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this says it is a lie from berlin spain's prime minister wants clarification from catalonia but you know it tells catalan leaders he needs to know if they did or did not declare independence so he can decide what to do next this after the region's president puts a sign declaration on ice says he wants to talk with madrid first also coming up in turkey court proceedings against german journalist mashallah to get underway she's being tried and on terrorism charges were laid out that her supporters say are baseless we're in istanbul at least seventeen people are dead and more than one hundred fifty are missing as wildfires continue to ravage northern california people going back to their homes were turned to entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes.

thanks very much for your company. we want to start off in spain where the standoff between madrid and barcelona has intensified after an emergency cabinet meeting spain's prime minister has demanded clarification from catalan leaders after they signed a declaration of independence last night only to then suspend it and ask for crisis talks with madrid well this comes after months of mounting tensions and a referendum on independence that spain tried to block let's take a look at how the dramatic invent events unfolded would he or wouldn't he in the end collins pushed him or did a bit of both after declaring catalonia its right to independence he put the brakes on. we propose that the parliament suspend the effects of the declaration of independence so that in the coming weeks we undertake

a dialogue without this it is not possible to reach a solution. but madrid says those words are confusing it's demanded catalonia its leadership be more clear. the cabinet has agreed to formally request that the catalan government confirm whether or not it has declared independence. and then field a couple. as the spanish government ponders its response many across the country on tapi about the prolonged uncertainty. going on how much longer is this going to go on it will be like this for weeks and then there'll be more drama i really don't understand. and i believe it's the million dollar question of catalans don't have a clue on what the next step will be how my spouse and. your my opinion the whole of spain should vote and decide if we want catalonia to remain in spain or not

going to the know. there's little to indicate the standoff over catalonia its independence will end soon leaving people only able to guess what happens next. all right let's go straight to do. reporting from barcelona funny i want to move the story forward and talk to you about prime minister were boys a statement that he made a little earlier on the impression one gets is that nobody's ready to pull the trigger how has the prime minister always statement gone down where you are. right and also a lot of the situation is getting confusing basically by the hour this back and forth his dad like between madrid and barcelona has basically reached a new level and no reactions just yet here from barcelona after what we have heard previously prior to the actual announcement that the approach today in madrid barcelona to spokesperson of the catalonia government that if mother it triggers

article one hundred fifty five which would mean to dismiss the government here then right away the catalan government is going to declare a cut the india as a republic it has not happened yet because of course moderates did not say we're going to apply article one hundred fifty five the just start of the foo step that they are that they want this official statement from catalonia finally to catalonia says yes officially we declare catalonia to be an independent state as long as that does not happen the food the process to trigger article one hundred fifty five is also blocked this that mean that the ball now is back in court now and do we expect him to make that to unequivocal declaration of independence. definitely because you cannot block a process for ever in fact there is one week in which you really have to come to terms here so that this entire process to invoke article one hundred fifty five can

actually go on and move on so the definitely the ball is here back here in the court here in barcelona back here at the square i am actually at the cut alone and government but as i say so far we have not heard anything know what could happen of course that cuts alone yes yes you know very emergency situation calling for a mediation once again for international mediation which is very much on likely to happen of course who would during the past week of this entire dramatic situation play out brothel said that this is a domestic issue and madrid and barcelona need to negotiate they need to come back to terms of the situation but it's all likely to happen as a savior back to basically square one we are in a deadlock all right back to square one and for sure reporting from barcelona thank you and we want to shift our attention to turkey now were a german journalist mashallah to leue is on trial facing charges of belonging to a terrorist organization she's among dozens of journalists imprisoned in turkey

following last year's failed coup attempt and her case is one of many issues that have pushed by a lot of the relations between ancora and berlin to rock bottom. syllabary prison eighty kilometers west of istanbul this is where the trial of german journalist and translate to michelle is taking place serious charges have been brought against her and a group of seventeen others membership of an extreme left terrorist organization and involvement in terrorist propaganda according to toulouse lawyers she faces up to twenty years in jail. the evidence is very thin it seems very constructed. and it looks questionable as to whether what she's accused of are even crimes as they refer to appearances at public events that were not. in if. the events which tool who appeared were organized by the extreme left group the m.l.k. p. which is designated as a terrorist group in turkey a secret witness has also said that to lou had been actively helping them will keep

the toulouse father believes that the charges against his daughter will crumble before the court. i believe that the court will free my daughter and the other accused as well i have a feeling that there's a sixty to seventy percent chance. observers however don't feel of a fear constitutional trial they fear that as a german to lou could be used as a bargaining chip by ankara against the german government. and i do have a correspondent dorian jones is monitoring that story for us dorian what are you hearing coming out of the prison where this trial this taking place almost all kolo has been addressing the call she says she's been unfairly prosecuted only for translating for the news agency she was working for earlier in the day before the proceedings started her supporters all of the garbage outside

the prison an attempt to read out a statement was stopped by the turkish police and security forces very heavy presence outside the prison but her father did make a statement saying that these things this evidence against her is unfounded and baseless charges and they would be dismissed now let's talk about some of the other detained foreign journalists which have been released without trial since the coup attempt what criteria are the authorities using to decide who is released in who stays in prison. well that is a big question and it's very opaque this whole legal processes are unclear why the courts to release some journalists or allowed for especially foreign journalists to leave the country. the notably the two french journalists who have been to taint of they were released and allowed to leave the country even though the case was still going on against them is widely seen as the increasingly they are being seen as

bargaining chips these detentions the french president has been lobbying very hard on behalf of the tame french journalists speaking to the president reportedly every ten days or so and it's also seen of france's far more cautious in its criticism in comparison to berlin over the turkey's regime but it is very much seen as a center of opposition many dissident journalists are based now in berlin and wider germany and encourage increasingly seeing germany as an enemy and in many ways that the different fates of the various foreign journalists is a reflection of the different relationships ancora has with its european partners and increasingly they are seen as bargaining chips and on cristina's trying to play one european country against another all right well let's talk a little bit about the turkish government is saying that it hopes to mend relations with the germany. take into consideration what you've been reporting what are the chances that will see any kind of reconciliation between these two countries any time soon. well it's very difficult to see reconciliation because the two

countries have very diametrically opposed views on what's going on germany's been very critical of the ongoing crackdown in this country is in granting increasing asylum to many turks who have left the country. strongly defending the crackdown saying it's an existential threat it's facing and it's about the future of democracy and until these two different views of breached in some way it's very difficult to see how any improvement in relations can happen possible ways of possibly be could see the release of some german journalist who are being detained who are allowed to leave the country there is a hope that could be granted release from pretrial detention and possibly given travel documents or leave the country that could be seen as a gesture by but i'm consists of the judiciary is independent and said is up to the courts. thank you for your continued coverage. and we want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. bombers have flown over the korean peninsula in

a show of force after months of escalating tensions centered on north korea's nuclear and missile programs the u.s. also flew joined missions which upin as south korea over the sea of japan. hollywood producer harvey weinstein is facing new accusations of sexual harassment and assault the new yorker magazine reports that thirteen women have now leveled similar claims against him including three we're told the publication that he raped them a spokesman for weinstein meanwhile denied the latest allegations. the frankfurt book fair the world's largest as they kicked off today in the german financial capital and ahead of the grand opening french president emmanuel mccall got a private tour with german chancellor angela merkel france is headlining this year's book fair in frankfurt.

and we want to take you to do you know us now where at least seventeen people are confirmed dead and dozens more are missing as fast moving wildfires continue to sweep through california all the blazes have destroyed more than two thousand homes and businesses and hundreds of additional firefighters have been sent in from other states to help battle the flames. the wildfires ravaging northern california leaving a landscape of destruction in their wake hotels schools and some of the most prestigious wineries the napa valley and sonoma reduced to smoking ruins and for many returning residents all that's left of their homes is charred rubble or. to see what we've built and put into the place and now it's. reduced reduced to what you see here we're here trying to find what we can so. our plan is

to keep those things and when we rebuild. they'll be. what we've lived through. flames were found across the arab landscape by powerful winds after breaking out on sunday seventeen separate wildfires blazed in california among the deadliest in the state's history. and the ferocity of the fire has forced thousands to flee. in one of the west affected towns santa rosa returning evacuees are finding entire districts razed to the ground. the lives of families and friends shouted. it was super cute little house she actually had a dance studio in the garage that she taught ballet and so that's garden and always to do canning every summer and stuff and that's all gone and. and their whole their whole life you know their their whole life is gone. there is relief as they find

their homes and tucked. feeling bad to leave my house. but others have been left with nothing but the fires still raging across california authorities say the number of dead and injured can only increase. or we still have a lot more to tell you about here's we're still ahead. in a world cup qualifying joyous scenes in argentina after their side sneak through and we will find out how the usa crashed out in a dramatic night of international soccer. but first trade talks with marco with me in person well it's actually kind of this prime minister just a dream is headed for washington for the fourth round of talks to revamp the north

american trade pact today his visit comes as u.s. president or the drums again signals the deal is doomed he wants to bring back production to the added states but many businesses warn that terminating the agreement would be bad for all involved. renegotiating nafta isn't easy that steve being the u.s. president sought out allies the stanley cup winning ice hockey team the pittsburgh penguins were guests at the white house he jokingly urged the club owners to jump onto the nafta bandwagon i really mean that if you want to get involved in negotiating nafta i like it because we're renegotiating nafta ron. because he may not like that because maybe he's on the other side that's what's happening that's why it's so hard to redo these trade deals because there's so many other but you know out of the other side of nafta. in the mexican senate the foreign minister made it clear that his government is not in

a joking mood when it comes to the agreement. that we can't allow the free trade agreement to stop being for free traders if red tape restrictions administration tariffs and barriers are introduced this defeats the purpose of the agreement that doesn't suit mexico we have to be prepared to say no mexico is bigger than nafta. an agreement that took twenty years to negotiate is hard to renegotiate but mexico would be willing to try still mexican negotiators want to avoid the new tariffs that trump suggested to prevent companies from leaving mexico for the u.s. not many support trumps position even the powerful american lobbying organization the u.s. chamber of commerce is turning its back. we've been patient headed. let me right now be forceful and direct there are several several poison.

proposal still on the table that could do on this entire deal and that could mean trouble for the economy canada the usa and mexico are each other's most important trading partners and for many companies there is no plan b. the nafta agreement is vital for their survival. or shares in john us great wall motor shot up by nearly twenty percent in hong kong on wednesday rumors swirled that it was about to enter a joint venture with germany's b.m.w. why the companies are commenting b.m.w. already makes cars in china through its joint venture with brilliance china automotive holdings heavy pollution has forced beijing to loosen rules for joint ventures with foreign companies in the hopes of quickly phasing in electric and hybrid engine technology b.m.w. announced an electric car offensive just last month here in germany. well that

sounds like an interesting new business deal between two big companies and their do my lown our market correspondent in frankfurt can possibly shed some more light on this so those b.m.w. china room anything else that you could tell us about that. interesting story indeed monica if a little light on details and as you said there isn't any confirmation yet but the deal with center around building a new assembly plant in the city of chiang shu now while we obviously don't know yet what kind of cars would be built we can almost all we can speculate that it's almost certain to be hybrid or electric cars in keeping with the ambitious targets that china has set china of course has called for one fifth of all cars on the road in china to run on alternative fuel and of course foreign carmakers will also have to comply with new rules that have the manufacturing new fuel cars if they want to keep selling traditional ones and for b.m.w. this would be a move that makes a lot of sense it's already seen

a lot of profit from its tie up with brilliant selling components and techs and the tech into the venture and of course china is the world's largest car maker car market and it's also creating the biggest demand for electric vehicles chinese consumers are said to snap up three hundred thousand electric vehicles this year that's three times the number of forecasts for the united states and more than the rest of the world combined exactly did these acquired some interesting facts of their own from the from good stock exchange thank you so much and. so we just heard what german carmakers are doing in china here in germany they are offering cash incentives for scrapping diesels and buying new vehicles that pollute less now that sounds like it would be good for the environment but is it well we took a closer look. another opal bites the dust. on average an opel is on the road for eighteen years before it scrapped other makes of cars even

more robust. but car manufacturers in germany are offering cash incentives to people who want to scrap the old diesels and buy new cars that pollute less there are more than six million candidates for this special treatment. economist henning fitz has published a study on incentives to scrap old cars if we scrap cars it could run for quite a while longer we invest so many resources in these products that it makes no sense to just throw them away. because institute has worked out that two thirds of the natural resources that go into an average compact car are used for its manufacture the remaining third maybe fuel is consumed while driving it. over its average lifespan that adds up to nearly thirty five tons of resources for a car that weighs just one and a half tons the largest single item is energy followed by metal.

with yet people here are concerned about the level of pollution where they live the resources we used to make and run a car come from all over the world but that doesn't interest them so much nonetheless over the long term it's much more important to conserve those resources now. the auto industry rarely talks about all the resources it consumes germany's automotive industry association the vdare would rather point out how the latest models pollute the air less than older ones incentives to scrap old cars maybe good business for scrap merchants but decommissioning aging diesels before that time seems like a waste of precious and finite natural resources. dubai based airline emirates. is ready to cooperate with rival eighty hot that according to its president tim clark for years now the two airlines which are based in the united arab emirates of competed to become global leaders the head of emirates says that

the line may now be willing to work with rival eighty has in many areas including procurement but he has ruled out an actual merger for now while adding that any corporation is subject to board approval the gulf could be reviewing their strategies to overcapacity security concerns and a fall in regional trucks. well everyone likes the underdog especially when the underdog emerges as the winner and i only saw. back so much monica because soccer now and world cup qualifying where. there was a huge shock last night with the united states crashing out after a two one defeat in trinidad and tobago it's the very first time that the usa have missed out since one nine hundred eighty six and means that panama have reached their first finals while there was better news for serving argentina as they reach the next june and realize world cup in russia thanks to who owsley you know messi

scoring a hat trick in a three one win in ecuador here's sir the man of the moment talking about their success. we deserved to qualify before in previous matches both against venezuela and peru i think we deserved a little more we could have well knows games we fell into this mess ourselves we make things complicated and then to come here is not easy because that means coming to play at high altitude and we also started off going behind so quickly. are all the squire for many sports the desk joins me now to talk more about this penultimate bout of world cup qualifying only here messi going to the rescue yeah it's messy without messi it always has been with argentina going into this game they were under so much pressure not just as a team not just in the standings but the whole nation was biting his nails collectively they were one nil down after one minute in kyoto games i think is the message comes up with the goods they scrape their way and that's good news after

all they are the world cup winners up a world cup without argentina is simply unimaginable so good job all messi bad news is though that chile the south american champions value of the guys who are not going to be the world cup so we won't be seeing alexis sanchez we won't be seeing arturo vidal but we will be seeing messi in our at they'll make up for a lot. and turning to the usa now what a shocker yeah got it yeah for a nation that loves t.v. they get to watch the world cup from from their television sets this is a big shock. confidential federation which they play for north and central america is the easiest one to qualify if you have a half decent team and the us to have a good team they go plays like politike he's a star player in the bundesliga they and mexico always make the world cup this time they haven't had to panama the national day of holiday leg of the president's gone well done everybody let's have a day off for the u.s. it's a lot of soul searching they've got a bounce back they have to bounce back from this and bruce arena the american coach

is saying we haven't done anything wrong well bruce i hate to correct you. you have but we're very happy for panama city very happy because of a very arrogant let's turn to european qualification personally heartbroken you're on. portugal i think that and for nathan intermediating yes for the dutch this was right it was on the wall they didn't make the european championship two thousand and sixteen the big massive play is the zs the snyders and co the van de france they're no longer in the national team just the robot here and he's now it's ounces or time went off to ninety six games and thirty seven goals what the dutch state to do they need to invest once again in young talent and they need a foreign coach you can't just keep going to advocate vanguard fund boston the whole it's. a fix which is fundamentally broken bring somebody new and make a reboot and maybe that will get us fall back on track the french did well and the portuguese did well spare a fall for switzerland they lost to portugal and that was the only points they dropped ten qualifying games they finished second with twenty seven points that

would have won you the group in any of the group they have to go to a playoff or an alto and the european champions portugal they're in the game going to get on them who's your money on i know it's really really early days because your money on germany is the world champions i'm going to keep them on the radar but i would say keep the big big for france said paul 0. greece because shelby the list is endless that if they gel right time right place they will be world champions operative word if they challenge is france has a baby everything. is just great read. family four i let you go on to remind you of our main headlines right now. spain's prime minister has demanded clarification from cattle our leaders that's after they the clarity in the penrose but then said they wanted crisis talks with madrid are going to cimarron of money in your voice we iterated his willingness to impose direct rule on catalonia to end the crisis

and at least seventeen people are dead and more than one hundred fifty missing and wildfires that have ravaged northern california's wine country entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ashes as thousands are made homeless. all have all of us here. thanks so much for spending this part of your day with us i'll be back at the top of the hour.

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