measures with. slugs challenging them with future starting november nights on d w. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin nine members of the dismissed council on government are sent to jail. there's outrage in barcelona of the ousted catalan leader says the legitimate government of

catalonia has been imprisoned for its ideas will be live in barcelona and brussels also coming up president trump heads to hawaii at the start of an extensive tour of asia diplomats are hoping they'll be no blunders in and a kid this time around we'll hear what the president is up against. before leaving trump nominated jerome powell as the new head of the federal reserve america's central bank what impact will powell have on policy. and welcome i'm terry martin thanks for joining us spanish judges expected to issue an international arrest warrant for ousted catalan leader collis pushed a moment today that judge has already imprisoned nine members of the deposed catalan government after they responded to questions at the national court in

madrid they may be charged with sedition meanwhile qantas pushed among is apparently still in brussels we'll talk to our correspondents there and in barcelona in a moment first this update. they use whatever they cute to make noise and bustle lona. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the deposed catalan cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about catalonia push for independence. after receiving the news that former had the site catalan president calloused pushed more and called the jailing a serious mistake and demands that their release. it is a grave attack on democracy. imprisoning political

leaders who have ample citizen support is an act that violates the basic principle of democracy. the leader himself was supposed to appear in court in madrid and the spanish state prosecutor wants him arrested. when someone doesn't appear after being cited by a judge to testify in spain or in any other in your country and arrest warrant is issued it's a duty to answer to the summons which demands lawyer says he will cooperate with both spanish and belgian authorities. before. and he can defend against this extradition. exception. in warrant the court. the fusion vision outside the supreme court in madrid lawyers representing catalan

leaders pushed months no show would have fact the other defendants. it is a little more we want to analyze whether it will be beneficial or detrimental but it is going to have an effect that's for sure. despite his passion and support and buzz alona push to months refusal to come before the court in madrid is expected to hurt his case. what well let's get the very latest now from our correspondents covering the story stand by for us in barcelona charlotte charleston pill glottis is with us in brussels charlotte percy you big demonstrations there in barcelona overnight people obviously not happy about seeing members of the regional government jailed what were they expecting the spanish court to do are they as thousands of people were on the streets last night although it was incredibly peaceful the protests that we saw people were very angry they were

telling us that dismiss ministers who are now behind bars would democratically elected and now they're in prison for delivering on exactly what it is that they were running for their election platform which was independence so there was an incredible amount of anger here whether or not they were surprised that these people are now behind bars while they had always known that long time that was a risk the challenges these people are facing carry up to thirty years in prison but i think the people who we spoke to were fairly stunned at the speed in which this is happen people want necessarily expecting them to go directly to jail to be didn't have to be denied bail so there was a lot of a lot of confusion of course to activists were sent straight to prison by the same judge so it looks like that is exactly what has happened again. georg over to you in brussels the former counselor leader colors pushed him and he's in brussels not

in spain tell us more about how he reacted to his former colleagues being sent to jail. he caught told catalan t.v. here in an interview that he the mons the media release of this of these ministers he also made clear that he self will only return to spain if a fair trial is a guaranteed and you see the problem here in brussels is when he says you know that an act of such an act by by the spanish government such as arrests are actually violating democracy the concern here in brussels really is by e.u. member states that he is trying to internationalize the problem rather than just running away from from the just as he might face for acting in defines with spanish law. we're expecting the spanish court to issue a european warrant for a carlist push to mount arrest today will he have to avoid belgian authorities now to. if you does not want to be arrested that is exactly what he would have to do

now if an arrest warrant is issued by spain a european arrest warrant that would give the belgian government twenty four hours to assess whether that is correct they then have fifteen days to arrest the suspect but his lawyer here already made clear that if it comes to this he would turn himself in making also clear that he would then appeal against this arrest warrant which could further delay an extradition to spain by another fifteen days. back to you in barcelona charlotte people there what they're obviously angry about the jailing of the cattle on government members as we saw what do they make of colors pushed him aren't staying in brussels and not going to spain to face the music like his call it. her independence supporters are divided on these issues there are those who've been telling us that they feel like pushed him on is running away

that he is a captain leaving a sinking ship there are others who are still very much behind him who think that is the right thing for him to do to take his message to europe to stay in brussels and frankly they don't want to see the men and women they consider heroes to be put behind bars to be in jail they want them to be out here back in barcelona pursuing that cause. to you georg we see colors push them up still in brussels some say that there they want him to make his case to the european union what is the european union saying about all this or the european union would very much like to treat this is an internal affair of spain they don't want to see meddling with the internal issues of of a member state and they also want to uphold the rule of law and the latest meeting here at the e.u. summit of leaders everyone was very clear about that they set up holding the rule of law is something important to them and after all put them on pushed forward with

this referendum against the spanish laws against the spanish constitution which a four bit of this referendum. did up here charlotte charles until in barcelona and georg matters in brussels thanks to both of you think. u.s. president all trump is heading off to whole y.-e. where he's due to meet leaders of u.s. pacific territories to discuss tensions with north korea it's the start of the longest asia tour by a u.s. president in more than twenty five years his first stop is japan last stop the philippines controversy has accompanied on past trips abroad we'll see if this one is any different. in brussels he pushed his way to the front side the prime minister of montenegro. and peres who told the french first lady quote you're in such good shape. on diplomatic embarrassing to the u.s.

president has faced lots of criticism for his behavior on previous foreign trips visiting asia could pose a bigger challenge japan in particular is a country where cultural tribes are looking at every corner smith knows the ropes it's her job to promote japanese culture to americans we don't really like to tell what we're thinking and. it's. we try to respect what other people think so. we don't want to really a boy the conflict. is also eager to help the sushi chef owns a restaurant in washington d.c. he can offer a lot of good advice with regards to japanese cuisine and the use of chopsticks. yes and so. passing the food from chopstick stated that is

a really bad thing yes in japan only time. when you pick up the. so never ever do that in the restaurant. sometimes a state banquet can make history for other reasons like this one in one thousand nine hundred two when george h.w. bush fainted off to vomiting in the lap of the prime minister of japan blunders like that can happen says cup. she was president barack obama's chief of protocol. every second really matters every moment counts you are literally almost holding your breath to make sure that those things that you put in place the hours of preparation actually go in according to the plan and sometimes they don't five countries in ten days this trip is a huge challenge for

a president who once admitted he's not a big fan of traveling proved one thing however will make him feel at home in japan prime minister has invited him to a round of golf. well as we've mentioned north korea will likely overshadow much of president trump's trip to asia and just yesterday the u.s. flew to supersonic bombers over the korean peninsula for bombing exercises the south korean military officials said today the b. one b. bombers from an air force base in guam were escorted by south korean and japanese fighter jets well journalist jason strother is tracking this story for us from so jason tell us about these u.s. dollars flying over the korean peninsula is this just a routine drill or something more. right well the u.s. forces korea say that this was a planned exercise planned bombing rehearsal they dropped ordinance and on an air

raid on an air base near an air base in south korea they said this was not in retaliation to any move from the north korean regime of course can young has spoken out they actually their news agency was one of the first to report these b. one bombers flew all over the korean peninsula they say that this is a rehearsal for a nuclear attack against north korea and called it blackmail against john young well it was actually the north korean news agency that first reported this this this drill what are the north koreans saying about it right well we fortunately they have not responded with any sort of military provocations of their own but whatever the u.s. conducts these types of drills north korea calls it a pre lou to war

a rehearsal for invasion rehearsal for a nuclear test and this follows ensued with the previous condemnations of american military trial exercises here on the peninsula ok let's move on to the diplomacy president trops asian trip what sort of reception can he expect on his tour through those countries. oh well oh here in south korea just today a coalition of progressive progressive civic groups say that starting this weekend they're going to hold mass demonstrations against president trump here in seoul many south koreans are concerned that president trump might actually launch a preemptive military strike against north korea and of course seoul being only about forty kilometers south of the d.m.z. it has some people worried but trump will have supporters here too many

conservative koreans mostly elderly koreans have demonstrated in favor of the u.s. president so he'll have a mixed reception when he comes to town the white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster said this week that it's possible that north korea will be added to the state sponsors of terrorism list what would that mean well it's mostly a symbolic gesture north korea is already one of the most sanctioned countries in the world there are only three other countries are on this list syria iran and sudan and north korea had been taken off of the list back in two thousand and eight but mcmaster says because of the assassination of kim jong the elder brother of kim jong il and earlier this year it warrants north korea being putting being put back on this list jason thank you very much journalist jason strother there in seoul south korea thank you now to some other stories making headlines around the

world today departing twitter support employees deactivated president donald trump's account for a few minutes on thursday anyone trying to access the page received an error message saying the page did not exist twitter took responsibility for the page stating the company would conduct an internal review. and nasa has said the whole over and arctica in the earth's protective ozone layer has shrunk to its smallest size since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight still remains twice as big as the united states scientists attributed change to natural conditions but also credited in one nine hundred eighty seven treaty banning ozone eating chemicals. you're watching g.w. news still to kill the indigenous people of the front and their move for independence from nigeria they say they're fighting for freedom but the military treats them as terrorists. well the most important central bank in

the world has a new chairman get hot as i say it's been the worst kept secret in washington for months but now it's out jerome powell will be the next chairman of the us federal reserve from february pending senate confirmation so who is the man as a fed board member since twenty twelve has in the past mostly supported the policies of his predecessor janet yellen and is expected to remain cautious about raising interest rates but he will oversee efforts by the central bank to unwind its measures to stimulate the economy since the two thousand and eight financial crisis. u.s. president donald trump considered five names including current fed chair janet yellen before settling on powell who has served as a fed governor since two thousand and twelve a soft spoken centrist pals name has been circulated as the top contender for over a week i'm both honored and humbled by this opportunity to serve our great country

if i am confirmed by the senate i will do everything within my power to achieve our congressionally assigned goals of stable prices and maximum employment. since twenty twelve collarless supported yemen's general direction in setting monetary policy and in recent years has shared her cautious approach in the years since the global financial crisis and our economy has made substantial progress toward full recovery by many measures were close to full employment and inflation has gradually moved up toward our target. our financial system is also without doubt far stronger and more resilient than it was before the crisis powell seeks a balance between regulations and market conditions he stated recently that more rules and regulations are not always the best solution to problems in financial markets still after eight years of steady progress financial markets could use the continuity. yes president on the trump has vows to lower taxes it was in

fact one of the central promises of his companion now as presented the first draft of a tax reform revamp specially companies and families should benefit benefit from he says. it's supposed to be the biggest tax cut in u.s. history and the first major tax reform effort after more than thirty years trying to i call it his biggest success but the average citizen would benefit little. the specially big companies down to profit with the tax rate said to be reduced from thirty five percent to twenty percent. smaller companies would see their taxes capped at twenty five percent. and income tax for employees could be anywhere from twelve to thirty five percent the families are set to receive more tax incentives. with this plan we are making pro growth reforms so that yes america can compete with the rest of the world but we're also making it so that families like these

that are here can have more take home pay this is it this is a very important and special moment for our country for all americans but these tax cuts would cost the state around two point two trillion dollars over the next decade that's money that would be missing from the budget analysts say these reforms are set to widen the already gaping deficit whether trump manages to get the plan through congress is uncertain and even influential industry groups have been critical. as apple's new flagship i phone ten hits the shops on friday the company announced a profit of ten point seven billion us dollars mind you that is for just three months from july to september the news sent apple stock flying shares hit another all time high giving the company a market cap of around nine hundred billion u.s. dollars most. valuable company on a company hopes the new i phone model will also fly off the shelves that is in the

christmas season even though it's the most expensive model yet the basic want retails for around one thousand dollars. now there's always a big hype about any new iphone sometimes it's actually justified to find out that's playing out until you take specialist welcome to the studio and if you look at the smartphone market overall if you look at the competitors as well do the likes of sam so no need to be worried about the i phone ten was the i phone expo the way oh well a lot of people say x. but if you ask apple they're actually calling it the i phone ten exclusively well it really depends on what you mean about worried i mean the i phone has always been kind of the mercedes of these smartphone market they occupy that premium space right there at the top and with this new price point they're definitely trying to take that territory for themselves there's a new way or the king of the most expensive highest end smartphone you know samsung has been doing a lot of business in that end as well but the real action is actually down in the

lower in mid tears segments i mean we're seeing a lot of competition coming out of china and that's where you see most of the motion coming from companies like chua way or sell me. what's the difference to my i phone seven or i phone eight well that really is the big question the co-founder of apple said he's actually sitting this generation out because he said he already has an i phone eight and it's the same thing as the seven and they're all basically just clones of the six in his opinion he said he hasn't really seen a lot of innovation being cropped up and the new series of devices is not a big step that well it really depends on who you ask and if you look at the device it is kind of a new design we're seeing it's a bezel is designed meaning the screen goes from side to side of the device is the first apple device to have that however we seem devices like that already come out from way and also from samsung as well with the samsung galaxy eight the real difference for apple is what's underneath the. good they have these new artificial intelligence chips that they've built into the device which they're hoping will

improve customer experience this way whether to improve customer has been out of his intelligence such big actually mean for me well basically what it means for the consumer is they have specialized chips on the device which give it a hell of a lot more processing power which allows it right now to do the whole face on lock thing so basically a situation where you use your face to unlock the phone you look at it and suddenly it's open for you on that you know it's it is quite handy however there are security concerns that people need to think about when they using that is want to throw that out there but basically these artificial intelligence chips will make the phones more powerful other companies have them as well but their solutions actually require the phone to send data to external servers which means the use more power so these chips will give apple bit more power in the short term and also helps save battery life in the long term and also help keep your data a little bit more secure because you don't have to send the data it's. gathering to external service i'm still to thank you very much for this update on apple's new i

phone. now separatist movements like catalonia is bit to break away from spain are active all around the globe africa is no exception in nigeria a group called the indigenous people of beyond are calling for an independent state in the south east of the country and demand that sparked a bloody civil war fifty years ago a reporter visited well here the home of the independence movement's leader nom de connick who went missing in september his disappearance has fueled fears of new violence. this is a statue of nnamdi condo with its arms chopped off the real number two has disappeared. eyewitnesses say security forces stormed his house in southeastern nigeria in september he has not been seen since the army says he fled but this man believes he was killed would change it would be the case

a member of the separatist i.p.o. be the indigenous people off be upfront he has been on guard at his lead ourselves since it was raided and kano himself disappeared this is from the joint showed it just sort of idea that we had it for the ship to clear. most of. the summer like mariner with some of the separatists from what they believe was a military operation says that twenty people were killed in a craft under the brother of the missing separatist leader. after many unsuccessful attempts to protect him he agreed to meet us he says the actions of the nigerian military has made the i.p.o. be even more determined to carry on. asking for a friend a mission asking for. want to be free people on general for much of that is through referendum. and that's what my leadership and that's what everybody believes in

today the government has rejected the separatists demands it says an independence referendum would be unconstitutional and dangerous. the information minister says all the governess in the region the same opinion that will get his funds we need to to the people and then we'll go into the encouraging any kind of fight to titian that leads to most of life's fear of an escalating conflict is growing among the population and i g ariens in the south east of the country have long felt sidelined and neglected but many do not sympathize with the radical approach of the b. offering separatists this increasingly harsh exchange of words on both sides of the conflict some supporters have been independent speak about the destruction of nigeria the government on the other side because the separatist movement a terrorist organisation most of us doubt that in the current political climate a peaceful referendum which be possible the memory of the b.

offer in the war fifty years ago is still fresh here the last time the region tried to break away from the more than a million people lost their lives back then john the problem was fought on the side of the separatists he still gets together with his old comrades to discuss the current political situation. the veterans are worried about the risks of holding a referendum too. they've been keenly watching similar developments in other parts of the world. but now i did i come from spain now is a referendum come to. you for didn't come to stop on the bracket. on that then i think. these veterans are holding on to a bad dream up an independent back not at any price rituals of war they say must stay where they belong in a museum. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we have more at the

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