plans to dissolve cuts alone as government and call an early election will find out from madrid and buffalo enough 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 a no party wants to take an active role in shaping policies. and can jump on iraq but make it in america. dude was being taken there. in the. first part of the bavarian grand i'm talking as they take their foreign language flow to the home office if. i'm welcome to the program. this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president carlos put jones said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions earlier large crowds rallied in barcelona to support independence. madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstra

escalating the government in madrid says it will push ahead with moves to impose direct rule on the region after the catalan leader threaten to declare independence. let's cross now to barcelona where our correspondent barbara basler is standing by barbara it's been a very busy morning in spain and madrid 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 howev

quadriga, barcelona against madrid. will spain break up? i am joined by my guests. the spanish desk who says catalonia should remain but says the, rigid approach is only strengthening catalonian independence. i guess that argues catalonia must remain part of spain, but only if negotiations lead to far-reaching autonomy. isarm welcome to marie, who berlin born but says she feels talan. ca she believes the situation requires international mediation. at this point, the only thing we know for certain about what is happening in spain is the standoff between madrid and barcelona continues. what can you tell us about how determined thehe separatists remain? for full independence from spain? >> we have to look at the recent seven years where the independence movement got stronger. we have, finally, a demonstration in favor of remaining last sunday. we need a reasonable number. -- >> give me an answer to the question. determined to push for independence? writtebefore we bring the other guests, let's look at what was said earlier this week. >> the government and i propose element suspend the impl

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 from the town hall

urgency here in madrid you know i've been following the deliberations in the chambers here. and there were some parties. 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 backdoor negotiations with the authorities. idea. for snap election was a way of getting out of this article one five five even if it had been triggered that it would be immediately suspended now none of that happened. he was also pushing to have sort of a gradual implementation of the measures government here plans to. catalonia but then things went very very quickly specially with the ration of independence coming out of barcelona where you did get a feeling that all of a sudden all these parties who were in a sense the prime minister in the first place but hard in their. the rally is stronger behind this prime minister and the new you got this vote two hundred sixteen votes out of a chamber of two hundred sixty six people so certainly an overwhelming crushing majority for the prime minister to go ahead with his plan and hosier is spea

madrid carlos pushed model bound to keep working for a bridge country we'll take you to madrid barcelona for the latest plus kenya series more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election rerun the an opposition strongholds over fears for the safety of election officials. and more evidence of the destructive effects of climate change on the lay sure scientists for truong from greenland was worrying find it says. more. times their horror and welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. saxe cattle on president carlos first mob has called for quote democratic opposition to the takeover of catalonia by madrid in an address he said the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was a legitimate and valid to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country 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 step adela on the outskirts of

peaceful resistance to spain central government just hours after being sacked by madrid calls pushing long bow 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. yet more evidence of the destructive effects of climate change on the world's glaciers scientists are trying from greenland and they have some worrying news. hello and welcome my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. sachs catalog 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 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

declare independence from spain. madrid reacts to the move by voting to impose direct rule on the region prime minister what i have always says that the rule of law in catalonia will be restored. but i welcome it's just turned six o'clock in the evening here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now spain and historic day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from spain the results of a secret ballots were released at around three thirty local time and a total of seventy two all makers voted in favor of cattle and independents ten dated against and two abstained both pro independence lawmakers and crowds of people outside the parliament didn't hesitate to show their election. us in the instance you've. made and living. in the me thank you. thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. ok well let's get the latest from boss alone with bin species covering events for us the charlotte hello again there's been a bit of time hasn't there for the new sisson canmore the reaction in barcelona at the moment. the people

after it declared independence on friday. but madrid has said former catalan leader carles puigdemont will be free to take part in new elections in december. sarah corker reports. spain is gripped by its biggest political crisis for a0 years, and the standoff is excalating. on friday, catalonia declared independence from spain. madrid responded by imposing direct rule and sacking the entire catalan government. but its deposed leader, carles puigdemont, says he isn't going anywhere. translation: we do not deviate, we continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners — without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way. but in madrid, thousands of people turned out on saturday calling for national unity. the spanish government has announced new elections in catalonia and warn that mr puigdemont may yet face prosecution for charges of rebellion, but nevertheless said it would welcome his participation in those elections. he has no powers, no competences, no financial means, so i insist that if he wants to continue in politics, which is his right, i think he should prepa

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 then wh

opposition he says madrid's move to dismiss him as illegitimate and is vowing to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country madrid's actions have left supporters of 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 address catalonians in a prerecorded 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. they sufficient 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 president for a war afterwards. known that's

how will madrid impose its writ this is inside story. a low there on james 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 the formal independence in the regional parliament if madrid doesn't hold talks colors 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 failure of the president of the cattle and government to answer the very clear request

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 earthquake struck mexico's southern coast at least sixty one people were

the spanish cabinet in madrid to impose direct law, that won't happen immediately in terms of the imposition of direct rule, it has got to go through the senate but the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has made it very clear what will happen, unless there is any climb—down, basically there is any climb—down, basically the catalan parliament will be dissolved and the local police will be taken under control by madrid and the tv station here will also have to be put under control from the grid. —— from madrid. the people protesting in favour of separatism say that is a breach of their human rights and we are expecting hundreds of thousands on the streets within the next hour. we can now catch up with all of the latest events with this report. looking relaxed, in a cabinet meeting like no other. because no spanish government has done this before. but with the authorities in catalonia pushing to breakaway, spain's prime minister is moving, to exert direct control and limit cata la n exert direct control and limit catalan autonomy. translation: we apply article 155 because

barcelona will get the latest from our correspondents in madrid and barcelona also coming up. concerns are rising that kenya could see another day of violence as the authorities postpone the presidential election rerun in opposition strongholds over fears of the safety for election officials. and air berlin takes off for the last time almost four takis after the airlines maiden voyage the last flight left berlin bound for unit but true to form it was wait for it delayed. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us it's official madrid has taken control of the cots along government after cuts alone a separatist parliament declared independence world leaders are saying they are recognizing cuts alone but the council on parliament's independence vote still triggered celebrations inside the assembly and even larger ones on the streets outside. yes to independence that was the news from catalonia is parliament it was the moment the separatists had been waiting for and they took to the streets of bos alone or in their thousands to celebrate. if. that's an enormous satisfaction because we've achie

keep walking for a free country to go live to madrid and fosamax also coming up. growing concerns that can you could see more violence as authorities postpone the presidential election rerun its opposition and strongholds and the fee is for the safety on election officials. time and home free thanks for joining me. sax cattle and a president called has pushed him on to cold for quote democratic opposition to the sake of catalonia upon the trees and an address he said the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate and vowed to piss you his struggle for what he said to be a free country madrid's actions have left castle 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 and barcelona voting officially to split from spain after the opposition walked out in protest. for many this man carlos peter man is the hero. he's the one who's led catalonia into this confrontation with madrid

central government just hours after being sacked by madrid carlists pushed him all vows to keep working for a quote free country woken up today with our correspondent in madrid and barcelona also coming up. dozens 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. i my ass waiter thanks for joining us the former consul on president call this wisdom or has called for quote democratic opposition to madrid's takeover of catalonia in his 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 has left supporters of cotland independence outraged. callers pushed him on has been fined as. head of government in catalonia . but for supporters of cattle 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 replication of article one

left so the senate in madrid at this point as at the same time been debating whether to grant the prime minister mariano rajoy special powers to sack the cattle on president to sack the regional government that just voted for the clip there the clearing part of me and dependent so minutes after the cattle on parliament voted the prime minister. went on twitter and said this i call for calm from all spaniards the rule of law will restore legality and catalonia because he has consistently said that this vote this referendum all of it was illegal so we have hoda abdel-hamid who is in madrid first though we are going to go to andrew simmons who is at ground zero for all of this basically catalonia parliament barcelona this is quite a moment andrew it same that catalonia has been barreling towards this moment for quite some time it has now happened talk to talk us through how all this is played out. will it was a secret bomb a little cold the declaration of secession and it wasn't the president making that declaration as many had expected. over the past few weeks it was this eighteenth

in madrid approves direct rule over the region, dissolving catalan‘s parliament and calling new elections. translation: as of today, i have dissolved the catalonian parliament and on the 21st of december there will be autonomic elections for that autonomic community. the cyber attack which crippled much of the nhs in may could have been prevented with basic security measures, according to a government investigation. files about the assassination ofjfk are released, but some are held back at the request of the cia and fbi. and on newsnight, is spain facing an existential threat tonight? while catalans celebrate today's declaration of independence, madrid has sacked the catalans‘ separatist leader and dissolved catalonia's parliament. can the stand—off be resolved peacefully and what's the impact of the crisis on the rest of europe? good evening and welcome to bbc news. spain is in a state of constitutional turmoil, with the country's prime minister mariano rajoy announcing that he has sacked the catalan leader, his cabinet and the chief of police. it comes after catalonia's p

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 separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday among

democratic opposition to madrid's direct rule, a day after the region's parliament declared independence. it comes as thousands take part in rallies in spain's capital madrid in favour of unity with catalonia. the environment secretary michael gove apologises ‘unreservedly‘ for an on—airjoke about disgraced movie mogul, harvey weinstein. ‘warped and degrading' — jeremy corbyn says a culture which tolerates the abuse of women is thriving in westminster. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus — is described as an ‘outrage‘, by the united nations. also in the next hour, the zip—wiring and clubbing glasgow pensioners. the new scheme aiming to tackle loneliness and improve health among older people. england's teenagers are hoping to become the world champions against spain. they currently trail 2—0. coming up in the dateline london, after a full extremely few days in spain, what's next for catalonia? that is at liz30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has begun implementing direct rule over c

streets of barcelona. we will bring you the latest from madrid and barcelona. plus, new clashes in kenya claim more lives as the country grapples with the fallout of the repeat presidential election. and in the end of an era for air berlin, almost four decades after they first took off. today is their last ever flight, taking place right here in the german capital. ♪ sarah: welcome to the show. i'm sarah harman. good to have you with us. we begin in spain, where the prime minister says he is dissolving the catalonian parliament. he sat the government -- sacked the government and has called a snap election for the region that that is set to take place on december 21. all of this after the catalan parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain. that vote triggered huge celebrations in parts of catalunya, large ones on the streets outside. [cheers] correspondent: yes to independence, the moment the separatists were waiting for and they took to the streets in the thousands to celebrate. ♪ [singing] [cheers] >> it is an enormous satisfaction because we achieved what

the story from both sides with lawrence lee in madrid first though let's speak to jonah hill who is outside the catalan parliament in barcelona also this was in the promised declaration of independence that talked about in the aftermath of a yes vote what is he calling for now. well it's sort of independence deferred if you like my. pending talks with madrid dialogue with madrid towards a more sort of sustainable solution acceptable to all sides it sounds very good the problem is of course that madrid have consistently refused to countenance the idea of any sort of dialogue until or unless the catalonians drop their demand for independence what he said he hasn't dropped his demands for independence the question will be whether the time has come and pressure is sufficient for madrid to feel like a compromise mr pleads to molt so this was a historic moment the consequences and effects of it go beyond our country and perhaps realizing that gave him and his coalition and his coalition partners pause for thought well let's bring in my guest now john lopez from. university a political sci

after being sacked by madrid 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 thi

madrid also coming up. dozens of people were killed and wounded in the latest attack in the somali capital of mogadishu the government has vowed to destroy the terrorist group that claimed responsibility. i my ass waiter thanks for joining us a new opinion poll and cuts alone yes shows pro independence parties would lose their parliamentary majority by a razor thin margin in an election the spanish central government has called for a regional vote in december after imposing direct rule meanwhile the recently unemployed council on president carlos put him on has called for quote democratic opposition he says madrid's move to dismiss him is ill. 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 replicati

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 historical heritage belonging to the entire commu

massive demonstration against the decision to oppose direct rule from madrid. you can see some live pictures now. there are tens of thousands of people at this demonstration. according to the local police, at its height the run nearly half a million people out on the streets. it follows that crisis cabinet meetings held by mariano rajoy earlier today, with his cabinet in madrid. where they said that having gone through the senate, they would invoke article 155, effectively imposing direct rule from madrid on this region of catalonia. it follows that referendum deemed illegal by madrid on october one, when separatists claim 90% of the people who voted for independence, on a turnout of just 43%. who voted for independence, on a turnout ofjust 43%. what happens now? it will go, the decision by the spanish government, will go through the senate, which will clearly past because they have a majority. and then direct rule will be imposed, maybe as soon as thursday or friday next week. a hugely coveted task in the madrid authorities. a smack complex. this evening they took to the streets ag

proclaim and dependents from spain so the. senate and madrid a separate saying they have at the same time been debating whether to grant the prime minister on a special power to sack the cattle on president and the regional government there headlining us president refused to hold early elections unless there were certain conditions that the central government agreed to they did not so speaking in the senate earlier or said that he planned elections in catalonia soon but i think you know what you know if you did nothing about it i mean. if the senate approves this the president of the spanish government will dissolve parliament and call elections within six months my aim is to call elections as soon as possible we also ask you to authorize the following decisions to remove from office of the president the deputy president and the cabinet members of the catalan government. so we have hoda abdel-hamid in madrid first let's go to andrew simmons and catalunya capital barcelona so andrew everything was leading to this moment of whether or not the parliament and barcelona would specifically decl

in madrid approves direct rule over the region — and says catalonia's leader could face charges of rebellion. i'm tim willcox and i'll have the latest, live from barcelona. people are ignoring those threats for the moment and celebrating here on the streets. in other news this hour: the cyber attack which crippled much of the nhs in may could have been prevented with basic security measures, according to a government investigation. files about the assassination ofjfk are released — but some are held back, at the request of the cia and fbi. the uk's competition watchdog will investigate hotel booking sites over concerns about hidden charges, search results, and discount claims. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the constitutional crisis in spain escalated today, with catalonia's regional parliament in barcelona voting for independence from spain, and the spanish parliament in madrid voting to impose direct rule over catalonia. let's get the latest from tim willcox. welcome to a very noisy central barcelona were thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate catalon

if madrid goes ahead russian foreign minister has warned that abandoning the iranian nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions. north korean delegates are at a moscow conference in what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue between the two sides. those are the headlines inside story is up next on al-jazeera. spain's has it's going to take away catalonia is autonomy as the regional leader 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 i

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 understand that the petition and it's not been answere

independence it is the first step before the government triggers article one five five which gives madrid 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 rea

by a night of celebrations in barcelona look at the latest from our correspondents in madrid and barcelona also coming up. concerns are rising that kenya could see a nother day of violence as if the authorities postpone the presidential election rerun in opposition strongholds over safety concerns for election officials. and after losing to bond on penalties in the german cup like fish look for a bench and saturday's win this they go blockbuster. waiter thanks for joining us well it happened in madrid has taken control of the cotton on government after the region's separatist parliament declared independence world leaders say they aren't recognizing catalonia but the council on parliament's independence vote still triggered celebrations inside the assembly and even larger ones on the streets outside. yes to independence that was the news from catalonia as parliament it was the moment the separatists had been waiting for and they took to the streets of boss alone in their thousands to celebrate. it's an enormous satisfaction because we've achieved what we thought. would be indepen

that the article that spanish senate is in madrid were voting on on whether they would take away the regional autonomy from catalonia and when that announcement came through there were huge views and then afterwards people all put their fists into the air and started singing in solidarity and one thing i found this really interesting over the last few days is regardless of what camp people are in whether they would like to remain spain or whether they are secessionists many people have joined together in action discontentment over the idea of article one five five which they believe will take away their independence and take away democracy in this region sure is the fear there charlotte we could see a repeat of the scenes we saw during the independence referendum where. the spanish police the national police were there and there was also a lot of trouble because we just heard from. a whole are you saying that law will be restored in catalonia that was his sort of comment through to spain so a people fear for them that perhaps this could turn violent. will people see that as being a r

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 his supporters later gathered again outside the regional p

madrid and barcelona. it was so coming up growing concerns that ten year could see more violence as well forties but it's been a presidential election rerun it all position strongholds of affairs for the safety of election officials to. find a home for a good to have you with us the sex cattle on president has called for quotas democratic opposition to the takeover offer catalonia by the trees in an address congress praised him all vowed to pursue his struggle for what he said to be a free country he said the spanish government's decision to sack him was illegitimate we just i was off to madrid to control of the council and government and removed some of its top officials. more on this we're joined by our correspondent in boston a charlotte charles and pillar and journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both firstly to you how strong a statement did congress bridge them on make. sure that people here all day have been waiting for some real clarity as to what the next step is going to be from callers puja monday people here been very uncertain they thought hey these declare

overwhelmingly to declare independence from spain madrid reacts to the move with prime minister a horny saying that the rule of law in catalonia will be restored. welcome you're watching at international got breaking news this hour to you because it's been a story day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from spain the results of a secret ballot were released last hour a total of seventy two lawmakers voted in favor of cattle an independent ten voted against and two abstained both pro independent filmmakers and crowds of people outside the parliament did not hesitate to show their relation. thank you. ok well let's go live to barcelona and our correspondent there who's across what's been happening this afternoon on a very eventful afternoon a landmark decision a landmark vote what's been the reaction. incredible reaction on the street we are certainly in an area of people who are pro independence because when not vote was released that catalan parliament had declared an independent republic of catalonia the crowd went absolutely crazy here a

madrid also coming up wildfires continue to devastate northern california at least fifteen people have been killed already say that number could rise as an kenya's opposition leader pulls out of the rerun presidential election while odinga says there's no point in running for office if the old unfair rules remain in place could this d.c. . the country. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us the break up of spain will not begin tonight catalonia as leader has signed but suspended a declaration of independence from spain the regional president carlists put his name to the document but also delayed its implementation he says more time in more dialogue or both meet other cattle on lawmakers joined him in signing the declaration in a speech earlier this evening the kettle on leader told his region's parliament that the disputed october first referendum granted him a mandate for independence let's have a listen to what he said. if the majority of the votes yes the palm it will declare the independence of catalonia as the president of the catalan government i'm going to tell you the r

separatist leader will get the latest from our correspondent live in madrid also coming up. the ballots are being counted in kenya's repeat presidential election but take two of the polls been marred by deadly clashes a boycott and low turnout we'll have more from nairobi. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the standoff between spain and catalonia is coming to a head at this hour with the spanish senate about to vote on invoking article one fifty five of the constitution now they're expected to back the government and put catalonia under direct rule from madrid yesterday catalonia as president through the region into confusion by backtracking on his plans to call new elections that move could have staved off the threat of rule from madrid. when separatists gathered outside the regional parliament they had hoped to hear from castle and president callus preach demond has been expected to call a snap election to stop madrid taking control of catalonia. but he didn't. summon. the spanish government knows that i was ready to call an election if they had given guarantees that it

spanish government has defended the crackdown calling the vote and the go go to madrid the latest. posts are coming up in the french if you have mass say two women have been a stops today in a knife attack officials say the assailant was shot dead by french soldiers investigators are trying to determine if you top post terror related. and making it official germany celebrates its first ever same sex marriage on sunday d.w. talk to the happy couple about their big day when they've waited nearly forty years for. find out on the home free thanks for joining me in spain the council on regional government says more than four hundred sixty people have been injured in a police crackdown on a banned independence referendum polls have just closed off to a day of. tension across the region but in the spanish capital madrid hundreds protested against the pro independence vote and called for unity the government in madrid has called the vote to false and trying to prevent people from costing their ballots several european leaders have condemned the violence and called for political dialogue.

the got a long media defines the deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid now says it is staunch taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday also coming up britons to resign may his hoping to advance talks on drags it out a key e.u. summit in brussels today but the e.u. says not enough progress has been made to move on is there any way out of the impasse. i don't welcome i'm on with a cheema the crisis in gaza alone is escalating spain is the bank to suspend the region's autonomy after the cops on me did threaten to declare independence the central government in madrid said got a loonie as a catalyst regime or had ignored a deadline and this plans to break away. and must now face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader colors pushed him on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown cameras struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down. in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could photo declare independence if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five t

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 carlos put him on the catalan leader his supporters later gathered again outside the regional parliament to protest madrid's move to impose central authority. without going through the polls with little support and against the will of the majority the government of marianna wants to appoint a directory to remotely control the life of catalonia from madrid. was harsh in his criticism of madrid likening its announcement to spain's fascist dictatorship that ruled the country for much of the twentieth century. the spanish government with the support of the socialist and liberal party has undertaken the worst attack on the institutions and people of catalonia since the decree of the military dictator francisco franco abolishing the government of qatar lonia spain's prime minister mariano rajoy was likely expecting a strong rebuke from barcelona and triggering article on

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