They have been in control the European Council president has said that there s no space for the e.u. To get involved in mediation over Catalonia he was speaking on the 1st day of any use summit and said that the crisis over the region s bid for independence would not be widely discussed by European leaders there s no hiding that the situation in Spain is the concerning but the position I mean if you re sincere and member states are clear the. Room lost both for in the kind of radiation the Spanish government says that it will start a process to take over some of Catalonia as autonomous powers the regional leader colors pushed him on has threatened to ratify independence if it does. Hundreds of people have marched at the University of Florida in the United States to protest against a speech being given by Richard Spencer the far right white nationalist with a heavy police presence the marches wielded signs saying love not hate and chanted stand up fight back one of them accused Mr Spen
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Markets are mostly higher investors in China are keeping an eye on the communist party congresses leadership meeting held once every 5 years this is n.p.r. News a federal judge in New York is set to hear arguments on whether to allow a lawsuit against President Trump to move forward Wednesday s hearing focuses on the so-called email you meant to clause in the Constitution the case brought by a group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington alleges that trump violated the Constitution by allowing his businesses to accept money from foreign governments and Justice Department lawyers are expected to argue Wednesday that the clause pertains to gifts or payments to a u.s. President in his official capacity for the 2nd year in a row American writer George Saunders has won Britain s best known literary award the Man Booker Prize Saunders s best known for his short stories won this year s award for his 1st novel Lincoln in the bardo more from N.P.R. s Lynn Neary Saunders at
And so wide ranging package of counterterrorism measures later today following recent attacks in Europe the e.u. Security commissioner Julian King said the police agency Europol held a list of 8000 Islamist fighters who could potentially return from Syria and Iraq and that cooperation between the u.k. And the e.u. Would have to continue after breaks it news from the b.b.c. Several 100 demonstrators spent the night outside Ukraine s parliament there blocking a normally busy here for road returns and say they won t leave until there is reforms are in acted last I thought clashes as several 1000 protesters called for a dedicated Anti Corruption Court to be set up. To lose their immunity from prosecution. German police have deployed more than $700.00 officers in an operation against the Hell s Angel motorcycle club in the west of the country local interior ministers said the Hells Angels were a criminal organization and their activities would no longer be tolerated He said the group s eve
It is going to be strictly tearing to rules right and also this is and this goes for anybody who gets this job the prospect of raising rates into the 2020 election cycle precisely I mean we re obviously in a rate hiking cycle expecting of the one this year or a couple more next year and I believe that the administration and Republicans in Congress Well publicly they say they like hawkish and conservative Fed chairs and whenever you re running for reelection you don t want a Fed that is trying to take away the punchbowl you don t have fed that is going to slow down your economy particularly if you re trying to cut taxes and get faster growth what is he looking for then in a Fed chairman President John. I think he s looking for someone to say that he has a good relationship with these obviously big on personal relationships I think he wants somebody who would be a little bit more open to more oversight of the Fed perhaps from Congress more openness at the Fed He s told people privately