the join me every thursday on the alex salmon show when i was speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then me the catalogue separate his leader colors which the moment is released from custody in italy, but it's expected at an extradition hearing that next month. it follows his detention overnight after almost 4 years on the run from the spanish government. as europe lawmakers brand the arrest, a disgrace, canada's largest province outlaws cobit related protests near schools and medical facilities for critics call the banning quebec and infringement of civil liberties . less than a year and office jo biden's approval rating slums following a raft of divisive policies. but the president now less popular than his predecessor and possible future rival, donald trump,

with germany set to choose its next chancellor this weekend after 16 years of anglo merkel of the help we get now special election coverage. ah, i was just midnight in moscow now. saturday, the 25th of september, i'm calling bray with the world news this weekend from out the international. first, the former president of spain's catalonia region has been released from italian custody colors put. mom was detained on thursday under an arrest warrant from spain, which has been pursuing the separate his lead. if in any 4 years for his role in an outlawed independence referendum, the arrest was possible because pushed him all had been stripped of immunity as a european parliament tempe. he's wanted on a range of charges including sedition. hundreds gathered in barcelona, outside the italian consulate to protest the detention and demand his release

demonstrate his also took to the streets of the capital and capital early on friday evening, where journalists evelina, captain scott, has been following the protest. i am at the moment the i was i was i rested yesterday and already today here they, me. they were 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 the arrest was met with huge criticism from european lawmakers who branded the

detention a disgrace. correspondent alia katrinka and andrew pharma discussed reaction to the events within europe, where politicians have branded his arrest disgrace. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop, and neither does the european disgrace. solidarity was call is put more the spanish state is abusing the iraq war. and by using it in this way, allowing people to exercise their democratic 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 caroline 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 and a meeting that's about capital one, full court, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent well on friday that italian

court is deciding the next steps in the case of mr. put them on. and one of the very likely scenarios is expedition 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 theater . 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 in 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 didn't get these dates of the europe in parliament and for the last or to unity. but the european parliament lost more than that, but he didn't get the results. it is also long lottery. reese goes on,

well, we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any piece from representing minorities for body to govern. not easy. and he would be a tremendous tragic, but i said, and the government should not open quite as we heard him, leaving him on his be monitored by the spanish authorities for several years now and always stemming from capital. and you paid for independence of wide back to the events that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. when the catalan regional parliament led by calls put them 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. the the and i remember how. busy it all ended so now catalonia never became independent and even it's autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid,

some of the independent theaters were jailed, but call pushed him on, was able to flee spain. however, the spanish thought he's decided to change their tactics. and let's see what the italian court has to say about that. 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 who catalonia here we need to, we need to be point cut out. i'm pretty sure they agreed on their strategy. that is to try to dialogue with the spanish state. that doesn't mean i'm imply that the catalan movement moved into a world 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 carlos put one acceptance to stop the indefinite of colonial. i tried to stick with the same if nothing has been the

chief thing i've trained, she deserves the job as a right to the sensational mission and repression is a reality. is a concept happening a colonial european citizens at the moment or other headline news in the canadian province of quebec has been covert related rallies, new schools, and medical and vaccination facilities. leaders that say it's to protect children and health workers from what they call the dangerous impact of demonstrations. critics was that it denies people's right to protest. the ban covers not any demonstrations, but also there incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics. offenders face of thousands of dollars in fines, medical and school staff though a still allowed to protest, but only in the workplace. the band follows a number of anti vaccine protest south side schools in quebec, the largest city,

montreal, the head of the province said that his patience had reached its limit after some valleys across the country turn violent arts contribute. lauren chen and canadian 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 that i cannot see why such a 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 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 called 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 and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact, reasonable. less than a year after taking office. jo biden's, popularity has already slumped to below that of his predecessor. i'm possible rival the next election. donald trump and just 3 months biden's ratings of collapse, bible and 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 app, dana stan 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 in 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,

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. so this other had a closer to home, more embarrassing e mails have surfaced, which don't make good reading for the us. presidents embattled son hunter biden, they revealed that he asked for a $2000000.00 annual salary to help unlock billions of dollars of libyan assets. are frozen under the bomber administration. his r t z goes down of hunter biden, made a reputation for himself of living out of the wildest fantasies of a hard core rock and roll up. but to maintain this well brother, untamed lifestyle, it costs a pretty penny. and a new email leak proposed to shed light on just one of hunter biden's attempted hustles. he apparently offered to help with recovering some $15000000000.00 in

libby, as for in funds frozen by the obama administration per phone conversation. i met with number 2 son. he wants to pay a retainer plus plus plus success fees. he wants to have his own people. it can be close circle of people for confidentiality. so this is part of an email exchange between 2 democratic party donors with business interest in the middle east, dated year 2015, the to very much interested in getting their hands on more market duffy overseas coffers. where apparently mewling, whether joe biden 2nd born could pull his weight and deliver his positives. ah, he is chairman of you and will food program, son of number 2, who has libby a file, accessed the state treasury, business partner, secretary of state john forbes, kerry son. and since he travels with dud, he is connected everywhere in europe and asia. when we look at duffy and libby

investment authority had money frozen. he said he has access to highest level in china. he can help there simply, wow, the man, good kick, open almost any door upstairs which makes him an extremely valuable asset. so wonder what they had to say against using his services. his negatives are that he is out a holic drug addict kicked out of us army for cocaine. chasing low class oak is constantly needs money, liquidity problems, and many more headaches. the man has a lawyers degree, was the son of then vice president. he makes millions yearly and still his reputation rests firmly on being a regular with low class focus. alas, though this little libyan scheme never came to fruition, apparently due to reasons well unknown. this latest email link on the other hand did send quite a few ripples,

nothing to see your folks totally legit. we're not getting many more answers, but suddenly we're getting a lot more questions at the same time that biased and in is collapse and across the board. inflation is out of control. to put in perspective the last family member of a democrat president who lobbied on behalf of libya, billy carter only received 225000 for his efforts. joe biden has been adamant that they have never discussed his sons clients yet. still nepotism is the word on many people's lips. alright, let's go live now to just in robert young house of the politics, politics, politics podcasts, could savvy with us just said that he was going to fly because of the 21st century scandal doesn't really stick to americas 1st families does it? well, i actually don't agree with that in general. i do think that scandal in general does dick, when it is able to bind itself to

a narrative that are worry that people genuinely care about. but i think that this falls more into the category of it will either be forgotten by people who want to think the best to buy, nor at the very least want democratic goals to be advanced, and it will be seized on but as yet another example of corruption for those who believe joe biden, to be either a, not that effective or be and out now corrupt, ridiculous head of a family for which is populated by correct. what if that was sudden, maybe ethically questionable is what he did is actually wrong. yes. i think it is actually, i think it's ethically wrong. it's actually rod. it's something that you should this be well, all right, let's, let's understand on, on some level that rich people get paid to do dumb things all the time. access is king in many ways around the world,

and certainly america is no different. that being said, this is a connection point, a donor network to the highest levels of american federal government. it's the same reason why there were concerns about the ukraine. it's the same reasons why we're concerned about the or the same reason why we were concerned about it in china. influence peddling, when it's directly connected, that high up the chain is something that should be a black mark on any politician and should be taken care of and route routed out of i'm glad that it's made its way into the public square, although probably about 6 years too late for it to actually have any kind of effect of and in the moment variety, you mentioned that this has happened before. so how come this hasn't reflected on the president himself? doesn't seem to have any significant damage on joe, by oh, you mean the antics of the famous painter? i didn't quite have that right now. literally hunter bite and is making his way

into the art world as we speak, wherein he is expected to command $500000.00 for his 1st paintings that will be available for auction. we don't know exactly how good he is, although that puts him at the upper echelon of any kind of new painter. i don't suspect that the people that will be giving him half a $1000000.00 for whatever he scribble down is, are actually there to be gathering up very famous art work. they're mostly there to get influence into his circle of influence. so why has this not stuck to biden is a different story guess you will be putting a be in for an a that all work them really when the email in the laptops candle pro, cuz it was a lot of the mainstream media rallied around on to buy and appearing to shout to him, do you think they'll do the same? this time around? no hunter biting is now to be forgotten. this is going to go down the memory hole for most of the mainstream media, and to be honest from

a pure actually knows perspective from a, you know, an opposition point of view. if you're a republican watching this or you are, you pray on the downfall of joe biden, you don't want people to be talking about this too much right now. things aren't going very, very well for joe biden. it's a total cluster in congress, which is supposed to be his strength among among strength. there is a seemingly weakly new disasters on the southern border. inflation is a real problem and we're probably going to see yet another coven wave come through . and that's really been what's driving his poll numbers down, up till now. so as far as hunter biden doing hunter biden thing, let alone things that happened so many years ago if you're a public and that's fine, it's something to make me me about. but you mostly want to be focusing on any of the issues that i just laid out because the american people really care about them . those are kitchen table in a way that 100 isn't. well, i'm sure you'll get stuck into whatever's happening on planet biden and politics, politics, politics, the podcasts available now, just to robot young, thanks very much. thank you so much sir. sunday,

you will see german voters take that country into a new chapters. they decide ho, replace chancellor anglo merck. she leaves office of the 16 years empower ah ah. candidates held the final debates on thursday, but i already shortly before the event michael was booed for backing. one of the candidates i'm and last year is her successor for this low, it's a fond farewell, which is seeing people getting creative to say good bye to the chancellor. a toy bay can produce $500.00 special edition teddy bears in her image, featuring miracles, trademark bob, and also her signature, diamond shaped hand gesture. amberlynn people gather to paint colorful portraits of the outgoing leader, americans, korea as being full of ups and downs as she tackled the raft of major problems from the pandemic to being spied on by the united states or europe correspondent looked

back at the merkel era. after almost 16 years in charge, the time is coma for anglo 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 angler. myrtle has achieved something that most politicians haven't at the time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of 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 soaring

de la medical reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of grief and the fear that could never pay any of it to lawful debts. pushed the single current, the close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government view. 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. me. one of the biggest moments of anglo miracles, 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. geez, fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revered by some and 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. whenever there is something sending you know, way will need to cross that bridge, which is need to work. and it says, 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 presence room. when this is merkel repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. on to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change to makeup of the german parliament, his opposition to her 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, and making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. the

me, there's been no easy route to the finish line for angular medical though. the government's policies on the covert, pandemic sets off a small but vocal opposition that at one point threatened to storm the bottom to stuck. the me me me, me the retreat from a dentist on 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 ultimately, if 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 and angular miracles, kristian democratic union party, as they slump to record lows in the pulse. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote the d. u. candidate arm and lush,

it as her successor ended in a barrage of hackles. i thought it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe, who would have thought i have been with this gym and been dissatisfied with he is, here is the heart of the democracy. and this is exactly what will be discussed me despite the obvious challenges to merkel years will go down is 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. 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 successes, to angle america in terms of policy or certainly international clout,

what will become of those years of stability that was seen to her rein feature all of her r, t, berlin. ok to help you make sense of the numbers where they start coming through later on sunday. here's how the election process will work over the weekend. voters don't directly choose the chancellor. they get 2 votes to decide the next parliament. and the 1st ballot is for a candidacy in that constituency, and there are $2909.00 of those constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot goes to a political party under a $47.00 of them in the running the seats this time round, but only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can enter the next on this talk. tell you about another one of the contenders, then that is the front runner, la sholtes. he's currently the finance minister. he's a member of the social democrats who form part of the ruling coalition. raising the minimum wage is one of his election pledges. although he has been tainted by the

fraud scandal surrounding the financial, multinational why a called something that happened on his watch. k merkel of a big political shoes to fill as well, where we got covered coverage for you across the weekend. when those results come in that said from us for now, thanks for watching. i'm calling bro, but we the next update in half an hour the the new she has no. they didn't take into account with one thing for their own capabilities. and i didn't want to face the truth if you will. you lots of a truth is that the u. s. is no longer capable of playing the role of global hagaman. i mean the role which had had assigned to itself in the glove when you get the.