the book. this is the w. news live from berlin and barcelona is at a standstill and made widespread outrage over the jailing of catalan separatist leaders tens of thousands of take of the streets for a 5th day of mass protests a general strike has caused widespread destruction and the soccer match is postponed violence flares as some massed protesters clashed with police in the city center. a fierce gun battle breaks out as mexico tracks down the son of the notorious drug lord as chapal at least 8 people are killed in

a police shootout with cartel gunmen mexico's president says the authorities are right to back down to save civilians caught in the crossfire. and in japan england and australia kick off their fierce rivalry in the rugby world cup quarterfinals bragging rights are at stake and both teams believe this is their year to win it all. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us it is now day 5 of protests that are gripping the city of barcelona the uproar over the imprisonment of independence leaders is sweeping through the region a general strike has brought business and industry to a halt while tens of thousands of catalan flag waving demonstrators have flooded the center of barcelona they are demanding independence for catalonia and the release of jailed separatists and. we are looking here at pictures of today's

demonstration in the catalan capital now the demonstration has largely been peaceful but some clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police these here are live pictures we're looking at right now we can see this is a very volatile situation on the ground this is these are pictures of a more violent part of those protests earlier demonstrators made street barricades that are large trash containers and set them on fire. and let's go right to our correspondent helena humphrey is covering the events on the ground for us in barcelona hi helena have you seen signs of violence where you are. where i've been to see me it's been largely peaceful that said there certainly have been saw ends of violence just over my shoulder around half an hour ago we saw smoke billowing and we know that protesters had been setting barricades on 5 particularly last night we did just hear a loud boom just moments before we went on and we cannot verify at this stage what

that was whether that was a fireworks or whether that was a stun grenade for example we know that the civil police are now coming to back up the police here on the ground and you have to bear in mind that tens of thousands of people are converging on the barcelona tonight that come from around 5 towns and cities here in catalonia to make their voices heard so certainly there is the prospects for heightened violence now it follow a pattern that we've seen over the past 4 nights one protester i spoke to says that although he is in favor of changes here in catalonia here opposes the violence and he's trying to stop people when they've been carrying out acts of vandalism jury in the night and he says these people simply seem very different to the people who have been out here on the streets during peaceful protests throughout the day elena looking at how authorities have been reacting spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez was speaking in brussels

a little bit earlier today and said there is no tolerance for any violence a let's listen to what he said. with. your input on. those responsible for acts of violence i could be identified to this group and be taken before the courts to receive the corresponding sanctions on proof. through and through the middle east and based in the few hours of them that is there is nurse base for impunity in relation to the serious acts of violence we have witnessed over recent days in different cities in catalonia their mobile phone booth so how in a very clear words there from pedro sanches at the same time these protests have pushed on so what are protesters looking to achieve here. so we have got to main goals many people here tonight off your us about the lengthy prison sentences which were handed out by the supreme court on monday for 9 catalan separatist leaders with jail terms of up to 13 years in some cases and they want

those sentences should be overturned other people here say that they simply want another referendum which him toward the leader of catalonia is proposing they want not to come within the next 2 years and they say simply that the cats of our leaders who went to prison were helping them exercise and freedom of expression and that is what they want to see here in catalonia telling us something a lot of like in these protests to what we've seen in hong kong in recent months do you think that's a fair comparison. to be i would say it's an unsurprising comparison 1st if you take a look at how these protests have been organized some of the more serious demonstrations where we sue acts of civil disobedience have been organized using an app from a group called tsunami democratic it's a fairly hard to access its leaders are largely secretive and we see parallels there for example with the movement in hong kong coming back to that active civil disobedience for example that we saw a monday with the occupation of the airport that again was

a tactic to attract international attention. which again definitely track to detention in home poll and the use of violence for years protests he has been peaceful this violence again the parallel for example with hong kong with the yellow vests in fronts as well as with ecuador so we're certainly seeing cartels with various movements around the world right now. helena humphrey with the very latest there on the ground in barcelona thank you. turkey is denying accusations that it has violated a fragile ceasefire in northern syria kurdish forces have accused of continuing to attack a border town president says turkey will relaunch its offensive in the region unless kurdish militia militias move back from the border but. a far cry from a ceasefire. this is the syrian border town of. fighting

rages on between turkish bank forces and the kurds even as turkish president rich hip tayyip erdogan denies further violence but he vows to press on if there are still forces opposing turkey along a safe zone ankara wants to create along the border so lou of. his day night this issue of a safe zone along the border will have been resolved. i'm open. but if this promise is not fulfilled without any exception the minute this time is up our operation will resume where it stopped that was annulled with even more determination. as turkish forces continue to enter northern syria local residents in tel i say fighting there has stopped this town which also lies on the turkish border with just captured from kurdish units.

it's good we are content we were able to sleep last night thank god. leaders from around the world have condemned both the withdrawal of u.s. troops from northern syria and turkey to salt french president emmanuel mccraw now says the west has made a mistake because it is the united states and turkey are in nato and i discovered on twitter as everyone did that the united states decided to withdraw their troops and free up the area and i found out that another nato power had decided to attack the kurds those would be in the partners of the international coalition and fight against islamic state should consider what has happened over the last few days is a serious mistake by the west and nato in the region do. it looked on. kurdish forces continue to fight pulling in troops from elsewhere often reducing their presence god in kurdish run prisons that are now holding our us fighters and

their families some i s captives have already escaped and here c.c.t.v. footage allegedly shows a suicide bomb attack on a kurdish prison aimed at freeing 4 my us fighters held captive inside. the implications of turkey's assault are becoming clear and world leaders are also increasingly concerned that i.i.s. might gain a fresh footing in the region. let's check in now and some other stories making news around the world an explosion at a mosque in eastern afghanistan has killed at least $62.00 people and injured $36.00 the blast which caused the roof to collapse occurred as dozens of people gathered for friday prayers no one has 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 they say has looted the economy to the point to break down and british prime minister boris johnson has warned that there is no better outcome to the torturous bragg's of process than the deal which in brussels on thursday johnson is scrambling to win lawmakers support you chaired a cabinet meeting to plan tactics ahead of tomorrow's vote in parliament the prime minister says he's confident he can gain enough support but it will be a knife edge folks. we're going to mexico now where there's been a fierce gun battle between security forces and cartel gunmen it started when police tracked down and detained the son of the notorious drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman 8 people were killed and more than 20 injured in the shootout mexico's president later said the authorities were right to back down to save the lives of civilians caught in the crossfire. 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 just one of them was identified as a video caused by 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 sin alone drug cartel it's triggered 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 paid with some of their opponents at club level. i know all their weaknesses by the way in telling everyone . to list them now boy if you want your. money is a terrible snake but. george ford never pays very big. ben youngs isn't even the

best rugby player in his family so i don't mind the country. the chicken journey may very well because of this no it's. not the most useful information for quarterfinal rugby match in the world cup given that england will go into the game s. paid for it so what could possibly help australia's cause the news that england have dropped they keep they make a george fort from the starting line up. will join just joins 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 odd possibilities. that the world's 1st female space walking team has made history they've left the international space station to repair a broken part in the power system we've got some live pictures here from nasa we

see the astronauts christina koch and jessica meyer attending to an equipment failure that occurred last weekend they were supposed to install new batteries in a spacewalk next week but the broken part meant they had to venture out 3 days earlier now nasa originally wanted to have an all female space walk last spring but didn't have enough suits for women it's. i let's get a reminder now of our top story here on d w a 5th day of mass protests has brought the catalan capital are so long now to a standstill tens of thousands of taking to the streets of the jailing of pro independence leaders violence has flared as some vast protesters has clashed with police in the center of the city.

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