culture walk we are who we are and accept us for what we are we're a family unbelievable. to me a son me a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on t w. 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 kapilow news demand for independence and rejects calls mediation catalonia blasts the country's king and pushes on with a threat to secede alaska our correspondent if there's any way back from the brink

also coming up the girlfriend of the last biggest gunman speaks out how much did she know about the killers plot to commit the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. and reports say your pine kiss is heading back to buy in munich for a fourth spell in charge the last time he sat in the dugout in two thousand and thirteen he won a historic rubble of trophies for the club. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. the crisis over can learn independence has had a deadlock spain's government has rejected calls for talks over what it calls an illegal movement in a defiant statement it says it would not give in to blackmail officials in catalonia have threatened to announce their split from spain as soon as next week

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 indoor summit of the policies of prime minister roy 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. 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 two thousand and 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 catalan sentiment and the votes in the rest of spain are there for the taking of. laws passed by the semi autonomous catalan government often run into opposition in madrid and end up before spain's constitutional court . these laws don't necessarily relate to the independence movement they can also govern issues such as gender equality energy regulation etc etc. the

constitutional court has banned any catalan split from spain in the catalan town of villa my your calling for outside support. the message help us europe did obvious funny 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 balance in barcelona during the referendum how much potential is there for this crisis to escalate. well in fact 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 in a. situation that we saw almost the crack three sticks of

a civil war alone the words say by a 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 we feel. that it. and also here at the port of barcelona you have the got the the national security forces pretty much prepared for everything and it should be because if you listen to the speech from last night of the catalonia president hu with the clear to statement here behind me in his office he said he's pretty much going to stick to the road map and he's going to the independents 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 when the and spain as a whole is in such of a dramatic situation a lot of people that i'm talking to our worried want snacks regardless of the fact actually that it is support independence or not ever there was very much radical about that this independence decoration must take place support of course the catalonia regional government here and they say they must to take this to the end regardless of the costs regardless 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 independence and then of course there are others who are just. simply upset about the violence here that was actually he did that 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 funday thank you so much state obvious funny reporting there from

barcelona the girlfriend of the last vegas gunman has spoken out for the first time in a statement danley 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 public gunned down fifty eight people on sunday family 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 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 that i understood it anyway to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen.

investigators say the shooter led a double life that he spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition they described him as disturbed and dangerous we have 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 of the hospital have. a job that's indescribable. and they were for the night that it happened before it happened and they found many people trampled so 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. earlier i spoke to did obvious cost and phenomena he's in las vegas for us i asked him how investigators are reacting to the statement given by the gunman's girlfriend. well 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 they see her rather as a witness or a person of interest as we've 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 her 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's lawyer read he had 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 paradox 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 carson thank you so much the w.'s cousin phenomenon there talking to us from los angeles vegas saying look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today french president money well michael has offered to mediate between baghdad and iraq so totemist kurdish region also follows

a meeting between with iraqi prime minister hyder a body in paris earlier today in late to september kurds voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence in a regional russell randoms. 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 three days ago the country's military backed by a u.s. led coalition launched an offensive last month to retake the town i asked still controls a stretch of iraq's western food water with syria. and tens of thousands of times formed kilometer long lines as they waited to pay their respects to king balmy bill and today the late monarch has been lying in state since his death last october this is the final day that mourners can see the much for beer royal before his

cremation later this month so sports news now and reports suggest buy in munich will hire their former coach your high in kiss to replace the sacked color until the end of the season the seventy two year old one kiss would take charge of the german champions for a fourth time is most recent tenure ended with his retirement in two thousand and thirteen after he led by and to a trouble of champions league bonus league and german cup title. well for more on that story we're joined here in the studio by tom good noise from sports to say tome. what would buy and be expecting from hein kiss if his appointment is confirmed if he's appointment is confirmed that's an important thing to say the moment it's just sort of ripple. but we do know that bills and ticket tend to get their facts slightly to about this sort of thing now in terms of what they can expect basically a steady hand on the tele you pine because it's somebody who's done the job before

he knows the bosses that bind which is very important he knows the kind of tactics that he wants to play that's was a very important was a bit of a problem is that i'm so lucky during his go there and he's also of course very successful like you say the last the last time he did this job he won the treble for born his last two matches in charge with a cup final in germany which he won and the champions league on which he won his c.v. is very impressive very successful coach but they're just talking about him filling out the rest of the season who might be in line for the bye and coaching job on a longer term basis well bruce you don't when coach thomas two who is a name has been mentioned quite a lot. but the fact that if this does happen because he's been announced until the end of the season would suggest that perhaps. talk it out a new has led no because he would have been available to be appointed immediately i think it's probably more likely the union i was not from hoffenheim will come the fact that this is an interim appointment suggests they've waited for him until the

end of the season when he potentially be free and won't have to give up his job and i'm immediately and he's been known for quite a while as. i'm sure once he's annoying to success i think he's probably next in our guys now hi chris as you pointed out one that trouble of trophies with by and back in two thousand and thirteen do you think this by inside this year can repeat that the i think that's probably quite unlikely i mean there are so some of the some of the players from his trouble. season back in two thousand and thirteen listed in the squad but they've aged and by and haven't made the greatest start to the season they've they've had some disappointing results especially against p.s.g. in the champions league which really revealed what a gulf there is that's when and how by now at the moment it would be in the current form and the real elite of europe so i would be very surprised if anybody can do it it will be hard because tom thank you so much will be watching that of course tom get away from d.w.

sports well in qualifying for next year's soccer world cup syria and australia clash in the first leg of their asian playoff later today syria are the home team but the match is being played in malaysia due to the civil war raging in the middle eastern nation syria are looking to qualify for the world cup for the very first time the second leg is in sydney on tuesday. you're watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin we have more coming up for you at the top of the next hour sumi will be joining you then you'll find our stories online dot com thanks for. rationalists are on the rise with morning light to make your contract great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking in a global trade to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out what that name should mean to you. this.