A lower intake of this is the news hour live from london coming up. Sacked kaplan lead a callus bridge to mon calls for peaceful opposition to direct rule from madrid. Claims responsibility for deadly car bomb attacks in the capital mogadishu. The future of iraq of kurdistan me to me seems uncertain as reports surface to step down. Im Tatiana Sanchez in doha with the latest sports news including and ill be Houston Astros first baseman curial of voids world series suspension but the keep in the still facing punishment in twenty eighteen over of racial gesture of all the details later. We begin in spain where the worst political crisis in four decades shows no signs of ending catalonia as deposed leader countless bridge damone is calling for a peaceful democratic opposition to madrid takeover of the region on friday but the Spanish Government assists new regional polls will go ahead in december how does it was under simmons reports from barcelona. Theyre singing long live spain this the response to the breakaway declaration from barcelona on friday the demonstrators are unionists government supporters in madrid waving spanish flags. That i am cattle i am spanish and it is a moment in which we need to be more united be brave and to do something definitive. As the demonstrators in madrid called for the jailing of the Catalan Leader colors pushed him all he was freely Walking Around his home city of jerome surrounded by supporters and media the prosecutor general is set to announce charges. Pushed him or made a t. V. Address to catalans calling for peaceful support. It is clear to us that the best way to defend what we have achieved so far its to have a democratic opposition to article one five five this is the response to the deliberate action against catalans who have for many centuries felt different we have to overcome any threats and to act in a civil and peaceful manner. For those watching in barcelona there seem to be as many doubters as supporters. And i dont agree with making unilateral declaration because in the end even if the people who participated in october the first have moral legitimacy they dont have legal that say here at the seat of power the palace or the general attacked it was unclear who was really in control one secession activists said large numbers of students had contingency plans to guard the building it would have to to defend. The people in the street. That the police not be able to arrest the president right now the Spanish National flag still flies here unlike the city of jerome where pushed him on his spending the weekend it was unceremoniously lowered and it pleased a lot of people but you know im not afraid of independence because this is what we wanted and were behaving according to our politicians are leading us down the right path. In my opinion ive never felt spanish ive always had a catalan identity and so i felt very excited and at the same time worried what events may come next which may be complicated and hard. Back here in barcelona the Government Palace is guarded by mosses the Regional Police force its commander. Trip arrow who is already on a charge of the dish and has now been sacked along with a director above him officers have been warned they have to be neutral were hearing now that some ministers of have Police Protection withdraw have pushed him on his head of security reduced should he returned to his office here its possible he could be arrested and its very likely that his supporters will come to his defense and do some of those aljazeera us alone. But discuss this further im joined by nina shaikh whos a political commentator at the Consultancy Company hanbury strategy thanks for being with us on the issue of the new Regional Elections if they do go ahead as planned in december how likely is it you think that the support for Catalan Independence will have softened or do you think it will harden in that time what would you expect poll suggest that if the Regional Elections go ahead on december twenty first that the parliament will return with largely the same make up as now the Regional Parliament that is so slightly in favor of independence but not by a huge majority its worth remembering that when that vote was taken to unilaterally declare independence a lot of the m. P. s that actually walked out of the hundred thirty five seats chamber theyd only passed by seventy so i think the region will be divided as it is now but that also depends on madrids reaction if it is indeed very heavy handed you could see support for independence skyrocket in the region what about all this in the kind of european context or the concept of the European Union more specifically what kind of role do you think the e. U. Might have in the run up to that election or in the next few months if any role at all. Well its unsurprising that the e. U. And indeed the rest of the world has not recognize this as a valid declaration of independence of course the e. U. Will back madrid in this because the referendum was called illegally there was no legal basis for independence to be called and i think the role that the e. U. Will play is largely one of mediator but of course the e. U. Has to be very very careful because this is indeed a domestic issue one that is pertaining to the sovereignty of spain so that you cannot be seen as meddling too far in the National Affairs of the domestic of a sovereign member state i suppose they some would argue though that its in parts of disillusionment with centralized control whether it be from madrid all kind of dissolution with European Union kind of control that people vote in these kind of ways did you think that the european you need to learn lessons from the weathers all panned out in catalonia that is indeed an argument that has been made ever since the referendum was called an independence was declared unilaterally however i would urge against drawing too fast and narrative across the Political Trends that you see not only in the European Union but across much of the western world of course if you look at whats happening in spain this is largely to do with long running tensions between madrid and the region of catalonia and indeed in the cattle and Independence Movement they dont want to leave the e. U. They still want to be part of the e. U. Of course you see a lot of these regional kind of break will be in origin just as they say that you want one part of the e. U. But the make clear that if they are independent and they wont be part of the. Well that is because obviously the e. U. Is an institution that has to follow rules and legal obligations spain is a member state of the e. U. And in order for any new member to join the e. U. There is thirty five chapters of the session and each member state has a veto so theres no no feasible way that catalonia could rejoin the e. U. Because spain would obviously veto it and if it were to try and rejoin it would have to first of all gain independence in a legal manner so if these Regional Elections are held on the twenty first of december it would perhaps be wise of madrid to consider holding a referendum but a legal one and then i suppose that madrid would then hope that the kind of silent majority as they like to say in catalonia the fifty seven percent who didnt turn out to vote in that referendum on the first of october would come and sway potentially the vote to ward staying in until its clear that that you cannot cannot accept catalonia as a member state aid because spain would rito it and be not if it unilaterally declare its independence without any legal basis and given that weve also got brics it looming what do you think the prospects for stability in the e. U. Are well clearly the e. U. Being a bloc of twenty eight soon to be twenty seven Member States has a lot of problems across many of the Member States but. I mean and this will continue to be the case but i think that if anything the breath of vote has actually seen support for the e. U. Increase across the other Member States but i think the bigger problem will be domestic problems within different Member States whether thats in the eastern bloc or now indeed in spain and of course bracks it actually means for the bracks that negotiations that the e. U. Will probably have less time to spend on the negotiations because theyll have so many other issues that theyre trying to deal with thank you very much indeed for your for thank you you thank. Government have forced their way into a hotel and taken hostage hostages in the somalian capital mogadishu the president had been due to hold a meeting that at least nineteen people have died in the attack which began with two car bomb explosions ahmed are reports from neighboring kenya. This is the target of the first explosion. To kill tell a story throw away from the president ial palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast of hot across the city at least three heavily armed fighters then stormed into the hotel shooting anyone in sight im going to. I was driving a took to the front of the hotel i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i dont know where two of my clients have gone i dont know if theyre dead or alive but i saw four dead bodies. The two is popular with somali members of parliament and other government officials the hotel was also the venue of a meeting between the somali president mohammed of the life of the module and the leaders of somalias five regional states. The second car bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the heart of the city and the security. Expected alshabaab fights us to cut out such brazen out talks in mogadishu so soon after the recent mustve truck bombing the last in somalias history that evidence of the city are still coming to toms with the top two weeks ago which left three hundred fifty eight people dead four hundred injured and another five to six. Alshabaab was a victim from the couple in two thousand and eleven it has maintained its control in many rural areas of central and Southern Somalia since then the group was prevented resilient able to that place commandos and fight is killed by u. S. Strikes and in fighting with Somali Forces and African Union peacekeeping. Flights as recently gained control of several areas outside mogadishu including but even a strategic town forty five kilometers from the capital government Officials Say preventing attacks and look at issues proving the haida districts that only the cup it will fall to. One. Of the well it will become. The leader of iraqs kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his president ial term past november the First Parliament is due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by Masoud Barzani facing mounting pressure to quit ruling supremacy controversial secession referendum Iraqi Government opposed the vote calling it unconstitutional Stephanie Decker has more from abbi you there hasnt been an official announcement but certainly according to sources in kurdish media it seems that present Massoud Barzani has sent a letter to parliament where he says he will launch be seeking an extension of his president ial term now this is expected to be debated in parliament on sunday what it means basically his term would have ended november the first technically legally his term as president expired in two thousand and fifteen now elections are supposed to been held november first present result he has always said he would not have run in these elections have now been postponed for another eight months time its complicated but the Bigger Picture is certainly significant once we hear an announcement that he will not be extending his term he will no longer be president this is a man whos run this country for twelve years he fought for this country and of course he was behind this controversial referendum against the advice even of his allies and the backlash that we have seen here too that has been incredibly unexpected people here absolutely shocked about what has gone on and what continues to go on so certainly it will be a significant announcement it is what we expect but again we havent had the official announcement as of yet. Unofficial results from kenyas president ial Election Rerun suggest president who can yet or has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote this mandate appears to be weak with turnout estimated to be less than thirty five percent and opposition supporters largely boycotting the vote coming to miller has more from the capital nairobi. This is all thats left of these businesses and homes in cologne west of nairobi they were burned down by protesters throwing petrol bombs. Event as one guy worked here he says they knew the attack was coming but they couldnt stop it he says the attacks a based on ethnicity often targeting people who have voted on friday one man was beaten to death here. Demonstrations have followed thursdays president ial rerun which was boycotted by the opposition and the areas which are Opposition Strongholds are bearing the brunt of it. Mary oma a mother of two says it was peaceful until now she spent the night out on the street scared she and her children would be burnt in their home. While mom had to go on what we as women are so angry because we slipped outside our kids were scared they were even storms being thrown one just missed my sons i you can imagine tear gas being thrown and i have children we heard more of the same from other People Living here. Talk quickly turned to the political tensions they say they dont want a president to. To stay in office while just a third of voters turned out results of the president ial rerun so far indicates that kenyatta has more than a seven million votes and many in this area are angry its not easy moving around this area groups of protesters are blocking roads ready to stop anyone they dont want to round stops are closed some boarded up their owners here theyll be looted there are Many Police Officers patrolling the area but many here say they dont feel protected police are accused of using Excessive Force when dispersing protesters human Rights Groups say theyve killed between fifty and sixty people following the election sometimes the rich. Fire tear gas canisters a lot closer towards there also goes to die because police are crowded knowledge of what a storms interest theres a. House to house up on its own sometimes getting divorced. Pulling people out but diplomats and getting them. The police say theyre trying to stop the violent protests and criminals a reality for many years those trying to survive a political battle being fought on the streets for me to aljazeera column wire in nairobi coming up on the news hour for us to vent secretary warns the threat of a Nuclear Missile attack by north korea is escalating. Speculation grows as the first charges are filed into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen us president ial election. And is a record breaking night at the under seventeen world cup in india tatyana will have all those details measures for. Hunger in the democratic republic of congo has soared in the last year leaving seven point seven Million People in urgent need of food aid in the more than three Million People thats one quarter of the population are going hungry and need urgent assistance an internal power struggle there has given way to tribal violence thats also left thousands dead since august twenty sixth. When more than a Million People displaced and theres been an alarming thirty percent rise over the past year in acute malnutrition in the region the World Food Program says it needs twenty seven Million Dollars to support its work from september to december twenty seventh teen in the executive director of the uns World Food ProgramDavid Beasley is in the r. C. On a four day mission he spoke to us about the situation from goma in the east of the country. The bottom line is we need money and we need money fast we literally are talking about in just the cost side region of three point two Million People that are dearly malnourished i mean its bad as bad as it gets literally hundreds of thousands of children if we dont receive funds and food and exist immediately will die over the next couple of months now in the p. R. C. Alone you have seven point seven Million People severely food insecure but almost half of that is in the region all because of nothing but man made conflict it is wrong its on the septa bill this is a country b. International community has spent billions in and to continue to have this type of mismanagement in government and corruption and conflict is absolutely unacceptable from the International Community and were doing everything we can to see innocent victims of conflict then you have thousands upon thousands that are hiding in the forest there heidi you know and you have militia you have rebels also in the bush if i just in the past couple days our team we weve got