will be over we are not suppose for what we are we're friendly unbelievable. new some new phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w. this is due to be news coming to live from berlin at no apologies spain stands firm against a band independence referendum in catalonia or you know be the one to put in it was going to you know if you think of the. spanish prime minister says there was no

vote count on authorities say hundreds of people were injured as police tried to block people from voting or get the latest from barcelona plus. in the french city of march second two women have been stabbed to death in a knife attack officials say the assailant was shot dead by a french soldiers investigators are working to determine if the attack was terror related. and making it official in germany celebrates its first ever same sex marriage on sunday talks to the happy couple about their big day one they have waited nearly forty years for. welcome to show my name sara harmon thanks for joining us. catalonia as leader has said the region has earned the right to independence this after spanish police staged a violent crackdown on a. and independence referendum catalan officials say at least eight hundred forty

people were injured as police tried to forcibly close the polling stations especially prime minister praised the police response and called the vote a mockery the ballot count is now under way. and now in spain wait it's unclear when the independence vote count will be finalized but in the meantime the catalonian people are holding celebrations for a referendum that spanish prime minister noda hoyo has officially denied even happened. or you know i'll be the one but today there was no self-determination referendum in catalonia. but today the spanish people saw that the rule of law in spain holds sway and is strong. answers to those who try to attack it and it acts within the boundaries of the law against any provocation.

people who provoke a few of these were the scenes on sunday tensions on the street escalated as police and protesters clashed often violently the authorities smashed their way into polling stations to seize ballot boxes reports poured in of hundreds injured across the region the mayor of barcelona called the prime minister a coward who was hiding behind the police today he's crossed all the redlines this is a turning point and i think there's going to be thousands of us not just in catalonia but across all of spain calling for the resignation of mariano rajoy we must remember he's in the minority government so it's up to the rest of the parties to be in charge and find a solution to fix this disaster despite the violence many cuts alone ians did manage to vote in defiance of the spanish government which had declared the referendum illegal. earlier i spoke to our correspondent pablo foley elliot's in barcelona i asked him whether people were able to vote in his area. but they

certainly were because there were long queues of people from early morning trying to get into the polling stations across the region in fact i was at a polling station not too far from where i am and central barcelona and there were long queues of people i spoke to one man and he was there for an hour and a half and he said he probably take another hour at least or an hour and a half to get inside to cast his ballot and i was in the late afternoon then we've seen across the region that the police have tried to close a lot of the polling stations so some people didn't manage to go because the way they changed the law essentially they allowed people to basically they didn't have to go to their local polling station they could go anywhere and vote so any place that any polling station that was open and you were resident in catalonia you could go and vote there so that's what happened today for a lot of people that they just moved around and made sure that there they have a chance to cast their ballot clearly things are very tense there it's a controversial no tell us briefly problem why this is so contested the first place . what i mean this is a long process and what's happened was

a few months ago the council and regional government legislation in their regional parliament which was the legal framework for an independent catalonia and part of that would be a referendum of course spain's constitutional court threw that out because it goes against the spanish constitution and spanish government said that under no means there would be a referendum and basically we got into this stalemate situation and the cutline regional government said they were going to do it despite government so they wouldn't on this is where we are today on october the first spanish police meanwhile been criticized placing force against protesters what can you tell us about that. well in spain has a quite a complex policing set up here at the regional police are called the most use and they are potentially going to be investigated by the courts because they stood back and they didn't i mean according to some reports they didn't really follow orders.

the national police what do you see really that they are they did act and they were very much. part of this sort of these images that we've seen of people being taken out of polling stations and a lot of the violence that we've seen in fact the regional government has already put the cigarette would around seven hundred fifty people being caught up in the clashes or of being involved in the violence and have been injured so there's a lot of there's a lot of criticism not just here in kudlow you but across spain and in particular from the opposition who have said it's about time that dialogue was opened there's a lot at stake thanks for bringing us up to date that's pablo fully l.e.o.'s for us in barcelona. meanwhile barcelona soccer team played at spanish league match today behind closed doors no fans were allowed to enter the stadium the team made the announcement less than half an hour before kickoff and thousands of fans were already waiting outside the calls president said it's a protest against police efforts to stop the referendum barcelona stadium is often

used as a rallying point for catalan nationalists. the so-called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack in france it tacker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of war say french soldier shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling soldiers but too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the attackers shouted akbar. but much remains unclear. lending viduka the individual was killed thanks to the composure of the soldier on patrol it appears that this individual had several identities i don't know anything more and i cannot tell you anything more than the interior minister did. in terry

a minister column said an investigation has been opened into what was potentially a terrorist attack. the soldier who shot the attacker was part of. a military deployment of some ten thousand troops it was launched in twenty fifteen to protect areas deemed to be likely terrorist targets. sunday's attack came just two days before french lawmakers are expected to vote on a controversial anti-terrorism bill which has come under fire from human rights experts. to the u.s. now where the controversy continues over whether professional football player should stand for the playing of the national anthem more and more professional players are choosing to take the need during the anthem as an act of protest against police violence targeting african-americans president truong drew attention to the issue during a speech in alabama last month calling it disrespectful to the flag afterwards more

and more n.f.l. players joined those demonstrations. our correspondent alexander phenomena is that a ravens football game in the city of baltimore alexander i understand the fans in the stadium brewed the ravens players why what happened. well i was surprised myself because the ravens decided to kneel down as a team for a couple of minutes before the national anthem was played and then they stood up and that was exactly what the fans told me many of them told me that they wanted to see the ravens standing during the national anthem so i was surprised but then i asked a couple of fans here and they told me that that's going was not only about today it was about it's last sunday when the players decided to kneel during the end and that was the sort of sending a message that the fans don't many of them of the. players there ravens to deal

during the national anthem and that we have to say that we've been told some seeds in that were. left. as a sign of protest and the people told me that the situation in the stadium was quite tense today all right so some fans are staying home and some bands are verbalizing their failings why is this such a big deal it's just a song right. yes i told so many fans here and most of them told me some of them veterans that they think that it should be about sports not about politics and that they want the players to do what all americans are supposed to do what the national anthem is played to stand and put their hands over their hearts and say respect that flag always of course told me that they think it's right for the players to protest but the point is when we look to what happens today most n.f.l. players stooge doing the national anthem and only

a number of them decided to continue to need or to raise their fists in protest so it seems like president trump many of the fans have some success in their rejection of the players try to us but we have to say that the controversy is for far from over and that's the underlying problem a feeling of racial injustice among many african-americans remains unresolved that there's a lot going on sounds like we have not heard the last of it alexander phenomenon at a raven stadium in baltimore thanks so much. gay and lesbian couples here in germany are tying the knot as a new marriage equality law comes into effect w.'s from back or whether it's reports on the country's first same sex. you know little. finally the day they've waited nearly forty years for until a few months ago both men day and called krajina never imagined it would happen so

soon still on the big day some pretty wedding just his he didn't sleep. last night. but happy really happy. be able to marry a. photo and call method a party in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine in what was then west berlin they've been together ever since and it's been he is campaigning for gay rights in germany. so that hard work has finally paid off. the ear. marriage is a contract for life for two people who love each other and want to make a life together to be there for each other their gender is irrelevant. i know they've made it official in front of their loved ones with the world's media looking on. but not everyone the most moving moment was walking in here about seeing all our friends and hearing the wedding march. through that

was a moments where you just. you just can't stay cool and it's. no marriage for all is the message on their wedding cake and finally now. it's a dream that's become a reality. i'm joined now in the studio by rebecca ritter's who filed that report record you witnessed history in the making today in germany what i did feel like to be in that room. it was great everything you know i felt really fortunate to be watching history in the making and the room was filled with really excited papal everyone was there they were relieved this was finally happening in germany and there was a lot of excitement in the room but i have to say that apart from the press crime which of course define it from the sort of you know a regular. registry office wedding to say. it was for all intents and purposes you

know like any other registry office wedding you know it was this is here was nice yeah i mean it was you know it was quite traditional in the wedding march played as the boys came down the aisle. and you know what the celebrant had to say was more or less in keeping with heterosexual ceremonies so you know i think the hope is that this will just become a normal part of life and you talk to boto and his partner how important was it for them after thirty eight years to actually be married really important you know they they've been gay activists for a really long time in the very active in the community and they wanted to get married so there was a personal element there was also sort of an activist element a sort of political element for them it was more about symbolism than the sort of extension of rights that they'll now get but it was a very symbolic thing and because they've been fighting for for the community for so long you know i think it was a really important day and do people see it as full equality in our is there still a ways to go. i think in terms of gay rights the community see it as germany

catching up with a lot of other western democracies that have already allowed gay marriage for some time particularly a lot of european countries i think many in the community felt that you know germany just wasn't wasn't in line with those countries. but a lot of people i spoke to said there was still a ways to go particularly in the transgender community. and things like that you know that they're not all the way there but this is a big step in the right direction big step in the right direction one you were able to be in the room for rebecca ritter's thanks for being with us today and that's t w news thanks for watching.