hello there it's turning a little bit milder now for some of us in europe in the east it's been pretty cold over the past few days you see plenty of clouds swirling its way across us as well as maybe we've been seeing a fair amount of snow but this latest area of cloud is bringing in some milder as a behind that it shouldn't feel quite as cold as it has done recently so nine degrees in london there with a little bit of sunshine shouldn't feel too bad also spreads its way eastwards as we head into tuesday so beilin will get to around seven degrees and any snow that we've been seeing will turn to rain then in the west we'll have an area of high pressure in charge so things they should stay following and settled in the east they'll still stay rather cold for now so water it too much in the temperature that we're expecting in kiev for the other side of the mediterranean here we've seen a fair amount of unfertile weather over the past few days and some rather sharp showers on that move coast area and chuen asea those i will see a couple more perhaps as we head through choose say the cloud j

hello there it certainly has been cold for some of us in europe recently in the northwest we've been seeing pictures like this plenty of snow around and some pretty strong winds as well but force across the u.k. it's going to get a lot milder if we head through the next few days it is all things to this weather system here it's piling its way in and behind that is the woman weather so we're looking at a top temperature today in london of around thirteen and up to around fourteen in paris now as the leading works its way across as the leading area of rain that will give us a little bit of snow at first but then turn to rain and as it works its way eastwards will see the temperatures rise on sunday to say bilin will be up around thirteen degrees vienna will be up at twelve that only leaves the far eastern parts of europe in the cold air so we're looking at two in kiev and around three in moscow as we head into sunday the southern parts of europe will fine and dry here twelve there and up and fifteen in rome and force in madrid struggling to ten for the other side of the mediterranean t

applies to europe and muslims we will achieve a peaceful life only if everybody lives in his own country according to its traditions and its own culture muslims in the muslim countries and us europeans in europe. why it's clear what these leaders are against what they support is less apparent. in your. hundreds of protesters gathered outside the meeting accusing the far right leaders of inciting hatred. the problem are these politicians who stimulate hate in the community. hate against social groups like the roma muslims or even jews for example to. demonstrate is braving freezing temperatures in a show of solidarity with migrants and the european union. rail madrid have retained their club world cup title of to defeating brazil's gremio one nil in abu dhabi who else but well to play over a year christiana rinaldo scored the winner early in the second half it is the fifth time in five years that a european side have lifted the club world cup. it watching the news coming up next in the bundesliga show there was bags of drama in saturday's match including in the standout game between don't mind and hoffenheim. don't forget you can always get the news on the go it's really ea

in fact, the us and europe recently. ing more than 1000 jobs. so, china decade, and so it is cutting more than 1000jobs. so, china is particularly important to its future fortunes. and so this ruling will make sure that its toys are sold through the proper, so is and not the counterfeit ones. thank you very much for that. now, the markets here... the growth forecast for japan was very good. we also had some very japan was very good. we also had some very good figures on economic growth coming out of china as well, so the hang seng was up well over 196. so the hang seng was up well over 1%. and the european markets... the ftse started up but only by a small amount. the dax was up by three quarters of 1%. some details now... and samira hussain has the details about what‘s ahead on wall street today. this friday is all about the jobs report to be released by the us labor department. economists are expecting the economy to have added about 200,000 jobs, after surging with 206 to 1000 jobs in the month of october. the unemploy

in the overall standings. one day until christmas eve for many of us here in europe that means last minute shopping and gift wrapping sure you can relate meanwhile some to close is dead and ready for his journey around the world this finnish version of father christmas was just about to show up set off today from his snow we had cortez in la there he is to deliver billions of presents around the globe at least that's how the legend goes but does good ole same make really colorful the actiq north. korea has set out a search of the mythical man with a red cape and white beard and followed him to present day turkey. i think. it's christmas time a reason to celebrate for some people here in istanbul as well and like every year curious children want to know where does santa claus come from. are from somewhere in europe more away. from a snowy place from england or. america maybe. from over there. i don't know. unbelievable but true even many turkish people don't know that good old center is in fact one of their own so states you and we will show you where father christmas really comes from. it's right here the small town

hello there is tending milder now for some of us in europe and it's all thanks to this weather system here as it works its way eastwards it's dragging in some fall on the leading edge missing a little bit of snow before that it turns to rain and we all seeing a lot of snow on the ground melting already so the temperatures then all the way up to thirteen degrees there in london in paris twelve in berlin and twelve in vienna as well but as you can say it might be maad but that doesn't necessarily mean that is drive quite a bit of heavy rain that will be pushing its way into parts of france and also the northwestern parts of spain and into portugal on sunday so a lot of what weather to be found here the system and sweeps its way eastwards as we head through the day on monday and then the new year will start with yet more wet weather in the western parts of fronts meanwhile in the far east it's still going to be cold day remote maximum temperature just two degrees and area of snow is working its way towards us because the other side of the mediterranean we've been seeing a fair amount of

. >> reporter: but the technique first used in europe back in 2003 has been pivotal in several high-profilen the u.s. including the grim sleeper case in california. familial dna helped arrest lonnie franklin sentenced in the death of women over two decades. only a handful of states allow familial dna testing and while the method has proven success fulg in multiple cases civil liberties groups says it has also led to false dan and paula. >> tricky issue. marci, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> let's check the weather and we've allowed robert to come inside. hat's off. >> hat head but did the best we can. >> you're thawing. >> i'd show you how old my hands are but i know how you feel. >> and germs. >> let's look at ice across northern washington. this out of walken county and bellingham saw ice, knocked down power lines, trees, there was cold air pooled and vancouver, canada, our friends north of the border dealing with a similar scene so it'll warm up a little bit now with this next system in and mostly snow and a flood watch out for parts of the western valley along i-5 and wind w

to sate and other agro chemicals he's agreed to help us with our report the tobacco that's grown here ends up in products sold in the us and europe. and not in my grandparents' generation grew up healthy. but many of the people of my generation are sick because we work on the fields and. we used to grow tea and coffee plants in tobacco and we harvested the crops by hand. and we didn't use chemicals today the work is easier on one man but it's damaged our health. like that of the world and i love. ricordo works for an energy company he noticed that a lot of tobacco farmers weren't paying their bills on time he did some research and determined that just about all of those farmers were caring for sick children ricardo introduced us to some of these people. that. are a family lived for years right next to their tobacco field like all the farmers in the region they used to say to improve the quality of their crops failed to back a harvest would have meant financial ruin. some of the children here have serious health problems a korean doctor can look you know he has itchy skin color that some of his skin pores of closed so we can't swe

in october has turned marta into a pro—independence voter. translation: i want them to listen to us out there in the world. for them to listen to us in spain, in europeeated like nobodies. in barcelona's old city, families queued to vote. these three sisters split two to one in favour of pro—independence parties. "we haven't tried to convince one another", amena admitted. retired maintenance manjordi wants catalonia to become a republic. raquel said that she was voting forfreedom from spain. marta says she wants deposed pro—independence leader carles puigdemont to return. but in working—class districts, many voters take the opposite view. translation: if they want independence, they should look for an island and go there, there is spain. catalonia is spain. translation: i want to see a government that is anti—independence because i believe that if the others win our economy will get worse. this election may reveal catalonia's divisions, but it won't bring them to an end. james reynolds, bbc news, barcelona. the time is coming up to quarter past six. our top story this evening... damian green admits making misleading statements about pornography alleg

. >> reporter: but the technique first used in europe back in 2003 has been pivotal in several high-profilencluding the grim sleeper case in california. familial dna helped police arrest lonnie franklin sentenced to death in the murders of at least ten women over two decades. only a handful of states allow familial dna testing and while the method has proven successful in multiple cases civil liberties groups says it has also led to false leads. dan and paula. >> tricky issue. marci, thank you very much. we really appreciate it. >>> let's check the weather once again, and we've allowed robert to come inside. hat's off. >> hat head but did the best we can. >> you're thawing. >> i'd show you how old my hands are but i know how you feel. >> stay away from the germs. we have parts of northern washington, this out of watson county, they saw ice knocked down power lines, there was cold air pooled. vancouver canada, dealing with a similar scene. it will warm up with most of the snow? , wind with this also there's the snow falling in cascades. great snow in the cascades. northern rockies another fo

in europe, it's a big deal. it really limits their ability to maneuver there. it means that uber pop. this thing where unlicensed drivers, which is what we all use -- you just can't do it. they had been putting limits on over -- uber pop in many european cities. the kinds of drivers that uber has to bring in, they have to be licensed, they have to go to extra training and probably have to be paid more. uber's hands.ties remember, there are no appeals here. to me, it's a setback in europe. emily: tom giles, our executive editor of tech. uber's hands. thank you for weighing in. meantime, the biggest piece of tax legislation in the last 30 years was passed through congress. here is what president trump had to say earlier from the white house. president trump: we are going to bring at least $4 trillion back into this country, money that was frozen overseas and in parts of the world -- some of them don't even like us and they had the money. well, they are not going to have the money long. emily: the debate over tax reform has been raging for weeks and could have major impacts across industries, including technology. you are joined by our bloomberg ta

they have done it way better than us in europe. this is not rocket science. this is not hard to know how to fix. we just need to have the political will to do it. i want you to know most of us here at the local level have that passion and political will. we just have to keep continuing to fight and in the meantime, we'll join together supervisor yee, i'll join with you, to push our health department to push our local hospital council, thank you david for being here. we need to see you put some pressure on cpmc to keep open swindel. they're closing the subacute unit at saint luke's. we're grateful they're keeping the current families there, they're moving them to the davies campus but they need to be part of the larger issue. it doesn't reflect well that they're closing two units and time and time again we hear heart breaking story after heart breaking story and they're making substantial profits. we need to see them giving back and giving back in these critical areas we need it the most. i don't know all of the answers but i know you have moved me and i thank

and something banned for most uses in europe, why is it still sold in this country? all that plus the eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. we'll see you at 7:00. >> thank you. >>> fewer americans are filing for unemployment benefits and a warning about the cost of higher education. >> joining us now with all the details, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> reporter: good morning. we continue to get good news on the job market. the labor department says that weekly unemployment claims fell by 2,000 to 236,000 a five-week low. continuing claims are at their lowest levels since 1974. we get the november jobs report from the labor department on friday. it's expected to show another solid gain. the unemployment rate currently at a 17-year low. one more solid report and the federal reserve when it meets next week will likely raise interest rates by another quarter point. moody's is lowering its outlook for the u.s. higher education system putting a negative outlook on four-year colleges and universities saying they are looking at severe enrollment issues beca

life estate and other agro chemicals he's agreed to help us with our report the tobacco that's grown here ends up in products sold in the us and europe. and in my grandparents' generation grew up healthy. but many of the people of my generation are sick because we work on the fields. we used to grow tea and coffee plants in tobacco and harvested the crops by hand. and we have news chemicals that today the work is easier on one man but it's damaged our health. like that of the world and i love. ricardo works for an energy company he noticed that a lot of tobacco farmers weren't paying their bills on time he did some research and determined that just about all of those farmers were caring for sick children ricardo introduced us to some of these people. that. are a family lived for years right next to their tobacco field like all the farmers in the region they used to improve the quality of their crops failed tobacco harvest would have meant financial ruin. some of the children here have serious health problem is a korean doctor good looking. he has it's the skin color of the some of his skin pores of closed so we can't sweat yet and th

in october has turned this woman into a pro—independence voter. translation: i want them to listen to us out there in the world, for them to listen to us in spain, in europeanish police used force to confiscate ballot boxes. by contrast, this election is organised and orderly. everyone is getting the chance to vote. in barcelona‘s old city, the three moreira sistors split two to one in favour of pro—independence parties. "we haven‘t tried to convince one another," amina admitted. retired maintenance manjordi wants catalonia to become a republic. raquel said that she was voting forfreedom from spain. marta says she wants deposed pro—independence leader carlos puigdemont to return. but in hospitalet and other working—class districts, many voters take the opposite view. translation: if they want independence they should look for an island and go there. this is spain, catalonia is spain. translation: i went to see a government that is anti—independence because i believe that if the others win, our economy will get worse. this election may reveal catalonia‘s divisions. but it won‘t bring them to an end. and tonight the pro—independence movement behind me is cl

a potential to keep in mind for the future is the vending machine needle dispensers used in europe and las vegas and more ease of location placement and the benefit of the safe needle disposal as well as clean needle use. thank you. >> commissioner chow: thank you. >> good evening, commissioner. i'm norman tanner. i'm a community activist. the city and county of san francisco's fault because these people who use the drugs on the street do it pause they don't have no place to live. it cost too much for them to have a place to live. i don't like seeing them use on the street. you have to think about the kids, the elderly. i support them having a place they can come and use safely and get the service they need. but the housing here it's the biggest reason why we got homeless people. the reason why they're using drugs on the street. we need to take a look at that. thank you. >> thank you. >> next, please. >> good evening, commissioners. it's great to see you here. i want to thank the leadership from the department of public health with barbara garcia and others folks in the department who

in right. it is a huge concern for london. at the moment banks are trying to figure out what to do because eu regulators have told them you cannotjust use a small european offices in continental europend use passport in through the back doors of. you have to have fully fledged continental operations in order to do business on the continent. banks are currently working on implementing that.|j think working on implementing that.” think they have every contingency plan going. let's talk about this story here at in buzzfeed. cameras are not allowed inside this refugee camp, this is in the outskirts of the city —— in a city in greece. however we know refugees have been sharing photos and videos by social media and it goes to show some of the conditions that are going on within this camp. we believe that this camp had a 2000 person limit on it, we think there is now about 7000 refugees in this camp, according to workers. it really goes to show the rise of social journalism workers. it really goes to show the rise of socialjournalism and social media in promoting stories online. it gives journalist two chances to report stories that they wouldn't necessarily have had access to just before

nine percent because of lower gas prices and a surge in renewable energy however it won't be declining everywhere while coal use will drop in europe canada and the us it could rise in southeast asia india pakistan and bangladesh in fact india's consumption could grow by three point three percent per year until two thousand and twenty two at a recent gathering in paris united nations secretary general antonio good terrorist urged leaders to move toward renewables emphasizing that they are not a cheaper than coal power. energy to this global financial system is a war which funds them as of three days of dollars or even negative interest rates but the opportunities for productive and growth future of a low carbon climate to see the investment fast the new levels are now cheaper than cool poor old energy in those rooms of developing developing countries creating the basis for sustainable energy for all and it's also affected. every subsidized meaning we are investing. on monday leaders return to capitol hill with tax reform in mind all coming to agreement on a budget that they're not successful in the latter we could see another gover

string attacks are happening with increased frequency in the us and certainly from what we've seen in europe. are perhaps not directly. wrecking by us but certainly have an affiliation came down in terms of sympathy with them. in iraq and syria it's not surprising i think the. networks either as knocking them and security. think that needs are going to probably continue to happen for some time in the future and while the attack brought to a standstill the president took to twitter reacting to a c.n.n. report wasn't exactly what everyone was expecting. a new york times report gives fascinating insight into president trans t.v. viewing habits the paper says the president watches at least four hours of television a day and drinks twelve cans of diet coke and just i know you're standing by with breaking news so i may have to cut away from you. another full story this time in the failing new york times tonight watch for that eight hours of television a day wrong i seldom if ever watch c n n b c which i sit in a queue. well i think donald trump's strategy of using twitter to speak directly and go

was used in europe and canada, but dr. lsey was skeptical of the research and refused to approve it for sale. th thalidomide was responsible for hundreds of death of children. she passed away in 2013. thank you for watching this hour of "velshi & ruhle." i'll see you at 3:00. my buddy hosts "andrea mitchell reports." good morning, my friend. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," bully pulpit. president trump takes shots at the fbi's deputy, leaving critics to cry foul. >> he now is intimidating a witness who is a federal employee in the executive branch. he's the president. he's in charge of the executive branch. he's the boss. he's saying this stuff about mr. mccabe that's just flat out false on twitter. it's just one more thing he's doing to try to extract justice in this investigation. >>> one of vladimir putin's most outspoken critics banned from running for a presidential bid for a fourth term. >> they are afraid of me, afraid of us. >>> and chopping block. u.n. ambassador nikki haley announces a quarter of a

hello there is tending milder now for some of us in europe and it's all thanks to this weather system here as it works its way eastwards it's dragging in some far milder air on the leading edge we're seeing a little bit of snow before that it turns to rain and we are seeing a lot of snow on the ground melting already so the temperatures then all the way up thirteen degrees there in london and paris twelve in berlin and twelve in vienna as well but as you can see it might be marred with that doesn't necessarily mean that is dr but quite a bit of heavy rain that will be pushing its way into parts of france and also the northwestern parts of spain and into portugal on sunday so a lot of what weather to be found here the system and sweeps its way eastwards as we head through the day on monday and then the new year will start with yet more wet weather in the western parts of france meanwhile in the far east it's still going to be cold day remotes go our maximum temperature just two degrees an area of snow is working its way towards us because the other side of the mediterranean we've been

string attacks are happening with increased frequency in the us and certainly from what we've seen in europe. are perhaps not directly. wrecking by us but certainly have an affiliation team them in terms of sympathy with them. in iraq and syria it's not surprising i think any of my. networks either as an academic or in security. think that needs are going to probably continue to happen for some time in the future. so i still plenty more headlines coming your way on your choose day program today including parisians threatening to go on a hunger strike of authorities don't clear away a migrant mess in the capital more on that after the break. recline is a messaging app first store of value second and a medium of exchange third as a messaging app this is the history of economics the history of money the history of trade the history of the evolution of the d.n.a. in our cells of our bodies suggest that bitcoin will be a lot higher because we as a species want to connect and it's monetization of our unconscious it's the monetization of our collective unconscious. joining us here on r.t. internati

listen to usm to out there in the world, for them to listen to us in spain, europe, for them to know that the catalan people and catalan sentiment exists, and we have been forgotten. james: in october's disputed independence referendum, this polling station was the scene of chaos. the spanish police used force to confiscate ballot boxes. by contrast, this election is organized and orderly. everyone is getting the chance to vote. in barcelona's old city, the three morena sisters spoke 2-1 -- split 2-1 in favor of the pro-independence parties. "we have not tried to convince one another," she admitted. a retired maintenance man wants catalonia to become a republic. was voting for freedom in spain. marta says she wants the deposed pro-independence leader carles puigdemont to return. but in other, working-class districts, many voters take the opposite view. >> if they want independence , they should look for an island and go there. this is spain. catalonia is spain. >> i want to see a government that is anti-independence, because i believe if the others win, our economy will get worse. jam

a group of pensioners in johannesburg has picked the unlikeliest of sports to keep themselves from. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring good to have you with us europe. in the german city of light to grapple with some of the tougher questions of all digital future how can we protect our personal data for instance how can we stop cyber criminals from targeting our mobile phones under the motto do something some fifteen thousand participants are attending the annual congress of the chaos computer club. normally this c.c.t.v. cameras at the leipzig conference center record everything but right now they're switched off one major theme at this year's chaos computer club congress is privacy including house state surveillance and spices dims endanger it. those who want to be able to hack an entire population need to find a unique vulnerability on every single device but that doesn't mean that this point of access will only be exploited by authorities fighting crime. computer club members have warned that such vulnerabilities leave users open to being spied on by criminals or even foreign governments but digital rights groups also warn users that they're ha

. >>> a potential deadly chemical ban for most uses in europe. it's still a common chemical used in paint thinners in the u.s. >>> plus we have a list of the safest cars for 2018. do you have one? find out why only 15 vehicles received the highest rating. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> this fire's such a monster, firefighters telling people it may be a matter of life and death. >> southern california threatened by historic wildfires. >> flames lighting up the sky, not a break in sight. >> fierce winds ramping back up. that means very, very high fire danger. >> i never expected to see anything like this. i was expecting to see snow on that mountain and now the thing's on fire. calling for senator al franken to resign. >> this morning he plains to make an announcement about his future. >> we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it's okay. >> it's time to officially >> around the world, leaders' reaction to the president's move is intense. >> we are profoundly grateful for the preside

it's mild in other parts of europe, not just us. it's mild in other parts of europe, notjust us. grey cloud, drizzle around as well. in the south overnight temperatures no lower than around ten, for example, in cardiff and plymouth. in scotland, particularly in the east, where we have some sunshine right now, the temperatures will dip away so may be a touch of frost here and there. but for most of us that will not be the case. here is thursday. a dull sort of day for a number of areas. some rain around fora of day for a number of areas. some rain around for a time across northern ireland, maybe northern england and parts of scotland too. in the far north of scotland some sunshine and around six for aberdeen. but in the south it's still gloomy and mild and murky and that's not going to continue — that will continue into friday. copycat conditions on friday again. some low grade cloud around coastal areas. so boring in the run—up to christmas. wish i could offer something more interesting. ten for yorkshire on friday. but there is a change into the weekend. low pressure moves to the

us. we begin in europe.ermany angela merkel has to resume discussions about forming a government, after her attempts to do so failed in the wake of september's election. janet, it took a very long time to get through phase one of the brexit talks. how optimistic are you going into the next round?

asian stocks more generally edged up though on new data pointing to steady growth in the us economy. over in europe of the catalan separatist victory and it's the euro that's the focus. although at this time of year we're seeing pretty thin trading, many have clocked off and closed up their investment positions ahead of christmas. some speculators appeared to have sold the euro already. the overall impact of the catalan vote on the euro and the wider global markets is likely to be limited, however. catalonia cannot become a sovereign state if no other country recognises its independence. it won't even be able to have its own currency under such conditions. let's head over to the states now. yogita limaye has the details about what's ahead on wall street today. it is the last day of trading before the long christmas weekend and there is a whole lot of economic data coming out. the federal reserve will be watching closely for an inflation measure that it likes to look at when making decisions, the personal consumption expenditures price index. it factors in prices paid by consumers here in the us for

use. the name itself is although it's a cost that he's very close to the hearts of many progressives in europe and in the us would think that actually everything is about a name it is very clear for most people actually dealing with the political sort of the political situation in the region that they should not really about name calling i mean what the name is but it's actually preserving human lives in a state that he said the verge of a genocide so where from here it might look that actually naming the right name or giving them the name that they choose to actually high priority it's very clear that the vatican that there are higher priorities than actually what the name given is ok so how that the other religious communities how have they reacted to this well there was a lot of pretension the pope was arriving in that got the look community although of course there was a lot of excitement as well but mostly because this is a very controversial issue and the pope taking sides would actually. be made that got the community of myanmar take sides as well leaving them in a situation of politica

i see us being able to move ahead with our business to business relationships in europe, the retailersailers there will want to take on our brand in the likely knowledge they will trade with us easily in future. what about the status of european union citizens in the future? this is also really good news. we have european people within ourteam. a key news. we have european people within our team. a key concern would be what happens to them. will they stay working with us within the uk, will they return to europe and still work with us? or will they not be able to? there is huge uncertainty, but it looks much more positive after today buzz announcement.” it looks much more positive after today buzz announcement. i am grateful for you to talk to us. thank you very much indeed. thank you. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40. this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me tonight are helen brand, chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants and sebastian payne, political correspondent at the financial

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us. we begin in europe.ry is a time for talks — phase two of the brexit negotiations will finally get underway between the uk and eu, while in germany angela merkel has to resume discussions about forming a government, after her attempts to do so failed in the wake of september's election. janet, it took a very long time to get through phase one of the brexit talks. how optimistic are you going into the next round? yes, optimistic ultimately, but it is going to be messy and bloody. it is all every stage of this will follow the trajectory of the preliminary stage, so it looks like a my asthma off chaos and recrimination, and tell five minutes until midnight when suddenly it will the be resolved and that is because economic reality has to take royalty over political vanity. the extent of the recriminations and poisonous atmosphere is correlated to the need to find a solution to the bitterness that european capitals feel about the uk leaving. but ultimately, there will be a kind of good news, which most of the

in october has turned marta into a pro—independence voter. translation: i want them to listen to us out there in the world. for them to listen to us in spain, in europeknow that the catalan people and catalan sentiment exists and that we've been forgotten. we've been treated like nobodies. in barcelona's old city, families queued to vote. these three sisters split two to one in favour of pro—independence parties. "we haven't tried to convince one another", amena admitted. retired maintenance manjordi wants catalonia to become a republic. raquel said that she was voting forfreedom from spain. marta says she wants deposed pro—independence leader carles puigdemont to return. but in working—class districts, many voters take the opposite view. translation: if they want independence, they should look for an island and go there, there is spain. for an island and go there, this is spain. catalonia is spain. translation: i want to see a government that is anti—independence because i believe that if the others win our economy will get worse. this election may reveal catalonia's divisions, but it won't bring them to an end. james reynolds, bbc news, barcelona.