real madrid locks up with their fiercest rival barcelona.ecause of a rivalry that is heating up between the two cities after that catalonia pull. time for some business news. the big when losing streak is on its fourth day. >> it has been a good year and suddenly after hitting almost 20,000 u.s. dollars on saturday, the crypto currency has plummeted below $12,000. financial experts in singapore do not like what they see. the island state's highest fiscal authority is warning investors to stay away from bitcoin but not everyone is listening. >> is almost an afront. a block away from singapore's financial authority, a cafe has opened where customers pay with crypto currency. >> we just want to make sure people understand crypto currencies are here to stay. i do not think that is a question. the way technology develops and goes right now, there is no doubt about it. developments are directed and the governments may have a little bit of an issue to follow through. >> so far, there have not been any problems in the cafe. people do not just pay fo

government leaders in madrid of extra security to protect the most candidates from opposing separatist groups in the campaign the election on december twenty first an hour a mother seems relaxed surrounded by her loyalists and confident she can pull in the votes. company. possibly spend. well catalonia former president carter and his supporters have held a major rally as head of next week's snap regional pool addressed friday's campaign event in barcelona via video from brussels where he fled following the region's unilateral declaration of independence in october and addressing his supporters this is what he said if we want an independent state let's vote on let's vote like an independent state and therefore let's defeat pessimism defeat the darkness of article one fifty five and let's help expel the fear from our streets so if we just take a closer look at what happened recently when the catalan parliament declared outright independence in october leaders of spain's government in madrid crackdown hard arguing they were upholding the constitution the spanish government fired the leade

responded to that with a crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling today's snap election madrid hopes it will put an end to the political crisis. let's go to our correspondent barbara vessel she is in barcelona for us today covering the story hi barbara are we expecting a high turnout today. yes indeed sumi i'm told so say that up to ninety percent of people could turn out to the polling booths today we see one behind us we've seen people streaming into it since nine o'clock this morning and so that means that everybody pretty much you can walk and hold a pen will turn out because the political emotions are really running high here in catalonia and we see the two camps the pro independence camp and the un to end time independence camp we see them really not reconciled at all we see a lot of animosity on both sides and everybody really tries out to show their political vote their political opinion however many fear that the vote in the end might be inconclusive and that we'll see like a fifty fifty situation how significant is this vote is this going to be the day that decides ho

the drawing results by schoolchildren in madrid every year. the main prize is potentially worth millions of euros but it's usually spread across thousands of tickets many spaniards buy tickets in groups and gather together to watch the live draw. but dream of winning big but of course millions stunt things i do you see i just lived there i had to take it but i didn't win. no matter what about that yet i know that's why i just bought an empty bottle because we don't have a reason to toast it all i had three numbers and none of them won can you believe it until i hit the lottery rules a complex which means it's not yet clear how exactly the winnings will be distributed but there's nothing stopping the winners from celebrating in spain right now. a group of international artists have come together in germany to create a new exhibition made entirely of ice around two hundred and seventy tons of it was used a car by conic when marks and famous faces the statue of liberty to well i'm not here visitors will need to ramp up warm to visit though the ex

the catalan parliament declared outright independence in october leaders of spain's government in madrid crackdown hard arguing they were upholding the constitution the spanish government fired the leaders of the catalan government and dissolved the regional parliament in barcelona in a first for a spain the prime minister mariano jorge invoked article one fifty five of the constitution therefore imposing direct control with no international recognition and little sympathy from neighbors in the european union the secessionists were able to implement their breakaway let's bring in our guests joining us for this discussion from madrid we have to get. a political analyst and contributor to the new york times on the guardian from barcelona sonya those of lecture at the university barcelona also from madrid daniel gone the editor of the spanish edition of this or three letters magazine thanks for joining us on inside story welcome to you all daniel the ousted president of catalonia he's in exile fighting extradition the former vice president is behind bars accused of rebellion and sedition ot

real madrid. paris st germain. st germain spent begin the summer with the champions league as their target but after real madrid finished second in theirgroup, a trip after real madrid finished second in their group, a trip to face the reigning champions wasn't in their plans. we have our own qualities, we have our players, our ambition to continue in this competition so i think we have all the qualities also to go through to the next round. we are the holders and our players, they always rise to the occasion. i'm sure they're going to play very well and live up to our fans' expectations. but that's not the only blockbuster tie of the last 16. chelsea have also paid the price for finishing second in their group. two days after antonio conte conceded their premier league title defence is over, now five—time winners barcelona and they certainly are now messy barcelona and they certainly are now m essy sta nd barcelona and they certainly are now messy stand in their way. our ambition must be positive. as i know very w

scholars on and those other four dismissed ministers from his cabinet will be extradited back to madrid today where as you've been saying he almost certainly will face arrest and he's facing charges which carry up to thirty years in prison and now we're not expecting him to immediately get extradited back to madrid if of course that is the ruling he will get the chance to appeal and that could take several weeks now at this hearing here that's taking place is coinciding with a separate hearing that's happening in madrid today other members of his dismissed cabinet plus two activists who will hear whether or not they have to remain behind bars they're in prison at the moment their role in the independence movement and the supreme court's expected to say whether or not they'll be released pending a probe and whether in fact they'll have to pay bail activists is saying that they've raised a considerable amount of money to pay for these ten people to be released from prison also this is coinciding with the start of the official campaigning for the elections that are going to take place in c

all the seats are up for grabs after madrid declared the last vote void. once again support the quest for independence also. president trunk delivers on a key campaign promise through a sweeping tax reform bill with the biggest tax. goes on trial accused of carrying out a bomb attack. team boss. had nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with money. thomas a very warm welcome to the show we begin with this program with some breaking news police in australia say a vehicle has been driven into a crowd of people outside a train station in the city of melbourne authorities say at least seven people have been taken to hospital the incident occurred at the flinders street station during . thursday evening rush hour that area was packed with people doing christmas shopping police have arrested the driver they say they have not yet established whether this incident is terror related it seems to be similar to one in january when a car was driven into the destiny and south the very same spot was going to live today to be a correspondent peter ham and he j

whenever a all madrid face bus alone it's a clash that brings with fun.it's called tensions and never more than on saturday when the two spanish powerhouses meet in el classico just two days after the elections and cuts alone a whole region it's hard to imagine that if cuts alone you know wins independence boss alone i might be forced out of the league bringing classico to an end but for now all eyes will be on the pitch where rael will be hungry for a win. the pressure is on for around madrid sitting fourth in the league table and eleven points behind their arch rivals barcelona albeit with the game in hand the current league champions need victory but the madrid boss is playing down the importance of the tight. it's going to be the hardest game of the season barcelona against rit are beautiful but difficult. it's not a decisive game in the race for the only despite the points gap it's not the time to be thinking about that. zip down has practically a full squad to choose from with the club's all time record goalscorer cristiano ronaldo back to full fitn

of course the last catalan team to play in madrid bernabe our stadium where espanyol and at that time and this whole political debate about independence the session was raging in spain and then catalonia a sea of spanish flags there in madrid do you expect to see any catalan flags flying at this match today. and what it is it's. not the other guy just mention. that only. in this in this that in. so. no you can know for instance u.s. government you know the stations well when you get up in the billions the us as we know is going to work i don't know how but there's all of a spain and all over the world of no i think it's curious how do. you say rio you know both teams. and. so that's in the. a.t.l. not because. it's now is that we also need it because we have so many links and we know about that. from the economy but also from the point of view of this floor of nonsense these in there you know look when. you've got this of course in india you don't get me. so it's got you're going to do it we will see what certainly had does happen for the moment daniel daniel gets on there madrid than

so schools need is now madrid will square off against brazilian sorry gremio in abu dhabi later today in the final of the fifa club wild cup if the defending champions madrid win it and the year with a remarkable five titles meanwhile gremio could become the first south american squad to hold the trophy since twenty twelve reality drew took to the pitch in abu dhabi one last time before the club world cup final however the journey to get you hasn't been smooth sailing they just squeezed by al-jazeera in the semi's madrid have been misfiring in front of net yet that has not dampened team spirit and i'm going to. hope i think that's the word we like the most the hope to bring home another title that's what we're here for to do so much occupied. brazilian side gameel is well aware of madrid's deficiencies the opponent hasn't quite hit top form yet and eight points behind. kenny are confident they can exploit that still madrid could make history tonight if they came to the trophy they would become the first team to do so back to back. well here in germany you mentioned gladbach were hopin

by madrid spanish authorities responded to that you may recall with the crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling today's snap of action a druid hopes that the result will put an end to the political crisis. lera son show is casting a ballot for the first time exercising her right to choose between spanish separatists and unionists in a tight contest but the eighteen year old isn't just casting her own vote. she's just voted on behalf of the former catamaran president callus pitch to mont who is in self-imposed exile in belgium where. he thanked me and he looked as though he was very proud that someone young like me would do this it was important to him in . the election could return the pro independence leader to power he was deposed by madrid following catalonia as for random on secession and a unilateral declaration of independence in october pushed him on has rallied supporters from brussels but also noted the normal circumstances of the election there are candidates in prison candidates in exile there is fear the spanish institutions are intervening the governing people's

in sport, barcelona beat real madrid 3-0 in sport, barcelona beat real madrid 3—0 in the first classice spanish football season. more than one hundred and eighty people are reported to have been killed by a tropical storm in the philippines. two days of heavy rain have led to flash flooding and mudslides. andy moore reports. nearly 200 people have died after a tropical storm struck clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. there was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. in a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. the authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. this man said houses were getting flooded but people couldn't escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. many places were hit by landslides. flimsy houses were buried beneath tonnes of debris. the red cross is helping coordinate the relief effort. we have al

appetite for independence all seats are up for grabs after catalan separatist leaders were sacked by madrid also coming up no evidence of links to terror groups police say a driver intentionally crashed his car into. what is motive remains unclear. and the trial opens for the man charged with carrying out a bomb attack on the football team burst dortmund's bus investigators say it had nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with money. i'm sorry so much gonna thank you for joining us voters in catalonia have been casting their ballots in a hotly contested election seen as a gauge of support for independence from spain turnout is reportedly high of polling stations and a vote that comes two months after the region declared independence. following a referendum opposed by madrid spanish authorities responded to that with a crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling today's snap election madrid hopes it will put an end to the political crisis. let's go to our correspondent barbara vessel she is in barcelona for us today covering the story hi barbara are we expecting a high tur

y real madrid.or 1 y llegÓ a 16 victorias seguidas. y culminamos hablando del brasileÑo kakÁ quien se retira del fÚtbol a los 35 aÑos de kakÁ debutÓ con el sao paulo antes de militar en el milÁn y real madrid. el brasileÑo quien fue campeÓn del mundo el 2002 considerado el mejor jugador del mundo 2007 podrÍa cumplir alguna funciÓn directiva en el sao paulo o el milÁn adiÓs al brasileÑo kakÁ. >>> esta noche no se pierda "titulares y mÁs" fin de semana hablan cuÁl es la nueva queja de miguel el piojo herrera y quÉ tipos en mÉxico quieren fichar a layÚn podrÍa ser el Ámerica de julio vaqueiro >>> no >>> gracias frederi >>> gracias. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) el amor por el fÚtbol no conoce fronteras. y asÍ lo confirma ariel gonzÁlez es un puertorriqueÑo que a pesar de nacer en tierra de bÉisbol respira goles. es poseedor de una colecciÓn sobre este deporte que la fifa ha validado como la mÁs importante del mundo. estÁ valorada en 20 millones de dÓlares, tienes piezas Únicas y entraÑable y este coleccionista es nue

el que sÍ aprovechÓ para recortar la ventaja fuera atlÉtico de madrid.ara el mÁnchester united. el mÁs de la premier ligue, el chelsea superÓ a [inentendible]. su prÓximo encuentro es ante el atlÁntico de madrid en la champions. >> sÁbado importante para el fÚtbol mexicano. se conocerÁ el primer finalista, amÉrica o tigres. >> llegamos al final, pero pie prÓximo miÉrcoles, "dr juan", hasta la prÓxima. albertano: no manches, vitor, nunca me imaginé que la rosa aurora, mi carnala, fuese contigo a la secundaria. el vitor: sí, carnal, tomamos juntos "taquimecanografía". sí, hola, mira. ambos: [susurran] albertano: desde hace rato se me estaba quedando mirándome. el vitor: me está viendo a mí, mira, mira, se ve que algo quiere y no es dinero. mira, [indistinto] albertano: por favor. el vitor: ya cayó, ya cayó.

atletico madrid go through to the europa league. motivated to try and win it again. chelsea drawing with atletico madrid means that roma top group c leaving antonio conte‘s team as runner‘s up and open to a difficult tie in the last 16. when you play this competition, then you go through to the next round, you go through to the next round, you must be ready to face, to face the best teams. in these games are... we know that... we could play against barcelona, against paris saint—germain, or besiktas. but i think we must be ready, we must be ready. because when we played, this isa ready. because when we played, this is a fantastic competition. this is the best tournament. reason, i want to go through. i want to try to be the best in this tournament. we must be ready to face every team. elsewhere on tuesday, in group djuventus moved into the knockout stages joining barcelona after victory over olympiacos in greece. bayern munich won against paris saint germain but the french team still qualify top of group b, while in group a manchest

three nil away madrid's wastefulness in the first half proved costly. to the open against the run of play no messi added a penalty you have to madrid they netted a third late on proud catalans boss and now have a fourteen point lead over their fourth placed rivals kickoff had been moved to lunchtime in order to attract more. and finally strange lights have been seen in the skies over south in california and arizona we had growing visuals were captured by a standard spectators investment vehicles and posted on social media so of course many users were concerned that the plume could be an unidentified flying object an incoming north korean missile or a repeat showing of the star that led the three wise men to bethlehem and the baby jesus but disappointment or relief soon sets in the phenomenon was caused by a falcon nine rocket launch from the van to beg. for the private space x. company. so not superman well here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you more than one hundred people are dead after a tropical storm tembin hit the philippines s

imposing direct rule and calling early directions, madrid saysis and calling early directions, madrid to impose order but with independent regions in prison and in textile, is that possible?” independent regions in prison and in textile, is that possible? i do not think of these elections again to give any solution. translation: i do not think it is about resolving the crisis but more on legal and constitutional way to listen to the people. translation: i do not know if it will be this year next but we will be independent, that is for sure. two years ago, the pro—independence seat won the most seats. this year, the pro— independence parties are divided into three. 0ne independence parties are divided into three. one of the parties that has managed to exploit their division and capitalised on the popularity of mariano rajoy‘s party isa group popularity of mariano rajoy‘s party is a group which stands a real chance of emerging as one of the parties with the largest number of votes in the regional parliament. they would have been considered a fa ntasy a they would have been considered a

the numbers of every winning ticket a song each year it's the world's biggest lottery held at madrid's tiago for ya so subtle prize payout is more than two billion euros many spaniards believe that being present at the drawing improves their chances of winning so. that you can hello merry christmas we came here tonight all the way from ahmadiyya and illegal going up three generations in new. hampshire. to find when all quit working only it was that the games you did any kind of fun when we all leave here really slowly. so that people won't notice and you know maybe i did you know get back even if. all you mean is twenty euros to play and spaniards are crazy for the lottery in madrid alone more than three times as many tickets have been sold as there are residents everyone dreams of winning big gordo the four million euro top prize this is the day when supposedly loses can become oneness two years ago for example el gordo went to a region suffering from s. unemployment and the second prize more than a million euros went to a betting syndicate in an old people's home and the spanish stay

the numbers of every winning ticket a song each year it's the world's biggest lottery held as madrid's. so so total prize payout is more than two billion euros many spaniards believe that being present at the drawing improves their chances of winning it. hello merry christmas we came here tonight all the way from anybody in the three generations. to define when i'll quit working with the money the. games you don't need and the money when you leave here really slowly. so that people won't notice and you know maybe you know but not even sleep at. all you need is twenty euros to play and spaniards are crazy for the lottery in madrid alone more than three times as many tickets have been sold as the right residents everyone dreams of winning big. the four million euro top prize this is the day when supposedly loses can become one and two years ago for example el gordo went to a region suffering for mass unemployment and the second prize more than a million euros went to a betting syndicate in an old people's home and the spanish state always wins big as a drugs in up to two hundred million

the madrid is the dream surrey the pitch will be in great condition notjust the real madrid but for barcelonateam will win. it is past to let barcelona dominating at present, they lead real madrid by 11 points. those points won't fix everything but the joys both can share. on saturday the world's eyes turn to madrid to see the superstars. now, what could be simpler than running, surely the most pure and natural of all athletic disciplines. but not for those those with visual impairments. loughborough university has developed a running line, to help children, allowing them to run safely without the need for a guide. gemma collis—mccann reports. i have only 5% vision so i can't see anything straight ahead.“ i have only 5% vision so i can't see anything straight ahead. if you can imagine pulling your to fist in front of your face that's how i see the world. tim is a former paralympic champion in the 800 metres and has competed in four paralympic games in new zealand. he lost the majority of his functional site 88. and they reliant on familiarities, and very boring as a runner, i run the same cou

a run of play lionel messi added a penalty after a madrid red card they netted a third late on crowd cuts and now have a fourteen point lead over their fourth place rivals kick off had been moved to lunchtime local time in order to attract more viewers. the winter olympics in south korea are a little over a month away and alpine skiers are busy busy honing their skills for the flagship event the latest world cup took place at the italian ski resort of madonna do you compete go but this time it was different it was a different kind of men's slalom a night race under floodlights. calculus night race in madonna is one of the most eagerly anticipated of the ski season and it didn't disappoint switzerland's luka and he was well placed in third after the first run of the men's slalom his second run was even better. excuse any power down the course with perfect technique to grab the lead. i wasn't happy i. got austrian great moss so here shall be the man to beat at the winter olympics however a mistake halfway down the second run meant this was by no means a flawless race for the six time w

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catalonia's sacked leader urges madrid to let him return to the region to take charge. chat/ in i have not stopping president even though they have sacked me. —— translation:. as the california wildfire becomes the largest in state history, we meet the prison inmates helping to tackle the flames in sport, barcelona beat real madrid three— nil, in the first el clasico of the spanish football season. hello and welcome to bbc world news. a tropical storm that's wreaked havoc in the southern philippines has left 180 people dead. more than 70,000 people have been forced from their homes. the island of mindanao has been the worst hit area so—far and a state of emergency has been declared in several locations there. the storm has now begun to travel west, hitting the popular resort islands of palawan. andy moore reports. clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. there was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. in a country used to devastating storms, this took many by

result could further inflame tensions between the wealthy spanish region and central government in madrid a spanish prime minister mariano to haul called the election off the strip in catalonia if it's all told to me and sacking its government following an independence declaration in late october. long before vote counting was finished the party of former catalan leader catalyst please the moment was celebrating victory. we see exactly right we saw it not only for us but for next morning and then these movement. may not be here and there should. have been one game this restart some may see we walk away sad sacks we got them he was the monster see him here we are. along with the two other separatists parties together folk it alone you know has a narrow majority seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats. from his exile in brussels said it was a black day for spain central government. you must know. the spanish state has been defeated. and his allies have lost and i've received a slap in the face from the catalan people yet they have lost a plebiscite through which they wanted to legalize

but the problem madrid camp was also celebrating victory the citizens party which opposes independence emerged as the single biggest party with thirty seven seats. today and we have sent a message to the world that the majority of catalans feel catalan spanish and european and will continue to do so. and the nationalist parties can never again claim they speak for all catalonians because we are all catalonia. yacoub we do not only with rival groups declaring victory this election has seemingly done nothing to end catalonia as political deadlock but it has made one thing eminently clear the independence movement is not going away. a data. is in barcelona for us and she joins us for more on the story hi barbara good to see you the results indicate that this region is still very much divided over the question of independence what kind of reactions are you hearing today. the problem really is that soon me the day after the election is like the day before the election and so it seems that even though everything was really peaceful and very democratic yesterday today catalans are mostly alre

. >> maÑana le decÍamos, real madrid frente al jazeera para enfrentar al ganador del partido el vencedorado en la final esto se quedaron cansados. >> seguramente de terminar asÍ llegara a mÁs, mucho mas. >> ya estÁn yendo al aeropuerto internacional de porto alegre gonzÁlez, pero falta. >> a murillo el burrito la pone adentro lo chocan al shaggy quÉ fue. >> nada. >> buen partido del jugador. >> quÉ bien defiende. >> cierra perfectamente lo que tiene que hacer un lateral cuando ya no tiene a quien marcar y la pelota pasa por el otro costado cerrarse para evitar que alguien remate lo sabe hacer perfectamente este hombre, muy bien tÁcticamente infracciÓn de jale jaleyael lua omar gonzÁlez y el conejo. >> pueden tentar mover le quedan dos cambios al pachuca, a ver si puede meter a alguien con mÁs piernas a buscar el gol de empate, necesita mover su gente diego alonso. >> recordando que se permite un cuarto cambio. >> sÍ. >> gonzÁlez infracciÓn de fondo sobre cortÉs lo pisaron al pasar. >> este hombre que supo jugar mÁs dentro del nivel europeo aÍi va a sacar el delantero chileno. >> sale ema

it's a gauge of support for independence from spain all of the region seats are up for grabs after madrid dissolved parliament and arrested parliamentary leaders. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show police in australia at this hour are saying a man intentionally crashed his vehicle into a crowd during rush hour in central melbourne witnesses say the white house you they hit the best friends of a crowded intersection on thursday afternoon during christmas shopping authorities say fourteen people are now injured some receiving hospital treatment including one preschool child in serious condition the driver of that. vehicle and a passenger who was with them or both of them have been arrested. police are not commenting on a possible possible motive but they have said the incident did not appear to be an accident. at the start we believe that a deliberate and i repeat that at this stage we believe he's i deliberately however we do not know either my device and the seal early stages of the investigation let's go straight to melbourne where dr drawn were with our correspondent now live f

the crisis in october he one day he said oh i want to talk to our heart he even sent a letter to madrid saying let's talk about all this and then just hours later he came out and said but we still will declare unilateral independence no that will not work i mean this is just reality of lee useless because spain is not going to play his game in that sense and say ok just take it all and make catalonia independent if you so want plus i mean ra is not going to meet with him somewhere outside of spain that is relatively ridiculous politically it will not happen and of course knows that so he is just playing a game here and it seems like cuts alone politics that had a certain sense of tragedy earlier this year i finally turning into a farce still barbara himself is not in a very strong position he called for the snap election his gamble appears to have failed what can he offer catalonia. he can offer catalonia and there was talk about this even before these elections more autonomy in fiscal matters he can offer catalonia what other regions in spain have the authority to sort of draw their ow

it's a barometer of support for independence from spain all the region seats are up for grabs after madrid dissolved a separatist parliament and its leader. and the trial opens for the man charged with carrying out a bomb attack on football team. bus investigators say it had nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with money. good to have you with us police in australia say a man intentionally crashed his vehicle into a crowd during rush hour in south central melbourne at least fourteen people have been injured several seriously the driver and a second man were taken into custody soon after the incident that occurred just after four forty five local time in an area packed with holiday shoppers. the tragedy in the center of. a white s.u.v. barreled at high speed and to pedestrians just off to four thirty pm local time with authorities say more than a dozen people injured many have been taken to hospital including a toddler with serious head injuries. the driver of the car and a passenger in it have been arrested police are investigating whether the incident is terror related at th

between around madrid my team against barcelona but. the byron coach has some words of wisdom for all of us who are going to be wishing that with the recent german football to watch all right let's listen to what he had to say. first of all next week we have to take a little step back chill out a bit and have a rest so we don't think about football from dawn till dusk. nation. and food but we're not thinking about training about analyzing games about preparing for games etc etc instead we should just switch off relax and if it's possible maybe even read a newspaper from beginning to end. so listen. chill out rest read a newspaper or are you going to say oh i definitely am going to spain in the line in the sun somewhere that's for all the right making us all very jealous unlawfully aaliyah's from i did have use for thank you for thought it is a big win for donald trump ben is back with more on that story a very big win and also i think you'd have to say his first since being in office but is it a victory for the american people that's th

still madrid could make history tonight if they kynge the trophy they would become the first team to do so back to back. here in germany mentioning blood back were hoping to end a run of three games without a win in the bundesliga when they hosted hamburg who face the threat of relegation and bloodbath did not disappoint brazilian strikeout efile struck two goals within five minutes late in the going to seal the deal for a blood bath three one the final score a big day for blood back and a big day for rafa. and as the final weekend of play in the bundesliga before the winter break in dortmund in particular are hoping to make the most of it under a new coach. dortmund broke an eight match windless streak only this week they face a stern test at home against hoffenheim. found the solution to endorsements but in this league a free full just two days after taking the helm the former cologne coach led the black and yellows to victory at mines but this weekend he faces a test in front of the club's home supporters. to the fact he said this i'm really looking forward to the home game there'

and the way of course christopher this is the election result from hell if you view it from madrid they tried to resolve this crisis by calling for these early reflections and afterwards there is sort of they have the exact same situation then they had before so nothing has changed nothing has moved and on the other hand for people here in cuts alone if there is no real reason louche neither because even though the independence parties can come up with seventy seats that means a two seat majority in parliament here still what is going to happen now who is going to be the next president this puts him on to some belgium says he will only come back if madrid promises he's not going to jail and he will be reelected however there's not a lot of love lost between him and his coalition partners who want to steer a slightly different course and start talking to madrid and probably not this unilateral independence any more so it's not clear that that camp is just going on marching they have to sort of. nominate figureheads to to stand in their place while. keris the one leader is still in jail a

responded to that with a crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling today's snap election madrid hopes that it will put an end to the political crisis. and correspondent lisa lewis has the very latest now from barcelona so lisa as we've just heard a tense backdrop for this election how is the turnout been so far. well the first figures from earlier from early this afternoon saying that of of about a third of the five point five million voters have turned out to the so far this has been a highly divisive election campaign the only exciting topic in this campaign has been independents and catalonia is split in two parts those who are in favor of independence and those who are opposing it i've been speaking to people from both camps. you quote him about his companion for an independent catalonia the pianist and her friends think that madrid stands for spain of the past. and got to say i told. the independence movement in catalonia really wants to change things for the better people in the rest of spain don't necessarily agree with that you better not go parliament for example approv

campaigning for catalonia as parliamentary election gets underway we will have the very latest from madrid. also coming up yemen plunges further into an arcade who the rebels celebrate the death of their former ally president ali abdullah saleh he was killed in a rocket and a gun attack as fighting in the country's civil war intensifies. and u.s. president donald trump tames the wild west he slashes protection for wilderness zones of the state of utah it draws protests and lawsuits but also praise from song . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. we begin with some breaking news from spain where the supreme court has withdrawn an international arrest warrant for catalonia as former leader carlist pushed a mom pushed him on addressed his supporters via video link from brussels on monday where he has been in self-imposed exile since october as a legal declaration of independence the court of madrid says that it has withdrawn the arrest warrants because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain let's get more now from journalist martin roberts who is

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control state imposed by madrid by actually return the same kind of results as the previous election in two thousand and fifteen that is a set of parties and potentially a president which remains opposed to rule from madrid now to talk about some of those intriguing possibilities i'm joined by eduardo wrote he's a constitutional law expert from the university of barcelona at what were in the article one five five direct rule from madrid another action run under those rules and yet the biggest party and the winner effectively might be another secessionist bloc another secessionist president now what happens real madrid respect a result such as that. well yes madrid will have to respect that result but the aim and the goal of the intervention was not to change the majority or at least the jury dickel aim of intervention was not to change the majority but to change the behavior of the majority in the sense that one can be secessionist and the succession is government but the new government should not prosecute those aims through illegal means so that means we have the expectation that t

government and the madrid media are as or have gone through all of the tools in their tool box they've used violence used media demonisation they tried to ban the color yellow they've tried to go after the cattle and autonomous t.v. stations simply for calling people. calling the president a president exile and i don't know what are their tools they have left certainly what we've seen up until now is that negotiation is not one of their tools and sadly negotiation is the only tool the good of it all of this off long ago so i don't know what else they can do that used everything in their tool box and i don't know what else they have the former council alida collins case to be on he's requested an apology from the spanish government do you think it's going to get one . i do not think he's going to get one because our group we have in madrid i think it's worth saying over and over again is a group that comes out of what they say in spanish is the sociology of franco it's these are the sons and grandsons ideologically in many cases familiarly of people who were very important in the franco

. >> preocuparse, en madrid ya tuvimos un atentado hace aÑos.ticias arruinen sus fiestas. >> nos asustamos mÁs, pero es igual de grave en cualquier lado del mundo. periodista: la policÍa de san francisco trata de calmar los Ánimos diciendo que aumentan en esta Época decembrina. con la Época festiva en la planeabamos tener mÁs vigilancia y policÍa por todos lados. ellos trajeron a sus sobrinos de turistas, visitantes de espaÑa en su primer viaje a estados unidos. para ellos tambiÉn la noticia del arresto es preocupante. >> no te puedes esperar que haya un atentado, tÚ no vienes a disfrutar y a pasarlo bien. >> es verdad que uno cuando salen, si sales pensando eso, no sales de casa. periodista: ahora la policÍa de san francisco le recomienda el pÚblico que no se preocupe, que salgan a divertirse, que se vayan de compras y ellos se encargan de la seguridad del pÚblico. flavio: ante esta situaciÓn, alcaldesa interina de san francisco manifestÓ lo siguiente: "san francisco es una ciudad que defiende la democracia y y son los objetivos que hacen a la

the result could see a further increase in tensions between catalonia and central government and madrid spanish prime minister mariano rajoy called the election in a bid to change the dynamics of the crisis that after he stripped catalonia of its autonomy and sacked its government following a declaration of independence and. long before vote counting was finished the party of form a couple and leader catalyst please the moment was celebrating victory. we see exactly right we saw not only for us but for the forty nine and then these movements. we are in. fear aggression. and having one game these pieces. some may see we've always said sachs we got him he was the monster see and here we are. along with the two other separatists who parties together folks are alone you know has a narrow majority seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats. from his exile in brussels said it was a black day for spain central government. you must go to the spanish state has been defeated. and his allies have lost and i've received a slap in the face from the catalan people. they have lost a plebiscite throu

this el clasico was one that real madrid needed to win.e opening goal. then barcelona flourished, real madrid under siege with the ball ending up in the back of the net but the referee wasn't happy. danny used his hands, red card. penalty for barcelona, the outcome, lionel messi adding to real madrid's woes. it didn't stop him setting up alex vidal for barcelona's third, a victory that sets them a world apart at the top of la liga. exeter also have a commanding lead at the top of the rugby union premiership. the chiefs were far too strong for northampton saints at franklin's gardens. exeter ran in four tries for a bonus point 35—14 victory. the reigning champs are now 11 points clear at the top. with just one win from their last 11 games, franklins gardens are looking bleak. after more than a decade with jim allender at the helm, it's the start of a new year for northampton saints. changes don't happen overnight, though. exeter took an early lead. then proof that there is life at the gardens yet, northampton were brought to within a point

he's a good man. >> if madrid doesn't want that to happen, what will you do?> they have to release him to take the seat and be there at least in the first session of the parliament then we'll see what happens. he has to be there he has been elected. he has not committed any crime in a normal democracy he should be sitting in the parliament >> during this campaign, the erc, your party, has taken a step back from the pro-inpre pro-independence approach they had. is that something that will continue will you guys focus more on governing rather than pushing again for that independence? >> we have never been aggressive >> not in a physical sense, but pushing for that as a -- >> in a political sense we wanted people to vote, to decide about our future we still believe the best future for catalonia is under the frm of an independent republic >> will that be a priority >> this is our commitment. we have to take into account the country is divided on this issue. that no simple solutions are there. we have to negotiate, try to reach agreement, to reach consensus, but th

with attention now on the league, real madrid have turned to british roots.ul burgess the best groundsman on earth. being in spain, it's like a dream move anybody, being the groundsman, the football, the press officer, whatever, that it will be in great addition. it will bea will be in great addition. it will be a nice pitch, and the best team will win the game. it is barcelona enjoying football dominance at present, they lead real madrid by 11 league points. and though sport won't fix everything here, there are i°ys won't fix everything here, there are joys that both teams can share. 0n saturday the world's eyes turn to madrid to see the world's superstars. japan's emperor akihito has been greeting crowds who gathered at the imperial palace to wish him a happy 84th birthday. currently december 23rd is a national holiday, but that might change into a normal working day after his abdication in april 2019, when his son, crown prince naruhito, becomes the new emperor. his birthday will then turn into the new national holiday. earlier i spoke tojeff kingston. he'