barcelona protesters on the streets after spain s supreme court delivers long prison terms to catalonia separatist leaders. and from political outsider to president of tunisia after his landslide electoral victory law professor. is now putting together a new government and he s turning to young people for help. i m brian thomas great to have you with us the united states is calling on turkey to halt its invasion of northern syria the white house is ordering sanctions on turkey as well the president says he s halting negotiations on a major trade deal with on grow raising steel tariffs and sanctioning senior turkish officials is also sending its vice president mike pence to ankara to. talk
always good to look at things through your fashion thank you thank you. this is news and these are our top stories turkey has continued its incursion into northeastern syria for a 7th day this despite international condemnation and u.s. economic sanctions washington s military withdrawal has opened up a power vacuum syrian government forces backed by russian troops now control the key. area around. supporters of cattle on independence have clashed with police in barcelona during a 2nd day of protests the demonstrations were sparked by the jailing of 9 separatist leaders by the spanish supreme court activists also disrupted transport across the region. the european union negotiated michel barnier a deal with the u.k. is still possible this week but time is ticking as the party has asked britain to
target of much of the yellow vest protesters anger, has cut short a skiing holiday in the southwest of france. he s returning to paris in the wake of these clashes. a little earlier on the scene french prime minister edward felipe had denounced the violence, condemning it as unacceptable. there had been a sense the yellow vest protest movement had been dying down. we d seen fewer demonstrators hitting the streets in recent weeks. but on this, the 18th consecutive weekend of protest, these clashes show there is still an anger simmering in france. catherine norris trent for cnn in paris. we turn to spain where thousands of people showed support for catalon separatist leaders who are on trial. huge crowds marched in madrid saturday. 12 catalan leaders face years in prison for their role in organizing an independence referendum in 2017. the spanish government called
united states says it plans to keep a small unit of around two hundred troops in syria as part of an international stabilizing force in december the trumpet ministration announced that it would pull out or two thousand troops in the region a decision that shock to us allies and military commanders. tens of thousands of people have protests in basra and as part of the region wide strike in catalonia in the early evening they have marched through the city in support of democracy and to protest against the trial of a dozen separatist leaders. demonstrators in bratislava have mocked one since the moment of. a gun. and his fiance was shot dead in favor of two thousand and eighteen shortly before was to publish a report on alleged government corruption the killings and exclusive reports mass protests in the country s prime minister to step down. turning out to
a conviction for the that elite and are now on trial in the case of that ok probably stationary the penitentiary benefits would be different with a fire with a right. government in bottle in parliament thomas thank you so much for bringing us up to date on my last quest in madrid well that budget vote will take place a day after the trial of twelve catalan separatist leaders began in the spanish capital madrid as jaime was pointing out the defendants face charges of rebellion and sedition over their roles in the two thousand and seventeen independence referendum and that referendum was deemed illegal by spain supreme court if convicted the defendants could face decades in prison. dawn in madrid spain as trial of the century begins twelve catalan defendants formally regional government ministers now stand accused of rebellion and sedition by the spanish state. kim