ah, me the the news the capital and separate his lead a college pushed him home has been released from custody, but is required to attend an expedition hearing in italy later in october, to follow his detention over night after almost 4 years on the run with european lawmakers branding the arrest of a disgrace. canada's largest province. i was cobit related protests, new schools, and medical facilities, but critics call the bad and quebec and infringement of civil liberties. that's been a year into office, joe biden approval rating slot following a raft of divisive policy for the us president not less popular than his

predecessor and possible future arrival. total from germany set to choose its next chancellor. this weekend, after 16 years of anglo merkel of the help with again, our special election coverage. ah . hello live from moscow? this is rp international world news at 10 on calling bright welcome to the program . first, the former president of spain, catalonia region, has been released from italian custody colors pushed him and was detained on thursday, under an arrest warrant from spain, which has been pursuing the separatist later for nearly 4 years. for his role and outlawed independence referendum. the arrest was possible because pushed him on, had been stripped of his immunity as a european parliament and paid. he's wanted on a range of charges including sedition. hundreds gathered in boss alone, outside the italian consciousness to protest the detention and demand his release.

this is what's happening live right now in barcelona, where protest as have been gathering in the city center against italy's move under that arrest warrant from spain. just to give you some context of this course, the grievances in catalonia, i've been going on for years, decades. in fact, it's a very distinct region with its own culture and also wealth it spain's wealthiest region outside the capital. by far and part of the grievance has been, they said a lot of tax money to central government and don't get much back. let's talk more about this protest that's going on this friday night at 9 and boss alone. we can talk now to journalists to abilene. christian sco who's the high that just described to us what's happening where you are number. hello. yes. there are probably happening tonight and marshmallow, not in the center. 100 stuff out there. so those words

already know coming to an end, the very process they awesome gutter cleaning mainly was our whatever's happening now. it's not fair. they're still considering scheme as their, as their leader and how they are showing also the willingness to separates from spain. so this company has been already going on like many years on the car defenders in 2017. and then he's led to belgium. and some of the catalogs are saying that he is, he's a coworker and he basically escaping and some others are saying that he's there, they're euro and, and then that's why they want to get their independence. so the products are quite a few. like i said before, they're not violent a whole,

they're probably going to process against tomorrow. and the biggest one will happen on abeliene or after those outlawed referendums, a few years ago, there were plenty of protests, not all of them as peaceful as what was saying this friday night and boss alone, are you getting a sense among the people that will be further protests says that goes on because call us push to month between now and october, the 4th when he has to make that next quarter parents, there's quite a bit of time that will they stay out? yes, of course. like you said, the car will be on the 4th of october, and until then i'm pretty sure people will go to the streets again. capitalists are famous for present thing. they love to go on the street, them like show and their darcy was there with the leader. so like i said, for sure it will be some more process coming this weekend and for sure. and so for the silver, it will be many more. and what's the level of policing that say it again,

sorry. what was the level of policing like at the moment in that pro? well, as you can see for the moment like the protest i already over, so they're actually more police than, than the protest hotel. and they are quite, quite my, they like because people like i said, they are not violent. it's like like the been in the past where people like we're growing muscles and the peer guts. so if people are not violent, the police violence either and they are here in case something happened. okay, we'll say good natured, good to hear ok. as alina have changed in central barcelona, thanks for that. i'll put him on the rest to his met with a huge criticism from european lawmakers who branded the detention a disgrace. correspondent alia katrinka and andrew father eliot discussed reaction to the events in europe. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace. solidarity was carlos, put him all the spanish state is abusing the you arrest war. and by using it in

this way, allow people to exercise their democrats right to vote is not a crime. there is only one way to still be insistent repression of the states. amnesty self determination and independence total supports mr. president, there's definitely could be the turning point in the fate of catalina independence theater called put them on and it could be the end of freedom for him. he was arrested upon arrival on the italian island of sardinia, where he was supposed to take part and a meeting that's about capital one, full court, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent well on friday. and italian court is deciding the next steps in the case of mister, put them on. and one of the very likely scenarios is extradition to spain, where he's wanted on several charges including misuse of funds and sedition, which could mean 25 years behind bars for the former cadillac independence leader.

and you may wonder, how is that possible if he was supposed to be protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the european parliament? well, earlier this year and march, in fact mister put them on and his allies worse stripped of that parliamentary immunity by other m. p. 's. even though a 3rd of them were firmly against it. and that was a very 10th day. and that parliament building get these dates of europe and parliament lost or unity, but the europe and parliament lot more than that. but he didn't get the results. it is also launching the goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any piece from representing minority this for probably to go and, you know, these, these would be a tremendous apache, but i, 7th,

the government should not open court as we heard him leave. exposure must be mounted by the spanish authorities for several years now and always stemming from castle and you've paid for independence wide back to the event that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. when the catalan regional parliament led by calls pushed him on, initiated a referendum, other regions independence it went on despite the constitutional court in madrid, declaring it illegal. i remember how a vast majority of voters back then supported independence. even though the unionists decided to boycott that referendum and it all resulted in a very brutal crack down on the independence movement, with voters being severely beaten by police politicians being jail. at that time, some people were even saying that these events were giving flashbacks of dick tutorial, spain of the middle of the 20th century,

the the can remember how it all ended so now catalonia never became independent and even it's autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid, some of the independent leaders were jailed. busy but calls pushed them on, was able to flee spain, however, the spanish stories decided to change their tactics. and let's see what the italian court has to say about that. think some thoughts on this. i'm an arc from the independence campaign movement. the international commission of european citizens

thinks dialogues impossible until the spanish government properly listened to the people of catalonia. here we need to, we need to be clear. point cut out, i'm pretty sure they agreed on the strategy that is to try to dialogue with the spanish state. that doesn't mean i'm imply that the catalan movement, the movement, they seem freewill is a strategy because actually, many of us, we think that goes much to talk with somebody that doesn't recognize the nation and doesn't rise since 2017, when the congress puts one acceptance to stop the indefinite of colonial. i live on tried to stick with the spain, if nothing has been achieved, i thought was saying is 4000 she deserves. i mean the job is a right to the sensation i mission and repression is a reality. is a concept that if it's happening

a colonial european citizens at the moment can more of a headline news now in the canadian province of quebec has band covert related rallies, new schools, and medical and vaccination facilities. leaders say it's to protect children and health workers from what they called the dangerous impact of demonstrations. but critics warned that it denies people's right to protest. the baton covers demonstrations all their incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics. offenders face thousands of dollars in fines. medical and school staff though a still allowed to protest in their workplace. the band follows a number of anti vaccine protest south side schools in quebec's largest city, montreal. the head of the province said that his patience had reached its limits. after some rallies across the country turned violent. r t contribute to lauren chen and lawyer julius grey look at the reactions to the bit. according to premier le go, this bill is necessary because he alleges that protesters could be intimidating or preventing access to students and patients. not everybody is in favor of this

proposal though, and some are claiming that it would be a violation of free speech and freedom of assembly. the problem is that i cannot see why such a law is not. because if the demonstration is violent or culture was loud, it can already be disbursed under the criminal code and under various municipal law. so there's absolutely no reason for this. it's because i think they want to stop the message from be in. can you make it? and if that's the case, then it's a very serious, controversial contravention of the charge. and for anyone who does believe that such a law would infringe on the canadian charter of rights and freedoms, which does guarantee freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. remember that any and all of the freedoms outlined in the charter are subject to what it calls reasonable limitations by the government. and as we have seen time and time again,

when different court cases have alleged that certain code restrictions violate human rights in canada, such as the canadian florentine hotels, it does seem that canadian judges are of the opinion that if something is done supposedly in the name of stopping the spread of cove it than any in all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact, reasonable. on the other side of the world, anti vaccine protests have also gripped australia with a 5th day of rallies in melbourne against mandatory jobs for all construction workers, which is single that building sites after spike in corona virus cases, right, polices arrested. hundreds of demonstrators during the week and 5 pepper spray and rubber bullets are less than a year after taking office. jo biden's popularity has already slumped below that of his predecessor and possible rival at the next election. donald trump, in just 3 months, biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percentage points. more on that next with donald quarter. a pandemic spiraling out of control historic military defeat

and a border crisis to boot. americans are starting to think things weren't as bad as they thought under former president, donald trump, the mounting issues on all fronts of lead to the surprise conclusion that trump is now seen as being as good a president as biden suggesting the honeymoon is being replaced with buyer's remorse. first on the list, afghanistan, the washington shameful defeat, that concluded its 20 year long war was the last straw. for many americans, the disastrous withdrawal of us troops and surrendering of millions of dollars of military tax to the taliban. had republicans and democrats alike demanding the biden administration. be held accountable. ah, the

ap ganna stand might feel like a world away from america, but there is no shortage of problems at home under biden's administration. earlier this month, biden announced a number of vaccine testing and mask mandates, which is proving to be the latest american political spac connected to the pandemic effecting around 2 thirds of the u. s. workforce. it wasn't long before the cries that biden is violating people's freedom of choice, were heard. 24 republican state attorney generals, or even threatening lawsuits really disruption divides country. it increases the

division in terms of vaccination when we should all be together along the campaign trail. biden. promised to make the country southern border a more humane place. instead, thousands of migrants are living in horrific condition. like under the del rio international bridge, the immigration crisis is getting worse as thousands more asylum seekers come knocking at the u. s. his door and to top it all off biden's approach hasn't changed much from that of the trump administrations. kids are still being put in cages. and despite biden's many promises to would be green cardholders, many migrants are being deported back home without getting their chance at asylum. ah,

with a track record like biden's and not even a whole year in office. it's no wonder over half of america thinks the country is on the wrong track. friday night and i'll see from moscow, there's a big weekend ahead for germany. it's time to choose a new chancellor. as the sunset on the era of anglo merkel will look at our legacy at our special election coverage in less than 2 minutes. oh, i use, i use i

lose me. join me every 1st day on the alex silent shore. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the the, the the, the the law again

sunday we'll see german voters take that country into a new chapter as they decide who replace chancellor angle a miracle. she leaves office up to 16 years. empower. ah ah. well, the candidates held a final debate on thursday, but at a runny, surely before the event merkel was booed for backing one of the candidates, som, and lashes as a successor. a germans themselves found some pretty creative ways to say good bye to the chancellor. a toy may can produce 500 special edition, teddy bears, and her image featuring miracles, trademark bob and her signature, diamond shaped hand gesture and berlin. people gather to paint calico portraits of the outgoing lead up michael's career being full of ups and downs. as she's tackled a raft of major problems from the pandemic to being spied on by the united states

or europe correspondent looked back at the local era. after almost 16 years in charge, the time has come for angle merkel to step down as german chancellor. drawing the curtain on a political korea of over 3 decades, coming to office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet. cole held a position longer. in postwar, germany, anglo myrtle has achieved something that most politicians haven't at the time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of the voters. no small achievement. when you look at the challenges she's had to face me, germany weathered the financial storm that began with the collapse of layman brothers back in 2008 better than most countries. a 480000000000 euro bailout for the banks and managing to keep on employment figures from spiking to high sore and

local, reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of grease and the fee is it could never pay any of it to lawful debts. that pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government. me do 2013. so whistleblower edward snowden reveal that the united states had kept detailed tubs on senior german officials, including chancellor merkel. her phone being tapped by washington. protests on the streets of germany were followed up with more diplomatic comment from the chancellor. have always made it clear to the u. s. president, spying among friends is not acceptable to me. one of the biggest moments of angle americans tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement via shuffle. so we can do it. she did

a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of refuge, chiefly in conflict in syria coming here to germany, something which saw anglo merkel revered by some reviled by others. each daughter guns, i simply say that germany is a strong country. we have already managed so many things we can do it. and whenever there is something sending you no way need to cross that bridge, which is need to work in it, is these are going to invite the indoor so we have not. migrant glows in such forms before and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present rule. this is merkle. repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. so to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to have policies on asylum allowed. b m. t migrant alternative for germany party to when seats in the bottom the stag becoming the largest opposition party to her government, making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. i

me there's being no easy run to the finish line for angle american. the government's policies on the coven pandemic sets off a small but vocal opposition, that at one point threatened to storm the bottom, the stomach, the me me me, me the retreat from afghanistan provided the chancellor with more

problems in her final weeks with accusations of rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble and then issues over who had been able to get on german planes. because this is the event we will continue the evacuation operation for as long as possible in order to help afghans who worked with us for security for freedom, for the rule of law and development to leave the country. we currently have a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported border now in germany. she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly an angle of miracles, christiy, and democratic union party as they slump to record lows in the polls. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote the d. you candidate arm and lush, it as her successor ended in

a barrage of hackles. it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. my thought is, what if i have been with this gym and boon de sac for with he is, here is the heart of the democracy. and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious challenges, the merkel years will go down as a time of relative stability for most germans. her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the u. into nationally, germany has taken a far more prominent role under miracles leadership than it is had in modern times . one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear success, to angle america, in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen when to her rein feature

all of her r, t, berlin, and merkel. to big political shoes to fail to when you consider just a snapshot of what she stared, the youth powerhouse through over the last decade and a half during a time in charge. she's worked with for american presidents for french leaders and 5 british prime ministers from george w bush to joe biden, from jacques chirac to emmanuel. i'm a chrome and from tony blair to boris johnson. multiple wars have dominated headlines in that time. of course, including afghanistan, syria and yemen. he's also played a key role in helping to save the euro currency after the 2008 financial collapse. and in the aftermath of the lockdown spearheaded an unprecedented truly in euro e. u wide pandemic recovery fund. so what is her legacy? as far as germans on the street are concerned? we've been out to ask it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chance please. i called schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellor. i think she did

a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions with c. d. you is not my party was but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough, because i'm not satisfied with the current candidates, i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world, not to city you border. you can admire the woman for longer than too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of the me. just help you make sense of the numbers when i start coming into the end of sunday. here's how the election process will work over the weekend. voters don't directly choose the chancellor. instead they get 2 votes to decide the next parliament. the 1st pallet is for candidates in the constituency, and there are 20909 constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot is for

a political party, and there are a $47.00 of them running for seats this time. but only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can then enter the bundle talk. one of the candidates for the chancellor ship is adelina bab, box the green poppy co leader since 2018. she's now spoken opponent of the know stream to pipeline designed to pump gas directly from russia into the out of europe, but by a box being criticized for lacking top level experience. i was even accused of plagiarism. in her latest book, cd party member max also told us that the anglo merkel made for catastrophic decisions during her 16 years at the home. germany is very well liked in the world or it's because it gives a lot of money to always is in the forefront of don't our conferences. it always agrees that a research from, from the, you know, a degree in the us on many things. so in that sense, we are still liked,

but we have lost much of an industrial base to come to countries in decline. we have and not less done for catastrophic decisions in her under her watch. this was the energy, the complete change in energy policy, which we call an event in 2011. then there was of cost the euro. this after the failed measure is to, to save the euro, which ended in disaster and in deep depression. and the european south and then division and of cause. 3rd was c. i'm controlled immigration policy and migration policy, 2015 and now it's a wrong approach is covered. so it really has a disastrous record which may not be perceived in the world. she'd never formulate the german positions she, i think she basically wants to, i'm going to disappear as a political union. and so do quite a few people in the ruling class of the governing class in germany. i mean,

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