streets in support of their region's parliament this comes hours after the finest prime minister mariano rajoy and also plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an anti election we'll find out from madrid at buffalo enough what this could mean also coming up. results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's on opata he wants to take an active role in shaping policy as. i can jump on rap and make it in america. as being in the. in the. first bono the bavarian grand island talk as they take their foreign language flow to the home office if. i'm well come to the program. this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president colace put on said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid actions large crowds rallied in barcelona to support independence ma

the headlines: spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take control of the previously autonomous region of catalonia. translation: to all the spanish people, in particular the catalan people, i want to send you a message of calm. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. storm brian hits the uk. there are gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. and at 330 michael fish presents a special programme in which he retraces the route of the great storm of 1987 from dorset to sussex. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take temporary control of the autonomous region of catalonia. tim willcox is in barcelona. welcome to central barcelona. in the next hour we are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to protest against the decision by the spanish cabinet in madrid to impose direct law, that won't happen immediately in terms of the imposition of direct rul

the crisis over catalonia as independence bit is at another crucial juncture today prime minister mariano rajoy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for establishing central control in the region this comes after a catalan leader karla's pushed them out refused to abandon his threat to declare a breakaway state a brief run on cats and on banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they've moved the headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe again he towns of the region and offend the unity of the country it's spaniard to get that from. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable secession attempt on its national territory you're actually without which it will resolve using legitimate democratic institutions. respecting your constitution dering to the values and principles of the parliamentary democracy in which we have lived for thirty nine years. the king spoke as by signes price for imposition of direct rule prime minister mariano rajoy is now taking steps to activate article one hundred fifty five of the spani

did mariano rajoy say pretty much what you expected him to say tonight, or did he go further? government, removing chief of police, and he took control of the main institutions. but the question is, i mean... he wanted to show the people of spain that he was in charge? the only thing that has surprised me is that he called for these elections and this is something that i didn't understand well. in how things will be changing. are there catalonian politicians that will be sympathetic towards mariano rajoy and what he is calling for, and will want to be re—elected and in power in the region but as part of spain and not an independent country? the question is, what kind of election do you wa nt to is, what kind of election do you want to have there? you will have the independent parties there, or you will ban them, or if they recognise the spanish law now. if you ban the independent parties, what happens with these 2 million people... an election for only the opposition which would not be democratic? and obviously this is a reaction from the people. what do you think it will be?

in the midst of the cut and run crisis a stark warning from the spanish government prime minister mariano rajoy says he will not rule out using constitutional powers to deny catalonians plans to split from spain meanwhile more protests are set to get underway in barcelona calling for unity with spain our correspondent will join us with the latest also coming up. protestors in russia called for chilled opposition leader of alexei navalny to be allowed to run for president we'll have the latest in a report. and germany has qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup but that won't stop some of the young guns from using their country's final game against azerbaijan to show their coach why they deserve to go to russia next summer. hello and welcome i'm michel henery it's good to have you with us i'm not a rally is expected in barcelona today against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence this comes after a referendum was held in the region last week which the central government has called illegal and a television interview spanish prime minister mariano rajoy warned he won't rule ou

the headlines: spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take control of the previously autonomous region of catalonia. translation: to all the spanish people, in particular the catalan people, i want to send you a message of calm. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. drivers could soon be allowed to pass through sections of motorway roadworks at higher speeds. storm brian hits — with gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has confirmed that the national government will take temporary control of the autonomous region of catalonia. tim willcox is in barcelona. welcome to high above barcelona, in central barcelona, one of the most famous houses by goudie the architect behind me —— gaudi. this isa architect behind me —— gaudi. this is a significant day in spanish history, the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has declared they have invoked article 155 after

mariano rajoy speaking just over an hour ago.re signs that the spanish government is ready to impose direct rule. these pictures came ina impose direct rule. these pictures came in a little earlier. it shows a ship carrying spanish police which has dogged in barcelona. it's thought they could assume —— docked. on october one they tried to prevent the referendum using force and plastic bullets. here is what the president of the european council donnas tusk tweeted in reaction to events. —— donald tusk. our europe editor is in barcelona. she gave her views on how the latest views will be unsettling eu leaders. it is extremely unsettling for the people here who are living to separate realities. there are those who believe they are living in an independent catalan republic and those who are against independence who are waiting for the spanish government to return what they see as normality to the region. spaniards right across the country are worried. it is notjust the basques who are worried by this situation. eu leaders are watchin

so mariano rajoy has got to do something in order to hold the state together, in light of the rest ofld, and at the same time, catalonia has its own issues and its own matter of independence which it has been moving towards the many years. so 110w moving towards the many years. so now we have reached an impasse, which is a real kind of situation. i am old enough to remember when spain was governed by generals. none of us remember franco, what there is a lwa ys remember franco, what there is always that kind of layer on top. there is also the idea that arsal owner resisted franco, while madrid was franco. —— barcelona. so there are all of these bits and pieces into woven into this situation. for mariano rajoy there are compelling problems about the damage this is doing to the spanish economy, that tourism is down, consumer confidence is falling, and businesses are leaving catalonia. now, it seems to me it is all very well for the cata la n me it is all very well for the catalan leaders to invoke... to call mariano rajoy a second franco, but it is not quite clear exactly what they envis

the headlines: a huge demonstration in barcelona after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announced steps to remove the current administration in catalonia. i'm in barcelona where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in defiance of madrid's decision. explosives experts were called to the sellafield nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. drivers could soon be allowed to pass through sections of motorway roadworks at higher speeds. storm brian hits the uk. there are gale—force winds and high seas — but less fierce than predicted. and at 430 foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders‘ eyes in dateline good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has announced steps to remove the current administration in catalonia and to hold fresh elections there as soon as possible. he warned of economic disaster if the region's separatists succeeded in splitting from spain. let's cross to my colleague tim willcox in madrid. iam high i am high above in central b

mariano rajoy has thrown the ball back. rochelle: in the meantime, how catalonia's regional parliament reacting to all of this? claire: we have seen several reactions on the right and on the center, with the liberal party as well as the people's party. the catalonian versions of those 'srties -- we have seen two mp saying they want mariano rajoy to invoke article 100 55, which would allow him to impose direct rules on catalonia, dissolve the regional parliament, impose fresh elections. they say it is time for a shakeup. new elections are needed in the region. on the opposite side, the far left, which is a member of that party, that coalition in the m -- catalan regional parliament has said we are giving punched pushed them giving puigdemont 30 days. it is worth seeing mother divisions emerge within carlos pushed them on -- carles puigdemont's coalition. rochelle: from barcelona, thank you. and other world news, some 2000 got -- r00 voting ohingya muslims are living in makeshift tents on a riverbank as they wait for boats. 5

what do you think mariano rajoy is doing here? trying to flush mr puigdemont out?id it mean? let us be clear, in this signed document after the parliamentary session, did they actually sign a declaration of independence and then suspended? yes, the thing is that this document was yes, the thing is that this document was signed after the suspension sol ama was signed after the suspension sol am a journalist and i'm not a lawyer andl am a journalist and i'm not a lawyer and i do not know why this is. didn't actually say, this is the declaration that catalu nya ? didn't actually say, this is the declaration that catalunya? is said, we are going to build a catalan republic. we are going to we have declared? that is why mariano rajoy is asking the catalan government for this clarification, what it it mean? is the catalan government already out of the law or not because they need this answer to go forward with these article 155 of the spanish constitution which would allow the spanish government to take control of the catalan government. how much trouble is mr puigdemont

military dictator francisco franco abolishing the government of qatar lonia spain's prime minister mariano rajoy was likely expecting a strong rebuke from barcelona and triggering article one fifty five of spain's constitution he has turned to what he considers a measure of last resort in the growing political crisis between madrid and barcelona. the autonomy and self governance of catalonia will not be suspended it will remove the people that put on a mess government outside the law and the constitution. self governance will not end it will be recovered for the sake of its legality and for the coexistence of all catalans not just those who are pro independence. we're always plan foresees cut a line affairs coming under madrid's direction regional elections would be held within six months that can only happen if spain senate approves rejoice decision to trigger article one fifty five senators are due to vote on friday roy's conservative people's party holds a majority of the senate seats well for more and barbara vai's will joins me now from barcelona barbara could these measures by madrid

mariano rajoy, the prime minister of spain has said the vote didn't take place today.s banked the security forces were taking action, saying there were upholding the rule of law —— thanked, and called the vote itself tariq —— mockery of the existence of democracy and criticise the catalan leaders for holding it despite saying it was illegal. what impact will it have on his premiership? he has a difficult course to steer now because there will be great further meant in catalonia. it will probably add to the campaign for independence although polls beforehand showed the majority of catalans would not vote for independence. they were very attached to the idea of holding a referendum, though, and that's where problems come. he is upset at cata la ns problems come. he is upset at catalans who problems come. he is upset at catala ns who probably problems come. he is upset at catalans who probably would have backed staying with spain. how well supported was about? it is difficult to tell from these pictures but looks like many people are out trying. it looks like a lot of peo

the far left to unilaterally declare independence and madrid and mariano rajoy the prime minister are having none of it threatening the nuclear option so-called section one five five of the constitution which would give him special powers to revoke the autonomy of this region and impose direct rule that would ask for in a very serious potentially very dangerous constitutional crisis in a country that has known civil war of course in the past so. they are as opposed as they could possibly be and yes it's absolutely true that no side is showing any sign of giving in because of course the moment they give in they lose all the ground that they've made that said the march that has happened here on sunday peter has been annexed. i think we've lost our line there too jonah how we'll stay with these live pictures the key thing there that jonah was saying of course was this that when mariano rajoy if he chooses to use the special powers article one five five of the spanish constitution we were talking to other guests in our news our program in the past half hour and a key analyst talking to us

the streets in support of the region's parliament this comes hours after a spanish prime minister mariano rajoy dissolved announced plans to dissolve catalonia his government and call early election we'll find out from madrid and barcelona what it all means also coming up partial results from elections in the czech republic suggest that the prime minister coming out will be a populist billionaire dubbed the czech donald trump a far right party is in third place. i will. also tell you about a young man overcoming a disability and living a dream he's a professional video gamer and he's blind to tell you how he manages to not only compete but with. i met her and welcome this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your tech ration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on that warning madrid says it plans to sack cattle on leaders and has gone down well in barcelona where the masses have taken to the streets in protest and w.'s barber of a zal is among those protesters in barcelona we have her on the line oh oh well i suppose we don

streets in support of their regions problem and this comes out with up to spanish prime minister mariano rajoy enough of plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an early election will find out from madrid and but abbas i don't know what this could mean also coming up. results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's on no party wants to take an active role in shaping the e.u. policies. and we'll tell you about a young man overcoming disability and living his dream. the professional video game and his blind we'll tell you how he manages to not only compete but when. i'm human and welcome to the program this week spain gave cuts alone an ultimatum. withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his fundament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions now crowds gathered in buffalo not to sup

that he has called, mariano rajoy, the regional elections.res from friday of the declaration of independence and the mps celebrating. will your party contest those elections in december?” celebrating. will your party contest those elections in december? i don't know. the first point is the only one according to law who can call for elections is the president of catalonia, not mariano rajoy, not madrid, so in that sense i do not think they have the power. you will have seen... you are not in barcelona but you will have seen pictures today of the protests in favour of remaining in part of that reflects spain. that reflects something important, doesn't it, however sincere your desire for independence, there are many of your compatriots who are happy to remain pa rt compatriots who are happy to remain part of spain? of course, that is democracy. everybody has to make their point. they did not vote with us their point. they did not vote with us in the referendum of october the ist. that was the moment is a no. and we would say yes and we would kno

mariano rajoy getting senate approvalfor invoking world.the cabinet will meet here in madrid, to discuss precisely that, what they have so far, what they have from the senate is the authority to act, that is what mariano rajoy was seeking when he took this document, to the senate, and asked them to vote on implementing article 155, in catalu nya, implementing article 155, in catalunya, returning implementing article 155, in catalu nya, returning or implementing article 155, in catalunya, returning or implement in direct rule to catalunya from here in madrid, he got that by a large majority, as expected, party dominates the senate here, but also has a lot of support from the key opposition parties including the socialist party. so, he feels he has the political mandate to move forward now, beginning to implement direct rule in catalunya. how that looks is a very big question, the cabinet will meet to discuss what they do next, what mariano rajoy has said it will include initially would be dissolving the catalan parliament, also involve remov

control of the catalan region by firing the region's leaders and the police chief prime minister mariano rajoy has called for a regional elections after catalonia declared independence from the rest of the country mr rajoy said their decision was based on lies and fraud the south election will take place on december the twenty first andrew simmons has more from barcelona . the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave. of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the catalan parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mares had been invited ceremonial sticks by their sides to. the story since. it wasn't long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving as parliament into the history books most opposition members walked out in disgust leaving the spanish national flag and the catala

the streets in support of their region's parliament this comes hours after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announces plans to dissolve catalonia government and call an early election we'll find out from madrid and barcelona what this could mean also coming up. results of from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andres bobbish says his party wants to take an active role in shaping policy. money welcome to the program this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's elections now lodged.

news live from poland spain's prime minister gets tough on catalonia and its push for independence mariano rajoy warns the region of grave consequences if it refuses to follow the rule of law we'll bring you reaction to that speech and politics and work out what it could mean for catalogs or talk of. the all. i'm phil gal welcome to the program spain's prime minister has just addressed the country's parliament over the impasse with catalonia but a lot of the jorge criticized the region for flouting spanish law undermining the crushing democracy and threatening spain's you want to say that after its recent referendum on independence also called for clarity on catalonia tonight is moving this constitutional crisis challenging katz a mandate is to cite clearly whether they have declared independence or not prime minister hoist said the government could invoke article one five five of the spanish constitution to take over a director of catalonia if it's they just might go out on their threat to break away. here's an excerpt from mariano rajoy speech to parliament in which he discussed yesterda

|j leave, the king, the catalan president and mariano rajoy. the situation is awful. it will be hard. i have a right here and everybody is making their lives a normal, so i don't feel it's good. to add to the complexity of the possible catalan independence, spanish police unions are claiming that hundreds of cata la n are claiming that hundreds of catalan officers are threatening to leave and join a national force because they are worried about independence. it's claimed it's another piece of propaganda designed to show how unstable future catalan state would be. with diplomacy frozen both the sides are speaking directly to the population, urging supporters to display their support for independence orfor supporters to display their support for independence or for unity in the coming days. the british—based author kazuo ishiguro has been awarded the nobel prize for literature. the swedish academy said his novels had great emotional force and they praised japanese born writer's exploration of the themes of memory and time. mr ishiguro said the pr

of course for many reasons in the permanent contact with the prime minister mariano rajoy. hiding to the situation in spain is concerning but. position i mean institutions and member states. clear the. room for in the kind of mediation. international. initiatives or action. those pains government meanwhile is preparing to suspend catalonia is autonomy after a final deadline on thursday to drop its secession plan so that was pretty much ignored the process will therefore begin on saturday that's when madrid will decide which powers to take back from barcelona barca reports now from the catalan capital . spain's political crisis is deepening after failing to comply with the spanish government catalonia it will now be stripped of its autonomy in. mock you for in the absence of a clear response we note that he has not answered our request and therefore we will continue procedure of triggering article one five five of the constitution to restore legality in catalonia the capital and president. had been given until thursday morning to clarify and revoke any independence claim las

for example, the french president also said he is behind mariano rajoy.o the german chancellor told , through a spokesman that she is behind her spanish counterpart. so there is no question the eu is behind spanish government. sarah: catalonia has no support for independence within the eu, but in practical terms is f catalonia secedes from spain, what is going to happen? bernd: nothing. the eu diplomats tell us that they will ignore any move of catalonia to become independent. there will be no border, there will be no tariffs, passport controls, things like that. every decision the catalan government, which will no longer be in office now legally, would be ignored. so nothing would change actually on the ground from the viewpoint of the european union. we do not know here. i spoke with the catalan foreign minister and he said he would stay in his office and wait for the police to remove him from there. he is prepared to be arrested, so it is clear the catalans want some kind of martyr image like that but the eu says , nothing will happen as far as we're c

of course from and the reasons in the permanent contact with the prime minister mariano rajoy. hiding that the situation in spain is concerning but to. position. i mean the institutions and member states. clear the. room for in the kind of mediation or. international. initiative or action. or say in brussels the e.u. leaders of welcomed a proposal by british prime minister to resign aimed unblocking breaks it talks but said concessions to ease the fears of e.u. citizens living in britain and not enough arriving at that summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union finally said he'll be spending more time in frankfurt because of brecht's that britain is currently home to most of the company's european operations but it's pushing ahead with plans to make the german city a major base johnno has more from brussels. the reason may has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete prog

the prime minister, mariano rajoy, sacks the catalan leader, his cabinet and chief of police, vowing to restore the rule of law. translation: this independence is very sad. it causes anguish. that is what all catalans who are not for independence felt today. but catalan separatists remain defiant, saying the independence vote means they no longer fall under spanishjurisdiction. also on the programme: the father of an american muslim soldier killed in iraq, who lambasted donald trump at the democratic national convention, speaks about his unwavering faith in america. hello. spain is in a state of constitutional turmoil, with the country's prime minister, mariano rajoy, announcing that he's dissolving catalonia's parliament and calling snap regional elections. it follows a vote by the catalan parliament to declare independence from spain. mr rajoy said the unprecedented imposition of direct rule was essential to "restore normality". he's also sacked catalonia's separatist leader, carles puigdemont, and his cabinet. crowds have remained in central barcelona late into the night, in a def

prime minister mariano rajoy has announced his government tim wilcox is in barcelona.h above central barcelona. in the last few hours, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of pro—independence demonstrators have taken to the streets in defiance of that decision by the spanish by ministers to impose home rule. numbers of protesters vary according to the organisers of this rally today. they say nearly half a million people took to the streets, according to organisations which are pro—unity they say the number 170 5,000. nonetheless, there were significant numbers out here on the streets of barcelona. there are crowds of those nights as i speak outside the place where the catalan president is shortly to give a speech. would you give statements. it's not clear what his next move will be. it follows a dramatic day here in spain, when the spanish by minister mariano rajoy convened a crisis cabinet meeting to discuss the moves he would take by imposing or invoking article 155, an article which has never been used before on any autonomous region. let's catch up with

the prime minister mariano rajoy sacks the catalan leader, his cabinet and chief of police, vowing to restore the rule of law. (chanting) but catalan separatists are defiant, saying the independence vote means they no longer fall under spanishjurisdiction. hello and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has taken control of catalonia, dissolved its parliament and announced new elections after the regional parliament in barcelona voted to establish an independent republic. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, said his cabinet had fired the catalan leader, carles puigdemont, and ordered new elections to be held in december. mr rajoy said the unprecedented imposition of direct rule on catalonia was essential to "recover normality". earlier in the day, pro—independence supporters turned out on the streets of barcelona in their thousands to celebrate the declaration of independence. our correspondent gavin lee went there. this is the situation right now, opposite the government office in barcelona, one of the main squares, just look around right now. thousands of people with th

mariano rajoy is under pressure on where to move next. he has two decisions, one is to suspend the autonomy of catalonia, which he is allowed to do he could dissolve the assembly here. the other is to engage in dialogue with the catalan leaders. there are two opposing arguments and two opposing sides within the spanish argument one is his allies in a political party. albert rivera speaking to rajoy yesterday. and the other saying there should be dialogue the strike some say is a good idea the unions, 40 different unions involved in calling a strike they say it will show people in catalonia vigorously condemn the police action we saw on sunday we expect airports and train stations to be impacted. universities here to close down. fc barcelona will be closing shop over the course of the day. we saw 15,000 people on the streets near barcelona we may see many more this afternoon. >> willem, thank you very much indeed for that. >>> let's move on. our next guest says a bullish stance on growth from the ecb means the central bank is like to make

international spain's prime minister mariano to hoyle invokes article one five five dismissing the government a console me out following the region's independence referendum on october the first. a european think tank publishes a list of thousands of arties guests including president trump calling them useful idiots in a controversial report on this child was policies. and human rights organizations warm deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter after cold weather and a lack of medical help kills a five year old girl. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. the spanish cabinet has decided to trigger article one five five leading to the dismissal of catalonia regional government and snap elections there the region's autonomy could also be revoked something that's now to be decided by congress is what spain's prime minister mariano at a horse said. we apply now article one hundred fifty five because no government in a democratic country can accept the law be ignored or violated changed. and that these happens a

they want dialogue between mariano rajoy and ca rles dialogue between mariano rajoy and carles puigdemontat next week, on tuesday, if ca rles that next week, on tuesday, if carles puigdemont would declare independence, how would the spanish comment react? with a arrest the spanish —— catalan government? —— will they arrest. no she said to me they fear there will be a radicalisation of the minority of the supporters of the independence movement, which until now has been very peaceful. to what extent do you think the spanish government in madrid, the catalan leader there, we'll listen to these protests calling for dialogue? so far the spanish government has been on bending. as we know, the catalan leader has spoken about possibly declaring unilateral independence. yes. until now it's really difficult to foresee. nobody knows. yesterday i spoke to a political scientist. he could imagine violence on the street. if unilateral independence is declared, there is a possibility the situation will even escalate more. but until now bat yesterday there were some signals coming from a minister of the

thanks but no thanks martin roberts in the madrid mariano rajoy seems to be taking a particularly hard line well if you look at state history i mean they didn't ask for. you know three armed conflicts were better armed separatists separatists you know that was a struggle lasted fifty years and you know. also. well what you have to look at is that spain is not in the same situation as. resistance and situations the middle east people actually killing each other yes is a process yes very different but we were nowhere near that station yes this is you know spanish constitution which as against that last one managed. military coup in one thousand nine hundred. all of a salad some barcelona's not very good from the came about from the president's efficacy polygons and i've heard from the prime minister what is the mood and boss obama tonight. and especially because we've heard from the prime minister today and who's asking them on again what he meant by his speech there and this is also reflected in this is also what you hear here talking to people on the streets are so a lot of uncertainty

mariano rajoy the spanish prime minister has said this is an illegal referendum and shouldn't count.cting disproportion —— though police were acting proportionately. chanting. the count has happened and they are waiting to find out how many people said yes because legitimate or not, look at this, people say if the turnout is high, and we are told something like 3 million people may have voted, that is the unofficial report here, they say in two days' time, the president of catalonia carles puigdemont may call independence. listen to these chance around us. despite the support their of course, in other parts of spain, they do not recognise, and the prime minister said he does not recognise this as a legal vote. what will happen in the next few days? i will try to explain, to give you a sense of what we know so far. trying to talk over this crowd which is still in good voice. at 6am this morning somewhat queueing round the block. we expect ca rles queueing round the block. we expect carles puigdemont in the next hour oi’ carles puigdemont in the next hour orso, carles puigdemont in the

two hundred fourteen for forty seven against approval for prime minister mariano rajoy to sack the regional government and impose sweeping powers back in barcelona these politicians and supporters hardly look like people about to go into the background president colors push them all called for calm. citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our country's polls a most of all to montane that peace public spirit and our dignity i think we have always done with no doubt it will continue to be that way this is an extraordinary moment but it's historic to find the right the way across this eighteenth century building of the mix moods it was sure was on the brakes and the sticks you see are from the more right across the yard here to express. you don't see the look back at what o'clock it was of course was the. independent. independence is heartbreaking sad and distressing that is how all the catalans who are not pro independence feel including very democratic pro independent supporters that cannot shed this destructive operation based on lies fraud and impositions it is c

a special cabinet meeting right now in madrid to avoid direct rule over catalonia prime minister mariano rajoy called the meeting to kaplan politicians welch's overwhelmingly to secede from spain. or this was the scene in catalonia regional condiment just a few hours ago when the motion was passed with seventy votes in favor ten were against it in two ballot papers were left blank and say this empty building pro independence supporters erupted in jubilation on hearing the news well this is what mariano rajoy said a short time ago before convening an emergency cabinet meeting in the trade and. i want to tell. consolations to be kong the things will be fun and they'll be measures they'll be done with. spain is a serious country and is a great nation we will not tolerate that a few people try to liquidate. standards of living rules of play. forty years ago spain has become one of the most democratic countries in the world. while this is the scene you're watching it right now in barcelona depends supporters rallying. hanumant we're hearing kaplan leader. may address the crowd. joins us now f

to see thousands of people not just in catalonia but across spain calling for the resignation of mariano rajoy we must remember that he's in the minority government so it's up to the rest of the parties to find a solution to fix this disaster status s.t.'s this. despite the violence many cuts alone ians did manage to vote in defiance of the spanish government which declared the referendum illegal. or earlier i spoke with our correspondent paul well following ellison barcelona i asked him about whether people were able to cast their votes and his area. they certainly were because there were long queues of people from early morning trying to get into the polling stations across the region in fact i was at a polling station not too far from where i am and central barcelona and there were long queues of people i spoke to one man and he was there for an hour and a half and he said he probably take another hour at least or an hour and a half to get inside to cast his ballot and i was in the late afternoon then we've seen across the region that the police have tried to close them out of the pol

prime minister mariano rajoy says he wants to restore normality. how does he do that?> there's nothing normal about what happened over the last 24 hours. spain is in its greatest constitutional crisis, and with andcatalan parliament announcing the process to begin a declaration we are far from normal. what we will see the next few days is how in fact the spanish government will dissolve this parliament, sacking both the catalonia asce in well as the members of parliament and president puigdemont, will he meet with resistance when they try to physically remove these individuals? rajini: before some thousands of people out on the streets across the region. what kind of reaction might here be from people in spain and catalonia? s are deeplyalan divided over whether independence is the right thing. you had people celebrating the announcement of the parliament of the declaration of independence. you had others protesting this declaration. we had reports of the catalan radio services, protesters breaking into it. this is a deeply divided society, and we don't know what happe

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy wants to stop a cata la n mariano rajoy wants to stop a catalanis morning he was cheered as he entered parliament in madrid. the senate is meeting in order to give mariano rajoy the power to suspend self rule in the cata la n power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translation: power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translatiosz power to suspend self rule in the catalan region. translation: in my opinion we have no other alternative. the only thing we can and should do is to resort to the law in order to keep the law. that means stopping this man, the catalan leader ca rles means stopping this man, the catalan leader carles puigdemont, here arriving at the regional parliament. before madrid moves to shut down his administration, carles puigdemont and his colleagues in parliament may decide to play their own most symbolic card. the declaration of an independent state. opposition parties who speak for half the population in catalonia, object to any attempt to break away from spain. the pro—independence movement has a majority an

prime minister mariano rajoy said his country could not stand by while part of its territory was stolen plant reports. the streets of barcelona, catalonia's capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after the regional government here declared its independence from spain. translation: every citizen is clear about the goal. the price we will pay perhaps is expensive. but here we do things well, we work well here, and we respect everybody. si, si, si! this was the moment the catalonia's government voted to declare itself an independent state. 300 miles away in madrid, spain's national government was also voting to take away catalonia's regional powers and sack its leader after refusing to recognise catalonia's independence. translation: normality starts with law. in order to return institutional legitimacy and to give a voice to all catalans, i have now dissolved the catalan parliament to hold regional elections on the 21st of december. it is a confusing picture, even within catalonia itself, many people don't want to be separate from spain. the spanish government says

mariano rajoy has been speaking for the last half hour or so i just want to bring you a few more lines he says the catalan referendum was a joke to democracy. he also said i want the elections to be held in the shortest possible time, adding that liquidating the law breaks the public good, fractures society, divides families and stops long-time friendships. we can make an example of this situation. also adding that they're all anti-democratic decisions contrary to the law, to the normal comfo comportment, crushe minority with respect to the legal state. a quick look at the ibex and how it is faring today off by half of a percent after bouncing back rapidly yesterday to the tune of 1.5% as there were hopes out there that there was going to be a break through between barcelona and madrid that did not happen. let's talk more about the story with willem marx who has been our expert on this story you spent a lot of time in barcelona. what do you think the response will be from barcelona on this yesterday we saw chaos in barcelona. puigdemont was going to call for new elections and didn't >>

to get us welcome to the world of business was listening closely when the spanish prime minister mariano to haul made a highly anticipated speech about the future of catalonia the stakes are high as a declaration of independence would be harmful to spain the e.u. and the euro the country's main stock index that has been volatile in the weeks following the referendum on independence but searched today investors in the madrid stock exchange were relieved and markets closed more than one percent higher following a speech by the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy who said he is not going to negotiate with separatists in a much awaited speech in parliament. separate system and have valid reasons to support it is not big they have the votes and the authority to govern the cars alone your region but they do not have the authority to declare independence. that's why traders in frankfurt sale there's reason for investors to be concerned. it is certainly possible that the uncertainty will continue and if there is unrest in catalonia it will certainly impact on spanish bonds it will come under pr