from the white house to. visit. me for the twenty first century. december second. this is g.w. news live from berlin a show of strength from catalan separatists in barcelona thousands take to the streets of the catalan capital one day after the region's separatist parliamentary speaker is released from jail this follows days of strikes aimed at putting pressure on madrid. i'm edith you money welcome to the program

now mass pro independence protests beginning in barcelona at this hour separatists are demanding the release of officials jailed for backing catalonia independence from spain at least eight former members of the cabinet are in prison on charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds on friday the formal council on speaker was released from prison after she posted bail she had been jailed as part of an investigation into this the comes to us is that led to catalonia declaring independence from spain former leader of the region currently in brussels battling extradition to spain has called for catalyst to create noise in the protests today . well joining us now live from alessia is d.w. correspondent michelle and hanna thanks for joining us so we've just seen live pictures of people gathered in boss alona today pro independence parties do they

still think they have a chance that they will see an independent cuts alone. well these people who are taking the streets of barcelona today again after many other demonstration we have seen here in the wee past weeks they for sure are convinced some of them actually believe they are living in a republic they are in the penn state which independence day which was declared by the parliament some people speak of parallel worlds or parallel universes that these people are living in as we know all these decisions were declared constitutional by the spanish central government or better say by the spanish constitutional court so still the motivation of katan in the pendent activists is very high to. their own state and to go on the streets and make their voice heard now catalonia is excellent but someone is fighting extradition in

brussels does this mean that madrid has won this round in the battle of catalonia is independence. well no dritte so far has used very much the you dish or e to solve the cartel and problem i have spoken to a judge yesterday actually complained about that a political question is now being solved or is tried to be solved by the judges as we know there are many ex leaders regional politicians in prison eight of them and that's a by the way one of the main reasons why the protest today in barcelona will be so massive because people demand these supposed to sions their leaders to be freed so in some to some respect the central government has won the round because they have won all the legal decisions so far but the political issue in catalonia itself is not solved by that. now we do know that the catalan parliament speaker for

saddle was released from prison just yesterday had she made an appearance of these protests and she said anything. she has been actually very reluctant during the last days about her involvement she spoke of a symbolic declaration while i was personally present in the parliament building when she declared independence or better say when she gave the result of that vote that didn't appear symbolic to me what i was witnessing on that day so it's been interesting that she is obviously trying to withdraw a little bit from her extreme position i'm not sure if she will appear today but she still remains one of the most prominent figures in qatar. movement towards an independent state michelle and hannah in valencia thank you for joining us. given some advisory by the authorities there living in some very

difficult times right now not only has it affected everyday lives but even flights coming in and out of the city have been cancelled and rescheduled the highways are closed due to poor visibility a decent eighteen people including children have been killed in punjab with dozens others having sustained injuries and road accidents the air quality as we know are the indicators show high levels of particulate matter affecting the breeze in conditions in the urban areas from highly unhealthy to very hazardous conditions so the authorities have you know revised school timings for children the residents are advised to take precautions avoid outdoors advice or just drinking more water has also been issued to residents to read keep the windows closed award smoke from entering homes use mosques and handkerchiefs for students particularly those travelling on bicycles and motorcycles to schools it's also been advised not to use

stands and classrooms and other little instructions that have been given just to people everyday living conditions can be made a bit normal but the situation seems to be a bit out of control. dark in islamabad thank you for that update. thank you very much. in the middle east tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise the power struggle between the two archrivals has now spilled over into lebanon whose prime minister saad hariri unexpectedly resigned by on a visit to saudi arabia lebanon's president is demanding an explanation from the saudi government over why he hasn't returned. kuwaiti citizens heading out of lebanon that government is one of several close states that has ordered its people to leave the country this comes amid sharpening tensions in the region lebanon is being drawn deeper into a power struggle between arch rivals saudi arabia and iran. lebanese

prime minister saad hariri is inside the arabia since he resigned last weekend accusations have been flying that the kingdom is holding him hostage. iran backed militant group hezbollah says that amounts to a declaration of war the group is accusing saudi arabia of using lebanon as a proxy in its conflict with rival iran. if your problem is with iran why you are attacking lebanon just to preview have influence we admit that you have influence but if you think that you can defeat the lebanese resistance or its political parties who refuse to comply with you you're mistaken. lebanon's president met with the saudi envoy on friday local media reported that the president demanded harry reid's return riyadh says hariri is free to move as he wishes to claim that front supported on friday but there is no doubt that the complaint is escalating the united nations has sounded the. this is

a matter of great concern to us and what we want is for peace to be preserved. it is essential that no new conflict erupts in the region is going to have devastating consequences for this saudi iran rivalry is also playing out in war ravaged yemen a missile was launched from that against saudi arabia last week the united states is now i said that the missile was a rainy and. in the proxy war yemen is suffering badly now there are fears levanon could become the next battle cry and. u.s. president donald trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin have reaffirmed their commitment to ending the war in syria in a joint statement the two leaders said there would be no military solution to the conflict but said the so-called islamic state must be defeated the announcement was prepared ahead of the apec summit in vietnam which the two leaders were attending.

old wouldn't take the question whether donald trump would hold direct talks with the flood e-mail puton was one of the more protracted sideshows at this summit in the end the two had just a few casual encounters with trump's team under investigation for possible collusion with russia it appears the white house was keen to avoid fueling that particular fire. otherwise trump didn't shy away from controversy on friday he lambasted global trade imbalances and vowed to put america first thoughts left other leaders pondering free trade without the u.s. one of the main things to come out of the summit was the revival of the transpacific partnership trump walked out on that deal earlier this year and many thought it was dead but the remaining nations have now agreed on

a new framework. so that the. ball eleven countries are on board and this will send out of a very strong message to the united states and other countries in the region and i got this that message is aimed particularly china with its economic dominance president paying use this summit to push in the opposite direction to trump towards multilateralism beneath the meeting show of harmony deeply conflicting visions of the global economic future. now to some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators clashed with police near the u.s. embassy in the philippines hundreds turned out to protest an upcoming visit by president donald trump when violence broke out will arrive in the philippines on sunday the last stop on his eleven day tour of asia. former united states

soccer player hope solo has accused ex people president sepp blatter of sexually assaulting her at an awards ceremony solo claims in an interview with a portuguese newspaper that blatter groped her at the twenty thirteen ballon d'or gala. denies the allegations. london's big ben clock has eleven times to mark thomas just day that's the day world war one ended ninety nine years ago two minute silence was held across the british capital and the rest of the country to honor the war dead. thousands have turned out on the streets of bond here in germany to call for quick action on climate change the city is currently hosting a two week climate conference and the protesters want to see world leaders turn away from fossil fuels a nuclear power and switch to greener sources of energy. let's have a look at sports now in senegal has grabbed one of the remaining slots for next

summer's world cup they took advantage of a second chance given by soccer's governing body and defeated south africa to kneel but the senegalese actually lost to the south africans a year ago but were allowed to play the game because of match fixing by the referee meanwhile italy are one step closer to missing the tournament in russia after dropping the first leg of their play off with sweden the four time world championships last after world champions rather lost after substitute bjornson scored on a deflection in the sixty first minute italy can still redeem themselves with a win in the second leg on monday back in milan. two other qualifying playoff matchups involve teams travelling tens of thousands of kilometers over two legs a heavily favored peru game away rather came away with a scoreless draw at new zealand likewise wanderers hosted australia in a new game led to a both latch ups is wednesday. in london last night the renewal of one of soccer's

big rivalries england hosted germany in a friendly between two countries that have actually already qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup the pace was quick as specially in the first half and both sides had their share of scoring opportunities but neither could put the ball in the net the final from one to the stadium a scoreless draw as both sides experimented with different combinations in preparation for the world cup finals. this is of info it's important for us to have different systems to use against italy in the euros for example the three man line that we played that was the reason we were able to take away the off chance of strength of the opponent. depending on the opposition were able to bring different players and styles of play to the game. to plattsburgh. well champion driver lewis hamilton wants formula i want to boost security this after drawbars held some of his most sadie's team at gunpoint as they were leaving the brazilian grand prix

track in sao paulo hamilton tweeted that shots were fired and that a gun was held at one's head he assured his fans that there were no injuries but added that similar incidents have occurred in the past the news comes after the briton smashed into lego track record during practice sessions the brazilian grand prix is tomorrow. and finally the fifth season has opened here in germany if you're looking at me thinking what is that well it's a first day of cannibal. at eleven minutes past eleven on the eleventh day of the eleventh month germans serious facility and gather on the streets to begin the season of merry making it all wraps up around the christian holiday time of bill and oh. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you toxic small because large

parts of pakistan which are religious say the pope the pollution is caused by dust the burning of crops and emissions from factories more than ten people have been killed in road accidents leading to poor visibility upcoming winter rains are expected to bring somebody. tensions between saudi arabia and iran spilled over into lebanon after the country's premier saud how do you returns the resigns on a visit to saudi capital riyadh lebanon's powerful has been the chief accuses saudi arabia of detaining heavy thing. and that's all from now on be sure to join us at the top of the hour thanks for joining us.

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