Jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the leader of the Iraqi Kurdish region is stepping down as he defends his controversial push for secession. Marching for unity hundreds of thousands of people rally in barcelona to protest against catalonia declaring independence. From canada to cabernet we examine the new growth industry and the lebanese. Qatars emir says the countries behind the gulf crisis are trying to force a change of leadership just to me been hammered out fanny was speaking to the u. S. Television Program Sixty minutes his countrys been living under a blockade almost five months since four arab states cut diplomatic and economic ties my kind of reports from washington. There was no sign of friction among gulf leaders when they met President Trump for his first foreign trip it was all smiles and a common pledge to combat terrorism in all its forms it less than two weeks later the blockade against cutter was launched much to the surprise of cutters shaikh bin. We were praising each other. Laughing with each other this cussing you know how to solve this terrorism that is a threat for the rest of the world they are making demands of you that you shut down aljazeera that you may given your word that youre not supporting any Islamist Groups are you going to meet these demands our sovereignty is a red line we dont accept anybody interfering in our sovereignty when you tell me to close a china like aljazeera history were right one day in fifty or sixty seventy years how it changed the whole idea of free speech in the region do you. I believe that they want regime change yes they one they want a regime change its obvious history as well tells us teaches us that they tried to do that before in one thousand nine hundred six after my father. Became the emir of qatar has denied any support for terrorism. Offered this explanation as to why the taliban was allowed to open an office in doha the reason why they came here its not because we asked them to come here because other people like the United States america United States wanted the taliban here they wanted to have dialogue so they asked us if we can host them here and have the dialogue so that we host of them here this is the reason why theyre here how what they say and we want to turn and believe me charlie we want to turn but nothing is going to be about our dignity our sovereignty what we want to turn i almost say that if they get no walk one meters towards me im willing to walk ten thousand miles towards them but maybe left to others to persuade those continuing the blockade to take that first step mike hanna aljazeera washington. Is an associate professor of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says the enemy is interview shows theres no softening of his countrys position. I think that certainly the emir was speaking directly to the American People going well beyond the government and Rex Tillerson in the secretary of state making the appeal to the American People that this is unjust and so on i think his claims about sovereignty which he made in an earlier interests over the summer are not new i think what he did show determination and the and the claim that this was about regime change which route which we all knew from the very beginning i think also is a toughening stance as it were all of us knew from the very beginning that the saudis and the emirates is behind these new directions would have loved to bring about regime change and in fact there might have been a military possibility in the first couple of days and they also miscalculated thinking that the qatari people would somehow rebel against their government after the ending of formal relations and so on none of that happened so this was about regime change but see here the emir say that it was a bit startling so i think this was a serious attempt to address the American People and also the kind of educated classes and so on and i think its also important to point out that in addition to his determination and his tough stance he did offer a leaf or a possibility as you mention with this claim that he said its said twice in the interview that hes willing to go ten thousand miles if they are willing to come one meter so in addition to determination there was also a claim that we are that qatar is moderate and reasonable and claim to find a reasonable solution to this crisis i mean all bahrains foreign minister is calling for qatar to be frozen out of the regional bloc the Gulf Cooperation Council khalid been ahmed on how the fed has tweeted that bahrain wont attend the upcoming g. C. C. Summit unless qatar meets the demands of behind and the three other blockading nations. The president of the Kurdish Regional government in iraq is stepping down barzani says he wont stand for reelection his term in office ends in just two days time he was the driving force behind last months controversial kurdish referendum on succession which the Iraqi Government dismissed as illegal from ed a bill to Stephanie Decker. An independent kurdistan was supposed to be his legacy and yet it seems to have led to his downfall a somber looking must do better than he finally addressed the people directly on sunday night after relative silence for weeks went on and. According to the law the presidency camp extended by the Parliament However i informed the parliament and i will not extend my term i will not accept any amendment in the law to extend my term as president. Supporters of the president gathered outside parliament they managed to get into its grounds despite the presence of riot police at the entrance opposition media was attacked and these men also asked around for the names of critical opposition m. P. s but it didnt disrupt parliament which after hours of talks approved the redistribution of president ial powers among the Government Parliament and the judiciary. After twelve years as president come wednesday by design he will take some more of a back seat he remains head of the k. G. B. Party and hell still lead the High Political Council a body created to deal with the post referendum phase and he said he will remain what he called the highest rank of references to the peshmerga featured heavily in his televised address last saturday. In the fight against. Great bravery the people of kurdistan short of defending spirit the International Community came here admire the role of the peshmerga the people of kurdistan but unfortunately at the time they had to show action they all went back to their own interests and all the principles disappeared you also referenced a kurdish proverb saying again we realize that the kurds only have the mountains as our friends but you also mentioned the betrayal over losing her cook in reference to fellow kurds in an Opposition Party at the end of his address present must food but is that the kurds to be unified theyve always been internal divisions here but the aftermath of that controversial referendum seems to have widened those cracks in kurdish unity could perhaps be the biggest challenge in the short term Stephanie Decker aljazeera. Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in barcelona calling for spain to stay united the protesters say they are the silent majority who dont support castle and his bid for independence some were even demanding the arrest of the sacked. Under simmons reports. Two days after the vote to break from spain and for anyone who wondered how strongly those opposed to the move feel then is the answer. I think cool for the jailing of karlas police drama and they describe themselves as the silent majority you couldnt find silence in the center of barcelona this sunday in sound square the seat of power for a Regional Government has been sacked by the state it was tense and a small number of pro unionists pushed against barriers in front of the Government Palace overall it was a peaceful protest though the crowds cheering the Spanish NationalPolice Helicopters that provoked anger when overflying procession demonstrations for those who say that the loonier should stay in spain this day belongs to them a sign for my age range of people here whats striking about it is the number of people who are actually demonstrating for the first time this is a family day out louisa column a and two of her daughters were reticent about its a bit weird to think see a spanish flag out like you wouldnt normally do this a people would literally in the street be i watch out whatever and i play you know i dont know like i wouldnt feel comfortable doing it because of the guards m. P. But they tend to be quite like the kind of hate crimes people sometimes a mother says unionists on not extremists regardless people theyre not rights the right were not fascist im never in the social splits it would be maybe two generations three generations. In. Neighborhood nearby some of the session campaigners are working out their next moves and the mood isnt celebrated. This man says the movement is losing momentum because the Regional Government is spending a weekend doing little while the madrid government makes all the moves and he isnt alone we have confidence in our president. But its very difficult Vice President that is very difficult for us to understand and seem very minor. Most of the campaigners here say they are prepared to defend public buildings if the police try to arrest politicians with institutions all returning to work on monday their plans could soon be put to the test and do symons aljazeera barcelona a seventh round of talks on syrias ongoing war is due to begin in kazakhstans capital in the coming hours last time deescalation zones were agreed on in certain areas but since then theres been renewed fighting human can reports from a stunner. So the flags out for the various delegations are going to be arriving here in stana on monday and choose a for the seventh round of talks now the sixth round of talks took place in september where there was a major breakthrough for deescalation zones agreed upon within syria and places like the taqiyya homes and lives now those deescalation zones have worked to some degree say the russians the iranians and the turks with a guarantee guarantor story of those deescalation zones however others say that clashes have taken place now the russians say that theyve been fighting groups like hates t s a crawl a sham and isis fighters now the observers have said actually civilians have been caught in the middle of those clashes now and the next couple of days we are going to see talks taking place between those three guarantor countries russia turkey and iran are also going to be seeing talks take place with the Syrian Opposition and with representatives of the Syrian Government also here are the United Nations and the United States now thats going to be interesting because Rex Tillerson has in the last few days the secretary of state said that he wants to see independent verifiable elections take place within syria but he doesnt see a role for the assad family doesnt see the outside family having a political role of any kind in syria so thats going to be an interesting conversation theyll take place between the americans and the syrians if they actually do sit down and talk so a lot of talking going on in the next couple of days lets see what happens but its likely that were going to see some sort of movement on these deescalation zones where they extend the deadline for the deescalation zones to last longer than the current six months while an agreement on establishing the escalation zones in syria was signed by russia turkey and iran back in may the deal laid out the areas where rebels and Government Forces should stop hostilities. Airstrikes for six months one includes italy province as well as northeastern parts of the takia Western Areas of aleppo province and northern parts of hama more than one Million People live there. In northern Homs Province forms part two of. Eastern ghouta northern damascus countryside is home to about six hundred ninety thousand people thats part of zone three the rebel controlled south along the border with jordan which includes parts of the. Provinces are in for. Denounces the russia investigation as. Speculation builds the first arrest could come as early as monday. The Global Online campaign against Sexual Harassment hits the streets in france stay with us. By the time. Howlers bit of wet and windy weather on its way across the eastern med to the levant at the moment the most active stuff from satellite is up over turkey heading towards the caucasus but ahead of it the winds already picking up and forecast for as were knocking temperatures back to the low twentys the cloud will pick up you know if i was forced to reign in passing showers which may well get as far north as the far north of iraq in the next day or so but mostly concentrated the moment still thirty the north twenty nine degrees is the forecast in baghdad but going to get to choose day for that thirty two down in kuwait has been a bit of a drop but two rounds hang on that was to see the sunshine through art iran which is still true throughout the Arabian Peninsula but temperatures still low to mid thirtys on this side low to high thirtys further west but nothing hitting forty youll know shes been on shore breeze in means increase unity in salalah maybe a bit more cloud even the potential for a shower running off the horn of africa is a facet of yemen but most of the rain in africa is concentrated still in the tropics and thats killing dions here and go in botswana its tailed off in the eastern side of south africa and mozambique where recently weve seen wet weather but it looks for the next two days it will be ready to speaking dry and warm. The weather sponsored by. News has never been more available its a constant barrage every day but the message is simplistic you have. Good rational. Crazy months and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on aljazeera qatars emir has told a u. S. Television Program Sixty minutes that the countries behind the gulf crisis want regime change his countrys been living under a blockade almost five months after for our countrys cup ties in june he says he never saw it coming. The president of the Kurdish Regional government in iraq is stepping down. Was the driving force behind last months referendum to secede from Iraq Parliament voted to distribute his powers between itself the government and the judicial. And hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in barcelona spain to stay united is the biggest show of force yet from the socalled silent majority who dont support catalonia his bid for independence some are even the modern day arrest of the such leader. Kenyas Opposition Leader has branded the president ial election a rerun a sham and call for a new poll within ninety days. Church leaders and supporters in the capital as a country remains in political limbo. Well the poll was marred by violence and a low turnout of just forty three percent mamadou as more from nairobi. Theres little doubt present a hook in yachties headed for lunch slide when after thousands election was boycotted by the opposition parties shrunken electoral mandate due to a timeout continues to tarnish the credibility of a process that has deeply polarized this nation. Opposition leader a loading case leading the company to discredit that. I think. Is a bizarre it is. I think really no elections no one. You know kind of the turnout. Because you know from the record of. The kim skits we had then different people voted. Three point five Million People. But is printed in so called an actual. Custody. Was on the bottle of and boy declared that he will play no part in the run up to the repeat tell action but didnt get demand of the Electoral Commission make reforms that he believed necessary to avoid previous mistakes that did not happen the Election Commission has promised to announce so one voltage will take place in twenty five constituencies and was then kenya where Security Fears and violence prevented polling from taking place with voting incomplete its unclear whether the commission would wait or declare victory. Its violence between cannot time rain a supposed is the cost most kenyans consigned in nairobi scalding water slum members of canal to. Stand over the remains of their houses and shops of time i took clashes with the biggest supporters. Both sides were armed with machetes my voice and other crude weapons whats taught that the violence is disputed with each side blaming the other yet wolf like knowledge the thing is its a place its pods Kenyas Deputy president says theyre willing to hold conditional talks with all positions we cannot engage in any discussion outside the league and from work on the constitutional provisions that fix to change these or not we believe in dangerous situations of our country. Police are also accused of brutali