Catalonia as it ministration to break away from spain will have no effect well have more analysis from all europe correspondent. Also coming up. German chancellor Angela Merkel faces tough talks with a very insistent party ahead of forming a new government divides within the ruling conservatives could make for a tense meeting. And germany has qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup but not what stops some of the young guns from using their countrys final game against azerbaijan to show that coach why they deserve to go to russia next summer. Im kind of a home free thanks for joining me a massive rally has taken place in barcelona against plans by catalan natives to declare independence this is spanish. Prime minister mariano says he will prevent the region from breaking away organizers say nearly a million demonstrate is packed into the center of barcelona while police put the number at three hundred fifty thousand the protesters also forces of catalonia remaining part of spain has expressed support for the protest. Well as bringing d. W. Correspondent georg a matter is now give been out and about on the streets of barcelona what are people saying. A lot of people told me today that they are not only catalans but that they are old souls spending spaniards so they feel their hearts does not only beat for this region but for all of spain and they dont want to be kicked out of their own country if you want so in some way i could identify which today is intraday so demonstration against independence two camps one a little more radical for instance asking for the regional leader to be thrown into jail or praising the work of the Spanish Police which one week ago used brute force to keep people away from ballot boxes and on the other side the people who are simply fed up with the kind of political mess the country finds itself in now a number of those people i followed throughout the day and heres their story. The. Long list the nation is their message. Christina a student from barcelona and her friend couldnt agree more. They feel catalan spanish and we repeat. That. I was born here but my entire family comes from all over spain at the supporters of independence has no right to pick us out you know some of what we dont want to for a commanded and divided europe we want europe to flourish and we want to be part of this not enter but many in catalonia who are against independence such as this architect are still against todays protests they worry it will increase the tension. And more fragile this the spanish the spanish flag. And the most russian with spanish flags of the recession with speakers because. I think its not. A very good idea to have. The streets filled with the two sides because theyre going to clash still for protest the christina todays march was a success she says the people here represent catalonia silent majority organizers say this was the biggest ever protest against catalonia seceding from spain. Well ive just seen in your report there gael that large numbers of people out on the streets just the size of this protest show that a majority of catalans are against independence. It is clearly a strong signal that so many people have come out into the streets now if you believe the opinion polls that have been published before the referendum there has always been a strong majority. Against independence and the opinion polls that now have been published for instance in the conservative newspaper that number has even increased i would say overall one can most certainly say that there is a clear majority of people in catalonia who are against independence now and who are clearly for dialogue they have the feeling they dont want that their politicians push things they are concerned that the autonomous region could lose that out of the many tournaments known me and that violence could erupt and georg tell us more about the silent majority who are they exactly. Very difficult to nail it down in one fact a number of people approached me and said look make clear to the world that we are not nationalists were not far right wing pro spanish a movement here at the same time i had people who said look we are just fed up with the situation we have a situation one father told me that his children are discriminated against in school because they are pro spain and a number of other people approached me and said well they respect that some people would like to have independence but they dont want any violent clashes they dont want the spanish military move in and so the friction and that is what a lot of people said today of the friction that runs through society and that is strengthened by both sides coming out onto the street is a big concern for people in catalonia at the moment all right carol mattis reporting on spains deepest political crisis in decades thank you very much. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Forces have exchanged fire with attack sham a syrian militant group along with turkish Syrian Border this after ankara announced that Syrian Rebels backed by Turkish Forces would launch an operation in the region turkeys president had warned that his country would not allow a quote terrorist corridor or me its borders. At least six people a dead after a tanker explosion at a gas station in the gun ain capital acra this social media video shows the explosion of large fireballs at the scene Authorities Say more than two hundred Police Personnel have been deployed in the firefighters have controlled the blaze. Hurricane nate has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm off to hitting the u. S. Gulf coast on sunday morning it touched down in the state of mississippi or fortys in Southern States have ordered evacuations in coastal areas after naik killed dozens of people in central america. Now german chancellor Angela Merkel is facing some potentially difficult talks today she is meeting with the head of her cd used by variances to party the c s u to try to agree a common position and head of talks to form a new government the two parties are at odds over the issue of migration to c. S. U. Criticized it criticized merkels decision to allow so many refugees into the country and twenty fifteen they say this led to a surge in support for the far right a f d rs. Well for more now im joined by our chief Political Correspondent craig wanted to tell us why all these talks so important today and all were likely to see sparks fly i think we are likely to see sparks fly and theyre important because in order to Start Coalition talks with the other potential partners in in a coalition the chancellor first test to achieve some kind of unity between her own party and its Bavarian Sister Party the Christian Social Union and these two parties are essentially umbilically joined theyre often referred to as sister parties but the fact is they differ very deeply on issues such as immigration and the head of that very and sister party essentially now has his back to the wall many people view him as politically vulnerable because the party got fairly weak results in the recent election therefore hes under pressure to try to essentially affirm his own very conservative position but hes facing a chancellor who quite well will object to that so i think very tough talks today and yet no other talks with any other potential partners can go ahead until these two parties are in agreement right and some have. To move further to the right in order to win back some support from people who chose to then vote for a f. T. The question is will she well indeed we are told that the head of the Bavarian Party has to say hope for is arriving with a ten point plan and amongst these ten points are the absolutely key issue for him namely an upper limit on immigration now the chancellor has said in the past thats a no go for her she is not going to agree to such a thing other members of her party have suggested that perhaps it could be solved semantically by for example agreeing on some kind of flexible cap that isnt called an upper limit but i think certainly as i say with a vulnerable head of the Bavarian Party and the chancellor having gone on the line is saying she will not. Greta such a thing his work is likely to be difficult and if you look at polls in general around half of germans say the c. D. U. Needs to stay right where it is and shouldnt move to the right and that includes members of the party itself so again i think his ability to convince her will be limited briefly two weeks now since the german election put us out of our misery when can we expect a new government quite possibly not even before the end of the year we are waiting for very important local elections in the state of lower saxony after that this bavarian c. S. U. Will have their own Party Conference thats not till mid november many people say nothing will happen till after that and that means it could be january or later chief Political Correspondent melinda crane thank you very much. Sports news now and for me no one the japanese grown prius provided the setting for a crucial showdown between Lewis Hamilton and sebastien official now how milton sot of the race thirty four points ahead of fetter and with just four races left after this weekends action the ferrari driver it a big performance to have a chance of regaining his title. The locals gave sebastian fattal a warm welcome on race day and another german World Champion footballer Lukas Podolski was on hand to offer his support to me but fertile knew the odds were against him his main title rival Lewis Hamilton started the race in pole position the messages man wasnt giving any ground following his lead through the first corner. And it wasnt long before disaster struck for federal. Political power. In just the fourth lap his ferrari suffered engine problems bringing his race to a premier to end the hammer blow to his diminishing title hopes hamilton took full advantage the british driver overcame technical difficulties of his own to take the victory his fourth when it says zucker and his fourth win in the last five races this season. Mike session up and finished in second to follow up his win last weekend but yet again the day belonged to hamilton only a string of catastrophes can stop his title charge now. Well turning to football now in germany face azerbaijan later today in the last world cup qualification game ahead of next years tournament now the team has already booked its place at russia twenty eighteen after an Impressive Campaign that seen them win all nine all of their matches so far but that doesnt mean that the pressure is off the less established players are fighting hard for a spot in the star studded squad. Mission accomplished now that germany has qualified for next years world cup the pressure is off as an exception the German Football Association even let the fans in to watch the Team Practice you have a bunch i left talk a little on the squad through able to qualify us so they could just im one and now id like to build up the momentum again and go to bowen and its now all about claiming a spot on the team for next years tournament thats why for les on going to this match against azerbaijan is so important the shock a player could be a starter to shore up the midfield them once and if you analyze the entire game like this you then get to see the kind of space he constantly opens up down the field while back in midfield over them because whats expected from a midfielder is hes also dangerous on go. Was a member of germanys extended squad at the last world cup but had to bow out because of injuries now hes back on the team. Thats what i need as well as ive still got a few things to learn accumulating experiences i need so that i can further establish myself in my position. On the rights of oxen and also this time getting is take it to the world cup but competition is huge at the Confederations Cup other players also impressed they too are hoping to get a shot here and give the more established world cup winning players a run for their money. Everybodys got the back of their mind and of course they want to put in good performances to improve their chances it doesnt matter whether its in this month. Or in the other games you play and you always get an opportunity to show yourself and to get yourself in shape for the tournament. Meanwhile germany coach who live wants his players to stay healthy joining the season so that fans in russia will truly be able to see the best twenty three players germany has to offer. And just to remind all the top story we are following for you in a balsa learn organizers of a pro unity rally saying any a Million People turned out to protest catalonia is pushed to with independence from spain the catalan made it could take that on a ton of misstate choose day despite richards warnings they wont allow the region to become a breakaway republic. More news at the top of the hour join me that. Didnt stop the stadium was sold out it was a really special event or remember it all my life everybody have a dream