catalonia wants. of the name of catalonia when i say everything. 47% of the people voted for independency. it's not even half the population. minister, give them the authorised vote, which madrid will sanction, and then let's see. and if you're right, then of course, the secession will not happen. do you think in a country like spain we have to obey the sentences of the constitutional court? do you think we have to be the sentences of the constitutional court in a country who ranks among the 20 full democracies in the world? yes? but in this case, we can do it, but in the framework of a constitutional change. you said yourself, quoting you from the financial times three months ago, "the secessionists have successfully revived the black legend," as you called it, tying spain to the repression of franco, even the spanish inquisition back in history. you said, "we are losing the information war." in this sort of conversation today, do you think you are winning the information war? i am not fighting again

catalonia unilaterally declared --ependence prompting madrid leader is still living in belgium. socialist prime minister took power from the conservative has taken a softer approach to the issue. he still stands firmly against allowing the referendum to secede. -- catalonian's are deeply divided. 45% wanted to remain part of spain. >> hungarian prime minister viktor orban w will face a challenge from european lawmakers. a as aver what they see populist threat to the founding values of the european union. he plans on delivering a frank defense before the european parliament. they will decide whether it to start steps that will lead to political sanctions against hungry. -- against hungary. take a look skyward where the northern lights seen dancing over the arctic circle for several hours. the beautiful auroras could be seen above finland. one photographer said it was the best display of aurora borealis for what will be a good season of over watching -- a good season of aurora watching. while it is known as over a borealis, itaurora is the southern lights in the southern hemispher

tony shanae sells fruit and vegetables in tata goanna in southern catalonia. the decoration in front of his small shop makes clear which side he supports he's received a threatening letter. from people claiming to be neighbors. if he doesn't remove his separatist symbols they say they'll boycott his shop. and i want to comment on that other distributors calderwood gone through the same thing and they told me not to worry it's going to sell even more from now on as the customers would want to show their solidarity a lot more thought with only that he that and just as they said business has improved all in all it seems the pro independence camp has the upper hand. it's evening again in catalonia another group is preparing to get to work this time it's those tying up their weapons unlike the cleaning brigade they don't operate in secret they don't fear repression at work or from their neighbors. if something tying up ribbons is the same as cutting them down that's not true tying them up is a form of protest cutting them down is taking away people's right to prote

to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region how the referendum on breaking away from spain this was the scene in barcelona a few weeks ago a pro independence rally drew nearly a million people they called on spanish officials to release jailed lawmakers who were put behind bars for holding the illegal referendum last october well today catalonia is as divided as ever and these yellow ribbons are proof separatists are putting them up in cities and towns across catalonia as a symbol of their drive for freedom for opponents to ribbons are a sign of the growing threat to spain's unity it is a conflict that spilled into the streets and both sides are seeing red. night has fallen have a small group is gathering to discuss tactics nobody wants to be identified the leader even asks us to distort his voice you never know. if you could reverse we're going to stay in the cars and check things out well do our work as usual and the drivers will pick us up and we're out of here. ok. yo

will of course this is an annual event the d r the catalonia national day but it's the first since the referendum last year which was so controversial which was ruled illegal and eventually which saw a dependence declared and then many of these regions political leaders put in jail that's something that the demonstrators are calling for their release now prime minister pages such as says that he is willing to offer this region greater autonomy but for many people demonstrating here today that's simply not enough yet is more amazing than we have to reaffirm our because very bad things are happening to us we have political prisoners some people say they are not but the install and the when they have used you know that we have to win our freedom they will give it to us i don't trust anything from prime minister sanchez or any spanish government present or future catalonia as regional president kim thora has made it clear that he intends to carry on the work of his predecessor colors which them all who's still in exile in belgium and that's pushing for the implementation of that referendum

catalonia failed bid to break away from spain last year. authorities in the southeastern united states are warning people to brace for devastation as hurricane florence heads towards the region they're calling the storm a monster the governor of north carolina says it will be like nothing the state has ever seen before and he urged people to follow orders to evacuate residents of coastal areas in south carolina and virginia are also being told to leave immediately. i think never hear. the rhythm. a scramble to prepare before the storm hits. hurricane florence is expected to make landfall on thursday with torrential rains and winds of more than two hundred kilometers per hour. we are planning for devastation this is not a i like storm this is not a glancing blow this is a category four category five storm or the hurricane is massive eight hundred kilometers in diameter this when the plane counted it size as it flew through the storms i. saw one million people have now been ordered to evacuate coastal communities. most of taking the advice se

tony send a sells fruit and vegetables in tata goanna in southern catalonia. the decoration in front of his small shop makes clear which side he supports he's received a threatening letter. from people claiming to be neighbors. if he doesn't remove his separatists symbols they say they'll boycott his shop. we're going to a bit of common ground and other distributors calderwood gone through the same thing and they told me not to worry it will be as good i'd sell even more from now on as the customers would want to show their solidarity a lot more thought is the only that you have. and just as they said business has improved all in all it seems the pro independence camp has the upper hand. it's evening again in catalonia another group is preparing to get to work this time it's those time up the ravens unlike the cleaning brigade they don't operate in secret they don't fear repression at work or from their neighbors. the fifty something tying up ribbons is the same as cutting them down that's not true tying them up is a form of protest cutting them down is taking

the scenes are reminiscent of one year ago pro independence protesters clashing with police catalonia may have voted for independence but it's failed to materialize and the issue remains as divisive as ever protesters who supports the session have come out in their thousands. so have people on the other side of the independence divide brief skirmishes broke out in a rally in barcelona on saturday and those one on and off. we will continue to fight for independence despite the many difficulties we'll do it day by day in the hunt we will continue to defend the folks we held on the first of october and remind people that fascism still exists in spain. last year carlos preached dimanche the catalan leader at the time pressed ahead with the vote despite being declared illegal by spain's constitutional court on the day of the referendum spanish riot police stormed polling stations across the region and clamped down on protesters hundreds of people were injured the violent crackdown brought international condemnation the cattle an assembly officially declared independence on october twenty s

in barcelona, a wave of pro—independence demonstrations are expected during the national day of cataloniae diada, amid the region's continuing tensions with spain. tensions there are a pretty high steel. —— are pretty high steel. —— are pretty high still. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, coming up in your tuesday sport

for regional separatist leaders to be freed from jail currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia failed bid to break away from madrid last year. hungary's prime minister has been at the european parliament in strasburg defending his populist government ahead a vote to impose sanctions against that viktor orbán accuse the european parliament of blackmailing his country over its immigration policies described the report detailing breaches of the rule of law as an insult there are also concerns about the independence of hungary's courts and the rise of corruption the parliament votes tomorrow if it decides in favor of sanctions hungary could lose its e.u. voting rights. and mr obama did not hold back here is what some choice words for european lawmakers make sure you don't know personally have watched and i've come here today because you're not going to condemn just the government but our nation as well that we're going to denounce hungary that's been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years. if you're going to denounce hungary that contributed to th

today earlier on in barcelona protests as police use force against pro independence demonstrators in catalonia just two days before the first anniversary of the region's independence referendum. and after the emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump orders an f.b.i. investigation now into claims of sexual assault leveled that his supreme court nominee. even for me kevin zero in this is out international thanks for being with us this weekend first then russia's foreign minister wrapping up his participation of the u.n. general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles for trying to report from new york. the number of western states the seeking to preserve the self-proclaimed status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a. multipolar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force subject to these lead to devaluation of international law surrogate

used force rather against pro independence demonstrators in catalonia just two days before the first anniversary of the region's independence referendum. and coming up to that emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump orders an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled at the supreme court nominee. watching out international live from moscow with me kevin zero in thirty minutes of news coming up for you this saturday afternoon starting with this russia's foreign minister wrapping up his participation at the un general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy so he condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization of its principles reports from new york. the number of western states is seeking to preserve this proclaimed status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force so objectivity is lead to devaluation of international law serg

pendants from spain the protests is time to market catalonia as national day protesters are also callingfor regional separatist leaders to be freed from prison they're currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia has failed bid to break away from madrid last year. the people of ghana are paying their final respects to former u.n. secretary general kofi anon his coffin is lying in state in the capital that nobel peace laureate who grew up in ghana will be given a state funeral on saturday he died in switzerland last month at the age of eight. well tonight hungary's prime minister viktor orban is accusing the european union of trying to blackmail his country over its treatment of migrants the european parliament is debating whether or not to sink should hungary for what it calls the erosion of the rule of law if two thirds of lawmakers agree they could strip hungry of its voting rights that would be an unprecedented move here in your. the hungry and prime minister took the initiative he travelled to strasbourg to in his own words defend hungary. i have come here today because you'r

and obviously it ties in with brexit as well, the whole run for independence in catalonia is somethinge. but within the story it says recent polls show that a split is actually closer than what it was previously. it is very tight as to what catalonian ‘s would vote for, whether they would vote for independence. at this rally obviously it ties in with a number of different areas, and of course, those catalonian protesters are saying they want the people who have been arrested released as well, so there is a lot going on. this is interesting. big business are calling for northern ireland to change the law over same—sex marriage. there are a lot of issues at play here, but their argument is that they can't attract and retain staff to work for them in northern ireland because they can't ring their partners here. and what this saysis their partners here. and what this says is it is not necessarily people within northern ireland. it is companies who have a lot of businesses there trying to get some of the talent from other areas to come and work in northern ireland, and the question they are

will of course this is an annual event the d r the catalonia national day but it's the first since thereferendum last year which was so controversial which was ruled illegal and eventually which saw a dependence declared and then many of these regions political leaders put in jail that's something that the demonstrators are calling for their release now prime minister. says that he is willing to offer this region greater autonomy but for many people demonstrating here today that simply not enough yet his mormonism we have to reaffirm our because very bad things are happening to us we have political prisoners some people say they are not but the ins will know when you have used you know that we have to win our freedom they will give it to us i don't trust anything from prime minister sanchez or any spanish government present or future cuts alone years regional president kim thora has made it clear that he intends to carry on the work of his predecessor colors push them all who's still in exile in belgium and that's pushing for the implementation of that referendum going for independence

us i don't trust anything from prime minister sanchez or any spanish government present or future catalonia is regional president kim toro has made it clear that he intends to carry on the work of his predecessor colors which the man who's still in exile in belgium and that's pushing for the implementation of that referendum going for independence something that everyone here wants to see happen now there has been dialogue between president torah and spain socialist prime minister sanchez but the regional president has made it clear that the starting point for any real dialogue needs to be what he calls the total exoneration and the release of what people here call their political prisoners but their trials could start as soon as early early in october so the political battle over the future of this region certainly is not over to the head on al jazeera. they are more israelis than the israelis they are more settlers than the sudden there's any palestinian say they'll continue to seek justice at the international criminal court despite u.s. threats but i'm wayne hay on the banks of the meko

around one million people have taken to the streets of barcelona to demand independence -- cataloniandependence from spain. protesters are also calling for regional separatist leaders to be freed from prison. they are currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia's failed bid to break away from madrid last year. tonight, hungary's prime minister viktor orban is accusing the european union of trying to blackmail his country over its treatment of migrants. the european parliament is debating whether or not to sanction hungary for what it calls the erosion of the rule of law. if two thirds of lawmakers agree, they could strip hungary of its voting rights. that would be an unprecedented move here in europe. reporter: the hungarian prime minister took the initiative. he traveled to strasburg to, in his own words, defend hungary. >> i have come here today because you're not going to condemn just the government, but a nation as well. you are going to denounce hungary, that has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years. reporter: is the entire nati

catalonia has one year anniversary of its independence vote is looming and clashes have erupted in barcelona as a pro independence protest turned violent on saturday at least twenty four people have been injured and six arrests were made. riot police used force to push back a crowd as protesters responded by throwing paint and powder demonstrators started to gather on friday night to counter protest another group marching in support of the security forces and monday marks one year since the separatist regions controversial referendum on independence from spain which sparked the worst political crisis in the country in decades madrid declared the vote illegal and the national police and civil guard were heavily criticized for a violent crackdown on catalonia in two thousand and seventeen journalist martin roberts in madrid believes tensions have not faded one year on. when push came to shove last year pro independence politicians in the parliament unilaterally declared independence the international community either rejected the us or ignored it completely so that's one thing you have the leg

the journey logs say calves are arriving in catalonia and, according to the paperwork, this is where a control post run by a company called vilotta. the owner will not be interviewed but is happy to take a call from me. the cattle from scotland that arrives here, or at vilotta, what is happening to those cattle? it is for fattening? all of them? thank you for your time, i appreciate that. so, all of the cattle from scotland are coming here for fattening and fattening only, he says, before slaughter. the age they are when they arrive here is three weeks of age. spain has a huge agricultural economy, yet it doesn't have enough beef. we have too much. but why must the animals be brought here alive? i travelled to madrid to meet the man who tells me the answer is in the profits to be made along the supply chain. what happens is that we have economic interests in the middle. we have the meat industry, we have transport companies, we have importers and we have exporters. and everyone is taking money in this business. for animal rights campaigners like alberto diaz, any welfare abuse is a b

the vast majority stay in spain, in catalonia, for two months, two and a half months, and afterwardsgeneral market of cows. and in the general market, that is the middle east and north africa. and in my opinion that is where the real horrible animal abuse situation starts. this is what happens once the cattle leave spain. shipped to north africa, where they will be taken straight to a slaughterhouse. can we be 100% sure that scottish cattle end up like that? no. but can we be 100% sure that they don't end up like that? equally, no. because this is a massive part of the meat industry here in spain. is it acceptable to say, once an animal leaves our borders, once an animal leaves what we can control, it is ok? i'm not sure if i would say it is acceptable. i think it is the real world at the moment. and we would obviously prefer to be able to control everything but i think we have to be realistic. so if acceptable means, do we reluctantly accept it, then the answer is yes. the south—west of scotland is key to all of this. not only is it at the heart of the dairy trade, but it also has t

independence demonstrators in catalonia just two days before the first anniversary of the region's independence referendum. charge committee hearing donald trump old as an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled at his supreme court nominee. it's midnight in moscow sunday the thirtieth of september. welcome to world news this hour first for you russia's foreign minister wrapped up his participation at the un general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles trying to reports from new york. so a number of western states are seeking to preserve the status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force such activities lead to devaluation of international law sergey lavrov saved all here in russia had to say to the rest of the world for his final day in new york the foreign minister kept hi

protests take over barcelona wrist police use force against independence demonstrators in catalonia just two days before the first anniversary of the region's independence referendum. and offer an emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump olders an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault level that his supremes court nominee. saturday night at nine here in moscow is calling right with you would ask you with your news this hour thanks for checking in first off russia's foreign minister wrapped up his participation of the un general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy so again of rauf condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles to trying to reports from new york. the number of western states the seeking to preserve this proclaimed states is global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force so objectivity is lead to devaluat

a mass rallies being planned in catalonia on tuesday for a binding referendum on independence from spain thousands of people have been on the streets for the sounds of celebrations to mark the region's national day is there a year since catalonia sparked a constitutional crisis in spain but voting for independence in a non-binding referendum the central government has refused to accept that result. to same out the seventeenth anniversary of the september eleventh attacks at the world trade center site in new york rebuilding continues but work to replace a greek orthodox church that was crushed by the attacks has been suspended after the project hit financial problems gabriel elizondo reports from new york. it was an unassuming structure that for more than eighty years was home to the st nicholas greek orthodox church in new york and for decades it stood in the shadows of the world trade towers until september eleventh two thousand and one when the towers fell the debris crushed the church. frozen. lies. in. st nicholas was the only place of worship destroyed on nine eleven well the whole

day, the first such event since separatist politicians were thwarted in their attempt to declare cataloniat was ruled illegal by the spanish constitutional court. and a court in peru has given a second life is —— a second life sentence to the shining path group, abimael guzman, found will give orchestrating a bomb attack which killed 25 people in lima in 1992. nine otherformer maoist killed 25 people in lima in 1992. nine other former maoist leaders we re nine other former maoist leaders were given life sentence is. nearly 17 -- were given life sentence is. nearly 17 —— is nearly 70,000 bruneians died in the insurgency that lasted two decades, launched by shining path. —— peruvians. ten yea rs ten years ago this week, the financial services firm lehman brothers collapsed, triggering a chain of events that pushed the global economy to the brink. 0ver the next few days, we will look at what has changed in that decade and what has changed in that decade and what lessons have been learned since, if any. ithink what lessons have been learned since, if any. i think this system asa since, if any.

the streets of barcelona to demand cattle on independence from spain to protest his time to mark catalonia as national day protesters are also calling for regional separatist leaders to be freed from prison they're currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia has failed bid to break away from madrid last year. with tonight hungary's prime minister viktor orban is accusing the european union of trying to blackmail his country over its treatment of migrants the european parliament is debating whether or not just saying hungary for what it calls the erosion of the rule of law if two thirds of lawmakers agree they could strip hungary of its voting rights that would be an unprecedented move here in. the hunt area and prime minister took the initiative he travelled to strasbourg to in his own words defend hungary make sure you don't a person may have. come here today because you're not going to contend just the government but a nation as well. you are going to denounce hungry has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years get a fifteen year old girl fo

catalonia as one year anniversary of his independence vote is looming clash is just a few hours ago big ones are up to the slogan or as a pro independence protests turned violent this sort of a lunchtime in the pictures. much i was i. thank. you i was hoping on some of the pictures here right please can be see you using what looks like forced to push back crowds as protesters responded by throwing paint and powder those demonstrators started gathering on friday night to counter protest another group marching in support of the security forces monday as a major just marks one year since the separatist regions controversial referendum on independence from spain which sparked the worst political crisis in the country in decades declared that vote illegal of course on the national police and civil guard were heavily criticized for violent crackdown in catalonia twenty seven tailless up speed on world where we are here on talk to a space based journalist martin roberts there martin thanks premier this seems a recent poll. suggests that the region seven point five million residents are roughly

gowdy had long since become a national hero in catalonia the government wanted to bury him in the crypt of his then unfinished change with the pope's consent gandhi was laid to rest in the cathedral to which he had devoted the last forty three years of his working life. godi and his work are inseparable from barcelona his whole life was spent within the city boundaries he studied there lived there and what's more developed his unique form of architecture than. almost all his buildings are to be found within the catalan capital and can easily be visited in one afternoon. for the last two decades of his life goudie lived in this park the park well one of his masterpieces here he was able to put all his imagination into architecture for the first time. nature was his source of inspiration he wanted to penetrate her mysteries and capture her force and in a strength his viaducts of costly hewn stone with slanting supports could be the work of nature herself. pillars rising out of the earth and reaching up towards the roof like tree trunks with stone by. a clump of trees supporting a vault in

national day" and to demand catalonia's independence from spain. last october, the spanish government seized control of catalonia after its leaders held a banned independence referendum. in the horn of africa, ethiopia and eritrea have reopened the border after 20 years, following the two countries' signing of a historic peace deal in july to . hundreds of people have gathered at the two reopened border .rossings this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from san francisco, the site of this week's global climate action summit. we begin today's show behind the scenes of california's raging climate-fueled wildfires, with the hidden men and women on the frontlines of the state's ever-growing fire season -- prisoner firefighters. of the 13,000 firefighters battling blazes s across california, , more than 2500 are incarcerateded. while salaried firefighthters en an annual mean wage of $74,000 a year plus benefits, prisoners earn $1 dollar per hour when fighting active fires. according to som

to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region.

to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region how the.

impressive display of program dependence feeling and recent opinion polls suggest more people in catalonia back a split from spain than oppose it but a significant number don't fall into either camp what came to arrive here realize is as mentioning more and more as not only that the independence itself or there but the right to have the referendum i mean that he has a why there support because there's more people saying we want to be able to vote on that regardless whether we will vote even if it's a no that's an idea rejected by the main opposition in the catalan regional parliament. you say the celebrations of the hijackers and us my eyes we will never accept that this can't be at the other for all cattle lands a day when all of us catalans can celebrate together we want to give a voice to the millions who are not out on the streets that. night the first trials of the leaders currently in jail are expected to start by the end of the year they could prove another flash point to the ongoing battle for the future of catalonia didn't bother al-jazeera bosler. hundreds of people have been pay

a mass rally is being planned in catalonia on tuesday for a binding referendum on independence from spain thousands of people have been on the streets for the sounds of celebrations to mark the region's national day is there a year since catalonia spot a constitutional crisis in spain but voting for independence in a non-binding referendum the central government has refused to accept that result. to same as the seventeenth anniversary of the september eleventh attacks at the world trade center site in new york rebuilding continues but work to replace a greek orthodox church that was crushed by the attacks has been suspended after the project hit financial problems gabriel elizondo reports from new york. it was an unassuming structure that for more than eighty years was home to the st nicholas greek orthodox church in new york and for decades it stood in the shadows of the world trade towers until september eleventh two thousand and one when the towers fell the debris crushed the church. frozen.

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to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region held a referendum on breaking away from space this was the scene in barcelona a few weeks ago a pro independence rally drew nearly a million people they called.

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to it is great to have you with us europe is facing difficult times the independence movement in catalonia is picking up steam again nearly a year after the region how the referendum on breaking away from spain this was the scene in barcelona a few weeks ago a pro independence rally drew nearly a million people they called on spending.

regional separatist leaders to be freed from jail they're currently awaiting trial for their part in catalonia has failed bid to break away from madrid last year. the people of ghana are paying their final respects to former u.n. secretary general kofi anon his coffin is lying in state in the capital. the nobel peace laureate who grew up in guyana will be given a state funeral on thursday he died in switzerland last month at the age of eighty . or russia has begun its biggest military exercises since the end of the cold war hundreds of thousands of russian troops have been joined in eastern siberia by soldiers from china and mongolia nato says the exercises show that russia is preparing for a large scale conflict military equipment from all over the country deploys for the largest rail since the fall of the soviet union a demonstration of military strength the likes of which has never been seen before in the russian federation according to the defense ministry three hundred thousand soldiers are involved that's a third of the country's troops thirty six thousand military vehicles and tanks are