on october 1, 2017 , a referendum on independence was held in catalonia, an autonomous region of spain. this brought one of the leading european powers to the brink of split. catalonia has its own language, culture and traditions, and economically it is the most developed region of the country. both nationalists and separatists stated that quote: there is nothing to feed madrid. spain has 17. autonomous regions, but the state is unitary and holding such referendums is not allowed under the constitution, however, the litat is the government of catalonia and its head, carles puig, nevertheless put the question to a vote: do you want catalonia to be an independent state in the form of a republic. more than 90% of the participants voted in favor, but the central government declared the referendum illegal and sent the litat into resignation. it did not obey, but nevertheless declared independence, then madrid introduced. it had to emigrate, then self-government was restored, but the situation remains unstable, supporters of separation still count on victory. this is what this day in history

catalonia has its own language, culture, traditions, and economically it is the most developed regioncountry. and the nationalist separatists declared that, quote: there is nothing to feed madrid. there are 17 autonomous regions in spain, but the state is unitary, and such referendums are not allowed under the constitution. however, it is not a relitate, it is the government of catalonia and its head, carles puigdemont, who nevertheless put it to a vote question: do you want catalonia to be an independent state in the form of a republic? more than 90% of the participants voted in favor, but the central government declared the referendum illegal. he had to emigrate, then self-government was restored, but the situation remains unstable, supporters of separation still count on victory. this is what this day in history was like. we will take on this case, it will be an honest detective story. it is clear to everyone that russia is not a country of gas stations, russian digital solutions can be brought to new heights, there are prospects, even more brutal, yes, ours are more brutal, there

country, the heavy rain spreading towards andalusia, and also up northwards, into the northeast to cataloniareas, and the authorities have issued those alerts — obviously they want to be extra cautious, given what's just happened. the hope is that the really heavy rain will stay away from the valencia region, but as we heard earlier, the prime minister has warned that this weather event has not yet finished. , , ., ~ this weather event has not yet finished. , , . ~' , ., , finished. guy, thank you very much for _ finished. guy, thank you very much for the _ finished. guy, thank you very much for the moment. - let's speak to julianne stockport, a volunteer at an animal sanctuary in carlet, valencia, which has been damaged and flooded. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme._ sol thank you for coming on the i programme._ so talk programme. thank you. so talk us through _ programme. thank you. so talk us through what _ programme. thank you. so talk us through what weather - programme. thank you. so talk us through wha

standard animal farm in 1984 and are familiar with some of his essays or his books like homage to cataloniacome in having read maybe one, maybe both of animal farm, 1984, in school, in middle school or high school, probably like most people, you know, they're their knowledge is, you know, not an excessive familiarity. and one that comes from a classroom context. but by the time they leave, they're all orwell experts. they read seven book length works. they've read several essays. and they could tell you why the word orwellian as it's commonly deployed is frequently misused. the term thought police also very commonly deployed. what does that mean in today's context? i think in today's context. it's the idea that there is a kind of censorship at within broader society, and that is how orwell was using in 1984. the police are are policing not only what you say aloud but what you think. and orwell talks about the danger of dreaming, particularly if you have children who he says are likely rat you out. as someone with children, i can sympathize with that. but this idea that you could have no pri

we're going to be going live to barcelona, to catalonia.to the america's cup. that's >> join me. camilla tominey this sunday when i interview one of the most significant political figures of our era , boris figures of our era, boris johnson. nothing will be off limits as we discuss his autobiography, unleashed and everything in it. >> i failed to avert megxit, but i did deliver brexit and i'm very , very happy to be on very, very happy to be on camilla tominey show. boris johnson on gb news, the people's channel. britain's news channel that's the camilla tominey show on sunday at 9:30 am. and again at 6 pm. >> all right, let's have a look at all the sport for you with paul weir sailing away. paul ? paul weir sailing away. paul? >> yes. ahoy there. ahoy there. well, after what we. after. after what we did yesterday, we went through all the sailing terms, didn't we? yeah. and the amount of it and a huge amount of sailing terms that are used in everyday language. and i swear this is true. i was out with a dog yesterday and a gentleman came up

heavy rain in other parts of southern spain, spreading towardsance lucia and north east spain in cataloniathink people are wondering if the authorities are being extra cautious about this because of what has happened, but there are those alerts, in some other areas, of spain, because of the expected weather. guy, thank you very much for talking us through the latest there, across spain. just to remind you we had that news through from the afp news agency saying the latest number they have, according to rescuers of people killed is now 158. so that number of people known to have been killed increasing throughout the morning and the afternoon there, and of course many will remain missing, as rescue effort continue. we will have the latest from spain a little later. we are going to take a loge look at the budget. the international monetary fund has welcomed the measures announced by the chancellor in the first labour government budget in 14 years, she told the bbc she hopes the budget which includes tax rises we are going to take a loge look at the budget. the international monetary fund has