culture war be over we are not suppose for what we are we're friendly unbelievably . you send me a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w. this is eat up the news live from berlin a showdown in spain as the autonomous cost cuts alone your region holds a band independence vote. scuffles have broken out between riot police and voters outside polling stations madrid says the

referendum is illegal but catalan leaders are determined it should go ahead we'll go live to boston no not for the latest also coming up. clashes erupt at a new nazi rally in sweden with thousands of come to demonstrate just turn out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes france's top football league a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans severely injured. i am welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that were used to be used in a band independence referendum and catalonia police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocked. people from entering and voting

and as you can see riot police are there and they have clashed with voters at the site where the catalan leader is expected to vote now catalonia which is home to more than seven and a half million people already has a high degree of autonomy but the catalan government has pledged to declare independence from spain within forty eight hours if the yes side wins huge crowds of to referendum demonstrators rallied in barcelona on the eve of this historic vote. the thousands gathered at the heart of the catalan capital really don't want this vote and they don't want this banner which reads more democracy. for anti referendum protesters it's a slogan that embodied to defiance of the cattle and separatists. but. a symbol of a breakaway attempt they don't want to happen. for

weeks this unauthorized referendum has impassioned and polarized the people of catalonia. authorities in madrid have been using a variety of measures to try and obstruct the vote. from washington are a blow has been struck to the illegal referendum the technology and telematics center of the catalan government has been blocked in my view this is to avoid the use of telematic voting or vote recounting oil rick when the local. pro independence leaders hoping for a strong turnout in response. due to the condition was put in place by the spanish government at the siege put in place by the spanish government it will be a resoundingly success if a million people participate in the face of the spanish government's belligerence. as night fell the young and old occupied polling stations to prevent the spanish

government shutting them down. we are trying to express our rights and spain forbids us to vote so we're here to be able to vote. local police were under orders to clear them out but many settled in for a pre-dawn confrontation on camping that scene corridors an uneasy sleep punctuated by dreams of independence. well the correspondent for the n.a.s. is in boston and he now brings us the latest public good to see you so what's the situation currently in boston are people able to vote. good morning edith well the first thing is on the no they can hear it but there's essentially there's quite a on an easy feeling here in barcelona there's been police helicopters basically going round and round since the middle of the night and there have been long queues of people trying to go and vote across the region and some people have managed to

do so but then of course the police have gone in and taken away the. boxes they've closed the schools. and the ballot boxes of course of their closed schools and then of course there have been some scuffles so it's. an incredibly confusing situation to say the least and also and actually in the past minutes or two weeks that the regional television t.v. three has said that kind of a squeeze them on the president of the atlanta government has in fact cast his ballot so that's just the latest coming in the past and i don't know you're describing a controversial vote but also ping seeing pictures on our screen which support that tell us briefly why this is so contested. well i mean it's sort of quite a long process but essentially the spanish constitution does not permit this referendum to take place but that's according to the central government in madrid that the regional government alone a passed legislation

a few months ago which essentially was the groundwork for a referendum on the future declaration of independence if in that referendum yes vote one so what happened then was the constitutional court in spain threw that out and as i'm but they didn't really stop the regional governments who said that they were going to proceed with the referendum despite the fact that the central government said that it was illegal so it became a standoff and that's where we are right now and like of just said before it's an incredibly confusing situation for people in spain. i'm also a bit of a worry all right public just want to tell our viewers that we're seeing live images from boston where riot police seem to be clashing with the voters and just back to you public have there been any reactions from madrid this morning. there have indeed madrid has already cold this vote an embarrassment they said that it is on democratic and there are essentially sticking to their guns i mean this is an

illegal vote and it's not valid and it will be very interesting to see what happens throughout today particularly tomorrow. we'll see how many people actually close vote. so it'll be an interesting it will be an interesting afternoon and evening that's for sure what about the people who are against this referendum have they been speaking out today out on the streets are they participating in any way. well i mean we've seen people who were on the other side will say who are very much against the referendum they've essentially been quite quiet i mean we have seen so many protests there was a protest for example in madrid yesterday with tens of thousands of people supporting the unity of spain. but essentially they have sort of taken a back seat to the pro independence supporters now it will be interesting now once again to see whether they actually do decide to go out and cast their ballot today even though it is something that they've been very much against because considering

that the regional government is so determined to push ahead with it maybe some people might be a bit worried and they think that they should go away and vote no to this referendum but once again we're going to have to wait and see on till later on today to see whether how many people actually manage to vote and how many people actually voted no all right pablo we were just seeing pictures there of police clashing with voters and i do know that yesterday people uncapping out in schools do you know if as of this morning they were able to be carried out well the police essentially have been trying to clear out the schools are closed they've managed to others they haven't. actually have some friends who were camping out in schools last night and they weren't removed so you know it's a big region the police also have to ask for backup of course the regional police have sort of taken a little bit of a back seat but they her arms and now in the past few hours of seeing that they

have asked for help from the other police forces in spain because there's there's essentially three police forces in spain a regional one and then two national ones and they've been working side by side and people were a bit concerned as to how the regional police would act and considering that they're based here on the understand the situation and they see it in a different way than say the national police forces which and but it appears that these scuffles are certainly not over for now and we may be seeing more of a threat today. funny as thank you from one entering the situation for us of course as this event is unfolding we'll be coming out to be coming back to you throughout the day. right. well police have arrested several dozen people in the swedish city of gothenburg after a neo nazi group held a rally there around six hundred members of the extreme right wing nordic resistance went to pot as some clashed with counter-demonstrators the group intended to march past a synagogue but was barred from doing so. confrontations

on the streets of course and scuffles stone throwing injuries and dozens of arrests as thousands turned out to oppose the near nazis and extreme right passions spilling over. 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 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 brawls and arrests despite a court order blocking access. thank you. the idea was to move people away from here so we could have more space to operate but then the trouble started the whole movement about. nazi crewdson not banned in sweden the

far right enjoys widespread support and despite these are really scenes their numbers are growing. gay and lesbian couples across germany are tying the knot today as the country's new marriage equality law comes into effect local authorities in berlin and hamburg have made an exception and are holding marriage ceremonies on a sunday and same sex pairs in the country have been able to register their civil partnerships but they didn't have for marriage rights until a parliament vote in june. it's now time for other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has blamed puerto ricans puerto ricans for their island slow recovery from hurricane maria also used twitter to criticize the poor leadership of someone's comment crews she has spent days pleading for more emergency aid from the

trumpet ministration. tens of thousands of people have marched through the island's capital of government to demand access to safe and legal abortions and has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world with terminations outlawed even in cases of rape and incest the government is planning a referendum on abortion next year. an air france a three eighty passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing after what the airline called a serious damage to one of its engines the super jumbo was on route to paris rather from paris to los angeles when it was safely diverted to a military airport in canada. in the french division in the french top division league all tragedy hit a game between and leo several supporters from the visiting team suffered a serious suffered serious injuries after a barrier collapsed in the away end of the stadium. it was meant to be

a happy occasion little took the lead in the fifteenth minute courtesy of a forty below 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 meters 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 must be else or later returned to the pitch to console supporters still in the stands. and you ought exhibition showcasing the work of renowned german painter beck has opened in the public in the german city of women well if it's a feature as a collection of paintings sculptures and other works by the twentieth century.

these people have come to get a glimpse into the corky and colorful world max spec blends art depicted. the famous painter drew his inspiration from cabaret and circus he saw unself as a clown and the world his theater. because despite a at us but in high world theater conceives the world is the stage and the people as the actors each of us has a part to play assigned by the creator of this world of pictures whether as god or as director come and effect was on a theatrical life one where we all wear masks as seen here in one of the highlight pieces the apache dance. a film being shown at the exposition depicts the street gang choreographers which beckman saw on stage in paris. put him into going to suspect mountain and it's very

apparent that this picture from one thousand thirty eight was painted against the backdrop of the nazis this is the terrible events happening on the world stage in germany and europe events which backman witnessed and which affected him directly the toughness arts and ought to consider max beckmann world see it or at the braman art gallery until february twenty eighth seen. up to date on news we will be back at the top of the hour in the meantime don't often top websites call for more information and to stay updated and sporting. much of it a. tour linked to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news of easy to our website.