Coming up a Group Secures russia and syria are targeting civilians in airstrikes on rebel held on place thats as another round of syria peace talks gets underway in kazakhstan. Plus an alternative to the olympics after being banned from the winter games for systematic doping russia says it will stage its own sports extravaganza. And setting standards for your local santa to meet an Old School Instructor who makes sure his students out what it takes to spread that christmas cheer. Im sumi so its got a good to have you with us separatist parties in catalonia one a slim majority after yesterdays Regional Elections deepening a National Crisis over whether the wealthy region should remain a part of spain deposed president carlos pushed amongst together for Catalonia Party won thirty four seats now along with the two other Pro Independence parties the a separatist movement now has seventy of the one hundred thirty five seats in the Regional Parliament thats a majority of just two but the ant
Leave at least thirteen people dead and carbon out of destruction through upscale coastal communities the towns hardest head had been stripped of protective vegetation in last months wildfires. And former white house chief strategist steve benen stepped down as chairman of Breitbart News thats after his explosive criticism of President Trump and his family you know a controversial new book. The former. Im sumi so misconduct good to have you with us here in germany the partys trying to form a new Coalition Government are heading into the final stages of their exploratory talks theres currently a news blackout on those talks but leaked reports suggest on americas conservative bloc and the social democrats are compromising on campaign pledges as they raced towards thursdays talks deadline reports say the parties have agreed on an Immigration Law that would allow highly skilled Foreign Workers to come to germany earlier leaks suggested the parties would abandon germanys targets for reducin
An essential part of spain as the crisis intensifies well go live to barcelona also coming up the Czech Republic is poised to elect a populist Prime Minister we look at the man theyve dubbed the czech and donald trump and ask why the country is so critical of the European Union doing as being a good and theyre going. And can german rob make it in america we follow the bavarian band sex as they take their Foreign Language flow to the home of hip hop. A warm welcome to the program im marrying in evanston its good to have you with us the crisis over catalonia is independence bit is at another crucial juncture today Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting to pave the way for establishing Central Control in the region now this comes after a Catalan Leader carlos pushed him out refused to abandon his threat to declare a breakaway state. A brief run on catamaran banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some Financial Institutions a so worried theyve
Region of its autonomy while King Philippe says catalonia will remain an essential part of spain as the crisis intensifies it will go to barcelona also coming up the Czech Republic is poised to elect a populist Prime Minister to look at the man theyve dubbed the czech donald trump and ask why the country is so critical of the European Union. And in the bundesliga will look back at shall go climbing in the standings with a win over mayans and forward to dortmund ski matchup with frankfurt in just a couple of hours. Welcome to the program i marry in evanston its good to have you with us. The crisis over catalonia is independence but it is at another crucial juncture today Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting to pave the way for establishing Central Control in the region now this comes after a Catalan Leader carlist paused a moment refused to abandon his thread to declare a breakaway state. A brief run on catamaran banks a symbolic protest to put pressure o
A precipice also coming up under pressure of the e. U. Gives britain two weeks triggering on settling its brecks a bill announcing that crucial trade talks wont kick off until london delivers well take you to brussels for the latest. Welcome to the show my name is sarah harman its good to have you with us we begin in the middle east where tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise the power struggle between the two arch rivals has now spilled over into lebanon whose Prime Minister saad hariri unexpectedly resigned while on a visit to saudi arabia lebanons powerful has been launched the physic using saudi arabia of detaining hariri now the u. N. And the u. S. Are warning riyadh not to use the country as an arena for proxy conflicts. Kuwaiti citizens heading out of lebanon their government is one of several gulf states that has ordered its people to leave the country this comes amid sharpening tensions in the region lebanon is being drawn deeper into a power struggle between