Spain. Another Significant Development in spain. Spains Constitutional Court has suspended an upcoming session of Catalan Parliament. This is designed to stop a planned declaration of independence. The court says that would be a breach of the constitution. Bear in mind, the same court said the referendum would breach the constitution and the organisers went ahead anyway. Were also seeing signs the fallout is impacting the economy. Spains fifth biggest Bank Sabadell will shift its registered domicile away from catalonia, a Company Spokesman said thursday, after threats by the regions leaders to declare independence. The catalan minister for external relations has spoken to the bbc in the last hour or so. This is what he said. That is a new attempt from the Constitutional Court, which is by the weight very politicised body, it is not newco, to impede the normal voting of the catalan institutions. It isa voting of the catalan institutions. It is a new attempt to take control of the Catala
We re charged by uefa after their fans were caught up in a brawl during the Europa League last night. More on that coming up. And in the weather, it looks lovely but its the calm before the storm . Certainly, with sunshine around today, sunshine at the weekend but a lot of showers. The big story is the strength of the wind, all due to storm. The latest on that coming up later. All so. This lovely lady on my right size, can we have a bit of daisy daisy now . Also coming up well hear from singing diva Lesley Garrett performing opera in her native tongue of yorkshire. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The Prime Minister is on her way back from brussels and she isnt returning from eu talks entirely empty handed. The eu 27 as theyre now called have agreed to internal preparations for trade talks in december. Theresa may says she remains ambitious and positive but the negotiation progress is slow very slow. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticus reports. Before dawn
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Data on saturn after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Maria Sharapova is labelled a cheat by fellow player Eugenie Bouchard, as she returns from her 15 month doping ban with a win in stuttgart. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Foreign Secretary has suggested britain could take Military Action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. Borisjohnson said it would be very difficult to say no if President Trump asked for british help in punishing the Syrian Regime for another chemical weapons attack. Meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the Election Campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the Labour LeaderJeremy Corbyn. Hes called him a mutton headed old mugwump. Heres our Political Correspondent, alex forsyth. Smith will strike on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against Syrian Government forces, he responds to a Chemical Attack which killed c