terms and language it brought forth a ripples of nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's in our series starting november fifth to the dog. this is due to have been is coming to you live from berlin crunch time for catalonia madrid gives the region separatist leader another three days to read draw any bid for independence or face the consequences also coming up.

a boost for populist politics in europe as conservative sebastian cortes a wins austria's election by embracing the policies of the far right and in sport match take it in the bundesliga is complete this is a tree we've raised at the top and suddenly munchen gone bonkers is in contention to. come on welcome to touch ema the crisis in catalonia has taken a new turn on the government in madrid has told the region's separatist leader he has until thursday to redraw any moves towards independence or face serious penalties this could include the imposition of direct ruby by madrid spain deputy prime minister soraya signs that song madea criticize the favorite of the cotton needed to stick to

a deadline today to clarify his position on independence she said his decision not to answer the question whether or not he intended to break away was unacceptable have a listen. but. the government regrets that the catalan president has decided not to respond to its request of last week i don't think it's very difficult to say either yes or no to the question of whether he has declared independence or not. this is a question that cannot remain unanswered i don't think it's a complicated question with something as important as this we need clarity. let me now do india because fun and barbara visit she joins me now from the continent capital boss luna bumper it seems that the spanish prime somalian are a horn has also commented on this crisis what do you make a statement. he has written a letter back because he received

a letter this morning instead of the originally announced public statement of carlin's put him on so very quickly mariano rajoy formulated his answer and that is totally on exhibit to go by next thursday ten o'clock put shipment must have taken back this half cooked independence declaration of last tuesday or article one hundred fifty five will be invoked that means quite clearly that the central government in madrid can take powers away from the regional government here that we see in the back of us and then impose first like an interim directorate and then the next step would be to call for elections that it's quite clear and he said it really gives the final final ultimatum to push them and telling him you need to it by our rules you need to return to legality or we will take your power away. now push him on has ignored today's deadlines

a deadline and he wants the talks and negotiations to go on over the next two months to decide how to proceed in this crisis is why is the central government totally opposed to this idea. the central government really doesn't want to show weakness to secessionist movements that's the way madrid sees this and obviously the spanish constitution for bids any sort of breaking off of regions that have not been negotiated beforehand it really forbit secessionist movement as we have movements as we have seen them here in catalonia how and also on the other hand madrid wants to push push and pull things back to into the legal framework they have in the last days make noises that said listen we can talk about a change of the constitution that would give more powers to the regions and spain so they're not totally turned off however they were not willing to engage in the

way via a public crisis and street fighting in barcelona in the way that pushed him and has sort of managed to to push this forward ride in barcelona thank you very much for that. turning out to austria where thirty one year old conservative sebastian kurtz is on track to become the country's next leader after his party won sunday's election if confirmed he would be europe's youngest leader but his victory is also controversial because to win support he embraced the anti immigrant and divisive rhetoric of the far right freedom party. sebastian kurtz is said to be the world's youngest leader and he supporters can't get enough. the thirty one year old has led the center right people's party for just five months. has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in

austria as national elections. thank you i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. you've all earned it through hard work and dedication. ok at the same china i need to tell you that you're moral the work starts we didn't just run to win the election we did it to bring austria back on top. so we're going to be just to be here we ran in this election to achieve real change. how could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate the former foreign minister appealed to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years

a divisive stance in austria. for korea i'm shocked and outraged i truly have to say but i can't say more i'm very disappointed that the austrians vote like this for instance i. don't if in school i think the result is great school i think it is great that as the leader of the other candidates are all tricksters i voted for q it seems good indeed on the economists has told me having cut includes quick. could says party is still far short of the numbers needed to form a government he will have to form a coalition he's most likely partner. the far right freedom party that took an anti immigrant anti islam position during the campaign. despite good says pro e.u. pledge observers see a rightwing alliance risks driving a wedge between vienna and brussels. and for more on the austrian election

and an in-depth look at the rise of sebastian courts set to become the youngest leader in europe check out our website that's w dot com so more on the us reelections on d.w. dot com now here in germany chancellor angela merkel has said austria shift the right is not a role model for germany especially when it comes to immigration and refugees make it was speaking after a party is disappointing second place finish in lower saxony lection to the rivals social democrats the results could complicate her efforts to fall a national governing coalition maggie faces a first round of talks this week with her hopes for partners the free democrats and the green party. for more let me join our political correspondent hans brand who is at the sealy headquarters here in berlin where chancellor angela merkel has been talking i can start as you heard mechelle is determined not to shift to the right despite rumblings of discontent within her own conservative bloc.

yes indeed it was quite a surprise in some sense when she listed the issues that she wanted to concentrate on in the coming coalition talks that will be starting this week she didn't mention the word refugees or migration at all she just talked about things such as dealing with people in the countryside who feel left behind dealing with the housing crisis in many large cities and so on so she was very much concentrating on the center right on the issues that are at the center rather than on right wing issues and the if t. the far right party did not do as long as expected in the state of north saxony well enough to get into parliament the fourteenth state rates made it what challenges does this cause to america and how conservative knock. well obviously there were quite a number of questions in this press talk with america as well about the situation

in austria because we have a sort of parallel in austria there's a strong right wing populist party there and the party that is just one and all street is a sister party of now because conservatives in other words the conservative party in austria and their strategy was simply to move to the right in other words to take over the issues of the rights of the populace and when asked directly about this. she felt that in germany at least the right wing populace were not such a threat that it was not necessary to move the policies of the christian democrats here to the right and that in fact it was more necessary simply to explain to voters that what the christian democrats what the conservative government has been doing in the last four years and is planning to do in the next four years is in fact to try and respond to the concrete issues that people are worried about issues such as the problems that people face in rural areas or the problems concerning

employment but especially also housing and in the large cities so she's trying to concentrate on her program and to trying to bring across her program more strongly it doesn't mean that within her party there are forces that are trying to move the party in another direction but at the moment it seems that marco with a very centrist policies seems to be in. in the are having the upper hand in her party now this is a setback in regional elections in the state of your socks and he will not have an impact on a coalition talks at the national level talks here do just this for me can you see it. well in fact obviously she did not do or her party did not do well in regional elections obviously there are many regional issues but obviously she would have preferred a much better result in these recent elections because it would have given her some kind of push ahead in the coalition talks in all she goes into these talks with

a slightly weakened and with much less confidence on the other hand obviously the christian democrats are the largest party and marco is in control of these discussions hum's brand outside the c.d.u. party headquarters here in berlin thank you very much for that assessment. ivan on joins me from the business as we move it on to the catalan crisis which it is also affecting companies and investments absolutely where there's political uncertainty you know the old adage business uncertainty is sure to follow her of course is spain's worst political crisis in decades having a knock on impact on companies and many businesses have already had enough of that uncertainty forty four major companies have simply moved to their headquarters out of the region of catalonia since that referendum most of them went to madrid among them. a baetis cell next and colonial now these are all big name companies that are

listed on spain's main stock index the ibex thirty five and also gone all the big banks. has now chosen to move its headquarters to valencia we've also had severed tell which has gone down to the coast there you can see it in canton a in fact only one ibex listed that's the drugmaker griffo else has decided to remain in council onya for the time being now the companies that are leaving account for approximately one hundred fifty thousand jobs and a combined profit last year or eight billion euros worst of all all of this comes as a total surprise to many in catalonia. it sounded so good spain's economically strongest region freed from any financial commitment to the rest of the country the downsides not according to those who spearheaded the independence movement. that there is so

much fear so much fear and they are saying the banks would leave it alone no banks will leave catalonia do you think they will leave and of course they won't but they will stay they will stay here not to help us but because it is in their own interest we know that much. dutch i guess the last three years now i got a dark. room and. turns out the banks aren't staying there among forty four companies that have moved away since the referendum over two thousand smaller ones had already left over the past two years for good reason says joseph. he runs a bakery chain and serves as president of the car saloni and business association. it would affect all cattle when companies it would mean

a loss of markets. is made up of the twenty seven nations to which we set out i mean that was when we get big issues with orders systems and taxes we will lose competitive in us. that is important you know so you must come but it will. being locked out of the e.u. would be a problem for the baker and maybe more so for the banker kaiser bank one of the country's big four announced its move to valencia only days after the referendum desperate to calm clients into the so far we're calm but as soon as we perceive any kind of uncertainty for you maybe we will get our money out of there. she said this is tim doesn't inspire confidence in me so that's why i decided to withdraw all my savings. as tension mines many fear a repeat of scenes like these in barcelona last week the prospect of big businesses leaving has left some catalans ready to follow the big corporations and move away

from home. and of course another sector that could suffer as a result of spain's political turmoil tourism last year catalonia attracted some million visitors that's more than any other region in the country their offices the further instability could take the tourists away no matter how alluring those blue skies and sandy beaches maybe. there's little sign of spain's political storm on the beaches of barcelona most tourists here would rather soak up the sun than worry about the question of cotton and independence. not due to recent comments from the couple in their prime prime minister so we feel it's ok you feel everything is working here he said the families who want to be here. but there are fears over the impact the turmoil could have in the future tourism accounts for over a tenth of the spanish economy catalonia attract some eighteen million visitors

a year more than any other region its capital barcelona is one of europe's top destinations some visitors there took a philosophical approach everything changes sometimes country split some to over when that particular battle hopefully they'll be a few years afterwards but it doesn't matter it's not going to restrict me unless there's a lot of serious on terrorism going on for the time being visitors appears. but with little prospect of the political chaos abasing anytime soon barcelona's tour buses might not be full for long. now ask someone what they do these days more and more you're likely to hear the word startup but what does the average startup actually looked like the results of a new study called the german startup want to look at some one thousand eight hundred startups with more than four thousand two hundred founders here in germany and this is what it found well a typical start up founder looks like this

a male eighty five percent of them all on average thirty five and a half years of age are when it comes to a university degree well around eighty percent have one now they tend to be a co-operative bunch of people two out of every three startup founders work together with other startup companies and they appreciate diversity. as well with another two out of every three saying that immigration is a good thing almost eighty three percent would like to become more international particularly in e.u. countries now finding founding rather a company is one thing finding enough investors to grow your company is something else or a little earlier i asked our financial correspondent quadroon in frankfurt how easy would it is to find investors in germany right now while it's become easier helena if you're really serious about what you are doing unlike the turn of the

century you know after the tech bubble burst investors want to know much more precisely what your business plan is what your product looks like where you're at in terms of development of your company it helps as a founder if you have connections to the famous german middle you know the small and medium sized companies many of the machinery makers many of them market leaders on their small global markets many of the startups that succeed here in germany have strong ties to companies like this the traditional venture capital funds you know big funds that spend a lot of money on startups that amount of money has lessened here in germany the amount has come down to a bit more than two billion euros last year from three billion the year before kind of how to who isn't in a frankfurt for us thank you very much indeed. and of course we'll have much more throughout the day on what makes entrepreneurs put their hands in their pockets and

the markets maze right now it's back over to our research thank you very much helena if we now bring you up to speed with some other stories making news around the world officials in portugal see dozens of wildfires in the north of the country have killed at least twenty seven people more than five thousand firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes in neighboring spain fires killed at least three people authorities said when strong hurrican ophelia off the atlantic coast where we think the flames iraqi troops have started moving into kurdish and territories in the province of kirkuk government forces want to retake military bases and oil fields that kurdish fighters seized three years ago from support islamic state kurdish officials have called the operation an unprovoked attack it comes three weeks after iraq's autonomy as kurdish region voted for independence. the death

toll from the huge truck bomb explosion in the somali capital mogadishu on saturday has risen to over three hundred more than seventy critically injured were being air lifted to turkey demonstrators have been protesting against the attack as the government declared three days of national mourning what terrorism is not the only problem facing somalia the country is also in the grip of a severe food crisis more than three million people do not have enough to eat four hundred thousand children are malnourished but as we report international aid shipments often fails to reach those most in need. this baby's op or arm is less than eleven centimeters in circumference the read on the measuring tape means she's dangerously undernourished these eight children brought by their mothers from refugee camps to this clinic in the somali capital

mogadishu are all in the so-called red zone. nine month old ways half of what she should for her age and she's also suffering from an umbilical hernia which requires surgery. for dr mari and muhammad severe cases like this are quite common. you sometimes see you see it laying on a new three minute but the one you're sometimes one of those who makes other combining with other diseases like you know they really understood me when yeah. doctor my home with team feeds faria a highly nutritious peanut butter paste. her mother says this is the first time her daughter has received medical treatment. their home in southern somalia which has been suffering from severe drought for more than a year has no medical clinics. and the islamist militia al-shabaab has forbidden residents from accepting any form of aid. to escape with her daughter in secret.

a group of us left together we traveled on foot for eight days. six hundred thousand people like i have come to the capital it's one of the few places where they can get aid and protection but even in mogadishu provisions are meager after more than two decades of civil war state agencies lie in ruins. monody hospital one of the largest state clinics in the country lacks medicine and the personnel to provide necessary care undernourished children. as bad as it seems the u.n. aid coordinator says the international community has learned from earlier crises instead of simply handing out food he stresses the need to transfer money directly to victims we are using much more innovative ways of assistance and in particular

the local non-governmental organizations play a very important role in being media trees between the local communities ourselves and the authorities. but critics say that even in the case of national organizations and state agencies it's nearly impossible to control whether aid is getting through secretly filmed images like these show international aid deliveries often end up being sold at the local market places. anticorruption advocates mohamed mubarak says administrative abuses like these won't end until somalia's fundamental problems are addressed. if there was unchecked power and when they would be and it's because we don't have the checks and balances that's the main reason so we should be on and best on this to institution building. the new government in mogadishu in power since february claims it's addressing these abuses. it has solicited direct grants for the

reconstruction of state structures the president on the prime minister very keen and trying to stop by any sort of corruption but this is where we need. to trust the trust has to start somewhere. dr mohamad also hopes to be able to treat more than just hunger for next patient is suffering from the effects of untreated meningitis. the small donation funded clinic may be able to save him from starvation but they cannot do anything about his pain. finally some sport and action remain hosted months back on sunday with the home team looking for their first win of the season and they're still looking that's after picked up the win and moved into fifth place in the league. braman fans

are nothing if not optimistic despite not having seen their side win all season they filled the phase i study and coach alexander newry was relieved to welcome captain flacco you news of age back to the starting line up for the first time this season after injury. that it was the opposing team's captain who opened the scoring on twenty seven minutes. taking advantage of some sloppy better defending. a few though could have anticipated that turn and finish simply exquisite minutes later the visitors tightened their control of the game vesta guard rose highest from a corner and celebration from the jane out of respect for his former club no more goals followed after the break this was grand banks first away win of the campaign . the wait for any win goes on and xander nuri is a man under pressure. also on sunday bottom half

size bonnie because it involves that played out a two two draw the fourth broader role for the new webs coach martin schmidt it was one one of the break but argentinian striker look us a lot you could live across him back in france with his second of the season the lead did not last though and gasol blushes kosky smashed a point for was back on sixty nine minutes there is our sleeves schmidt still looking for his first was back when. live from berlin i want to leave you with some images from the albuquerque international balloon fiesta in new mexico enjoy. some.

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