the german aids foundation is supporting dream in mozambique you can do something to give a baby a future without aids. make a donation safe a life. this is the news live from girl lead could the cat to land parliament declare independence as soon as tuesday after hundreds of thousands take to the streets of barcelona to show their support for a unified spain neither side of the conflict is showing any sign of backing down we

will have the very latest from the spanish capital. also coming up german chancellor angela merkel announces a starting date for coalition talks that's after her c.d.u. and it's been there in sister party reach a compromise on migration policy and issue that has divided her conservative block . and german national peter she not faces up to fifteen years in jail in turkey along with other human rights activists he is facing charges of supporting a terrorist group berlin calls the claim unacceptable. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us spain is bracing for the possibility of catalonia declaring independence within the next twenty four hours but spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has vowed that his government will not allow the region to breakaway spain he says will not be divided now this comes

as opponents of independence stage their biggest protests to date organizers say that nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police. with the number of three hundred fifty thousand the protesters called for an end to the country's worst political crisis in decades. but as we've heard council and leader charles put them on is expected to make and eagerly expected speech to the regional parliament on tuesday joining us now to discuss the situation is. the l.d.s. he is joining us from madrid today hi good afternoon to you pablo so tell us how likely is that they're saying that they can't to land leaders will declare independence tomorrow. well what we're expecting here in spain is a kind of. here tomorrow what's not sure what we're not sure is whether he will be actually making the declaration of independence in the parliament or whether he's

going to do it somewhere else there stops the confusion at the moment and spend a word which we've been using quite a lot over the past number of weeks now what the indications are that he'll potentially make a symbolic declaration of independence. excuse me what that means of course. nobody really knows because whether it's a symbolic or it's a real declaration of independence of course depends a lot on how the spanish central government reacts to that declaration in barcelona and choose to tell us a little bit more about the possibility of how they might react to that indeed because i mean there are a number of different possible scenarios pablo how is madrid bracing for that. you're absolutely right now the latest that we have is that the deputy prime minister of spain said i. spoke to one of spain's biggest radio stations this morning and said that at no matter what happens in barcelona on tuesday essentially they're going to ignore it and that one of the big words everyone's been talking about here in spain is article one five five now article one fifty five is about madrid can take over control of that the government in barcelona east and

autonomy there and basically it would mean that the government of god alone you know is essentially not a void they don't really have any powers so that's probably what's going to happen and we've already heard as well. there's also the potential there will be extraordinary measures implemented as well in the region that what we very unclear what that actually means because once again everything at the moment here in spain seems to be incredibly confusing no one seems to be coming out with a straight answer about what they're going to do it sort of madrid is waiting to see what barcelona does barcelona is waiting to see what madrid does but of course we don't really have long to go now it is monday and we will be finding out on choose day. not wholly and his government react to kind of this is going to push the monks and what he decides to do whether it's to declare that independence or to do this a symbolic declaration of independence absolutely in tense times there in spain as we await that decision thank you very much for your reporting on it putting it all

into perspective for us pablo fully elliot's with the latest from the spanish capital mentor and. and we will have more on the catalonia crisis the impact that it's having on business in spain that's coming up a little bit later in the program with monica jones in the meantime we want to tell you that german chancellor angela merkel's ruling christian democratic party and its sister party the bavarian see as you say that they have found middle ground on their long running dispute over refugee policy the deal came after tough talks on sunday night the leaders say that they have agreed to try and keep the total number of refugee cases in germany. the number that they accept here in germany every year to around two hundred thousand in special circumstances the two hundred thousand figure could be exceeded there would be no change or limits on asylum laws for people claiming persecution on an individual basis including dissidents they could still apply for asylum just as before now this agreement it will see however the

rules for highly qualified migrants change party leaders say that laws for this group of migrants must reflect the changing needs of german employers well since the refugee crisis began back in two thousand and fifteen merkel said that she would not accept a cap on refugees speaking at a press conference a bit earlier merkel said that the deal is the result of careful consideration of a listen. i thought about the c.s.u. is concerned that the number of immigrants that germany accept should not exceed two hundred thousand per year. and how we can combine that with my own conviction that with the right to asylum as stated in the geneva refugee convention and e.u. law that every application must be processed we must guarantee that within this basic right there is no upper limit. ok let's talk

a little bit more about those limits now we can cross over to our political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by in our parliamentary studios in berlin i thomas german chancellor angela merkel has said time and time again that she is against a cap we seem to hear her reiterate if there is this deal with the c.s.u. is this being seen as a cap and is she therefore backing down. well it is probably being seen as a cop by members of the c.s.u. but certainly not by angela merkel in fact if you look at the agreement there is no mention of the word or by currency that's a german word for limits which has in fact described the whole problem between the cd you and the c s u in recent months and years and that's i mean that was very important for under merkel you could also say that it was very important for horses a hole for the head of the c s u to have that number the two hundred thousand that you mentioned there so from that perspective you can say that they managed to find

common ground but it's more of a sort of parameter that they're looking at it's not a fixed limit and as you mentioned as well it's something that could go that could be changed if necessary if the conditions in germany or the conditions internationally change and that number has to change as well given that it's not a fixed number that there is a bit of wiggle room here what does that mean for the coalition negotiations which are currently ongoing what does that mean for potentially the future government here in germany well it's important to state first and foremost that it was this was an internal discussion with between the c.d.u. and c.s.u. of the sister parties of the conservative bloc and after they reached that agreement now angela merkel and horst they hope for today in that press conference so that they were ready to launch the negotiations with the two minor parties the greens and the liberals and that's something that's going to start next week it's going to certainly going to be something very difficult sorry they have many many differences on a wide range of issues and one of those issues probably the most important issue is

is migration already the greens for example have said that they disagree with what the c.d.u. on the c.s.u. agreed yesterday and that's something that probably won't have a coalition agreement if they do manage to get that coalition agreement so this just shows how difficult things will be in the next few weeks when i'm going to call a whole. they hold off on the members of the other parties sit down at the same table and try and find wherever possible some sort of common ground and other words to be continued tom aspera with the very latest from our parliamentary studios in berlin thank you. for of get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the international committee of the red cross is set to drastically reduce its operations in afghanistan to a group said that it was forced to take the decision after attacks that have killed seven of its staff this year. in turkey a group of human rights activists could face up to fifteen years in jail after being charged by

a turkish prosecutor the director of amnesty international in turkey it'll as there is among them and so is a german human rights activist. now his case is further straining relations between germany and turkey with germany's foreign minister calling the accusations in comprehensible. on july fifth peter storrie dinner was among ten human rights activists detained by turkish police on the island of buca off the coast of his stumble the expert was taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international one topic was how to protect sensitive data from the authorities for turkish prosecutors a reason to charge the activists with belonging to and aiding terrorist groups. voice the evidence being put forward against our clients is not evidence that can lead to an arrest it's completely illegal and unlawful not just in regard to the

european human rights convention but also in regard to the turkish constitution. the indictment comes shortly after turkish foreign minister met was so lu told german news site spiegel online that he had asked the turkish justice and interior ministers to speed up the legal process german foreign ministers that mark gabriele called the charges a matter of great concern he said the demand for up to fifteen years in jail is completely and comprehensible and unacceptable to us gabriele says germany is doing all it can to bring story nor and other germans held in turkey back home for some analysis let's cross over to our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones who is standing by dorian we just heard my gabriele reiterating that germany appears to be doing all that it can to secure the release of these people who have been detained tell us a little bit more about german efforts to secure their release. whether germany has

been using a combination of diplomacy but also increasing pressure of the water of threats of possible economic sanctions have already been a number of trading restrictions that have been implemented and the threat of more but to be honest position of burden as with the why the european union and its ability to put pressure on turkey is limited because in the past the main purpose of main piece of leverage was the prospect of turkey finally joining the european union now no one believes that's going to happen any time soon if ever and also europe is also increasingly dependent on turkey for cooperation antiterrorism turkey seen as very important in that field and crucially also on controlling migration into the european union a deal that was harsh two year ago also that's been very effective in curtailing numbers and turkey's ongoing cooperation on this is seen as vital so the scope for germany as with the rest of europe to put real pressure on turkey is limited so

they're between a rock and a hard place here meantime we know that this is just one of numerous cases going through the turkish courts put it into perspective for us story and how many people are in jail at the moment and facing charges. well since the the failed coup last year there has been some president a crackdown there is currently well over sixty thousand people in jail on top of that we've seen ongoing purges from the civil service of wider society over one hundred fifty thousand and counting have also been removed from their jobs and there are there is no sign in no end in sight that in fact according to pro-government media a further twenty to thirty thousand people could be implicated in this ongoing crackdown facing a red all being removed from a job the government insists it is all about survival they say democracy is a state that basically and i'm president of threat which requires president it measures one of those unprecedented measures apparently a turkish employee of the u.s.

consulate in istanbul has also been arrested leading to tensions between ancora and washington as well what more can you tell us about that well that's right there is a major crisis now going on in the public has been the simmering tensions between her and washington for some time over the fact that on her fields washington is not doing enough to crack down on those they say were involved in the failed coup including the ringleader of the good lead who lives in the u.s. they say says he's behind it he denies that but they want him back washington says it needs proof now uncle has been arresting a number of officials who've worked at the u.s. most recently one last week he's accused of being a member of the good organization and he's facing terrorism charges the u.s. of hit back saying this is unacceptable and have now closed down these are facilities on kurds retaliated in a number as in a to move and calling for the u.s. to lift its restrictions we're in a crisis situation and it's starting to hit the financial markets heavy falls on

the currency and the stock market and business leaders are calling for a diplomatic resolution as soon as possible on course not in the mood saying it says washington has to back down. diane jones with the very latest from turkey thank you so much. you're up to date on news keep it here up next it is business with monica. make your store t.v. smarter t w force more. what you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide what's a.