of spain, but coexistence within catalonia." 80% of the people in catalonia want to vote. catalonia think it is unfair to put people injailfor their ideas and political actions. we have political prisoners in spain and that has been denounced by the united nations through the working group of arbitrary sanctions. they say release the political prisoners, pay compensation and initiate an independent investigation. civil rights are being seriously violated. do you think that's that moderate? do you think that preventing people from voting for the future, do you think that refusing to sit at a table to talk, do you think that is moderate? let me say something about pedro sanchez. he gave us some hope. yes, even in the spanish parliament. we contributed decisively with our parties to change mr rajoy for mr sanchez. because we thought we had to give him a chance. now sometime after that, we feel frustrated because mr sanchez kept the government prosecutor in the trial, accusing these nine prisoners of crimes which are not acceptable in the modern world and which asked for charg

what i am getting too, i suppose, is that right now catalonia isa suppose, is that right now catalonia is a deeply divided and polarised society. you accept that? there are differences and that is precisely why we should vote. when everybody agrees 100%... sorry? let me finish. when everyone agrees 100% you do not need to vote to when there is a difference, that is when you need most the vote. and that is what democracy is about. solving difference with a vote through a clash. i wonder if you have learnt any clash. i wonder if you have learnt a ny lessons clash. i wonder if you have learnt any lessons from 2017. the point of any lessons from 2017. the point of a referendum in 2017 is that you need to turn out of 43%. most potential voters in catalonia the catalonian people, they did not accept the legitimacy of your vote. so an illegal vote is surely no expression of true democracy. the law as being twisted around all the time. people who enabled other people to vote. my predecessors in the catalan government were being dealt with as criminals. but in the 5796 dealt with as criminals.

the program in catalonia and particularly the evolution in the last 2 years. shows. the problem of having a baby weak leadership on the cousin site because the more important the more prominent leaders are in jail and it seems they are going to be for a few more time and this is not only for early period and long suspicion is tight but as they are all they dissent this is also. and making dis movement more difficult to control because the more the leaders are not there in order to bake relate to personalize pragmatic issues in the same in the same time in missouri we have had for more than 6 months a caretaker government that was issued from a knock on to this vote one year and a half ago and we have have we have been. ruling the country with minority governments for 4 years we don't have to forget that in november we will have the 4th election in 4 years so we've made an already government with a body divided party. both sides and with some of the leaders of this issue aside e.j. just very hard to see how both sides can take can engage in pragmatic burghley in order

zone protests in catalonia hundreds and hundreds of arrests what does the e.u. have to do to make you say you know what the s.n.p. should be supporting breaks that well i don't think they seem people ever so who are. to be very disappointed to view the european cone shaped is a significant social life or we should all place one of the significant achievements of the european union has called today is the fact that it has been all peace to you but it's only one or perhaps 2 generations ago that is what he was fighting there was total war of course you know. we could all losing folly members we've all lost family members not complex so the fact that we moved away from not that we all living peacefully together are way way to be a key hole you don't call the war in yugoslavia in europe a war you think europe has been a peace i think compared with the total war of the 2nd world war i think we however left in peace and we've been fortunate to work towards a and what we're seeing today in countries like spain. perhaps elsewhere shouldn't necessarily tarnish our views

so what's the future for the independent movement within catalonia professor. short term have to see what will happen in the upcoming november elections for the spanish parliament the cattle and elections are pending. there is some pressure there's even a debate within the independent this movement as to whether to go for elections or not leading parties and government are divided on this. it's hard to tell things are a stalemate and they've been at a stalemate for 2 years. it's hard to know when that part of opinion that is very very motivated is going to be overwhelmed or counterbalanced effectively by that part of opinion that is very tired of the whole thing. so you reacting that what the professor was was saying if you want to try to come back to. well i would say one of them to frame the frame the problem. one of. the crisis that the big boots up there is probably that unlike other countries. independence party are legal. but they have never been a majority toted the steam for the 1st time poll independence parties win elections alone democratically elect

the program in catalonia in particular the evolution in the last 2 years. shows. the problem of having a baby weak leadership on the cuts and insight because the more important the more prominent leaders are in jail and it seems they are going to be for a few more time and this is not only for early purity and long to sicily site by as they are all the dissent this is also. and making dis movement more difficult to control because the more is there to believe there's are not there in order to bake relate to personalise pragmatic issues in the same in the same time in missouri we have had for more than 6 months a caretaker government that was issued from a knock on to this vote one year and a half ago and we have have we have been. ruling the country with minority governments for 4 years we don't have to forget that in november we will have the 4th election in 4 years so we've made an already government with a body divided party. both sides and with some of the leaders of this issue aside e.j. just very hard to see how both sides can take can engage in matthew brad

flag waving demonstrators have flooded the center of barcelona they are demanding independence for catalonia and the release of jailed separatists and. we are looking here at pictures of today's demonstration in the catalan capital now the demonstration has largely been peaceful but some clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police these here are live pictures we're looking at right now we can see this is a very volatile situation on the ground this is these are pictures of a more violent part of those protests earlier demonstrators made street barricades that are large trash containers and set them on fire. and let's go right to our correspondent helena humphrey is covering the events on the ground for us in barcelona hi helena have you seen signs of violence where you are. where i've been to see me it's been largely peaceful that said there certainly have been saw ends of violence just over my shoulder around half an hour ago we saw smoke billowing and we know that protesters had been setting barricades on 5 particularly last night we did just hear a loud boom just moments befor

it was a predictable end to a 5th day of protest in catalonia even if the vast majority of the half a 1000000 who marched had done so peacefully over the past 3 nights that i've seen on the streets setting fires to things and essentially creating chaos is not what's the general populace of catalonia feels others see the violence as a means to an end. i'm against by islands but it seems that violence it gets more media bending and march this is more information about what's the real subject here. but not everyone is so keen on the media's presence i. barely or the catalonian regional president condemned the violence. she. spun out of us sentenced to 100 years for staging a referendum that we need to vote on independence again. but some fear that will only make the situation worse. he cannot 3 days after this sentence so people that he's going to put their ballots again on the streets because we saw what happened last time we saw the reaction of the spanish government and we saw that this is going to only incites more violence police said $31.00 people were arrested as madrid delivered

have. 6 visions in spain deep in as the catalonia crisis intensifies separatist protests into their 2nd week guests debate the issue. are over so you don't want to negotiate. your. become an 8 year old rabbi helping palestinian families in the west bank is brutally beaten by water alleged. israeli settlers. insulted me with clubs and with stones. with clubs on my head so i tried to defend myself with my head broke my youth and. media in the us come up with the catch phrase to denigrate conventional he's a presidential hopeful. they're welcome in the morning here in moscow you're watching international protests have been raging in catalonia with independence supporters angered by the jailing of separatist leaders a week ago 2 years on from the region's failed independence bit the u.s. she was dividing spain again well on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona and bags of rubbish in front of the building and were calling for the release of the 9 jail separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement. the referendum deemed to be illega

and violence flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region is gripped by a 5th day of unrest after authorities jailed separatist leaders. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. the u.k. is in for ager manic day in a rare saturday session of parliament will debate and likely decide whether to back a new deal for leaving the european union it's boris johnson's last chance to fulfill his pledge to leave via tobar 31st he needs and nothing piece to support his deal or to agree on leaving without one if he can't get either of those options the prime minister would be forced to ask the e.u. for another extension new legislation or a fresh election could then follow. saturday could be the day a majority of british parliamentarians accept terms of a divorce from the e.u. or maybe it won't be it's anything but certain that the deal will pass the house of commons the house remains as divided as ever on the issue ahead of the vote prime minister boris johnson urged m.p.'s to come together and back his bricks a deal. but i will say. of course all sides of the house to thi

also on the program violence flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region is gripped by 5th day of the rest after authorities jailed separatist leaders. and kurdish led forces say turkey is a violating the cease fire in northern syria ankara and says the violence is just skirmishes but turkey's president says he will restart his military offensive unless kurdish militias leave the border area. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program the british parliament has been debating a new bragg's the deal and is due to vote on it later in the day prime minister boris johnson has been trying to garner enough votes to pass it speaking to parliament. johnson called for the u.k. say heal the divisions breaks it has caused and to move on from the issue altogether the prime minister said the new agreement solves customs issues having to do with northern ireland and a little out of the u.k. to strike new trade deals across the world but opposition labor party leader jeremy corbin slammed the deal saying it in danger is british jobs and workers' rights. boris johnson of course is u

6 the visions in spain deep into the catalonia crisis intensifies separatist protests into the 2nd week i guess the issue. is. so you don't want to negotiate. you're. also an 8 year old rabbi helping helping palestinian farmers in the west bank was briefly beaten by water or alleged to have been in place. for all the violence. to defend the palestinians from the. media in the us come up with a new catch phrase denigrate conventional use of presidential hopefuls. hello there is 10 am here in moscow you're watching international. madrid protests have been raging catalonia with prime independent supporters angered by the jailing of separatists leaders a week ago 2 years on from the region's failed independence bit the issue is dividing spain again on sunday people rallying dioxide the spanish government's residence in barcelona they were calling for the release of 9 jailed separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement in the referendum the vote was deemed to be illegal by madrid activists or bags of rubbish in front of the building meanwhile a national newspaper has als

this is the news live from berlin violence flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region is gripped by a 5th day of rest after the jailing of separatist leaders pro independence that independence protesters clashed with police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them earlier over a half a 1000000 people join peaceful protests while a general strike caused widespread destruction also on the program. boris johnson's day of reckoning the u.k. prime minister urges lawmakers to back his last ditch deal without a majority in the house of commons success is far from certain. and in japan fierce rivals england and australia come face to face in the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake as both teams believe this is their year to win . a 1000000 blue cross good to have you with us it was another night of violence on the streets of barcelona catalonia semi-autonomous region in northern spain has rebukes the country's supreme court for jailing its pro independence leaders a general strike along with the street protests have brought much of catalonia to

commons success is far from certain also coming up by lance flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia regions group 5 5th day of unrest troll forty's jailed separatist leaders and kurdish and turkish forces fighting each other in northern syria both accuse each other of violating the fragile ceasefire brokered by the us may well tens of thousands take to germany straits in solidarity with the kurds. i'm rebecca rate is welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson plans to have a parliament vote on his new brics a deal today his plan has run against a new obstacle and pains in the house of commons have been debating an amendment that would put off the vote until other laws necessary to implement breaks that are written into the rule meanwhile in london thousands of protesters have gathered demanding a new referendum on leaving the view they plan to march on parliament later today. and speaking to lawmakers johnson urged them to pass so the country could move on let's take a listen people simply will not understand how politicians can say with one breath . they want. to a

divisions in spain deep in is the catalonia crisis intensifies with separate is protest now into their 2nd week i guess debate the issue. the solution is quite easy it's the same company out putting them off over that mission so you don't want to negotiate you want to go up to your condition also this an 80 year old rabbi helping palestinian farmers in the west bank is briefly beaten by water alleged to have been masked israeli settlers. fall for people and started to beat me with clubs and with stones. with clubs on my head so i tried to defend myself with my head until the both my youth and. media in the us come up with a new catchphrase to denigrate the unconventional views of presidential hopefuls. follow their welcome it's midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international protests continue to rage in catalonia with pro independence supporters angered by the jailing of separatists leaders a week ago on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona bags of rubbish they were calling for the release of the 9 jail separatists linked is found guilt

the president of catalonia's party called the referendum. moment. the president of catalonia's party called the referendumm moment. the president of catalonia's party called the referendum. if they wa nt to party called the referendum. if they want to be guilty by the spanish judges, not going to accept the sentence. the people of catalonia will protest. what is your plan for independence now? we will do again. we will do again what we did. we are going to vote again for the independence of catalonia. are you angry with them ? independence of catalonia. are you angry with them? yes, i am angry. they knew when they started off that it wasn't going to work, and now they should pay for the consequences of whatever they decided to do.“ he is found guilty and sentenced to yea rs he is found guilty and sentenced to years in prison, will it have been worth it for you, as a family? with the verdict just with the verdictjust days away, tension hangs in the air here. there isa tension hangs in the air here. there is a nervous anticipation over what

who pull monaghan who supports catalonia independence bowl thanks for coming on the show what have you made of these alarming pictures perhaps not given that much promotion on some of the mainstream journals the pictures a bus learner and father i think it's absolutely terrific this the images that we're seeing are not of the on social media from barcelona and other cities as well across scotland you know going i think particularly badly affected by the true toilet seat of the spanish authorities. i think it started to consider the speed of democracy within the e.u. is treating peaceful people in not sort of way and i think many many people are disappointed by what they see will the spanish government says the catalans should have called a referendum us live on the land wonderland the new european commission president is dismissed god alone is not a political problem when any pay a piece from spain couldn't turn up in the bottom a because they were in jail catalonia absolutely is a political problem a problem for the spanish government it is a political problem for the european union t

this relationship between spain and catalonia has been broken at all. so no no way no way out no no way back you know what i mean because i don't believe in spain i don't believe in. anything in spain and i don't want to be part of this pain anymore while the catalan president says violence has never been there past radical groups have spread throughout the city hijacking the protest and what has been the response from petro sanchez government the government to spain reiterates that the problem of catalonia is not independence which will not occur because it's not legal nor did the majority of catalans want it but rather co-exist. madrid could still trigger article $155.00 of the constitution which would allow it just the sound the ration of government and that's soon direct rule but so far prime minister sanchez has fallen short of doing this is facing a general election in november and right now it's not looking good these protests and the lack of response might prove fatal to the central government sanchez has been accused of sticking his head in the

for them that and it seems there is not much clarity over the issue so are you a spanish or are you catalonia well it's hard to decide even for the country's leading newspaper that came out on saturday with 2 differ in hand lights. well this is a national edition and it says massive march of independence for the freedom of the damned and this one says violent groups spread chaos and the center of barcelona barcelona has become the at the center of the separation movement and is literally on fire alfre day some protestors take the idea of an dependence to the extreme. but not everyone shares that view even in barcelona. this road to self-determination but whatever you do do it within the law if you want to have a referendum do it according to the law we've seen a lot of violence and alarm on the streets we can't allow that to scare off to tourists our streets to be destroyed and the protesters do whatever they want the constitution must be respected and must be respected no matter what the catalonia belongs to everyone that alone is what it is because of the efforts of all for people like my g

are calling for a 2nd referendum also coming up finance flares in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia regions gripped by a 5th day of unrest after all florentines jail separatist leaders. and kurdish and turkish forces fighting each other in northern syria both blaming each other for violating the fragile cease fire meanwhile tens of thousands take to germany streets in solidarity with the kurds. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson's plan to have polman vote on his new brakes a deal today has run against a new obstacle and pays in the house of commons debating an amendment that could put the vote off to next week the amendment calls for a delay to brick set until the deal details of the deal are written into u.k. law meanwhile thousands of protesters have gathered in central london to mounting a new referendum on leaving the you and plan to converge on parliament square. and speaking to lawmakers johnson urged them to pass his brakes a deal so the country could move on let's hear what he had to say people simply will not understand how politicia

the program in catalonia and particularly the evolution in the last 2 years. shows. the problem of having a baby weak leadership on the cuts and insight because the more important the more prominent leaders are in jail and it seems they are going to be for a few more time and this is not only for early period on the suspicion is tight but as they are all the dissent this is also. and making dis movement more difficult to control because the more the leaders are not there in order to bake relate to personalise pragmatic issues in the same in the same time in missouri we have had for more than 6 months a caretaker government that was issued from a knock on to this vote one year and a half ago and we have have we have been. ruling the country with minority governments for 4 years we don't have to forget that in november we will have the 4th election in 4 years so we've met an already government with a body divided party. both sides and with some of the leaders of this issue aside e.j. just very hard to see how both sides can take can engage in pragmatic burglary in orde

judgment was declared thousands took to the streets that outraged by the long sentences handed down to catalonia separatist leaders. yesterday 11 the sentence is horribly unfair it goes against all fundamental rights freedom of demonstration and freedom of expression. this punishment is a disgrace it proves our democratic system is incompetent there's no time that i could cry this is unbelievable. today. but for the supreme court in madrid it is clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of sedition the former vice president orioles youngcare as the sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants also received lengthy prison sentences. according to the judges those sentenced organized the independence referendum in october 2017 despite a ban when the former president of catalonia college puts demond declared independence from spain farland clashes with the police broke out this resulted in madrid imposing direct rule over catalonia and one of spain's most serious political crises prime minister petra sun she has hopes that this verdict will now and the matter once and for all. following

was pain and outburst of popular anger in catalonia the us after spain supreme court jailed 9 separatist leaders over their roles in the $27.00 independence referendum the ruling prompted protests across the northeastern region including a past learner's al pratt airport where clashes broke out between demonstrators and police. was. violence began when thousands of protesters tried to occupy the airport calling for the release of the imprisoned politicians police he's patented an attempt to discuss them also said that the police and the council of the over 70 flight from being on. the line former officials were found guilty of sedition and sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison a further 3 were given fines for disobedience the longest sentence was handed to the former vice president of catalonia are real who cares all of the defendants rejected the charges against them because land government has also strongly condemned the court's decision. the government and myself as president reject these sentences as unfair and undemocratic it's part of a political trial and general move agai

this resulted in madrid imposing direct rule over catalonia and one of spain's most serious political crises prime minister petra sanchez hopes that this verdict will now end the matter once and for all following the supreme court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence in catalonia through dialogue within the boundaries of the law and the sponsors of solution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight since the ruling was handed down demonstrators that began blocking railway tracks and airports in the independence activists warn they are preparing for what they're calling democratic tsunami. cricketers and sports euro 2020 qualifying sees engeland face ball garia in severe later knowing that a win will place in next june's tournament but the build up to the game in the build up to the game football's taken a back seat with discussion focusing on racism england have asked for stronger support from the game's all stars is in dealing with chants from racist fans while bulgaria insists that england's fans have a worse track rec

this is d w news live from berlin violence flayers in barcelona the capital of spain's catalonia region is gripped by a 5th day of on a rest after the jailing of separatist leaders pro independent protesters clashed with police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them earlier over a half 1000000 people joined peaceful protests while a general strike caused widespread disruption also coming up kurdish led forces accused turkey of violating the fragile ceasefire in northern syria for a place down border skirmishes but turkey's president says he'll restart his military offensive in the region unless kurdish militias pulled back from the border. and in japan fierce rivals england and australia come face to face in the rugby world cup quarter finals bragging rights are at stake as both teams believe this is their year to win. a 1000000 global good to have you with us violence has broken out during a 5th day of mass protests in the catalog capital barcelona as uproar over the jailing of independence leaders sweeps through the region of northern spain. a general strike has brought much

that is not the case in catalonia. way before catalonia breaks away from spain, catalonia itself would break in two because there was a huge section that does not want that and it will respond this sunday. let the side the relationship between catalonia and the rest of spain, it is so strong that any push for independence that may be successful, it is the catalonian economy that could be affected for years. last but not least, catalan parties have never made it clear what kind of political system they want from the country while it is independent. right now we have a parliamentary democracy and monarchy with respect for human rights and rule of law. i'm not sure that this will be the case. thanks let's have a look at the weather now. heavy rain across and wales were slowly so to ease as it pushes its way south and easily the remainder of the afternoon. take its time in doing so, arriving towards the capital by the middle of the afternoon. behind it cloudy but drier conditions. clad in showers continued through the day

when the former president of catalonia colors pushed him on declared independence from spain violent clashes with the police broke out then madrid imposed direct rule over catalonian one of spain's most serious political crises now prime minister petro sanchez hopes this verdict will end the matter once and for all following the supreme court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence in catalonia through dialogue within the boundaries of the no on the sponsor institution but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight yet since the ruling independence activists want by are preparing for what they're calling. a democratic tsunami. it's too tunisian our officials have confirmed a landslide election victory for this man say he'd the 61 year old former law professor is now set to become president the vote has been very closely watched one reason is only the 2nd democratic election since an uprising in that country helped spark the arab spring you'll recall 2010 so he thanked the country's young people for turning a new page and vowed t

the situation is unusual in catalonia. no—one knows what really happened, because many demonstrations are taking place simultaneously. now, most of them are pacific, so there's no problem. but you that our classico is something more than a football game. it is something more political. —— el clasico. and precisely on 26 october, there will bea precisely on 26 october, there will be a big demonstration in barcelona, rejecting the decisions of the spanishjustice. so rejecting the decisions of the spanish justice. so it rejecting the decisions of the spanishjustice. so it is a hard point, and i think la liga makes the point, and i think la liga makes the point in at least asking. because i think that, for example, yesterday with so many riots in the centre of barcelona, and the demonstration on the attorney sixth will be one of the attorney sixth will be one of the biggest —— on the 26th will be one of the biggest in catalonia, so it is not easy. i think changing the location of the game, of course, many questions w

spain too has been seeing mass mobilization on the streets of its catalonia region from barcelona so you're going to go reports on a shadowy organization that's using its digital platform to encourage protesters. they vowed to return to the streets following the sentencing of 9 catalan politicians and activists for sedition 2 weeks ago the tsunami democratic a leaderless anonymous organization called on protesters to blockade barcelona's airport one of the most defiant acts among days a protest that occurred throughout catalonia and the riots that came after which caused damage and disruption the likes of which had not been seen in decades. catalonia as usual peaceful protest movement became drawn into a controversy over the tactics used to encourage civil disobedience and the question was raised who or what is tsunami democratic today in the spanish of the supreme court ruling was unowned we jews and i think affront to the human right the only person to be associated with the movement so far as the city's catalan manager pep guardiola who has advocated for the session of catalonia f

catalonia's quest for independence was stopped brutally in its tracks. those held responsible were put on trial. this man, jordi sanchez, was one of the activists who led the demonstrations. he faces up to 17 years in jail. one day you feel good and also that it's going to be all right, but the next day you feel depressed, and you think that he will never get out of jail. did you know that there was a chance that he would be arrested and he would be sent to prison? the town of girona has been at the centre of the fight for independence. these yellow ribbons dominate streets here. they're on lamp posts, they're on balconies, street signs. they've become this symbol of independence. but the trial has left the region bitterly divided. the latest poll shows there are marginally more people who want to remain part of spain than who want independence. many of these yellow ribbons have all been set up at a certain height, so that non—independentists can't rip them off at night. hi, hi! hola. elda has been targeted for not supporting independence. this is my h

catalonia is x. president carlos put him on who fled to belgium after the failed 2017 independence bid turned himself into police there on friday after spain reactivated its arrest warrant for him a judge released him without bail setting a court date for the end of october that's when belgium authorities will decide whether to comply with the arrest warrant and extradite him to spain they declined to do so in 2017. kurdish forces in syria have accused turkey of violating its 5 day pause in hostilities there they cite ongoing attacks on a syrian border town which turkey denies however president right here says his forces will resume its offensive unless kurdish militias retreat from the border region. a far cry from a ceasefire. this is the syrian border town of rest. less than 20 kilometers away the wounded arrive at hospital according to the syrian observatory for human rights over 10 civilians were killed in the fighting just on friday during an apparent truce. as turkish forces continued to enter

pro independence supporters in catalonia have protested for a 7th straight night they are angry over the jailing of separatist leaders who organized the band independence referendum 2 years ago a matter of buffalo and other regional capital has appealed for calm after some of the protests turned violent hundreds of counter protesters were also false they actually want catalonia to remain a part of spain. more often bustling. these probing the penguins demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of basra not occupying various points south saying along the way that catalonia against fascism free the political prisoners and singing the cattle and that's still on them now the police have hung back their presence has been drastically reduced compared to other nights and the protests have come to a standstill here outside the not so police headquarters in barcelona and that's because they want to express that anger against the national police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last few days with those injuries sustained by protesters alr

catalonia braces itself for a 50 of protests over the conviction leaders.n catalan the e.u. and britain reach a deal. boris johnson now begins an intensive campmpaign to garner a --e had ever saturday and a five-day cease-fire deal has been clinched in turkey, and and incredibled outcome by donald trump. but shelley conontinues. -- but shelling continues. ♪ >> thank you for watching live from paris. this friday, we start with carles puigdemont, who handed himself into belgian authorities after new arrest warrants were issued for him. this comes as catalonia braces itself for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of several independence leaders. as part of the movement, roads are being blocked, train services disrupted, and a demonstratations held. the head of the region's government says there should be a new vote on independence from spain within two years. >> separatists protesters in the early hours of friday attempted to block a train station north of barcelona near the border with france. it was the start of a day of disruption with a general strike across catal

for democracy and since they were published on monday there's been a situation of police control in catalonia 579 when the police including the 8 journalists would have been attacked 4 people have lost an eye on police attacks 2 protesters our own life threatening condition by now there's been a $179.00 arrested including $21.00 activists who were preempted jail most of them 18 or 19 so young teenagers a new generation of catalan in the east and she was in right now complete chaos ok so many options that hardline government is facing while the catalan government should try to lead and channel the process and actually try to find 1st peace and should the death an end to police violence 2nd freedom release of all political prisoners and free self-determination a binding referendum in catalonia monitored by the european union one live a day out what's your take on what carlos was just had to say. in the mystery. and summer we dislike building into the realities. we decisively now yes they are in well you have acknowledged and now i think everyone who saw me saw that the police was nothing but. t

that mean it now despite where they rachel president of catalonia says he will continue to defend his region's right to self-determination came out went on to denounce what he described as efforts to criminalize the independence movement after spain supreme court convicted 12 cuts on saturdays made his supporters of independence a battle continue their protests in the coming days the supreme court ruling sparked clashes between riot police and probably independence demonstrators in the village no capital boss allowed. protests is shouting freedom blocked barcelona appel outraged at the lone handed down to catalonia separatist leader as the $100.00 were injured in clashes. as thousands took to the streets. i'm going then they were sentenced to many years for a nonviolent act politically approved by the people and it was the people who went to vote while we're looking so you know about that single example they've already spent 2 years in prison for expressing their ideas and we know that the only way is dialogue not violence 2 to express ideas freely nothing more formally known as that

part of us have been gripping the spanish region of catalonia with pro independence activists angry over the jailing of separatist leaders a week ago on sunday people rallied outside the spanish government's residence in barcelona and dumped bags of trash there they were calling for the release of the jailed separatist leaders found guilty of sedition for their involvement in the referendum 2 years ago that was deemed to be illegal by madrid meanwhile a national newspaper has been dragged into the calland controversy as the question of a explains. one country one nation well not when it comes to spain the status once again. divided over catalonia and its and dependence and still here says the referendum and it hasn't done much for them that and it seems there is not much clarity over the issue so are you spanish or are you catalonian well it's hard to decide even for the country's leading newspaper that came out on saturday with 2 differ in hand lines well this is a national edition and it says massive march of independence for the freedom of the damned and this one says violent groups k

when the former president of catalonia pushed him on declared independence from spain violent clashes with the police broke out then madrid imposed direct rule over catalonian one of spain's most serious political crises now prime minister petro sanchez hopes this verdict will end the matter once and for all following the supreme court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence in catalonia through dialogue within the boundaries of the no on the sponsor solution. but many catalan stand seem ready to give up the fight yet independence activists are urging supporters to keep up the pressure. european union ministers have gathered in luxembourg for the last preparatory meeting ahead of a crucial bragg's that summit in brussels on thursday the block's chief breaks that negotiator michele dunne a will update e.u. ministers on the state of bragg's of negotiations and sources at the meeting say on a wants a legal text agreed with the u.k. by the end of today in order to recommend that any deal is approved at the summit later this week and let's bri