Will get the latest from the spanish capital. Also coming up german chancellor Angela Merkel announces a starting date for Coalition Talks thats after her c. D. U. And its been there in just a party reach a compromise on refugee policy and issue that has divided her conservative blog plus imprisoned and tortured for being gay we will bring you the first installment of an exclusive series this week looking at what it means to be homosexuals in russia. Im sara kelley welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us spain is bracing for the possibility of catalonia declaring independence within the next twenty four hours but spanish Prime Minister marianna roy has vowed that his government will not allow the region to break away spain he says while up. Divided this comes as opponents of independent staged their biggest protest to date organizers say that nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of Barcelona Local Police put the number at three hundred and fifty thousand the protesters called for an end to the countrys worst political crisis in decades. Well that standoff looks set to come to a head when Catalan Leader charles pushed him on outlines his governments plans in a speech to the region and former parliament on tuesday joining us now for more on that. Very unfunny char who has the latest from barcelona so funny you know what is the mood there doesnt seem likely that indeed independence will be declared. People are very cut that only are very much split over the question of what should happen tomorrow one part of the population the part that actually went to cast a ballot last week on sunday say of course independents must be declared of course the promises must be kept at and the other half says no this is not good for spain spain must be united when it comes to government itself we have heard a lot of mixing called voices today the lasting what your food so far is that the coordinating the government what the president put huge amount of cuts alone is going to do in tuesday is to talk about how to move forward from here so as you can hear that independents wasnt used this time but to answer that question what really happens tomorrow he wont be able to really say one hundred percent before to morrow at six pm the president puts dement is going to convene here in a problem in three session and make a statement nevertheless we know the madrid is preparing what could be madrids reaction given the possible outcomes. If you look at the spanish constitution at the spanish constitution that of course a few legal tools that could be applied and Prime Minister other it. Made it clear over and over again that he will definitely apply it as a legal measures that he can to make sure that spain remains spain as he sat while could be to apply or to invoke article one hundred fifty five debt would make it possible for the Central Government in madrid to dismiss the government here in catalonia to actually also file charges against the politicians who are pushing here for independence so there are many legal ways to trying to prevent independence from actually taking into a fact or even trying to prevent that independence is being declared as the core of the Constitutional Court has done last week by saying that the parliamentary session which was set actually for today here that this session is suspended so now the parliamentary session will convene it tomorrow without talking about the independence but saying that the parliament is going to talk about the current political situation which of course is a bit more safe for the parliament to say in order to prevent that the Constitutional Court steps in again and suspends this parliament recession interesting that theyre avoiding the word independence theyre funny just generally speaking what is the mood there in barcelona i mean of course we saw scenes of protest this weekend. I mean protests have been both a pro and anti independence that we have seen over the course of past week but let me just tell you ive been just beaking to the heart of the pro Civic Platform the pro intervention platform here in barcelona right here there are some not so not at the ana and the person at the house of the organization told me that they are pretty confident president bush to mount is going to declare independence tomorrow and they have already actually prepared a banner that says all i see. So they are actually looking forward that he will clear our republic tomorrow they are very confident this is going to happen. Funny if it jar with the very latest from barcelona thank you and we will have more on the impact that the catalonia crisis is having on business in spain thats coming up in Business News when just a few minutes with monica jones in the meantime though we want to tell you that german chancellor Angela Merkels willing Christian Democratic Party and its sister party the bavarian c. S. U. Say that they have found a middle ground on their long running dispute over refugee policy the deal came after tough talks on sunday night the leaders say that they have agreed to try and keep the total number of refugee cases germany except every year to around two hundred thousand in special circumstances that two hundred thousand figure could be exceeded there would be no change or limits on asylum laws for people claiming persecution on an individual basis including dissidents they could still apply for asylum as before the agreement will see however the rules for highly qualified migrants change Party Leaders saying that laws for this group of migrants must reflect the changing needs of german employers now merkel has previously said that she would not accept a cap on refugees speaking at a press conference earlier she said that the deal is the result of careful consideration have a list of. Guns are going to help but i have no doubt about the serious use concerns that the number of immigrants the chairman should not exceed two hundred thousand per year. And how we can combine that with my own conviction that with the right to asylum as stated in the Geneva Refugee Convention and e. U. Law that every application must be processed we must guarantee thousand within this basic right there is no upper limit. Lets talk a little bit more about those limits now we can cross over to our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow who is standing by in our parliamentary studios in berlin i thomas german chancellor Angela Merkel has said time and time again that she is against a cap we seem to hear her reiterate if there is this deal with the c. S. U. Is this being seen as a cap and is she therefore backing down well it is probably being seen as a cop by members of the c. S. U. But certainly not by Angela Merkel in fact if you look at the agreement there is no mention of the word or by consensus thats a german word for limits which has in fact described the whole problem between the cd you on the sea as you in recent months and years and thats i mean that was very important for and that america you could also say that it was very important for horses a hole for the head of the c. S. You to have thats number the two hundred thousand that you mentioned there so from that perspective you can say that they managed to find Common Ground but its more of a sort of parameter that theyre looking at its not a fixed limit and as you mentioned as well its something that could go that could be changed if necessary if the conditions in germany or the conditions internationally change and that number has to change as well given that its not a fixed number that there is a bit of wiggle room here what does that mean for the coalition negotiations. Which are currently ongoing what does that mean for potentially the future government here in germany well its important to state first and foremost that there was a this was an internal discussion with between the c. D. U. And c. S. U. Of the sister parties of the conservative bloc and after they reached that agreement now im going to merkel and horsed they hope for today in that press conference so that they were ready to launch their negotiations with the two minor parties the greens and the liberals and thats something thats going to start next week its going to certainly going to be something very difficult sarra they have many many differences on a wide range of issues and one of those issues probably the most important issue is is migration already the greens for example have said that they disagree with what the c. D. U. On the c. S. U. Agreed yesterday and thats something that probably wont appear not Coalition Agreement if they do manage to get that Coalition Agreement so this just shows how difficult things will be in the next few weeks when im going to call a horse a hold off on the members of the other parties sit down at the same table and try and find wherever possible some sort of Common Ground in other words to be continued tom aspera with the very latest from our parliamentary studios in berlin thank you. One of hollywoods most famous and most powerful producers Harvey Weinstein has been fired from his Production Company following allegations of Sexual Harassment the oscar winning producer of movies such as shakespeare in love and the kings speech is accused of sexually harassing female employees and actresses over a number of years one seen issued a written statement that acknowledged causing a lot of pain. Lets get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world several hundred opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the kenyan capital nairobi there were reports of shots being fired as the protesters marched to the headquarters of the countrys election board they were demanding electoral reforms ahead of a rerun of the president ial election later this month. Turkey has reduced Visa Services at its mission in the United States in retaliation for a similar move by washington the us saw one of its consular officials arrested in turkey last week and says that it will reassess the security of its personnel in the country. The International Committee of the red cross is set to drastically reduce its operations in afghanistan the aid group said that it was forced to take the decision after attacks that killed seven of its staff this past year. At least twelve people are dead and many more are missing after a boat carrying row hinge a refugee is capsized you know the coast of bangladesh the victims were attempting to flee the ongoing government crackdown in myanmar hundreds of thousands have managed to make it into bangladesh but authorities there are struggling to cope with the scale of the refugee crisis. From above the scale of the room hinge a refugee crisis is jolting. Thousands of makeshift tents and shacks lined the camp in bangladesh more than half a million real hinge of fleeing violence in myanmar have set up camp here. On the ground the situation is desperate long queues for food have become commonplace even with aid agencies handing out provisions some of the room just say theyre living on one meal a day. Local volunteer groups are helping to meet the growing demand. We as a group are very happy that coming from a small place we could collect and give out food to these hungry people if they stay here for a longer time we will send another team to bring aid to. The number of neural shows no sign of slowing down in cramped conditions with no clean water or sanitation aide workers one its only a matter of time before disease breaks out. Experiences that we have seen in the past when such crises moment is that when people are congress to be no such a place there is always the space gov having cholera outbreak doses of an oral color a vaccine have already arrived in coxs bazar what will be one of unicefs largest cholera drives. But with persistent bad weather and more arrivals the organization is working against the odds the un has called for an end to the crisis but so far no action has been taken against the myanmar army whose actions have led to the mass exodus of the room. And you are watching g. W. News still to come on the program imprisoned and tortured for their Sexual Orientation we will bring you the first installment of an exclusive series of reports this week looking at what it means to be gay in russia. But in the meantime more bad news from germanys bankrupt carrier air berlin one of the jones has the details i have indeed Sarah Eveline flights could to be grounded by the end of this month with a few exceptions the bankrupt airline says it can make it past or it cant make it past october the twenty eights under its current finances the company however says that two of its units thats us austrian fly and nicky and Regional Airline l g w would continue to fly both units are still solvent evelyn is financing operations by selling off parts of its business piece by piece. Well i could you markets in europe are preparing for a potential shock this week as catalonia threatens to formally declare independence from spain Major Companies in the region are scrambling with Telecommunications Firm sale next scheduled to discuss today moving out of the catalonia capital of barcelona to madrid a break with spain with a. So effectively mean that catalonia would lose its current status within the e. U. Trading bloc that means driving up the cost of imports and exports the government in madrid is now making it easier for companies in catalonia to swiftly move headquarters out of the region and so far two major banks. And banks have said theyre doing so. Despite the political turmoil spains ibex is among todays win us our market correspondent and their drama lown tells us why. Funnily enough considering all the attention in the country that i backed is actually performing at its highest level in a week its rebounded by zero point seven percent and that upswing has mostly been led by the Banking Sector we saw the shares of bank and bank of this about dow trading higher on news that they both decided to relocate out of catalonia so that tells you that investors are cheered by the prospect that companies are doing what they can to cover themselves in the event of any political fallout jeno them alone in frankfurt thank you so much for this us economist Richard Thaler has been awarded the nobel prize for economics the Swedish Nobel Committee praised the research for bridging the gap between psychology and economics the prize is not part of the original series of awards set up by alfred nobel and originated only in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight sailors distinction occurs as economists are increasingly under fire from rising populist an anti globalization movements around the world. I sound like an interesting guy as does the gentleman next to me you know jelinek from w. s business desk so you could what can you tell us about Richard Salem well i would love to give you one of his most famous quotes and thats conventional economics assumes that people are highly racial super ration ill and unemotional and we all know they are not no theyre not no theyre not and thats why a conventional economy is often incomplete and wrong you know we all know people make poor choices and why we were out why we make poor choices and how we can improve our choices thats what his work was focused on and thats why his wifes work so important for all of us but does it really need an economist a top economist to tell us that people arent rational yes because we all believe that we are so irrational but were human beings that we fail again and again lets take it for instance you know if you have a kid in front of you and that you tell your kid listen you can have three marshmallows if you just wait for five minutes ill go outside and you know leave you with one marshmallow which you could have right now but if you wait five minutes youll have three well guess what happens and grownups are the same way you know grown ups on wall Street Investors they think they act rational but they dont they create bubbles bubbles burst and why all of that happens thats what his Research Focused on so hopefully it will help to make things slightly better especially on the stock markets i mean he is again a u. S. Academic i believe they have been quite a few winning that prize which makes us a academics so strong in that field well the u. S. Is by far the largest economy in the world they have the best universities and also the best Business Schools and thats why so many winners come from the United States again and again and who were the others i mean richard sale up congratulations to him but they will have been others nominated just tell us about a few i would love to tell you about. Two women there was a french woman called as i do flow and she was in the race because she use she uses our cities in her work us cities that randomised controlled trials its a technique inspired by our cities and medicine to test the effectiveness effectiveness of drugs you have one or two groups around the only chosen group and a control group to measure the effect isnt of drugs and she chooses these two groups in order to see of programs for health for improving. The economic state of the country works on not the other one the other one was an american and krueger she was a former chief economist of the world bank and she suggested a few years ago that countries should be able to go bankrupt just Like Companies do without having to go through years of austerity deep spending cuts and due to able to just wipe the slate clean and start again and that was a very very important work too i mean the interesting thing is that so far there was only one woman winning the nobel prize in economics science and that is a few years back yes you know the past twenty years seventy five percent were male fifty five years of age or older and american citizens. This shows you the problem in two thousand and nine eleven or strong was the only woman to win the nobel prize together with all the williamson and you know if you use the profile you know seventy five percent male fifty five years of age or older and american citizens that profile again holds true today exactly youre getting it from business desk thank you so much for that. Newspaper reports of the alleged abuse torture and killing of gay men have emerged in recent months in the russian region of chechnya according to those reports authorities detained more than one hundred gay men and urged their families to kill them to quote wipe clean their honor at least two have been killed by relatives and it a third died after being tortured these allegations have made been made against the background of the conservative agenda promoted by president Vladimir Putin of course four years ago russia passed a law that banned promoting what it described as gay propaganda the European Court of human rights has found a lot discriminatory today begins a weeklong series on what it means to be gay in russia today. They beat me and broke my nose. It all started in february i met a guy on a dating app and i went to meet him i arrived at his place it turned out later there were Police Hiding in the bathroom. My date turned out to be a decoys his job was to catch guys for the police. Said hello to each other five minutes later the police appeared out of the bathroom. They taught me up and took me to a prison you know to go and. Once we arrived at the prison they told me that i had a choice if i didnt want to be tortured id have to give up on the people i knew. They tortured me they didnt believe that i didnt know anyone else. They touched a cable to my finger and turned on the electricity. There were twenty two of us theyre all very different people. There were three rooms six to eight people in each room it was almost impossible to breathe i was ready to lie down on the concrete floor and. Stepped on the floor there werent even any beds. Some of us got put in cells with the strike prisoners with islam is prisoners so that they would abuse us. A spent twenty eight days in the what for being a fag as they put it i got out in march i was told to get out of grozny to stop bring shame on chechnya this kind of thing cant exist here you know really chechens people like me should be killed they said. If you want to see is the victim and i would like to assure you that all the reports concerning chechnya and these kind of events its all the provocation they say people who are not im embarrassed to use the word are being detained and even killed. I can tell you one thing the security situation in the chechen republic is good. From them. Of course there are still problems but i see them having dissolved effectively trying to. Shake down. These mercenaries they are not human and deserve damnation for casting false accusations go at it and. That. I disagree to me being gay is not a disgrace its about freedom. Of course it was hard leaving home using. Everything i have back there. Everyone there knows about me now thats why i have to start a new life in a new city in a new country. My dream is to become an Airline Steward i love planes and. I hope someday to work out. Here watching g. W. News in other news a turkish prosecutor has demanded jail sentences of up to fifteen years for a group of human rights activists charged with terrorism offenses among them is german citizen. Now he was detained while taking part in a workshop run by Amnesty International that covered topics such as how to protect Sensitive Data from the authorities germanys foreign minister gabriele said that the accusations were baseless and that germany was doing everything that it could to bring him home. Convincing skeptics of the benefits of solar energy can be a tough task so crossing one of the worlds most barren stretches of land using the power of the sun is one way to change perceptions this weekend almost forty solar powered cars started a three thousand kilometer race across australias desert in a bid to prove that green energy can overcome the toughest of challenges. Crossing a strategy is desert in a solar powered car used to be in me a pot drain but this weekend almost forty six on guzzling machine started at three thousand kilometers a journey from darwin to adelaide. Using just the suns rays for power as cars would reach speeds of over one hundred kilometers an hour. Weld solid challenge defending champions no one saw a once again among the favorites. The feel is so far apart this year all the cars looked completely different all we know is we got a good car we got it running perth. Last couple of days and were really confident were going to do everything it takes when teams completed a time trial to determine the stasi noida with the front runners grabbing a vital advantage that could make all the difference. Overtaking takes a lot of energy that we would otherwise not want to use. We feel very happy to be in third but we dont have to have the type that many calls leaving dollars teams are expected to finish the rice with in a wake that the record is just on the t. L. As competitive as a hoping that desert hoping exploits can one dice a solar powered cars take over the roads full time. From solar now to sport because egypt have booked a ticket to the world cup finals for the first time in twenty eight years a last minute goal by mahomets a lot sealed a win over congo and top spot in group this is how the result went down and kyra have a listen. Now egypt has only played at two world cups before back in one hundred thirty four and in one thousand nine hundred egypt was the second african country after nigeria to qualify for the twenty one thousand torne and in russia. Congratulations to them you have to date now on news im sarah kelly in berlin the king very much for watching and dont forget your next news update is at the top of the hour in the meantime you can follow us on social media. An image a snapshot a copy a work of art surveillance a document Flood Control a prince an end in itself its all new presence. What does photography mean today. In the media and constant evolution. Of our photography special and. Next on d w. Anyways at full speed. But always on the move. Most of the day today and in the future. Sixteen. W. s Program Guide to the highlights. The whole. Dot com highlights. When im traveling i like to be comfortable. But i also want to stay up to date on the latest news and events. And e. W. 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