no we don't give interest magazines and talk shows don't you see and breaking events helps. with your mission day october thirty first. the day that the news coming to you live from berlin spanish prime minister mario a boy sachs had won this parliament of the region declares independence for what it called snap elections for catalonia in december the move comes as thousands are separatists supporters gather on the streets of barcelona to celebrate independence

for you the latest from madrid and barcelona also coming up. new clashes in kenya claimed more wants the country grapples with the phone no rerun of the presidential election. before the show i'm sara herman it's good to have you with us we begin in spain where prime minister mario rahowa says he's dissolving the cattle on parliament royce sacked the government of catalonia and called a snap election for the region set to be held on december twenty first all this after the cattle on parliament voted in favor of acquiring independence for spain that vote triggered celebrations in the catalan government palace and even larger ones on the street outside. yes to independence that was the news from consular news parliament it was the moment the

separatists have been waiting for and they took to the streets of boston and are in their thousands to celebrate. the earth. gets an enormous satisfaction because we've achieved what we thought for. the independent state of catalonia. i never thought it could happen here so thanks for these brave people. the and they were singing inside parliament as well the unofficial national anthem the catalonians opposition had already quit the chamber refusing to take potshots at the remaining lawmakers voted by seventy to ten in favor of independence to the citizens of catalonia it's up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our country to maintain our peace and dignity as we have always done and always will the. nature of the spanish cabinet discussed

taking over the government of catalonia its parliament is to be dissolved new elections held in december and its leader could face rebellion charges punishable with up to thirty years in jail. we never wanted it to come this far and we don't believe it would be good to extend this exceptional status as we've always said this is not about suspending catalonians autonomy but about a return to the law and to reason. in the council on capital pass the loan or the independence celebrations a continuing spain's west political crisis in four decades shows no signs of easing . continue in spain and we have team coverage of these developments in barcelona. was on the ground for us and covering madrid is robert show us start with the new we're

a couple hours away now from that euphoric independence declaration inside the parliament what is the mood right now in barcelona. things started to calm down a little bit now sorry for our independence declaration was made there with thousands of people on the streets here behind me celebrating it really jeevan me the any way i can describe it she's like a con of spirits people were overwhelmed at the decision that had been taken here that been a lot of backwards and forwards it was not clear really into the mind that happen that we were going to get this independent secularization and then to say it is people who realise that which is out on the streets outside the parliament things as i said are calming down a little bit now there had been some threats of violence breaking out we heard a short while ago that i was in and see independence protests not too far away there was some reports in local media that they were going to head all way that

doesn't look like it's going to happen police seem to the vest and the d.c. but we're not quite out who is yet though every now and then behind me i can his sort of outbreak of. cheering from people it's you do you get the sense that this. labor into something a bit more threatening is the night goes on right martin spain is unprecedented situation how is rejoiced in practical terms planning to implement direct rule now in catalonia. well indeed it's unprecedented that was his majority adopted its constitution one hundred seventy which itself wasn't a more. civil war dictatorship so that's just an indication of how seriously the government's image of lawmakers here are taking the crisis in practical terms well we've already been doing the spadework how many weeks now by

transferring many thousands of additional civil guards and police to work alongside where. they are organizing. so much sense i. take control of the order has what has changed the installations. and the other thing that they've done strategic thinking is that they took control of peacefully by the way our navy yard has a longer history as a few weeks ago so far controlling the security forces are controlling the money they've. laid the foundations for this takeover so. that should make it much much easier all right in theory charlotte let's go back to you for a second what do people there in catalonia actually think is going to happen because they have almost no international support for independence how can they really become an independent country is that something people really think is on the cards for them. that's certainly the hope among people who have been out on the

streets here behind me today they believe that there is a man days now for this independence day as they said the mandate came in the referendum this that took place and now today there was a date in parliaments they say this really should go ahead just to give you sense of how people are feeling here a short time ago there was an announcer behind me and she said huge cheers from the crowd that the cool air catalan radio station had said well i want to add that it was going to cross to its correspondents abroad it was referring them as we'll. correspondent in madrid say people do really want to see the president's independence was really want to see this fall three it has to be mentioned they very clearly that these people who have been here tonight behind me they represent everybody in catalonia in fact they are quoting the polls represent half of the people who are here there are a lot of people who are against independence who always have been and they're going

to be very concerned that the developments that we've seen it today all right martin back to you in madrid are we witnessing the unraveling of spain in its current form is there any way to go back now to the status quo well i think of all of the reasons you have to look at go. down house to learn more houses that consider in your words yes independence that obviously. country independence feelings are wrong separatist very hard even decades will follow and then possibly go in the well. we're going next i'm out so. well i think he's more likely to have one indeed you know one should emissions already been settled and looking into ways to amend their constitutions we may be seeing to change in the weinstein's regions we may be seeing. a federal constitution such as germany house the current chaotic situation in which we've got something different

regions and each one has its own individual star. but couldn't date the one that has to sit down so a way out of this can be constitutional reform even in the run up to this crisis current constitution was written and it could be amended but could be a possible one. i shall come back to you for one more question what happens now we've seen catalonia act we've seen madrid react seems like the ball's in calendars court. this is the crucial point in the fact is the people who are on the streets behind me really don't know we spoke to some people who were here and they said that they wanted to celebrate tonight because anything could happen tomorrow was fear is that when spain does start to impose a race rule when you have police here on the streets trying to take charge of government buildings that people here are going to take that very badly any threat

to his autonomy is not something that's going to go down well so there are some real risks of violence are an uncertain situation charlotte chelsea still joining us from barcelona and martin roberts in madrid thanks to both of you earlier spoke with our correspondent in brussels i asked him about the vibe coming from the european union on the catalonia issue. they you is fully supporting the spanish government and every move it makes that is clear of the us says this problem this forward to tween us alone in madrid has to be resolved within the legal framework the constitution of the frame bug off spain and so there is no room for an independent republic of catalonia and no e.u. member country none of the other twenty seven recognized cut alone the independent state in the would not do that as well the only thing is that done

a task ahead of the european council to protests today he said please don't resort to violence use forceful arguments but do not you was false so there is a slight fear that this might get out of control out of hand but officially doesn't react and says spain has to solve this problem on its own for example the the french president also said he's behind. on ohio and also the german chancellor told through a spokesman that she is behind house by house benish counterpart so there's no question they use behind the spending government ok so catalonia has no support for independence within the e.u. but in practical terms if tara long is to say yes or spain what's going to happen nothing the diplomats tell us they've just ignore any move to become independent that will be no border there will be no tariff there will be

no possible controls of things like that and every decision the cut and on government which is no longer in office now legally would take would just be ignored so nothing would change actually on the ground from the viewpoint of the european union. and brussels but turning now to some other news can you election officials continue to count ballots in the country's presidential rerun the cost of this divisive vote is becoming more apparent at least sixteen people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police ever since thursday's vote authorities have delayed plans to restage the elections tomorrow in some of the country's opposition strongholds amid fears of further bloodshed and a quick warning some viewers might find the images in our next report destroy me. the violence rages on. several people have died in clashes between police and

opposition supporters in the run up to kenya's redo of its presidential elections the clashes stop some ten percent of polling stations from opening and delayed voting in many others in slums like kibera near nairobi the situation was particularly tass because it took people from the voting existence it was very difficult for us because we had to model violence from proby youths. being only more patience then because of the unrest officials postponed voting in four counties until further notice opposition leaders continued to call on their supporters to boycott the vote citing security concerns and fraud allegations. yesterday kenyans all over the country heeded our call to stay at home and not turn out to vote. now i'm asking myself where did the eight million votes that or

who got come from. meanwhile the counting of ballots that have been cast continues the election commission has said that just over a third of registered voters cast a vote so far. what is the end of an era for air berlin almost four decades after the airlines first take off its last ever flight is about to land right here and the german capital for its beginnings in the one nine hundred seventy s. they're pulling her to become germany's second biggest airline in recent years though the company has been plagued by one crisis after another in august air berlin declared bankruptcy and earlier this month a german flag ship carrying the tons of bought most of its planes of tons also expect to take on more than a third of the airline staff. if you are scared of sharks you might want to look away because we're about to show you some up close to images of the most formidable all of them all the great white this footage captured by scientists in new zealand shows a four metre long shower playing with surveying equipment on the ocean floor now if

you're wondering why that shark is so interested in the camera that's because it's filled with tuna researchers say the shark was probably migrating to the tropics when it stopped for us. and that state of the news more at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always find the latest information around the clock on our web site that's g.w. dot com from the whole team here in berlin and me sarah harmon thanks for watching we wish you a great weekend. which of. your league school programs. were linked to exceptional stories and discussions from these eat and what we do debbie comes next.