Expect that he will be talking about the issue of whether he is going to apply for asylum here he did one of his first contacts when he came here yesterday was were pulled back out whos a lawyer who specializes in cases of extradition and asylum and dealt with the Basque Separatist Movement after back in twenty ten has got thirty years of experience in these issues but at the moment as you said before the Supreme Court is just making a hearing now in madrid and deciding exactly what action to take at the moment the Catalan Leader is not a fugitive there are no run over proceedings on extradition yet nothing has been received by belgium but no doubt he has prepared the ground legally to what his options will be whether hell set up by government in exile here in brussels now the moment. The belgian Prime Minister has actually said that there is no question of any asylum for the Catalan Leader and but there are other members of the Ruling Coalition specially the flemish whove got very str
A spanish john dramani is nine former catalan ministers in custody over the regions push for independence. The british Prime Minister hosts the israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on the one hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration but in the palestinian territories its a base a milestone thousands took to the streets in protest also ahead. Donald trump nominates dr jay powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve making him the most powerful central bank in the world. And im joined again in doha with the sport. Sixty. One giant leap for the Houston Astros he went from the pov of baseball jerks to world series champions. We begin in spain where the fallout of a council and his declaration of independence has led to eight for my Catalan Cabinet members being sent to jail another is being held pending a fifty eight thousand dollars bail and the regions deposed leader card is in brussels but prosecutors also seeking a european arrest warrant for him all the abdul hamid reports
Im Richelle Carey this is out to sara live from doha also coming up russian and syrian troops launched an offensive to retake. Border town under eisel control in syria. What is going on on models i love the movie the crisis and no one will help us a desperate plea from hundreds of refugees who say they have been abandoned on manis island. Plus one should issue to the new wave of artisans in hong kong weaving modern life into an ancient craft. An International Search and arrest warrant has been issued for the deposed cattle on president carlos pushed him on spanish prosecutors want to investigate him for rebellion and sedition over last months declaration of independence but the sacked leader has missed two days of Court Hearings and madrid he is in brussels. He intends to challenge any belgian agreement to extradite him back to spain despite that he says hes ready to run and Regional Elections call for in december belgian authorities have twenty four hours to react to this european arr
Live from studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. It is sam good morning. It is 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where the leaders of the two economic superpowers have met for the first time. Chinas Resident Xijinping is having dinner with donald trump at his resort in palm beach. They will have a Working Lunch late on friday and we arent expecting any golf, as president xi is not a player. Reuters has said that President Trump has said he expects a very great relationship with president xi in the long term. Our correspondent is in florida for us. Our correspondent is in florida for us. What have we seen and heard so farfrom them . Us. What have we seen and heard so far from them . Well, they started with some socialising. This dinner they had, the two couples and their delegations. Trump said earlier that he had been talking to president xi for a long time already and had got absolutely nothing so far. He also continued to
Has said it could take further military action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an air base from which it believes president assads forces launch a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the un security council, the us ambassador, nikki haley, saidthe use of Chemical Weapons was a Vital National security interest. Our military destroyed the airfield from which the air strike took place. We were fully justified in the air strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough. But not only sad, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. Nikki haley, there. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible. At less than 2a hours after the strike a syrian warplanes we re after the strike a syrian warplanes w