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

we have 80 million people visiting spain, coming to spain, living in spain, outside of it, so, i mean, it's a wonderful country, open country, and the least-- and the least country that could be accused of autocratic that the government is, this is the truth. that's why we are where we are, this is why we are real hard workers and we are very, very sacrificed people because we have to get out from this crisis. which was not produced by-- not produced by ourselves. we have to get out of this with the sacrifice of the whole spanish people. and this crisis it is a little bit in the-- what is happening in catalonia, right. but all of us, all the people in spain, all the institutions in spain, we have done a tremendous effort to get out from the crisis, the economic crisis, which was hitting spain, as i said that before, the whole europe, a very important part of the vote to something that was really to everybody. and come back to the conversation of the president of this country, the president of the spanish government-- >> and you talked about the constitution of 1978. h-which obviously

if the situation in catalonia and spain requires international mediation. the american press of this point in time the only thing we really know for certain to about what's happening in spain is that the the bit a standoff between madrid and barcelona continues what can you tell us about how determined the separatists in catalonia remain to push for full independence from spain where we have to look at the recent seven years where the independence movement got stronger and stronger and we had about a minute a million protesters every year in favor of independence and we had then finally. demonstration in favor of the remaining last sunday which was about fifty thousand participants so but in fact we need. reasonable numbers so that's what they give me never remembers to give me an answer to the question although separate is still determined to push for full no doubt about it whatsoever no doubt about it ok just to confirm that before we continue before we bring in the other two guests let's have a look at what's carlos put them all had to say earlier this w

the poorer parts in spain. exactly the same as in the very democratic and balanced system where the richest pay more than the poor. that is exactly the case. the balances, exact balance whether they pay more than they should, i think that the figures can be studied and the complaining that it is unfair is not in this way. i want to add something, as we say in this country, it is not only the trade balance which matters, it is also the investment balance which matters and catalonia, 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 pr

with spain it is different. catalonia has a huge degree of a time in me which is not unprecedented, but a very large. about thent you said , this is whatts catalonia wanted. least point, let's do a referendum and see how many are in favor and against the independence. there is no way to convince madrid to sit at the table and negotiate. that is not only this moment but when we were negotiating a time when everything began. the attitude of madrid, we did a lot of proposals. as madrid says, this is forbidden, it does not fit into the const touche and -- constitution. on the other hand, there was no political offer. they lost completely the perspective within spain. >> we are talking about separation. what we really want is more economy. its own dynamic. we want separation. this is wherere a huge part of catalonia's are. such a centralist stick state. centralistic state, but as far away from being a federalist state like germany. the representation of the exists.s, the senate you cannot compare it with the german m

why they're making a fuss i'm not so sure because spain doesn't god. when a self anymore is governed by the european union decisions are no longer made him but they're made in brussels so. in the course of the idea of that but as far as i'm concerned this is something that needs to be dealt with in a plebiscite in the everyone agrees to and they must agree to the outcome and the problem stopped and we got discussion actually was we don't seem to have got the message. why do you think that we've seen this rise in secessionist movements across europe. so i think it's basically the european union people don't want to be ruled by a faceless bunch of people in brussels they think it was decisions are being taken by great things they don't like all those decisions are not made to madrid they're made and been brussels madrid does does is. as brussels tells them so maybe this is the european union has brought this to a head and it's not just spain is it the same brain problems again with the boxee of the front of the. floodwalls in belgium and various parts of

they would no longer be part of spain a member of the e.u. and that would of course automatically mean that there would be out of a lot of advantages and they won't get back into the e.u. that's for sure because you need a unanimous vote for that of all the countries probably then twenty seven after britain will of left and spain for one will certainly vote no on that yes but. at the moment at least seems quite obvious. in frankfurt thank you so much for that talking over britain british authorities scrambling to bring home thousands of travelers off the monarch ellen's collapsed on monday canceling all flights by one of the oldest carry is of the country of the u.k.'s aviation watchdog said it has leased thirty aircraft to bring home on a custom is scattered around holiday destinations ranging from turkey to spain and sweden flights will be provided at no additional cost to passages monaco is the third to european airline making a financial crash landing this year. it was a familiar sight at british airports for fifty years but that changed

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

catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain — but spain's central government approves proposals to take control of the region, and says the region's leader could face rebellion charges. a cyber attack on the nhs could have been prevented with simple security measure, a government report says, adding that the attack came from north korea. and president trump has released some — but not all — of the files on the assassination ofjfk, after requests to hold back some documents are made by the fbi and cia. the department of health and the nhs have been told to "get their act together" and improve their cyber security, following a major hacking attack in may this year. the national audit office said more than a third of trusts in england were affected, with around 7000 appointments cancelled. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. it was a cyber attack that attacked computers around the world with a message demanding a ransom payment, but the nhs was among the organisations worst hit and it was not ready to deal with it. 81 health trusts across england

to declare independence from spain. madrid to react to the move by voting to impose direct rule on the region prime minister the whole he says that the rule of rule in catalonia will be restored. i welcome it's just turned six o'clock in the evening here in moscow you're watching international now.

spain has been one of the stronger areas. if the fed continues on their trajectory it will give the ecb some cover. they have made comments that they are headed in that direction. jonathan: options are on the table for the european central bank has a change their quantitative easing policies. they seem to be two options they are debating. one is you can drop qe by 20 billion and extend for a shorter duration of time. for you can drop by a lot more and extend duration by a lot more. qe can run longer that a smaller rate, for running bigger right and have qe run shorter. do you think the weight of interest from the governing council might be to extend it as long as possible? be.: yeah, it has got to i would say we have italy coming up and we have austria still bubbling away. we have not got a fully formed government in the netherlands. mario draghi would take his time right at this moment, but that does not mean he would not accelerate later. there is nothing wrong with him getting into next year when things may have called dow

yeah but if you compare it to other regions in an autonomous regions spain it's more or less the same thing it's not only cut and onya i think good business is most afraid of its security and if the future of the political and legal structure of the future of catalonia is in doubt that's what business hates so what they are fleeing is insecurity and start a start as they have right now the insecurity is this due to the fact that from the perspective of the european union it would not be a very well come. separation of it because in all nation states in europe you have wealthy regions which pay more and you have poor regions with the get subsidized by other people so if the tendency that well two regions try to separate themselves from other parts of the country continues that would be very much against everything european union is based on yes but catalonia right now is paying more to there you can union than it gets from it and everybody is fine is that everybody wants to be in the e.u. because everybody understands that it's a good thing to do so and the other hand it's very surpris

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if spain is teetering on the brink the brink of what. that is a very good question i mean the brink of more tensions. because i mean the first speech cut alone. leader was. intentional and bigoted let's go to your employer yes let's let's let's go to war but that the weapons to stay on the ground so so it's led to the fact that the whole i didn't know what to make of it so he asked from all clear message please give me a more clear message. i would suspect they won't given because that's what he wanted and asked for so the whole tension escalating dynamic is still going on with no clear end in sight why didn't he declare independence there and then it's almost seemed like and there's no more room for leverage i mean he he wanted to bring the whole into the into the position to declare themselves if there is more room for negotiations or not if he would have to clear independence i would suspect that the tanks were rolled. what do you say a lot of spanish journalists in recent weeks have been talking about two trains about to collide with

versus how the prime minister of spain has responded to this. it is not everywhere there are two significant separatist movements in europe at risk auckland and at the lower that there aren't any other ones there are thomas movements in italy and in belgium looking for more self government within the state but there's nowhere else in europe where independent support is almost forty percent so let's not exaggerate this clearly there was a difference in scotland because it's long been recognised that united kingdom is a union of nation there in recent years the british government has been prepared to consider secession in the case of northern ireland and in the case of scotland it's partly a matter of the constitution which is much more relaxed in the u.k. than this case of spain but it's also an understanding of the nature of the state that's for the european union it really hasn't provided a space for these movements are looking for more autonomy but don't want independence and that is where catalonia i see therapy be they weren't given that spe

and on newsnight, is spain facing an existential threat tonight? while catalans celebrate today's declaration of independence, madrid has sacked the catalans‘ separatist leader and dissolved catalonia's parliament. can the stand—off be resolved peacefully and what's the impact of the crisis on the rest of europe? good evening and welcome to bbc news. spain is in a state of constitutional turmoil, with the country's prime minister mariano rajoy announcing that he has sacked the catalan leader, his cabinet and the chief of police. it comes after catalonia's parliament voted for independence from spain. mr rajoy said he would seek to have that vote declared illegal and he said there would be elections held in december for a new catalan parliament. tonight there have been crowds amassed in the centre of barcelona in a defiant show of support for independence, but the situation has caused alarm elsewhere in europe. our first report is from our europe editor katya adler who is in barcelona. all: si, si, si. one by one the yes votes were counted, cele

spain has been one of the stronger areas. so if the fed continues on their trajectory, that will give the ecb some cover. the have certainly made -- that have certainly made comments that are very clear that they are headed in that direction. jonathan: luke, what options are on the table for the european central bankers as they change their quantitive easing policies? there seems to be two options they are debating. one is you can drop qe by $20 billion and extend for a shorter duration of time. or you can drop by a lot more and extend duration by a lot more. so qe can run longer that a rate or runa smaller at a bigger rate and have qe run shorter. given the politics, do you think the weight of interest from the governing council might be to extend it as long as possible? luke: yeah, it's got to be, doesn't it? we've got catalonia now. we have italy coming up and we have austria still bubbling away. we have not even got a fully formed government in the netherlands yet. so i would think mario draghi would take his time right a

we have 18 million people visiting spain, coming to spain, spain, so, i mean, country, open l -- that and the list autocratic.used of this is the truth. that's why we are where we are. as well.d workers and we're very sacrificed people get out from e to his crisis, which was not produced by ourselves. not produced by ourselves. we have to get out of this the sacrifice of the people, in a solid way. crisis, it is a little hand of what's happening in catalonia. all the people in spain, we have done a tremendous ffort to get out from the crisis, economic crisis, which and as i said n, before, all of europe. part of the vote, o something that was really concerning to everybody. i come back to the conversation, the president of this country, of the spanish government, what had to be done. talked about the constitution of 1978. obviously, was the onstitution of the spanish transition to democracy. it is known today in europe to e the one of the most decentralized actually constitutions, grants a lot of autonomy. within this framework, what are the paths to getting out of this crisis? does i

thomas the middle ground in spain -- tell us the middle ground in spain. even the middle ground in barcelona, is it there? >> there is a middle ground, but it has not been mobilized until now. in catalonia, their strong support for some kind of referendum. the polls show this, but not a lot of support for -- the middle ground has been silent. this is the problem. when you have a situation the polarized politics, the middle ground always suffers because the politicians on both side become very entrenched. voices are not heard. tom: simon french, where is the spanish economy within europe, and overlaying that, where is the catalonian economy within europe? simon: the spanish economy has picked up quite nicely. we have seen on forming loans come down significantly in the banking system, which has seen unemployment rate come down. eurozone leaders -- actually, at a federal level, the spanish economy has done far he will. the challenge is that spain is not immune to a global trend. influence isear of brought to bear at other tax receipts are spent and how they

also people in spain, within spain, who are asking them to listen. today we are making a gesture for responsibility. in favour of dialogue. i'm convinced that if eve ryo ne dialogue. i'm convinced that if everyone in the next few days acts ina everyone in the next few days acts in a responsible way, fulfilling their responsibilities, the conflict between catalonia and spain can be resolved in assembling and agreed way, respecting the will of citizens. we want to be faithful to oui’ citizens. we want to be faithful to our long history. to everyone who have suffered for this. our sons and daughters, everyone who considers catalonia their land. to live and to cohabitate. thank you. applause. soa applause. so a standing ovation for the cata la n so a standing ovation for the catalan president carles puigdemont ina long catalan president carles puigdemont in a long speech, the start of which he condemned spanish actions for provoking chaos, critical not only of the spanish government trying to disrupt that referendum on october one, critical also of the

how strong then is spain let's say without the region in the north. without the region in the north it's the count for twenty percent of the entire economy so obviously spain would be would be much weaker interesting point would also be actually who's going to take over the spanish the for the federal or central government debt because i don't think that can you could leave spain without taking its responsibility on government government debt so they would also have to take some debt with them so it's an extremely tricky situation and. it meets emotion and economic gratian all right here an economic question i would say stay in the country because economically it is clearly not beneficial to the cotillion economy but i think it's more an emotional story and something about authorities then a pure economic argument here are and i just let just briefly at the big picture there i mean we see this north south divide of course across europe do you think what we see in catalonia is just the tip of the iceberg. in the political discussion yes in the economic

we're taxed much more than the rest of spain. there is no freedom of expression nowadays. >> reporter: after the october 1 referendum, judged illegal by spain's highest court, carles puigdemont, head of catalonia's autonomous government, declared independence. but, he immediately suspended the process for two months, to try to secure negotiations with the spanish government. madrid was resolute. there would be no discussions about unraveling the ties that bind. puigdemont is being advised by political scientist marc sanjaume calvet, who outlines the motivations for independence. >> an important aspect is identity, recognition of national identity. a second important element is economy. catalonia is a relatively rich region, and would like to get-- to raise taxes and get its own share in its wealth. >> reporter: there are 7.5 million catalans, who comprise a sixth of spain's population. the region is spain's most popular tourist destination, with 18 million visitors every year. many are drawn to the avante garde buildings and surr

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

manuel raul has created in spain a. nationalist movements which is not below him to the sense in his riot police to try and stop the independence referendum it created a backlash in cats who were you with many people who had the independence the lead deciding that actually that was the only option if the spanish state was good behavior towards its own citizens so it's very difficult. what to do she said you know right who says every piece of the service will face every fire station every custom schools to take control of the borders this mass movement on the streets of catalunya as well is not going to allow this to happen just as we saw in the first of october when they allowed the intervention of a popular movement to load the referendum to go ahead then all hell lot of the spanish to try to minister catalunya they'll do everything they can to sabotage it . well on the point throughout their push for independence catalonia has repeatedly faced fierce opposition from madrid here's a recap. for those in charge in the go

region contributing twenty percent of spain's g.d.p. independence could bring greater prosperity. but eighteen year old samuel bravos is convinced that independence will only bring economic uncertainty. why should i favor independence if it won't benefit me. economists on both sides of these issues will say different things but things would likely be worse than they are now. samuels dilemma is also personal his father serves in the spanish national police the same force that cracked down on referendum voters. in the spanish government is more to blame but the catalan government has taken advantage of the situation they've taken us down the wrong path. the. as the political crisis deepens historic divisions are resurfacing the fascist salutes of the franco dictatorship are now used to defy the cattle and regional police. you're earning more money than the glorious a bill you should be ashamed of traitors and traitors the semi well is acutely aware of. the regional and national police have become politicized. because spanish society is no

continue in spain and we have team coverage of these developments in barcelona. was on the ground for us and covering madrid is robert show us start with the new we're a couple hours away now from that euphoric independence declaration inside the parliament what is the mood right now in barcelona. things started to calm down a little bit now sorry for our independence declaration was made there with thousands of people on the streets here behind me celebrating it really jeevan me the any way i can describe it she's like a con of spirits people were overwhelmed at the decision that had been taken here that been a lot of backwards and forwards it was not clear really into the mind that happen that we were going to get this independent secularization and then to say it is people who realise that which is out on the streets outside the parliament things as i said are calming down a little bit now there had been some threats of violence breaking out we heard a short while ago that i was in and see independence protests not too far away there was some reports in local

this is a w news live from berlin a showdown in spain as the autonomous catalonia region holds a band independence vote police are forcibly removing people from polling stations as they show up in big crowds determined to cast their votes catalan authorities say dozens have been injured we'll get the latest from our correspondent in barcelona. clashes erupted on neo nazi rally in sweden when thousands of counter-demonstrators turned out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes at a football game in front of a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans severely injured. i'm edith to money welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that were to be used in a band independence referendum in cuts alone police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocking people from entering and voting riot. you can see them right here have clashed with voters at several science now catalonia which is home to more than seven and a half million people already has a high degree of autonomy but t

will continue to be spain and it will continue being spain for a long time hurricane makes has made landfall along the u.s. gulf coast evacuation orders have been in place in several states since saturday the mayor of the. city of new orleans has declared a state of emergency nato has already hit parts of central america killing twenty five people now people have come out to show support for the families of victims survivors and the emergency teams who responded to the shooting in las vegas there were also calls for stricter gun control. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of that sort of. thing with documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. has i'm sick of this is counting the cost on our disease or your weekly look at the world of business and finance this week. to economics u.s. president donald trump puts forward his plan to cut taxes for america's wealthy and big business. taxes one of the reasons getting catalonia against spain northeast region wants to go it alone will look at the economics. class car

said for both for the biggest parties in spain the two biggest parties and spain said. we had to. change the content of the statute of economy. we already agreed. even though we followed the procedures. of the constitution and added that even though we were complying with the constitution. even though we had been eighty eight percent of the parliament and even though the overall did. you read in a legal referendum there was a. constitutional. and constitutional court. and there are better in a text that we didn't agree with this text that wasn't not often very different than the one that we agreed with. is the law that we have to comply with every day. that would if you just try to change the status. quo and you can't in a constitutional way it's a humiliation. and this is not all. you know going to most of. us ever since it was voted against. the. spain they didn't do anything to change the situation but here i'm also activate a program run aggressive program to resign if you like. self-government for the selfish government the last seven years have been worse than the last forty

find out how the turbulence in spain affected investors in the rest of europe today. at the frankfurt stock exchange. what was the word on the trading floor today about that topic. well i think in some markets in europe it did have an effect that put a brake on the developments when i look at france or britain britain of course with its own banks and worries or italy the trading there was nothing to write home about but here in frankfurt yes there were worries there were some concerns but certainly no panic because the dax reached a record high almost going to that thirteen thousand point level at the beginning of trading then i think the worries over catalona catalonia dampened the market and the market lost steam but recovered towards the end so kind of a funny day people are worried because they don't know what will ensue but on the other hand people had the time and let's say the inclination to look at the strong points of german economy for example but also low interest rates offering little alternative to investments in equities but when you just mentioned brita

to my opinion the whole of spain should vote and decide if we want catalonia to remain in spain or not for the know. there's little to indicate the standoff over catalonia its independence will end soon leaving people only able to guess what happens next. well to pick up where that report left off for many across spain and your way would bated breath to see what comes next and we've got team coverage that we find fish are in barcelona and martin roberts in madrid good day to you both martin i want to start off with you if i may in madrid prime minister mariano rajoy is about to address the parliament in madrid he just took a seat what do you expect him he'll say. i think it's pretty much gone through he said what you did fact is. if the chasm government do not start talking about that all bets are off there is no chance of any talks or less they do ask senator leahy he doesn't want to. reference a. constitutional call suspended on the other hand. also after all he spoke so. interesting he said. he rested after hour in agreement for parliament and i receive to discuss a possible constit

and from spain's la razon, celia maza de pablo. a warm welcome to all of you. let's start in spain. spain is in the midst of a huge constitutional crisis. as we go to air, an emergency cabinet meeting is discussing suspending catalonia's autonomy, in the wake of the independence referendum — which was declared unconstituional by the courts — and the violence that surrounded it. it will be the first time in spain's four decades of democracy that madrid has aimed to effectively sack a regional government and call fresh elections. are people going to take to the streets again? celia, do you approach this with nervousness? without any doubt we are living through the

they have power, why do they want to break up spain? there is no sense. it isa break up spain? there is no sense. it is a problem, but it is not only affecting the whole spain, but it is affecting the whole spain, but it is affecting the whole of europe. we cannotjust affecting the whole of europe. we cannot just stay and see what happens, we have got to act. all sides involved in this crisis, once the process to take place peacefully, but the risk is that passions are running extremely high, and nobody quite knows how things could develop. let's talk now via webcam to the president at the british chamber of commerce in spain. just to begin with, we have not heard much about the economic effect now, since these latest developments, but i am reading in the daily telegraph, that the new state, the catala ns the daily telegraph, that the new state, the catalans are scrambling around it's been described, tried to put into place the economic machinery of a new sovereign state. there is speak of a new currency, building and economic photos, is that really going on? the local regional

well spain says that the powers of catalonia will not be exercised by the spanish vice president but the pro independence supporters i've spoken to here in barcelona say they will not recognize the authority in spain as far as they're concerned they have no seceded from spain and this is an independent republic that is something that remains to be said because madrid says that within the legal framework of the spanish constitution its ability to take control of what it sees as being a spanish region is illegal and it is very likely that if this goes to the courts the courts will side with the spanish government on this one so in just less than a day since catalonia declared independence it's not yet clear whether they will be able to retain that into. tendency to fall and to stand that some of the pro independence lobby are actually trying to draft a document which they're hoping to release within forty eight hours which will show how they plan to secede from spain but it's not clear if they will be able to implement that what is clear though is that this crisis is everything and thi

well the turbulence in spain is also having an impact on investor sentiment across europe. filled us in on the day at the france the stock exchange. well i think in some markets in europe it did have an effect that put a brake on the developments when i look at france or britain or britain of course with its own banks and worries or italy the trading there was nothing to write home about but here in frankfurt yes there were worries there were some concerns but certainly no panic because the dax reached a record high almost going to that thirteen thousand point level at the beginning of trading then i think the worries over catalona catalonia dampened the market and the market lost steam but recovered towards the end so kind of a funny day people are worried because they don't know what will ensue but on the other hand people had the time and let's say the inclination to look at the strong points of german economy for example but also low interest rates offering little alternative to investments in equities but when you just mentioned britain and of course i mean with brics

if we demand that catalonia stays in spain and then the european union since we are all europeans. these people fear a future is an independent state outside the european union and without a lead vantages of membership some go further they want to see the arrest of khalid demand the catalan leaders sacked by madrid it's a tense standoff at one point a group of pro unity demonstrators attempt to storm the barricades to reach the catalan parliament. with fresh regional elections ordered for december in madrid spain socialist leader pedro sanchez is banging the drum for unity. that india have no doubt that harmony and coexistence will win catalonia will continue to be part of spain thanks. the reason and the law everyone wants peaceful coexistence between cats and then in spain local media say the public prosecutor could order a month's arrest as early as monday with tensions still running high there's little sign of any end to the crisis. let's go to barcelona now where correspondent phil is on the story for us charlotte you were at today's demonstration what did you say. hi that's r

who is and who isn't backing a united spain. there's plenty of reaction coming in given these major developments happening in catalonia albeit with very few surprises we have heard from the president of the european council donald to school has said that nothing changes and that the e.u. will continue to speak directly with madrid we've seen reaction from germany of course the german government said they do not recognize this unilateral declaration of independence we've heard from of course the french president also showing his support in full support to the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy here in the u.k. of course also plenty of reaction we've heard from downing street saying the does not and will not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence because this vote the referendum on october first was deemed illegal by spanish courts that was a reaction from to recently but from scotland's nicolas sturgeon we have seen a reaction of seeing the people of catalonia should have the ability to determine their own future

spain has begun to assert direct rule over catalonia. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced last night that madrid was taking control, after the catalonian parliament voted to establish an independent republic. the region's leaders have been sacked, its parliament has been dissolved and regional elections have been called for december. andrew plant reports. the streets of barcelona, catalonia's capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after the regional government here declared its independence from spain. translation: every citizen is clear about the goal. the price we will pay perhaps is expensive. but here we do things well, we work well here, and we respect everybody. si, si, si! this was the moment catalonia's government voted to declare itself an independent state. 300 miles away in madrid, spain's national government was also voting to take away catalonia's regional powers and sack its leader after refusing to recognise catalonia's independence. translation: normality starts with law. in order t

this is did only news live from berlin is spain reaching the point of no return as it plunges deeper into its biggest political crisis in decades the country's top court has banned the council on parliamentary session in a bid to block separatists from declaring independence we're going to pass a lead of them all. also on this program in the u.s. the powerful gun lobby coals for more regulation days after the worst mass shooting in the country's modern history the national rifle association says devices used to make guns fire foster should face greatest scrutiny. and this year's nobel prize for literature goes to british writer cuz will ishiguro judges praising the originality and emotional depth of his work which includes the well known novel the remains of the day. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us catalonia is bid for independence from spain has hit something of a road block spain's highest court banning a parliamentary session in catalonia scheduled for monday that could see the region decl. independence it's unclear however what effect t

you have got the support and solidarity of the rest of spain, the guarantee of the rest of spain, the guarantee of the rest of spain, the guarantee of the rule of law, then the defence of the rule of law, then the defence of your or their liberties and rights. and two of the spanish people, i want to give you a message of peace, trust, because these are difficult moments but we will ove i’co m e difficult moments but we will overcome them. these are complex times. but we will go forward. we believe in our country and feel proud of who we are, what we are. the democratic principles are solid, strong, and that is because they are based on the desire of millions and millions of spanish people to live in peace, together, jointly and in freedom. this is how we have built the spain of the last few decades. this is how we must continue, with surrender the bot determination. along this road, in that better spain that we are all wishing for. catalonia will be included. i will finish my words to all the spanish people, underlining once more the firm commitment of the crown with constitution a