Now some once prounity catalans, like maria vallverdoo, are in favor of secession. Reporter everywhere she turns, the crisis is in evidence. Maria vallverdu guides a tour group through barcelonas old town, where catalan history and the current political upheaval appear to vie for attention. Protest banners and flags hang from buildings where normally only laundry is strung out to dry. Like many locals, the historian is outraged that madrid is moving to enforce direct rule on catalonia. The current political situation is like some 18th century rule by decree. It is a step backwards by 300 years. Even if Prime Minister rajoy claims he hasnt revoked catalonian autonomy and everything will return to normal, i do not believe it. Reporter the next stop on the tour is the historic palace of the generalitat, the seat of the regional government. Journalists from all over the world are here reporting on the standoff between barcelona and madrid. Opinion is divided on whether catalonias bid for i
Now some once prounity catalans, like maria vallverdoo, are in favor of secession. Reporter everywhere she turns, the crisis is in evidence. Maria vallverdu guides a tour group through barcelonas old town, where catalan history and the current political upheaval appear to vie for attention. Protest banners and flags hang from buildings where normally only laundry is strung out to dry. Like many locals, the historian is outraged that madrid is moving to enforce direct rule on catalonia. The current political situation is like some 18th century rule by decree. It is a step backwards by 300 years. Even if Prime Minister rajoy claims he hasnt revoked catalonian autonomy and everything will return to normal, i do not believe it. Reporter the next stop on the tour is the historic palace of the generalitat, the seat of the regional government. Journalists from all over the world are here reporting on the standoff between barcelona and madrid. Opinion is divided on whether catalonias bid for i
Secretary of state would debbie Prime Minister. He does have the big and central role as the Prime Ministers right hand man. Some other notable reshuffle names would be two men who did not move, jeremy hunt, he stays in health, but it is a bigger departmental name, and greg clark who will stay at the business department, despite there being a loss of chatter about being kicked out. The Prime Minister tried but could not reshuffle or swap those to a round. Nor could she get the education secretary, justin green, where she wanted. She has gone from cabinets Justine Greening. Where she wanted. She has gone from cabinets Justine Greening. The dwp, as it is called, goes to the one time tv presenter who has worked asa one time tv presenter who has worked as a junior minister in that department. Our Political Editor nick watt is with me. It seems like a lot of people are resisting the plans theresa may had for them, and unusual number of those affected by that . It has happened in the past th
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. With so many gadgets on offer at the ces show that say they will solve all sorts of problems, we are asking what would you Like Technology to do for you . Do get in touch, just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Theres optimism at the start of the first talks between north and south korea in more than two years. The discussions are limited in scope, but north korea has agreed to send a delegation of high ranking officials, athletes, and a cheering squad, to the Winter Olympics next month. Tensions on the korean peninsular are at their highest in decades, following a series of nuclear and missile tests by pyongyang, and not forgetting the war of words between donald trump and kim jong un. Live now to the seoul in south korea and our correspondent sophie long. Some progress today. Tell us more about these talks. Yes, the meeting has been going on forfour hours about these talk
Raqqa, the syrian city once claimed as the capital of so called Islamic State, has fallen to a kurdish and arab alliance. The head of mi5 says there are 3,000 individuals linked to extremism in the uk. He says the service is facing an intense challenge. In china, theyre getting ready for the biggest event in the the communist party calendar, the national congress, as the president tightens his grip on power. And, well be talking to this years winner of the man booker prize announced this evening. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news could tottenham spring a surprise in spain against the holders real madrid . One of three english sides in Champions League action tonight. Good evening. Prices are rising at a faster rate than at any time in the past five years, according to the latest official data. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices index, rose to 3 last month, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. The cost of living is rising faster than wages for millions of wor