Say that this is al jazeera live from coming up in a u. S. Television interview. To resolve the crisis dividing the gulf state and its neighbors. The leader of the Iraqi Kurdish region is stepping down as he defends his controversial push for secession plus. Im reporting on the remarkable. Scene in britain. And the control its causing by its ability to take down trees and to change whole landscape. Spains top prosecutor is expected to seek rebellion charges against those responsible for a vote that led to catalonia declaring independence many have called for the arrest of sacked catalan leader. And other officials on sunday hundreds of thousands of people rallied in barcelona calling for a united spain under sentence 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. And they describe themselves as the silent majority you couldnt find silence in the center of barcelona this sunday in. The seat of power for a Regional Government thats been sacked by the state it was tense and a small number of pro unionists pushed against barriers in front of the government. Overall it was a peaceful protest though. The crowds cheering the Spanish NationalPolice Helicopters that provoked anger win over flying procession demonstrations for those who say catalonia should stay in spain this they belong to them aside from the 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. Six years banished out like you wouldnt normally do this people would literally in the street. Fighter whatever and i dont know what like i wouldnt feel comfortable doing it because of that. To be quite. The kind of hate kind of people sometimes a mother says unionists are not extremists they are left people they are not right we are not fascist im never in the social splits it will be maybe two generations three generations. In a 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 and in. But its very difficult Vice President him care us but its very difficult for us to understand read seem very mind. Most of the campaigners here say theyre 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. Andrew simmons joins us now live from barcelona under one of the key tests to look for today is simply who shows up for work at Public Administration buildings and what they do. Thats right so i may well thats the doorway thats the key to it all the doorway to the Government Palace and you can be sure that there are many police behind it and were told that colors pushed him on will not be allowed in should he show up and were also hearing that Sainz Santamaria the deputy Prime Minister who has been delegated the role of basically running got the lumia has in turn delegated one of the inner circle a man called. Castro more to actually take over and more or less run with a direct line to madrid in this building the catalonia region so right now theres been tension building all the way through the weekend very little in the way of anything substantial from the the the the government what was the Regional Government here and is still. Making defiant sorts of messages under the cover so to speak because nothing publicly is being said thats untoward in the sense of stirring up any form of a violent action but what we are seeing is really a lot of you could call it dissent amongst the neighborhood committees the citizens who are demanding that they move forward rather than stay still so you have this dilemma right now of government ministers and special advisers all of whom have been sacked there are one hundred fourteen advisers and representatives from overseas people who are on short term or long Term Contracts not starve Civil Servants one hundred forty of them fired so basically what madrid is doing is cutting out all possible parts of the machinery of government that was in place here and that made that very defiant declaration of secession. Another key thing to watch out for what starts national and Regional Police take. Well thats an interesting one he was one of the first things the first sacking was of the police chief of lawsuits which is the Regional Police force seventeen thousand officers. We understand from our source who is a former most use officer has actually been put in the front line so to speak more suse is responsible for the security around the government building it is also tasked with dealing with any public disorder is that the Spanish National police in the background all the time here in very large numbers it has to be said so the whole thing could escalate quickly if that was to take if there was some resistance from us is to do what there were ordered to do because they did actually act rather controversially as far as madrid is concerned joining the october the first referendum which was to play it illegal if they stood between the people and the Spanish National police but what were really going to see possibly is an attempt to try to do this without any violence on either side because on the one on the one hand the leadership of the regional leadership here dont want perhaps dont want a confrontation theyve said categorically they want a peaceful pressure to be put on the madrid government which they accuse of being or for tarion and breaking the law both sides claim they broke the law so you have pushed a ball now with a lot of legal advice over the weekend preparing to hear what sort of charges he will face and we understand that the charge affected charge which means rebellion is a serious charge and could mean jail and then theres another alternative charge which could be sedition which we we are unclear how that will go in the madrid courts but were also going to hear from the Constitutional Court sometime on monday as as far. What were hearing from from pushed on himself well hes put a tweet out the football match between a juror and real madrid which went to one injury in his favor he said the victory of juror c. Is one of the biggest against one of the biggest teams in the world is a referent for this for many more situations a clear attempt to actually compare it with the struggle that hes engaged in right now all right thanks so much under symons there now the seventh round of talks aimed at ending syrias six year war is getting underway in the kazak capital i stand or the meeting is expected to call for a cease fire between Government Forces and rebel groups for at least six months the clearance of mines prisoner swaps and the release of hostages are also on the agenda the talks are sponsored by iran and russia which support the Syrian Government and turkey which backs the rebels run car and joins us now live from a style are they going to also talk about those deescalation zones which direction are they the powers the estancia powers and we can call them that expected to head on that. Well the delegations have arrived here and theyre clearly talking about those deescalation zones now they actually happened at the sixth round of talks in september they were seen as a major breakthrough theyve happened in four separate areas which include adlib homes and taqiyya and theyre seen as being very crucial these deescalation zones are being guaranteed by three main powers thats iran russia and turkey now the Syrian Opposition far from unified has had some problems with the fact that turkey and iran are involved they say that these the escalation zones have seen violent clashes take place and civilians have been affected the russians have said actually what were doing is going after groups like. Cher and i saw fighters in those areas that were not attacking civilians now these are closed door talks that are happening today on monday they very much technical talks about who takes what role and what happens now the main focus is on the deescalation zones what role turkey will take what role iran will take and what role russia will take whether these escalate deescalation zones will be extended by another six months they currently do to run for six months also they are going to be talking as you said about prisoner swaps about also bringing in independent observers to the star on a talks process which will allow for much more transparency say the russians now this is being discussed as i say behind closed doors right now but there are delegations here from both the u. S. And the United Nations from the Syrian Opposition from the Syrian Government and from those three guarantor countries so a lot of talking going on a lot of technical talks going on today of talking going on will come back to later see where all heads thanks so much for now im wrong com. Myriads rated the importance of safeguarding his countrys sovereignty but also his commitment to dialogue to resolve the gulf diplomatic crisis shaped i mean been. To the Us TelevisionProgram Sixty minutes culture its been under a blockade for almost five months after saudi arabia the u. A. E. Behind and the gypsy cut diplomatic and trade ties mike hanna reports from washington d. C. There was no sign of friction among gulf leaders when they met President Trump on 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 carters emir shaikh been. 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 give them your word that youre not supporting in islamic 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 believe that they want regime change yes they won they want a regime change its just so 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 with this in and we want to turn and. Believe me charlie we want to turn but nothing is going to be about our dignity our sovereignty but we want to and i almost say that if they go walk one meters toward 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 death my cannot aljazeera washington or bahrains foreign minister is calling for qatar to be frozen out of the regional bloc the Gulf Cooperation Council highly been akhmed has tweeted bahrain wont attend the upcoming g. C. C. Summit unless carter meets the demands of the blockading nations. Small still ahead on aljazeera trump denounces the Russian Investigation as a witch to speculation builds the first arrests could come as early as monday. Hello sunday was not a quiet day for germany and austria as the winds screamed dancer it pushing or following this cloud down now thats cold air thats coming down as a cold front and the be a big change in the weather throughout most of central and Eastern Europe so overnight because snow for the top is just to prove the confidence of the air then it gets clear temperatures will reveal whats the difference is vienna is next is nine book rest ten anchor eleven is to hang on to the twentys just about in italy and ingrates for that wont necessarily last the center of the storm but this time its more as of east and better tension stocker best for londons down to twelve still run about twenty one in madrid youll notice in this part of europe if anything is going to get away with it and not change very much but were still at nine in vienna or nine in berlin a slightly lower wind speed on tuesday suns out but definitely feels like a change in the character so you know its happening of a europe that were going to screamed out of the gene for a while and its already knocked him for his back to the max and temperature likely in tripoli all mondays twenty five three twenty two in benghazi even cairo is not back below thirty the breeze will ease but the still cloud around and temperatures are going to recover. Partnership. Youre watching out this year i reminded our of our top stories spains top prosecutor is expected to seek rebellion charges against those responsible for a vote that led to catalonia declaring independence many have called for the arrest of sacked catherine leader colors huge demand. The seventh round of talks aimed at resolving syrias war has begun in the kazak capital i stana that meeting is expected to call for a cease fire between Government Forces and rebel groups for at least six months the clearance of land mines and prisoner swaps are also on the agenda carters amir says he wants to resolve the gulf diplomatic crisis as long as there has sovereignty is respected shake to mean but he spoke to the Us TelevisionProgram Sixty minutes present has been under a blockade from most five months after saudi arabia the u. A. E. Behind and egypt cut diplomatic and trade ties. The president of iraqs kurdish region is stepping down lets turn ends in two days and he wont be standing for reelection he was the driving force behind last months controversial kurdish referendum months the section which triggered a regional crisis from out of bill Stephanie Decker reports. An independent kurdistan was supposed to be his legacy and yet it seems to have led to his downfall a somber looking message better than he finally addressed the people directly on sunday night after relative silence for weeks when 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 lot 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 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 he 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. Kenyas Opposition Leader has branded the president ial Election Rerun a sham and called for a new poll within three months by loading Church Leaders and supporters in the capital nairobi on sunday as the country remains in political limbo the poll was marred by violence and a low turnout of just forty three percent mohamed atta has more from nairobi. Theres little doubt president to hook headed for lunch slide when after thousands election was point quoted by the opposition but his shrunken electrum monday to you to a time out continues to tarnish the credibility of a process that has deeply polarized this nation. Opposition leader raila odinga is leading the company to discredit that. I think. Is the best way to describe. I think really no elections no one. Y