yes we are we are the suppose for what we are we're a family unbelievably. you sent me a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d. w. me a phony. this is d w news live from bali in the french city of must say two women have been killed in a knife attack or forward he says soldier killed the assailant french antiterrorism or for use or investigating the attack which happened at the southern city's main train station. also coming up

a showdown in spain as the autonomous catalonia region holds a band independence banks police forcibly remove people from polling stations and fire rubber bullets as they try to shut down the ballot capsule out all thirty say hundreds have been injured. and in the bundesliga table toppers dortmund travelled to alex but good but could anybody stop the dortmund try to stay cheap and find out. i'm having a home for good to have you with us we begin with breaking news from france where a man has killed two women with a knife the attacker was shot dead by a french soldier the attack happened in the southern port city of must say at the sound train station police cordoned off the area as they evacuated the station

wealth ortiz of all steeple to avoid the scene the french interior minister. has tweeted that he is on his way to say. and we want to bring you more on that developing story as we get it now in spain the catalan regional government says more than three hundred people have been injured in a police crackdown on a banned independence referendum richard has called the vote a false is trying to prevent people from costing. rubber bullets being fired protesters. clashes between voters and police forces. it was a chaotic start to catalans band independence referendum. the central government in madrid deployed police across the region they seized ballot papers and boxes of polling stations and occupied the regional governments telecommunications center.

in the town of sharona officers forced their way into a polling station where the catalan leader colace to demand was expected to cast his vote. voted at another location and he sharply condemned the spanish police crackdown. only 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 how does he chose to follow the flip them in the muck i think i'm in. and indeed many catalans were not deterred by madrid 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 that if the yes 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 was the situation in barcelona all

people able to call severs. hi helen 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 said 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 catalonia and says 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 they 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. 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 particularly 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 most news 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 happened 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 know 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. now some of the other stories making news around the world legislation banning full face muslim avails in public spaces has gone into effect in austria only one hundred fifty women are thought to wear burkas or kneecaps in the country the government says the law which says faces must be visible from the

hairline to the chin is about protecting austrian values the so-called signals a shift to the right in austrian politics. gay and lesbian couples in germany a time the not today is the country's new marriage equality law comes into effect a couple who've been together for thirty eight years with a first in the country to say i do the husband and husband got married in the capital same sex couples in germany were previously only able to register their relationships as a civil partnership. 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 additional in the world with terminations outlawed even in cases of rape and incest the government is planning a referendum on abortion next year. former us football star o.j. simpson has been released from prison on parole after nine years behind bars for.

the seventy year old left in nevada prison short b.r.f. to midnight simpson was sentenced to thirty three years after a botched armed robbery he had previously been acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife and her friend back in one nine hundred ninety four life. turning now to indonesia where there are fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the island of bali now the alert level for the volcano has been the highest level since last week and hundreds of thousands of local residents have left their homes and some terrorists the choosing to leave a tropical paradise well that's now become a danger zone. the island of bali the usually crowded tourist resort is now seeing an exodus of holiday makers because of this volcano mount argonne has been on the highest alert level for more than a week and some experts warn that the danger of an eruption is getting critical. the magma precious still continues to billow and it's causing tremors we're also

monitoring and have seen that the heat is increasing at the bottom of the crater on the neighboring island of java dozens of ferries are on standby to help with evacuation efforts if the volcano blows. some tourists have already decided to leave. was there but. also fearing for their safety around one hundred thirty five thousand local residents have left their homes and are now staying in makeshift shelters officials say many people have overreacted and are urging those living outside the declared dangerous zone to go home they say they are overburdening the cams but some evacuees disagree. they should allow them to stay if it's not safe yet we can stay here together so they're not in danger. the

warnings have been scared of everyone though as long as dorothy say the island is safe except for certain areas some tourists are staying put to have a good time on bali. now turning to some blunders legal action and dortmund won went away game against the top of the table but they faced a tricky task the hosts had won three games in a row and when it came to extend the longest unbeaten run in history against the league leaders. and dortmund were out to prove a point after they made a weak thumping at the hands of around madrid with coach peter boss making five wholesale changes to the starting eleven in outs berg. and that's what's paid dividends as the black and yellow has hit the ground running for minutes in scenes he can't go or who missed out midweek sent the corner ran and dortmund took the lead at the first time of asking of andrea malenko back hitting the ball to score 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 gotten ourselves 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 show the watching fans why they're the team to beat this season she can cover 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 cooper on lucas pist check up the pit emerick about me i had the ball to put the game beyond doubt at his feet but his shot 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. so let's take

a look at all the results so far this weekend well as we saw that dortmund won in baghdad back also beat hanover with a score of two one frankfurt left late again got to their first. home when forsberg and mines shared points in a one one draw and there was a school a store between hamburg and braman in the north darby or friday night there was another draw between shock and leverkusen in freiburg betov and haim three two in the early sunday match but lane is locking horns with by one as we speak and in today's late game light sick travel to cologne. in formula one max for a stopper cruised to victory at the malays are grown pretty the red bull driver produced a sensational race but the same cannot be said of ferrari sebastian fedor was hoping to gain some ground on championship leader lewis hamilton but technical trouble left him and his team mate wondering if the title is still within reach max

has stopped and may have started third on the grid but with most he's tribalist hamilton struggling for pace the dutchman easily what took him to stop and who just turned twenty a day ago went on to win in dominant fashion much to the delight of his team and family making this his second career formula one when. the race was equal he would. as for the title race ferrari was dealt a double blow kimi right can and fail to start after experiencing technical trouble and sebastian vettel started dead last in the race even though he managed to pull his way up to fourth he still finished behind championship leader lewis hamilton who came in second. the most he's drivin now has a thirty four point lead over in the drive a standings but the title race aside this day been to the dutchman.

and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you two women have been killed in a knife attack at the main train station in the french if you have must say you say that was shot dead by a french soldier antiterrorism or forty's have said they are investigating the incident. plus all the time we have been out to join us again though at the top of the hour if you can in the meantime you can always had one website as well that is d w dot com i'm heading home free in about n c c. rationalists are on the rise with. me to contract greater than is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking the boat trip to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out what the nation need to use. to show.