I want to get the state this is the wish of the couple of people you got to go through that a new era in catalonia will emerge based on dialogue not confrontation on an imprint. Despite the all the that force come from the spending to state the violence of oppression. Despite this. We are stronger than ever with the political decisions must not dictate a little political soul we need to do to found you a political solution for our crazed crisis which in the span of just eight and get along by the next step is to talk with me on record if youre going to give the senate i would need to sit with this the winner of the election is not see this is our remote us next. Also coming out on the day discovering your inner santa we visit a father christmas bootcamp and find out what it takes to make this season. But first we begin the day with more uncertainty for spains cattle on region after separatists there won a crucial vote against anti independence parties the vote was widely seen as a moment of truth on the regions independence question a hugely divisive issue for all of spain pro in the pen his partys managed to secure a majority but its still unclear what if anything happens now. Pushed him all made his offer from brussels where he currently resides to avoid being arrested by the spanish for leading octobers independence referendum. Im ready to meet Prime Minister oha in brussels or in a different place in the e. U. Except spain for his reasons ready to do that because its time for catalonia for the spanish states and for europe to start a new political phase and this phase needs to be defined by a Political Solutions not by the banal and depression weve been seeing so far as your i know. You dont spains Prime Minister money had different ideas. The person i should be meeting is the one who won the election and that is mrs audi mud us. You know saudi mud us is the leader of this you down as party which had the best time legal result on thursday. At the sun yes life in catalonia has certainly been affected by the Divisive Political situation with many locals hoping for some kind of breakthrough. I havent offended you a little there is no progress i believe we must take a step further and that the gainers of spain and catalonia put themselves in our place and understand they must solve the issue and leave the most extreme positions aside. Must explain the steps because i think things have remained as they were and they should look now for a different solution to solve the problems. Of. The whole he has made it clear he would talk with the new leaders as long as they dont violate the countrys constitution despite separatist parties winning a slim majority forming a government is still a long way off. We can cross now to lisa lewis she is in barcelona following developments for us we also were injected a meeting with pushed him on a separatist later offering dialogue does this mean the standoff is just going to continue. It looks like it yes there seems to be a deadlock really i mean if you look at whats the outcome of these elections yes the independent supporters have won the elections they could form a government with seventy seats in parliament but forming that government will be very complicated this coalition would be made up of three parties two large parties that can see him to be able to greet on the common leader i mean it is very complicated right colors put them on is an exile in invalids and he cant come back without going to jail and the other head of the other party of the year see party karas he is in jail in spain at the moment so its not really that easy to find someone new to replace them and then on the other hand youve got the smaller Coalition Party they say u. P. Party and they are saying you know we will join you but only if you really go for independence now that would be very complicated for all of them to go for independence right away because they have seen over the past few months and then madrid would intervene right away. There was a record turnout in this election eighty two percent how significant is that. That is quite significant in the sense that before hand the independents opinions worries always saying you know what yes the in and independence supporters are winning the elections but thats only because the other guys are not turning out to vote you cant you can hardly argue thats the case now with eighty two percent of participation so it seems like really a lot of the catalans are in favor of independence or at least opposed to the other parties that are not in favor of independence so where do we go from here whats the situation Going Forward well obviously the different parties will now try to form a coalition the parliament will come together will stand normally until the end of january and then they have to elect a new leader of catalonia they have until they will elect that new leader in february and if they havent done so by april that would trigger trigger automatically new elections so we could see new snap elections in late may or early june and just briefly pushed him on how relevant is he still of his party didnt get a majority. Well he is very relevant because amongst the Pro Independence parties his party got the highest share of the base so normally that party would also put forward the new leader but as i said itll be very complicated because hes an exile and there is no obvious number two people are really listening to what hes saying i mean from here obviously all right excellent thats lisa lui shes reporting from barcelona thanks for bringing us up to date. Of more on this im joined now by car melinda greatly shes the spanish journalist based here in berlin youve been following this story lets start at the beginning did moron or a horse decision to hold a referendum backfire here yes probably yes because he said to to people in spring we will lose this crisis this big crisis this punished they will get the not. Like this since the beginning of their them were going to see in. Seven we will loose it because we will make. Then we will see what. We see what happened yeah not so good is the same for madrid right certain where do we go from here. Of course we dont know where where where one. And who says fine assume that. The idea of. Media say if somebodys going to say do you. Do what would happen you yes run away because. No one knows what youre saying of course no and of course not but its clear that this intuition was the same as before or even worse. In these completely the divided gun say. For Oil Independence or not in the bin theres and they won nobody warned this in the ok oh action full of losers. But the independence camp now gets to rule how are they going to do about these three parties. But over our lead the one to do that because you have the bristly then them buses if he goes to spain he will be the cattle on president yes. President he will go to spain and you have these others in against him they will take him in british and. Take im not. Fit. Again at the end broadly the one huffed the majority that they do it is that the. That there was a huff. So you could have a theoretical majority push them on is stuck in brussels what use does he have what can he do to try and pull this Movement Together i dont think he had the options because. There. Are you know its not given then is he. To say any sign to say we would support this movement of course not. To ban you and there are not in that is to support their Independence Movement in that there are none they would say spawn you still say its illegal to fit in the. First full saw and they have a sponsor hospital in. You raise a good point the e. U. Has been consistently committed to maintaining the status quo in spain the entire time ive been very hesitant to get involved does the cattle on Independence Movement need europe to get involved can they survive without us support of course that they will survive because we have seen it they dont have to but about the even then the fifty five. Brawl independence. Vote the vote for up r d for the independents or i dont think it will be do you lose that easily. If i so i think the question list that our government in a spin from the. Hospitable kicked. Years has. Been proven does that these women gross because ive been for twenty years there where only twenty or twenty five percent of people were of forty four than the ben and so obviously provoked it what has he done whole. While. There were a lot of research about of course. They make a new document or what they say they are a nation. Under a wonder do half dont know me like in basketball and three. Then. These say no. We want off sick days because then do well have to own doxies to do well grow. And we will be losin some bar where in this way so they got their man society to go very hard to be the decided in their bar lemon these. And then they went to do this bunnies parliament in and it was approved for this by an aspirant and it goes at the size. Of this season and this morning but their point was. They didnt win it this dad to do. With the crisis in his mind. Crisis with no end in sight thats carmel integrators shes a spanish analyst based here in berlin thanks for being with us on the day were gone. Well as your powers in the syria conflict say theyll hold peace talks in the russian resort of sochi at the end of next month russia and iran say the meeting will involve both rebels and the government damascus has confirmed it will attend the opposition hasnt yet the u. N. Special envoy for syria Staffan De Mistura said the initiative would be assessed on the contribution it made to the mandated political processes by the United Nations in geneva and that as Rights Groups warned of a fresh humanitarian crisis in syria Human Rights Watch says the government and Russian Forces have been pounding rebel forces near the capital damascus among the worst hit areas. To the group was released things pictures showing attacks have killed dozens of civilians. Were earlier g. W. Spoke to Human Rights Watch researchers in the jordanian capital amman shes been talking to locals in eastern gaza and gathered information for the report we asked her about the humanitarian situation there. The humanitarian situation in eastern is catastrophic the area has been under siege since twenty thirteen and now were talking about close to half a million civilians innocent people who are triscuit starvation and dying because of the lack of medical supplies and refusal of medical evacuations we are hoping that the star talks come up with with with the plan and actually push the syrian and get their actions to push the Syrian Government to allow humanitarian aid and access in this is particularly vital given that little is actually an area under one of the it is a deescalation area under the supreme and which means out which means that there should be humanitarian access there should be suspicion of hostilities but even where there isnt civilians shouldnt be dying because of this and humanitarian access should be outlawed. Thats Human Rights Watch researchers there are coyote talking to us a little earlier or one of the many horrific stories to come out of eastern ghana has become a symbol for the plight of the besieged civilians there in october a two month old baby named Karim Abdullah lost his arm and suffered a croc skull during a syrian bombing raid his mother was killed in the attack now kareem has become part of a global protest against the siege people around the world have been putting one hand over their eye in an effort to highlight the suffering in eastern gotta these are just some of the posts on twitter with the hersh tag solidarity with karim. Ryecroft also posted a photo on twitter saying when we sit around and warn that in action it will mean more people are going to die more schools burned more children scarred this is what we mean we must and the bombardment and siege of eastern goanna. Well with christian is just around the corner santas are in peak demand being permanently mary is a must for the job after all sarahs play to the top list audience of all kids one Old School Instructor here in germany is making sure that all the new centers that he trains meet the highest standards thats why its the record so i want to welcome you well ladies and gentlemen or youll be doing a workshop on how to be santa claus today the first really is discover youre in a sense a. Believer is a first time santa and perhaps its not as easy for him as others to impersonate the festive figure but the Course Instructor here in a local town hall takes his yuletide mission quite seriously. But. Is beards like this one here. You know people run around about these things and call themselves sanchez and they have no idea what its all about this is team. Thats pretty good i think we need to head outside for a practice your bite with both of you give each other a bit of room or maybe everyone will keep an eye on you and be the referee said and maybe give you a few tips about what you can do better. How is it good is a lot of fun. I do. Know. But the first trial run isnt all smooth sailing. Look do you want some. One who was. Look here im not i want to hurt you. There you go i. Know where theyre going to christmas. And. The. First to find love this week do you have a blonde drawl with long hair now youve learned of how i learn how to love and a car as a christmas present. Not know how bustling but i want to barbie car for christmas one barbie i want to try mind wait a second i know if a blonde girl in the christmas albums told me about her beauty vinyl. Can you bring one of those one spring to im sure i cam system two days later all of us first proper appearance its december sixth and hes clad as a sand technically its st nicholas day. But no ones being too picky certainly not at a local car dealership this is Opening Night so to speak. Your whats your name you. Should be trying to find them. The pressure is on if the children were good this year tradition dictates that their boots will be filled with goodies. He wants. And then the next kids have arrived its a chance for a lever to work on his holiday chops. But he is well aware that his outing at the car dealership is just a warm up for the main event christmas eve. How do you feel about working on christmas eve. Christmas eve well you need to have a feeling for what makes it so special and you really have to enjoy being santa claus i really like advent. I like looking around and seeing all the houses lit up its impressive and every year i just cant get enough of it. So while others are lounging around their trees here in germany all evil will be celebrating his premiere and dashing from one Christmas Celebration to the next. Well with me here in the studio is ron wall like hes a special effects Makeup Artist who also works as a static was trainer ron thanks for coming in and helping us to talk about how to bring out the santa claus in all of us when we started the beginning what makes a convincing santa in your eyes i think the personality and bringing into the character also the tension to detail is very important in your appearance and also knowing santa is backstory what is that his backstory. Where he comes from how he delivers the presents how many reindeer children questions children are going to ask santa and expect in the know so you have to be prepared now you are working as a special effects hop artist also in hollywood and youre responsible for making up the set of cause in a new film called santa stole my dog how did you go about it where do you start when youre creating a santa look theres several different looks for the american santa theres Norman Rockwell rockwells version there is the. Abyss pronounce that thats the classic cocacola version theres also what they call the Hollywood Santa which was put together by a conference of santa clauses in one nine hundred thirty eight and theres also the the mall santa which is called the Charles Howard santa which means you go for as your inspiration were just looking at a clip from a film that you helped on the Norman Rockwell version very natural believable that hes an older man and. Working on making toys. All the time and its not too scary right because some of the scandals that you see like out on the street or maybe at the mall theyre like a little creepy looking right yes. We thought it would be good to have you rate some santas for us we have some people in santa costumes now it should be said these are not maybe the most professional santas not like the ones that youre working with but take a look at those guy hes got like a lot of excess series in the beard hes got like some lights and pins what do you think is this look working or not i actually like it because hes is doing all of the parts about santa in the character and he doesnt have a lot so he embellished to have too much which i think makes him more friendly than opposed to the guy standing to his right who has no beard and just the santa coat he also looks angry i mean thats not the santa i would want to sit on his lap ok lets are going to remove another sensor here i think we can pull up the next picture. This it does look like rain might be a sporting iran this guys got a double barreled look going when you think about that i think that he needs to come to see me. Yeah hes probably got Something Else on his mind. Here to children everywhere right they are. Exhibiting good santa behavior not exhibiting good santa behavior when youre advising santa how do you how do you help them connect with children whats an intrinsic part of this santa experience for a cab i think the most important part is their eyes and with a couple of those pictures you saw there was too much air and thats frightening the children but. When too much care is frightening to children i think you scare children you have a lot of well i. Have friendly eyes i think. I guess the hair has to be balanced by kind eyes is what youre saying yes and if you wear too much makeup in too much hair forget about your eyes because if youre dealing with children who dont speak speak many different languages and your eyes can. Can translate so much emotion in sometimes your words can like that old saying the eyes are the window to the soul what advice would you give to viewers who are maybe going to be playing the role of santa at a Holiday Party what can they do to just bring it up a little bit that level of santa clause and person nation. Attention to detail is important to make sure your belt buckle is in the right spot and that your suit is in that. You can have some character in whimsical part of it but that your care hair is combed in that you look presentable and and some of the welcoming that children want to come to arent just like your mom always said come your hair ironed your suit its no different whether youre santa or not that is wrong a wall like hes a special effects. Makeup artist who also works as a santa trainer ron thanks for being with us oh youre welcome thank you. All the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at v. W. 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