this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin a battle of wills over the future of spain madrid says it won't be blackmailed over catalonia is demand for independence and it rejects calls for mediation catalonia blasts the country's king and it pushes on with the threat to secede i'll ask our

correspondent if there's any way back from the break also coming up the girlfriend of the los vegas gunman breaks her silence how much did she know about the killer's plot to commit the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. and the latest blockbuster hits russian movie screens it's a love story amid the fight to liberate an occupied land but that land is better known as ukraine's crimea now the filmmakers are facing accusations of making propaganda. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us the crisis over catalan independence has hit a deadlock spain's government has rejected calls for talks over what it calls an illegal movement in a defiant statement it said it would not give in to blackmail officials in catalonia threaten to announce their split from spain as soon as next week that's

after claiming some ninety percent of people voted for independence in last week's referendum. welcome to the republic of catalonia say the flags but the issue is deeply divisive not just in the region itself but right across spain catalonia as leader accuses king philippe of abandoning his people branded them disloyal following sunday's referendum the king's speech was an endorsement of the policies of prime minister policies that are catastrophic for catalonia. there's been widespread condemnation of police violence during the operation aimed at preventing the referendum from going ahead more than nine hundred people were hurt commentators say that strategy was deeply flawed. like. madrid shouldn't have sent police to try to prevent the referendum they should have let it happen the results are legal anyway the images of violence and galvanize the

independence movement. a treaty in twenty six offered catalonia more independence but it was blocked by spain's prime minister mariano rajoy then leader of the opposition he along with spain's constitutional court objected to a reference in the treaty to a cattle land nation. this wasn't stupidity or short sightedness this was political tactics polarize people as much as possible promote anti cattle and sentiment and the votes in the rest of spain are there for the taking the. laws passed by the semi autonomous catalan government often run into opposition in madrid and end up before spain's constitutional court . wasn't doesn't it these laws don't necessarily relate to the independence movement they can also govern issues such as gender equality energy regulation accenture. the constitutional court has banned any catalan split from

spain in the catalan town of villa maior the calling for outside support the message help us europe. he. is covering the story in barcelona and joins us now funny this is a very tense moment in spain's history we've seen some very ugly scenes last week in a bottle and in barcelona during the referendum how much potential is there for this crisis to escalate. well in fact terry just a few minutes ago the chairman of the european committee for foreign affairs has said that he's worried if the declaration of independence is going to be made on monday the situation here breslow enough to need to situation that we some almost the crack through sticks of a civil war alone the words say by european deputy of course is much

that has to do with a lot of concern also internationally even though the mediation process has to take place with him but still and that it. is and also here at the port of barcelona you have the god the c.v.r. the national security forces are pretty much prepared for everything and they should be because if you listen to this speech from last night of the catalonia president who with the clear to statement here behind me in his office he said he's pretty much going to stick to this road map and he's going to declare independence in the next few days so that's what we're hearing from officials in this crisis to keep pushing things to the edge what about the people on the streets of barcelona they must be very concerned hearing talk of civil war. in fact a lot of people are surprised that in just a matter of

a few weeks actually barcelona cut the low in the uk and spain as a whole isn't so much of a dramatic situation a lot of people that i'm talking to out worried what's next regardless of the fact actually that it is support independence or not ever there was very much radical about that this independent sector. nation must take place support of course the catalonian regional government here and they say he must to take this to the end regardless of the cost to god that's what that is going to mean for the stability of the country because this is the way to push forward and this is the only chance to actually again in the convent and then of course there are others who are just simply upset about the violence here that was executed by a spanish police they say they don't necessarily want independence but definitely this should be a consequence on this should be a consequence when it comes to the violent crackdown of the referendum by spanish police on sunday funny given the potential for this thing to spin out of

control how how likely is it that cooler heads might prevail and find mediation or some legal way of resolving this crisis. well one way would be actually that even before this independence is the. cut that any idea by barcelona that mud that it is going to actually invoke article one hundred fifty five which gives them the which gives according to the constitution in spain the possibility to suspend and this miss the government but also suspend the autonomy the status of an autonomous region of the pneumonia if this is going to happen probably even know by to morrow when the spanish government the central government is going to call for an extraordinary extraordinary meeting tomorrow so this is the legal way forward to say so ever as i say the president of he's going

to push i had with the. independents so we will see really reach a legal a message through is going to be applied and what that actually means bonnie thank you so much. reporting there from barcelona. now to the u.s. where the girlfriend of the los vegas gunman has spoken out for the first time in a statement mary lou donnelly said she has no idea what prompted stephen paddick to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history she was in the philippines when patrick gunned down fifty eight people on sunday then lee has now returned to the u.s. where she's being questioned by authorities. this is the woman who police hope will be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the motive of sunday's mass shooting investigators have been questioning mary lou donnelly the las vegas shooter's girlfriend in

a statement read by her lawyer she denied any knowledge of his sinister plans never said anything to me. or took any action that i was aware of but i understood it anyway to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. investigators say the shooter lead a double life that he spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition they described him as disturbed and dangerous found no evidence to this point to indicate terrorism but this is an ongoing investigation we're going to continue to look at all avenues we're not closing down any doors u.s. president donald trump met with survivors of the attack many of them still in hospital but i just have to tell you that i just met some of the most amazing people we we met patients that were absolutely terribly wounded and

the doctors the nurses all of the people who do hospital have. a job that's indescribable. they were for the night it happened before it happened and they found room for many people trump also met with some of the first responders and said in a prepared statement that they showed the world what professionalism looks like. near the scene of the attack people united in grief their wounds fresh and their resilience strong. joining us now on the line from las vegas is our senior washington correspondent causton phenomena carson police have been piecing together information about the gunman stephen paddick what sort of picture is emerging of the killer. it's a more more complex picture that we're getting not just from investigators but also from media reports of also doing some research so there's sure to pedal seems to

have led a secure looted life in recent years he didn't into act a lot with his neighbors in the town of misc near las vegas where he lived as a retiree before that he had seemed to live regular life you worked even as an agent for the internal revenue service as an auditor for private companies he then made a fortune as a real estate investor and therefore could afford to retire early. he left his home in mesquite upas the regularly those who stay at. reno and las vegas for several days each so he was a committed gambler that we know he would spend lots of time of those because he knows where you mostly played video poker he was not one of the biggest spenders he was no way unless those casinos call that but he was there often enough to get complimentary rooms at

a number of hotels and casinos including the mandalay bay which she used as a base for his attack on sunday so according to the reports you see he was a very methodical gambler not the passionate guy but someone who would quietly calculate the odds and quite often actually win substantial amounts so one casino expert said today that for this man gambling was work no passion we have no indication that he lost a lot of money on my just being and that i had other problems and never run into trouble with the police himself even though his father was once convicted as a bank robber so actually it still remains a mystery why he did what you did on sunday. what about the gunman's girlfriend cost mary lou dan lay she says she knew nothing about the gunman's plans to investigators believe her when obviously i cannot really say for sure if they believe her what seems clear is that investigators from now don't seem to

see her as a suspect or rather as a witness or person of interest as we heard in the report the girlfriend mary lou dentally was not directly involved in the shooting she was not even in the country last sunday apparently two weeks ago the shooter had bought her a flight to the philippines to allow her to visit have family there in the way it seems like he was trying to get her out of the way and according to that statement that mrs stanley lawyer read yet also wired her a substantial amount of money while she was in the philippines which in hindsight could be seen as a kind of parting gift i have to say though that for me personally it still looks sort of strange that mrs bentley who has been living with mr pedagog for years would have noticed nothing. about her boyfriend basically meant he was in the possession of forty guns he knew how to handle them even to modify them so we'll

see if this is really the last word when it comes to the question what mrs then lee really knew cost and thank you so much t.w.s. coston for naaman there talking to us from los angeles vegas. take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world iraqi forces say they've captured the last stronghold of the so-called islamic state terrorist group in the north of the country this footage shows fighting in how we just three days ago the country's military back to u.s. led coalition launched. launched in the pensive last month to retake the town i a still controls a stretch of iraq's western border with syria. thousands of people have taken to the streets of togo's capital in fresh anti-government protests the opposition demonstrators are demanding that president for nothing base step down he has been the head of the west african state since two thousand and five when he was installed by the military after his father's death meaning that the same family has

ruled that country for fifty years and three u.s. soldiers and five local troops have been killed in an ambush by suspected islamic militants in southwest ne jam the men were on a routine patrol north of me a may and close to the border with mali when they came under hostile fire the attack has increased fears that the insurgency in neighboring mali is building over to the west african country. you're watching t w news still to come a new film celebrates russia's annexation of crimea is it propaganda or just a simple love story come oscar corresponding to the movie. a u.s. senate committee has given the green light to self driving cars cannot tell us more that's right terry the representatives voted unanimously to enshrine rules for thomas vehicles in federal law that will help carmakers like general motors ford

and google's parent company alphabet to bring eighty thousand self driving cars onto american roads if they pass safety to the senate as a whole still has to vote on the proposal before will be sent to the u.s. president to be signed into law. google has announced its first smartphone made a fully in-house pixel to post what google says is the world's highest rated camera as well as an ultra vivid display it's the firm's first foray into hardware since google acquired key parts of taiwanese electronics group page d.c. earlier this year taiwanese electronics manufacturer of foxconn said it planned to build a ten billion dollars factory in the united states but it didn't say exactly where but now the company has revealed its chosen mount pleasant in southeastern wisconsin it's a rural area for now but it's close to both you know walking and she cargo state promised three billion dollars in incentives for the plant which will make flat

screen displays foxconn is best known for building apple's i phone but faced criticism for its use of low wage factories in china now bad news for wine fans your bottle of german riesling may get more expensive next year the reason german one production is down producers will bottle twenty percent less compared to last year due to unfavorable weather but do not despair there is an upside to the story . most of this year's crop was harvested especially early late frost summer hail storms and foggy days are all to blame wind producers say climate change is a growing factor the climate change and extreme weather mean different conditions in individual growing areas a twenty percent drop across germany doesn't mean every produce it was down twenty percent between when you take your one infant winter sheepish for twelve but the three largest wine producing areas in the country right has the pollutant eight and

bought in each saw drops about twenty percent from the year before the few gains came mostly from the east germany's numbers are comparable to overall declines across europe italy and france are also reporting much lower grade pos yet there is good news the quality of this year's grapes is better thanks in part to late september sunshine what does it all mean for consumers the price of riesling could rise but wine producers could also take a hit for the anthem between it was a big challenge for individual produces they'll lose money no question because international competition is too fierce for them to raise prices accordingly into nothing out of it perhaps their courses quality will have to make up for the difference. british prime minister tourism i had a tough day yesterday to oh i'll say not what she was hoping for not at all faulty props a coughing fit in a disruptive heckler not exactly the ingredients for

a great speech but that's what british prime minister theresa may had to deal with as she addressed her conservative party's annual conference yesterday she attempted to outline policy shifts and apologize for june's weak election result but a series of disruptions eclipsed her message. the reason me came promising voters the british dream instead they got the stuff of sleepless nights having lost her majority in june's election contending with bragg's it and beleaguered by plots to oust her the prime minister arrived needing to win over her critics and so it began. with government business with a cost public sector working together the kind that just won't budge we've created record. thank goodness but again and again the crowd try to rally behind her. fortunately her finance

minister on hand to offer a fruit wasn't she accepted it and the chance to go off script thank you notes is that legs and gentlemen the chancellor giving something away free. back in business she turned her attention to brakes and thought i know some find the negotiations frustrating but if we approach them in the right spirit in a spirit of cooperation and friendship with our sights set firmly on the future i'm confident we will find a deal that works for britain and europe to. the next offering from the floor was a gift for picture desks not prime ministers. a prankster giving her resignation papers and. the man sent by the foreign secretary he claimed. say you get this you know you know you. know us and labor maze mishaps we only got more awkward with an f.

bomb of her own as the stage began falling apart behind her. friend that we shared. and it said something about us once more what's the f. . if you norrin what the chicks could be saying about their leader the crowd gave her a standing ovation. it's moved on to russia where politics in motion pictures collide in a new film called crimea the big budget blockbuster plays out in ukraine leading up to russia's twenty fourteen annexation of the peninsula it's already being denounced as propaganda but the makers of crimea insisted isn't a political film but a story about love conquering hate. takes a closer look. modern day romeo and juliet she's from kiev he's from sevastopol in crimea she's pro ukrainian and he's pro russian the film is

a love story and an action packed spy thriller showing russian forces as the liberators of the crimean peninsula. crimea was partially funded by the russian ministry of culture and the ministry of defense despite mixed reviews from the critics the blockbuster is proving a hit with cinemagoers and topping the box office after its first weekend. which include it's a great film based on real events it was a love story and it reminded me a lot of events we already saw in the news. when two hearts unite there are no borders there is no politics there are just feelings . the film has struck a chord with russian audiences for them crimea remains an emotional topic even

though the annexation was condemned internationally independent surveys show over eighty percent of russians supported the takeover at the time three years later support is still high at over sixty percent. but it's impossible for. people to be in a state of patriotic euphoria for three years after half a year old nine months there was a drop in the euphoria. but the effects of the annexation have remained and support for putin and his politics to cuba lee he's international politics remains high. scrutineers from there was welcome more of. the russian government also wants to put a patriotic spin on the more distant past a surprise box office hit last year with the film pun feel it's twenty eight men it told the disputed story of a group of russian soldiers defending moscow against german tanks during the nazi invasion. more recently russian state t.v. premiered the series ancestral land about

a family during the second world war surveys show the soviet victory in the war is the event russians feel the most proud of the annexation of crimea is number two on the list spoke. don't think the film crimea is an attempt to return the topic to the order of the day. because for the russian government this is not a problematic topic crimea is part of russia and there's nothing to discuss here. with the director of crimea also insists the film is not political but observers point out it has been released ahead of presidential elections next year which are scheduled for the same day president putin made crimea part of russia. just force news now on reports just buy in munich will hire their former coach you pine kiss to replace the sucked out into the end of the season the seventy two year old high kiss would take charge of the german champions for a fourth time his most recent tenure ended with his retirement in two thousand and

thirteen after he led by and to the trouble of champions league bonus league and german time leaders. germany's world cup qualifying campaign continues on thursday night when they visit northern ireland the world champions are the only team in group c. boasting. a perfect record with eight wins in eight games but northern ireland are the second best in the group having lost just once so for the germans however have some special motivation they qualify for next year's world cup in russia if they avoid defeat the germany team braving the elements in belfast on wednesday as they prepare for their clash with northern ireland the germans have won every world cup qualifier so far most recently dealing norway a six neil spanking but they haven't always looked at hundred percent convincing and coach you walk in live knows one of their biggest enemies will be complacency. shocked a lot of success you can see it's clear that next year as reigning champions and

confident cup winners the hardest thing will be to maintain and call on this. superhuman motivation is. that will be our biggest task when. germany will be facing a northern ireland side that are guaranteed second place in group c. leap frogging germany into first is all but mathematically impossible that means they'll need to win out in a playoff against another group runner up to qualify still germany aren't taking anything for granted in this contest. going into they're a very unpleasant opponent to be facing supported by very loud fans it'll definitely be a tough task of. anything but a win will deservedly or not unleash becky elation that this germany team isn't at the level of the unit that won the world cup three years ago that shows just how

high the expectations are. for you know just a reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on t.w. news madrid has said it won't be blackmailed over catalonia is demand for independence and has rejected calls for mediation in the dispute that's as officials in catalonia say the region could split from spain as soon as next week. and the girlfriend of the last biggest gunman has spoken out for the first time in a statement mary lou deadly said she has no idea what prompted stephen paddick to carry out the worst mass shooting in u.s. history describing him as a calling to end caring man. you're watching t.v. news coming to you live from berlin we have another bulletin for you at the top of the next hour and you can get all the latest news and information from our web site that's at d w dot com thanks for watching.

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