this is the w. news live from by ups and media in a protest is reported to be flooding the streets of boss alone amid the council on a crisis the organizers of sunday's protest say the rally represents the silent majority those who voted to remain positive space the cast lead that lead it could

declare independence on shoes day we'll have analysis from our europe correspondent also coming up german chancellor angela merkel faces tough talks with a very insistent polity ahead of forming a new government divides within the ruling conservatives could make for a tense meeting. and germany has qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup but that won't stop some of the young guns from using that country's final game against azerbaijan to show that coach why they deserve to go to russia make some money. on hand and a home free thanks for joining me a massive rally is underway in bosler against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence this is spanish prime minister mariano rajoy says. prevent the region

from breaking away well organizers say nearly a million demonstrators have packed into the center of barcelona while police put the number three hundred and fifty thousand now the protesters are supporters of catalonia remaining part of spain for horry expressed support for that protest. and we can bring in a d.-w. correspondent gail matters now you've been talking to the people out on the streets of barcelona what are they saying. a lot of protesters told me they're they're keen to get the to get the message across that this is not a nationalist or a far right wing demonstration in favor of steyn but this is really the silent majority these are the people who have been at home so far it being quiet observing not voting in the referendum because they said this would have been illegal as was an illegal referendum and they don't want didn't want to they say the way they put it you commit a crime but at the same time one has to say that there were

a number of people out here of course who sent some messages that will be seen by the pro independent side as very provocative for instance the demands to put the regional leader into cello i heard a lot of people shout asking for that and there was also a lot of praise for the spanish police where we've seen quite some violence during the referendum one week ago overall one has to say the protest today was mainly peaceful and let's listen to what some of the people told me how they felt about it . while we were nice for the for the whole world to recognize. the money and understand people can read together but we have to feelings i'm running but i've got the money to we have to demonstrate that we are to each other in this scene.

hailed the launch numbers taking to the streets just the size of this protest showed that a majority of catalans are against independence. i would say at least it shows that a majority are for dialogue and indirectly that would mean they're against independence at least now most certainly today the people who came out are against independence but also yesterday in the white marches and if you look at the opinion polls. that were made before the referendum and the ones that were published by for example by a conservative newspaper now just after the referendum it as not only been a majority but that majority against the new pens has even increased throughout the recent days and will of mariano rajoy the latest warning influence the catalan government and potentially stop it declaring independence. of the

big question is now whether the catalan leader can actually not declare independence because the stakes are very high the pressure on him is very high it's not only pressure from within his coalition government where some people are very keen to get in the pens by all means but also pressure from the streets and some people told me that they have the feeling things just went too far if he would not declare independence that work could potentially mean that the that the streets takes over and that radical elements one political scientist put to me could take over the movement so either way yes a very difficult choice to avoid an escalation of this conflict. chorused want to gag matters in barcelona thank you very much. now some of the other stories making news around the world turkish forces have exchanged fire with attack a syrian militant group along the turkish syrian border this after anchor and now says that syrian rebels backed by turkish forces would launch an operation into the

region turkey's president had warned that his country would not allow a quote terrorist current or its borders. nice to six people dead after a tank explosion at a gas station in the county in capital across this video from social media shows the explosion of large fireballs at the scene authorities say more than two hundred police personnel have been deployed and the firefighters have controlled the place . hurricane and nate has been downgraded to a tropical storm off to hitting the u.s. gulf coast on sunday morning it touched down in the state of mississippi authorities in southern states have ordered evacuations in coastal areas often eight killed dozens of people in central america. now german chancellor i'm going to marcos facing some potentially difficult talks today

she's meeting with the head office cd using a variant system policy the c s u to try to agree a common position ahead of talks to form a new government and the superpower to all at all save the issue of migration the c.s.u. criticized merkel's decision to allow so many refugees into the country in twenty fifteen and they say this led to a surge in support for the far right after the party. well for more now i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane went in to tell us why all these talks so important today and all we're likely to see sparks fly i think we are likely to see sparks fly and they're important because in order to start coalition talks with the other potential partners in in a coalition the chancellor first test to achieve some kind of unity between her own party and its bavarian sister party the christian social union and these two parties are essentially umbilically joined they're often referred to as sister

parties but the fact is they differ very deeply on issues such as immigration and the head of that very and sister party essentially now has his back to the wall many people view him as politically vulnerable because the party got fairly weak results in the recent election therefore he's under pressure to try to essentially affirm his own very conservative position but he's facing a chancellor who quite well will object to that so i think very tough talks today and yet no other talks with any other potential partners can go ahead until these two parties are in agreement right and some of his want her to move further to the right in order to win back some support for people who chose to then vote for the a f t the question is will she well indeed we are told that the head of the bavarian party was just a hope for is. arriving with a ten point plan and amongst these ten points are the absolutely key issue for him

namely an upper limit on immigration now the chancellor has said in the past that's a no go for her she is not going to agree to such a thing other members of her party have suggested that perhaps it could be solved semantically by for example agreeing on some kind of flexible cap that isn't called an upper limit but i think certainly as i say with a vulnerable head of the bavarian party and the chancellor having gone on the line is saying she will not agree to such a thing his work is likely to be difficult and if you look at polls in general around half of germans say the c.d.u. needs to stay right where it is and shouldn't move to the right and that includes members of the party itself so again i think his ability to convince her will be limited briefly two weeks now since the german election put us out of our misery when can we expect a new government quite possibly not even before the end of the year we are waiting for a very important local elections in the state of lower saxony after that this bavarian

c.s.u. will have their own party conference that's not till mid november many people say nothing will happen till after that and that means it could be january or later chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you very much. there were demonstrations across russia on saturday with thousands marching in support of jailed opposition leader alexei navalny they were calling on authorities to allow novell need to run in next year's presidential election police arrested more than two hundred people in authority say the demonstrations were not authorized well the protests coincided with president vladimir putin's sixty fifth birthday. they defied the ban on assembly to answer the call of their leader alexina volley. and under the eyes of the great poet pushkin they reclaimed more school students more transparency the right to freedom of expression and a crackdown on corruption were the main demands their message was clear from flags

and with badges and chanted in chorus. perch and get asked. some have even brought cake for the president sixty fifth birthday but this was no party that usual. on those we want him gone on this quickly as possible and here's rule for eighteen years he's been president or prime minister for all of my adult years we believe people in power should face reelection in substantial not less i mean it's always just the most this is what we're here to support and vali who has called people out to ensure the future of the country because we want real competition in the upcoming presidential elections. the first degree murder charge the. police also break up protests in putin's hometown of sin petersburg hundreds were arrested across washington many subjected to brutal place treatment. force news now and in formula one the japanese grown prey has provided at the

setting for a crucial showdown between lewis hamilton and sebastian facto now how milton started the race thirty four points ahead of fettle and with just four events left after this weekend's action the ferrari driver needed a big performance to have. a chance of regaining his title. the locals gave sebastian fattal a warm welcome on race day and another german world champion footballer lukas podolski was on hand to offer his support to but fettle knew the odds were against him his main title rival lewis hamilton started the race in pole position the messages man wasn't giving any ground holding his lead through the first corner. and it wasn't long before disaster struck for federal. political power. in just the fourth lap his ferrari suffered engine problems bringing his race to a premier cheer and a hammer blow to his diminishing title hopes hamilton took full advantage the

british driver overcame technical difficulties of his own to take the victory his fourth when it says zucker and his fourth win in the last five races this season. my expression up and finished in second to follow up his win last weekend but yet again the day belonged to hamilton only a string of catastrophes can stop his title charge now. now naming a protester in the u.s. national anthem against racial inequality continue to divide the world of american football and basketball teams have been drawn into the debate now as well the golden state warriors and the minnesota timberwolves the currently on a preseason at two in china now some of the n.b.a.'s biggest stars have had their say. to kneel on not to kneel at n.b.a. games that is the question if you ask two time m.v.p. stephen curry of the golden state warriors there are better ways to protest and to

follow some n.f.l. players and neil during the u.s. national anthem. you know as individuals have an opportunity to. be a vessel of light. to love anything beyond the means to make out a counterproductive to the message origin of the conversation has already been established around our team and how we can know you know individual communities the reigning n.b.a. champions in the end didn't even visit president trump at the white house after he took aim at kerry for hesitating the american sports broadcasting e.s.p.n. recently reported that the n.b.a. had sent out a memo to all teams asking players to stand if they don't they could possibly face disciplinary measures. but according to some play as meaning should be a choice. and just to move the states like you have the right to vote it's now the right of the window of the moon so you know you want to noon when you do not.

shooting hoops and aiming for titles is what most of these players would like to focus on once the season starts but it looks like the kneeling debate is not going away anytime soon. you're watching the w. news live from. the top of the hour don't forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that is database dot com on head and home for eight but i'm seeing you again save. me a son mia where does it come from to quality them on just to each of us calculate the .