which killed so many of them and or those that are alive endangered psychos in distress find out more in our interactive internet documentary at d w dot com site goes. this is did only news live from berlin is spain reaching the point of no return as it plunges deeper into its biggest political crisis in decades the country's top court has banned the council on parliamentary session in a bid to block separatists from declaring independence we're going to pass

a lead of them all. also on this program in the u.s. the powerful gun lobby coals for more regulation days after the worst mass shooting in the country's modern history the national rifle association says devices used to make guns fire foster should face greatest scrutiny. and this year's nobel prize for literature goes to british writer cuz will ishiguro judges praising the originality and emotional depth of his work which includes the well known novel the remains of the day. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us catalonia is bid for independence from spain has hit something of a road block spain's highest court banning a parliamentary session in catalonia scheduled for monday that could see the region decl. independence it's unclear however what effect the court's ruling will

actually have catalan lawmakers have already defied a previous ruling by holding last sunday's unauthorized independence referendum. it's the latest twist in a political crisis that's dividing not only spain but also catalonia a crisis that seen both sides digging in and refusing to budge this is the catalan parliament where the region's leaders were expected to declare independence from spain on monday but spain's constitutional course has now banned their parliamentary session from going ahead the council president says he is representing the will of his people there were a majority of catalan voters did not take part in sunday's independence referendum the spanish government says he's acting outside the law by trying to enforce an illegal referendum result governments have missed the push to months messages a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no

clear existence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to push demand has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity. in barcelona people say they just want the politicians to make a deal. i'm very well aware of the problem we're facing and the solution must be found this is like a divorce there's no coming back you cannot divorce today and get married to morrow . the situation is very tense we've reached the stage where the spanish and catalan governments need to ease tensions they need to talk and international mediation would be perfect. for the deadlock continues the separatists have called for mediation but the spanish government says it won't enter dialogue until they drop their threat of declaring independence. ok we're going to get more now from simon

harris he is the author of a book called catalonia is not spain a historical perspective a book i believe that looks at spanish in catalonia history from a catalonian perspective help us understand simon catalonia is a relatively rich region the richest in spain it already has the status of an or tom or autonomous region why do catalan separatists nevertheless insist that they will be better off independent well i think there's too there are various issues actually there's an identity issue that i would support and i support in my book that catalonia is a nation it's a country in it's own right it's a sovereign state and so there's an emotional issue and also that council only gets a very very badly or from a spanish government so on average there's a tax deficit at the amount the amount of taxes we pay to madrid and the amount of investment we get back amounts to about eight percent of our g.d.p. every year and the last figures i saw which were from two thousand and fifteen that

amounts to sixteen billion year of euro's every year that doesn't come back to catalonia but you know servitors but simon let me just part in there you know catalonia is nevertheless the richest region in spain so you're not doing that badly surely. it's rich in many of the ways but it's in many respects is a cash cow for the rest of spain and we suffer from unemployment we suffer from lack of housing we suffer from lack of investment it's richer into terms of g.d.p. but for example in other parts of spain children get their schoolbooks paid for here we don't because we don't have enough money to invest in it and we continually in debt to the spanish government although we pay more in taxes so we think it's an unfair situation but but you know is that justification enough for independence or is that not a political negotiation that needs to happen between barcelona in madrid. well in

many respects since two thousand and three this is this dispute has been going on for centuries actually but the modern independence movement really kicked off began to kick off in two thousand and three with the renegotiation of the new statues of autonomy which would have given council only of the right to call itself a nation it would have given the council on language priority and it would give given as judicial rights and also the right to collect their own taxes and then pay this money back to madrid this was passed by the castle in parliament the spanish parliament passed a referendum and then thrown out by the the spanish constitutional court in twenty ten so we feel that there's no possible negotiation we're getting a bad deal as far as we're concerned ok simon harris author of catalonia is not spain many thanks for talking to us it's a pleasure now u.s. president donald trump is poised to take

a first step towards ending an international nuclear deal with iran and that deal saw the easing of sanctions against iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program sources familiar with white house strategy say trump is expected to decertify the nuclear deal soon that would leave the republican controlled congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions trump as long criticized the pact which was one of the major policy achievements of his predecessor a democratic president barack obama for more on all this going across to washington now carolina. one of our correspondents there carolina good to see you there what implications could this decision have if it comes to pass. well the move would mark the first to have been a process that could eventually result in the reception of u.s. sanctions against iran and we are expecting dollars to deliver a speech on the iran deal next week just days before the october fifteenth that

line to report to congress congress will have to the side then if iran is complying with the agreement and vote on whether or not to impose further sanctions but it is still unclear if even the republican led house would vote in favor of killing the iran deal the fact that the u.n. center national at tommy energy agency has confirmed that iran is still complying with the deal could that maybe encourage the u.s. congress to vote in favor of maintaining the deal and therefore against. ok well he has been having trouble getting majorities in congress so we'll see we'll have to wait for this decision what his motives for this step if it does come. was a campaign strongly on this issue he was clear that he was against obama's deal with

iran and now he wants to keep that promise on of course avoid suffering another public to feud we could also understand this move particularly as a strategy to shift to the pressure until congress and allow all of them to make the final decision ok karen lee and she more in washington many thanks for that and staying in the united states going low be ista calling for more regulation after this week's mass shooting in las vegas that left fifty eight people dead and many more injured it's a rare call for restrictions from the national rifle association in a country where gun control is a bitterly divisive issue the n.r.a. says it wants more regulations for devices used to increase firing speed the last vegas gunman is said to have used such a device in the massacre meanwhile investigators are still trying to understand what his motives were. police say the las vegas shooter stephen paddick rented a room at this downtown hotel the ogden during

a music festival last month called life is beautiful it's not clear why he made the booking. reasons that ran through patrick's mind no but it was directly during the same time as well i think. we have or see recovered evidence from that location we don't know if it is evidence but we have recovered items and video it was from another hotel the mandalay bay that patrick fired the shots which killed fifty eight people attending a country music festival route ninety one and injured nearly five hundred investigators have recovered a note and several surveillance cameras from the scene they now believe the shooter intended to escape after the massacre and did not initially plan to kill himself police also hope that this woman mary lou danley will be the key to unlocking the motive in a statement read by her lawyer dan lee denied any knowledge of his sinister plans.

he never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of. that i understood it anyway to be warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. investigators say the shooter appears to have led a secret life that he spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition they described him as disturbed and dangerous near the scene of the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history those caught up in the aftermath are still left asking how could it have come to this. time to catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world russia has been rolling out the red carpet for saudi arabia's king solomon it's the first time a reigning saudi arabian monarch has visited the country the oil market and the war in syria on two of the main issues he's been discussing with russian president vladimir putin. in brazil the head of the country's

a limb pick committee has been arrested as part of a probe into alleged vote buying to win rio's bid for the twenty sixteen olympics seventy five year old carlos our tour newsman accused of helping to arrange a two million dollars bribe to secure the games for rio. strong winds and rain a battering northern germany uprooting trees and forcing the cancellation of many transport services at least seven people have died and ten people have been injured or thirty's in the whole city of hamburg warning residents to stay indoors. now british writer cousin ishiguro has won this year's nobel prize for literature judges praised his work for its originality and emotional depth the writer himself called the when totally unexpected he wasn't the only one surprised by the nobel committee selection. every time the nobel prize in literature is

announced there's a media circus this year it's especially big the jury has selected an international superstar author who is not even one of the favorites to win the japanese born british author. he she grew up style is restrained simple and quite discreet his soft touch contrasts with the high drama in his stories. sometimes but if. the sixty three year old has been writing since the one nine hundred eighty s. his most famous book the remains of the day was an international bestseller and enjoyed a successful hollywood adaptation ishiguro earlier books explore the japanese experience of the second world war his characters are often isolated or alienated from their families in search for themselves. he's not fighting against the act of forgetting he concerns himself with the idea that men and

society must forget to survive. he she who oversee of his prize on december tenth in stockholm. germany's national soccer team has booked its place at next year's world cup in russia the defending champions winning three one in northern ireland germany got off to a perfect start with sebastian rudy opening the scoring in the second minute sun to wagner then double germany's lead in the twenty first just look adding another late in the game to put germany on course for russia twenty eighteen. a quick reminder for you of our top stories this hour spain's top court has banned a cattle and parliamentary session on monday in which the region's lawmakers were expected to declare independence from spain the country is facing its most serious political crisis in decades off the catalonia held an unauthorized independence referendum on sunday. and the powerful u.s.

gun lobby the national rifle association has made a record for more gun regulation on devices that lead comes on fox now that appeal coming days after the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. but he will background and news for you if you want it on our website not steve w. dot com you can to stay up to date by following us on facebook and on twitter you're watching t.v. news in berlin more from us at the top of the hour. when history books more brought to my.