Next, from earlier this month at the harlem book fair, a panel on africanamerican identity. [applause] thank you very much. And im happy to be in harlem, because theres a lot of exciting things happening here at the harlem book fair and eternally grateful to Max Rodriguez for continuing the tradition. Di the my name is virginia vanessa ando many years ago i was a fashion journalist in rome, italy. I worked for a daily newspaper, and i was coming out of an afro and platform shoes. And i asked my editor, what was the uniform . What was the code of dress to be a fashion journalist covering Armani Versace and valentino . The coverage versus the town she said have expensive jewelry invested in a set of rules but also sensible shoes. Always where black. You dont no how expensive for how cheap that article of clothing is. Asas you can see and you watch television, his around in black. But today the woman on this panel are going to tackle the topic of fashioning the self the image of black. We
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 Catalonias leadership was sacked and the regions autonomy was revoked after it declared independence on friday.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
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 Catalonias leadership was sacked and the regions autonomy was revoked after it declared independence on friday.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
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee reports from barcelona. The organisers say the silent majority are coming out. The police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, the organisers say more than a billion. This is what has been developing in the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Chanting. Well, this is becoming a
Australians in. And in half an hour, the film review looks at andy serkiss directorial debut, breathe. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrated in barcelona today. The dismissed separatist leader, carles puigdemont, has called on his supporters to defy director of the madrid when they return to work tomorrow. Those backing a United States spain say he should go to jail. 0ur correspondent is in barcelona. This may be spains most profound crisis, but there is a order to it. The anti Independence Movement had its say today. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up around half of the population of this region, and they insist that they are both catalan and spanish. And you are catalan . I am catalan from my grandparents, my parents, and i am catalan and spanish and european. So you dont want to leave . I dont want to leave at all. Catalonia is spain,