the headlines: spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take control of the previously autonomous region of catalonia. translation: to all the spanish people, in particular the catalan people, i want to send you a message of calm. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. storm brian hits the uk. there are gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. and at 330 michael fish presents a special programme in which he retraces the route of the great storm of 1987 from dorset to sussex. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take temporary control of the autonomous region of catalonia. tim willcox is in barcelona. welcome to central barcelona. in the next hour we are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to protest against the decision by the spanish cabinet in madrid to impose direct law, that won't happen immediately in terms of the imposition of direct rul

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy was likely expecting a strong rebuke from barcelona and triggering article one fifty five of spain's constitution he has turned to what he considers a measure of last resort in the growing political crisis between madrid and barcelona. the autonomy and self governance of colonial will not be suspended it will remove the people that miss government outside the law and the constitution. self governance will not end it will be recovered for the sake of its legality and for the coexistence of all catalans not just those who are pro independence. plan foresees catalan affairs coming under madrid's direction regional elections would be held within six months that can only happen if spain senate approves roy's decision to trigger article one fifty five senators are due to vote on friday roy's conservative people's party holds a majority of the senate seats but let's hear about how cuts alone is reacting to these latest moves. so joins me now from buffalo and uprights good to see you so how did people react to what pushed him or had to say. people fell quiet

streets in support of their region's parliament this comes out was up to spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announces plans to dissolve cuts alone as government and call an early election will find out from madrid and buffalo enough what this could mean also coming up. results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's a no party wants to take an active role in shaping policies. and can jump on iraq but make it in america. dude was being taken there. in the. first part of the bavarian grand i'm talking as they take their foreign language flow to the home office if. i'm welcome to the program. this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president carlos put jones said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions earlier large crowds rallied in barcelona

well mariano rajoy is set to make a speech to the media just after the meeting and we're expecting that to prosecutor hours what we'll be looking out for is limited and temporary intervention which the government promised they don't need to take back our permanently won't he moves we're expecting. our which opposition parties are being asked in return for their support for this intervention is to dissolve the council and parliaments i call her a collection a lot of who are expecting the senate to meet in a couple of hours time because they are the party that has to actually approve these measures and they're expected to call upon the well to get pushed amongst the prime minister president a hearing on monday are also expected to have a vote on this whole in front of well again the key thing roy speaks to the media and exactly what measures he will assess and to interact. well once he announces his these measures you say that it still needs to be approved by the senate so just what kind of a timeline are we looking at until something actually will happen on the ground in catalonia. well

did mariano rajoy say pretty much what you expected him to say tonight, or did he go further? government, removing chief of police, and he took control of the main institutions. but the question is, i mean... he wanted to show the people of spain that he was in charge? the only thing that has surprised me is that he called for these elections and this is something that i didn't understand well. in how things will be changing. are there catalonian politicians that will be sympathetic towards mariano rajoy and what he is calling for, and will want to be re—elected and in power in the region but as part of spain and not an independent country? the question is, what kind of election do you wa nt to is, what kind of election do you want to have there? you will have the independent parties there, or you will ban them, or if they recognise the spanish law now. if you ban the independent parties, what happens with these 2 million people... an election for only the opposition which would not be democratic? and obviously this is a reaction from the people. what do you think it will be?

the headlines: spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take control of the previously autonomous region of catalonia. translation: to all the spanish people, in particular the catalan people, i want to send you a message of calm. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. drivers could soon be allowed to pass through sections of motorway roadworks at higher speeds. storm brian hits — with gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take temporary control of the autonomous region of catalonia. tim willcox is in barcelona. welcome to high above barcelona, in central barcelona, one of the most famous houses by goudie the architect behind me —— gaudi. this isa architect behind me —— gaudi. this is a significant day in spanish history, the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has declared they have invoked article 155 after

so mariano rajoy has got to do something in order to hold the state together, in light of the rest ofld, and at the same time, catalonia has its own issues and its own matter of independence which it has been moving towards the many years. so 110w moving towards the many years. so now we have reached an impasse, which is a real kind of situation. i am old enough to remember when spain was governed by generals. none of us remember franco, what there is a lwa ys remember franco, what there is always that kind of layer on top. there is also the idea that arsal owner resisted franco, while madrid was franco. —— barcelona. so there are all of these bits and pieces into woven into this situation. for mariano rajoy there are compelling problems about the damage this is doing to the spanish economy, that tourism is down, consumer confidence is falling, and businesses are leaving catalonia. now, it seems to me it is all very well for the cata la n me it is all very well for the catalan leaders to invoke... to call mariano rajoy a second franco, but it is not quite clear exactly what they envis

mariano rajoy speaking just over an hour ago.re signs that the spanish government is ready to impose direct rule. these pictures came ina impose direct rule. these pictures came in a little earlier. it shows a ship carrying spanish police which has dogged in barcelona. it's thought they could assume —— docked. on october one they tried to prevent the referendum using force and plastic bullets. here is what the president of the european council donnas tusk tweeted in reaction to events. —— donald tusk. our europe editor is in barcelona. she gave her views on how the latest views will be unsettling eu leaders. it is extremely unsettling for the people here who are living to separate realities. there are those who believe they are living in an independent catalan republic and those who are against independence who are waiting for the spanish government to return what they see as normality to the region. spaniards right across the country are worried. it is notjust the basques who are worried by this situation. eu leaders are watchin

the headlines: a huge demonstration in barcelona after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announced steps to remove the current administration in catalonia. i'm in barcelona where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in defiance of madrid's decision. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. drivers could soon be allowed to pass through sections of motorway roadworks at higher speeds. storm brian hits the uk. there are gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. and at 430 foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders‘ eyes in dateline good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has announced steps to remove the current administration in catalonia and to hold fresh elections there as soon as possible. he warned of economic disaster if the region's separatists succeeded in splitting from spain. let's cross to my colleague tim willcox in madrid. iam high i am high above in central b

mariano rajoy has, it seems, given the cata la n rajoy has, it seems, given the catalan government fiveid. let's listen first of all to exactly what mariano rajoy asked aflac cabinet meeting this morning. translation: because of the decision adopted today, the government wants to offer certainty to the spanish people and particularly to the catalan people and wants to avoid confusion generated by the generalitat authorities about a matter that affects and concerns them very much. in the reply that the president of the generalitat may give to this requirement, then the future of events in the following days will take place. mr puigdemont says he will respect legality and comply with institutional matters. everybody wants and hopes and we have asked him to do urgently, to put an end to the situation that catalonia is going through. safety, tranquillity, calm must come back as soon as possible. in the reply to the requirement that the government have decided to send him, mr puigdemont has then an opportunity to attend to the clamour and petitions and requests from so many areas which have

mariano rajoy has thrown the ball back. rochelle: in the meantime, how catalonia's regional parliament reacting to all of this? claire: we have seen several reactions on the right and on the center, with the liberal party as well as the people's party. the catalonian versions of those 'srties -- we have seen two mp saying they want mariano rajoy to invoke article 100 55, which would allow him to impose direct rules on catalonia, dissolve the regional parliament, impose fresh elections. they say it is time for a shakeup. new elections are needed in the region. on the opposite side, the far left, which is a member of that party, that coalition in the m -- catalan regional parliament has said we are giving punched pushed them giving puigdemont 30 days. it is worth seeing mother divisions emerge within carlos pushed them on -- carles puigdemont's coalition. rochelle: from barcelona, thank you. and other world news, some 2000 got -- r00 voting ohingya muslims are living in makeshift tents on a riverbank as they wait for boats. 5

withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his fundament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions now crowds gathered in buffalo not to support independence. for these catalans madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday among them was car let's put them all the catalan leader his supporters later gathered again outside the regional parliament to protest madrid's move to impose central authority. sensible couples who were. without going through the polls with little support and against the will of the majority the government of marianna hawley wants to appoint a directory to remotely control the life of catalonia from madrid whose day mom was harsh in his criticism of madrid likening its announcement to spain's fascist dictatorship that ruled the country for much of the twentieth century. the sp

streets in support of the region's parliament this comes hours after a spanish prime minister mariano rajoy dissolved announced plans to dissolve catalonia his government and call early election we'll find out from madrid and barcelona what it all means also coming up partial results from elections in the czech republic suggest that the prime minister coming out will be a populist billionaire dubbed the czech donald trump a far right party is in third place. i will. also tell you about a young man overcoming a disability and living a dream he's a professional video gamer and he's blind to tell you how he manages to not only compete but with. i met her and welcome this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your tech ration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on that warning madrid says it plans to sack cattle on leaders and has gone down well in barcelona where the masses have taken to the streets in protest and w.'s barber of a zal is among those protesters in barcelona we have her on the line oh oh well i suppose we don't hav

the far left to unilaterally declare independence and madrid and mariano rajoy the prime minister are having none of it threatening the nuclear option so-called section one five five of the constitution which would give him special powers to revoke the autonomy of this region and impose direct rule that would ask for in a very serious potentially very dangerous constitutional crisis in a country that has known civil war of course in the past so. they are as opposed as they could possibly be and yes it's absolutely true that no side is showing any sign of giving in because of course the moment they give in they lose all the ground that they've made that said the march that has happened here on sunday peter has been annexed. i think we've lost our line there too jonah how we'll stay with these live pictures the key thing there that jonah was saying of course was this that when mariano rajoy if he chooses to use the special powers article one five five of the spanish constitution we were talking to other guests in our news our program in the past half hour and a key analyst talking to us

the king spoke as by signes price for imposition of direct rule prime minister mariano rajoy is now taking steps to activate article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution this would allow the central government in madrid to intervene in catalonia and strip the region of some. of its autonomy. well earlier i spoke with our correspondent in barcelona barber avail i began by asking her what people there were expecting to come out of the central government today and which powers might be removed from the regional government. we don't know exactly yet but the spanish press expects a soft solution as soft application of the possibilities the article one five five gives the government because madrid might have understood by now that it's no use for inflaming emotions here because they're running high anyway but trying to sort of be a bit more flexible a bit more tricky politically to string out the crisis and buy in this why diffuse it so it could be that just a bit is taking away police maybe finances finances rather certainly and maybe this state broadcaster here the regional broad

the midst of the cut and run crisis a stark warning from the spanish government prime minister mariano rajoy says he will not rule out using constitutional powers to deny catalonians plans to split from spain meanwhile more protests are set to get underway in barcelona calling for unity with spain our correspondent will join us with the latest also coming up. protestors in russia called for chilled opposition leader of alexei navalny to be allowed to run for president we'll have the latest in a report. and germany has qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup but that won't stop some of the young guns from using their country's final game against azerbaijan to show their coach why they deserve to go to russia next summer. hello and welcome i'm michel henery it's good to have you with us i'm not a rally is expected in barcelona today against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence this comes after a referendum was held in the region last week which the central government has called illegal and a television interview spanish prime minister mariano rajoy warned he won't rule out susp

crisis over catalonia is independence bit is at another crucial juncture today prime minister mariano rajoy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for establishing central control in the region now this comes after a catalan leader carlos pushed him out refused to abandon his threat to declare a breakaway state. a brief run on catamaran banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they've moved their headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe again he tout of the region and the firm the unity of the country explain what you got that. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable secession attempt on its national territory. which it will resolve using legitimate democratic institutions. respecting our constitution and adhering to the values and principles of the parliamentary democracy in which we have lived for thirty nine years. the king spoke as by signes price for imposition of direct role prime minister mariano rajoy is now taking steps to activate article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution this woul

a strong speech from mariano rajoy, he has the senate, he has support notjust rajoy, he has the senateery much indeed for the moment full of we can speak with a university constitutional expert, from madrid. now, in a foreign country. madrid says this is illegal, unconstitutional, what is your opinion? it is unconstitutional from the point of view of the on solution —— from the point of view of the constitution of both spain and catalu nya, constitution of both spain and catalunya, the constitution of both spain and catalu nya, the laws constitution of both spain and catalunya, the laws so far approved by parliament, the so—called transitional law, and then, the referendum, according to those two laws, the referendum held october one is perfectly valid. and... even if madrid says the referendum was illegal, they did not agree with the laws passed here either, suggesting that any result of that referendum was binding. yes, surely, madrid did not accept the referendum, the president still maintains that the referendum did not exist at all. and, they will meet, as far as i know, today, at

two hundred fourteen for forty seven against approval for prime minister mariano rajoy to sack the regional government and impose sweeping powers back in barcelona these politicians and supporters hardly look like people about to go into the background president colors push them all called for calm. citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our country's polls a most of all to montane the peats public spirit and our dignity i think we have always done with no doubt it will continue to be that way this is an extraordinary moment but it's historic to find the right the way across this eighteenth century building of the mix moods that i said was the liberation the sticks you see here from them was across the here to express the. you. don't see the look of what o'clock it was lot of them was. independent. independence is heartbreaking sad and distressing that is how all the catalans who are not pro independence feel including very democratic pro independent supporters that cannot shed this destructive operation based on lies fraud and impositions it is causing on the so

live from poland spain's prime minister gets tough on catalonia and its push for independence mariano rajoy warns the region of grave consequences if it refuses to follow the rule of law we'll bring you reaction to that speech and politics and work out what it could mean for catalogs or talk of. the all. i'm phil gal welcome to the program spain's prime minister has just addressed the country's parliament over the impasse with catalonia but a lot of the jorge criticized the region for flouting spanish law undermining the crushing democracy and threatening spain's you want to say that after its recent referendum on independence also called for clarity on catalonia tonight is moving this constitutional crisis challenging katz a mandate is to cite clearly whether they have declared independence or not prime minister hoist said the government could invoke article one five five of the spanish constitution to take over a director of catalonia if it's they just might go out on their threat to break away. here's an excerpt from mariano rajoy speech to parliament in which he discussed yesterday stag

streets in support of their region's parliament this comes hours after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announces plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an early election we'll find out from madrid and barcelona what this could mean also coming up. results of from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andres bobbish says his party wants to take an active role in shaping policy. money welcome to the program this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's elections now lodged.

|j leave, the king, the catalan president and mariano rajoy. the situation is awful. it will be hard. i have a right here and everybody is making their lives a normal, so i don't feel it's good. to add to the complexity of the possible catalan independence, spanish police unions are claiming that hundreds of cata la n are claiming that hundreds of catalan officers are threatening to leave and join a national force because they are worried about independence. it's claimed it's another piece of propaganda designed to show how unstable future catalan state would be. with diplomacy frozen both the sides are speaking directly to the population, urging supporters to display their support for independence orfor supporters to display their support for independence or for unity in the coming days. the british—based author kazuo ishiguro has been awarded the nobel prize for literature. the swedish academy said his novels had great emotional force and they praised japanese born writer's exploration of the themes of memory and time. mr ishiguro said the pr

of course for many reasons in the permanent contact with the prime minister mariano rajoy. hiding to the situation in spain is concerning but. position i mean institutions and member states. clear the. room for in the kind of mediation. international. initiatives or action. those pains government meanwhile is preparing to suspend catalonia is autonomy after a final deadline on thursday to drop its secession plan so that was pretty much ignored the process will therefore begin on saturday that's when madrid will decide which powers to take back from barcelona barca reports now from the catalan capital . spain's political crisis is deepening after failing to comply with the spanish government catalonia it will now be stripped of its autonomy in. mock you for in the absence of a clear response we note that he has not answered our request and therefore we will continue procedure of triggering article one five five of the constitution to restore legality in catalonia the capital and president. had been given until thursday morning to clarify and revoke any independence claim las

of course from and the reasons in the permanent contact with the prime minister mariano rajoy. hiding that the situation in spain is concerning but to. position. i mean the institutions and member states. clear the. room for in the kind of mediation or. international. initiative or action. or say in brussels the e.u. leaders of welcomed a proposal by british prime minister to resign aimed unblocking breaks it talks but said concessions to ease the fears of e.u. citizens living in britain and not enough arriving at that summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union finally said he'll be spending more time in frankfurt because of brecht's that britain is currently home to most of the company's european operations but it's pushing ahead with plans to make the german city a major base johnno has more from brussels. the reason may has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete prog

prime minister mariano rajoy has announced his government tim wilcox is in barcelona.h above central barcelona. in the last few hours, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of pro—independence demonstrators have taken to the streets in defiance of that decision by the spanish by ministers to impose home rule. numbers of protesters vary according to the organisers of this rally today. they say nearly half a million people took to the streets, according to organisations which are pro—unity they say the number 170 5,000. nonetheless, there were significant numbers out here on the streets of barcelona. there are crowds of those nights as i speak outside the place where the catalan president is shortly to give a speech. would you give statements. it's not clear what his next move will be. it follows a dramatic day here in spain, when the spanish by minister mariano rajoy convened a crisis cabinet meeting to discuss the moves he would take by imposing or invoking article 155, an article which has never been used before on any autonomous region. let's catch up with

mariano rajoy is under pressure on where to move next. he has two decisions, one is to suspend the autonomy of catalonia, which he is allowed to do he could dissolve the assembly here. the other is to engage in dialogue with the catalan leaders. there are two opposing arguments and two opposing sides within the spanish argument one is his allies in a political party. albert rivera speaking to rajoy yesterday. and the other saying there should be dialogue the strike some say is a good idea the unions, 40 different unions involved in calling a strike they say it will show people in catalonia vigorously condemn the police action we saw on sunday we expect airports and train stations to be impacted. universities here to close down. fc barcelona will be closing shop over the course of the day. we saw 15,000 people on the streets near barcelona we may see many more this afternoon. >> willem, thank you very much indeed for that. >>> let's move on. our next guest says a bullish stance on growth from the ecb means the central bank is like to make

mariano rajoy the spanish prime minister has said this is an illegal referendum and shouldn't count.cting disproportion —— though police were acting proportionately. chanting. the count has happened and they are waiting to find out how many people said yes because legitimate or not, look at this, people say if the turnout is high, and we are told something like 3 million people may have voted, that is the unofficial report here, they say in two days' time, the president of catalonia carles puigdemont may call independence. listen to these chance around us. despite the support their of course, in other parts of spain, they do not recognise, and the prime minister said he does not recognise this as a legal vote. what will happen in the next few days? i will try to explain, to give you a sense of what we know so far. trying to talk over this crowd which is still in good voice. at 6am this morning somewhat queueing round the block. we expect ca rles queueing round the block. we expect carles puigdemont in the next hour oi’ carles puigdemont in the next hour orso, carles puigdemont in the

they want dialogue between mariano rajoy and ca rles dialogue between mariano rajoy and carles puigdemontat next week, on tuesday, if ca rles that next week, on tuesday, if carles puigdemont would declare independence, how would the spanish comment react? with a arrest the spanish —— catalan government? —— will they arrest. no she said to me they fear there will be a radicalisation of the minority of the supporters of the independence movement, which until now has been very peaceful. to what extent do you think the spanish government in madrid, the catalan leader there, we'll listen to these protests calling for dialogue? so far the spanish government has been on bending. as we know, the catalan leader has spoken about possibly declaring unilateral independence. yes. until now it's really difficult to foresee. nobody knows. yesterday i spoke to a political scientist. he could imagine violence on the street. if unilateral independence is declared, there is a possibility the situation will even escalate more. but until now bat yesterday there were some signals coming from a minister of the

mariano rajoy, the prime minister of spain has said the vote didn't take place today.s banked the security forces were taking action, saying there were upholding the rule of law —— thanked, and called the vote itself tariq —— mockery of the existence of democracy and criticise the catalan leaders for holding it despite saying it was illegal. what impact will it have on his premiership? he has a difficult course to steer now because there will be great further meant in catalonia. it will probably add to the campaign for independence although polls beforehand showed the majority of catalans would not vote for independence. they were very attached to the idea of holding a referendum, though, and that's where problems come. he is upset at cata la ns problems come. he is upset at catalans who problems come. he is upset at catala ns who probably problems come. he is upset at catalans who probably would have backed staying with spain. how well supported was about? it is difficult to tell from these pictures but looks like many people are out trying. it looks like a lot of peo

that he has called, mariano rajoy, the regional elections.res from friday of the declaration of independence and the mps celebrating. will your party contest those elections in december?” celebrating. will your party contest those elections in december? i don't know. the first point is the only one according to law who can call for elections is the president of catalonia, not mariano rajoy, not madrid, so in that sense i do not think they have the power. you will have seen... you are not in barcelona but you will have seen pictures today of the protests in favour of remaining in part of that reflects spain. that reflects something important, doesn't it, however sincere your desire for independence, there are many of your compatriots who are happy to remain pa rt compatriots who are happy to remain part of spain? of course, that is democracy. everybody has to make their point. they did not vote with us their point. they did not vote with us in the referendum of october the ist. that was the moment is a no. and we would say yes and we would kno

prime minister mariano rajoy says he wants to restore normality. how does he do that?> there's nothing normal about what happened over the last 24 hours. spain is in its greatest constitutional crisis, and with andcatalan parliament announcing the process to begin a declaration we are far from normal. what we will see the next few days is how in fact the spanish government will dissolve this parliament, sacking both the catalonia asce in well as the members of parliament and president puigdemont, will he meet with resistance when they try to physically remove these individuals? rajini: before some thousands of people out on the streets across the region. what kind of reaction might here be from people in spain and catalonia? s are deeplyalan divided over whether independence is the right thing. you had people celebrating the announcement of the parliament of the declaration of independence. you had others protesting this declaration. we had reports of the catalan radio services, protesters breaking into it. this is a deeply divided society, and we don't know what happe

prime minister mariano rajoy said his country could not stand by while part of its territory was stolen plant reports. the streets of barcelona, catalonia's capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after the regional government here declared its independence from spain. translation: every citizen is clear about the goal. the price we will pay perhaps is expensive. but here we do things well, we work well here, and we respect everybody. si, si, si! this was the moment the catalonia's government voted to declare itself an independent state. 300 miles away in madrid, spain's national government was also voting to take away catalonia's regional powers and sack its leader after refusing to recognise catalonia's independence. translation: normality starts with law. in order to return institutional legitimacy and to give a voice to all catalans, i have now dissolved the catalan parliament to hold regional elections on the 21st of december. it is a confusing picture, even within catalonia itself, many people don't want to be separate from spain. the spanish government says

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy wants to stop a cata la n mariano rajoy wants to stop a catalanis morning he was cheered as he entered parliament in madrid. the senate is meeting in order to give mariano rajoy the power to suspend self rule in the cata la n power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translation: power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translatiosz power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translation: in my opinion we have no other alternative. the only thing we can and should do is to resort to the law in order to keep the law. that means stopping this man, the catalan leader ca rles means stopping this man, the catalan leader carles puigdemont, here arriving at the regional parliament. before madrid moves to shut down his administration, carles puigdemont and his colleagues in parliament may decide to play their own most symbolic card. the declaration of an independent state. opposition parties who speak for half the population in catalonia, object to any attempt to break away from spain. the pro—independence movement has a majority an

mariano rajoy has been speaking for the last half hour or so i just want to bring you a few more lines he says the catalan referendum was a joke to democracy. he also said i want the elections to be held in the shortest possible time, adding that liquidating the law breaks the public good, fractures society, divides families and stops long-time friendships. we can make an example of this situation. also adding that they're all anti-democratic decisions contrary to the law, to the normal comfo comportment, crushe minority with respect to the legal state. a quick look at the ibex and how it is faring today off by half of a percent after bouncing back rapidly yesterday to the tune of 1.5% as there were hopes out there that there was going to be a break through between barcelona and madrid that did not happen. let's talk more about the story with willem marx who has been our expert on this story you spent a lot of time in barcelona. what do you think the response will be from barcelona on this yesterday we saw chaos in barcelona. puigdemont was going to call for new elections and didn't >>

mariano rajoy is making true his threats.n saturday, the cabinet will decide which powers to take away from the region. and the senate will finalize the measures. the ball is back in the court of the regional government, but carles puigdemont is playing for time and has referred the final decision to his parliament. the people in the palace behind us are not talking, neither to their people or to madrid. the platform for independence now calling for more demonstrations, culminating in a big show of force on saturday. some are already talking about civil disobedience. madrid is reacting and increasing protection and strategic places. at this time, there seems to be no exit strategy on either side of the conflict, and no remedy against further escalation. brent: that was barbara in barcelona. here are other stories making headlines, in france thousands have taken part in a nationwide demonstration against the president's labor reforms. but observers say the turnout was lower than last month's protests. the reforms, fast tracked

sent a letter to madrid calling for an end to repression and for dialogue prime minister mariano rajoy has repeatedly refused to mediate with the secessionists we're now in uncharted territory article one five five has never been invoked in mainland spain before you can see devolved powers over the raising of taxes education health care in the police soon in madrid hands of the very worst you could see the suspension of the government and the arrest of its leaders it's hard to imagine any of these scenarios unfolding without more massive protests or perhaps even a change of tactics i think there's no possibility of following like taking arms phrasing arms and or even like. seeing the birth of a terrorist group i don't think that is a possibility at all but some kind of more aggressive i don't want to say by land but more stronger organized insurgency in terms of political insurgency and organization i think it's it's a problem. but madrid the show restraint amnesty international's urge the spanish government to avoid a repeat of these scenes on the day of the cattle referendum. they've

by calling this election so swiftly, mariano rajoy brey has put them off balance. they now have to decide immediately about something else do we take part in this election or not. and the independence movement involves people from different parties. will they stay together or not. that's a whole different discussion. so i think they will continue to try to resist some of these measures. >> so fromr perspective, what is the next smart move for carle puigdemont? >> well, i assume that they will try and organize passive resistance, civil disobedience, strikes and so on, but i think their margin for maneuver has been narrowed by the calling of this election. remember, that in all probability the prosecutor general of spain on monday will file in court charges of rebellion against carle puigdemont and his team, and that, i think, will become for them the focus. critics will say there's almost been a desire for martyrdom here and i think that if he's jailed, for example, i think that will become the focus and mobilization here. >> still remains to be seen how people of c

for example, the french president also said he is behind mariano rajoy.o the german chancellor told , through a spokesman that she is behind her spanish counterpart. so there is no question the eu is behind spanish government. sarah: catalonia has no support for independence within the eu, but in practical terms is f catalonia secedes from spain, what is going to happen? bernd: nothing. the eu diplomats tell us that they will ignore any move of catalonia to become independent. there will be no border, there will be no tariffs, passport controls, things like that. every decision the catalan government, which will no longer be in office now legally, would be ignored. so nothing would change actually on the ground from the viewpoint of the european union. we do not know here. i spoke with the catalan foreign minister and he said he would stay in his office and wait for the police to remove him from there. he is prepared to be arrested, so it is clear the catalans want some kind of martyr image like that but the eu says , nothing will happen as far as we're c

the prime minister, mariano rajoy, has called the poll illegal. injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. the police officer was controlling traffic at a canadian football league game when he was struck by a car at high speed and then attacked with a knife. two young women accused of using a nerve agent to murder kimjong—nam, the estranged half—brother of north korea's leader, have been taken to the high court in malaysia for the start of their trial. the british prime minister theresa may has announced changes to the repayment of tuition fees in england and help for young people to buy homes.

streets in support of their regional parliament this comes i was up to spanish prime minister mariano rajoyounces plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an idea lection will find out from madrid and barcelona what this could mean also coming up. results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish the. no party wants to take an active role in shaping policies. i made of can money welcome to the program now this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack castle and lead as cattle and president carlos put him on is now delivering a televised address in response to the central government's move large crowds rallied in buffalo not to support independence. for these catalogs madrid's response is get another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday their dream of catalan independence goes on despite the c

of course for many reasons in the permanent conductor is the prime minister mariano rajoy. hiding to the situation in spain. but. position i mean. it's. clear the. room no space for in the kind of mediation. international. initiative action. kenya's opposition leader says his decision to pull out of the presidential election on october the twenty sixth remains unchanged royler a dingo made the comments after talks with top election officials earlier he had said that he may contest the election if properly reforms are being carried out but the election board says a free and fair vote cannot be guaranteed because of political interference. if you say that. if. you do. this which made us pull out of this race then we can see that but. no opposition is us. the white house chief of staff has come to the defense of president trump's call this week to the widow of a sane soldier president trump is accused of making insensitive remarks during a phone call to the widow of a soldier who was killed in an ambush in the air earlier this month john kelly says he was broken hearted by the

the prime minister, mariano rajoy, has called the poll illegal.ce officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. the police officer was controlling traffic at a canadian football league game, when he was struck by a car at high speed now on bbc news, hardtalk.

the prime minister, mariano rajoy, has called the poll illegal.police have arrested a somali refugee suspected of stabbing a police officer and injuring four pedestrians in edmonton, alberta. and then attacked him with a knife. two young women accused of using a nerve agent to murder kim jong—nam — the estranged half—brother of north korea's leader — have been taken to the high court in malaysia for the start of their trial. now it's time for world business report. one of britain's best known holiday flight companies, monarch airlines, has collapsed, with all flights immediately cancelled, leaving over 100,000 uk customers stranded abroad. the catalonian conundrum — when a massive majority of a minority votes for independence, what happens to the driver of spain's economic recovery? welcome to world business report. i'm jamie robertson. in a minute we'll hear from the boss of microsoft, what he's doing top make his company cool again. but first, monarch airlines has been placed into administration and all flights from the uk have been cancelled an

business today markets were looking very closely towards madrid has the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy made a highly anticipated speech about the future of catalonia the country's main stock index has been volatile in the weeks following the referendum on independence investors in the madrid stock exchange were relieved and markets closed more than one percent higher following a speech by the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy who said he is not going to negotiate with separatists in a much awaited speech in parliament if it does not really go the motion separatist and have valid reasons to support it is not big they have the votes and the authority to govern the cars alone your region but they do not have the authority to declare independence and didn't feel neglected and. that's why traders in frankfurt say those reason for investors to be concerned. it's gone it is certainly possible but the uncertainty will continue and if there is unrest in catalonia it will certainly impact yields on spanish bonds it will come under pressure because investors will sell them and look for safe ha