this is d.w. news live from berlin confrontation in catalonia ahead of the independence referendum thousands gather in barcelona and madrid for rallies to oppose at sunday's disputed vote of the catalonia government insists that the referendum will

go ahead as planned. and tragedy strikes at a french football match with to several reports to supporters of severely injured after a stadium barrier collapsed during a goal celebration. also coming up clashes erupt at a neo nazi rally in sweden police in go from bird detained dozens amid the violence that left several people hurt. laura. i met her man welcome to the program tensions are rising as catalonia prepares to hold its independence referendum on sunday catalan authorities say that things are in place for the vote to go ahead as fane's central government is calling the ballot illegal and has sent thousands of police officers to the region just stop it . that alone which is home to more than seven and

a half million people already has a high degree of autonomy the catalan government has pledged to declare independence from spain within forty eight hours if the yes side wins. ahead of sunday's planned independence votes the cavalry has well and truly arrived breaking cover after camping out on ships in the ports around four thousand extra police officers have been deployed to catalonia assembled from across the country and sent with love from madrid. in the capital a show of spanish unity the sea of red and yellow sending a message please let's stay together. the spanish government has declared the vote illegal and is making every effort to stop it from going ahead. with. the.

pushing is not democracy it's a mockery of democracy a travesty of democracy. in barcelona capital of catalonia the relationship status with spain is well let's just call it complicated there were clashes between supporters from both sides outside the regional government building on saturday emotions are running high yet if you ever. come here because i think that's a coup d'etat has been committed here in catalonia i'm in favor of democracy and respect to the rule of law. respect that. local place have been tossed we shutting down polling stations and removing anyone occupying them a balancing act between duty to region and country. the spanish government's actions violate our rights people can't vote they can't express their opinion web pages have been closed it's a complex situation. the fear is that the votes may well turn violent

all those remaining in schools and other polling stations have been given an early morning to trying to clear out. journalists. the catalan capital. people are gathering in the city center what has the atmosphere been like. hi good evening. here has been. there has been the march. against the record. carrying these these are signs flags they were chanting b.s. pro-science has no guns and naturally that's quite an uncommon sight here in our state and i don't see that happening every day and they are so they have some very nice things they tried to hear of a big banner belonging to the city hall which said more than ok it's funny and many people like that in this house of course the stench on the right and those. so.

what are we expecting tomorrow when spanish police they have orders to clear schools to double up as as polling stations how are they going to make sure that happens peacefully. the actually already yesterday and today during the day they. have been visiting a school and there was they found with people inside they didn't try to evacuate they didn't try to see them off and they just said that the people that they shouldn't be there now as the deadline given to the twenty six am but if it's in the companies who keep. i think they would be one degrees in a kind of violence by trying to take people by force but this man and the sides to sandy the other dishonest police forces and then the school actually provokes and kind of by them. i mean some of these scenes we saw today in the center of barcelona were quite tense and catalans who are pro and not independent

prospecting have become more vocal are we going to see this division persist after the referendum no matter which way it goes. that's almost sure and you're right actually. that the all that you're doing the last years showed that those pro and those against him and men's wear more or less near fifty fifty. days within the last weeks and most of the last days every public demonstration public speech every public march was probably the pendants on the day when these demonstrations happened i guess the independents and in this the pensioner roast and this shows how it has become so much of our lives in both senses both and it's against the law and it's so and we think of the long as between those cruel and against it and that's sure this is going to remain it will be up to politicians and or there are also child and there is to try and reach of these divide and i want. right we're

looking at some pictures now of the demonstrations which took place in madrid today sort of pro unity you know and independence demonstrations i mean how is spain going to react if this vote goes ahead and the catalogs vote to leave. so that's the one question i think if they're all goes ahead even if even if you go on the schools bill you will win for sure and sight seeing the question and what will decide well the cut on government and this is about how to react we need that the turnout and that it compounds the sin which both might happen if it goes on peacefully and that is for the high turnout because the one side we are going to legitimize maybe even the very best or at least trying to save. force that isn't ready to start now or the ball is very this is that this organized them they. will say look like they have won and the old world isn't valued in this way

i would have to wait and see. right mostly me. thanks for joining us the night before a very big day in morris alona. in france more than twenty football fans have been hurt after a crush at a top flight match the incident happened as lille supporters rushed toward a safety barrier while celebrating a goal in their club's game at young some of the injured were taken to hospital but authorities say none of the injuries are life threatening. it was meant to be a happy occasion little took the lead in the fifteenth minute courtesy of a full day by the tour a finish but in the ensuing celebration the safety barrier is separating the away friends from the pitch gave way. some fans fell one and a half metres and were crushed by fellow supporters emergency services rushed to

the scene and the game was abandoned at least twenty five fans were injured four of them are in a serious condition little players and coach muscle o.b.l. so later returned to the pitch to console supporters still in the stands. move on now to some other stories making news around the world u.s. diplomats say north korea has no interest in ensuring talks regarding its nuclear and missile programs on a visit to china secretary of state rex tillerson had said the u.s. was in contact with north korea in probing ways of entering into dialogue. the suspect in an extortion scheme targeting german supermarkets has confessed to poisoning food products he told police that he was the one who had placed poison jars of baby food in a supermarket and threatened to do the same in other cities across europe unless he was paid ten million euros. the police have arrested several dozen people

in the swedish city of gotham berg after a neo nazi group held a rally there around six hundred members of the extreme right wing nordic resistance movement took part and some clashed with counter-demonstrators the group intended to march past a synagogue but was barred from doing so or now in this report. was. was. angry confrontations on the streets of athens scuffles stone throwing injuries and dozens of arrests as thousands turned out to oppose the near nazis and extreme right passions spilling over. the summer i want to stand up with thousands of others and just shout shame on you shame on you shame on you the black clad extremists who with their green flags make no secret of their racist anti-semitic views hundreds joined the nordic resistance movement rally they planned to march to

a synagogue on yom kippur the jewish day of atonement here to rules and arrests despite a court order blocking access. thank you that was the idea was to move people away from here so we could have more space to operate but then the trouble started for the moment about the nazi group so not banned in sweden the far right enjoys widespread support and despite these early scenes their numbers are growing. for more i am joined by correspondent natalie roll shilled in stockholm italy you were at the rally and go from birth today can you tell us what you saw. yes i was i never actually got close to the nordic resistance movement so i didn't see them myself by the counter demonstrations on the other hand. but the nordic resistance movement rally was kind

of stuck stop before it even began it had been shortened in length and time after appeals from among others the jewish community because it was supposed to rigidly go. quite close to the synagogue by two hundred fifty meters away. from the local synagogue so it had already been shortened yesterday as they were told that they had to finish at three o'clock present for chalk but actually what happened then this morning was that they gathered a couple of kilometers outside as the city center to walk. police escorted to the starting point of the demonstration for which they had with the department from the police. but they never actually made it from that thought. there was an attempt to break through the police that court at some point they defend those different information about the confrontation apparently with county demonstrations. i have

to get in shape as broke to create fires at several points on to the planned marching was so actually they never got anywhere. that's more or less than one. day. can you tell us a little bit more about this you know not nordic. yeah it was formed twenty years ago as the swedish is a movement now they have. no idea care organization the good things in. them and as well they opened the door a national socialism they say that they want to be patching a tsunami. pm my grandson became power from what they call a global sign to me they haven't an opening. nazi.

ideology and demanded it members of the notices of movement have been linked to serious crime like series of explosions that silence that just for instance. not only i just want to get one more question and briefly do you think that this is part of a larger strengthening of far right movements which. i think that the nordic reason movement is a french movement extreme and this rally today has had massive. media attention and they mobilized. strong gate but i wanted to get a thousand people because between four hundred and seven hundred the figures vary they didn't manage to. gather such big crowds even to this rally that was supposed to be. a show her voice. was a little red there that

a liberal still in stockholm thank you very much. in four wheel one racing lewis hamilton will start sunday's malaysia grand prix in pole position hills and clocked the fastest time in qualifying edging out for always be right can and red bull's max for stop and the british drivers title hopes received a boost after his main rival sebastian federal experienced engine trouble and the german was forced to head to the garage for the start of the race from the back of the car. that's all the time we have right now to join us again at the top of the hour. take it personally. with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans by.