i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. an hour ago catalonia was poised to call a snap regional election for december according to local media catalan president collis posed a moment had been expected to make the announcement to help break the deadlock between the madrid government and catalan separatists seeking independence but first of all speech was first delayed for an hour and then suspended and this comes just a day before spain's parliament tissue to decide whether to impose a prose direct to rule in the region. let's go to the visions capital of boston where we thought that becomes a problem touch on the chelsea and not the welcome that's what's going on. that's the question that everybody here is on seeing themselves at the moment there is a lot of confusion as you said it was expected we were getting reports that pushing one would cool regional elections that now doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon he is expected to talk at five o'clock so we could hear then exactly what is going on people here

on phil gayle welcome to the program. a gunman has killed at least ninety f. fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred in the u.s. city of las vegas police have confirmed that the suspect a sixty four year old white man from nevada is also dead the shooting happened on the famous las vegas strip its aca had checked into the mandalay bay hotel and casino and began firing on an outdoor concert from the thirty second floor police have ruled out connections to international terrorism. this was the moment when music turned to gunfire. moments before it was just another vegas evening the crowd had been enjoying a country music festival. now they were running for their lives. as hysteria broke out the shooter continued his rampage. people at the scene described the horror they witnessed. we refused to believe it was the shooting until it just kept going and going and then. the stage and then everybody started firing and we started for we had to have a gate to get out. it was crazy i've never seen anything like that we kept shooting and shooting and shooti

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program thirty one people have been killed in the wildfires raging across the northern california the deadliest in the state's. straight with hundreds still missing the death toll is expected to rise dry conditions and fierce winds are hampering efforts to bring the fires under control the blazes in the wine country north of san francisco have been burning since sunday and conditions of forecast to worsen this weekend napa valley was the heart of california's wine industry but now napa and its surrounds have seen an unprecedented disaster. these men are among eight thousand firefighters who spent the last few days trying to bring the prices under control. some houses down the street there's no better feeling you know it's just there because they're everywhere you know there's little pockets there's there's. there's parts that we just can't get to dozens of fires have been burning in and around method valley since last sunday they causes are uncertain but fanned by hot dry winds they've scorched an area the size of new york city and filled the air with acrid

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program in the next hour or so u.s. president donald trump is due to deliver a major foreign policy speech a white house statement says mr trump will outline a new approach to iran including a more aggressive stance regarding its regional influence the speech could also see the president begin to unpick a major diplomatic achievement the landmark deal which curbed iran's nuclear ambitions. the twenty fifteen agreement with iran struck under the obama administration united world powers as well as the u.s. china russia germany france the u.k. and the european union put their name to it obama's success or u.s. president donald trump has never made any secret of his opposition to the agreement and you know was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered and frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it believe me. under the twenty fifteen deal iran was to limit the scope of its nuclear program and specifically its enrichment o

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany's newly elected parliament has convened for the first time since last month's elections and one of the bonder stocks first tasks was to elect a new parliamentary president similar to a speaker with an overwhelming majority of that role has gone to former finance minister of all thanks the veteran member of chancellor angela merkel's conservative party received five hundred one out of seven hundred nine votes is the country's longest serving lawmaker in his acceptance speech was destroyed less stressed the need for parliament to lead by example and work together and he encouraged lawmakers to maintain a respectful tone. the view you may have of the way in which we talk with one another here in parliament can be a role model for society obviously we shouldn't help one another here although we have seen that this has occasionally occurred in other parliaments here as you because of me and we don't want to get very brilliant receive either far nor we want to show that one can disi

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany's newly elected parliament has convened for the first time since last month's elections and with more parliamentary factions on the right wing i have tea party in the assembly for the first time it will not be business as usual one of the bundestag first tasks was to elect a new parliamentary president. it now falls to parliament's longest serving member to keep things under control with elected president of the understudy the politician from chancellor merkel's party called for calm proceedings amid debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers the business friendly f.t.p. is back and the far right a.f.p. is in for the first time under old rules a member of the a.f.p. would have opened the first session as the oldest m.p. but this time that role went to a veteran f.t.p. lawmak

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program that's the big story that catalonia is president to do to address the region's parliament in the next few minutes there's speculation that he is about to trigger the next phase in spain separatist crisis by declaring independence that of course is despite intense pressure from the spanish government let's go with that and live and get the latest from. there joins us on the line from boss a lot of problems foley and i guess in madrid to welcome both let's start with you . just describe the scene for us what you. i've just come out of the parliament and you have helicopters sweeping over the building you have a lot of police in here basically the entire area around this building has been sealed off from the public in order not to influencers the official wording of the actions of lawmakers in this building everybody waiting for the catalan leader to give his crucial speech and say these crucial words really well will enough declare independence and potentially trigger a deep political crisis here just as you just go guys you're speaking with we're loo

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the spanish region of catalonia begins its first week on to direct rule from spain central government the country's top prosecutor house calls the charges including rebellion to be brought against cats and i'm leaders who voted for independence last week amongst those facing charges that the baby regions for the president colors pushed a male who's been removed from office spanish media reporting that he and other former members of his cabinet said in brussels. d.w. correspondents. bad regatta joins us from brussels welcome bet so spanish media cyclists push them all into brussels what are you hearing of the manhunt for carlos push him on the sec president is still on there's no official confirmation here in brussels that he has arrived in this city or that he is on the road to the city to cut a lot and representation says they have no clue mr put him on is a actually is but there are some spanish correspondents here in brussels who are reporting that he is already in the city in a. discreet and safe location as they say and it is said now that tomor

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as the country runs its presidential election opposition leader run out of danger has described today's vote as a sham and called for a boycott in the capital nairobi mr a dingo supporters have been throwing stones at people trying to enter polling stations voting has proceeded in areas that support president kenyatta but turnouts appears to be lower than in just the country supremes court and no valid result because of voting accounting irregularities. let's get more from t.w. correspondent catherine and wanda who joins us from the kenyan capital nairobi welcome catherine so we've been getting those reports of clashes between opposition protesters and the police tell us more about what's been going on. well it's very interesting because just a few moments ago the cabinet secretary for interior. he said that at least ninety percent of the polling stations across the country were ope

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program so catalonia is poised to call this not regional election for the twenty eighth of december according to local media council on president. color's push is expected to make this announcement within the hour it's a move that could help break the month long deadlock between the government had betrayed and catalan separatists seeking independence from spain a barcelona newspaper says push tomorrow took place decision to try to convince the spanish government not to impose a direct rule on the region. let's go to counseling regional capital that now barcelona where we joined the w a correspondent. on the pill welcome. so. if you're in the next what are people expecting. yeah. it appears now that that has been delayed hour and what we're expecting to hear is a formal declaration of regional elections to school to take place on december twentieth we're also expecting to hear formally that he has dissolved but i'm sure you can see and hear behind me on the media reaction to that here outside the regional government building people who for the last hour or s

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. the united nations says it is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands of range of muslims facing persecution and violence in me in ma and fleeing to neighboring bangladesh every day brings a stream of refugees across the border and bangladesh need to urgent help to cope around six hundred thousand ranger have arrived in the country from the in march trucking state since august bringing the total number to just under a million more than half of them the children i had agencies as a donor conference in geneva we're looking for more than four hundred and thirty million dollars a few hours ago that nasa had raised just over three quarters of that you'll hear from the head of one of those relief agencies working in bangladesh in just a moment first here's more on the region just plight of thousands of people still flee me on our every day six hundred thousand room hanjour have left for bangladesh in recent weeks almost all of them have experienced great suffering. not

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. leaders from britain you were still divided over breakfast at a meeting today in brussels broke up with the two sides still struggling with the terms of the divorce german chancellor angela merkel raised hopes that talks might be able to move on the next summit in december but that progress would depend on britain settling its financial obligations we'll hear from brussels in just a moment first this report to reason may did her best to keep up appearances in brussels but she offered few new answers to the many questions that remain about bragg's us how much is london willing to pay to settle its divorce bill and when it remains a mystery here. the full and final settlement will come as part of the final agreement that we're getting in relation to the future partnership and i think that's absolutely right finances are the main sticking point between britain and the e.u. university and the four bread none still has to make a significant financial effort at the moment we are far off a f

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the united states has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the un's cultural organization the u.s. state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organizations a continuing anti israel bias in ask of a sixteen for moto peace worldwide and is renowned for its world heritage a program as well as protected cultural sites like here statue of liberty and promoting girls' education. class first is an honorary member of the german commission for you know welcome to t.w. how big a loss is this for you know asking well it's quite heavy blow for the only ization not only in financial terms because the regular budget had to be financed through united states contribution of twenty two percent and they are behind already for seventy years because that's money that they're not going to miss because i never had it. that's right but they still claim it because the united states remained member. today. the second point is of course this only ization claims to be a universal one bei

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the spanish government has given catalonia until monday to state clearly whether it has declared independence from the rest of spain earlier prime minister mariano rajoy told the national parliament that madrid could impose direct rule over catalonia if the region broke away he was sharply critical of the recent catalan independence referendum describing it as illegal and undemocratic and he rejected offers of international mediation prime minister told parliament that a resolution to the crisis lay with catalonia is regional president colors profitable in his man 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. this and the response of the government will depend on his steps. 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 p

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the united states has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the un's cultural organization. the u.s. state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid a need for fundamental reform of what it says is the organization is continuing anti israel bias for israel has nice that it will also lead the un body promotes peace around the world girls' education and this renowned for its a world heritage programme protecting cultural sites like the statue of liberty and stone. let's get more from g.w. correspondents calendar two more in washington and. jerusalem with me as a culture editor robin no matter welcome. in washington how big a loss is this for us. well phil regarding the funding it is a big law i would like to point out that six years ago that means under the obama administration the united sates cut off more than eighty million u.s. dollars a year so this is a lot of money especially for this organization we're talking about twenty two percent of its entire budget so it is a big loss from the financial way but also all the los

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program mourners in thailand have begun the main parts of a five day funeral for the country's late king upon me paul in bangkok family members and dignitaries from around the world awaited the arrival of an representing the king's remains as tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets music written by the late model played alongside the procession and gunshots greeted the arrival bring you the latest from the city after the trip. correspondent passed in the heartache is that. welcome back walk us through what's been happening today. where you can see behind me phil this is the royal commission hall and there is a religious ceremony on the only right there at the moment maybe you can hear the chanting of the monks there are dignitaries from more than forty countries here amongst them former presidents of germany christiane wolf and also japanese prince and princes the king also photon royalty from germany and all from germany sweden from europe of course. the silvio. sweden's here for example queen marks him out of the netherlands also and they're paying t

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. i will start with the breaking news from spain the catalonia is regional parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence the motion was approved a sleep with seventy out of one hundred thirty lawmakers voting to declare catalonia an independent republic was against the motion walked out in protest before the vote began the move came just as spain said it was preparing to vote on taking away councillors autonomy completely the saddest expected to approve spanish prime minister mariano who holds requests to trigger article one five five of the spanish constitution which allows the central government to remove a cattle hands of regional leaders from office. let's go straight to where they actually send their cattle news regional capital and the spanish national capital d w correspondent charlotte shells impel is in barcelona martin roberts is in madrid welcome. charlotte to we'll start with you we have a result of so. yes indeed those who did take part in this vote voted overwhel

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. german chancellor angela merkel has started her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi-party national governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c.d.u. the business from the f.t.p. and the greens have been meeting to see if they can work together on topics ranging from the european union to finance and foreign policy their political differences are significant but so is the pressure to succeed. the more than fifty negotiators appear optimistic after two any of will get togethers today's meeting is getting right to the point their goal is to form an unprecedented coalition between no less than four parties. i mean that's the sort of i'm happy that we're getting started today there will definitely be a number of differing opinions but i have the impression that we'll also see a desire for the parties to agree as far as i'm concerned i'm willing to reflect in a creative manner. creativity might be what's needed here because there is a long way