this is bbc news. the headlines at 2. hundreds of thousands march through barcelona in support of spanish unity and against catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence. the international trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation 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. 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. lewis hamilton needs a fifth place finish only in the mexican grand prix to be crowned champion. and coming up on bbc news — will the trade deal being negotiated between the eu and australia and new zealand become the template for a deal for the uk? good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating in barcelona this lunchtime in support of spanish unity. it follows madrid's decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. the sacked catalan separatist leader carles puigdemont has called on his supporters to show "democratic defiance" of direct rule from madrid. but supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. gavin lee is in barcelona claiming back their streets. thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by then now ousted government. this is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. well this is becoming a familiar noise.

it is a pro—spanish unity demonstration. over the weekend we have seen pro—separatists. one of the voices here, shouting for spain. if you are to listen to them individually, people want very different things. we have never been out like this before, but now we have to, because we can't stand it any more. we're europeans, spanish and catalan. i cry, i cry. it is not possible. the key moment here will be what happens to this man, carles puigdemont, who still calls himself the catalan president. he's been removed from office by the spanish government, along with his cabinet and more than 100 officials. his job in all but title has been transferred to spain's deputy prime minister, soraya saenz de santamaria, until elections in december. what do you want the spanish government to do?

do you want them to take over forcibly? he has to go to... the prison. resist any attempts from madrid to forcefully remove the separatist leaders. but a flash point could come tomorrow, if carles puigdemont tries to return to his old position. there are reports he could face charges linked to sedition and rebellion against the state. and we can now cross to gavin who is live in barcelona for us. it is an intriguing prospect. if he turns up and tries to enter the building presumably he would be turned away or could be escorted away, which might not look good on camera after the confrontation we saw on the day of the referendum. yes we are creeping towards it. tomorrow morning, is it business as

usual? the language we are hearing from those around carles puigdemont is he is the leader, this is a coup d'etat by the state and they will carry on as normal. we have heard little from him over the weekend. expect a speech when he said little from him over the weekend. expect a speeci hometown aid little from him over the weekend. expect a speeci hometown that yesterday in his hometown that people should democratically resist yesterday in his hometown that peo attempt d democratically resist yesterday in his hometown that peo attempt to iemocratically resist yesterday in his hometown that peo attempt to enforce tically resist yesterday in his hometown that peo attempt to enforce the ly resist yesterday in his hometown that peo attempt to enforce the article .t any attempt to enforce the article of the constitution that the spanish government is using. there are 1m officials who have been removed from post but not in forcibly removed. you have to think, do the spanish government decide they want to make sure that stops, if they make it difficult with force from the police there are many separatist protesters who said to me they will form a human chain and defend the institutions. you can see a bit of the pro—spain march. this is the tip of the iceberg. crowds of people

still. there is an issue of notjust ca rles still. there is an issue of notjust carles puigdemont going to work tomorrow, but the police, the courts, civil servants. and the divisions suddenly having new boss is effectively ruled by spain. divisions suddenly having new boss is effectively ruled by spainm your new boss tells you to do something that you do not think they should tell you to do, and you defy it, are you instantly sat? all the permutations are quite intriguing and presumably. the rate spread very deep. we are hearing reports from one of the catalan newspapers that some police officers have started to remove pictures of carles puigdemont. if that is the case, they would be pro—spanish unity officers. i have spoken to some of the police in the protest, off duty, protesting for spanish unity and

they say they worry there are divisions among the police force. those who want to remain under the cata la n those who want to remain under the catalan leadership and feel strongly for the separatist movement and those who want to go the other way and the union for the spanish police are saying they have had about 1000 officers who have wanted to leave the regional force and jumped to the spanish national police. there are lots of issues and implications but right now we are seeing a largely lots of issues and implications but right no\ protest seeing a largely lots of issues and implications but right no\ protest with 1g a largely lots of issues and implications but right no\ protest with helicopters peaceful protest with helicopters we re peaceful protest with helicopters were ring ahead. probably - on were ring ahead. probably going on another two hours. you were among the crowds earlier. is the mood generally favourable? a lot of people protesting in favour of spanish unity and plenty presumably walking around who in favour of cata la n walking around who in favour of catalan independence? there are. if you reverse it the same happened on friday when you saw people waving

the flag of independence and singing songs of separatism. they were saying freedom and liberation, the streets are ours. i noticed in one square, in front of the government office, people were hurling the flag office, people were hurling the flag of spain. standing tall, but it passed off peacefully and a lot of the catalan separatists have said they want to show how they can do it ina they want to show how they can do it in a civil manner and that repeats the speech from carles puigdemont, who wants to say we are a democratic new nation albeit illegally at the moment. today, i have heard reports ofa moment. today, i have heard reports of a few flash points but given the numbers, police say more than 300,000, organisers claiming more than a million. there is always a different comparison. but behind me, quite calm right now. thank you. this is the scene live in barcelona where pro—unity supporters are holding a rally. we just saw those pictures.

complaints about inappropriate behaviour and sexual harrassment by mps have now led to a government minister being investigated to see if he broke the ministerial code of conduct. international trade minister mark garnier asked his secretary to buy two sex toys in soho. he's described the incident as "good humoured high jinks". meanwhile theresa may has written to the house of commons speaker asking him to look at the creation of an independent body to which allegations about mps' behaviour can be reported. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. mark garnier has been an mp for seven years. he's currently a minister at the department for international trade. in the mail on sunday, mr garnier‘s former secretary said in 2010, he asked her to go into a shop to buy sex toys. she also accuses him of using derogatory language. that he would have to take this on the chin. he described what happened as good—humoured high jinks and added that it absolutely does not constitute harassment. but, aware of other recent reports about mps acting inappropriately, the government was quick to respond.

these stories, if they're true, are obviously totally unacceptable and the cabinet office will be conducting an investigation as to whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code in this particular case. but, as you know, the facts are disputed. what i would say is 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 that job, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours that we have been seeing. westminster has been braced for accusations of abuse against mps. in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal, those in public life are facing renewed scrutiny. last week the labour mp jared 0'mara was suspended after apologising for sexist and homophobic comments. long—serving mps said things have changed, but that there is still more to be done. it was partly to do with the fact it was a very male environment. 650 mps when i went there, just 20 old women. just 20—odd women.

it's partly to do with the idea that all these men are away from home. it's partly to do with the fact there were eight bars and very long hours and the bars are open for as long as we're sitting. and 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. with a fresh focus on the issue of sexual harassment at westminster, the prime minister has written to the speaker of the house of commons asking for a new procedure for mps and staff to report abuse. theresa may has also asked for advice on how the culture at westminster can be changed. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is here. it has been a busy morning in terms of political reaction. starting with the allegations about mark garnier. before we know it we are into an enquiry. swift reaction from the government. you saw enquiry. swift reaction from the government. you saneremy hunt saying the minister had been referred to the cabinet office and they will look into whether his

behaviour, alleged behaviour, has broken the ministerial code of conduct. is broken the ministerial code of conduct. - is one response. the conduct. that is one response. the prime minister wrote to the speaker, john bercow, who has a sort of overseeing role in terms of parliamentary discipline to ask for a new procedure to be set up, contact truly binding procedure, she has said, to allow mps and staff to report accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour and have confidence they will be dealt with. anyone can make a complaint against an mp to the parliamentary commissioner for standards but there is clearly a feeling procedures need tightening up feeling procedures need tightening up andi feeling procedures need tightening up and i think we will see more on that in the coming days. we have heard of mps talking in the wake of these accusations in the last few days saying they know of cases where people do have concerns and have been the victim of abuse or

inappropriate behaviour on what ever level and have not reported it, perhaps they did not have the confidence it would be taken seriously, or perhaps they had been urged not to. is one of urged not to. anna soubry is one of the conservative mps - about the conservative mps talking about these accusations and suggesting she and others have tried to make progress for sometime. and others have tried to make progress for sometimelj and others have tried to make progress for sometime. i have already this morning sent a request to the speaker asking for an urgent statement from the leader of the house as to what could now be done to make sure that any complaint action against anyone working in parliament, to extend the protection 's workers throughout the rest of businesses and other workplaces have, they should be extended into parliament and asking for an urgent statement from the leader. clearly the pm is well on to this. we have to make sure everybody who works in parliament whoever they are enjoys the same protections as other

workers. i very much welcome this. another complication that occurs to me, mark garnier is being investigated but these accusations about his behaviour relate to when he was a backbench mp. how could he be in breach of the ministerial code if he was not a minister? it is a tricky question. they are not if he was not a minister? it is a tri park uestion. they are not flashi— if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this ion. they are not flashi— if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this into they are not flashi— if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this into the i are not flashi— if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this into the long not flashi— if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this into the long grass? gfi if he was not a minister? it is a tri park this into the long grass? i gfi to park this into the long grass?|j do not think that is the intention. jeremy hunt was speaking on the andrew marr programme, saying if these allegations are true they are not acceptable and there is i think goodwill on all sides because it appears to be a cross—party issue. if you are not a minister or you we re if you are not a minister or you were not a minister when you were alleged to have done something it is difficult to see how you can be in breach of the ministerial code, but there are other rules and standards by which mps are held to and we may

see those come into play with these accusations and others, which i'm sure will follow. thank you. it's been reported that the bbc has suspended radio 5live presenter george riley following claims that a number of women who have complained about his behaviour. george riley presents rugby league, snooker and darts and is a regular voice on radio. the bbc said it could not comment on individual staff members. george riley himself has yet to comment on the claims. officials at heathrow airport are investigating after details of its security procedures were found on a memory stick in the street. the sunday mirror says information concerning the queen was on the unencrypted device as well as files on safeguards for cabinet ministers and foreign dignitaries. 0ur correspondent ben ando is at heathrow airport. what is the background to this? the sunday mirror said it was contacted bya man sunday mirror said it was contacted by a man who said he found a memory stick in the street and had gone to

a library to look at what was ordered and discovered 174 files listing all sorts of sensitive pieces of information such as the route the queen and vips would take from central london to the airport and the location of cctv around the airport, information about getting to and from different parts of the air port. all this on a memory stick about the size of your thumb. the airport is holding an investigation happened mount to ascertain how this happened and have a memory stick managed to leave the airport and get lost. presumably it is a serious breach of data security, not least because of the content, but in general terms, because heathrow is a secure area? heathrow airport knows it is a target. 0ne heathrow airport knows it is a target. one of the world's busiest

airports, 75 million passengers a year. it is a huge target. when you look at the information on this memory stick you find yourself thinking if some of it fell into the wrong hands things could be difficult. the airport says it is sure it is still secure and safe and said it takes is a number—1 priority the safety of passengers using the airport and staff and people working here. but it is holding an investigation and will want to ask questions about how the data could be downloaded, unencrypted, onto a memory stick and have the memory stick could be taken out of the airport and how it came to be mislaid so that it could be found in the street. have they given any indication how quickly they to get results ? indication how quickly they to get results? the airport is saying very little about that. we asked how long the enquiry would take, who will

conduct it, what parameters will be, but no response at yet. perhaps fair enough of the weekend but there will be serious questions asked of the airport procedures and its cyber security. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: hundreds of thousands are marching through barcelona in support of spanish unity and against catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence. the international trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation 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. the government is changing the rules around paying child support so parents can no longer use a legal loophole to avoid their responsibilities. people have been able to avoid payments by putting their money in a joint account with a new partner. the department for work and pensions says it hopes the change will lead to nearly £400,000 a year in additional child

maintenance being collected. joining me now is dalia ben—galim, policy director at the charity gingerbread who work to support single parent families. how does this problem arise and who is affected by it? the problem arises by families, parents separating and people moving on and opening a joint bank account with a new partner and the problem is the child maintenance service cannot access child maintenance service cannot a ccess a ny child maintenance service cannot access any payment from that new joint bank account because of the rules. it creates a problem to single—parent families who have an arrangement or want to make an arrangement or want to make an arrangement to collect money for their children. we hear on the helpline it is a problem many families face. in the overall scale, it is presumably a small proportion

but those affected are reflected badly? the government estimates it will collect just under an additional £400,000 which is welcome. gingerbread's research shows there are £3.8 billion of arrears, money owed to children and families. very much a welcome step in the right direction but much more will need to be done. what areas are you still concerned about? what of the bigger loopholes? the loopholes are within the law. let's be clear. people are not dodging the system. they are avoiding paying and there area number of they are avoiding paying and there are a number of ways of doing that. a significant minority of parents, but not everyone is doing that. we find it is often around the relationship between those doing self—assessment tax returns, those who are self—employed, who have income from other sources such as rental income or as a result of

dividends or as a company director and it is hard at the moment for the child maintenance service to connect with hmrc to understand the additional income. so much of the practicalities that the child support system has fallen down on, people remember the horrors in the mid—90s with the child support agency and its difficulties, is down to computer systems not being properly integrated. until they are, will there always be these problems? pa rt will there always be these problems? part of it is it and integration but the other is processor systems that allow the integration to happen at the moment there is not the collaboration and system for the departments to talk to each other. pa rt departments to talk to each other. part of it is it but the bigger problem is the lack of resource and connection and the lack of attention put into this area of the child maintenance service. have you got

any response from parents who have been affected by this joint account problem? we have had case studies and for those families affected, it will make a significant difference. how quickly do you expect it to happen? the government says within months, which is welcome. this is an area we have campaigned on a long time and undoubtably it will be an area we will continue to campaign for. the service and system creates an infrastructure that is the best arrangement for children, is our aim. rather than chasing money? exactly. you see many parents turning into private investigators, paying legal fees and turning into private investigators, paying legalfees and money turning into private investigators, paying legal fees and money that could be redirected to children. thank you. the health secretary has hinted that nhs nurses might get a pay rise. in an interview on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, jeremy hunt said the chancellor had told him there was scope to talk about higher pay.

along with other public sector workers, nurses have had pay rises capped at 1% since 2010. the leader of iraqi kurdistan has announced he is stepping down as president. amid continuing tensions with baghdad following the region's unilateral declaration last month. he said he was resigning and asked for measures to fill the power vacuum. it had been thought he would seek re—election as president. 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. the law was then changed to decriminalise sex 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 we spoke to a representative of the lgbt charity stonewall. at this point in the 1980s you could have been sent to jail for being gay or bisexual in scotland, which would have meant a prison sentence, being outed to your community and put —— potentially your employer - a potentially your employer and also a criminal record. that would have come with them through their lives and the impact are some individuals has been huge. the elaborate five day funeral for thailand's king who died a year ago, is officially coming to a close. huge crowds converged on bangkok's old royal quarter to bid a final farewell to the monarch who is credited with bringing

modernisation and prosperity to thailand throughout his seven—decade rule. the ceremony, led by the late king's successor, his son king vajiralongkorn, came to an end when the late monarch's ashes were enshrined in thailand's grand palace and two royal temples. 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, so somewhere where lots of different types of shoots can happen in a very natural setting. jurgen used to share his home with a 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 kind of 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. now something rather different. good afternoon, chris, what are the prospects? it is not bad. more sunshine compared to yesterday but temperatures are plummeting and you will notice that today, feeling

cooler. this is the scene in earlier. temperatures derbyshire earlier. temperatures have lowered across london, 13 the top temperature. showers across eastern coasts of scotland and england and in aberdeenshire, where we got 17 yesterday, temperatures and 9 degrees lower today so you will notice the change. 0vernight away from the east coast, we will have a widespread frost in the countryside. 0ne have a widespread frost in the countryside. one of the cold nights of the autumn. that does not say very much. this autumn has been mild. some pockets of frost in the south to stop monday but another glorious day with plenty of sunshine on the cards will stop the exception being the far north—west of scotland. a threatening a few patches of rain. a dry day, temperatures 8—12. below normal for the time of year but will only last

for a day. it will be mild again on tuesday. hello. in support of spanish unity and against catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence. the international trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation — 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 politics europe. hello, welcome to politics europe, your regular guide the top stories

in brussels and strasbourg. 0n today's programme: the eu is preparing the groundwork for a new trade deal. not with britain, but with australia and new zealand. so could the plans be a template for a future deal with the uk? the european parliament has been debating what can be done to halt