after an anxious day of waiting the moment arrives alba and the rest of the catalan m.p.'s assemble for an extraordinary session of parliament a session that could change the map of europe. i mean actually the past president of the catalan government i hereby present the results of the rest. random to parliament and to our citizens. the mandate of the catalan people is for catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic but when. the catalan president issues a declaration of independence but immediately suspends its implementation in order to appease madrid and buy time for negotiation. nonetheless the president and seventy two pro independence m.p.'s signed a declaration of independence although it's not clear whether the document is legal . it we saw in the declaration of independence ok if we made history if that was me i'd like you to know you're in their sights. the spanish government responds promptly the deputy prime minister refuses to acknowledge catalan independence or to allow mediation yeah. yeah yeah i think. it's the reaction of the spanish

inside the catalan parliament in barcelona m.p.'s like out of her gays should be debating but their session has been suspended . so this is a card dilemma parliament and it's empty today because we should have now a plenary say sure that it was suspended by the us a constitutional court this banished constitutional court so they say they are trying to spare our activities they are trying to tell us what we can talk about and when where do we are not table to talk about and that's not fair and that's not democratic and i sing we have the right to decide what we want to talk about in particular talking about the referendum in which the catalans voted on potential independence. alba also witnessed madrid's other response to the referendum the deployment of armed police to stop people voting. there. nevertheless forty three percent of potential voters managed to cast ballots ninety percent of them backed independence. it doesn't have in two thousand and seventeen. in the us but everybody. what they want to do just to stop people voting

cross live now to audio but on our way a professor at the university of barcelona and a former catalan m.p. thank you very much indeed for joining us well how far then is too far from madrid i mean was a heavy handed police presence the only approach to the referendum. we seem to be having some technical difficulties with coming to get you back again meanwhile pro independence sentiments have been seen elsewhere across the european union well these have come from belgium and france and moving to eastern europe poland and slovenia and it's not just catalonia that's held a referendum on independence back in twenty fourteen scotland voted not to break away from the united kingdom but this year though a second referendum was proposed by the scottish government in the wake of breck's it something the current tory government has ruled out and later this month the italian regions of long body and the beneteau are also holding votes on autonomy or we spoke to stephan over the committee an m.p. in beneteau as parliament he says it's important to listen to the will of the people. they need to rejoin

leave it there carlos pratt's catalan m.p. thank you very much indeed for your source thank you thank you very much well the crisis has even crossed into football in spain as national teams prepare for their final qualifying matches to reach the twenty eighteen world cup here in russia was alone a defender gerard piqué an outspoken backer of council on independence was booed as he trained with the spanish squad if by well p.k. is from catalonia and has had a glittering career for both his club and the spanish national team him he's won the world and european cups however piquet has said he is willing to retire from international football over his staunch backing of castle on independence well barcelona football club is a focal point of catalan nationalism supporters can be heard chanting independence slogans during matches after seventeen minutes and fourteen seconds seventeen fourteen being the catalonia became a part of spain well the club also took part in the recent strike against the government and after last sunday's gam

apart by this indecision they were discuss the crisis with a political commentator and a former catalan m.p. both of whom have very different fears. what they are trying to do is to demolish our regional government institutions. and take control of. social movements the problem right now is the and nationalist movement the independent movement is living in about a war in another war because they have people in the arabian and they want to keep remain in a spain you can say that these are democratic to to to to listen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year is always not really like you know. the point is that you go one people be express their. opinion and what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express this was on the first of all over the business and did these movements and until this terrible time where he did not a question. of which crisis democracy and right now the story but this is not a question of companies and what you have in madrid this is a question of the moderate sea and you s

executed for rebellion now that whole comparison has sparked a great deal of controversy and one catalan m.p. said they don't need to be reminded of this tragedy or the leader of the left wing per day must party accuse her hoist spokes person of being quote either ignorant or irresponsibly provocative are to use an association reports from boston. following a crucial referendum of october first the catalan people are holding their breath to see what happens next and no one is indifferent the series of protests have shown that society is split massive crowds have been coming onto the streets in support of proclaiming independence as well as those calling for unity meanwhile the catalan leadership seems to have stalled recently calling its rhetoric. the day after the first of october we will start a new period taking into consideration the will of the castle. do not underestimate the strength of the people of catalonia. a woman of the situation asks for mediation and mediation means that we need a third party i honestly believe that we have the right to be heard and if. i will make a direct ap

caught by this in decision with we discuss the crisis with a political commentator and a former catalan m.p. both of whom have very differing views. what they are trying to do is to demolition our regional government institutions. and take control even of. social movement the problem right now is that and nationalist movement independent movement is living in about a war in another war because they have of the people in the arabian and they want to keep remain in a spain you can say that these are democratic to to to listen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year is always not really like you know if. the point is that you go one people be express their. opinion what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express this was on the first of the over the business and did these movements and until this terrible time where he did not a question. of which christ democracy and right now the story about this is not a question of companies and business what you have in madrid this is a question of the moder

recent reference by the spanish prime minister spokesperson to that episode has sparked anger one catalan m.p. said the people don't need to be reminded of the tragedy while the leader of the left wing but they must party accuse the spokes person of being either ignorant or irresponsibly provocative. well ninety percent of those who cast their ballots in the catalan referendum voted to split from spain but if the region does move to become independent it would have a lengthy to do list. if catalonia were to become an independent country that would presume a new constitution a new election law and a change in the political parties let's remember that about half the population doesn't want to be an independent cut the lawn and that would become the basis for i think a very contentious political division within any new independent country. brussels has made it very clear that if catalonia breaks away from spain they would have to reapply separately to become a new member of the e.u. this would put them in the position of many other countries that our candidate countries now may be cut alone you

well that comparison house sparked a great deal of controversy one catalan m.p. said the people don't need to be reminded of the tragedy while the leader of the leftwing pre-date must party accuse the spanish prime minister spokes person of being either ignorant or irresponsibly provocative artes and assess it is in barcelona. following the crucial referendum of october first the catalan people are holding their breath to see what happens next and no one is indifferent the series of protests have shown that society is split massive thousand coming onto the streets in support of the claim independence as well as goes for unity we work together to shift seems to have stalled recently calming its rhetoric. the day after the first of october we will start a new period taking into consideration the will of the castle and us do not underestimate the strength of the people of catalonia. a woman can show yet the situation asks for mediation and mediation means that we need a third party couple i honestly believe that we have the right to be heard in the film. i will make

for being across it will come but you later in the situation of the barcelona we spoke to former catalan m.p. who says the vote is legal according to international law well done to me early on vote for doing that and that's ninety percent was for then up and then and now we are protesting against this violence and supporting the unilateral declaration of independence that declare in the following days people have the right to father their nation so for enemies legal because the united nations and. laws of the united nations are subject there were a national right is a right is totally legal this can see there are an. international laws passed all word. spanish confucian. so many elements of this crisis rippling out snow even crossed into football in spain big game there the national teams of course preparing for the final qualifiers to reach the twenty eighteen world cup in russia bus loads of friend a drug into all this gerard piqué an outspoken backer of catalan independence he was booed as he trained with the national squad. i. you can see this room guys really torn between a sport as hot

the or sorry to use who are trying to stop people from casting their ballots we spoke to a former catalan m.p. who says the vote is legal according to international law. well done to nearly on the grounds of vote for doing that when one's neighbors say it was for the naacp and thence and now we are protesting against these violence and supporting the you know that there are the clearish kind of in the parlance that declare in the fall when these peoples have the right with other their nations so for in them is legal because the united nations in their full moment the laws of the united nations are subject there were initial right is a right that is totally legal is concealer and these international laws passed all work their coffee in our political situation. well the crisis has even crossed into football in spain as national teams prepare for their final qualifying matches to reach the twenty eighteen world cup here in russia barcelona defender gerard piqué an outspoken backer of catalan independence was booed as he trained with the spanish squad. i. i i will p.k. is from catalonia and has h

all sources who were trying to stop people from casting their ballots well we spoke to a former catalan m.p. who says the vote is illegal according to international law well done to merely on the grounds of vote for doing that by months ninety percent was for the naacp and once and now we are protesting against. all these by a loans and supporting the unilateral declaration of independence that parliament declared before when these peoples have the right to father their nation so for enemies league old because the united nations even for a moment the laws of the united nations are subject there were initial right is a right is totally legal is consider it an. international law passed all world though of course if spanish were free to feel. the leader of the outlaws or terror group abu mohammed al gilani has been gravely injured in a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry says its fighter jets successfully targeted an on those three meeting essentially eliminating the group's leadership what are still reports from syria. this is all in the aftermath of last month's attack on a

exactly what's going to happen next article one forty five was passed around about half an hour after catalan m.p.'s of booted independence and the reality is nobody knows what the legal situation is at the moment this is the credibly delicate balancing act and there is going to need to be a lot of discussion behind closed doors as to what happens next whether madrid sends him police or whether they hold a fruitful discussions with members of the catalonian parliament including its president just to let you know under article one five five the spanish prime minister can actually remove the catalan president so it's really unclear exactly where. it's declaration of independence will be short lived or for the long term. it's definitely the question isn't it ok thanks charlotte the charlotte been ski their forests in barcelona well throughout their push for independence catalonia has repeatedly faced fierce opposition from the trade here's a recap. to those in charge in the catalan government who are the protagonist in this challenge to work coexistence i ask them to cease illegal activities they sh

i can't help but regrets and apologize on behalf of the officers don't intervene to support the catalan m.p.'s who told us that spanish authorities have breached e.u. law by using military force against the people of catalonia then. we are come to the of the european union and the treaties explicitly say and clearly say that military power cannot use against the young population or oppression a brutal repression that i saw in with my eyes in the streets of barcelona is called proportional proportion a reparation in the mouth of. the minimum shall we i think that it does not help today you need to read i want a president i want ministers and i want to party and parliamentarians with jay. so maybe they will go to jail and government but i said put the money saying in the last months i don't want to go to jail but i'm ready to go to jail eve because i will have to be loyal to the democratic mandate that their population of catalunya is giving in the last elections and in the last referendum. we all have brains parents family brothers sisters who were killed by the police when we were going to

breakthroughs on thursday when that invitation has been given to it's hard to tell we know that the catalan m.p.'s here will meet that day to try and discuss the situation but what we've seen really over the last few days is both sides really hardening their positions madrid is intent on imposing the storage room because it says you simply can't have part of the country which just decides off its own back it wants to break away and then on the other side you have those processing leaders who say that they will not accept direct rule from madrid so it's not going to be easy for madrid to impose direct. i think that's something of an understatement i think nobody believes that it will be easy even those in madrid itself i mean you're talking about madrid wanting to dissolve the parliament sack ministers imposes control on the regional police maybe a regional television television station and in all of those institutions you're going to have people who simply oppose the idea of being told what to do directly by madrid they're going to come up against a lot of opposition on the other hand it's real

leader this is thousands demonstrate for independence in barcelona and at the same time in the catalan parliament m.p.'s are preparing to vote on independence. from advertising citing alleged russian meddling in the us election despite the fact the social network itself pitched a multi-million dollar ad campaign to r.t. ahead of the election to report to the western media un chemical watchdog chemical weapons watchdog says it's confident the assad government playing bridge deadly attack in april despite russia voicing serious concerns over its credibility. but i welcome it's just turned four o'clock here in moscow you're watching international start in spain today where the prime minister has appealed to the senate to take direct control of catalonia and the regions. we're asking you. to dismiss the president vice president and members of the cancer government likewise the regional parliament must be electing new members thank . you meanwhile the cattle and regional parliament is expected. vote any minute on whether to declare independence or not these are live pictures from there to show that dubins

takes in a long awaited statement once again fell short of a decisive announcement the catalan president instructed the m.p.'s to decide he also said he would not call a snap election a move that many had predicted he would make. you more than willing to put forward an election as long as there's a go and see that the vote will be validated and treated with respect and it's been such currency to date. well further of the speech left many people confused the supported by the apartment in the action of the region's government as we can see central barcelona is a watch with the flow numbers have been building there right throughout the day people are demanding that the government deliver on the results of the independence referendum and break away from spain and certain they are to show dubin skiis in barcelona for us with the latest there was much speculation that call a speech moon would use his speech on tuesday evening to class not election here in catalonia many people including many reports in the local spanish media had been speculating that the catalan president would make that announcement because th

m.p.'s in the catalan parliaments and they've got to meet at some points and have a vote to ratify the referendum results and that would start the process of independence because then the be. a six month gap for whatever negotiations might be before they actually do become independent from spain it's looking like monday is the most likely date of the moments the rumors swirling around here that the parliament next on monday one of the local newspapers a said the pro independence bloc which is meeting at the moment wants monday to be the day when they vote on it and the president's is going to address the nation it's not o'clock local time tonight nine hundred g.m.t. so if you add it all together we haven't got it confirmed yet it looks like they're lining up for monday to be the date and clearly what that does is basically give madrid's an absolutely hard deadline talk to us or we go we're going to still ok lawrence lee live for us in barcelona lawrence thank you. and a few minutes we will have the weather. ahead on al jazeera right now you have seven days to get out that's what the u.s. is telli

happening now let's reset the table catalan is parliament has declared independence from spain the vote fell this way seventy in favor ten against and there were many m.p.'s who actually walked out in did not that there are people celebrating right now and the streets of barcelona but as we said there were m.p.'s who demanded a secret ballots and the did not want to participate they had let so the senate in madrid at this point has at the same time been debating whether to grant the prime minister mariano rajoy special powers to sack the cattle on president to sack the regional government that just voted for.

m.p.'s in catalonia are meeting for the first time since sunday's disputed referendum that discussing what's next in their move to break away from spain hundreds of thousands of catalans went on strike in response to the national police's attempts to crackdown on the vote. turkey's president. is in tehran where he's met iranian president has an rouhani he's expected to meet the supreme leader ayatollah common name during a visit to one told turkey's parliament on sunday he expects to agree a deal with iran on how to respond to last month's kurdish referendum in iraq. the u.s. defense secretary has contradicted president donald trump on whether to abandon the iran nuclear deal james mattis says he believes the deal brokered under the obama administration is in america's interests trump is expected to decide in the coming days whether or not to hold up the deal he has repeatedly called dissolves patrick o'brian reports it was a simple question that greatly complicated the understanding of what the trump administration thinks about the iran nuclear deal do you believe it's in our national security interest at the present time to remain in the j c p o a as a yes or no que

m.p.'s have had a silent protest in madrid spad been demanding the release of two catalan independence leaders who would monday evening. during the parliament session and hold up signs and support for pay. yeah more are a lot of that but it didn't look like they're listen you're yes. yes let them of course have never thought of it i mean the leader of the congress repeatedly tried to call the m.p.'s to water until they finally sat down meanwhile madrid still trying to pressure the cattle on the day to clarify whether he declared independence or not. it's not difficult it's just a simple question have you declared independence of cuts alone you are not getting in their demand to the catalan government is firm their demand expires same as in twenty four hours so let's have a quick reminder the know what's happened this week to cattle and independents leaders were arrested on monday for the key roles they played in organizing the independence referendum one of them is the leader of the catalan national assembly and the other is the president of an organization that promotes catalan language and c

m.p.'s toward him until they finally took their seats meanwhile madrid still trying to pressure the catalan leader into clarifying whether he has actually declared independence or not. it's not difficult. to get their demand to the catalan government as their demand expires amendment twenty four hour. a quick reminder of monday's events to catalan independence leaders were arrested for the key rules they played in organizing the referendum one of them is the leader of the national assembly the other is the president off an organization that promotes language and culture since then spain seen a wave of protest. for that. i. was. well the take of jonathan shall free from the radical independence campaign is that the e.u. should step in to protect catalonia from further oppression at the hands of madrid she from spain to the people who are demanding their democratic really says that they're going to continue the kind of method of oppression they're going to continue to try and coups tone democratic structures around the question of independence but the big question the speech for democrats rig

m.p.'s toward her until they finally sat down meanwhile madrid still trying to pressure the catalan leader to clarify whether he declared independence or not. it's not difficult it's just a simple question have you declare independence of cuts alone you are not getting their demand to the catalan government is firm their demand expires and there's a twenty four hour. so quick reminder there now what happened this week to catalan independence leaders were arrested for the key role which they played in organizing the referendum one of them is the leader of the cattle and national assembly and the other is the president of an organization that promotes cattle and language and culture since then barcelona seen a wave of protests. ok let's get the thoughts now of jonathan shafi he's from the radical independence campaign good evening she jonathan a lot of pressure is building isn't it against the spanish government at the moment what sort of impact do you think that would have that we'll have do you think the government perhaps regrets its actions. well i do think that seems to be the case i me