from the perspective of writers thinkers to covent garden just what did it feel like to live in the times of revolution. nine hundred seventy a real october started to over twenty fifth. this is d w news a live from berlin spain cracks down on catalonia is independence that the central government in the dritte is meeting at this hour to discuss stripping the region of its autonomy well came philippe says catalonia will remain

an essential part of spain as the crisis intensifies we'll go live to barcelona also coming up the czech republic is poised to elect a populist prime minister we look at the man they've dubbed the czech and donald trump and ask why the country is so critical of the european union doing as being a good and they're going. and can german rob make it in america we follow the bavarian band sex as they take their foreign language flow to the home of hip hop. a warm welcome to the program i'm marrying in evanston it's good to have you with us the crisis over catalonia is independence bit is at another crucial juncture today prime minister mariano rajoy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for establishing central control in the region now this comes after

a catalan leader carlos pushed him out refused to abandon his threat to declare a breakaway state. a brief run on catamaran banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they've moved their headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe again he tout of the region and the firm the unity of the country explain what you got that. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable secession attempt on its national territory. which it will resolve using legitimate democratic institutions. respecting our constitution and adhering to the values and principles of the parliamentary democracy in which we have lived for thirty nine years. the king spoke as by signes price for imposition of direct role prime minister

mariano rajoy is now taking steps to activate article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution this would allow the central government in madrid to intervene in catalonia and strip the region of some. of its autonomy. well for more d.w. barbara vessel joins me now from barcelona so barbara what do we know about her hoist plans for catalonia what powers does madrid intend to take away. we don't know exactly yet but the spanish press expects a soft solution as soft application of the possibilities the article one five five gives the government because madrid might have understood by now that it's no use for the inflaming emotions here because they're running high anyway but trying to sort of be a bit more flexible a bit more tricky politically to string out the crisis and buy in this why diffuse

it so it could be that just a bit is taking away police maybe finances finances rather certainly and maybe this state broadcaster here the regional broadcaster t.v. three might have a controller put in because it's rather unilaterally done more or less propaganda pro independence here for quite a while now so those are the options that are on the table but we have to wait a bit and see what madrid does all right well this article one fifty five that you mention has been called the nuclear option is there another option besides triggering article one fifty five are some sort of talks or mediation completely out of the question at this point. it's too late for mediation is such that point has been passed once the regional government here behind us is put in his palace has declared independence unilaterally even though he then

immediately sort of suspended it however there is a solution is a way out because if we look at the regional newspaper today it says sixty eight percent off catalans want elections now madrid tends to call elections in january but to push them on could if you wanted to defuse the crisis and call for elections from his own side and sort of like undermine the application of one five five said ok folks let's sort of stop all this nonsense let's go to the polls and see what the public really says and have a controlled elections where the figures in the end really stack up and barbara just briefly if you can has the catalonian government indicated what its next move is going to be it has indicated that parliament will move will meet on monday and it will still go ahead was re declaring independence which means that

the government is not backing down and they intend to sort of carry this through push it through and sort of play hardball so that is not a good sign but we need to wait a bit what madrid now really does all right barbara vale reporting from barcelona many thanks indeed now to some of the other stories making news around the world and egyptian authorities say at least thirty five soldiers and police officers have been killed in clashes with islamist fighters in the baria oasis in the country's western desert and the casualties reportedly occurred during a raid on a suspected militant hideout the extremist group possum has claimed responsibility for the attack. brazilian police have arrested more than ninety people connected to an internet paedophile ring the raids followed a six month investigation involving u.s. authorities more than a thousand agents took part in the operation which police say is the biggest ever conducted in latin america. here in germany a first round of talks on forging

a new governing coalition have been called constructive chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the pro-business free democrats and the greens must reconcile divergent views on immigration energy and the environment a so-called jamaica coalition is seen as the only option available to americans. now the second and last day of voting is underway in the czech republic's parliamentary election voters look set to hand power to populist billionaire andre bobbish and his on a movement the frontrunner has pledged to stamp out corruption boost investments and keep out of migrants despite having a lead in the polls it still looks unlikely that ana will secure an outright majority in parliament. and joining me now is you repay he's the director of new york university's academic center in prague thank you so much for joining us now under

a bob it is often called the czech donald trump is this a fair comparison just how much do they have in common. well they have something some common because they are what billionaire stable came into politics from the outside which promises to do crean the politics before the the situation they are with and i. would have an indictment nation agenda and certainly mr publisher would also like if he quits a two to isolate the czech republic slightly more and this now from from the outside world but i would say that mr publishes at the same time more similar to. syria but it was conan because when he went into politics he bought said two major dailies in the czech republic plus the radio station so he's got the. media

machinery behind the suit to promote his interests well what we do know also about andre bobbish is that he's quite critical of the e.u. if he is elected prime minister what will this mean for relations with brussels. well it we don't know at this point because we still publish this businessman is that he's a pretty modest who really assess certain things now during the electoral campaign . to impress his electorate which consists mainly of older less educated people and those people are not happy with the european union but at the same time he's going to its own interests which are your structure your public to germany and france aren't going to lance us companies in all of those countries and so it is not in his personal interest to create any kind of deep divide between the czech republic and the european union i personally expect

that if he becomes the prime minister he would modify his entire european rhetoric and would become much more. not maybe pro european but certainly a much less combative with regard to the european union. well it is clear that voters are dissatisfied with the establishment parties and that's despite the fact that the country's economy is doing quite well why is that. well i think that water starts to reacting to a situation that actually. brought mr published to politics because he ran in two thousand and thirteen on the very strong and by corruption. and indeed so that your politics was really are either that corruption there were a lot of corruption scandals and professional parties to some extent discredited themselves but i think that he has actually himself been.

surrounded by allegations that he might have far committed fraud using european money so he had to retool and corruption is still. not a strongest in the past year repave the director of new york university's academic center in prague thank you so much for your analysis some sports news now and the formula one world championship could be decided on sunday at the united states grand prix lewis hamilton can claim his fourth title with three races to spare but is the best in federal still has an outside chance of overhauling the britain. it's been a blockbusting fight for the biggest title in motor sports but the battle between lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel could come to an end this weekend in austin texas championship leader hamilton is staying calm. not in change for me when

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and a quick reminder of the. top story we're following for you spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for suspending catalonia is autonomy this comes after the region's leader refused to abandoned and independence bid spain's king philippe called and on except about secession attempt. they're up to date now on d.w. news we'll be back again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always get the latest news and information on our website that said w dot com i'm marion evans dean thanks for watching.