you know a lot about the history of catalonia and i get the history of catalonia and i get the feeling you are astonished at what has unfolded. astonished and yet it was political that it would happen because it was an unstoppable force meeting and immovable object. there was no way that either side we re there was no way that either side were going to give way. any dialogue would involve, on the spanish side, deepening the process of autonomy, and any dialogue on the side of the separatists, the catalan government, was about independence or nothing, so was about independence or nothing, so the two objects have met now and what is astonishing is that we didn't really think about what this might mean. i think the intervention by the spanish government will have repercussions that we are only guessing at. let me hold you there because there is condemnation across the european union of the moves by the european union of the moves by the catalan regional government, the british government among many saying they do not recognise it but they will also be worried about how the spanish governm

, the rest of the spanish people in catalonia, catalonia exists in the rest of spain and particularly the trade is sustained. the economic call part of catalonia is sustained in the most important part of it because of the spanish. this is very important. this is very important to understand. today, there are some people unfortunately, i am very sad about this and i hope this will stop immediately on their return, the most important companies over at catalonia, more than 400 have left catalonia because of this crisis, which has been provoked by the instability. this is the contradictions in terms. how can you protect your country if you are forcing your rich -- your wealth to get to feed your country. this is something they have to answer. i would like where it is naturally has to be and not forced by a crisis like this. we speak about entities, but hopefully, we shouldn't have the problem of financial deficits. this could be a tremendous situation. there is another thing i would like to mention. it has a little bit to do, in spain, i was some days ago with a man of gp mode. when i as

of catalonia went to the polls seeking independence the spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters still again the question arises what is the e.u.'s commitment to democracy and who is allowed self-determination. cross-talk in catalonia i'm joined by my guess up in london he is a professor of political science at coventry university as well as author of referendums and ethnic conflict also in london we have matthew goodwin he is an expert in european politics from the university of kent and chad house and in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to john first in paris john can you give me your assessment of what happened on sunday because from an optical point of view it was an utter disaster what are the political consequences and does it start some kind of cascade effect for catalonia as the people that live there want to move towards independence and what about the rest of europe go ahead

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 are speaking to what is clearly a pro independence rally exactly as you'd expect they are you for it over this decision that their parliament has voted for independence this is something i was just talking to a couple people moments ago who said it's not just their mates their parents

because we've got breaking news it's been in the story day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from the results of the secret ballot released last hour we go live now to our correspondent in the qur'an capital barcelona. is is there for us good afternoon to charlotte just talk us through them the reaction on the streets of barcelona after news of the vote came out. incredible reaction andy i have never seen anything quite like it to see if people the estimates from the national guard here in boston and it suggest twelve thousand people were out on the streets and the moment that vote came through that it was a yes vote for independence for catalonia they went out soon be wild it looked like there were bottles of champagne popping in the streets people broke into song they were so so happy and that was sort of the cumulation of the reaction as they were hearing each of those votes as they were being counted every time a yes vote it was a scream into the air and yes every time there was a no vote there was booing and of course doing for th

catalonia again became an autonomous region. since then it's continue to push for greater control of its own affairs. in two thousand and six by in socialist goverernment expanded the region's power. and for the first time the local catalonia and nation. the conservative party challenge this in court. four years later spain's cultural courts struck down the law. said catalonia was not a nation and its language couldn't supplant castilian spanish. the routing sparked mass protests. that you will never get togethers eleven the motto of this protest is we are a nation we will decide our own future. we are telling the state and the supreme court that regardless of how many laws the adopt here in catalonia we feel we are a nation. and nobody can stop it. so your job at the planet. in the following years celebrations on the eleventh of september the national day of catalonia became a show of force for catalan independence. in twenty fourteen catalan people voted in a non binding independence referendum held in defiance of the madrid g

what about the arguments, the claims made in catalonia, the catalonia has spent more than it receives from the rest of the country, and so -- first of all, what do you make of this claim? the resolution of this crisis a possibility for more of a fiscal economy for catalonia? i have ar morenes: larger understanding of that. probably the most challenging lytic goal -- toitical project there is country --6, this but today, is to build the european union. on solidarity. and the european union is built in a way in which everything has to go in a balanced way. and this is probably the most generous and intelligent political project, and that is why it is very difficult. that is why it is very difficult of solidarityck is damaging the consistency of the political project. sprain -- develop spain the rich parts of sustaining, helping the poorer parts of spain, exactly the same as with the very democratic and balanced taxes them where the richest pay more than the poorest -- tax system where the richest pay more than the poorest. therek that the figures can be studied, and the claim that it is

, catalonia was part of the others that were occupying catalonia. so, i mean, culturally matters, familial matters and we're the same people and we have the same interests and when we were in 1898 and we lost cuba and the philippines, catalonia was there and when we were invaded by the french, catalonia was made. and when we were in the beginning of this, catalonia was there. and catalonians felt spash-- in the time from '78 until now, the economic and social, in any respect regarding the rights of -- have never been as high as now. has to remind when these type of-- very typical of the nationalists, this type, is on the table and has justification for something with no justification at all. >> thank you very much. i want to mention to the audience by the way, a bit later we'll have questions. if you have-- maybe by the door you have questions, and we will have with limited time. let me get to the referendum october 1st, so, the catalonian decided to pass this bill, that the spanish authorities deemed illegal, the courts have deemed illegal to pass

germany and france put pressure on catalonia to abandon the separation plans three more catalonia-based businesses have said they are moving their headquarters away from the region. property group imboilia, telecoms company cellnex and abertis have relocated headquarters this comes after several other businesses said they would leav catalonia willem has the latest from catalonia this is a super charged day. >> it is there's 135 deputies inside the catalan parliament, that's where carles puigdemont, the catalan president, will address them later on today we are joined by one of them this morning she's a member of the socialist party in catalonia you will be traveling to the parliament in the next 30 minutes or so in a bus with colleagues because you can't go in ordinarily because of the security. this is a pretty extraordinary day for you. >> of course it's not easy for us to deal with that issue, because we are not used to that normally we go by our car, and now the security is -- well, it's very difficult day for us what should we expect? what are you expecting as a member of your poli

this will call kit catalonia's movemplicate catalonia's towards independence. exodus going to force catalonian's to think twice about their drive for independence? >> we heard the decree of the state to make it exodus going te catalonian's to easier to put their headquarters in another place. >> they are doing it. it, others are talking about it. what we are looking at is the big numbers in the last year are very favorable towards catalonia. we have big international investment is growing, also growing in 2017. and we have this independence movement from 2010. we don't really see the independence movement is affecting the international investment. what is of course clear is en are freeinessm to move their businesses. we think barcelona is a very attractive place to be. we are not going to see bigger movements in that sense. >> you buy into this? >> i am not so optimistic. athink, like maybe there is similar situation during the brexit, just before the brexit. greathing was going to be and fine. now everyone wakes up, there are problems. catalonia would not be a

there is a lot of uk investment in catalonia. it is about five and 50 million euros in the last three years, said the british investment is greeted —— created. it is a very industrial age, and the service industry... it's quite widespread. a lot of british tourists invest their money in catalonia, as well. so, it could be quite wide reaching, if we don't buy them stability. thank you. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will use a speech today, to warn that what he calls, a ‘warped and degrading culture,‘ which tolerates the abuse of women, is thriving at westminster. downing street has described the allegations of sexual harassment in politics, as "deeply concerning". this morning, the environment secretary, michael gove, apologised, for making what he said, was a ‘clumsyjoke' about the disgraced hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, while being interviewed on radio 4's today programme. let's have a listen to what was said. sometimes i think that coming into this studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey wei

this is due to the news line from berlin catalonia is parliament of 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 lawma

if the people of catalonia already follow the president and his political decision that's something we will have to observe closely here in barcelona they had lauzon had to in barcelona thank you. this is daily news still to come well more details on the economic impact of the political crisis there in catalonia and take you right back to boston now that my sources say the government that that is about to call a snap election. i'll have both you at the top of the hour monica jones has business update in just about how good. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word i looked in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn a simple online on your mobile and free to south korea d w z e learning course he can speak german made easy. he tells us storing stories are good it makes us laugh. and cry they are trembling and smiles thank you cutting edges and emotions going out for good kino the magazine every weekend on d w. all eyes are on front for today with the european central bank is expected to announce the way forward on monetary policy the e

push for independence catalonia has repeatedly face fierce opposition from madrid is a recap. those in charge of government who are the protagonists in this challenge to work or existence i ask them to cease illegal activity. we are now applying article one five five because no government at all in a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored or violated or changed this has all happened under false criteria and they impose their criteria on everybody else. so ok we can get some reaction to all of this now this is story decision that was made from you keep any pain david coburn who joins us thanks very much for your time david for coming on to our say what's your reaction firstly to the catalan vote and their vote for independence. well it's very interesting in scotland we had a problem and we had a vault we had a plebiscite on this and we decided to remain british. obviously it would seem that there needs to be a proper. vote taken which is that which people do not refuse to take part in you have to make sure the whole population agree to that and we did and we

the headlines here and hundreds of anti independence activists protest involves a loner as catalonia president says the region is ready to break away from spain in a matter of days. we. were. almost a year on from the presidential election in the u.s. a u.s. senate intelligence committee says russia's alleged meddling did not affect the vote count in any way. and russia's defense ministry says one of its. eliminated the leadership of the terror group in syria. of believed to have been killed in the group's leader left in a critical condition. you can find out more about those stories on dot com and we'll be back with the news in about an hour in the meantime there discusses the aftermath to learn its independence vote and what it means for democracy in the. hello and welcome across talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the people of catalonia went to the polls seeking independence the spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters still get. the question arises what is the e.u.'s commitment to democracy and who is allowed self-determination. across the uk i

catalonia then independent legally is catalonia in the european union just give us the big picture if catalonia declares independence unilaterally on the weekend it will not be recognized by other e.u. states. it will not automatically be out of the european union as far as i understand it my understanding is that spain would have to initiate a process of expelling it and thereby rather paradoxically actually recognizing it's it's sort of a separate status it would not be i think a good option for catalonia to go down the u.t.i. route we know that countries which have declared u.t.i. in the past can sometimes wait long periods of time before they are recognised my organization for example is work with somaliland which declared independence unilaterally in one thousand nine hundred one and it is not being recognized yet but i think there is a way out of this crisis and the way out is actually for madrid to copy london's example and to allow a legal referendum on the issue of independence for catalonia the advantage of that is that would be a great demonstration of madrid's democratic c

the independence of catalonia could take catalonia outside the union outside the eurozone. andould effect the flows the quality of the savings of the catalan people. so, that is why we are fully determined to defend the entirety of the unity of spain. and this is something we are going to put very clear. francine: minister, at this point can you allow -- thatcan you rule out deposit outflows have accelerated? here the, you know, main point is that, you know, these institutions are quite solvent, are very strong. and they have clearly indicated and they have conveyed the message to the marketplace that the are going to defend interests of their depositors, the bondholders and the clients of the banks. and i think that is a very clear indication about the objective that they want to maintain and to accomplish in the near future. beyond short-term reactions, i can assure you that this, the management teams of these two blunders are fully committed with the clients, depositors and shareholders. francine: what happens in the event of a secession, which i understand is something

the moment of truth for catalonia and spain. we will hear from catalonia's president. what it will meet for spain, europe, and the global markets. starbucks ceo kevin johnson joins us for exquisite interview live from seattle. what he has to say about the fascinating path from the tech world to one of america's best-known brands and future retail. this tax reform already in danger of dying? closest allies's are tting more worriedbout e esident's ability to deliver. ♪ david: we have been looking at live pictures this afternoon of parcel o barcelona, where huge emont will- puigd deliver remarks. they have been highly anticipated remarks from the leader of that region. in the meantime, bloomberg technology is in seattle this week, broadcasting live from the geek wire summit. my colleague, emily chang, is on-site there now with a special guest. emily: hi, david. thank you so much. we are here with kevin johnson, ceo of starbucks. thank you so much for joining us. i interviewed in your private prior life as a tech company ceo. how's a tech coming guy going to change coffe

catalonia as one of the. most admired will region for the entire world and thus the very fundamental and the very foundations of that region are being brought something that. also it is the federal budget that has been supporting that region more than any else and. almost up to twenty percent of that budget has gone into establishing hotels fermenting infrastructure and those are. facts and data that is very very impressive international travel. have travel and yet tourists have also issued and decided not to go to the region given these kinds of events and the chaos that has been taking place. we should not feel ourselves we should see that these are very very grave consequences of these events and other grave consequences will follow if we do not return to the rule of law and if catalonia does not return to the rule of law and to the galaxy and lawfulness it should happen. as soon as possible otherwise social deterioration economic deterioration will continue the authorities of the autonomy region have to p

>> today, i have dissolved the parliament of catalonia. amy: spain''s government seizes control of catalonia just after the parliament votes for independence. we will speak with journalist carlin, who reported for the spanish newspaper el pais for nearly two decades before he was ago writing an article headlined "catalan independence: arrogance of madrid explains this chaos." then to puerto rico, where the gogovernor says he is s cancelig the controversial $ $300 million whitefish w with wha energy. democracy now! got reaction from the head of the puerto rico electrical workers union angel figueroa jaramillo. >> i believe this is the time to make sure these context of .appen again amy: then, tensions continue to mount between the united states and north korea. >> no mistake, any attack on n e united states or o our alliewill be defeated. any use of nuclear weapons by the north h will be met with a massive military response effective and overwhelming. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war an

referendum held in catalonia did not take place. there was a day of violence and chaos on the streets. speaking in the last half—hour he said the majority of catalans did not want to take part in an illegal boat. riot police closed down nearly 100 polling stations and repeatedly charged at voters waiting outside. hundreds were injured, two seriously. it is believed the votes are being counted in secret by cata la n are being counted in secret by catalan authorities. tom berridge reports from barcelona. gunfire. spanish police, not in control. chased out of a neighbourhood in barcelona by people who wanted to vote in this region's disputed referendum. one of the policemen took him by the head, took off the glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. the first one was here. he kicked here. they are crazy. they had raided a school used as a polling station. catalonia's regional government, which wants independence, had disobeyed the spanish government and organised today's vote. "i am 79," maria theresa told me. "i just wanted t

counting the cost of going it alone catalonia is not the only european region with ambitions of autonomy this weekend italians in the wealthy northern regions of nobody and then it'll cost never gets a non-binding independence referendum. also coming. not how to make it in industry is drawing big checks on a response puts. and and and all the near it down on there is the lost cause we made in australia rolls off the production line. this is your business update on helen on free in berlin good to have you with us the latest twist in the catalan crisis is seen separatists take aim at the country's banks in a tweet to their two hundred seventy thousand followers the catalan national assembly osha porters to take part in a bank run targeting the five main banks in catalonia now the results of that rallying cry were rather lackluster those in favor of independence from spain were meant to go to banks and a.t.m. and take out as much cash as possible but it wasn't the mass withdrawal hoped for the catalan national assembly said it wanted to send a message of condemnation to the banks which have

the region of catalonia refusing to pull back from a declaration of independence catalonia as president today told the spanish government either you enter talks with us or we will secede from you tonight barcelona and madrid bracing for a saturday showdown i'm burnt off and this is the day. i want independence because spain doesn't love us fanny love our money they want our money so that means they get it has to be made. on the catalunya situations going too far it's unnecessary. why is not a single coherent reason for them to separate from spain what fooled by the back. of the international community must be looking on with confusion with mr hall in this to put him on enough of letters sit at a table talk and solve it this is what the people in catalonia and the rest of the country want all exhibits here is suspended it's closed the parliamentarians can't do their work thanks to put him on the bus alone the city hall is also out of action you know nobody has a doubt that the government will use all resources available to restore as soon as possible the galaxy and constitutional order.

is catalonia pretty much the same. i don't know if it is drastically different in the way that the vote came about and also how the vote is being handled the bracks a vote was a legitimate one it was hotly contents contested it was controversial but it was legal and nobody is questioning the result in the brics that people are now negotiating with the e.u. on leaving the european union different story in spain the government in madrid the central one says it's a legitimate and nobody really knows what will happen what kind of a conflict will develop if the catalonians indeed go ahead with this so it could provide turmoil for spain and that's for the euro zone i think a different picture all right and frank said thank you so much for this through. relations between the united states and cuba have gone from promising to ice cold in a matter of months last week the u.s. state department has issued a travel warning for u.s. citizens heading to the caribbean country it's a bit of a blow for those on the islands preparing fo

to cointreau territory and the population in catalonia and. unevidenced for dad will be if they are able to are rest for sedition they got on president and that got the law and government is likely that. runs and. maybe captaincy dissent are going to defend the guy down and see to shit on the things that. astonish government measures are going to be effective or not there is another brand at one point very trust and until point. when i knew est is for east it depends on the recognition by other states and we will see in the following hours if there is some international recognition because if there is some there are international recognition that could be being that would be dead the. catalogue of other men they can get on a republic story is going to be trickle now based on the schooling to be recognised as an international subject that also means that on the flip side heck to if that doesn't happen does that mean that it knows the independence of catalonia. well it. it's not necessary to be happened in the full we now wars. where. every time

tomorrow come two crunch votes, the spanish will decide whether to take control of catalonia, catalonia will decide whether to declare itself independent. the country stands on the brink of a showdown. we'll ask if there's a way back from constitutional conflict. something's up in saudi arabia. is it really possible that we'll be holidaying there, on the red sea coast by the end of the next decade? the saudi crown prince has outlined big plans to beat back the forces of conservatism and to take the kingdom into a new era of normality. we'll ask if the saudi prince's plan is ever likely to succeed. and are our universities a bastion of left wing remoaners, and if so, does it matter? the daily mail's stephen glover takes it up with a professor of philosophy. hello. after a day of some confusion in catalonia, spain this evening stands on the brink of a serious clash between region and nation. after some dithering, the catalan president carles puigdemont decided not to call an election. instead, he said the catalan parliament will decide on whether independence should be declared. the vote

is on the catalonia side here is wrong i mean flat out that there is no i mean catalonia going to call if they if they succeed their first call will be to merkel mcconnell's back but they will find no friend there and how would you assess the spanish economy overall where where is spain's economy right now while the spanish economy is doing very well at the moment in part also because of strong activity in catalonia but on all not all not only that so this is a very unwelcome from the point of view of the spanish economy which is also why i think that the government is being so quote unquote heavy handed both in terms of its political rhetoric and in the way they. tried to scrub with a referendum over the weekend because. nobody needs this in spain right now but if you convert you all right and so this idea that has a lot is it want to leave because they think they're paying a little bit too much tax immigrant which is different and this is my this is a narrative of the situation i'm giving it there are other perspectives of this but i think this perspective is the one that many spania

first on what's been happening in spain today what is next for catalonia do you think. well next you get a little clearer what would happen. i think the leaders of the government will be prosecuted and probably the rest. for a billion. and so there will be a kind of escalation and i think margaret care would take control of everything including the from the polish to very regular television of catalonia which is very the would have a list at least of an escalation engine failure could be a violent escalation absolutely i think it could be valid. but we have to win is possible leaders they're playing with. we destiny of not only of catalonia or spain of but also of europe it will be a period of prosperity to start with now i think especially prime minister rock we could cover at least this week. had at least three question. to avoid the escalation when the kids are among the president of can only act of war he. does it could be it could be fined they could define together kind of solution by you know the declarative by this and no using the this famous one five five arti

catalonia remains at loggerheads with the spanish government over independence the catalan leader calls for lengthy talks with madrid stringing out the political uncertainty will hurt business also coming up stuff up fever or fatigue we take a look at the state of the tech scene here in germany and just how business friendly europe's economic engine is. i've been fizzling let's do business. catalan leader col is put small and has sidestepped a deadline for independence the regional leader has instead asked for two months of talks with spanish prime minister mariano to hawick a letter to the why it was made public today stay stating catalonia is parliament has a democratic mandate to break away from spain but madrid has declined the catalan leaders requests for talks insisting the regional leader has until thursday to say whether catalonia has declared independence or not. this is spain's worst political crisis in decades that's not good for business investors are faced with yet another week of uncertainty and that could turn into two months of not knowing what's going on if this man get

one of those who'd had enough was catalonia business minister. he resigned after puja month refused to call for new elections. with no agreement reached yesterday catalan parliament will resume debate today. but in madrid spain senate is widely expected to approve the government's plan to trigger article one five five of the constitution and remove powers from the castle and government. so that the. article hundred fifty five is about protecting catalonia as government from the misrule by the pro independence or do you believe that what we've seen can be described as anything other than me. this rule this will be it and. some fear and that the central government seizing control of cason and you could spark confrontation on the streets oh it would do you think should have been discussed and arranged on good terms not like now what's going to happen a wall it gets worse every day i. think has announced the future is uncertain as the standoff between madrid and barcelona enters here tonight the stage. let's go now live to our correspondent public he

with the leader of catalonia bent on independent spain appears to be sliding into constitutional chaos with all the uncertainty that entails we find out what the costs might be and what the separatists are hoping for when i'm christopher spring eight this is the day. mr puts demands message is a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no coexistence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to put them on has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity for that matter but i feel like a colonial deserves the independence we are in we have a different culture we have a different language and i support it but it's a scary situation we don't know what the spanish government is capable of and we well you've seen oktober the first how that went to him but we thought he had him by his apartment in the middle of the territory breaks away it would immediately be outside european union treaties with us here he may have anyway don't run at all it's been a little it's market with the dollars in them at the end of your show most weal

conditions would you return to catalonia? second question -- what is your message to those catalans who seem to [indiscernible] puigdemont: i am not here to demand asylum. i am here in brussels, the capital of europe. of nationalquestion politics. it hasas no relationship. inm here to model, to act freedom, in safety and surety. translator: can you repeat your quesestion? sam: [indiscernible] puigdemont: under w what conditions would i returned to catalonia? we are h here because we expect guarantees we hahave not been given yet to catalonia in spain. you will have notid the title of this document issued by the public prosecutor. has said, prosecutor the bigger they come, the higher they go, the harder they fall. that is their attitude. there is a sense of vengeance as soon as these threats have been withdrawn. as soon asas a process o of diae is initiated, involving all , particularly on the part of those who have accused us of committing serious offefenses -- the conditionsns cannot be met -- until those conditions are met,

the day business of catalonia might turn violent. last night you said on newsnight you would not be surprised if carles puigdemont was sent to jail. before you send someone to jail you have to try them. and if that happens, that will take some time. so that's nothing immediate. these elections that mr rajoy said would be held on december 23. if the majority of those elections are for independence for catalonia we are in the same situations again and then what happens to the constitution? no, it's not the same, today it is difficult for mr rajoy to talk to the carles puigdemont government. when the carles puigdemont government comes out of elections that have not done anything illegal then they can talk. thank you forjoining us. obviously, this is a huge test for spain. catalu nya makes up i6% of the spanish population and nearly a fifth of its economy. but its also a headache for the whole of europe. so far the uk, france, germany and the us have lined up with madrid, the scottish government alone has said that the catalans must be f

the catalonia president moment away from perhaps the clearing catalonia's independence from spain and we will bring you the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ from what it -- moments away from what maybe the most what moment in europe. catalonia's president set to speak, will they declare independence from spain and what will the reaction be? it is catalonia's moment of truth. >> it is, it has been a dramatic few days. in spain. today, it will reach a head for now. we do not know what will happen. the feeling is that there will be a formal word in the president's speech that refers to catalonian independence, how will it be framed, how it will be head, how direct with the declaration be? hanging over this is the potential that we could get more drama with some people saying he could be arrested soon after his speech. high drama awaits us. mark: if he does not use the words unilateral, what does that do to his core supporters? does he alienate his core supporters who want to go the whole way? >> absolutely. that is a big risk for carles puigdemont, his coalition is incredible fragile.

it is ha rd to the people of catalonia. it is hard to imagine the people who voted for independence last time in the face of riot police won't do so again, and the relatives and friends of theirs won't follow their example. madrid has made a real mess of this. if it was just an advisory referendum they should have ignored it. if you are going to have a referendum that is this important, if you're going to call a vote, it should be a proper referendum, not a revote in parliament, it should be a proper referendum with a binding turnout, you have got to have this many people that will agree with you before you can achieve it. dialogue, as well, which didn't happen. now to another story on the front page of the daily telegraph. this is in relation to a report in the sun newspaper about allegations of sexual harassment in westminster by researchers and other staff of thelj suppose researchers and other staff of the” suppose this is relating to the harvey weinstein scandal, moving into other areas of life and the situation in p

catalonia, of course, will. we have this effect on the main industry, which is tourism, and also businesses taking their headquarters out of catalonia. we should of course take note of the fact that they have taken out their headquarters, which is not the same thing as taking out the production facilities or the offices, which are still weather used to be. professor, thank you very much for your time. you are welcome. we are also in adelaide, australia, where the last ever car to be built in the country has just rolled off the production line. after almost 70 years the iconic aussie carmaker holden, which is owned by general motors, is finally shutting up shop. the plant closure follows the end of manufacturing by toyota and ford in australia. not surprisingly, a lot of it is down to cost — particularly competition from lower—cost asian neighbours. we have a full report from our sydney correspondent on what caused the auto industry to break down, down under. soldo is the car a whole nation should love, holde

it's the latest twist in a political crisis that's dividing not only spain but also catalonia a crisis that seen both sides digging in and refusing to budge this is the catalan parliament where the region's leaders were expected to declare independence from spain on monday but spain's constitutional course has now banned their parliamentary session from going ahead the council president says he is representing the will of his people there were a majority of catalan voters did not take part in sunday's independence referendum the spanish government says he's acting outside the law by trying to enforce an illegal referendum result governments have missed the push to months messages a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no clear existence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to push demand has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity. in barcelona people say they just want the politicians to make a deal. i'm very well aware of the problem we're facing and the solution must be found this is like a divorce there's

catalonia fight this time on al-jazeera wild. a surprise delay in catalonia where president bridge to morning is due to announce whether he plans to declare independence from spain. to this is al jazeera live from london also coming up kenya's opposition leader announces he's withdrawing from the rerun of the presidential election. here in liberia where there's an hour left of voting to replace africa's first elected female president. and ten days twenty thousand evacuated and hundreds of homes destroyed as wildfires spread in california. and it will begin in spain learn announcement is expected on the future of catalonia its leader catulus praised him on was to give a speech an hour ago but his highly anticipated announcement was unexpectedly put back with m.p.'s walking out of parliament there are mixed reports on what's behind the delay. at a cabinet meeting at the regional parliament in barcelona is speech is expected to outline whether he'll make a unilateral declaration of independence after a referendum vote to break away

more and more companies are turning their back on catalonia only spanish firms. well the ones that we have heard of so far have been spanish companies that were headquartered in catalonia apart from the ones you've mentioned we've also seen gas the cloth and not some moving out that is spain's largest domestic energy company biotech arise and in total we have more than a dozen companies moving out of catalonia saying that however it isn't just spanish companies that may consider a change because of this unrest one of the companies that's reportedly thinking of moving out of catalonia is of course a beret that's a highway management firm it is spanish but of course it's also the target of a sixteen billion euro takeover bid from spain from italy's adland and that bit is of course meant to create the largest highway toll highway operator in the world that was on track for approval by spanish authorities but of course the political uncertainty might believe that deal so this certainly is an issue limited to the spanish business community alone you also have internat

precisely a state those authorities in catalonia represent. missing from his address to the nation any mention of the brutal crackdown by federal police on trying to cast their votes on sunday and a mission that didn't go unnoticed by protesters. he ignores the images of police violence seen around the world. without any violence or provocation from the people. of course the spanish government and especially the king defend the unity of spain. it seems he's not interested in the opinion of two or three million people. so we're afraid that police violence will escalate we're waiting for some help from their european institutions so far the response from e.u. leaders has been muted but residents in one barcelona neighborhood are amplifying their message to brussels that this crisis isn't just bad for spain but affects the entire european union. did obvious funny is in barcelona and joins us from there now members of color in his regional government are meeting this morning what are their options for moving forward in this situation. right terry

where does catalonia go from now? where does catalonia go from now? do you think the boycott will bea now? do you think the boycott will be a waste of time? not a waste of time. we will have difficult times until we have some international recognition. i'm sure that's not possible in the first days and weeks. that's absolutely natural. i'm not expecting much from the leaders of the european union. they said what they have to say, they protect each other. it's a block of states so they protect each other but when things change, they are extremely pragmatic people. this happened in estonia, in the years of the former yugoslavia, at the very beginning, they said no, you are not becoming independent states, we are not going to recognise, and now many of them are now members of the european union. thanks very much forjoining us. clearly very happy about the declaration of independence. much more on the bbc news website. let's catch up with the weather now. the wind will blow in more clout to northern and western parts. the numbers in towns and cities here,

the euro zone would be stable enough to absorb an exit of catalonia the question is what catalonia wardour because catalonia would have to introduce a new currency which is very difficult you know they don't have a central bank so there would be a huge challenge as soon as they declare independence they are no longer a member of the e.u. or the euro zone that's why it's clearly in our exit is only possible without massive disruptions if there is a longer phase preparing the transition claimants because they have president of the evil institute thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us thank you. well friction economic friction not just in europe but also in america canada us prime minister justin trudeau is headed for washington for the fourth round of talks to revamp the north american trade pact today is this it comes as u.s. presidents donald trump again signals the deal is doomed he wants to bring back production to the united states but many businesses warn that terminating the agreement would be bad for all involved. renegotiating nafta isn't easy last evening the u.s. pre