the good news is our own choices in energy conservation. recycling. and transport can help regional airline find out what you can do today at regional the line. this is t w news live a from a showdown in spain as the autonomous catalonia region holds a band independence vote police are forcibly remove people from polling stations and fire rubber bullets as they trying to shut down the ballot cattle an authority

say dozens have been injured. also coming up tragedy strikes at a football game in front of the stadium barrier collapses during goal celebrations leaving several fans soviet union jets. i'm headed home for good to have you with us we begin with breaking news from france where a man has killed at sea of people with a knife now the attacker has been shot and killed by a french soldier the attack happened in the southern port city of max say the south train station police cordoned off the area around the station as they evacuated people their authority have also people to stay away from that area around the station in the french interior minister has tweeted that he is on his way to mass say and of course we will bring you more on that story as we get it. to spain

now where the catalan regional government says that more than three hundred people have been injured in a police crackdown on a banned independence referendum madrid has called the vote a fast and is trying to prevent people from casting their ballots. rubber bullets being fired as protesters. clashes between voters and police forces. it was a chaotic start to cattle and spanned independence referendum the central government in madrid deployed police across the region. they ceased ballot papers and boxes at polling stations and occupied the regional governments telecommunications center. in the town after rona offices forced their way into a polling station the catalan leader colace put demand was expected to cast his vote. puts demands voters at another location

and he sharply condemned the spanish police crackdown. the unjustified and irresponsible use of violence by the spanish state will not stop the will of the catalan people to vote and to freely decide about their future . and indeed many catalans were not deterred by madrid's show of force thousands came out to make their vote count polls are due to close at eight pm local time. the catalan government says if the u.s. side wins it will declare independence from spain within forty eight hours. well d.w. correspondent for the n.a.s. is in barcelona and we can talk to him now pablo what's the situation in barcelona are people able to call servers. hi how and when i actually i'm standing just

from a polling station which you can just see behind me there's a lot of people queuing and they've been there for quite a while i asked people in one month that he'd been there for an hour and a half and expected to be inside to vote about an hour later and now what we know is that plenty of people across the region have voted there are still at least i believe seventy polling stations still open across. this is despite of course the fact that many have been closed early in the morning and then others throughout the morning now of course popular this is a controversial vote tell us briefly why it's so contested it well the spanish government in madrid believes that this is an illegal referendum because it goes against the spanish constitution now what happened was that the regional government here possible a few months ago which was essentially laying down the legal framework for a referendum to be held here and then if

a yes vote came out of that referendum day would have that a law which would disconnect catalonia from the rest of the country this of course was all stripped down by spain's constitutional course backed by the central government headed by money on a holy so essentially it's been a deadlock a standoff there's been a lack of dialogue both sides are saying that the other is willing to to reach any sort of solution or conclusion and i'm just been a lot of a lot of sort of negative comments being said for to create against money out of his government at the moment of have it been like this and how would you describe the police presence around the polling stations. well i have to say hello from a lot of the images that we've seen i mean in some areas you saw a lot of police i mean i was surprised that i've only seen two police officers on the not even on this side of where i'm standing there on the other side of the street they're standing there the regional police and they didn't seem to be really paying much attention to what was going on just about twenty meters away from where

they where it looks like the muslims in particular have decided to just sort of take a step back that's the regional police of course now we've seen some pretty heavy handed images and some bloody images of that from across the region today and it doesn't look very good for the national police when you've got images like this spread across the planet and of course here in spain does not a criticism as well i think happen it's also important to point out that this referendum has divided catalonia but just how much would you say well i was there this week and i was when i was here this week doing reports and it struck me how divided it is i mean people always have their opinion of what was best for catalonia but i did notice that people now are very much firm and set on what they believe that is an interesting fact which is that eighty two percent of catalans do want a referendum and now whether they are in favor of it or not as a whole nother issue and the latest polls around forty to forty five percent are in savor of independence but of course like to be mentioning the way the central

government has been treating this whole movement in the past couple of weeks and months hasn't really done them any favors and in fact there's a belief here that they're helping. catalans in fact to become more in favor of that breaking way from the rest of spain so we'll see what happens today we'll see what happens in the next couple of days but it's a very confusing time and i'm there is aren't aren't many any clear answers ready to walk what happened in catalonia but of course you will be monitoring that situation for us and i will be coming back to you throughout the day for now thank you very much thanks kelly. gay and lesbian couples in germany a tying the knot today's the country's new marriage equality law comes into effect a couple who've been together for thirty eight years were the first in the country to say i do the husband and husband got married in the capital lane same sex couples in germany received full marriage rights off to a parliament vote in june they were previously only able to register their

relationships as a civil partnership. and now some of the other stories making news around the world legislation banning a full face muslim avails in public spaces has gone into effect in austria only one hundred fifty women are thought to wear burkas only cops in the country the government says the law which says faces must be visible from the hairline to the chin is about protecting allstream values but the so-called burqa ban nor signals a shift to the right in a stream politics. tens of thousands of people have marched through ireland's capital dublin 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. former u.s. football star o.j. simpson has been released from prison on parole off to serving nine years behind

bars for all robbery the seventy year old left in nevada prison which shortly after midnight simpson was sentenced to thirty three years after a botched armed robbery at a las vegas casino are. now goal celebrations turned to tragedy in at the top french football league when part of a safety barrier collapsed and then fans were cheering the opening goal against i mean you know when the fence gave way some fans were seriously hurt but none of the injuries are life threatening. it was meant to be a happy occasion he took the lead in the fifteenth minute courtesy of a hoodie balaton a header but in the onscreen celebration of the safety parea separating the away fans from the pitch gave way. some fans fell one and a half metres and were crushed by fellow supporter of emergency services rushed to the scene and the game was abandoned at least twenty nine fans were injured six of

them are in serious condition league players and coach moss said o.b.l. son later returned to the pitch to console supporters still in the stands. let's turn now to some legal action and dortmund went into their away game against top of the table but they faced tricky task the hosts had won three games in a row were looking to extend their longest unbeaten run in history against the. and dortmund were out to prove a point after them a two week thumping at the hands of around madrid with coach peter boss making five wholesale changes to the starting eleven out. and that's what's paid dividends as the black and yellow has hit the ground running for minutes in who missed out midweek sent the corner in and dortmund took the lead at the first time i 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 levelling the score was his second of the season and only the second goal dortmund conceded so far this campaign gets for back and showed the watching fans why they're the team to beat this season seemed to 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. check. here emerick about me i had the balls 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 midweek did buckle behind them as the black and yellows continue to dominate the league.

well nearly promoted hanover has been the season surprise package remaining undefeated in their first six point as they get matches but gladbach were reeling from a six one defeat to dortmund last weekend and looking to bounce back in front of the home crowd. part of it made the fans wait for the answer kick off was delayed after their bus was stuck in traffic after that there wasn't much to see until the thirty six minute when lost in the unleashed this cracker which went wide although it did hit the back of the net. fans hoping for a better second half we're in for a treat a club out 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. another set piece another goal this time for hanover martino 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 waiving away their appeals for a penalty. 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 vengeance agree for 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 as second spot kick of the season two one if in the show the referees made the right call they use everything available and got it right there was contact it was a penalty things. and of his coach galland in what was his team's first defeat of the season. to formula one now and max first off supremum

the malays are growing pretty the red bull drivers started third on the grid but with mercedes driver lewis hamilton struggling for pace it was an easier to take for the stuff but this is the dutchman's second to korea for me to want to win and it comes a day off to his twentieth birthday meanwhile ferrari sebastian fratto went from dead last in the race to full. second place finish means he now has a thirty four point lead in the driver's championship over. his or mind an hour of the breaking news that we have for you from france where two women have been killed by a knife wielding attacker the incident happened in the southern port city of mass say the south shall the train station the assailant has been shot dead by a french soldier police cordoned off the area around the station as they evacuated people in authority said also people to stay away from the area the french interior minister. has tweeted that he is on his way to witness

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