Welcome to bbc news. Pro unity demonstrators are gathering on the streets of barcelona, as the Spanish Government continues to take powers back from catalonia. Catalonias leadership was sacked and the regions autonomy was revoked after it declared independence on friday. But madrid has said former Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont will be free to take part in new elections in december. Sarah corker reports. Spain is gripped by its biggest political crisis for a0 years, and the standoff is excalating. On friday, catalonia declared independence from spain. Madrid responded by imposing direct rule and sacking the entire catalan government. But its deposed leader, Carles Puigdemont, says he isnt going anywhere. Translation we do not deviate, we continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way. But in madrid, thousands of people turned out on saturday calling for national unity. The Spanish Government has announced new elect
Been developing. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of protesters marching through barcelona, saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by there are now posted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. It is becoming a familiar noise, it is a pro spanish unity demonstration. We have seen separatists, but the dogs are in their with the voices shouting for spain. If you listen to them individually, people want very different things. We have never been out like this before but now we have to because we cannot stand it any more. We feel european, spanish, and catalan. We are catalan, we were born here, and we feel forgotten by i cry. It is not possible. The key moment will be what happens to this man, Carles Puigdemont. Hes been removed from office by the Spanish Government along with his cabinet and more than 100 officials. Hisjob in all but title has been transferred to the deputy Prime Minister until elections in december. What d
Another cold night, potentially with another cold night, potentially with a touch of frost. We sell to get more of a south westerly winds increasing the weather and that will bring milder conditions for most areas as we head into tuesday. Turning milder, there will be quite a bit of crowd around, but all these whether france close to the north west of scotland, it will notjust be windy but it will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Temperatures if anything, a little bit above average for most, the colder air is tucking into the final. That is the weather. For most, the thousands tucking for most, the thousands of king for most, the thousands of people walked through barcelona today in favour of spanish unity. The International Trade minister mark ghani faces an investigation after admitting asking his then secretary to buy him sex toys. The Prime Minister calls for changes to Disciplinary Procedures to better protect houses of common stuff from sexual harassment. Heathrow airport is inv
2027488901. Send us a tweet at cspan history or join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory. As we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. And an example of the evolution of americas Space Shuttle program. And joining us again is valerie neal. We saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. You are the curator, the chair of the Space History Department here at the museum. And lets talk about the shuttle program. No other country had Something Like that. Well, briefly, the soviet union did. They built a craft called buran that mimicked our Space Shuttle. But it was several years later. They flew one test flight and then retired it. They didnt really have a need for a shuttle craft. But they were very worried about what we might use ours for. And they thought they should have one too, just in case. But really, in the annals of space history, the u. S. Space shuttle is unique. Its the only operational
Its gold again, the triple triple usain bolt is to hand back one of his olympic gold medals because a team mate tested positive for a banned substance. And the woman in charge of British Vogue is to step down after 25 years at the heart of the fashion industry. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, Will Liverpool make it to their second wembley final in two years . Theyre playing southampton in the second leg of the league cup semifinal. Good evening. We start tonight with a Special Report on the marked increase in knife crime. An investigation for Bbc News At Ten has found that, last year, a knife or blade was used in a crime every 16 minutes somewhere in the uk. The number of incidents involving machetes has risen by over 60 in the past the years. The information was provided by Police Forces in england and wales. And records show there were at least 2,300 victims of knife crime last year aged 18 or younger, a rise of 45 over three years in england and wales. Our special correspond