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this is d w news live from ballet and it is the moment of decision than catalonia has been for independence the cuts on president is due to address the spanish regions all of us in the next hour or so and address that many hope over fear but include a declaration of independence so will he or won't say we'll take you there live also on the program. fast moving wildfires devastate california wine country having at least ten of bossing around twenty thousand residents and hospital patients to flee. manual macro bring some french oxen to the front but book fast which this yes but much francophone literature france's president will join germany's chancellor in opening event in the next few minutes.

i felt a welcome to the program catalonia as president colors proved tomorrow is due to address the region's parliament in the next hour or so there is speculation that he is about to trigger the next phase in spain separatist crisis by declaring independence that of course is despite intense pressure from the spanish government so will he or won't they don't matter sent this from the regions capital barcelona this room the planetary assembly of the catalan parliament may be about to go down in history if catalonia as leader declares independence. the pressure from within his own coalition government to part with spain is huge this lawmaker from the far left says the government has no other choice but to declare independence. we learned the dark. well i think that we will not do what majority people here in catalonia wants us to do and is the reason because we were elected in two

thousand and fifteen so i think that we must do what citizens ask us to do but the catalan opposition maintains the referendum was illegal and a unilateral declaration could mean madrid would impose direct rule. is it possible that tomorrow independence will be cleared in the parliament it's possible will this change anything nothing because spanish law simply doesn't allow a separation from. marco hold it correspond. but it would deepen the political crisis the scenario everyone threats particularly in the regions tourism sector recent opinion polls indicate catalans are split on independence. i mean i don't think the government of qatar really is going to make it right now for both governments when we relationship. they just want to make nice and they're doing it it has to happen to us first that's possible and we need in the been there is now

because spying at spain is being so mean to us so we need we need it right now let's see who is the first to do the first move and i think no one is going to move pro independence associations already called on supporters to come and celebrate outside the regional parliament. if the catalan leader doesn't declare independence here in this room if he steps away from the brink the government in madrid has two options declare victory on their part and escalate the situation or start a dialogue with barcelona. a report from gail good masters who joins us now from a catholic news public building in the boston are welcome to go tell us what's happening. extremely tight security here outside in the route the parliament basically the entire council in parliament has been sealed off from the public the reason given is that the lawmakers here should

not be influenced in any form with a pro independence protesters gathering outside that apparently first so it's basically located in a park you have helicopters in the air and here at the parliament right behind me you still have the cattle on and the spanish flag flying on top of the building and lawmakers are slowly but surely arriving a lot of media coverage i just came back from outside the building a very tense situation there with a lot of people really packed and everybody's waiting if this will be a historic day today or if this will be the beginning of a deep deep political crisis and we're just watching live pictures of as you were speaking we just saw a collar supposed to vote going into the building what do you think we can expect then will he declare independence. a very difficult question i mean there's pressure from the streets the pressure from within his own coalition government is is enormous to do so of course he and

his government will be aware of the potential threat such a step could kerry with the spender state imposing article on route fifty five suspending out on a meat of this region which could then ask allayed into violence and i think that is something that will take into account there is a theory of political experts who have said in order not to disappoint his supporters the president will today's of the cattle leader will today declares some sort of independence independence lights if you want but not as a kind of unilateral declaration that illegally would force madrid's to take action . now we have seen demonstrators for a united spain across the weekend believe pro independence demonstrators are making something of a comeback. they have indeed it's been really been an interesting development over the last couple of days i have hardly seen any pro independence supporters but today when i came here to the fall i'm and there were

up to some fifty farmers with their trucks basically already plucking the streets and people told me this there will be an enormous show of of solidarity with the catalan leader people in fact told me they hope to celebrate independence today they hope to celebrate and historic day for catalonia. matterson barcelona thank you and those pictures you are seeing that were indeed alive so we know that the colors proved more is in the building he's june to give that address in the next hour or so d.w. will carry that live let's look at what else is going on now and the world at least eleven people have been killed in delta pull wildfire sweeping through northern california the fires are concentrated in one of the u.s. states maine wine growing regions with sonoma and napa county is amongst the worst hit some of the country's most prized vineyards have been destroyed firefighters say their main job now is to save lives rather than protect property. a state of

emergency is in force in california's famous wine country centered on the napa valley and sonoma and juba counties hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed is the wildfires ripped through the region at least twenty thousand people have been evacuated many ordered by the authorities to leave for their own safety firefighters say their focus is on saving lives rather than putting out the fires. to my blinds i just saw flames all up on the hill behind my house so of course the poor victims still shaking. when they were screaming fire fire fire get out get out so that's when i called my neighbors were all together some of the one country's most opulent homes and celebrated wineries been razed to the ground this man was lucky. all ridge over there was just glowing red headed this way. the fire moved very fast i mean the wind was blowing forty miles an hour so it was

going up past you know we were very very very. like but over south. the hilton sonoma wine country hotel is among the businesses destroyed by the fire as the complex left the smoldering ruins along with a nearby mobile home park. never said obama. nothing happened you know all these homeless people calling us want to know when they can get back into the homes and now here. comes the. high winds are fanning the flames thick smoke from sonoma has reached the city of san francisco sixty miles away and the fires are still burning. now to some of the other stories making news around the world kenyan opposition leader rather has withdrawn from a fresh presidential election slated for the twenty sixth of october he said there

was an electoral. fail to make necessary reforms this month's election is a rerun after kenya's supreme court you know and know the presidential ballots from august because of irregularities. liberians are voting in myanmar presidential elections today the ballot could mark the west african countries first peaceful handover of power between the elected governments for more than seventeen years as president ellen johnson sirleaf steps down after twelve years in office that prime minister mark has presented his new center right coalitions plans for the government a four way coalition of reached a deal after a record two hundred days of negotiations the longest in the netherlands since world war two priorities include cutting corporate tax rates and tightening immigration rules. and french president emmanuel macro on german chancellor angela merkel are set to open the frankfurt to book fair which that this year focuses on literature from france earlier today president macro renewed his call for

a new vision for the european union he spoke during a public debate in frankfurt and said there to your of needed to agree on a roadmap for the future that includes political social and economic reforms t w correspondent five in father mark is there i welcome fabienne how was president to macro his vision for europe received. well there were a few hundred students and they certainly liked what they heard there was a warm welcome for him there was a lot of applause they listened very carefully for the strengthening a few up integration in the future of culture science universities but also security defends that is something where the students certainly went along with my call and and as one student told me that it's maybe even more important cause it's not just about what he says but also how he says his enthusiasm when he speaks

about europe that is something that clearly hit the nerve here in frankfurt. on his reforms likely to get the support of chancellor merkel well she will speak in about twenty minutes and also my call will speak a bit behind me a few meters in the ceremony hall where we can enter at the moment but certainly angle america will stress again that this big accordance between what my call suggests and what what she believes is necessary in detail as she probably won't go others did that for example the finance minister sharply he sort of rejected the idea of a eurozone budget that my call has suggested in his speech at the salt one and in paris and interesting lee enough today my call said well this budget is not that important and he now wants to speak about his vision he wants to debate this vision he wants to speak about the goals for europe and not about the instruments that

would be a step later emmanuel macross only been in power five months but people are already talking about a shift of european power from berlin to paris briefly is there any evidence of that. well it appears a little bit like that of course my call with all his ideas and merrily with the bad election result in the back and difficult coalition talks but then again the germs are quite happy to have the strong france at the side and many believe that the combination of this charismatic visionary might call and the experienced realist miracle is a dream team for the german franco axis and also for europe so well they're happy to be a fundamental in frankfurt thank you all the football in the next years the world cup in russia has already made history it will feature the smallest the country by population to ever make it to the tournament to the tournament and that is the team

from iceland a country of a population of three hundred thirty thousand leading that now famous. it's something you'll see a lot next summer in russia iceland top their qualifying group to be to because of last night. on icelandic presenter proudly announced the historic achievement wearing a national team jersey. goes by girl feel sigurdsson and johan good months and sealed the two nil victory over kosovo to set the party going in the icelandic capital reykjavik after the match the country's president captured the mood in typical icelandic modesty. that the rain starts just pride and joy come to mind this is one of the biggest moments of the sport's history of iceland we're a small nation but we use that as a strength. congratulations iceland. the

victorious players gathered with fans in downtown reykjavik to celebrate through the night. now the icelandic thunderclap made famous at the european championships will be heading for russia twenty eight. ahead of the u.s. environmental protection agency has confirmed that the united states a plans to withdraw from climate change regulations put in place during the a bomb administration scott pruitt said he would today begin the procedure to withdraw from the clean power plan which aims to limit limit carbon emissions from coal fired power plants mr pruitt like president trump rejects the scientific consensus that manmade emissions are the primary driver of climate change that's it you're up to date and we'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site that's t w dot com of the day.