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Its a lie that along be remembered in spain the countrys Prime Minister is calling for calm after he ordered direct rule over catalonia an hour after the Regional Parliament declared independence of thousands gathered in barcelona charge in liberty and singing traditional catalan songs where regional politicians voted to split from spain it is a Major Development in the countrys worst political crisis in decades on the first of october catalan leaders defied a Spanish Supreme Court ruling by holding a referendum on secession madrid sent thousands of police to prevent the vote from happening sparking confrontations with cottle and attempting to cast their ballots since then madrid has rejected calls for talks and has now with the trauma of regional autonomy a snap election to choose a new Regional Government will be held on the twenty first of december and her summons has more from barcelona. The moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the Catalan Parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mayors have been invited so im only all sticks by their sides to. The story. It wasnt long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving his parliament into the history books most opposition members walked out in disgust lou. The Spanish National flag and the catalan flag draped over their benches then came the count again slow with reaction to every yes. Seventy votes for ten against into abstention and the Catalan National anthem this time striking a different group. Before long another vote in madrid this time the Senate Making a decision on article one five five direct rule moving to the Spanish Government a large majority. Two hundred fourteen for forty seven against approval for Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy to sack the Regional Government and impose sweeping powers back in barcelona these politicians and supporters hardly look like people about to go into the background president colors push them all called for calm. Citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our countrys polls a most of all to montane that peace public spirit and our dignity i think we have always done with no doubt it will continue to be that way this is an extraordinary moment but its historic to find the right way across this eighteenth Century Building of the mix of moods and they said was on the brakes with the sticks to see from the more right across the here to express the. You. Dont see the look of what oclock it was one of them was. Independence. Independence is heartbreaking sad distressing that is how all the cats lands who are not Pro Independence feel including very democratic and Pro Independence supporters that cannot shed this destructive operation based on lies fraud and impositions it is causing on the social fiber of catalonia looking to madrid for the next move cats on lands who are angered or saddened or also fearful of what will happen again Mariano Rajoy is already using his new powers not dissolving parliament calling elections in december and listing those hes sacking. Friday night in the center of barcelona a city known more for its football its beaches and sunshine than any resistance to state power and its party time for a large number of people packed. Into a square in front of the seat of. How long will the smiles last so many questions remember the mother so bring this story not. Just between those who want to be inspiring but you dont hear. Never been big andrew symonds. Well lets get more on this now or george as and one professor of history at the university of florida he specializes in spain and has russian several books on spanish history and hes joining us via skype from Gainesville Florida mr as and while its great to have you with us on aljazeera as our correspondent mentioned there are so many questions lets try to address some of them just how quickly and how forcefully do you think the Central Government will try to impose direct role here. Thats a difficult question to answer with any accuracy because i think that theres supposed to be a series of deliberations that goes on in this vote which is. Which steps are measures will be taken precisely by the government and this is something again that if you knew too quickly and this very volatile atmosphere it could really produce a much worse outcome and one might so i think its its its really up to this fantasy government to step back a little bit and to get better a greater sense of the timeline here that might follow and how important is it for the Spanish Government that direct rule that its not going to be messy all violent you know given the brutality by spanish forces on the first of october around the referendum. You know thats a very good point to emphasize here which is you know the way in which its handled by the government which is seems to have been very heavy handed up to the moment or to the present in terms of how its dealt with this rogue behavior about cattle and government generally tut and so i think that at this point if the government continues to pressure. Or put you know hard pressure on the cadillacs this will redound negatively on the government and it might encourage other groups who would otherwise be some sympathetic to madrid government to actually turn against it for because they feel like its being mishandled we know that you have Regional Elections will be held now and cautioned when youre on the twenty first of december do we know though if the mom of his party if the pros secession Pro Independence parties in the coalition will they be allowed to contest the election. Thats another unknown as far as i can see i think that thats that will be. You know the test of the litmus test of what will happen now in terms of trying to main. Determine some sort of a democratic process or that could unfold that would satisfy both sides in this case and i think that thats you know since the whole independence declaration has been declared illegal by the Spanish Government would be very problematic for these these. Push them on and as groups to be represented in a new election so just so many on knowns then where to from here is there a compromise with both sides essentially backed into a corner. Ive been thinking about that and i mean it seems to me that the only way in which really spain can deal with this this and catalonia is to have some sort of an arbitration coming in and although that seems to be an unattractive alternative for the European Union and other nations who feel that this is a spanish affair and it and they need not be involved but the question is whether. Thats going to resolve this issue because i think that if both are very stubbornly opposed to the other side. Recommendations then theres never going to be any movement here and there will be strikes general strikes or sit ins or theyll be all kinds of disruption that neither catalonia nor spain itself could know absorb at this point because its going to be a very messy situation and just lastly mr as in line do you think the European Union has much of an appetite to mediate in whats going on they all stand in with spain for now. At the moment they see this in legal terms they feel that this violates the charters of the. European union and so therefore they feel its not anything new as long as catalonia as decided to take you know an extra Legal Process here in declaring independence so theyll have to be convinced that its in their best interests as well as those of the Spanish Government to get involved and perhaps thats what the next step will be the second one its great to get your thoughts on this george as a one joining us live from florida thank you ok thank you lets move on to other news now kenyas Election Commission is calling for calm as it counts votes cast in those days were paid to president ial election low voter turnout has further divided the country would just one in three people casting their ballots the home of the reports. Kenyas second president ial elections in three months what designed to bring along a coup money as political season two and. Then now doubts they may provide any closure off to what we witnessed was a very low voter turnout into our climate of fear and intimidation and in that political environment is difficult for an election to be considered credible with nearly all photos of Opposition Leader raila odinga heeding his call for a boycott. Victory is not in question but some are already questioning whether the lol tunnel to give president kenyatta a reasonable monday took up a major defeat at a thirty percent of the total voter turnout is a little over thirty percent who can yet i may have won but theres no way you can see a leader of you and form a government for all the. Voting on thursday was mobbed by skirmishes between police and stone throwing the position of supporters police used teargas and clad live ammunition and blanks into the air to disperse them the protesters were driving through this big grouping quickly how about the situation was calm elsewhere for voting in kimbo outside nairobi and other strongholds of president kenyatta. The election comes after weeks of political twists and tongues in the Central Business district of ny rule b. This through almost empty the kenyan economy slowed sharply they see as businesses have held back on investments until after the elections many kenyans say they want this crisis. Some even say the continued uncertainty is threatening their livelihoods when is the weve been stuck at home since wednesday the children went milk they want to eat and who else will provide for them yes we want a president if he wins and if youre sworn in its fine as long as we can continue to work and our children can have food and an education. For old election numerous resulting in a controversial route which many stayed away from the. It is the story of this president ial race there is hope it will have a happy ending but confidence is small talk have it all does it become. And catherine saw it in kisumu one of the four Opposition Strongholds where saturdays shared your version has now been canceled this comes as a huge relief for many people here who have been calling on the Electoral Commission to call off this election saying that the time is just not right its been very tense on thursday all day we were covering running battles between police and processed as dozens of people were injured several had gunshot wounds several died as well and the biggest problem really has been Electoral Commission officials just getting material safely to the various polling stations and also you know we so groups of young men who had set up roadblocks in different parts of kisumu saying that they will not allow any pile of materials to get to their destination so that has been a problem another problem has just been the Electoral Commission getting the employees to come to work these are people who leave here and theyve been citing security concerns people know them so that has been another problem the Electoral Commission itself has not set a new date for the election but i think its unlikely to happen between now and wednesday which is the final day to declare we know who very clearly is going to be who looking at a. Form day has become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal court that comes a year after boehner notified the United Nations secretarygeneral of its intention to leave the court that prosecutes the worlds worst atrocities how tough has this report from get tangled. Human Rights Groups say president p. N. Couldnt see this government is trying to avoid prosecution and protect individuals accused of Human Rights Violations in august a Un Commission of inquiry report said crimes against humanity including killings in situ of violence are still happening in burundi the government says the allegations are false and that the International Criminal court is deliberately targeting africans for prosecution in the this world there are some people think about it they come to let others on the. Route is to use the i. C. C. As a tool to the military commissions as they think that we are. Unfortunately for them we want to work we are very strong we are sovereign nations. Burundi has experienced Political Violence since april twenty fifth teen when president putin does announce plans to run for office for a third time after a crackdown by security opposition protests have largely disappeared some people who live in the have come back they say they want to start over but the United Nations says there are still four hundred thousand People Living as refugees in countries such as rwanda and uganda Opposition Leaders accuse the government of brandy of crimes against humanity including execution and torture when you see some vehicles circulating rebelde numberplate and you hear that some people are kidnapped weve people on board such kind of cars and some other times it is done in the big broad light and the government cannot explain. The European Union has renewed sanctions of some top government officials in the police and intelligence for another year but it is still finding humanitarian projects such as School Feeding schemes the International Court is boring these withdrawal will not affect its investigation. According to. The withdrawal not us. The jurisdiction of the. Tribes that i was in committed prior to the date where. And you know that there is. A case that has been ongoing since. And i see prosecutor we got the results of this for me. These Justice Minister and his leaving the i. C. C. Is an achievement other african countries a tried to leave in the past but it is the only one so far to follow through on the threat how to toss aljazeera uganda brandy we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including. Celebrations in south africa after two white men a sentence for an attack that highlighted racial abuse the son of africas longest serving leader a sentence for embezzling millions of public funds and in sports catalonia votes declare independence bob where will that leave the power house f. C. Barcelona peter has that story. The United Kingdom says military action should be considered against those who have carried out Chemical Attacks and servia it follows a u. N. Investigation that blames the Syrian Government for a sound gas attack on a problem which killed more than eighty people and conch a question mike hanna reports from the United Nations. The Security Council debate is about women peace and security but in coming days the chambers likely to become the scene of heated argument about the future of the joint investigative mechanism jim its annual mandate needs to be renewed before the seventeenth of next month the g. M. As it is quite frankly the best who we have it has been created by unanimous vote. It has demonstrated that it is highly professional. Impartial. So we have. To lets lets use it frankly collectively but the key the key priority now is to recreate consensus. I consider that we have the moral and political responsibility to succeed here in its latest report jim found the Syrian Government accountable for a sarin gas attack and it looked province earlier this year more than eighty civilians died many of them children the report says evidence gathered from eyewitnesses satellite imagery and mobile phone footage indicate the attack was carried out by Syrian Government aircraft and that samples of chemical compounds used in explosives lifted from the scene are identical to those found during an inspection of syrian bomb stocks bef