that was our innovations magazine for. every week and always looking to the future for d w dot com science and research for asia. this is g.w. news a lot of problems are land could be cattle and 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 in the conflict is showing any signs of backing down.

also coming up german chancellor angela merkel announces a starting date for coalition talks that is after her c.d.u. and it's been very and sister party reach a compromise on refugee policy and issue that had divided her conservative bloc. 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 the high as vowed that his government will not allow the region to breakaway spain he says will not be divided this comes as opponents of independence staged their biggest protest to date organizers say the nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police put the number at one hundred. and fifty thousand the protesters called for an end to the

country's worst political crisis in decades. well that sound off looks set to come to a head when catalan leader charles pushed him on outlines his government's plans in a speech to the region farmer parliament on tuesday joining us now for more on that . very unfunny for char who has the latest from barcelona so funny you know what is the mood there and it doesn't seem likely that indeed independence will be declared . people are very cut to lonely are very much split over the question of what should happen tomorrow one part of the population the part that actually went to cast a ballot last week on sunday say of course independence must be declared of course the promises must be kept and the other half says no this is not good for spain spain must be united when it comes to government itself we have heard a lot of mixed and conflicting voices today the lasting what your food so far is

that the coordinating the government what president put huge amount of catalonia is going to do on tuesday is to talk about how to move forward from here so as you can hear that independence it wasn't huge this time but to answer that question what really happens tomorrow we won't be able to really say one hundred percent before to morrow at six p.m. the president put it demand is going to convene here in a problem in three session and make a statement nevertheless we know the madrid is preparing what could be reaction given the possible outcomes. if you look at the spanish constitution at the spanish constitution that of course a few legal tools that could be applied and prime minister other it made it clear over and over again that he will definitely apply it as a legal measures that he can to make sure that spain remains spain as he sat while could be to apply or to invoke article one hundred fifty five debt would make it

possible for the central government in madrid to dismiss the government here in catalonia to actually also file charges against the politicians who are pushing here for independence so there are many illegal ways to trying to prevent independence from actually taking into a fact or even trying to prevent that independence is being the cleared as the core of the constitutional court has done last week by saying that the parliamentary session which was set actually for today here that this session is suspended so now . the parliamentary session recalled vienna tomorrow without talking about the independence but saying that the parliament is going to talk about the current political situation which of course is a bit more safe for the parliament to say in order to prevent the constitutional court steps in again and suspends this parliament recession interesting that they're avoiding that word independence they're funny just generally speaking what is the mood there in barcelona i mean of course we've saw scenes of protest this

weekend. right i mean protests have been both a pro and anti independence that you have seen over the course of cost speak but let me just tell you i've been just speaking to the heart of the pro civic platform the pro interventions platform here in barcelona right here they are some are not at the land and the person at the had of the organization told me that they are pretty confident president pushed him out is going to declare independence tomorrow and they have already actually prepared to banner that says all i see. so they are actually looking forward that he will declare a republic tomorrow they are very confident this is going to happen. funny fish are with the very latest from barcelona thank you. and germany chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats and their conservative allies the bavarian c.s.u. have found middle ground in their long running dispute over migration policy the

compromise came after tough negotiations on sunday night it allows the conservatives to present a unified front as they move ahead with talks to form a new governing coalition. it's the end of a long fight between the c.d.u. and their sister party the c.s.u. chancellor merkel and haw city hall for seem satisfied after a long night of negotiations they have achieved a compromise on migration policy. it was important to me to ensure a process that conforms with the rule of law for every asylum applicant in germany the c.d.u. and see as you parties have a unified stance on this issue with this position we can now go ahead with exploratory talks. with the. cap on my groundswell as one of the core demands of the c.s.u. party in fact the agreement sees an upper limit of two hundred thousand migrants

per year but the german parliament can adjust this number in cases of humanitarian crises. for the fortress but the guest improvement is that the german buddhist talk will be in charge of deciding in such scenarios this is the right platform not some t.v. talk show parliament will decide if these basic principles should be changed or not means you're on the principia in the in the modified it was in. both parties also agreed on installing decision making and repatriation centers migrants have to remain there during the time their application for asylum is being processed and integration act enables immigrants to be included in the job market no job is to remain unfilled due to a lack of qualified employees this agreement is a major breakthrough following two years of internal debate and a prerequisite for exploratory talks as early as next week the two sister parties

will meet their potential coalition partners and then the migration agreement will be back on the negotiating table. 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 hi 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 sea the you and the sea as you in recent months and years and that's i mean that

was very important for 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 there 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 their 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 horse a horse and the members of the other party sit down at the same table and try and find wherever possible some sort of common ground in other words to be continued tom aspera with the very latest from our parliamentary studios in berlin thank you . let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world a turkish prosecutor has demanded jail sentences of up to fifteen years for a group of human rights activists including german citizen. now they have been

charged with terrorism offenses destroy them for his part was detained while taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international and covered topics such as how to protect sensitive data from the authorities. turkey has reduced visa services at its mission in the united states in retaliation for a similar move by washington the us saw one of its consular officials arrested in turkey last week and says that it will reassess the security of its personnel in the country local media are reporting that turkish authorities today detained the wife and the son of another u.s. consulate staff member. several hundred opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the kenyan capital nairobi there were reports of shots being fired as the protesters marched to the headquarters of the country's election board they were demanding electoral reforms ahead of a rerun of the presidential election later this month. an international committee

of the red cross is set to drastically reduce its operations in afghanistan the aid group said that it was forced to take the decision after attacks that have killed seven of the staff this year. at least twelve people are dead and many more missing after a boat carrying row hinge a refugee is capsized near the coast of bangladesh the victims were attempting to flee the ongoing government crackdown in myanmar hundreds of thousands have managed to make it into bangladesh but authorities there are struggling to cope with the scale of the refugee crisis. from above the scale of the room hinge a refugee crisis is jolting and. thousands of makeshift tents and shacks lined the camp in bangladesh more than half a million real hinge of fleeing violence in myanmar have set up camp here. on the ground the situation is desperate long queues for food have become

commonplace even with aid agencies handing out provisions some of the routine just say they're living on one meal a day. local volunteer groups are helping to meet the growing demand. we as a group are very happy that coming from a small place we could collect and give out food to these hungry people if they stay here for a longer time we will send another team to bring aid to. them. the number of neural shows no sign of slowing down in cramped conditions with no clean water or sanitation aide workers one it's only a matter of time before disease breaks out. the experiences that we have seen in the past you know all the such crises moments that when people are such a place there is always the speed of having color. doses of an oral color

a vaccine have already arrived in cox's bazar what will be one of unicef's largest cholera drives. but with persistent bad weather and more arrivals the organization is working against the odds the un has called for an end to the crisis but so far no action has been taken against the myanmar army whose actions have led to the mass exodus of the room. one of hollywood's most famous and most powerful producers harvey weinstein has been fired from his production company following allegations of sexual harassment the oscar winning producer of movies such as shakespeare in love and the king's speech is accused of sexually harassing female employees and actually says over and number of years weinstein issued a written statement that acknowledged causing quote a lot of pain. while on a lighter note time now for some soccer news on egypt have booked

a ticket to the world cup finals for the first time in twenty eight years i last minute goal by muhammad sala sealed a win over congo and top spot in group this was how the result went down and cairo have left the road scenes of jubilation because egypt has only played out two world cups before back in one thousand thirty four and one nine hundred ninety two as the second african country after nigeria to qualify for the twenty eight hundred twenty meant in russia. today it's about a. state by state. colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. at any time.