but catalans pulled away after the break,

so we are taking charge of the situation i think is the thinking behind the decision to jail catalan leaders would be that it would quell some of the fervor here but it could have been more of a mistaken one because that has only served to really galvanize people here pro independent is but also beyond that as well you say that their fundamental democratic rights are being threatened meanwhile the arrest of catalan politicians awaits trial on charges of rebellion a crime that carries a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison according to the lawyer representing the leaders is little hope that spain's justice system would deliver a just verdict but the conduct of the moment to the spanish authorities believe the started to call for democracy you do not know people are for the peaceful expression of their view of. the castle and parliament has called for legal charges to be brought against a spanish supreme court judge for refusing to release one of the leaders jordy sanchez he was nominated to become the next catalan president now catalan politicians have only until the end of may

they have provoking catalonia but that's simply their own responsibility but the fact is that the catalan ex-president congress pushed them repeatedly and continually sought dialogue which your government turned to look he only sought a dialogue about the question of a referendum the date of a referendum and the date of like a ration of unilateral independence all those things are totally impossible under the spanish constitution and for that matter under any constitution in the western world. minister is that true because in april twentieth he said publicly that if madrid agrees just to the existence of a problem between spain and catalonia and knowledge in the problem and starting talks would send a positive sign well that's. that's his opinion anyway i don't know what i said to that's what he said but that's that's ok if you if you take what he says as the truth that's fine with me but as for nothing more illegal or nothing more seditious than roads then negotiation and dialogue that could give expression to the aspirations of the majority that's what and if that was true he would have

president now catalan politicians have only until the end of may to nominate another leader before new regional elections are called if it comes to that it may shift the crisis but not necessarily in favor of those who put so much faith in the session this movement son of a all barcelona. ramon racine or is the director of the iberian studies program at stanford university in california he joins me live now from there thanks very much for speaking to us and so it would seem that many people in catalonia regardless of where they stand on the question of independence are not happy about the jailing the preet the pretrial jailing of these catalan leaders do you see these protests sustaining or perhaps even gaining momentum. yes i do you have to remember that. two of the leaders have been by now six months those five the year in preventive reason their case is coming to trial there are seven other politicians also in jail and the number of them in exile were they to set foot in spain they would immediately join the other it is in prison and all of this on the bases of very very flimsy case

nominated to become the next catalan president now catalan politicians have only until the end of may to nominate another leader before new regional elections a cold if it comes to that may shift the crisis but not necessarily in favor of those who put so much faith in the session is movement on it i go al-jazeera barcelona. still ahead on al-jazeera i'll tell you why a popular coffee shop is the target of protests in the u.s. city of philadelphia. and all charged up ford sparking drivers in jordan to turn away from fuel burning cars. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello again the weather's looking pretty unsettled at the moment across the levant and western parts of asia you see some snow in evidence across a specky stand through up into kazakhstan also temperate zone terra just fourteen degrees with the risk of some showers baghdad to a shower isn't entirely out of the question and the wind hours are also indicating that we could and it was some lifted dust in places meanwhile across the western side of the eastern side of the

and staying in spain for the moment thousands of catalan separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed secessionist leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protests and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for catalonia ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed to dependence did in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners one of the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians who were elected by the people we cannot stand for that. today i'm here because i'm with everything going on just like everyone had today i want the freedom of all calm writes. since the arrests catalonia is independence movement has stalled but advocates

the former catalan the former leader of the catalan parliament could soon be extradited to spain the german prosecutors have applied for. extradition following his arrest there last month and he's facing charges of rebellion in spain not just beheading catalonia independence vote now he's currently being held in a german detention center dominic cain joins me now from live in application for extradition means that those wanting more back in spain are really wasting no time . the point here is that the prosecutors starting the first official step as it were which could culminates in mr push them on being sent back to catalonia sent back to spain to face those charges that you mentioned the question had been whether the charges that he is being sought on the basis of by spanish authorities would be recognized here in germany as well in the in the explanation for the decision that's been taken today the prosecutors say that there are comparable there is comparable legislation here in germany to the legislation that's being used to say that to seek these charges against mr push tomorrow

of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with a nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence bid in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners since the arrests catalonians independence movement has stalled but advocates say their fight isn't over i wonder if i'm better not emma this is about defending our democracy and ending a policy influenced by judicial authority releasing prisoners allowing exiles to come back and resolving the political conflict using policy and only policy because . among the jail separatists are members of catalonia is regional government including george essential as catalan lawmakers selected sanchez toys to be their new leader but both times a spanish judge refused to release him from jail to be sworn in catalonia has been in political limbo since spain central government imposed direct rule on the region after it unilaterally declared independence last october fresh reg

news live from berlin and it's berlin where the catalan separatist leader says he wants to stay carlos pushed him on says he plans to remain here in the german capital while a court looks at spanish demands to extradite him he faces charges in connection with last year's independence referendum also coming up a standoff in brazil former president luis announcer just silva ignores a deadline to turn himself in to begin a twelve year sentence for corruption and wins defiance says the stage for a confrontation between his supporters and those who want to see him behind bars. and the u.s. state of texas sends in the national guard to patrol the border with mexico this comes after president donald trump said he wanted the deployment until his border wall is built. thanks for joining us i'm mary in evanston. former catalonian president carlos pugh's demond says he plans to live in berlin while the courts consider a spanish extradition request against him even speaking at a news conference here in the german capital just a day after being released on bail after a court in northern germany ref

jail separatists are members of catalonia is regional government including george essentially as catalan lawmakers selected sanchez twice to be their new leader but both times a spanish judge refused to release him from jail to be sworn in catalonia has been in political limbo since spain central government imposed direct rule on the region after it unilaterally declared independence last october fresh regional elections will be triggered if a new leader is not aleck did by may twenty second. to brazil now or thousands have turned out in rio de janeiro demanding answers in the slaying of a city councilwoman named maria there franco she was shot dead a month ago after an event empowering black women franco had been a fierce critic of police brutality racism and discrimination against the poor of her death sent shock waves through brazil there have been no arrests in the case so far. speaking out for the woman who can speak no more a month after mario franco was gunned down her supporters demand answers one particular detail of the investigation has spiked their suspicions officials say sh

reporter: what is in store this year for the former catalan leader? now, carles puigdemont remains behind the walls of this detention center in northern rmany. and that is likely to remain the case, after prosecutors found spain's extradition request to be legally admissible. >> we have checked whether the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant, namely rebellion and misuse of public funds, correspond to the offenses under german law of high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondence. reporter: just over a week ago, puigdemont had traveled to finland from his self-imposed exile in belgium, to attend a conference and meet lawmakers. facing arrest by finnish authorities, he tried to return to belgium. but police detained him shortly after he crossed the danish, german border. ever since, handfuls of his supporters have been demonstrating outside the northern german detention center where he is now being held. >> i see extradition as a betrayal of the european union's values. puigdemont is a po

for refusing to release one of the leaders jordy sanchez he was nominated to become the next catalan president now catalan politicians have only until the end of may to nominate another leader before new regional elections are called if it comes to that may shift the crisis but not necessarily in favor of those who put so much faith in the session its movement sunny day or al-jazeera barcelona. on to negras ruling party has declared leader miller djukanovic is the winner of sunday's presidential election nearly ninety percent of ballots counted he has fifty three percent of the vote enough to avoid a runoff his main opponent. won thirty three percent it's a key victory for fifty six year old you kind of rich five russia when montenegro joined nato last year now the c.e.o. of starbucks has apologized after two black men were arrested as they waited for a friend in a villa delphia franchise of the coffee shop. protesters have taken to the streets and the city's mayor says he's heartbroken over the arrests but the police commissioner is defending his officers and hawks one has more. the

more of monday's developments for you now supporters of catalan independence have been protesting in berlin demanding the sack leader of catalonia be released from custody in germany colors put him on was arrested more than a week ago by german police he's facing extradition to spain where he's wanted for rebellion and sedition after last october's independence referendum people from across germany were joined by catalan politicians at the rally in berlin they're demanding the release of what they see as political prisoners following a crackdown on the separatist movement by madrid activists of the protests are not the only people backing the former head of catalonia two politicians from germany's left party went to visit put him on in prison and also interviewed him the message he had for his supporters was to not give up. we are not criminals we won elections twice we have to continue the way we are defending our rights rights that are recognized by the un as we have the total right to decide our future. now live reaction from the german left party member martin thanks for joining

their lives my headquarters here in doha also coming up german prosecutors move to extradite former catalan regional president. back to spain. also zimbabwe's new president is visiting china seeking more investment from a country already deeply involved in africa. i was south africa celebrates the life of a key leader in the fight against apartheid winnie mandela has died at the age of eighty one. welcome to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cancelled a deal to work with the un to resettle african migrants and to sign them seekers netanyahu initially agreed not to deport thousands of african asylum seekers to rwanda after the un offered to assist in resettlement the un said monday that they learned he had gone back on their agreement through the media reports. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcing on national television a solution for the future of thousands of african asylum seekers the middle of the show. is a unique agreement with israel let me move sixteen thousand two hundred fifty people we moved them to developed countries like canada or germany

former catalan president carlos pushed him on says that he plans to live n. bergland while the courts consider an extradition request against him a german court this week refused to send him back to spain to face charges of rebellion but the court may agree to extradite him on the lesser charge of misuse of funds in the meantime he will be extending his stay in the german capital. do you think after the brussels intel think the cutlass pushed him on his i did believe him to do list a few pin cities on his a talk to to promote catalan independence in the german capital the former president of the spanish region was welcomed by supporters at a press conference to talk about his next steps. so that's part of my duty to take part of the free media to the president was not to remain silent. or in a place like place. for that from the beginning i want to explain over a europe the political situation how are you going to do for the time being put him on is not allowed to leave germany a possible extradition to spain for alleged misuse of public funds is not off the

way the catalan way of doing things nonviolently well now he's experiencing the german judicial way of doing things and it's up to him now how this case proceeds from here on thank you dominic cain live for us speaking about that extradition of collars on well we're going to go back now across the atlantic to the united nations security council where we're listening to the president who is introducing this debate. as to whether or not russia was responsible for the poisoning of the former spy on u.k. soil the first speaker we're expecting is the russian ambassador to the u.n. that's a lebanon. held an open debate on the letter of the prime minister of great britain to reason me. that letter contains horrific and unsubstantiated accusations against russia in the use of chemical weapons on the territory of the united kingdom a representative of the united kingdom. promised us at the time to brief the security council on the course of the investigation regularly however that we didn't have any such briefings. so being as it may we will brief you in detail. so it has been a month since

president now catalan politicians have only until the end of may to nominate another leader before new regional elections a cold if it comes to that may shift the crisis but not necessarily in favor of those who put so much faith in the session its movement on it i have all barcelona . the chief executive of starbucks is apologizing after two black men were arrested as they waited for a friend in a philadelphia franchise of the coffee shop protesters of taking to the streets in the city's mayor says he's heartbroken over the arrests by the police commissioner is defined. in his offices. as more of these the mobile phone pitches that have stocks on the defensive two men were scooted out of the cafe on thursday accused of trespassing going the to meet a friend and also to use the restroom and they refused to leave called the police that friend turned up as they were being removed from the. off of that video went viral starbucks went into damage control we're always working to create the very best environment in our stores in in our communities tireless efforts to bridge the opportunity d

three hundred thousand demonstrators of march through barcelona calling for the release of jailed catalan leaders from the region separatist movement. was. the. potted history several top officials were detained after catalonia pretty lame to depend as last october the move came following a referendum which went ahead despite spain prohibiting the vote in madrid declaring it illegal in response the catalan parliament was sacked and its leaders accused of rebellion tester's been calling for no legal legal proceedings to be taken against the breakaway regions former president colors proved he still in exile in germany the catalan public and those backing independent so called the punishment simply too harsh. the most serious problem is the price paid by these politicians who were elected by the people we cannot allow it not for anything in the world as well as how i feel and there are many who feel the same this is the proof i'm here today because i am outraged by everything that's going on just as all the people here today are i want freedom for our compatriots like. this last week saw ano

brussels and tells me keep him on his added to the list a few pin cities on his talk to to promote catalan independence in the german capital the former president of the spanish region was welcomed by supporters at a press conference to talk about his next steps. so that's part of my duty to take part of the british media should the president bush not to remain silent thailand or quite in a place like place. for that from the beginning i want to explain europe the political situation how are you going to do for the time being pushed him on is not allowed to leave germany a possible extradition to spain for alleged misuse of public funds is not off the table yet puts them on says he's not planning on getting in touch with german politicians while here but he hopes that being back in the spotlight might kick start fresh talks with madrid so that you do ration the low. before they look i really we are ready for it the people got to want to start and they will be the spanish authorities for the ball is now back on monday on what of course caught the spanish prime minister is facing growing cal

it's good to have you with the former catalan separatist leader. is facing an uncertain fate tonight he's currently sitting in a german prison after his arrest by police while driving into germany from denmark and then a setback for the secessionist leader a german prosecutor just a few hours ago asked for him to be extradited to spain there he faces charges of rebellion and treason. a crime that carries a maximum sentence of thirty years it is now up to a regional court in germany to decide whether or not to grant the extradition request. what's in store this year for the former catalan leader for now. remains behind the walls of this detention center in northern germany. and that's likely to remain the case after prosecutors in the state of schleswig called stein found spain's extradition request to be legally admissible. we take whether the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant namely rebellion and misuse of public funds correspond to the offenses under german law of high treason misappropriation. we came to the conclusion tha

for the former catalan leader for now. remains behind the walls of this detention center in northern germany. and that's likely to remain the case after prosecutors in the state of schleswig called stein found spain's extradition request to be legally admissible. we checked whether the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant namely rebellion and misuse of public funds correspond to the offenses under german law high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondent. just over a week ago had traveled to finland from his self-imposed exile in belgium to attend a conference and meet game makers. facing arrest by finish off dorothy's he tried to return to belgium. but police detained him shortly after he crossed the danish german border ever since handfuls of his supporters have been demonstrating outside the northern german detention center where he's now being held. but we got him there if you remember i see extradition is a betrayal of the european union's values. as a po

this is a disease of hundreds of supporters of catalan independence from spain marched in berlin they were demanding the release of x. regional president carlos puts them all who is now in a german prison. he was taken into custody last week while traveling in germany after spain issued a european arrest warrant spain now wants germany to extradite him puts them all faces a number of charges including rebellion. huge tomorrow is currently being held at a prison in the town of noise monster which is where german politician detailed dame visited him earlier on sunday he's concerned about germany's role in the affair but if the government is honest they should know that it's very clear that if someone is. three thousand by his political convention it's not possible to put him out it's not it's britain and germany to put him. at brandenburg gate in berlin demonstrators made their feelings known about the dispute back in catalonia they support catalonian independence and are also upset that germany has now cooperated with spain. as months first of all spain needs to talk if they don't want

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with minnows york city knights of league one up against super league's catalans dragons.ty gave a good account of themselves and the match was tied at 10—10 shortly before half time. but catalans pulled away after the break, scoring three more tries to eventually win by 3a points to 22. elsewhere, whitehaven, leigh centurions and hull kr were all amongst the winners. as were toronto wolfpack who just came past barrow. and that is all from sportsday, all the sport on bbc news throughout the evening, next is meet the author. a contemporary crime writer takes on one of the great stories of ambition and revenge. jo nesbo‘s macbeth has as its central character a policeman, not a warrior who, nonetheless, murders his way to the top. listening of course to the siren voices of the witches on the way. they are drugged—up prostitutes. and being egged on by his wife in this retelling of the story, known simply as lady. he ushers in a time of bloody chaos and this is hardly a plot spoiler, because it is macbeth, leads to his own distraction. it's one of eight re—writings of the plays

a court in germany has ruled that the former catalan leader colace preached a man can be released on bail while awaiting a decision on his extradition to spain which them on has been held at this prison in one month for just over a week after he was arrested soon after crossing the border from denmark and germany facing charges of rebellion over the catalan region's campaign for independence the court ruled that he can be extradited over accusations of corruption but not on the rebellion challenge of brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for the former president who is in asio the silver a court has ruled that lula must start serving a twelve year prison sentence for taking bribes had asked to stay out of prison until he exhausted all possible appeals. u.s. president donald trump has accused central americans of being rapists and his campaign rhetoric and there is bound to send thousands of troops to the border drunk said women in a caravan of migrants who had been trying to reach the u.s. border had been quote right at levels nobody has ever seen before and in new york times

philippe coutinho opened the scoring for the catalan giants who only needed a point to clinch the titlere — surprise, surprise — it turned into the lionel messi show. the 30—year—old argentina international helping himself to his 46th career hattrick for club and country despite a deportivo fightback that had seen them make it

for independence the separatist leader has been in self imposed exile in belgium since declaring catalan independence. following an october referendum. well for more on this story we're joined by our political correspondent han's blonde from our parliamentary studios and by reporter pablo foley ileus who's covering this story for us here in our studio let's start with you hons on what grounds the german prosecutors want to have pushed him out extradited to spain. well there is a european warrant of arrest all to approach the moment and this gives two reasons for why he should be extradited to spain one is sedition or rebellion the other is the misuse of public funds the german prosecutor had to decide whether there was an equivalent. equivalence in german law to these two charges and the prosecutor now decided that there was indeed such an equivalence in other words puts him on would also be liable for charges in germany for these things and has now applied for puts them on three moneths in custody pending extradition and also for this extradition in fact to be executed pablo extradition

welcome german prosecutors are asking them on the former catalan leader to be extradited to spain where he's wanted for rebellion and sedition he was arrested at spain's request more than a week ago while returning to belgium where he fled the following catalonia failed independence bid last october germany has about two months in which to reach a decision which the man faces up to thirty years in jail if he's found guilty is reportedly now considering applying for asylum in germany but lawyers say the chances that there would override the european arrest warrant asked for him to politicians from germany left party visited the former catalan leader in custody here's what he told them we are not going you know we will like you twice we want to control your computer. you get a bomb is that right. mark catalan independence supporters have been rallying in berlin demanding pushed them all be released from custody we spoke to a member of the german left party martin dulls and he told is that the only way to solve the stand opportune barcelona madrid is through dialogue. ok let's head back to

who is now in exile in germany catalan public and those backing independence of called the punishment too harsh. the most serious problem is the price paid by these politicians who are elected by the people we cannot allow it not for anything in the world that's how i feel and there are many who feel the same this is the proof i'm here to. because i am outraged by everything that's going on just as all the people here today are i want freedom for our compatriots. this week saw another wave of clashes between police and environmental activists near the french city of known. tensions in the area have escalated since the deployment of thousands of police officers and here in the week activists known as the saddest have protested for a decade against the construction of a new airport near the city some even built makeshift houses and moved in there but since plans for the new transport hub were finally rejected in january police have been trying to forcefully a pick off from correspondent charlotte to bed he's been following events. the standoff continues on the sunday between the police

minister is facing growing calls from inside his own party for a new approach to negotiations with catalan politicians for now the figurehead of the independence movement can sit back and enjoy his newly gained freedom in berlin . the mood there was. saturday was world health day and this year marks a significant milestone for the world health organization it's been seventy years since it was established by the united nations in the decade since the well's health organization has played a key role in eradicating diseases that once killed millions and works to promote healthier lifestyles and improve access to health care around the world but it's go . all of universal health coverage remains elusive. fighting disease with injections test tubes and pills this was the public face of the world health organization in the one nine hundred seventy s. the agency's mission was to make health care a basic human right it's great to success was stamping out smallpox polio and childhood paralysis have also been drastically reduced thanks to a worldwide program of immunization one hundred ninety four c

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program catalan separatist leader carlos pushed him on is expected to walk out of a german jail at any moment to push him on as paid bell and the public prosecutor has ordered his immediate release original court in germany has ruled it will not extradite pushed him on on charges of rebellion but the court is considering a lesser charge of misusing funds for which he could still face extradition madrid has sought his arrest for leaving an authorized independence vote in catalonia last year. well let's bring in political correspondent simon young who is following this news for us so simon it seems as if push him out is free but not entirely right well that's right so german prosecutors say that ordered his immediate release that was a bout two hours ago off to twelve days that he spent in this jail in northern germany and he's posted the seventy five thousand euro bail that they've aust of him and there are a number of other conditions the outside as far as well but he's free to go but as you said the court is still looking at this charge of misappropria

helsinki cutlass put him on his i did believe to do list a few people cities on his talk to to promote catalan independence in the german capital the former president of the spanish region was welcomed by supporters at a press conference to talk about his next steps. so that's part of my duty to take part of the british media to the personal wish not to remain silent silent or quite in a place like place. for that from the beginning i want to explain all around europe the political situation but how are you going to do for the time being put him on is not allowed to leave germany a possible extradition to spain for alleged misuse of public funds is not off the table yet put him on says he's not planning on getting in touch with german politicians while here but he hopes that being back in the spotlight might kick start fresh talks with madrid told that situation. before they look i really we are reading the impression that he got on the previous one to start with a lot when the spanish authorities for the ball is now back in muddy on what a course court the spanish prime minister is facing gro

supporters of catalan independence have been protesting in berlin demanding the sacked leader of catalonia be released from custody in germany colors purged was arrested more than a week ago now by german police he's facing extradition to spain where he is wanted for rebellion and sedition after last october's independence referendum people across germany were joined by catalan politicians at the rally in berlin they are also demanding the release of what they see as political prisoners for their crackdown on the separatist movement by madrid activists the protests are not the only people backing the former head of catalonia along the two two politicians from germany's left party went to visit him on a prison and interviewed him it seems the former catalan leader says that it's unfair to criminalize the independence movement. i'm not going you go we remember the elections twice in one place so you are confident. and you the bottle service is not. a member of the german left party says the only way to solve the standoff between catalonia madrid is through dialogue. international states and

catalans are now 12 points clear of atletico madrid, having played one game all. in two years's time, we will see the world's best battle it out for gold at the olympics. he isa it out for gold at the olympics. he is a burden‘s eye view of him in practice. —— here is a bird's eye view. that will be tough indeed. you can get all the latest sports at our website. to me, that is your wednesday sport briefing. the health of the seas that surround the uk have never been so keenly observed. and as the crusade against plastic continues, the bbc has been given rare access to the british government's science ship. it's a floating laboratory that's studying everything from the health of fish stocks and the seabed, to the amount of litter dumped off our shores. richard westcott joined the endeavour as it sailed down the east coast of england. inching out of the port on a quiet night, the £23 million floating science lab, heading down the east coast to explore one of the world's big environmental problems. what a stunning view, sunrise over a windfarm that we are not here for

of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence did in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners one of the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians who were elected by the people we can't stand for that. today i'm here because i'm old rates with everything going on just like everyone had today i want the freedom of all calm writes. since the arrests catalonians independence movement has stalled but advocates say their fight isn't over money from good this is about defending our democracy ending a policy influenced by traditional authority releasing prisoners allowing exiles to come back and resolving the political conflicts using policy and only policy because. among the jailed separatists are members of catalonia is regional government including jordi sanchez catalan lawmakers selected sanchez twice to be their new leader but both times

this is deja vu news live from berlin german prosecutors applied to have former catalan president carlos bustamante extradited to spain a separatist leader is currently imprisoned here in northern germany he's accused of rebellion in spain over catalonia a campaign for independence also coming up france has plunged into travel chaos thousands of commuters are stranded as rail workers start a series of strikes set to last for several months it's part of growing resistance to president in man woman falls plans to modernize the economy. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu does an about face on a deal with the u.n. on the relocation of african migrants and it is the world's worst humanitarian crisis after three years of war again and has been pushed to the brink of famine today the u.n. is hosting a conference to try to raise money for the millions of humanities in the help. i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us a german prosecutor is seeking the extradition of former cattle i'm president carlos bustamante to spain first of march currently in jail in northern germany he was

elsewhere former catalan president carlos push them all says he plans to live in berlin while the courts consider a spanish extradition request against him he was speaking at a news conference here in the german capital a day after being freed on bail from a prison in northern germany a state court there were fused to send him back to spain to face charges of rebellion but the court me agreed to extradite him on the lesser charge of misuse of funds. reporter charlotte was at the press conference in berlin and joins us now in the studio charlotte welcome you were there can you tell us what the press conference was like i was as it is a very modest venue where the press conference was held it was a community center in an area but and it's a very suburban it's a rather strange stage for the latest twist in this very dramatic as catalan independence movement. was in relatively good spirits i he made very clear that what he planned to do was to remain in gemini of the course of the legal proceedings that he faces here in germany that of course is legally required what he did say though is tha

now on sunday hundreds of supporters of the former catalan president marched through berlin demanding his release his push to mars was arrested in germany last week and faces extradition to spain on rebellion charges protesters are making comparisons between attempts to extradite him with what happened to another catalan leader nearly eighty years ago david schaper reports from barcelona. but my right is on our side the people are behind us we will win the words of luis companies the catalan president in one thousand nine hundred thirty seven they turned out to be tragically wrong in general francisco franco's fascist forces overthrew the republican government two years later at a terrible cost in human lives it was a foretaste of what was to come for the rest of europe in the second world war the catalan president escaped into exile in france but the german police from the gestapo arrested him and he was handed over to franco companies was kept in the dungeons of the seventeenth century castle of monk jewett in the hills above barcelona this simple monument marks the spot where he wa

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program catalan separatist leader carlos pushed him on has walked out of a german jail pushed among posted bail and the public prosecutor ordered his immediate release a regional court in germany has pulled it will not extradite pushed him on on charges of rebellion but the court is considering a lesser charge of misusing funds for which he could still face extradition. and here is what carlos pushed him on said to reporters on release just a few minutes ago have a listen. i could force beat even if you had to really for all of my colleagues still in the span of three feet a shade for europe to have reason. to go through russia in europe young people to achieve faced off the few both fit nation of ours feast and human rights that kind of received easy and free speech. so for more on this let's bring in our correspondent simon young who has been following all of this from the very beginning so simon him saying they're in europe having political prisoners does he have a point what do you make of the speech that he just gave yeah a defiant his push the mom

elsewhere former catalan president carlos push demand says that he plans to live in berlin while the courts consider a spanish extradition request against him he was speaking at a news conference here in the german capital a day after being freed on bail from a prison in northern germany a state court there refused to send him back to spain to face charges of rebellion but the court may greta extradite him on the lesser charge of misuse of funds. and correspondent charlotte charleston pill was at the press conference in berlin and have this to say. use the press conference to say very clearly that he respects the gemini legal process he said that he plans to stay in gemini as is legally required but specifically he plans to stay in lynn while the legal process here plays out he said off that he plans to return to belgium where he's been in exile since late last year now he said he wants to use his time here and by then to do what he's been doing up until now which is defend what he says is a legitimate independence movement let's have a have a quick listen. do you think the rest of t

the words of luis companies the catalan president in one thousand nine hundred thirty seven they turned out to be tragically wrong general francisco franco's fascist forces overthrew the republican government two years later at a terrible cost in human lives. it was a foretaste of what was to come for the rest of europe in the second world war the catalan president escaped into exile in france but the german police when the gestapo arrested him and he was handed over to franco companies was kept in the dungeons of the seventeenth century castle of monk jewett in the hills above barcelona this simple monument marks the spot where he was executed by firing squad in one nine hundred forty he refused a blindfold and removed his shoes so he could feel the soil of catalonia for the last time. last year colors pushed him on visited to pay tribute but some historians say no comparison can be made between the two leaders to make easy analogies there are obvious rhythm. but to make easy analogies is very difficult because it really is not the same thing but the charge that history is repeating it