that moment to unilaterally declare independence from spain but of course as you say there are all these other elements that come into play not least the economy not least what happens to this enormous economy twenty percent of the g. D. P. Of spain an economy the size of portugal of greece bigger than many other European Countries if all of these big countries companies. Symbolically turn their backs on this place because by moving their legal headquarters out theyre not of course closing factories down or cutting jobs necessarily but its about sentiment its about confidence and what does that say about a newly minted independent state so that all of these questions float around in the air it will be serious thought being given to them in that building over there the headquarters of the Regional Government ahead of this week to come sunday will be massive protests expected to be very large at least again pro unity protests they threaten to be broken up with violence by pro secessionist groups upset on social media they will do just that they could be more violence on sunday a week after there was Police Violence last sunday and so this drama rumbles on into what could be a tumultuous week ahead ok talk to you later im sure john in the meantime many thanks. Now supporters of russias main Opposition Leader have been protesting against Vladimir Putins two decades in power. Alexina valmy called for rallies to coincide with the president s sixty fifth birthday on saturday i mean some jail for violating the law on organizing Public Meetings the police are refusing to let protesters into the center of moscow and st petersburg. A lot more still to come for you here on the news hour including surveying the damage we meet Puerto Ricans fearing for what will happen to their hurrican hit communities plus. Im telling you at one forty four african are. Energetic market turning point. And the sports news with some of the United States have taken a huge step towards russia twenty eighteen qualifying results from across the globe coming up in about thirty minutes. The u. S. Gulf coast is preparing for yet another hurricane nate. Its already battered Central America with at least twenty five People Killed in flooding and landslides across costa rica nicaragua honduras and el salvador david most as more. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere Tropical Storm nate has just made it that much poorer three thousand homes destroyed communications cut the force of the storm ripped boats from the sea and left potholes large enough to consume cars. Passengers on this bus were so panicked escape was the only thing on their minds and they pummeled Central America with heavy rains during the week. The flood has taken away almost everything that all these people had in their home they had breakfast in the morning but not had lunch nor dinner because everything was taken away from them where waiting for any help that would be well received so many children are crying with hunger in neighboring costa rica the storm left at least seven people dead and some five thousand people were forced to leave their homes the Western Province of want to cause they was the hardest hit schools across the country were closed for two days deaths were also reported farther north in honduras and el salvador. Now made a swing in north and picking up strength as it heads towards the u. S. Gulf coast in preparation new orleans mayor declared a state of emergency. Current forecasts indicate three to six inches of rain over the duration of the system which is going to be thirty six to forty eight hours and potential double that. Although overall rainfall may not be as high as other Tropical Events short durations of rain as we can see can produce flooding we are particularly mindful in this regard for this particular storm of coastal flooding because of the p