actually. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's and we're serious starting november fifth. this is deja vu news live from berlin showdown in speed the kajang media defies a deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid now says it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday what's coming up britain's breaks the talks are not going well to resolve is trying to soften her approach but so far

the e.u. is on impressed is there any way out of the impasse and the parties involved in germany's coalition talks say their first meetings have been positive but they warn it's going to take a long time to nail down an agreement. other than welcome i'm on a touchy about good to have you with us the crisis in gaza lutea is escalating spain is preparing to suspend the region's autonomy of the cut a long lead or threaten to declare independence the central government in madrid said got a loony as cardless fuzhou more had ignored a deadline to redraw his plans to break away and must now face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader carlos puts them on at the

regional parliament for the latest showdown camera struggles to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could vote to to clear independence if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five this allows 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. the spanish government's reaction to double down the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with the goal to restore the law in catalonia if you will restore rather. than. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate article one hundred fifty five 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 assume control of all regional authorities. new elections would be held in catalonia until then madrid could fill key interim positions after invoking the article it won't come into effect straight away it needs parliamentary approval spanish prime minister mariano rajoy needs an absolute majority for that and he only has a slim one in barcelona catalan residents are prepared for a standoff. yeah the main doesn't love us they only love our money they want our money i'm not sure if i'm explaining myself clearly all the things they've done for catalonia are not really for catalonia they were let us go because the money is here. they are making people more pro independence with these games they are playing. the rain may be putting off demonstrators from taking to the streets at least for now. and from madrid i have

with me correspondent a martin arabists martin how significant is it that madrid has decided to invoke article one fifty five it seems it's never been invoked in the country before. now indeed it hasn't since they've come here at her return to constitutional democracy so yes so this is uncharted territory and nobody knows exactly how it will work in practice or even if it is workable forcible because it expects some oppositions. that are going on there isn't traditional. street protests so it's a very sick days so talk us through to what happens next the cabinet meeting is said to be held at this weekend on saturday. that's correct it's being reshaped will pretty unusual projects because prime minister mal you're a hoe and what we're tending to. miss is expected speech on gender or karen's are

expected to agree to fall into request of the senate but the next person procedural so in both the one hundred thirty five even lender does take several days i mean presumably they will repeat the question. first minister considered power switch that long to clarify whether he did in fact declare independence in his address to the local parliament would. give him a chance to explain himself the other thing he could conceivably do. is appeal to the same constitutional court was declared the referendum. so a restart of uncertainty about this could still take or fifteen days and again the risk. for people to actually reach some sort of agreement before going ahead where many are described as the nuclear option right and was an obvious in

madrid thank you very much for your perspective on that story and we now go to barcelona i still want to go i spoke to our correspondent barbara visit and that's to just how this confrontation that suddenly taken such a serious turn. it seems that both sides have reached the point of no return madrid has early on started threatening was the nuclear option which is the article one fine five and they have sort of got to keep their word in order not to lose face and the government here in cups alone is totally boxed in and they are sort of being pushed by their own supporters to go for independence to go forwards and on the other hand they have the large part of this population who says we don't want this at all they should basically be and that would be the sensible option call for elections however they it get and today declined that and say no we're going to stay and see this through so we see two hard headed sides here they are not really

acting politically but they are rather acting like in a legal manner in madrid and in an ideologically driven manner here in barcelona and the emotions will be heating up when we see demonstrations starting from tomorrow and particularly on saturday so what you're saying is basically it's too late for negotiations and you say they are demonstrations expected how is this playing out this issue on the streets of boston an up people are very angry about what's happening. it depends on who you talk to a region of course because the country is deeply divided and this division runs right through families from friendships through couples and people really have heated discussions if i would you know we know we don't want this we want to stay was spain we are really all spaniards and others say you know we have nothing to do with them we all culture loans and just so the country met might be split just right down the middle there's no telling at the moment where the my admit we were

the majority is elections would be a sensible move but if that is not going to happen we will have some really sort of harsh confrontations through the next days and probably even weeks because a civic platform has already called for people to come out onto the streets and to show their discontent and we can expect them that those calls will be on sirte baba visit on in a very rainy day in barcelona thank you very much for that. and of course all the political uncertainty of the situation and get a loan is hurting business headed now with the latest unfortunately so investment already flowing out of the region amrita of course every day on certainty is growing every day another company headquartered in a balsa loan or shift its offices out of colonia catalonia rather now as it stands at the semi autonomous region contribute twenty percent to spain's overall g.d.p. that makes the region the wealthiest in the country but as the big banks and

entrepreneurs need many analysts are now asking for how much longer. it started with the banks now more and more medium sized companies are calling in the moving vans a total of seven hundred firms have left since the independence referendum they include financial institutions like. utilities company to run and sparkling wine maker freshen it. spain's economics minister blames the cattle on regional government for the exodus but he says it's not yet too late to turn things around. less if the politics that have caused these companies to leave are changed and if the regional government does everything in its power to prevent further damage the companies that have left catalonia will return. the firms pulling out site turnover as their main reason for departure with spain their most

important market they fear a catalan declaration of independence could lead to the country boycotting catalan products independence for catalonia could have a detrimental effect on the ailing spanish economy to catalonia is the industrial heartland of spain the region generates a fifth of the country's economic output. well kind of that it was it is all financial reports in frankfurt that conrad i can see the stock index heading downwards just behind all the euro just as for investors. yes some would have been are somewhat those jitters have been creeping back into the room without much noise today of course we have to keep in mind that the german equity market has been on record levels and on such high levels vessels are easily ready to take some of those profits off the table on the bond markets well i talked to a bond trader this morning because spain came to the market with fresh bonds worth

up to four billion euros and he said that demand for those bonds was high the interest that spain has to pay investors for those bonds was lower than recently and lower when the conflict between catalonia and the central government escalated first so i would say the jitters are back nervousness is back yes but there was no no real negative pricing happening yet all right conrad don't get too nervous for the minute we'll come back to you in just a moment's time but first let's take a look at chinese growth now because the numbers are in we're seeing a slight slowdown in the last quarter but at six point eight percent the world's second biggest economy does remain on track to meet its annual target the national statistics agency did warn of volatility though and said the economy was at a quote crucial stage of restructuring meanwhile china's central bank is warning about the possibility of a sudden collapse in asset prices after

a long period of growth and of course those latest figures where we talked over at the communist party congress leader xi jinping still expected to cement his power there and there the talk has all been about opening up the economy but critics say they've heard that before. it's a project that typifies the extent and speed of china's growth in just two years time this building site in beijing will house what could be the world's largest airports at twelve billion dollar investment that comes as chinese president xi jinping hailed a new economic era it's all about looking outward. will push forward a new situation of complete openness openness brings progress closing yourself off will inevitably lead to falling behind china's open door will never close it will only be opened further. but critics say the door is far from open many

foreign companies complain about the difficulty of accessing the chinese market and accuse the government of failing to implement necessary reforms. one big issue the government is trying to tackle however is soaring dest the sum total of what china owes is now valued at two hundred forty six percent of its g.d.p. that sparked fears of a financial collapse for the world's second largest economy the true cost of debt fuelled growth has yet to be revealed. all right let's head back to conrad in a frankfurt then conrad of course the important news for the markets today of course that growth rate in china six point eight percent a tick lower than the seven percent target though what we were traders make of that . well of course this contributes to the reluctance on the equity market today of investors to really get interested in stocks but there's also a positive side to it the report just quoted the concerns about the high debt in

china and this slightly lower growth rate also indicates that some sectors of the chinese economy have calmed down somewhat the chinese officials reported that the construction sector activity has slowed down and for the first time in a long time sales of existing homes even. got negative or went down and this is a sign that this overheated real estate market is sort of calming somewhat and that's positive china's officials though conrad they have a bit of a reputation of doctoring economic data so how reliable is the data that we're seeing now. well as always of course traders are taking this data with a grain of salt or a couple of grains of salt probably but you know the mere fact that the growth data more or less matched what the chinese government had previously announced

is a reassuring sign for the markets that's what counting more than the exact numbers kind of guy who is in for us in frankfurt good to talk to. and you add long haul passenger jet has made its maiden flight c. a three thirty near took all fall on thursday morning from toulouse airport in southern france the aircraft is an update to a family of jetliners in service for more than twenty years and are full of the two versions of the new model the a three thirty neo is scheduled to end the operation in meat twenty eight c. the aircraft is considered a key part of the european companies competition with the american. back to you amrita now who's going to update us on the u.k.'s divorce proceedings from the european union ever ending there at the helena getting to brussels where

the e.u. is struggling with drugs that negotiations britain's terrorism a has promised to make it as easy as possible for citizens living in the u.k. after breakfast that's one of those issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the ucas exit from the e.u. now did obvious charlotta chosen pale reports on how far the talks have got so far . the european union over. five rounds of talks. remarkable mishap. and it 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. 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 progressions the next phase is now unlikely before december but even though that the u.k. and the e.u. are on opposite ends of the court. we are ready and well prepared to start those discussions. i'm not in

a position at this stage to propose to the european council but it should open discussions on the future relationship they discuss the future. that's despite monday's last minute charm offensive from two reason may in brussels may have looked friendly botts the pressure is clearly mounting. the time is running out the clock ticking very fast like a game of tennis these lookers she asians are on a deadline u.k. shuttle to leave the e.u. in march one thousand nine hundred. listen to a look at some other stories making news around the world of ghana sounds defense minister says the taliban has killed at least forty three of gone soldiers in an attack that wiped out an army camp in the southern kandahar province this is the third suicide and gun attack in a week taking the death toll to more than one hundred. civilians have been fleeing the syrian city of rock after it was taken from so for islamic state the u.n.

says some forty thousand people have poured into displacement camps in the past few days the u.s. backed fighters are removing land mines and booby traps as well as rooting out the few remaining extremists. returning now to china where president xi jinping open the communist party congress on wednesday with a call for the party to take a stronger role and it was a confident speech marking how she jinping has cemented his grip on power well firmly than any other recent chinese leader corresponded much is berlingo reports of how she has revived communist traditions and a personality cult similar to that of chairman mao. the chinese farmers living a carefree life in the countryside. suddenly chiang kai shek smash troops destroyed it. these are scenes from the chinese civil war the one nine hundred

forty s. reacted and young every day visitors can see how mouths domes outnumbered communist troops beat back the nationalist advance. performance as part of the tourist program in the northern city of. the way that chairman mao liberated and conquered back then it was really spectacular. when jen his sister spending their school holidays here with their grandparents they want to do their part for the children's education. but you know you the children should learn more about the history of the revolution how mal conquered the whole country from here and founded the new china the communists entrenched themselves and yet to escape their enemy after the revolution the city became a place of pilgrimage now more tourists come here than ever before. the red tourism trend had already started before she became president in two thousand and thirteen

but she's emphasis on socialist traditions has given a significant boost to these communist party pilgrimages party members and employees of state owned enterprises are often even required to attend to was of the sites of the chinese revolution there is a clear propaganda purpose behind the tools like mao president xi wants to idolize the personality cult of china's most powerful man is rife in the village of young her and i was drive away one of millions of chinese you with exiled to the countryside she had to learn from the farmers in this village. chairman she lived in this cave with a comrade the photos are of his time in the village have a look. villages build cave homes that protected them from the harsh mountain climate the official tour guide say she learned to understand the common people

here i claimed i was a tourist journalists aren't welcome here. in yen on that quite firmly has reached the cave when mao once left but there's zero criticism of the late chairman here and no mention of the millions of people who died because of his policies and i'm sure that everyone has flaws. no one is perfect. but mao led china out of misery and that's what counts. the revolution two is almost over for you one more stop today and then the children will have completed this part of their read education. now nearly a month after the country's election the german chancellor angela merkel has begun holding talks with potential coalition partners the bodies from across the political spectrum say their first meetings went off well but they warn it could be

difficult to bridge their differences especially as some of the parties have very little in common. 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 under way chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. and she is 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. was 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. and c s u's 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 is a long way ahead of us. this vegas 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. and keeping track of this coalition talks is a political correspondent joins me now as we have the finest round of informal talks went off well we show you a hopeful sign that the spot is a kid to work together yes you can say that everyone is keen to get involved in these talks at all the parties involved who want to make a success of it they want to be part of a new government effectively and at the moment of course these talks are really

concerned setting up the talks themselves the proper talks and solve these have been preparatory discussions so it's a matter of establishing a work like atmosphere or maybe even a friendly atmosphere deciding on details such as who's going to meet in what's wrong with who when at what place and so on so it's a lot of technical details not really very much of substance being discussed at the moment but it is important that all parties concerned from a very wide spectrum of political. persuasion have. expressed their willingness and their determination to make a success of but it's not going to be easy to bridge the differences given that on policy it's a matter as they are often very far apart so what happens next. yes indeed it is going to be difficult and everyone is warning that this will be a very long road that this will take weeks maybe even months if we if we look at

the process in the next few days what happens next is that tomorrow all the parties concerned in these talks will meet for the first time around the table all of them together this will be a very large number of people and they will then have their first really in their face questions long discussions probably well into the night tomorrow and after that it will become clear exactly what kind of road map they are going to set up for the next few weeks in order to. you know to come to a conclusion to come to a proper treaty as it were a coalition treaty and give us some context here hons in many countries they are coalition governments often with multiple parties why is the process so complicated here well i'm not sure if it's easy in any country to form a coalition here in germany it's the first time that it is a coalition of so many parties involved there are three or maybe you could even say four parties involved ranging from the rather left wing greens to on the other side

of the political spectrum the christian social union from bavaria the sister party of i'm going to marcos christian democratic union in other words the conservatives the variance are particularly conservative and the spectrum between the variance on the one hand and the greens on the other hand that's the gap that has to be that has to be in some sense covered. so that makes it very difficult germany has very little experience of these kinds of coalitions at national level husband optimistic because i want to thank you very much he.