hello i m terry martin good to have you with us the crisis over catalan independence has had a deadlock spain s government has rejected calls for talks over what it calls a need legal movement in a defiant statement it said it would not give in to blackmail officials in catalonia have threatened to announce their split from spain as soon as next week that s after claiming some ninety percent of people voted for independence in last week s referendum under the veneer of this warm autumn evening the tension in madrid is palpable across the city spanish flags hanging from balconies it s almost reminiscent of the football world cup but people here are worried they ve seen images of very different flags flying in barcelona like this one welcome to the catalan republic as the night draws in catalonia as leaders once again on the attack in a scathing rebuke he accuses spain s king of abandoning cattle lands. the king