great i think it's only the beginning of this. cyborg human machines starting february first on d w. this is deja vu news live from the catalog parliament votes in a new government today and could elect a fugitive president separatist leader carlos bustamante faces arrest if he turns up for that vote setting up a standoff that could reignite the spanish region's separatist crisis also coming up. latinos who arrived in the u.s.

illegally as children make up a large percentage of the country's immigrants these so-called dreamers are unsure whether they're part of president trumps a vision for america's future is expected to touch on their fate in his state of the union address. cattle on leaders in spain are due to vote in a new regional government today but there's some doubt over whether that vote will even take place how it all depends on this man the separatist leader carlos. he was removed as catalog president by the central government in madrid following an independence referendum he's now living in exile in the belgian capital and is wanted by spanish police well push the malls seeking reelection but must be physically present for this vote will he return that is the big question right now will be going to our correspondent in barcelona first we have this report on what's shaping up to be. decision day in catalonia. this is the man at the center of the

dispute catalonia is ex-president cutlass push to months he's been living in exile in brussels since madrid imposed direct rule on the region after the short lived catalan declaration of independence last year perched amount is apparently acquired a taste for belgian beer but remains reluctant to speak out in public. so i don't want to make any statement i don't want to speak the big question is whether the fugitive formal leader will show up in barcelona on tuesday to be sworn in again as catalan president spain's constitutional court says he must be that in person for that to happen but if he does return he faces the restaurant charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds. when. i think somehow he will show up i think he has planned a strategy and he will manage to make it happen. in the hallway and all right it's

a complicated situation which i think politicians should solve. because that's what they're there for you. could have perhaps it should go to parliament but he might not because of the constitutional court he's in a tough position with. the speaker of the castle and parliament has so far also dodged journalists' questions and the former leader's legal team said they have not yet decided what to do whether pushed among returns to barcelona or not spain's deepest constitutional crisis in decades is still a long way from being resolved might be resolved in part today our correspondent barbara vey is all joins us now from barcelona barbara will push the mot be returning to barcelona today. he didn't he didn't say his party doesn't know the audience is waiting was baited breath and the international press here in front of the cattle on parliament in barcelona is

awaiting a thousand journalists have been credited for this new turn off the ongoing drama since october of last year of independence so everybody is waiting the police has come out in force they are everywhere they are controlling every entrance and exit and the only solution and the only thing would be that this all of a sudden congress pushed a month emerges from the bushes in this little park around parliament and sort of how it i am right here but we don't know that yet ok well spiking all the suspense . posted a picture of a street in barcelona on instagram and possibly that he might already be there do you know anything about that. he is playing hide and seek i mean it has been going on since yesterday evening when people got really exciting about this photo that shows the street leading right up to parliament here but then people who know him

and who know the state of affairs here were just laughing and saying you know he's just joking he's just sort of really leading everybody around on their know their noses and basically the situation now is that ten o'clock the executive committee off parliament will meet and trying to figure out what to do this afternoon because the votes of the people who are either in jail or put them on to our next need to be trained need to be transferred to somebody else and they're trying to find out whether parliamentary rules even allow that because they don't have a majority if that is not possible so things are really very much still a knife edge here and it doesn't only depend on puts them on appearing are not it also depends on the will of the parties who support independence whether they want to go on with this game of hide and seek and just political in and out and around

because it doesn't really lead anywhere at the moment barbara we're looking at right as you talk there a policeman pacing in the background to the entrance of the building right there will spanish police take who's the man into custody will they arrest him if he shows up today. oh absolutely ryan i mean they love to i mean they have been controlling the border ports posts for the last days they've been at the airport they are about in the town they're looking into the trunks of cars they're just doing everything to figure out what the he will not try to sneak into this now tightly guarded area around parliament and finally sort of some home make his way into the building behind us so far there has been no sign of him at around noon a little after noon there's a big demonstration to be expected to hear his supporters who want to sort of say that yes he is their president but legally it is more more or less impossible to do

this legally it cannot really be done to vote him into office against the will of the high court because that would mean that the standoff the constitution the stand off just continues and nothing can move forward and culture alone you barbara thanks so much for that now to some of the other stories making news this hour kenyan opposition supporters are celebrating ahead of a staged a ceremony to swear in their leader. as an alternative president he boycotted a rerun of the country's presidential vote last october calling it a sham can his attorney general is calling the swearing in ceremony an act of treason police have vowed to stop. arland is to hold a referendum in may on reforming the country's near complete ban on abortion. leo varadkar says he will campaign for liberalizing abortion which is forbidden by the nation's constitutions suggest

a majority in favor of reform. the russian billionaire billionaire and chelsea football club owner roman abramovich has been named on u.s. treasury list targeting russian elites for possible sanctions igor sachin the c.e.o. of the state owned oil company ross nafta's also on that list that names two hundred other tycoons with ties to the kremlin well later tonight u.s. president doll trump is set to deliver his very first state of the union address throughout today will be taking a look at some of his policies like his stance on so-called dreamers children of undocumented migrants who are living in the u.s. illegally the president has suggested he is open to protecting these seven hundred thousand dreamers but in return donald trump wants the senate to approve billions of dollars and border security funding this move has some latinos questioning their support for the president just five miles from the white house it's lunch time that

poor rico restaurant a favorite spot for the latino community in the nation's capital while customers speak highly of the peruvian street food they have very few good words for president trump during his campaign he blamed latino immigrants for many of the nation's problems now after his first year in office many latinos feel unwelcome even threatened it is my idea of a number of latinos are afraid to go out to go to work. they're afraid that migration officers will catch them afraid to be deported but we have lots of needs whether we are from its have or don't do with us all central and south american countries he saw an american i think that after one year there is no room to say that that it was a mistake that maybe kidding mean it because he has been very consistent with the message. although thirty percent of u.s.

hispanics voted for trump in two thousand and sixteen recent polls show that his approval rating among this demographic has sunk to under twenty percent i think i'm one of the half of the country that we just want this period to hit his four year period will be over with and then maybe in the border again. the future under trump is uncertain for many latinos living in the u.s. the regulars have poor rico told d.w. that until the next presidential election they are expecting things to change for the better. a syrian peace conference aimed at bringing the country's seven year old civil war closer to an end has started in the russian resort town of. meetings going ahead that despite boycotts by syria's main opposition and serious kurdish autonomous region the united states britain and france are also no shows citing the syrian government's refusal to engage in the peace process in syria the city of homs was the site of some of the worst deadliest destruction the opposition

stronghold formerly was retaken by rebels after two years of every fighting by the syrian military here's a look at a man who's returned to that city and is calling others like him to do the same. returning to homes was a shock for a lead but cooler who lived in this house until twenty eleven that's when he fled the war with his family. now he's putting all his savings into rebuilding his house . he hopes to move back in a few months time so far he's the only one in his neighborhood. we wish everyone would come back it's our country this is where we were born and raised without. homes is a city of contrast the guns have gone silent but a few areas are still covered in ash and rubble. elsewhere a sense of normality has returned water and electricity or available schools and

businesses are open. since the last rebels left homes almost a year ago. forces have been in control of the city. but the billions needed for rebuilding are lacking local authorities hope people will take some initiative. seventy percent of the buildings in this culture destroyed no one can come back here another quarter is only about a fad of buildings are gone that's why people can build their houses on their own. many here want to start over but mistrust among citizens of homes still runs deep after seven years of conflict the wounds of war will not heal quickly but without reconciliation be building the city may not be possible. and of course hundreds of thousands of syrians have been making their way as refugees to germany and here in berlin the two main political parties counsel ackles conservatives and the social democrats are grappling with the issue of family reunions for refugees it is seen

as the biggest remaining obstacle to the two parties forming a new government. spoke to one refugee from syria who's hoping his wife enjoy. her son hasn't seen his wife since he arrived in berlin two and a half years ago he came to germany with three of his brothers. cousins wife alone in lebanon has requested entry to germany on the grounds of family reunification. she hasn't yet received a response. and. i hope my wife can come here has and says. he knows that he's among many refugees hoping to reunite with their family. but he and his brothers have little chance of bringing their relatives here the german government expects refugees like him to return home at some point if they're not in danger of persecution the u.n. disagrees with this policy. the need for protection is the same you cannot

predict the conflict is significant. and need for protection individual persecution for example because political. people need to be with their families we have to see the situation from a humanitarian perspective it's not right that people should be separated from their spouses and children for years at a time and this is a question of humanity and for it catherine is unsure why it's difficult for refugee families to be reunited here imagine he says if germans were in his situation all alone in a new country without family in any case he's adamant that returning to syria is not an option does nothing left for him to do but wait for the decision from the authorities and keep in touch with his wife every day online. if you were a minor now of our top story today along lawmakers are due to vote today for

a new regional government the exiled leader. risks being arrested in spain but is seeking reelection as president spain's constitutional court has ruled he must be present physically for the vote to be elected. that's all we have time for thanks so much for being with us. people of the world over information they provide the opinions they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter today and in touch and follow us.