writers thinkers to covent garden just what did it feel like to live in times of revenue from. nine to seventeen real october start over twenty fifth. this is the w. news line from barely a showdown in spain as the baton of must catalonia region holds a band independence vote. scuffles have broken out between riot police and botha's outside pointing stations but it says the referendum is

illegal but catalan leaders determined it should go ahead and go live to wasilla enough for the latest. clashes erupt at a new nazi wrote a rally in sweden when thousands of counter demonstrators turned out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes at a football game in france a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans of the severely injured. i made a few money welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that what to be used in a band independence referendum in catalonia police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocking people from. entering and voting

riot police as you can see from the pictures here have clashed with voters at the site where the catalan leader was 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 and that if the yes side wins huge crowds of anti 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 the defiance of the catalan 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. in washington are the blow has been struck to the illegal referendum the technology and telematics center of the catalan government has been blocked. this is to avoid the use of telematic voting or vote recounting oil in a quaint little. they're going to be pro independence leaders hoping for a strong turnout in response. due to the conditions put in place by the spanish government 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 soprano. has night fell the young and old occupy 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 mattson corridors an uneasy sleep punctuated by dreams of independence. well the correspondent. is in barcelona now joins us with the latest what's the situation in buffalo now a people there able to vote. well the situation across the region is that a lot of people are turning up on their attempting to vote they're managing to do so in some of the polling stations and others they're not because they've been cleared or closed by the police and the regional police attempted to close some of the stations the polling stations and then they had the backup of the national

police because spain at the end of the day has a bit of a sort of a confusing police situation there's essentially three police or four police forces so the situation is that there's long queues of people turning up the polling stations across the region so we're getting in and some aren't. i just to get some context this vote is so controversial can you tell us why it's so contested. well the spanish government in madrid claims that this vote is unconstitutional because it goes against the constitution of spain does not permit a referendum like this and other regional governments several months ago passed a law in their regional parliament which is the legal groundwork and framework for an independent catalan state so what happened was that was passed in their regional parliament and also part of that would have been this is this referendum that was struck down by the constitutional court in spain and see the government of spain as well am

a but the cattle and regional government said well we're going to go ahead with it anyway so to sum up essentially became a standoff and this is where we are now on october the first and so how much has this referendum divided catalonia. well i was here this week and i was doing a report and i noticed people are incredibly divided and that is one thing to bear in mind eighty two percent of catalan people actually want to have a referendum and there are what they want is they want to be able to choose the future of this region and that now most polls put those people in favor of of independence of catalonia out of somewhere around forty to forty five percent which is which is up certain the on say around ten years ago and that has a lot to do with the economic crisis here in spain and also the politics where they feel the politics that the madrid government has followed with regards to how they treat catalonia but i mean like i said the most important thing to remember here is that despite the fact that it is

a divided society on this issue there is one thing that unites them and that is the fact that they do want to vote in some sort of legal referendum that will be packed it between the regional government and the central government in spain. and have we had any political reactions from madrid this morning. well madrid has this morning called the vote of course the referendum a total sarce they reiterated their condemnation of it they've said that this is completely and utterly illegal and invalid so i mean they've stayed with the follow the same line that they've been following in the past weeks and months they are very much against this and they don't feel that it is legal in any way pablo folley alias joining us from buffalo now with the latest thank you and lesbian couples across germany are trying to tying the knot today as the country's new marriage equality all comes into effect now local authorities in berlin and hamburg

have made an exception and are holding marriage ceremonies on the funding on same sex pairs in the country have been able to register this civil partnerships but they didn't have full marriage rights until a parliamentary vote in june. police have arrested several dozen people in the swedish city of gothenburg after a new nazi group held a rally there around six hundred members of the extreme right wing nordic resistance movement to pot some clashed with come to demonstrate as the group intended to march past a synagogue but was barred from doing so. and. thanks rick confrontations on the streets of boston 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 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. at the moment. nazi groups are not banned in sweden the far right enjoys widespread support and despite these ugly scenes their numbers are growing. let's have a look at sports now in the french top division league tragedy hit a game between a little several supporters from the visiting team suffered serious injuries after a barrier collapsed in the away end of the stadium. it was meant to be

a happy occasion with 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 barriers 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 will players and coach marcello be else or later return to the pitch to console supporters still in the stands. now turning to somebody to sleep the action and document went into their away game against top of the table but they faced a tricky task now the hosts had won three games in a row and were looking to extend the longest unbeaten run in history against the league. and dortmund were out to prove a point after them

a two week thumping at the hands of round majority with coach peter boss making five wholesale changes to the starting eleven out spurred. and that's what's paid dividends as the black and yellow has hit the ground running for minutes in the one who missed out midweek sent the corner ran and dortmund took the lead at the first time of asking with andre malenko back hitting the ball to school his first win as long a goal for the club since his move from dynamo kiev in august the third seven minutes later alex but finally showed up and got themselves back in the game you be levelling the score was his second of the season and only the second goal dortmund conceded so far this campaign gets four back and showed the watching fans why they're the team to beat this season. with a sublime goal to reestablish the lead was with in the eightieth minute. the video referee intervened and awarded dormant

a penalty for this foul by joshua cool on lucas pierce check. here and brick about me i had the ball to put the game beyond doubt to defeat his shots on goal was lackluster at the best. in the end it didn't matter as dortmund won the match to one a victory that helps put the meat we did buckle behind them as the black and yellows continue to dominate the league. well nearly a promoted hand over have been this season surprise package remaining undefeated in their first six one to sling a matches but where reeling from a six one defeat that's right six one to doc one last weekend and looking to bounce back in front of their home crowd. part of it made the fans wait for the kickoff was delayed after their bus was stuck in traffic after that there wasn't much to see until the thirty six minute with lost in the unleashed this cracker which went

wide although it did hit the back of the net with fans hoping for a better second half we're in for a treat but free kick made its way to summer signing mathias into one nil to the home side with a small dose of luck for the scorer who grabs his first for the club think that another set piece another goal this time for hanover with martina haneke was the one who rose highest in the box to get his fifth of the season. then the ref tonight had over the chance to pull ahead after waiting the way their appeals for a penalty with. but the visitors were undeterred keeping the pressure on as martina harnick managed to hit the crossbar from just two metres out with deep into extra time vincenzo grief i was brought down at the other end prompting the referee

to have a second look despite pointing to the spot and actually a check of the footage saw him stick with his decision. scores a second spot kick of the season two one if in the referee's made the right cold they use everything available and got it right there was contact it was a penalty. kind of his coach galland in what was his team's first defeat of the season. so changes now to formula one where max fessed up and reigns supreme in the malaysia grand prix now the red bull driver stopped at third on the grid but his blistering pace soon saw him overtake was save his lewis hamilton this is fair stop and second korea formula one win and it comes just a bay after his twentieth birthday second place finish increases his title indeed to thirty four points in the driver's championship ferrari's sebastian fettle went from dead last in the race to fourth he hangs on to second in the standings to save

his drive a voluntary bought us is a distant third and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you scuffles have broken out between riot police and. polling stations in catalonia as a region presses ahead with the band independence referendum the spanish government says the vote is unconstitutional and is trying to stop it from taking place. that's all we have time for right here in berlin the but we'll be back at the top of the hour thanks for watching. time for. africa people and projects that are changing for the better.