[speaking spanish] reporter: but catalonia pot reopening is not without its limits. cinemas and theaters are allowed to open their doors but halls can only be filled to 50% capacity. there is a 30% limit on indoor dining and drinking and a 10:00 p.m. till 6 a.m. curfew will remain in place, a painful blowed to owners desperate to make up for lost profits. >> [speaking spanish] reporter: spain's progressive easing of restrictions is taking place against a backdrop of the second-highest coronavirus tally in europe after france. the country has registered over a million covid cases but infections over the last 14 days have dropped to 400 90 new cases per 100,000. charli: the united kingdom's nationwide lockdown will end on december 2 as promised. that's the word from british prime minister, boris johnson, who said infection rat have dropped. he did announce some new measures to replace the lockdown. >> let's be clear, the prime minister gave us a message today of hope but also pepped with caution, certainly. the hard truth is we are not there yet, he said. there is ligh

as spanish judge has dropped his accusations that russia played a key role in catalonia political crisis by offering military support to separatists the official had claimed the mosque a pledge to provide the region's president with 10000 soldiers in 2017 to fight the catalan independence. my. media reports are incomplete you need to add 2 zeros to the number of soldiers. i. might just be pietrusza doraine german syndrome how would russia transport $10000.00 troops to spain and why would moscow want to do this to kidnap messi the claim that russia offered $10000.00 troops to catalonia to support his independence from spain is truly insane in the implausible sense. 2 pathetic her words and the battalion of much russia could all see. well those are the headlines here on r.t. international this morning and join us again in 30 minutes for the latest. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle american media greed nearly in lockstep ovoid to practice journalism again ideology trumps common sense reality and after the election how many voters will say not

in other regions of spain, like catalonia in the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days, perhaps even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent. spain's 17 regional governments decide autonomously on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid in the confusion and help all those affected. and also, we're not receiving any direct aid. and politicians need to stop passing the buck the government has a responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of our sector. the government in madrid says it's working on a solution, but the people here say it's anybody's guess what that might look like. well, another side of the pandemic is that people shopping habits have changed the cosmetics industry in france. for example, nobody sells around 40000000000 euros worth of products every year, but who needs expensive makeup on their face mask? it's a truth that no amount of cosmetics can cover up. customers and friends have been changing their purchasing habits since the coronavirus pand

in other regions of spain, like catalonia and the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days and maybe even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent in spain, the 17 regional governments decide autonomous lead on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid and the confusion and help all those affected ok. got it that we're not initiating any direct aid and politicians need to stop passing. the buck on the central government has an important responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of the sector. the government says it's working on a solution, but it's anybody's guess what that might look like. and another side of the pandemic people's shopping habits changed. the cosmetics industry in france normally sells around $40000000000.00 euros worth of products every year, but when it is expensive, make up under a face mask. not surprisingly, lipstick sent off a cosmetics are in low demand. is that soap is selling like hotcakes. it's a truth, but no amount of cosmetics can cover

it's a genuine relief that restaurants can reopen here in catalonia, for patrons and staff alike. even if things aren't yet quite back to normal. and we've reopened with 4 cooks usually have a team of 16 people, but 12 are unemployed because there's no tourism because of the schedules because of everything, we can't take them all back. but while are we reopened and we're almost back to normal. 'd but as a living, being able to go out with your family is good and we're happy to be able to go out more after being locked down without being able to do anything. it's better like this catalonian restaurant still have to limit how many people can dine inside. plus they have to close by 9 30 pm. and the still the fear of future shutdowns. cases here continue to rise so much slower than when these venues 1st had to shut their doors in october. with britain and the e.u. still divided over their future trade relationship. businesses in the united kingdom are gearing up for a major disruption in case the 2 sides failed to reach a trade deal. expecting holdups of the port of dover authorities

it's a genuine relief that restaurants can reopen earing catalonia, for patrons and staff alike.even if things aren't yet quite back to normal. but we've reopened with 4 cooks usually have a team of 16 people, but 12 are unemployed because there's no tourism because of the schedules because of everything, we can't take them all back. but while are we reopened and we're almost back to normal but as being able to go out with your family is good and we're happy to be able to go out more after being locked down without being able to do anything. it's better like this. catalonian restaurants still have to limit how many people can dine inside. plus they have to close by 9 30 pm. and the still the fear of future shutdowns. cases here continue to rise so much slower than when these venues 1st had to shut their doors in october. with britain and the e.u. still divided over their future trade relationship. businesses in the united kingdom are gearing up for a major disruption in case the 2 sides failed to reach a trade deal. expecting holdups at the port of dover authorities have ordered

for weavers in catalonia, it meant losing their livelihoods, but with a dollar, they found hope for the future. they were the heat. this miniature dog has become a symbol of hope and resilience for the people of gaza, who survived a devastating bellew's that hit the state in 2018. and each one is made by hand from hand that were drenched beyond repair in the flood waters. when they looked the fabric, you just go to nature and cleaned it still had stains and so on. and i could see that it does a lot of those days because they had a way you going could see stains. i mean, they really had this in august 2018, dystrophic flooding that cost more than $400.00 people, their lives and $5000000.00 their homes and livelihoods the wii version of the traditional honeymoon, capital of gender among them suffered damages that were a cemented to be around $150000000.00 rupees. a close to $1700000.00 euros. it left me all the equipment was destroyed. they were broken to the point to be felt there was no way we could salvage them. i was the one who would i have fostered. i saw the die a condition. i did

in other regions of spain, like catalonia in the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days, perhaps even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent in spain, 17, regional governments decide autonomously on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid and the confusion and help all those affected by knocking off. we are not receiving any direct aid, and politicians need to stop passing the buck. all the government has a responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of our sector. the government in madrid says it's working on a solution, but the people here say it's anybody's guess what that might look like. and it's not just the spanish tourism 6, feeling the pinch as a delay and he now joins me in frankfurt itself. see the to agree, the world's leading till recent group actually said it may have to sell hotels and other assets to stay afloat. that sounds very dramatic. it is very dramatic for tyria. they're fighting themselves once again. quite close to the brink too. he has

say something i couldn't danger people a lot abdel-hamid is monitoring developments in armenia as catalonia a van where people have been voicing their anger outside parliament. you had just people coming in voicing how upset they were. to be spoken to some of the displaced who had escaped in other areas in the over the past 6 to 6 weeks and they told us that they felt betrayed by this deal that how did the prime minister accept such an agreement without consulting with the people you know it came as a surprise it was midnight or van time i mean your time rather and people just this news spread like wildfire but they was no indication that the prime minister was heading towards that oh you do get that sense of anger and also a sense of sadness a sense of loss probably does sense of loss that is today restored. and is has been transferred to armenia those who support still prime minister. say that they want to hear more from him they want to know why he did that why after 6 weeks of fighting with such a big loss of human life at least 1200 soldiers why did at this point did he decide that it

and bars and restaurants in catalonia in north—east spain are reopening after a month—long lockdown. fresh virus surge. the night curfew from 10pm remains in place. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: what's it like for an asian actor in hollywood ? as part of the bbc‘s 100 women series, we talk to michelle yeoh about what's changed, and what hasn't. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself into police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused m

in other regions of spain like catalonia in the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days, perhaps even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent. spain's 17 regional governments decide autonomously on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid in the confusion and help all those affected by knocking off. we're not receiving any direct aid, and politicians need to start passing the buck to the government has a responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of our sector. now the government in madrid says it's working on a solution, but the people here say it's anybody's guess what that might look like. now some of the other business stories making the news. the euro zone economy grew almost 13 percent in the 3rd quarter, according to easter to stix, office eurostar, as the block bounced back from the depths of the 1st coronavirus lock down. analysts warn, however, that the 19 countries using the euro are likely to see g.d.p. contracts again in response to renewed lockdown

in other regions of spain, like catalonia in the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days, perhaps even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent. spain's 17 regional governments decide autonomously on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid in the confusion and help all those affected. and also we are not receiving any direct aid . and politicians need to stop passing, the buck to the government has a responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of our sector. the government in madrid says it's working on a solution, but the people here say it's anybody's guess what that might look like. well, another side of the pandemic is that people shopping habits have changed. the cosmetics industry in france, for example, normally sells around 40000000000 euros worth of product every year. but who needs expensive makeup under a face mask? it's a truth that no amount of cosmetics can cover up. customers and friends have been changing their purchasing habits since the coronaviru

in other regions of spain, like catalonia in the northeast bars and restaurants have to shut down completely for 10 days, perhaps even longer. everyone here is afraid that the new situation will set a precedent. spain's 17 regional governments decide autonomously on pandemic measures. the protesters are demanding the central government in madrid, end the confusion, and help all those affected. we are not receiving any direct aid, and politicians need to stop passing. the buck government has a responsibility to help put together a national financial bailout of our sector. now the government in madrid says it's working on a solution, but the people here say it's anybody's guess what that might look like. now some of the other business stories making the news, the euro zone economy grew almost 13 percent in the 3rd quarter, according to easter to stix, office eurostar, as the block bounced back from the depths of the 1st coronavirus lock down. analysts warn, however, that the 19 countries using the euro are likely to see g.d.p. contracts again in response to renewed lockdown measures. the g 20