the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire we're serious starting november fifth don't you don't. this is news live from berlin the spain central government takes drastic measures to stop catalonia from breaking away half a million people take to the streets of barcelona in protest separatist leaders are calling it the worst attack on the region since the franco dictatorship we'll get reaction from barcelona also coming up all five living former u.s.

presidents unite for a good cause they attended a concert to benefit victims of hurricanes that struck the u.s. and its territories. and we'll revisit the bundesliga action from last night by munich travel to hamburg and it got physical handing the defending champions an extra man advantage as they look to reel in table toppers dorp and. a warm welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean it's good to have you with us the spanish government is moving forward with was being called the nuclear option in catalonia dritte has announced unprecedented measures to temporarily strip the region of its powers by firing its leaders and triggering fresh elections catalan president carlist whose dimona is accusing the central govern. of the worst attack

on his region since franco meanwhile large crowds rallied in barcelona to protest spain's proposals. to these pro when dependence catalans the central government's decision to fire catalonia separatist leaders and trigger new elections was yet another insult in response hundreds of thousands of protesters took to barcelona streets among them as preached a moment for now still the question on president since. i wonder what without standing for any election with very little support and against the will of the majority the government of mariano rajoy wants to name a board of directors to remotely controlled the life of catalonia from madrid in announcing the decision spanish prime minister mariano to hoa's says triggering article one five five is the last resort the article allows the central government to wrest back control of regions acting in a way that seriously undermines the interests of spain. we are not suspending

catalonia as autonomy or itself governance the measure will remove those people that put the autonomous government outside the law and the constitution self governance will not end it will be recovered for the sake of its legality and for the coexistence of all cattle lands not just those who are pro independence look independent of the measures still needs to pass the spanish senate which votes on friday it's expected to pass as roy's party holds a majority of senate seats well from already available and joins me now from barcelona barbara could these measures by madrid actually backfire and further fuel pro separatist sentiment in catalonia. of course they do to a certain extent mariana because the movement was more split before and now of

course they feel galvanized they say we have to march together and they have a very effective social media networks like calling out people for demonstrations as we saw on saturday evening is so that of course works better however we don't really know how strong they are with regard to the seven and a half million inhabitants of catalonia and whether they really do carry a majority that is completely unclear the puts them in government of course constantly claims to speak for the people but that's what all populists governments do and nothing is been proven yet right so marinara hawera is calling for elections as soon as possible but isn't there a danger that with new elections in catalonia we'll just see separatists being reelected. now this group that's today in power now can stand again so put them on and his ministers are out of course they can put up new leaders however if you look at the latest polls for four put

a centrist pro independence party they were in so hot it wasn't really so great it's not that he would just easily sail into majority plus his government now is being propped up by an extreme leftist party and we don't know anything about their fates they might not be able to do this again and get enough votes together so that is completely unclear and there's a further aspect during the last regional elections voter turnout was only in the sixty's of percents so now this time we can be quite sure that everybody who is against independence who wants to sort of return to the life they don't want to threaten economic welfare and the economic future of catalonia will turn out to vote so it's really cool open we don't know what will happen now what do we know about the next move by the catalonian government

we know nothing of course because they're keeping their cards very close to their chest however they have three options put cement re declare independence during this coming week and go down in flames be arrested and become a marcher great maybe some some people some of his supporters would love that but it's not clear whether he'll want to do it and he could also just sort of keep his feet still and wait for madrid to act and he could still call for elections from his own side he could do this before the senate takes his powers away on friday so he could still call for elections and overtly autonomy being suspended that is basically his best bet but whether he will choose it is totally unclear all right barbara vey is all monitoring the situation from barcelona thank you so much. well now on to some of the other stories making news around the world and voters in the northern italian regions of lombardy invent netto are holding non-binding

referendums asking for more autonomy from the central government both regions are led by members of the far right northern league they want more powers over infrastructure health and education they're also looking to slash the tax revenues sent to room millions of japanese voters are breathing a thai food and to cast their ballots and snap parliamentary elections it's on the high winds and driving rain could lead to a low turnout polls show prime minister shinzo obvious ruling liberal democratic party cruising to victory russian opposition leader alexei in a volley and else on social media that he is out of detention he had served a twenty day term in moscow for organizing what officials call an authorized protest of only has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in next year's election against president vladimir putin.

in the windows league on saturday by munich paid a visit to hamburg since coach you behind kids returned a few weeks ago munich squad appears to have woken up winning both games another victory and they could even go to the top of the table and have hamburg's record against biron is anything to go by would be jumping for joy for a third straight game. hamburg knew they were going to need all the help they could get against their bogey team by a munich. maybe ham on the hefty mascot could help keep things tight at the back. in the first half hamburg did throw everything they had in byron's way the visitors piled on the pressure and tallied sixty eight percent possession but struggled to create chances and threw a ball from kingsley coleman ended up with are you in robins shot hitting the side netting. some excitement

after forty minutes gideon young stopping come on in his tracks. run the referee sent him to an early show or hard but justifiable decision. came on after the interval hoping to kick start the byron attack and five minutes later david oliver with the cross. and current on to the so opened the scoring for the bavarians but the frenchman. mother's presence did indeed provide the spark but only lasted ten minutes on the pitch before thought problem sent him back to the bench hamburg to stave off defeat but andre hons late shot pushed over the cross. the hapless hosts have now failed to score in four straight home games and sunday's results could even sink them into the drop zone. biron meanwhile continue their upswing

under your pint this three wins nine goals scored none conceded even if it took some hard work against ten men hamburg. meanwhile dortmund are under pressure to prevail and their away clash against frankfurt if they wanted to hang on to first place has won their last three home games against the black and yellow still frankfurt coach was prepared for an uphill battle with only a limited supply of players. to choose from did injury. roman burkey raring to go the news for you a contracts promise to give a dormant keeper much needed boost it was a show of support that seemed to do the trick dorman not threatening in the opening stages mark butler surged towards the goal and nervy shahin slotted in. the black and yellows in front of the nineteen minutes. dangerous zombie attack

but also leaky in defense frankfurt had no shortage of chances but failed to capitalize but he was not letting anything past his posts the second half was as intense as the first appear and what it about me young just missing out here. but the dogman fans were soon given something to cheer about to maximilian philip was unstoppable and made it to nearly fifty seventh minute. short of the when coach peter bosch switched around his defense it was a fatal error burkey took down and to really bit church a penalty. sebastian kept his nerve to pull one back for frankfurt. and four minutes later marius voce leveled the schools it was a pinpoint set him up the development of friends was nowhere. if incompetence

of i'm completely unsatisfied we had to win this game we knew it wouldn't be easy because of our defense we had to change everything around to stuff and we knew then it wouldn't be easy and it wasn't. when you're too near the head you have to win the game so much and a few of them which must be given to all of the final score after being to go for dortmund it felt more like a defeat than a draw. one of the teams hot on dortmund heels after that draw a light sic who managed a one nil win against us gart my says obvious or curled a beauty pass run robert sealer in the twenty second minute and that was all the scoring his side needed absolutely no chance of stopping this one it's obvious there was only on the pitch because bruno was injured in the warm up and leipsic wind up with just one point fewer in the table toppers. well it's not often that all five of america's a living former presidents get together on stage but last night jimmy carter bill

clinton barack obama george h.w. bush and george w. bush put aside partisan differences to raise money for hurricane victims they were joined by popular pop rock and country stars for a concert that was broadcast nationally from houston texas. the onus on the c.d.c. concert and a plea for help your fellow americans was so close that was the message that the five living former presidents had for america at a fundraiser in houston texas to help victims of hurricanes that devastated us gulf states and caribbean territories this fall tour over storm roosters here tomorrow could not be prouder. of the response from the americans. when they see their neighbors and they see their friends. this is slander even the american stepped up. the concert also featured country and rock n

roll stars. but the night surprise headliner was pop superstar and grammy award winner lady gaga. pain is such an equalizer. and in a time of catastrophe we all put our differences aside and we come together. because we need each other oh we can survive. mother and i want to express our deep the current us president donald trump did not attend but he did send a video message thanking his predecessors for their help. the five former presidents started their fund raising initiative in september since then has raised more than thirty one million dollars. and now to pumping races a small town in the u.s. state of oregon had their annual pumpkin competition but this year with a smashing twist the city of to allington has held an annual contest for the last

fourteen years to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin but this time instead of just weighing the gourds and crowning the pump king or queen the town decided to see who could squash the competition in a boat race the town had a patch of trouble due to heavy rains but in festive costumes the locals certainly had pumpkin to talk about. you're up to date now on d w news way back again at the top of the hour thanks for watching. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back to the top. in our web special w dot com football.