pants regatta joins us from brussels welcome back spanish media. in brussels what are you hearing . the manhunt for collins push him on the sect president is still on there's no official confirmation hearing process that he has arrived in this city or that he is on the road to the city the cut alon representation says they have no clue mr put him on is a actually is but some spend his correspondents here in brussels who are reporting that he is already in the city in a. discreet and safe location as they say and it is said now that tomorrow morning is to put him on with address the press and the public here in brussels and tonight he is supposed to meet some lawyers and what he's exactly doing in brussels nobody knows there's also talk that he is about to establish a kind of a government in exile here in brussels but these us to the rumors ok let's so what have we heard that of the other members of the sat catalan government well we don't have a confirmation that he is accompanied by other members of his cabinet there's only some sources who tell us that the vice president is with h

bad regatta joins us from brussels welcome bet so spanish media cyclists push them all into brussels what are you hearing of the manhunt for carlos push him on the sec president is still on there's no official confirmation here in brussels that he has arrived in this city or that he is on the road to the city to cut a lot and representation says they have no clue mr put him on is a actually is but there are some spanish correspondents here in brussels who are reporting that he is already in the city in a. discreet and safe location as they say and it is said now that tomorrow morning is to put him on with address the press and the public here in brussels and tonight he is supposed to meet some lawyers. and what he's exactly doing in brussels nobody knows there's also talk that he is about to establish a kind of a government in exile here in brussels but these us to the rumors ok let's so what have we heard that of the other members of the sacked catalan government well we don't have a confirmation that he is accompanied by other members of his cabinet there's only some sources who te

to brussels where we find to be bureau chief max hoffman not welcome. in leaders seem to have been mindful of trains and nice political problems back at home have they given enough to go back claiming a victory i think you put it exactly the right way phil mindful of it but they didn't give her everything a victory for theresa may would have been to come back from this summit saying ok we can start phase two of the negotiations the important part for the u.k. about a trade deal with the european union that has not happened but there is a lifeline and we understand from our sources if there is a little progress in the negotiations that the e.u. leaders will be willing in december when they have their next summit to give it a go. now german chancellor angela merkel price teresa mayes that willingness to move forward while criticizing britain for being too hesitant what do we make of the comments. what's happening here is that the e.u. so far was very rigid settling the divorce issues first the divorce issues being the border between northern ireland and i

capital of europe i think it's also a senior and symbol to come to brussels. let's continue the conversation with david chase who is watching things live for us from brussels and david there's a lot for brussels to consider here and how it handles any request for political asylum or even how it how much support it's perceived to give to karla's pushed him on a lot at stake for in terms of its relations with spain for itself and the wider e.u. situation right. yes i mean he's really put the political cat amongst the pigeons here in brussels as you say is not only representing twenty eight member states at the moment none of whom recognize the declaration of independence of catalonia but also it's causing huge problems for the coalition government here which is very fragile because they're dealing with their own sort of separatist elements and the new flemish alliance their migration minister went on television over the weekend and said that the political situation is such that he feels that there could be. an accepted asylum request as far as the cattle and gov

yet t another reason to move to brussels. we are in brussels because we want to act freely. we do not want to favor social confrontation in catalonia. if we had stayed in catalonia with the adopting a position of reresistance, this might have ld violent responses, violent reactions, as happppened on october 1. i did not want a repetition of what happened on october 1. we have values of nonviolence. i cannot countenance the recourse to violence. may, we came to brussels to avoid a confrontation that might have led to violence. we also want to be able to continue acting g freely as a government, of course. we are given guarantees by the .panish government it depends now on the reaction of the spanish state. if the spanish state guarantees all of us, and me and particular , the implementation of an independent, just process, respecting the separation of in mostas exists european countries -- if they can guarantee that, we will return immmmediately to catalon. we must continue to work. that is why we decided on friday evening to adopt this strategy. reporter --: mark: stone, new

tonight, brussels insists the eu speaks with one voice.tion and trade talks can start it says is in the new year. uk points to progress already made an brexit, but the eu wants more, on money. hurricane—force winds have hit many parts of ireland as one of the most powerful storms in decades sweeps across the british isles. storm ophelia has claimed the lives of three people in the irish republic, and around 360,000 homes and businesses have been without electricity. an amber weather warning, indicating a potential risk to life and property, has been in force in northern ireland, many parts of wales, south—west scotland, and the isle of man. 0ur correspondent chris buckler reports. from the atlantic, 0phelia arrived in force. no longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. severe weather warnings were in place across ireland and homes, cars, even stadiums were no match for the winds. this roof was torn from a school in county cork amid what the irish government repeatedly called a national emergency. this is a nationa

thanks so much matters there in brussels. and a bit of football news munich returned to their winning ways in the champions league group stage they welcomed celtic to town and while the boisterous away fans took over the city center before the game by and rest back control on the pitch almost no less smashed home from close range on seventeen minutes before yahshua to make made it two nailed ten minutes later home of scored after the break to complete the scoring by an ending new coach because of three no win on his return to champions league football. and forgo just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news the spanish government has announced it will press ahead with steps to suspend the autonomy of catalonia after the region's leader threatened to declare independence and ridge says it will discuss the steps at an emergency meeting on saturday. and you'll find more on that story on our website at www dot com got another full bulletin coming up at the top the next hour i'm read it will be with

and let's head now live to brussels where our brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by with the very latest on the summit and max i want to begin by talking about trade because theresa may apparently seeking to get trade talks started by december what are other leaders saying about that. actually she wanted to get trade talks started much earlier than december the hope and that was the plan from the beginning to get them started after this summit but the e.u. twenty seven so. all the you member states excluding the united kingdom have come to the conclusion after talking to michelle year the chief negotiator of the e.u. commission that they haven't made sufficient progress in phase one phase one just a reminder is settling the divorce issues as they are calls for example the border between northern ireland and ireland the status of e.u. citizens in the united kingdom and of course the so-called bragg's it bill and especially in the dregs of bill there has not been sufficient progress but here's the thing it seems like the e.u. is moving towards the direction of the reason may a

as ousted leader addresses the press we have live pictures here of carlos bustamante was led to brussels along with separatist allies on the steps of spain's supreme court says it has cancelled catalonia is that liberation of independence and is preparing charges of rebellion for the region's former leaders with a lot to belgian to hear more from wisdom on. also coming up former trumpet campaign manager paul metaphor it is under house arrest as this is associate rick gates there the first man charged in a probe into russian meddling in the u.s. election another is helping the f.b.i. with their and worries. and the asylum seekers stranded at australia's controversial detention center on man asylum authorities have closed the facility and told the chinese they have new a combination but hundreds feared they will be attacked by locals if they leave. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start with spain's full. tical crisis as the central government has taken over direct rule of catalonia the focus has now shifted to brussels the deposed president carlos pushed him on travel th

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels.ment we'll talk to our political correspondent eleanor garnier in westminster. but first to damian grammaticas who is in brussels. what is your sense of the mood music, quite interesting hearing that very slight hint from angela merkel there. how do you read all of that? i would be careful, i wouldn't read too much into what angela merkel said. i think that the eu leaders are trying to do is on the one hand send positive messages, they have said they welcomed the change in tone in the tour, that has come from theresa may's shift which she demonstrated in her speech in florence, talking about being willing to pay financial commitments, that sort of thing, and angela merkel was speaking in that vein when she said she welcomes progress and she wants preparations to be made so that talks could move ahead in december. but she wasn't, i don't think, signalling that they will do that, because on the other hand what we have also heard very clearly from the leaders here are riding is that they

spain's prime minister used a summit in brussels to reform e.u. leaders that his government has reached a critical point in its efforts to halt cuts on his bid for independence that it was seeking emergency powers such as taking control of the region's health care and policing when well catherine president carter's proved to moan a war that any such move would result in a unilateral declaration of independence. meanwhile germany's chancellor angela merkel has a big job on her hands domestically as she grapples with the task of forming an unprecedented multi-party national governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c.d.u. the business friendly f.t.p. of the greens amazing to see if they can cooperate on topics ranging from the european union to finance to foreign policy their political differences are significant but so is the pressure on them to succeed i'm told that eighty three percent of germans expecting this multi-party coalition to happen. let's get more from t.w. political correspondent to thomas sparrow who's monitoring th

leaders a summit in brussels a coordinated e.u. migration policy will also be on the agenda at the two day meeting. you're watching t w news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news followed by the day tonight's an in-depth look at the front lines in the battle between barcelona and madrid. when cities by the sea and all the walls and costly protective measures will has been. nothing.

that's the irony of it looks georg what about you know the situation there in brussels i mean is brussels seriously planning for . this possibility of a no deal in the. i think david here used the right word and that is crazy and that is i think the perspective that brussels has taken all along this the real difference here between a serious amazed position in the position of the twenty seven is they never promised that bracks it would be a success they always said throughout this will be a new sluice situation and there is zero interest to have no deal scenario of course they're still preparing for it and here's another difference of course it's an open secret that the leverage that the u.k. has is rather small they have of course the market access they are an important trading partner as david pointed out about the problem for two reason may and i think it became clear in the speech today is that the no deal scenario really is is more of a strategy because as she said herself without that strategy you know if any deal would be fine for the u.k. . interesting point i want to take a liste

she faces pressure from brussels in those negotiations, from mps here, not just brussels in those negotiationsps here, notjust opposition but some on her own backbenchers, and pressure from business leaders as well. eleanor, thank you. that's the latest at westminster. the touch on that letter of on business leaders ina that letter of on business leaders in a moment, but we're talking about the pressure on the prime minister and another element on that today... the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker has denied leaking an account of his dinner with mrs may, in brussels last week. he said reports that she'd been tired and had begged for help were inaccurate. mrjuncker‘s chief of staff said the account, in a german newspaper, was an attempt to undermine the brexit talks. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. prime minister, what are you putting on the table? this time last week, the prime minister left downing street for brussels. her aim, to try to unblock brexit talks over dinner with senior figures from the eu. the meal in the belgian capital was officially ca

to do it on the day she goes to brussels because she wa nts to she goes to brussels because she wantse next phase,is the negotiation to move to the next phase, is not great timing for us. it makes the letter slightly this ingenious, possibly. tell us about your background in the uk? i moved to london in 1995. i was a young graduate. i wanted a new adventure, i lived in paris and i lived in belgian. i thought, i lived in paris and i lived in belgian. ithought, i might try london because i love the british music, i love the music scene. i had a great time in london and slowly i integrated. now i am married, i have a 13—year—old daughter and i think that's one of the debates that is missing, is about integration. for centuries, europeans have been integrating in britain. trying to put a stop to that is very worrying. what is worrying is the people who are already here, have lived here in good faith are being treated almost like criminals. your campaign calls for citizens rights for international protection and for a simplified process for eu nationals who want to stay in the uk posts bre

once again postponed a decision on whether or not to ban it activists in brussels hit the streets on wednesday to push for one they say its institutions have colluded with the industry at the expense of the public so they want the commission to come out with a non-renewal of full band any number of years whether it's one year five years ten years as long as it's revenue it's not a ban and european citizens have been clear they want to ban studies don't agree on whether glyphosate is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemical harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by manufacturers like monsanto greens in the european parliament say that's not acceptable. we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry we have to finally end this thing with life i say there are standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. by standard farming methods mountain hoisting means organic agricultur

and the reaction to his popping up in brussels. here in barcelona the members of the former regional government now. we're going to hear from them. one of the members. actually morning. some of these. people six of them are now in. this country. for example that on. this week. other members of the parliament who are. appearing in front of the high. people. so. we haven't heard from them yet. and probably some of them are also raising the question. still here thank you. three people. fifteen were wounded after a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul a security sources told this channel al jazeera a man walked towards employees of the state broadcaster before detonating an explosive vest eisel says it was behind this it's the second such a tank in the city's diplomatic area in a matter of months in may at least eighty people were killed and hundreds wounded. at least sixteen people have been killed in airstrikes in the eastern libyan city of the four strikes lasted about an hour on monday night most of the victims were wome

hoffman reporting from brussels thank you. and we want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. spain is celebrating its annual national day as the political crisis of care over callow and yet in the pens deepens tens of thousands of spaniards are in madrid to mark the holiday joining king philippe as a military parade marches through the streets paul callan leaders have been given until monday to clarify whether or not the region has declared and the pendants. at least thirty seven people are dead and dozens more are missing as floods hit northern and central vietnam rescue efforts are difficult because much lives have submerged roads in several areas thousands of people have been evacuated as weather service is warning of more heavy rains to come. the libyan coast guard has rescued seventy five migrants including several children who were stranded on a rubber boat as they sought to reach italy they were taken to the naval base in libya's capital tripoli and handed over to the inte

as she headed out of brussels, theresa may's face said it all.s face said it all. she wants talks to accelerate now. so why would the eu budget? reports in london, denied by berlin, suggests some eu countries are willing but powerful germany says no.|j some eu countries are willing but powerful germany says no. i think this is completely nonsense. the brexit debate in germany is in the background because we have had elections three weeks ago. i am sorry, but it is not all of europe circling around the uk. tonight, brussels insists the eu speaks with one voice. the earliest trade talks can one voice. the earliest trade talks ca n start one voice. the earliest trade talks can start it says is in the new year. uk points to progress already made an brexit, but the eu wants more, on money. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster. this talk of accelerating the effort, and the priorities we know the prime minster has, are there any signs of progress this week?|j the prime minster has, are there any signs

is that the response she's going to get in brussels?ill read between the lines in brussels? she's received a huge amount of criticism, if she wasn't being firm then the critics would have even more to chuck at her. something else the people in brussels will be watching closely is events in catalonia, big replications if the cata la ns catalonia, big replications if the catalans go for independence. the irish times covering this, as many papers are, he may or may not declare, the leader of the catalan government, declare independence unilaterally. he seems to have moderated his language, as you say, this is something brussels will be alarmed by. we've seen how the northern ireland question has played in to brexit possessions. any discussion on behalf of a state a lwa ys discussion on behalf of a state always receives huge levels of respect in brussels and there is no surprise the eu has waded in. this more broadly shows the language has moderated a bit. it's important only 48% of the voters came out, of which 90% voted for independence,

leaders in brussels are trying to work out how to speed up talks on bragg said today was supposed to be the day when they announced the negotiations that would be moving on to the next stage but the process has been stored by a number of core issues britain's tourism may have appealed to you leaders knitting in brussels to inject more urgency into the discussions until recently has been holding a news conference in brussels this is what she had to say. both sides have approached these talks with professionalism and a constructive spirit and we should recognise what has been achieved today. the u.k. and the e.u. share the same objective of safeguarding the rights of e.u. nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. . e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay. is covering the e.u. summit in joins me now from brussels gil good seems in leaders like that much of what tourism is said there but there's also the scene there's not enough to start the second phase of negoti

come back to you in brussels now if it is indeed there didn't the e.u. say essentially that this is pains business what are couple on leaders doing there what can they hope to achieve and what can be used to. god is the mr putin moment and his government is. is. the viewpoint of the commission or the european union has no change this is a spanish method to be resolved in spain and mr putin moaned is of course a spender citizen free to move to belgium as long as he wishes because he has he enjoys the freedom of movement within the european union he can of course apply for asylum in belgium but is quite sure that is the case and to be turned down so and the european union says it's not our business what they're doing now in spain and the cuttle and leader as i said has no not made any request to meet somebody here in brussels officially so we have to wait what will happen next right both in of brussels and barcelona waiting for some sign of carlos for tomorrow our correspondents there are boundary correct and charlotte charles and phil thank you both very

this is day two of the news live from berlin catalonia president exiles himself in brussels colace pushed him on says he is not seeking asylum but will not return until he's guaranteed a fair trial this is spain's top corporate past a charging with rebellion also on the program. police in germany detain a nineteen year old syrian suspected of gathering parts for a powerful bomb the country's interior minister says they arrested prevented a serious terrorist attack but what was the intended target. and celebrating a defining moment in the european history today marks five hundred years since martin luther inspired the protestant reformation will look at his legacy. i'm still got a welcome to the program days after the clearing independence in catalonia the region's deposed leader has resurfaced in brussels belgium is prime minister says kala supposed to mow was not invited and will be treated like any other you said he said addressing a press conference mr said that he was not. it's impossible to seek asylum but to bring the cattle on independence issue to what he called the heart of the e

after bragg's it is one of the issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. but her concession is unlikely to persuade the leaders to move talks on from divorce terms to trade at a summit in brussels tonight charlotte chelsea pil brings us up to speed on the talks so far but not that don't. respect the european union over in. five rounds of to look for a. marked improvement. and almost an ending stream of metaphors let's put a tiger in the towel and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u.k. court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory in your court. actually that's a game well it's clearly isn't a game but if it were today she's been much point for team breck's it here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e.u. said enough have been agreed upon for talks to move on to the next phase to really get into the nitty gritty of the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. and on trade. the e.u. had some conditi

commission seems to mean business but why now well let's ask our brussels correspondent bob. both ireland and luxembourg and holland as well of course they're all know that for their generous tax rules in order to attract big corporations why is the european commission having a problem with it now. it's not having a problem now but it's going through the back catalogue and sort of making little points into all those cases that have been thrown up particularly if we remember three years ago as with the looks leagues scandals where that which was one of those cases where the european commission suddenly had to look at all these practices and say no this can't be true this cannot be allowed those are cases of illegal state aid they are big big multinational companies are being favored by those states as opposed to normal regular local companies or even european companies who don't get the same treatment so this has to stop and now they are just going through the catalog and it's a major exercise of housecleaning more or less what we see you know ok but those big u.s. companies c

accused him of rebellion and sedition so what kind of help is carlos boozer among hoping to get in brussels. and the asylum seekers stranded at australia's controversial detention center on monis island authorities have closed the facility and told detainees they have now a new accommodation for them but hundreds fear they will be attacked by locals if they leave. i'm sumi so muskaan the good to have you with us donald trump's former campaign chief paul maeder ford and his associate rick gates are under house arrest after being indicted in the special counsel's russia investigation. both men pled not guilty to charges including conspiracy and money laundering another former trump advisor george papadopoulos has pled guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents donald trump denies any collusion between his campaign team and moscow during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election a trump campaign chief turned himself into the f.b.i. . a key advisor makes a guilty plea as the russia investigation closing in on donald trump's white house . palm on a four was at trump site when the billionaire outs

of course, that is denied in brussels but it just shows theresa may is facing pressure in brussels ande front there but she's fighting in the front here back in westminster. she has a pretty difficult ahead. thank you both. 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 guests joining me tonight are the political commentator lance price and camilla tominey, political editor at the sunday express. there's been a sharp rise in the number of crimes recorded by the police in england and wales. figures from the office for national statistics show an increase of 13% in the past year. on the same day, norfolk police became the first force in england and wales to cut all of its community support officers — citing a funding gap and an unparalleled growth in complex crimes. across england and wales a whole the total number of offences recorded by police passed the five million mark for the first time in a decade. the number of violent offences rose by 19 percent in the 12 months to the end ofjune. norfolk poli

course we will face these elections and i was there was david chase has the latest from brussels. that oppose catalan leader has not said a word for the last four days so he was in the middle of a media scrum today there were very anxious to hear what he had to say essentially he said that he was in brussels not to seek political asylum as many people were speculating a but to use the the freedom and the safety of brussels which he described as the heart of democracy in the european union to carry on with his hand his campaign he said that what madrid was doing was using violence and intimidation against the project of catalan independence and he said that he essentially agreed that he would take part in the imposed election reason election on december the twenty first but he left open exactly how he's going to do that because is he going to stay here and campaign or is he going to go back to spain he said he wouldn't go back to spain without what he called legal guarantees but they're still preparing charges edition and bezel mint and rebellion against him and some seven of the m

my in brussels with carles puigdemont.which he denied, but then he went on to say that he was there for his safety and the safety of the region. there is a lot of anger amongst his hard—line supporters about what he's done. just to clarify, yesterday he said he would stay and carry on as normal, but in fa ct stay and carry on as normal, but in fact what he did was, and with five other colleagues, take a flight to brussels. he held talks with lawyers there, including a prominent lawyer who defended alleged members of a basque separatist group in the 1990s to fight their extradition to spain. it was a terrorist group which killed 800 people. and carles puigdemont saying he did not know when he would come back. but he had to stay there until the spanish government gave him guarantees. he is there with five colleagues in belgium, the heart of europe, to push the political case. he has left his vice president and other members of the catalan parliament, including the president of the parliament, here. we are now hearing that, a

without a deal if it can't agree with brussels about how to exit. you're watching r t international broadcasting live from moscow on capon trench thank you for joining us. a pro independence march in the eastern spanish city of poland's fear descended into violence on monday as it faced off against a counter-demonstration for spanish unity. police were forced to intervene to try and separate the two groups pro independence organizers accused the unity supporters of provocation. well the violence comes as the catalan presidents expected this tuesday to address the regional policy is now in session in barcelona speculation about is that carla's bridge to more may declare the region's independence in his speech but catalan society and politicians alike are split on the issue. and we need to declare independence to be on the political level was established to be able to negotiate a friendly breakup and a new context in the current context the results of the one cannot be taken as an endorsement for barack naming catalan independence well officials in th

you paint brussels as rotten. because in many in many respects to what the right to stay with it was thrown within again you put a kind of heavy three x. if you put the question which have never never been raised by the anger in government if you take a look at the government's positions behavior the hungary and populations support for the european. idea and values it's unquestionable so it's a false argument that supports a narrative that is being used against us we're not going to play that game when i travel but chancellor merkel has already suggested that you may have financial penalties to cope with that the a.t.m. machine is going to be switched off doesn't she she's already said anyone who rejects this solidarity she means the side with the migrants must accept that this will not be without consequences including for negotiations of a future financial support yet again you cry out for that you're trying to suggest here something which i just simply not true again well coming you what you said i should have

summit in brussels max as always thank you very much. are staying here in europe the crisis in catalonia is escalating as spain prepares to take full control of the. region now this comes after the cattle on leader refused to give up demands for independence today the central government in madrid saying now that the cattle on president must face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader coalesce puts them on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown cameras struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down. in his latest letter to the spanish government pushed him on wand that the catalan parliament could vote to declare independence if madrid triggers article one fifty five allowing it to suspend catalonia as regional government madrid's reaction to double down. the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with a goal to restore the law in catalonia. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate ar

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glottis in brussels thank you very much. telling us the czech republic which starts today as the voting today in elections which are expected to bring a populist billionaire to power under bush has pushed a strong anticorruption message during his campaign he is also firmly against the czech republic accepting a refugee quotas from the e.u. and is ruled out joining the single european currency surveys indicate bobbish and are no the his on a movement will be the largest party in parliament but he is a likely to need coalition partners if he wants to lead the next government. and joining me now from prague is again he's the director of new york university's academic center there he is you bob which is being described as a check version of donald trump is that a fair comparison give us an idea about who is bobbish. well publish is. a better is for man he's the second richest person in the czech republic an oligarch who decided a few years ago to go into politics he succeeded movement and now finished second in two thousand and

european markets many critics demand a ban on glasses side activists began applying pressure in brussels at the beginning of the week. the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's urgent need for action studies don't agree on where the glaive aside is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer a month center greens in the european parliament say that's not acceptable. we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. which of by standard farming methods hoisting means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the

she says the ball is now in brussels‘ court. independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins hearings about abuse in rochdale, including claims regarding the town's former mp, cyril smith. there's growing speculation that the leader of catalonia may issue a statement which stops short of a unilateral declaration of independence. us vice—president mike pence has walked out of a national football league game after several players refused to stand for the us national anthem. also coming up — the deadline for using your old pound coins is fast approaching. but thousands of businesses and shops say they could still accept them. and this evening wales will play the republic of ireland in their final world cup qualifier. good morning. it's monday 9th october. i'm reeta chakrabarti. welcome to bbc newsroom live. mps return to parliament today after the party conferences and return to the party conferences and return to the brexit negotiations. theresa may saying the ball is now in their court. the fifth round of talks get under way i

spain's prime minister used today's summit in brussels to inform e.u. leaders that his government has reached a critical point in its efforts to hold catalonia as bid for independence that it was seeking emergency powers such as taking control of the region's health care and policing meanwhile catherine president carter's push tomorrow warned that any such move could result in a unilateral declaration of independence. i spoke of that point about to catalonia with benefits from the business desk not sit by them thank you very much it's german i think. not from catalonia ok. catalan leaders say if the banks can shift their headquarters out of the region they can simply withdraw their savings independent supporters have been storming some a.t.m. in quite an unusual protest in other cases the response to the rallying cry has been lackluster. withdrawing money has become a form of protest in catalonia separatists are determined to show their discontent with banks like unsober dell which have moved their headquarters away from the region financial institution

activists began applying pressure in brussels at the beginning of the wake. the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's urgent need for action studies don't agree on where the glaive aside is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer of monsanto grains in the european parliament say that's not acceptable that we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry and then we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is a standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. by standard farming methods sling means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herbicide directly bef

headquarters in brussels. and kenyans could be heading to the polls for the second time in less than three months supporters of the two main presidential candidates have taken to the streets since august leaving dozens dead. this is the t.v. news live from berlin we'll be back after a short. pushes electrum of the missing woman oh. man to hybrids and stones to nothing. strikingly new. the scale camera a compact s.u.v.s suited to changing. driving in sixty. it's all about the moments the night before. it's all about the stories inside. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and inspired by distinctive instagram or others at g.w. stories new topics each week on instagram. because that is where they start to divide the country i do it's a deal where they start to divide the language using the mud will flow of the code . ninety nine days of the soviet union does bring charges. that. the members of the russian federation would have to find their own way politically a

as brussels tells them so maybe this is the european union has brought this to a head and it's not just spain is it the same brain problems again with the boxee of the front of the. floodwalls in belgium and various parts of europe there are problems people want to secede because people don't want to be ruled by faceless bureaucracy in brussels they want to make their own decisions locally and then have a national government as well and i think that may be a different way of dealing with national government perhaps they want more decisions being made in their region but that is against the name channel decision for those countries european union has created a lot of problems economically with the euro decision making being taken away out of people's minds people cannot get hold of representatives by the scruff of the neck and through the my own seventy five years so i think people are disheartened by central government's large european states they're not doing what they're supposed to do and the reason for that is they've given all the power to pressures that's our big problem it's the

pushed him all wants guarantees from the government before he returns from self-imposed exile in brussels spain's top court has cancelled catalonia declaration of independence and is preparing charges of rebellion for pushed him on to face also coming up former trump campaign manager paul metaphor is under house arrest so is his associate rick gates there the first man charged in a probe into russian meddling into the us election another is helping the f.b.i. with their inquiries and the asylum seekers stranded at australia's controversial detention center on man asylum authorities have closed the facility and told detainees they have new accommodation but hundreds fear they will be attacked by locals if they leave. i'm sorry so much going to good to have you with us we start with spain's political crisis as the central government has taken over direct rule of. catalonia the focus has now shifted to brussels the deposed catalan president carlos pressed him on travel there on monday at a press conference today pushed him on said that he has come to belgium to put forward the catalan issue

this is it every news live from berlin brussels delivers a blow to the u.k. over briggs and negotiations you negotiator michele about he says this week's talks have made no great steps forward and he says your ass next week's summit to open up discussions on the blocks future relationship with great britain in brussels also coming up. palestinian negotiators from hamas and fatah have signed a reconciliation deal after a decade long split between the bitter rivals all this after holding talks in cairo on governing the gaza strip where in jerusalem and the president trump is expected to announce whether the u.s. should we knew the iran nuclear deal because of bad for america but please go all the way and scrap this landmark agreement entirely we have analysis. a pleasure to have you with us and we want to start in brussels where the e.u. brigs a negotiator mission by you said he's disturbed by the lack of progress in this week's talks with the u.k. says there's a deadlock over how much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and that it will be recommending

minister's international spokesman how long is this government going to keep playing the bad boy in brussels. yes. john tanko that welcome to come to exult thank you for your escalating rounds with the e.u. and other bodies you seem determined to take this to a major rift why. we've used to work here ask a lady have used roof of which i don't think are appropriate here because. we see tendencies in the decision making procedures in the life of the european union we don't like we name that that's been our politics policy making for the past seven years there are major bones of contention on us but the only way in our belief that's our experience to sort out problems is to name that that and that is talk about them in a frank manner in a way that can assure that at the end of the discussion if you like a debate a fierce debate at times the solution is that it sounds very reasonable the way you're discussing it but actually it's not getting any better is it when you yourself said the fight is just at the beginning the front of the debate is your opponent there are issues and topics in which you

meeting at the media that oppose leader of catalonia turns up in brussels to break his silence. and it out you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. kenya's opposition leader calls the election result to be an old saying it undermines the public's faith in democracy. they are not going to safety that's what i'm saying here refugees refused to leave an australian run prison camp in papa new guinea saying their lives will be in danger. and we look at some of britain's best buildings as their architects by the u.k.'s most prestigious industry awards. we begin in brussels where the deposed leader of catalonia has spoken for the first time since charges were filed against him for declaring independence from spain has pushed him all says he. not in belgium to seek political asylum but to act in freedom and safety in spain he faces charges of rebellion sedition and embezzlement along with several other members of his dismissed cabinet the cattle and police headquarters have been raided by the spanish civil guard as they investigated who helped facilitate the banned it

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels.er, conservative mp john joining me from westminster, conservative mpjohn redwood. you signed a letter with that message to theresa may, if things don't move, let's not take this any further. what we've said in a positive and helpful way, the government is preparing to leave without a deal. they'd far rather have an agreement. we think wejust they'd far rather have an agreement. we think we just need to firm that up we think we just need to firm that up and get it across to the rest of the eu that it is perfectly fine for the eu that it is perfectly fine for the uk to leave and trade with them, as we trade with the rest of the world at the moment, under world trade rules. we'd rather have a free trade rules. we'd rather have a free trade agreement, it's quite possible to design an agreement that is better than our world trade model. at the world trade model isn't too bad. and i think if they realised we we re bad. and i think if they realised we were serious about that, they are more l

salah just tell in brussels thank you. for the most recent poll suggests that britain is still split down the middle over bracks it's but despite any potential downsides it does seem that some brits can't wait to leave the european union so was it all about history visited hastings in southeast england to find out. history is everywhere and hastings and tour guide erica barrett knows all about it from up here there is a good view of the english channel this is where the normans came over from france and ten sixty six the last time england was invaded the french have historically been britain's biggest enemy when the wind blew that twerp. two from. the men of hastings went raided from and when the wind blew this way the french came and took it back again and got their revenge but what does this animosity mean for the vote for breck's it the british people have a famously stubborn streak can this be explained by the history and is it this quest for any pendants why they voted to leave the e.u. erica barrow does not regret ha

leaders summit tonight in brussels max as always thank you very much. well the attack on the media has and continues to be part of donald trump's political d.n.a. earlier this month the u.s. president lashed out at the american t.v. network n.b.c. for its quote partners and distorted news reporting and he called for revoking licenses as punishment now that's punishment for reporting stories that may not be to his liking or free press watchdogs have been on high alert and they were a warm again this week when trump's attorney general jeff sessions told to us senator that putting journalists in jail for doing their job is something that he cannot rule well take a listen you commit to not putting reporters in jail for doing their jobs well i don't know that i can make a blanket commitment to that a fact. but i would say this we have not taken any aggressive action. against the made at this point but we have matters that involve the most serious national security issues that put our country at risk and we will utilize the authorities that we have legally an