this was going on madrid. senate did vote to invoke article one five five which effectively sheens control of cathelineau near because they say that independence is against spain's constitution how do people feel about this battle it's obviously brewing between themselves and madrid. well this is a battle that's been going on in the weeks leading up to that election that referendum on october the first and what people are saying now is this is a day of history for two reasons one because they have this vote for independence by parliamentarians here in catalan but also historically because article one five five part of the spanish constitution has never been enacted it's been described by many people as a nuclear option and that's because essentially what it does is removed regional autonomy from catalonia now many people are unhappy about that even those who voted against independence many people saying they don't feel it's a democratic decision for madrid to take that action unprecedented action and they are

rajoy enough of plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an early election will find out from madrid and but abbas i don't know what this could mean also coming up. results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's on no party wants to take an active role in shaping the e.u. policies. and we'll tell you about a young man overcoming disability and living his dream. the professional video game and his blind we'll tell you how he manages to not only compete but when. i'm human and welcome to the program this week spain gave cuts alone an ultimatum. withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his fundament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions now crowds gathered in buffalo not to support independence. for these catalans madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separ

in madrid expectation and uncertainty in madrid let's go back to barcelona for a second charlotte this has been an extraordinary twenty four hours on top of an already extraordinary few weeks how the people there are reacting you were telling us earlier about some tensions is that the overriding feeling there one of tension . yes or they've been samy twists and turns in this process seventy ups and downs with people it really has been an emotional roller coaster a lot of people here are telling me that what they really fear is a repeat as martin was talking about what happened on october first when this place for madrid where keys are being very handy heavy handed with people going to the polls they've all been saying that they can very much for see that happening again i was so crucial to point out about this situation is depending on who you ask and it really is extraordinary some people say that they think that spain is is in charge other people madrid is still in charge other people are saying that they still recognize him on in fact when he was in people were chanting president pr

berlin showdown in speed the counted on leader defines the deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid now says if he starts taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday also coming up britain's gregg's the talks are not going to resolve b. is trying to soften her approach but so far the e.u. is unimpressed is there any way out of the deadlock. and the bodies involved in germany's coalition talks see their first meeting has been positive but they warn it's going to take a long time to nail down an agreement. i don't welcome i'm under thought she. the crisis in gaza lonia is escalating spin is preparing to suspend the region's autonomy after the cotton on media threatened to declare independence the central government in madrid said going to lumia charles bridgeable had ignored a deadline to redraw his plans to break away and must now face the consequences. cut along president was asked to state clearly and precisely if any authority has declared the independence of the autonomy state of catalonia without a clear and precise answer to this question we the government understan

for now madrid has international backing. the president of the european commission said spain had made its choice and the eu will not interfere. but on paper the government's plan is one thing, implementing it in this climate is fraught with risk. there will be more attention and confrontation in the coming days and weeks. it's not a question of will. at a certain point there will be an incident and that could trigger a serious confrontation and nobody knows what will happen. despite this apparent calm, how the government handles its next move will be critical. an alleged member of the banned far—right group, national action, has appeared in court accused of planning to murder the labour mp rosie cooper with a machete. the 22—year—old man is charged with terrorism offences and threatening to kill a policewoman. he appeared at westminster magistrates court along with five other men. they were all remanded in custody. downing street has said any allegations of sexual harassment and abuse at westminster are deeply concerni

callers pushed him on found to keep working for a free country we'll take you want to madrid and barcelona coming up plus kenya sees more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election rerun in opposition strongholds because they're scared for the safety of election officials. are. welcome to show my name sara harman it's good to have you with us. sacked cattle on president carlos pushed him on his call for quote democratic opposition to the takeover of catalonia by madrid an address you said the spanish government's decision to just miss him was illegitimate invalid to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country and what drugs actions have left cattle and supporters of independence outraged. here in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. flags a symbolic move after the region declared its independence. this was the moment catalan leaders stepped into the unknown lawmakers in barcelona voting officially to split from spain after the opposition walked out in protest. for many this man carlos peter man is a hero

looks like people are simply leaving leaving madrid right now so when i go back to you now in madrid so this meeting our understanding is supposed to happen in about an hour or so is that correct. yes absolutely the prime minister who are left the senate. fifteen to twenty minutes ago were next going to see him during that cabinet meeting followed by this extraordinary cabinet meeting him from what we understand actually article one five. triggered we also are told just been told that the prime minister said that he will hold a press conference through all of this to explain his position and to explain more . clearly what are the meat immediate steps that will be taken. now if more than ever urgency here in madrid you know i've been following the deliberations in the chambers here for the past two days and there were some parties namely the socialist party which is the second largest group in the senate that was sort of trying to find a way out of triggering article one five they were back door negotiations with the authorities in catalonia idea of. calling for snap election was a wa

the worst attack on the region since the franco dictatorship we'll get reaction from barcelona and madrid also coming up a populist billionaire has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections in the czech republic andre bobbish must now form a coalition government in order to leave. and a story of a young man overcoming a disability and living his dream he's a professional video gamer and he's blind we'll tell you how he manages to not only compete but when. thanks for joining us i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. the spanish government has announced unprecedented measures against separatists in catalonia prime minister mariano rajoy plans to sack catalan leaders and call fresh elections catalan president carlos whose damone is accusing the central government of the worst attack on his region since franco well meanwhile large crowds rallied in barcelona to support independence. for these catalans madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday among them was carlist. the catalan leader

cards pushed mom about to keep working for a free country will take in madrid and barcelona coming up plus. kenya sees more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election rerun in opposition strongholds over fears for the safety of election officials. and yet more evidence of the destructive effects of climate change on the world's glaciers scientists are trying from greenland and they have summed worrying groups. hello and welcome my name sara harmon it's good to have you with us. sachs catalogue president calls long has called for a quote democratic opposition to the takeover of catalonia by madrid and address use of the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate invalid to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country madrid's actions have left supporters of independence outraged. here in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. floods a symbolic move after the region declared its independence the flags are gone as well from the town hall of seven on the outskirts of barcelona see the red

while this is going on madrid has said that the route of ill will be upheld in catalonia and madrid is also voting on whether to invoke article one five five which could remove the autonomy of catalonia what do you think is about that. well in fact this question bolton even a spain they they want to remove the. algorithm he's got a new idea to go to one hundred fifty five but look i don't really. know well but i mean i don't yet because i don't yet. not to be inside of spain then it means that there will not be half a complete day they can say that they avoid the old enemy as yet but it doesn't matter for us because we will follow our own local alone institutions and our own god under the public that means that they has nothing to do all the only one thing they can do is to act by force not by a goal like they was acting and before that they bear better absolutely all the little and all they got under the shah and that means that we now will follow our own way a little under a bully. practically though in the coming months i mean if what you say plays out the way it does it's going to

shot at chelsea and phil and in madrid journalist martin it's good to talk to you. police in somalia say at least ten people have been killed in apparently coordinated attacks in the capital mogadishu and the death toll could well rise will details are still emerging but witnesses say a car packed with explosives was rammed into a hotel close to the presidential palace before armed militants stormed the building hotels popular with politicians and government employees shortly afterwards a minibus laden with explosives reportedly blew up at a nearby intersection the extremist group has claimed responsibility. to kenya now which remains in political limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential elections scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition now the cost of the divisive vote is becoming ever more apparent at least nine people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police since thursday. an uneasy calm is holding in most of kenya's opposition areas after the election commission perspire and voting in four cou

have all been very directly from madrid so. at least the groundwork has been learned you know hundreds controlling her purse strings in theory they control. about how to go to deal with civic resistance is another matter because no one wants to see a repeat of the sense we saw the referendum post october first. it was an old lady's been broken and it's went viral and certainly challenged the government's some moves of expectation of uncertainty and since you mention civil resistance fight and charlotte presumably has called for a democratic opposition to this takeover what does that mean and what can they actually do to resist the central government. yes my that was one of the key takeaways from his short statement he gave yesterday that he wanted people to remain peaceful he said there shouldn't be any insults and that those who want independence those who support him should not should not go up against those who are against it should respect those who are against it whether or not that can be lived out in reality it does rema

leader calls for peaceful resistance to spain's central government just hours after being sacked by madrid carlos push ma bell to keep working for a free country looks like you have a druid and barcelona for the latest plus kenya sees more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election a rerun in opposition strongholds of a fierce for the safety of election officials. and yet more evidence of the destructive effects of climate change on the world's glaciers scientists are drawn to greenland with some disturbing findings. i'm so hungry and of the show. sakte cattle on president carter was posed mont has called for quote democratic opposition the takeover of catalonia by madrid in an address he said the spanish government's decision to dismiss and was illegitimate and valid to pursue a struggle for he said ought to be a free country drugs actions have left supporters of independence outraged. here in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. flags a symbolic move after the region declared its independence the flags are gone as well fro

sacked by in the dritte carlos pushed mont valve to keep working for a free country i'll take you to madrid and to barcelona coming up on the program plus kenya sees more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election a rerun in opposition strongholds fearing the safety i will watch an official's. welcome to the show my name sarah harman it's good to have you with us sacked cattle on president carlos push mont has called for quote democratic opposition to the takeover of catalonia by madrid an address you said the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate and valid to pursue a struggle for what he said ought to be a free country and actions have left supporters of independence outraged. here in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. flags a symbolic move after the region declared its independence the flags are gone as well from the town hall of on the outskirts of barcelona. i don't know if we'll be independent or not and i think we all feel the same here are afraid of what the consequences might be and it. was

madrid voted to authorise article 155, direct rule from madrid, never used before, how will madrid respond? this used before, how will madrid respond ? this is used before, how will madrid respond? this is what mariano rajoy the spanish prime minister had to say. translation: we must recover legality, so i am saying to all the catalan people, to please be calm, that things will be done properly, with quick measure, with efficiency, as we have done so far, spain is a serious country, a great nation, and we are not prepared in anyway to allow some people to liquidate a constitution, our cohabitation. the rules that have served for the past 40 years to turn spain into one of the most democratic countries in the world. mariano rajoy getting senate approvalfor invoking world. mariano rajoy getting senate approval for invoking article 155, we can go to sarah rainsford, in madrid, when will that take place, and what will they do? those are two very good question, no one quite knows the answer to them, what we do knows the answer to them, what we do know is that in the next hour, the cabinet will

ignores a deadline to abandon secession plans what's next for the catalan separatists and how will madrid impose its writ this is inside story. a low there on james bond it's a showdown with implications for not just spain but for separatist aspirations across europe even as the european union faces marathon negotiations over brics it madrid would be imposing direct rule on the autonomous region for the first time since spain returned to democracy in the late one nine hundred seventy s. a special cabinet meeting is jew on saturday to trigger the process suspending catalonians autonomy but the catalan president has threatened to cut formal independence in the regional parliament if madrid doesn't hold talks collars push them all claims widespread support ninety percent of those who voted in the referendum earlier this month wanted to secede but just over forty percent of eligible voters cast their ballots and many opponents of secession boycotted the referendum here's what the spanish government spokesman said. fatalities from one of the central government of spain noted this morning the f

leader calls for peaceful resistance to spain's central government just hours after being sacked by madrid let's push him all vowed to keep working for a quote free country we'll go live to madrid and barcelona also coming up. thousands of people were killed and wounded in the latest attack in the somali capital mogadishu the government has vowed to destroy the terrorist group that claimed responsibility. by my schwager thanks for joining us the former consul on president carlos who is a man has called her a quote democratic opposition to madrid's takeover of catalonia and an address he said the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate and vowed to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country madrid's actions have left supporters of cattle on independence outraged. callers pushed him on has been fined as the head of government in catalonia. but for supporters of counted on independence here in the city of jonah he's. still the president. pushed him on to address catalonians in a prerecorded speech on saturday and called for peaceful resistance replic

and for madrid to have with me correspondent martin arabists martin how significant is it that madrid has decided to invoke article one fifty five it seems it's never been invoked in the country before. now indeed it has been since they've come here at her return to constitutional democracy. so this is uncharted territory nobody knows exactly how it will work in practice or even if it is workable forcible. expect some opposition. to the. street protests so it's a very sick. so talk us through to what happens next the cabinet meeting is. scheduled to be held this weekend on saturday. that's correct it's being reshaped to a pretty usual projects because prime minister maliki under a hole in what we're tending to. this is expected speaks on the agenda the captains are expected to agree to fall into request of the senate that's the next. procedural to mean both article one hundred fifty five even then their vote doesn't take several days i mean presumably they will repeat the question. prime minister considered power switch that long to clarify whether he did in fact declare independence

itself says it won't intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona. the white house chief of staff has come to the defense of president trump's call this week to the widow of the slain soldier present troubles accused of making insensitive remarks during the phone call to the widow of a soldier who was killed in an ambush in these air earlier this month the taliban five says of killed forty three afghan soldiers in an assault in the middle of the night on a military camp the group set of two suicide car bombs at a base in the my wand district of kandahar followed by hours of gum five more than one hundred twenty people have been killed in the series of taliban attacks this week alone and that's been a month since mexico was struck by a deadly magnitude seven point one earthquake in which three hundred sixty nine people were killed memorials are set up near the thirty building which collapsed in mexico city that day residents laid wreaths of flowers balloons and stood in silence to mourn those who lost their lives in the same month another massive eart

i think this should be acknowledged by a madrid. this moment, the constitution ises not give this past possibility. unfortunately. it should be changed. it looked like yesterday, rajoy said we will have to look at the constitution. maybe now something. i hope this starts a process of looking at the constitution in seeing what is good and what is bad and what should be changed. spain still has a big problem between the center and the peripheries. big, unresolved problem and they have to deal with it. >> you have the right of a people for self-determination. right of people to stay as a nationstate with secure borders as well. stability. why not have a referendum on spain? outcome would be complpletely difffferent. theyey are claiming their own rights to live in a country with secure borders, no exclusive rights for single people to depart from it. >> let's move on. the question of constitutional legitimacy to the economy. onia is the wealthiest region in spain but that could be put at risk by catalan baton amis. banks and other compa

well madrid has power so madrid has to basically redefine article one or define it because it was sort of vague territory never explored and has defined it according to. its of these ideas to proceed in a massively against the cut the most on any lawyer thing the parliament from its elected officials and as you pointed out perhaps going as far as saving will really cut the line in police maybe even the media potentially if this extends in time even and this is a deep desire within the conservative spanish government to intervene the catalan system of education so in a way it would madrid has done is to get free bar the have cleared all the hurdles for all the legal hurdles for a full fledged intervention in the kind of the lone society so is this something that so you're saying that there is one and her petition have of article one fifty five we've heard various interpretations from people so if there is still ambiguity at least among some about what they power of article one fifty five this is a something that could potentially still play out in court. it could. you also have to remem

gen list martin roberts joining us from madrid thank you. time now for some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says he will allow the release of long secret files related to john f. kennedy's one thousand nine hundred sixty three assassination next week the truth is expected to include more than thirty thousand classified documents that were previously redacted and three thousand that have been there have never been seen by the public. hundreds have gathered to mourn seven victims of a military attack in egypt's western desert officials say at least fifty four people were killed in a gun battles friday in giza province that's located southwest of cairo militants fired rockets and detonated explosives during a police operation moving in on a suspected hideout. afghanistan's defense ministry says a suicide bomber killed at least fifteen army recruits as they were leaving their base in the capital kabul four others were wounded this latest incident comes at the end of a particularly bloody week in afghanistan

thousands rally in madrid barcelona vowing to keep spain together after the parliament declared independence. also this hour a u.s. senator approaches twitter to disclose personal messages in accounts held by wiki leaks social networks lawyers are set to testify in congress on alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election. bribery racketeering and fraud a billionaire drug company boss faces charges for allegedly getting doctors to overprescribe highly addictive painkillers some of them fifty times stronger than heroin. anything from moscow just pm here in the russian capital. welcome to the program. now we start tonight's rundown in barcelona where activists on motorcycles and cars are paraded through the city center waving spanish flags the pro unity rally is being held the day of the castle and parliament voted to declare the region's independence from spain. the. dubin ski's in the capital joins us live now charlotte it's been a week of protests hasn't it across spain. madrid and barcelona as well pro unity pro dependents people reaction been so far by the latest moves from woodridge. wel

madrid and barcelona can you run as through what's been happening that. you know we've been waiting since the early morning what the two sides would do because we knew ten o'clock was crunch time that was when the final final ultimatum of the government in madrid would run out it has run out and madrid has sort of kicked the ball back into the field off the cuff alone government it has indeed set in motion the legal proceedings for article one five five and that means now that the government in the palace behind us here in the center far solona where they are holed up there since the early morning they will have to figure out how to react early announcement said announcement that they would retell the age by now really announcing finally announcing independence off the region however they obviously are still deliberating and trying to play for time bought the article one five five is set in motion let's hear what that could possibly mean. triggering article one hundred fifty five allow spain central government to take over any of the country's seventeen a

the right to take away catalonia as political autonomy or insley has more from madrid. dritte does not like being told what to do by the council lanse for once parliament was united as the journalist speculated the cabinets agreed the spanish lion back against the catalan demands that their independence will happen. the prime minister said you say it out loud and we will take back your powers no dice no deal if. you've held a cabinet meeting and we've decided the catalan government must confess whether or not they have declared independence regardless of whether it's going to take effect or not this is a requirement necessary before any other measures can be taken by the government including invoking article one fifty five. so back it goes to barcelona madrid no society there is split some separatists want to session now others are nervous half the population hates the whole idea how long should they wait we know there are very important governments and people around the world who are ready to assist in mediation we've got the group of the elders with coffee with a bank

between the madrid government and herelj dialogue between the madrid government and here. i would understand why the future of catalonia should be in the hands of the whole of spain. just as the scots, they only voted in scotland's, not the rest of the uk. for us it would be the same case. do you not understand the damage you we re you not understand the damage you were doing to spain, some critics would ask? the number of businesses moving away from here, the stock market has fallen. there is uncertainty about spain's future.|j think democracy is not damaged. this is only coming because we wanted to organise a vote, a referendum. they have a mandate from the people and they honoured that mandate. democracy can never damage anything. do you have an answer?” democracy can never damage anything. do you have an answer? i think it is not democratic when the regional government exceeds its own powers. this is causing great and the responsible damage to the economy and society. i think we have rules to follow and we have a democratic way of doing things. they definitely didn't

to discuss enthusing direct rule over the region will find out from madrid and barcelona if this latest move is likely to end the crisis or worsen it also coming up the czech republic is poised to elect a populist prime minister to look at the man they've dubbed the czech donald trump and ask why the country is so critical of the european union. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us the crisis over catalonia is independence bit is at another crucial juncture today prime minister mariano rajoy has been holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for establishing central control over the region now this comes after a catalan leader carlists paused a moment refused to abandon his threat to declare a breakaway state. a brief run on cats and on banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they've moved their headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe again he towns of the region and the firm the unity of the country is spaniard you've got that for. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable

as police from madrid was forced entry into the polling station. and. i can referendum organizers have called for a pace for resistance to any police action. for madrid has pledged to stop the vote and dozens of police vehicles have left the base in the port of the regional capital barcelona to be here today as polling stations opened around twenty two minutes ago. this referendum of course has been declared illegal by. spain's constitutional court. the oath the iraqi who has a home i hope to bring you all the latest from barcelona and across consular nias throughout the day with these latest pictures live pictures for a day of projects but for now let's move on to some other news from the we cannot remaining pockets of terrorist resistance in the syrian city of d arizona where pounded this week by government forces on the ground and russian have power from the islamic state siege of the city was broken by the syrian army a month ago now these are exclusive pictures from the area where several days ago syrian government forces made an important gain in

those orders of coarse wit, from madrid was certainly madrid appointees. it is a big question is whether in specific incidents if they were to arise, how the police would respond and everyone remembers what happened during the referendum itself. i do not think the government wants to see a repetition of those scenes when i asked this party spokesman what might happen, he was very firm that the whole point is enforcing the law. he said there will not be acts of aggression as far as the spanish police are concerned but they would respond to any provocation is within catalonia. i think the general understanding is, the picture is that these are extremely complex and sensitive times. at the moment, we are in a bit of a holding pattern ahead of monday when all the civil servants return to work and administrators are back in operation, theoretically normal practice to see exactly what direct rule will then look like so i think monday will be a key date for that. anqi very much, sarah. the headlines on bbc news: catalonia's deposed leader has urged peaceful oppos

met and is vowing to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country madrid's actions have left supporters a catalan independence outraged. colace bustamante has been fired as the head of government in catalonia. but for supporters of catalan independence here in the city of jonah he's still the president. pushed him on to dress catalonians in a preview called his speech on saturday and called for peaceful resistance replication of article one five five the spanish constitution which imposes direct rule in catalonia from madrid. how he said it will be of my message to you is to have patience perseverance and maintain perspective. the best way we can defend what we have achieved up to now that is by democratically opposing the application of article one five five. this official government bulletin put control of the catalan authorities in the hands of the central government madrid is confident that the separatists are isolated. looks as if they proclaim the republic of korea but put in for a war afterwards. known that's it and european leaders back spain even though the

martha roberts reporting from madrid and barcelona to w.'s or charlotte some pill reporting on those unfolding events thank you for your coverage. and as polling officers in kenya count ballots for that country's presidential election rerun ordinary people are counting the cost of this device a vote one person has been killed in clashes between protesters and police today bringing the overall death toll to at least five or kenya has been locked in political uncertainty since the supreme court an old presidential elections held back in august. the streets of kenya's capital nairobi are unusually quiet worried about the prospect of violence many are staying indoors those few who have ventured out have had enough after months of political tension. i would like politics to quieten down so we can continue with our work we don't want people to fight or kill each other we want kenya to be peaceful. we want life to continue as normal. our incomes are being hurt and we are struggling. old we're tired of politics. thursday's repeat elections were marr

up a showdown in spain the region of catalonia defies the deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid says it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday. i bring golf it's good to have you with us migration refugees and more sanctions against north korea these are just a few of the hot topics in brussels this evening we're e.u. leaders are holding a key two day summit british prime minister to resign may has come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move talks along for the e.u. leaders say that she has to match her promises with concrete details of any progress is to be made. well just in the last hour the president of the european commission and the european council have been giving a press briefing want to go to brussels now our max hoffman is standing by he's covering this summit force good evening to you max what did you make of mr toast and mr youngers comments the start was migration policy. migration is probably the biggest topic they talked about because that's what's been discussed so far bragg's it is on the menu for dinner there's

sarah rainsford, bbc news, madrid. i discussed the day's developments with edgar illas, director of catalan studies at indiana university, and asked him how he thought spain would go about imposing direct rule. i think it's impossible to impose direct rule unless you have either force, use of force, or the complicity of the people, in other words in order to have power you need to have a obedience and i don't see anyway that these more than 2 million catalans who are secessionists, who are recognising the new republic, will face spanish rule. of course, madrid was criticised after the violence that was seen criticised after the violence that was seen at the beginning of the month. it will not want to repeat that so what do you think are its options, realistically what can it do? i think the only option madrid really has is no country recognises the new catalans state. the catalans, will they see that catalonia is not recognised as a legitimate country? that's the only hope. the rest is honestly... by the way, i don't t

tell us until and in madrid for us martin roberts martin let's start with you madrid has now officially taken control of the council on government how is that going to work what's to stop the catalan politicians from just staying in their seats essentially well the idea is the day to day running to pass a law and you want change hardly at all because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top when he their jobs and their functions you know merely the people of the very top. might be transferred to partner or. indeed as an example or . controversial regional police chief has been demoted i mean he's job i mean. there's thirty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks. where now to talk over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police on civil rights were they now you have problems with the state houses who declare no uncertain terms and. rejected any outside interference over drug seasons being sentences mera cases meanwhile the new orleans and the civil servants

to what madrid hasjust announced. thanks for joining madrid hasjust announced. thanks forjoining us. explosives experts have been called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria and a partial cordon is in place. sellafield limited, which runs the plant, said there has been no explosion and no reason for people living locally to be concerned. they are disposing of a number of chemicals which are no longer used and say its routine to call in experts. joining me now from the plant, is sharon barbour. the weather is terrible, very cloudy, and the cloud hangs over sellafield today, when we spoke to you an hour ago we heard a small explosion and that was the bomb disposal experts carrying out a controlled explosion of those bottles of old chemicals. 25 years old, they had been found in a laboratory last night which was evacuated, and a 100 metre cordon was set up around it. earlier i spoke to the head of security here at sellafield. as to how long they've been there and should they have been dealt with sooner, it's just a

says it won't intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona a twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of her but he was released was welcomed by his family last month he was acquitted of charges linked to the demonstrations in twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested there after protests against the military coup that ousted president mohamed morsy the u.n. children's agency unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for row him refugees in overcrowded camps in bangladesh the international body says children fleeing violence in myanmar are facing hell on earth in the camps the chinese president is set to have his own political theory incorporated into the ruling communist party's constitution chinese state media is reporting the so-called xi jinping thoughts will have fourteen principles but it's not yet known what they are and the move is expected to further consolidates she's power those are the headlines inside story is coming up next. in india a mining company is heading to australia to build

to back in the studio force then just step bring us up to date port of madrid. yes what is particularly important in this case of course no less important than the events in catalonia is what the leaders in madrid is saying what the lawmakers in madrid are deciding that is the central government in the spanish capital and there was a senate session underway just as the parliament in barcelona was deciding was voting on this historic decision in the media to have. of that decision to go along we heard news from the spanish senate they decided to invoke article one five five it is also known as the nuclear option it means that madrid right now can resort to all measures necessary to compel a crisis in one of its regions that's something that has never happened before under this banished constitution and this was something that the spanish prime minister house cold for previously so perhaps he is keeping his promise and the senate is of proving that move he promised that he will maintain and restore the rule of law in spain and he called on spaniards to remain calm

spanish government either you enter talks with us or we will secede from you tonight barcelona and madrid bracing for a saturday showdown i'm burned off in berlin this is the day. you and i did and. i want independence because spain doesn't love us any love our money they want our money so that means they get interested in the middle that may cancel any of situations going too far it's unnecessary. why is not a single coherent reason for them to separate from spain what fool that i could. see of the international community must be looking on with confusion with mr hall in this to put him on enough of let us sit at a table talk and solve it this is what the people in catalonia and the rest of the country want all activity here is suspended it's closed the parliamentarians can't do their work thanks to the us alone a city hall is also out of action. nobody has a doubt that the government will use all resources available to restore as soon as possible the galaxy and constitutional order. will be the only good but what should happen is what the majority of citizens are waiting for and a photo

essential now how madrid reacts. about it. essential now how madrid rea cts. eve n about it. essential now how madrid reacts. even though he took them that far, the statement of intent was there, the trajectory is there, the relationship with spain is unsustainable and also very critical of the king? very much so. i think the first reaction is obviously that this is blackmail, unacceptable. the question is, what will they do about it? tomorrow is mariano rajoy the day and he is also making a very tough choice. if he steps in, he has tough choice. if he steps in, he has to assume the responsibility of running catalonia with a lot of angry people on the streets. we have spain's national day on thursday, it is coming to a head? the timing is beautiful, a perfect storm but we don't know when it will end. you know him well, did you see him under pressure, was it clear?|j know him well, did you see him under pressure, was it clear? i think he was undera pressure, was it clear? i think he was under a lot of pressure. there must have been some final phone calls or discussions that ma

on the streets here as well when you talk to people depending on who you ask people respecting that madrid is now in charge of the direct rule others say that they are still waiting to hear exactly what the next move is so some ambiguity directly off to that statement martin what reaction can we expect from madrid. well first of all the fine approached him on presenting us presidents of. the council and you know people suggest a very very lame to. our on top of the charges which apparently already in. progress in. addition. were expecting those judges to grow on the other hand it's too early for madrid to a major response become trusts. him on speech was very very short on detail he did nothing to show that he's actually running the show was on the other hand he might have this crisis partly because at least he has a plan it's very detailed he's got a national and international consensus around it to try and make it work. and he does it it's very detail i don't. think it was a book at least we know rattling off the how to get together mommy mommy has been very short on details. and potenti

pilled in madrid and journalist martin roberts in madrid charlotte was in barcelona or excuse me i started by asking how strong a statement khan is predictable made you know barcelona a little earlier. this is the same that everybody here behind me has been waiting for all day there's been a great deal of uncertainty about exactly what it is that is happening here who is in charge now. though his statement was sure it was very clear he said he wants to carry on building this free and democratic nation that he says has been proclaimed as for how strong it was it was relatively restrained he could come out and to encourage people to take to the streets and defend council ennia instead he said that he wanted a peaceful and democratic resistance exactly what that means we're not quite sure of the moments now this really marks a very extraordinary situation because it essentially means that he is not recognizing any of the actions that madrid has taken and that's really reflected on the streets here as well when you talk to people depending on who you are people are respecting that madrid is no

started by asking martin what governance from madrid it was going to look like in catalonia. well the idea is that day to day running a pattern you want change because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top will keep their jobs and their functions you know merely the people at the very top of the trades might be transferred to a partner or. indeed as an example or. controversial regional police chief has only been demoted i mean nobody will keep his job. and those fifty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks from madrid where now richard took over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police and civil rights where they may have problems with the state broadcaster who made it clear in no uncertain terms that. reject any outside interference. seasons being sentences merican says meanwhile the unions and civil servants to simply sit tight not to make waves simply montserrat to spend sixteen percent unemployment which is honeywell. and charlotte we

first consequence of which would be the dismissal of catalonia separatist president thank you live to madrid and barcelona also on the program a tale of survival after five months adrift and they pacific the devil of speaks exclusively with a commanding officer of the ship that rescue the sailors lost at sea. welcome to the program. spain's prime minister address the country the house of parliament today ahead of a debate and votes on government plans to impose direct rule on the region of catalonia the senate's expected to approve money on a row for its request to trigger article one high five of the spanish constitution allowing central government to remove regional leaders from office but the president putin will logical one by five has not been used since spain returned to democracy forty years ago mr rajoy said using these special powers was not meant to remove the liberties of but to protect them. yeah. catalans the protection not from spanish imperialism it but rather from an intolerant minority that is named itself the owner of catalonia this minority considers the cultural and histo

we have political prisoners now in madrid. catalan grassroots movement leaders are in jail because they organized peaceful demonstrations, peaceful demonstrations >> they have not been sentenced yet. they are being held as part of the -- >> they are being held in a primitive way, without bail. >> without bail. >> in jail, accused of sedition, that means they asked people to demonstrate in a not peaceful way. that's not true at all >> the big question, you said it may be that the catalan parliament will vote on suspending or lifting the suspension from the declaration of independence, saying the declaration of independence is active now really, what does happen next? does it depend on what measures rajoy tries to put to the spanish senate for 155 >> it's difficult to foresee what will happen and what will be the next steps. we have to see the reaction of the spanish government we have to see what 155 implies. nobody knows there's no precedent the article is written in the constitution in general terms. we have to wait and see w

in madrid. mark garnier to the cabinet office over accusations of inappropriate behaviour and to establish whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code of conduct. our political correspondent jonathan blakejoined me earlier. he said the claims about mr garnier are in the mail on sunday newspaper today. a former secretary of mark garnier making allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him, saying that he asked her to buy sex toys for him and also used to work true —— derogatory language towards her. he has told the newspaper that he will ta ke has told the newspaper that he will take these allegations on the chin, he said that they were hijinks and does not constitute harassment. the fa ct of does not constitute harassment. the fact of the case are somewhat disputed by those involved. the government is taking action to investigate, and have referred mark garnier to the cabinet office to see if the ministerial code has been broken regarding this case. health secretaryjeremy br