yahoo affair is in the catalan capital boss of the news a welcome called aspersion one has dominated kim torah to succeed him as lead the following spent today debating that nomination what happens next. well i will do something a problem of us have an answer that we always saw the first around in the parliament in torah didn't get an absolute majority in the first round because sixty six m. is voted to save or sixty five i can stand there were also four abstentions but if he can turn our house has the same result as today on the wrong way he will be the next the president because one day in the second round he will only need a simple majority and today in his speech or he insisted that he said that he will be deprivation of president and that would someone is that a good tomato president and that that he will work hard in that bends also that's what anya instead of the fact that he's open to dialogue with the spanish government or kim torre is also a hardline independent supporter so what is that likely to mean for the region's relations with the spanish government. welcome to arise a lawyer

new president and its fifth attempt to form a new government pro independence parties are backing kim torah who remains likely to clinch the position in a second vote on monday he has vowed to continue the independence by and against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year when madrid removed karla's put them on scab that put them on then want to regional elections in december and have been trying to form a government ever since if the region is still without a government by may twenty second catalonia will face elections journalist and a lot of fred is in the catalan capital barcelona and it's good to see you kim tora has fallen short of the absolute majority that he needed to be elected in the first round he's still the heavy favorite though what happens next. hello good evening good thing get an absolute majority today in the first round. filey amend sixty six and these votes as you say were of interest sixty five against and there were also four abstentions. the same result today monday he could be dead next president because a monday a second round in the pa

new president and its fifth attempt to form a new government pro independence parties are backing kim torah who remains likely to clinch the position in another vote and on monday he has vowed to continue the independence fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year in madrid remove car last put them on cabinet purged monts allies then one regional elections in december and have been trying to form a government ever since if the region is still without a government by may twenty second catalonia will face fresh elections earlier we spoke to and i lotto fetter who has been covering the story for us in barcelona i asked her what happens next in the push to elect a new leader and catalonia. get them absolute majority today in the first round. filey amend six to six and these voting say were of interest sixty five against that there were also four abstentions. the same result today monday he could be next president because a monday a second route. parliament is expected to be held and he only needs a simple majority so that means that's got to anyone who cut

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candidate to be in elected as the new regional president of parliament had previously failed to give kim torah the required majority but that deadlock has apparently been broken catalonia has been without a government since late last year in madrid saqqara last push to monster cabinet. to sports now unfortunate door for champions of the bundesliga second division after a three two win over nuremberg they snapped that up title on the last day of the season both teams were a lot at sixty points in the standings heading into the match and they knew that victory would deliver the championship and it was disabled or who held their nerve nuremberg won't be too down though they'll have a chance for revenge next season when they face each other in the bonus league as first division in saturday's action hamburger relegated from the blenders league as top tier after a record fifty five years in the first division fifty seven thousand spectators watched the final game of the season and the host took the lead to an early penalty then lewis holtby scored hamburg's second to finish off a chew one victory ov

for more on the story i'm joined now by journalist on the yetto fetter who is in barcelona so anna kim torah is the for fur choice among catalonia as independence parties but he is known to be quite a controversial figure what more can you tell us about him. hello good afternoon from what i ask in torah is lawyer and he writes or a close. close ally yells would someone on his also and in the school gym on the spartina cuts ali and of course he has the support of the prime defendants but he has gained some criticism from the unionist party right now there is a pause in their parliament session will continue at three on the day this morning they gave a speech on he insisted. someone is the legitimate president he is the provisional president and look toward in step and the center of catalonia. an independent country to made catalonia a republican republic in india were and it's important to mention that today is that there's a round of the vault of the vote. on absolute majority and if you should not invest the president there is a second round second round that could be held on monday and if

on parliament is set to vote in a new leader pro independence parties in the region are backing kim torah who should promise to continue the fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year when madrid sacked collis push to mons cavernous . thousands of people have been marching through the polish capital. demonstrators angry about reforms to the country's the courts made by the ruling law and justice party the opposition says the changes threaten judges independence the government says the changes are necessary to combat corruption and inefficiency. u.s. president donald trump has declared a major disaster as a volcano continues to erupt on hawaii's big island scientists are warning of new eruptions and more destructive lava flows dozens of homes have been destroyed since a volcano erupted more than a week ago. italy could soon have a new prime minister two months after the country's election resulted in political deadlock talks in row between the populist the five star movement and the nationalist league party appear finally to be making progress the two

catalonia as parliament has elected a new a regional president and in a six month long leadership vacuum kim torah is pro is a pro independence politician who has promised to work towards a callout republic he's referred to catalonia as ousted former leader carlos promote as the region's legitimate leader. in iraq supporters of the nationalist shiite cleric most other side that have been celebrating an early lead in the parliamentary election projections suggest he could be on course to win the poll it's a surprise comeback for assad who had been sidelined by iran backed rivals. meanwhile iran's foreign minister mohamad serif has met with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov as part of a diplomatic tore aimed at saving the country's nuclear pact serif received assurances from lavrov that russia will respect the agreement despite the u.s. and were drawn last week. and we have news just coming in that after months of speculation german coach thomas to hole has signed for french club. to go has been out of work for a year since leaving dortmund at the end of last season he had two successful campaig

dheepthika: his name is kim torah. -- quim torra. he has promised to govern on the half of all catalans. according to politico, catalonia may finally have a clean leader, one who is not in prison or in exile, but the nightmare will continue for spanish leader isiano rajoy, because torra seen as carles puigdemont's puppet. the report that torra's first-rate today will be to berlin, where he will be meeting with the exiled catalan separatist leader. rochelle: let's focus on a story from india. an mp charged with the death off his wife. dheepthika: that opposition politician is a well-known author and former u.n. official. he has been charged with helping his wife commits suicide in 2014 in a delhi hotel. that is what the hindu newspaper explains on its front page. buzzfeed explains that for the last four years, the death of stuff of morbid fascination in the indian media. it was a very high profile death that gained a lot of high-profile media attention at the time, mainly because of the mysterious, murky circumstances of her death. an

kim toure has been sworn in as cavil only as leader as tensions continue to simmer between the region and the spanish government madrid broke with normal practice and sent no representative to the ceremony meanwhile torah pledged loyalty only to the catalog people and not to the spanish team. and now to the democratic republic of congo where the first urban case of the deadly ebola virus has been detected the outbreak has entered a new phase according to the country's health minister after spreading from the countryside it's now been found in the northwest city of dhaka the latest outbreak has already claimed twenty three lives the fear now is that it could spread rapidly in densely populated areas. the first batch of the ebola vaccine a rise in kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo both arties are rushing to stop the latest outbreak from spiraling out of control the vaccine itself is still unlicensed but the world health organization says it's proved effective in human trials and it's the anything available that might help stop this deadly virus. the sea because of our first priority with the vaccinations are the health workers and also those who have been in contact with the confir

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