famous stars to me. when the dean job came and we got tons of music. to be destined to be very happy and unplugged. three night british starting november third on 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 not fall to barcelona's

independence but spanish prosecutors must now decide if they will charge catalan leaders with the belly also coming up a breakaway bid in iraq fails to kurdish leader must have barzani stepped down after the backlash against the region's referendum on independence we'll get the latest from arab no. need two year old hala she's just one of the starving children in a rebel held region of syria besieged by government forces the united nations says if damascus is using hunger as a weapon there it could constitute a crime against humanity. plus another hollywood star faces allegations of sexual misconduct this time it's kevin spacey a fellow actor says basically tried to seduce him when he was only fourteen spacy says he has no memory of the incident look at the latest reaction from social media .

and. i'm serious so much good to have you with us catalonia has begun its first week under direct rule from spain's central government politicians and civil servants started returning to work amid on certainty if they will accept orders from madrid hundreds of thousands of pro unity demonstrators filled barcelona streets on sunday two days after separatist leaders declared independence spain dismissed colonias regional government over the weekend and must now decide if its leaders will be charged with treason. given you charlotte hell some polls in barcelona covering the very latest developments for us are charlotte has the carline 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 on that

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 push 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 the site 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 had 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 a month ago kurds overwhelmingly back to separate states but the move triggered quick retaliation troops from baghdad seized key kurdish areas and now president massud barzani a the man who championed independence for decades is stepping down a look now at how 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's resignation. 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 the referendum can never be erased because these are the votes of three million people. iraq no longer believes in kurdish rights. arac is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack kurdistan. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government baghdad 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 star is in the capital of iraqi kurdistan air i spoke to her earlier and asked her who is in control of the region right now. if you look at the facts to me that the helicopters for example above us we call tours of the regional government also if you look to my last you see here. sitting by making sure the people have that feeling that there are security here even iraq a quarter stand 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 arbil 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 that they buy they says that controversial non-binding independence referendum and of september says that this four weeks control is basically being reduced every day and the question is just by home much the degree of autonomy of iraq accord is done 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 barzani has announced 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 c. basically repeated what he planned to do anyway however the situation the political solution 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 as well 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 around party which means change and they actually want to see change they say that it is because of that iraqi kurdistan is inside. such a volatile situation in iraq as well and through barzani it's being jeopardized that the territory of iraq according may become smaller and smaller not just not becoming independent at some point but even risking that iraqi kurdistan autonomous region is losing that autonomy just briefly for can where does all of this leave the kurdish push for independence in iraq. people here

if you talk to people here in everybody pretty much everybody from their hearts say yes we want an independent state but views differ when you when you want to have that independent state due to the backlash from the independence referendum people worry that this may ask even further so some people say here now ok i do want an independent state i finally want to hold 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. reporting from erbil in iraqi kurdistan thank you very much. the united nations has expressed outrage at the plight of children of a siege region of syria it says if damascus is using starvation as a weapon against rebel held eastern how it could constitute a crime against humanity government forces have blocked eastern houten near the capital damascus for four years but new pictures from the area have shown the full impact for the first time we want to warn you that you might find the images in this report to starving. was already close to death when her parents brought it to

the doctor her mother house no milk she has hardly any food herself so hot died the next day in eastern how she was only thirty four days old. dr house and how that works in eastern how-to via skype 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 deaths on sunday. rebel factions shoot back and they cause casualties in government controlled areas to. the east in

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. commissioners or mining or parties that the deliberate starvation civilians as a method of. constitutes a clear violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a crime against humanity and. crime until recently the syrian government allowed seriously ill children to leave east in the culture for treatment in damascus but now opposition ling doctors say there are sixty eight cases of severe malnutrition every third child is on the developed. there is two years old proper medical care

and food would help neither exist in eastern how-to. the humanitarian situation in syria on our website com. now academy award winning actor kevin spacey has apologized after a man accused him of making sexual advances toward him as a teenager actor anthony rapp told buzz feed he had put him on a bed and lay on top of them when he was fourteen years old rob said he felt compelled to speak out after a recent cascade of sexual assault accusations against powerful men in the entertainment industry spacey also came out as gay in his apology note a tactic that has invited harsh criticism on social media and let's take a look at what kevin spacey did post on twitter he wrote i honestly do not remember the encounter 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 stories encourage 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 some americans are angry they're speaking out against basi advice columnist dan savage saying there's no amount of drunk or closeted that explains away assaulting a fourteen year old child and another twitter user sherry wrote my gay son and his friends fight stereotypes constantly shame on you kevin spacey for linking assaulting a minor with coming out as. federal reserve chair janet yellen the term is up in february who will replace her an announcement is expected soon there has more on business one minute.