this is the w. news live from but in custody a separatist leader of course of the peaceful resistance to spain's central government just hours old to be exact on the trees on his blue shimon vowed to keep walking for a free country to go live to madrid and fosamax also coming up. growing

concerns that can you could see more violence as authorities postpone the presidential election rerun its opposition and strongholds and the fee is for the safety on election officials. time and home free thanks for joining me. sax cattle and a president called has pushed him on to cold for quote democratic opposition to the sake of catalonia upon the trees and an address he said the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate and vowed to piss you his struggle for what he said to be a free country madrid's actions have left castle and supporters of independence outraged here in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. flags a symbolic move after the region declared its independence. this was the moment

catalan leaders stepped into the unknown lawmakers and barcelona voting officially to split from spain after the opposition walked out in protest. for many this man carlos peter man is the hero. he's the one who's led catalonia into this confrontation with madrid and there's no sign he's wavering from that course. my message to you is to have patience perseverance and perspective and for that we're certain that the best way to defend the achievements up to today is by democratically opposing the application of article one fifty five which is an act of premeditated aggression against the will of the catalan people. but others in spain have reacted with dismay or outrage to the cattle and parliament's escalation the federal government in madrid quickly put the country's deputy prime minister in charge of catalonia on friday she announced that it would soon be

officially out of a job. president of the catalan government will no longer be the president he'll no longer have that title that he'll no longer be able to make valid or binding decisions for others nor for his own government as a consequence of the station. since the vote protestors in madrid have gathered to defend the unity of spain for the rallies are expected on sunday a sign passions on both sides will continue to run high. more on this we're joined by our correspondent in barcelona charlotte charles and pillar and journalist martin rufus in madrid welcome to you both first me to you how strong a statement did qantas prejudged him on make. people here all day of the waiting for some real clarity as to what the next step is going to be from cause people here been very uncertain they thought hey these declared

independence that we're going to see protests on the street what's going to happen and we didn't get much of an answer from him his statement was very short and very concise it was pre recorded as well one thing though that we did hear from him it was that he does not acknowledge that spain is taking direct route he still considers himself the leaders this region and he wants to push ahead with the independence that he says is the just image we know that today he's been enjoying or in fact he was apparently spotted having lunch in a restaurant people dyer's a very pro independence area were cheering president presidents they're not willing to accept that he's no longer in charge either what's really interesting is that he could in the coming days face arrest that is something that is certainly on the cards so his is time for not giving many offices and still insisting that he is

going to push ahead with this independence could be running short or a so he did not acknowledge a spain's moves martin over to you then what reaction can we expect from madrid and indeed has there been any as of yet. no official reaction well state television have said to mark trying to start charging usurping power if he insists. not stepping down or. calling out start president because officially it was sacked yesterday and the other thing is that on monday apparently the attorney general will be bringing filing her charges of rebellion to the rules against the demise is yesterday's parliament should they switch to that independence that's very serious because that's punishable by jail sentences what's interesting is it's not clear whether those charges will actually applied to him because of course the pardons insisted that the secret ballot will show of hands and is a p.c.

that's the reason you know so that people can dodge any possible charges but this raises some interesting questions because the last aren't. trying to arrest council officials on twenty two september they were met with angry protesters who came to the inside of their destroyed their cars and were left late as a result of which the organizers of those protests that are in jail or the other interesting question is whether they actually answer the charges because the implication of yesterday's post is that they now regard as being a foreign country that jurisdiction has. so i mean really we're in a sort of legal no man's land at the moment and nobody quite knows you know where this is all going to leave well the thing i can tell you is there's a popular level there were yet more. proof unity demonstrations in madrid of the sort we've seen her surge in the recent weeks so tempers are still you know passions are still running high but no panic in madrid just yet when all right so

pro unity rallies in madrid shallots a different story in barcelona an extraordinary twenty four hours there as well on top of the already extraordinary few weeks now of people there reacting. well last night those images were iconic of sounds of people in the square behind me celebrating independence but what is so crucial to point out is that they do not represent everybody here depending on who you speak to people here recognize a different austerity some still say is the leader that he catalonia is now a free country others are accepting madrid in fact the polls suggest that depending on which ones you look at roughly the country is fifty fifty split on whether or not they support this independence just to give you a quick sense of the the divide that we're still seeing here i'd like you to just take a quick listen to some of the people that we've spoken to. things can't go on as

they are here in catalonia the pro independence people want to throw in the towel a bunch of times it's been said until you go public and they know the central government wants to put things back on track. your buy nya male someone just by no i love sustain it but we're different and we live together so i would like us to live peacefully side by side and our own ways that i will not a monitor. sid i read that a lot in them and in this one i don't know for independent or not i think everyone's feeling the same thing when scared of the consequences this might have been it but while waiting to see what will happen. when i was going to give us a. as was coming across there from these people that we spacey for those who don't support independence is a real sense of frustration just because they say they don't want to split from

spain doesn't mean they're happy with spain imposing direct rule here so many people really value catalan autonomy and don't want to see spain coming in madrid coming in and taking charge and the other point that we've been hearing a lot throughout the day is people really are worried about civil unrest is still on the streets of boston or it has been relatively calm today but there is a big anti independence rally tomorrow whether or not that call move remain in the coming days as people start to take stock of exactly what it is that happened here still remains to be seen monitoring the situation for us in barcelona d.w. shot at chelsea and phil and in madrid journalist martin it's good to talk to you but. at least thirteen people have been killed in coordinated attacks in somalia's capital mogadishu and the death toll is likely to rise and the details are still emerging but a car packed with explosives was rammed into

a hotel close to the presidential palace before armed militants stormed the building shortly afterwards another car bomb detonated nearby fighting is still underway at that hotel which is popular with politicians and government employees now the extremist group has claimed responsibility. to kenya now a country in political limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential elections scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition the cost of the divisive vote is becoming ever more apparent at least nine people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police since this day. an uneasy calm is holding in most of kenya's opposition areas after the election commission perspire own voting in four counties a heavy police presence aims to disperse the crowds but many of those poor carting the election remain on the streets rival gangs from different ethnic groups clashed

here in nairobi scouring guarin neighborhood at least one person was killed this woman managed to escape from a burning building but her ordeal still wasn't over seventy and up when we fled we measure our group to demanded we show them our hands they wanted to see if we had him on our fingers from voting to decide whether to beat oculus. some shopkeepers have been moving their goods to safer locations for fear the rioting will flare again it's not yet clear whether the polls in the four western counties will ever actually open with august's presidential campaign originally an old due to irregularities that could mean the current rerun also being declared invalid if you want to see yet another election. if. a lot of things and. the structural. destruction and more violence the kenyan authorities seem unable to

conduct a presidential election acceptable to all parties and the chaos is far from over. all right let's date on the other stories making news around the world indictments are expected in u.s. special counsel robert ray his investigation into alleged russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election u.s. media are reporting a federal grand jury has approved the first charges in the case but it's not yet known against whom for what. the german and he is nominee is meant to. peta has marched through the eastern city of dresden to mark the third anniversary of its founding several thousand participants gathered in front of the iconic example opera house where they were met by hundreds of protesters police brought him to maintain the police. peace. pope francis has the european

union to discover unity in a major speech on saturday the pontiff called on political leaders to welcome and integrate migrants and promotion europe as an inclusive community from the source they warned against the dangers posed by populist anti immigration policies. some football now and in the early bundesliga games on saturday neet leaders don't mind stumbled in their effort to pick up a win in hanover the home team put four goals paul stuart wins no one yet tight defense including a real beauty by felix klaus midway through the second half for two for hand over the final school than shall go well they were on the verge of victory against false work when wolves is devic found the net in at a time one or the results that so let's take a look at all of the weekend's bundesliga action so far while there was that kind of a win over dortmund and shall cause draw with wolfsburg elsewhere bloodbath downing

hoffenheim leyva coups and handled cologne how to defeat it and battle friday nights in frankfurt the points they try on saturday by an take on leipsic on sunday but i am an hour and stuttgart face book well the formula one world championship could be decided on sunday at the monaco at the mexico rather grown prix lewis hamilton can claim his fourth title with two races to spare but sebastian fattal still has an outside chance of overtaking 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 mexico city a championship lead to hamilton is staying calm nothing strange for me when everything is exactly the same as it was going into last race into the second of the season this is a consignment of mentally for me so maybe a change from your perspective from a doesn't. matter and ferrari have given the c.d.'s

a serious run for their money this year they nationally have the speed to compete the mexico grand prix permutations are fairly simple hamilton only needs a top five finish regardless of where his main rival fettle and bringing this season's once blistering battle to an end. this is d w news live from but when i'm out of the humphrey more news coming up at the top of the hour with my colleague sarah home it's a tweet be sure to join her then i think. it's reformation day on d w. the programs are around the clock marking its five hundredth anniversary we're going live to the commemoration ceremonies in the bag will be documentaries magazines and to.