this is student news live from berlin space prime minister once 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 pushed a puts a sign declaration on ice says he wants to talk with madrid first also coming up. in turkey court proceedings against german journalist mazola toulouse are underway she's being tried on terrorism related charges which her supporters say are baseless were in a stumble. and at least seventeen people are dead and more than one hundred fifty are missing as wildfires continue to ravage northern california people returning to their homes are in their neighborhoods completely reduced to ashes.

thanks very much for your company we want to begin the end spain where the standoff between madrid and barcelona has intensified after an extraordinary cabinet meeting space prime minister has demanded clarification from catalan leaders after they signed a declaration of it in the pens last night only to those suspended and asked 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 drama 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 caravan government confirm whether or not it is declared independence. and then field a couple on your. as the spanish government ponders its response many across the country on tapi about the prolonged uncertainty. is going on and how much longer is this going to go on it will be like this for weeks and then they'll be more drama i really don't understand. it i mean i believe that me it's the million dollar question of catalans don't have a clue on what the next step will be how my supposed. to the 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 the funny is that reporting from barcelona a 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 with dad not between madrid and barcelona as basically reached a new level then no reactions just yet here from barcelona ever what we have heard previously prior to the actual announcement that the approach day in madrid barcelona to spokesperson of the catalonia government said 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 they just started the food stuff that they are that they want this official statement from catalonia finally that 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 does that mean that the ball now is back in court now and do we expect him to make that the unequivocal declaration of independence. definitely because you kind of block a process for average 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 back here in the court here in barcelona back here at the square i am actually at the cut alone in 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 as of course who would do in the past week of this entire dramatic situation play out brothel say that this is a domestic issue and madrid and barcelona need to negotiate they need to come back come to terms of the situation but it's unlikely to happen as a savior back to basically square one in a deadlock are back to square one and for sure reporting from barcelona thank you. and i want to tell you 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 joint missions with japan and south korea over the sea of japan. kenyan police have fired tear gas at opposition protesters hundreds of people took part in demonstrations a day after the leader of the opposition were drew from a rerun of the presidential race and election held in august has been declared null and void by the country's supreme court which ordered a new vote to take place later this month. votes are being counted in liberia's landmark election the ballot could mark the first peaceful handover of power between elected governments in this west african country in over seven decades president ellen johnson sirleaf is stepping down after twelve years in office i'll was also the first round are expected within the next two weeks. hollywood producer harvey weinstein is facing new allegations of sexual harassment and assault the new

yorker magazine reports that thirteen women have now leveled similar claims against him including three who told the publication that he raped them a spokesman for weinstein denied the latest allegations. or you want to tell you now what's going on in turkey because a german journalist who is on trial there facing charges of belonging to a terrorist organization she's among dozens of journalists imprisoned in turkey following last year's failed coup and her case is one of many issues that have pushed by lateral relations between ancora and berlin to rock bottom. prison eighty kilometers west of istanbul this is where the trial of german journalist and translator mashallah tulu 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. the events which tulu 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 their milky p. lus 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 fair 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 that monitoring that story for us dorian what are you hearing coming out of the prison where this trial this taking place. well misawa tolo has been addressing the call she says the cheese been unfairly prosecuted only for translating for the news agency she was working for earlier in the day before the proceeding started supporters of the governor outside the prison but 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 these from evidence against her is unfounded and baseless charges and hope 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 are being detained 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 a france is 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 why did germany and on korea increasingly seeing germany as an enemy and in many ways that the different fates of the various foreign journalists is

a reflection all 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 dire metrically 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 whereas uncursed really 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 are breached in some way it's very difficult to see how any improvement in relations can happen one possible way is a possibly be could see the release of some german journalist who are being detained

or allowed to leave the country there is a hope that total could be granted to release from pretrial detention and possibly given travel documents or leave the country that could be seen as a gesture by on cross but on consists of the judiciary is independent and so does up to the courts and just thank you for your continued coverage and we shift our attention now to the u.s. where at least seventeen people are confirmed dead and dozens more are missing moving wildfires continue to sweep through california all the places 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 and napa valley and sonoma reduced to smoking ruins and for many returning residents all that's left of their homes is child rubble or.

to see what we've built and put in another place and now it's. reduced reduced to what you see here we're here trying to find what we can. or plan is to keep those things. when we rebuild. there we were meant to you know of. what we've lived through. flames were fanned 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. and one of the worst 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 all we used to do canning every summer and stuff and that's all gone and. and their whole their whole life you know whether their whole life is going. to some relief as they find their homes in tact. this leave my house. but others have been left with nothing but the fire is still raging across california say the number of dead and injured can only increase. in washington thanks for watching.