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feeling of betrayal which only grew after the spanish government we bought the catalan presidents requests. for greater fiscal powers in two thousand and twelve. since then calls for a referendum on the issue of independence have been growing louder. in two thousand and fourteen catalan nationalists held an informal votes for its value eighty percent were in favor of independence. as one of the richest regions in spain many feel their taxes go to prop up poorer areas. at the expense of investments in catalonia. should the region secede it would cost spain nearly twenty percent of its economic output. now the catalan regional governments is on a collision course with madri. as it moves forward with plans to hold an independence vote on october first. even though spain's constitutional court has banned the move. a poll by the regional governments opinion study center held in july. so that forty one point one percent back independence while forty nine point nine percent rejected. however seventy percent wanna hold a referendum to settle the question once and for all. alright let's get an update now on the day's top bus

by the catalan association in the center of power in your office activities for all ages while many catalans in spain want to vote for a clean break from madrid those here say they wish to remain part of france but with more regional autonomy. underneath all of the unemployment is widespread here young people are jobless french trade does little for us we want a special status corsica which would give a small town of me. going to me and taxation. the mesmerising side down a dance was banned in the one nine hundred forty s. by spanish dictator general franco who regarded the catalans as a threat. the people here grew up with it its intricate moves have been passed down through generations and classes like this are popular. have ignored them on the new south fire along with our mountains the sadhana our language it's everything a sketch islands have it's our inspiration. with no great momentum for independence the focus for most catalans here is on keeping in step with france but dancing to their own tune with al-jazeera. turkish president reject tired already one has said that kurdish authori

challenging a meant to legitimize the byependence vote and deknee the catalan government summoning october 1 ballot. global news poweredover 2700 journalists and analysts in over 100 countries. is mark crumpton, this bloomberg. my colleague, paul allen, has a at the markets. paul: we have futures quarter of higher for the last trading day of the week, nikkei moment andker at the we'll keep an eye on the u.s. dollar, japanese yen cross rate of data out oft japan. balance of payment, current account and trade for july to hold steady at 4.7 billion dollars. the second quarter expected to weaken to 2.9% reflecting a lower read on private cap-ex. data out of china, trade improve by $1.5 billion in august. expected toexports slip about 1%. elsewhere, waiting on the trade taiwan for of august, as well. i'm paul allen in sydney. from "bloomberg technology" next. ♪ emily: michael dell company's massive merger with e.m.c. is bigger ishe ethos of better. since the deal was finalized, has assembled a rising push back from demand from competitors. i asked dell about the strategy and if his goal is to be the largest company left sta

power. and tearing roads. spain is wrapping up the pressure on the catalan separatists ahead of an independence referendum planned for october first. at least twelve people have been arrested following raised by spanish police on the catalan government offices. as long as president has accused madrid of totalitarianism redonda of us has the story. nnova weaving cotton onion flaunts hundreds of protesters gathered outside the region's economy ministry in barcelona they turned out to demonstrate against the arrest of junior economy minister joseph maria jose. spanish police carried out raids on several government offices in a bid to put a stop to the independence referendum. despite the crackdown the catalonian president called on people to turn out and vote to defend democracy overnight in the catalonia last up to get the government to catalonia has today been the victim of a coordinated aggression by the police. forces of the interim industry and the spanish government. appeal the objective of preventing catalans from freely expressing that will. peacefully on the first of october. and with the purpose of suspend

catalan leadership. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countriesbloomberg. ♪ as marc was reporting, senate republicans giving up on their lettuce -- latest bid to replace obamacare. let's get to katherine baicker, from the harris school of public policy. great to have you on the show. i have yet to see anyone surprised by this latest failure. you also see it is nothing to be shocked about? katherine: the politics of it are very complicated. what does seem clear is that a dramatic rollback of medicaid coverage would have left a lot of people without insurance coverage to improve their health. that was of concern to a lot of senators. julia: one area where we can see broader agreement is the need for greater flexibility, to be able to design their own programs, their own coverage, and allow insurers to do the same. the problem with that is that that is surely not going to allow cost to come down, short or medium term. that is a longer-term play. katherine: there was a lot to be said with giving states and localities flexibility in designing insurance

skated millions of power papers and has ordered police to take control of polling stations catalan leaders. are also calling on the eu to step in and press madrid's to allow the vote to go ahead franklin has the story. yeah. catalonia's students on the move. thousands took to the streets in barcelona thursday to protest what they call a crackdown by spain's central government. ahead of a referendum on catalan independence planned for sunday. while many carried pro independence flags and banners for some the protest was more about the principl. but alexis school bags we have to vote on october first so people can say what they want likes to get up a little he could shut people up by force in a democracy. the right to vote is fundamental. i think that the. firefighters came out thursday to show their support for the vote as wel. spain's constitutional court has ruled that the referendum is illegal and authorities have taken action to stop it. seizing printed ballots shutting down websites and detaining referendum organizers. at a security meeting between spanish andnd cataln officials. the c

the catalan president coming out mike and saying we have contingency plans after the action for the state. they are doing all they can with its powersr antagonise catalan nationalists and give them more reason to poor people out onto the street and give the devolved government a clearer, more legitimate reason to push ahead with this boat. thank you very much. good evening, tom. is there quite a clamp—down or are people demonstrating? a palestinian film director who has been garlanded for her first feature film, which opens in the uk tonight, has also the distinction of being the first palestinian put under a fatwa since 1948. the movie ‘bar bahar‘, "in between", won the best young talent award at cannes this year and last night took two awards, one for best actress, and the other for best supporting actress, at the israeli film awards, israel's 0scars, but the story, of three young palestinian women sharing an apartment in tel aviv, trying to live free in a restricted society, has outraged people who have never experienced anything like it from palestinian cinema. the film is set within the palestinian underground scene in which mu

mentioned the madrid's been doing everything in its power to scupper it last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the catalan parliament which paves the way for the vote and this wednesday madrid launched an investigation into seven hundred twelve catalan mayors who pledged their support for the secession campaign there was another twist on friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money will not be spent on the referendum otherwise the threat is spain will take control of a part of catalonia his budget not a single euro of the catalans will be directed towards a legal referendum that is wanted by a few. well perhaps not so few actually according to numerous polls up to eighty percent will be voting in favor of independence one man we spoke to says treatment of catalonia shows democracy isn't a bad way in spain right. i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad this is what we regret most of all but that's all we are calm we have a lot of work to do in the m

catalan government says it's determined to hold a poll anyway. but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power station thanks for watching. it's not just phones contributing to samsung bumper profits if we look at the u.s. economy the moment it does seem to be in pretty good shape up until around two thousand and five greek debt levels were basically stable we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. deep in southern india a mysterious construction project is making the country's neighbors nervous some see it as evidence of an escalating arms race that could one day take the subcontinent to the brink of firm a nuclear war. so what's going on behind these walls we sent indian journalist man to kenya gallops to investigate. a coastal state in india is famous for its sun signed and tourists. but for five days in march this year this beach paradise played host to india's defense expo. and. today india is the largest importer of arms in the word and has pledged to spend two hundred fifty billion dollars over the next decade to modernize its

catalan government says it's determined to hold a poll anyway. but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power station that's what it. is not just phones contributing to sound phones bumper profits if we look at the u.s. economy the moment it does seem to be in pretty good shape up until around two thousand and five greek debt levels were basically stable we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on ounces era. deep in southern india a mysterious construction project is making the country's neighbors nervous some see it as evidence of an escalating arms race that could one day take the subcontinent to the brink of thermonuclear war. so what's going on behind these walls we sent into.

winston peters with the balance of power he'll decide whether national or labor and the greens will form a coalition government. well the spanish government has placed catalan police under its come on in another bid to try to block next week's independence referendum cattle and leaders are calling it an unacceptable interference by madrid john hendren has more. a standoff in catalonia just got more tense and potentially far more volatile the interior minister of spain's catalan province says local police will not take orders from spain that wants him he denounced the government's intention to take control of the captain and police the catalan government does not accept the intervention of the state he says that was the message he and catalans police chief delivered to the spanish interior minister in a meeting on saturday what we see here is not a technical. see is a political maneuver the spanish government is trying to take control of because of the police because the spanish government has vowed to its voters that the referendum the funding for the will not take place catalonia leaders insist they will carry out an october first referendum asking voters

everything in its power to scupper it in the government's latest move to block the cuts alone your region's upcoming referendum police raided a printing house to polish authorities have also told catalan media outlets that they must stop publishing content down on virtue relating to the independence pledge the country's prime minister has praised the work being done to stop. it is necessary to congratulate him particularly the civil guard today they have seized more than one hundred thousand cattle on government propaganda posters. last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the capital on parliament which paves the way for the vote this friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money will not be spent on the referendum otherwise spain will take control over part of council his budget not a single year of the catalans will be directed toward them illegal referendum that is wanted but if you. or perhaps not so few actually according to numerous polls as many as fifty percent of. are in favor of independence one we spoke to see madrid's treatment of shows the mocker sea is in a bad way a

power season. on october the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the central government insists it's unconstitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state clamps down and catalans take to the streets where will this crisis and watch al-jazeera for the latest. six years ago during and after a patiently contested election savagest mcfarlane's tools through coke to a former president his own string to the international criminal court for those events but other crimes have not been investigated and other perpetrators have not been held to account victoria both went to find out why. ivory coast november two thousand and sixteen at peace randy attended by officials of the government of president john s. on what to have. the theme is national reconciliation. in two thousand and eleven ivory coast was torn apart by inter-community violence that broke out between supporters of newly elected president ouattara and his predecessor the home back but it was the latest round in a bitter i think struggle that had destabilized this former french colony over fifteen years. three thousand people were killed more than a million were displaced victims were from both sides. the fig

power or communications it's the worst storm to hit the island in eighty years. also tensions remain high in spain as madrid tries to reign in a drive for catalonia independence catalan nationalists clashed with police in barcelona overnight following the arrest of a number of regional leaders involved in planning an independent fact. i want to welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's chancellor has spoken out on the north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election i'm going michael said she disagrees with u.s. president donald trump's military ultimatum to north korea in an exclusive interview with t w merkel offered germany's assistance in negotiating a diplomatic solution on tuesday trump told the u.n. that america would destroy north korea to continue to threaten the u.s. and its allies. i promise you is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects u

dels human pyramids were prohibited the catalan language was restricted but since the nine hundred seventy nine statute of autonomy the region has gained more powers it has its own parliament police force and control over education health care and welfare policies in the spanish capital madrid they've been holding their own mock ballots the organizers say all of spain should have a say in the country's future and not just catalans tony berkeley has more. it's spain's most familiar tune but either espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its drive for succession its forthcoming referendum. on friday madrid held its own referendum purely symbolic but the people here equally important the question people were asked was do you want catalonia to remain part of spain because i want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty it's you know should be there by all spaniards not just one part of spain which is catalonia you know these this issue would affect holy spain we want to make sure that everybody knows that you know. here. i came to vote because what they do in the lone air is an outrage against the constitut

rico knocking out power and ripping off roofs at least nine people were killed by the storm across the county and. protests of turn violent in barcelona after supporters of the catalan independence referendum took to the streets spanish police raided regional government offices on wednesday dressed in public officials. second vice president has told the united nations that violence in rakhine state is easing and deny there been any fighting since september the fifth well the four hundred twenty thousand range of muslims fled to bangladesh since a military crackdown began in myanmar late last month. has more from. on the bangladeshi border growing refugees are still crossing the border every day you could see from the bottom side the smoke rising in the villages people are crossing into maybe the pace is much smaller but they're still every day refugees are crossing into bangladesh where the vice president say that things are improving and the security forces. to avoid call are collateral damage rather well the case is if he is so confident why isn't the government allowing u.n. observer or international journalists in their fact that this could really clear up a lot

catalans desperate to vote. in the referendum on independence that the region's devolved government plans to hold in just ten days' time. this a key moment, because the spanish state is now using its power democracy. polly swa n the vote. we want democracy. polly swan oppression, spanish repression, will not stop us from voting. —— police repression. a moment that will be written in the history books. we are asking for democracy, that's all. human towers part of catalonia's distinct cultural identity. i have watched the pro—independence movement in recent yea rs pro—independence movement in recent years in catalonia as it was galvanised in the wake of a financial crisis across spain, wishing and pressuring the spanish government for a better economic dealfor this region, or better still, for these people, a scottish style independence referendum. but if spain has its way, this is the only ballot box they will be seeing in the coming days. because last night, spanish police raided the offices of catalonia's devolved government. tens of thousands swarmed outside as spain's civil guard police seized election material from the regional economy ministry. trapped for hours, their vehicles par

catalans desperate to vote. in a referendum on independence that the region's devolved government plans to hold in just ten days' time. this, a key moment, because the spanish state is now using its powern, wa nts to oppression, spanish oppression, wants to stop us from voting. moment that will be written in our history books. we're asking for democracy, that's all. human towers, pa rt democracy, that's all. human towers, part of catalonia's distinct cultural identity. i've watched the pro—independence movement in catalonia in recent years as it was galvanised in the wake of the financial crisis across pain, pressuring the spanish government for a better economic deal for this region, or a scottish style independence referendum. but if spain has its way this is the only ballot box they will be seeing in the coming days. because last night spanish police raided the offices of the catalonian devolved government. tens of thousands swarmed outside of spain's civil guard police seized election material from the spain's civil guard police seized election materialfrom the regional economy ministry. trapped for hours, their vehicles parked amid the protest, the police eventually emerged. huge

remains without power after being hit by the storm on wednesday authorities say restoring electricity could take months it was the strongest hurricane to hit part of rico in eighty years. catalan nationalists are continuing their protest at a court building in barcelona where a dozen regional government officials are being held they were arrested in connection with a vote on catalan independence two to go ahead in under two weeks the federal government to madrid calls the referendum illegal. and in manila thousands of people have demonstrated against philippine president do terror to they demanded an end to extra judicial killings as part of his drug war and protested against attack his threat to introduce martial law organizers say around twenty thousand people took part. well it's been more than two days now since a powerful earthquake in central mexico leveled buildings and killed almost three hundred people now rescue workers are racing against the clock in their search for survivors amongst the rubble the window for finding people alive is closing and one of the most desperate efforts has centered on a primary school in mexico city. this has become the most important symb

powers what recognize that the so-called facts on the ground of a clinician state very good to get your thoughts karamat and they're speaking to us about that independence referendum. hundreds of catalans are defying spain's central government and rallying in support of october's independence referendum there authorities in madrid insist the vote is illegal trying to block preparations john hundred has more from barcelona. catalans are building a growing movement in perhaps a nation the government of spain has branded these pro independence signs the crown making these children women. as a bit of a pain and that people have got on our body very very different and. we want. our freedom this. spanish police have banned the october first referendum on independence and confiscated the regional governments ten million ballots so catalans printed these in spanish and in their own language we don't have spain we actually lost their quota but i know we are free people and we. won independence catalans handed them out and posted pro independence signs as the region's most those police who refused to take their direction from spain look on here all the wold not want to be free their cars are str

power and embezzlement they were arrested in relation to the planned ballots must appear before the court each week the spanish central government oppose the vote it plans to send police to the catalan region if the top of the first poll goes ahead of. iraq's kurdish leader massoud barzani he says monday's independence referendum will definitely go ahead despite international pressure to stop it was speaking in iraq's kurdish capital build the final rally before monday's vote among the critics of the united states the european union and the arab league by zani says whatever the outcome of the referendum the kurds are happy to fight alongside iraqi forces against i saw. i tell the world leave the kurds expressed their own rights and decide their own independence we cannot continue any longer to status quo with the federal government in baghdad the referendum is not to risk the referendum is not to draw new voters it is to confirm and insist on our right for independence the real risk if you let others decide your fate meanwhile syrian kurds have voted in an election which is widely seen as the start of a three phase process to show up regional autonomy in the country's north the peop