the cultural magazine. or twenty one. g.w. . this is to jump to news live from berlin a day of protest in russia with demonstrators calling for jailed opposition leader alexina boni to be allowed to run for president there were violent scenes in st petersburg as police intervened across the country more than a hundred protesters have been arrested we'll get more from our correspondent in st

petersburg. also on the program. the prostration over the political mess here in catalonia runs very deep people tell me they hope to bring a swift and to spain steepest political crisis in decades to w.'s gild much just taking us through the streets of boston lona asking whether catalonia can inch back from declaring independence. and in formula one britain's lewis hamilton claims pole position for tomorrow's japanese grand prix with just five races left the messiah his driver is well on track for his fourth well title. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a thanks for joining us there have been demonstrations across russia today with thousands of people in at least eighty cities my. ching in support of jailed

opposition leader alexei navalny they're calling on all thought is to allow him to run in next year's presidential election police arrested more than one hundred people with all forty saying the protests which coincided with president vladimir putin's birthday hadn't been authorized. they defied the ban on assembly to answer the call of their leader alexina valmy. and under the eyes of the great poet pushkin the reclaimed moscow streets more transparency the right to freedom of expression and a crackdown on corruption where the main demands their message was clear from flags and with badges and chanted in chorus. person get asked. some have even brought cake for the president sixty fifth birthday but there was no party. on those and we want him gone and this quickly as possible here is ruled for eighteen years he's been president or prime minister for all of my adult years we

believe people in power should face reelection and special dollars not less i mean it's always just that much this is what we're here to support not only who has called people out to ensure the future of the country because we want competition in the upcoming presidential elections. the first degree of social. police also break up protests in putin's hometown of sin petersburg at least one hundred people were arrested across russia many subject to brutal police treatment . along the line now from some petersburg russia correspondent emily show and emily you've been monitoring the day's events there bring us up to speed with what's been happening. so the the protests today were largely peaceful people assembled on the field of bars around five pm well six pm session time and they were kind of waiting flags and then eventually people started

moving and things got a little bit chaotic they went to two different whereas in the city i followed them to near the pentecostal central station and they kind of just to sit around for a bit there was that there was a lot of police and on the way there. there were mass arrests there were buses that were parked in the middle of the road and a huge line of riot police started arresting people and i actually saw a bus full of people being taken away and then here at the central station there were police downing a standing around for a long time and then two arrests were made i saw family grounds all the protesters being arrested. well this protest according to authorities was not authorized the osce already say it gathered that it wasn't authorized to find these campaign on the other hand says

that it was legal because they also already didn't provide an alternative place for them to meet so that's their argument there and i suppose the argument that people can well that the police can make is that they came out from the authorised protests however i've heard that most of the protesters has now been let go and they've actually been written up for violating traffic laws ok and bring us up to speed also with what's been happening elsewhere in russia being demonstrations across the country. yeah the numbers vary according to various sources that you read one independent source that i thought that over two hundred people across the country have been arrested. in twenty seven cities there were protests in eighty cities today everywhere where to find he has a campaign headquarters he called people to come out on the street it was a large protest in moscow which we say several hundred people attended

and other sources say thousand came out onto the streets and things were rather people in. parts of st petersburg only one person was arrested and protesters were allowed to walk around the duma freely they've been locked up to the red square so things have been rather varied across across russia ok ok emily many thanks for that emily show and reporting from st petersburg. large demonstrations today in spain his biggest cities as well as the tussle over catalonia has been for independence spilled onto the streets in madrid thousands of people calling on the government to do more to stave off the separatist movement in the country's wealthy northeast a huge turnout comes as catalonia leaders rather refused to rule out declaring independence next week. a big crowd some boss a loner as well the cattle and capitalist calls for

a conciliatory and to the dispute grow now into. they've had enough thousands of people rallied outside the mayor's office in verse alone on saturday the protesters here once talks to end this crisis. our politicians should do their work talk like civilized people if they can do that they should go. yes if i can. i don't want all of this you know independence. it's uncertain whether catalonia as leaders are going to listen to those against independence now but there are signs the government is reconsidering its stance one of the coalition parties tells me that they will not push for independence immediately we are ready to it so we don't want it it's not something that we like a lot to go to make steps forward unilaterally and with all this. coming from the

spanish state and all this threaten threats of repression and we don't like it so we wait and we see there are more and more signals that the government has moved away from its plan to declare independence unilaterally next tuesday but the problem is i'm told that there is huge pressure from supporters in the streets to see if there was a what has happened is that the movement has arrived to situation of no control so it goes alone is like a ball running down a mountain. so it's very possible for any actor to retake control and decide that they are going to stop the movement for independence power in the region is pro independence movement says the expert is shifting towards reading books millions of voted for independence a week ago right but millions more boycotted the referendum the rift that runs

through catalan society has deepened. the cross tracing over the political mess here and catalonia runs very deep people tell me they hope to bring a swift end to spain's deepest political crisis in decades. turning to saudi arabia now where the interior ministry says a gunman has attacked the royal palace of jeddah in the west of the country officials saying two security guards were killed in the attack three others injured that attack coming earlier today the man reportedly drove up to the gate of the palace and started firing before security forces shot him dead the gunman has been identified as a twenty eight year old saudi national. here in germany chancellor angela merkel says she's soon be should soon be opening talks with the pro-business free

democrats and environmentalist greens as she bids to form a so-called jamaica coalition addressing the youth wing of her conservatives merkel said a coalition with those two parties was the only realistic path to a stable government the so-called jamaica coalition is known as such because the party's colors correspond to those of the jamaican flag the move had been expected after chancellor merkel's current partners the social democrats said they would no longer be available for a coalition with her conservatives. wealth or jews in the u.s. a hurricane nate will strengthen to a category two storm before striking the country's gulf coast overnight nate has already forced the widespread shutdown of the oil and gas production in the gulf meanwhile residents in low lying coastal areas have been ordered to evacuate. or parties have also declared a state of emergency in parts of louisiana alabama mississippi and florida residents of new orleans prepare to hunker down for hurricane ace the storm is

forecast to start by louisiana's biggest city but even in direct this could bring severe flooding. and more of that more concerned about my car then you need being honestly my house that was i'm not so concerned about back. nace may not pack the punch of other storms this season but it's already unleashed heavy rains on central america in nicaragua boats are wrecked towns left under water we don't just everything food clothes we don't have water besides the rain that's falling children are dying my mom's eighty five she doesn't have anywhere to sleep or stay i mean you know i mean you know. costa rica nicaragua and honduras also sustained serious damage. in the u.s. three states are in nate's path officials have ordered evacuations in some low lying areas but most of the water that we're going to see will be because of storm

surge and obviously no one should take this term likely it is proven to be very deadly. in honduras and therefore are going in that area so we have to make sure that we are not taking it lightly the eye of the storm is expected to make landfall in a few hours. emerging racing the formula one season is heading into its crucial final phase with just five races remaining in the season and the drivers title still up for grabs britain's lewis hamilton in germany sebastian fettle battling over every point this weekend's japanese grand prix is no exception today's qualification sessions or several drivers set stunning lap times none faster though than the one set i have. the formula one season is approaching its home straight with five races left to go do is hamilton is on course to claim his fourth career championship he extended his lead in the driver's

standings in malaysia last week and now he's claimed pole position for sunday's japanese grand prix. hamilton has won three times in japan despite struggling in qualifying in the past this time he broke the track record to reach the front of the grid. i never ever really got a great balance in the past so i never say never did great qualifying so to finally get the balance behind me with great work my engineers and a great timing from from all the mechanics want to go on track and at the time fellow miss avies drive about terry both fast was the second fastest but he required to keep books change and that incurs a penalty so another racer will line up beside hamilton on the grid his biggest rival. yeah i would love to be a bit quicker but quite amazing with the new cars around here i love the fact. that factor is currently thirty four points behind hamilton in the driver's standings if

he wants to rein in the lead he has to start tomorrow. meanwhile in german soccer more bad news for an already deflated by in munich goalkeeper manal neuer second from the front here in this picture told the club's t.v. station today that his comeback could be delayed by another two months which would mean he'd be out until march of next year the german international currently recovering from foot surgery after an injury in september his absence complicates matters for by and has been playing below par in recent weeks at least by their standards. a quick reminder for you of our top stories this russian police have arrested more than one hundred opposition activists on a day of widespread protests thousands of people defying a ban on public gatherings to show their support for jailed opposition. alexei navalny demanding he be allowed to run in next year's presidential election. and in spain thousands of people taking part in protests calling on spanish and catalan

leaders to end the country's political crisis it remains unclear whether catalonia still plans to declare independence from spain in the days ahead. more from us at the top of the hour you're watching news stream but then up next a special report on the so-called rooftop of people who spend a lot of time scaling to top of skyscrapers. with history books mark brought to life.