The catalan president do you think likely to declare independence anytime soon. As we definitely know that thats probably the situation so we all expected that after the decision of the Spanish Government that Catalan Government and especially the catalan president could someone could maybe call for elections but after. The decision of mr rudd has been so tough and it has been war so tough. That its less likely it seems more likely that the time president. Will make a formal declaration of independence even if that this note for you left you say no real effect i mean what is likely to happen if he does make that declaration of independence i mean surely thats just going to make things as far as relations between barcelona and madrid a concern even worse. Yes so it has no to ridicule no legal effect because there is no real chance to be effectively independent but of course it has the political consequences and and bad ones of course first of all it will make them much more difficult legal situation of mr puts them on to we have probably taken before the courts for different criminal criminal situations and criminal causes and this will break completely any kind of dialogue between us alone and the great and it will put it to. The Central Government of spain so the government officer for you to use any kind of force in order to warrant that he will be in charge of the situation she will have all the legal possibilities to use the Spanish Police to give orders to the cattle and police and if necessary to use the army. Finally an assessor measure if mr bush one doesnt declare independence in his speeches later today what are his options now. When she has assumed one because she was calling for elections even declare independence and call for elections saying that those elections will be a constituent elections for the new state then the question is if the Central Government will accept that as elections in general thinking that what will result is just a Regional Power you. Probably both could to agree on the words elections and both could forget the ward constituent that mr putin one could use and the war to an army that mr roy hoodoos that would be the first the first possibility of mr briggs i wonder one which forth an end to this the crisis we have now the second possibility he has is to do nothing not to declare in devon them. But just to wait to wait. Until friday. We have to take the formal decision to put. Into effect so until friday this is just a proposal. I need to see natomas fault so its probably. Kind of game between the both governments from today until thursday friday. And then we will see them on. Calls for elections or is this in a treaty. Article hundred fifty five very very briefly is there any doubt whether the senate will vote not to put it into practice. This is not. To put it. To put into practice its not probable to the senate will do that probably if the senate will do that only if someone calls for elections first if not. There is really no chance or to this practice mr rush to talk to so many thanks indeed constitutional law expert at wardrobe in barcelona the u. S. Secretary of state is on his latest Diplomatic Mission focusing on conflict and security Rex Tillerson his first stop is in saudi arabia for talks on the war in yemen and the gulf crisis hell then go on to qatar pakistan and india on thursday to listen said that he had little hope the gulf diplomatic dispute would be resolved anytime soon blaming the for blockading nations for refusing to engage in talks our correspondent Patty Culhane is with me in the studio right now we were talking earlier and you said to me its very rare that the secretary of state to go somewhere where theres a problem without having a hint of that being a solution to that problem do you think hes got something up his sleeve you know these things are not done on the fly theres entire teams that come in always before hand. And with every other secretary of state we knew that when they were getting on the plane landed in a country that they had an expectation of what they saluted call in d. C. Deliverables but their tone theyre saying that thats probably not going to happen the crisis is going to go on for a very long time so why is he coming so why is he coming told by sources in washington the President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated his question keeps that he keeps asking the secretary of state is why is this still happening and why is this done so this could be the secretary sending a message to his boss that he is still trying and we are seeing a subtle change in tone from him as he starts on this trip but. Once again u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson finds himself boarding his plane for the long flight to the gulf. He was here in july he hopes signing a memorandum of understanding with guitar would be enough to end the blockade it didnt despite his shuttle diplomacy so now hes coming back trying a new tactic for the four blockading countries saudi arabia u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain assigning blame and then in an interview saying qatar is willing to negotiate and the Saudi Led Coalition is simply refusing to talk analysts say there is a renewed hope they might be more willing to engage now has the president for example try to put pressure on the saudis in the u. A. E. To be willing to to to me to their resolve some of the sanctions and stop that they put on. The fact that the president house call mout now and basically decertified the iran deal is that going to make the saudis more willing to work with us they deal with the situation with god or us president initially put all the blame for the crisis on cutter but after being pushed by his secretaries of state and defense he now says its time for all sides to talk if i can help mediate between cutter and in particular the u. A. E. And saudi arabia i would be willing to do so and i think youd have a deal worked out very quickly his own secretary of state is publicly disagreeing taking the trip while downplaying expectations the g. C. C. Crisis will end soon what he does during this trip could very well determine if that is true. So. Restless has been embarrassed by this this the situation before there was the memorandum of understanding that the cattery signed on preventing terrorism they wanted the other nations the full blockade and have just signed up to it they didnt then there was the phone call between the crown prince of saudi arabia and the emir of qatar which went. No well what else could he do to push them well hes got a couple of Different Things he could do this would be really high risk because after you know President Trump said hes a deal maker and this is what he does he could publicly say were inviting you all to come to the white house come to camp david were going to sit down to have negotiations now they would be unlikely to do that unless they thought that they could be successful but if they get frustrated enough they could use that card this is a this is annoying the Trump Administration because right now theyre looking for the entire world to sort of go against iran and this is in the way of that what about yemen and could could they use that as leverage they could use you have and theres a bill before the u. S. Congress its mostly democrats some republicans but it would basically send the message and tell the military you can no longer refuel planes in saudi planes warplanes over yemen they need those reviewers if theyre going to continue airstrikes so that is a huge point of leverage so thats in the congress with the Trump Administration has the threat of saying we havent taken a position on this yet but well be happy to push that there if we need to so he has some leverage they havent been willing to use any of it lately or yet in the crisis started to see a slight change in tone well see in the next couple days could be interesting i was a serious probably kohei in many thanks indeed of course a month after Hurrican Maria hit puerto rico eighty percent of the island is still without power crews are working around the clock to try to fix hundreds of kilometers of power lines the governor of puerto rico says it could be another two months before full power is restored alan fischer reports now from san. This is normally the Convention Center in san juan the capital of puerto rico but for the last month this has been the coordinating hub of all the rescue efforts across the island the federal Emergency Management agency the department of defense a number of local agencies and a number of charities are all based here trying to coordinate relief efforts but one month on after the hurricane many people are saying theyre seeing nothing nothing from any of these agencies coming into their communities to help them there are many people here still without food still without electricity still without Drinking Water there are real Health Concerns as well because people are turning to polluted water just to try and sleep their thirst or even doing simple things like washing their clothes in water that is highly contaminated so theres a real risk that theres going to be another Health Problem just a few weeks down the line that the people here arent unrealistic they remember hurricane one thousand years ago and said that the expected things would take some time before they even started to get back to normal but theyre deeply concerned that its taking longer than any normal expectation they are saying they expect to see a lot more of the government they realize that they cant just drive trucks here that youve got to bring things in by plane and by boat but they say they feel theyre being neglected one example of that is that someone from fema said recently that they do so many blue tarpaulins catering for the hurricanes in florida and texas there simply werent enough to bring here to puerto rico and the people here believe they are being forgotten and they want that to stop and to stop no. China is refusing to condemn me in ma over its mistreatment of ro him refugees which the un has called textbook ethnic cleansing five hundred eighty nine thousand have escaped from me in march of bangladesh in the past eight weeks theyre accusing me and army of rape torture and murder in Rakhine State china is a long time allie of ally of me and it says it supports its efforts to safeguard peace and that the situation can be resolved without outside help. At least three people have been killed in a landslide at a building site in malaysia firefighters say that the incident happened during the construction of two tower blocks in georgetown the capital of penang state emergency teams are searching for eleven workers who are believed to be trapped in the mud and rubble. Candidates in japan have been making last minute attempts to convince voters ahead of sundays general election opinion polls suggest the Prime Minister shinzo is on track to win and if he does hell become japans longest serving leader sarah clarke reports from tokyo. Its carry much first foray into japans political arena is appointed by the current government the harvard graduate decided to run for election and says the party of hope she stands for offers a credible alternative. If basically just doing their point thanks for the thirteen people not all the public i think we have to change it and if people want to change it the governor of tokyo yuriko quake it launched the party of hope last month pledging popular policies and a nuclear free japan the body was initially considered the most prominent rival to Prime Minister shinzo law by its hold on government but on the eve of the general election polls show voters support has filed to gain ground and any hope of challenging his parliamentary majority is unlikely body of hope doesnt have a policy platform that different from the Current Ruling Party on top of the governor created the party is not running for the Prime Ministership so it looks like a very strange situation Prime Minister abbott has played the strong and stable card in the wake of escalating tensions with north korea telling everyone to vote for experience analysts say that Campaign Strategy has also paid off. Has been lucky more than having played its cards right. When theres a National Security crisis a jolly helps the incumbent government. On top of the Opposition Party the Democratic Party were so weak that it ended up in prodi. Despite polls predicting our by returning to power. Projections could still change forty percent in vote its reported to be undecided which candidate or party back. Mother who does the i havent been able to decide at all. Support stability of an administration but at the same time i wonder if everything should remain the same with. The latest opinion polls suggest that shinzo Ruling Coalition party could secure as many as three hundred of the four hundred sixty five seats up for grabs plus a two thirds of the majority held before the election if thats the case his decision to call a snap election could pay off paving the way for him to potentially become the longest serving leader in japans history. Aljazeera tokyo a new phone app is making it safe for women to take a taxi in mexico city a Startup Company is recruiting only female drivers following a series of murders by men John Heilemann reports. A new poll ranks mexico city is the fourth worst in the world for Sexual Violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses but even at the hands of taxi drivers the arrival of right hand has meant that many feel safer but the rape murder of. The at the hands of her cab the driver then to that perception then this month another woman was killed this time by four men in a car registered with. The conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you know very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse. Now marianna uses a new service its called loud drive its for women passages only and drum by women drivers were on a car was one of the first. I picked up a girl that asked me can i sleep for a bit of course me so i said you cant do that with a mild. Driver you think what if he says something or takes me elsewhere with a female driver you know you can trust her. Its only eight months old but mile drive already employs nine hundred women and has been downloaded eighty two thousand times in the current climate business is growing in the double digits the apple has some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drivers if they feel there are Risk Perception looking its about perception as well what women feel when another woman is at the wheel them. Getting into a car with a man they dont know makes many women in mexico feel vulnerable off the bad experiences those weve talked to say those incidents of Sexual Harassment and definitely diminish but dont write painting and when they do occur often companies dont want to take responsibility. Down now drug cost ten to fifty percent of the nuba and hes currently available only in the capital that means that through geography and price is not accessible to the majority of mexican women the demand is so high that its already planning to expand to more cities here and if that works other countries around the world join home in. Mexico city just ahead on the news here with the sports and after a terrible start to the season the Boston Celtics finally get lucky that he tells to straight ahead. The Russian Orthodox church is deep pockets in the rapid expansion may bear its crucial role in putins grip on power with some elevating the former k. G. B. Officer to saying to president putin is our leader that given to our good people in power investigates how after the attempted elimination by the soviet union religion has returned to the heart of the russian state the orthodox connection at this time on aljazeera. Right. I get time off to support his Foreign Agent thank you so much English Premier League champions chelsea have bounced back with a last gas win against Watford Antonio contis the man had fallen to one behind after taking the lead but two goals from about why and one from billy quick to help them seal a four to comeback win. Five more matches just about to kick off Manchester United play huddersfield united are just two points behind their city rivals leaders of Manchester City are also in action they host seven plays of burnley and city to lose they could allow man united to take the lead and well see how we are going to react in that moment we are going to drop points. Home almost from real because the teams always show we do but we do other things fluently with the fore. Ok two important doesnt come to much Spanish League leaders barcelona will face the bottom of the table malaga later on saturday while malaga have won just a single point from eight league games all seton season bar sorry looking to continue their eleven game in run in all competitions barsa leave the table with twenty two points. We normally go in a bad situation they are rock bottom with only one point on the circumstances the most right you win