this is d.w. news live from but it hundreds of thousands of people are on the streets of wasilla demonstrating in favor of spanish unity this is results of a new poll predicts a razor thin it made for anti depended supporters we'll get the latest on the

cattle and prices from all correspondent in abbas and also coming up the somali government develops to destroy the terrorist group claiming responsibility for the latest attack in mogadishu we just killed and wounded dozens of. i'm going to hold free thanks for joining me a massive anti independence rallies underway in the heart of catalonia with several hundred thousand people in barcelona demonstrating for unity with a spade this off the spanish central government imposed direct rule over the region in the wake of the catalan regional parliament moves to trigger it depends. also more on this we can cross we can cross. over to our correspondent

who's there charlotte chelsea impale she's at an anti independence demonstration in barcelona charlotte what's the situation where you are. halliday yes we've been hearing from police that there have been some three hundred thousand people here taking to the streets of basra now to protest against the move by the regional government former regional government here to impose independence activists here say that there are some one million people who are on the streets it's been very friendly so far we've been hearing chants of we are spanish and spain cannot be divided but the fact that it's very peaceful shouldn't mosque the fact that there is a lot of anger here as well people here have been chanting that they want to see them on go to jail so it's a very the people here have come to express their opinion they say that those who are full are independents have already had their say as you might remember there

were thousands of people on the streets of barcelona on friday and now the people that we've spoken to here say that tend to voice their opinions madrid calls for a regional election at the end of this year the latest polls suggest that at this stage the pro independence coalition would likely news that's just one poll but to get a sense that we're starting to hear from what had been a silent for unity majority there. yet i mean there are so many twists and turns happening in this process is really hard to predict what's going to happen before that election next month what's going to be crucial of course is whether or not the opposition. parties will for independence led by. a allowed to stand and be whether or not if they are they will stand because it's very possible that they could boycott any vote that's the vote that goes ahead now that this region is extremely divided it always has. ben. less

than fifty percent of people actually support independence that's certainly what people here are telling us it's close could be very interesting to see what happens people here have been shouting that they want to see one of the female leaders of the opposition regional opposition here become the next president we was speaking to earlier and she said that she would like to represent the whole of catalonia not just those who are for independence she would like to speak for everybody the lot of people here feel that they've been neglected by the catalan authorities up to this point chalo pretty strong call for peaceful democratic opposition to madrid but of course no one has forgotten the violence that broke out during the original referendum all we looking at a powder keg situation or do you think the people will heed his call. there is a fairly iconic images that you are firing see that helena that was on the day the referendum october first we saw

a lot of pictures go around the world of of women being dragged old women being dragged out of polling by police for madrid were accused of being extremely heavy handed today the people that we've been talking to say they still fear that there could be more heavy handed response from police as madrid tries to impose direct rule so far that hasn't been the case but that doesn't mean to say that on monday when government offices start to weigh pinon and. get back to normal life that's that things could change shauna charles and bring us up to date for history's vassallo and i thank you. and some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says he will release all the remaining documents relating to the assassination of president john f. kennedy in one thousand nine hundred sixty three this off the intelligence agency concerns led to a delay in that publication only the names and addresses of people still living

would be withheld trump said he was making the move off to quote strict consultation with his chief of staff. iceland's political future looks unclear following palm entry elections no posse want to nothe of votes to rule outright prime minister b. job ne benedix and conservative an independent party won the largest share of the vote but is lacking willing coalition partners it's the second election in a year of political scandals to shake the country. in thailand the year long mourning period and the labrat five day funeral for the late king officially ends today. pons ashes are now in straw and in the royal palace into temples he was regarded by many as a unifying presence in the country regularly beset by political upheaval. as much as in somalia the death toll from coordinated attacks in the capital mogadishu on saturday has risen to twenty seven with dozens more injured the islamist minister

group has claimed responsibility for the two call bombings and a hostage situation in the wake of the attack somalia's government has dismissed the country's police and intelligence chiefs. sunday morning the cleanup begins and bodies are recovered from the wreckage and the rubble after a lengthy siege security forces finally beat the insurgents who stormed the nasser hublot hotel on saturday afternoon and taken hostages. al-shabaab said it was targeting government and security officials among the dead are a former minister and a police commissioner more than thirty people were rescued. a government spokesman confirmed the islamist extremist group had launched the raid. fighters attacked the hotel two of them were killed there lying in front of the hotel three others were captured alive. did not claim responsibility for the

huge blast two weeks ago that killed at least three hundred fifty eight and caused massive destruction in the heart of the city the consensus is they did it. that attack prompted furious demonstrations the clear demand to the government to take tougher action and to stop killing innocent people. the president is set to host an urgent meeting with high level officials to discuss further steps to combat the insurgents pressure from the street is mounting to put an end to the nightmare i want to talk to us when you say that now he's a journalist and activist based in london and the good issue where he joins us on the line from now also on to car bombings the protests tracked it hostage situation what more are we learning about these coordinated attacks.

thank you very much. twenty three people killed in. which a suicide truck bomb has exploded. at least. thirty. force look who's here. now the last time and i'm wondering is. sorry for interrupting please go ahead on us and today somalia's cabinet on sunday voted to fire the police and intelligence chiefs in response to accommodation bossa modest accoutrements that mohamed blow after two serious exchanges attacks on the couple this month do somalis feel that not enough is being done to keep them safe in the wake of these attacks. sir peter who question again. have there been efforts to improve the security situation in mogadishu in the wake of these attacks both the attack which we

saw previously and then the attack this saturday. the somali so today's attack came two weeks off then well the thirty people people were killed in a massive truck bomb in a busy from a vicious three and small is worst of attacks and yet the somali government has been trying to stabilize this uproots the situation in mogadishu and are somalia so hard but still they face a lack of. stabilization efforts. i was going control over most of the regions and somalia was when you said in mogadishu thank you. in china technology companies are racing to embrace the latest in facial recognition software and now the technology is a revolution for security officials and shop as alike but privacy activists are increasingly concerned especially as similar technology makes its way to europe we

sent reporter called assman to find out while. this might look like a science fiction movie but it's real a glimpse into an orwellian future that's already here. these surveillance cameras in china are tracking and identifying citizens in real time. it's part of the country's skynet program a network of twenty million cameras with high tech capabilities like facial recognition and artificial intelligence. facial recognition is quickly becoming part of everyday life in china where you can now pay with a smile at some fast food restaurants. but it's a different story in europe privacy laws are stricter and citizens are more skeptical of surveillance so technology like this could never be used in europe writes think again.

about this train station here in berlin patient recognition cameras are already being tested. this system can pick out the faces of test subjects in the crowd and if the project is approved could be used to locate criminals or terror suspects and even more powerful surveillance technology is in the works. who look familiar this could be the future of crime fighting this european developed prototype scans live a video for criminal behavior and then automatically sends video clips to authorities it was developed in part with funding from the european commission. if implemented it could be a big step forward for fighting crime. there is. interest . there is. reduce the crime.

but many in europe who are uncomfortable with this level of public surveillance hid their faces in protest when facial recognition was unveiled saying the system violated their privacy. and that would be as if i went up to each person in the train station and demanded that they give me their fingerprints it's unspeakable in a democracy and in a constitutional state that mission and there's a potential for abuse if used improperly systems could track one segment of the population. china has already been accused of using its skynet program to monitor government critics but if used properly computers could actually be less biased than people just get used to it by people who have certain. behavior and they fit into that. program the company in a way that is that nasty race or they dress that you are.

biased as technology improves facial recognition will be hard to stop berlin is just one of several european cities with test projects and recently moscow launched a surveillance system similar to china where being watched and this is something that we've come to accept trading a bit of privacy for more security china is taking that bargain to whole new level what kind of bargain are you willing to. did for me to want to. start in pole position in sunday's mexican grown prey have all eyes will be on lewis hamilton he only needs to finish in fifth place ohio to to. take the title well factor in this for all report out all the stops to grab hold besides him in a second place max for a stopper of red bull and his right behind him very to say he's joining aids by sixty six points and could well wrap up his food for me to one tycho this weekend.

and our minder the top story we're following for you hundreds of thousands are demonstrating for unity with spain in the catalan capital barcelona this alter a new poll shows a slight lead for anti separatists in december this election. you're watching news live from berlin plenty more coming up at the top of the hour you can always had a website called thanks for joining me and look forward to seeing you again soon. it's reformation day on d w. have programs around the clock marking its five hundredth anniversary we're going live to the commemoration ceremony that barack will be documentaries and magazine.