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the spanish government. is trying to do. two different services the first one time to blog to impute that offer and by using the strength so they can use the referendum they pander for and. changing even the ballot boxes the first politicians and companies that are necessary to hold the referendum but if they enough to suit on. stopping it then they have taken the fathers we would use by using all the strategies of about taking about. things of the strength of prosecuting people. then they will they did they could call the participation. rates fifty percent of the population so and recalls that strategy of potentially criminalizing mayors telling people that they cannot hold this vote as a policy of fear have a look here at my laptop this is a tweet from a.n.c. ireland someone who is supporting this call for independence spanish police and the catalan people and they show a cartoon their political cartoon and these are all of the people presumably who want independence and they're all being rounded up into this police car an

totally responsibly you must also believe that me and it is a lack of spanish and a genuine spanish patriot would want everything in its country to go smoothly and everyone to feel happy within the state they have not acted with any genuine spanish patrick jephson but they have only acted based on short term political and electoral calculations i would have loved to be sitting down at the negotiating table. to seek a solution but whenever i have sent prime minister on a proposal either the answer has been no. all fifteen days ago i said i letter jointly signed by the president of the government parliament with the signature of the mayor of barcelona with a copy to the king. and. asking for it is only question but no answer except what we see now. the response faced with a referendum. how far does this self-determination go how to what extent are you willing to see people decide their own fate for instance if you would even dependence in years from now barcelona says we want to be independent of catalonia would you say that. let me be clear the right of self-determination is recognized to pe

justice system itself it is the spanish justice system that has a problem even. though it is our seizing ballot boxes of conducting searches of print shops and individuals across catalonia thought to be producing political material the spanish government has journey with lee objected to the vote. this referendum which is intended to be imposed in a hasty shoddy and legal way will not be. there will not be an auto determination referendum because that involves depriving citizens in the whole country from their right to decide their future as you might understand neither the government nor the courts can tolerate that under any circumstances but. today we're joined by a panel of cattle lands to discuss the independence movement in barcelona alfred both is a boss alone a city councilor with the republican left party and a former member of parliament a middle cut and weak martinez is an anti independent activists and sonia adult votes is a lecturer in international politics and security at the university of boston otis good to have a guest spoken out fred i want to s

hopefully. [ speaking spanish ] we don't know what this truck is. [ speaking spanish ] i'm trying to find out what this truck is. so they're not giving out any information. i don't know what that vehicle was, ali, that they just kind of took out of here in a rush. but going back to your question about the other children, she has apparently been identified from two to three bodies inside that space where she is right now. again, going back to that psychologist i told you i spoke with who's in the tent with some of the parents, you can imagine what that must be like for many of them. we see a crane that has been moving. this crane was brought in this morning. it is a very large crane used to move large pieces of debris. you see it moving to that area -- exactly. and remember, stephanie, we talked about earlier in your show that that area sort of behind that white tent is where they've dug a hole. now we're asking to remain silent. >> okay. so we'll -- the fists have gone up. don't worry, mariana. we'll take it from here. we'll keep our came ra on you. what has happened now is when thos

and basically taking over from the spanish government.dramatic and less possible right now, is the detention of the prime minister or the president and putting him directly injail because he has been accused of sedition. these two scenarios will probably be taking place this week after the declaration of independence which i insist is the most likely thing to be happening after the vote tomorrow, even if the turnout is very small, and even if it is a very strange referendum because the possibilities of voting normally are now mostly impossible. the catalonians often say they want to be a republic, they don‘t want to be part of the monarchy. so, what sort of constitutional crisis is the king facing? it is the biggest constitutional crisis that he has faced since he came in 2014. it is the biggest crisis that the spanish government and spain as a country is facing since 1981 after the week when things start normalising, the questions there are very, very big, and there is a lot of uncertainty. nobody really knows where the solution is and h

to international live from almost has to do with me in a day or two to welcome to the program the spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be a historic decision with this independence referendum shy jeweled for sunday tensions are mounting in the region with extra police deployed on the streets and raids to prevent the counting of at electronic votes in crowds gathered to protest against the upcoming vote throughout saturday and in madrid spanish unionists staged a rally in front of the city hall the activist was seen singing the anthem of the fascist spanish phalange party a number of protesters also gave nazi salutes i understand since march between the true downfall from enough officials from. both sides tried to his face and is excruciating. if it is disturbing it would. clearly be. our. adopting. you know people who. are against. it is the editor of the government over a whore who has crossed a very dangerous red line he has decided to resurrect the best of franco as i'm. hearing one demonstration the man attempted to tear down a pro independence bonna from

at spanish bases. the united states an spain together face many critical dangers and challenges, from north korea, to iran, to venezuela. we thank spain for its recent decision to expel its north korean ambassador and for standing with us in our efforts to isolate the brutal north korean regime. it is time for all responsible nations to join forces, to isolate the north korean menace. north korean nuclear weapons and missile development threaten the entire world with unthinkable loss of life. all nations must act now to ensure the regime's complete denuclearization. i appreciate the united nations security council voting twice, unanimously, 15-0, twice, to adopt hard-hitting resolutions against north korea. i have recently issued tough new sanctions against those who do business with this outlaw regime and i applaud china's latest action to restrict its trade with north korea. and in particular, i applaud china for breaking off all banking relationships with north korea. something that people would hav

spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be in the store a decision on this independence referendum shed for sunday tensions are mounting in the region with extra police deployed on the streets and raids to prevent the counting of electronic votes on tuesday the cultures of reports from barcelona this saturday as their last stand the crucial day before the referendum on the end dependence of cats a line i can't stop and we've seen a lot of movement in the streets of barcelona and across the region now this morning spanish civil guards raided the center of telecommunications and technology information to switch off applications that will be. used to count the votes and we do know that the spanish police cordoned off the building now police presence has been tightened in different areas of the city especially on all the major squares and around school buildings that will be used as calling stations on sunday spanish authorities say that they have already shut down thirteen hundred schools across the region and this is really the half of old schools that catalon

catalan activists occupy local schools to prevent spanish police from closing down polling stations with the region poised to vote in sunday's independence referendum . tech giants take center stage in the alleged russian meddling scandal with google now joining facebook and twitter in declaring it will testified to congress plus. today marks two years since russia launched its anti terror campaign in syria we look back at what's been achieved in that time. you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate cartridge thank you for joining us. the spanish region of catalonia is only edge of what could be a momentous occasion with its controversial independence referendum taking place on sunday both pro and anti independence rallies are taking place today in the local capital barcelona. well let's cross live now to medina caution about here's in wasilla in the forest well hello that machinery what's the mood like on the streets . while as you can see behind my back crowd skip coming into the doors of the barcelona city hall now people that are gathered here protesti

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government going to say i'm like i just mentioned there the spanish government has said that they will not dialogue with the regional president or his deputy now that sounds very negative but also if you look i know a little bit closely it's also suggesting that the spanish regional governments are starting to find a central government are willing to dialogue so perhaps we will reach some sort of solution problem with in madrid thank you. to some of the other stories making news around the world at least sixty right henge refugees.

the spanish government. trying to do. two different services before one time to block to impede that a friend by using the stone so they are for end up around them. even the ballot boxes for the new put. necessary to hold for and them but if they not. stopping it then they have. to start the city which is by using all the starters use of fear about sing about. things the frame of prosecuting people. the they for they hope the participation. rates fifty percent of the population so in reeky cause that strategy of potentially criminalizing mayors telling people that they cannot hold this in vote as is a policy of fear have a look here at my laptop this is a tweet from a.n.c. ireland someone who is supporting this call for independent spanish police and the car to learn people and they show a cartoon their political cartoon and these are all of the people presumably who want independence and they're all being rounded up into this police car indeed what do you make of these tactics and do you think that they represent fear on

we've seen a lot of movement happening around the region and in the city as well now this morning spanish civil guard read at the center of telecommunications and to acknowledge it or for information to switch off applications that could be used to count the voting on sunday spanish police cordon of the building off but he's presence has been tightened and the city we see increased really is still an old major square is there around to schools in the city those schools them might be used as polling stations tomorrow now spanish authorities say that they have shot down almost thirteen hundred schools across cats a line and that's almost top of the cools and that region now we do know that some of this citizens in the city or salon to have gathered and neighborhood watch then are staying and sides of the schools and are swapping each other just to prevent the schools from being shut down and to let them stay as calling stations old these measures have been taken by spanish authorities to prevent this referendum from going it had but really it seems that consul line is poised to vote on sund

in mali madrid spanish unionists staged a rally there against the vote in front of the sea. hall activists were seen singing the anthem of the fascist spanish followings party a number of protesters also gave nazi salutes and as tensions mount between madrid and barcelona officials from both sides have been trading accusations extremism. if there is disturbance it will clearly be on the side of those who are advocating the referendum are. adopting nazi like by you know pointing out people who. are against the referendum all you have yet another is a government of real horror has crossed a very dangerous red line has decided to resurrect the best of franco as. june one demonstration a man attempted to ted down a pro independence banner from boston in this town hall but after trying to do so for over a minute to pull down that sign which read more democracy the protester eventually gave up his body to coach of the reports from the capital and kaput. this saturday as they were last on the crucial day before the referendum on the end dependence of cats a lot a kick start and we'

spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be an historic decision with this independence referendum fall sunday tensions are mounting in the region with extra police deployed on the streets and raids to prevent the counting of electronic votes your latest pictures for you from barcelona where crowds have gathered to protest against the. coming site similar demonstrations in states throughout the day across the country i treat spanish unionists they used to rally against the referendum in front of the city. vis a scene singing the anthem of the fascist spanish party a number of protesters we forgave nazi salutes tensions mount between. officials from both sides have been trading accusations of extremist. it would. clearly be. our. adopting. you know people who. are against. it is the editor of the government has crossed a very dangerous red line he has decided to resurrect the best of franco. for one demonstration on the down a pro independence ban the from boss lewistown is trying to do so for every minute . down the sign we should read more democracy the pro

. >> [speaking spanish] >> i went to see for myself if these stories are true, if fishermen really are hunting dolphins on the open seas. so, we've arrived at this desert fishing town in the middle of peru. this is where we've arranged to meet the long-liner fishing boat that's going to take us out for the next week out into the pacific ocean. in exchange for payment towards fuel costs and on strict condition of anonymity, we managed to gain access onto a shark fishing boat. once on board, the captain agreed to an interview, but only if we concealed his identity. >> [speaking spanish] >> if we kill an animal to eat it, a cow or a pig or something like this, we have very strong regulations. the animal has to be killed within very few seconds. but if you have an animal, and you get a harpoon rammed into it, and have it then struggling for 10 or 15 minutes on a line to get weak and to bleed out slowly... and then you lift it on board, and you cut into the living animal, a still living animal, with a knife, in order to cut deep into it, around the neck and have it bleed to death, that's no

council on the activists occupy local schools to prevent spanish police from closing down polling stations the region poised to vote in an independence referendum deemed illegal i'm not sure it lasts. today marks two years since russia launched its anti terror campaign in syria we look back at what speed achieved in one time. that is just turned eighteen am here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me good to have you with us. it goes as it will testify to congress about alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential elections is the latest tech giant off to facebook and twitter to make headlines in the song to pin down outside interference google will also reportedly conduct an internal investigation before it testifies in november only a twitter published a report on how would pass alleged russian meddling last year taking a swipe at all t.v. and the process by revealing confidential information regarding how much this channel spends on ads on the social media giant tuesday claims that nearly two thousand tweets from r.t. accounts quote definite

spanish region of catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be an historic decision with this independence referendum show june fourth sunday tensions are mounting though in the region with extra police deployed on the streets race to prevent the counting of electronic votes barcelona crowds gathered throughout saturday to protest against the upcoming vote in the madrid spanish union estates the rally right in front of city hall this was seen singing young from of the fascist spanish language party a number of protesters also gave nancy salutes and tell. about between a dude in barcelona officials from both sides of the trading accusations of extremism. it would. clearly be. our. adopting. you know people who. are against. it is the editor of the government over a whore who has crossed a very dangerous red line he has decided to resurrect the best of franco. during one demonstration amount of time to down a pro independence banner from boston on this town hall but after trying for over a minute to pull down the sign we should read more democracy the protester eventually gave u

over the referendum has extended beyond spanish borders one finnish m.p. has published his email exchange with the spanish ambassador in finland and it take all six the ambassador to respect human rights in catalonia and let people vote the spanish diplomat fired back saying that if one day finland needed a useful odor eighty it could go looking for it in catalonia political analyst joan cost on penal says the reply suggests the spanish government is on the edge. the response is embarrassing it is preposterous it is certainly not a very diplomatic response and it clearly shows it displays that the spanish state apparatus the spanish authorities are extremely stressed and extremely nervous about what is going on in catalonia they are afraid that catalonia will become an independent state and it is quite striking how do you mean union is very quick to respond whenever it comes to crimes is in turkey to crises in russia were on the other hand whenever we have gross violations of fundamental rights and freedoms really needs territory it's it remains very very

the president appealing with mariano rajoy, the spanish president. they have had talks today.ajoy is not going to be attending an eu head of state summit in estonia in a couple of days' time because of the contested independence referendum due to take place in catalonia over the weekend. many over there in barcelona looking to secede. the authorities in the dread say it's something they are not going to allow but we could well actually get both leaders walking out in the next couple of minutes. anyway when we do get it we will bring it to you when we can. the attitude of older generations toward young people is that they're lazy and social media obsessed. that's according to a survey into the perception of generation z — those aged between 16 and 22. the young people who took part in the survey, which was commissioned by bbc newsbeat, said it wasn't entirely true, with almost four in ten of them describing themselves as hard working. generation z are also more optimistic about their future compared to other generations — with 25% saying they'll have a better life than those ol

the spanish region are catalonia is on the verge of what could prove to be an historic decision with its independence referendum szechuan for sunday tensions are mounting between madrid and barcelona with both sides trading accusations of extremism. if there is disturbance it would. clearly be on the side of those who are a book hating the referendum that are. adopting nazi like by you know pointing out people who. are against the referendum and the end of the government over a whole you has crossed a very dangerous red law and he has decided to resurrect the past stuff frankly as . well in the meantime the spanish civil guard has raided the center of can telecommunications and information technology in barcelona this was in a bid to block catholic ations and online services designed to facilitate electronic voting in the region a helicopter hovered overhead to prevent any possible disruption or meanwhile an anti independence rally is currently underway in barcelona and our teams made it a question about reports from the cattle on capital. people that are gathered here protesting aga

at spanish bases. the united states an spain together face many critical dangers and challenges, from north korea, to iran, to venezuela. we thank spain for its recent decision to expel its north korean ambassador and for standing with us in our efforts to isolate the brutal north korean regime. it is time for all responsible nations to join forces, to isolate the north korean menace. north korean nuclear weapons and missile development threaten the entire world with unthinkable loss of life. all nations must act now to ensure the regime's complete denuclearization. i appreciate the united nations security council voting twice, unanimously, 15-0, twice, to adopt hard-hitting resolutions against north korea. i have recently issued tough new sanctions against those who do business with this outlaw regime and i applaud china's latest action to restrict its trade with north korea. and in particular, i applaud china for breaking off all banking relationships with north korea. something that people would hav

and even trade spanish unionists staged the rally in front of city hall to sing singing the anthem of the fascist spanish language party number of protesters also gave nazi salutes and as tensions mount between madrid and barcelona officials from both sides have been trading accusations that streams. it will. clearly be. are. adopting. you know people who. are against referendum even the editor of the government has crossed a very dangerous red line he has decided to resurrect the burst of franco as. one demonstration amount attempted to actually turn down a pro independence but i know from this town hall but after trying for just over a minute to pull down the sign which read more democracy the protester eventually gave up he's been in the coach of the house more from the cataloguing capital. this saturday as their last stand the crucial day before the referendum on the end dependence of council on a can start and we've seen a lot of movement in the streets of barcelona and across the region now this morning spanish civil guard raided the center of telecommunications and technology i

used by the spanish state by the spanish state apparatus not just the government but the state apparatus in catalonia are the classic instruments of any of the retailer and regime they have been inflicting. terror and fear amongst a lot of local population they have been breaking in the newspapers telling them with the right with not right writing in private companies accusing protesters of sedition are very serious crime arresting toward an argument officials arresting activists criminalizing political opinion and also i thought i must add immediately rising to the lobby and bringing tens of thousands of parliament tripoli's of national police under five to suspending the cards and autonomy and also let me share with the audience. the latest they have also been involved in but i know you like all i like all of the return regimes claiming even that russia is involved in supporting that count cause this is now pretty posterous these is ludicrous and again a reminder of the frank corson spirit in franco times he always came he had a magic sentence which was russia is to blame well it seems

spanish police arrested top official and search the headquarters of catalonia's regional government.nd stopt push to try an independence referendum repaired for next month. in mexicoearththquake leaves 216 people dead. 20 children were killed when a school collapsed in mexico city. and donald trump takes aim at both iran and north korea at the u.n., hinting that he would back out of the nuclear deal and vowing to "totally destroy the north" if provoked. also coming up this hour, reports emerging on how much theresa may plans on offering brussels to feel a desk you'll a post brexit budget holes. those details and more coming up in business. this american children's hospitals trying to take some stress out of sickness by letting kids drive themselves into the operating block. ♪ >> the spanish government has upped its efforts to try and block and in -- a referendum planned next month. 12 people have been arrested in offices and regional government. it is the latest in a series of madridy a dread -- by against what it calls "the illegal referendum." here is more from the catalonia presen

catalan activists occupy local schools to prevent spanish police from closing down polling stations with the region poised to vote on an independence referendum deemed illegal by madrid close. today marks two years since russia launched its anti terror campaign in syria we look back to what's been achieved in that time. hello there you are watching r.t. international broadcasting to you life in the russian capital only care and good to have you with us. google says it will cooperate with the u.s. or thora tease about alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential elections it's the latest tech giant off to facebook and twitter to make headlines in the saga to pin down outside interference google will also reportedly conduct an internal investigation before it testifies in november earlier twitter published a report on alleged russian activities on the platform in which it said it had banned over two hundred suspicious accounts despite failing to link them directly to russia it also took a swipe at r.t. by revealing confidential information regarding how much this channel spe

at a secret location days after the spanish army arrested catalan leaders and confiscated ten million ballot papers this video tweeted by catalan president carlos preached a month shows the resistance printing new balance he got better miska. no matter how much they intimidate us no matter how many times they say that they will not give us the keys of the classrooms or the schools will be open and there is a generation that has been growing in our country and they add to this majority and know that we have in catalonia that they want to vote. at schools doubling as polling stations a showdown police have orders to close them students plan an occupation to keep them open. and. just to wait. for the moment the crowds are chanting these streets will always belong to us and while there are thousands of police all around barcelona right now they do. at barcelona's port firemen occupy catalonia is history museum unfurling a pro independence banner where the firefighters have to go vote every citizen can do it as catalans plan their defiant vote the spanish government's marshaling its in for

news a lot of from bird land tensions rise it catalonia ahead of a referendum for independence the spanish government says that sunday's planned vote is illegal but many catalonian citizens are demanding the right to decide their own future and the regional government says that everything is in place for the vote to go ahead we will go live to madrid. also coming up morning rush hour turns deadly and nobody has commuters crowded into a bridge connecting to railway stations at least twenty two people were killed in the stampede and there are fears that the death toll could rise. and german police are hunting for the man who says that he will keep poisoning jars of supermarket baby food unless he is paid millions. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us in spain the countdown is on for a contested referendum in the region of catalonia local authorities are determined to go ahead with a vote on breaking away. from spain madrid says that sunday's referendum is a legal and cannot be allowed to go ahead now more than seven and a half million people live in the semi semi auto

berlin a showdown is brewing in spain over catalonia as plans to hold a separatist referenda the spanish government say that the vote is illegal and won't happen but the time leaders say that they have got everything in place and that the people's voices will be heard. also coming up a deadly rush hour stampede in mumbai at least twenty two people are killed after commuters crowd a railway railway bridge and there are fears that that number could rise. and on patrol in a blue drug traffic police we report on nigeria's controversial efforts to put the brakes on a dangerous driving. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us in spain the countdown is on for a contested referendum in the region of catalonia local authorities are determined to go ahead with a vote on breaking away from spain madrid says that sunday's referendum is a legal and cannot be allowed to take place more than seven to. million people live in the semi autonomous region of the catalonia that you see on the top right of your screen their cattle on officials are calling for a peaceful ballot but thousan

. >> spanish weapons, did the spanish have a foothold in the southern part of mississippi?ra: no, they don't. they are chiefly in the florida area, and they are likely in florida, but moving through channels but underscoring the idea of a spanish sphere of influence, and marquette and jolliet would have no way of knowing where that was, and they would not risk it at this point. >> are you familiar with -- laura: yes, i think of with jolliet, who he goes over to the other side. >> did they have any interaction? laura: i do not know if they had any interaction, but he offered his services, and english were cracked any kind of came back -- >> one more question? laura: yes. >> as far as european attitudes toward native americans -- spaniards wanted them, and english one of them first as allies but then later one of them gone. oversimplification? laura: it is. it is relatively a complex and easy question to answer the same time, but attitudes toward native people are going to change in the vault, the course of the colonial story, and i will start with the spanish, the spanish do

used by the spanish state by the spanish state apparatus not just the government but the state of our troops in quite a large are the classic instruments of any of the retailer and regime they have been inflicting. most terror and fear amongst a lot of the local population they have been breeding in the newspapers getting them with the right with not right breaking in private companies accusing protestors of sedition are very serious crime arresting toward an arm and officials arresting activists criminalizing political opinion and also i must add i mean it's rising because a lot of bringing tens of thousands of part of me tripoli's of national police under five to suspending the cardinal autonomy and also let me share with the audience. the latest they have also been involved in i don't know you know like all i like all of the u.k. regimes claiming even that russia is involved in supporting the count at all and because these now pretty postures these ludicrous i mean it's again a reminder of the frank spirit in franco times he always came he had a magic sentences. it was russia is to

whatever happens on sunday, whatever is the outcome, the spanish government and spanish media are goinge, to minimise the impact. the interesting to how the impact. the interesting to how the results are interpreted on monday. given the arrests and raids we seen today is it realistic for the vote to be held anyway? the catalan government is saying they have a plan b for every scenario. so it will be to be seen what will happen on sunday. people are decided to vote, to vote peacefully. right now there is no doubt for them that this vote will take place. they will present themselves in a big mobilisation. it's interesting to point out not only people in favour of independence have called for this vote, also groups not in favour of independence but in favour of democracy, left—wing groups, they have also called for the participation, because they consider that in this situation what is important is to defend democracy in spain and catalonia. what do we understand about how people feel about the issue? we know that between 75 and 80% of people in catalonia want to have your say on their pol

well forces in the spanish region of catalonia have reiterated that determination to proceed with sunday's referendum on independence from spain the region which is home to more than seven and a half million people already has a high degree of autonomy but reid says the vote is illegal and does not take place got a lot of officials have called for a peaceful ballot thousands of spanish police officers however have been drafted into the region. it's hard to ignore what's happening here in barcelona and across catalonia the abundance of cattle in flax isn't something new in this wealthy part of northeastern spain but their significance is taken on greater meaning ahead of the unauthorized independence referendum. catalan society has long been divided over what is best for the future of this region of seven and a half million people recent polls have shown those in favor of independence stands at around forty percent but our divisions in catalonia growing deeper in order to understand we met knowing me and arianna so that two sisters from barcelona who run a small bar in the center of the cit

the spanish government is trying to stop the referendum from going ahead national paramilitary forces raided more than twenty council and government offices and they detained at least fourteen people the previous night so a protest is clashing with the police. was. there was. a it was the today of the arrest the search of spain's prime minister search catalans to abandon what he called an impossible bring our response abolition there are generally those in charge of the catalan government who are the protagonist in this challenge to our coexistence on else and to cease in their illegal activities they should abandon their objectives they now know that this referendum cannot be organize it was never legal all legitimate it is now no more than an impossible dream or what is worse the excuse that some seem to have found to deepen the splits that they have provoked in cattle on society. it was meanwhile an eight hour standoff in barcelona between police and demonstrators ended with officers abandoning attempts to enter the office of the region's key pro independence party apparently witho

or no we have said to the spanish government that it's still not too late to send a message expressing the will to find a new scenario for the referendum or for joyce government does that it will be the first to welcome it to say let's talk anyone postponing it over first vote. meanwhile this saturday we've seen a lot of protests especially those protesting against the referendum now we've seen people taking in flags of spain they're shouting slogans they're clapping basically they're doing exactly what they're doing right behind my back and we managed to speak to some of those here in the streets of barcelona. president of spain has been sleeping for the past five years and during that time the government in catalonia has been preparing and fighting for independence and now the president has to act quickly and he's running around trying to solve this somehow. with the cold war here franco to decode they were they bought it but he's not democracy told me. what to vote on how to vote it. and i think that vote is just kind of democratic but it felt to me if you take it to the extreme it

in the capital a show of spanish unity the sea of red and yellow sending a message please let's stay together. the spanish government has declared to vote illegal and is making every effort to stop it from going ahead. with. the magazine. in barcelona capital of catalonia the relationship status with spain is well let's just call it complicated there were clashes between supporters from both sides outside the regional government building on saturday emotions are running high yet if you ever. come here because i think that it has been committed here in catalonia i'm in favor of democracy and respect the rule of law. respect that. local place has been tasked with shutting down polling stations and removing anyone occupying them a balancing act between duty to region and country. the spanish government's actions violate rights people can't vote they can't express their opinion web pages have been closed it's a complex situation. the fear is that the votes may well turn violent all those remaining in schools and other polling stations have been given an early morning ted lying to clear o

the spanish police arrest that came from the person in the capital you know what you're going to get us has to say this morning that the logistics of the referendum are in real danger after these arrests and also have to rethink their base and offer up to nine million leaflets. where they can mean the uni post office. as you can see behind me people are just peacefully protesting people have just left work people are scum with their families to protest against what they think it's a matter that went just too far from the spanish government and the spanish police that is a problem or that is something that we have to solve so that is a way that it's like both how many people want something i'm from a southerner and i'm here to fight with my rights for my rights now it's time to make history to change his story and to show the world that we only want to go to live in peace this important to remark to remember that this policy of the spanish police was the one doing the rest but they did it under the protection of the catalan government because we have the obligation to protect their pa

paper says the ball is now in the spanish government's court. attention has shifted from barcelona to madrid. they were at 11 hours of debate in barcelona. --, everyone is looking to he says a boat is never going to happen. it is against the constitution. he wants to prosecute the politicians that have proposed the bill. there's also an editorial that says this referendum is not the way to go. it presents this anti-referendum point of view and says it's not the way to go because catalonia is divided on the issue and the spanish constitution says it is illegal. paper is thean only one published only in catalan, it doesn't have a spanish version. this cartoon shows the divide. one person saying this is a legitimate request. the other side saying sovereign spain, that is it. a emmanuel macron is bringing contingent of business owners to athens to accompany him as he speaks to the prime minister there. >> the headline of the greek paper has emmanuel macron saying "i have confidence in the greeks." importantf support is because this is the first time