state they have no nationality and are totally made up along and. that everyone has the right to. everyone has the right to say or. this is did every news live from germany's chancellor merkel appears to have made major progress towards forming a new coalition government party sources say have christian democrats have reached agreement with their bavarian allies on a cap on migration the agreement could smooth the way to

a new coalition government we'll get analysis on events from political correspondent. also on this program. hundreds of thousands take to the streets of boston learned to protest against catalan independence the pro unity rally hailed as a success by its organizers as madrid warns that any breakaway efforts by catalonia his government will have quote no effect. and a test of west african democracy two days before people in liberia choose a new president hopes were high for what would be the country's first democratic handover of power in decades. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel and her christian democrats appear to have reached a breakthrough agreement in

a longstanding dispute with their bavarian sister party the christian social union of c.n.n. as the c.s.u. sources close to key talks between the two parties today say they have agreed in principle on an upper limit for the number of migrants to be. allowed into germany pay year if such a deal has been reached it would remove a key hurdle to coalition talks between american conservative bloc and two other smaller parties. now for more on this political correspondent is with me in the studio walk us through this you know what do we know so far about this. agreement in principle as i think is what they're calling it yes it seems a bit that as if the chancellor angela merkel made sees you t. foresee who for. a compromise or gave him the. said and offered him a compromise he couldn't really resist to saying yes we will have

a maximum gap on some part of the migration but we still will have other migration to how are they how are they distinguishing between different types of migrants well basically it's the humanitarian migration of the migration i would say so. people coming in on economic reasons there would be a maximum couple that people coming in even as refugees there would be some sort of a contingent contingent that could be named as special but let's say by the united nations high commissioner for refugees and what they also would be and there would be no maximum cap on people claiming for political asylum because of course that's what chancellor merkel has always said we cannot according to our constitution in germany refuse the right to asylum to people who are suffering political persecution absolutely immense right and this would still be there so in the end maybe this maybe look as if it will be backing down on one offer

a key pete key policies but in fact it's not in fact what it what what we are having here and if this is really coming through this would be the beginning of a migration law something we haven't had in germany until now one of the biggest. problems we have seen in during two thousand and fifteen when the huge influx of refugees of people coming into germany was that there was no migration or that there was no legal ground for people coming into germany other than the asylum laws if we would have something like this what we're talking about right now that will help to differ that would make things even easier that would give people let's say from countries like ghana countries which are of course poorer but don't really have let's say a dictatorship make it possible for these people to come over here and to build their future if they are allowing a ply for legal migration as it were now. it assuming this is confirmed and this major dispute between chancellor merkel's christian democrats on one hand and they

have a very insistent party the christian democrats the c.s.u. on the other hand i mean this is such a longstanding dispute i'm assuming they've solved that. that would remove a huge hurdle. towards making progress with the with two other small parties the absolutely free democrats and the greens and securing a stable government for germany absolutely yes one of the key figures of one of the key issues right now in or one of the biggest stepping stones in forming this new coalition the so-called jamaica coalition with the center left greens of the free free market liberals f.t.p. was the c.d.u. and this is you which together form a union that's at least what the name means was that this union didn't show any unity at all no they have perhaps this union on one of the key figures one of the one of the central points and now they can go and speak with one tongue to the

other parties to the greens and to the democrats and of course those two parties both want an immigration law as well certainly outlines of an agreement. beginning to to appear there repeat about many thanks for that and i welcome. turning now to spain there's been a massive rally today in barcelona against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence the march coming as the spanish prime minister mariano to hoist said he would take measures to prevent the region from breaking away organizers say nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police putting the number at three hundred fifty thousand. the protesters are supporters of catalonia remaining part of spain. but. 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. that. i was born here but my entire family comes from all over spain in the supporters of independence has no right to pick us out. we don't want to freak mantid 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. in this new spanish the spanish flag. and the most russian with spanish flags of the recession with catherine franks 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 protest 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 space. now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of cubans have paid tribute to one of their revolutionary heroes shaykh of our own on the fiftieth anniversary of his death crowds filling the streets of santa clara city where given one the final battle of the cuban revolution more than sixty years ago his old friend cuban president raul castro in attendance. hurricane nate has been downgraded to a tropical storm of to hitting the u.s. gulf coast on sunday morning it made landfall in the state of mississippi well thought is in several southern states have ordered evacuations in coastal areas alternate killed dozens of people in central america. and in garner at least six people died in a tanker explosion at

a gas station in the capital accra this social media video showing the explosion of launch fireballs at the scene of forty say more than two hundred police have been deployed in that firefighters have now brought the blaze under control. people in liberia head to the polls on tuesday in the first round of voting in the country's presidential election the leading candidates true crowds of thousands at their closing rallies the winner will replace incumbent president ellen johnson sirleaf the first woman ever to be elected president on the african continent so leave says the vote is a chance to reaffirm peace and democracy in the west african country. liberians of all political creeds are standing on the edge of history. law wracked by years of instability conflict and poverty liberia could be about to experience its first democratic transfer of power in four decades. but his

campaign's posing rally the country's vice president and self-proclaimed continuity candidate just of bork is hoping for help from the heavens. it is the time for liberia it is the time for god's blessing upon our country it is a time that the charge the lives of our youth of our women that god bless them with the sun of our country. he will have to overcome former coca-cola executive alexander cummings heavy rain could not keep his supporters away they hope his promise of renewal rises above the fray. we bring to the liberian people confidence to manage our country for the better of all of us. next in the

running in this three horse race one time won't footballer of the year george where his backers trying to propel him from on field legend to president. i say to you on october tenth vote george weah for your it again group for our country to have roads for our narcisse to be paid for the military to have logistics. they love it but the past hangs over his campaign where he has chosen gold warlord charles taylor's ex-wife as his running mate as voters get ready to cast their ballots it is a reminder of the past they may wish to forget. in formula one lewis hamilton is within reach of his fourth title after winning the japanese grand prix from the say it is on sunday the britain's main challenger ferrari sebastian vettel suffered engine trouble and retired on the fourth lap and alton is fifty nine points clear

of the german with just four races left. the locals gave sebastian several a warm welcome on race day and another german world champion footballer lukas podolski was on hand to offer his support too but fattal knew the odds were against in his main title rival lewis hamilton started the race in pole position the mess a man wasn't giving any ground holding his lead through the first corner. and it wasn't long before disaster struck for federal. power. in just the fourth lap his ferrari suffered engine problems bringing his race to a premier to end the 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. it didn't go very close a couple times particularly at the end with

a safety car so the b.s.c. and then we started tires were cold. had a bit of traffic max first up and finished in second to follow up his win last weekend but yet again the day belong to hamilton only a string of catastrophes can stop his title charge now. now it's no easy task convincing skeptics of the benefits of solar energy so crossing one of the world's most barren stretches of land using just so the power is one way to change perceptions this weekend almost forty solar powered cars started a three thousand kilometer race across australia's desert in a bid 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 me apart dream 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 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 so we feel very happy to be in but we don't have to take that many cars leaving dollar. teams are expected to finish the race within a wake that the record is just under thirty hours competitors are hoping their desert hopping exploits can one day say solar powered cars take over the roads full time. a quick reminder for you of our top story at the moment german chancellor

angela merkel's conservatives have reportedly reached an agreement with the variances to party on the divisive issue of a cap on migration policy sources saying that migrant arrivals could be limited to two hundred thousand a year if confirmed the deal would remove a key hurdle to efforts to form a new coalition government here in germany. you're watching news and by the movie back with more at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest from our website that dot com up next here on a documentary on the dangers of digital stress. hey everyone my name is made by you then as millie and i was deja vu towards the tube channel where you we have only four seasons we have all the stories we have moved to tournaments that you go on always with this huge challenge about what you should better.