and. everyone has the right. everyone has the right to say. this is g.w. news live from berlin violence flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region is gripped by a 5th day of unrest after the jailing of separatist leaders pro independence protesters clashed with police we used tear gas and water cannon just for to disperse them earlier over a half a 1000000 people joined peaceful protests with

a while a general strike caused widespread disruption also coming up. kurdish led forces accused turkey of violating the fragile cease fire in northern syria place down border skirmishes but turkey's president says he'll resume his military offensive in the region unless kurdish militias militias pull back from the border. and in japan the fierce rivals england and australia come face to face in the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake as both teams believe they are used to win. and william glue cruft welcome to the program the violence has broken out during a 5th day of mass protests in the catalog capital barcelona as up for over the jailing of independence leader sweeps in the region of northern spain

a general strike has brought much of catalonia to a halt flights have been canceled and road and rail links disrupted many factories stopped work tourist attractions closed in a key football match between barcelona and rain all madrid was postponed. yes more turmoil in barcelona police moving on protesters whose anger had been growing all day. as dusk turned to darkness violence flared once again barcelona has now seen 5 nights of clashes between protesters and security forces. thousands had congregated in the castling capital during the day many more had been marching on the city for the past 3 days outraged over harsh prison sentences for separatist leaders i put it we have political prisoners here in europe that's inexcusable we have to protest against it. and don't even think that we're demanding our rights and especially our independence we demand democracy or let me

move you know. the protests remained peaceful until some demonstrators began pelting the police headquarters with bags by some say the police are to blame for the escalation as well yes and that if the police provoke us we have to respond we have a right to protest in the media and if that is worse than. spain's prime minister condemns the unrest. you know you think i'm in order to not i don't want to think that the vandalism and the violence in catalonia will go unpunished yes and i want to you know this the capital the catalonian regional president also condemned the violence while at the same time backing the protesters demands. but all of us sentenced to 100 years for staging a referendum that we need to vote on independence again. so round up of up was our last but i mean it. has flames engulfed the streets abbas alona for another night's

council on independence had once again turned into a political wild child. our correspondent helena humphries in barcelona and sent us this report of events there. he's funny funny because this morning's. night there was a serious loss of time by now most of our friends being trotted simcox me out on the street far exceeds that i was right i was moved to the number of mosque racists if we now see the times accounts we need one contradicting sunny sky news to be the 1st one to see if you can see right wanderings honestly in someone's mind even to a huge and not peaceful protests concert in mississippi at the 2 nights. now catalonia is ex president carlos but a man who fled to belgium after the failed 2017 independence bid turned himself

into police there on friday after spain reactivated its arrest warrant for him a judge released him without bail setting a court date for the end of october that's when belgian authorities will decide whether to comply with the arrest warrant and extradite him to spain they declined to do so in 2017. 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 militias move back from the border. a far cry from a ceasefire. this is the syrian border town of rest. less than 20 kilometers away the wounded are private hospital according to the syrian

observatory for human rights over 10 civilians were killed in the fighting just on friday during an apparent truce. as took his forces continue to enter northern syria local residents in tel aviv yet say fighting there has stopped this town which also lies on the turkish border was just captured from could issue units. it's good content we were able to sleep last night thank god. took us president. has denied that there was any fighting and vows to press on if there is still forces opposing tookie along the safe so that ankara wants to create along its border with syria so. why choose the night this issue of a safe zone along the border would have been resolved. i'm open but if we still face opposing forces without any exception the minute the time is up.

our operation will resume where it stopped calling and with even more determination . so president trump spoke with the man saying everything is under control very much we're doing very very well with turkey there is a cease fire or a pause or whatever you want to call it there was some sniper fire this morning there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly and they're back to the full pause we have i just totally under guard turkey is also guarding separately they're watching over everything so you have the kurds who are dealing with and are very happy about the way things are going i must say but french president emanuel mccrum view isn't so rosy do. skate what has happened over the last few days in the region is a serious mistake by the west duke and by nato it looked on one occasion. there has

been fighting during this pause i don't choose day the so-called cease fire will end. now to some other stories making news around the world. protests in the lebanese capital beirut have turned violent with police firing tear gas into crowds of demonstrators earlier tens of thousands of people marched to demand the government halt its plans to impose new taxes they're also calling for the demise of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy. the explosion at a mosque in eastern afghanistan has killed over 60 people and injured dozens more the blast which caused the roof to collapse occurred during friday prayers no group immediately claimed responsibility but the government accused taliban insurgents the so-called islamic state is also active in the region. mexican authorities have admitted they failed to arrest one of the sons of el chapo

the notorious drug lord serving a life sentence in the u.s. after cartel gunmen opened fire on security forces 8 people were killed and more than 20 injured in the crossfire before the police were forced to retreat. british prime minister boris johnson is warning that there is no better outcome to the torturous breck's of process than the deal reached in brussels on thursday johnson is scrambling to win lawmakers support ahead of saturday's vote in parliament he says he's confident he can gain enough backing but the vote is likely to be close to. historic mistake that's how the european commission president described the european union's failure to start membership membership talks with north macedonia and albania the disappointment expressed by claude made for a sobering end to a summit in brussels italy wants to restart talks on enlarging the bloc but france has other ideas. chancellor merkel wanted to put pressure on paris but she didn't

succeed france continues to say no opinion and northern macedonia to western balkans countries will have to wait for invitations to join the e.u. they won't be offered at this summit. in germany for position was that under certain conditions talks could begin but i'm sorry to say this position was not unanimously agreed upon and. without any entry prospect member states are concerned that russia or china might win more influence in the region but france together with denmark and the netherlands criticizes the current approval process president says it's too cumbersome for paris reform is long overdue and a key issue. is the process must be reversible otherwise it won't be credible and that's why my wish is that before we accept a new e.u. members that many of the current members meet the reform criteria. a year states

are postponing the start of accession talks for the 3rd time a new date has been set chancellor merkel says the next attempt will be early next year. tensions between china and taiwan is rising the united nations recognizes beijing's authority over taiwan i want to sell for old and democratic but china claims it as its own profits now only a short list of countries including vatican city have full diplomatic relationships with taiwan since 2016 taiwan has lost 5 allies to china the most recent ones being the pacific nations of the and the solomon islands here is what the prime minister of the solomon islands said on his 1st state visit to china after its country establish diplomatic relations with beijing. and people have chosen to be. on the right side of history. and normalize relations with the people's republic of

china. china's diplomatic victory over taiwan comes after taipei went on the offensive itself in a speech held on taiwan's national day on october 10th president citing when rejected but one country 2 systems agreement the so-called 1992 consensus between beijing and taipei has been the basis for dialogue between the governments but in an interview with asia on friday taiwan's representative germany said the crackdown on the democracy movement in hong kong serves as a warning against the one country 2 systems principle the consensus of 92 was achieved between that tricks party and the communist party and that means that one is people who know not through the open. to get into the state of what one's tongue in cheek and his party wanted namely to see we owe we turn out the minute we don't do that the town is people

wanted to want to see to the words we are we are the more critic and we want to govern us in the summer instead he is 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 boasts trail you 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 her record against england 2016 but australia's past may have some insight knowledge having pate with some of their opponents at camp level. i know all their weaknesses but the way in telling everyone. i miss them now boy if you want your. money as a terrible snake of. george ford never pays for a beer. i ben youngs isn't even the best rugby player in this family so the money

the country. the chicken journey may vary we're told as of now 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 cause the news that england have to opt they keep they make a george fort from the starting line up. with george jones in the $23.00. will we have a 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. the world's 1st all woman space walking team have made history by leaving the international space station to fix a broken part in the power system nasa astronauts christina call and jessica my ear were supposed to install more new batteries in

a space walk next week but had to venture out 3 days early to deal with an equipment failure that occurred last weekend at nasa originally wanted to have an all female space walk last spring but didn't have enough medium sized space suits. you know your news africa with christiane is up next don't forget you can get all the latest around the clock on our web site at c.n.n. dot com or on twitter at c w news. after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th on do you w.