financial times, washington post, le monde, they say that spain, the kingdom of spain, the spanish government and the powers of state in spain, should correct the course. first because it's unacceptable morally, but second, because it's a huge mistake for spain itself. it does not help. it can just makes things worse. and we don't want to make things worse we want to make them better! itjust seems to me, if i may say so, that you are seeing enemies in madrid, you're seeing enemies amongst what you call the government club in europe and maybe it's time for self reflection and to recognise that you in the catalan political leadership have made some serious mistakes and i would therefore point you to the words earlier this week from the former catalan leader, highly respected in catalonia, artur mas, who said, "i accept we have made three key mistakes in the independence movement". he said, "we were in too much of a hurry without timeframes, we lacked internal unity in catalonia and we underestimated the strength and resolve of the spanish government". do you accept artur mas‘ analysis of wher

they say that spain, the kingdom of spain, the spanish government and the powers of state in spain should correct the course. firstly because it is unacceptable morally but secondly because it is a huge mistake for spain itself. it does not help. itjust makes things worse. and we do not want to make things worse we want to make them better. it seems to me that you are seeing enemies in madrid and seeing enemies amongst the government club in europe and maybe it is time for self relax! reflection and to recognise that you have made some serious mistakes and i would therefore point due to the words earlier this week from the catalan, former catalan leader, a highly respected man, who said that i accept respected man, who said that i a cce pt we respected man, who said that i accept we have made three key m ista kes accept we have made three key mistakes in the independence movement. he said we were in too much of a hurry without timeframes, we lacked internal unity in catalonia and we underestimated the strength and the resolve of the spanish government. do you accept that analysis of where

fury in spain after cattle and separatist leaders a sentenced to prison for a failed to session bid 2 years ago so is the dream of independence for catalonia now over of what are the implications for the rest of europe this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan spain's highest court to sent a strong message to catalonia 2 years out to the region tried to break away separatist leaders have been jailed to between 9 and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition and misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independence. nobody's above the law nobody's have although in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no thank the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's ai

and more than 4 decades after his death he's a hero for some in spain for others he's a haunting figure the remains of former dictator francisco franco next umed relocated and remarried easier than laying to rest the legacy of franco for good. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us at nato headquarters they have a problem with one of their own defense ministers have been discussing turkey's actions in northern syria in the last 2 weeks in a highly unusual event turkey a nato member is now closely can. liberating in syria with a nato rival russia moscow and ankara have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the region was controlled by the kurds who were backed by the us president trump withdrew american troops that decision cleared the way for the turks to move in. to. moscow is the new puppet master in syria russia's defense minister talks with the head of a kurdish militia there and it's clear who's giving the orders. that's the reality facing nato defense ministers scrambling to catch up with the political reality of post-war syria and m

working group is biased and has ignored its ruling so who's right spain or the u.n. . well this is a political battle as the n.s.a. it is also a legal battle and there by the list are different fronts here now frank. who has the upper hand comes the machine and very much also on all. the international. the same day of the sentence yesterday spanish government members of the cabinet distributing a video highlighting. this i mean. system which is obviously our national. strength an image that is being challenged by some degree by their pro movement and that's part of the political i think that's going on. we have peace and we don't focus on their own political bottom and they're also seeing right or wrong what we try to. analyze what are the possibilities of finding a way out of this right now in the political but i mentioned essentially what's happening is a battle diligent in mind be other sacked so yesterday president. said that they had. ready to trade and had been defeated at the same time. in the protests against this sentence you would see many people trying to su

he haunts spain for others. the remains of former dictator francisco franco exhumed, relocated, and reburied. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and all around the world, welcome. nato headquarters has a problem with one of their own. defense minister's are discussing turkey's actions in northern syria in the last two weeks. unprecedented events. turkey, a nato member, is closely collaborating in syria with a nato adversary, russia. moscow and ankara have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria. until recently, the region was controlled by the kurds, who were backed by the united states until president trump with drew american troops. that decision cleared the way for turks to roll into syria. >> a russian patrol winds its way to the syrian town on the border with turkey. only weeks ago, u.s. forces patrolled here. now the guard has changed. russian forces share control of the border with turkish troops, and with the syrian army in a buffer zone that is just 30 kilom

to spain now where a day of protest in the city of barcelona has ended in violence police clash with catalan pro independence demonstrators on saturday firing tear gas and water cannon after what began as a peaceful rally in the city protests have swept across the region after spain supreme court imposed a lengthy prison sentences on catalan separatist leaders who were found guilty of sedition. the rally began peacefully with the streets of barcelona awash in a sea of protesters from the waterfront to the city's landmarks a grad a familiar church. many carry cattle on flags and banners branded with slogans such as sit and talk and freedom for political prisoners. pro independence groups had called for a peaceful march to demand the release of 9 separatist leaders found guilty of sedition they were imprisoned by the supreme court on october 14th. the move triggered a wave of anti madrid demonstrations some marked by heavy violence. spain's main parties have consistently rejected any towards catalan independence protesters accuse madrid of criminalizing dissent. less about it's time fo

long live spain long live franco they chanted. the body was then carried by military helicopter to the new burial site a lower key state cemetery outside been dred where francos wife is also buried. there more supporters had gathered to show their allegiance to the dictator some expressed passion sympathies and offered insults to the interim socialist prime minister pedro sanchez whose government has ordered the move. in a statement sanchez said the relocation of the body was a step towards reconciliation. so. this decision puts an end to a moral affront such as the glorification of the figure of a dictator in a public space step has been taken towards reconciliation that can only rest in the democracy and freedom that we all share but the much to various reasons some 32 percent of people in spain do not agree with the decision with some praising the generals grandson who came for the burial and others offering prayers to franco after a bloody civil war that claimed the lives of 500000 people franco still it seems has the power to

little problem when any pay a piece from spain couldn't turn up in the ball because they were in jail kind of on the out so it is a political. problem for the sponsors government as a political problem for the european union to say it's a political problem for the united nations as well we ought to be very clear here that the people of catalonia us with any other people anybody else in the world have an absolute right to determine the sort of government that they want to. control their society the people of very strong views about this i've been there i was placing the directly and among the 1st of october 22nd team i spoke with confluence across their country and there was a significant determination that they wanted to control their own destiny they wanted to be fully autonomous self-government they've got a right to make a decision they had a right to have a referendum the spotter's authorities i think are being pedantic an extreme by saying that it's a feature of the spanish constitution if asked the case the spanish constitution needs to be changed to reflect international law an

it's not unusual for spain though the pact of forgetting adopted after franco died and his regime fell basically an ally of the new government to not deal with anyone or anything franco related like. move on nothing to see here but will this approach work nowadays or is it time to take have out of the sand and finally face the problem because until they do catch the line and could be burning. the newspaper has since explained the inconsistency s. and its headlines saying it was down to the different opening times of their divisions we discussed possible solutions to the catalan crisis with 2 political scientists. the solution is quite easy it's to sit down to negotiate a. referendum of that mission for lacing all the political precedents and then the police brutality in the streets that's if when the moment that we reach this thing anything having to stop having to stop but that's a growing that's a problem that well i'm not of the professors thus blackmail so all you are descended by all in stupid force to government to negotiate. when the government exists to do one of the government

spain's prime minister petro sanchez is in the catalan capital barcelona for talks with security chiefs and to visit injured police officers that's after a week of major protests in the region with angry pro independence activists demanding the release of jailed separatist leaders on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona and dumped bags of trash there they're. calling for the release of the 9 jailed separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for involvement in an independence referendum 2 years ago deemed illegal by madrid the spanish government has also rejected proposed talks with catalan authorities claiming they have not condemned enough the violence of their protests in the region meanwhile a national newspaper has also been dragged into the controversy as monday the question of a explains. one country one nation well not when it comes to spain the status once again divided over catalonia and its and dependence it's 2 years since the referendum and it hasn't done much for them that and it seems there is not much clarity over the issue so are

what's next for the cattle on people in spain pro independence supporters are outraged at the jailing of separatist leaders following the latest mass march and violent protests and government leaders in madrid are dismissing catalan calls for talks what are the chances for a political solution this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead it's 2 years since catalonia tried and failed to break away from spain but the campaign for independence hasn't died down the jailing of separatist leaders this week reignited the debate sparking a general strike and a mass march from all over catalonia to barcelona violent protests in the regional capital have raised questions about the reaction from spain's government in madrid specially before next month's national election the region's pro independence leader kim told us has called for unconditional talks with the spanish government but the acting prime minister petra sanchez has dismissed the calls saying must 1st unequivocally condemn the on rests. yeah i'm with you joe thing good yes in as i said earlier it's been 5 days and

at loggerheads with spain and at war began in april of 1989. >> host: what happened to the maine. >> guest: we don't really know exactly what happened. there were -- an explosion in havana harbor when the battleship was there two different independent studies done, one by the u.s. government, one by the spanish government, the u.s. government determined that it was an external mine, submarine mine that caused the explosion. the spanish government panel determined it was an internal explosion, something had blown up within the shop, probably the powder magazine. we don't know for sure exactly but there were a lot of jumping to conclusions, and a lot of americans fed by the yellow press, the yellow journalist instantly blamed spain and said this is a dirty trick by the spanish government against the battleship. more than 200 lives lost and that made the a lot of sympathy for war against spain, based mostly on the belief that spain was behind the destruction of that battleship. >> guest: the role of william randolph hearst. >> guest: a publisher of the yellow papers and contributed grea

what did you make of the 100 years of said that this is against democratically elected polish that spain and what does it mean for your client the elderly patient minister i think it's an outrageous sentence not entirely unexpected but exposes the spanish justice system is being deeply flawed we had described during the original case for claudio that the spanish system justice system in the sunny state stood accused of operating the operate in political persecution that these individuals important trial is politically motivated done it was an act of political vengeance we have seen acts of violence perpetrated by the police by but the cattle on please and by the spanish state on the spanish police all in hundreds of thousands of individuals who've got to peacefully without violence and we saw that on october the 1st the actions of the state come as no surprise we are now preparing for a new international extradition warrant to be applied for against caught up in the city and we intend to robustly defend that because we believe that she will not receive to process we will leave like the 9

where many remain divided over the issue of independence the flags of spain in catalonia flying side by side on top of children as courthouse below the crowd is protesting against the arrests made during friday's demonstrations at turned violent. the procession supporters blame the national government justice system. protests were sparked by the recent sentencing of 9 catalan politicians and activists after that failed bid this is session and 2017 frustrations from 2 years ago have been reignited and the resentment has grown as has the mistrust of the national law enforcement systems few by harsh police intervention. there's no doubt that the question of independence in catalonia is an intensely emotional one it goes right to the heart of people's identities here however a recent catalan opinion poll stated that 44 percent of people wanted to secede from spain whilst 48 percent want to remain. in another neighborhood just outside of g. donna there was a very different tone to that of the protesters many here do not have catalan roots but they share a pride in their homes even if they

and it's more than 4 decades after his death he is a hero for some he haunts spain for others the remains of former dictator francisco franco exuded relocated and reburying easier than laying to rest the legacy of franco for good. it's good to have you with us at nato headquarters they have a problem with one of their own defense ministers are discussing turkey's actions in northern syria in the last 2 weeks unprecedented events. turkey a nato member is now closely collaborating in syria with a nato adversary russia must have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the region was controlled by the kurds who were backed by the us that is until president trump withdrew american troops that decision cleared the way for the turks to roll into syria. a russian patrol winds its way through the syrian town of commish lee on the border with turkey only weeks ago u.s. forces patrolled here now the guard has changed. russian forces share control of the border with turkish troops and with the syrian army in a buffer zone that is 30 kilometers deep. ass and they s

no way back you know what i mean because i don't believe in spain i don't believe in. anything in spain and i don't want to be part of this pain anymore while the catalan president says violence has never been there past radical groups have spread throughout the city hijacking the protests and what has been the response from petro sons has government the government to spain reiterates that the problem of catalonia is not independence which will not occur because it's not legal nor do the majority of catalans want it but rather coexistence matric could still trigger article $155.00 of the constitution which would allow him to suspend the ration of government and as soon direct rule but so far prime minister sanchez has fallen short of doing this is facing a general election in november and right now it's not looking good. these protests and the lack of response might prove fatal to the central government sanchez has been accused of sticking his head in the sand over the crisis sanchez says that with moderation everything will end up going where it has to the community d

spain's prime minister condemns the unrest. you know you think i'm in order to not i don't want to think that the vandalism and the violence in catalonia will go unpunished yes and i want to you know this the capital the catalonian regional president also condemned the violence while at the same time backing the protesters demands. but all of us sentenced to 100 years for staging a referendum that we need to vote on independence again. so round up of up was our last but i mean it. has flames engulfed the streets abbas alona for another night's council on independence had once again turned into a political wild child. our correspondent helena humphries in barcelona and sent us this report of events there. he's funny funny because this morning's. night there was a serious loss of time by now most of our friends being trotted simcox me out on the street far exceeds that i was right i was moved to the number of mosque racists if we now see the times accounts we need one contradicting sunny sky news to be the 1st one to see if you c

divisions in spain deep in is the catalonia crisis intensifies with separate is protest now into their 2nd week i guess debate the issue. the solution is quite easy it's the same company out putting them off over that mission so you don't want to negotiate you want to go up to your condition also this an 80 year old rabbi helping palestinian farmers in the west bank is briefly beaten by water alleged to have been masked israeli settlers. fall for people and started to beat me with clubs and with stones. with clubs on my head so i tried to defend myself with my head until the both my youth and. media in the us come up with a new catchphrase to denigrate the unconventional views of presidential hopefuls. follow their welcome it's midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international protests continue to rage in catalonia with pro independence supporters angered by the jailing of separatists leaders a week ago on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona bags of rubbish they were calling for the release of the 9 jail separatists linked is found guilt

left in peace and we've been fortunate to work for a and what we're seeing today in countries like spain. perhaps elsewhere shouldn't necessarily tarnish our views of the utopian co-chaired i think wish derrius and inviting us to plays our position with and due to the utopian leadership is doing. our duty people are placing upon them we have any. rights we want them to be recognized and point out people wants to target or in future we must recognize them are how hard it should be for some people as a right that should be exercised and can be exercised and should be treated with respect not responded to with horrific levels of violence ok just finally and briefly though ironically scottish independence though is going to. be the cause of it is going to benefit from the brics a debate nigel for things not going to vote for boris johnson's deals basically hasn't breck's it and the whole debate over it it's a bricks if that's pave the way for scottish independence discussion dependence movement has been running now for about 300 years just over i think it's fuelled by a tax cut you know scot

and it is distancing spain's present from its past. it is a statement by pedro sanchez that we have transformed spain from a fascist dictatorship into a democratic country. but it is much more fraught in the context of an election. spain will have its second general election this year next month. and it does have a growing far right party, as well, so it is complex. complex and interesting, yes. rachel, the express, they have a good news story amongst all of the horrific news and confusing news from westminster, as well. this is about the cystic fibrosis. and this drug which seems to help cystic fibrosis sufferers. it dramatically extends their lives and believes their systems, and it is going to be available on nhs. it is very expensive, the drug, and the nhs has had a really hard time of negotiations with the company that produces it. it is part of a wider question which is, if you want companies to invest huge amounts of time and money, takes a decade to bring a new drug to market, those drugs will probably be quite expensive, parti

working group is biased and has ignored its ruling so who's right spain or the u.n. . well this is a political battle as the n.s.a. it is also legal and thereby the list of different fronts here now frank. who has the upper hand comes the machine and very much also on all. the international. the same day of the sentence yesterday spanish government members of the cabinet distributing a bit you're highlighting. i mean the system which is obviously our permanent national. strength an image that is being challenged to some degree by their parents movement and that's part of the political i think that's going on. we have peace and we don't focus on their own political but they're also seeing right or wrong what we try to. analyze what are the possibilities of finding a way out of this right now in the us but i mentioned essentially what's happening is a battle diligent in mind the other side so yesterday president santos said that at the end this movement 'd had trade and had been defeated at the same time. in the protests against this sentence you would see many people tr

have. 6 visions in spain deep in as the catalonia crisis intensifies separatist protests into their 2nd week guests debate the issue. are over so you don't want to negotiate. your. become an 8 year old rabbi helping palestinian families in the west bank is brutally beaten by water alleged. israeli settlers. insulted me with clubs and with stones. with clubs on my head so i tried to defend myself with my head broke my youth and. media in the us come up with the catch phrase to denigrate conventional he's a presidential hopeful. they're welcome in the morning here in moscow you're watching international protests have been raging in catalonia with independence supporters angered by the jailing of separatist leaders a week ago 2 years on from the region's failed independence bit the u.s. she was dividing spain again well on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona and bags of rubbish in front of the building and were calling for the release of the 9 jail separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement. the referendum deemed to be illega

these coastal areas of egypt then as we head off into choose day that is when the system impacting spain and portugal the west a med that is when we could see some very heavy and widespread amounts of rain down into morocco and on towards algeria so certainly cooling off in a bad high there just 18 celsius. all i want to stay with my sound stay with my wife the rest internment and mass indoctrination all we got children are now in a process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance we're being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in australian investigation into china systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on the al-jazeera protest in lebanon continuing into a 5th day by minister saad hariri is hosting a cabinet meeting on monday the aim of approving a package of economic reforms businesses and schools across the country a shot and a general strike. livia's incumbent president is ahead in the election but it looks like he'll have to face a r

spain has not had to confront this pa rt spain has not had to confront this part of its past that the way germany has and the idea that fascism, the right that it links to fascism, the right that it links to fascism is still connected to political movement they have economic issues, micro—dishes as well, so this is a symbol of spain trying to work out what kind of country it wants to be in the very deep divisions that exist there. the last paper is the express and it is some good news and it is about this truck for cystic fibrosis and the national health service will provide that to patients, it is very being provided in scotland and some 4000 patients, it's about £100,000 per person. and increasingly, you do see these debates coming up because it isa these debates coming up because it is a positive sign that the technology is advancing at a speed at which new drugs to come onto the market that can help improve and transform even the lives of thousands but when you have a state—funded health system, they do have this question of how do you provided in any reasonable health syste

between the turks and the syrian army is possible also coming up a greek catalans protesting after spain supreme court finds the politicians who pushed for independence are guilty of sedition and disobedience. it's good to have you with us tonight longstanding alliances in the middle east are crumbling and it comes only a week after that announced pullback of u.s. forces in syria today syrian government troops moved into towns in the north east of the country at the invitation of the kurds is setting up a potential showdown with invading turkish forces it's all happening in areas controlled by the syrian kurds and the focus now is the strategic town of the turks have long threatened the town and now syrian troops have been the wild in to defend it. a local official in the town confirms that syrian troops have entered that there they are and like. syrian troops heading towards the takesh border 8 years after assad lost control over northern syria his army is moving back and the kurds who control the region saw no alternative but to relinquish their hard won autonomy and unless the syrian

6 the visions in spain deep into the catalonia crisis intensifies separatist protests into the 2nd week i guess the issue. is. so you don't want to negotiate. you're. also an 8 year old rabbi helping helping palestinian farmers in the west bank was briefly beaten by water or alleged to have been in place. for all the violence. to defend the palestinians from the. media in the us come up with a new catch phrase denigrate conventional use of presidential hopefuls. hello there is 10 am here in moscow you're watching international. madrid protests have been raging catalonia with prime independent supporters angered by the jailing of separatists leaders a week ago 2 years on from the region's failed independence bit the issue is dividing spain again on sunday people rallying dioxide the spanish government's residence in barcelona they were calling for the release of 9 jailed separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement in the referendum the vote was deemed to be illegal by madrid activists or bags of rubbish in front of the building meanwhile a national newspaper has als

the rights of people within the european union to simply point out so they get spain to say stop acting like franco wants to stop acting in a manner that you are doing because you have ignited flames that cannot be extinguished no but it's not a question of if but it's a question of when catalonia will be free because there is no other solution the people are out on the streets and the spanish cannot jail 2345000000 cattle and they're not going back into their houses they've had enough and in the history of catalonia says itself where 9 out of 11 catalan presidents over the last 100 years have been jailed exiled or executed it shows exactly the way that spain deals with catalonia and the catalan people and enough is enough as you say barcelona has been on fire your client the education for education it's a caravan site it says she wants the end of the spanish occupation soldiers in catalonia and amnesty to political prisoners and the referendum and those demands only ever going to really be met on the streets of catalonia off the streets of oslo while power rests with the people and i w

know if he's still alive and that more than 4 decades after his death he is a hero for some he haunts spain for others the remains of former dictator francisco franco are exuding from a state and we've buried a private simmons here but truly burying the past that is proving very difficult. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss the problem with one of their old turkey it's an unprecedented issue for the. because turkey a nato member is closely collaborating in syria with russia a nato adversary that sees the alliance as a threat while still in ankara have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the region was controlled by the kurds backed by the united states but then washington withdrew its troops 2 weeks ago making way for the turks. aggression patrol winds its way through the syrian town of commission on the border with turkey only weeks ago u.s. forces patrolled here now the guard has changed. russian forces share control of the border with turkish troops and with the syrian army in a

what's next for the cattle on people in spain pro independence supporters are outraged at the jailing of separatist leaders following the latest mass march and violent protests and government leaders in madrid are dismissing catalan calls for talks what are the chances for a political solution this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead it's 2 years since catalonia tried and failed to break away from spain but the campaign for independence hasn't died down the jailing of separatist leaders this week reignited the debate sparking a general strike and a mass march from all over catalonia to barcelona violent protests in the regional capital have raised questions about the reaction from spain's government in madrid specially before next month's national election the region's pro independence leader kim told us has called for unconditional talks with the spanish government but the acting prime minister petra sanchez has dismissed the calls saying must 1st unequivocally condemn the on rests. yeah i'm with the joe thing go d.s. in as i said earlier it's been 5 days and w

jail separatist politicians the catalan independence crisis looks like it will only intensify ahead of spain's general election next month also an 80 year old rabbi helping palestinian farmers in the west bank is brutally beaten by ouattara ledged been masked israeli settlers. full of people instilled in me with clubs and with stone. with clubs on my soul i tried to defend myself my head told them broke my youth and. stablished media in the us come up with a new catchphrase to denigrate the unconventional views of presidential hopefuls. have a good afternoon you're watching r t international protests have been gripping the spanish region of catalonia with pro independence activists angry over the jailing of separatist leaders a week ago on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government residence in barcelona and. they were calling for the release of the 9 jail separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement in the referendum 2 years ago that was deemed to be illegal by trade meanwhile a national newspaper is also being dragged into the catalan controversy as medina cour

spain's prime minister condemns the unrest. you know you think i'm an article i'm not i don't want you to think that the vandalism and the violence in catalonia will go unpunished yes and i want to you know this the capital. the catalonian regional president also condemned the violence while at the same time backing the protesters demands. but all of us sentenced to 100 years for staging a referendum that we need to vote on independence again. saw it on the bottom up was old enough to look at me. as flames engulfed the streets of ball saloon for another night's cuts alone independence had once again turned into a political. our correspondent helena humphreys in barcelona and sent us this report. it's become a familiar but notice worrisome constant that if it's not no protests here and also not have turned violent now the civil guard has been drafted to back up police out on the streets here barricades bottles have been thrown far works and smoke filled the air and a number of mosques protestors can now be seen at times the crow

when we come back the remains of the dictator ruth spain for 36 years or exude from the. lost. and i'm nicholas holland on the outskirts of nairobi in a flower exporting form find out next whether deal or no deal our exporters here in kenya say you know opportunity and direction. hello there. carol dry weather across japan but unfortunately we're heading into a day a rainy plaintive town streaming in very heavy amounts of rain at times expected on friday the lair of low pressure bringing this and then to the east. actually a typhoon which will have pretty strong winds sustained at about 140 kilometers an hour so there could be some impacts of further to the west across home but really the rain is coming from this area of low pressure now in both cases both systems move away as we head into saturday leaving in exactly dry day behind us on a much better day and sunny plenty of cloud 21 in tokyo and a mostly cloudy skies and quite cloudy. just 15 degrees celsius now the east in the south china the skies here 24 in shanghai not a bad day in hong kong on friday 28 but there is plent

nor benefited on national interest a visual secret is gone thank you thank you barcelona on fire as spain jails democratically elected politicians for 100 goodbye years with defacto e.u. backing we speak to a lawyer for one of the politicians being on the down and a member of the pro got a loan you're broke if you as soon be all this it will go above true of going underground. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to write to the press this is what the fore. 3 of them will be good. i'm interested in the winds are. going to move. welcome back while breakfast is continued to accuse u.k. media of the remain agenda the violence of pro e.u. governments continues unabated with barcelona on fire in recent days after the mass jailing of democratically elected catalonian politicians i'm joined now by skype from inverness by the former as in b. and b. who pull monaghan who supports catalonia independence bowl thanks for coming on the show what have you made of these alarming pictures perh

well spain's acting prime minister has been criticized for his handling of those protests in catalonia a rival party has now called for the region's autonomy to be revoked ahead of next month's election and for the can't land president to be forced out and a sunny gaggle reports from your own or more everyone in the region is comfortable with the idea of secession the flags of spain in catalonia flying side by side on top of joe grown as courthouse below the crowd is protesting against the arrests made during friday's demonstrations here that turned violent by the big problem. the processions supporters blame the national governments justice system. protests was sparked by the recent sentencing of 9 catalan politicians and activists after the failed a bit this is session and 2017 frustrations from 2 years ago have been reignited and the resentment has grown as has the mistrust of the national law enforcement systems few by harsh police interventions there's no doubt that the question of independence in catalonia is an intensely emotional one it goes right to the heart of people's ident

possibility the for having more this lived through spain. democracy. the balkans he has been tainted by all these problems the memories of this turbulent time on never far behind but the exhumation with all its complexities may help to reconcile spain's torment from this era. al-jazeera part of the madrid. well. president. thank you very much the united states' vice president has weighed into the debate about the n.b.a.'s relationship with china on thursday mike pence accuse the league of quote acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of china's communist party if all of the controversy over a tweet by the general manager of the houston rockets daryl morey in support of the pro-democracy protests in hong kong ever since that tweet the league has tried to distance itself from one's comments even still chinese partners have cut ties with the we spent says organizations like the n.b.a. and sports where firms nike shouldn't kowtow to the chinese nike stores in china actually removed their houston rockets merchandise from their shelves to join the chinese gove

the real estate prices spain's drain public coffers are struggling to keep up with an aging population but those gathered in madrid insist spaniards who worked hard their whole lives deserve a bigger share. with our own pension is reads one of the placards brandished by the regiment of retirees who took to the streets of the spanish capital the average pensioner here receives $920.00 euros a month more than a spanish worker on minimum wage but they say they deserve an increase. of $1085.00 euro should be the minimum and actually no penalties for those who retire after working 40 years. for anything. that's been here they should update the pensions especially the lowest because you pay taxes to have a dignified life when you wrote the many elderly people don't have a pension and that gives the not dignity anymore to look at human species. the spanish government has offered a 6 percent pensions increase the representatives of spain's $9000000.00 claimants holding out for more. the rich found posted further gains on wednesday as the european union and britain inched closer to a break the

former colleagues his office says that he rejects the warrant and any attempts to send him back to spain now just a reminder he's been in self-imposed exile here in belgium a full 2 years he doesn't hide his whereabouts just this week he was outside the european commission for example joining a pro council on demonstration now on friday spain's supreme court has issued a statement saying that they have told the belgian oath or tease that mr push him on does not have any parliamentary immunity which could stop him being extradited apparently the belgian or thirty's how to be asking about that the prosecutor's office say that this latest request could take them weeks to reach a decision on so we have been here before it's actually the 3rd time that spain has sought to get colors put him on extradited he faces possible charges of sedition and the misuse of public funds but as of now he's never been sent back let him thank you nina baba joining us live there plenty more ahead on the news hour including living on the bombardment libya's air strike victims who are too frightened to protect. th