. hello and welcome to tonight's live from paris with needles now see it's nine pm here in the french capital headlines. i'm painting in catalonia finishes. of thursday's crucial regional action. tight race counselors will be voting between candidates who want to stay in spain on those who once in the. council this official in but in one year. truck attack that killed. remembrance and soul searching from the government which admits it. was wrong. and saudi arabia says it spoiled a missile attack

yemen's the rebels say was targeting sunday's talk. yeah according to a coalition this is proof that iran is holding the east. asians are wrong. also coming up on the program. the calm of the uk's health service a full is home its work leaves. in all brexit special repor. the business the u. s. house of representatives is just all. over the country's biggest taxable in the u. s. provisions for each international. campaigning is a running up in catalonia ahead of thursday's regional electio.

hasn't voters will be choosing between pro and anti independence candidate. votes that will shape the region's future. a reco turnout is expected box results is likely to be so close as to deny either signed a clear majority. cassidy is former regional president called his pregel will be holding his rally via video link from belgium where he remains in exile he's up against his former deputy oriel june gas. who's running on a separate ticke. against them both is venus adding us fighting for united spain. mistake you lonely former treat corresndent sarah morris at ceremonies only serbs from injuries up this is it could change the face of

spanish politics couldn't nt is. a back to positionver the past referendum of most sign you seem to agree with the spanish government's position that. of referendums all dangerous and that up back in the eighty eight years of the democracy. spaniards agrees to live together did not have a referendum school one region that they should be questioned decided. by sign it's it hasn't beat as a pretty we election campaign. today we seoul of people actually campaigning outside the prison that' because think of former deputy president or real drum kit

as his here are not fall from the trees in the same . a prison and death of cours. to mobilize people of the third thursday spent. close race isn't it do you think madrid's worry that it's not going to go that way. he said he is a close race because. if you look at some ofhe latest opinion polls forty four point nine percent of people will vote gains. independence of parties that over gays independence hall forty three point eight percent of full independence parties and the government has acted she really has been to say. that if all the people who

really were gays independence of the soul in some of those demonstrations in barcelona tuned out to the polls they say that. the independence parties would news said georgie of seats in the parliament and did it independence and separatist but it's all would be a thing of the past step but at the race is so tight. worrie. that it might not go the way things well he has been saying that for the last of the people's policy of the government i'm decision is not the fault i. is it they say that they think they the interventionr declaration that unilateral declaration has some ofhe inpendence of mps started to say of was just symbolic

that may decide. that they'll be back to pass asking for a deal says from state but not that she breaking away from the rest of the country. sarah morris in madrid with the latest on a campaign in campaigning ahead of confidence i will be bringing you all the latest in a special on thursday when the vote is finishing finishing and the results are in. the know germans all remembering those killed in an attack on the but in a christmas market exactly a year ago. that seeking in a candle lit vigil. originals angela merkel incorporated a memorial to the twelve people killed when a man drove a truck through the kindest way. she pledged to help serve only the sounds to improve the authorities response to such attacks. on the phone of relatives in an open letter to this month the way security services

fails to stop the attack. arms of the authority's handling of the aftermath of the and the president joins top german officials in in admitting. that mistakes one eight both fronts. he realized now to berlin that on correspondent jessica souls has been following today's commemorations. at jessica what he says about the turnout for the vigil. well. a long an emotional day on collection class the square where this attack took place beginning in the day with a private ceremony for survivors of the attack families of the victims and then of course we had speeches full. seven of germany's leading politicians as well as our bodies may and he has moved a study the a square began to fill up this evening as members of the public without on to the square to

and pay their respects. on to eight am to pm of the exact time which the truck crash into the christmas market a year ago today others present when vice is to congregate around the central contestants kick at church that. to light candles and i pay their respects as a lot of soul sg from the authorities are how they dealt. with those attacks on the. we as over the last year since this horrendous attack a german authorities on the local and national levels poce forces on indeed journey sopel attention having criticized. the firstly. not doing enough to prevent

this attack from happening and also was being seen as insufficient reaction to it. those people who knows this several years now injury ministers reminded us of several years job he could face the target of a terrorist act especially in the wake of terror attacks in neighboring countries. has so many feel the authorities here what really had enough and they really should have been also calls on it i'm ready the perpetrator of this awful vt came to compensation. when it came to information about the that that after their family members who may be the attack. and even from

the german chancellor who. many of the at the family members of the victims are accusing of really not doing enough to pay their condolences and reach out to them in fact i'm. glad he met with the families of the victims yesterday a year also this attack took place. so she also has a has a a be criticized because they don't really doing enough. dismissals in blood in. austria's unusual is in brussels just a day after he was sworn in his first foreign trip suggested in cuts will try and reassure europe that he and his far right coalition partners are fully committed nonstop cit.

he's the baby of the family but will he be the problem child. chancellor sebastian kurds is the youngest and the latest addition to the group of twenty eight european leaders with just a day on his belt as the head of austria. the thirty one year old is already facing his first challenge reassuring european leaders that he and his coalition with the far right freedom party. plan to maintain austria as an internal member of the u. and they're backtracking from the parties euroscepticism and neo* past one after monday's moderation the european council president sent a new government a letter. donald tell city hoped austria would take on a constructive role. kurds replied by twitter saying he was going to do just that he wrote the new austrian government will be clearly pro european. reassurances they were met by an

expression of good will mangle merkel. wins because chancellor kurds his senate austria's still aims to be an active partner in europe. therefore i'm looking forward to cooperating with his government is all of it is and he. the welcoming hand was a far cry from how brussels finane of the far right in power is never insignificant. now austria's far right coalition will get its chance to push its view of europe. when it has the eu presidency next summer. this week we've been bringing you a series of reports on brexit has the negotiations and set the second phase. of his report focuses on the u. k.'s national health service the nhs. it relies on european doctors and nurses but

almost hall of of these a seriously thinking about leaving the u. k. when the u. k. leaves europe. not he's a huge hole in the health and health services that scene scene as britain's backward catherine restraint ripples. like many in the uk kingston hospital is bustling to stay in good health. with european doctors nurses and other medical careful of the post brexit future. french pediatrician pastel any recently obtained a british possible. occasion for residency was rejected he ended up paying two thousand pounds in legal fees to be sure staying in the uk. i think what we had to go terrorism acceptable. should never been put in this position. the been uses bargaining chips and that is still going on. newman's as the problems we sorted out and will get a solution. we haven't had one

yet. we still don't know much and we can't make any. plans. nationwide the health services facing brexit as. according to the british medical association forty five percent of european doctors are considering. kingston hospital with old stuff turnover has doubled in the past six months sessions. with it in the sink the plug is out because where she very successful recruiting people in but was struggling to keep those people previously radicals online. of from the use of of the moment that's us former wife to trickle because those people are feeling very insecure about features i was created a. a in a major recruitment issue for us. ally and a nose has taken the plunge she's heading back to spain at the end of january faced with mounting your phobia among haitians i was hospital more

often where are you from an. it culminates on monday at one of my patients that emitted and speak english properly they told me that that if i didn't like it and i girl was even go back hom. as the minds of going on i really disliked for. this country presidential s announced he will formally challenge loans months election results. of the whole and orlando and then as declared himself reelected decides allegations of fruit. at least twenty four people have been killed in protests around the country since the controversial it in november headlines this week for the first time since an actual foresees announced on sunday that he won the election.

see is more main. that is said. it is a moment to thank for the boss of my soul older citizens who put their trust in me. you firmly supports to me despite intimidation that organized criminal groups doubts the matter as another types of delinquenc. sell land minus utility people dating once. well his opponent salvador nasralla says it and advantages a country's based on electoral fraud and he urge the u. s. which is an online old and and is. to spend aide to honduras until a new vote could be heard. abe of one and they are proposing you elections. given that they sold a whole system which they ended technologically was violated by the government. which is one that controls the electoral tribunal to give the results of a now right the favorable to the current president is that it's over of all the alley ago because he and. in saudi arabia the

coalition fighting yemen's who sees says its intercepted a missile that who the say was targeting a top leadership meeting in the saudi capital. he says the missile is proof that iran is arming the shiite rebels occasions that iran denies. saudi led coalition has been at war with who these for well over two years and so fall fails to win back the capital sana despite face aerial bombing. his of foreign affairs as a rule pauses on the latest missile launch the second in six weeks. most of the people we are asking and seoul already skeptics happiness wages on rocket actually come from is it really come from iran for the houses come from north korea. winded reach the yemen how did it reach yemen there there are lots of questions that the the need in the house. us was the the the other oldest one what one could say yes. iran does have a certain amount of interest in keeping saudi

arabia bogged down in yemen that regional follows. news no doubt iran does not wish saudi arabia well in that war a in yemen. consider for a moment is not rocket in november and the rockets. today had landed on riyadh. or the capitol or the pilots in viet what the repercussions would have been let's remind you of all headlines here francis ford rebels nine in the evening. campaigning in catalonia finishes ahead of thursday's crucial regional election. tight race. between candidates who want to stay in spain and those who want

to leave. handle it vigil in flooded one that year offer truck attack that killed twelve people. remembrance and soul searching government which admits it. sort of a business bryant grain was returns to be here in the senior high bryant. we that the u. s. like congress has. now but it is always policy a oval all of the tax system democrats not happy about it and also possibly some of america's international trading partners. republicans in the house of representatives that just passed their version of the biggest reworking of the u. s. tax code over thirty years. at bill now on its way to the senate for a vote as early as tuesday night in washington. aside from domestic worries of the nearly one point four trillion dollar cost of the bill to the us treasury. international concerns a building as well that some of its provisions may breach international trade agreements us jennings

reports. is set to be the most sweeping overhaul of the us tax system in a generation. with the u. s. president freezing of the tax bill potentially his first big legislative victory who creates beautiful jobs. on the speaker of the house of representatives saying reforms is less a more equal footing with other countrie. twenty first century economy we have to be competitive with other countries and we tax ourselves basically the worst tax or the national as world. we're doing great damage to the american economy. however some of the proposed changes have raised eyebrows in the international community. that meant to make the u. s. a more attractive place to do business of the house khan is a reduction in corporate rates. from thirty five to twenty one percent. us companies will centered on the beach house for profit say under rules although they will have to pay a one time tax that he profits they hold outside of

the u. s.. the bill will allow us companies to claim a deduction for money on from exports and effects learn the ricin axles about seventeen percent. is this changed is likely to face challenges and that might even be seen as a legal by the world trade organization. foreign finance ministers avoid a low export right until the rules of payments to foreign companies. could have a trade and investment flows between europe and the u. s. full implication of these is national changes on it coul. talks tiny say it will take at least a year route through them. markets have been soaring in recent weeks as investors look ahead of those corporate tax cuts major texas however losing a bit of ground of the trading day tuesday the tax sector drag. shares apple down over one percent on analyst downgrades dozens currently off over one per i want have a percent rather sorry as in he five hundred and around three tenths of a percent the tech heavy nasdaq down. over half a percent. european annexes makes on tuesday decide optimism of the u. s. tax code engaged

in the travel leisure sector on thirty one hundred closing just over the flat on frankford. and act around here in paris both closing down around seven tenths of a percent. the french finance minister brutal matt was in moscow tuesday with a contingent of french business leaders an effort to strengthen economic relations between france and russia. trade between the two countries has suffered in recent years amid sanctions levy by the u. s. and the u. over russia's annexation of crimea. and its involvement in the conflict in eastern ukraine. france's long asked that the u. s. coordinate with g. seven countries before imposing new sanctions on companies that do business with russia. that probably because friend utility on ji is involved in russia's nord stream to gas pipeline project and french oil giant patel has a stake in russia's new yamaha liquefied nash natural gas plant. would accept bomb. we do not accept the principles on shut extraterrestrial sanctions. as you may city.

all of a company's when they want to invest in projects of rules. this t. on shoe impose a and his own. back here in france proper a different sort of energy project is a village in the center of the country tries to save money and the environment at the same tim. the french government has been cutting central government funding for local authorities in recent years now the village of my mine is coming up with its own solutions. allows and sergeant reports. this french village is dreaming of energy independence. and they're counting on their roof top stirring it to them. the local government plans to install over eight hundred solar panels on public buildings. from the school to the community center to the gymnasium to them what is key for us over the next twenty years to lower our energy consumptio. the cost of our electric bills. and our overall operational costs it'll be said with. the village helps to shave about three thousand euros off their annual electricity bill. by producing seventy percent of the electricity consumed by public buildings. as well as towering charging stations

for electric cars and even street lights. a total of like lighting is key because it represents forty percent of our electric bill. next year we hope to power these christmas lights with the solar energy we'v produced ourselves someone. some household and local businesses will also benefit from the public electricity. yeah it's cheaper and it's environmentally friendly will good things. the project has a hefty price tag is going to cost over one point five million euros. but it's being financed by a private investor as well as regional state and european funds. which means for residents this many climate revolution comes free. the saudi arabia's moving to open up its tourist sector making it has announced it will begin issuing tourist visas starting in twenty eighteen and his step as it seeks to undertake a major economic reforms. in the past visitors not part of

the annual hajj pilgrimage face happy fees and a difficult application process just to enter the country. but crown prince mohammed bin salman is keen to start a versifi his country's oil dependent economy. said tuesday expected oppose a budget deficit for the fifty years straight to lower oil price. is the president of the saudi tourism commission thm

hurricane maria. the governments official call is 64. several investigations have revealed nearly 1000 more people