On the ashes in australia. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, defeat for england in the opening match of the rugby world cup. They were beaten by the hosts and defending champions, australia. Good evening. The constitutional crisis in spain escalated today with catalonias Regional Parliament in barcelona voting for independence from spain and the Spanish Parliament in madrid voting to impose direct rule over catalonia. The independence vote triggered jubilation from crowds in catalonia, but the situation has caused alarm in europe. Spains Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for calm, and promised to restore legality to catalonia. Spains crisis was triggered on october first, when catalans voted to split from spain in a referendum a poll that was declared illegal by the Spanish Government. From barcelona, heres our correspondent james reynolds. For centuries, catalonia has been pa rt for centuries, catalonia has been part of the kingdom of spain. This afternoon, after years of grow
Australians in. And in half an hour, the film review looks at andy serkiss directorial debut, breathe. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrated in barcelona today. The dismissed separatist leader, carles puigdemont, has called on his supporters to defy director of the madrid when they return to work tomorrow. Those backing a United States spain say he should go to jail. 0ur correspondent is in barcelona. This may be spains most profound crisis, but there is a order to it. The anti Independence Movement had its say today. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up around half of the population of this region, and they insist that they are both catalan and spanish. And you are catalan . I am catalan from my grandparents, my parents, and i am catalan and spanish and european. So you dont want to leave . I dont want to leave at all. Catalonia is spain,