our correspondent charlet chosen hill joins us from the catalog capital barcelona she's on that story for us tonight good evening to you charlotte so we're not we're not going to get a snap election we're not getting a declaration of independence the ball seems to be back in the central government's court in madrid tonight doesn't. it certainly does appear that way that's because we know tomorrow the senate in madrid is planning on voting on whether to impose article one five five that would impose direct rule on catalonia it would mean removing those in the regional government from power will also mean taking control of its finances and its police force as well as we have known for some time that that was likely to happen tomorrow and all indications point to the fact that say they will vote in favor first of all because prime minister marianna or hoy's party is pushing for this it has a majority in the senate and secondly because we've heard from the whole it's nice that he in a tweet that he wants to quote rescue castle anya's so it does indeed seem that all eyes are going to be on

correspondent charlet chosen hill joins us from the catalog capital barcelona she's on that story for us tonight good evening to you charlotte so we're not we're not going to get a snap election we're not getting a declaration of independence the ball seems to be back in the central government's court in madrid tonight doesn't. it certainly does appear that way that's because we know tomorrow or the senate in madrid is planning on voting on whether to impose article one five five that would impose direct rule on catalonia it would mean removing those in the regional government from power will also mean taking control of its finances and its police force as well as we have known for some time that that was likely to happen tomorrow and all indications point to the fact that they will vote in favor first of all because prime minister marianna or hoy's party is pushing for this it has a majority in the senate and secondly because we've heard from it's nights that he in a tweet that he wants to quote rescue castle anya's so it does indeed seem that all eyes are going to be on madrid tomor

offered asylum there but the fact is it's just not clear at this point all right our correspondent charlet doesn't kill there on the story for us in barcelona charlotte thank you very much. and here's a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you former campaign cheap and his associate brigades have pleaded not guilty to all charges in the f.b.i.'s russia investigation they were the first indictments in the probe looking into alleged interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. you have to date with. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day you see that. health. and here in. solidarity. the fall by the wayside when the gap between rich and poor grows. life in an equal society.

our correspondent charlet dubin ski house reaction from the council on capital barcelona. from very early this morning people started gathering here in the square around the capital on palm and waiting for those parliamentarians to a rifle to decide whether they would vote on independence today one stop motion it was set to say that they would have a vote on independence actually a number of the members the polish actually left the chamber and decided they would not take part in not vote their parties that i generally in favor of the new seat with spain right now to those votes that put took place in secret it was a secret ballot so we don't know exactly who voted which way a hundred thirty five members of that holman's but i don't meet eighty two of the voted seventy two seats yes by ten voted no and they were abstention faced now many people out in the streets then who waiting for the reaction to what would happen what the results was with the vote and he will hear on the street see him boss alone i've been amongst people who also growing dependence that is being pushy a

and for more on this german reunification day let's bring in our political correspondent charlet potts i charlotte welcome to you you know germans really know the significance of this state but for our international viewers explain to us the weight of it yeah i think it's a really important day for all germans but particularly for those who lived in former eastern germany of the g d r. who grew up there herself the german chancellor she said that it's a day of freedom from dictatorship to those who really lived under socialist rule for so long and we have to remember east and west germany was divided for forty years for over forty years and literally separated by a wall for twenty eight years so it wasn't an easy task to bring them together and finally on october twenty seven years ago east germany joined west germany a lot of positive developments since then but of course lots of lots of problems as well let's talk about one of those problems because we heard the german president speaking a little bit more about today he in fact described invisible walls new barriers in people's minds

on this i'm joined now by journalist martin roberts from madrid and by our very own correspondent charlet in barcelona and amy to both of you martin i'm going to start with you the spanish high court has summoned the. cabinet and that includes the alstad president what does this mean. well is it me insists that he faces a very stiff jail sentence as just. a faded one probably the question is whether he will in fact not because he's obviously it was a lot of them to be in belgium and the public prosecutor's offices if he doesn't realize that you watched. issue of european arrest warrant not the other thing is that if the worst of it theory you know this is just the beginning of stadiums it hasn't been formally charged just only if the judge. were to shocking if he were to show that he could be remanded in custody afterwards but one way or another it's all in the hands of the church. in charlotte you're in barcelona what has been the reaction there to the news that mr bridge a month has left the country. the people here were absolutely stunned and when the news started to trickle down that

and for more on this german reunification day let's bring in our political correspondent charlet potts i charlotte welcome to you if you know germans really know the significance of this state but for our international viewers explain to us the weight of it you know i think it's a really important day for all germans but particularly for those who lived in former eastern germany of the g d r. who grew up there herself the german chancellor she said that it's a day of freedom from dictatorship to those who really lived under socialist rule for so long and we have to remember east and west germany was divided for forty years for over forty years and literally separated by a wall for twenty eight years so it wasn't an easy task to bring them together and finally on october twenty seven years ago east germany joined west germany a lot of positive developments since then but of course lots of lots of problems as well let's talk about one of those problems because we heard the german president speaking a little bit more about today he in fact described invisible walls new barriers in people'

doesn't it as high pare it went to sense of that but that the potential is very real our correspondent charlet chosen field on the story for us tonight in barcelona charlotte thank you very much. all this week china's communist party ensure the thought of president. into the con country's constitution now that is as close as it gets in china to being a figure on par with the monarch and it signals to the world that the chinese are ready for xi jinping to lead them possibly for a very long time now contrast that with the uncertainty that defines so much of thailand today the year long mourning over the death of king kong came to an end the king enjoyed a reign of seven decades and for most thais he was and is the only source of monarch identity that they knew with the king now part of the past thailand's future feels as uncertain as a. the end of a long year of sorrow hundreds of thousands of thais citizens lined the streets in bangkok to witness the third day of the elaborate five day funeral and cremation ceremony. king called me paul was a father figure to many thais. i want to stay here in

october only to then immediately suspend its implementation a lots to unpack here for you correspondent charlet chelsea is in the capital at capital a castle and the capital of barcelona charlotte no snap elections no declaration of independence the ball is back in the central government's courts in madrid. is that any does seem no way was expected is that tomorrow the senate in madrid is going to vote on whether or not it opposes imposes article one five five what that will do is it will impose direct rule on catalonia it will also as you mentioned rid the government head of its powers temporarily and take control of the police and the media as well is quite an extreme measure all suggestions point to the fact that that is going to take place in the senate tomorrow prime minister ronnie marianna hoy's party has a majority that say in the holdout the fact that suppression one has hit it back into madrid's courts just seem to be something that is becoming somewhat of a trend for him initially he was expected as you said to declare independence then he suspended it straight off to it's today the