lou. this is deja vu news live from berlin clashes in barcelona after catalonia separatist leader is arrested in germany thousands of protesters take to the streets of the consulate capital and are confronted by security forces the tensions come after carlist preacher mount was detained by german police on a european arrest warrant when he entered the country we'll get the view from the vice president now because along parliament. plus germany's new foreign minister is in israel heikal mosque visited yada beacham where he condemned anti-semitism and

said solidarity with israel in central to german policy. and the formula one season kicks off with a surprise at the australian grand prix ferrari sebastian fassel pip's world champion lewis hamilton to a dramatic victory. it's good to have you with us former catalan president carlos wisdom on has been arrested in germany on a european warrant which was detained by police after he crossed from denmark into germany by car a separatist leader was driven to a prison in the northern city of newman star theorists the arrest has sparked angry demonstrations in barcelona where police have clashed with protesters taking to the streets in the thousands on friday a spanish court re activated arrest warrants for a number of politicians behind catalonia is bid to break away from spain pushed

them out went into exile last year in the wake of the banned independence referendum. and the deputy state prosecutor of germany's northern state of play host side had this to say about the arrest warrant. of into some officials who for you to pee in a rush warrant has been issued we received a request and it's been looked into i'm going to say saying it's pre-conditions we were farther s.x. whether extradition can be granted a step before that however is the detention order and we're seeing if we can proceed on office if you want and cannot i'm. just a cost is the vice president of the council on parliament and ally of carlos presumably he joins me now from barcelona mr costa thank you so much for being here let's start very simply what has been your reaction to prison also arrest today. well we were expecting. the president would have to appear before

a court somewhere we were expecting that he would be going to buy a home in belgium and he would have to undergo the same procedure. brussels. that. he had to undergo some three or four months ago so we basically. expected this. and we really hope that whatever the country whatever the court provided it's a european democracy will. that the word is without merit that it's a politically motivated prosecution and will not grant the extradition so you're saying that this is a politically motivated and that this this warrant shouldn't be valid and the council on message that we heard today is that this arrest is threatening the values that europe was built on but. these are there an argument to say that wisdom all undermined those values knowingly when he broke with the spanish constitution

and declared independence. but that's not that's never been a crime. that i know of so there may be a political problem there may be a political conflict there's no crime there's nothing to be sent to jail for and obviously we expected for a long time three years now that would be. real political dialogue and and political and find a political solution for once a democratic demand what's been a peaceful saying come pain for independence my dislike of the country zero point scotland where countries healing in the west like a compact and so there really strange thing is the reaction by the spanish government that cracking down on ordinary people and elected politicians basically

on everyone just. let me remind that. two days ago we had a vote to elect a president at the council on parliament and the vote didn't succeed because the country didn't get an overall majority that means that in forty eight hours there have to be a second vote but in between the condit was arrested and sent to prison with other five m.p.'s members of the parliament i don't think this is really normal for a democracy is it well he is accused of some serious crimes now i mean certainly we can see the argument of trying to give the voice to people but we're not talking about an overwhelming majority of catalans who want independence in the last in the last election it was nearly a fifty fifty split between the pro union s. and the pro independence party as you feel that there is a risk that this push for cattle on independence that you stand behind is dividing

your region. well there's a lot of debate i mean the issue of independence is a political. issue that raises emotions but we're not there i think we're we had an election and we led to the parliament the parliament met for the first time. on hope told her story on january seventeenth and since then we've had three attempts to elect a president there's a clear majority to elect a government and the courts the spanish courts by government intervention by government request have blocked the parliament form electing a government we're not declaring independence right now we're trying to elect a government based on the vote of the december election in fact we had this friday we had a decision by the committee the united nations committee and human rights. granting interim measures to one of the pundits. on the basis that their political rights

are being violated this is about human rights now it's about the right of the people to elect their own government it's not the about independence that's. a very open debate but we're now up to have a parliament and was elected in december this is trying to elect a government that's consistent with the majority of the of the. results in december or it doesn't costello have to leave it there thank you very much is the vice president of the cattle on the parliament joining us from barcelona and i'm joined now in our studio by our correspondent ali las let's start very simply a lot happened today what's been the reaction from madrid well the reaction from madrid has been silent in fact we haven't heard anything from madrid for the moment a monday i'm sure there's going to have to be some sort of reaction but beyond that they might have this kind of reaction from the government of money on

a shock. to any standards normally the prime minister of spain money are not a holy is quiet he likes to take his time when reacting to these kind of situations and this the interesting about this is that pretty much was arrested in cure many and he's been in a number of other countries he's in belgium he was in finland making his way back through denmark but it was in germany that he was picked up why germany what we'd have to look really it would be jenny conclusions now and some of the charges that have been brought against him on are active for example rebellion which is one of the main charges and the most serious charges is not part of the penal code in belgium now other countries do have it and germany has something which is very similar cold treason and the reason why the original charges were actually dropped against titles which i won several months ago were these are the extradition order was dropped it was because they felt that in belgium he would be extradited with those charges being brought against him so now we're seeing that as of friday this has been reactivated and. he's been arrested in germany

a country which happens to have. a similar charge to rebellion and one of the other big charges of course is sedition but what i did conclusions on monday he'll be appearing before a court in germany and then we'll see what exactly takes place. for us in our studio thank you very much for that and. to russia now where the death toll from a fire at a shopping center in siberia has risen to thirty seven russian media says many more are still missing the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the complex in the coal mining city of kemah overall eyewitnesses say they saw people jumping from the windows to escape the cause of the blaze is not yet known but authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. germany's new foreign minister heiko moss has embarked on his first trip outside europe to israel on his first official visit to the country ma stopped off at the yad vashem

holocaust memorial in jerusalem ma says solidarity with israel is central to german foreign policy and he set to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he'll also visit the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas speaking at the holocaust memorial the german foreign minister underscored his country's historic duty. six the murder of six million men women and children something we will never be able to fathom it is the most cruel crime in human history that's why it is our responsibility to day every day and everywhere to advocate human rights and peddle anti-semitism and racism. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world more than one hundred nigerian children kidnapped by militants from boko haram were who were released last week have returned to their home in the village of dop keep the children who were all girls except one boy were abducted from their school in

february jarius government has acknowledged what they call back tanel negotiations with boko haram but insists that no ransom was paid. egypt has stepped up security ahead of the country's three day presidential election which begins on monday president sisi is hoping for a high turnout to legitimize his rule a c.z. took power in two thousand and thirteen after overthrowing egypt's first democratically elected president opposition figures have called for a boycott of the poll. at least four people are dead after a car bomb exploded in these tamale capital mogadishu the explosion took place near the parliament building police say the bomb was detonated at a checkpoint after soldiers intercepted and stopped a suspicious vehicle. the first ever statue of david bowie has been unveiled in england music fans gathered to watch the ceremony in the town of aylesbury where this rock star debuted his ziggy stardust character he died in

january two thousand and sixteen after a battle with liver cancer. in formula one there's been a surprise in the opening race of the season in australia with ferrari is german driver sebastian vettel sealing a dramatic victory after getting the better of world champion lewis hamilton who had been the clear race favorite. lewis hamilton started out on the pole and led into the first corner in the season opener in melbourne leaving f one fans to sit back and expect another easy victory for the defending world champion. but that all changed midway through the race when sebastian vettel pitted jurga virtual safety car face those on track with force to slow down because of a broken down car but vettel was not affected by the restriction in the pits and emerged in front of hamilton's miss eighty's. the german then pushed his ferrari and managed to fight off the britain for the rest of the race to seal

a forty eight group three win and one hundred podium in his two hundred f one race . settles euphoria at the surprised triumph was visible for all to see. but hamilton was left to look on the bright side we still have great pace of for find was great things in the race i was able to apply some pressure at the end vettel admitted he didn't look. i was praying for so and then when i saw it obviously you know it was really full of adrenaline even though you know the race is frozen but still to come into the pits everything limit trying to get back out because they told me is really close with lewis ferrari and vettel will look to build on the victory next month in bahrain. world number one in tennis roger federer suffered a shock to feet in the second round of the miami open at the hands of world number one hundred seventy five the nasi cooking of australia this last means he will lose his top spot in the world rankings furthermore the swiss player announced that he

won't compete any clay court tennis to tournaments for a second year running that includes the french open a grand slam title that he last won almost a decade ago. the sport of cricket is famous for its traditions and spirit of fair play but that has all changed after a cheating scandal involving the australian team during a test match in south africa cameron bancroft was caught on camera rubbing sticky tape. covered with dirt onto the ball in an attempt to change how it moves through the air this act is illegal in cricket captain stephen smith admitted he helped concoct the plan but refused to resign long term after a public outcry he has stepped down as skipper for the remainder of the match and been banned from the next game the australian prime minister has apologised and james sutherland the head of cricket australia has promised a far reaching and best again. and that's your news wrap join us again at the top of the hour you can always check out our website d w dot com or follow us on

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