culture war we are who we are suckers for what we are we're friendly unbelievably. you send me a phenomenal starting october fifteenth on d. w. me a phony. this is a w news live from berlin a showdown in spain as the autonomous catalonia region holds a band independence vote police are forcibly removing people from polling stations as they show up in big crowds determined to cast their votes catalan authorities

say dozens have been injured we'll get the latest from our correspondent in barcelona. clashes erupted on neo nazi rally in sweden when thousands of counter-demonstrators turned out to oppose the far right. and tragedy strikes at a football game in front of a stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans severely injured. i'm edith to money welcome to the program we begin in spain where police have seized ballot boxes and papers that were to be used in a band independence referendum in cuts alone police have been deployed to polling stations across the region where they are blocking people from entering and voting riot. you can see them right here have clashed with voters at several science 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 anti referendum demonstrators rallied in barcelona on the eve of this historic vote but 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 embody some 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. for thora g.'s 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 euler a quaint little. 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. 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 mats in corridors an uneasy sleep punctuated by dreams of independence. correspondent pablo farley ileus is in barcelona and now joins us with the latest what's the situation in buffalo not a people there able to vote. well the situation across the region is that a lot of people are turning up and they're 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 that the guideline regional governments several months ago passed a law in their regional parliament which is the legal groundwork in 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 cutline 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. 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 folly ileus joining us from buffalo now with the latest thank you. and lesbian couples across germany are tying the knot today as the country's new marriage equality law comes into effect now local authorities in berlin and hamburg have made an exception and are holding marriage ceremonies on a sunday same sex couples in the country have been able to register their civil

partnerships since two thousand and one but they did not have full marriage rights until a parliament vote in june. 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 movement took part and some clashed with counter-demonstrators the group intended to march past a synagogue but was barred from doing so. 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. 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 bruise and arrests despite a court order blocking access. thank you well the idea was to move people away from here so we could have more space to operate but then the trouble started. when the. nazi groups are not banned in sweden the far right enjoys widespread support and despite these are really scenes their numbers are growing. and now time for other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has blamed put a recurrence for the island's slow recovery from hurricane maria trump used twitter to criticize the poor leadership of someone's comment. she has been

pleading for days for emergency aid from the trunk of ministration. tens of thousands of people have marched through islands capital doubling to demand access to safe and legal abortions ireland 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. in the french top division league tragedy hits a game between. several supporters from the visiting team suffered serious injuries after a collapse in the way 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 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. said later returned to the pitch to console supporters still in the stands. turning out to submit to some windows legal action where document went into the away game against top of the table but they faced a tricky task now the hosts have won three games in a row and were looking to extend the longest unbeaten run in history against their league the league leaders. dortmund were out to prove a point after they made a weak thumping at the hands of round madrid with coach peter boss making five wholesale changes to the starting eleven in now. and that's what's paid dividends as the black and yellow has hit the ground running for minutes in who missed out

midweek said the corner in and dortmund took the lead at the first time of asking have andre young 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. 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 a conceded so far this campaign gets full back and showed the watching fans why they have the team to beat this season cindy calcutta with a sublime goal to reestablish the lead. in the eightieth minute the video referee intervened and awarded dormant a penalty for this foul by joshua specific. p.-a emerick 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 two

one a victory that helps put the mood we did buckle behind them as the black communities continue to dominate the league. so let's now take a look at all the results so far this weekend as we saw both dot moaned and grabbed victories frankfurt left it late against god to mark their first home win false bargain minds shared points in a one one draw and there was a scoreless draw between hamburg and women in the north on friday night there was another draw between shocker and leverkusen and the action continues on sunday fiber coast hoffenheim berlin well come by and leipzig travel to cologne with switch gears now to formula one where max fresh tappan reigns supreme in the malaysia grand prix the red bull driver started on the grid but his blistering pace

saw him overtake misleaders as lewis hamilton this is fresh happens a second career formula one win and it comes just a day after his twentieth birthday hamilton second place finish increases his title lead to thirty four points in the drivers' championship there are is sebastian fettle went from dead last in the race to fourth he hangs on to second in the standings mercedes driver valtteri bottas is a distant third. and the nothing lands of course is known for its iconic windmills so no better setting for this world record where dozens of breakdown from across europe will say his people formed the windmill me if you're wondering what that you if exactly as it sounds the performance mimicking the motions of a windmill it all happened in the fall all over the country which also happens to be a world you messed with like. the how cool is that and just remind of the top story we're following for you scuffles have broken out between riot

police and filters on the side polling stations in cassano near as a region has a head with the finding defendants referendum the spanish government says the vote is unconstitutional and is trying to stop it from taking place. that's all the time we have for now but to join us again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can log on to our website that steve news dot com for more information and of course to stay updated and gorgeous. freedom of expression. of value than to always has to be defended in you. all over the world arch of freedom freedom of art.