andrea and zena has worked with the pro independence council and national assembly in the past and he'shelped organize the peaceful demonstrations during the day he says many frustrated protests just feel they haven't been heard. the message that the europe has been sending to catalans is that they've been cheering up for a violent demonstrations such as in hong kong so they didn't really care whether demonstrations were violent or nonviolent so apparently there's a said there's a part of the prime to find them to move in that has decided that it's more efficient to start resorting to different ways of mobilization. there's another similarity to the movement in hong kong the use of the encrypted messaging at telegram to organize active civil disobedience political science professor in the e.q. hunt has been researching how a new secretive group who democratic tsunami has been using the app to share instructions with protest is what's quite neo about the enemy is that for the 1st time you're going join up but out this door you can during a time without letting all their lives know your p

and right police in barcelona have fired tear gas during clashes with council on pro independence protesters they're angry over the jail sentences handed down to 9 separate us leaders for their role in the failed independence but 2 years ago the unrest follows a day of largely peaceful demonstrations. well in mexico the son of a notorious cocaine trafficker is on the run after a shootout with police and security forces of each a good man escaped arrest after drug cartel gunmen brought city streets to a standstill. reports. fierce gun battles in the city of clear khan northwest mexico. the security forces and drug cartel gunmen fight it out after the short lived arrest of this month. he's the son of the notorious drug cartel boss joaquin guzman also known as el chapo who is serving a life sentence after extradition to the united states. the gun battles went on for hours as army and police forces came under increasing attack. vehicles were set ablaze for terrified residents panic set in bodies could be seen in the streets the capital of siena low a state brought to a standstill later in the da

spain's acting prime minister has dismissed council on leaders call for dialogue pro independence supporters are angry that 9 of their leaders have been imprisoned charlie angela has moved from bustling up. with the mood here is very on stage for the protesters who are establishing freedom political forces everyone counting the police some who are only $0.05 and take afghanistan to stay on track think of this as a yes to retaliate son protests of even come up trying to antagonize the police to be paid back into the crowd one of their own the sons of the we are peaceful people who are now sitting down because the police have announced that they will start advancing on this well now behind me are thousands. i see more exits to the square i think you know so when they move forward that is going to be a bit of a scrum the hotels in the businesses have locked the doors they sucked up. the sauces and that a lot of the windows have been nice and bear in mind i think. there is an area that idea these protesters would join by thousands will they see them and see who said that while they had started t

to be an independent committee to look into the social divisions here in hong kong but again critics and a lot of the protesters and the those pro-democracy members here in the legislative council they want answers now for the current situation not things that could come in the weeks ahead ali thank you for that scot hide. hi still ahead on al-jazeera the caucus taking london and brussels inch closer to a back seat deal but will it be ready in time ross mozambique awaits the results of its high stakes election as activists complain of photoshop. hello the most secure conditions across much of the middle east has been some cloud bubbling up in the house to the east end of the mediterranean but no real rain with instead some failed to win so not helping the firefighting efforts this is in lebanon this is done just to the south of beirut so the winds a fairly gusty at times articles very low humidity and still some fairly high temperatures elsewhere on thursday 36 in baghdad 23 celsius in kabul the time of his own quite as high as they were into beirut 28 degrees celsius but as i say not really helping those far but more clouds and he's pushing through the east end of the trading

episode in catalonia for the pro independence this will likely move out of all their promise to unleash a campaign of civil disobedience in the way i mean sentencing. council and separatists have always insisted there are peaceful movement but the have been concerns from the central government to madrid that any jail sentences could ignite further turmoil in the region especially among more radical groups it's not by putting people in jail or pushing them into exile that will solve things we will make it worse the only way to solve the here is to admit that there has to be a democratic outcome the spanish government has said it wants to restart talks to end the stalemate in catalonia until now some procession leaders were unwilling to engage unless there was an amnesty for those facing charges and with neither side giving way no one is optimistic that there is a way out of this crisis any time soon sunny diagonal al-jazeera barcelona and the us the family of a black woman killed by a white policeman has accused the officer of murder 28 year old jefferson was killed in our own home in texas on saturday. or. what. the moment just before the shooting. someone

nations security council devoting for war and the spanish state sponsored violence in catalonia is defacto backed by the european union ask what it would take for the pro independence s.n.p. to support a break that we speak to the lawyer of one of the democratically elected politicians being hunted down by e.u. backed spanish authorities told us more coming up in today's going underground the 1st we speak to one of britain's greatest whistle blows katherine gun played by keira knightley in the new film official secrets souring refines and matt smith about british corruption of the united nations security council to aerially bombard and occupy the middle east gather and welcome back to going underground so what's it like being played by keira knightley portraying the misery and pain as tony blair's allegedly. trying to destroy you for revealing that britain was part of a sinister plan to corrupt the un security council well i never have to choose who pays me. now it's amazing great actress and she portrayed it really well i think and you know she actually caused me to sympathize with her when i watched that usually sympathize with you. surely i mean you believe the

nations security council and devoting for war and the spanish state sponsored violence in catalonia is defacto backed by the european union we'll ask what it would take for the pro independence s.n.p. to support plus we speak to the lawyer of one of the democratically elected politicians being hunted down by e.u. backed by machine for a he's told us more coming up in today's going underground but 1st we speak to one of britain's greatest whistle blows katherine gun played by keira knightley in the new film official secrets souring refines and matt smith about british corruption of the united nations security council to aerially bombard and occupy the middle east catherine welcome back to going underground so what's it like being played by keira knightley portraying the misery and pain as tony blair's alleged had been dry and try to destroy you for revealing that britain was part of a sinister plan to corrupt the un security council i never have to choose who pays me. now it's amazing she's a great actress and she portrayed it really well i think and you know she actually caused me to sympathize with her when i watched it you surely sympathize with yourself surely i mean you

pro independence demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of pasto not occupying various points south saying along the way that perhaps lonia against fascism free the political prisoners and singing the council and not still . the police have flung back the presence of the rustic liberties components on the night of the protest come to a standstill here outside the not full police forces in barcelona and that's because they want to express that anger against the national police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last few days those injuries sustained by protesters for 3 blind in one eye by rubber bullets. you can hear the crowd is still buoyant and this is the 7th day of demonstrations in support of a tendency but there is another slice of the story and we were at it peaceful rally for the for hedonists i honestly believe passionately in the unity of spain which is of you hope by 48 percent of france alone ians and both sides tell me they feel like this issue of independence is really driving a wedge between the what they want to see is that basically just coming together sitting down and finding an end to this crisis. people in australia worked to a striking sit

pro quo. sondland does not know indefinite independently if that's true. another former insider, fiona hill who had been the president's expert on russia and europe on the national security council will testify today, and she is expected to say rudy giuliani and sondland side stepped normal protocols with their work on ukraine. ayman. >> thanks, nbc's kelly o'donnell for that report. >>> while president trump continues to stick by his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, some white house aides are left on edge. a new report describes irritation with trump's orbit about the former new york mayor's erratic behavior. aides have come to view giuliani's style similarly to the president with resignation that they will rarely be consulted before hand to develop a strategic plan and that any plan will actually be ignored. one aide expressed frustration for white house aides taking the brunt of criticism for not having a more coordinated response to the impeachment probe saying they were operating without visibility into what giuliani has been doing. the sources added that the general feeling among the aides is that trump has yet to fully grasp the extent of giuliani's side dealings and they h

pro independence demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of basra not occupying various points south saying along the way to catalonia against fascism free the political prisoners and singing the council and not. the police have flung back the presence of the u.s. securities compared to other nights and the protests come to a standstill here outside the national police headquarters in barcelona and that's because they want to express that anger against the national police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last 2 days for those injuries sustained by protesters for the 3 blind in one eye by a rubber bullet. you can hear the crowd is still buoyant and this is the 7th day of demonstrations in support of independence but there is another side to the story and we were peaceful rally for the pro-union this side spaniards who believe passionately in the unity of spain which is of you held by 48 percent of consular indians and both sides tell me they feel like this issue of independence is really driving a wedge between them what they want to see is that this is a leader coming together sitting down and finding an end to this crisis in astronomy a people work to s

pro quo. however, sondland did not know independently if that is actually true. >> and ambassador sondland is to testify thursday. another former insider, fiona hill, the president's expert on russia and europe on the national security councilay. and she is expected to say rudy giuliani and sondland side-stepped normal protocols with their work on ukraine. amin? >> thanks to nbc's kelly o'donnell for that report. >>> american support for whether president trump should be impeached over asking ukraine to investigate his political rivals remains steady in a latest cbs news poll. 42% say trump should be impeached over the handling of ukraine. and 10% of republicans, and 35% of independents and 79% of democrats. and over half of americans approve of congress starting an impeachment inquiry into the president at 53%, to 46. over 60% said the trump administration should cooperate with house democrats impeachment inquiry and 61% of americans said that the president should not ask foreign governments for help with election campaigns. >>> joining us now from washington, d.c., once again, white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason, good to have you with us. let's break down some of the polls, new polls showed that americans con