martin roberts martin let's start with you madrid has now officially taken control of the council on government how is that going to work what's to stop the catalan politicians from just staying in their seats essentially well the idea is the day to day running to pass a law and you want change hardly at all because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top when he their jobs and their functions you know merely the people of the very top. might be transferred to partner or. indeed as an example or . controversial regional police chief has been demoted i mean he's job i mean. there's thirty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks. where now to talk over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police on civil rights were they now you have problems with the state houses who declare no uncertain terms and. rejected any outside interference over drug seasons being sentences mera cases meanwhile the new orleans and the civil servants to simply sit tight not to make waves and simply not allowed to spend sixty percent unemployment claims which is hollywood. and charlotte we saw celebrations in barcelona after this independence declaration so how are people now reacting to their government being run from madrid. yes it's hard to imagine now that it's morning but last night there are thousands of people crowded into this square behind me i the only way i can describe it really is like a con of all spirit there was a band playing spontaneous outbursts of either catalonia really was very exciting for the people here who is celebrating independence this morning though there is a very clear feeling that no one knows exactly what the day will hold there is a sense that this could go either way at this point that this could become extremely volatile especially when some of the more practical aspects of madrid the more visible aspects of madrid trying to impose direct rule start to come into force what for example is going to happen to the man who's really behind all of this push him on what happens when he is say arrested for example that something is still very much on the cards there are reports in spanish newspapers that he could be charged as soon as monday with an offense that well he faces up to thirty years in prison so if that were to happen i feel like the mood could should could change very quickly here. and martin so rahowa has sacked the council on parliament called for an election in december does madrid believe the separatists will participate in this election. well the most radical sect separatists known as the sea have already said that they were going to have national protested. the separatists policies in a very interesting dr who has. refused to take. the elections well but simply handing out. you know simply playing. on they also run the risk of. democracy on the other hand if they do protest elections to. a separatist majority . guesses back to square well i do believe that yesterday's declaration of independence was largely symbolic. but again to show that said charles it's very. nobody really knows what's going to have. in barcelona charlottesville some pill and in madrid martin roberts thank you very much both. kenya is a country in electoral limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition

martin roberts in madrid martin let's start with you the spanish government has issued this bulletin taking control of catalonia do we have a timeline for when this is going to happen and also how this is going to happen. well that's the million dollar question in theory they take an immediate effect on how they actually practice. christian particularly we can expect civic resistance in. catalonia however the government has been laying the groundwork for this was several weeks in days at the beginning you know. september they airlifted thousands upon thousands of additional civil national police to try and take control of the streets additionally and very interestingly they took control of. all. of this you know councillor civil servants so more than three hundred thousand government employees that including incidentally the council and police will still be able to draw their salaries until and you. have all been very directly from madrid so. at least the groundwork has been learned you know hundreds controlling her purse strings in theory they control. about how to go to deal with civic resistance is another matter because no one wants to see a repeat of the sense we saw the referendum post october first. it was an old lady's been broken and it's went viral and certainly challenged the government's some moves of expectation of uncertainty and since you mention civil resistance fight and charlotte presumably has called for a democratic opposition to this takeover what does that mean and what can they actually do to resist the central government. yes my that was one of the key takeaways from his short statement he gave yesterday that he wanted people to remain peaceful he said there shouldn't be any insults and that those who want independence those who support him should not should not go up against those who are against it should respect those who are against it whether or not that can be lived out in reality it does remain to be seen as a huge and she independence protest planned here later so it's very possible of course that things could come to a head so far it must be said that it's been peaceful here but there have been threats from supporters in the past in the days leading up to the vote on independence for civil disobedience some have even said that they want to try and stop officials madrid officials from coming into these buildings and taking over really resisting spain madrid imposition of direct rule is possible that could start to come into play tomorrow when catalonian civil servants attempt to come back to work possibly one person one himself attempts to continue to act as leader of this region because he's made it very clear that he believes he still is and charlotte staying with you for the moment there are some big demonstrations planned today all over the region we know is this going to be anything more than just a symbolic show of force. people that we've been talking to who are against this independence say that they just want to have their voices heard they feel very neglected in this process by authorities here we are expecting thousands of people i mean hundreds of thousands of people who are against this independence push came out onto the streets of boston or we're expecting something quite similar today especially given opposition parties here in the region have put support behind it another key point that i want to draw your attention to is late today real madrid the football team coming here to catalonia they're playing the team. all eyes are going to be on that match is wild to see whether or not politics is going to be played out on the pitch of. charlotte charles and phil in barcelona and martin roberts in madrid for us thank you both very much. another deadly attack in the somali capital mogadishu two car bombings and a hostage situation left at least twenty three people dead and dozens more wounded the islamist militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attacks so malia's government says it will continue with its fights were radical. to. the city shaken by a series of deadly blasts they left mortgage issues streets littered with knowledge wreckage first a suicide truck bomb exploded near a hotel popular with politicians security officials say the bomber had pretended his vehicle had broken down outside before detonating. just minutes later a second call blew up by. armed militants then stormed the hotel prompting a drawn out gun battle with police. several senior officials and a mother and baby is said to be among the dead. smoke billowed above the scene as emergency services rushed towards. the extremist group has claimed responsibility. the blasts came t

martin roberts is standing by martin it's good to see you sir what do you think the consequences will be for the catalan government if push for more presses ahead with the independence plan. well if he tries to do us in the next wait or in a row before the senate actually analyzes. as expected for him to carve out two more drinks then the attorney general has said that he's prepared to throw the book as in the prosecutor charges against him rebellion carries a jail sentence of between fifteen and twenty five yes so last something but he will try to consider on the other hand if the parliament's amasses not to get the power it will still be allowed to make all the government figures out of. these if they are trying to vote for independence and about that because my job or the change in bahrain is simply the service any other matches the current attempts to discuss such an example we have today forestry a fine independence is i'm seeing to it and so what does madrid hope will come out of fresh elections in catalonia well so you think they don't want to see it obviously isn't her independence majority because. well what is what i want them you know we have a standoff especially as well yes it's a. rather err independence referendum base very difficult to tell what will happen today here i mean whatever it is is the current defendants who are actually government in a minority and they need a very small. to actually carry votes forward so it's a very shaky coalition from now on there's no certainty that we would actually have a program dependent majority but again from our own severe it's a risky strategy arms are just sense of we face a lot of uncertainty about sent a lot of uncertainty indeed journalist martin roberts in madrid thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world brazilian police have arrested more than ninety people connected to an internet pedophile ring the raids followed a six month investigation involving u.s. authorities more than a thousand agents took part in the operation which police say is the biggest ever conducted in latin america. afghanistan's defense ministry says a suicide bomber killed at least fifteen army recruits as they were leaving their base in the capital kabul four others were wounded now this latest incident comes at the end of a particularly bloody week in afghanistan seven major attacks have killed almost two hundred fifty people since tuesday. police in the german city of munich have ruled out terrorism after a man with a knife attacked. earlier today and all four people suffered minor wounds police arrested a german national who they say appears to be suffering from psychological problems . results in the czech republ

martin roberts is standing by martin thanks for joining us so just what can we expect from the cabinet meeting today. well mariano rajoy is set to make a speech to the media just after the meeting and we're expecting that to prosecutor hours what we'll be looking out for is limited and temporary intervention which the government promised they don't need to take back our permanently won't he moves we're expecting. our which opposition parties are being asked in return for their support for this intervention is to dissolve the council and parliaments i call her a collection a lot of who are expecting the senate to meet in a couple of hours time because they are the party that has to actually approve these measures and they're expected to call upon the well to get pushed amongst the prime minister president a hearing on monday are also expected to have a vote on this whole in front of well again the key thing roy speaks to the media and exactly what measures he will assess and to interact. well once he announces his these measures you say that it still needs to be approved by the senate so just what kind of a timeline are we looking at until something actually will happen on the ground in catalonia. well in theory if they manage to hold it in nice and take approach which is probably going to be central to next friday will ease matters will take effect on saturday in the meanwhile. and if it could happen . maybe what we last minute emergency talks of the house and harm can be reconvened in which they may attempt to make some sort of an outright declaration of independence they could also appearance of the. constitutional court to suspend the senate and i think it happened but most likely think. the book go ahead on trying to. the measures will take place and what we're going to have next after the. and what would you say this crisis has done for the spanish government of varian or a hallway. well the big question mark that's been raised is you know to what extent this can actually be implemented immediately street protests are already being called in but there are. like today here are just protests at the arrest of two city park. well they could also be protesting against the president. again it remains to be saying. the government can actually enter that they swear that resists resistance. but basically they're short of the whole parties across the government to shut our international says well again as i said this could make the street. so we're in uncharted territory all right martin roberts reporting from madrid many thanks indeed now to some of the other stories making news around the world and police in the german city of new nick are searching for a man who attacked people with a knife this morning four victims were lightly wounded in different locations in the east of the city police have asked people in the area to stay off the streets until the perpetrator is located. egyptian authorities say at least fifty two soldiers and police officers have been killed in clashes with islamist fighters in the bihari air oasis in the country's western desert the casualties reportedly occurred during a raid on a suspected militant hideout brazilian police have arrested more than ninety people connected to an internet paedophile ring the raids followed a six month investigation involving u.s. authorities more than a thousand agents took part in the operation which police say is the biggest ever conducted in latin america. well here in germany a first round of talks on forg

martin roberts is standing by martin how do you think madrid is likely to react to put it on its latest address well the most important thing as barbara said is that he didn't actually mention the word independence which. has amongst the pigeons so. many changes in the plan which is for some of. them are. still his right to reply give him a hearing because again they won't proceed you're not hearing what he's got to say first now remains to be seen whether he will actually accept us in that session because. repeated invitations are to address the march and arms and. the first times. so her second term so that's the next step is to see whether he will actually come to enjoy. their testimonies we're going to read him see what he has. but time is ticking there's an election which is set to take place in about six months what does madrid hope to get out of the fresh election in catalonia. well i think what they want says a majority not. a majority which is to try again to our constitutional or unconstitutional. i mean today only the japanese economy starts her books as far as they were. there which by the way will you know will still be allowed to marry and so it's official it's all there to talk about anything short of and we're darn sure the constitution doesn't. have her . till the end of the day today. and so there are. again. situations. for to us attention war. journalist martin roberts joining us from madrid thank you time now for some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says he will allow the release of long secret files related to john f. kennedy's one thousand nine hundred sixty three assassination next week the trove is expected to include more than thirty thousand classified documents that were previously redacted and three thousand that have never been seen by the public. hundreds have gathered to mourn seven victims of a military attack in egypt's western desert officials say at least fifty four people were killed in gand battles on friday in the province located southwest of cairo militants fired rockets and detonated explosives doing a police operation moving in on a suspected hideout. afghanistan's defense ministry says a suicide bomber killed at least fifteen army recruits as they were leaving their base in the capital kabul four others were wounded this incident comes at the end of a particularly bloody w

martin roberts is standing by martin how do you think madrid is likely to react to put someone's latest address. well i'm sitting home think as barbara senses that he didn't actually mention the word independence which. has most of pigeon so. many changes in the plan which is for the senate. to mom's. sell his right to reply give him a hearing because again they won't proceed you're not hearing what he's got to say first now remains to be seen whether he will actually accept that session because. repeated invitations who are dressed the. ones in. the first punch line in the second so have a second son so that's the next step is to see whether he will actually come to hundreds of their testimonies we're going to hear him say what he has. but time is ticking they is an election which is set to take place in about six months what does madrid hope to get out of the fresh election in catalonia. they want says a majority not some. independents and some majority which is not likely to try again until the constitutional or unconstitutional. i mean to be deputy prime minister. as far as they were. the parliament which by the way will you know will still be allowed to meet and so it's officially dissolved they can talk about anything they like shorts and remember what i actually read the constitution doesn't parse tree. until the end of the day today or in your castle or it's on since it situations in theory can consider us. against. the situations we turn to look forward to us attention war next. gen list martin roberts joining us from madrid thank you. time now for some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says he will allow the release of long secret files related to john f. kennedy's one thousand nine hundred sixty three assassination next week the true visits back to include more than thirty thousand classified documents that were previously redacted and three thousand that have been that have never been seen by the public. hundreds have gathered to mourn seven victims of a military attack in egypt's western desert officials say at least fifty four people were killed in gun battles friday in giza province that's located southwest of cairo militants fired rockets and detonated explosives during a police operation moving in on a suspected hideout. afghanistan's defense ministry says a suicide bomber killed at least fifteen army recruits as they were leaving their base in the capital kabul four others were wounded this latest incident comes at the end of a p

know some people to see a couple of very small steps in the right direction ok martin many thanks for that martin robertsin madrid. and the u.s. investigators looking into the mass shooting in last vegas say they're still struggling to find a motive last sunday you may remember sixty four of stephen paddock shooting dead dozens of people from a high rise hotel room before killing himself the victims of the shooting included music lovers and an aspiring performer. you should be. there with year around me. around in stuart and avid music fan who wanted to be a country singer he was one of the fifty eight people killed at the harvest music festival last sunday. his sister and his best friend still trying to come to terms with the loss. yet you don't really know. who has it the only real. think it's going to be true on the rock and. across town a vigil for another victim of the mass shooting charleston hartfield was a police officer who had attended the festival off duty fifty eight victims fifty eight stories of bereavement. the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history was possible because the gunman

let's get more from correspondents all over salads and martin robertson paslode madrid martin roberts in the madrid will start with here now there is an ultimatum which looks like a significant escalation from the spanish prime minister well it's a first step and actually according to some reports has in fact until. tomorrow because as well as the five days. clock starts ticking there seventy two hours grace but even then the story doesn't necessarily end because after the. case with the senate or not although it's often described as a nuclear option it's not a simple question so that next thursday yes. and after that he has to take it to the senate again this you know this thing could play out for the rest of the season and what's behind this escalation. well the hollywood cites simply the rule of law i mean he's resigned but you know did you declare independence yesterday or did. you not really what exactly is happening here. if you know you've done something that's tantamount in his words to tearing the constitution well then the constitution has gone on which provides for it actua

and joining us now from morris martin roberts he's in madrid for us martin the catalan government says things yes i know it has hit the ninety percent mark an overwhelming result for independence were you expecting not. well yes because very few people actually send out to those if you consider this at two point three million that's rather low compared to the four and a half and it turns out that the last time has an absolute rise elections two years ago and lower still in the five and a half million who were on the electoral lola so yes a lot of the seem to have stayed away so obviously you know the approach dependence the hopes of the ones who made most that some have so there are some surprises off the fence that's an overwhelming result over ninety percent are telling us and yet this wasn't an authorized referendum so what happens now. well that's very hard to tell because i was upset of less than forty percent ready suppose i actually posted a reference that shows a council of society still very divided. possible option if we do have a unilateral declaration of independence that t

let's go to the spanish capital were journalist martin roberts is standing by for us hi martin we saw dramatic pictures of violence so how have people in spain been reacting. well i'd say that widespread shock well into a sixth sense of what to say to save us. images that you mentioned earlier in circulation or ever well also i think a place of concern we're answering them chance to territory because on the one hand you know we're both sides say mainly on a collision course with the really wanting to climb down you know on the one hand you've got. some government saying that they're going to have to force a declaration of independence and yesterday i think the clear message there are horses and indeed in the speech that you just posted is that he will use all means available so that happened no holds bar. might you know we heard claims that ninety percent of catalans actually voted before independence how valid is that number where most people even able to cast their ballots. well the first criticism about were due to the actual turnout were barely more high what it was were regional

martin roberts is on the story. martin, we have a on the telephone. how is spain in practical terms planning on implementing direct rule? this is unprecedented in modern spanish history? >> it is, since the constitution was adopted as a way to cement their return to democracy, after 40 years of civil war and dictatorship, so it is a measure of how seriously the government in madrid is taking the crisis. in practical terms, they have been laying the groundwork for several weeks. it began in september, when the catalan parliament first called for the referendum to be held. in response, madrid drafted thousands and thousands of additional civil guards and national police men to reinforce the laws. another thing they did, they took control of the very -- control, very peacefully, the pursestrings of catalonia. the civil service have been paid direly from madrid for several weeks now. that situation will not change and i think the government is hoping most people will not make waves just because some people at the top are being removed. sarah: ok. martinm madrid. now we are going back to charlotte on the streets of barcelona. what did the people there expect will happen next? how do they feel on how their leader handle the situation? he has really brought it to a head. charlotte: there is a fear on what will happen when madrid starts to impose direct rule. when you start to see arrests of those behind the independence movement, and when you see them try to take control of the government buildings. there is a sense that the people behind me will not tolerate that. for several days there have been calls on social media, and from independence leaders, saying if independent happens, be prepared to block the government buildings to make sure officials from madrid cannot take control. the people who are behind me, they consider carles puigdemont a hero, but they do not represent everybody. this region, it cannot be emphasized enough, is incredibly divided. just 50% of people according to the recent polls are for independence. those against

martin roberts in madrid i started by asking martin what governance from madrid it was going to look like in catalonia. well the idea is that day to day running a pattern you want change because i was at three hundred pounds and civil servants and always a handful of very top will keep their jobs and their functions you know merely the people at the very top of the trades might be transferred to a partner or. indeed as an example or. controversial regional police chief has only been demoted i mean nobody will keep his job. and those fifty thousand people enjoy mesler weeks from madrid where now richard took over the regional finances i mean that's part of the groundwork laid for this a lot of. drafting in thousands upon thousands of national police and civil rights where they may have problems with the state broadcaster who made it clear in no uncertain terms that. reject any outside interference. seasons being sentences merican says meanwhile the unions and civil servants to simply sit tight not to make waves simply montserrat to spend sixteen percent unemployment which is honeywell. and charlotte we saw celebrations in barcelona after this independence declaration so how are people now reacting to their government being run from madrid. yes it's hard to imagine now that it's morning but last night there are thousands of people crowded into this square behind me i the only way i can describe it really was like a con of all spirit there was a band playing spontaneous outburst of either catalonia really was very exciting for the people here who was celebrating independence this morning though there is a very clear failing that no one knows exactly what the day will hold there is a sense that this could go either way at this point that this could become extremely volatile especially when some of the more practical aspects of madrid the more visible aspects of madrid trying to impose direct rule start to come into force what for example is going to happen to the man who's really behind all of this push him on what happens when he is say arrested for example that something is still very much on the cards there are reports in spanish newspapers that he could be charged as soon as monday with an offense that well he faces up to thirty years in prison so if that were to happen i feel like the mood could should could change very quickly here and martin so rahowa has sacked the council on parliament called for an election in december does madrid believe the separatists will participate in this election. well the most radical sect separatists known as the sea have already said that they were going to have national testing. the separatists policies in a very interesting dr who has. refused to take. the elections well but simply have to go. on they also run the risk of. all the other hand if they do protest elections to. a separatist majority. guesses back to square well i do believe that yesterday declaration of independence was largely symbolic. but again a shot that said we're live in charge of territory nobody really knows what's going to have. that was journalist martin roberts in madrid and charlotte shell some pill in barcelona moving to kenya which is a country in electoral limbo officials have again postponed a rerun of the presidential election scheduled in several areas considered strongholds of the opposition the cost of the

martin roberts on the story forced tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. for here in germany the interior minister says that police have prevented a serious terrorist attack special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian today in the northern city of sherry the suspect reportedly had contacts to islamist extremists and had been gathering materials for a highly explosive bomb and his intended targets remains unclear tonight. a syrian flag at a housing complex in a northern german town of. this is where special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian man early on tuesday on suspicion of planning an islamist terrorist attack on the american fast as a human are according to our findings the yemen a decided at the latest in july to detonate a bomb but with the aim of killing and wounding a large number of people. on social networks he researched instructions on how to build a bomb we also know that the suspect was in contact online with people with jihadist backgrounds and it has one and also the g.i. distortion spectrum mouth. throughout the morning police searched the apartment and other locations for additional evidence the suspect had placed orders online for chemicals to build a bomb. the german interior minister is convinced authorities have prevented a severe and imminent terrorist attack in germany. to get out some of the police operation took place at exactly the right moment light enough to secure the necessary proof and early enough to prevent any danger. but. the danger of an islamist terrorist attack remains high in germany and europe and that security forces would act with determination to counter any threats. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world russia says its submarine deployed in the mediterranean sea has fired three cruise missiles into syria's eastern deer as we were prone to destroy its target in one of the few remaining moments drawn to the so-called islamic state in syria and afghan officials say an explosion in kabul has killed at least five people and injured several more police say a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital's diplomatic quarter the islamic state terror group has claimed responsibility. british media are reporting that u.k. police are investigating further accusations of sexual harassment against hollywood producer harvey weinstein reports say seven women have made allegations against the oscar winning producer who is at the center of a growing scandal the incidents are said to have taken place between the nineteen eighties and two thousand and fifteen. where people across germany are today commemorating five hundred years as since martin luther spearheaded a revolution which ultimately led to the birth of the protestant church and the eastern german city of witan bear the country's leaders gathered for a service in the church on whose door luther is said to have nailed his ninety five theses now those theses went down in history as challenging the authority of the pope. queuing up for church in martin luther's hometown witan back today thousands came to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the protestant reformation and all of my life i've been lutheran this is a very important day for me any less is the this is the place where luther lived and worked and we want to celebrate this today and that if one cannot understand german history without luther and the reformation it has left its mark on us i myself belong to a lutheran church and belief in its values but at the council church of wittenberg germany's leaders including chancellor merkel herself daughter of a lutheran pastor attended a service to commemorate

of you know situation yeah that is what it sounds like our correspondent martin roberts on the story forced tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world to russia turkey and iran the pledge to bring the syrian regime and its opponents together for a congress thirty three groups and political parties which include the kurds and anti assad rebels have been invited to the talks in the black sea resort of sochi next month officials say the effort is aimed at nudging syria towards lasting peace after more than five years of civil war afghan officials say an explosion in kabul has killed at least five people and injured several more police say a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital's diplomatic quarter so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility kenya's opposition leader. has called last week's election rerun a sham and said that the president mr kenyatta had won the vote by fraud you told supporters that the opposition would respond with economic boycotts picketing and other legitimate forms of protest but made no mentio

martin roberts joins us from madrid for more now martin we are hearing reports of violent clashes between the police and protesters in catalonia tell us more about that. well as you and your correspondent just said well over four hundred injuries reported at least by the local government. and catalonia there's no details on how many of those are actually serious or what the degree of damage is in each case however we will be looking get some very shocking images indeed of old ladies working teds. in twitter as it's being spread around the world again not very many details with a deepening sense for many political parties the reaction by the police has been heavy handed help. we have seen those images and madrid says that police acted in a proportionate man and now if the cattle administration to speaks this could it take action and if so what can it actually date. well actually the cousin government has already taken to court action. ten days ago one thing central government decided to bring him to be that least the local government finances the. supreme court i mean again justice takes its time it's hard to tell. what the outcome will be and what it will be reduced or they could be doing the same thing don't worry the police action that's because if they so wished martin what about where you are has anything happened on a similar level in madrid more protests a heavy police presence on the streets for example. well this morning there was a pretty peaceful protest and all the only a few hundred people ranks one of them up tripped into or out of there and saw us additional gathering horns which is full and at least as we were actually talking to you again very peaceful i am so half an hour ago i just said things very peaceful and date but again as i speech it was a police have it and we kept our in very low overhead something that was quite a common thing were not. any kind of protest peaceful it was expected and so we got a long night ahead of us. well time will tell what we have seen already protests against what several opposition or was a happy time to respond just at the political level now we've seen one of the physical level but maybe protests to see. martin orbits monitoring the situation for us from madrid thank you meanwhile barcelona's footba

as our cross over to the spanish capital madrid where journalist martin roberts is standing by martin how do you think madrid is likely to react to put it on its latest address. well the most important thing as barbara said is that he didn't actually mention the word independence which. has most of pigeon so. many changes in the plan which is for the senate. to mom's. sell his right to reply give him a hearing because again they won't proceed you're not hearing what he's got to say first now remains to be seen whether he will actually accept that solution because . repeated invitations who are dressed the. ones in. the first punch line in the second so have a second son so that's the next step is to see whether he will actually come to enjoy. their testimonies were that iran can see what he has. but time is ticking there's an election which is set to take place in about six months what does madrid hope to get out of the fresh election in catalonia. well i think what they want says a majority not some. independents and some majority which is not likely to try again until the constituti

martin roberts is standing by to tell us more now martin the spanish prime minister says he is dissolving the catalan parliament and calling regime elections tell us more about what that's going to mean for the situation ok first of all i think the message he's trying to send is that he saw. the intervention is what was going in this is in i mean it again he said these are you move. oh it has a longer look departments not want selves just a handful of people. i'm a possible joyce even if there is also this it should only last a couple of months i mean what's also the message is trying to send well also i think it will be struck t.j. is that he's hoping the festive season will help calm down which is very very trying to at the moment and indeed that's a structure that he used a couple years ago for general elections i wanted him to work in his favor. so it's very significant it remains to be seen however whether he gets the productivity john stevens he expects. a lot of the well estimated fifty percent of customs well to maintain you. will have to come i was imposed judicially. but anyway in two months so what happens ok in two months time we'll have the snap elections how is spain in practical terms planning on implementing direct role this isn't something that happens every day. it never happened before at least not since since nineteen thirty four which was the never heard of exxon with. no independent you know actually i suppose time since then returns to. the horror is a civil war and succession which is. constitutional very seriously. but simply the groundwork they've been line for weeks and transfer thousands of. national police to work alongside and hopefully the whole generation were. which incidentally as well although she was very relieved it was june sixth because she was. also a good thing is they've taken control of. her strength to fight every. trace for several weeks thinking of the long messages that. it will be how to replace her. god so there's a lot at stake here martin is there still a way out of this extraordinary situation to defuse tensions and both sides go home happy. well that looks extremely unlikely i mean i think that may have been an option this morning when the opposition socialist brought in . these measures trying to get perhaps a longer months and a last ditch effort to dissolve parliament itself and hold russian actions but chance is gone unless russia and was suddenly to change course and assad is going to be split on all these measures i mean what seems to be extremely unwanted i mean his way of diffusing use of it remains to be seen whether it works and we simply decide this is about to last very long and everybody's going to have a chance to cast upon a sort of twenty goes to december let's find out more. now martin there have been accusations leveled against catalyze that they're trying to incite a heavy handed response from spain perhaps as a way of stirring up international sympathy do you think the country needs to brace for v

of civil disobedience i guess we'll have to wait and see correspondent martin roberts on the story for us tonight in madrid martin thank you very much. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in france thousands of people have taken part in a nationwide administration against president manuel micron's labor reforms but observers say the turnout was lower than during last month's protests now the reforms fast tracked by executive order make it easier for firms to hire and fire employees a cone says they will help free up the energy of the workforce at least three people have reportedly been shot dead in togo as games of youths clashed with security forces who were trying to prevent an opposition demonstration the opposition in the west african nation is calling for the resignation of the president his family has ruled that country since nineteen sixty eight. nearly a month after the country's election the german chancellor angela merkel is now holding talks with potential coalition partners the parties from across the political spectrum say that their first meetings have gon

martin roberts who's covering the story for us from madrid martin good evening spanish prime minister marianna were whole address the nation said quote there has been no self-determination in catalonia why would you say that. well he's maintaining the government line. that's a place that. minimal safe. for instance there's been no previously published electoral roll where people could check people can download the ballot slips over to the stations. many other criticisms levelled out. you know break down hasn't. he said. are people still out on the streets in the capital i understand that at least one rally is still ongoing. absolutely just four hundred meters from where i'm sitting in the course of that. traditional meeting place it's where people camped out six years ago on the so-called spanx revolution well people are really not for a couple of hours to protest against what they say pressure i mean date even as i speak i can hear a helicopter. right so this is not showing any signs of letting up what do you think people are going to be waking up to on monday could we see more clashes more protests or do you think i'll have died down. that's tough to say. the tensions are going very very you know i sort of beautiful surprised it didn't seem a protest it was just something that could happen to you this morning or on tuesday we've seen the reach of the evidence because casablanca look at pictures of sad to see how huge the. overwhelming yes vote they want to collaborate with. so we could be saying. no i want to check back in with you then martin roberts reporting for us there from madrid thanks for bringing us up to date. and meanwhile barcelona's football team has played a spanish league match behind closed doors today no fans were allowed to enter the stadium the team made the announcement less than half an hour before kick off with thousands of fans already waiting outside the club's president that it was a protest against police efforts to stop the referendum barcelona's camp nou stadium is often used as a rallying point for cattle on national ice. and turning out of france for two women have been stabbed to death at the main train station in the southern city of war say the assailant was shot dead by french soldiers and authorities say they are trying to determine now if the incident was terror related. police descend one small after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling soldiers it's too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the attackers shouted

martin roberts has been watching prime minister marianna rahowa speaking so martin what was the main thrust of roy's plan is he taking over the entire catalan government. not the entire castle i'm going to move now because interestingly enough he's going to be leaving. castle and civil service in place and he has actually dissolved parliament. parliament and still may suppose it's restricted are decisions that in. as you said earlier aslam have been at the minister's a while will be relieved of that uses a sense of grace. simply. the operators will be in place where people will be taking orders from the ministers in the dreadlock the ministers and so he said that he's not really talking about control that's all he said this is just a lightweight intervention and as he said he's just merely trying to restore the galatea normal this is the confidence in his words well what i've found out catalan institutions such as the media and police is he going to be exercising any control over those institutions. if he is he didn't say so i mean there's been a lot of media speculation recently. as for the police well i assume they were just merely terms of the control of the syrian ministry majority catalan interior ministry. as for the media state media well they're going. to be coming to terms of their you know direct control of the culture ministry magick in madrid rather than book and bathrooms in principle. but no real difference other be surprised. to the contents of the programs well why did say that one of his first priorities is a to hold elections in catalonia now does this mean that he'll be blocking leader carlist who's the man from standing. yes i mean that was. conditional that he said to one of the restrictions that as a whole that we will still be lots of the day will be a lot of what we would like to propose him or any other leader not just tell us which to mount the other thing is he said the legal deadline is for six months well if he hopes to bring the whole works as soon as possible or in his words. no business is what to do. and who. are i don't know is martin roberts reporting for us from the spanish capital madrid thank you very much. well now let's get some perspective on a possible response from catalonia government and for that we're joined by the dalai is barbara vai's all who is in barcelona so barbara prime minister mariano rajoy has appealed to the people of catalonia for calm and unity what's the danger that we're going to see unrest in the coming days in the wake of the announcement. i mean he can appeal all he wants that is not going to appease of course the independent strong movement that is really fighting for independence here about all means so what this will do of course those measures from madrid even though ron paul is trying to sort of mediate the worst off it by not immediately taking over everything or not directly taking over in that sense is that it will stoke the fires under the kettle off the independence movement we'll see demonstrations starting this afternoon the whole so is still in office but just still in of

martin roberts is on the story for us martin we've got you on the telephone line thanks for joining us how is spain in practical terms planning on implementing direct rule now this is pretty unprecedented in modern spanish history well it's entirely unprecedented since the current constitution was adopted in one nine hundred seventy eight's is a way to cement spend your time to democracy after more than forty years of civil war dictatorship so i mean that's a measure of how seriously the government his images are taking this crisis in trying to go terms right i mean in laying the groundwork for several weeks and it began early in september when and it hasn't hong first called for the referendum to be held and in response madrid drafted in houses upon thousands of additional civil guards and national police members to reinforce. and another thing they did cross was that they took control of the town very peacefully incidentally the purse strings of the local governments in fact all council and civil servants were being paid directly from a trip to several weeks ago that situation's going to change and in jade's i think you know what the governments are hoping is that most people. not make waves just because if you talk to. all right that's martin speaking to us from madrid let's go back to charlotte who's on the streets of barcelona charles what that cow on people there expect will happen next and how do you feel about how their leader handled the situation has really brought it to a head that's a real fear here was going to happen when it starts imposing direct rule when for example you start to see arrests potentially as days behind this independence movement and also when you see them trying to take control of these government buildings as a real sense here that the people who are behind me are just not going to tolerate that for several days they have been close on social media for example and from independence leaders saying if and when independence happens if and when direct rule is imposed deeper pads a block these government buildings to make sure that officials from madrid contact control that the people who are here behind me would consider a hero but obviously these people don't represent everybody in council any of

martin roberts his in madrid thanks to you both for joining us martin i'd like to begin with you what do you believe raha is really trying to do here is he trying to drive a wedge between those for and against independence for catalonia now i think it's pretty straightforward he's made. wants to stockhausen not you from trying to break around homs the region. the region is currently in a constitutional legal limbo so he says he's restoring. if there is a second to remove it i would say this is replying to his critics who are she was in. our situations the faster he's finally did was he remains to be seen whether he's acting correctly. well indeed many observers are saying are hoist taking a risk barbara do you think that the measures by madrid could actually backfire and actually fuel separatist sentiment in catalonia further. in a way of course that's right because people that were not unified in this pro independence camp before feel energized now and they sort of feel they need to march together so that's one aspect whether this really changes the will and the idea of the other half of the catalog population who is against independence and who would rather like to return to their normal and daily lives and who is looking was sort of distrust that economic developments here that is yet to be seen so it's unclear what would happen if elections would come very soon and whether the pro independence camp would even be the victories of this it is it's clear the camp is galvanized but whether anybody came and changes changes opinion it's quite. well barbara clearly the crisis is fueling uncertainty in catalonia many businesses and banks have said they're going to leave the region because of this uncertainty but how much of this crisis can be blamed on the catalan leader quite a lot because he really tried to push things he really brought this to a head we have to consider that during the last two years the scuttle on government really produced a whole sort of infrastructure on top of the existing government structure that is geared towards independent they said independence they sent somebody to russell just a couple days ago who called himself catalan foreign ministers they have a diplomatic representations in a lot of european cities and even beyond that so they are really really trying to prepare for independence they were playing at being a state a nation state and so the point came where he really pushed it and of course the final clash was 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

correspondents all over salad and martin robertson paslode madrid martin roberts in the madrid will start with here now there is an ultimatum which looks like a significant escalation from the spanish prime minister. well it's a first step and actually according to some reports putin months has in fact until the nineteenth is tomorrow because as well as the five days which will approach the freshly tomorrow and that's when the clock starts ticking the seventy two hours grace but even then the story doesn't necessarily end there because after that the government has to decide whether it wants to take up the case with the senate or not although it's often described as a nuclear option it's not a simple question so then next thursday yes decide what he wants to do and after that he has to take it to the senate and again this you know this thing could play out for the rest of the month quite easily and what's behind this escalation. well hollywood say simply the rule of law i mean he's resigned but you know did you declare independence yesterday or did. it ever what what exactly is happening

moment are there's a lot at stake here martin roberts reporting there for us from madrid with the latest on the cattle on referendum an unauthorized referendum martin thanks very much. well meanwhile barcelona soccer team played a spanish league match behind closed doors no fans were allowed to enter the stadium the team made the announcement less than half an hour before kick off and thousands of fans were already waiting outside the club's president said it's a protest against the police efforts to stop the referendum barcelona's camp no stadium is often used as a rallying point for catalan nationalists. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack in france it tacker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of moore say french soldiers then shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling soldiers but too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the attackers shouted. but much remains unclear. lending to do. the individual was killed thanks to the composure of th

martin the roberts joined us from barcelona and madrid welcome both martin robinson madrid will start with you what stuck out to you from mr rory's address to parliament. but he also got so many differentiated distinguish this from. the press this morning was that for the first time. actually. both. sides of. the referendum. so if you want to look at. you know. you know. and it's a very direct. piece i'm sitting next to the current. all of us silence in barcelona where does this leave the castle on the leadership and in particular as opposed to go. well countless puts him on is finding himself in an increasingly difficult situation here it must be like going down a one way road and realizing that there is no return and not finding a way to return to where he wants started and that's because he is getting pressure from two sides really first of all from the government the central government in madrid from mariano not wholly the prime minister who's increasingly and repeating lee saying and trying to find out what he actually meant yesterday and put them on deliver his speech did he did clear independence there yesterday and if so already said that he would be able and ready to trigger the famous article one hundred fifty five and that means that an end to the government of qatar lonia here in full puts him on and on the other side they are is the coalition partner here the far left c u p party that have given him an ultimatum they're also extremely unhappy with that speech yesterday they want within one month's independence that that puts them on the clear as independence and if not they will step down and that will mean an end to the government as well so it's a difficult situation it's absolutely unclear for him how to get out of this and if you speak to people here on the streets of barcelona many people are reminded by a poker game and they say that that puts them on yesterday went all in really and wrists slowly realizes that he doesn't have the best cards in his hand. take a look at another quote from a model of a voice a speech today in which he discusses that calls for outside mediation there have been numerous mediators who offered their services in the last days most of them. with the best of intentions in order to try and find. an exit to the situ israel situation i would like to thank them for their interest and their commitment but there is no mediation possible between democratic law and disobedience and illegality. 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

martin roberts he's in madrid for us martin the catalan government says things yes i know it has hit the ninety percent mark an overwhelming result for independence were you expecting not. well yes because very few people actually send out to those if you consider this a two point three million that's rather low compared to the four and a half and it turns out that the last time after the absolute rise elections two years ago and lower still in the fight of the half million who were on the electoral lola so yes a lot of the seem to say the way so obviously you know the approach dependence the hopes of the ones who made most that some have said about some surprises so the five cents an overwhelming result over ninety percent are telling us and yet this isn't an authorized referendum so what happens now. well that's very hard to tell because i was upset of less than forty percent ready suppose as i actually posted a reference that shows a council of society still very divided. possible option if we do have a unilateral declaration of independence that the government can restore direct rule from the dregs that's provided for in the constitution although again whether that would lead to the same sort of protests that i'm seeing today could be likely i mean again as you say rhythm charts of territory. that it makes possible. it's very difficult to say when you just may ask you something else is it possible that this note is ever going to be internationally recognised. no sign of that whatsoever. just being those that sign an issue saying it's unsettling or more recently people want to jump for joy. president the european parliament said the failure respectfully yeah spanish constitution. they see any attempts to violate bass as being the local we're headed into monday morning airing spain what should we be watching for going forward. more protests and other stats tomorrow the prime minister on hold he will be appearing in parliament he will be seeking. you know broke i mean he said that he will be seeking to tilt over policies go seeking for the party back in the house of so far when i was a face the crisis if he's going to restore direct rule a majority i think you definitely want in the jars he's talking about those more can likely at the moment right there's a lot at stake here martin roberts reporting there for us from madrid with the latest on the cattle on referendum and an authorized referendum martin thanks very much. well meanwhile barcelona soccer team played a spanish league match behind closed doors no fans were allowed to enter the stadium the team made the announcement less than half an hour before kick off and thousands of fans were already waiting outside the club's president said it's a protest against the police efforts to stop the referendum barcelona's camp no stadium is often used as a rallying point for cattle on nationalists. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack in france it tucker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of war say french soldiers then shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling soldiers but it's too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses repor

martin roberts in madrid good day to you both martin i want to start off with you if i may in madrid prime minister mariano rajoy is about to address the parliament in madrid he just took a seat what do you expect him he'll say. i think it's pretty much gone through he said what you did fact is. if the chasm government do not start talking about that all bets are off there is no chance of any talks or less they do ask senator leahy he doesn't want to. reference a. constitutional call suspended on the other hand. also after all he spoke so. interesting he said. he rested after hour in agreement for parliament and i receive to discuss a possible constitutional amendment again you know from work or constitution talking about. how to do. so if you like there's an olive branch and then well i think his message to that is going to be quite clear. about you know anything that's. something. i want to bring in now our son and i just want to tell our viewers that they're watching live pictures from the spanish parliament where prime minister marianna royer is getting ready to give a speech by to funny i want to bring into the conversation right now i want to callout around you they're expecting. people who are supporting independence a very much upset in fact that it has come so far that right now prime minister hoyer is pushing catalonia around giving his speech and is probably going to trigger that article one hundred fifty five because he doesn't see there any reaction coming out of catalonia also as we are seeing is getting ready right now maybe we just want to listen in what he's got to get to say. well we're seeing that prime minister marianna royale is actually standing in the starting with the speech i suggest we listen in to what he has to say. history to me and. also the declaration yesterday in which the article one hundred fifty finally over a period of our article. for clarity here and the cabinet this morning has this morning agreed to require from the government in catalonia whether they have indeed declared. independence on the fringes in the margins of this confusion that took place yesterday. but it means a possibility is included in article one hundred fifty five offers legal citizens of this country clarity in a situation that is so important this is. depending on the answer of mr put. this will inform the future and future events going forward in his man's hands he has a possibility to return to the rule of law to legality and institutional normality as everybody wishes or to continue this period of confusion and upheaval that is affecting catalonia in the rest of the country you know this and the response of the government will depend on his steps we have said this from the out set. the current situation is one of the grave situations that we have faced in the recent past also as far as the institutions are concerned. but. this we need this clear clarification before any any further steps we need to return to the rule of law and we need to do so quickly and we are speaking of questioning that is unprecedented when it comes. to the very purpose of democracy the rule of law are the reality and democratic democracy. we recovered and for forty years ago democracy and spain has enjoyed a diversity of political projects and it has found a space of concordances world where all of the spanish people feel we presented. this is underpinned by the constitution by the regions and people and we are all bound to go together in one of the projects that has transformed us into one of the best countries in the world this has been cast into doubt by the recent events. ladies and gentlemen parliamentarians in the problems that we are not seeing and we can't alone are simply the consequence of the institutional crisis that has been fermenting there. soley on the responsibility of those who have been acting since a couple of months already on the six and seven september these events that took place then have set in motion a whole series of events that are unprecedented in our history. there is no discrepancy possible here but the governing forces in catalonia principle of the government have used their institutional put the position in order to tackle this loyally and at a high risk the constitution of spain and you have also weakened and cancelled the autonomy status of catalonia and this must not be allowed. to learn a government that's ignored the law the rules of the courts and has. proceeded to project an event as something democratic which is really completely graft of any democracy. in the name of the citizens and given that you are the party of the real presenting of the citizens we established the laws in line and in keeping with the constitution and in the interest of the citizens that is democracy and there is no possible alternative to this way and it isn't determined what we have seen in catalonia disorder in the division so on between the lines and also the decisions of companies to leave the region are the result of the kind of ignoring the law the rule of law is what gives us certainty and framework to work and this counseling of the law and ignoring the law leads to arbitrary a-t. arbitrary your t. and the rights of the citizens and harmony in citizenship disappear we lose your freedom but once the law is ignored therefore whatever is not legal cannot be considered. therefore i would like to. explain you some of the details of what has happened and the answer of the government fundamentally it has to be established that this referendum is illegal for our constitution establishes the unity of spain and the time to undermine this rule of law as. a total failure no result of this illegal referendum and fraudulent referendum can be seen as an argument to legitimated legitimize one of the decisions of this government and even less so the decision to declare independence i will certainly be listening to your comments and also the proposals that you make of this debate as we have seen is very important and as we have witnessed in the last couple of days it really strikes to the heart of catalan society and the spanish society catalans and the entire citizenry of spaniards are. watching with bated breath the events are unfolding but what we expect is to return to carmen certainty defending our values of coexistence as well and among these is respect and truth. ladies and gentlemen on the last first of october here the government of catalonia intended to implement an illegal referendum it was not in the senate it wasn't spontaneous and it certainly wasn't democratic it was a last chapter in a political strategy that aimed to undermine the entire catalan society and the entire society of spanish in spain imposing an independence and nobody wants to explain how we have come to this point it is important to really frame this state in order to understand what happened and in order to avoid. this kind of a wrench if it repeats itself in the future and we have to come back to. twenty twelve it was a moment where the economy of spain was in a grave situation all of the autonomy and the autonomic autonomous regions where in a difficult economic situation on the twenty of september of that year the president of the catalan government asked for a meeting where he. asked to have additional funds in order to. be held in order to deal with an overarching debt of more than five billion euros and we helped them and would like to remind you that this was not actually something that was within our constitution and could not be really and also the idea of independence and that was also table could not be accepted given that it was not in keeping with our constitution that this. invitation more than to start a dialogue on referendum was rejected it was very very. clearly but on my view part there was always a willingness to engage in dialogue so i have had more interviews and more debate in dialogues with representatives of the catalan government than with any other autonomous region and spain and we have always been very sensitive and very attuned to the difficulties of the catalan region in twenty twelve then we help the region and then there were referendums a so-called referendum that was established in two thousand and fourteen and every time that there was such a referendum the people organizing the referendum simply ended up losing this was never the supported by the catalan citizenship in order to push the end of the dependency envelope but instead of looking for alliance with the majority parties and catalonia instead of looking. forward they knew to the extremist minority party it is hard to see u.p.a. amongst others and. this was done accepted. and they accepted it as a condition to be supported in government to establish a referendum within eighteen months but it was simply untrue. and it is not true not that the other doesn't. thomas regions didn't support them because almost seventy billion euros were all so then you know afforded to that of almost a third of the entire budget of the country. and it is also not true when they claim that i am the only person who rejects that independence this entire august body the parliament has also in april twenty fourth rejected any attempt to wards in moving towards independence those are the facts and there is a clear support for this. there is a they do have the votes in order to establish a government in the catalog region but they do not have a mandate to declare independence that is clear. this is the first failure of a democratic failure if you will. to pretend that they are using democratic means to separate catalyze along or from spain but we should really see that it is only the spanish that can decide on any on any point like this it is actually democratic in its very nature but also antidemocratic when it comes to its consequences on the sixteenth of september on the sixth of september there was a debate that was a fraudulent debate in the capital in parliament. and. it was decided to disobey the decisions of the supreme court in spain and to suspend a number of deputies of the parliament and to not allow them to participate in the debate and you there were several constitutional tenets that were violated in that debate and on the seventh this was then this culminated in the so-called law of transition. the actual article cherry tarion and excluding nature of this this attempt it became clear to everyone and. they tried to pick catalans against other catalans and they tried to impose a kind of uniformity of opinion that didn't really exist this was really running roughshod over everything that is a true democratic rule which ladies and gentleman. before. it using us of simply sitting idle and i would like to stress that we have been absolutely decisive thanks to the cooperation of all of the institutions that we were able to stave off the food roll out of the referendum attendant and on that day it became very clear that the reform randomly did not meet the standards and norms established by the entire community of europe and it was very very clear that the referendum should not have taken place because it did not. it did not count on the kind of of criteria. this is an area of inclusion that is absolutely important because. this was thanks to the entire. group of institutions and authorities who all. all participated in avoiding and that this takes place you know then the supreme court also. suppressed the permission or declared that it was a referendum that was illegal if the result was than also the problem for the published. after the supreme court. if you had ruled on the issue and it was clear that the authorities could not move forward. any of. the civil guard following the instructions. was able to confiscate millions of ballots and the polings and went into numerous polling stations where there were no voting lists because the police forces intervene or. there was no clear census. and there was also an investigation launched by the police because of the use of illegal lists of voters that. the government had to learn then also issued sending out letter or letters to invite voters to vote which would normally have been absolutely vital and indispensable for any legitimate moment ladies and gentlemen there were no representatives of the other ministrations who were also there as would have been there as observers the those who promoted the referendum soley in charge of the referendum and had no supervision whatsoever and if all of this were not enough on the very first day after their return if they changed the rules of the game if you will and they said you can vote wherever you want and do not worry about the result if you can't vote in one polling booth you can go to another one. ladies and gentleman but it wasn't important that those who were in favor of a certain. we're also those who put up. the voting booths and manned the polling stations and of course it is no wonder we're small wonder that in certain areas there were more votes given than actual inhabitants lived in the region or in that place. people even voted in the streets or in some cases court yards or other places and the president actually declared victory even before the full vote had been counted. as you can see in this exercise a referendum does not meet the minimum standards of democratic supervision and the central electoral college was simply ratified this there's no country in the world who actually took any of this seriously and i like to under score the fact that. spain acted as any democratic country would have. the rule of law means up keeping and keeping in the rights of every spanish citizen and under very difficult circumstances our institutions have upheld the rule of law i'm referring to our judges to our prosecutors but i'm also referring to the police forces and the civil gone to go kill. all of them women. who were fully committed to the task and were highly professional in implementing it they. investigated they opened up files and they did. it went about their work in keeping with the rule of law and in keeping with the constitution and defending the law which is our obligation. nobody should be happy with what happened on the first of october nobody can be satisfied with what happened there not with the images that emerge from it not with the farce which was the referendum but also the violence against policemen and members of the civil guard not none of that should have happened but those who are responsible and we must remind ourselves are those who went ahead with this referendum knowing that it was absolutely illegal those who are if you will to continue. defying the constitution and mobilizing activists claiming that this should go ahead ladies and gentlemen what i tell them is do not look for other. those are the real culprits and that should not be deflected. why. has it been so ridiculous this claim to democratic legitimacy first of all. this is. this democracy that we have is absolutely tied to the framework that it is a constitutional law that every public representative commits you know to uphold and to. enforce. a democracy depends on rules of democracy without rules is not viable and a democracy and were rules and the constitution are simply ignored or cancelled is not a democracy. but. it is completely wrong to claim and something that has been claimed once and again is that the vote in itself is democracy voting against democracy or voting on the margins of democracy is not democracy itself and in this case none of the rules that underpin the democratic vote were actually in force the vote on the first of october was not a democracy exercise it was a vote against democracy and everything that has happened on that day in since then has not been anything else but the inevitable consequence of this illegal act so yes ladies and gentleman. and these past forty years our coexistence has in general terms been peaceful and democratic and we have all agreed to the fundamentals that have given us a routine and a kind of common project but. against a background of these current events and we do see how important these laws are these underpinnings of our society our. complexity of interests that mark and characterize a country like ours require a constant dialogue under the umbrella of law the law is the framework of that kind of dialogue if you don't have that frankly it is an endless succession of conflicts and friction if the law is not respected then the entire society then stands to suffer and the path is open to chaos and what happens is infighting and coexistence is suspended. before the first of october and after that date we have seen all kinds of examples of this breaking of the coexistence we have seen citizens confront each other and we have seen mayors who denied or or were not willing to work with authorities and there were all kinds of. i mean of all kinds of attacks on the security forces and those who. had a different opinion were continuously being harassed and being threatened and this kind of atmosphere dozens of companies have in the last couple of days decided to move their headquarters outside of cut a long enough. those are the same companies that underpin the wealth and the wellbeing of catalonia and have established catalonia as one of the. most admired will region for the entire world and thus the very fundamental and the very foundations of that region are being brought something that. also it is the federal budget that has been supporting that region more than any else and. almost up to twenty percent of that budget has gone into establishing hotels fermenting infrastructure and those are. facts and data that is very very impressive international travel. have travel and yet tourists have also issued and decided not to go to the region given these kinds of events and the chaos that has been taking place. we should not feel ourselves we should see that these are very very grave consequences of these events and other grave consequences will follow if we do not return to the rule of law and if catalonia does not return to the rule of law and to the galaxy and lawfulness it should happen. as soon as possible otherwise social deterioration economic deterioration will continue the authorities of the autonomy region have to put an end to this. to this path that is putting in danger their future to the future of the catalan people and their well being. in the last forty years in the catalans have enjoyed great recognition great autonomy and great freedom now all of this is being put at risk. every extremism and this is true destroys the very. precepts that they propose and the very concepts that they propose and this is something that we're seeing is being played out in catalonia nowadays and the truth of the impact. of the truth is that all of the falsities that have been mentioned the false claims. that have been mentioned need to be refuted it is not peaceful it will not be recognized recognized by europe and now everybody knows how high the cost is of the sort of kind of. this fraudulent referendum that took place on the first of october and should not and cannot take forward a community of seven hundred million people and one of the. cannot be allowed to influence the future of the fourth largest country in the european union. whatever goal of government whether the government presided over by myself or by any other person. will have to uphold the unity and the sovereignty of this country and this is a common good that cannot be negotiated cannot be amputated cannot be sold off or cannot be subjected to all kinds of whims and aberrations this is very very important and therefore nobody can be surprised that from the very very first beginning when it was a very very very first moment we have stood by the defense of our constitution and defended it. we have been able to count on great and important support. from all quarters and i want. the principles that underpin this other principles that allow us to have differences of opinion and peace. and i personally will commit to maintain this democracy and to also if possible extended in its possibilities and in its framework of. means to peacefully and we store on the unity and needs to overcome that fraction that fragmentation will catalonia as the rest just as the rest of spain is the result of numerous events and flows of the heads of people over the centuries. the future that we have is the future of the our diverse diversity we want to reach if we want to recover catalonia that has been so diverse and has been such a great contributor to the spanish history and that catalonia and the catalan isn't that has this something that has supported this vision of our country is very very important to us the constitutional and european cattle and was a great contributor in our collective successes and i appeal to this because i personally have also participated in some of those agreements where we recovered legality in the rule of law and the rule of law is the rule of law that we are all enjoying nowadays. dialogue is the main form to resolve conflicts in politics in everyday life any other context but i do have to warn you that it is not possible opinion to accept under the guise of some kind of. iranians dialogue to try and impose a number of principles or points of view that are simply not acceptable to the other part to the interlocutor it is also not possible to. put in doubt what has really been enshrined in the in the constitution. and i'm referring to the definition of sauber sovereignty that has been extended to all of the spanish people. there have been numerous mediators who offered their services in the last days most of them. with the best of intentions in order to try and find. an exit to the situ israel situation i would like to thank them for their interest and their commitment but there is no mediation possible between democratic law and disobedience and illegality. gentleman we are not trying to deal with different interpretations of the constitution in the laws of the government or the status of catalonia the government of catalonia knows exactly that they are violating the laws so when it comes to mediation that is not a question if you have a government that simply abandons their duty to uphold the constitution and the law and. in the face of this very very clear illegal action of catalans and the catalan government in particular the government really has no other option other than to act this is actually a way and you're invoking a right to engage in a dialogue on independence is simply fraudulent you know. but democratic constitution actually in whole or includes that kind of right there is no such a right under you and your longing even under you and law it only recognizes the rights of a stablished people and therefore there is an absolute requirement to uphold the unity of a country and it is absolutely incompatible. what has been proposed by the catalan government with the charter of the united nations once again it is completely wrong and runs against any international legal norm and there is no democratic country in the world that respects the international law and that is also an active member of the international community that would accept this and spain is such a country. gentleman we can have a dialogue even such a situation but of course we can have dialogues about public services the financing of public services. improving self-government efficiency and solidarity we can also talk about accountability we can also improve coexistence that is clear. within the legal framework of institutions as they exist and the. government of the. region has not really resorted to using these means of course we can also have dialogues with in all kinds of. of institutions including the parliament as it is year before we can use all the means offered by the legal framework and we can also talk about reforming the constitution. the constitution is not set in stone and there is certainly never had or never has been the ambition that it should be set in stone forever we can talk about those and certain principles can be changed by a majority process so the constitution can be modified but only by following the rules and procedures that have been foreseen to that effect in our kind of deliberative. democracy as ours we can have a dialogue about everything that i want but the dialogue and once again is the contrary or is the contrary of simply going down and i like illegal path ladies and gentleman. i would like to under scribe the words at the king and self employed on the third of october we will be able to emerge because we believe in our country and we are proud of who we are because our democratic principles are strong they are solid and they are strong and solid because they are based on the wishes of millions of citizens of spain to. live and coexist in peace and freedom. we will uphold the unity of spain always on the legal basis and with the aim of recovering social peace because we are all the sons of the same country. and all share the same country again. and. we are millions of men and women who have a common history share dream and walsall share difficult moments like all other countries our country has had difficult chapters in the past we have overcome them and we have been able to continue with our coexistence we have been together for centuries we have been mixing in people and we have been sharing experiences in this common house which is our house our diversity has become our fortress and that is why spain is suffering because what is happening this is spain that loves catalonia that sees catalonia as a fundamental element of its own party national with its own country with its old culture and really language this is this pain which is serene and peaceful which i wish to also salute me speaking at this lectern i also want to salute those thousands and thousands of spanish people who have descended on the streets also in the streets of catalonia in order to express spontaneously their patriotism the love for their country and also their and this by being from different sides of the political argument they have done so without exclusion with the happiness and well the conscience of being all members of a of the same national project and that's why we need to put an end to this confusion with serenity with prudence and we need to recover the peaceful unity of our country thank you very much. right now for viewers who are just joining us this is a live special coverage here w. news of spanish prime minister was address to the spanish parliament to this getting a standing ovation there of members of parliament the prime minister strongly reprimanding and during a speech that you carry last separatists and the same catalan authorities have broken the law and sided street protests to create a force that to them to say you see a long way round standing ovation there for him now he's going to have to acknowledge it as well of course understandably because there on that side of course of the argument he reiterated numerous times that her has to be returned to the rule of law and he took a very hard line saying that the referendum set into motion a series of events that cannot be allowed should not be allowed and they were for in two or catalonia said that it just cannot to arbitrarily choose when to follow which law describing the referendum as an undemocratic move calling the very legitimacy of the voting for seedings that into question we've got lots and lots to discuss the and fortunately we have team coverage w.'s funny for sure has been listening in barcelona she joins us right now in what robertson is covering proceedings in madrid martin i want to start off with you if i may can you still work this out after listening to what roy had to say. yeah i think it's pretty simple. what were two things i mean as a person who. predictably he said it can be no hospital discussion. to dependence or about the results of the referendum because there aren't. a constitutional. assembly to hold. what i found it was quite europe this was the start of something out which. person been saying previously is that yes they can actually have as long as it's not asked and. you know which is created by the constitution and also he said that the constitution itself is not set in stone but if it's going to be changed it has to change by constitutional means. because. we have seen suggestions that this could come about because the parliamentary committee has been right allowed to take a history all right martin hold that thought please because i want to get funny into the a conversation before i do that i want us to listen to what the prime minis

in charlotte charles some reporting from barcelona and martin roberts from madrid thank you both for your continued coverage. for you and as martin alluded to in the run up to this dramatic showdown there have been calls for you mediation let's get reaction now from brussels where our very own marks hofmann is the correspondent he's standing by monitoring of developments there as well first up mike's i want to start off by asking you what you've heard from high ranking officials about these extraordinary events unfolding in spain we called the e.u. commission our contacts there and asked them if they had anything to add now that independence at least seems to be on the way after the vote of the catalan parliament but no they don't have anything to add and they didn't have anything to add today at the media briefing either that's a briefing that we have every day here they are sticking to their line they're only talking to one person and one person only and that's the prime minister of spain roy but there is one tweet by the council president that you council don't know and he stuck to that line to said their only interlocutor is

martin robert's from madrid and by our very own correspondent charlet in barcelona and amy to both of you martin i'm going to start with you the spanish high court has summoned the catalog cabinet and that includes the alstad president what does this mean. well is it me insists that he faces a very stiff jail sentence has just. faded worn probably the question is whether he will in fact not because he's obviously it was a lot of them to be in belgium and be public prosecutor's offices that he doesn't realize that you watched the. issue of european arrest warrant not the other thing is that if the worst of it theory you know this is just the beginning of proceedings it hasn't been formally charged just only if the judge. were to shocking if he were to show that he could be remanded in custody afterwards but one way or another it's all in the hands of the church. in charlotte you're in barcelona what has been the reaction there to the news that mr bridge a month has left the country. the people here were absolutely stunned and when the news started to trickle down that he was in brussels but we did not see hide nor hair of him last night nor the smore ning in fact there was a sort of a hunt for fusion one it was being described in brussels a lot of people here honestly needed to believe it to see it that we did see him today we gave that press he gave that press statement that people here who are for independence a divided on exactly how they feel about it some have been very dismayed that he's left some of even suggested that he's a captain leaving a sinking ship and then there are those who are still very much behind him who still really back him have been the people who were out in the streets on friday saying that he was a hero they believe that this is part of a well crafted plan and they backed him in his desire to get european support for that strategy those who are against independence i think many of them have been telling us that they're quite relieved now that he's left the country and isn't trying to still goven from within catalonia and instead is backing these elections which are going to play take place on december twenty first it looks like we're heading more towards a democratic process with the elections rather than crushes on the streets. meanwhile of course there are lots of accusations that are being thrown around the council on cabinet today saying that they are not criminals take a listen to what the ousted cabinet member said the planning member cabinet member for catalonia what he said today about the prospects of prosecution by the spanish government. so you think it's possible to go to prison because it's funny yes this is very strange juste so obviously this is a possibility so we we are not to scare we we have no we are not criminals we have democrats so. if they want us in jail he's responsivity. we are not criminals we are democrats thank you thank you very much there were not criminals or democrats some of us are in spain some of us are not charlotte we know that mr he took some of his former cabinet members with him to brussels but some of them also decided to stay in catalonia is there any type of strategy behind that i mean what are they doing there. that's right he took some he left some others behind the strategy isn't quite clear is possible that they reach that decision all together that it was decided that some would pursue the european pasta trying to visit europe while others stayed behind to govern and continue with the independence path from here or of course they could be a space in the party and some didn't want to leave future money and didn't want to be seen to be abandon the ship this ship that's not yet knowing we know that minister that we just heard from that other ministers dismiss ministers who stayed behind they met in parliament today they didn't release a statement afterwards and of course they're permitted to do that they're allowed to meet together in parliament because even though parliament's been dissolved they are still m.p.'s what that plan going forward is is really are known and in a process is in so many twists and turns honestly anything could happen and more you know we heard the member there and former member of the kettle on camera talking about strange justice in spain what about strange politics in strange elections we've got the former cattle on president who has now been subpoenaed he has to testify in spain. today he also said though that he welcomes snap elections in catalonia does this mean he could also run in those elections at the same time being forced to testify in the case against him. actually yes in fact over the weekend a special response was that he would welcome them again. because just as he still an eight you know. of course the question is whether the fractious coalition. will begin as a coalition or is it a ritual. but certainly he can run again even if he wanted to be generous in theory he can now again i'm working on shots it's kind of nobody knows any of this practice because there's absolutely no rest of this group. so actually get to the optics of lyla i mean it is creature sesa presence of the president governor speak through political office but only after actual written two or three years so yes all sorts of things that nobody ever so long ago that we would see have been happening in a continent and indeed yes in markets where it didn't cost as it could certainly really get around who knows if you. know if the us seems to be possible that's right strange but true our journalist martin roberts in madrid and correspondent charles and bill in barcelona to both of you thank you very much. and now to the story that has engulfed the u.s. capital the special counsel investigating possible russian meddling in the u.s. election is signaling that he has reason to believe members at the highest level of the trump campaign may have committed crimes yesterday trump's former campaign manager paul men of four and assistant rick gates both turned themselves into the f.b.i. they face numerous charges including money laundering and conspiracy to cheat the u.s. government and it was revealed that george peppard awful as a former campaign advisor has pleaded guilty to lying about his connections with russian officials now his arrest and his possible assistance in the investigation mean that the stakes are now higher than ever for the u.s. president and his inner circle today both the russian government and the russian foreign minister reacted to this remarkable turn of events. if the

what's going on pablo thank you so much and martin to us in madrid thank you that's probably only earliest therefore if you can barcelona and martin roberts in madrid. now a murder mystery that stunned the world on feb thirteenth kim jong nom the strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong il was killed in the middle of kuala lumpur airport the weapon poison today the two women accused of his murders all their trial begin in malaysia the suspects were ushered into court earlier today amid tight security as expected they pleaded not guilty to the attack with the deadly nerve agent pair say they were tricked into believing that they were part of a prank for a reality t.v. show they face the death penalty if convicted. while there are still many unanswered questions surrounding the murder u.s. and south korean officials say it was a cold war style assassination orchestrated by north korea a charge that pyongyang denies let's take a look at what we know at this point. the last images of king john alive on february thirteenth two women wrapped a liquid into his face at kuala lumpur airport he reported the incident to airport staff say

martin to us in madrid thank you that's probably only earliest therefore if you can barcelona and martin roberts in madrid. let's get the european perspective on that catalan independence vote let's bring in barbara basler for that she's our correspondent in brussels good morning to you barbara how are european union officials reacting to the catalan referendum. officially they are not reacting at all in officially over the weekend to prime ministers the one from belgium and the one from slovenia stuck their neck out and said now this referendum was illegal and illegitimate however those situations can never be solved by violence and particularly the belgian prime minister he knows what he's talking about because belgium has had in movement for years and years that flanders has those sort of flare ups of wanting to go it alone there's been a number of european parliamentarians talking over the weekend and everybody said and they were really united in their opinion this is not the way to go at it in officially of course in brussels there was shock and horror of during the last two weeks when this was sort of coming up because everybody knew this was like a train crash waiting to happen and the spanish government walked right into the trap that the separatist movement had set for them they created the pictures they wanted in barcelona that's the official opinion in brussels well what do we expect moving forward now from the european union barbara now that this illegal referendum has been held the european union has been so quiet about the catalan independence movement in the past are they likely to get more involved now. they can only get more involved terry if they are asked for instance to mediate i mean they're called that from people say now european union should try to get involved and offer itself as a mediator however we have to keep in mind that the european union is not. against the book popular opinion might think this supra national body who has a right to interfere in the eternal affairs of their member countries they simply don't so they have to of course talk and get on the telephone and they did get on the telephone to be on the heart of the weekend mark of the german chancellor has done that and several others so they are trying to sort of say no let's stop this let's sort of not get drawn into this spiral of violence and counterviolence however officially it is a very difficult position you can only act if it is asked to act ok let's take a step back for a moment borrow a look at europe in terms of independence movements we've got we've got britain of course leaving the european union that's one thing scotland though is trying to leave the u.k. it was an independence very vocal independence movement there now we've got catalonia of course this is part of a trend in europe. basically the answer should be no because we've had the referendum in scotland and the majority of the scottish people said no we'll stay with the united kingdom and so that issue is mol acetyl it's also more or less settled politically because even bracks it hasn't really brought back the independence movement there so but they are for the have been for decades in several regions in europe if you think of the trentino in the north of italy if you think of. so if you think of several regions in europe that wanted to break up and this is like a festering wound that is sort of on the circuit surface to surface and the in this mint in barcelona could really reignite those fires barbara thank you so much to barbara basal there in brussels and we do have some breaking news coming in to you coming in to us now this hour for you police in the u.s. city of las vegas say there is an active shooter situation at the mandalay bay casino they're asking people on the famed gambling strip to take caution we'll keep you updated as more information becomes available france now where so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack the attacker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of marsay french soldiers shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling sojitz it's too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the attackers shouted. that's much remains unclear. linda viduka the individual was killed thanks to the composer of the soldier on patrol it appears that this individual had several identities i don't know anything more and i cannot tell you anything more than the interior minister did. in terry a minister. said an investigation has been opened into what was potentially a terrorist attack. the soldier who shot to the attacker was part of up there on. a military deployment of some ten thousand troops it was launched in twenty fifteen to protect areas deemed to be likely terrorist targets. sunday's attack came just two days before french lawmakers are expected to vote on a controversial anti-terrorism bill which has come under fire from human rights experts. so you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today canadian police say they've arrested a somali national for deliberately ramming a rented band into pedestrians during a high speed chase in edmonton. after he allegedly stabbed a police officer authorities say the man was has refugee status in canada prime minister justin trudeau has described the incident as a terrorist attack. and puerto rico hospitals and other facilities are still without power almost two weeks after the island was devastated by hurricane maria on sunday president trump defended u.s. relief and recovery operations is due to visit the u.s. territory on tuesday one local official has openly criticized the trumpet ministrations efforts for being inefficient. turning now to indonesia where there are fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the island of bali the alert level for the amount volcano has been at the highest levels. since last week hundreds of thousands of local residents have left their homes and some taurus are choosing to leave a tropical paradise that's become a danger zone. the island of bali the usually crowded tourist resort is now seeing an exodus of holiday makers because of this volcano mount argo has been on the highest alert level for more than a week and some experts warn that the danger of an eruption is getting critical. the magma precious still continues to billow and it's causing tremors we're also monitoring and have seen that the heat is increasing at the bottom of the crater on the neighboring island of java dozens of ferries are on standby to help with evacuation efforts if the volcano blows. some tourists have already decided to leave. was it was. also fearing for their safety around one hundred thirty five thousand local residents have left their homes and are now staying in makeshift shelters officials say many people have overreacted and are urging those living outside the declared dangerous zone to go home they say they are overburdening the cams but some evacuees disagree. they should allow them to stay if it's not safe yet we can stay here together so they're not in danger. the warnings have been scared of everyone though as long as the island is safe except for certain areas some tourists are staying put to have a good time on bali. well speaking of tourists british authorities are scrambling to bring home more than one hundred thousand holiday makers gathered has more try terry most of them are stranded at destinations in the mediterranean because authorities shut down britain's monarch airlines after the struggling carrier was unable to find new lines of credit there was dismay at airports as ticket holders were told to go home because all flights had been canceled monarch is britain's biggest ally and it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary just months ago but it all came to an end on monday morning with this message posted online by britain's civil aviation authority it says it's now chartering planes to bring all those stranded passengers back to the u.k. but no such luck for three hundred thousand others who had booked flights on monarch their tickets are now worthless as transport minister said that she's been told by other elements they will hire monarch staff very quickly now if you're a b.m.w. customer in the us and drive one of its s.u.v.s it's likely it has been made in spartanburg north carolina more than eight thousand u.s. workers them make more than a thousand cars a day the m.w. is one of more than five hundred foreign firms doing business in the spartanburg area and many locals are thankful that foreign investors have helped revive the ones ailing region so few people there understand that president trump has threatened those companies with punitive tariffs if they import components manufactured abroad. joel print more is determined to reach the chance. he's already been paid for going to school by b.m.w. and when he graduates that's where he'll start working. joel's grandparents work for the textile industry in badly paid jobs something which is unimaginable for joe the production technology that came after the fall of the textile sector attracted him thirty years ago his hometown was desolate then international firms came to the rescue joel will work as hard as his grandparents but the rewards will probably be better. not only as an opportunity but you know i love the way that you know everything's kind of moving and you just program it is what you mean it's just it was also. there are now five hundred foreign firms in the region many offer tailor made apprenticeships through the local technical college and that's a boost for the region when b.m.w. came into our area twenty five plus years ago that was the eye opener if you would say just saying you know if we do work work together and go after organizations or companies like that we can we can we can retain them and get them into our area. people here are proud of all the foreign investors who've helped to get the region back on its feet south carolina is a strictly republican state this is trump country yet almost no one here understands why the president has picked on carmakers for higher import tariffs on the components they sourced from outside the country. the southern states are courting foreign investors it helps that there aren't workers unions here but if costs of imported components increase that could be a deal killer and local jobs would be in jeopardy. i believe the old quote is. assigned to mr churchill it said of americans will always do the right thing after they've tried everything else so sometimes we have to stumble around in the. before we get to the right formula but i believe we will get to the right formula b.m.w. doesn't just make cars in spartanburg it's also introduced germany's two track vocational training scheme which keeps companies of all sizes supplied with skilled workers this gives joel a chance to get hands on experience while still in tech school and earn money at the same time joel was born here in spartanburg he became a soldier as a way out when the city seemed to have no future since then the area is being reborn new cafes are opening it's becoming a nicer place to live the inner city is profiting from the boom and it severs. germany's still doesn't have a whole lot of women on the boards of its top companies but the few who are earning more than their male counterparts a new study says the eighteen women who now serve on the boards of germany's blue chip companies represent the stock index an average of about three million euros a year while their male colleagues only came to an average of two point nine million but then passed legislation two years ago to boost the number of women. back to terri the big moment for same sex couples across germany very big moment indeed something many of them been waiting a long time for gay and lesbian couples in germany are finally tying the knot after a new marriage equality law came into effect this weekend rebecca ritter's was on hand to witness some of the country's first same sex i do. finally the day they have waited nearly forty years for until a few months ago both men day and called krajina never imagined it would happen so soon still on the big day some pretty wedding date is we didn't sleep. last night but happy really happy. to be able to marry to be a. photo and call method a party in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine in what was then west berlin they've been together ever since and i've spent he is campaigning for gay rights in germany. so that hard work has finally paid off. the ear. marriage is a contract for life for two people who love each other and want to make a life together to be there for each other their gender is irrelevant. but now they've made it official in front of their loved ones with the world's media looking on. not everyone the most moving moment was walking in here about seeing all our friends and hearing the wedding march. that was a moments where you just. you just can't stay cool and. marriage for all is the message on their wedding cake and finally now for bodo and it's a dream that's become a reality. switching gears to formula one and first stop and the reason reigns supreme at the malays a grand prix of the red bull driver started third on the grid but with her save his driver lewis hamilton struggling for pace it was an easy overtake for a first up and this is the dust friends second career formula one win and it comes a day after his twentieth birthday in while ferrari's boston father went from dead last in the race to fourth but hamilton's second place finish means he now has a thirty four point lead in the drivers' championship over that. and some breaking news coming in police in the usa the los bega say there is an active shooter situation at the mandela bay hotel. casino they're asking people on the famed gambling strip to take caution reports say at least one police officer has been injured other casualties are being taken to nearby hospitals and of course we'll keep you updated as more information on this story becomes available still to come here on the news the kim jong murder trials starts in malaysia two women are accused of his assassination but did his half brother north korea's kim jong un give the order we'll go live to kuala lumpur . plus we speak to a north korean defector who says he's survived multiple assassination attempts life on pyongyang's hit list we have a special report. that's him much more coming up in just a couple of minutes to stay with us here on. where will you find a living bridge. where women love a man. where does the world's hottest chick have a. male visit to the village. the last headhunter. and the largest family in the world in absurdistan. india's craziness least in sixty minutes on d w. it tells us starring stories. it makes us laugh. and cry. tremble and smile a. magical images and emotions enough. to know the movie because each and every gent on d w. hijacking the news. where i come from the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoking mirrors it's not just about being clear and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was point guard and i work to be done. welcome back here at the w doos i'm terry martin our top story cut a lot of thought he said ninety percent of those are managed to vote in a band referendum voted for independence spanish prime minister defended measures taken to stop the boat and maintains no legal referendum was held. and the so-called islamic state of claimed responsibility for a knife attack in the french city of marsay and assailed an assailant murdered two women there before being shot dead by french troops. now a murder mystery that stunned the world hung feb thirteenth kim jong il the strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong un was killed in the middle of kuala lumpur airport the weapon. today the two women accused of his murder saw their trial begin well asia the suspects were ushered into court earlier today amid tight security as expected they pleaded not guilty to the attack with a deadly no. of agent the pair say they were tricked into believing they were part of a prank for a reality t.v. show they face the death penalty if convicted. as yo

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martin roberts martin let's start with you madrid has now officially taken control of the council on government how is that going to work . at least that's out of the three hundred thousand government employees and. almost a handful of the very top will actually keep their jobs. every day to date you should consider is not. what it laid the groundwork for this on taking over control of. the beginning of september so actually has a market employees including ironically palace function are effectively being sanctioned. in addition to that majority didn't thousands of. police from the rest of us sometimes. ongoing. reported yesterday was a party deliberately holding actions within a very short period of time so really the idea is that this is only a temporary. amendment sense of the last transfer of. the see how it works. and charlotte we saw celebrations in barcelona after the independence declaration but how are people now going to react to their government being run from madrid. yet there are thousands of people in this square behind me and might be hard to imagine now celebrating independence last night it's a day though there is a lot of confusion about exactly what it is that happens here people want to know whether that declaration of independence is going to be carried forward the people that we've spoken to as well extremely concerned about the threat to file and they want guarantees from the spanish police that there isn't going to be any use of force if there is some resistance here to madrid imposing direct rule no one here is forgotten what happened on that was the day of the referendum that kicked off this crisis police many say were very heavy handed with people as they tried to go to the polls those images went around the world and both sides both in madrid and the people here in catalonia very keen to make sure that that doesn't happen again . martin just to get back to you you had mentioned this was.