tens of thousands take to the streets across spain, as the country faces a critical test over catalonia's demand for independence. in the capital madrid, huge numbers of demonstrators show their opposition to independence, while thousands of other spaniards come together in white to call for peace and for politicians to talk. we are seeing for too long a confrontation between both sides. we are seeing for too long a confrontation between both sidesli think we need a dialogue. politicians haven't been doing their job really well. in london, 11 people are injured as a car crashes into pedestrians outside the natural history museum, triggering a major security alert. a new threat to thousands of bombardier workers in northern ireland as the us imposes more ta riffs ireland as the us imposes more tariffs on their planes. and leeds rhinos beat castleford tigers to win a record eighth super league grand final.

good evening. thousands of people have taken to the streets in spain, demanding national unity and dialogue to end the crisis over catalonia's demands for independence. the biggest demonstrations were by supporters of the national government in madrid, calling for tough action against the catalan leaders, who have said they may declare independence in the coming days. other people across spain were urging peaceful dialogue, to resolve the crisis. james reynolds has sent this report. in spain's capital, demonstrators came out to deliver a simple message — this country should not be broken into pieces. the region of catalonia must give up its plans to declare independence. translation: this is horrible,

i don't agree with any of it. and i hope we reach a solution soon, because it's very bad for spain. translation: we have come to ask for the unity of spain, we don't want spaniards to fight amongst each other. there are minority separatists, but i think the majority of catalans want to be with us. the spanish demonstrators in the southern city of alicante are fed up with flag—waving. they choose to wear neutral white. they're from a new movement called shall we talk? the middle ground of spain is now trying to make itself heard. campaigners here want the authorities in madrid and barcelona to end their brinkmanship and begin real talks. translation: i'm here because i want unity for spain. i don't want division for anything in the world, because the most important thing is that we unite with love and help

each other. what's the solution? dialogue. dialogue between both parts. madrid and barcelona? yes, of course. will that happen? i don't think so. the campaign for dialogue extends to barcelona, the heart of catalonia's pro—independence movement. politicians on either side have shown recent signs of wanting to find a way out of the current crisis. these mass demonstrations have helped them to make up their mind. let's pick up on that last point. and jamesjoins me now from madrid. what signs, if any, that the politicians are listening? not certain yet. each side faces big decisions in the next few days. the cata la n decisions in the next few days. the catalan authorities have to decide

whether to declare independence as they promised. the catalan leader is set to address the catalan parliament on tuesday. if he moves towards a declaration of independence, the authorities here in madrid have decisions to make. they have to decide whether or not to suspend the self—rule in catalonia, as is their right in the constitution, potentially putting under arrest catalonia's leaders. it may be that politicians don't want to go down that road. we may find out more on tuesday, when the cata la n out more on tuesday, when the catalan leader addresses parliament. 11 people were injured today when a car mounted a pavement in one of london's busiest tourist areas, and crashed into pedestrians outside the natural history museum. the driver was detained at the scene, as police mounted a major security operation, due to concerns that the incident could be terror—related. downing street was kept informed of events. this evening the police have confirmed that the collision was an accident. richard lister reports. minutes after the car

drove into the crowd, a man is pinned down in the street, awaiting arrest. there is confusion here. no one knows exactly what's just happened, but when a car strikes pedestrians in an area full of families, people fear the worst. people started running, people were saying, "run." and then everything went mental with police cars, and they locked down the whole place. lots of people screaming, crying, sort of panic, people picking up their children, dragging their children. and so i thought immediately something has happened. armed police quickly arrived on the scene, responding to what looked to many like a terror attack next to some of the city's busiest museums. ii people were injured. nine were taken to hospital. but for several anxious hours, police couldn't confirm what had happened. downing street was kept informed. a wide cordon was maintained around the crash site. in

a brief statement of the police confirmed this was in fact an accident, not an attack. the investigation is continuing tonight, as police try to learn more about what caused this serious accident. but things are returning to normal here, and there is a palpable sense of relief here that this was not a deliberate act. none of those hurt have life—threatening injuries, but this was an alarming incident. and tonight, the driver remains in custody. richard lister, bbc news. there are renewed fears for the future of jobs at the bombardier aerospace factory in belfast. the us government has announced a further increase in tariffs on planes made by the company, making it prohibitively expensive to import them. the united states claims bombardier has received unfair financial support from the uk and canada, where the planes are assembled. joe lynam reports. bombadier and its predecessor short‘s have been at the heart of the manufacturing economy in belfast for decades. 4,000 skilled workers make high—tech opposite wings in a province,

which doesn't have many of those jobs. but over the past fortnight, potential american tariffs have placed a huge questioni mark over their future. now, in a new blow, the us commerce department has slapped a further 80% tariff on bombadier planes, meaning that all of its largest aircraft could soon face import duties of up to 300% in america. it looms very large over these workers, and it's time for the british government to stand up for british workers. we see it within britain being bullied now, the british government being bullied by boeing. the eu needs to step in, because effectively, they are being bullied now, too. it needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. and for the bombadier workers, it's a waiting game. we've all store got a job to do, and we keep our fingers crossed, we keep knuckling down and keep working away. it will affect whole company, probably, if whatever the outcome is. and this is the plane

that the americans object to. the c—series is assembled in canada, with wings made and sent from belfast. but the americans claim it's received $1 billion in subsidies from the canadians, which allows it to undercut boeing in bidding for contracts. this whole row puts the government, and especially the business department, in something of a bind. it is kept in power by the dup, and the bombadier factory in belfast is dup heartland. but at the same time, boeing, which is the eca to these tariffs, employs more people than bombadier, 19,000 people elsewhere in the uk, and it's building a new factory in sheffield. we have an international regulatory regime, which has worked extremely well. these type of measures threaten competition and innovation, and as a consequence, that's bad news for consumers wherever they are. these 300% tariffs are recommendations by one branch of the us government. if there is no solution,

though, they will come into force in february. in that time, the nails of thousands of workers here and trade negotiators on both sides of the atlantic will be written down to the quick. joe lynam, bbc news. a state of emergency has been declared in four southern us states, with hurricane nate gathering strength as it heads towards the gulf coast. nate killed at least 25 people as it swept through nicaragua, costa rica and honduras as a tropical storm. it has now intensified to a category two hurricane and is expected to make landfall overnight. some councils say they're not getting the money they need to carry out urgent safety improvements on tower blocks following the grenfell disaster. a number of local authorities in england and wales say requests for governments funds for refurbishment are being rejected because they're deemed nonessential. angus crawford explains. it was a fire no one thought possible, flames engulfing the building, spreading through the cladding in minutes,

raising urgent questions about blocks right across the country. fire tests showed more than a hundred weren't safe. some residents had to be evacuated, leaving them fearful, confused and frustrated. now, accusations the government won't pay out money it promised for urgent repairs. councillor adam hug says these flats will cost millions to make safe. so, for blocks such as this across westminster and across the country, there needs to have sprinklers retrofitted. if the government doesn't pay, the council's got to foot the bill. nothing's coming from government, and that means fewer affordable homes will be built, and residents will be dealing with repairs for the next 20—30 years. the horror of what happened here exposed dangers in buildings across the country. some councils believe the government made a pledge

to pay for all the work needed to make tower blocks safe. after the disaster, public anger mounted. ministers promised to make all high—rises safe. whatever it takes, we will take the expert advice, do what ever it takes to make those buildings safe, or make those people safe. whatever it takes, we have to be led by the experts, but there can be no short cuts to this. but today, the government said building owners are responsible for funding measures designed to make a building safe, and urged councils to come forward if they had funding concerns. it was a national tragedy, but who now will pay to make sure it never happens again? angus crawford, bbc news. time for the sport with lizzie

greenwood hughes. thanks very much. good evening. leeds have won their eighth super league grand final, overturning castleford's outstanding season by thrashing the debutants 2a—6 at old trafford. less tha n less than 20 miles separate these west yorkshire neighbours. in recent yea rs west yorkshire neighbours. in recent years they have been much further apart than that. now brought together on the biggest stage, big—city leeds, the most successful clu b big—city leeds, the most successful club in the modern game, castleford, small—town neighbours in theirfirst grand final. castleford came here as favourites, their title to lose, or to be stolen. tom briscoe did that to be stolen. tom briscoe did that to open the scoring. castleford has a population of around 40,000. they brought 30,000 fans to old trafford. they needed luck. they didn't get it. a golden opportunity lost. if this was billed as their fairy tale,

there was another. after 16 years, danny mcguire leaves leeds rhinos after tonight. this was the most spectacular way to say goodbye. now there was to be only one winner. leeds dominant. briscoe's second try showed why they are so revered, the big club for the biggest occasion. still time for danny mcguire to provide one final moment of magic. another friend to bring to an end a quite astonishing leeds career. so castleford leave here bitterly disappointed. they say there is no substitute for experience. leeds have proved that. they are super league champions once more. max whitlock has become the first british gymnast to retain a world title by taking gold in the pommel horse in canada. the double olympic champion, competing at his first event since rio, performed the most difficult routine to win comfortably in montreal. it feels amazing. i have always

aspired to look up to the guys that get a title and go back to their training and go and do it again. i'm so proud standing here today. reigning champions exeter are the new leaders of rugby union's premiership after they beat this season's surprise package newcastle 34—24. elsewhere, england wingerjonny may scored his sixth try in six games for his new club leicester tigers as they scraped past london irish, 28-27. in the other games, bath beat worcester 29—13 at the rec, and gloucester returned to winning ways with a 29—24 win over northampton. scarlets won the proi4 welsh derby, fighting back to beat the ospreys 19-18. fighting back to beat the ospreys 19—18. samson lee rumbling overfor the winning try. lewis hamilton says he's driving "better than ever" after taking pole position for tomorrow's japanese grand prix. the championship leader broke the track record in suzuka three times on his way to his 10th pole

in 16 races this season. title rival sebastian vettel will start second on the grid. finally, football, and whilst it's a very real possibility that all four home nations will qualify for next year's fifa world cup, there's been a surprise. the netherlands have failed to reach a major champinship for the second time in a row. despite beating belarus they need to win theirfinal game despite beating belarus they need to win their final game against sweden by 13 goals to reach russia. that's it from me. but the bbc sport website has much more, including how bradford bulls won the first women's super league grand final. thank you so much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. the outer edge of hurricane nate has reached the us gulf coast. the hurricane is expected to make landfall in the

coming hours. warnings are in place from new orleans to panama city in florida. it has caused devastation across the central americans. it has killed at least 25 people and caused heavy rain, landslides and floods. julia mcfarland has the report. last—minute scramble to the supermarket. food, supplies, fuel, anything that might be needed. new o rlea ns anything that might be needed. new orleans is not taking any chances, as citizens make their final preparations. curfews as citizens make their final preparations. cu rfews have as citizens make their final preparations. curfews have been said and evacuations ordered for some areas. our greatest threat from this particular storm, because everyone is different is not necessarily rain, but strong winds and storm surge. iam rain, but strong winds and storm surge. i am ordering a mandatory evacuation of lake catherine and areas of the city of new orleans. hurricane nate is the ninth hurricane to form in the atlantic

this busy season. louisiana, mississippi, alabama and parts of florida have issued written warnings and evacuation orders. what do you pray for at a time like this? for god to help us through this. and everything be ok by me get back home. everybody is safe. although it is less powerful than other recent storms, the governor of louisiana warned citizens to take it seriously that hurricane nate has the potential to do a lot of damage. you can already see the damage in central america, still dealing with the tail end of the storm. at least 25 people have died in costa rica, nicaragua and honduras. in costa rica, 400,000 people reported to be without running water. the intense rain and winds made short work of trees and even roads. it is expected to make wind —— landfall in the us

on saturday night. the hurricane is set to pass through the gulf mississippi. robert lacey is the emergency management director for harrison county. what we are starting to see in harrison county are the outer bands of the storm starting to make the approach towards the mississippi coast. we have got periods of heavy rain from some of that activity. we are very concerned about the storm surge, we are seeing the waters build. we are seeing the surge starting to push in and giving high water values. we are seeing water coming in the mississippi coast beach. our neighbouring countyjust went under a tornado watch. just a very dreary day showing us that we have a hurricane approaching and going to make landfall sometime later tonight, early in the morning.

police in russia have detained more than 100 opposition activists are taking part in a wave of anti—kremlin protest across the country. the demonstrations were in support of opposition leader alexei navalny, who is serving a 20 day jail term for violating rules on public meetings. a criminal conviction means he can't run for next yea r‘s conviction means he can't run for next year's presidential election, which his supporters say was politically motivated. president vladimir putin is widely expected to run for vladimir putin is widely expected to runfora vladimir putin is widely expected to run for a fourth term. sarah ra i nsfo rd run for a fourth term. sarah rainsford is in moscow and sent this update. these are extraordinary scenes for russia. this crowd is heading down russia's main street to the kremlin and they are chanting slogans against president putin, calling him a thief and corrupt. they are now heading to the kremlin. the riot police are accompanying them but at the moment they are not intervening,

they are escorting them down the street. you are not afraid to be here? we have no choice, we must be here. we have no future with putin. the only chance for us in this country, not to live abroad is alexei navalny. the point is to support alexei navalny‘s bid to run for the presidency. he has gathered crowds in support for the bid for the presidency. officially he is not allowed to run because he has a criminal sentence but he says he has huge support and wants to prove that by being allowed to run. they are heading to the underpass and the police have moved in to block the way through to red square and the kremlin and have done the same above ground, trying to keep protesters as far away as possible from the seat of power. perhaps the strangest thing about this is it appears to have

ended without mass arrests. the riot police normally move in quickly in situations like this but this time the police seem to have stood back and let the protest take place. sarah rainsford. he is one of the biggest names in the history of art, famous for his surrealism and fla m boya nt famous for his surrealism and flamboyant character. now salvador dali's work will feature in an exhibition at the royal academy of a rts exhibition at the royal academy of arts in london, alongside marcel duchamp, the father of conceptual art. the show reveals a rather unlikely relationship between the artists. wendy hurrell has been to ta ke artists. wendy hurrell has been to take a look. two famous works. the lobster telephone and the bicycle wheel, made by two artists challenging how we see life. salvador dali and marcel duchamp made an odd couple. they were different characters. dali was a surrealist showman running around proclaiming his own genius.

marcel duchamp was much more quiet and reserved. but they shared beliefs, artistic values, and had a similar sense of humour. if they did not meet, did not strike up a friendship, if they did not adore playing chess with each other and holidaying, i don't think we would have seen contemporary art as it is today. they bounced off of each other and forged the way forward. they bounced off of each other. and both, of course, went on to produce the 20th century's most important artworks. film reel: the most impressive of all is dali's crucifixion. great paintings seen through duchamp's glasses, gives a new perspective on both artists. the scale, the proportions, the perspectives, the division up and down. the rather ambiguous body. and, ifind it completely fascinating. alongside the major works,

films and books and letters between the two men and lesser—known paintings. the portraits of their fathers done when they were young men. quite similar in presentation. but very different in character. i mean, dali's portrait of his father has a very forbidding and sceptical expression, largley because his son was expelled from the academy of fine art and he was disappointed. you can ponder these artworks and theirfriendship at the academy of arts in london. let's find out how the weather is looking. hello. as is often the way of it at this time of the year, the day was a mixed bag of weather across the uk. at its best, it looked like this. there were not enough scenes like this to rescue

the day, which was mostly cloudy. some of you so quite a bit of rain asa some of you so quite a bit of rain as a weather front moved into the british isles. the rain will peter away overnight. spotty showers followed behind in the northern part of britain. we have a new weather front close by to the far south—west of england. i am hopeful about sunday. if only because i think more people will get to see a bit of sunshine eventually. it may not seem that way first thing. there will be patches of brightness across north—west scotland drifting into the midlands. overcast in northern ireland. bits of pieces of rain. generally speaking, further south and east, a lot of dry weather to start the day. maybe the odd spot of rain. all the wildest weather front is their or thereabouts in the far south—west. perhaps more patchy rain in the afternoon. you can see what i

mean about the chance of brightness. there is no disguising the fact the cloud and rain will fill in through the top part of northern ireland and into western scotland. at its best, not a bad feel to the day. on through the evening the cloud and rain, breeze as well, fills in extensively in northern and western scotland. and of course it is a day for world cup qualifiers. wet in england perhaps —— lithuania travis frederick england. wet also in slovenia. on monday, not a great deal of change. perhaps more dry weather. hints of brightness. signs of things to come in this north—western quarter, were more meaningful rain associated with a more active weather front, will eventually slump its way down across all parts of the british isles, urged along by a rather noticeable westerly to north—westerly breeze. a speu westerly to north—westerly breeze. a spell of rain from any. as it clears

through, we move into something a bit brighter but just through, we move into something a bit brighter butjust feeling perhaps a little bit fresher. bye— bye. hello, this is been —— bbc news with lu kwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. 11 people have been injured in an accident outside london's natural history museum after a car mounted the pavement and struck pedestrians. i heard a couple of loud bangs, didn't really think much of it, cos you just think it's a car backfiring or something, and then there were some screams and a large crowd came through. police say it's not terror—related. a man has been arrested following the accident. the prime minister says her thoughts are with the injured. rallies have taken place across spain as tensions continue over catalonia's bid for independence. the spanish prime minister has ruled out a snap election as a result of the crisis.