Of protesters take to the streets in support of spanish unity. The government insists the poll is illegal. And viking enthusiasts from around the world will visit london this weekend for a huge historical re enactment. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. On the eve of the conservative Party Conference, theresa may is facing renewed pressure over the governments approach to brexit. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has intervened again on the issue, calling for a strict time limit on any transition period. Pro brexit campaigners have published their own letter to the Prime Minister demanding she should walk away from talks with the eu if negotiations on trade dont begin by christmas. Heres our political correspondent, Jonathan Blake. Setting the stage for the conservative partys annual gathering in manchester. Their first Conference Since the bruising election result in june. But what or who will delegates be talking about . Borisjohnson has made sure brexit is top of the agenda
And forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up accusations and insults between President Trump and a senior puerto rican official at the u. S. As the u. S. Caribbean territory struggles to recover from hurricane maria. A rare admission by secretary of state Rex Tillerson the u. S. Is in direct talks with north korea. And searching for justice one mans case against police in new york is highlighted in a new documentary. As voters continue to go to the polls the Spanish Government is called catalonia is controversial session referendum illegal and unconstitutional the remarks come several hours after polls opened and scenes of violence by Spains National police towards voters a polling stations government says that more than three hundred people have been injured spains deputy Prime Minister says the Police Response was proportional will be speaking to aljazeera Tony Berkeley who was in madrid for the latest but first lets speak with. A whole his reporting for us from barcel
The Prime Minister says shell review the whole system of student finance in england. But as the conservative conference opened in manchester, she faced questions over the loyalty of the foreign secretary. Is he unsackable . Laughter. Lets be very clear about what we have here in this government. We have a government that is determined to build a country that works for everyone. And the travel show explores the longest river in the balkans, connecting four countries which just a generation ago were at war. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The spanish by minister Mariano Rajoy has said the disputed referendum held in catalonia did not ta ke referendum held in catalonia did not take place. There was a day of violence and chaos on the streets. Speaking in the last half hour he said the majority of catalans did not want to take part in an illegal boat. Riot Police Closed down nearly 100 polling stations and repeatedly charged at voters waiting outside. Hundreds were injured, two seriou
Thereve been scenes of violence and chaos on the streets of catalonia as it held an independence vote that the Spanish Government has declared illegal. Catalans Regional Government says 760 people have been injured in clashes with police who had tried to stop the ballot from taking place. Well, as polls were closing, and the counting of ballots about to begin, the spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, spoke out. His statement was uncompromising. He said people had been tricked into taking part in a band vote which was against democratic harmony, and defended the response of the authorities. Translation i want you to know that we did what we had to do. We are the Spanish Government and i am the leader of the Spanish Government, and i take my responsibility. We complied with our obligation, we acted by the principles of law, and only the law, and our democracy offers us records to defend ourselves against attacks as serious as the one they have tried to carry out with this illegal refer
Out of las vegas as a shooting incident on the strip left at least two people dead. This is bloomberg surveillance. Updated onkeep you las vegas throughout the morning. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets quickly check on your data. Theres quite a lot going on today. Monday means we need to digest a lot of news from the u. S. Overnight. Just getting some breaking news out of bmi for the eurozone. Euro area september manufacturing pmi, rising to 58. 1. That is shy of the estimates, but just a touch. Preliminary was 58. 2. 58. 1 is what we are getting. The dollar rising, treasury yields up, investors trying to contemplate tax cuts as well as the chances of a new and potentially less dovish fed chief. Spreadse, we look at the between german and spanish yields. First, lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra we start with that developing story. At least two people reported dead and 24 others injured after a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say one suspected