more cheap and costly protective measures with. no friends. thank you. for challenging almost too much or starting november ninth own g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin crunch time in catalonia madrid assumes control of the region in an attempt to preserve spanish unity and snuff out barcelona's independence the spanish prosecutors must now decide if they'll charge cadillac

leaders with the belly. also coming up a breakaway bid in iraq fails to kurdish leader must step down after the backlash against the region's referendum on independence we will get the latest from there bill. the united nations warns of a new humanitarian crisis in syria that's as images of starving children a bridge from a rebel held area east of the capital damascus. plus a powerful storm leaves a trail of destruction across europe the fierce winds and heavy rains lashed central europe leaving six dead poland and the czech republic are hit hard with germany battered overnight as well. and lewis hamilton seals his fourth formula one world title after a day of drama in mexico city we'll have all the details. for. i'm

susan was going to good to have you with us catalonia has begun its first week under direct rule from spain's central government and politicians and civil servants started returning to work amid uncertainty if they will accept orders from madrid hundreds of thousands of pro-human eighty demonstrators filled barcelona streets on sunday two days after separatist leaders declared independence spain dismissed catalonia as regional government over the weekend and must now decide if its leaders will be charged with treason. hell some polls in barcelona covering the very latest developments for us are charlotte has the president showed up to work today. yes it is crunch time here that's the question everybody here wants to know are we going to see him walk into this regional government building behind me so far we've heard very little of him we know the leaders of this independence movement and then

to be meeting today is not yet clear whether he is going to attend president very unclear posts on his instagram account it shows the inside of this building just here and it's not known whether or not it was taken this morning or not other members of his cabinet have apparently started to return to work we did have one former dismissed territories minister himself on twitter at his desk saying he was back to work he's now left the office is that he's gone to that meeting we will say no that the parliamentary leader has also returned back to what but that is of course a huge problem if others start following suit madrid argues that they are acting illegally and will have to respond accordingly possibly with police getting involved so charlotte if carlos pushed him on does show up for today will he be arrested. that's the key question that's what people here

want to find out he does of course face arrest spain's public prosecutor is apparently preparing charges of rebellion against him that carries a thirty year prison term others as well who let this meeting with him also face charges that's up to the legal authorities here in spain though whatever his his face in that sense is it's going to be up to madrid and to push him on himself to decide how they want to play these next few days because it could be crucial in deciding whether or not this crisis remains calm as it has been so far all whether it becomes volatile is certainly the fear among people here that there could be some violence on the streets particularly if we do see them on and other members of his movement being led out of buildings in handcuffs that could really provoke the thousands who gathered here on friday to celebrate in defend independence into

defending what they say is the new and independent state and charlotte speaking of those protesters you know carla's first among called for passive resistance what could that look like. before we've seen so far it could be what we're seeing just here beside behind me they've got the flag that marking catalan independence as i said it has been very peaceful so far on himself has been clear that he doesn't want to see violence on the streets he said that in a statement on saturday he said he wanted democratic resistance other than others they previously in the build up to this within the independence movement has said that they'd like to see they would suggest civil unrest if they don't get their own way if spain does start imposing some of the practical implications of direct rule perhaps even blocking government buildings to stop officials from madrid taking charge so far though we haven't seen that materialize but as i said it's all to play for in the coming hours. charlotte shall some hell with the latest

developments for us in barcelona thank you. now iraq's autonomous kurdish region defied the central government and held a referendum on independence of a month ago kurds overwhelmingly back to separate state but the move triggered quick retaliation troops from baghdad seized she kurdish areas and now president barzani the man who championed independence for decades is stepping down a look now at some iraqi kurds have been reacting to the news. outrage in the kurdish capital protesters here in erbil forced their way into the parliament building as lawmakers voted to approve barzani his resignation but many here feel he's being mistreated after fighting for kurdish independence for decades . barzani's long struggle for a separate kurdish state culminated in last month's move to secede from iraq he

wanted that vote to be his legacy instead it's provoked baghdad to crack down on the kurds. in a defiant address barzani defended the referendum he said the will of the kurdish people was clear. and then get a referendum can never be erased because these are the votes of three million people from. iraq no longer believes in kurdish rights. iraq is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack occurred. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government backed at once the kurds to declare their referendum void and is backed up those demands with force after the referendum the iraqi government launched a surprise attack on kurdish controlled territory and seized her cook the oil rich

city would have been the economic hub of a future kurdish state. the loss of kirkuk has cost barzani support among some of his fellow kurds but it's unclear whether his resignation will help bring an end to the confrontation with baghdad. our correspondent funny for char is standing by for us in air bill the capital of iraqi kurdistan hi funny good to see you so who is in control of the region right now. if you look at the facts to me that the helicopters for example. helicopters all of the regional government and also if you look to my last you see here. sitting by making sure the people have that feeling that there's security here even iraqi kurdistan you get the impression everything is under control but looking at the fact that iraq the central government in baghdad has closed the airspace for international flights to our bill but also

their plan to close the borders to force iraqi kurdistan that clearly gives you a different picture or an additional element to that picture and that is the day by day says that controversial non-binding independence referendum and of september weeks control is basically being reduced every day and the question is just by home much to degree of autonomy over iraq according is going to be reduced as this conflict is continuing. funny. the man who championed it this referendum has decided to step down why now. it wasn't a really big surprise because president karzai has announce that he's going to step down or rather he's not going to run again for another term this term is over this year he said that prior to the independence referendum so he basically repeated what he planned to do anyway whatever the situation the political situation

situation iraqi kurdistan is much different from just a few weeks ago there are clashes there have been clashes last week over disputed territories the week before that has evolved so it is a very volatile situation some analysts suggest he's stepping down at this point in time to make sure that this conflict does not accelerate even food but also there's an opposition party in the parliament go along party which means change and they actually want to see change they say that it is because of barzani that iraqi kurdistan is in such a volatile situation iraq as well and that through barzani it's being jeopardized that that the territory of iraq or distant may become smaller and smaller not not just not becoming independent at some point but even risking that iraqi kurdistan autonomous region is losing that autonomy just briefly if you can where does all of this leave the kurdish push for independence in iraq.

people here if you talk to people here in our below everybody pretty much everybody from the heart say yes we want an independent state but views differ when you when you want to have an independent state due to the backlash from the independence referendum people who worry that this may ask even further so some people say here now ok i do want an independent state i finally want a homeland because i'm kurdish and i don't have a homeland but maybe right no it's not the best time to go for it. is funny fatah reporting from erbil in iraqi kurdistan thank you very much. now syrian activists say government bombing has killed at least eleven people in rebel held eastern how-to the area is north of the capital damascus and is part of an internationally brokered deescalation zone that was declared earlier this year but the government has laid siege to how to promise prompting the united nations to warn of a humanitarian crisis there. was already close to death when her parents brought

her to the doctor her mother has no milk she has hardly any food herself so hard died the next day in eastern how to she was only thirty four days old. doctor has and how it works in easton how to fire sky he tells us there are sixty thousand children under five years old there's no vaccine no drugs and hardly anything to eat. some people have had no outside help since last year. this footage is from syrian opposition activists it can't be verified but there's no doubt that eastern how to has been under syrian government siege for four years there were more tests on sunday. rebel factions to back and they cause casualties in government controlled areas to. almost the eastern how to is supposed

to be a deescalation zone but in recent months the siege has only grown tighter the tsunami has destroyed tunnels used by smugglers to bring in food and medicine and the syrian government has allowed next to no united nations a transports in recent months the last convoy was on the twenty third of september it brought some supplies for twenty five thousand of the at least three hundred fifty thousand people who live here. the high commissioners reminding all parties that the deliberate starvation civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a clear violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a crime against humanity or war crime until recently the syrian government allowed seriously ill children to leave east know how to treatment in damascus but now opposition ling doctors say there are sixty eight cases of severe malnutrition every third child is on the developed. how there is two years old proper medical care and food would help neither exist in the east and how to.

not to some other stories making news around the world in kenya opposition leader riley has held a rally in nairobi as a standoff continues over the country's repeat presidential election odinga has called the vote a sham the election board is expected to decide whether to reschedule voting where protest blocked turnout or to declare victory for president kenyatta president trump is sharply criticized the investigation into his two thousand and sixteen campaigns a legit ties with russia this is u.s. media reports the first arrests in the probe could be imminent without pointing to specific evidence trumped used twitter to accuse his former opponent hillary clinton of russia links. and academy award winning actor kevin spacey has apologized to a man who accused him of sexual misconduct in the same statement spacey also came out as gay this after broadway performer anthony rapp told buzz feed spacey had

tried to seduce him when he was fourteen years old. and let's take a look at what kevin spacey posted on twitter he wrote quote i honestly do not remember the encounter it would have been over thirty years ago but if i did behave then as he describes i owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior the story has encouraged me to address other things about my life i have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life and i choose now to live as a gay man will some americans are angry they're speaking out against spacy advice columnist dan savage saying there's no amount of drunk or closeted that explains away assaulting a fourteen year old child another twitter user sherry wrote to my gay son and his friends fight stereotypes constantly shame on you kevin spacey for linking assaulting a minor with coming out as gay and that's

a wrap the actor who made the allegation against casey had this to say i came forward with my story standing on the shoulders of many of the courageous women and men who have been speaking out to shine a light and hopefully make a difference as they have done for me. you're watching the news still to come in the program a powerful storm sweeps across europe battering poland and the czech republic six die in high winds and fierce rain. that's coming up in a moment but first a smartphone fans are making investors pretty happy again you can say that there was any doubt if the new i phone ten would be popular it's been put to rest major suppliers to apple. and were among the best performing stocks on european and asian markets on a monday morning after demand for the i phone ten exceeded initial supply major i phone assembler foxconn was up one point eight percent in taiwan as a german chip maker dialogue semiconductor also trading higher right now in

frankfurt apple started offering the hotly anticipated your device on friday and within minutes the company was forced to push back shipments to late november and then later to december british banking giant h.s.b.c.'s profits were up more than five fold in the third quarter mainly because the lender expanded its market share in asia bank reported pretax profits of four point six billion u.s. dollars in the last quarter up from eight hundred forty three million in the same period a year ago at that time and eggs were hit by one of a loss of one point seven billion dollars from the sale of its brazilian unit the bank's continued bets on asia seems to be paying off it's been part of h.s.b.c. strategy to expand business in one of the world's fastest growing regions to make up for losses elsewhere. let's go for a quick market update and cross over to ollie bonser standing by in frankfurt for us only h.s.b.c.

they're showing the finance sector how it's done down there what about the other european bias. they sure are there some strong european banks here santander and spain are being p. parivar in france but they're not to be found in germany the two largest private banks are the command spunk in the deutsche bank bank number one in the country but a far cry from what it once was it was once in the same league as the major banks around the world making good money but those days are long gone and now deutsche bank is struggling to find a profitable business model and same story if you will come out spunk there the state is still in there with a major equities package shareholders package a candidate for takeover more or less out of out of weakness. only it's monday start of the week it was what's going to move markets. it's going to be a terribly exciting week because there's so much that can move markets and probably will we just talked about apple in the program apple also comes out not just with

the i phone with the new i phone but with a quarter of a quarterly results later in the week and when that happens it usually does not just move the apple share itself but major parts of the market as well and it's another central bank week. brought the dax to new highs last week this week it's bank of japan bank of england and the fed now the fed not expected to move on rates that's expected and december the next rate rise for the dollar for the united states but donald trump is scheduled so he says to nominate the next head of the fed probably not the current one janet yellen and the bank of england scheduled probably to raise rates in a very difficult political and economic situation in britain. it is the weekend financial markets thank you very much. shopping malls used to be an integral part of everyday life in america the mall wasn't just

a place to buy food or clothes it was a social habits like to feel teenagers and pension is a like a place to sit down with friends for a quick take the family for a movie but since online retailers like amazon have taken the shop out of shopping many malls have closed down as one in california that is bucking the trend has reinvented itself as a lifestyle center for the v.i.p.'s catering to the rich and famous and fulfilling the needs of hollywood professionals of this new beverly hills mall has set its aim at the high end focusing on glamour luxury and relaxation it combines entertainment and retail spaces to create a one point three million square foot venue with over two hundred shops and restaurants huge video screens and a stage been added to the outdoor plaza to host concerts film premieres and fashion shows fox sold the land and the land that we're standing on now used to be part of the movie business so there's a lot of entertainment ghosts in this space and we're going to be doing lots of fun

things with the film community we are here in los angeles we are here in beverly hills to give a fun to play because the center is so close to film and t.v. studios the stores have signed up to a new partnership to provide a concierge service for movie constant designers and wardrobe department stylists spend huge amounts of money on fashion when buying t.v. or film wardrobes it's a move that's supposed to make life easier for stylists. and we need to have a variety of clothes to do that so you can either go to one store or you can come to a mall that has three major department stores everybody get a label and you can get so much shop in a centralized place so that's great but then to have this to do a service angle where they're taking care of us and make it easier to do it it's really just icing on the cake for us california has always easily adapted to market conditions. this shopping mall seems to have found its mission serving ellie's elite and hollywood's professional movie making community. storms of

swept across europe this week and. thank you get hard at least a six people have died after a big storm hit central europe leaving a trail of destruction in its wake the storm cost traffic chaos and left hundreds of thousands of homes without power in poland and the czech republic parts of germany were also hit hard just weeks after being battered by another fierce storm . the morning after the city is submerged and the surge from storm have pushed the river elbe over its banks causing massive flooding. the high winds diverted and canceled flights major rail connections were severed across the country leaving thousands of travelers stranded . for safety reasons we've had to cancel many regional trains heading north but also a long distance route and we hope to clear the lines by monday. at

the salzburg airport a plane aborted its landing after heavy cross winds forced the jet to veer off course. the flight had to return to frankfurt. the high winds also felled trees and tore the roofs off buildings emergency teams responded to hundreds of calls. this is the second major windstorm to hit central europe this month following the destruction of storms less than four weeks ago. to sports now lewis hamilton has been crowned formula one world champion for the fourth time after his night place finish at the mexican grand prix the mercedes driver started out field but both he and title rival sebastian fattal were caught

up in drama right from the start. the championship was at stake in the start of the mexican grand prix was appropriately ferocious on the very first lap sebastian festivals ferrari collided with lewis hamilton's miss eighty's. couple two and was forced off the track and how to change top is. best did settle. next to stop and took advantage to race into what would be an honest saleable lane. fest who was not giving up however he recovered from nineteenth but his fourth place finish was not good enough to delay hamilton celebrations. hamilton crossed in on to sell his full formula one championship. it doesn't feel real man i mean obviously that's not the kind of race that i want. when you're forty seconds behind of something but you know i never gave up and that's really i guess what's important is in my heart. hamilton now has his sights set on me his record of seven f one taught to use.

some football news now and better braman is coach alexandre noory has been sacked after a disastrous start to the bundesliga season when in last three nil talks broke on sunday stretching their winless start to the season to ten matches under nori the club scored just three goals this campaign and are second from the bottom of the table nori took over last season and steered bremen away from relegation but failed to build on his early progress. and in sunday's abundance of action stuttgart faced off against freiburg stuttgart had been off to a solid start in their first season back in the top flight they were eager to keep their run going against their struggling neighbors. stuttgart have averaged two and a half points a game at home this season and see two points the way they were hoping that these guys would again make the difference in a clash with fellow strugglers five books on the raucous home support seem to get

to five books childishly huge you sent packing by the v.a.r. for this time ball and fourteen minutes to his and his manager's consternation. got took the lead through dunn you can check in thirty minutes. and bottoming pava glanced in a second against the ten men on hof tie. she went to the to out of the third on eighty three minutes another one at home behind us votes men who acknowledge the part the crowd had played in their victory. fight but meanwhile clearly felt the ref was to blame for the latest setback the visitors remain mired in the basement bottle. of spectators in hawaii were treated to some stunning action as competitors they braved the huge waves here in the world's surf leagues big wave tour surfers did their best to stay afloat but that was easier said than done as waves of over fourteen meters crashed down on the two thousand and sixteen women's champion page on to retain her title in waltz came out top of the men's section to

win his first ever big wave tour of it. and we just have time for reminder of our top stories at this hour. the leader of iraq's kurds has stepped down after the backlash against the region's independence but angry protesters stormed parliament in their bill after hearing the news. and catalonia has begun its first working week under central spanish control that's after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded barcelona yesterday calling the first spanish unity. you're watching it every for berlin more at the top of the hour for now we leave you with some images from mexico where people are getting ready for a traditional day of the dead sea. enjoy. eco

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