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
Welcome to bbc news. 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. Lets get the latest from tim willcox. Welcome to a very noisy central barcelona were thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate catalonias newly independent state. Several thousand people behind me in the square. The flags are waving, music is playing and people are shouting viva catalonia. A very different story from that in madrid which at that time of the declaration of independence here was passing a senate vote arranging to impose article 155, effectively direct rule from madrid. Lets catch up with the very latest on the political is to wish them, the greatest constitutional crisis to affect spain since the attempted coup in 1981. This report byjames reynolds. For centuries, catalonia has been part of the kingdom of spain. This a
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Ofjfk are released but some are held back, at the request of the cia and fbi. What is it . Im going to have a baby. And in this weeks film review, andy serkis will talk about his new film breathe, about a man paralysed by polio. Welcome to barcelona where, 26 days after the referendum held here for independence, the Catalan Parliament has decided to declare that moment and people are celebrating. This region is divided. Madrid is furious. Madrid says this was an illegal referendum and that the events of the past few hours are illegal. Nonetheless, people are savouring this moment here, even though the situation is, the gated because budget has vowed to impose direct rule. More on that in a moment. Lets catch up with the latest events. For centuries, catalonia has been part of the kingdom of spain. This afternoon, after years of growing crisis, those who seek a state of their own took their chance. In barcelona, Catalan Independence was declared. Cheering and applause. Some campaigners