much options. but stepping back and they would never do that or going ahead to declare independence that's the only way. this congress put someone know what he's doing because now

he says it's up to the parliament the regional parliament to decide. if they want if catalonia and wants independence from spain. is he pushing out the problem to someone else well i think he has no other option is is stuck down amended there's no way for him. isn't the pressure between vis a right wing. . of these coalition of and the. extremists left wing independentist and. so. the different components. if it is majority. are are. probably having discussions and and and and and negotiations are to know exactly what's going to be sick tomorrow. i think is between the two at all of the other side is between watch v. eh. catelyn society. expects and what the spanish government is asking for so it's a very. complicated situation but to also question yes i think he knows what he is doing is a very smart politician. what he wants to do is to be more time off vis a catalan?

because you're independent sudeley that's what it is doing because they would like to speak we well i was watching and i thought initially when he started talking that he was actuall. calling us as soon as i suited one. and if you didn't know it illegal act yesus we've speaking that he says something that he can skirts around the issue is going back and forth in and out and that's what he is doing since free. wicks it's a premonition the first thought they will probably e way to the dependents. some day. achieve our goals but today is relate between the different components of the. ecozone society must look at the lines are fed up with what's going on at don't forget that the majority of catalogs do not vote are not in favor of that and and on the other hand you've got all the. business society all of the

economy of catalina and which is going away. so this is a crucial moment for cuddling and for spain and i think that boot him out esther balance all the different options. now i want to talk about the eu's response because for the most part they've been silent. but tomorrow if catalonia which become independent. if it suddenly become a european problem what happens to to catalonia does it does it have access to the eu market. do are you surprised at that that the eu has remained silent well i'm not not at all and if it comes out in the declares. independence tomorrow who's next flinders northern ital. maybe. scotland again. and and some of the regent. maybe in france so nobody in europe and especially not brussels want to have the kind of situation happening again and again but if madrid does invoke article one five five of the. in die hard independent like people want independence in catalonia. i surely not going to take that lying down they could be scenes of violence week anything is really possible paving the

habit of course and i hope that what you told me a bad debt that that's one of the. worst case scenario would never happen so that most of the pens upon what's going to be safe tomorrow at tomorrow's going to be the kind of tango game. between the catalans and the spaniards the spaniards uncut alliance will play the same day but six hundred kilometers away one from the other the senate will meet tomorrow morning at ten. did that would be the duration that would authorize the government to enforce article one five five and to do whatever is necessary or appropriate. in order to reestablish legality and ordering. so watch will the cattle in parliament do next we don't know but we will tomorrow for sure at tango lesson ask a pretty nice little joe mike sanchez thank you very much you are less than the program. in other news polls have closed in kenya off to repeat election was held this thursday. three people were killed off to police clashed with supporters of very low dinga the opposition candidate to petition the supreme court to have august presidential election nullified boycotted the polls.

voting is set to be delayed until this saturday and four counts as in the kind due to security challenges akula reports. chaos under a cloud of tear gas. this is what election day look like in the nairobi slum of two barra. in this area which generally backs rilo dinga. voters largely heated the candidates call for a boycott this re keep presidential vote. just a few kilometers away in central nairobi however a stark contrast. voting was mostly peaceful. with supporters of president uhuru kenyatta determined to secure him a second victory. that is unknown here is so that they can elect. a presiden who can y who can. prove that it was a night. he became a wound. correctly. these divisions have sparked violence in pockets across the country. in some areas michael dingoes western stronghold of kisumu. polling stations were locked in closed and police fired

live rounds that protesters no police issue will be ope. due to new to our mentality and our reaction we got not to allow it if and number do live bit allowed to to. augmented polling station wildeal with them. i can an election officials said not a single ballot box was delivered to the one hundred and ninety polling stations and such. sumo. in light of the violence the head of kenya's election commission said the vote would be pushed back to saturday in four counties. the commission is closer to. and associate the broom stick in a distortion. but that shouldn so good to challenges. odinga has said that he won't participate until the electoral system is fully reformed. vowing that the opposition would press for a new round of credible elections. for more on the story we can go across to nairobi and speak to political cartoonist patrick at tara. good evening thank you very much but joining us on the program. what was weigh loading a hoping to achieve

by boycotting this vote? one other girl my nose that can be hoping to deny our model of connecticut the nick you can make your whole when. armagh i think by staying away not his hoping that that is not how most of the country doesn't come up to the vote. on where king outlet planning on it inevitably analysis of the winner i'm not if you really our not all men are out of the we. good legal credibility boundary between the internet no or book that i'n there will be like of their partner and their democratic life. armonk and. that they earn their comedy

character he deserves to be proud that non defense two to one bit. on the other hand if you spell it obbligato police feeling there will feel that they have been beaten by type of needs watermarks. ever going to be a free and fair election under the name of islam are. already left i doubt the if you could not be good people are not. model that the direction cs taken a bit of a beating. or her yet because well i think that you have to build quite cheerful for the wb didn't show up on a bible. how did one of the more than twelve you've got a good excuse? there are other we.

him too nobody knows whether you are the venire that location one page putting down light back in nairobi. which was a bit curious. blah blah i think it's very important was riding on a high. mafia of the non traditional valuable not ret that. time it looks important but there is a plan in which. . this was part of what he can to ensure that the court did not see it. bombardier you did all of your. the border guard of the deputy flock

there doc i don't know what i did. be yeah bid by the court was one of the reasons why. that it did should it be timed out moving on now thet against the islamic state group is continuing. iraqi forces launch an attack to drive out the jihadists from their last swatches of territory in the country. serious army and its allies meanwhile say they plan an assault on the group's last stronghold in syria. the battle to oust isis has picked up steam this year and the fresh assaults on both sides of the border. a one final blow to the groups hope of creating a caliphat. iraq's prime minister has responded to a request for dialogue from kurdish authorities hyderabadi says last month's independence

referendum needs to be nullified. before any talks are held yesterday kurdish authorities said they would freeze the independence vote in hopes of opening dialogu. the shift in stance coming in one week after baghdad sent in the army to seize the day you did wondrous city. off kirkuk. now hundreds of thousands of mourners from all over thailand gathered in the capital bangkok to bid farewell to king bhumibol o. the monarch was cremated on thursday evening the king ruled the country for seven decades. and he died a last october at the age of eighty eight. the five day funeral which has a price tag of ninety million dollars winds up this sunday. the king's ashes will be late in the royal crematorium near bangkok's grand palace. over real send off for a man an entire kingdom called father. in a procession led by the royal family the urn

representing the remains of the late king bhumibol and that junior day makes its way from the grand palace to the royal crematorium. were transferred to wright. parading past the hundreds of thousands who lined the streets of the capital addition come to say a last goodbye alone last may the journey. liabilities as you can see people have come here voluntarily from all areas. every look for every village. a hundred hearts are here to spray and pay their respects. i mean tell you what. i believe that we will start. song. by also believed in his james. all the different teachings of the late king. he will never die by. for those who can't. little eighty five replicas of the royal crematorium have been built nationwide. the lavish five day cremation ceremony culminates sunday when the

kings ashes will be in trying to to temples. for the past year of mourning the king's remains have been kept in a coffin in the royal palace. traditionally deceased tire oils are kept upright in elaborate earns. but to me pun who spent much of his early life in the west chose to be put in a coffin. with the earned placed alongside it for symbolic devotion. saying in asia next for over six hundred thousand will he go muslims have crossed into bangladesh from burma. this is the flight an army crackdown in rock kind state rights groups in the united nations have accused burmese authorities of ethnic cleansing. over in bangladesh meanwhile hundreds of schools have been set up a makeshift camps in order to give the children a sense of hope. maria surface. an opportunity to be taught and it should amid the crisis. here in the bangladeshi city of coaches bizarre thousand. children.

school setup by eunice. how do you know anything about it in the house and two weekends but i mean? their mother tongue o. by minnesot. along with that they are learning english and math. in not only for their. children to put into classes of thirty seven and as well as being told they're given counselling and basic hygiene instruction. almost six hundred thousand rating to refugees have fled rakan state since august the twenty fifth following what the u. n. have dubbed a campaign of ethnic cleansing five tammy's got. food is also provided in the schools a key said this given that morning five for hanga children a set to be acutely malnourished. it's very very important for children to go to school. they leave in the refugee camp. they need to round breathing they need to round counting you know just for that the life here in the camps. but they're so under. me then and don't tell me. there are nearly three hundred for thousand children living in the

squalid camps and thousands more continue to stream out every week. now mini golfing enthusiast perfected their skills on a very unique golf course it's right here in the french capital and it's on the first floor of the eiffel tower. clears got a tour of paris hitting bowl sue replicas of the city's iconic monuments. including the ask to tee off on the louvre museum. the mini golf course want be a permanent fixture however it's a temporary cool says france comes down to the ryder cup tournament. in september next year. bay foggy day to play golf that sign up for the business usually kate moody could even get a cut on. now you're starting out here in europe where central banks are turning a page on to to over two years out of stimulus that's right is broadly expected my a drug. that has outlined a plan to extend but begin scaling back support of the eu economy. european central bank is been pumping money into the economy since march twenty fifteen. first at a

rate of sixty billion euros a month and at earlier this year was brought back down to sixty again. that'll continue through the end of twenty seventeen and then be cut in half so purchasing about thirty billion euros worth of assets each month. through next september. is he had mario draghi said the changes do not amount to a tapering but rather a downsizing of the program that remains open ended. as inflation creeps towards the two percent target. the the recalibration or asset purchases. reflects growing confidence in the gradual convergence all reflation rates. towards higher inflation name. earlier i spoke to neil wilson chief market analyst etx in london out to ask if my if mario draghi was right to remain so cautious take a listen. there was no i am a great surprise in the in the nights but today we were we were expecting something in the region of thirty billio. for i nine months maybe a little bit longer and my diet indicated that it's it's going to stay in the

market for a very long time that. there's nobody that sudden stop to kyrie asinine kind tales further. extension beyond september twenty eighteen i think that's fine large what the market was expecting. and i think we've seen a bit of a reaction to. tonight the markets today with the year oversee falling a little bit. with with what seems like it's it's on the other side although still within the bounds of what we're expecting. when you look at the state of europe's economy now how successful do you think this program of bond buying has really been. well in the face of a you have to say that that needs to be is carried i. hold very positive and policy and not for the economy to. the european economy is doing very well. inflation all those on target and. inflation is is sticking along quite nicely so for consumers that's a good thing and. we we've seen that. indeed the economy's also managed to weather the the strength in the year over not seeing any real hit to

to. . the corporate earnings and that sort of thing yet so i think. you could you could definitely stride they're good to keep the program as a big success. and that the problem is is that staying it without boiling the markets. it will be seen today is that that the city is not a very good job in. shepherding the market's expectations towards expecting the taper and supply that the reaction in the markets has been. fairly positive. i'd want you might see me to. now the other thing we look to central banks for is the question of interest rates up mario draghi indicating they're likely to stay put until he's twenty nineteen at this point. yes i think i think the. movie of the forward guidance being as it is where. and idc be saying that. it went hike interest rates until well past the arising of qed. dying tales. at the current rate unknown side that would mean interest rates certainly not rising twenty nineteen possibly even twenty twenty so. they're they're they are kicking the can down the road but. there's really no rush for them to to. . sid to exit to tighten

particularly quickly at the moment so i i it i think druggies taking a fairly cautious line and. and he's got the the the elbow room to do that at the moment. european markets shot upwards after druggies announcement the gradual shift coming as a relief to investors. dax and jack jones gaining nearly one and a half percent each ibex thirty five madrid up nearly two percent on the clothes. well streets being driven more by earnings that u. s. stocks mostly recovering from wednesday's losses and see just the nasdaq dropping down. into the red this past hour with a closing word on wall street in the next hou. canadian aviation firm bombard jabal cut two hundred eighty jobs at its plant in belfast. furthering in international trade around. the announcement comes just a week after airbus took a majority stake in barges flagship c. series jet program. those planes that sparked complaints about unfair competition from the us based boeing. and us commerce department threatened to impose a three hundred percent import levy on any of those planes sold

to american companies. the margin makes winners for the c. series in northern ireland the redundancies are part of a broader five year plan to cut costs and increase profits. moving on from the days of the business headlines now. could twitter finally turn a profit for the first time ever. social media sites that it's heading that way after. better than expected revenue and user growth for the third quarter. daily active users are up fourteen percent year over year. finishers toward eighteen percent. deutsche bank saw a sharp increase in quarterly profit doubling from the same period last year to six hundred and forty seven million euros. ceo john cryin said a restructuring program was beginning to pay off. it's just that he would stay in his job. overseen the transformation. earlier that your mother was hit by two hundred twenty million dollar fine in the u. s.. settle claims that had manipulated benchmark interest rate. a nokia shares plunged seventeen percent after reporting a sharp drop in quarterly earnings from its telecom networking gear business.

finnish company warned that the market had turned more challenging. those tough competition in china and consolidation among other wireless carriers. recovery efforts continue importer rico one month after hurricane maria devastated the island. killing more than forty people and knocking out the island's electricity. reconstruction has been slow and controversial arrogant he has more. hello more than seventy percent of porter rico is still in the dark. one month after hurricane maria ravaged the island. u. s. army reserve engineers have. a quarter rico to help rebuild the powerlines. working with with what. surprise they. locally tony has. as well as with all of the tony. to get my life back. on wednesday a former us military officer was appointed to oversee the reconstruction of porter rico's electrical grid. this comes after the senate passed a thirty six point five billion dollar emergency aid measure to

replenish the island's federal flood insurance program. porter rico's governor has pledged to restore ninety five percent of the island's electricity by the end of the year. i think they eat it's it's time to have a sense of urgency start to recognize that this is a u. s. jurisdiction. and. they need to execute faste. but reconstruction efforts are now embroiled in controversy. a democratic congressman has called for a probe into a three hundred million dollar contract between put rico semi public energy holdings.d whitefish the company is based in interior secretary ryan stinky's hometown. the interior department has denied that zinc you played a role in the deal although his son had a summer job at one of the company's construction sites. put down your smartphone before crossing the road sounds like common sense but in hollywood honolulu they had to make it law. state capital of hawaii's the first big american city to crack down on what officials

termed. bonus zombies as a menace to public health. restaurants crossing the street while looking at their mobile devices can now be fined. between fifteen and thirty five dollars for a first offense and up to hundred dollars if they're stopped several times in a row. about one of the national safety council has added. structured walking to it annual list of injury risks a saying more and more americans really aren't looking up from their phones before they cross the stree. have you ever bumped into something never never have crossed. i have. kate get moody there who hit the business use thank you very much for that. some for short break more news coming up stay with us is twenty four

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