this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. supporters of a united spain are gathering in barcelona amid rising tension over catalonia's declaration of independence. this is the scene live in barcelona, where the rally is supported by all the country's main national political parties. the cabinet office is to investigate whether international trade minister mark garnier broke the ministerial code after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. heathrow airport says it's investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. anthonyjoshua successfully defends his wba and ibf world heavyweight boxing titles with a tenth round stoppage. and coming up in dateline london — after an extraordinary few days in spain — what next for catalonia? that's at 11.30. good morning and

welcome to bbc news. pro—unity demonstrators are gathering on the streets of barcelona, as the spanish government continues to take powers back from catalonia. catalonia's leadership was sacked and the region's autonomy was revoked after it declared independence on friday. but madrid has said former catalan leader carles puigdemont will be free to take part in new elections in december. sarah corker reports. spain is gripped by its biggest political crisis for a0 years, and the standoff is excalating. on friday, catalonia declared independence from spain. madrid responded by imposing direct rule and sacking the entire catalan government.

but its deposed leader, carles puigdemont, says he isn't going anywhere. translation: we do not deviate, we continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners — without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way. but in madrid, thousands of people turned out on saturday calling for national unity. the spanish government has announced new elections in catalonia and warn that mr puigdemont may yet face prosecution for charges in those elections. he has no powers, no competences, no financial means, so i insist that if he wants to continue in politics, which is his right, i think he should prepare the next elections to be held, as i mentioned before, on the 21st of december. and so the two sides

remain poles apart. sarah corker, bbc news. this is the scene live in barcelona where pro—unity supporters are holding a rally. just to emphasise, the strength they have in numbers, as well, those who do not want independence in catalonia. those who support unity with madrid. they are taking to the streets of catalonia today to make the case plane, as well. the government has referred the international trade minister mark garnier to the cabinet office over accusations of inappropriate behaviour and to establish whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code of conduct. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here. what are the allegations against him

and what has been the response? there was a report in the mail on sunday this morning about a former secretary of mark garnier making accusations of inappropriate behaviour against him, saying that he asked her to buy sex toys for him and also used derogatory language towards her. mr garnier has not denied these accusations. he has told the newspaper he will take it on the chin but has described it as highjinks and on the chin but has described it as high jinks and says on the chin but has described it as highjinks and says it on the chin but has described it as high jinks and says it does on the chin but has described it as highjinks and says it does not constitute harassment. the facts of the case are somewhat disputed by those involved. but the government is taking action to investigate and has, as you say, referred mark garnier to the cabinet office to see if the ministerial code of conduct has been broken with regard to this particular case. the health secretaryjeremy particular case. the health secretary jeremy hunt spoke particular case. the health secretaryjeremy hunt spoke more on the andrew marr programme this morning. these stories, if they are true, are obviously totally unacceptable. the cabinet office will be conducting an investigation

as to whether there's been a breach of the ministerial code in this particular case but, as you know, the facts are disputed. but what i would say is that there are mums and dads who have daughters who are politics students hoping to get a job in westminster and they must be able to be confident that if they get thatjob, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours that we've been seeing. sojeremy so jeremy hunt the sojeremy hunt the explaining what the government was going to do in the government was going to do in the immediate term and he also explained that the prime minister, in the wake of these accusations and others, has written to the speaker of the house of commons asking for a new independent body to be set up which mps would be able to refer reports of sexual misconduct or other forms of abuse to. and in the wa ke other forms of abuse to. and in the wake of these accusations, mps have been reflecting on their own experiences. it is seen as something ofa experiences. it is seen as something of a cross—party issue and the labourmp diane

of a cross—party issue and the labour mp diane abbott this morning talked about her experiences during what has been a very long career in parliament. if anything, it was worse when i first became an mp. and you will remember — you were there. you would have sort of micro—sexual aggression, so women would get up in the chamber and tories opposite would do this gesture like they were weighing their breasts. there was harassment, there were jokes which weren't that funny. it was partly to do with the fact that it's a very male environment — 650 mps when i went there, just 20—odd women. it's partly to do with the idea that all these men are away from home. it partly to do with the fact that there were eight bars and very long hours and the bars were open as long as we were sitting. partly it was the notion of what happens in westminster stays in westminster. it was worse. it's a little bit better now but there's a long way to go. diane abbott with her experiences there. jeremy corbyn of course spoke yesterday about this issue and talked about the degrading culture which had existed at westminster

that had thrived in the corridors of power. he has said that any examples of this should be stamped out and of course last week we had the new labourmp course last week we had the new labour mp jarrod o'mara being suspended over comments he made online sometime ago which were sexist, racist and homophobic, as well. all parties seeking to tackle this problem which is of course not a new issue and there may well be more reports of more recent examples to come. jonathan, thank you. itv has ended the contract of one of coronation street's main actors following an internal inquiry. bruno langley, who plays todd grimshaw in the soap, is no longer part of the cast according to an itv statement. the sunday mirror has reported that mr langley was dismissed after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in a club. mr langley has confirmed he has left the show, and says he will make a further statement when he is able to do so. heathrow airport says it is investigating how details

of its security procedures were found lying in the street. the sunday mirror says information concerning the queen was on a unencrypted memory stick as well as files on safeguards for cabinet ministers and foreign dignitaries. heathrow says it's confident that the airport remains secure. our correspondent ben ando is at heathrow airport. be explained how the contents were discovered. a man was walking in west london when he found a small memory stick on the street. he took it to memory stick on the street. he took ittoa memory stick on the street. he took it to a library and plugged it into the computer to see what was on it. he found 174 on encrypted files and these include details for example about how the queen travels to heathrow, what route she takes. information about security systems, the kind of id passes you need, vip areas and about the ultrasound system used to guard the perimeter fence. what have you throw airport

said in response? they have launched an investigation and say they are confident the airport is still secure. they have released a short statement saying that they have among the most robust aviation security the world among the most robust aviation security - they :he world among the most robust aviation security - they are world among the most robust aviation security - they are reviewing but are remained confident the airport remained secure and they will launch an internal investigation to find out how it happened and ensure it won't happen again. does this show the dangers of putting so much sensitive information onto a tiny little memory stick? it's not like a briefcase of papers. we have heard before of information in briefcases going missing, being left in tube stations, for example. memory sticks, you keep them in your pocket, they are tiny and you can get so much information on them. the really serious question the airport will be asking is why that data was put on a memory stick in the first place and then taken out of the airport do somewhere where it could be clearly lost by somebody and left in the street. nicola sturgeon is to apologise on behalf of the scottish government to gay men convicted

of now—abolished sexual offences. the first minister will make her statement next week to coincide with new legislation to grant automatic pardons to those affected. the law will also allow the removal of such crimes from criminal records. catriona renton reports. until 1981, all sexual activity between men was a criminal offence in scotland. between men over the age of 21. in england, that law was changed in 1967. but it took another 20 years for the age of consent to be reduced to 16. last month, the first minister, nicola sturgeon, announced a new bill that would automatically pardon all men, alive and dead, convicted of these crimes. she will publish this and make an apology at holyrood on the 7th of november on behalf of the scottish government for the treatment of homosexual men under previous governments. by offering you this ring... gay marriage became legal in scotland in 2014, but looking to the past,

the scottish government said the new bill will give justice to those criminalised simply because of who they loved. those who have convictions will also be able to apply to have them removed from central records. in england and wales, there is no automatic pardon, except for those who died before february this year. those who are living will receive a pardon after their convictions have been deleted because the secretary of state is satisfied that the conduct is no longer criminal. catriona renton, bbc news. earlier i spoke to tim hopkins from the scottish lgbt charity the equality network about the significance of today's announcement. we very much welcome the announcement of the apology. i think the importance of it is this. if you pass legislation to give somebody a pardon, that's great. but the pardon itself doesn't say that the person did nothing wrong in the first place and that's what the apology does. the apology says it was the laws that were wrong and not

the relationships which led to their convictions. there's been campaigning on this for a long time in scotland, hasn't the? in scotland, hasn't there? sure. it took more than 30 years to get the law equalised, to get sex between men decriminalised and eventually, as catriona just said, full equalisation in 2001. we'd been talking to the scottish government about providing a pardon and allowing people to have their criminal records updated for several years now, so we very much welcome that this is moving ahead now, as catriona said in the piece just then, although it's taken a bit longer in scotland than the rest of the uk, we think that the scottish government will have learned from some of the problems that there are with the legislation in the rest of the uk and in particular the fact that for men who are still alive, you don't get the pardon automatically in the rest of the uk, whereas the scottish government has been very clear that the bill will give the pardon automatically

to everybody in this situation. what do you make of the fact that you do have different situations in different parts of the united kingdom on this? well, actually, the equality network supported devolution 20 years ago for scotland because we thought that we could get more appropriate law in scotland by working with the parliament here in edinburgh. and that's proved to be the case. sometimes scotland has moved ahead on lgbti issues compared with england and wales. for example, we repealed section 28 in 2000, which was three years before the rest of the uk did. sometimes the rest of the uk has moved ahead. but i think it's always been the case that because the scottish parliament is here in edinburgh, we can talk to them. they do consult with us and we get legislation that is appropriate for scotland. slightly better than the legislation south of the border. that was tim hopkins talking to me earlier. parents will no longer be able to use a legal loophole to avoid

paying child maintenance under new rules to be introduced in the new year. the overhaul will affect those who keep their money in a joint account with a new partner. the government says it hopes the change will lead to nearly £400,000 a year in additional child maintenance being collected. police are appealing for information after a suspected acid attack on a group of doormen in salford. officers were called to the white hotel nightclub in the early hours of this morning after a man, who had earlier been asked to leave the club, returned with a knife and threw an unknown liquid at door staff. two men are currently in hospital receiving treatment for burns. their injuries are not said to be life—threatening. a man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman who was hit by a car in north tyneside. at the scene on friday morning. 24 year—old sean harman will appear before magistrates tomorrow. detectives have appealed for witnesses to come forward. the headlines on bbc news:

supporters of a united spain are gathering in barcelona amid rising tension over catalonia's declaration of independence. the cabinet office is to investigate whether international trade minister mark garnier broke the ministerial code after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. heathrow airport says it's investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. it was a huge night for anthonyjoshua as he defended both his heavyweight titles in cardiff — after enduring what was at times a frustrating fight lasting ten rounds. the beat the

frenchman l front of 78,000 fans, frenchman in front of 78,000 fans, but it was less than straightforward with the resilient attack resisting punishment until the referee co ntroversially punishment until the referee controversially intervened in the tenth round. a decisionjoshua defended afterwards. thereafter‘s job is to lead the fight to live another day. do you know where i'm coming from? it's interesting because takem was showing tonight, his eyes were newly hanging off because the cuts without deep. when he showed him come he continued fighting. as i said, for me, 12 rounds is fine. joshua's not the only english world champion this morning — england under—17s are world cup winners for the first time after beating spain in the final in india. they are already being called the golden generation. the under 17s fought back from two goals down, to win 5—2 — which means england are double world cup winners this year, after success for the under 20s injune as well. if we keep working as we are and the

players keep developing as they are then i'm sure more opportunities will come down the road because we have good talent in this country and doing what we've done out here and what the other teams have done back in the summer, i really think people are in the summer, i really think people a re really in the summer, i really think people are really straying to —— starting to sit and take notice that england have some great players through. there's been an important victory for england's women in the third one day international of their ashes series, in what was a must—win match for the team. australia went into this match four points up — two are awarded for a win. but some crucial wickets late on helped england, as australia chased a revised total because of rain. they hit a boundary to finish but fell 20 runs short of their target. and with australia only needing eight points in the series to retain the ashes, this win keeps england's hopes alive. heading into the test match, and t20 matches to come. the men's team have arrived in

australia ready for the ashes series which begins next month. captainjoe root has been talking which begins next month. captainjoe root has pointing (ing which begins next month. captainjoe root has pointing to; which begins next month. captainjoe root has pointing to the which begins next month. captainjoe root has in nting to the which begins next month. captainjoe root has in theg to the which begins next month. captainjoe root has in the g to the i the they have in the squad with the likes of alastair cook, james in the rugby league world cup scotland have lost their opening match against tonga. the scots trailed 38—0 at half time but did manage to at least get on the score board with this try from danny addy. but the match ended 50—4 to tonga at full time.0 they did exactly what we thought they would, come straight down the middle. we powered through the middle. we powered through the middle. first was a bit wide and made it easy to bust through the middle. second—half tightened and conditioned played a part. it would have been more greasy. 24 sets of ten in the first half and i think we only had two good ball sets. fair play to them, they run harder, tackled better and got the result. justin rose has won the world

championships in shanghai — his first title since claiming a gold medal at the rio olympics last year. world number one dustinjohnson had been leading by six shots and was eight clear of rose after three rounds. but rose shot a 5—under—par 67, which included eight birdies and three bogeys, to finish on 14 under. that's all the sport for now. final between venus williams and caroline wozniacki starting in the next ten minutes. more on that later. the head of the un's world food programme has made an urgent appeal for international aid to avoid a humanitarian crisis in the democratic republic of congo. david beasley said more than three million people were at risk of starvation. he was speaking during a visit to the province of kasai, where more than a million people have been driven from their homes during fighting between government troops and local militia. security forces in somalia have

ended a 12—hour siege by islamist militants at a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. two bombs were detonated outside the hotel where a security meeting was due to take place. militants then entered shooting a number of people. at least 25 people are known to have died with around 30 injured. russell trott reports. the sheer force of the first explosion left a heap of tangled sporadic gunfire was heard in the distance. a suicide car bomb was driven to the gates of the hotel, popular with politicians. militants then stormed the building, and a gun battle ensued. then there was a second explosion nearby, a minibus laden with explosives. plumes of smoke billowed over mogadishu. translation: i was driving in front of the hotel. a soldier was talking to someone in a small luxury car, then a big blast went off.

two female passengers were on board, but now i don't know where they have gone. the islamist militant group al—shabaab said it had carried out the latest bombings. just two weeks ago, the city was hit by somalia's worst—ever bomb attack, in which more than 350 people were killed, and causing widespread devastation. al—shabaab had been widely blamed for that attack, though the group has not claimed responsibility. thousands of somalis took to the streets, demanding tougher action against the insurgents. somalia has been a more or less failed state now for over 25 years, torn apart first by rival warlords, more recently by the islamist extremists. the group lost their foothold in mogadishu in 2011, but have continued their battle to overthrow the somali government. allied to al qaeda, al—shabaab is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters. in 2016, 723 people died in 395 bomb attacks in somalia.

this latest bombing came as ministers were due to meet on sunday to discuss security. emergency service crews said there were many more dead bodies. italian—american actress annabella sciorra, who starred in us tv series the sopranos, has accused disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein of rape. she told the new yorker that he forced his way into her new york apartment and assaulted her in 1992. mr weinstein‘s spokeswoman said the producer denies any claims of non—consensual sex. was reclaimed by us—backed forces. for three years it was the self—declared capital of the so—called islamic state where atrocities were carried out against its residents. it will take some time for normality to return, but in a first since the city's liberation, women and men have danced together at a wedding —

something which would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. david campa nale reports. in traditional manner, women swirl and ululate in wedding celebration in one of raqqa's western neighbourhoods. this is the first such gathering since so—called islamic state were driven from the city by a coalition of kurdish, arab and syrian fighters. out on the patio, a man spins his prayer beads to the beat, as he leads a line of men and women in the dabke, a traditional dance. dancers hop and sway as children run around and elders look on. almost everything in the scene would have been impossible during the three years of brutal is rule. prevented women from wearing make—up, and forceably prohibited the mixing of men and women. the groom's family, unlike many others who fled raqqa

during the fighting, has been able to return to their neighbourhood and celebrate. translation: this is the first time we've got together like this. women used to have to stay here and men there — there was no mixing. now that they're gone, we can mix, and we no longer have to wear the burqa. female guests, forced underjihadist rule to wear all—enveloping black, including gloves and face veils, now enjoy patterned robes and bright red lipstick. for now, raqqa is close to uninhabitable, with many buildings destroyed, and large parts of the city off—limits for fear of unexploded ordnance. hundreds of civilians were killed in the fighting, and many residents are still searching for missing family members. but, for the wedding guests, the celebration is a glimmer of hope for the future. david campanale, bbc news. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award — the stirling prize —

will be announced on tuesday. the nominations to become britain's best new building 2017 include a rejuvenated seaside pier on the south coast of england, a london housing development and an extension to the british museum. today, we look at the studio of the fashion photographer jurgen teller by 6a architects. essentially, jurgen wanted a studio, a place to work. but in his world that is quite a few different things. it means shooting photographs of course and also making books, making exhibitions as well as receive lots of people. so that is where the idea of several buildings and several gardens, somewhere where lots of different types of shoots can happen in a very natural setting. jurgen used to share his home with the studio. we wanted to make this new building have the same kind of moments of intimacy.

so he still has the kitchen table which is where he meets clients and where he works. there is a library, there is a sauna and a gym. there is a really private inner world to the studio and then there is the big studio in the middle where he lays out and does shoots and things. and then there is the public building at the front, which has different collaborators and staff and an archive. there is equality between garden and internal space all the way through the building. it is a really beautiful part of it. that really reduced material palette that has texture but allows it to be background, and jurgen's work and photography to be the foreground always in this space. there is a quality of light, both within and in the gardens, which is almost archaic. and i think that makes an amazing setting for the work thatjurgen does. i am using every single centimetre of the space. and i have photographed every bit of it and it is tremendous fun, it is like a haven of quietness and freedom and madness. it is just brilliant.

for me, it's excellent. and you can see all the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and find out who is the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture live on the bbc news channel next tuesday between 8.30 and 9pm. time for the weather with louise lear. hello there. so far it's been cold but sunny to the north. somewhat cloudy conditions with drizzle a little bit further south. that drizzle's been sitting through wales, the midlands and the southeast from a weak front that is still yet to clear. it will do so and as we go into the afternoon, there'll be decent sunny spells for many. a cold northerly wind just driving in a few showers across the east coast. that weak weather front, by the middle of the afternoon, breaking up to some sunny spells across south wales and the southwest, not quite as cold — 14 or 15 degrees. further north, we're looking at a maximum of eight or nine. well down in scotland

in comparison to yesterday. now, the high pressure stays with us through the night and the winds remain quite light. so that's going to allow those temperatures to fall away. in rural spots we could see temperatures just below freezing. so our first widespread frost perhaps of the autumn season, but at least the morning will dawn with some decent spells of sunshine and as we go through the day a south—westerly wind will gradually bring in milder but wetter conditions into the far north. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11.30pm. supporters of a united spain are gathering in barcelona amid rising tension over catalonia's declaration of independence. the cabinet office is to investigate whether international trade minister mark garnier broke the ministerial code after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. heathrow airport says it's investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. scotland's first minister is to apologise on behalf of her government to gay men

convicted of sexual offences which have since been abolished. parents will no longer be able to use a legal loophole to avoid paying child maintenance, under new laws to be brought in within months. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, we discuss an extraordinary few days in spain, what's next for catalonia? and in china, is president xi jinping preparing to rule well beyond the usual 10 year term?

and what could that mean for all of us? my guests, celia maza de pablo, from la razon, stephanie baker from bloomberg news, thomas kielingerfrom die welt, and the ceo of china dialogue, isabel hilton.