Hello im Maryanne Demasi in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up kenyas Opposition Leader announces hes withdrawing from the rerun of the president ial election. Voting draws to a close in liberias president ial election where the choices include a former rebel leader awards exwife and a football star. And thirteen dead twenty thousand evacuated and hundreds of homes destroyed as wildfires spreading in california. In a highly anticipated speech the catalan president has said his region has the right to become its own state but he stopped short of declaring independence outright addressing the Catalan Parliament carlos bridge to call for a deescalation of tension and said he was ready for a dialogue with the Spanish Government he said millions of catalan citizens believe lonia should have its own state and he had a clear mandate to declare independence but was willing to negotiate. And when the. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a republic we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solution we need to love attentions and show our will and commitment to meet the demands of the catalan people. Of course were covering the story from both sides with lawrence lee in madrid first though lets speak to jonah hill who is outside the Catalan Parliament in barcelona also this was in the promised declaration of independence that talked about in the aftermath of a yes vote what is he calling for now. Well its sort of independence deferred if you like my. Pending talks with madrid dialogue with madrid towards a more sort of sustainable solution acceptable to all sides it sounds very good the problem is of course that madrid have consistently refused to countenance the idea of any sort of dialogue until or unless the catalonians drop their demand for independence what he said he hasnt dropped his demands for independence the question will be whether the time has come and pressure is sufficient for madrid to feel like a compromise mr pleads to molt so this was a historic moment the consequences and effects of it go beyond our country and perhaps realizing that gave him and his coalition and his Coalition Partners pause for thought well lets bring in my guest now john lopez from. University a political scientist weve been together all evening you listen to the speech. Now the other parties have been having their say what have they been saying cope in particular the far left partners of it theyre not happy about this other you know they are upset on these appointed because they thought that this was a moment to the republic but they also have said that they will will go on fighting for the independence and they have accepted their there this meeting of the president could have a lot of supporters supporters of the Political Party there are also a lot of grassroots supporters of this sort of Civic Movement that has a lot of support for independents here people are going to be disappointed and they wanted a big night they wanted a big declaration through things mass we may be. People have to change the calendar in some sense because people today old tonight is going to go to bed disappointed by that they said they would say that one of the roles one of their functions of this social movement is precisely to explain things in a reasonable way and i think that their leadership of the social movement is Strong Enough to explain. People that they have to wait for how long is the big question how long do they have to wait there was no time line in this speech no i mean its true that the other process is. We think about six months in fact they lost because there is a law that incision approving the parliament he tells about six months of transition so we dont know yet this is going to start to count just right now but this is a period of time that i think it reasonable for the people to wait for and drama relief do you think among the other very large number of catalonians who either didnt want independence or would least wanted it to happen in a more considered way with the acknowledgement and perhaps even support of madrid yeah theres also this another possibility is to make again a referendum in this case organized by the spanish estate but this is also very difficult because here we are talking of a period of time of six months or one year i mean we cannot expect a change of government in this so short period of time i mean we are talking of five or six years maybe but it is going to be difficult for these people to expect a referendum that maybe is not going to to to happen. Thank you very much for your thoughts well you know thats where we do things now the parliament is still in session the deputies the m. P. s and parties still having their say on what they heard from mr police the more theyre not what everybody expected or feared but a sort of middle ground that at least gives pause for thought and a bit of time in the hope that madrid will feel pressured to compromise thank you very much john all with all the latest from barcelona. Is outside the Spanish Parliament in madrid now and so as jonah was saying there a shift in tone from carla as him or he is now calling for mediation but how does madrid feel about that. If the catalans thought that by speaking in this way and by thinking that they were extending the hand of friendship to madrid for negotiations in the hope that they could perhaps get the government to madrid through to to coax them or to bounce them in some level into altering their position and negotiating politically with them i think the all the early signs are that they were completely wrong. Jose garcia who is the International Affairs secretary for the Ruling Peoples Party has agreed to give a statement not an interview to aljazeera here his position on. Yes there can be no negotiations without the constitution and catalonia todays not independent what weve seen today. Chapter two or reality. Are installed we saw a referendum we had all we soldiers are involved so that there were no. Their Constitutional Court rule out that referendum to have any validity we saw their generation and independence with us and suspension in time we are seeing these are far as we know legal or political consequences thank you so no negotiations at all. Which is just. And that is all they are prepared to say at the moment that theyve said they give us a statement and no more but clearly many questions follow from this that they wont give an answer to the moments will they for example we think they probably wont invoke article one five five which i could threaten to do which is to bring back cuts alone years autonomous powers to madrid and it reimpose direct rule on catalonia but the biggest question of all and i think this is one really that the European Union now has to address is if it was the case that the e. U. Lends on the catalans and said you need to step back this is not the time show some states statesmanship knowledge will base say that you have the. The right to independence but you dont want to do it not because you want to negotiate it then by extension full so the European Union to say to the governments in madrid as they have done ok now its your turn you need to take a step back from your entrenched position and speak to the catalans on some level but you heard what the man said at the moment they regard the referendum having been legitimates illegal they appear to be suggesting there are no grounds whatsoever on which the games and they go and so in that sense seen from the points of view of madrid the crisis is not over because they have rejected everything the colors put them on said in barcelona yes that is the message and we got it loud and clear it was very keen to get away from you. Lawrence lee in madrid thank you. Kenyas president says the rerun of the election will go ahead in just over two weeks time despite the Opposition Leader withdrawing in a statement announcing the move a dangerous that is very droll would give the Electoral Commission enough time to introduce reforms to help deliver a more credible election present a hurricane yet oh he was declared the winner of the august sparking protests as you bring court then another fight is victory. In the president ial election. One of the notification of the president ial election. Under seventeen and the subsequent because it went by the commission. For. The. Four. Hundred seventeen. We needed for. Catherine so he sent us this update from nairobi. We really are in uncharted territory both constitutionally and politically the constitution is not very clear about what happens in a situation like this it doesnt even envisage what happens in the situation where an election is not held within this six a reelection really is not held within the fixity days that have been provided by the law so a lot of people really very concerned a wondering whats going to happen next is there even going to be an election on the twenty sixth and if there is no election then what president hu king arthur has been campaigning at the kenyan coast and he said that theres going to be an end election and hes going to be in it whether its present or not but that is its not as simple as that because. He. Is declared winner and opposed and this really puts to question the legitimacy of hes a president ive also been talking to some lawyers who have who have cited a ruling that was made in two thousand and thirteen by the Supreme Court when riley again filed a petition a president ial petition and the judges then said that if a candidate a with a droll then a fresh election has to be called other lawyers and constitution a constitutional expert ive been hearing repeatedly saying that the best solution now though is really to go back to the Supreme Court to sort of get a sense of direction and clarity because right now everything really is up in the air. All voting is wrapped up in liberias president ial election but those still in line at the polls are being allowed to cast their ballots vote is the first democratic transfer of power in seventy three years Ellen Johnson sirleaf is stepping down after two terms in office in a belt peace prize when i was africas first female elected head of state twenty candidates are taking part in the poll including former football star george were. And interest has more from monrovia. The tunnel for the election was very impressive as liberians were enthusiastic and passionate about the next administration they want to see a new government that can address the Critical Issues in their lives funding infrastructure like roads Health Care Education and of course building upon the relative peace in liberia over the last five years or so now anger also because a lot of voters left their homes very early in the morning to be on the queues queued up for hours and get into the ballot box they were told that they came to the wrong place and they would not be allowed to vote in the Election Commission stepped in quickly to address some of these issues and other polling stations the boarding process went on smoothly now the house of representatives elections that are seventy three seats how progress and the president whoever wins must have two percent of the vote in order to avoid a Runoff Election results are expected to be announced on the twenty fifth of october and not beyond in case of run off then. Later for the runoff of the top two contenders to the president ial seal. Warnings hunger is now forcing. The violence. Right to choose their own gender identity but the government is divided opinion. Is still wet and windy for many of us in the northern half of europe you can see from the satellite picture we have a very mobile. Spreading from the atlantic and gradually tracking its way eastward it is giving us some or all the heavy downpours and dragging in so far fresher but in the south its still. Raul the warm were looking at around nineteen in bucharest there and forest down in madrid were up at twenty eight and that would weather does push a little bit further north woods there as we head into thursday so that means force in vienna there should be more in the way of woman weather will be up at twenty two and bucharest will be up its twenty one still low for the northern parts this still going to be that rather blustery damp weather to contend with cross the other side of the mediterranean largely its fine and dry there all refuse showers in the mediterranean that are just drifting a little bit further towards the south a may just graze the coast time but really were looking at the exceptions rather than the rule for most of us is drawing its fine and the temperatures now are dropping twenty nine is the maximum there in cairo for the west were looking at around thirty in the bats over the next few days in morocco theyre over some of the mountains they could be a few more showers further south in the showers here would gradually retreating now southwards will see them though quite heavy over south sudan. With. And age old part of spanish culture over i cant stop thinking of all the bullies in my life others are explored and a symbol of Central Government by when. Something goes against the morals of got along. With the couple a nationalist perspective you believe the present punish culture. Catalonia fight this time on aljazeera world. Welcome back a quick recap the stories making headlines this hour catalonia as president says the region has the right to become its own state but he stopped short of declaring independence from his early anticipated speech to the Catalan Parliament saying he wants a dialogue with spang first kenyas Opposition Leader ryder a dingo as shocked the country by withdrawing from an upcoming rerun of the president ial election later this month. And voting is wrapped up in liberias election but those still in line at the polls are being allowed to cost the ballots. Now human rights organizations are warning that hunger is forcing random muslims to flee me and ma more than half a million refugees have crossed into bangladesh since late august escaping a campaign against them by the Myanmar Military as well as the Police Crackdown aid agencies fear that a lack of food has now led to another wave of displacement. Reports from young gone. This was meant to be an interfaith prayer rally but it quickly became clear it was a show of support for a government facing International Condemnation over its handling of the revenger crisis about thirty thousand people attended this gathering in yangon organized by an sungs who cheese National League for democracy but in iraq and state in the countrys north a military Campaign Continues its already forced more than half a million rohingya to flee to bangladesh in the last six weeks un has described it as ethnic cleansing and all say theyre leaving not just due to violence but hunger aljazeera attain this video from a hinge a Community Leaders in young gone they say this was filmed on sunday in monk in Rockland State here a man says they are moving and they have no food left to eat he asked the children not to cry who say theyre sad about leaving their villages. From we meet or hinge a Community Leader who says he was sent other videos from raw kinds but he dung township which the u. K. Based Aid OrganizationBurma Human Rights Network says is facing severe Food Shortages here a woman says they arent allowed to go to the market and have a shortage of food and medicine she pleads for help. Over the last ten days what were hearing from people is that the reason they are flowing is that they have run out of food there are only two raisins in security and food a lack of food is exacerbating the situation for the mostly poor communities in Northern Iraq im reliant on aid they say is just not reaching them service say that up to eleven thousand rohingya fled me martin bangladesh on monday alone and that many more refugees are on the way the United Nations has been urging all for a cheese to allow humanitarian aid access to the conflict zone people. Running out of food this is the lean season at the moment and people dont have access to their fields all have us is the fishing dont have access to markets and theyre simply running out of food and were getting reports from our people who are really not from violence but from extremely difficult circumstances in extreme isolation in their villages and theyre taking a very desperate decision to leave the International Organization for migration estimated that up to one hundred thousand rohini just may be at or heading to the border to cross into bangladesh and its clear that hope doesnt arrive for him to communities who remain in need theyll have no choice but to leave to. Al jazeera young gone. U. S. Bank syrian fighters are preparing for a final push to retake neighborhoods still held by i. C. L. In the city of raka the loss of rock of the group selfproclaimed capital would be a strategic blow five officials from the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces say they believe the last phase will take between seven and ten days the kurdish led forces launched the offensive against iceland rocker in early june under the cover of as strikes by the u. S. Led Coalition Meanwhile both