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this is d w news live from badlands violence prime minister gives catalonia at deadline council on leaders now have five days to state clearly whether they have declared independence not be on a roll hall of also warned of consequences if catalonia does not follow the rule of law will take you to madrid i'm fos alone for reaction also on the program. the german journalist appears in court in turkey proceedings against mashallah tolo begun today she's facing terror related charges which she says all groundless. i'm phil gale welcome to the program the spanish government has given catalonia until monday to state an ambiguous lake where the. it has declared independence

from the rest of spain prime minister mariano rajoy told of the country's parliament that madrid could impose direct rule over catalonia if the region broke away it was sharply critical of the recent catalan independence referendum describing it as illegal and undemocratic mr rouhani also rejected offers an international mediation here's part of his fate in which the prime minister discusses catalans regional president. in his man hands he has a possibility to return to the rule of law to legality and institutional normality as everybody wishes or to continue this period of confusion and upheaval that is affecting catalonia in the rest of the country you know this and the response of the government will depend on his steps. let's get more from correspondents all over salads and martin robertson paslode madrid martin roberts in the madrid will start with here now there is an ultimatum which looks like

a significant escalation from the spanish prime minister well it's a first step and actually according to some reports has in fact until. tomorrow because as well as the five days. clock starts ticking there seventy two hours grace but even then the story doesn't necessarily end because after the. case with the senate or not although it's often described as a nuclear option it's not a simple question so that next thursday yes. and after that he has to take it to the senate again this you know this thing could play out for the rest of the season and what's behind this escalation. well the hollywood cites simply the rule of law i mean he's resigned but you know did you declare independence yesterday or did. you not really what exactly is

happening here. if you know you've done something that's tantamount in his words to tearing the constitution well then the constitution has gone on which provides for it actually is it you know he said no but. so yes i mean that alone happens and as i said earlier that's the state on the other hand he has thrown as a carrot which is he saying that he's actually willing to hold talks on anything in the past lois or so where does this leave the cattle and the leadership and in particular. will push them on is finding himself under increasing pressure you know from all sides really about hoya simply asks him right now what was it that you just said there yesterday what was it that you just declared and that is asked by many questions by many people here on the streets of catalonia as well who do not understand if catalonia declared independence or if they are going to do so now

a catalyst put them on the president of the region alone is getting pressure not only from the government in madrid who already said if you declared or it will be clear and confirm now within that deadline of five days independence of catalonia then he will trigger article one hundred fifty five and that means that call is put him on will you lose his job as a president of catalonia and it would also mean the end of the government itself and the loss of the regional autonomy here in this in the state of catalonia and he's also receiving pressure from his coalition partners the far left see you peapod he today also announced that if within one month's catalonia will not declare independence as a result of the referendum held last sunday then they would step down as well and then that would be an end to the government again so it looks like a one way road and many people are asking themselves right now if this is just a poker game and kind of put them on slowly realizing that he has he doesn't have

the best set of fent cards in his hand amounts of rope a say in madrid what does if one of the whole is painting himself into a corner. well i mean a how do you could say that about pushed around as well as. nothing that people think about her even point it in front of the constitution i mean it remains to be same worker activating. fifty five would actually be enforceable in which case he may be granted. but again as far as he's concerned i mean yes of course the international community europe us some previous bearcats seems to be coming down santa brought her. constitution. but from that point of view he's got a watertight case on the other hand where it's politically expedient. to be sent a letter of a say in madrid all of a salahadin bosler thank you. to turkey now where

a german journalist is on trial who are facing charges of belonging to a terror organization mashallah told one of dozens of journalists being held in turkish prisons following last year's failed coup case is one of many issues causing a phrase in relations between ankara and ballen. 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 or 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 them. to lose 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 tulu could be used as a bargaining chip by ankara against the german government. sponsored dorian jones a. door in the trials taking place in a courthouse at a prison complex what are you hearing. well it's been a very busy day. always one of eighteen of the defendants in this collective case

she's been addressing the court she says that she's only been accused of what she did as a translator she says the case is unfounded before the case even started supporters of two have gathered outside the prison but before they could make a statement the police intervened but her father did intervene did speak ahead of that to a protest and said that these came the evidence against her is totally unfounded that is the view of most international journalists organizations have been monitoring this and all of human rights organizations they say there's little or no evidence to justify even the case coming to court but what we do understand it is court case is moving very fast and possibly they could be a decision sometime late tonight or early tomorrow morning or some foreign journalists have already been released without trial since the coup attempt how are authors is deciding who was released and who stays in jail. well it's very much it appears to be a very unclear pape process many people are accusing the derby's justice system

since a failed coup becoming increasingly arbitrary more directed by political decisions rather than legal ones that is an accusation strongly denied by the government but it does appear as you say that there have been a number of journalists released most notably french journalists two french journalists and with detained in charge of the similar charges to they were allowed to leave the country even though the case was still going mom and many people say that it's because of the action of the french president marc who is being regular contact with the turkish prison he has built up somewhat of a. between them creaking nearly every ten days and it seems that softly softly approach has paid dividends in stark contrast to there which is taking a very robust stance against turkey and it's a deteriorating human rights record and in many ways burning the scene is the center of opposition turkish opposition to the government and that is leading to a growing concerns that those detained eleven also germans detained are increasingly bargaining chips rather than anything to do the justice system

turkey's government says it wants to repair relations with germany is there much chance of that well that is a feeding him at the turkish government in trying to play down all the angry and strong criticism coming from but in this all to do with election politics now the election is over a new government is in the offing there is saying that there will be business as usual but i think that is a very optimistic scenario because the two countries do have completely diametric views about what's going on in turkey burnin is concrete lee voicing concern of the reading human rights situation an ongoing crackdown they see this is more of a power grab than anything to do with defending democracy the government says this is about democracy itself they defend the against the ongoing threat posed by those who try to carry out a coup last year and until it somehow find a bridge between those two differences it's very hard to see how any progress can be made or insurance in istanbul found here. now to some of the other stories making news around the world three suicide bombers attacked

a police headquarters in the syrian capital damascus two were confronted by guards before the third detonated his device syrian state media say the explosion killed two people and wounded several more. kenyan police to fire tear gas at hundreds of opposition protesters a day after opposition leader while a dinka withdrew from a rerun of the presidential election the country's supremes called an overreach the results of august election and ordered a new vote for later this month. georgina chapman the wife of hollywood producer harvey weinstein has left him following fresh accusations that he sexually harassed under salted a number of women the new yorker magazine reported that thirteen women have leveled allegations against him including three who said he'd break a spokesman for weinstein denied the allegation. to the united states where california is battling huge wildfires dry windy conditions are making life

difficult for first responders a police officer shot this video of the situation confronting fire crews in the worst hit county sonoma fast moving faster prince we can through the state at least seventeen people are confirmed dead and dozens more are missing from two thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed. the wildfires ravaging northern california leaving a landscape of destruction in their wake hotels schools and some of the most prestigious wineries a napa valley and sonoma reduced to smoking ruins and for many returning residents all that's left of their homes is chad rubble. or. to see what we've built and put in the place and now it's. reduced reduced to what you see here we're here trying to find what we can so region or plan is to keep those things and when we rebuild. they'll be able

meant. 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. for some relief as they find

their homes intact. feel really bad this leave my house. but others have been left with nothing but the fires still raging across california. the number of dead and injured can only increase. this is a w's lie from bell and still to come investors are watching spain closely it will be here the moments where the business reaction to catalonia is independence bit and indeed the rest of the day's faceless news. and i'll be back at the top of the hour obviously a good day.