welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: the authorities in catalonia say 90% of those who voted backed independence from spain, after a day of violent clashes with police. police in canada arrest a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. two women, charged with killing the estranged half—brother of the north korean leader, go on trial in malaysia. the uk's fifth largest airline, monarch, fights for its future in the holiday business after worries about its finances. welcome to the programme.

after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia say 90% of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. more than 800 people are reported to have been injured after violence at many polling stations. the prime minister, mariano rajoy, said the poll was illegal and that most people in catalonia did not want independence. from barcelona, tom burridge reports. this is how a vote turned ugly. spanish national police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spain's government considers illegal. people kicked and thrown. women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. across barcelona violent police raids to grab ballot boxes.

hundreds injured when they went to vote. one of the policemen take him from the head, take out his glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. the first one was here. he kicked here. they are mad, they are crazy. "i am 79," maria—teresa told me, "i just wanted to vote in peace." but it wasn'tjust in barcelona. this was the scene to the north in gerona. watch the blonde woman in the middle. after clearing people from the entrance to the polling station they smashed their way in. other officers from spain's national force fought with local catalan firemen. some of catalonia's own regional police on the side of voters with emotions running high.

with some in barcelona supporting spain's government today, spain's prime minister tonight seemed oblivious to the violence carried out by his police. translation: we have been an example to the world for our ability to believe in ourselves and to improve at every moment. but many did vote, savouring a precious moment. but in a neighbourhood near barcelona football club's nou camp, we found spanish police surrounding a polling station with local people surrounding them. once inside the school, they removed protesters and searched for ballot boxes. beth noda was queueing to vote when they arrived. we don't want to be part of this country that they don't love us. spain doesn't love us.

their work done, they left to a chorus of anger and disbelief. this is the people facing down the police. these are riot police who have been drafted in from other parts of spain. but their heavy—handed tactics today appear to be making deep divisions in this region worse. many catalans did not want today's disputed poll, let alone independence. but spain's now—ruling popular party helped scrap a deal promising more financial autonomy for catalonia. that was seven years ago and the pro—independence camp have pushed the idea that this region would be better off outside of spain ever since. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, said people had been tricked into taking part in a banned vote which was against democratic harmony and defended the response of the authorities.

translation: i want you to know that we did what we needed to do we are the spanish government and i am the leader of spain and i take responsibility. we complied with our obligations and acted by the principles of law and only the law and our democracy officers recourse to defend ourselves to those who tried to carry out these illegal referendum. —— this. in the past few hours, the head of the catalan regional government has suggested the result opened the door to a potential declaration of independence. translation: on this day of hope and

suffering, catalonia citizens have earned the right to have an independent state in the form of a republican and my government in the next few days will stand the results of today's vote to the catalan parliament where the sovereignty of oui’ parliament where the sovereignty of our people lights that it can act in accordance with the law of the referendum. meritxell puerto—marquez is a student who was voting in the referendum. she's in barcelona. just tell us which way did you vote? i voted for yes. i went to the polling station at atm in the moaning but could not vote until ipm. moaning but could not vote until 1pm. the thing is that my dad, along with other people, went to the polling station at eight am in the

morning and someone got the case from the council because we could not co nta ct from the council because we could not contact the principal of the school. so they basically went in there with the keys and stayed there just in case the police would come and try to not allow anyone to come in. so they were kind of locked inside and waited until everybody was coming. we are looking at pictures that you recorded earlier. just tell me, what was it like dealing with the catalan police, the local police? to be a nurse, in our polling station we were really lucky. most of the local police helped us a lot, to be honest. there we re helped us a lot, to be honest. there were i think three of them, five

maximum, they were all the time in the same area. they actually told us not to shout when inside especially also at the end when they were counting the votes. they asked that people who were outside the school, go inside all leave but don't stay just right in front of the school because the spanish police, if they come, if they see a big crowd, they are going to go in side. they advised us and, you know, they didn't try to take the boxes. they didn't try to take the boxes. they didn't try to take the boxes. they didn't try any sort of violence. looking at the result, more than 90% of voted in favour of leaving spain. it seems logical that if someone

does not want to leave spain they probably would not have agreed with any legal poll and would not have voted so can you rely on these results ? voted so can you rely on these results? to be honest, if someone who want to stay in spain, they have a chance to vote today. i mean, what we cannot ignore is that a huge majority, since many many years ago, at least wanted a referendum. cata la n at least wanted a referendum. catalan people wanted a referendum, whether they voted yes or no. you cannot ignore that. i think you can rely on the vote because, from my perspective, where i was everything was so perspective, where i was everything was so professional. they were using an app so when i went to vote they wrote down my id and they checked

that i was registered to vote. i couldn't go and vote again. many people saying you could vote twice but that is not true. the spanish police had tried to block this app so police had tried to block this app so it was failing sometime and everytime they tried to re—establish it, the volunteers came to us and said, ok, be patient, it is not working, we are trying to re—establish the connection and we had to wait. example, my father was there seems five atm and he could not wait until two. ——5 a.m.. there seems five atm and he could not wait until two. --5 a.m.. thank you very much by speaking to us. for the latest on the vote, including an

analysis and what might happen next, head to our webpage. canadian police have arrested a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in the city of edmonton. a traffic police officer was hit by a car at high speed and then attacked with a knife. the suspect then drove a van and hit at least four pedestrians. he was later arrested after a police chase. jonny wakefield is a journalist with the edmontonjournal and the edmonton sun. can you give us more detail of exactly what happened on saturday night? this all started at 8:15 near a football stadium where a match was taking place. a police officer was working at the barricade associated with the game when he was struck by

a man driving a white chevy malibu. he flew 15 feet and then the attacker proceeded to get out of the carand attacker proceeded to get out of the car and stabbed the officer who managed to fend him off and managed to get to the radio. this man then somehow applies a truck which police believe it was rented, proceeds to another part of the city. the rat cement checkpoints everywhere. —— there are two men checkpoints. when one tries to stop the driver, he ta kes one tries to stop the driver, he takes off and hit for pedestrians. before overturned by a police vehicle. he is stunned with her taser. and he's now in custody

awaiting charges. do we have any details on his background? we know that he is 30 years old. police confirmed that he is in fact a refugee from somalia. it sounds like he isa refugee from somalia. it sounds like he is a permanent resident. that is really all we know at this point. we know as well that in 2015 he was on police raid are essentially fall islamic extreme ideology. police had their eye on him and it was determined that there was not enough evidence to continue surveying him at that point. thank you for bringing us up to date. the trial of two women accused of assassinating the estranged

half—brother of north korean leader, kim jong—un, is to get underway in malaysia today. they are charged with killing him by snaring a nerve agent. they could face the death penalty if convicted. in this grainy airport security video, you just make out what was one of the most audacious assassinations of modern times. the two women who smeared the vx nerve agent on the face of kim jong—nam, half—brother of kimjong—un, were identified: siti aisyah, from indonesia, and doan thi huong, from vietnam. but other parts of the plan remain unknown. at the trial, the two women face charges of murder, which carries the death penalty. but their lawyers say they were duped into believing they were taking part in a televised prank. they intend to plead not guilty.

the trial could help to shed light on who organised the assassination and how. it's widely presumed that kim jong—nam, estranged from his half brother, kimjong—un, and at times critical of him, was killed on his orders. four north koreans also charged by the malaysian police are still at large, and probably back in north korea. earlier this year, malaysia bowed to pressure from pyongyang, allowing three suspects to go back to their country, along, it's thought, with what is presumed to be kim jong—nam's body. in return, nine malaysian embassy officials and their families were allowed to leave north korean. a once cordial relationship between the two countries was shattered. but it is not clear how much more of this extra ordinary episode malaysia will want to make public. jonathon head, bbc news, bangkok. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:

full steam ahead to finland where you can now explore the sights of helsinki in a sauna on a crane. in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger ariel sharon visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. welcome back. you are watching bbc news. the latest headlines: the authorities in catalonia say 90%

of those who voted backed independence from spain after a day of violent clashes with police. and police in canada have arrested a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. donald trump has told his secretary of state do not waste time negotiating with kim jong un of state do not waste time negotiating with kimjong un in a series of tweeds. the president said... —— tweets. his tweets come after rex tillerson disclosed that the united states was directly communicating with north korea on its nuclear and missile programmes, but pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue. gary o'donoghue has more from washington. it is an extraordinary way,

in a sense, to communicate with one of your most senior members of the cabinet, when you could pick up the phone and talk to him. so there is some sort of strategy, i think, at least in the president's mind, going on here. it may be that he think there is some value playing bad cop to rex tillerson's good cop, saying that his patience has run out, while rex tillerson tries to sort of manipulate and operate domestic channels on another hand. however, the north korean leader is not known to react well to personal insults — a bit like the president himself in that sense. and calling him "little rocket man" and this sort of thing is not going to, i think, make him well disposed to any diplomatic overtures. so it is a curious strategy. the future of the uk's fifth largest airline, monarch, is unclear as it tries to persuade the civil aviation authority

to renew the licence it needs to sell package holidays. there's been concern about the company's finances. the deadline was midnight london time. that has been and gone. what is happening? it does not look great for britain's fifth biggest airline. no indication from the civil aviation authority that the licence has been extended, or whether the deadline has been extended, and nothing from monarch airlines either. so a lot of uncertainty for monarch's 2.5 thousand employees. 100,000 people have bookings with monarch under that package holiday pa rt monarch under that package holiday part of the business. 10,000 of those we think our overseas at the moment. this relates to the package pa rt moment. this relates to the package part of monarch, which is relatively small. the wok at the wider in fact

be on all of monarch's customers? small. the wok at the wider in fact be on all of monarch's customer57m is about 5% of their business. but i think if you were to have the package side of the business going under, there would be a lack of confidence in the rest of the business and a lot of uncertainty for that much bigger part of monarch's business, which is basically seats on flights. at the moment, there is a lot of expectation that rescue action is under way. it might be organised by the civil aviation authority to bring in other airlines to fly out those passengers stranded overseas. i should say if you booked a holiday with monarch, you are away at the moment, you will be covered, and you will get your money back, if you have not been under holiday yet. and you will keep us across it. thank you will keep us across it. thank you much, jon. let's head to finland now, and a rather unusual sight

in the capital, helsinki. a giant crane could be seen towering over part of the city. this wasn't some major construction project — but rather a new leisure opportunity. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. like all their nordic cousins, the finns are fond of saunders. but there are saunas and then there are saunas. “— there are saunas and then there are saunas. —— fond of saunas. here in helsinki, at the winners of a prize draw get to experience high temperatures at a high altitude. 120 metres in fact. the same height as the sauna any proposed new building, planned for this part of the city. you can feel how it is like to be in a sauna at 120 metres, and see the views and all the way to tallinn from the sauna. to be in a sauna

with this view is amazing. things got a little steamy, so to speak, and it seems the panoramic view was worthwhile, even for those who suffer from worthwhile, even for those who sufferfrom vertigo. worthwhile, even for those who suffer from vertigo. actually, the people with a fear of heights are the ones who will make returns. it is because you are inside the glass ora box, it is because you are inside the glass or a box, it doesn't feel that bad. so people really enjoyed it, and rarely wa nt so people really enjoyed it, and rarely want to get back in. so familiar experience in a rather different setting. an apparent success , different setting. an apparent su ccess , eve n different setting. an apparent success, even if you do need a city ha rd est. success, even if you do need a city hardest. tim allman, bbc news. now, they may be increasingly popular with young people, but in south korea, tartus are to them, and technically still illegal. despite that, there is a flourishing underground scene in seoul, where many car to artists operate in plain style. —— plain sight.

i am a certified tattooist, not so much in korea. you see, i am legal, and i will do what i like. you have to be a medical doctor to become a tattooist, which for me is weird. i mean, i pay tax. if i make money in this country, in this area, then i know i've got to pay tax. you are required to. so, you do payments here in my shop, you could pay with credit cards, you know. i don't care. i walk around, people looking at me all the time. i say, old lady, come up to me and touch my skin. and it's fine, because they're learning. to them, i am being a mannequin.

but they're learning. and i really don't mind. it doesn't have to be legal or illegal, it is one person's love. if they want to get it, and if the person doing it is certified and qualified, it is creative. that doesn't mean they are not qualified. before we go, some lovely pictures for you. hong kong letter to celebrate china's national day. thousands of people watch the fireworks which will launch from a barge in the middle of victoria harbour. —— hong kong lit up. the day was officially commemorated with a flag raising ceremony earlier

today. thousands of people also took today. thousands of people also took to the streets to protest against hong kong's lack of democracy. let's get a reminder of our top story. after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia save more than 2 million people, 90% of those who voted, in a band referendum, voted in favour of independence. —— banned. hello there. we had some warmer air for a while on sunday, 20.5 degrees in herefordshire. but we're not going to see those sort of temperatures for a while, because there is air coming down as the wind changes direction to a north—westerly. winds a feature of the weather already. they have been strengthening around the base of the deep area of low pressure that is close to scotland. not only are we seeing the winds picking up, but blowing a whole host of heavy, squally showers, too.

wind gusts could be an issue in the morning. possibly some travel disruption, 50 mph gusts around the pennines and perhaps even 60 mph up into scotland. some quite windy weather in the morning in particular. this is probably the peak of the winds across these areas. lots of showers as well. winds easing, showers slowly ease as well. further south, some sunshine before clouding over in the afternoon. we may see some rain in the southwest. here is the picture on monday afternoon. by then, the strongest winds in the far north—east and scotland, a speckling of showers, not as bad as early in the day. drier to the east of the pennines, some gusty winds. more high clouds building in further south. the thickness of the cloud in the south—west, not far from south wales, rain. this really is from ex—hurricane maria, not having a big impact. mostly scooping out into the english channel. pressure building overnight, skies were clear. as we head into tuesday, north—westerly wind. not as windy as monday.

not as many showers. lighter and probably starting to blow in a bit more cloud. temperatures a degree or two lower than on monday. we had high hopes for this area of high pressure, hoping it would build across the uk. getting squished by these more active weather systems racing in from the atlantic. finding high pressure in the south, lower pressure across the north. gusty winds to the east of higher ground. wettest weather over the hills in western scotland. some rain for northern ireland, most of england and wales should be dry with some sunshine. that rain in the north pushing south for a while. heavy rain close to that area of low pressure on the front itself, but then the weather front moves its way south. as it does so, it weakens. the rain gets stretched out and very much lighter in southern areas through the day. behind it, north—westerly winds, again chilly, but it should be drier with some sunshine. this is bbc news, the headlines: after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia say more than 2 million people, 90% of those who voted in a banned referendum,

were in favour of independence from spain. the prime minister, mariano rajoy, has called the poll illegal. canadian police have arrested a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. the police officer was controlling traffic at a canadian football league game when he was struck by a car at high speed and then attacked with a knife. two young women accused of using a nerve agent to murder kimjong—nam, the estranged half—brother of north korea's leader, have been taken to the high court in malaysia for the start of their trial. the british prime minister theresa may has announced changes to the repayment of tuition fees in england and help for young people to buy homes.