fourteen this identity was suppressed by spain particularly under the military dictatorship of francisco franco from one nine hundred thirty nine to one nine hundred seventy five symbols such as casto human pyramids were prohibited and the catholic language was restricted but since the one nine hundred seventy nine statute of autonomy the region has gained more powers its has its own parliament police force and control over education health care and welfare policies but it's a very different story in the spanish capital madrid where the majority believe all of spain should have a say in the country's future not just kept lands to anybody has more. it's spain's most familiar tune but neither espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its drive for succession and its forthcoming referendum. on friday madrid held its own referendum purely symbolic but the people here equally important the question people were asked was do you want catalonia to remain part of spain because i want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty it's. not just one part of spain whic

it gains strength until the spanish civil war when general francisco franco ruthlessly repressed the catalan language and customs. under his dictatorship. since the country's return to democracy in nineteen seventy five catalonia has achieved a certain level of autonomy. the region has its own police force education and public healthcare syste. but new life was breathed into the independence movement in two thousand and ten. after the spanish constitutional court struck down key parts of the groundbreaking charter. among them recognizing catalonia as a nation within spain. that decision coupled with spain's economic woes played to a feeling of betrayal which only grew after the spanish government we bought the catalan presidents requests. for greater fiscal powers in two thousand and twelve. since then calls for a referendum on the issue of independence have been growing louder. in two thousand and fourteen catalan nationalists held an informal votes for its value eighty percent were in favor of independence. as one of the richest regions in spain many feel their taxes go to prop up

fourteen its identity was suppressed by spain particularly under the military dictatorship of francisco franco from one nine hundred thirty nine to one nine hundred seventy five symbols such as cuss dels human pyramids were prohibited the catalan language was restricted but since the nine hundred seventy nine statute of autonomy the region has gained more powers it has its own parliament police force and control over education health care and welfare policies in the spanish capital madrid they've been holding their own mock ballots the organizers say all of spain should have a say in the country's future and not just catalans tony berkeley has more. it's spain's most familiar tune but either espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its drive for succession its forthcoming referendum. on friday madrid held its own referendum purely symbolic but the people here equally important the question people were asked was do you want catalonia to remain part of spain because i want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty it's you know should be there by all sp

accusations show vote supporters and opponents being like nazis or like former spanish leader francisco franco what does this kind of rhetoric show the independent this movement and the independent this leaders have been very very careful not to buy analyze nasties and you are not going to listen to any declaration by us independent this leader using the word nasty on the other hand it is true that what has been going on in the last weeks reminds a lot of people in catalonia of the last years of the franco got their ship when the you were by your rights to prevent the opposition to franco is the that are shipped to money for state to demonstrate they have been preventing politico meetings to do to take place they have been closing down and she knows websites they have been doing plenty of things that remind our lot of the last years of franco is the gutter should you have to remind that the transition to democracy in spain was not to rupture but to reform so the whole system of the judiciary. it was kept in place there where there were not condemnation of the people that have participated in t

they resonate very lound i'm very clear some would suggest that the spanish dictator francisco franco didn't die in bed in one thousand seventy five but he is running loose in the streets of catalonia as you said the instruments we are witnessing. used by the spanish state by the spanish state apparatus not just the government but the state apparatus in catalonia are the classic instruments of any of the retailer and regime they have been inflicting. most errors. fear amongst a lot of local population they have been breaking in the newspapers getting them with the right with not right breaking in private companies accusing protestors of sedition a very serious crime arresting toward an arm and officials arresting activists criminalizing political opinion and also i think i must add i mean it's rising to the lobby and bringing tens of thousands of parliament tripoli's of national police under five to suspending the cardinal autonomy and also let me share with the audience. the latest they have also been involved in but i know you like all i like all of the return regimes claiming even

a lot of people here are comparing it with the reign of francisco franco who cracked down on the. language they have their own language and culture here and so franco was widely rejected for that reason and they're comparing what this current government is doing with what franco did you know the most shows the local police have been widely criticized by the spanish government for not cracking down enough on these demonstrations and on the effort to begin this referendum so there is no love lost between those two sides in the confrontation the confrontation seems only to a hardened and today with this latest move it has significantly escalated elizabeth john thank you very much for that tough analysis john hendren with all the very latest from barcelona thank you. i'm listening to nationals as a hedge of images a still being burnt and contradicting the government's statements that military operations have ended the group says a new satellite images and video shows smoke rising from revenge of images around four hundred thirty thousand refugees have fled since the latest outbreak of

by the government's response they say it's reminiscent of the government of francisco franco whose crackdown made the catalonian language illegal and catalonian customs is well so this has been a rather dramatic confrontation and the government of spain seems to be pushing people here in a way that leads them to increasingly support independence but we really won't know what happens and nobody will until october first indeed all right john thanks very much indeed that's picture from barcelona john hendren reporting. tens of thousands of people in the french capital have been marching in protest at president manuel micron's labor reforms protesters in paris were through a crew from the far left opposition party leader meningeal he says that macros actions are destroying workers' rights on friday mequon signed a decree to make it easier for companies to hire and fire stuff and he says it will create more jobs and more opportunities it. was at the rally. think they come out to protest today want to keep up the pressure on the government to try and scrap this. first they don't change it in some

they resonate very long i'm very clear some would suggest that the spanish dictator francisco franco didn't die in bed in one thousand seven hundred five but he is running loose in the streets of kabul lonia as you said the instruments we are witnessing. used by an astonished by the spanish state of practice not just the government but the state a practice in because a lot of our classic instruments of any of the retained regime they have been inflicting rigi most are in fear amongst a lot of the local population they have been breaking in the newspapers getting them was right was not right reading in private companies accusing protestors off to the sion are very serious crime arresting for do not remember officials arresting archivists criminalizing political opinion and also i must add i mean it's rising comes along in bringing tens of thousands of parliament tripoli's national police five percent spending because a lot of army and also let me share with the audience. the latest they have also been involved in michael like all of the return regimes claiming even that russia is invo

that that's an extreme view but there are still many in spain who think former military leader francisco franco was a hero and not a villain through the tranquil countryside north of madrid is the valley of the fall and a monument created to remember those killed in the civil war it was built by political prisoners and is where franco is buried if there's anything that symbolizes the divisions in spanish society it's this place is supposed to commemorate the dead on both sides of the civil war but for many it's a monument to the fascist victory and the defeat of the republicans many of whom were catalan. many on spain's left believe that frank his legacy lives on in every aspect of spanish life from the judiciary to politics and they support the catalans right for self-determination we have a lot of alto retiree i know frank and so the national question is being treated in a completely new way we believe that catalonia referendum can be a democratic key and an example for all the nations that lives in that are now on their deeds to to show off this kind of state. in madrid vote people overwhelm

that that's an extreme view but there are still many in spain who think former military leader francisco franco was a hero and not a villain through the tranquil countryside north of madrid is the valley of the fall and a monument created to remember those killed in the civil war it was built by political prisoners and is where franco is buried if there's anything that symbolizes the divisions in spanish society it's this place is supposed to commemorate the dead on both sides of the civil war but for many it's a monument to the fascist victory and the defeat of the republicans many of whom were catalan. many on spain's left believe that frank his legacy lives on in every aspect of spanish life from the judiciary to politics and they support the catalans right for self-determination we have a lot of alto retiree i know frank and so the national question is being treated in accompli the democratic way we believe that catalonia referendum can be a democratic key and an example for all the nations that lives in order now on their days to to show off the spine of the state. in madrid vote people ov

fourteen this identity was suppressed by spain particularly under the military dictatorship of francisco franco one thousand nine hundred thirty nine to one nine hundred seventy five symbol such as kiss dale's human pyramids were prohibited in the catalan language was districted but since the one nine hundred seventy nine statue of autonomy the region has gained more power it has its own parliament peace force in control over education health care and welfare policies well sister teresa for this is a campaigner for capital audience a session she joins me live via skype from barcelona and the sister teresa very warm welcome to the program thanks for your company can you explain for our viewers why it is that you want to be independent from spain. yes goodnight to what he might reason is. you can call me to come stand childrens in which case what has happened over the last twelve years a new institute of autonomy was approved by the catholic parliament in two thousand and five this one was also produced by the spanish parliament exams and six and then what happened that it was secluded it was tak

energized by this standoff that the government of spain is acting like the fascist government of francisco franco who who was notoriously hard on the catalonian people so as it stands there are very few options here as the standoff continues the head of that october first vote and right now nobody knows if that will come off our john thanks very much today john hendren reporting there from barcelona. tens of thousands of people in the french capital of paris have been munching protests the president of manual labor reforms protesters were on to a call from the far left opposition party leader. gianluca minute show he says americans actions are destroying workers' rights on friday micro sided to create to make it easier for companies to hire and fire he says will create more jobs and opportunities. new zealand's general election has ended in the stalemates with the ruling national party taking the most votes but not enough to form a government to write the prime minister bill english his party claimed forty six percent of the vote on the labor party and you come but you seem to ardent fell short o

i'm a catholic and language was actually banned for some time under the dictator francisco franco there have been independent votes before as well we must say the last non-binding one was. actually in twenty fourteen win eighty percent of voters were in favor of independence which was of course rejected by the central government in madrid but just because there is a big push to hold the referendum it doesn't exactly mean everyone wants independence this is very important to remember there was a poll conducted by the regional government in jude's not that long ago and it showed only about forty one percent of people would actually vote yes to splitting from spain so with all that in mind let's talk too about this and give us a flavor of what you see online as far as support for the referendum goes well there's only a twitter battle going on this has been the top conversation and span for several spain for several weeks when the conversation is this big it's really hard to ignore especially when it impacts literally everyone in the country now the ruling party in spain posted this video o

constitutional crisis in spain in the past forty years since the death of two of the dictator francisco franco we began the day with people protesters camped outside of the courthouse here the high court here demanding the release of those six local government officials here being held on various charges for pursuing the referendum so there were there were protests there there were student protests at the university here and there was to be a protest right here behind me tonight but that was canceled because those six government officials were released they are still being investigated on charges of embezzlement. disobedience and abuse of power so while the protesters in the local government stepped up their side of his debate today so did the spanish government saying it would send three to four thousand national police and civil defense troops they were to be housed on four cruise ships just off the coast of catalonia while those ships are here but the local dock workers have boycotted serving them so there is no way for those troops to get from those ships here so this is a standoff that re

spain says is illegal and this is the biggest constitutional crisis here since the government of francisco franco which ended in the seventy's people here claim they are going to stay out and they say that what the government is doing now is reminiscent of what franco did back then to under one russian. a mob of buddhist protesters and men maher hurled petrol bombs at a boat carrying vital aid to rakhine state group was stopped after police fired warning shots to disperse them humanitarian efforts have also been hampered in bangladesh where a red cross truck carrying food supplies crashed nine people were killed and ten others were wounded a military campaign in rakhine state has forced more than four hundred twenty thousand ranger to feed bangladesh john howard has more from cox's bazaar in bangladesh near the border of me and. well these people are not called stateless for nothing the range of muslims here in bangladesh one suspects the government recognizes its obligations under international refugee and humanitarian law to accept them into the country it can't turn them back it can't stop the

that that's an extreme view but there are still many in spain who think former military leader francisco franco was a hero and not a villain to the tranquil countryside north of madrid is the valley of the fall and a monument created to remember those killed in the civil war it was built by political prisoners and is where franco is buried if there's anything that symbolizes the divisions in spanish society it's this place is supposed to commemorate the dead on both sides of the civil war but for many it's a monument to the fascist victory and the defeat of the republicans many of whom were catalan. many on spain's left believe that franco's legacy lives on in every aspect of spanish life from the judiciary to politics and they support the catalans right for self-determination we have a lot of alto retiring frank and so the national question is been through. in a completely practical way we believe that catalonia referendum can be a democratic key another example for all the nations that lives in it are now on the institution of this kind of state. in madrid vote people overwhelmingly wanted ca

the russian consulate in san francisco along with two annexes within the next two days the move threatens to take relations between washington and moscow to a new low but franco looks into russia's reaction to the move. each hostile move each hostile decision by russia or the u.s. is followed by yet another blow and response this latest one by washington means that the number of russian consulates in america will have to be reduced to three and the one that is being shut down in san francisco is the oldest diplomatic compound russia had in the u.s. it dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century well when the russian foreign minister was asked about the ongoing diplomatic spat this morning he reminded that it wasn't moscow behind this war of sanctions in the first place this. story was not launched by russia it was stilted by the us administration with the only purpose of the money and us russian relations we understand they're trying to through a trumps administration story from my slang we understand that they're trying to cut them down respond firmly to washington's actions that's home russia's interest every time you hear about the news on a new rou