nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth g.w. . this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin showdown in spain the catalan leader defies a deadline to abandon plans for independence dritte says it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday also coming up britain's theresa may was hoping to hear good news from brussels today on the progress of the breaks it

talks but the e.u. it seems will not be playing ball. i'm terry martin welcome to the program the crisis in catalonia is escalating the government in madrid says it will push ahead with moves to impose direct rule on the region after the catalan leader threaten to declare independence. let's cross now to barcelona where our correspondent barbara basler is standing by barbara it's been a very busy morning in spain and madrid madrid and barcelona can you run as through what's been happening that. you know we've been waiting since the early morning what the two sides would do because we knew ten o'clock was crunch time that was

when the final final ultimatum of the government in madrid would run out it has run out and madrid has sort of kicked the ball back into the field off the cuff alone government it has indeed set in motion the legal proceedings for article one five five and that means now that the government in the palace behind us here in the center far solona where they are holed up there since the early morning they will have to figure out how to react early announcement said announcement that they would retell the age by now really announcing finally announcing independence off the region however they obviously are still deliberating and trying to play for time bought the article one five five is set in motion let's hear what that could possibly mean. 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 and modern spanish history so what does that mean in practice it would allow madrid to start regional office holders dissolve the regional parliament. and esteem contro of all regional authorities. new elections would be held in catalonia until then madrid could feel key interim positions among these the heads of the catalan police the current police chief was charged with sedition for allegedly failing to stop that type of fast independence referendum this move would be vital should madrid mobilize police forces if 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. just to bring our viewers are right up to date here within the past hour the government in madrid has said that the spanish government quote will continue with the procedures outlined in article one fifty five of the constitution to quote restore legality in catalonia is self-government our correspondent barbara basler is standing by for us in barcelona barbara the spanish government says that it's going to wait until saturday to actually trigger article one fifty five one saturday. it just the legal question the they have set in motion the proceedings to set article one five five going so it's a process that goes step by step and we have a special cabinet meeting on saturday where the ministers and holly will decide about which measures they're going to take to take back finances from catalonia to

take back as we heard it's very probably the police maybe even take a power over the regional broadcaster so that will decide it on saturday then the senate will come together and calloused put him on the council and leader will then get another chance to explain his cog's publicly in front of the senate so he can again hold a speech there if he wants to and defend his case however everybody in spain says all observers that the majority in the senate it seems quite clear that this will run through and it has just one week to take its course it's inevitable after one five five is set in course it will run down in a week and after that week we will see spanish spanish people here people from madrid administrators take over power over this confrontation is clearly getting serious instead of gaining independence catalonia looks like it's about to lose its

autonomy how did it get to this. it got to this point by and quite it seems unreasonable and unheard of escalation within the last weeks i mean tensions had been rising for some months between madrid and barcelona at barcelona complaining we're not being heard we're not being you know we're not being invited for talks and so on and so forth and then when cardus puts them on. call for every friend on october first things got really really nasty because we remember the. pictures the police the spanish police came in and started beating on voters people trying to vote here even though only forty percent off council and sort of did cast their vote and after that it got really messy it was a sort of tit tit for tat and catch and mouse game each side waiting for what the other would do we saw a big demonstrations pro independence against independence and now we have arrived

at this point that rather seems like a point of no return so barbara you're saying that it's now this point of no return is it really too late for either side to step down is there really no way out now. they cannot step down anymore because they have really committed themselves to their course madrid saying in article one five five is set in motion and barcelona saying we will not back down take back independence however we might even officially knology claridge and the only way out would be if the barcelona would no call for new elections and then we would sort of suspend article one five five and sort of give the whole thing time but yesterday the regional government here at the government said no we're not going to do that it's not on the table so the only way out doesn't seem to be politically feasible and that means that the train crash has now happened and we're waiting for how the couple months i going to react to new

civic platform has already called people to the streets barbara thank you very much that is all there reporting live from barcelona. and of course we'll be keeping you up to date on this developing story in spain throughout the days to do stay tune to d.w. for future bulletins now let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today civilians have been fleeing the city syrian city of raka after it was taken from the so-called islamic state the u.n. says some forty thousand people have poured into displacement camps in the last few days u.s. backbiters 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 . was last seen on the first of august he'd been attending an indigenous rights

protests near to where the body was discovered. and yes cinda are dare and will be new zealand's next prime minister the 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. britain's tory so may has promised to make it easy as easy as possible for the e.u. citizens living in the u.k. after bragg's it it's one of the issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. but the prime minister's concession is unlikely to persuade evil leaders to move talks on from divorce terms to trade at a summit in brussels tonight charlotte chelsea until brings us up to speed on the talks so far. good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. this we're going to respect the european union so this is over in washington five rounds of talks. have 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 when it clearly isn't a game but if it were today she's been much point for team breck's it here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e.u. said enough has 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 post breaks 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 were ready and well prepared to start those discussions. i'm not in a position at this stage to propose to the european council that it should open discussions on the future relationship they just want a future. that's despite monday's last minute tom offensive from two reason may in brussels may have looked friendly bounce the pressure is clearly mounting on the computer time is running out the clock ticking. on like a game of tennis these negotiations are on a deadline u.k.

said you let's leave the e.u. in march one thousand nine hundred. our correspondent is keeping score for us there in brussels today georg british prime minister theresa may she says that britain and the e.u. are in touching distance for a deal on citizens rights that would affect e.u. citizens living in the u.k. after brags that in u.k. citizens living in. new leaders feel the same way that there's a deal within touching distance on this issue. michele dunne the the chief negotiator the man who in brussels represents the interests of the twenty seven member states at the negotiating table at least i would say there is good progress in the field of citizen rights he knows of course as well as does all the twenty's other twenty seven leaders that the big question still is the rights that have been agreed in these negotiating talks how will they be guaranteed once the jurisdiction

of the european court of justice seizes to exist in the in the u.k. with brax it as though that is still a question why even in this field there isn't sufficient progress these who also knows of course that with theresa may who just sent a letter to one hundred thousand e.u. citizens who inquired about their status ensuring that they will be able to stay the e.u. knows of course she has a vested interest that a workforce of more than three million people stays in the country that's recently she is on a bit of a charm offensive you mentioned this letter writing campaign she did she was also in brussels earlier this week trying to soften up her negotiating partners did that help i think very unless the reason may really manages to throw a curve ball a surprise offer on this summit unless you're arrives with a pretty big check to cover the press it bill which is the key stumbling block in these talks. the leaders will simply agree with michel barnier that there is not

sufficient progress to move into a face to and so that really is where things stand at the moment for leaders it's very clear they welcome that in our foreign speech he made clear the u.k. will honor its commitments and that means they will cover abraxane bill but the e.u. would like to have it on paper and to have that in numbers for for each field that needs to be covered. thanks so much matters there in brussels. and a bit of football news munich returned to their winning ways in the 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 rest back control on the pitch almost no less smashed home from close range on seventeen minutes before yahshua to make made it two nailed ten minutes later home of scored after the break to complete the scoring by an ending new coach because of three no win on his return to champions

league football. and forgo just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news the spanish government has announced it will press ahead with steps to suspend the autonomy of catalonia after the region's leader threatened to declare independence and ridge says it will discuss the steps at an emergency meeting on saturday. and you'll find more on that story on our website at www dot com got another full bulletin coming up at the top the next hour i'm read it will be with you then thanks for watching. why are people in east africa threatened by starvation what are the causes of the situation. we focus on five specific problem areas. these huge journalistic projects tries to find the answers why africa goes hungry.