Peace will give their verdict to be special city on saturday. A fierce gunbattle breaks out as police of mexico tries to track down the son of el chapo. And in japan, fierce rivals as england and as fierce rivals faceoff in rugby. Both believe this is very europe to win. Im phil gayle, welcome to the program. Violence has broken out during a fifth day of mass protests in the capital barcelona. [no audio] a strike has brought much of the city to a halt, flies have been canceled and roads have been disrupted, taurus attractions closed and a footbtball fixture between barcelona and real madrid has been postponed. Police move in on protesters whose anger has been growing all day. As dusk turns to darkness, violence flalares once a again. Thousands congregated in the capital during the day and many more had been marching on the city for the past three days, outrage over harsh prison sentences. We have Political Prisoners here in europe, that is inexcusable. We have to protest against it. We are demanding our rights and especially our independence. We demand democracy. The protests remained peaceful until some demonstrators began pelting the Police Headquarters with eggs. Some say police are to blame for the escalation. If the police provoke us, we have to respond. We have a right to protest. Spains Prime Minister condemned the unrest. No one should think that the vandalism and violence in catalonia will go unpunished. The catalonia regional president also condemned it, while backing the protesters demands. Even if we are sentenced to 100 years, we need to vote on independence again. As flames engulfed the streets of barcelona for another night, catalonia independence has once again turned into a political wildfire. Phil Boris Johnson has warned that there is no better outcome to the Brexit Process than the deal reached thursday. He is trying to win back lawmakers ahead of a key vote in parliament. He will need the support of opposition lawmakers without a majority. He says he is confident he has the votes and it will be close. The irish Times Newspaper cant talk t to us about what is expected. Welcome, derek. Will he win . If i knew that, i would be sitting with bookmakers. People in ireland are watching close. This is the final showdown of all showdowns. As falls far as i can tell, it is looking very tight. The last numbers i heard is through 21 against and 380 in favor 321 against 10 380 in favor 321 against and 380 in favor. He has been sure before and even more short now. People are fed up with brexit. They just want to get on w with it. Listen to Labour Party Opposition ronnie campbell. [inaudible] the bill has been put in front in even the queen was involved. The supreme court, everybody should be involved in stopping parliament from doing its work. Might not be the best deal, but it is a deal and we are leaving europe and that is the main thing. Phil this is the weird thing about how brexit has split the politics. The labour party line is to oppose this deal. There are people who are persuadable as far as mr. Johnson is concerned. I know from cousins and relatives in britain, you t thik four shots get enough to c come across and a lost 10 people that have pulled out in the last minute, so the more, the better. He just needs to pull in votes from wherever and say they are in favor. The independent conservatives, this could be a backdoor for them and he hopes to bring enough people. We just dont know. Even if he gets this past day parliament the parliament, it also has to clear the European Parliament will stop parliament. It is a prorocess in london s well. Legislation has to be passed at some point. Indicative vote is would you back this when we put forward the legislation . Phil that is what is happening tomorrow. Yes, once you get this through, then it would then be deactivated and then brexit would all fall apart. Oliver chatman says we will withhold support right to the end to prevent any tricks. Phil that is the amendment that everyone has to watch out for in the course of the day whichever way it goes, it is predicted that brexit is going to be bad for the u. K. Economy. I think they just want security. They want to tell trading partners we are back in business , not in this limbo for three years, supply chains need to be sure secure. If i was a business owner, i just want to get back to business and stop this distraction. I cannot say i expected to be safe. Phil a fifth day of mass protests in barcelona. Welcome, helena. What is going on . It has been a day of two [indiscernible] about five minutes ago, i saw five police vans come speeding through the square where i am in. All the protesters had to literally run out of the way, the crowd fled quickly and then clashes broke out, many of europe demonstrators wearing masks. They grab whatever they could and essentially started committing acts of vandalism and as i talk to you now, i see at least three fires blazing. Once again, violence reaching its high point here. Phil we are going to hear from spains acting Prime Minister. He was speaking in brussels earlier reacting to todadays evenents all stop events. Those responsible will be identified and taken before the courts to receive the corresponding sanctions. That is, there isfor impunity in relalation to the serious acts f violence we have w witnessed ovr recent days in different cities in catalonia. Phil Pedro Sanchez taking a hardline. What are protesters trying to achieve . If you can still hear us, we are having to leave. Phil try and stay safe. We will move on. Some of the other stories making news, an explosion in eastern afghanistan has killed more than 60 people and injured 36. The blast caused a roof to collapse as dozens of people gathered for prayers. In germany, and immortal held for victims of the gun attack last week. Family, friends s and politicias gathered to bid farewell to the 28yearold man after the attack her the attacker failed to get through to a synagogue. Thailands Economic Growth has slowed to its weakest in over 30 years. Now to mexico where there has been a fierce gunbattle between Security Forces and Cartel Gunmen. It started when Police Tracked down Joaquin Chapman now guzman Joaquin El Chapo guzman. Mexican s security f forces e on a routine patroll when gunmen opened fire on them. SeSecurity Forces retuturned fi, initially capturing for men 4 men. Among them, walking guzman joaquin guzman. Several crime groups surrounded the house and other criminal groups initiated violence against other citizens. Caravans of Cartel Gunmen took over the city, blocking major inintersections and killing civilians i indiscriminately. The force wieldeded by the ctel gunmen so superior that the authorities decided to release guzman. The incarceration of former top man el chapo in one of the highsecurity prisons in the United States has left a dangerous vacuum. Because triggered a surge of violence as various wouldbe contenders fight for control of the drug cartel. Phil turkey is denied accusations that it has violated a fragile ceasefire. Kurdish forces have accused them of attacking a border town. Turkey will relaunch it unless they move back. A far cry from a ceasefire, this is the Syrian Border town. Less than 20 kilometers away, the wounded arrived at a hospital according to the syrian observatory for human rights, overton civilians were killed during an apparent truce over 10 civilians were killed during an apparent truce. [no audio] fighting has stopped. This town n was just captureredm kurdisish units. It is good, we are content. We were able to sleep last night, thank god. The turkish president denied their has been any fighting denied there has been any fighting. By tuesday night, this issue of a safe zone along the border would have been resolved. But if we still face opposing forces without any exception, the minute that the time is up, our operation will resume where it stopped and with even more determination. Present trump spoke with erdogan saying everything was well. We are doing well with turkey, saying there is a ceasefire. There was sniper fire, mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly and they are back to the full pauls. We have isis totally under guard, turkey is also guarding separately, so you have the kurds who we are dealing with and very happy with the way things are going. The french president s as he was not so rosy. What has happened over the last few days in the region is a serious mistake by the west and by nato. There has been fighting during this pause and on tuesday, the socalled ceasefire will and. End. Phil protesters have been holding a second day against taxes. People are also demanding the resignation of the political elite. They accuse of lootingng the economomy to the pntnt of collapse. More on this from a middle east analyst. He joins us from beirut. Welcome. How serious is this sitituation . The situation is quite seriou i was surprprised myself. Any demonstrators have been out on the streets, but today i feel this is more than the usual. The bars were closing which is unusual because they never close the bars and i heard many young people say tonight it is a revolution. I think it is serious and the roads to the airport are blocked. They are sealing the airport to make sure nobody flies out of the country in nono demonrators geget into stratategic filities, so i think the situation is not toto be taken easily. Y. Phil what dodohey want . Theres a lot ofof reporting ababout attacacks, about a whatp chat. People are having d dficulty getting dodollars out of the at. The currency reserveves are prey short, so there was news about the government wanting t to impe a whatsapp tax. This is just one issue all stop issue. I thinink lebanese youth are tired. Nothing has been solve so are, so far in the last couple of days, we had wildfires all around the city of a roof in the mountains and the mountains. A lot of the young people, regardless of their political situation are tired. I t think this is m more an expresession of general dissatisfaction. He did not really offer a solution. Phil the Prime Minister seems to blame his Political Partners for this unrest, so who does he turned to o to try to stabilize this . The currerent govovernment in lebanon consists ofof a lararge variety. Most of the parties running the election are part of this. Everybody is engaged in this government. Theres not much of an opposition, so when he said today 72 hours, im telling my Coalition Partners to come up and tell me if they want to be part of a reform plan or not, i think that was very satisfactory for most. I think he is trying to buy some time and i think the protests are going to go on and the situation that can happen is when the demonstrators enter certain neighborhoods that belong to certain clan chiefs and party leaders, they would send their troops and we would certainly see violence and i think that could go out quickly. For the moment, people are optimistic and safe anani think the demonstratotors are not interesteded in any violence. Phil thank you for joining us in beirut. The president of the European Commission has described the eus failure to start membership talk in North Macedonia and albania as a mistake. Italy wants to restart talks. France has other ideas. Chancellor merkel wanted to put pressure on paris, but she did not succeed. France continues to say no. They will have to wait for invitations to join the eu. Germanys position was that under certain conditions, eu succession talks could begin, but im sorry to say that this physician was not unanimously agreed upon. Eu Member States are concerned that russia or china might influence the region, but france criticizes the current approval process. For paris, reform is long overdue and a key issue. The process must be reversible otherwise it wont be credible. Eu states are postponing the talks for a third time. A new date has been set and chancellor merkel says the new attempt will be here. Phil one of the biggest rivalries in sport, england and australia faceoff saturday in japan. Both are strong contenders, but australia might know something about their opponent that could tip the balance. Had a you prepare against an opponent how do you prepare against an opponent who youve lost six times in a row . [no audio] know all their weaknesses, been telling everyone. George ford never pays for a beer. The chicken, johnnie mae, very weird. Not the most useful information for a quarterfinal match, given that new england given that england will go into the game as favorites. George is [indiscernible] we have a starting and finishing team. He will finish instead of start. Austria may not have the upper hand against england, but that wont stop the land from down under exhausting our possibilities. Phil the bundesliga resumes tonight and there are some big games to look forward to. Surprise tabletop ors travel to dormant with hopes of keeping that number one spot dortmund with hopes of keeping that number one spot. It has been over 30 years since they have occupied the pole position this late in the season. The dangerous attack that could hurt 18 multiple ways makes them a viable candidate to win it all this s season, but first they he to get past dortmund. This is a very important game for us. The fact is that dortmund are a very tough german team. They have a very good coach that allows them to play freely. The dormant coach led his side to second last season, but this season despite being favor, they have been taking the foot off the gas and the l lt three outitings were n not the results they wanted. It is clear we really want to win because wee know that we hae had a few draws in a row. Another big game involves current number two team wolfsburg. The question is will they remain undefeated . The toughest task will be facing rb lysing, a side that only trails them one point in the standings. Phil the worlds first all swarm all woman spacewalking to fix a broken part. They were supposed to install new batteries in a spacewalk next week, but had to venture out three days earlier to deal with equipment failure. Nasa originally planned for last spring, but found they did not have enough suits. Violence has broken out during the fifth day of mass protests in barcelona. Outrage sweeps through the region of Northern Spain and these are live pictures. Flights have been canceceled, roads have been disrupted. I will be back in just a moment to take you through the day. Dont forget you can get all the latest news on our website dw. Com. Have a good day. They beganan the day at two nd take. Hello and welcome back too the frogs twenty phone u user id is nine pm here in paris headlines tonights. The what is the street violence in spain in decades com for million on the streets of barcelona today and clashes with police forces. This is katelyn separatists denounced the jailing of nine lead as thousands also walking away from their desks in a general strike. Meanwhile unprecedented protests eleven and fires burning in downtown beirut as tens of thousands describe that government as corrupt. And incompetent Prime Minister appeals for seventy two hours to fix the crisis