because the way up the shirts underwood layer complete, it's not normal. crew is please, you can use not leave to show the catalog separate as lead a color put him on is released from custody in it. so the italy is expected. an extradition hearing that next month, it follows his break. the tension over night after almost 4 years on the run from the spanish government. to europe had lawmakers from the arrest, a disgrace. canada's largest province, outlaws, coven related protests near schools and medical facilities. the critics called the ban and quebec and infringement of civil liberty. that's the us, the president now less popular than his predecessor and possible future arrival from germany set to choose its next chancellor. this weekend. after 16 years of

angular merkel of the helm, we begin our special election covering ah, hello lived from moscow. this is all the international world news. after 11, i'm calling bright 1st sent to spain, and the former president of the catalonia region has been released from italian custody colors put him on, was detained on thursday, under an arrest warrant from spain, which has been pursuing the separatist later, for nearly 4 years. for his role in an outlawed independent referendum, the rest was possible because pushed him on had been stripped of immunity as a european parliament mt. he's wanted on a range of charges including sedition. hundreds gathered in barcelona or outside the italian consulate earlier to protest the detention on demand. his release demonstrate was also took to the streets of the capital and capital, any of the saved name where journalist evelina could,

has been following the program. i've been out there as soon as i read yesterday and already today you can hear me really whatever's happening at the moment. it's not correct. they are also using the excuse to show their willingness to have independence and to show their willingness separate from saying well, the arrest was met with huge criticism from european lawmakers who branded the detention a disgrace, correspondent alia tank. and andrew farmer earlier discussed reaction to the events in europe. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european

disgrace. solidarity with carlos put him on the spanish state is abusing the us war . and by using it in this way, allowing people to exercise their mckorick right to vote is not a crime. there is only one way to still be insistent repression of the state. amnesty self determination and independence total supports mr. president, there's definitely could be the turning point in the fate of cadillac independence theater calls pushed him 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 in 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 him 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's that possible if he was supposed to be protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the european parliament? well, earlier this year in march, in fact, mister put him 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 intense day in that parliament building. he should be at these dates of europe in parliament and long story unity but the europe in parliament lot more than that. but he didn't get the results, it is also long to warranty that goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any

peace from representing minorities for probably to govern on. you know, these is, these would be a tremendous fuzzy, expressive, and the government should not open quite as we heard him. me. that's because your mom has been wanted by the spanish authorities for several years now and always stemming from capital and you 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 jailed at that time. some people were even

saying that these events were gimme flashbacks of victim toil spain of the middle of the 20th century. and i remember how it all ended so now catalonia never became independent and even its autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid, some of the independent leaders were jailed, but calls pushed him on was able to flee spain. however, the spanish thought he decided to change their tactics. and let's see what the

italian court has to say about that. because of the thoughts on that that we've been hearing an arc from the independence campaign movement, the international commission of european citizens things dialogues impossible until the spanish government properly listened to the people of catalonia. here we need to, we need to the point that the company teach and they agreed on their strategy to try to dialogue with the spanish state. that doesn't mean them imply that the talent movement, the most money is in favor of a strategy. because actually many of us would think that go smith, much to talk with somebody that doesn't recognize you as a nation, doesn't niger right? since 2017 when the current one acceptance to stop the government of colonial. i'm on tried to stick with the same. if nothing has been achieved, as i was saying, a tree is 4000 citizens. i'm in the snow trunk is

a wretched patient. i. mission and repression is a reality. is a concept that if it's happening a colonial european citizens at the moment extend the canadian province of quebec has band cove related rallies, new schools, and medical vaccination facilities. latest say to protect children and health workers from what they call that dangerous impact of demonstrations. but critics was that it denies people the right to protest. the baton covers demonstrations all their incitement within 50 meters of schools into clinics. offenders face thousands of dollars in fines, medical and school stuff that i was still allowed to protest in the workplace. of the ban follows a number of anti vaccine protests outside schools in quebec, the largest city, montreal, the head of the province that his patience had reached its limits. after some rallies across the country turned violent off the contributor. lauren chet and lloyd julius grey look at the reactions to the move. 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, but i cannot see why central laws not. because if the demonstration is violent or tim ultra was loud, it can already be disbursed under the criminal code and under various wellness law. so there's absolutely no reason for it because i think they want to stop the message from b and b. and that's the case, then it's a very serious, controversial contravention of the trust. 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 co bid, then any and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact reasonable . i'm the vac same protest of also gripped australia with a 5th day of riley's in melbourne against mandatory jobs for all construction workers. authorities singled out building sites after spiking corona virus cases, why police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators during the past week and fired pepper spray and rubber bullets less than a year off the taking off his jo biden's, popularity has already slumped below that of his predecessor. and possible rival of the next election, donald trump,

and just 3 months biden's ratings have collapsed bible 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 bite him. 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 us 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

. ready 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. ok, coming up a big weekend ahead for germany. it's time to choose a new chance left. the sunset from the era of angular vocal will look at our legacy in our special election coverage in less than 2 minutes. ah, this is your media a reflection of reality in

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we'll see german voters take that country into a new chapters. they decide who will replace johnson anglo merkel. she leaves office after 16 years empower the the candidates held a final debate on thursday, but at a ronnie shortly before the event merkel was booed for backing one of the candidate salmon lash. it is a successor. how germans have found some pretty creative ways to say good bye to the chancellor. a toy maker produced $500.00 special addition teddy beds and her rhythmic featuring miracles, trademark bobbin, her signature, diamond shaped hand gesture, and in berlin. people gathered to paint colorful portraits of the outgoing leader. a medical career has been 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 looks back at the medical 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 all time. only her mentor helmet co 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 saw angle american reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of greece

and the fear that could never pay any of it to lawful debts. pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government. me 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. but have always made it clear to the u. s president, spying among friends, is not acceptable. 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 refugees fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revealed 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't do it. and whenever there is something sending you know, way, we'll need to cross that bridge, which is need to work in it is going to invite the indoor. so we have not seen migrant flows in such forms before and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present rule. when this is merkel repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. on talk to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to have policies on asylum allowed the anti migrant alternative for germany party to win 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 being no easy route to the finish line for angle america. the government's policies on the covert pandemic set off a small but vocal opposition that it was point threatened to storm the bottom to stuck. 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 . is that 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. as she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office, just behind me, alarm bells ringing loudly and anglo miracles, christiy and democratic union party as they slump to record low in the polls. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became they attempt to promote c d. u candidate arm and lush, it her successor ended in

a barrage of hackles. it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. oh, my goodness wouldn't fuss. i have been with this german 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 miracle years will come 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 you. internationally, germany has taken a far more prominent role under medical leadership than it is had in modern times. one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear successor to angle america in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that were seen when to her rein fees,

role of her r, t, berlin, and merkel is a big political shoes to fail to when you consider just a snapshot of what she stay at the use power house through. over the last decade at a half, during her time, merkel met with for american presidents for french leaders and 5 british prime ministers from george w bush to joe biden. jacques chirac, to emanuel macross and from tony blanchard, forest johnson. multiple was calls of donated headlines in that time, including afghan, this down, syria and yemen. she also played a key role to help save the euro currency after the 2008 financial collapse. and then the aftermath of lockdown, she spearheaded an unprecedented truly in euro e. u wide pandemic recovery fund. so what is her legacy as far as the germans on the street to concerned? we've been out to ask. it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chancellors cold, 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. the c d. u is not my parties, but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough because i'm not satisfied with the current candidate. i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. not a city you border, but 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. ok, just to help you make sense of the numbers as they start to come in late on sunday . here's how the election process will work over the weekend. voters don't directly to the charm slot. instead, they get 2 votes to decide the next parliament. first ballot is for a candidate in that constituency. and there are $299.00 constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot goes to a political party and the $47.00 of them is running the sinks this time around. but

only parties that secure more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can then enter the bundle tug. one of the candidates then for the chancellor, shin, this is a bad book. the green party co lead us in 2060 she's now spoken opponent of the north stream to gasp, pipeline, to pump fuel from russia to europe. but by box being criticized for lacking top level experience is also accused of plagiarism in her latest go away from the elections and a new in this hour the she is, the un general assembly will hear from a delegate from afghanistan. but it won't be the taliban requested representative. instead taking the floor a monday will be the representative from the government there was ousted last month . right. go live to cobble now. well, corresponding, there is more, i guess they have high, again, we've been covering this for quite some time. the group that decides these things was expected to delay this until after the general assembly and kind of swerve it

a bit. but what does this signify for the taliban that in trying to get a voice on the international stage? well, what the office of the un secretary general said is what has been expected in line . but with what had been expected ever since, we found out that the taliban has requested that they change. i've gotten a studs representative at the you went to someone who they appointed. but the, you were these, we all know a slow moving bureaucratic machine at the best of times and, and this instance with mere weeks to go until the un general assembly would things very hectic there. it is. unlikely that the diplomats and the council, the credentials committee that you mentioned that they'll go tripping over themselves in order to approve the taliban request. so the situation is such that

the person speaking for of data stored on stage before the entire world will be someone who has almost no influence of the event in of got to stop. it will be someone who was appointed by the former government by the president who fled the country, who resided whose government promptly collapse in a matter of weeks facing a taliban onslaught. but, but it is a very difficult choice. it is a political minefield for the un or because obviously they bond to set the right signals. they don't want to go rushing over themselves in order to approve the taliban request. especially given that a lot of many countries around the world are very angry with the taliban right now, because they had appealed that was an international effort aimed at the taliban, directed towards them. asking them to make the government as inclusive as possible . the government that the taliban announced near weeks ago again, was very hard line filled with terror released individuals. it was

a message we won and we'll do whatever we want. on the other hand, people understand that the reality is that the taliban has c, the entirety of, of got to stop it controls more of, of gotten started more thoroughly than had been done in more than half a century. so it is vital that the international community engages with the taliban, but on their terms, they don't want to send the signal to all other warlords. and for that, recall organizations, religious organizations around the world, the force of arms can get you and to the actual recognition they bought the taliban to show that they are mature enough to be represented on the world state. as i said, though, it is important that they engage with the taliban, for example, because of opium and heroine, much of which majority of which is source to get us thought. they must also work with them to make sure that the humanitarian situation here doesn't get any worse

than it already is. with more than 10000000 people on the verge of starvation, they also want to make sure that the taliban keeps to its commitments. to make sure the terrorist don't pace out of of got to start again. they don't launch attacks into the ashley isis or i guide. so it is a very, very difficult situation and joyce that the us finds itself facing. but alternately, it does seem that on the 27th of september, there will be a somewhat ridiculous seeing that the us where the person representing of got to start will have almost new ties, new political current does to it. he will be a gifts of the former regime unique set against a powerless voice on the stage of the world's biggest gathering of global governance. so they want to watch ok, but i guess the, i think cobble, thank you. that's it from these room for now. cross talks next on the pivoting

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