. madrid is also planning to take over polling stations in catalonia as it increases its police presence in the region. well the region's minister for foreign affairs has called on europe to intervene in the situation he ses by trying to block the vote madrid is violating the democratic principles of the european union the call echoes the council on presidents earlier statements accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think you will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue while catalans voiced their anger at madrid journalists have been trying to pin down the e.u. to get its view of the media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who is there. now all you have a double standard in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand gaddy and in other stand out for the throne yet you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent

recent moves by spanish authorities as quote coordinated aggression and also accuse madrid of putting in place a state of emergency in the region. so that a look at the one year i started ject of we are going to catalan government has been subjected today to a coordinated aggression committed by the police forces directed by the spanish interior ministry the objective has been to stop the catalan society to express themselves freely and didn't peace on the first of october this aggression is outside of the law it damages the state of law and all of the constitutional guarantees it also damages the european union bill on human rights in the last few days and particularly today the spanish state has suspended the self rule of catalonia and has put in place a state of emergency. madrid's used a range of measures in his bid to stop the referendum from actually taking place it declared the upcoming vote illegal and conducted numerous raids to seize pro referendum materials currently more than seven hundred mayors are under investigation over their support for the vote and most recently mad

catalonia this week as it pushes for independence from madrid. good morning from moscow this sunday the twenty fourth of september one bright with a mix of today's world developments and some of the biggest stories of the week first for you. the north korean foreign minister says a missile strike on the u.s. mainland is now more inevitable he was addressing the u.n. on a day that saw american bombers flying off the east coast of north korea trump fired back on twitter saying the foreign minister and the country's leader won't be around much longer if they continue their rhetoric as americans go the latest the crisis has escalated today even more after the u.s. flexed its military might ok. adding to the pentagon the u.s. sent b. one b. bombers from guam as well as f. fifteen fighter jets from okinawa japan on a mission in international airspace off the eastern coast of north korea. this is the farthest north of the demilitarized zone that any u.s. fighter or bomber has flown in this this century the pentagon says that this mission sends a clear message to the d.p. r. k. that the u.s

catalonian region another independence referendum now in the run up to the vote madrid arrested campaigning materials and banned newspapers from publishing anything regarding the voting but it's not been stopping activists from putting up posters and banners in support of the referendum here's what one of the activists have to say this is a fight for both the right of two to vote on a referendum of self-determination but also it's a fight over. being able to say that he would like the. spanish authorities have already arrested fourteen regional officials and seized up to ten million ballot papers as well as banners advertising the referendum the official campaign website also being blocked and madrid's increasing its presence in catalonia by sending extra police as well as planning to take over polling stations come sunday . but not all catalans are in favor of breaking away from spain some of course think madrid's in the right. biggest thing it will do to people you will see if you study people so you can see it was believe it that they didn't feel the cold your face is see and feel it jus

leader says madrid's actions are an act of aggression. we're going to look at them when you're the catalonian government has been subjected to coordinated aggression from the police force of the spanish interior ministry was. was was we are here to defend our. future state students are very important part of our society the youngers so we need to make them conscious of what's governing here we're really going to put these to take this forward and to go all the way to independence you know my roots spain is government spends. it will try to do i games that will be on the streets and we'll try to vote madrid's used a range of measures in an attempt to stop the referendum taking place it's declared next sunday's vote is illegal and conducted numerous raids to seize progress for and the material right now more than seven hundred mez are under investigation for their support of the vote madrid's also announced plans to take control of catalonia as budget in order to ensure that the money isn't spent on the referendum here's how events have unfolded since the first non-binding vote on in

begin within hours police reinforcements raid while madrid says it's managed to shut down most of the polling stations. it's now been two years since russia launched its first asked rice in the end war torn syria we'd look at what's changed during that time and. grow chemical giant monsanto's banned from the european parliament after refusing to attend a hearing questioning studies about its products. he wants it all to international live from almost has to do with me in a day or two to welcome to the program the spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be a historic decision with this independence referendum shy jeweled for sunday tensions are mounting in the region with extra police deployed on the streets and raids to prevent the counting of at electronic votes in crowds gathered to protest against the upcoming vote throughout saturday and in madrid spanish unionists staged a rally in front of the city hall the activist was seen singing the anthem of the fascist spanish phalange party a number of protesters also gave nazi salutes i understand since mar

spanish authorities madrid called catalonia upcoming indifferent independence referendum illegal. with a german election just around the corner signs of outside meddling have been revealed not coming from russia as everyone had been predicting but from america's all right all too right. it's just turned five pm here in the russian capital i'm jacqueline lugo coming to you live from r t h q thanks for joining me. we start in syria where the russian defense ministry says that submarines have targeted illness or terrorists in the province of it led. courser of is following developments for us submarine of the russian the black sea fleet which is currently stationed the sport of the naval group in the mediterranean shots caliber cruise missiles towards terrorists or gets in syria according to russian defense ministry old charges that have been destroyed in the. those are terrorists command post training bases weapons storage facilities armored vehicles and of course military power as well now all of those have been destroyed now defensive ministry stresses that some of the tsar gets had been

for independence from madrid. and that's just an hour to go until polls open in germany's federal election we'll look at the main candidates and their final bids to win over voters. there was today's news on the biggest stories of the past several days this is the international they call them right welcome to the program first for you the north korean foreign minister says a missile strike on the u.s. mainland is now more inevitable following president trump's latest insults he was addressing the u.n. on a day that saw american bombers fly off the east coast of north korea trump fired back on twitter saying that the foreign minister and the country's leader one be around much longer if they continue their rhetoric so amerikana is the latest. the crisis has escalated today even more after the u.s. flexed its military might according to the pentagon the u.s. send b. one b. bombers from guam as well as f. fifteen fighter jets from okinawa japan on a mission in international airspace off the eastern coast of north korea. this is the farthest north of the demilitarized zone that any u.

of the catalans want the vote to go ahead while madrid is now trying to block the referendum that's scheduled for sunday in the run up to the vote madrid confiscated campaigning materials and began newspapers from publishing anything regarding the voting but it's not stopped activists putting up posters and banners in support of the referendum here's one of the what one of the activists had to say. this is a fight for those right to vote on referendum sounds to me but those are the funds over. you know being able to say that a. spanish authorities have already arrested fourteen regional officials and seize up to ten million ballot papers the official campaign website has also been blocked and madrid is increasing its presence in catalonia by sending extra police and is planning to take over polling stations. but not all catalans are in favor of breaking away from spain something woodridge is in the right. if you just a little bit people here will support your side of people so you could see it was believe you but they didn't really go to your face isn't the only time you smile on t.

they don't have you know they don't have the people of catalonia. thank you if they. if a. madrid strongly opposes the independence and is investigating over seven hundred cattle and mayors who pledged their support for the campaign last week madrid is doing all it can to scupper the referendum which is set to take place on october the first spanish authorities have told cattle and media outlets to stop publishing content and adverts backing independence while police have raided a printing house the country's prime minister commended the drive to stop the breakaway. it is necessary to congratulate in particular the civil guard city that have seized more than one hundred thousand cattle on government propaganda posters last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the catholic parliament which allowed the vote to take place and on friday barcelona the region's capital was given just forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing the public money will not be spent on the referendum if it is madrid is threatening to seize control of a part of catalon

officials arrested by spanish authorities madrid called catalonia upcoming independence referendum illegal. thank you for joining me jacqueline bouvier a lie from r t h q and moscow where it's just turned three pm we start with syria the russian defense ministry says its submarines have targeted all noser of terrorists in the province of idlib artie's roman cos earth has been closely following the story for us. submarine of the russian black sea fleet which is currently stationed us part of the naval group in the mediterranean shots caliber cruise missiles towards terrorists or gates in syria according to russian defense ministry also argue that have been destroyed and among those are serious command posts training bases weapons storage facilities or legals and of course military power as well now all of those have been destroyed now defense ministry stresses that some of that had been those militants. who ambushed its wednesday and nine a russian military police personnel in the hama province on know wednesday now the russians were heavily outnumbered by but despite that they were

in the spanish region of catalonia this week as it pushes for independence from madrid. good morning from moscow this sunday the twenty fourth of september on calling bright with a mix of today's world developments and also some of the biggest stories of the wake first though it's a big day of course for germany voters heading to the polls to choose who they want to represent them in the next bundestag live to the election and. what a great day but lots of excitement still. political welcome to our special coverage from germany where the polling stations that vote for two hours now for the country's federal election now. if you believe in prayer lection poles and deliberately set to become chancellor what would be a fourth straight to the election polls i went to about donald trump they weren't sure about drugs it's a big pinch of salt over the shoulder for that miracle that has been in power for twelve years already and for the young people here in germany there's a lot of been a time without in the background. time i remember she was always there i mean i can't really remem

mounting between madrid and barcelona with both sides trading accusations of extremism. if there is disturbance it would. clearly be on the side of those who are advocating the referendum are. adopting nazi like by you know pointing out people who. are against the referendum. if you had better go and win over a haunted house cross the very dangerous red glowing he has decided super resurrect the best stuff probably could. discuss this issue further i'm not going to live medina question of a boss alone a day not what's the atmosphere like there in the city of the mood. while this saturday is the last and the crucial debut for the referendum on the independence of castle law. now we've seen a lot of movement happening around the region and in the city as well now this morning spanish civil guard read at the center of telecommunications and to acknowledge it or for information to switch off applications that could be used to count the voting on sunday spanish police cordon of the building off but he's presence has been tightened and the city we see increased really is still an old majo

. protests and arrests in the spanish region of catalonia this week as it pushes for independence from madrid. morning from moscow this sunday the twenty fourth of september i'm calling with a mix of today's world developments and some of the biggest stories of the week first for you it's a big day for germany of course voters heading to the polls to choose who they want to represent them in the next life to the election. early marathon is just underway the political joy of america no just coming to an exciting climax welcome to our special coverage from germany where the polling stations have just opened for the country's federal election and judging by the pre-election polls called just and we know that now but they say anglo-american set to become chancellor for a fourth straight turn has been around for twelve years already the young people there in the country the other bit of time with out in the background. the time i remember she was always there i mean i can't really remember a time when she was like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before. me as only madonna's catalog i

gathered on saturday in a show of defiance against madrid days earlier more than seven hundred murders discovered they face prosecution by the government for supporting the push for independence spanish authorities have already shut down the separatists official website although it has since moved to a new two in main. now when catalonia held its first symbolic referendum in twenty fourteen again the authorities in the madrid weren't happy no they slammed it as a constitutional even threatening to kick the legendary barcelona football club out of the national league where would messi go then but it didn't put off cuts on leaders or dead their popularity then after a pro independence party secured a majority in council only as parliament it insisted the region would secede anyway in turn in march madrid all put pressure and even barred officials from holding public office for organizing the referendum so why does spain fear the vote well there are a number of reasons let's take a look over here if cuts alone goes its own way spain would lose almost seven percent of its territory the ric

support for the upcoming referendum but madrid slams the region's bid for independence as nothing but a dream. c.n.n.'s reporting donald trump's for my campaign chairman was wiretapped by the u.s. government just several months all of the network poured scorn on the president's claims the secret service had eavesdropped on his team. and france today sees another wave of protest against president calling for labor reform. this is our c.n.n. national broadcasting to you live from the russian capital only care and good to have you with us. all small group of russian military police stationed in syria have been ambushed by a large contingent of terrorists according to the defense ministry the russian troops punished to repel the owners were militants despite being surrounded and heavily outnumbered the ground forces were supported by several of fighter jets which were targeting al nusra positions moskos says the terrorists wanted to capture the you know it's which which is operating inside the deescalation zone in italy a province there are gas do you have reports on the latest from syria

and hundreds of council of officials gathered on saturday that in a show defense against madrid just days before but more than seven hundred men is discover the face prosecution by the government for supporting the dependents votes when couple held its first symbolic referendum it was back in twenty fourteen we covered it then again the authorities in madrid would not happy they sounded as. constitutional and even threaten to kick the legendary barcelona football club out of the national league over it it didn't put off leaders though or dent their popularity then after a pro dependent's party secured a majority in catalonia parliament it did sisted that the region would succeed the way of the story so we go on to march then madrid up the pressure and even barred catalan officials from holding public office for organizing the referendum so why does fear this vote so much where there are a number of reasons for it let me take you through it briefly if catalonia goes its own way spain would for a start lose seven percent territory and the key here is that it's a rich bit of it's a

upcoming referendum but madrid slams the region for independence is nothing but a dream. dream. i am. and c.n.n. is reporting that donald trump's former campaign chairman was wiretapped by the u.s. government just several months after the same network poured scorn on the president's claims that the secret service had been snooping on his team. watching r.t. international live from studio with me to do you tube welcome to the program a small group of russian military police stationed in syria have been caught in the terra ambush according to the defense ministry that russian troops managed to repel almost from militants despite being surrounded and heavily outnumbered and this is some of the latest video of russian strike targeting positions as part of the air support for ground forces at the terrorists wanted to capture the unit operating inside the deescalation. reports on the latest from syria. the rebel offensive in north hamad was apparently huge action magnets you supported by tanks by artillery by personnel carriers and joined by hundreds and hundreds of jihad fighters in violation

madrid who have ruled sunday's vote illegal but it's not stopping activists putting up posters and banners in support of the referendum. this is a fight for both the right of two to vote on a referendum of self-determination but also it's a fight over. being able to say they would like that spanish authorities have already arrested fourteen regional officials and seized up to ten million ballot papers as well as banners advertising the referendum the official campaign website also been blocked and madrid is increasing its presence in catalonia by sending extra police and the planning to take over a polling station. but not all catalans are in favor of breaking away from spain some think madrid's in the right. if you're just full of it people here will support your side of people so you can see it was not believe it but that didn't get me killed your case is cynthia you fight it piece by piece wish you to start thinking that it really that if. you never get the go you are no justice in that little bit little bit responsible how much they make me look short little fishy oh well the l

madrid's used a range of measures in this bid to stop this referendum taking place it at the upcoming vote illegal and conducted numerous raids to seize pro referendum materials well currently more than seven hundred mez under investigation over their support for they still vote and most recently madrid's announced plans to take control of catalonia is budgets in order to ensure that money isn't being spent on the referendum well let's take a closer look at our world spain could lose if caught at that catalonia does indeed become independent well well the region makes up only six percent of the territory of spain with just sixteen percent of the population living there it accounts for one fifth of the country's anti-air tax revenue and a quarter of all exports a member of the barcelona city council believes the international community should be stepping in to prevent madrid from abusing the region they don't want to the latest vote but people are voting with their feet they are actually crossing the street going over to wherever the intervention has taken place and defending the insti

vote. i. i they were there to again vent their frustration of leaders in madrid who have ruled sunday's vote illegal but it's not stopping activists putting up posters and banners in support of the referendum. fight for both the right of to vote on a referendum of self-determination but also it's a fight over. being able to say that they would like that. the spanish authorities have already arrested fourteen regional officials and seized up to ten million ballot papers as well as banners advertising the referendum the official campaign website has also been blocked and madrid's increasing its presence in catalonia by spend sending in extra police are planning to take over polling stations of course not all catalans are in favor of breaking away from spain something madrid's in the right. biggest battle if you will see previously given the seat it gave up in the event that didn't get me killed your piece is in feel that it's my continuation to spike in the family that if. you never get the elderly go look at yourself in that little bit what it will be responsible how much they m

barcelona to condemn police searches and arrests ahead of council loney as independence referendum madrid proclaims the upcoming vote illegal and sent to the civil guard to seize promotional materials including more than ten million ballots from several catalan ministries twelve officials were arrested including kurds and loney is junior economy minister to learn is leader has flunked the spanish authorities for imposing what he calls a defacto state of emergency and accuses madrid of violating the autonomous regions independence over that of the catalonian government has been subjected to coordinate aggression from the police force of the spanish interior ministry. well as part of madrid's drive to block the referendum thirty seven council on matters who had voiced support for the upcoming vote have been issued court summons and a criminal probe on top of that more than seven hundred other members were threatened with arrest last week spain's prime minister was strongly attacked in parliament over the madrid sanctions live beagle. legal. yes miles seems to me that on us when we spoke to

authorities madrid cold catalonia the upcoming independence referendum illegal. this is r.t. international broadcasting live from the russian capital i'm jack and thank you for joining me we start with breaking news from syria this hour the russian defense ministry says it submarines have targeted for terrorists and the provident province of idlib. cossar of has been closely following the story and joins us live from on bring us up to speed with the latest. well according to what russian defense ministry said earlier in the day the caliber cruise missiles were fired from a submarine in the mediterranean russian submarine cold. and as the result of several command posts training bases weapons storage facilities armored vehicles and militants themselves have been destroyed now defense ministry says. some of those targets that were hit they included men power and equipment those jumped out almost terrorists who attacked a russian military police in the province of hama on no one's day now that time a twenty nine russian servicemen were ambushed. and they were heavily outnumbere

officials madrid's latest bid to prevent the upcoming catalonian independence referendum. and c.n.n. is reporting donald trump's former campaign chairman was wiretapped by the u.s. government just several months after the same network poured scorn on the president claims the secret service had been snooping on his team. r.t. international live from moscow studio with me in india today welcome to the program . a small group of russian military police stationed in syria as you can see on the map have been caught in a terror ambush it happened in a province where deescalation zone is in place according to the defense ministry the russian troops managed to repel militants despite being so rounded and heavily outnumbered and this is some of the latest video of russian strikes targeting on the strip positions as part of the air support for ground forces moscow said one of the main goals of the terrorists was to capture the unit operating inside the zone of deescalation more reports on the latest from syria. the rebel offensive in north was apparently huge in magnitude supported by tanks by ar

. i. protest the rests in the spanish region of catalonia as it pushes for independence from madrid. there is one in the afternoon here in moscow this summer the twenty fourth of september i'm calling bray with a mix of today's world developments on some of the biggest stories of the week as well first for you it's of course election day in germany with tens of millions of voters deciding the shape of the next parliament in europe's most powerful country for a look at what's at stake let's go live once again to berlin. good afternoon to you welcome to the special coverage. of the polling stations now for several hours for the federal election if you pay a lot of attention to. reelection polls you'll be thinking that i'm glad michael said to become chan's level will be a fourth straight been around for twelve years already she's always the permanent fixture sudden for the young people according to them is all the been a time when she hasn't been in the background. the time i remember she was always there i mean i can remember a time when she was like the chancellor and i don't even k

coordinated aggression and accused madrid of putting in place a state of emergency in the region. over the phone your i stop objective we do not going to catalan government has been subjected today to a coup or an agent aggression committed by the police forces directed by the spanish interior ministry the objective has been to stop the catalan society to express themselves freely. and didn't peace on the first of october this aggression is outside of the law it damages the states of law and all of the constitutional guarantees and also damages the european union bill on human rights and the last few days and particularly today the spanish state has suspended the self rule of catalonia and is put in place a state of emergency that. wednesday is crackdown sparked protests across the country the largest took place in the council on capital barcelona where some forty thousand people taking to the streets local journalist colleagues and andras was there for us. you we are in the center of the margins right now is taking place in the heart of arcelor not be aware of the thousands of catalan

gathered on saturday in a show defiance against madrid days earlier more than seven hundred mayors discovered they face prosecution by the government for supporting the independence vote when catalonia held its first symbolic referendum in twenty fourteen we covered it then again the authorities in madrid were not happy they slammed it in fact at the time as unconstitutional and even threatened to kick the legendary barcelona football club out of the national league but it didn't put off catalan leaders or dent their popularity then after a pro independence party secured a majority in catalonia as parliament insisted the region would succeed anyway. fast forward now to march then madrid up the pressure and even barred catalan officials from holding public office for organizing any of this forthcoming referendum on the first of october so why does spain fear the vote and there are a number of reasons i can tell you let's go through them one of catalonia goes its own way spain would lose almost seven percent of its territory it's a big amount because it's a very special part of spain

defiance against madrid days earlier more than seven hundred mayors discovered that they faced prosecution by the government for supporting the independence vote or when catalonia held its first symbolic referendum in twenty fourteen again the authorities in madrid were far from happy about it they slandered as unconstitutional at the time and even threaten to kick the legendary barcelona football club out of the national league but it didn't put off catalan leaders or dent their popularity they're the next to a star for a pro independence party secured a majority in catalonia as parliament insisted the region would succeed away come march madrid up the pressure up the ante and even barred catalan officials from holding public office for organizing said referendum so why does spain fear the vote or there are a number of reasons for it let me take you through it first off if catalonia sees its own way forward spain would lose almost seven percent of its territories a big chunk and the key point here is that it's a rich chunk it's got the top g.d.p. it will also lose over seven m

arrested by spanish authorities madrid calls catalonia upcoming independence referendum illegal. and almost ninety percent of syria is now free from islamic states according to the latest figures from the russian defense ministry but the country faces a long road to recovery after suffering the horrors of war. to show exploded and killed many innocent people including children it is who has been so. welcome to you all to international we're broadcasting live from moscow i'm david tutor welcome to the program. north korea has threatened to test a powerful nuclear weapon in the pacific ocean saying it comes in response to escalating military talk from washington the north korean foreign minister says it could be the most powerful detonation of a hydrogen bomb the pacific region has ever seen he added that the final decision had not yet been taken and will come from the country's leader. the announcement came just hours after donald trump promised a new round of sanctions against pyongyang however the russian foreign minister speaking at the un general assembly stressed that sanctions a

of october madrid been doing everything in its power to try to scupper it last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed to the council in parliament which paves the way for a vote and then just this last wednesday madrid launched the investigation into more than seven hundred cattle mez who pledged their support to this is session campaign and then just yesterday friday bus load of the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money won't be spent on the referendum otherwise spain will take control of a part of catalonia his budget is a threat not a single euro of the catalans will be directed toward the legal referendum that is wanted by a few. perhaps not so few actually according to numerous polls up to eighty percent of catalans will be voting in favor of independence one mayor we spoke to says madrid's treatment of catalonia shows democracy is in a bad way right now in spain. i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad

polling stations with the region poised to vote in an independence referendum deemed illegal by madrid. tech giants take center stage in the alleged russian meddling scandal with google now joining facebook and twitter in declaring it will testify to congress that says the hunt for signs of the pair was an outside interference intensifies in the american media. today marks two years since russia launched its anti terror campaign in syria we look back at what's been achieved in that time. although there you're watching aussie international broadcasting to you live the most studio in moscow and you karen good to have you with us. spain's catalonia is on the edge of what could prove a momentous occasion is controversial independence referendum on sunday is planned as the two and a half thousand polling stations will participate even though madrid has ordered them to be shut down as it were gone to the vote is illegal locals have staged sit ins to prevent the crackdown on medina cotton of i reports from one school being used as a polling station. we're standing very close to one else these

stations will participate even though madrid has ordered them to be shut down as it regards the vote is illegal the locals have staged sit ins to prevent the crackdown artie's medina cauchon of the reports from one of the schools being used as a polling station we're standing very close to one else these schools located here in the barcelona city center it is a. place for voting on sunday now police have been ordered to shut down old polling station so the people of this neighborhood decided to stay within the doors of the school inside of the school to prevent this from happening you know you're going to what you see here was not planned beforehand we were living in this area of the city defending the place where we want to vote on sunday if you turn around you will see people when the doors of this school open we will just swap places in order to keep defending this vote the spanish authorities have already taken some harsh measures to prevent this referendum from going forward fourteen catalan state officials have been arrested extra police has been sent into the city u.n. experts ar

reinforcements raid barcelona while madrid says that its managed to shut down most of the polling stations. which. has now been two years since russia launched its first air strikes in syria we take a look at what has changed in the meantime. and agro chemical giant monsanto has been banned from the european parliament after refusing to attend the hearing questioning studies about its problems. thanks so much for joining us this hour my name's neil harvey you're watching our international. spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be an historic decision with this independence referendum show june fourth sunday tensions are mounting though in the region with extra police deployed on the streets race to prevent the counting of electronic votes barcelona crowds gathered throughout saturday to protest against the upcoming vote in the madrid spanish union estates the rally right in front of city hall this was seen singing young from of the fascist spanish language party a number of protesters also gave nancy salutes and tell. about between a dude in barcelona officials

demonstrations have been stays throughout the day cross the capital and capital. in mali madrid spanish unionists staged a rally there against the vote in front of the sea. hall activists were seen singing the anthem of the fascist spanish followings party a number of protesters also gave nazi salutes and as tensions mount between madrid and barcelona officials from both sides have been trading accusations extremism. if there is disturbance it will clearly be on the side of those who are advocating the referendum are. adopting nazi like by you know pointing out people who. are against the referendum all you have yet another is a government of real horror has crossed a very dangerous red line has decided to resurrect the best of franco as. june one demonstration a man attempted to ted down a pro independence banner from boston in this town hall but after trying to do so for over a minute to pull down that sign which read more democracy the protester eventually gave up his body to coach of the reports from the capital and kaput. this saturday as they were last on the crucial day before th

spain's council lonia is poised to vote on independence from madrid with fuel for eighteen increasing pressure by moving given thousands of police to the region un human rights experts voicing their concerns. twitter releases a statement on his efforts to track down and ledged russian interference in the twenty sixteen us election in which its sides in this channel's confidential i think spending on the social media platform despite admitting there were no links to modeling. and the un listed terrorist is accused of exploiting the crisis in myanmar by raising money allegedly for the prosecuted hinge of minorities. there is nine am here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me thank you aaron good to have you with us. well the spanish region of council lonia poised to vote on independence from madrid and un human rights experts are voicing their concerns over the spanish government's bid to block the referendum councils are showing both the approval and disapproval of the upcoming vote. was. a. spanish authorities are stepping up their efforts to

vote could be postponed if madrid agrees to compromise the. tech giants take center stage in the scandal on alleged russian meddling in u.s. elections as google joins facebook and twitter declaring it will testify to congress. exactly two years since russia launched its first airstrikes in that war torn syria we look to what changed in that. thank you for watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. responding srijit of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be an historic decision with its independence referendum shadowed for sunday tensions are mounting in the region with extra police deployed on the streets and rains to prevent the counting of electronic votes martina question of reports from. this saturday as that last crucial day before the referendum on the end dependence of council on a cat stock analyst team a lot of movement in the streets barcelona and across the region now this. morning spanish civil guard raid at the center of telecommunications and technologists of information to switch off applications that will be used to count the votes an

support for the campaign last week madrid is doing all it can to scuttle the referendum which is set to take place in october the first spanish authorities have told catalan media outlets to stop publishing content and backing independence while police have raided a pretty house the country's prime minister commended the drive to stop the breakaway . it is necessary to congratulate in particular the simple guard today they have seized more than one hundred thousand cattle on government propaganda posters for the mall last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the cattle and poland which allowed the vote to take place on friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing the public money will not be spent on the referendum if it is madrid is threatening to seize control over part of catalonia budget. not a single year of the catalans will be directed toward them illegal referendum that is wanted by few. perhaps there's more than a few though as many as fifty percent of kaftans all in favor of independence ac

reference that referendum set to take place on the first of october as mentioned the madrid's been doing everything in its power to scupper it last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the catalan parliament which paves the way for the vote and this wednesday madrid launched an investigation into seven hundred twelve catalan mayors who pledged their support for the secession campaign there was another twist on friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money will not be spent on the referendum otherwise the threat is spain will take control of a part of catalonia his budget not a single euro of the catalans will be directed towards a legal referendum that is wanted by a few. well perhaps not so few actually according to numerous polls up to eighty percent will be voting in favor of independence one man we spoke to says treatment of catalonia shows democracy isn't a bad way in spain right. i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the

by madrid to prevent the referendum but a week ago the spanish constitutional court suspended the law which paves the way to vote on this wednesday madrid launched an investigation into seven hundred twelve cattle mers who pledged to support the referendum so as the tensions between madrid and barcelona rise hundreds of thousands of cattle and residents been rallying in support of the vote one cattle we spoke to says the druids treatment of catalonia shows democracy is a bad way right now. if you. ask i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad this is what we regret most of all but that's all we are calm we have a lot of work to do in the municipalities and we'll continue working for the people that's what is important for us the majority of the members of the parliament of the catalonian parliament are in favor of the wind up and learns eighty percent of the cattle and six and shape is in favor of their referendum of several terminations to ask catalans if they want or not. the referendum by without d

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rallying in support of the catalan independence referendum and against madrid's crackdown just days before the vote let's cross live to our teams luis castro luis if you can hear me describe the mood there for us. thank you like crowds of people have taken to the streets here in barcelona. raise their voice so what they think east. from the central government spain at the moment which have sinned . over to the city the majority of security forces that belong to the central government in a sort of like a club down a against the referendum that is due to happen this sunday the first of october basically what has been happening so far is the police from coming from a tree the one that belongs to the central government has been confiscating the ballots are supposed to be used this sunday for the referendum and this morning i've been reading reports and talking to people and they were saying that they like one of the our sibila cities no one has taken over the actual the airport where all the ballots were supposed to be storage and and at the moment as far as we know you can not even ent

upcoming independence vote which madrid brown's legal you should look back at the events surrounding the council on referendum. it's legally legitimate for a thousand year old nation the likelihoods of that's lonia referendum will be held on sunday the first of the time. i've got it. it's just us that has the problems in this case and spanish justice and not the some one hundred twelve my ass thank you. i get this aggression is outside of the law it damages the states of law and all of the constitutional guarantees thank. this referendum can be over noise it was never legal all it gets moved with the i i. was we took a chance to hear differing opinions on the issue from a political analyst from madrid on a pro independence activist from barcelona. the referendum it's our legal it's against the law. of the of the regional law that is suspended by the highest court in a spain it was. young was the only of the house of the original parliament some of the terminations democracy is legal we have voted with absolute majority of the members of our parliament and if they have a problem with

the vote madrid is violating the democratic principles of the e.u. the call echoes the cattle on president's earlier statements accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region. in which i was going i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue while catalans voice the wrong group madrid journalists have been trying to pin down the e.u. to get its view out in media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who was there. now all you have a double standard in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key in other stand out for. you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression. private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is a constitutional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we are going to help you with today.

sunday tensions are mounting between madrid and barcelona with both sides trading accusations of extremism. if there is disturbance it would. clearly be on the side of those who are a book agent a good friend are. adopting nazi like by you know pointing out people who. are against that. referendum it didn't matter if the government over a haunted house crossed the ferry dangerous for blowing he has decided to resurrect the best stuff right quick. boss discuss the latest developments further that's now cross live to our medina question about who's in maslova or however didn't we what's the mood now on the streets with the referendum not so very far away. well as you can see right behind my back of the mood on the streets is to protest and this is the exactly what we've been seeing in the past couple of days people taking very their views to the streets and this is the protest against the referendum now this saturday as the a last stand the crucial day before the referendum on the end dependence of cattle on it kicks off and as i said we've seen a lot of movement in the streets and