this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00pm: the catalan leader says his people cannot accept "illegal" measures decided by the spanish government, as he calls on the region's parliament to act against them. translation: this is the worst attack against the institutions and the people of catalonia since the military dictatorship of general franco. the head of the world health organization says he is rethinking the appointment of zimbabwe's president mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. president trump is planning to open up secret files on the assassination ofjohn f kennedy. and a big shock in the premier league, as newly promoted huddersfield beat manchester united for the first time in 65 years. and in half an hour, a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the observer, which leads on the growing political tensions in spain. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, is planning to strip regional leaders in catalonia of their powers following their controversial referendum on independence. almost 500,000 people have been protesting against the new measures. the catalan leader says they are the worst attack on catalonia since the fascist regime of general franco. tom burridge reports from barcelona. angrier than ever before, catalans who want independence, digesting madrid's unprecedented move. to temporarily scrap their devolved government. theyjust want to crush us down.

and we've got dignity. we've got our dignity. we fought for it for years, we're going to be catalans. we fought for it, like, 40, 50 years. are we going to go back to that? i want to see the army here. we're going to see it at this rate. i don't want that. i'm young and i don't have that much knowledge, but i have enough knowledge to know that that isn't normal, and it shouldn't be happening in our country. we are a developed country, this isjust outrageous. i am speechless. the leader of catalonia's devolved government in the crowd. tonight, he called it the biggest attack on catalonia's autonomy since the dictatorship of franco. earlier, spanish ministers approved what is known here as the nuclear option. in a few days, catalan autonomy will be suspended. the regional government sacked, all of its responsibilities run from madrid.

prime minister rajoy said catalan leaders will not be allowed to destroy the whole way in which spain is governed. translation: we apply article 155 because no government can accept disregard for the law. catalonia is divided on the issue of independence, and some here, like carlos, accept that the spanish government have no option. he says it is 50% madrid's fault, and 50% catalonia's government, for causing this crisis, a crisis which seems to be getting worse. they won't give up, even as european governments insist this is an internal issue for madrid. the key test will come when madrid tries to physically take control of the catalan authorities. will the catalan police and other local officials follow the spanish government's orders, or disobey? chanting.

a new country won't appear through words, even as they will it to happen. they know, too, that bearing down on them is the all—powerful spanish state. tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. human rights groups have condemned the world health organization for making zimbabwe's president, robert mugabe, a goodwill ambassador. the british government described the decision as disappointing, while human rights watch said it was embarrassing. the who now say they are rethinking the appointment. our south africa correspondent andrew harding reports. 93 years old, and in frail health, president robert mugabe is an unexpected choice to be the new goodwill ambassador for the world health organization. and it is notjust a question of stamina. the president's defenders insist he has earned this new honour.

and yet, during his 37 years in power, mr mugabe has overseen the collapse of zimbabwe's currency and economy, and of its once—impressive health system. zimbabweans who have fled abroad are outraged by today's news. it angers me, because i've seen millions of zimbabweans die. incurable diseases, some things which could be cured, but because of the health facilities which have collapsed, it is really death row. zimbabwe's falling apart. there's absolutely nothing that is alright. if i get sick, where will i getjust the consultation fee? critics point to a long history of human rights abuses in zimbabwe, too. on that note, today the british government called mr mugabe's appointment: perhaps the mostjarring

irony is the fact that, for years, mr mugabe has spent taxpayers' money travelling abroad for his own healthcare. to know that every other month president mugabe, even for eye cataract, president mugabe goes to singapore, president mugabe goes to the far east. he doesn't even trust his own public health system. and tonight, news that the backlash may be working, the who announcing a rethink. mr mugabe's goodwill ambassadorship may prove to be short—lived. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. voting is under way injapan election. shinzo abe shocked the country by calling a snap election a year earlier than expected, asking voters to stick with him in the face of what he dubbed a national crisis of what he dubbed a national crisis ofan of what he dubbed a national crisis

of an ageing population and north korean tensions. the challenge from the governor of tokyo seems to be fizzling out, leaving a clear path for a fourth term for shinzo abe. police in northern ireland are investigating the murder of a woman in belfast, who was found distressed and injured in the back garden of a house on the outskirts of the city. two men in their 20s were arrested a short time later at an address two miles away. a local politician said the alarm was raised after neighbours heard screams at around 7am on saturday morning. army bomb squad specialists have been called to the nuclear reprocessing plant at sellafield to deal with hazardous chemicals found in a lab. the chemicals, contained within a number of canisters, were discovered during a routine audit at a laboratory at the site in cumbria. they contained industrial solvents which are potentially flammable in liquid states, and can crystallise, becoming unstable when exposed to air. sellafield limited, which runs the plant, said there is no reason for people living locally to be concerned. our reporter sharon barbour has more

from outside the sellafield complex. we did heara we did hear a small explosion, and that was, as you say, the bomb disposal experts carrying out a controlled explosion of those bottles of old chemicals, 25 years old, they had been found in a laboratory. last night that laboratory. last night that laboratory was evacuated and a 100 metre cord and was set up around it. earlier i spoke to the head of security here at sellafield, mark neat. as to how long they've been there, and should they have been dealt with sooner, it's just a question of exploration — as we uncover these things, then we deal with them as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

it sounds like they had been there too long, because the decision was made to remove them as soon as you saw them. i think so. as soon as we become aware, then we take proactive steps to get rid of the problem as quickly and safely as we can. so as i say, once we had determined the properties, the nature of these chemicals, we're getting on with the process now. there was a person, a member of staff, who said they had crystallised. have they crystallised? i can't honestly answer that question, but the reccie that was conducted yesterday determined there was no immediate threat from these solvents. the question of crystallisation is an important one because if they do crystallise and they become flammable and dangerous, but sellafield said that they haven't crystallised. an investigation is under way, and crucial to that will

be having another careful look at the laboratories to make sure any other chemicals, any other old chemicals that are potentially are removed. at sellafield stressed to us removed. at sellafield stressed to us that the site here is safe. a populist billionaire businessman has won the czech republic's election. he is the second richest man in the country and campaigned on an antiestablishment and eurosceptic platform. with all votes counted, his centrist movement, ano, collected nearly three times as many votes as his nearest rival. donald trump has announced he plans to release thousands of classified documents relating to the assassination ofjohn f kennedy in 1963. some us government officials are thought to oppose the publication of the papers on national security grounds, but mr trump has tweeted that he would allow them to be opened, "subject to the receipt of further information". the files are due to be opened in their entirety next thursday, nearly 5a years after kennedy's assassination in dallas, but the president can extend their classified status.

a little earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent laura bicker. she began by explaining the rules governing the publication of these files. this was 1992 law which had all these files locked away in the national archives, to try to stop, to try to quell conspiracy areas. well, it did anything but that. a recent poll suggested that 30%, only 30% of americans believed that the man accused of murdering president john f. kennedy, lee harvey oswald, acted alone. and that is one of the reasons that archivist, historians, have long lobbied for these documents to be released. so the release date is supposed to be thursday. the president has the final say. we have just thursday. the president has the final say. we havejust had thursday. the president has the final say. we have just had a statement from the white house which

said the president believes these documents should be made available in the interests of full transparency, unless agencies provide a compelling and clear national security or law enforcement justification otherwise. now, the cia director, mike pompeo, has reportedly been pressuring the white house not to release all of these documents. it may well be that donald trump is leaving himself some wiggle room so that some of these documents may remain redacted. but the documents that people will really wa nt the documents that people will really want to see are the ones relating to oswald's trip to mexico just weeks before the murder. it is there that he met with cuban and soviet spies. it it has also long been alleged that he said there that he was planning to kill the president. that fact isn't disputed. but you can imagine, if these documents are released, how many historians will be sitting, waiting to read them. yes, apart from

mexico, obviously a lot of people wanting to either finish off that story orfind wanting to either finish off that story or find out exactly what happened, any more bombshells we can expect? well, if you speak to those who are experts in the subject, they say that there will be no bombshells on this, but they will be a number of interesting documents such as the cia profile on lee harvey oswald. there are letters from edgar hoover, the fbi director at the time, also from jfk's widow, jackie kennedy. so there are a number of documents there are a number of documents there that could make for very interesting reading. speed limits through motorway roadworks in england could be raised from 50mph to 60mph. the proposed changes follow trials which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. sophie long reports. roadworks — some of them go on for mile after mile. the current speed limit is normally 50 mph, but highways england says that

could be increased to 60. they have conducted trials with heartrate monitors measuring drivers' stress levels as they pass through roadworks at different speeds. 60% of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60 mph zone. in the 55 mph zone, there was a decrease in 56%. what you find at 50 mph is many trucks have their speed limited to 56 mph. and therefore they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars a foot off their bumper, which becomes incredibly dangerous. so, on those stretches, if you can have 55 or 60 mph, you would get less tailgating, fewer drivers studying their speedometer, and it really can be safer. but what about people working on the motorways? the unite union which represents them say these proposals ignore their safety. they say, in recent years, a number of motorway workers have

been killed, and increasing speed limits will make their working conditions even more dangerous. motorists have mixed views. it would make myjourney a lot shorter, because immediately i'd start thejourney, i'm experiencing the 50 mph speed limit straightaway, so 60 would be an improvement for me. i think that's too fast, especially when there's people on the roadside, men working on the road. i think that's too fast, that's dangerous. the speed limit should be 50 mph, it's that for a reason. even that is pretty fast, if a car goes past. if a car passes you at 50 you can feel the speed of the wind from the car, i think it is too fast. highways england says it is carrying out further tests to ensure it can be done safely, but the changes could be brought in by the end of the year. sophie long, bbc news.

one of the last letters ever written on the titanic has sold for a record breaking £126,000 at auction in wiltshire. the letter written by an american businessman, oscar holverson, was particularly sought—after because it was written the day before the ship hit the iceberg in april 1912. it is also the only letter on headed titanic notepaper to have been recovered from the north atlantic. all the sport news shortly but first let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the sunday express reports that rogue estate agents are being targeted under tough plans drawn up by the government. the sunday times says britain's betting industry is facing its biggest crackdown on child gambling, with the regulator demanding operators pull hundreds of casino games from their websites following an investigation by the paper. the sunday telegraph claims theresa may is set to make concessions on universal credit, amid fears it could become her "poll tax". and the observer says spain has been plunged into crisis after the prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced that he was stripping catalonia of its autonomy and imposing direct rule from madrid in a bid to crush the regional leadership's move to secede.

the headlines on bbc news: the catalan leader says his people cannot accept "illegal" measures decided by the spanish government, as he calls on the region's parliament to act against them. the head of the world health organisation says he's "rethinking" the appointment of zimbabwe's president mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. president trump is planning to open up secret files on the assassination ofjohn f kennedy. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. huddersfield beat manchester united

the first time in 65 years. the terriers got a 2—goal lead against the run of play, and then fought ha rd the run of play, and then fought hard in the end for a 2—1win, despite marcus rashford's consolation. we said it is our moment and we had to be there and get it at both ends. this is exactly what the players did. this is a very, very special moment for this football club. huddersfield town have beat manchester united. this is for sure one of the proudest moments in my managing career so far. manchester city's lead over manchester city's lead over manchester united is now to five points. sergio aguero equalled matches city's scoring record. they beat burnley 3—0 at the eddie had. jasika from behind to beat watford

4-2. jasika from behind to beat watford 4—2. southampton took a one nil lead against west brom. 2—1 for bournemouth at stoke city. celtic have booked their place in the scottish league cup final. but they have dis— advert in's second—half fight to get there. mrs dembele secured at eight win with this goal. —— moussa. pa rtick secured at eight win with this goal. —— moussa. partick thistle beat thandi 2—1. lewis hamilton has boosted his chance of becoming f1 world champion for a fourth time this weekend by qualifying on pole

for the united states' grand prix. he has been fastest in every session of the americas, and recorded his 72nd group all with this effort in the final part of fine. sebastian vettel will start alongside him on the front row. saracens edged out a stubborn ospreys 36—34 to maintain their 100% start to their champions cup defence. with the scores level at the break and the match seemingly going either way, sarries nick tomkins scored the converted try to win the game for his side with seven minutes to go. both sides gained a bonus point. also in pool 2, northampton lost at clermont auvergne. leicester tigers thrashed french side castres 54—29 at welford road. the tigers earned themselves a bonus point before half time with this try from telusa veainu.

earlier, glasgow were beaten by leinster. at the richest race day in the country, british champions day, aiden o'brien equalled the record for top level wins in a flat racing year. hydrangea won the fillies and mares stake which means o'brien has drawn level with america's bobby frankel on 25 wins. two time olympic taekwondo champion jadejones praised the loud london crowd as she won her first title of the year. competing for the first time in the capital since london 2012, jones produced a confident display to win her world grand prix final against world champion ah—reum lee. jones avenges her defeat to the south korean in the world chamionships injune. ijust want i just want to get gold all the time. it is quite hard when you get silver and you are used to getting gold. to do in london and to be bigger other beat in the world

championships, it is really nice. olympic heavyweight bronze medallist bianca walkden underlined her status as one of the best on the planet with a convincing victory in the over 67 kilogram class. she easily beat her polish opponent alexandra kowalzchuk. and that is all the sport for now. you can find the rest of the details on the bbc sport website. thank you very much, too. the majority of households have experienced problems with their broadband over the last year, with slow speeds the most common complaint. a survey by which suggested customers of virgin media, talktalk, sky and bt were the worst affected. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. frustration with broadband is boiling over in some households. we've become so dependent on it for shopping, banking and entertainment that the internet not working can drive people mad. it cuts out more than it should. i live in the countryside and it's terrible there, like 5 megabytes per second is the maximum you'll ever get. speed in my area doesn't actually work as well as it should. it depends on where you live.

i live in a newbuild apartment, so yeah, i mean, the speed pretty good, so i get what i pay for. which?'s survey shows 21% of customers had problems with speed. 17% experienced frequent dropouts in the connection. 12% had a wireless router fault, and 8% had no connection at all for hours or days. with talktalk, 33% said their speed was very slow. 22% in the case of bt. while 38% of virgin customers complained about price increases. talktalk says it's disappointed and its extensive investment programme has already led to fewer faults and quicker repair times. virgin says its service is faster and the majority of its customers get their advertised speed or above at peak times. there is a regulator, ofcom, with the job of making sure companies provide what they promise. it says they must up their game. simon gompertz, bbc news. swansea is bidding to be crowned uk

city of culture in 2021. wales's second city claims it could attract over a million extra visitors and a £31 million economic boost if it is awarded the accolade. it does face competition, though, from paisley, sunderland, stoke—on—trent and coventry. nick higham has been to swansea to discover why it thinks it deserves the title. swansea and its magnificent bay. a place once famous for industrial grime and male voice choirs, the birthplace of the poet dylan thomas, now hopes to be the uk's next city of culture. tammy davis grew up 15 miles away. now she's back, performing cabaret in the city centre, and she's delighted by swansea's bid. nobody loves music like welsh people. i honestly believe that.

and when they say to be born welsh is to be born privileged, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with music in your heart and soul, i believe that. that's how we're born. with music. ourvoices, ouraccents, sing. she is performing here at a new venue in the city's dilapidated high—street. swansea has problems — high unemployment, homelessness, depravation. —— deprivation. the city of culture bid could be part of the solution. for decades swansea has been struggling to revive a local economy which never really recovered from the collapse of traditional industries like this. bidding to be city of culture is one way of doing that, and of turning the decaying legacy of the past into something positive — an engine of regeneration. this is all that remains of hafod morfa, the largest copper foundry in what was once the copper capital of the world. next door, in swansea museum's warehouse, they have a model of the works in its heyday, surrounded by vast slagheaps.

the pollution it produced was appalling. the city's past, including its maritime heritage, is an important plank in its bid. go and see the birthplace of dylan thomas, you can see where he did his early writings. you can come to swansea, you can visit a tate collection, which is in the new glynn vivian gallery. we have the national waterfront museum and soon we will have a brand—new, first of its kind, digital arena in the uk. this is what the digital arena will look like. they'll build it anyway, but city of culture status could draw more visitors to swansea, and make the locals feel good about the place. this youth theatre, busily rehearsing, occupies another previously empty building in the high street. the director here knows what kind of city of culture he wants. it needs to be organic, community—led, cultural vision and practice. otherwise it's not going to feed into a wider debate

about real economic change. and this is one of three buildings colonised by artists. almost 100 of them. i could have easily worked at home, but i wouldn't have this community, i wouldn't have that input, i wouldn't have kind of communication and what's going on and how we feed off each other, which is really important. outwardly a rather drab place, swansea turns out to have a vibrant flourishing cultural scene. they're already using it to revitalise and regenerate some of the city's poorest corners. nick higham, bbc news, swansea. 0k. it is time to find out how the weather is looking. here is chris. thank you. it has been about brian today. storm brian heading out into the north sea. the life of rain is nearly over. it is good to be damp

asa nearly over. it is good to be damp as a deceased parrot in the next hours as the low pressure feels out to the north sea. stormy weather on the south coasts. wind gusts will be about 70 miles an hour. inland, a0 to 50 mile an hour gusts. just a normal below autumn day. brisk winds will be through the night as well. blustery conditions into the first pa rt blustery conditions into the first part of sunday morning. that area of rain extends from western parts of scotla nd rain extends from western parts of scotland into north—west england, north wales, and the north—west midlands as well. a0 to 50 mile an hour winds around the irish sea coast. one or two stronger gusts. loi and a gusty overnight as well. there is rain dying away across the north sea. brisk winds for the first pa rt north sea. brisk winds for the first part of sunday. this area of rain extends from the north—west across the midlands and south—east england for a time on sunday morning, before

clearing up. what follows is a mixture of sunshine and showers. the majority of showers in the west, fewer mbes. but it will feel cooler and fresher with the breeze. temperatures down at 11 to 1a degrees. a change in the wind direction into monday. low cloud and hill fog patches as this weather front hill fog patches as this weather fro nt m oves hill fog patches as this weather front moves slowly eastwards. the rain will be heavy for are across north—east scotland. but through the afternoon, it will brighten up and it turns milder. temperatures between 12 and 17 celsius. a sign that the temperatures are getting up a little higher. on tuesday, cloud around. probably some bursts of rain across southern counties. sunny spells for eastern scotland, north—eastern parts of england, and those temperatures will continue to rise. highs will be about 80 celsius across southern england on tuesday. skipping ahead towards thursday, now, we will dredge up some warm air for this time of year from a long

way south. those temperatures on thursday, would you believe it, could hit 22 celsius. that is around about what we would expect in the middle of summer. in the middle of july, it is unusual to see temperatures that hide towards the very end of october. but that is what is coming. that means that when autumn finally turns up, it will feel that bit colder. and that is your weather.