life in germany and the prospects for those returning home. join the discussion along g.w. dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning. to the w make your mind. this is a wus live from budget in spain reports all of a million protesters flooding the streets of basra lona and made the catalan crisis the pro unity rally hailed as a success by its organizes meanwhile madrid is warning that any moves by catalonia

his administration to break away from spain will have no effect we'll have more analysis from all europe correspondent also coming up. german chancellor angela merkel faces tough talks with her the variances to party 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 their country's final game against azerbaijan to show that coach why they deserve to go to russia next up . i'm going to home free thanks for joining me a massive rally has taken place in barcelona against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence this is spanish. prime minister mariano horry says he will

prevent the region from breaking away while organizers say nearly a million demonstrate has packed into the center of barcelona or police put the number at three hundred fifty thousand the protesters are supporters of catalonia remaining part of spain. has expressed support for the protest. well as for indeed i will you correspondent gheorghiu matters now give been out and about on the streets of barcelona what are people saying. a lot of people told me today that they are not only catalans but they are old souls spending spaniards and so they feel their heart does not only beat for this region but for all of spain and they don't want to be kicked out of their own country if you want to in some way i could identify for today is intraday so demonstration against independence two comes one

a little more radical for instance asking for the regional leader to be thrown into jail or praising the work of the spanish police which one week ago used brute force to keep people away from ballot boxes and on the other side the people who are simply fed up with the kind of political mess the country find itself in now a number of those people i followed throughout the day and here's their story. long live the nation is their message. christina a student from barcelona and her friend couldn't agree more. they feel catalan spanish and who repeat. i was born here but my entire family comes from all over spain and the supporters of independence have no right to pick us out. we don't want to fragmented and divided we want europe to flourish and we want to be part of it. but many in catalonia who are against independence such as this

architect are still against today's protests they worried it will increase the tension and more fragile this the spanish the spanish flag and. then with russian with spanish flags of the recession with francs because. i think it's not. a very good idea to have. the streets filled with the two sides because they're going to clash still for protests the christina today's march was a success she says the people here represent catalonia silent majority organizers say this was the biggest ever protest against catalonia seceding from spain. well i've just seen in europe a large numbers of people out on the streets just the sights of this protest show that a majority of catalans are against independence. it is clearly

a strong signal that so many people have come out into the streets now if you believe the opinion polls that have been published before the referendum there has always been a strong majority. against independence and in the opinion polls that now have been published for instance in the conservative newspaper that number has even increased i would say overall one can most certainly say that there is a clear majority of people in catalonia who are against independence now and who are clearly for dialogue they have the feeling they don't want that their politicians push things they are concerned that the autonomous region could lose that out of the many autonomy known me and that violence could erupt and gail tell us more about the silent majority who are they exactly a very it's difficult to to nail it down in one fact

a number of people approached me and said look make clear to the world that we are not nationalists we're not far right wing pro spanish a movement here there at the same time i had people who said look we are just fed up with the situation we have a situation one father told me that his children are discriminated against in school because they are pro spain and a number of other people approached me and said well they respect that some people would like to have independence but they don't want any violent clashes they don't want the spanish military move in and so the friction and that is what a lot of people said today of the friction that runs through society and that is strengthened by both sides coming out onto the street is a big concern for people in catalonia at the moment all right gail mattis reporting on spain's deepest political crisis in decades thank you very much.

now to 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 ankara announced that syrian rebels banks by turkish forces would launch an operation into the region turkey's president has warned the his country would not allow a quote terrorist corrido near its borders. at least six people are dead after a tanker explosion at a gas station in the gunning capital across this social media video shows the explosion of large fireballs at the scene authorities say more than two hundred police personnel have been deployed on the firefighters have controlled the blaze. hurricane at night has been downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting the u.s. gulf coast on sunday morning it touched down in the state of mississippi although it is in southern states have ordered evacuations in coastal areas off to night

killed dozens of people in central america. german chancellor angela merkel is facing some potentially difficult talks today she's meeting with the head of her cd use bavarian system policy that's the c s u to try and agree a common position ahead of talks to form a new government now the two parties are at odds over the issue of migration the c.s.u. criticized decision to allow so many refugees into germany and twenty fifteen they say this led to a surge in support for the far right a.f.d. party. well for more now i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda tell us why all these talks so important today and all we like each 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 there 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 has to say 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're waiting for 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. turning to football now in germany phases advise on it later today in the last world cup qualification game ahead of next year's tournament now the team has already booked its place at russia twenty eighteen after an impressive campaign that same them win ole nine all of them matches so far but that doesn't mean that the pressure is off the less the stoppage play is a fighting heart first fought in the star studded squat. mission accomplished now that germany has qualified for next year's world cup the pressure is off as an exception the german football association even let the fans in to watch the team

practice you have a few months i left talk a little on the squad through able to qualify us so they could just on one and now i'd like to build up the momentum again and to boeing and it's now all about claiming a spot on the team for next year's tournament that's why for les on going to this match against azerbaijan is so important the shock a player could be a starter to shore up the midfield and once again if you analyze the entire game like this you then get to see the kind of space he constantly opens up down the field while back in midfield over me that's what's expected from a midfielder he's also dangerous on go go was a member of germany's extended squad at the last world cup but had to bow out because of injuries now he's back on the team. that's sort of writing as well i've still got a few things to learn accumulating experience is a need so that i can further establish myself in my position. on the rights of oxen and also this time getting is take it to the world cup but competition is huge at

the confederations cup other players also impressed they too are hoping to get a shot here and give the more established world cup winning players a run for their money. everybody's got the back of their mind and of course they want to put in good performances to improve their chances doesn't matter whether it's in this month. or in the other games you play and you always get an opportunity to show yourself and to get yourself in shape for the tournament. meanwhile germany coach who live wants his players to stay healthy during the season so that fans in russia will truly be able to see the best twenty three players germany has to offer. now convincing a skeptics of the benefits of solar energy can be a tough sell but crossing one of the walls most barren stretches of land using just the power of the sun is one way to change perceptions and this weekend almost forty solar powered cars started a three thousand kilometer a race across australia's deserts in a bit to prove that green energy can overcome the toughest of challenges. crossing

a strategy is desert in a solar powered car used to be a mere pot drain but this weekend almost forty slicks on guzzling machine started a three thousand kilometer journey from darwin to adelaide. using just the sun's rays for power as cars will reach speeds of over one hundred kilometers an hour. world solid challenge defending champions no one saw a once again among the favorites. the feel is so far apart this year all the cars looked completely different all we know is we got a good car we got it running perfectly in the last couple of days and we're really confident we're going to do everything it takes when teams completed a time trial to determine the starting order with the front runners grabbing a vital advantage that could make all the difference. overtaking takes a lot of energy that we would otherwise not want to use. we feel very happy to be in third but we don't have to have the type that many cars leaving dollars teams

are expected to finish the race with in a wake that the record is just under thirty hours competitors are hoping that desert hopping exploits can one day say solar powered cars take over the roads full time. when he said anyone want to break down in the desert which is good on them you're watching the news from berlin more coming up at the top of the out don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site d w dot com and humphrey in berlin thanks for watching and look forward to seeing you again soon. crime fighters the new season of radio crime thrillers begins. for investigative cases that will keep you on your toes. stories at the base idea ever so every young person needs to listen to crime fighters and share to.