A result and we will accept it obviously. The same thing if there is a yes we expect the spanish authorities and the International Community especially the Spanish Government to do what they didnt do on october the 1st 2017 when such a vote was held and they did exactly the opposite which is put people in jail my predecessors in the Catalan Government we saw columb Police Troops being sent to hit people in their heads and we seen almost 2 years of preventive chill for people who organize a vote can i ask you specifically about that our friend because. From what i understand neither the current caught on authorities nor the spain authorities consider it illegal or free and fair for you it wasnt free and fair because of the Police Presence for them it was illegal as far as they resolve the concern and i think over 90 percent of people who came to the polls they supported the independence cost as far as the result the country do you consider them legitimate or it is it more like a legacy
The latest developments and the look back at the last 7 days youre watching week on r. T. U. S. Secretary of state mike compare has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the walls Energy Supply saying that iran is behind attacks on saudi arabias Oil Production terror on denies any involvement in the attack or in the u. S. Accusations ally has the exact wording from the u. S. We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn irans attacks the United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that Energy Markets remain well supplied and iran is held accountable for its aggression. Having failed at max pressure secretary of state pompei is turning to max to seat the us in his clients are stuck in yemen because im illusion that weapon superiority will lead to military victory blaming iran wont end disaster except april 15th proposal to end the war and begin talks may or refining in saudi arabia has now been hard as a result fawaz a 2 major state
Im come out santa maria welcome to the news grid calls for National Spanish unity in barcelona yes catalonia voted for independence and the threat to break away as soon as this week is still there but this sunday we see a reminder there are still plenty of people in the province who say that madrids will also on the grid of the Free Syrian Army advances on it les abend turkey waits and support the rebels are promising a fierce battle against anyone entering their territory but the rebels have also lost a lot of ground this year we can show you just how much and what chance they have of holding on and the end of an era approaches in liberia africas first female leader Ellen Johnson sirleaf has been president for twelve years now and so twenty candidates are campaigning to replace her in tuesdays election hell be looking at just what matters to those liberian versus. A giant fireball bills that live in for five dollars capital. After an explosion africa station and its not the first time
Expected machinery data as the nikkei hits the highest level since december 1996. And at least 17 people are dead and thousands of buildings are destroyed as a series of wildfires rage across Northern California good morning glad youre with us on this wednesday. Its the morning after we heard that speech from mr. Puigdemont in the Catalan Parliament it was a climb down. Yes, he did say the country or the region wants to go for independence, first he wants to go back to madrid and start talks. Whether that will materialize is the big question the reaction in the market is mixed. We are not seeing a huge rally on the stoxx 600 yes, were seeing a rally on the ibex 35, but its not transpiring into a much bigger risk on rally in the rest of europe were down when it comes to the ftse 100 the cac 40 lower to a quarter. Once again want to draw your attention to the ibex 35. Its up close to session highs, up by 1. 25 . This is after catalonias leader Carles Puigdemont stopped short of declaring
Fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria thats the last stretch of land in the country but it still controls. And those are the latest headlines here on out is there im back with a news hour in about twenty five minutes time until then its inside story see there are. Catalonia leader has signed a symbolic declaration of independence from spain. Is now calling for talks with madrid but the Spanish Government is refusing to negotiate with its worst political crisis in decades now only stoled not result whats the way forward for the country this is inside story. Hello again im james the leaders of spains catalonia region a calling on the world to recognize it as an independent and sovereign state but not just yet they choose day the catalonian president put its independence bit on hold by suspending the declaration he says he wants to try to negotiate with the Spanish Government first but the government in madrid says that spains unity is guaranteed by the co