. now, pedro -- the spanish to the united states, on spain and the independence movement. catalonia has been better off -- 99% of the voters supported it becoming an independent state. institute, hudson this is an hour. interest we're going to talk about the situation in spain and catalonia. just say a word here assembled. we're this is a think tank that's evoted to american leadership, global engagement and strong relation with allies around the world. this very conference room was inaugurated by the japanese year.dent last we've worked a lot -- these last with our european allies, nato allies and allies the world. this is why we're very honored this able to host conversation, you know, frank about the nversation situation in spain with the just briefly t me introduce you before we get into the matter at hand. you've been the bass since april 017, when you presented your credentials to president trump, o i guess it's kept you busy since then. before you were the minister of 2011 e of spain, between and 2017. and you're a lawyer by profession so you've had different ives and perspec

>> a very well markham -- warm welcome to quadriga. is on spain facing its gravest crisis in decades. separatists in the region of catalonia have pushed of their -- their move for separation. in a key development, the head government has suspended a declaration of independence. our question on 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, fina

. alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga where the focus this week is on spain which is facing its greatest political crisis in decades separatists in the catalonia region in the northeast of the country have stepped up their push for independence from madrid but the central government has firmly rejected the separatist drive and a large number of councilman's have themselves also made it clear that they want to remain part of spain in a key development ahead of the council on government has suspended a declaration of independence saying there is still time to. sew a question on quadriga this week barcelona against madrid well spain to break up and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by gabriella gonzales tortilla from d.w. spanish test. q. says catalonia should state a part of spain but the rigid approach adopted by prime minister are only strengthening the council and independence movement also with us is motor laming from the berlin daily the target spiegel the two argues that council only a must remain part of spain but only if negotiations lead to a very

independence movement in catalonia. 90% of voters supported independence in spain. this was hosted by the hudson institute. it's just under an hour. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. we're going to talk about the situation in spain. we're honored to have the ambassador of spain, mr. pedro morenes. hudson institute is a policy center, a think tank that's devoted to american leadership, and strong relationship with allies around the world. this very conference room was inaugurated by japanese prime minister abe last year and we worked a lot these past decades with our european allies and allies around the world. this is why we're very honored to be able to host this conversation frank and open conversation about the situation in spain with the ambassador. let me just briefly introduce you before we get into the matter at hand. you been the ambassador since april 2017 when you presented your credentials to president trump. i guess this kept you busy since then. before that you were the minister of defense of spain between 2011 and 2017. you're a lawyer by profession. you ha

independence from spain, with people taking to the streets to celebrate. but spain's central government 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

program spain's top court bans a scheduled parliamentary session in catalonia in a bid to block separatists from declaring independence cattle and lawmakers condemning the move as a violation of their freedom of expression. and this year's nobel prize in literature goes to british raja cuz it will issue google judges praising the originality and emotional depth of his work which includes the well known novel the remains of the day. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us northern germany has been hit by a massive storm which is left at least seven people dead and forced the cancellation of train services in many areas the german weather service says when sweeping the region could reach hurricane strength authorities are telling residents to take shelter. the magnitude of storm c.v.r. has caught germany off guard its winds have lashed the port city of hamburg uprooting trees which have smashed on to vehicles with fatal results the roof was torn off this building in lehman while in berlin shoppers had discovered to safety the capital's tagle and

. spain's economic powerhouse of council stages a rowdy vote for independence on the weekend stepping up the pressure on madrid and casting a question mark in equity markets over the country's economic future. also coming up another european airline bites the dust u.k. as a monarch is grounded leaving one hundred thousand passengers stranded a rounds the well. and us president of dollars trump is threatening foreign companies with import tariffs in a bid to preserve you as jobs but far and. and he's like b.m.w. all providing jobs they're also in danger we'll tell you why. welcome to the business i want to get jones in berlin and spanish stocks down on spain's borrowing costs up as investors try to gauge the political consequences from sunday's independence vote in catalonia madrid says the vote was illegal but off to the brutal crackdown by spanish police support for the government is crumbling and worries about spain's economy are rising on the madrid stock exchange share prices continue to slide more than one hundred points shed since the market opened a fall of more than one percent m

castle and parliament voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from spain. madrid reacts to the move by voting to impose direct rule on the region prime minister says that the rule of law in catalonia will be restored. hello there comes you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international start with breaking news to you because it's been a story day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor declaring independence from spain the results of a secret ballots were released at around three thirty local time total of seventy two all makers voted in favor of cattle an independent ten voted against and to obstruct. thank you. thank. you thank you thank. to. both independent filmmakers and crowds of people side the parliament doesn't hesitate to show their election. thank . you. and me thank you i think if god. was thinking thank you thank you ok we can go to barcelona and join charlotte pinsky who's covering events for us there charlotte it's been a couple of hours hasn't it since these mammoth developments just run through how this unfolded. well from very early this

remain in spain the difficult situation now is whether this will actually become an independent republic yes the catalan parliament have said that that is what they're voting for but there are many other steps to take including the fact that we saw the reaction here that. article one five five this is 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 t

madrid and barcelona continues the question now is will catalonia as push for independence could spain break up find out on quadriga. beach. next on. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn a simple online on your mobile and free. d w z e learning course because german made easy. alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga where the focus this week is on spain which is facing its greatest political crisis in decades separatists in the catalonia region in the northeast of the country have stepped up their push for independence from madrid but the central government has firmly rejected the separatist drive and a large number of cats a man's have themselves also made it clear that they want to remain part of spain in a key development ahead of the council on government has suspended a declaration of independence saying there is still time to. sew a question on quadriga this week barcelona against madrid spain a break up and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by g

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man from nevada. and we'll get the latest from spain after a chaotic day in catalonia plunge the country into crisis the catalan regional government is meeting right now to consider what steps towards independence can take that's after ninety percent of voters back to separating from spain and a referendum disrupted by police and dismissed by madrid. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us a gunman has killed at least fifty people injured two hundred more in the u.s. city of las vegas police have confirmed that the suspect a sixty four year old white man from nevada was shot dead the incident took place on the city's famed strip of the attack. her had checked in as a guest at the mandalay bay hotel and casino and from the thirty second floor he began firing on an outdoor concert authorities say they have also located a female person of interest she was a seen accompanying the suspect before the attack. last vegas sheriff joe long bardot spoke a short while ago let's listen in for his his history and background we haven't completed that part of the investigation yet but we

from aberdeen standard investments. up next on this program, the auction block. amid tension in spain, the country very much needed to get away from its bond offering this week. we will bring you the results. that's next. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ ♪ i'm jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg: real yield." i want to head to the auction block now, where we start with corporates and focus on a little bit more in energy. thanks to an offering this week from transocean energies and others, energy companies are returning to credit markets at the fastest pace in three years, with bankruptcies falling and oil stabilizing, and companies facing more than $70 billion of debt maturing in 2019. in sovereigns, abu dhabi's $10 billion sale following saudi arabia's $12.5 billion issue last week. the borrowing binge pushes sales from the middle east and north africa to a record $89 billion this year. and the big headliner of this week was in spain. a sale of 3.2 billion, up 53 basis points. more than double that on last month's spanish sales of similar debt. sending demand to the highest level

council on here in spain i do i read the. dozens of companies of have moved parts of their operations all the whole operations away from carson only in the last year or so i read one figure more than a lot more than a hundred companies have exited. yeah but if you compare it to other regions in an autonomous regions spain it's more or less the same thing it's not only cut and onya i think good business is most afraid of its security and if the future of the political and legal structure of the future of catalonia is in doubt that's what business hates so what they are fleeing is insecurity and start a start as they have right now the insecurity is this due to the fact that from the perspective of the european union it would not be a very well come. separation of it because in all nation states in europe you have wealthy regions which pay more and you have poor regions with the get subsidized by other people so if the tendency that well two regions try to separate themselves from other parts of the country continues that would be very much against everything european union is based on yes

democracy to others it's illegal separatism and spain's autonomous region of catalonia a controversial independence referendum has created a major political cry. yes. in barcelona regional ministers and members of parliament are but then again are fighting for economy is independence. but there's ambitions and not shared across the region many want to remain in spain. cassilis bid for independence has left the region and spain deeply divided. in the eye of a political storm all appears quiet inside the catalan parliament in barcelona m.p.'s like alba very good is should be debating but their session has been suspended. so this is a cuddle and parliament and it's empty today because we should have in our plenary session that it was suspended by the us a constitutional court this banished constitutional court so they say they are trying to spare our activities they are trying to tell us what we can talk about and why don't we are not table to talk about and that's not fair and that's not democratic and i sing we have the right to decide what we want to talk about in particular talking ab

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

the clears independence from spain thousands of separate the supporters cheered at the vote and barcelona the motion passed despite the opposition wanting out on out the spanish senate has voted to rescind catalonia scoured and take control of the best if we just were in barcelona and madrid. thanks for your company we start with some breaking news from spain the senate in madrid has approved government proposals to take control of catalonia just after catalonia is regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain in an unprecedented move the senate in madrid voted overwhelmingly in favor of spanish prime minister marianna roy's request to trigger the infamous article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution that allows the central government to remove cattle and regional leaders from office starting with president carlos put human shortly before seventy out of one hundred thirty five cattle and lawmakers approved a motion to declare catalonia and in the pennant republic opposition lawmakers walked out in protest before the vote. while the outcome

berlin is spain reaching the point of no return as it plunges deeper into its biggest political crisis in decades the country's top court has banned the council on parliamentary session in a bid to block separatists from declaring independence we're going to pass a lead of them all. also on this program in the u.s. the powerful gun lobby coals for more regulation days after the worst mass shooting in the country's modern history the national rifle association says devices used to make guns fire foster should face greatest scrutiny. and this year's nobel prize for literature goes to british writer cuz will ishiguro judges praising the originality and emotional depth of his work which includes the well known novel the remains of the day. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us catalonia is bid for independence from spain has hit something of a road block spain's highest court banning a parliamentary session in catalonia scheduled for monday that could see the region decl. independence it's unclear however what effect the court's ruling will actu

getting his agenda passed? the catalan foreign affairs chief calls for talks. we speak to spain's energy minister. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." we have quite a lot going on in the markets. we are getting breaking news out of china. reserves are little bit above estimates, but in mind what what we were expecting. -- but in line with what we were expecting. onto your markets. the turkish lira. a senior member of the catalan party calls for dialogue with spain. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news. here's sebastian salek. sebastian: a senior republican senator has said donald trump's reckless threats towards other countries could set the nation on the path to world war iii. president treats it often like a reality show. his support will be critical to the president on tax reform. after a massive rally in barcelona over the weekend, a the catalanr of administration calls for dialogue with madrid. the catalan president vowed to press ahead with his independence strike. angela merkel has a great to an annual cap for migrants into her country. it is

spain but their heavy—handed tactics today appear to be making deep divisions in this region worse. it was chaos at polling stations across catalonia. as spanish police moved to disrupt the vote. here grabbing ballot boxes inside a school. then jostling with local catalan firemen and arguing with officers from catalonia's own regional police. spain's police in a spanish region, a foreign force today. but many did vote, savouring a precious moment. he ran catalonia's devolved government when five years ago with popular support, he began pressuring spain for a scottish style referendum. they are peaceful people trying to cast their vote and there a violent spanish state that is trying to prevent people from voting. but spain's deputy prime minister said the actions of national police were professional and proportionate. she said the regional government was irresponsible for organising an illegal vote. so this evening as people continue to vote, tension across catalonia. the spanish government has tried today to exert its authority. but there is more hate here towards leaders in madri

declare independence from spain madrid reacts to the move by triggering are to kill a hundred and fifty five to impose direct rule on the region prime minister roy say that the rule of law in catalonia will be restored while europe and the u.s. say they do not recognize catalonia as an independent state. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know neil just after eight in the russian capital it's just after seven o'clock evening time in catalonia which is witnessing an historic day the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from spain the results of a secret ballot were released in the late afternoon a total of seventy lawmakers voted in favor of independence ten voted against. both pro independence lawmakers and crowds of people outside parliament did not hesitate. to show their relation at three of the. thank. i. was thwarted at the top was of the god i. was. was. our correspondent charlet dubin ski house reaction from the council on capital barcelona. from very early this morning people started gathering here in the square arou

breaking away from spain plus. the somali government fires its police and intelligence chief following the latest attack in what would you shoot dozens for love dead and wounded. and in the bundesliga byron munich were looking for a knockout punch against our real lives for going the distance with the stars in the german cup earlier in the week. and sarah harmon welcome to the show and thanks for joining us. and massive anti independence rally has ramped up in the heart of catalonia tens of thousands of people demonstrating in barcelona for unity spain this after the spanish central government imposed direct rule over the region in the wake of the catalan regional parliament's moves to trigger independence what were you the latest from our correspondent on the scene in just a moment but first this report. the they took to the streets of boston learner in the hundreds of thousands the spanish flag held high the call for national unity coming just two days after the catalan declaration of independence the where all spanish they say catalonia belongs to spain they call themselves the sile

independence from spain. the prime minister, mariano rajoy, has called the poll illegal. canadian police have arrested a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. and then attacked him with a knife. two young women accused of using a nerve agent to murder kim jong—nam — the estranged half—brother of north korea's leader — have been taken to the high court in malaysia for the start of their trial. now it's time for world business report. one of britain's best known holiday flight companies, monarch airlines, has collapsed, with all flights immediately cancelled, leaving over 100,000 uk customers stranded abroad. the catalonian conundrum — when a massive majority of a minority votes for independence, what happens to the driver of spain's economic recovery? welcome to world business report. i'm jamie robertson. in a minute we'll hear from the boss of microsoft, what he's doing top make his company cool again. but first, monarch airlines has been placed into administration and all flights from the uk have been c

dialogue, we have always been ready to have an agreed solution. we have nothing against spain. it is the opposite. we want to have a better understanding with spain. the relationship between spain and catalonia has not been working for many years. and nothing has been done about it. and now this is unsustainable. the country cannot be pushed by force to accept the situation. there is democracy beyond constitution, beyond the constitution. ladies and gentlemen, with the results of the referendum on the 1st of october showing that we have one right to be an independent country, and the right to be respected, what we have been living for the past three days we have never had before. people are listening to us. the yes to independence won an election at the parliament and has now won a referendum. the ballot says yes to independence and this is the will that i want to go forward with. the electoral law establishes that 48 hours after the referendum results there needs to be a session in order to declare independence. and agree the beginning of the constituent process. now at this point,

an independent european nation and it's already indicated it will declare independence from spain in the coming days a tense situation as the spanish on the council on economy a very closely linked spain's gross domestic product is around one trillion euros the catalonian tribute about a quarter of that that is two hundred and twenty three billion euros you will see them coming up here in just a second and then talk pull down now that is little less than ireland's g.d.p. for twenty sixteen but significantly more than portugal's so it's quite clear that catalonia is the economic powerhouse and that is why some say that a catalan break away could lead spain vulnerable while it is still on the road to recovery but there is also concern that catalonia cannot realistically afford to go it alone. spaniards like yourself or gomez lost their jobs when the country's banks were on the verge of collapse she runs this community group one of many for those affected by the credit crisis for them no investment from banks meant no opportunities for businesses to grow cutbacks followed unemployment h

. 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 catalonia, a day after it's parliament declared independence. madrid has stripped the region of

as the spanish ambassador to the u.s. talks about spain and the cat lan independence movement. this is just getting underway. this is to american leadership, global engagement and strong relationship with allies around the world. this very conference, and japanese prime minister shinzo abe, we worked a lot the last decades with our european allies and nato allies and allies around the world. that's why we're honored to be able to hold this conversation and, you know, frank and open conversation about this institution in spain with the ambassador. let me just briefly introduce you before we get into the matter at hand. you have been ambassador since april of 2017 when you presented your credentials to president trump, so it's kept you busy since then. before that you were the minister of defense of spain between 2011 and 2017 and a lawyer by profession so you've had different lives and different perspectives that you can bring to this issue. it's very interesting that we meet today because as probably many of you know, today was the last day of the ultimatum, the deadline that the sp

. international. now there has been a dramatic escalation in the independence crisis that's rocking spain the prime minister sachs catalonians government and put his deputy prime minister in charge a regional election is now being called for late december and in the meantime ministries are being closed and police powers revoked madrid seize control a scuffle and leaders finally proclaimed independence a month after the disputed referendum today in parliament the parliament of our country illegitimate parliament largely expected step and largely for four step. citizens of cattle or any other comes a time when it is up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our peace our civic duty and dignity as we have always done and always will without any doubt was was . was the. fishes there but here we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government was was was a shot at defense he has been following developments in the capital and capital. the spanish government in madrid says it is now taken full control of catalonia it says it h

was. the economic force of spain and also make sure that there is this ability and. the constitution of seventy eight was going to good start to guarantee our government and our problems alone. made sure. that spain had a place where the european institutions. after the years. after. there's no. after seeing those developing that we were going to democracy. we realized after the years this is there was not only. not going towards the direction that we wanted in catalonia but it started. this is why in the year two thousand and five. eighty eighty percent of this parliament. majority of eighty eight percent of this parliament i repeat myself. following the procedures you know within the constitution and within the constitution but. we. statute of autonomy a new one and we said to the congress you know. and there was a campaign of. haters of catalonia. before in the text of the referendum i mean the back then it was very different however. come out and. the citizens were. agreeing to it. it was forty cents of the forty seven percent of the people that. and almost. forty se

expressed during a recent referendum to break from spain his first statement since the spanish prime minister put his deputy in charge of the government regional elections called. seize control just the leaders finally proclaimed independence. today in parliament the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament took a largely expected step and largely fought for step. citizens of cafe or any other comes a time when it is up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our peace our civic duty and dignity as we have always done and always will without any doubt was with god i was with. was was. there but here we decided to sack the president vice president and all the high ranking officials at the council on government was it was i was in support of the country's unity continue this saturday hundreds of gathered in one of the hundreds squares holding national flags the same time across the lower approach independence and it is calling for telling the general strike starting on monday r.t. charlotte risky has been following events in the past about capital i know that the spa

on stocks on the 30th anniversary of black monday. talks between spain and catalonia take a turn after the prime minister suspends catalonia's autonomy. the tug-of-war between spain and catalonia having a ripple effect in europe. fiona frick joins us from the robin hood conference in new york. we are under 30 minutes away from the end of the third base that -- thursday session. red across equity boards led by greece and austria. all of these currencies are rising against the dollar. yields declining. a busy earnings day. nestle almost doubling its forecast for restructuring costs. chief executive mark schneider trying to revive growth after the weakest nine-month sales since 1999, spending a billion swiss francs on the organization . shares are down by two thirds. ap has groundout gains, up third of 1%. up forstomers signing the company flagship business software. third-quarter sales climbed to 6 billion, narrowly missing estimates. the chief executive seeking to win new customers with a major update. shares are up by a third of 1%. biggest loser by a country mile, 8 -- ig shares

from spain, after a day of violent clashes with police. police in canada arrest a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. two women, charged with killing the estranged half—brother of the north korean leader, go on trial in malaysia. the uk's fifth largest airline, monarch, fights for its future in the holiday business after worries about its finances. welcome to the programme. after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia say 90% of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. more than 800 people are reported to have been injured after violence at many polling stations. the prime minister, mariano rajoy, said the poll was illegal and that most people in catalonia did not want independence. from barcelona, tom burridge reports. this is how a vote turned ugly. spanish national police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spain's government considers illegal. people kicked and thrown. women literally pulled by

hide from a challenge. spain's prime minister says he won't rule out suspending catalonia's autonomy as tens of thousands of people take to the streets to call for talks. also in the next hour, the royal foundation announces a £2 million grant to help find digital solutions to to mental health problems. it's the largest investment ever made by the charitable trust of the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry. lewis hamilton takes a major step towards a fourth f1 world title with victory at the japanese grand prix. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are caroline crampton from the new statesman and the sunday times‘ foreign editor peter conradi. good morning and welcome to bbc news. hurricane nate has hit the united states, causing torrential rain and powerful winds. people in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana have been ordered to leave their homes. the storm has already caused major damage to several central american countries, leaving at least 25 people dead, before hitting the us as a category o

unity this is a new poll shows a razor thin majority oppose breaking away from spain also coming up the somali government fires its police and intelligence chief following the latest attack in mogadishu dozens for left dead and wounded plus lewis hamilton has clinched the twenty seventeen formula one world championship after the running of the mexican grand prix on sunday. and sarah harmon welcome to the show and thanks for joining us a massive anti independence rally has just wrapped up in the heart of catalonia tens of thousands of people demonstrating in barcelona for unity spain this after the spanish central government imposed direct rule over the region in the wake of the catalan regional parliament's move to trigger independence well the latest from our correspondent just a moment but first this report. the they took to the streets of us a learner in the hundreds of thousands the spanish flag held high the call for national unity coming just two days after the catalan declaration of independence the where all spanish they say catalonia belongs to spain they call themselves th

in spain as the baton of must catalonia region holds a band independence vote. scuffles have broken out between riot police and botha's outside pointing stations but it says the referendum is illegal but catalan leaders determined it should go ahead and go live to wasilla enough for the latest. clashes erupt at a new nazi wrote a rally in sweden when thousands of counter demonstrators turned out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes at a football game in france a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans of the severely injured. i made a few money welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that what to be used in a band independence referendum in catalonia police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocking people from. entering and voting riot police as you can see from the pictures here have clashed with voters at the site where the catalan leader was expected to vote now catalonia which is home to more than seven and a half million people already has a high degr

majority opposes breaking away from spain or bring you the latest from barcelona plus the somali government fires its police and intelligence chief following the latest attack in mogadishu which killed and wounded dozens of people . and in the bundesliga behind me they were looking for a knockout punch against army line position after going the distance with the of stars in the german cup earlier in the week. and sarah whom we welcome to the show thanks for joining me. a massive anti independence rally has wrapped up in the heart of catalonia tens of thousands of people demonstrated in barcelona for unity spain this after the spanish central government imposed direct rule over the region in the wake of the cattle on racial parliament's moves to trigger independence we're bringing the latest from our correspondent on the scene right after this report. they took to the streets of pass alone or in the tens of thousands the spanish flag held high the call for national unity coming just two days after the catalan declaration of independence the where all spanish they say catalonia bel

showdown in spain as the autonomous catalonia region holds a band independence vote police are forcibly removing people from polling stations as they show up in big crowds determined to cast their votes catalan authorities say dozens have been injured we'll get the latest from our correspondent in barcelona. clashes erupted on neo nazi rally in sweden when thousands of counter-demonstrators turned out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes at a football game in front of a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans severely injured. i'm edith to money welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that were to be used in a band independence referendum in cuts alone police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocking people from entering and voting riot. you can see them right here have clashed with voters at several science now catalonia which is home to more than seven and a half million people already has a high degree of autonomy but the catalan government has pledged to d

pendants if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five this allows spain central government to take over any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to be. the spanish government's reaction to double down the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with a goal to restore the law in catalonia if you will restore rather. than. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate article one hundred fifty five this is never been used in modern spanish history so what does that mean in practice it would allow madrid to sack regional office holders dissolve the regional parliament and assume control of all regional authorities. new elections would be held in catalonia and so then madrid could fill key interim positions after invoking the article it won't come into effect straight away it needs parliamentary approval spanish prime minister mariano rajoy needs an absolute majority for that and he only has a slim one in barcelona catalan res