The leader of catalonia karl has pushed them all says he has a mandate to dictate independence for the region but in a highly anticipated traced upon him and pushed him on delayed unilaterally taking the step to allow time for a negotiated solution with the Spanish Government. If everybody has received these days and does what needs to be done the conflict between that alone and spain be solved. Through agreement and respect of the citizens. The Catalan Government says ninety percent of those who voted in the october first independence referendum wanted to split from spain but those opposed to the independence launched a boycott at the ballot while the Spanish Government considers the vote illegal. Push them all and the separatists signed what they called a declaration of independence from spain the regional leaders said he would delay implementing it for several weeks to give dialogue a chance. Kenyan Opposition Leader has withdrawn from a fresh president ial election for october the
After a tense session in parliament it seems like catalonia will remain in spain at least for now the regions president announcing further talks and International Mediation will get the reaction from the business world. Also on the show with many bankers relocating to frankfurt even before breakfast search for schools and kindergartens is getting tough. And the i. M. F. Is confident the World Economy will grow stronger than expected well tell you why. Some for business on the w. B. And how you got to get us welcome to the show and well start with what could have been a backlash for europe that never came investors are breathing a sigh of relief after catalonia didnt declare independence today once again calling for dialogue instead the euro rallied on the announcement in the Catalan Parliament its now trading at over one dollar and eighteen hasnt been that high since before the october first referendum all eyes are now on spains main effects index it was down almost one percent before
Construction show. We are here to talk about housing off the back of the news that the Prime Minister wa nts the news that the Prime Minister wants us to build more social housing. In sport who do you need on your side when you are heading out of the world cup . Lionel messi scores a hat trick, to rescue argentina and send buenos aires wild. It was the tennis match that redefined the image of women in sport. Now, 44 years on, Billiejean King gives us her verdict on the new film based on the so called battle of the sexes. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A soaker of a start for some parts of the country, but conditions will improve. I have all the details in your full forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story the spanish Prime Minister will hold an emergency Cabinet Meeting this morning to discuss the catalan president s declaration of independence. Last night, Carles Puigdemont said catalonia had won the right to be an independent republic. But he suspended the mov
This is d w news live from above in the United States takes another step away from diplomacy and its International Policy the state Department Confirms that america is withdrawing from the United Nations Cultural Agency unesco saying that the Organization Needs fundamental reform and is biased against israel. A move comes as rival palestinian factions sign the reconciliation deal after a decade long split the militant group hamas says it will hunt control of the gaza strip to fatah well bring you reaction from jerusalem. On the a used cracks in the gosia to Michel Barnier he says talks with britain are deadlocked that he will therefore not ask next week a new summit to begin discussions on the future relationship with. Im phil gayle welcome to the program the United States has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the uns Cultural Organization the u. S. State Department Said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the o
Takes another step away from diplomacy and its International Partners the state department declares it is pulling america out of unesco thats the United Nations agency dedicated to a culture the u. S. Says it needs fundamental reform due to a perceived anti israel bias while the move comes on the same day that palestinian negotiators from hamas and france assign a reconciliation deal after a decade long split the bitter rivals talking in cairo about governing the gaza strip together we have reaction from ramallah and jerusalem plus a brussels delivers a blow to the u. K. The use it brings that negotiator michaud danya says he wont ask next weeks summit to open discussions on the blocks future relationship with Great Britain citing lack of progress also a deal worth one point five billion euros gets off the ground germanys Biggest Airline agrees to buy large parts of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes and thousands of isaf. And are reclining series on being gay