revolutionary mood in barcelona let's not cross over to the spanish capital madrid where journalist martin roberts is standing by martin it's good to see you sir what do you think the consequences will be for the catalan government if push for more presses ahead with the independence plan. well if he tries to do us in the next wait or in a row before the senate actually analyzes. as expected for him to carve out two more drinks then the attorney general has said that he's prepared to throw the book as in the prosecutor charges against him rebellion carries a jail sentence of between fifteen and twenty five yes so last something but he will try to consider on the other hand if the parliament's amasses not to get the power it will still be allowed to make all the government figures out of. these if they are trying to vote for independence and about that because my job or the change in bahrain is simply the service any other matches the current attempts to discuss such an example we have today forestry a fine independence is i'm seeing to it and so what does madrid hope will come out of fresh electio

leaders joining us now from barcelona is it obvious charlotte tell us until and in madrid for us martin roberts martin let's start with you madrid has now officially taken control of the council on government how is that going to work what's to stop the catalan politicians from just staying in their seats essentially well the idea is the day to day running to pass a law and you want change hardly at all because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top when he their jobs and their functions you know merely the people of the very top. might be transferred to partner or. indeed as an example or . controversial regional police chief has been demoted i mean he's job i mean. there's thirty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks. where now to talk over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police on civil rights were they now you have problems with the state houses who declare no uncertain terms and. rejected any outside interference over drug seasons being sentences mera

on this we're joined in barcelona by our correspondent charlotte tell some hill and journalist martin roberts in madrid martin let's start with you the spanish government has issued this bulletin taken control of catalonia do we have a timeline for when this is going to happen and also how this is going to happen. well that's the million dollar question in theory they take an immediate effect on how they actually go as a practice. question it's usually we can expect civic resistance and. however the government has been laying the groundwork for this was several weeks indeed at the beginning you know. september they airlifted thousands upon thousands of additional civil and national police to try to take control of the streets additionally and very interestingly they took control of. all. of this you know counselor civil servants so with more than three hundred thousand government employees that including incidentally the council and police will still be able to hold their salaries until and you think they have all been paid directly from madrid so. at least the groundwork has been lent you kn

has now crossed over to the spanish capital madrid where generalist martin roberts is standing by martin how do you think madrid is likely to react to put it on its latest address well the most important thing as barbara said is that he didn't actually mention the word independence which. has amongst the pigeons so. many changes in the plan which is for some of. them are. still his right to reply give him a hearing because again they won't proceed you're not hearing what he's got to say first now remains to be seen whether he will actually accept us in that session because. repeated invitations are to address the march and arms and. the first times. so her second term so that's the next step is to see whether he will actually come to enjoy. their testimonies we're going to read him see what he has. but time is ticking there's an election which is set to take place in about six months what does madrid hope to get out of the fresh election in catalonia. well i think what they want says a majority not. a majority which is to try again to our constitutional or unconstitutional. i mean today

as our cross over to the spanish capital madrid where journalist martin roberts is standing by martin how do you think madrid is likely to react to put someone's latest address. well i'm sitting home think as barbara senses that he didn't actually mention the word independence which. has most of pigeon so. many changes in the plan which is for the senate. to mom's. sell his right to reply give him a hearing because again they won't proceed you're not hearing what he's got to say first now remains to be seen whether he will actually accept that session because. repeated invitations who are dressed the. ones in. the first punch line in the second so have a second son so that's the next step is to see whether he will actually come to hundreds of their testimonies we're going to hear him say what he has. but time is ticking they is an election which is set to take place in about six months what does madrid hope to get out of the fresh election in catalonia. they want says a majority not some. independents and some majority which is not likely to try again until the constitutional or uncon

let's cross over now to the spanish capital madrid where journalist martin roberts has been watching prime minister marianna rahowa speaking so martin what was the main thrust of roy's plan is he taking over the entire catalan government. not the entire castle i'm going to move now because interestingly enough he's going to be leaving. castle and civil service in place and he has actually dissolved parliament. parliament and still may suppose it's restricted are decisions that in. as you said earlier aslam have been at the minister's a while will be relieved of that uses a sense of grace. simply. the operators will be in place where people will be taking orders from the ministers in the dreadlock the ministers and so he said that he's not really talking about control that's all he said this is just a lightweight intervention and as he said he's just merely trying to restore the galatea normal this is the confidence in his words well what i've found out catalan institutions such as the media and police is he going to be exercising any control over those institutions. if he is he didn't

barber of easel in barcelona and journalist martin roberts his in madrid thanks to you both for joining us martin i'd like to begin with you what do you believe raha is really trying to do here is he trying to drive a wedge between those for and against independence for catalonia now i think it's pretty straightforward he's made. wants to stockhausen not you from trying to break around homs the region. the region is currently in a constitutional legal limbo so he says he's restoring. if there is a second to remove it i would say this is replying to his critics who are she was in. our situations the faster he's finally did was he remains to be seen whether he's acting correctly. well indeed many observers are saying are hoist taking a risk barbara do you think that the measures by madrid could actually backfire and actually fuel separatist sentiment in catalonia further. in a way of course that's right because people that were not unified in this pro independence camp before feel energized now and they sort of feel they need to march together so that's one aspect whether this really chan

let's go now to the spanish capital madrid where journalist martin roberts is standing by martin thanks for joining us so just what can we expect from the cabinet meeting today. 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

on this we're joined in barcelona bar correspondent charlotte shells and pill and journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both charlotte firstly to you how strong a statement did karl as preached him on make. this is the same that everybody here behind me has been waiting for all day there's been a great deal of uncertainty about exactly what it is that is happening here who is in charge now was the same and was sure it was very clear he said he wants to carry on building this free and democratic nation that he says has been proclaimed as for how strong it was it was relatively restrained he could have come out in encourage people to take to the streets and defend council lonia instead he said that he wanted a peaceful and democratic resistance exactly what that means we're not quite sure of the moments now this really marks a very extraordinary situation because it essentially means that he is not recognizing any of the actions that madrid has taken and that's really reflected on the streets here as well when you talk to people depending on who you ask people respecting that mad

i'm joined now in barcelona by our correspondent charlotte also help and by journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both charlotte first to you how strong a statement did push to make. it was very strong he made clear that he still believed that he was the man in charge here and yes there was some uncertainty to people here on the streets there really know what to make of it you've got these jewel narratives going on at the moment spain has said it is imposing direct rule that it is taking charge of institutions is already removed the police chief from power and yet on doesn't seem to recognize any of this he is still saying that he wants to push ahead with independence and that he has a mandate to do so in his statement he did say that he wanted calm he didn't want anybody to take to the streets and start rioting it appears he as he was making that statement he was actually in the running and he was spotted actually in a restaurant having a glass of wine say perhaps that adds to this narrative that he's really not trying to inflame this situation as a bit of course it can

this we're joined in barcelona by our correspondent charlotte charleston pill and journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both china and like to come to you first how strong a statement did connors jamal make. well as you said they did call for peaceful and democratic resistance is not very clear what he means when he says that it could possibly mean that he wants people to come and protest peacefully on the streets it was a very concise statement very brief two minutes long pre recorded what he did say though was that he defended very much catalonia is independence that it appeared that he didn't register tool it would it is that spain's done here imposing direct rule he doesn't acknowledge it was really interesting is that actually he isn't during or at the moment a city and not too far from here in catalonia which is very pro independence he's been spotted out having lunch with a glass of wine earlier he met the boss the pool team there and he's expected to stay there all weekend what is so interesting about that is the fact that he appears to be trying to to keep things calm

earlier i spoke to did obvious charlotte chelsea hill and journalist right martin roberts in madrid i started by asking martin what governance from madrid it was going to look like in catalonia. well the idea is that day to day running a pattern you want change because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top will keep their jobs and their functions you know merely the people at the very top of the trades might be transferred to a partner or. indeed as an example or. controversial regional police chief has only been demoted i mean nobody will keep his job. and those fifty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks from madrid where now richard took over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police and civil rights where they may have problems with the state broadcaster who made it clear in no uncertain terms that. reject any outside interference. seasons being sentences merican says meanwhile the unions and civil servants to simply sit tight not to make waves

morning from barcelona and in a dread martin roberts thanks to both. at least seventeen people have been killed in coordinated attacks in somalia's capital mogadishu dozens more have been wounded it started when a car packed with explosives was detonated outside a popular hotel shortly afterwards another car bomb exploded nearby on militants then stormed the hotel prompting a drawn out gun battle with police several senior officials are said to be among the dead the extremist group has claimed responsibility. well kenya is a country in political limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered to be opposition strongholds the cost of the divisive vote is becoming ever clearer at least nine people have been killed since thursday in clashes between protesters and police. there's no sign of any letup in the violence in kenya as opposition strongholds little progress either on the election two days after voting in the rest of the country polling has again been delayed in four counties where res

born from barcelona and in a dread martin roberts thanks to both of. at least fourteen people have been killed in coordinated attacks in somalia's capital mogadishu and that death toll is likely to rise now details are still emerging what we do know is a car packed explosives was detonated outside a hotel for armed militants stormed the building shortly afterwards another car bomb detonated nearby fighting is still underway at the hotel which is popular with politicians and government employees several senior officials are said to be among the dead. from his for his claimed responsibility. ok remains a country in political limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered to be opposition strongholds the cost of this divisive vote is also becoming ever more clear at least nine people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police since thursday. there's no sign of any letup in the violence in kenya as opposition strongholds little progress either on the election two days after vot

let's cross now to our correspondent martin roberts who's covering the story for us from madrid martin good evening spanish prime minister marianna were whole address the nation said quote there has been no self-determination in catalonia why would you say that. well he's maintaining the government line. that's a place that. minimal safe. for instance there's been no previously published electoral roll where people could check people can download the ballot slips over to the stations. many other criticisms levelled out. you know break down hasn't. he said. are people still out on the streets in the capital i understand that at least one rally is still ongoing. absolutely just four hundred meters from where i'm sitting in the course of that. traditional meeting place it's where people camped out six years ago on the so-called spanx revolution well people are really not for a couple of hours to protest against what they say pressure i mean date even as i speak i can hear a helicopter. right so this is not showing any signs of letting up what do you think people are going to be waking up

much for charlotte to tell some pill in barcelona reporting there and in a moderate of course a martin roberts thank you for your coverage. meanwhile the spanish prime minister took to twitter just a few minutes ago urging that all spaniards remain calm and adding the rule of law will be used to restore legality in catalonia reactions also coming in from brussels which as you remember has been urged by the common separatists to mediate the president of the european council donald tusk tweeting for the e.u. nothing changes spain remains our only interlocutor i hope the spanish government favors force of argument not argument force. meanwhile a support for calderon has independence declaration from finland a member of parliament mico occur in a tweeting congratulations to the independent republic of catalonia next week i will submit a motion to the finnish parliament for your recognition. just a few reactions there to this breaking news story and we want to get market reactions now in from spain and the rest of europe and for that i want to go to the trading floor where daniel koch is standing b

who is in buffalo now and correspondent martin roberts in madrid thank you both so let's start with you pablo what's the situation in boston at the moment we hear reports of violence. you're absolutely right i would call it a tense worrying situation here of the people at the turning of polling stations not just here in barcelona but across catalonia. and then you know the force that we see in those images is obviously at quite a concern to a lot of people but i would describe it overall i mean that the helicopters that were flying overhead all morning since with that move to another part of the city but certainly heavy police presence and a lot of concern among people here so martin the spanish government is accused of unjustified violence against catalonians are they guilty of that well two points of your first of all official government spokesman on how the police were reluctantly forced to act all that. they can show. us was a democratically elected government and. on the other hand these images of. people committing. doing the rounds all over the world for the reason. opposition po

l a so we'll see if we can if we can get back in the maids i will soldier on with martin roberts in madrid. what happens next and so where do the where where if the let's say the senate votes to go with roy clearly catalonia is not going to take this lying down. well actually not a freeroll ran to him you know it's we're in uncharted territory. exactly how are you know this these charges are expected to work in practice and my county expected to. civil disobedience my many protesters were very. you know. well the constitutional court ruled. any declaration. by. you or at least. very very convincing to. recognize. that i fully fully. functional situation and indeed the your and you know that any independent council or. consummated will be automatically a union so in many ways this is a symbolic vote the still. a lot of talk more next week said this was just seeing it being reported on the news agency that they a senate in madrid has voted in favor of imposing article one five five back to charlotte shells and throw in barcelona so that clearly are not going to take this lying down on the ba

i want to go to madrid where martin roberts is on the story. martin, we have a on the telephone. is spain in practical terms planning on implementing direct rule? this is unprecedented in modern spanish history? >> it is, since the constitution was adopted as a way to cement their return to democracy, after 40 years of civil war and dictatorship, so it is a measure of how seriously the government in madrid is taking the crisis. in practical terms, they have been laying the groundwork for several weeks. it began in september, when the catalan parliament first called for the referendum to be held. in response, madrid drafted thousands and thousands of additional civil guards and national police men to reinforce the laws. another thing they did, they took control of the very -- control, very peacefully, the pursestrings of catalonia. the civil service have been paid direly from madrid for several weeks now. that situation will not change and i think the government is hoping most people will not make waves just because some people at the top are being removed. sarah: ok. martin from

ok let's get more now on this from journalist martin roberts who's in the spanish capital madrid. artin i'd just like to stick with football for a minute spain in action tonight in this world cup qualifier qualifying for next year's world cup there has been as we just saw a lot of controversy surrounding p.k. who is from catalonia he's been booed by national team fans in the past in the recent past what was the story tonight what what happened during the game tonight well i'd say that's a nice games far. when they struck. because in fact towards the end of the game you know he rested and. sons were actually chanting his name approval and again not you know generally don't break because as you say it was a commanding victory and. next year so. this factional round well i mean football is a very passionate sport martin and you know temple is up quite quickly sometimes football actually entrenches division what your talk telling us about this evening's game is that actually it's brought people together of course we have people i understand yesterday the iconic captain of barcelona he

there in verse one of our i come back to you in just a second i want to go now to madrid where martin roberts is on the story for us martin we've got you on the telephone line thanks for joining us how is spain in practical terms planning on implementing direct rule now this is pretty unprecedented in modern spanish history well it's entirely unprecedented since the current constitution was adopted in one nine hundred seventy eight's is a way to cement spend your time to democracy after more than forty years of civil war dictatorship so i mean that's a measure of how seriously the government his images are taking this crisis in trying to go terms right i mean in laying the groundwork for several weeks and it began early in september when and it hasn't hong first called for the referendum to be held and in response madrid drafted in houses upon thousands of additional civil guards and national police members to reinforce. and another thing they did cross was that they took control of the town very peacefully incidentally the purse strings of the local governments in fact all council and civil

and for more on this i'm joined now by journalist martin robert's from madrid and by our very own correspondent charlet in barcelona and amy to both of you martin i'm going to start with you the spanish high court has summoned the catalog cabinet and that includes the alstad president what does this mean. well is it me insists that he faces a very stiff jail sentence has just. faded worn probably the question is whether he will in fact not because he's obviously it was a lot of them to be in belgium and be public prosecutor's offices that he doesn't realize that you watched the. issue of european arrest warrant not the other thing is that if the worst of it theory you know this is just the beginning of proceedings it hasn't been formally charged just only if the judge. were to shocking if he were to show that he could be remanded in custody afterwards but one way or another it's all in the hands of the church. in charlotte you're in barcelona what has been the reaction there to the news that mr bridge a month has left the country. the people here were absolutely stunned and when the news starte

problems joins us now from barcelona the capital of the catalonia region we also have journalist martin roberts with us in spain's capital madrid good morning to you both gentlemen pablo sunday was obviously an emotional and chaotic day in catalonia how are things looking there this morning. well i'd say it's early in the morning remember and things got started a little bit later in spain and other countries in europe but it's certainly a feeling of shock surprise and excitement depending on what side of the independence referendum you're on i think the statement last night from catalyst pushed him on certainly shocked a lot of people who he didn't really expect his words to be so powerful after seeing the number of people really who voted because there is something that needs to be buried you really need to bear in mind of the number who voted it represents more or less around thirty seven percent of the total electorate of cotton yeah so a lot of people on the other side who are against in that and then steal that well with thirty seven percent and as to potential that independents could be d

jobs he's talking about those will come likely at the moment are there's a lot at stake here martin roberts reporting there for us from madrid with the latest on the cattle on referendum an unauthorized referendum martin thanks very much. well meanwhile barcelona soccer team played a spanish league match behind closed doors no fans were allowed to enter the stadium the team made the announcement less than half an hour before kick off and thousands of fans were already waiting outside the club's president said it's a protest against the police efforts to stop the referendum barcelona's camp no stadium is often used as a rallying point for catalan nationalists. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack in france it tacker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of moore say french soldiers then shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling soldiers but too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the at

and journalist martin roberts who is standing by in the spanish capital madrid first to you fanny in barcelona do we know what the catalan parliament is planning to do now will it defy that court ruling and convene on monday anyway and it wouldn't be the first time that they would defy a decision by the constitution of course we've seen that play out of course with the referendum and also if you listen to the reactions that we are given here yesterday by the president of the catalonia parliament who sad that this decision by the constitutional court curtails the freedom of expression here and he's basically sort of like a censorship to the work of the catalonian problem it sounds anything but positive or rather very defiant even though the president of the catalonia problem and did not say whether there were the push across the had the the session be the parliamentary session on monday it very much looks like that's going to happen that have a stick to this road map on monday and even possibly the independents terry march in madrid a very different perspective there of course if the

martin roberts in madrid and. barcelona for us thank you both very much. kenya is a country in electoral limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition the cost of the divisive it is becoming ever more apparent at least nine people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police since there is. violence has engulfed kenya since thursday's contested election rerun. and some opposition strongholds like this nairobi slum clashes between protesters and all storage fees have been deadly this has led the electoral commission to suspend polling indefinitely. when it's going to go step. with their lives. noting was originally postponed until today in four counties and western kenya after demonstrators disrupted polling on thursday. opposition candidates. warned election officials that another poll would only lead to more bloodshed but they had called for a boycott of the elections and only one in three kenyans have cost a vote. the ballots that have been cost o

and joining us now from morris martin roberts he's in madrid for us martin the catalan government says things yes i know it has hit the ninety percent mark an overwhelming result for independence were you expecting not. well yes because very few people actually send out to those if you consider this at two point three million that's rather low compared to the four and a half and it turns out that the last time has an absolute rise elections two years ago and lower still in the five and a half million who were on the electoral lola so yes a lot of the seem to have stayed away so obviously you know the approach dependence the hopes of the ones who made most that some have so there are some surprises off the fence that's an overwhelming result over ninety percent are telling us and yet this wasn't an authorized referendum so what happens now. well that's very hard to tell because i was upset of less than forty percent ready suppose i actually posted a reference that shows a council of society still very divided. possible option if we do have a unilateral declaration of independence that t

they've been hoping for right to do here in charlotte charles some reporting from barcelona and martin roberts from madrid thank you both for your continued coverage. for you and as martin alluded to in the run up to this dramatic showdown there have been calls for you mediation let's get reaction now from brussels where our very own marks hofmann is the correspondent he's standing by monitoring of developments there as well first up mike's i want to start off by asking you what you've heard from high ranking officials about these extraordinary events unfolding in spain we called the e.u. commission our contacts there and asked them if they had anything to add now that independence at least seems to be on the way after the vote of the catalan parliament but no they don't have anything to add and they didn't have anything to add today at the media briefing either that's a briefing that we have every day here they are sticking to their line they're only talking to one person and one person only and that's the prime minister of spain roy but there is one tweet by the council president that you co

economies spain could be set to enter uncharted political waters as you heard there before from martin roberts that's weighing on european stocks your stocks fifty for example down by three quarters of a cent at this hour prime minister mariano hoyer will trigger an article in the constitution this weekend allowing the government to take control of any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law catalonia is referendum was deemed illegal and the catalan leader colace put them on has threatened a full declaration of independence if spain asserts control of the region. catalonia is the wealthiest part of the country but for how long all the political uncertainty means companies are leaving in droves so ironically the region risks coming out of this independence bid with less autonomy than before and worse off financially. it started with the banks now more and more medium sized companies are calling in the moving vans a total of seven hundred firms have left since the independence referendum they include financial institutions like. utilities company gas not around and sp

let's go to the spanish capital were journalist martin roberts is standing by for us hi martin we saw dramatic pictures of violence so how have people in spain been reacting. well i'd say that widespread shock well into a sixth sense of what to say to save us. images that you mentioned earlier in circulation or ever well also i think a place of concern we're answering them chance to territory because on the one hand you know we're both sides say mainly on a collision course with the really wanting to climb down you know on the one hand you've got. some government saying that they're going to have to force a declaration of independence and yesterday i think the clear message there are horses and indeed in the speech that you just posted is that he will use all means available so that happened no holds bar. might you know we heard claims that ninety percent of catalans actually voted before independence how valid is that number where most people even able to cast their ballots. well the first criticism about were due to the actual turnout were barely more high what it was were regional

so again we're in just a little situation yeah that is what it sounds like our correspondent martin roberts on the story forced tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. for here in germany the interior minister says that police have prevented a serious terrorist attack special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian today in the northern city of sherry the suspect reportedly had contacts to islamist extremists and had been gathering materials for a highly explosive bomb and his intended targets remains unclear tonight. a syrian flag at a housing complex in a northern german town of. this is where special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian man early on tuesday on suspicion of planning an islamist terrorist attack on the american fast as a human are according to our findings the yemen a decided at the latest in july to detonate a bomb but with the aim of killing and wounding a large number of people. on social networks he researched instructions on how to build a bomb we also know that the suspect was in contact online with people with jihadist backgrounds and it has one and a

dramatic day in spain and developments are coming fast and furious let's go straight to madrid our martin roberts is standing by to tell us more now martin the spanish prime minister says he is dissolving the catalan parliament and calling regime elections tell us more about what that's going to mean for the situation ok first of all i think the message he's trying to send is that he saw. the intervention is what was going in this is in i mean it again he said these are you move. oh it has a longer look departments not want selves just a handful of people. i'm a possible joyce even if there is also this it should only last a couple of months i mean what's also the message is trying to send well also i think it will be struck t.j. is that he's hoping the festive season will help calm down which is very very trying to at the moment and indeed that's a structure that he used a couple years ago for general elections i wanted him to work in his favor. so it's very significant it remains to be seen however whether he gets the productivity john stevens he expects. a lot of the well estimated fifty perce

again we're in the sort of you know situation yeah that is what it sounds like our correspondent martin roberts on the story forced tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world to russia turkey and iran the pledge to bring the syrian regime and its opponents together for a congress thirty three groups and political parties which include the kurds and anti assad rebels have been invited to the talks in the black sea resort of sochi next month officials say the effort is aimed at nudging syria towards lasting peace after more than five years of civil war afghan officials say an explosion in kabul has killed at least five people and injured several more police say a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital's diplomatic quarter so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility kenya's opposition leader. has called last week's election rerun a sham and said that the president mr kenyatta had won the vote by fraud you told supporters that the opposition would respond with economic boycotts picketing and other l

and a correspondent martin roberts joins us from madrid for more now martin we are hearing reports of violent clashes between the police and protesters in catalonia tell us more about that. well as you and your correspondent just said well over four hundred injuries reported at least by the local government. and catalonia there's no details on how many of those are actually serious or what the degree of damage is in each case however we will be looking get some very shocking images indeed of old ladies working teds. in twitter as it's being spread around the world again not very many details with a deepening sense for many political parties the reaction by the police has been heavy handed help. we have seen those images and madrid says that police acted in a proportionate man and now if the cattle administration to speaks this could it take action and if so what can it actually date. well actually the cousin government has already taken to court action. ten days ago one thing central government decided to bring him to be that least the local government finances the. supreme court i me

well correspondence all of a salad martin the roberts joined us from barcelona and madrid welcome both martin robinson madrid will start with you what stuck out to you from mr rory's address to parliament. but he also got so many differentiated distinguish this from. the press this morning was that for the first time. actually. both. sides of. the referendum. so if you want to look at. you know. you know. and it's a very direct. piece i'm sitting next to the current. all of us silence in barcelona where does this leave the castle on the leadership and in particular as opposed to go. well countless puts him on is finding himself in an increasingly difficult situation here it must be like going down a one way road and realizing that there is no return and not finding a way to return to where he wants started and that's because he is getting pressure from two sides really first of all from the government the central government in madrid from mariano not wholly the prime minister who's increasingly and repeating lee saying and trying to find out what he actually meant yesterday and put the

the violence or a day of civil disobedience i guess we'll have to wait and see correspondent martin roberts on the story for us tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in france thousands of people have taken part in a nationwide administration against president manuel micron's labor reforms but observers say the turnout was lower than during last month's protests now the reforms fast tracked by executive order make it easier for firms to hire and fire employees a cone says they will help free up the energy of the workforce at least three people have reportedly been shot dead in togo as games of youths clashed with security forces who were trying to prevent an opposition demonstration the opposition in the west african nation is calling for the resignation of the president his family has ruled that country since nineteen sixty eight. nearly a month after the country's election the german chancellor angela merkel is now holding talks with potential coalition partners the parties from across the political sp

breaking developments in barcelona charlotte charleston hill and covering events from madrid is martin roberts good evening to you burch i want to start off with you of course so we're just a couple hours later now since that unprecedented a new for a kind of penance declaration inside the parliament the square first the mood outside right now. a lot of i think he's got a bit. three he was a. problem and all the things that people love that phrase that coming. out. so you think. you know right thing like oh. thank god this. thing the real. thing thanks i think. think think think. think think think think think think think think think you think people think it's just the building that's right i'm writing to a general joint make sure the right is not in a state when placed there it's ok charlotte to have a little bit of difficulty here hearing you because of the crowd behind you and that there are celebrating this decision and martin want to bring you into the conversation i don't know if you caught some of what charlotte was reporting and there is some apprehension that spain might come in there

this we're joined by our correspondent in boston a charlotte charles and pillar and journalist martin roberts in madrid welcome to you both firstly to you how strong a statement did congress bridge them on make. sure that people here all day have been waiting for some real clarity as to what the next step is going to be from callers puja monday people here been very uncertain they thought hey these declared independence that we're going to see protests on the street what's going to happen and we didn't get much of an answer from him his statement was very short and very concise it was pre recorded as well one thing though that we did hear from him that was that he does not acknowledge that spain is taking direct route he still considers himself the leaders this region and he wants to push ahead with the independence that he says is the just image we know that today he's been enjoying are in fact he was apparently spotted having lunch in a restaurant people dyer's a very pro independence area were cheering president president's then not willing to accept that he's no longer in charge either wh

morning from barcelona and in a dread martin roberts thanks to both of. at least thirteen people have been killed in corde native attacks in small years count on mogadishu and the death toll is likely to rise details are still emerging but a car packed with explosives was rammed into a hotel that was close to the presidential palace before armed militants stormed the building shortly afterwards another car bomb detonated nearby fighting is still underway at the hotel which is popular with politicians and with government employees. extremist group has claimed responsibility. but kenya remains a country in political limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition the cost of the divisive vote is also becoming ever more apparent at least nine people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police since thursday. an uneasy calm is holding in most of kenya's opposition areas after the election commission perspire and voting in four counties a heavy police pr

line there's a lot of folks speaking from barcelona right now earlier i spoke with correspondent martin roberts who's been watching developments from madrid i asked him in effect what spanish prime minister mariano rajoy had set in motion well basically he's dissolved the council on government but it's not actually dissolved. these are not actually taken by full control of councillor itself i mean the government's it's very words that they simply perform surgery they haven't got rid of the body in its entirety they have to replace their cattle and parliament will remain in place as we would have on civil service. media all structures all over everything will be still in place except the very well but the guys at the top who will be relieved of their jerseys and so basically everybody will be answered so a minister a moderator or minister in the bottle and so briefly it's a surgical strike going to the nuclear option. all right we can move on now to some other stories making news around the world police in the german city of new nic have ruled out a terrorist background after a man with a knife