here's sarah rainsford.s the message. catalans who insist they're spanish, too, and will stay that way. but two years on from an independence vote, and with nine of its leaders in prison for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. some have even lost friends over the issue. they feel that you are against catalonia, and we are not against catalonia. we love catalonia but we love spain. this crowd has not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum, but they say they want to be here to make sure their voice is heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. but last night, this same street was in flames after a crowd of independence supporters were charged by police. they fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. they were ugly scenes after a much bigger and peaceful rally. hundreds of thousands in the street, insisting on their right to split from spain and calling for those they call political prisoners to be

that was sarah rainsford on the streets of barcelona there.tish police say a 25—year—old man, maurice robinson, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. this was after 39 bodies were found in a refrigerated lorry trailer in essex. a fifth person was arrested today in dublin in connection with the deaths. a number of vietnamese families believe their relatives could be among the dead. and that country's prime minister has ordered an investigation into people smuggling networks. here's bbc‘s jon donnison. 25—year—old maurice robinson, from northern ireland. arrested on wednesday, he's now facing multiple charges, including 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, and money laundering. he was the driver of the lorry. detectives say identifying those who died will take time, but the focus is now on the vietnamese community. i've met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. but underlying all that, of course, we don't know exactly the nationality of

sarah rainsford reports.de the catalan colours. unity was the message. catalans who insist they're spanish, too, and will stay that way. but two years on from an independence vote, and with nine of its leaders in prison for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. some have even lost friends over the issue. they feel that you are against catalonia, and we are not against catalonia. we love catalonia but we love spain. this crowd has not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum, but they say they want to be here to make sure their voice is heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. but last night, this same street was in flames after a crowd of independence supporters were charged by police. they fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. they were ugly scenes after a much bigger and peaceful rally. hundreds of thousands in the street, insisting on their right to split from spain and calling for those they

sarah rainsford in barcelona.rged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex in the south—east of england. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear in court on monday. four others remain in police custody. several families in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. jon donnison reports. 25—year—old maurice robinson, from northern ireland. arrested on wednesday, he's now facing multiple charges, including 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, and money laundering. he was the driver of the lorry. detectives say identifying those who died will take time, but the focus is now on the vietnamese community. i've met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. but underlying all that, of course, we don't know exactly the nationality of our individuals, but at the moment, i'm going to focus and engage as much as i possibly

sarah rainsford reports.ised the spanish nationalflag in barcelona alongside the catalan colours. catalans who insist they are spanish, too, and will stay that way. but two years on from an independence vote and nine of its members in prison, this is a society deeply divided. some have even lost friends for the —— for the issue. people think we are against catalonia but we are not against it, we love spain. people haven't been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum but they say they want to be here to make sure their voices heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. but last night, this same street was in flames. after a crowd of independent supporters were charged by police. they fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paintand the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. there were ugly scenes after a much bigger and peaceful rally. hundreds of thousands in the streets insisting on their rights to split from spain an

catalonia since the supreme court handed down sentences of up to 13 years. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford saw their one man with his face covered in blood being led away by the dryer police. he is one of two that we have seen arrested by police here. for a long time, that two and a half hours, things were very calm on the streets. there are 10,000 protesters in the centre of barcelona, they are mainly focused on the national police headquarters here, they have been chanting, they have been throwing bottles, butjust in another ten minutes or so, the riot police clearly had had enough, they moved in on the crowd, they sent in these police buses, these vans you can see behind me, and they pushed the crowd back up the state —— straight. you can taste to get in the air, we have this evening firecrackers grown from the crowd, the police appear to have lost their patience, essentially, and have moved in to try to clear the streets. certainly, last week there we re streets. certainly, last week there were extremely violent scenes here, burning barricades in barcelona, and the pro—independence lea

militant protesters have clashed with police in one part of central barcelona. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsfordhere. the police have suddenly started putting people up the street, they are trying to get rid of this crowd. they've been firing rubber bullets at the protesters had staged a kind of sit—in to basically take positions in the streets and they have their hands in the air, showing they're no threat to the police but the police carried on firing rubber bullets up the street. they had warned the protesters that they are going to charge, there was an announcement from police, now the crowd are building barricades and pulling metal barricades across the street. this was a peaceful protest at the beginning, a couple of hours ago around about 10,000 people were here on the streets in the centre of barcelona, just throwing insults at the police. then they began throwing rocks, they began throwing fireworks and eventually the police lost their patience. do you think the protests will change anything? we hope so. if we don't do anything for sure it will stay the same. i think the only way is to

police say 350,000 people have attended the demonstrations overall. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford barcelona. the stand—off is still going on. the stand-off is still going on. our correspondent has been there throughout the evening. i know it is loud where you are, you may have a bit of trouble hearing me, but if you can hear me, tell me what is happening now. well, you can see behind me what is happening now. as stand—off has been going on for several hours but in the last hour oi’ several hours but in the last hour orso, several hours but in the last hour or so, the police basically seemed to lose their patience with a group of the protesters who have been throwing bottles and firecrackers, fireworks, and rocks at the police. so that has been happening on and off for a couple of hours. in the meantime, the majority of people here arejust meantime, the majority of people here are just chanting their anger at the police and of course the sentencing of the leaders of the pro—independence movement here. around an hour or so ago, police began to push people back up the street. we are

our correspondent, sarah rainsford has been on the streets of barcelona this evening.ave just seen arrested by police here stop for a long time, about 2.5 hours, things we re very long time, about 2.5 hours, things were very calm on the streets. about 10,000 protesters here in the centre of barcelona, mainly focused on the national police headquarters here and they've been chanting, throwing bottles but just in and they've been chanting, throwing bottles butjust in the last ten minutes or so, the riot police clearly have had enough. they have moved in on the crowd and sent in these police buses, vans you can see behind me and i pushed the crowd back. a bit of tear gas in the air. there's certainly been, this evening firecrackers thrown from the crowd and the police appear to have lost their patients and have moved in to try to clear the streets. certainly last week, they were extremely violent —— scenes in the independence leaders here had called the protests today to remain peaceful and it had been that way all of the day. some 350,000 people at separate protests earl

russian and turkish patrols will operate within ten kilometres of the border. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford. the current situation in the zone where turkish forces had mounted their military operation in the past couple weeks, that status quo will remain. turkish troops and their allied militias will remain on the ground and the kurdish militias which have been forced back some 30 km into syria will remain outside of that zone. then what happens next is outside of that area, the central part of the border area, that is where syrian government troops along side a russian military police will move troops along side russian military police will move in to patrol the border. also making news today... president trump has called the congressional impeachment investigation against him a ‘lynching', a racially loaded term evoking america's legacy of slavery. he made the remark on twitter, prompting outrage among democratic opponents, with some republicans also echoing their criticism. the impeachment inquiry is examining whether mr trump abused his office by pressuring ukraine to investigate the so

demonstrations since the supreme court handed down the sentences earlier this month. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsfordrstand you might have to move quite quickly but for now, just update us and what is happening. it looks rather violent. well, i think you just saw their one man with his face covered in blood being led away by the right place. he is one of two that we have seen arrested by police here. for a long time, about two and a half hours, things were very calm on the streets. there are about 10,000 protesters here in the centre of barcelona. they are mainly focused at the national police headquarters here and they have been charting, throwing bottles, butjust in the last ten minutes or so, the riot police clearly have had enough, they have moved in and the crowd. they said in these police buses, these police vans you can see behind me, may push the crowd back—up straight. there is to gas in the air. certainly we have seen this evening firecrackers thrown from the crowd and the police appear to have lost their patience, essentially, and have moved in to try and clear the streets. sadly, last wee

let's cross to sarah rainsford who is sochi, where those talks are taking place.ow in all of this. it's an extremely relaxed setting here at the black sea coast, but putin has described these talks is critical, and i think that is the general sense that there is around these talks. russia's role is central to resolving what is a critical situation on the ground in north—eastern syria. if russia was already playing an important role inside syria, the withdrawal of us troops from the north—east of the country just last week has troops from the north—east of the countryjust last week has added to russia's role because as the americans have withdrawn it is a syrian government troops and their russian backers who have moved into that area. as president erdogan talks about his desire for a safe zone along the border, i think russia's affection of the syrian government position on that has become critical so these talks are about how much president erdogan wa nts about how much president erdogan wants and how much russia and president assad are prepared to give. sarah, t

jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in then president putin and turkey's president erdogan were held. we assume vladimir putin with an enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man?|j enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man? i think so, yes. it took him out president erdogan of turkey more than six hours to hammer out the steel but the paper they came up with in the end is one which turkey and russia are end is one which turkey and russia a re pretty end is one which turkey and russia are pretty pleased with —— this deal. what it boils down to it stopping turkey's military incursion going any further, and that has happened by freezing the status quo in the area turkey entered, the kurdish militias that turkey is so worried about for security reasons have been pushed back. either side of that, what will happen, russian and syrian government forces will step in and they will mount a joint patrols along the border on the zones either side of where turkey is now essentially in control of

our correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there.olice have suddenly started pushing people up the street. they are trying to get rid of this crowd than they have been firing rubber bullets at the crowd, some of the protesters had staged a sit in taking up positions within the streets, they have their hands in the air showing they were no threat to the police but the police carried on firing rubber bullets up the streets. they had warned the protesters they were going to charge and there was an announcement from the police vans but as we look up, they crowd are building barricades, building barricades across the street. it was a peaceful protest at the beginning for a couple of hours with a round about 10,000 people here on the streets in the centre of barcelona. just throwing insults at the police, and then they began throwing rocks and throwing fireworks and eventually the police lost their patients. are the protests going to change anything? we hope so. if we don't do anything for sure it is going to stay the same. the only way to

here's sarah rainsford..years on from an independence vote and with nine of its leaders imprisoned for sedition, this is a society deeply divided. some have even lost friends over the issue. we feel like you are against catalonian we are not against catalonia. we love spain. crowds have not been out on the streets in these numbers since the referendum and they say they want to be here to make sure their voices heard and to make it clear that not everyone here in catalonia wants independence. but last night the same street was in flames. after a crowd of independent supporters were charged by police. they fired rubber bullets to scatter the crowd after being pelted with paint and bottles. there we re pelted with paint and bottles. there were ugly pelted with paint and bottles. there were ugly scenes pelted with paint and bottles. there were ugly scenes after much bigger and peaceful rally. hundreds of thousands on the streets insisting on the right to split from spain and calling for those they call political

sarah rainsford is in sochi. help us understand what is being put into this deal, please.ed process, but this is what it has produced. 0ne single sheet that it boils down to, ten points of memorandum by which i would say, suits both turkey and russia extremely well. i think the key points in this memorandum is the status quo, the current situation in the summer turkish forces have mounted the military operation in the past couple of weeks, that status quo remain. the turkish troops and allied militias will remain on the ground and the kurdish militias are being forced back 30 columbus will remain outside of that zone. “— columbus will remain outside of that zone. —— kilometres. and that is where the syrian government troops, alongside russian military police will move into control the border and there will be given six days for the kurdish militias to leave and then russia and syrian troops will control ten km along the border area. soi control ten km along the border area. so i think that turkey for the moment and syrian and russian forces are splitting up that very keybo

sarah rainsford with the latest on the diplomacy. are aged underfive, half the children. many of them are aged under five, half of them, and the children. many of them are aged underfive, half of them, and are enduring what the charity describes as dire conditions. i am joined by alison griffin from the charity. welcome. tell us more about these kids, how have they ended up there? we are talking about 60 children, double the previous estimates, british children currently trapped in north—east syria. many of them have fled ices held areas. they have experienced horrendous situations in their short lives. they have had to flee places in the desert at night and now they are in these camps which are barely habitable. conditions are dire. we have seen 300 children have died in these camps in the last year. speaking to one child, she is not british, but we heard from her that she came into the camp with shrapnel embedded in her stomach. she was in so much pain and the health care facilities were so inadequate, she had to find a razor blade