i should. point out i've only said what i thought going on with her being funded. by mackenzie. this is d w news live from bahrain confusion in catalonia the region's president had been expected to call for ice not december election but that announcement expected in the last hour was first delayed and then suspended so where does this leave the regions deadlocked with spain over independence one life to bosler also

on the program. lavish ceremony on ritual not the symbolic promotion of thailand's like king pony poem as part of a five day farewell on rainbow light month. german human rights organizer is freed on bail from a turkish prison just as a trial begins so does this surprise move signal on improvement in relations between ankara on the left. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. an hour ago catalonia was poised to call a snap regional election for december according to local media catalan president collis posed a moment had been expected to make the announcement to help break the deadlock between the madrid government and catalan separatists seeking independence but first of all speech was first delayed for an hour and then suspended and this comes

just a day before spain's parliament tissue to decide whether to impose a prose direct to rule in the region. let's go to the visions capital of boston where we thought that becomes a problem touch on the chelsea and not the welcome that's what's going on. that's the question that everybody here is on seeing themselves at the moment there is a lot of confusion as you said it was expected we were getting reports that pushing one would cool regional elections that now doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon he is expected to talk at five o'clock so we could hear then exactly what is going on people here have been gathering since those reports person much not they were going to be really regional elections coups and they're very angry heinie right now we could a student protest probably independence and the ones even if. they're calling him

a traitor saying that they weren't accept anything less. if you can hear right now still a lot of anger on the streets. and so group of lot of speculation all that does this indecision point to a rift between. his allies. i don't think we need to speculate i think it's fairly clear his government is divided on exactly what it wants to do how it wants to proceed some members of his government one is even of his party have already announced that they're resigning before this is even officially been declared that they want regional elections they've been saying all along they wanted to accept anything less than independence and that's what they want there's a lot of anger that others within the party they want to try and calm the situation down the very real fear of the declaration of independence which triggered

a little more violence here. it remains to be seen exactly what it is is going to happen which side pitched one is going to fool and so one would call this push to ban have gained by calling in. actions for december. it was possible that by cooling reasonable actions he would hold on madrid for him activating our school one hundred fifty five that would mean that autonomy in catalonia would be suspended power would be taken from the government as well as financial institutions as well perhaps including regional elections he was hoping to cool that off and get a stronger mandate to independents in the elections in the future a stronger hand so to speak when it comes to dealing with madrid the trouble is though that we don't know for sure that madrid will hold off on imposing article one hundred fifty five even if these elections a cool there is some within the premise of party who say it's not enough just to

cool elections they also want to see a commitment that he is not going to see independence in the near future. barcelona thank you so much. mourners entitling topic on the main part of a five day funeral ceremony for the country's late king tens of thousands of people dressed in black lined the streets of the capital bangkok to watch king. pass from the ground palace to the royal coming toward him music written by the late model who has played alongside the procession and gunshots greeted the arrival. correspondent bustin hot is that. welcome bastards walk us through what's been happening today. we can see behind me filled this is the royal commission hall and there is a religious ceremony on the holy right there at the moment maybe you can hear the chanting of the monks there are dignitaries from more than forty countries here

amongst the former president of germany christiane wolf and also japanese prince and princes the king photon royalty from germany and all from germany sweden from europe of course. the queen the silvio. sweden's here for example clean like some out of the netherlands also and they're paying their respects to the lake right now in this ceremony that's going on right now they're putting down sandal with flowers which is. a custom here funeral that is here in thailand and you see that road here behind me this is where this elaborate procession passed through this morning that was led by now the king of the night son of a gentleman on who is now the king of that this is a procession which was passed in here and what you cannot see is that to the left

and right of there are tens of thousands of people who have been waiting for a case here braving the rain braving the heat to be part of this spectacle and to pay their respects to the king and bid him a last farewell to the past and i think in the bangkok stay with us we're going to have a look back now at seven decades of king the bumi paul's rule. king . the man who was thailand's monarch and head of state for more than seven decades . during his reign he saw thailand transformed from poor rural society to prosperous modern nation he survived a number. of attempted coups appointed twenty governments and signed more than a dozen constitutions. the king was considered a rare source of stability. for many he was also semi divine. is traditionally seen as the reincarnation of

a hindu god. king who. was born in one thousand twenty seven in the u.s. while his father was studying at harvard tended school and university in switzerland where he met his wife after the mysterious death of his brother in one nine hundred forty six became king he was just eighteen years old. and had passions that were considered somewhat unconventional for a king he loved jazz music and even played in his own band. the king was also interested in seeing how his people lived he often visited rural areas and arranged development projects which led to many calling him a caring ruler. with his considerable moral authority to me ponder fused several political crises as a mediator one of the most significant was the deadly rioting against the government in one thousand nine hundred two when his intervention prompted the then prime minister to resign. although popular as

a strict monarch his subjects were allowed to approach him only by sliding across the floor on their knees without looking him in the. criticism of him and his family could be punished by years of imprisonment. but the threat of jail didn't completely stifle criticism. activists say he hindered the country's democratic progress by wielding too much power and often siding with military and conservative forces. after the coup in twenty fourteen the king was accused of legitimizing the rule of the military after he gave royal blessing to the army's transitional government. the king spent the final years of his life battling illness he died a year ago at the age of eighty eight. following his death his son must have achieved a long gone has taken over the rain but he does not share the same popularity assist father with out to me poems stabilizing influence many thais are anxious

about their country's future. just about to bask in heartache in bangkok and boston reverence for the liking seems to go beyond just respect for the office has not been your impression on the streets of bangkok today and briefly if you wouldn't mind. very much so phil i respond to people before who were here to watch this to watch the procession and they were very emotional about the king and to them or to many thais they king is was just was like a father to them he was someone who had the interests of the people at heart someone they see as someone who. was pushing for the development of the country for the well being of the people there were many. there were on television a lot of pictures of him none of them crisscrossing the country. trying to look for that development in time for the well being of the people that's why many of him

many of them really are him so highly and loved him dearly and the people that we spoke today were very emotional about this they said that they were they started beating it when we even asked them about what it was like for them when that procession passed and what they thought of the king what they felt for the king so that's how deep those feelings go with many thais still present i think in bangkok thank you. that are some of the other stories making news around the world police in kenya have shot and killed a teenager during clashes with police as opposition protesters tried to block voting in the country's presidential election rerun polls have opened in areas that support president obama. kenyatta but didn't appear to be lower than in august opposition leader run out danger has described thursday's versus the shot and called for a boycott. an explosion and fire fireworks factory in indonesia has killed at least forty seven people and injured dozens more police say it started in

a warehouse complex on the outskirts of jakarta and spread after an explosion which led to the collapse of a roof. fan as well as former national assembly speaker henry ramos on the country's democratic opposition have been awarded the european union soccer uk prize for human rights the european parliament said it wanted to reward the courage of politicians and students fighting for freedom in the face of the country's repressive government. and german national peter storrie and seven other human rights activists have been released on bail after spending three months in a turkish prison they were arrested during a digital security workshop in istanbul and charged on and jailed on terror charges as part of opposed to crackdown mr store in this case is one of many diplomatic flashpoints between turkey and germany his release could signal a thaw in relations. thursday morning in istanbul for paint a nightmare has ended after more than one hundred days behind bars the human rights

worker is once again a free man after his release from prison. his comments on what happened made his ordeal clear. i'm really grateful and i can say we are really grateful. for everybody who supported us legally. diplomatically and with solidarity. and we know it's going on but we do it together. case and those of other german citizens arrested by turkey have severely strained relations between the two countries in berlin there is palpable relief over his release from prison. we were very pleased when the news came yesterday that peter storrie now was to be freed wrongly imprisoned in turkey for three months but now is the time to bear in

mind that there are still german citizens being unlawfully held in prison in turkey . if it does then that this is sensational and we should encourage turkey to take more of these steps to release the other prisoners especially the journalists where the accusations were made up out of thin air because in this former german chancellor gerhard schroeder played a decisive role and does release media reports say chancellor merkel knew about churches mediation efforts this was confirmed by his social democratic party colleague foreign minister. one german citizen may have survived a hard time in a turkish prison but others still behind bars are waiting to see what german diplomacy can do for them. this week chancellor merkel met the wife of imprisoned german journalist dennys your job a clear show of solidarity by the german government with those being held in

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