As autonomy and take control of the rest of regions where barcelona and madrid. Thanks very much for your company we begin with those developments in spain where the countrys senate has approved Government Proposals to take control of catalonia it comes just after Catalonia Regional Parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain all the vote for independence followed a fiery debate in the calland parliament with Opposition Lawmakers walking out in protest. Separatist members of the Catalan Parliament singing their Unofficial National anthem in the way. For a peaceful defense of their land the the Opposition Politicians had long since left the chamber refusing to take part in the. Leaving the parliaments president to
thrilled when it happened you had chants of Freedom Freedom from people who are out there on the streets many of them bare in mind have been waiting for years decades even for an announcement like this still now there were Hundreds And Thousands of people on
personal freedoms in light of these lockdowns? the white house supports the right of peaceful protest. ainsley: this incident is not going to speak for them. they can speak for themselves. but, actually, they risk being beaten. they risk being arrested if they speak for themselves. so they are being criticized. the white house is being criticized for not taking a strong enough stance. china is violating basic human rights in that country. and many are saying our president should react to how these protesters are being treated. the government of arkansas, asa hutchison says biden should always support in freedom. america does support the protesters, dan crenshaw, republican from texas tweeted why is it so hard for this administration to support freedom, pure cowardice. brian: yeah, it s pretty amazing that we can t even support it. understanding that you have to deal with china. understanding you are trying to defrost relations but also understanding what is right and wrong. we he
we ve seen a heartier crowd earlier in the afternoon. a lot of kids and families. this isn t so much a trucker s protest. it s folks coming out frustrated with the vaccine mandates, frustrated with the quality of life and the government over the past two years. we ve seen religious minorities protesting as well. a lot of different people coming out here to get out their frustrations. in terms of tensions, it s not really the environment that we re seeing here on the ground. there s chants of freedom. people are sort of milling about trying to stay warm. we re hearing cars honking and air horns blowing, but people are by and large calm. they are expressing their frustration, but the numbers of the protestors are not growing here in canada. in windsor, canada. this is just one of several site ons s onites on the border that hav been blocked. we ve seen smaller pathways to
and as a consequence, the conditions in cubal have got a lot worse. there s also increasing frustration at the restrictions on civil liberties. you heard those chants of freedom earlier. and anger at the slow pace of the vaccination programme. cuba reported a record of nearly 7000 daily covid infections and 47 deaths on sunday. here s more from dr williamson on that. there s been a massive spike in various places across cuba| of variants like the delta variant, which is causing a great- deal of concern. and the call for vaccines is really that they are anxious about the health consequences of an increasing epidemic in the island. there is a vaccination . programme under way, but it will take time for it - to reach the whole population. so, what you ve heard is people being very. anxious about that, i feel. president miguel diaz canel
thrilled when it happened you had chants of freedom freedom from people who are out there on the streets many of them bare in mind have been waiting for years decades even for an announcement like this still now there were hundreds and thousands of people on the streets in barcelona across the city people of all ages so far things are remaining relatively peaceful now the scenes that we re seeing here in barcelona are also being repeated in regions across catalonia not just here just to give you a sense of how euphoric those who are for independence a feeling here a short time ago when we were outside the parliament they were big screens everywhere showing the crowd exactly what it was that was going on at one point they showed the spanish pride being taken down from a government building injuring a huge cheer braze up from the crowd everyone was incredibly excited one thing that