Hello again my names peter w. Watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. This was an act of terror. And a particularly cowardly act of terror after a truck plows into pedestrians in manhattan the white house calls for tougher immigration rules. That. A catalan minister returns home from belgium chants of traitor from protesters. An order to ban religious teaching at a school leads to a rare public protest in the northeast african nation of eritrea. For the second Straight Year the world series is going down to a Decisive Game seven the l. A. Dodgers winning game six three wanted to level the series with the houston. The u. S. President donald trump has criticized the countrys visa system for an immigrant from a star who was arrested in connection with an attack in new york eight people were killed and eleven was seriously injured when a pickup truck drove into a cycle lane in manhattan the police are describing the incident as terrorism and twenty nine year old suspect was shot by police and is now being treated in the hospital kristen salumi joins us live now from new york kristin how is the investigation shaping up. Well peter police and federal investigators have been investigating through the night not only at the crime scene which extends for some fourteen city blocks behind me on the west side of manhattan but also in new jersey where the suspect twenty nine year old. Is believed to have been living now this is of course where the deadly attack took place here we are getting some new information this morning from the governor of new york. He says that they do believe that this man was affiliated with. They found a note in the van that was used that was a rental vehicle that was used to strike at austrians on this busy stretch of manhattan street and bike path they say that they believe he was radicalized after he came to the United States in two thousand and ten he was an immigrant a legal immigrant from his back a step. They say at this point they have no evidence of a larger plots or associates here in the United States that may have been planning other attacks or something bigger he may have acted on his own they dont have any direct. Contact with ice all that theyre talking about at this stage but of course the governor stresses that the investigation is in its very very early stages and we can see from the Police Presence here that its continuing full force ahead what do we make of the political questions and the fallout that. Well youve heard president. Tweeting about the attack hes calling for changes to the United States immigration system he. Has to seize on a fact that was brought up in local media here in new york with reports that. Came to the United States through a Diversity Visa Program we have not confirmed that through any investigative authorities at this point this one network in new york has reported this and President Trump has cited that fact and called for stricter immigration laws getting rid of the Diversity Lottery Visa Program going to a more merit based system this of course is in line with the president s agenda he has called for tougher immigration policies from the beginning but now seizing on this incident here in new york this and the terrible do. These people to promote this immigration agenda but this individual person was reportedly in possession of a u. S. Passport he came from a country that is not what the president would like to see as a robust list of countries from which people cannot get entry easily into the u. S. So how would more extreme vetting have stopped this kind of attack if this kind of attack is ever repeated. Thats the question many are asking it was a Legal Process we heard from the governor that the radicalization happened here in the United States how they know that we dont know but thats what authorities are going on at this stage so what changes could have caught him in prevented him from coming into this country the president isnt saying but we know that this is a point that he sees on again and again in an attempt to appeal to fear in the United States and to give a message of strength and resilience and you know were not going to take this anymore this is part of what got him elected theres been a lot of backlash against that as well its been very controversial with many of his attempts to limit immigration being struck down by the courts so. Typical fashion the president isnt getting a lot of details about how it would have made a difference but seizing on the moment to. Kristen thanks very much. Iraq is working to take control of a key Border Crossing into turkey from the Kurdish Regional government the crossing is located within the official boundaries of the semi autonomous kurdish region of Northern Iraq on tuesday Iraqi Military chiefs visited the turkey side of the border stephanie has more now from that Border Crossing. Its business as usual here at the abraham Border Crossing this is iraqs Border Crossing with turkey its administered by the k r g its been administered by them since two thousand and three can see trucks coming and going a lot of rumors and choose a that this Border Crossing had been handed over to the iraq hes by the kurds and at the moment that has still not happened but it is going to happen in just a matter of when we had the iraqi chief of ministry stoff here on choosing also visiting just a little further along the fish Border Crossing with syria and iraq baghdad has made it very clear that its going to take federal control back of all these Border Crossings that the k r g administers and these are not in disputed territory so it is certainly a huge reversal of fortune for the kurds it also means for anyone who used to visit the k r g they didnt need iraq would be those that get a visa on arrival from the carriage you will that is going to change it could take time there are talks going on but iraqi Prime Minister has made it very clear there will be no joint administration of these borders will be run by the iraqis that in the referendum the results need to be an old before any sort of political talks could take place between both sides going forward. Lets turn now to hes a lecturer in middle east politics and the director of undergraduate studies at the university of brantford he joins us on skype from the city of leeds option shiny the borders not actually being closed that just bring in question strict visa system so whats the point. The point is that the rocky government tries to send the message to the kurdish authorities and will that from now on the Central Government in baghdad is going to expand its control all the territories and the front years which until a few days ago were under their control or. The iraqi. Government so as well as having some serious Practical Implications for for their government of course to start in iraq it also has some very important symbol huge implications and when you think about it if you will looking at the situation if you will looking at the situation in iraq about three months ago look that actually did mean beneficiary there were not be transitioned you have been experiencing in the country since two thousand and three since the invasion of the United States has been part of the Iraqi Kurdistan because they managed to maintain more or less a stable economy which was developing they had all of their frontiers and their part of the this is then and now in demand to have if you weeks one by one controlling dave using. These privileges the original referendum the session this referendum was supposed to draw a line or it was supposed to be the beginnings of the process of drawing a line under this abrasive relationship between the kurdish region and the Central Government in baghdad would i be right in assuming here that its actually cause more problems than given us solutions. This was probably the biggest gamble that mr barretts only ever took in his political career and hes already paying a. Price and i would say. This sign is all or also hes paying a big price for data political calculation because not only people respond could not be independent or even get close to it what do also using a lot of privileges that they had you know until very recently obviously the iraq government has lost the sense of trust and with with the go this was are at peace. And as obviously there are more tools than negotiations going on what id be much doubt if if were going to see carlos going back to normality any time soon at least in the near future was part of that calculation on the part of mr barzani i mean high risk stuff for sure i mean if you go back to the very early ninetys that the people from the kurdish region were told to rise up they rose up they didnt get any support fast forward to now mr barzani says look i can lead you on a path to independence he marches his people up to the top of the hill and it doesnt happen. Yes absolutely because even when you think about it from the. Sunni College Areas according to International Law which can justify the creation of a state you need to have a defined territory you need to define population and more importantly you need to have the recognition from the International Community maybe we could argue that mr barzani had the first two car a terrier but when it comes to the third car in syria which is the recognition by the International Community obviously there was a lot of gaps and missed the boat only knew about these mr burns and he was absolutely sure the iraqi Central Government the turkish authorities the iranian authorities even the american authorities would not actually recognize the new independent kurdistan and despite the fact that he knew that there will be serious repercussions and consequences both from the region and from the wind that will these he still went along with that a friend of mine of course one would have a lot of sympathy for for that going to people who want to realize their long term dream of creation of an independent nation state but in this current climate in this current climate. Obviously in my opinion it was a very deep gamble which did not pay off about ten days ago maybe twelve days ago when those iraqi forces started surrounding initially the Oil Installations in bill we were carrying the pictures of hundreds perhaps thousands of people trying to get out of that area we interviewed various Government People from baghdad and their line was they are iraqis and they can also be kurds at the same time do the kurds now have to have to accept yes were kurds and we are iraqis. Although you know this is a very complicated problem because as you know since nine hundred ninety one in some of the schools in the iraqi people its not even arabic and has not been taught a lot or for people who are living in Iraqi Kurdistan even dont speak arabic which is one of the official languages also. In awe campaign obviously if youre talking about ideas you think you shouldnt be if youre talking about political identity boss majority of the kurds who live in that part of iraq and she dont identify with the idea of iraqi nation state but when it comes to the illegality when it comes to the political reality. The turkish authorities are right because as far as the law is concerned as far as the constitution is concerned people who live in Iraqi Kurdistan are iraqi and at the same time. As ever great to talk to thanks very much i threatened. Human Rights Groups are accusing the police in kenya of using Excessive Force against protesters following last weeks president ial Election Rerun at least six people were killed and dozens were injured in the violence the president ordered kenyatta was declared the winner but many opposition supporters boycotted the election in an exclusive interview with aljazeera the Opposition Leader raila odinga says he will not stop until kenyatta is out of office. I think that movement is very Relevant Movement because it does for the dressing to sions the. Kenya. As a Political Group just being done to you i dont lost faith and confidence in that you know with the people from guessing what is the buzz i do categorize to go on is. That what is contained in the article one of our constitution. Theres a little. Bit in the book. And theres a room for. Lots more ground still to cover for you here on the news hour including the letter the divided congress time. The Balfour Declaration. Trying to clear the air a warning from the u. N. That more needs to be done to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. And in sports the olympic flame touches down in south korea with organizers hoping its arrival will spark local interest in the winter games. Top story in europe today catalonia is to post interior minister has returned to barcelona the chance of traitor from unionist protesters. In the rest of the Catalan Cabinet were fired by the Central Government after the region declared independence last week four has been in belgium with deposed regional president carters preachment over simmonss in the catalan capital barcelona and it doesnt appear as if all this anger is about to dissipate any time soon. No it doesnt now were less than twenty four hours before two big courts in madrid start hearing that the summons is issued to all members of the government in the cabinet and that is also the case against the parliamentarians six of them from the parliament itself with who officiate their appear before the Supreme Court now. From ation flow is not all that it should be according to many people here particularly supporters of the procession his movements theyre not entirely clear. What a call a speech tomorrow is doing and in indeed where he is right now we understand hes in belgium he did set out on tuesday the reasons why he left this country and at least two ministers who were with him have returned now that picture is a little unclear but this is the latest. Only two sacked ministers are seen arriving back home from brussels prounion demonstrators shouting go to jail marked the homecoming. Is reported by media in barcelona as having stayed in belgium with other ministers hed gone to brussels in his own words to seek freedom and safety and attempting to get International Support at the same time explaining why he left catalonia im not here to do in design because im. Of. The people of europe. This is not a matter of the. Question of the. New relationship. Im here. To act with freedom and safety push them all says he needs guarantees if he comes back and he wouldnt say how long hell be away in the organization thats involved in all the big procession demonstrations the mood lifts a little i think it only makes sense that at least part of the government can remain operative outside the country because it would not be safe for them to stay in spain push them on spent a low profile weekend apart from a call for peaceful support then came the heat on monday with charges filed and he was nowhere to be seen when he emerged in belgium his supporters have a range of emotions from outright anger to dissent whats the mood like now and has pushed the malls decision to go to brussels done damage personally i think. It did but its something that we can only. Analyze with time if he hadnt speak today it has been it would have been a problem for us because you cannot do that on a friday then go out like have a weekend of and we dont know if we are a republic of we had we are still part of spain and hes missing christine and athena has favored secession for the past seven years she thinks pushed him all is right to leave the us because. I thought he was in political exile or that he wanted to internationalize the conflict. Thing seeing good to me initially we were this concerted but now we see it clearly but nothing is clear over whats in store for us sacked ministers who have stayed in catalonia vanished from their offices they arrive for work at the dissolve parliament instead insisting their government is still legitimate. The people dont know andrew the politicians dont have the jobs they used to have is still outside the region outside the country is it beginning to look as if pardon me Catalan Independence has been used here. Has been used a lot by governments past is suspended. They probably use perhaps but they insist that the real time line is rolling and that is the time line towards new elections this time imposed by the Spanish Government not any Regional Government here december the twenty first all parties is a part of the Independence Movement are intent on. Taking part in those elections the question is whether all of the cabinet will be able to do so because of this impending quarter action there are charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds that will be put to the cabi