w. to reply to. this is deja vu news live from berlin barcelona is at a standstill and the widespread outrage of the jailing of cattle and separatist leaders tens of thousands of taking to the streets for a 5th day of mass protests a general strike has caused widespread disruption and the chief soccer clashes postponed violence has flared some masked protesters clashed with police in the city center. also coming up a gun battle in mexico police tracked down the song of the notorious drug lord el chapo in a shootout with cartel gunmen back with 8 people dead authorities back down to save

civilians caught in the crossfire. and in japan england and australia kick off their fierce rivalry to the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake and both teams believe this is their year to win it all. be so much kind of thank you for joining us it is now a day 5 of protests gripping the cattle on capitol barcelona the uproar over the jailing of independence leaders is sweeping through the region a general strike has brought much of business and industry to a halt while tens of thousands of flag waving demonstrators have flooded the center of barcelona they are demanding catalonia is independence and that imprisoned separatists leaders be released these pictures show that demonstration in the.

cattle on capital now today's demonstration has largely been peaceful but there have been some clashes between demonstrators and riot police this right here we're looking at live pictures of a more violent part of the protest in barcelona demonstrators earlier made street barricades out of large trash containers and then set them on fire. meanwhile spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez has warned that there will be 0 tolerance of violence during the protests the socialist leader said the right to protest must be protected but carried out peacefully the ongoing protests and rioting has come at a crucial time for him as spain heads towards a 4th election in as many years some says made the comments in brussels on friday let's listen in. if you have but i could if you understand feel i'm going to go to school if you. want to believe half i'm going to. do it is to continually ask and this is

a got them. if you mess with a group. ok apologies for that looks like we have some trouble with the sound on that clip but let's go to barcelona where our correspondent helen humphrey is covering the very latest for us on the ground there hi helena good to see you we were just listening in our try to listen in there to pedro sanchez who was saying essentially there is no tolerance for violence in these protests tell us what is happening where you are have you witnessed any violence. go right where i'm standing now sumi we haven't seen a violent so this is been a largely peaceful protest but of course that could potentially change tens of thousands of people converging here in the heart of barcelona death come from 5 towns and cities around the north east of the country and of course at nightfall we have seen a pattern of violence now if you take a look behind me perhaps you can see some of the smoke which we have started to see

way down this street and last night of course we know that protesters set fire to trash cans barricades so potentially we may witness some more of that behavior later we've just heard the crowds shouting up at the sky as well as a helicopter a police helicopter passed overhead last night they launched fireworks up at those helicopters now petra sanchez has appealed for no violence as has came toward the leader of the catalan regional government but at the same time he has continued to all school peaceful resistance and for a 2nd referendum so i think it's fair to say that we potentially could see these protests going on for a lot longer and the threat for violence remains and these protests have really expanded at a very rapid rate helena you know we've seen roads closed down we've seen a huge football match between barcelona and real madrid also postponed because of these protests what are they hoping to achieve. so we have caught

2 main goals essentially many of the pro. just as here are angry about the sentencing of 9 catalan separatist leaders they were sentenced on monday by the supreme court to some lengthy jail terms including some of them of up to you 13 years others here continue the fight which we saw once again resurging 2017 the fight for independence and they want that 2nd referendum and speaking in parliament yesterday kim toda the leader of the catalan regional parliament said you cannot keep us in prison and continue to build the balls around us he was speaking directly to the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez so that is the message of many of the demonstrators here are the people that i've been speaking to and alan that you know some people have compared these protests or at least the way that they have organized themselves to what we've seen going on in hong kong in the past few months you think that's a fair comparison. personally parallels sunni's in hong kong france

an acquittal for example if you look at the use of civil disobedience to achieve goals for example with the occupation of the airport on monday which so $100.00 flights grounded as well for example the use of social media and apps which have been kept largely secret for example the group tsunami democratic here has been organizing that online we do not know who its leader is all is considered largely rudderless and in that way perhaps there could be seem to be parallels drawn with hong kong all right our correspondent helena humphrey covering those protests on the ground there in barcelona thank you so much. now turkish president projects have had a one has warned that he will restart operations against kurdish forces in syria if they do not withdraw from a safe zone used tonight reports that his troops have broken the temporary truce in the region but kurdish led syrian forces accuse the turks of failing to stick to a deal brokered by the u.s.

after sporadic clashes flared up in one border town and as. person for the syrian democratic forces the s.d.s. which are part of the opposition in syria tweeted this despite the agreement to halt the fighting air and artillery attacks continue to target the positions of fighters civilian settlements in the hospital and. turkey is violating the cease fire agreement by continuing to attack the town since last night. sporadic clashes and artillery strikes are hitting the syrian border town of saleh. this is just hours after top turkish and u.s. officials agreed to impose a pause in the fighting in the region today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish side will pause operation peace spring. in order to allow for the withdrawal of why p.g. forces from the safe zone. for $120.00. the americans claim to

the 5 day cease fire as a diplomatic victory but the kurdish y p g militia was not at the table for the negotiations before the agreement to pause fighting syria's brussel lane was already the scene of heavy clashes local humanitarian groups say civilians were being caught between the fronts the announcement to freeze combat surprised some observers turkish president rich uptight appear to one had previously announced he would not agree to halt the offensive he's denied rumors that mike pence threatened turkey with new sanctions should he fail to support the plan. shortly after the vice president announced the ceasefire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. out of it it's not the end of the operation it's not a ceasefire you could only have a ceasefire between 2 legitimate governments were suspending our operations so the

terrorists the targets of our operation can leave the security zone. the turkish government also expects the y.p. g. militia to give up all its weapons and will continue its dialogue with russia assad's military backers have moved their forces into position in northern syria in conjunction with syrian troops damascus and moscow so far have shown little willingness to accept turkey's security zone. not to some other stories making headlines around the world an explosion at a mosque in eastern afghanistan has killed at least 62 people and injured 36 the blast occurred as dozens of people gathered for friday prayers no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but both the taliban and the so-called islamic state are active in eastern afghanistan. protesters in the lebanese capital beirut have been holding a 2nd day of rallies against government plans to impose new taxes the

demonstrations are some of the biggest in years the protesters are also demanding the resignation of a political elite that they say is looted the economy to the point of breakdown. and here in germany on memorial has been held for one of the 2 victims of a gunman's attack in the eastern city of hama last week family friends and politicians gathered to bid farewell to the 20 year old man who was shot dead in a nearby shop after the attacker failed to shoot his way into a synagogue a 40 year old woman was also killed that day. gunman in mexico of waged a fierce battle against security forces after police located and tried to detain the son of the notorious drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman the assault took place in those months home state of sinaloa police later released to restore calm in the streets and save the lives of civilians caught in the crossfire 8 were killed and more than 20 were injured in the shootout. mexican security forces were on

a routine patrol in similar as capital city when gunmen opened fire on them. security forces returned fire initially capturing 4 men among them the son of the former head of the senate alone drug cartel york in el chapo guzman. one of them was identified as a video because my lopez asked result several organized crime groups surrounded the house with the force great and out of the patrol unit other criminal groups initiated violence against other citizens. caravans of cartel gunmen took over the city setting fires blocking major intersections and killing civilians indiscriminately the force wielded by the cartel gunmen so superior that the authorities decided to release the video guzman in order to avoid a further escalation of violence the incarceration of former cartel top man el

chapo in one of the highest security prisons in the united states has left a dangerous power vacuum in the sinhala and drug cartel it's true. a surge of violence in mexico as various would be contenders fight for control of the powerful drug cartel. now to one of the biggest rivalries in sports england and australia face off this weekend in the quarter finals of the rugby world cup in japan both are strong contenders but australia might know something about their opponent that could tip the balance in their favor how do you prepare against an opponent that you've lost to 6 times in a row that is australia stripped for record against england since 2016 but australia's players may have some insight knowledge having plate with some of their opponents at cup level. know their weaknesses by doing it telling everyone. i was there now boy if you want your. money as

a terrible snake. i ga for never pays very big. ben youngs isn't even the best rugby player in his family said the man a country. that chicken johnny may very well because of this now is that. not the most useful information for quarterfinal rugby match in the world cup given that england will go into the game a spade brits so what could possibly help australia cause the news that england have dropped they keep they make a george fort on the starting line up. will george jones in the 23. will we have the starting in the finishing to face going to finish 1st instead of starting australia may not have the upper hand against england but that won't stop the land from down under from exhausting all possibilities. now the world's 1st female space walking team has made history by leaving the international space

station to fix a broken part in the power system nasa astronauts kristina kaufmann just a meyer were supposed to install more new batteries in a spacewalk next week but they had to venture out 3 days earlier to deal with an equipment failure that occurred last weekend nasa originally wanted to have an all female space walk last spring but didn't have enough woman sized space suits you could just. panda cubs born at berlin zoo in august have opened their eyes for the 1st time the zoo says the 1st few weeks of their lives have gone well but panda mothers normally raise just one baby at a time so staff are having to help mother. rear the 2nd cop or germany's 1st ever baby tent. let's get a reminder of our top story now in spain a 5th day of mass protests has brought the cattle on capital barcelona to a standstill these are live pictures happening right now tens of thousands of

taking to the streets in the northern spammer city to us express their anger at the jailing of pro independence leaders violence has flared some massive protesters and clashed with police in the city center. coming up next a day of your business with monica jones will be looking at u.s. tariffs on the european goods stay tuned. up to date don't miss our highlights w. program all morning w. dot com hard work. closely. carefully. don't use should be used to do good.