Well Service news listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service with me I mean you're some President there's been another day of tension between Madrid and Barcelona as the Spanish Constitutional Court suspended next Monday's session of the regional Catalan parliament where they were expected to declare their independence from Spain the ruling follows a complaint brought by the region's Socialist Party which is opposed to independence and asked for the suspension but a pro independent Scotland politician Alfred Busch of the left wing e r c group says it won't stop them pressing ahead with their plans to vote on independence my opinion is that they might spend one session 2 or 200 sessions but . Nobody will prevent the cattle part of the village freely discussing whatever they wish to discuss but people that should know we have a mandate and we have to push through that because that's the will of the people you have to deliver in Madrid these people found the situation troubling you but I'm only on the money and I don't know it's a big problem because Catalonia gives a lot to spying but spying also gives a not to Catalonia. Shame because what has happened is very sad and the politicians here are there any solutions to the problem here Mark you know divides the country in a span from breaking up the country it's a disgrace it's unconstitutional and illegal and I don't know what we're going to end up like you know it's embarrassing Well our correspondent James Reynolds joins us now from the Spanish capital Madrid James is there likely to be any progress at all any kind of dialogue between the Spanish government and the Catalan authorities . If there is any dialogue we don't know how to at the moment the Catalan authorities have called for mediation the Spanish government has said we're happy to talk but we will only talk once you give up this crazy idea of a unilateral declaration of independence something Catalonia shows no intention of doing at the moment are the Catalan authorities likely then to press ahead with their session on Monday even that was suspended by the Constitutional Court. It seems likely in some form but the choreography of Monday might be fascinating and might help us to understand this conflict a little bit more the police may decide to enforce the constitutional court order the Spanish national police does that mean that they would surround the parliament and stop politicians from coming in does that mean the politicians might themselves benefit from pictures showing them being stopped by riot police trying to make their point essentially that Catalan Catalonia is under pressure from Spain or might it be simply that the police allow the M.P.'s to go into the parliament knowing that the session has no legal the liturgy and the situation is already having an effect on business there isn't it yes one Catalan banks have Adele has decided to do the technical legal move of switching its headquarters from Barcelona to Allentown today in the rest of Spain that's a move that protects it from the uncertainty surrounding Catalonia it make sure it stays within Spain's regulator a framework keeps it competitive but this isn't to be confused with a run on banks or withdrawal of deposits that isn't happening the bank is working normally but it is a sign of uncertainty politicians may enjoy brinkmanship banks and businesses do not and briefly what's the mood like there in Madrid what would are you sensing. There's a hardline mood among conservative media they want to do much more than he's doing they want him to get much tougher and they believe that Catalonia is a rebel region which needs to be brought into line James thank you James Reynolds in Madrid Russia is rolling out the red carpet for King Salmon of Saudi Arabia this week with the monarch leading a high profile and highly significant delegation to Moscow that will see billions of dollars worth of joint investment deals speaking at a press conference King Solomon said his aim was to increase cooperation between the 2 countries. We are convinced that there are great opportunities to expand and diversify economic cooperation between our countries in order to create conditions for investment in trade and economy which could use specific economic features of our countries in their interest and in order to develop trade in accordance with the program vision of kingdom 2030 king salmon and his delegation will be staying in Moscow for the next 4 days I asked our correspondent Sara Rainsford why this visit was happening now well I think really what's brought it on is business this is the huge delegation from Saudi Arabia led of course by the king but up to 1000 members drawing which is something that Russian state t.v. Has been stressing all day and quite an enthusiastic and Freddy gushing reception that's been given here for King Solomon and for his delegation and so it's all more level it's all about money there's been a huge packet of deals that have been signed on everything from energy to defense so they've been deals as they investment in energy but also deals for the Saudis to buy several $1000000000.00 worth of Russian military equipment so that's pretty important to Russia which of course is a country that's under Western sanctions at the moment and specifically in the areas of energy and military hardware so a very big deal for Russia economically but politically as well this is very positive for Russia. Because it's a way for Moscow to to prove that it's not sitting here and licking its wounds under sanctions and increasingly isolated by the West politically but it does have some key allies and it is forging stronger relations with different countries and Saudi Arabia is now looking like an important ally but it is striking that they would become important allies given the fact that they're both on very opposite sides of the conflict in Syria it is obviously that's the big elephant in the room if you like but on the other hand it's interesting that there's been no airing of those differences in public here in Moscow the speeches that have been made both by the foreign ministers and also by the 2 heads of state have not underlined differences that but I think Russia coming at this feeling like it's backing the winning side in Syria and that's why this meeting in a sense is taking place and it's why it's so important I think Saudi Arabia is quite well aware that Russia has influence and contacts with its archrival Iran and I think it needs an intermediary there and I think it sees Russia as someone who can try to move things in a way that will not be disadvantageous to Saudi in the final however things play out in Syria and Washington will no doubt be watching this very closely given how hard Donald Trump has worked to improve relations with Saudi Arabia and the fact that Saudi Arabia is a big customer for the United States when it comes to military hardware I think they will be watching closely of course I think Russia would be naive to think that this is Saudi selling out the Americans and get jumping into bed with the Russians I don't think that's what's happening here but I think it it is being played very positively here in terms of the p.r. I think the other important aspect of all of this of course is oil price the Saudis and the Russians did a deal last year agreeing to cut production OPEC and Russia agreeing to cut oil production and 2 to boost that the oil price and it looks like the $2.00 sides have been discussing that today and it looks like there could be a potential agreement to extend. That those curbs in oil production which would of course have an impact on the global oil price going forward and world economies of course to Sarah Rainsford in Moscow listening to the news room on the b.b.c. World Service now Jonathan has the headlines the Constitutional Court in Madrid has suspended Monday's session of Catalonia as Parliament in an attempt to prevent a declaration of independence one of the leading banks in the region is moving its headquarters out of Catalonia the Republican House speaker has said the Us Congress needs to look into the accessory that allowed the Last Vegas gun man to increase his rate of fire and the British author Ishiguro has said that he's flabbergasting Lee flattered to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature thanks rather than the Iraqi prime minister Hyder other body has declared that the town of what we journey has been recaptured from the Islamic state group it was one of the last strongholds still held by us in Iraq our Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports. In the. Villages on the way to how we just celebrated their liberation from my ass in a scene that's become almost a daily ritual in Iraq as the jihad is self-proclaimed caliphate shrinks to a string of dusty towns to the west and I start here young and as if Bush writer Jimmy Hakim with a weapon with. The Iraqi prime minister. Announced the recapture of how eager as he was meeting President McCraw in Paris his international stature boosted with every triumph on the battlefield against i.a.s. That that how we would have a visual of it coming on how eager itself the build of the jihadist collapse was noted by a member of the Shia paramilitary force that's been playing a big role in the offensive to sweep the jihadists out of northern Iraq black flags still loom over the streets now patrolled by Iraqi military vehicles they'll be torn down soon but that doesn't mean that this hotbed of Sunni insurgency. Will embrace the other consequences of the jihadist defeat the return of the central government many long lost faith and accompanied as it is by the sheer paramilitaries they grant to fear but it is for now at least the end of I asked territorial control in northern Iraq Sebastian Usher a former German spy known as the country's James Bond has been brought to justice for evading his taxes to allegedly pay for a luxurious lifestyle worthy of double 07 the 77 year old Verner miles claims that 2000 people were arrested and more than 100 gangs were broken up thanks to his undercover work on Thursday a German court gave him a 2 year suspended prison sentence for hiding 50000000 euros in offshore accounts day McGinnis reports from Berlin in Colombia he freed hostages in Athens he hunted down a bargain mind of terrorists and in Belgrade he uncovered stolen cathedral treasures it sound unusual Korea but one that doubler 7 himself would have been proud of from the 1960 s. Valinor mouse was Germany's top secret agent but state prosecutors say the crime fighting was accompanied by a glamorous jet set lifestyle one that Bonds himself would have enjoyed that was funded by evading taxes fighting international crime is a pricey business was the spies defense he says the 10s of millions stashed away in foreign bank accounts where expenses from Western secret services saving the pope from being poisoned cost millions of dollars he said uncovering gum smuggling in coffins well not needed expensive tracking technology and there was even a fake tropical beach in a Frankfurt hotel to pretend on t.v. That Thai rebels had agreed a ceasefire that didn't come cheap either he argued the judge was not convinced and ruled that down a mouse had evaded taxes. But gave him a mild sentence noting that it certainly was an impressive life's work day McGinnis in Berlin now time for a musical interlude the famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang came up with an innovative solution to avoid missing a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall the star who was forced to cancel several months of shows because of injury was literally lent a hand by his teenage protege Charlotte Gallagher has this report. Lang Lang is one of the world's best known pianists feeling famous for news with thousands of fans and when he was offered the chance to perform at Carnegie Hall as prestigious opening night dollar nothing was going to hold him back not even an injured arm blank had to cancel concerts throughout the stomach because the problem but for the show in New York he came up with an innovative yet simple solution he would play the right time notes while his 14 year old protege Maxim Lando would play the left hand notes the path of form George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the American jazz pianist chick Karrar on the 3rd piano and the unusual 5 handed arrangement went down well with the fans in Canidae hall with the trio receiving a standing ovation. Charlotte Gallagher there now I have the honor to announce that the games of the 31st Olympiad. Awarded to the same thing off. Rio there hello I that was the moment in 2009 when the then president of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge announced real successful bid to host the 2016 Olympics Well now the man behind that bid Carlos Diaz man the head of Brazil's Olympic Committee has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in vote buying aimed at securing it let's speak now to our sports news correspondent Alex Capstick Alex this is part of a wider investigation what exactly is news man being accused of yes it's a joint operation code named unfair play with the Brazilian and French authorities both involved looking at money laundering corruption organized crime and certainly as far as the French concerned not only looking at Rio's Bay to stage the 2016 games but also sort she's successful campaign for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Tokyo which won the right to host the 2020 summer and then picks and colors knows man's case they suspect that he was involved with a criminal organization that was trying to buy votes ahead of that election in 2009 and specifically they say that he channeled $2000000.00 to a man called limine diac the former head of the I double f which is the global governing body for World Athletics based in Senegal and that money was used to buy his vote now everybody claims that they've done nothing wrong but Carlos knows man the man who masterminded Rio's successful tilt for the games the 1st in South America is now in jail he has been arrested as you say and what evidence of the Brazilian police basing this arrest on what they say they went to visit him last month they took him away and questioned him about these allegations and they say that since then he has tried to block or obstruct their investigation they point to his account. They say he's added money to them to the tune of $600000.00 which Were they say illicit payments he's trying to made them make them look legal They also say they found a key which they say is for a safe space in Switzerland in which there are gold bars so that's why he's been taken to jail today and what has the International Olympic Committee have to say about all of this what's been a difficult time for the i.o.c. This is one of a number of scandals that they are trying to deal with at the moment their reputation has been damaged and they have been criticized from within the organization for doing nothing about it they say that they have noted what has happened today in Brazil the arrest of color's newsman who is an honorary member of the i.o.c. He's a former member of the International Olympic Committee they have passed the details on to their own ethics commission who will conduct its own inquiry that's all they're saying at the moment this is a tricky time for the i.o.c. With all these scandals not just involving colors doesn't move but other members and former members of the i.o.c. The having to deal with Alec skeptic thank you now over to Jonathan who has some other stories from our news desk a 2 year investigation into the former British prime minister said Edward Heath has found there would have been enough evidence for him to be questioned about several claims of child sex abuse if he was still alive but the police force which led the inquiry so there was no inference of guilt Danny Shaw reports detectives investigated abuse claims relating to 40 alleged victims of said Edward Heath most of whom came forward after a police appeal 2 years ago in most of the cases they concluded the abuse couldn't have taken place as described or there was information to undermine the complainants credibility but police said they would have interviewed said Edward under caution about 7 claims including the alleged rape of an 11 year old boy in 19 $161.00 and an allegation that a year later he indecently assaulted a boy aged 10 Germany has started an investigation to determine the origins. More than 1000 human skulls from its former colonies in East Africa most of them are believed to come from Rwanda the skulls were shipped to Germany about 100 years ago for an anthropologist who was studying the development of human kind they spent decades in storage and became badly damaged the skulls have now been reassembled but most of the associated paperwork is missing Researchers say the best clues are notes scribbled on the bones themselves. Fierce storms lashing North and East Germany have killed 2 people and injured at least 10 powerful winds ripped through the region uprooting trees and tipping a crane into a river a woman in Hamburg and a truck driver were killed by falling trees several intercity rain train services have been cancelled and Volunteer Fire crews in the capital Berlin have been called in to deal with hundreds of emergency calls and counters government has removed a plaque at the country's new Holocaust Monument after it was criticized for failing to mention Jewish people during its unveiling last week the Prime Minister just incredibly highlighted the memorial as evidence of Canada's commitment to fighting and he Semitism racism and xenophobia Thanks Jonathan the British author. Has called it a magnificent honor to be awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature The 62 year old writer who was born in Japan and moved to Syria at the age of 5 is best known for the novel the remains of the day the Swedish judges praised the great emotional force of his work which they also suggested was very held back unassuming a description that our correspondent Rebecca Jones discovered could also have been applied to his reaction upon discovering for the b.b.c. That he'd won the prize. Had anything directly myself but we were just going to check it. Out on hearing the news cuz you know she guru's 1st reaction was to think it was a mistake having finally been reassured he said it was a fantastic honor. Steamy lettering he's actually no stranger to literary awards of the night in 86 Brit book of the an artist of the floating work by the winner of the 1989 Booker Prize for Fiction is casual Ishiguro the remains of. His preoccupation with time memory and mortality infuse all his books but none more so than the remains of the day which was later turned into a Merchant Ivory film starring and the Thompson and Antony who came singly. But it was me you. It's my private time you're invading but well cuz you're a she grew returns to many of the same themes in his novels he's also an author he strives to reinvent himself by writing different kinds of books from the dystopian love story never let me go to the mythical fantasy the berry giant He's also experimented with detective fiction and Weston's he's managed to pull off that rare trick of being both critically and commercially successful and that's important to him I would never describe myself as a popular writer but I think perhaps more so than other writers who might be considered very literary or kind of people who win a prize if you know I think is Matador to me that I connect with a large range of people by shining a spotlight on his work the Nobel Committee has now ensured cuz you Ishiguro will enjoy an even wider readership it describes him as one of the most exquisite novelists of all time a global sampling of honey find 75 percent to become that contaminated with the nicotine oid pesticides it all sounds rather alarming the findings are published in the journal Science or environment correspondent but McGraw gave me the details Yeah I mean the scientists involved in this research say people shouldn't necessarily be alarmed by it they think it's of more consequence for B.B.'s than it is for humans what they did was they found samples only asked people to bring samples from all over the world and they got them from every part of the of the planet apartment Tucker and I found as you say 75 percent of those samples had at least one new nicotine oil in it these chemicals have been around for the last 20 or 30 years the most widely used insecticides in the world and they are you know praised by many because they're less harmful to the environment but the body research on the damage to be's has been building now this new study finds that it's in the honey that the bees are producing as well and they say it's a very very low levels it's not damaging to humans to eat but what they're concerned about is the fact that it's at a level that's showing levels that would be very damaging to be that about her the disciple Sheryl. Levels are detrimental levels above which bees would be harmed how badly or how much damage could it cause to be the there's been a lot of study on this over the last number of years and they look at a range of different effects from making the bees appear like they're drunk to affecting the queen bees to affecting their numbers to causing deaths there's a range of different impacts on the particular bees and the I suppose the way that the industry has looked at this over the last of years is that they've criticized a number of these studies saying well they're not field studies they don't they haven't been replicating this in the field they can only be showing what's happening in the lab I recent a couple months Garfield study did come out and it did seem to show that there were effects so. This is I suppose I'm alarmed some scientists alarmed some policymakers as well that maybe we should be thinking about move to restrict or ban the use of these chemicals and this pesticide is banned in the European Union you know there's been a ban and temporary ban in place is 2013 and that's being discussed discussed a negotiated by the parties and farmers and the chemical manufacturers ever since it appears that countries like France are going to go ahead and really put a complete ban on it others the u.k. For instance recession in the European Union after a certain may end up using these chemicals in some post Brooks a future you've been listening to the news room sport Today is next here on the b.b.c. 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