just after that boat, the madrid senate voted to invoke article 155, imposing direct rule from madridwe are now in great political uncertainty. i will madrid respond and when? this report by andy murder. just before the vote in the catalan parliament, 50 of its members walked out in protest. then came the time for those left behind to vote. 0ne of the first was carles puigdemont, leader of the independence movement. the result was never in doubt but the votes were counted and announced. 70 in favour, ten against and two blank. the catalan anthem was sung inside the assembly. and then take up outside by thousands of pro—independent supporters. then take up outside by thousands of pro-independent supporters. it's taking a stand, to begin with it's only words but then we will defend the separation. it's better, a catalan republic, than spain. just a few hours later in another parliament, another vote. this was the spanish senate voting overwhelmingly in favour of article 155 imposing direct rule on catalonia. translation: spain is a serious country, a great nation and we're not prepared

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but in madrid spain senate is widely expected to approve the government's plan to trigger article one five five of the constitution and remove powers from the castle and government. so that the. article hundred fifty five is about protecting catalonia as government from the misrule by the pro independence or do you believe that what we've seen can be described as anything other than me. this rule this will be it and. some fear and that the central government seizing control of cason and you could spark confrontation on the streets oh it would do you think should have been discussed and arranged on good terms not like now what's going to happen a wall it gets worse every day i. think has announced the future is uncertain as the standoff between madrid and barcelona enters here tonight the stage. let's go now live to our correspondent public he's covering the story for us in madrid where the senate is meeting right now pablo if as expected the senate triggers article one five five what would happen next. well it will happen next is what we've already been hearing which is the money out

certainly in madrid, there has been some angry language, passionate speeches, at the senate. t will meet in full on friday to vote on implementing direct rule from here in madrid over catalonia for the first time ever in history. and no one in this country knows exactly how that is going to play out. on the face of it, this is an internal spanish matter but let's be clear, it has been watched very closely by the european union. our europe editor isn't barcelona on this story. we asked her to give us her analysis of the year from brussels. the eu is watching the situation very keenly indeed. officially it is said that it views the catalan crisis as an internal spanish affair. but behind the scenes, there is very distinct criticism of the aggression by spanish national police here in catalonia on the first october when people voted in a referendum on independence. of course, that referendum was deemed illegal under spanish law but eu leaders felt that there was absolutely no need for that national police aggression. on the other hand, the eu also did not wa nt to the other hand,

thanks for your company we start with some breaking news from spain the senate in madrid has approved government proposals to take control of catalonia just after catalonia is regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain in an unprecedented move the senate in madrid voted overwhelmingly in favor of spanish prime minister marianna roy's request to trigger the infamous article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution that allows the central government to remove cattle and regional leaders from office starting with president carlos put human shortly before seventy out of one hundred thirty five cattle and lawmakers approved a motion to declare catalonia and in the pennant republic opposition lawmakers walked out in protest before the vote. while the outcome of a birth parliament session. is historic plunges madrid and barcelona further into uncertainty we have team coverage of these breaking developments in barcelona and barcelona charlotte the chelsea is covering events there and imagery and martin roberts thank you both for joining us charlotta earl

in madrid todayis we've seen in the senate in madrid today is the prime a strong speech, setting up the government's position and asking senators to authorise him to begin implementing direct rule in catalonia. it was a strong speech from a prime minister who is not known for that. he was very clear, he said he had been forced into this position by separatists in catalonia, who he said had held an illegal referendum. he basically had no choice but to begin the process of implementing direct rule under article 155 of the spanish constitution. what we are expecting is the senate to approve that later today. the governing party has a majority said there is not expected to be any surprises. they also have the support of the socialist party. once approved, the question is how quickly the government in spain would move to dissolve the catalan parliament and also to remove the key political figures from their posts. it is expected that could happen pretty quickly but this is such an unknown situation, there are still questions about what will happen, depending o

this was going on madrid. senate did vote to invoke article one five five which effectively sheens control of cathelineau near because they say that independence is against spain's constitution how do people feel about this battle it's obviously brewing between themselves and madrid. well this is a battle that's been going on in the weeks leading up to that election that referendum on october the first and what people are saying now is this is a day of history for two reasons one because they have this vote for independence by parliamentarians here in catalan but also historically because article one five five part of the spanish constitution has never been enacted it's been described by many people as a nuclear option and that's because essentially what it does is removed regional autonomy from catalonia now many people are unhappy about that even those who voted against independence many people saying they don't feel it's a democratic decision for madrid to take that action unprecedented action and they are very un

hold early elections unless a central government agreed to certain conditions speaking in the senate in madrid prime minister said he planned elections for catalonia soon. but you know most you know if you look at it i mean. if the senate approves this the president of the spanish government will dissolve parliament and call elections within six months my aim is to call elections as soon as possible we also ask you to authorize the following decisions to remove from office the president the deputy president and the cabinet members of the catalan government the un says me and mom has agreed to allow it to resume food aid to the northern rock state aid was suspended for two months following a military crackdown more than six hundred thousand muslim have been forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh during that period kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in thursday's presidential election rerun that's only a third of all registered voters in the authorities press prone voting in four counties until saturday because opposition supporters fighting with police. burun

there is some confusion to find out what will happen if article one five five be spitted on by senators in madrid before there is any declaration of independence say we don't know that that is going to happen but it is widely expected if the declaration comes after senate is going to madrid can catalonia still declare independence and that's that's the thing that's why today we have the same eight and the parliament debating it who is the first one to make an agreement one place or independence it's something important i think that we have our parliament concerned concerned about it and they will have proclaimed independence because i want to take i will. apply when he has been brighton in the paper of spain. of the great men it's called of the boy and i think it will be tomorrow so i think we have plenty of time in order to declare independence edward two years thank you very much for joining us that was from the think tank republican bus alone or many people out in the streets now just waiting to find out exactly what will happen will there be a declaration of independence from the catalonian p

madrid senate sorry did vote in favor of invoking article one five five from that there's an obvious conflict isn't there do you think there's room for dialogue to sort of problematic to what are your thoughts on that. well who our president was getting open to that book. but us find us i know a lot of pressure from inside of the government. but the baby. was suffering. great pressure inside of. the for the application of that to go one hundred sixty five they want to apply these this out because they want little supressed all these cattle and all going to me one day one who calls all day independent movement i don't know this is something which you cannot do maybe you will apply for odd because of course you should maybe you will apply for anything but in fact they have been that and independent movement against it from the from the bases of the people it will not be something which you can press by low or why nothing and you know by force you never will but this means that the you know will decided to future because the people decided to just get there and you say that the by the w

at the same time, in madrid, the senate is meeting. , the prime minister, earlier this morning. and we expect them to agree to invoke article 155, imposing direct rule from madrid on this region. the first time ever this region. the first time ever this has happened, the first time ever article 155 has been invoked. the first time ever and autonomous region, one of 17 in this country, has sought to split away. we're hearing that when carles puigdemont voted, there was shouting inside the parliament, shouting president. as he voted. i think we are on to the last mp. so, for the separatists, history in the making here in catalonia. but a history whose future is extremely uncertain for this country. not only doa uncertain for this country. not only do a large majority, many millions of catalans, disagree fundamentally with independence, but madrid and europe has said it is illegal as well. the voting has finished. cheering for the speaker. and applause. and cheering, as i say. for this moment. counting. it will begin. 68 is a crucial numbe

these are live pictures from madrid of the senate session meeting to debate and vote on the proposals to implement article 155. let's look at the stoxx 600, we're higher to the tune of half of a percent we're very much driven higher by earnings we had well-received earnings from the likes of ubs and rbs. we'll get to that. and we're basking in the glow of the ecb, dovish taper announcement that we saw yesterday. european markets one by one look like this the ftse 100 up by 0.4% the xetra dax moving higher, 0.7% the cac 40 putting in a respectable gain of two-thirds of a percent as i said, it is all about earnings in today's biggest third quarter earnings movers. volkswagen beating expectations as 2017 revenues rose more than 4% the german carmaker edged it's market outlook higher. rbs reported a strong increase in operating profit as it keeps costs under control. up 1.8%. media bank net profit jumping 11% boosted by a stake in motor way group. total reporting a 29% increase in third quarter net profit boosted by rising output and high refining margins. this was in line with expectatio

singing national songs and re declaring independence because that is the exact same time when in madrid the senate will sign the papers to invoke the article one fifty five to set it going from that point in time then the powers will be exercised by madrid so that's the situation it seems the two sides are still circling each other but the trenches are being dug ever deeper ok part of those deep trenches include some veiled criticism of the e.u. catalan regional leaders have been saying that if spain seizes power that would undermine the credibility of the european union if brussels stands by and lets that happen. this is of course is the interpretation by barcelona i mean if all the while to try to involve the european union interpret to new european treaties and agreements as something that sort of is supposed to hold up their rights basically of course the european union holds human rights and the rule of law however they treat is treaties that have been signed between brussels and all the member states are with madrid are was the spanish state and not was a region that all of a sudden figures

very much for your company we want to begin with bows breaking developments out of spain the senate's in madrid approved government proposals to take control of catalonia just after catalonia has regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain in an unprecedented move the senate in madrid voted overwhelmingly in favor of spanish prime minister mariano rajoy worked . yes to trigger the infamous article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution allowing the central government to remove cattle and regional leaders from office starting with president carter shortly before seventy out of one hundred thirty five cattle and lawmakers approved a motion to the cleric catalonia and in the pendant republic opposition lawmakers walked out in protest before the vote began. all right the outcome of both parliament sessions historic plunging madrid and barcelona are further into uncertainty and we have team coverage of these breaking developments in barcelona there charla chelsea bill is covering those events there and images martin roberts good evening to you both want to sta

kalau leader carlos jamaat has turned down an invitation to address the spanish senate in madrid this week the senate is set to debate and vote on possible penalties for the callout government put forward by spanish prime minister marianna their response to the region's push for independence. in austria coalition talks are underway between the center right people sparty of incoming chance most of us don't courts and the far right freedom party the affair led by. came early in elections earlier this month kurtz has promised zero tolerance on anti semitism and said future partners must be pro europe. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin song mom has pledged to restore a moderate form of islam in the kingdom at a conference in riyadh he said he wanted to end extremism and to make saudi arabia a country that is open to all faiths based on what he called quote the true values of our religion we'll take a look at what you know. during president steinmeier has told the russian president vladimir putin that he is unhappy about the state of relations between germany and russia he made thos

in madrid, the senate is making final preparations for a vote to begin unravelling the region's autonomyn opposition. tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed to protect voters and polling stations. a court in turkey's ordered the release on bail of eleven human

but in madrid spain senate is widely expected to approve the government's plan to trigger article one five five of the constitution and remove palace from the castle and government. said that the. article hundred fifty five is about protecting catalonia government from the misrule by the pro independence or do you believe that what we've seen can be described as anything other than misrule. some fear that the central government seizing control of cash and i could spawn a confrontation on the streets. if you think should have been discussed and arranged on good terms not like now what's going to happen a war he gets worse every day. salon's the future is uncertain as the standoff between madrid and barcelona enters yet another stage. let's go straight to our correspondent. in the catalog capital barcelona now a charlotte what are you hearing where you are is the cattle on leadership prepared to declare independence today. what are they going to do it brian they need to do it fairly soon and that's because as we've just heard there's going to be a vote in the senate in madrid on whether

meanwhile in madrid, the spanish senate will also vote on whether to invoke article 155, allowing thecatalonia. a test of strength may follow, who will the police in catalonia obey?

according to the spanish government, possibly as soon as friday there will be a vote in the senate in madrid. the spanish government believes it has three quarters of the senate's chamber supporting it on this issue, it is confident it can push that through. this is a massive headache for madrid to impose direct rule, 20,000 civil servants here and a local police force of 17,000 and a tv station. who connects the traffic fines and the parking speeding tickets question what —— collect. all of that potentially has got to go back to madrid. that's right, there are several aspects of this article 155, the symbolic aspect, we knew this was coming for some time and it wasn't a great surprise, but it had a symbolic meaning, the fact it had a symbolic meaning, the fact it had a symbolic meaning, the fact it had never been used before, seen as the nuclear option for madrid. you get down to the logistics of it, how do you work the personnel, it is going to be very difficult, the spanish government recognises this, it will have to put the right people in the right places to make sure that civil servant

snap election there are a number of reasons first of all if he does that it will prevent the senators in madrid from voting on article one fifty five it's all. also when people go to the polls potentially could strengthen the mandate for the independent schools which could give them a strong reason to say we absolutely will have a catalonian regional government take the regional this will be a republic of catalonia but it could also go the other way you have an election and you roll the dice and quite frankly could also see a split in the independents camp with many people today deciding what side of the fence they're on so saying they drove out right independents including the vice president of the party who said that it's the only way forward and others who think that the election is the way forward so at the moment people here are waiting they were unhappy about all of this speculation and they want to know exactly what is happening to catalonia only get independents or will there be regional elections once more. ok thanks charlotte there was a show there for us live in barcelona oh. well a

s who demanded a secret ballot some the did not want to participate they had left so the senate in madrid at this point as at the same time been debating whether to grant the prime minister mariano rajoy special powers to sack the cattle on president to sack the regional government that just voted for the clip there the clearing part of me and dependent so minutes after the cattle on parliament voted the prime minister. went on twitter and said this i call for calm from all spaniards the rule of law will restore legality and catalonia because he has consistently said that this vote this referendum all of it was illegal so we have hoda abdel-hamid who is in madrid first though we are going to go to andrew simmons who is at ground zero for all of this basically catalonia parliament barcelona this is quite a moment andrew it same that catalonia has been barreling towards this moment for quite some time it has now happened talk to talk us through how all this is played out. will it was a secret bomb a little cold the declaration of secession and it wasn't the president making that declaration

matter what the president could have to say to the senate and of course the situation there is that can. as opposed to on i was going to go to madrid to address the senate the thoughts were he would go on thursday but no that is not the case now i'm not saying that it's definitely not going to change again because a lot is changing lots of shared jewels are moving around lots of meetings parliament was due to convene on thursday morning but that is not taking place now it's going to be much later in the day in the afternoon and then the suggestion is that on friday the plenary session of parliament will take place coinciding with the senate in madrid actually invoking article one five five well the parliament will do its thing now what will that be we've been here before could it be the actual declaration of secession or not not clear entirely but there's a lot of speculation that it's heading that way it would be a very brave person to guess but the atmosphere is charged it's divided it has to be said totally polarize but the position is this that the government is defiant and we're even hearing now that the us the police here the

refused to hold early elections in the differing crisis services session so here in the senate in madrid prime minister mariano rajoy said he planned elections in catalonia soon. you know if you will africa but. if the senate approves this the president of the spanish government will dissolve parliament and call elections within six months my aim is to call elections as soon as possible we also ask you to authorize the following decisions to remove from office the president the deputy president and the cabinet members of the catalan government. kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in the country's presidential election rerun the authorities postponed voting in several counties until saturday after supporters of the opposition fought with police four people were killed in the violence but wendy has become the first country to withdraw from the international criminal court it comes a year after it notified the un of its intention to leave the i.c.c. says that with the euro won't affect ongoing court proceedings concerning burundi a un panel has blamed syria'

a very different story from that in madrid which at that time of the declaration of independence here was passing a senatee arranging to impose article 155, effectively direct rule from madrid. let's catch up with the very latest on the political is to wish them, the greatest constitutional crisis to affect spain since the attempted coup in 1981. this report byjames reynolds. for centuries, catalonia has been part of the kingdom of spain. this afternoon, after years of growing crisis, those who seek a state of their own took their chance. in barcelona, catalan independence was declared. cheering and applause. some campaigners here have worked for decades for an independent catalonia and they believe this is now their moment and that they should be free from spain. this independent state, such as it is, has no control of its supposed borders and no single country has come forward to recognise it. but to these demonstrators, the declaration feels real. translation: we are finally free. we are oppressed here. we are fighting for our freedom. finally catalonia will be a free country. but you know that madrid

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 would 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 mariano or hoy's party is pushing for this it has a majority in the senate and secondly because we've heard from its 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 tomorrow and we know that he wants to rescue catalonia implying that he wants to rescue it from its president mr huge amount that he did not mr goodman did not give the announcement that people were expecting today so how do people in catalonia feel now. i think it's bad to say that both those who are in favor of independence and those w

madrid seize control affectively as of tomorrow. that is certainly what is expected there is going to be a vote in the senate tomorrow the madrid prime minister mariano rajoy sponte has a majority in the senate so they are expected to confirm that they will impose direct rule over this region when it comes to what putin on is planning there are a couple of theories one being that he might want them to back down on imposing article one five five one imposing direct rule by by stalling for time perhaps he hopes that they will panic so to speak and say looked and worried if you impose regional elections will give way on all sides and we won't impose article one five five the more likely alternative is that by calling threatening regional elections. and then madrid retaliating by imposing article one five five he could then sort of strengthen his mandate here in council ennia for independence he'll use article five one five five as an excuse for him to say look we have no choice this is what madrid is doing we now have direct rule over this region that is something that many here really do not want we absolutely have to declare independe

spanish region of catalonia is expected to intensify on friday with two key votes in madrid and barcelona. the spanish senatetral government plans to remove some powers from the autonomous region. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports now from barcelona. hope and excitement filled this barcelona square this morning, as on so many mornings during the catalan crisis. the independence—minded crowd once again arching and chanting its way towards the catalan government building, believing, after many weeks of waiting, the catalan leader inside now had a dramatic announcement to make. until he didn't. after more than an hour of waiting, in the end, it was a no—show — the catalan leader never turned up to make his much anticipated declaration. the press are leaving and outside on the streets, catalans are none the wiser as to what their future holds. now i feel very, very angry because i want an answer of someone. who is going to tell me something about this, because i'm very, very confused. there followed hours of more confusion. the catalan leader had a difficult decision to make — declare unilateral independence

rajoy direct role and cools elections presses the button for calling elections through the senate from madrid and gets control of that situation imposing ministers to can. this government instead of it happening naturally as it is now unnaturally madrid would make out because he says all of the actions in calling this referendum october the first which was declared illegal and wrong in every aspect but adrian stocks were going to be hearing we think from the president is that none of the moves taken with article one five five was strictly constitutionally legal and the government has been going through every line of the constitution with teams of lawyers to challenge it it's already said that it intends to appeal against the article one five five being triggered and it's also picking out a number of issues such as one in which article one five two directly contradicts one five one and actually imposes the need to have autonomous rule here along with a president and a parliament julie elected by the people now the lawyers will be arguing that article one five one takes a lot of way and therefo

adrian for good here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera spain's prime minister has asked the senate in madrid for permission to sack catalonia as government and to call early regional elections money out of the whole it says that the separatists in barcelona had forced madrid to take unprecedented action. i don't need. the government has had to trigger article one five five of the constitution that was not our wish or intention it never was i think that most of spain society knows this article one five five is part of our constitution and it is only invoked in extremely extraordinary circumstances no government in any democratic country can accept that the law is ignored or changed this is done by trying to impose a criteria on someone else so early reaction now from al-jazeera sandra symonds in barcelona well more of the certainly there with the baseline reaction was that this suspends democracy in catalonia that was from the spokesman for the president and then furthermore the colors are pushed him or her as his spokesman has announced that he will be making a statement i turn a night satur

parties and bring about some reconciliation with madrid, but according to mariano rajoy that is impossible. his deputy has been addressing members of the senatedrid, urging catalans to conform to the spanish constitution and not to the spanish constitution and not to declare any form of independence. in her words, if they went ahead and did that the full force of law would be imposed and measures would be taken. if we look at this still half empty chamber, 135 member chamber in the catalan parliament, let's bring in someone who is very much pro—independence, the vice president of the catalan party who has been organising demonstrations in favour of independence. rather i'm usually iam of independence. rather i'm usually i am told these things can go to time, but there is a delay, so i'm not sure if that means there is disagreement. but is it your understanding that this announcement will take place in some form of another, and this is the start as far as the separatists are concerned, the start of catalan independence? i think today will be a very important today. for sure there will be an independence declaration, we don't know the exact for

the opposition walking out the spanish senate has meanwhile voted to rescind catalonia as autonomy and take control of the rest of regions where barcelona and madrid. thanks very much for your company we begin with those developments in spain where the country's senate has approved government proposals to take control of catalonia it comes just after catalonia regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain all the vote for independence followed a fiery debate in the calland parliament with opposition lawmakers walking out in protest. separatist members of the catalan parliament singing their unofficial national anthem in the way. for a peaceful defense of their land the the opposition politicians had long since left the chamber refusing to take part in the. leaving the parliament's president to announce a clear majority in favor of declaring independence there says the resolution was carried by seventy votes for ten against and two abstentions. the question now how would madrid react prime minister mariano rajoy asked the senate to give him the right to strip the catalan government of its powers. because they do not follow

madrid occurred. martin turning back to you now assuming roy's plans are approved by the senate later in the week just how does madrid intend to actually enforce these measures and do you think the central government is prepared to use force. i'm sure they're hoping it will come to terms of us. house basically what they said is the day to day running of how to respond to change very much. as i said yesterday you know this has been a surgical strike. full house on civil servants are still going to be doing that day to day jobs. you know the parliament hasn't been dissolved in that sense cattle will still be running it's on the fence it's just that those ultimately responsible will be ministers emerge on the ministers. out and on your. their. children to have gotten their jobs this way just so i think you know that was going to actually change on a day to day basis all right and now barbara turning back to you now roy said one of his first priorities is that elections take place as soon as possible but even if these elections did take place it was to stop catalan separatists to simply be reelected. now

region all this independent republic actually is now we know that madrid says it's imposed direct control to senators in madrid. yesterday. straight. away from catalonia. says it's been able to remove the catalan parliament from its position and it's also removed a number of high ranking officials here. as well as one. but we understand from separatist. they say that they recognize decision and they will. because they believe that when the past. was legally entitled to do that now madrid of course is legally also entitled under the spanish constitution to pass article. yesterday now this comes to ration by the catalan parliament which was greeted by a sea of thousands literally thousands of people the national guard in spain estimates around twelve thousand. and the moment it happened. yes yes yes something many people. we spoke to a few people just. made them how they felt about it. it's very exciting at this moment i made a study got a mormon for us years and years and years and years dreaming about leaving the spring which is not to them we are finally in catalonia a new member of the internationa

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madrid tonight doesn't it? , charlotte: it certainly does appear that way. that is because we know tomorrow that the senaten madrid is planning on voting whether to impose article 155, that would impose direct rule on catalonia. it would mean removing those in the regional government from power. it would also mean taking control over its finances and police force as well. 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 mariano rajoy's party is pushing for this. it does have a majority in the senate. secondly we have heard from him , tonight, in a tweet, that he wants to quote "rescue catalonia." so it seems all eyes will be on madrid tomorrow. brent: we know that he wants to rescue catalonia, implying he wants to rescue it from its president, mr. puigdemont. he did not carles puigdemont did , not give the announcement people were expecting today, so how do people in catalonia feel now? charlotte: i think it is fair to say that both of those who were in favor of independence and those that were agai

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madrid. the sign language is being used on both sides. ijust took me through what is going to happen. in five days, when the senate finishes there, how is madrid going to revert or take direction route from madrid over events here? actually, the minister of finance, they have opened a new account where they have opened a new account where they will put all the money that goes to the catalan government. from that they will pay all the public workers. they might amuse the hand of the catalan regional police because he is facing charges of sedition. they will have to nominate somebody to take over the actual day—to—day administration of the cata la n day—to—day administration of the catalan area. many will say that's very heavy—handed and that will be counter—productive, it might encourage more people to come out in their tens or hundreds of thousands demanding liberty and freedom of expression. if we did not have freedom of expression, they would not be able to process on the streets, so that's the irony. the thing is that we have a region of spain trying to declare independence. there's nothing more serious on any

and by the clapping the woes the fall of the passing of resolution one peep the flight in madrid by the senators it seems that the climate is set for a very very dangerous and risky clash on these issues so when you talk about the climate and how it is it's potentially dangerous both karl's approach the mont and marianna rahowa have called for calm so actually let's listen to a little bit of what carlos approached him on said a short time ago and i'll come right back to you so just success. i mean the political representatives that were legitimately elected have adopted the mandate that was vaal did it through the polls catalan citizens in the next few hours we'll have to keep calm we have to remain peaceful in a civil and democratic manner. if i'm not sure if you heard that but basically he was he's calling probably want to remain peaceful and to really behave in a civil and democratic manner i guess because of just how tense everything is so this question i have for you next to something that what's probably take an entire semester for you to address but can you boil it down for us why this is

in madrid, spanish senate voted to revoke catalonia's autonomy.he spanish government bonds have dropped, pushing up the yield spread to the widest in almost a week. both sides play their highest card. and thedeo in barcelona european government reporter in madrid as well. maria, talk us through the last hour of what the reaction is being where you are standing. i can tell you the regional president has blessed the catalog parliament. there are no flags -- has blasted the catalog parliament -- catalan parliament. there are no flags flying your. -- here. if you go out of the parliament, thousands of people are expected to surge on the n -- catalan parliament. people said now the republic is here, is our duty to defend it. people in barcelona say is our time to defend the republic. let's listen to catalonia's president. >> today, the parliament, a legitimate parliament, which is the result of elections, has taken a long-awaited and long fought step. have filled a mandate which is validated by elections. that was the catalonian president speaking afte

for him would be that he is trying to calm the situation down because tomorrow the the senate in madrid is shuttle to vote on imposing direct rule of a couple enya that would mean that madrid would take charge of the regional government its finances even its police and that's something that a lot of people here would find extremely decide on satisfactory they are fiercely defensive of cattle and autonomy of its language of its culture and there would be a lot of anger here on the streets barcelona if that does go ahead as it stands is not yet clear whether or not madrid will now impose on us a cool one five five now with a fed these elections do go ahead there are some within the government in madrid who say that it needs to happen. they need to hear from the regional government that they will step back from calling for independence remains to be seen what's going to happen tomorrow all right to charlotte's all simple reporting from a very tense catalan capital of barcelona thank you. and moving on to some sports now in soccer the german cup has been in full swing this week while the mo

thought was a big gesture, early elections, would be met in madrid by another big gesture, to withdraw article 150 five. now it looks certain the senatethe demonstrations, it is broken about this decision, his own party. apologies to our viewers, we were taking the translation from writers, a news agency who first announced he called snap elections. but changed it to saying he had considered doing that but had not gone that far. rafael, he has not done a universal declaration of independence which those hundreds, maybe thousands of people close by criticising him for. i think he is in a cul—de—sac and he cannot do much. he is hoping to let madrid do the dirty deed and that is article 155. you can set the stage, declaring independence is almost meaningless. a day before the senate meets and bruce measures that not only make independence nor and void, but strip catalonia of the autonomy it has had for 40 years and sends mr puigdemont and his people into prison for rebellion probably. it is a manoeuvre that as we have seen over several weeks, it is delay, delay and putting the onus on madrid to step in force in a way that looks as if it