they have no nationality and a totally made up along and. that everyone has the right to. everyone has the right to say like you or. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin tensions rise in spain as the country waits to see if catalonia separatist leader has met an ultimatum to abandon plans for independence. and we are standing in the center for us in on

a bit how the for the government palace what will happen next in this political game of cat and mouse what's at stake with madrid now taking over power from cuts alone yeah and as they announced the cuts in london the to qantas which demanded in retaliation declare independence unilaterally in any case the people of cuts alone have been called to the streets. britain's theresa may was hoping to hear good news from brussels today on the progress a break to talks with the e.u. it seems will long to be playing ball. and uncle americal puts a positive spin on the first round of negotiations to form a new government but the party officials warn the road ahead could be a long and bumpy.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a deadline has expired in catalonia in the last few minutes the region separatist leader called his post a mall was supposed to have told madrid that he was giving up all play. to declare independence or face the consequences so let's cross live again today that was barbara based on her study by force in barcelona barbara that deadline for a decision from the catalans has just passed what's the situation there. we've seen deadlines come and go during the last days but this is the one and there is a palpable tension on the square in front of the cups alone governments palace because everybody is now waiting to hear from madrid they're supposed to do the next step and the question is will they take away power from cuts alone yeah and which way will they do it will they really implement the article one fifty five to delhi or just in part let's hear how this can be explained.

triggering article one hundred fifty five allow spain central government to take over any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to be. this is never been used in modern spanish history so what does that mean in practice it would allow madrid to sack regional office holders dissolve the regional parliament and esteem control of all regional authorities. new elections would be held in catalonia until then madrid could fill key interim positions among these the heads of the catalan police the current police chief was charged with sedition for allegedly failing to stop the type of first independence referendum this move would be vital should madrid mobilize police forces of people take to the streets there given the police violence at the referendum madrid may be reluctant to use force again if madrid invokes the article

it won't come into effect straight away it needs parliamentary approval which the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy needs an absolute majority for that and he only has a slim one for catalonia a lot still hangs in the balance. well as we heard the prime minister marianna rahowa barbara needs a majority in parliament to push this article one fifty five through you think you'll get the majority. he does have this majority plus we have to see that even the opposition parties in madrid that's the social democrats and the medium the middle of center city adonis are supporting his course he is being particularly hard headed and he's for weeks and not said let's enter into a dialogue now bob he says you're breaking the constitution he's annoying by profession and he is really showing that he wants to be legal minded and not politically

minded and to look for a negotiated solution so he has support enough to really push this through in both houses he can declare it now we're still waiting for the declaration and he can also in the next days push it through the senate so this isn't a potentially explosive standoff barbara how did we get here. we got by in really inexplicably escalation during the last weeks and the tensions had been rising slowly through out the last months between barcelona and madrid however as soon as kallis puts to mont declared that he would search for a referendum madrid said that's illegal and remember the scenes when the spanish central police beat up on people who were willing to vote on october first then after that we saw a big throw in this pendants demonstration we saw also a very large and toy independence demonstration and since then feelings have really

been boiling up more and more and the situation the two sides really have dug themselves in it is very difficult for them now to sort of find any sort of solution it seems it's an escalation it's like a train crash and we can see the two train sort of racing head to head to meet each other is there any chance barbara that an escalation can still be avoided at this point any chance that either side might back down and still save face. the only chance really at the moment because no side can really back down from what they said triggering article one five five declaring independence the only reasonable way out at this point is to say let's call elections go sides could do this callous courage to munge in the palace behind us could say ok i'm calling elections and everything will be suspended till then also madrid could try to take

this step and say suspend article one five five and wait till the people of cuts alone you have elected a new government and then we could start talking maybe but at the moment it doesn't look very likely both sides said that this option is off the table we haven't seen the end of the day yet that might be the only reasonable way to really avoid the bad political clash but what's the feeling on the streets of barcelona today the rain not withstanding emotions must be running high. emotions are running very high here and what we see is a country that's deeply divided and the divisions runs through families suv people who've been friends for decades they run through couples even people have really heated arguments for and against independence and the problem here is this is not a rational thing this is emotional for those couple lines who are for independence

this is totally about their dignity about having respect from madrid for him being recognised even maybe internationally or on the european stage that's what people want and it's difficult to argue with that it's difficult to say look at the economy it's going down you know we're having problems the growth has been taken down already by zero point three percent this is not good for catalonia this is not good for spain that is the end time independence stands however if you try to reason with the motions you are very likely going to lose her. thank you very much steve barber of days over there in barcelona. british prime minister theresa may has promised to make it as easy as possible for citizens living in the u.k. after brags that it's one of the issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. but her concession is unlikely to persuade e.u. leaders to move talks on from divorce terms to trade have

a summit in brussels tonight the. pill brings us up to speed on the talks so far. good afternoon mr prodi yes we're going to respect the european union over in getting the five rounds of talks. multiple mishaps and almost an ending stream of metaphors let's put a tiger in the tank and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u.k. court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory in your court. actually that's a game of what it clearly isn't a game but if it were today she's been much point for team breck sit here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e.u.

said enough have been agreed upon for talks to move on to the next phase to really get into the nitty gritty of the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. and on trade first day the e.u. had some conditions. it's demanded sufficient progress on three key issues the rights of u.k. and e.u. citizens prosperous it how the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland will function and most contentious of all how much money the u.k. owns so far on a major breakthroughs on any of the above meaning progression to the next phase is now unlikely before december but even on that the u.k. and the e.u. on opposite ends of the court. we are ready and we're prepared to stop those discussions as. i am not in a position at this stage to propose to the european council that it should open discussions on the future relationship discussions for the future or next year that's despite monday's last minute tom offensive from two reason may in brussels

may have looked friendly but the pressure is clearly mounting a point critical time is running out the clock ticking very fast like a game of tennis these negotiations are on a deadline ek said let's leave the e.u. in march one thousand nine hundred. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines today civilians have been fleeing syria syrian city of raka after it was taken from so-called islamic state u.n. says some forty thousand people poured into displacement camps in the last days u.s. backed fighters are removing land mines and booby traps and rooting out the few remaining militants. investigators in argentina think they found the body of an activist whose disappearance two months ago prompted large demonstrations santiago a mob donaldo us was last seen on the first of august he's he had been attending an indigenous rights protest near to where his body was discovered. and just send

our down will be new zealand's next prime minister in new zealand first party has agreed to a coalition with her labor party the thirty seven year old will be the country's youngest prime minister and its third female leader. nearly a month after germany's election the country has begun the process of trying to put together a new government it's a hard it's harder than ever before because the parties come from right across the political spectrum and are ideologically far apart german chancellor angela merkel ended the first round of talks on a pause that note but party officials say there's a long road ahead. black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the river. but exploratory talks are underway chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. and see as you first met with the business friendly f.t.p.

party and later with the environmentalist greens the jamaica coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level. the talks were reasonable there was no tension but we all know how hard it will be and how different our political cultures are equal to and here to some and the c.d.u. n.c.s. used prospective partners have major differences over a number of key issues including the european union and austerity policy migration and energy. this could become the most complex series of negotiations in decades. before the talks were shaped with the intention of looking for solutions about how to reach a cohesive society but it is also clear that there's a long way ahead of us. this views the munging moves on friday the exploratory talks will continue with teams from the potential coalition parties

meeting together it may be weeks before a possible jamaica coalition becomes reality. well the chancellor merkel this time around forming a new government could be a long and winding road hun's bun from politics is following the negotiations good morning and now the parties to spending in these talks are not natural allies we all know that in terms of policy where do their interests overlap and where is the they're the most potential for disagreement i think you have to say the most potential disagreement is probably on migration policy because the spectrum goes from the. lay on the left from the green party to on the right the christian social union the bavarian system party of. christian democrats they have been pushing very hard for a lot stricter application of migration rules of immigration rules in in germany the greens obviously a lot more liberal in their attitudes so i think that's probably the issue where

things will be most most contentious on the other hand you could say they are political differences obviously on every issue so they might all say that they're agree that the paris climate agreement should be and should be implemented but the question of how this implementation goes ahead they are large differences between the various projects the greens for instance are saying by twenty thirty there should not be any food new combustion engine cars in germany obviously the other parties are not particularly pleased about that so on every single issue taxation and vironment you can find major differences case of four parties involved in these talks so far we've had some small bilateral meetings between the different parties now to morrow all four parties are going to be getting for together for the first time what can we expect them well this is the very first meeting so a lot of it will be concerned sort of creating a good atmosphere for talks getting to know each other procedural matches as

a lot of technical stuff to be cleared up how often are they going to meet where they're going to meet in what composition are they going to meet. eventually when the talks become really detailed they will be detailed working groups on pacific issues and not everyone will meet in the big in the big session also full of several of the parties they need to go back to their party congress is to have all of this approved by as it were there then. so there is some time pressure as well some and some pressure to get ahead by mid november for instance when the christian social union having. a planning a party congress so a whole lot of details like that initially it will be all about do we get on can we create an atmosphere actually to talk to each other it's a lot of work still to be done a lot of work ahead what is the potential for these talks actually fail at the moment to everyone saying you know things are going very well in these first two talks obviously even before this formal start of negotiations they have been

contacts. so there is a chance of there is a good chance it will go up but there is a chance that it will fail we don't know it will take months and thank you so much hans but from d.w. politics you're watching news still to come by and munich returned to their winning ways in the champions league with victory against celtic will have that game and all the evening's action. well some business china's growth figures are out over to helena for the first right terry chinese growth slowing slightly in the last quarter but at six point eight percent while second biggest economy does remain on track to meet its annual talk it's now the national statistics agency did warn of some volatility you khana may was at a quite crucial stage of restructuring meanwhile china's central bank is warning about the possibility of a sudden collapse in asset prices off to

a long period of growth the latest figures of course will be talked over at the communist party congress leader xi jinping expected to cement his power that the talk has been about opening up the economy but critics say they've heard that before. privatization and a more open economy five years ago that was chinese president xi jinping his plan for economic reform. more free market less state control many hope that would mean the breakup of state owned companies. opening the door to more private businesses. allowing the currency to float and a fight against corruption. but five years on many are disappointed. though there have been some successes in recent years china's leadership is again

promoting economic nationalism. the country's huge state owned enterprises are once again determining the communist party strategy. that's true of many private companies too. and the yuan is largely back under the control of china's central bank. foreign companies are also dismayed at beijing's about turn xi jinping hums greater access to china's market the promise that hasn't always materialized. in many cases foreigners can only manufacture and market products in the people's republic with the chinese business partner at their side and there are restrictions like getting profits out of the country so many are listening to the speeches at the party congress with more than the touch of skepticism. when our financial correspondent khan had a bruise in frankfurt conrad the important news of the day for the markets of course those growth figures coming out of china how all trade is reacting to it.

you know helen the traders always take this kind of data with a grain of salt beijing has a long history of doctoring economic figures and as we saw this party congress of the communist party in beijing is perfectly orchestrated show of strength and order so the officials in beijing should at this time have even more of a motivation to really come out with figures that perfectly beat the government's targets but i have to say judging from the market reaction in asia and in europe here this morning the fact that those numbers came in more or less in line with what had been you know prepared and moderated before is seen as a sign of reassurance on the markets and conrad the german dax also climbing to a new record high yesterday the dow jones in the u.s. ending trading about the twenty three thousand mark reason perhaps though to be

nervous about a correction on the markets to come say. absolutely and superstitious people are reminders that this day today the nineteenth of october is an anniversary exactly thirty years ago was black monday the day with the biggest daily drop of the dow jones index more than twenty two percent the index lost at the time what accelerated the crash at that time was robo trading algorithm driven trading something which is perfectly common today was very different today is that we don't have the same kind of euphoria on the markets about those rising stock markets and the fundamental so day are looking good earnings reports come in more or less in line with expectations or even manage to beat them while if the market stay as buoyant as they have been there can rattle probably be thirsty thursday there in frankfurt thank you very much indeed.

now iraq is one of the top oil producers in the world but on going conflict for its oil fields has affected the country's ability to exploit the resources this week rocks on the recovered oil fields from kurdish forces in the can't cook region and now the iraqi government is hoping they can stop pumping the black stuff once again with the help of oil giant b.p. . these oil fields in kirkland fido for both iraqis and kurds they have now been makeup chewed by the iraqi army the iraqi oil minister is making plans to exploit the fields he asked british oil giant b.p. to help her cook could have as many as nine billion barrels of recoverable oil b.p. is a new here since two thousand and nine it has been helping increase production a true male of one of the world's largest oil fields the fact that the oil fields

were kupchak by iraqi forces dashes the kurdish dreams of economic self-sufficiency after a vote for independence in september the current oil fields account for more than half of the daily production in the kurdish region. the us economy expanded moderately in september through early october that's according to the u.s. central bank's book report about the economy it comes from talking to business contacts across the country now hurricanes holly and i had a negative effect on the third quarter economic growth the u.s. is reaching the full employment though jobless figures at a ten year low four and a half percent unemployment labor shortages actually were straining business growth now the fed increased its key interest rates last june from one percent to one point two five percent it's on course to raise those interest rates once again in

december. let's get to the european football needs now with terry thank you helena it was pretty a sunday night actually in by munich return to winning ways their winning ways and champions league group stage they welcomed celtic to town and while the boisterous away fans took over the city center before the game by and rested back control on the pitch thomas willis smashed home from close range on seventeen minutes before kimmy made it to nil ten minutes later much homo's scored after the break to complete the scoring by an ending new coach you pint is a three nil win on his return to champions league football. and here's a quick round up of all wednesday champions league results as we saw by and won big as did group rivals p.s.g. who slammed for passed under left elsewhere there were away wins for manchester united in basel late tico were held to a draw in carbolic and there were six goals but no waiter between chelsea and roma

and barcelona and event has enjoyed home victory. now to honestly get clubs are involved in europe early action thursday cologne face off in belarus while hoffenheim host istanbul. it's colognes first european campaign in twenty five years and often has first ever but both clubs have found out how unforgiving european football can be. cologne started the season with such optimism that back in europe after a twenty five year absence but now the smiles have disappeared domestically cologne have yet to find to shooting bullets they have picked up only one point in eight the games. the signing of thirty nine year old cloud on a free was perhaps

a cry of desperation the europa league form hasn't been any better one goal in two games no wonder they have lost both their matches but they determined to make a breakthrough in belgrade loose doesn't seem to feel it's our goal to first win a game so that we can get that monkey off our backs and this is what was why shouldn't we pick up points just because we have none in the arab league doesn't name a flood of belarus and get destroyed and if something doesn't give the coach the man that took cologne to the european competition after such a long wait could be on his way out. of cologne or not the only german team struggling in the europa league it's hoffenheim suppressed ever european campaign but they still waiting for their first ever euro win to salvage any hope of making the knockout stage they need a victory after suffering two losses in the group stage both hoffenheim and cologne will be hoping thursday could be a turning point. for. england's football association has apologized to two women's

national team players for racial comments made to them by former coach mark sampson an independent investigation concluded sampson had made the discriminatory remarks to players in the old lugo and drew spence but found he was not racist during a four hour parliamentary inquiry allege the f.a. had protected sampson and their own reputation and was sacked by the f.a. last month for inappropriate behavior in a previous coaching positions. just reminder from the top story we're following for you here today on the news scuttle and separatist leader collis wisdom all says he will declare independence if the government in spain continues to refuse to hold talks reports say madrid will start taking back control of the region on saturday in line with article one fifty five of the constitution. more on that story and

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