the government is trying to prevent a band independence referendum in the autonomous catalonia region police are fired rubber bullets of protesters who were trying to stop offices from leaving a voting center with confiscated ballot boxes cattle and officials say thirty eight people are being treated for mostly minor injuries after scuffles at a number of polling stations catalonia is regional leader has condemned the spanish police crackdown on people he says are trying to express their opinion. if you've got the unjustified and irresponsible use of violence by the spanish state has not deterred catalans from they wish to vote and to freely decide about their future people that if you really mean to should we don't. when i joined by d.w. correspondent. who is in buffalo now and correspondent martin roberts in madrid thank you both so let's start with you pablo what's the situation in boston at the moment we hear reports of violence. you're absolutely right i would call it a tense worrying situation here of the people at the turning of polling stations not just here in barcelona but across c

claim is that the heart of the catalonian police more source basically i told the police here the regional police here not to participate in the crackdown over the referendum vote on sunday in fact the percent of the polling stations we are close by as a national police and they say that has to do to the fact that their colleagues basically the regional police here did not support them so the heart of the regional police is now accused of sedition but he's not the only one also at the high of two civic organizations who are supporting independence behind many different independent. demonstrations etc are summoned as well accused of said as i've also tell you can see the government the central government the mother it is trying to clamp down on people who in their regards are not law. but this is a very dramatic situation what's the word on the streets of barcelona are people there worried that this escalation could take a look this crisis could take a dangerous escalation. well the fact that you probably see a lot of tourists here behind me just basic want to enjoy day in barcelona shouldn't be m

are not really in favor of the spanish police being here the question is also home muscles the regional police is going to react that they are going to support the spanish national police in trying to crack down on the behavior not of course the food the chief of the regional police here catalonia has been summoned in a moderate by the court because of him because he was accused of of basically supporting those who are supporting independent rather than working with the national police so there there's a division here not just among the people supporting independence or not but also among regional and national police. funny charm barcelona thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world people along the u.s. gulf coast are stocking up on supplies with hurricane nate forecast to make landfall on saturday the hurricane which began as a tropical storm killed more than twenty people when it lashed central america u.s. authorities have issued storm surge warnings and new orleans mayor has ordered an evacuation of some areas. the trumpet ministration has rolled back and obama

also have to ask for backup of course the regional police have sort of taken a little bit of a back seat but they her arms and now in the past few hours of seeing that they have asked for help from the other police forces in spain because there's there's essentially three police forces in spain a regional one and then two national ones and they've been working side by side and people were a bit concerned as to how the regional police would act and considering that they're based here on the understand the situation and they see it in a different way than say the national police forces which and but it appears that these scuffles are certainly not over for now and we may be seeing more of a threat today. funny as thank you from one entering the situation for us of course as this event is unfolding we'll be coming out to be coming back to you throughout the day. right. well police have arrested several dozen people in the swedish city of gothenburg after a neo nazi group held a rally there around six hundred members of the extreme right wing nordic resistance went to pot as some

looks like the mushrooms in particular have decided to just sort of take a step back that's the regional police of course now we've seen some pretty heavy handed images and some bloody images of that from across the region today and it doesn't look very good for the national police when you've got images like this spread across the planet and of course here in spain is not a criticism as well and i think it's also important to point out that this referendum has divided catalonia but just how much would you say well i was there this week and i was when i was here this week doing reports and it struck me how divided it is i mean people always have their opinion of what was best for catalonia but i did notice that people now are very much firm and set on what they believe that is an interesting fact which is that eighty two percent of catalans do want a referendum and now whether they are in favor of it or not as a whole another issue and the latest polls around forty to forty five percent are unsafe or of independents but of course like to be mentioning the way the central government has been tre

at the capitol and regional police they only spend a patrol of two people and quite quickly those couple and police withdrew to the cheers of the people and we understand the voting is going on in that area right now where we are in the target that they can act in the granted district the boss a lot of once again people are raising their hand in the air hundreds of voters raising their hands in the air and not saying a word to sixty clannish the national lawn of police to a lined up in the polls and trying to carry out managed government orders and shut down at this polling station and it's an interesting point you raise what is the difference and between the gore the seville the national police have been sent in and the most of the muscles the local regional police force many of whom of course are cattle land and they're invested in this very thing. and that is absolutely the right point you're making that the quantity of sybil is a is a military unit and the duties at the national police is the wounded by the spanish government the capitol and police is the regional police that comes u

of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the national government has taken control of the regional policecatalonia's regional president, carles puigdemont, has called for "democratic opposition" to madrid's move. 0ur correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. the spanish government has opted for the so—called nuclear option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. the reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. in barcelona, the clampdown didn't stop thousands of catalan independence seekers claiming victory, partying into the night singing songs of liberation. tense moments too with confrontations between those on both sides. it's calm here now in plaza de saintjaume after last night's celebrations, but many on both sides are now asking exactly the same question, how does the government in madrid assert its authority here and se

between police forces and citizens who came to vote now spanish authorities blame the catalan regional police for this crisis for this really a violent outcome of this sunday morning they say that for cattle and police so their political views their political criteria's have become more important their their then their professional duties and this is why a civil guard has to respond in such a violent way they have to do something that they actually do not want to do but what they're doing is really of violently put pushing people out of violent violently stopping as this of voting from going at hatch as soon as the polling stations opened in less than. t. minutes now we've been receiving reports that police have been arriving at different school buildings and violently shutting down doors breaking windows pushing people out no matter the age or of the the gender or the profession they weren't real a violent towards ordinary citizens now with been here for more than four hours now talking to different people and we've seen people who spend nights protecting this building not letting it's being

don't forget that the catalan region police are big —— on the part of their that the catalan region policeaid by the minister of the interior directly. they are trying to control that to force public workers to go to theirjobs. are either of these two leaders emotionally equipped, sensitively equipped, to deal with something like this? both seem absolutely intransigence. the only way through this crisis, surely, is going to be some sort of negotiation.” com pletely some sort of negotiation.” completely agree. i don't think they had the right people to negotiate a way out. there's a lot of law here but they're trying... they're trying to build a parallel legitimacy and reality, that they are not appealing to the other side of catalan. the same way that the spanish government is, which has a lot on its side, about not going to make an emotional appeal to those catala ns about not going to make an emotional appeal to those catalans will remain spanish but need to live together. we need to so that society back. according to the time frame, we think perhaps the senate in madrid will have discus

catalonia as leader has said the region has the right to independence this after spanish police staged a violent crackdown on a banned referendum come on officials say at least eight hundred forty people were injured as police tried to forcibly close polling stations a spanish prime minister praised the police response and called the vote a mockery one of spain's main labor unions has called for a general strike on tuesday has come a long await the referendum results. so heavy police presence continued into the night in catalonia for an independence referendum that has split spanish society. in the meantime the council on people are holding celebrations for a vote that spanish prime minister mariano hoyo has officially denied even happened . today there was no self-determination referendum in catalonia today the spanish people saw that the rule of law in spain is steady and strong and that it answers those who tried to attack it. within the boundaries of the law against any provocation. or people who provoke a few. tensions on the street escalated as police and protesters clashed often

as we're talking about all these people that have been sacked the regional police played a key role and helping that that referendum go forward so where do the there's a loyalty of these officers now. well blue is a pair trip arrow here is the chief of police he was fired by. along with the director general of the police hot for the political appointment apparel saleh and i'm looking at here at the latest reports on their whereabouts now sol a house stood down but there is no word on trip arrow who is the chief the commander if you will of the musar. police regional police force seventeen thousand officers they played a role in the referendum october the first because they stood between protesters and the spanish national police they actually effectively helped the whole process of the referendum take place to the absolute anger of madrid so there's a lot of real bargaining to be done it would seem now because they've got orders from madrid will the offices obey them well you with thirty touched upon a memo that is going out to all officers saying that you try to see has to be

without is there time to take a look at the top stories castle and regional police of cold on offices to stay neutral in the country's crisis of the region's declaration of independence train has officially taken over the castle and government and fog the region's leaders as well as the head of police prime minister mariano rajoy says regional elections will take place in december. a federal grand jury in washington d.c. has reportedly approved the first charges in the investigation of the russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election u.s. media is reporting that is not yet know what the accusations are that any one charge could be taken into custody as soon as monday the charges will be led by special counsel robert millner. the u.s. defense secretary has well north korea against escalating its nuclear and missile tests james mattis is in the south korean capital seoul for two days of talks and says any attack by the north will be met with what he described as a massive and overwhelming response. minimal save media says the government will haul best rice from farmland

well in fact we have just seen a helicopter of the regional police here which of course suggests that the regional police is in control of of security here in iraq or distant but if you look at the rest of the airspace the fark today as it backed out the central government. basically doesn't give the permission for any international flights to a calm to our appeal incorporation of iran and turkey as well who do not want a kurdish state of it in iraq or rather also out of iraq that clearly tells you that to a certain degree the autonomy of the regional government of iraq according to un may be limited but the question is by just how much in fact just a short while ago the prime minister of the central government in iraq other body has said that the borders two wars iraq according to stand at the borders through turkey the borders through syria and iran to kurdistan to the kurdish region should be controlled by peaceful forces as you say but peaceful iraq is forces so once again the grip will be tightened are on iraq who are to stand the question is just by how much i was funny for sure

it is easierfor the regional police, and they have appointed a new commander, it is easierfor the theyd a new commander, it is easier for the police to stop ca rles it is easier for the police to stop carles puigdemont and his it is easier for the police to stop carles puig getting and his it is easier for the police to stop carles puig getting into his it is easier for the police to stop carles puig getting into their councillors getting into their offices then it would have been to ta ke offices then it would have been to take them out have they decided to barricade themselves in which they have not done. we will see. the fax the spanish prime minister has called an early election in catalonia may serve to diminish some of the tension. the immediate cause, the declaration of independence. harris carles puigdemont got himself into a situation whereby the end of next week he had no other situations and to callan next week he had no other situations and to call an independent declaration otherwise he would have looked like a busted flush? many people think he made a crucial mistake. he

how the regional and national police have become politicized. because spanish society is now dangerously siding with some security forces and against others. i think. how you think about it but if you're not ok my father is in the national police and they want to i felt helpless because i saw people turn radical in iran and that's why i kept on messing with the national police. i know a lot of national police and they're good people who don't have the right to live here. but some say throw the nazis that's going too far with. a line up now that parliament has suspended alba has lunch with other catalan m.p.'s to discuss their relations with madrid wasn't the drugs that they were told they were agreeing with that any point that they just want to resign and to go back to where we were acceptable we are not now where we were before. to say. something. because. europe. doesn't say. nothing. that will be that the future of you know because of the basic principles of the european union. distorted. but the principles of the european union are also clai

police crackdown on a banned independence referendum. ballots are being counted after polls closed following a day of tension across the region but in a spanish capital madrid hundreds protested against the independence vote and called for unity a spanish prime minister praised the police interventions and called the vote a mockery of democracy several european leaders have condemned the violence of the day and called for political dialogue. rubber bullets being fired at protesters. clashes between voters and police forces. it was a chaotic start to catalans band independence referendum. the central government in madrid deployed police across the region they seized ballot papers and boxes of polling stations and occupied the regional governments telecommunications center. in the town of sharona officers forced their way into a polling station where the catalan leader colace who demands was expected to cast his vote. voted at another location and he sharply condemned the spanish police crackdown. in the unjustified and irresponsible use of violence by the spanish state will not stop the will of the catalan people to vote and to freely decide a

and the regional police. were not able. to understand the needs of the people world has seen. what happened. but it has not. what happened because. you what happened is that people. were afraid of the situation people stayed at home because they were afraid of voting was a response to seeing what's happening out on the streets. but in the end. million people. were able to overcome their fears they went out of their homes voted once we don't know how many people try to show them. you know. that the polling stations represent. more than two million people and then those people go to overcome their fears. and when they have arrived to the polling stations they found ballot ballot boxes and they found all the organization. well everything was organized the way it needed to be organized which is why they were able to vote. no one. even though it was you know there were many difficulties. we were able to celebrate the referendum. all the. attacks in the websites all the trial and everybody that was trying to force you not let us celebrate this referendum was not successful when. the

but it is important to understand that spanish authorities say that they blame the catalan regional police or for this violence for this sort of crisis they say that for council and regional police their political priorities and political criteria is became more important than fulfilling their professional duty and that's why spanish authorities together with the civil guard how to move quickly how to use force and do something they didn't want to do but for people here it was a shock they never expected such violence to erupt but they are do. turman to remain here on this square close to the school building protected throughout the day to let the voting continue. in news the latest from barcelona last auntie's medina cancian over dana for now thank you very much now a video has appeared online of offices confiscating boxes and ballot papers from a council on polling station with voters trying to stop them because. the guy. was. the guy the the. and in these pictures hey you can see the police that taking the books is the way you can also have people in the front ground shouting and whistl

take a look at the top stories here at our jazeera castle and regional police have cold on offices to remain neutral in the country's crisis over the region's debt khorasan of independence that's according to a government note spacing has officially taken over the castle and government and father regions leaders and the police chief the prime minister mariano rajoy has called for regional elections to be held in december a federal grand jury in washington d.c. has reportedly approved the first charges in the investigation of a russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election so far it's not known what specifically the accusations are but anyone who is charged could be taken into custody as soon as monday and the charges will be led by special counsel robert mueller the u.s. defense secretary has warned north korea against escalating its nuclear and missile tests james mattis is in the south korean capital seoul for two days of talks and says any attack by the north would be met with what he called a massive and overwhelming response it remains on its current path of ballis

then jostling with local catalan firemen and arguing with officers from catalonia's own regional policeain's police in a spanish region, a foreign force today. but many did vote, savouring a precious moment. he ran catalonia's devolved government when five years ago with popular support, he began pressuring spain for a scottish style referendum. they are peaceful people trying to cast their vote and there a violent spanish state that is trying to prevent people from voting. but spain's deputy prime minister said the actions of national police were professional and proportionate. she said the regional government was irresponsible for organising an illegal vote. so this evening as people continue to vote, tension across catalonia. the spanish government has tried today to exert its authority. but there is more hate here towards leaders in madrid now. we are yet to find out how many people have been able to vote today. the spanish government has always said it is the spanish courts telling the spanish police how to act but their strategy of physically preventing people from voting has the

escalated as police and protesters clashed often violently the authorities smashed their way into polling stations to seize ballot boxes reports poured in of hundreds injured across the region the mayor of barcelona called the prime minister a coward who was hiding behind the police today he's crossed all the redlines this is a turning point and i think there's going to be thousands of us not just in catalonia but across all of spain calling for the resignation of mariano rajoy we must remember he's in the minority government so it's up to the rest of the parties to be in charge and find a solution to fix this disaster despite the violence many cuts alone ians did manage to vote in defiance of the spanish government which had declared the referendum illegal. earlier i spoke to our correspondent pablo foley elliot's in barcelona i asked him whether people were able to vote in his area. but they certainly were because there were long queues of people from early morning trying to get into the polling stations across the region in fact i was at a polling station not too far from where i am and central barcelona and there were long queues of people i spoke to one man and he was

that's the most use which is the regional police force seventeen thousand offices a big force a regional police force the one you mentioned which stood between the national police and the crowds defended the crowd small say crowds they were elect actually voting in a in a referendum they defended that they made sure it happened but what will they do will they obey orders will they actually take that the way we know that the top brass of the most are going to be fired we know that they're going to be controlled well politically effectively with a small piece by different commissioner and a different range of chief offices but one of those individual office is going to do it by no means all in favor of secession is a split down the middle of the certainly a split among so forth and so what are they all going to do some going to resign some going to get charged some going to take their own actions at the end of the day the spokesman for that federation said categorically that all professional police officers they've got a good record they handled the terror attacks recently in a very exempl

government and removing its leaders including the regional president push them all government leaders in madrid could also take control of the catalan police force which defied calls dollars to close voting stations for the referendum madrid could also call for snap regional elections edward you know the constitution well give us your reading of what the cabinet could do by invoking article one five five on saturday. well i'm sure that what the government would like to do was to to ask for regional elections as soon as possible that would be the first option because it's the mall store or the least grief option for the for the spanish government it would not. suspend really year catalonia so ptolemy but just ask for a new election trying to see if there is a real majority and a huge majority under the independent dispositions but the problem for doing that is that the spanish government knows that putting article hundred fifty five into practice would probably give them more and more support and more vaults for independent these parties and the spanish government think probably that they need a bit more time in order to have more chances t

charging in with with spanish police saw the civil guard their reliance on moss's which is the regional police force seventeen thousand strong that played a big role in the october the first referendum effectively standing between the spanish national police and people who wanted to vote and really letting the whole thing happen so that was very controversial but now the two top people in that force have been sacked and replaced by a spanish. chief officer and that is subject to an interior ministry meeting which has been taking place as well today lots of moving parts right now but still no clarity on where exactly these politicians stand right now in terms of what they can do and what they can't. there in the square where there was chanting a moment ago i'm wondering andrew has that news sink down to people there was sort of reaction we looking at. i can't actually physically see them right now but the certainly hasn't been any vocal reaction here as i've been speaking what you would expect is perhaps defiance but perhaps certainly a surprise that the range of charges in the sense that if re

stations and others they're not because they've been cleared or closed by the police and the regional police attempted to close some of the stations the polling stations and then they had the backup of the national police because spain at the end of the day has a bit of a sort of a confusing police situation there's essentially three police or four police forces so the situation is that there's long queues of people turning up the polling stations across the region so we're getting in and some aren't. i just to get some context this vote is so controversial can you tell us why it's so contested. well the spanish government in madrid claims that this vote is unconstitutional because it goes against the constitution of spain does not permit a referendum like this and that the guideline regional governments several months ago passed a law in their regional parliament which is the legal groundwork in framework for an independent catalan state so what happened was that was passed in their regional parliament and also part of that would have been this is this referendum that was struck down by the

is there fear then that the regional police will resist governance from madrid?nk there is a very strong hope that they will not and certainly the message that we've had so certainly the message that we've had so far all the reports we are getting so far is that the regional police in catalonia are being urged to follow orders. those orders of course would, from madrid or certainly madrid appointees. it is a big questions are whether that would be the case and whether in specific incidents, if they were to arise, howell the police would respond in everyone, of course, remembers what happened during the referendum itself. i do not think the government you want to see a repetition of those scenes but when i asked this party spokesman what might happen, he was very found that the whole point is enforcing the law. he said there will not be acts of aggression as far as the spanish police are concerned, but they would respond to any provocations from within catalonia. so the general understanding is, ithink within catalonia. so the general understanding is, i think the

is there a fear that the regional police will resist governance from madrid?trong hope that they won't. certainly the message we have had so far, the reports we are getting so far, the reports we are getting so far, is that the regional police in catalonia are being urged to follow orders. those orders, of course, would come from madrid or certainly madrid appointees. it's a big question whether that will be the case. in specific incidents, if they we re case. in specific incidents, if they were to arise, how the police would respond. everyone remembers what happens during the referendum itself. i don't think the government here wants to see every petition of these scenes. 0ne eye after parties books and what might happen, he was very firm that the whole point is enforcing the law. is that there won't be any acts of aggression as far as the spanish police are concerned, but they would respond to many provocations from, within catalonia. i think the general understanding is, the picture is that these are extremely complex, sensitive times. i think we are in a h

and you saw in the middle of all of that the most which is the force i referred to earlier the regional police force coming in between actually keeping the peace by confronting the police involved so could that happen again well most people say that's unlikely because police are professional people they take orders and the orders then were from the cat's allouni and government. orders could come again from the government but in the government technically isn't valid or is it or is it not it depends on your viewpoint but at cording to all the people i've spoken to analysts and professionals they believe the most seuss' will obey orders will be neutral or try to be neutral internally they may think differently but like police forces all over the world there could be some leaks here and there there could be some misbehavior that could be some resignations but in the main they will do what they're told what they're ordered to do and you will see according to a very good security source who by the way actually predicted that independence would be declared. that the afternoon of friday this person i

and regional police except it in full discipline and then they dismiss from something like two hundred how you feel shows of all the regional ministers what we call councils. so. we had that the central government have full complete control over the regional budget. perhaps there will be some kind of performance going to get some audience or some attention from international media but i really don't see what is the blind they have in mind the use of the band in this camp. and what about carter's push him on himself he faces a potential jail sentence on charges of rebellion is he likely to be arrested sooner than later. well argument sure of. it is true that he is on there. to the show. inquiry. and the stakes sometimes the prosecutor house that he say my impression is that it would also depend on what he will try to do this coming week starting tomorrow you could grace every day to get it for us and the police arrested him or beaches. then we would have some more movement he is under inquiry because there are so tuesday argues against him among other things because he's been pu

another key thing to watch out for what starts national and regional police take. well that's an interesting one he was one of the first things the first sacking was of the police chief of lawsuits which is the regional police force seventeen thousand officers. we understand from our source who is a former most use officer has actually been put in the front line so to speak more suse is responsible for the security around the government building it is also tasked with dealing with any public disorder is that the spanish national police in the background all the time here in very large numbers it has to be said so the whole thing could escalate quickly if that was to take if there was some resistance from us is to do what there were ordered to do because they did actually act rather controversially as far as madrid is concerned joining the october the first referendum which was to play it illegal if they stood between the people and the spanish national police but what we're really going to see possibly is an attempt to try to do this without any violence on either

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

told al-jazeera that it's likely the spanish government will deliberately choose the most use regional police force to deal with dissent it would be a turnaround for the seventeen thousand strong force on october the first they stood between their citizens and the national police forces making it possible for voters to cast their ballots in a session referendum. our security source says it's because of the antagonism caused by the civil guard and spanish police that most officers will be expected to take front line positions and that could include stopping demonstrations if necessary with groups and even physically removing the regional government if it refuses to stand down the union representing police is guarded but confirms that opinion is split in most loose despite its support for the referendum the end of it where part of what i can tell you is that inside the mosque who's body there is the same diversity of opinions that exist within catalan society but with a difference we always have to work within legal co-ordinates that's all i can say at this moment our security source and politi

and any move, for example, possibly taking control using regional police force, dismissing more officialsthem with people loyal to madrid, any of those moves have the potential to backfire, and also to make what is already a tense and complicated picture in catalonia even worse. scotla nd scotland is set to become the first pa rt scotland is set to become the first part of the uk to ban smacking. the scottish government is backing legislation that outlaws the physical punishment of children. it will remove the defence of justifiable assault which allows pa rents to justifiable assault which allows parents to smack their children. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight. what happens after groundhog day? theresa may meets merkel and macron again, is this the beginning of the thaw? tonight, can the pm break the deadlock? we're live outside theresa may's showdown supper. i'm here in brussels, where theresa may is telling eu leaders she is listening to their concerns over brexit. i'll tell you how her message is going down. we'll discuss where we are with negotiations, and where we're going

soraya signs this on time he is in charge her first step to fire the chiefs of catalonia is a regional police force if necessary she could fire the entire force and replace them with the federal police from madrid. many spaniards outside of catalonia support her course of action once more thousands of protesters first banish unity gathered in madrid. independence for catalonia it will mean an economic territorial and cultural loss for spain because i believe that great achievements can only be accomplished with unity cohesion and solidarity. but on one question it seems there is unity the fight over catalan independence should remain peaceful. from all this i'm joined now in barcelona by our correspondent charlotte's also pale and by journalist mark roberts in madrid welcome to you both charlotte first to you how strong a statement did push to make. it was very strong he made clear that he still believed that he was the man in charge here and yes there was some uncertainty to people here on the streets there really know what to make of it you've got these jewel narratives going on at the mome

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 w