Welcome to bbc news. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced steps to remove the Current Administration in catalonia and to hold fresh tim willcox is in barcelona. I am standing in the centre of barcelona, leading down to. At the tail end of a massive demonstration against the decision to oppose direct rule from madrid. You can see some live pictures now. There are tens of thousands of people at this demonstration. According to the local police, at its height the run nearly half a Million People out on the streets. It follows that crisis cabinet meetings held by Mariano Rajoy earlier today, with his cabinet in madrid. Where they said that having gone through the senate, they would invoke article 155, effectively imposing direct rule from madrid on this region of catalonia. It follows that referendum deemed illegal by madrid on october one, when separatists claim 90 of the people who voted for independence, on a turnout of just 43 . Who voted for independence, on a turn
Welcome to bbc news. Spains political crisis has escalated. Prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced his government tim wilcox is in barcelona. You join me high above central barcelona. In the last few hours, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of Pro Independence demonstrators have taken to the streets in defiance of that decision by the spanish by ministers to impose home rule. Numbers of protesters vary according to the organisers of this rally today. They say nearly half a Million People took to the streets, according to organisations which are pro unity they say the number 170 5,000. Nonetheless, there were significant numbers out here on the streets of barcelona. There are crowds of those nights as i speak outside the place where the catalan president is shortly to give a speech. Would you give statements. Its not clear what his next move will be. It follows a dramatic day here in spain, when the spanish by minister Mariano Rajoy convened a crisis Cabinet Meeting to
Of over 70 mph, although the effects have not been as bad as expected. We will go live to the catalan region, Carles Puigdemont is calling for independence of the region, we will see what he has to say. Translation that is what the government, with the support of the socialist party, as given the strongest hit to our autonomy since the days of the dictatorship and franco. Undermining the will of the cata la n franco. Undermining the will of the catalan people, and violating all the guarantees of parliament and representatives of the Catalan Government that have approved. That the Spanish Government has represented itself as. As a representative of the catalan people without going to the ballot boxes, without going to the ballot boxes, with a very short representation. The government of marijuana the government of Mariano Rajoy would like to govern directly from madrid, it is not the first time that the catalan institutions have received this strong clue from the Spanish Government in o
You have to grab the umbrellas once again. We expect the rain to be falling, like you mentioned, this time tomorrow. Right now, though, live doppler 7, a dry picture at the active scan. But the clouds are increasing from northtosouth fashion first. Not too far behind is the rain. The wider view showing this is the first band of rain offshore right now, slowly sinking to the south. The wider picture live doppler 7 along with satellite, big area of low pressure will push a cold front through over the next 24 hours, and bring that wet weather with it. Tonight the increasing clouds will arkt sort of like a blanket overhead, so nowhere near as chilly tonight as we have been the past couple of nights. Mid40s to lower 50s over the next 12 hours. Out the door tomorrow morning, we are dry. But we do have overcast skies throughout the morning into the early afternoon. There you go, future weather, here comes our cold front. The rain arriving first in the north bay and sinking to the south. This
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