On also coming up germanys former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is under fire for joining the board of russias state controlled oil giant ball snaps a company this object of a new sanctions. Plus u. S. Relations with cuba hit a ball no after a brief trawl the u. S. Is pulling out half of its Embassy Staff and warning travelers to avoid the island thats after mysterious attacks that have left some diplomats deaf. And im sarah harman welcome to the show its good to have you with us tensions in spain are rising ahead of attempts by catalonia to hold a referendum on independence on sunday madrid says thats illegal and has sent thousands of police to the region but kut want to thore say everything is in place for this vote to go ahead. These are the ballot boxes that the leaders of selfgoverning catalonia say its citizens will use to vote in the planned referendum from spain on sunday and i was drive from the catalan capital barcelona where thirtys in the town of vic insist residents will be