Point in running for office if the old come unfair rules remain in place. Could this destabilize the country . And wildfires continue to devastate northern california. At least 15 people have been killed and Authorities Say that number could rise. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. The breakup of spain will not begin tonight. In a highly anticipated speech, the leader of catalonia has declared delayed declaring independence from spain saying more time and dialogue are needed. Carles puigdemont told the Regional Parliament in barcelona that he has a mandate to declare independence, but that he will delay taking that step, quote, for a few weeks to encourage dialogue. In short, there is no Catalan Independence declaration. Lets listen to part of what he said tonight. The law of the referendum says that if the majority of the votes are yes, will declare the independence of catalonia. Before and after the first of october, we want to succeed in doing what we promised. T
Machine. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the toll from the fires racing across Northern California is climbing tonight. At least 15 people have died so far, more than 2,000 homes and buildings have burned down, and hundreds more firefighters have been called to action. Tonya mosely of pbs member station kqed begins our coverage. Reporter its already one of the deadliest, most destructive outbreaks of wildfires in californias history. From above, tanker planes bombed the flames with water and retardant today, and on the ground, an army of 1,100 firefighters hoped for help from cooler weather and lighter winds. The fires erupted sunday night, and their speed and ferocity caught homeowners an
This is due to be a news live from berlin the Spanish Government rejects the latest moves by catalan leaders in their bid for independence thats after they sign a declaration to break away from spain only to suspend it calling for talks instead with no dread well get the latest from our correspondents on the ground also coming up. At least fifteen people are dead more than one hundred fifty are missing as wildfires continue to ravage Northern California those who have returned home have found entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes. And will be crossing to istanbul to discuss the case of the turkish german journalist Mashallah Tolo shes going on trial on terrorism related charges her supporters. Arent baseless. Plus our weeklong series on being gay in todays russia we meet boris an activist whos campaigning to raise awareness about the situation for gay men in chechnya there are reports that some one hundred gay men there have suffered abuse and torture. And whats the secret of bahrain u
Thailands beloved king from upon tens of thousands of mourners attend a five day long ceremony in bangkok for the monarch. And emotional release in turkey a german human rights organizer is freed from prison on bal does this signal german turkish relations could be on the mend. Welcome to the show im brian Thomas Police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as kenya goes to the polls for a rerun of his president ial election the Opposition Leaders of called for voters to boycott the ballot and in nairobi supporters of Opposition Leader rollo dana were throwing stones to stop people. From getting into polling stations are doing us says todays vote is quote a sham in areas where president hu rukun yaba has support voting has proceeded but in smaller numbers compared to the vote in august the Kenyan Supreme Court nala five that election because of irregularities in the voting process. Did abuse catherine o. Mando joins us now from
Here in berlin thanks to both of you for being with us this morning i dont know what was behind the decision to release. Well longer will be presenting this is evidence that turkey traditionally is independent worked fairly and justly but the fact that all these human rights defenders were released is seen as evidence of of of of the thick set of International Pressure on turkey that cases dont president it attention and pressure on cross but they leave the release of stories now in particular the scene has been result of growth of all possible reports of rumors that berlin was about to use its influence to curtail International Lending to turkey now turkeys economy it depends for foreign capital to survive and already even rumors about hopeful the turkish lira plunging and touching. Ok thomas will this development now open the door for improving bilateral relations between germany in turkey. The German Government brian sees this as a first step in the right direction it also says that