somebody's got it worse or. wind waves surfers fighting against unseen pollution. starting in january seventh on g.w. . this is the news live from in an unexpected victory for separatists in spain's catalonia region as voters hand them another slim majority in the regional assembly that linda collins pushed over the photo defeat for the spanish so what is next for catalonia. also on the program the u.n.

general assembly rejects stone charms recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the vote isn't as one sided as expected. and run a pilot's in germany launched the first of a strike of the budget airline has the good counter crippled its own toll travelers what they need to know. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us separatist parties in catalonia appear to have won a slim majority after yesterday's regional elections deepening a national crisis over whether the wealthy region should remain a part of spain spanish prime minister mariano rajoy cold the election in a bid to change the dynamics of that crisis that's often he strips catalonia of its autonomy and sacked its government following

a declaration of independence in late october. long before vote counting was finished the party of former catalan leader catalyst please the moment was celebrating victory. we see exactly right we saw it not only for us but for deploying them in these movements. we are in may not be here and this should. have been one thing these three sides to me see we walk away sad sacks we got them he was asked them what you're seeing here we are. along with the two other separatists who parties together for catalonia has a narrow majority seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats. from his exile in brussels said it was a black day for spain central government. you must notice but the spanish state has been defeated. and his allies have lost and i've received

a slap in the face from the catalan people who you know they have lost a plebiscite through which they wanted to legalize their coup d'etat through article one five fired one prime minister high has failed in catalonia. within a few. but the pro madrid camp was also celebrating victory the citizens party which opposes independence emerged as the single biggest party with thirty seven seats. today and we have sent a message to the world that the majority of catalans feel catalan spanish and european and will continue to do so. and the nationalist parties can never again claim they speak for all catalonians because we are all catalonia. yeah can we get along with rival groups declaring victory this election has seemingly done nothing

to end catalonia as political deadlock. but it has made one thing eminently clear the independence movement is not going away. we've been getting more. of a zal in bosler and i asked her earlier what sort of reaction she was hearing this morning after sunday's tights. and the way of course christopher this is the election result from hell if you view it from madrid they tried to resolve this crisis by calling for these early reflections and afterwards there is sort of they have the exact same situation then they had before so nothing has changed nothing has moved and on the other hand for people here in cuts alone if there is no real reason louche neither because even though the independence parties can come up with seventy seats that means a two seat majority in parliament here still what is going to happen now who is going to be the next president this puts him on to some belgium says he will

only come back if madrid promises he's not going to jail and he will be reelected however there's not a lot of love lost between him and his coalition partners who want to steer a slightly different course and start talking to madrid and probably not this unilateral independence any more so it's not clear that that camp is just going on marching they have to sort of. nominate figureheads to to stand in their place while. keris the one leader is still in jail and put him on to the belgian so it really is a mess and you say a barber that nothing much has changed that was of course the reason that the spanish prime minister monti on the whole called the election to change the game he's failed with that where does that leave him. it really well in the hole and this might very well be the beginning of the end or hardly because

the political miscalculation has been sort of his name from the from the beginning on he has sort of mishandled this crisis for years he has let it come to a head in the fall of this year and he has miscalculated the alexion and now he is left with something that doesn't really help him at all plus in his own camp new party this year than it was the citizens party has risen was young leaders energetic and it has garnered a large support here in catalonia there this second or the other winners off this election here and they're going to sort of take votes from him in the next general election so the whole is really he's really in a hole and it's a totally unclear where he can go from here he's stubborn he will just continue on his course but it is going to lead to more crisis ok barbara visual in barcelona many thanks for the. time to catch up now with some of the other stories making

news around the world felice in western australia say they've made the country's largest ever seizure of methamphetamine the one point two ton hole has an estimated street value of more than six hundred million euros eight men have been charged with offenses carrying a maximum life of life imprisonment. an explosion has damaged a court complex in athens police in the greek capital say no one was hurt in the early morning blast warning calls were made to a local newspaper this will comes off the moves to impose penalties against demonstrators gathering in the court in protest at full closure actions. the peruvian president has survived an attempt to impeach him public corruption ski facing down a vote to remove him from office this followed accusations he'd accepted bribes from a scandal ridden construction in return for political favors kaczynski denies any

wrongdoing. in south korea a deadly tower fire may have been worsened by flammable materials on the buildings exterior that's according to experts twenty nine people were killed and dozens injured in the blaze in the city of yesterday on official say the fire tore through the eight story building after starting in the basement. now the un general assembly has overwhelmingly back to resolution denouncing the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the vote was overshadowed by u.s. threats to cut financial aid for countries supporting the motion we're going to take a closer look at the exact numbers of that vote for you one hundred and twenty eight countries voting against the united states thirty five abstained and nine countries opposed the resolution in other words voting with the u.s. those countries let me just list them for you. honduras israel marshall islands

micronesia now rue palau and those countries all voting with the u.s. against the resolution now in the us itself supporters of the decision to recognize jerusalem as capital have been expressing that disappointment at the outcome of that u.n. vote. crown heights in the new york borough of brooklyn the area is home to many orthodox jews they follow the vote in the united nations closely now disappointment is spreading over the resolution condemning u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. un has been the vegas does israel which sort of for no reason at all we would israel has been the more democratic country in the middle east and its support of america i don't know why un is against israel and there is no palestine so we really think that jerusalem should be the capital i don't think there's ever going to be a solution you know when you give them

a finger they want the whole hands i feel that sure is some is the capital of israel but i think the chance the situation is not going to change anything i think basically it's going to encourage terrorism in israel and america and probably in other parts of the world. u.s. united nations ambassador nikki haley said the u.s. would move its embassy to jerusalem regardless of how the general assembly vote turned out she also made it clear that trumps america first message also applied when it came to us financial support for the world body and its members is being. the united states government is answerable to its people as such we have an obligation to acknowledge when our political and financial capital is being poorly spent. we have an obligation to demand more foreign investment and if our investment fails we have an obligation to spend our resources in more productive ways. behind her words

a threat to cut financial assistance to countries that vote against the u.s. in the general assembly only nine out of the one hundred ninety three member states sided with washington soon after the vote the u.s. warned there would be consequences i just received a note from our folks over the white house and the n.s.c. and they tell me that the president's foreign policy team has been. empowered to explore various options going forward with other nations however no decisions have been made in crown heights people are happy to see so much solidarity with israel but in other parts of the world countries are taking notice that washington is now taking on a more confrontational role at the united nations. some business news for you now alphabet the parent company of google says eric schmidt is to step down as its chairman in january schmidt will remain on the board of advisors as a technical consultant he says he wants to focus on specific science and technology

issues within the company as well as on his philanthropy that has been the face of google's business side since his return recruitment the chief executive of the search engine pioneer back in two thousand and one aspiring google founders larry page and sergey brin turn to the former software engineer due to his business background. here in germany pilots have gone on strike it on and run after the first time in the company's thirty two year history ryanair carries more passengers than any other airline in europe so the warning strike could have been highly destructive it had however a limited effect with a budget carrier still able to operate most of its flights as planned or with short delays pilots' demands for better wages and working conditions have gone on heard so far and could lead to further strikes employees distrust was the company runs a lot deeper than the pay package alone and it all comes down to one man. ryanair

head michael o'leary will bend over backwards to make a buck and that mentality has helped to make ryan air of force to be reckoned with in the european market. further refining the ultra low cost model pioneered by u.s. carrier southwest o'leary cut ticket prices in favor of making money on baggage fees on board shopping and other secondary revenue streams but that cost cutting obsession ran him afoul of many unions they objected to what they described as substandard pay poor working conditions and uncertain labor contracts the result many pilots left ryanair and the airline recently announced it would be forced to cancel some twenty thousand flights through march of next year facing pilot walkouts in some european territories over the holidays ryanair management recently announced that it would finally enter into talks with unions something considered unthinkable years before. but if we've got to make a change we make a change and in this case because it was christmas week with within their control

and were where we called in the unions to to call up this action so people can take away all that uncertainty and get home for christmas the move worked in italy portugal and ryanair is home base of ireland where unions canceled strikes planned for friday pilots in germany were convinced however the union there said ryanair broke off schedule talks after objecting to two union negotiators the disruption early friday was minimal however as most flights appeared to leave frankfurt as scheduled bigger questions lie ahead the union said they won't strike in the christmas holidays but could walk out as soon as the twenty sixth a busy time for holiday travelers. he. the draw is underway for the spanish national lottery el gordo with a jackpot worth two point four billion euros now this christmas last three. though it's an annual tradition that goes back more than two centuries millions of spaniards taking part in the chance of striking it big the giveaway designed so

that as many people as possible when something with cash prizes doled out across the country. a quick reminder of our top story for you separatist parties in the spanish region of catalonia have held on to a slim majority in a key regional election the result could inflame simmering tensions between the wealthy spanish region and central government back in the drainage. will be back at the top of the out while the series of somas kind of will be back she is taking of a from me at this test to stay with us. stories that people of the world over information they provide to the opinions they want to express g.w. .