the local folk ever wondered what the biggest upset up to the minute news of independence or the background to political developments. we bring you. the lawyer. for the state of the news from berlin and catalonia separatist leader calls for peaceful resistance to spain central government just hours after being sacked by madrid cards pushed mom about to keep working for a free country will take in madrid and barcelona coming up plus. kenya sees

more clashes between protesters and police after authorities postpone the presidential election rerun in opposition strongholds over fears for the safety of election officials. and yet more evidence of the destructive effects of climate change on the world's glaciers scientists are trying from greenland and they have summed worrying groups. hello and welcome my name sara harmon it's good to have you with us. sachs catalogue president calls long has called for a quote democratic opposition to the takeover of catalonia by madrid and address use of the spanish government's decision to dismiss him was illegitimate invalid to pursue his struggle for what he said ought to be a free country madrid's actions have left supporters of independence outraged. here

in catalonia some towns have lowered the spanish and e.u. floods a symbolic move after the region declared its independence the flags are gone as well from the town hall of seven on the outskirts of barcelona see the red there are watching them and then this one i don't know if will be independent or not and i think we all feel the same here they were afraid of what the consequences might be with. your spine your mate was someone i love spain but we're different and we can't live together. and something is unique ok i wish we could live in peace side by side. thank you but each going our own way. one thing however is certain carlos p's the man and his regional government have been suspended but he doesn't seem to have accepted that fact. well gosh there will got to be what our desire is to continue to fulfill our democratic mandate at the same time will strive for maximum stability and peace what we understand the

logical difficulties that this era brings with it an era like no other that our country has lived through. for the first time in spanish history article one fifty five of the constitution has been enacted that means that now catalonia is under direct rule from madrid spanish vice president soraya signs this on time when he is in charge her first step to fire the chiefs of catalonia is regional police force if necessary she could fire the entire force and replace them with the federal police from madrid. many spaniards outside of catalonia support her course of action once more thousands of protesters first banish unity gathered in madrid. independence for catalonia it will mean an economic territorial and cultural loss for spain because i believe that great achievements can only be accomplished with unity cohesion and solidarity. one on one question it seems there is unity the

fight over cattle and independence should remain peaceful. i'm joined now in barcelona by our correspondent charlotte also help and by journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both charlotte first to you how strong a statement did push to make. it was very strong he made clear that he still believed that he was the man in charge here and yes there was some uncertainty to people here on the streets to really know what to make of it you've got these jewel narratives going on at the moment spain has said it is imposing direct rule that it is taking charge of institutions is already removed the police chief from power and yet pushing on doesn't seem to recognize any of this he is still saying that he wants to push ahead with independence and that he has a mandate to do so in his statement he did say that he wanted calm he didn't want

anybody to take to the streets and start rioting it appears he as he was making that statement he was actually in and he was spotted actually in a restaurant having a glass of wine say perhaps that adds to this narrative that he's really not trying to inflame this situation. but of course it can get out of hand very quickly there is a lot of tensions here on the streets today with people waiting to see what happens next because that is what is so uncertain here at the moment what's going to happen for example when spain when madrid tries to stop him from saying that he's in charge anything could happen in fact he faces arrest possibly as soon as monday all right let's find out what is going to happen next martin what do you think we can expect next from madrid. well according to state television into interesting.

details of how intense. the attorney general is preferred. to file the charges to bring. against the organizers at yesterday's independent vote in the house alone on the rebellion now that's very seriously because the provisional ira prison sentence of up to thirty years although we get it hasn't been used since so andrew bolt. so he's governments in ninety nine he won't which was quickly flossie one of the first measure. the constitutional court will receive you make a preliminary ruling outlawing. friday's independence folks now as with everything else about this the question is how we're going to actually implement have you know

what i'm going to show it so there could indeed be some resistance you know sort of pacific sort of our courts don't you know anybody tries to arrest him or any deed any other officials i mean do you know we do see violence things return to the september where the police under orders from a course it hasn't actually tried to arrest people who are who they organise the referendum on the first of october. the organizers of the protest and now actually in jail again you know we're in a legal minefield here nobody seems to know quite what's going to happen next so there's a lot of expectations. in the group expectation and uncertainty in madrid let's go back to barcelona for a second charlotte this has been an extraordinary twenty four hours on top of an already extraordinary few weeks how do people there are reacting you were telling us earlier about some tensions is that the overriding feeling there one of tension

. yes or they've been samy twists and turns in this process seventy sit downs with people it really has been an emotional roller coaster a lot of people here are telling me that what they really fear is a repeat as martin was talking about what happened on october first when this place for madrid where keys are being very handy heavy handed with people going to the polls they've all been saying that they can very much for see that happening again i was so crucial to point out about this situation is depending on who you ask and it really is extraordinary some people say that they think that spain is is in charge other people madrid is still in charge other people are saying that they still recognize him on in fact when he was in people were chanting president president recent polls that were taken still prove that it is a fifty fifty divide and whether people are forgetting that independence or against independence for those who are against it who are expecting to march tomorrow this really is

a very frustrating situation because just just because you are against independence doesn't mean that you're in favor of madrid taking control people here really are very defensive of their autonomy their culture their language and any movement for madrid to take charge is going to be taken very badly in this. morning from barcelona and in a dread martin roberts thanks to both. at least seventeen people have been killed in coordinated attacks in somalia's capital mogadishu dozens more have been wounded it started when a car packed with explosives was detonated outside a popular hotel shortly afterwards another car bomb exploded nearby on militants then stormed the hotel prompting a drawn out gun battle with police several senior officials are said to be among the dead the extremist group has claimed responsibility. well kenya is a country in political limbo officials have again postponed

a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered to be opposition strongholds the cost of the divisive vote is becoming ever clearer at least nine people have been killed since thursday in clashes between protesters and police. there's no sign of any letup in the violence in kenya as opposition strongholds little progress either on the election two days after voting in the rest of the country polling has again been delayed in four counties where residents blocked roads and clashed with police as part of an opposition boycott it's not yet clear whether the polls here will ever actually open. oh. so who are must go chant these protesters demanding the removal of president a hurricane yet his original election victory back in august was an old because of

irregularities local media say this time around his one thousand nine hundred seven percent of the vote but that's with an opposition boycott and on turnout as low as thirty five percent rival gangs from different ethnic groups crashed in many areas as government opponents disrupted voting this woman managed to escape from a burning building but ran into more trouble. when we fled we measure our group to demanded we show them our hands they wanted to see if we had our fingers from voting to decide whether to beat ok lists. struggling to run a credible election officials say more than three thousand polling stations still haven't submitted their results. the current rerun was supposed to defuse tensions on the street if this poll is also declared invalid more violence looks inevitable . here's a look at some other news in brief now indictments are expected to soon as monday

u.s. special counsel robert buller's investigation into alleged russian meddling the us presidential election u.s. media reporting a federal grand jury has approved the first charges in the case but it's not yet known against whom or who won. and. i am an anti as long as march of the eastern city of dresden to mark the third anniversary of its founding several thousand protesters gathered from the opera house where they were met by hundreds of protesters police for on hand to maintain the peace. pope francis has urged the european union to rediscover unity in a major speech on saturday the part of call of political leaders to welcome and integrate migrants and to promote europe as an inclusive community francis also warned against the dangers posed by populist anti immigration policies. of for years an icebreaker called the polish town have been at the forefront of german

climate research vessels just returned for its latest trip to the northeast greenland and it's brought back some sobering findings. there were numerous polar bear sizings on the polish turns latest expedition. well nourished and curious they accompanied the ice breaker. but their habitat is shrinking on the newest research shows the phenomenon is getting worse led by force incomes of the scientists found that the northeast of greenland is now threatened with massive ice loss. i'm from. initially only the southern and western ice shelves were affected but no northeast greenland is playing its part north austin going nuts phone. the polar stern took measurements in some previously unresearched regions like a large glacier known as seventy nine north because of its coordinates on the map.

scientists found that water warmed in the atlantic was a road in the ice shelf close to the mouth of the glacier is eats away at the ice underneath until the ice shelf breaks off and contributes to rising sea levels. minin modifiable it's predicted that greenland will contribute a minimum of six to ten centimeters to global sea levels by twenty one hundred but some of the processes that excel are right the melting of the glaciers are not included in that model and. that means that the polar bears territory would shrink drastically and sea levels would rise much more rapidly than previously forecast. some sports news in formula one germany's sebastian vettel will start in pole position in sunday's mexican grand prix but all eyes are going to be on lewis hamilton he only needs to finish in fifth place or better to take the title fettle

and his ferrari pulled out all the stops to grab pole behind him in second place next best option of red bull hamilton is right behind in row two we're sadie's driver leads by sixty six points and could well wrap up his fourth formula one title this weekend. news you're up to date at this hour but don't forget you can get the latest news and information around the clock by visiting our web site that's dot com i'm sara harmon in berlin for the whole team here thanks for watching and have a great weekend. and costly protective measures.