They will probably already promised to do seems to me pretty commonsensical thing to go for and in practical terms do you think this award for i can well boost to now or give new impetus to these efforts internationally to achieve a nuclear ban yes i do think so i dont know that this will be the thing which finally generates success for that for them and fought for their campaign but i think it must push the conversation forward and give it more profile you know after all when is it that the first item on news reports around the world has been discussing the proposition to create a Nuclear Free World so that no its already achieving that effect of greater coverage and greater consciousness. Dan smith a director of the Stockholm InternationalPeace Research institute thank you very much for joining us thank you my pleasure. Well on social media lots of reactions to the announcement already a director general with the European Commission stefano months or v. C. Writes congratulations i can on the two thousand and seventeen peace nobel prize or determination to be a Nuclear Weapon free world must continue the nobel prize twitter account praise the winner for being the leading Civil Society actor in the effort to achieve a prohibition of Nuclear Weapons under International Law tim wright the asia pacific director of icann has responded to the announcement saying a great honor that we have just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize two thousand and seventeen for our work to outlaw Nuclear Weapons and lets talk more about the significance of this war and with scott lucas hes a professor of International Politics at the university of Birmingham Scott thank you very much for joining us your reaction to this announcement well i think i echo a lot of what dance nests and that the Nobel Peace Prize is not always for what has been achieved it is for what we hope can be achieved and this was a message of hope today that the double committee recognizing that we actually are on a bit of a downward spiral over Nuclear Weapons the north korean crisis threats to the possible nuclear deal to the nuclear deal with iran that was signed only two years ago tensions over the future of russian activity as well as existing large stockpiles that the u. S. House and of course the fact that israel continues to have under certain core weapons all of that is in play and i think that the committee sort of draws our attention to that but they do a second thing and they say that by recognizing i cant which is a Civil Society group they say what this just isnt a matter where you look to president s or chancellors or prime ministers that you to you know as an activist can make a difference you know you can make your voice heard you can inform yourself on this and i think thats laudable. Its got this does come at a time you mentioned the Iran Nuclear Deal it could be unraveling a u. S. President on a trump seems to be set to abandon this agreement lets listen to what he had to say on this last night the Iranian Regime supports terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to irans continued aggression and Nuclear Ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. Scott how damaging will it be if donald trump abandons this deal oh it will be very damaging you know the fact is that this agreement has successfully contained Irans Nuclear program iran has agreed to this has complied with the agreement despite what trungpa said it opens up the door to try to talk about other issues in the middle east but i think a word of caution here trump actually i think took a step back from withdrawing from the agreement yesterday while he said the u. S. Would decertify iranian compliance you know he effectively kicked the issue across to congress and said well you decide what to do about it why because his Senior Adviser said this is still a worthwhile b. O. We should not scrap it and that again is where activism like that if i can and like that of Civil Society can make a difference in keeping that message heard and scott do you think the Nobel Committees announcement might weigh on washington Decision Makers minds i think very little ways on double trumps mind other than what donald trump things but i think for those who are around him his National Security advisers i think they will take note right scott with us from the university of birmingham thank you so much for joining us on the program thank you and we will have more on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement and its significance thats on our website w dot com. Staying in the us a members of the Las Vegas Police department have gathered to remember a Police Officer who was one of the People Killed in the mass shooting on sunday charleston heart feels widow and their son and daughter were surrounded by several hundred people during the memorial hartfield was off duty attending the festival when he lost his life to the shooting of fifty eight people dead and many more wounded now gun lobbyists in the u. S. Are calling for more regulation of a device used by the shooter that allows weapons to fire faster meanwhile investigators are still trying to understand what his motives for police say the las vegas shooter Stephen Paddick rented a room at his Downtown Hotel the ogden during a Music Festival last month called life is beautiful its not clear why he made the booking. Reasons that ran through patricks mind is unknown but it was directly during the same time his life if you. We have received recovered evidence from that location we dont know if it is evidence but we have recovered items and video it was from another hotel the mandalay bay that patrick fired the shots which killed fifty eight people attending a country Music Festival route ninety one and injured nearly five hundred investigators have recovered a note and several surveillance cameras from the scene they now believe the shooter intended to escape after the massacre and did not initially plan to kill himself police also hope that this woman Mary Lou Danley will be the key to unlocking the motive in a Statement Read by her lawyer danley denied any knowledge of his sinister plans. He never said anything to me. Or took any action that i was aware of. That i understood it anyway to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. Investigators say the shooter appears to have led a secret life that he spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition they described him as disturbed and dangerous near the scene of the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History those caught up in the aftermath are still left asking how could it have come to this lets move now to some other stories making news around the world top hollywood proof producer Harvey Weinstein has apologized after the New York Times published an expose alleging decades of Sexual Harassment against women weinstein is taking a leave of absence from his movie studio his hits occlude Academy Award winning films like good will hunting and shakespeare in love. At least twenty two people in Central America have died after a Tropical Storm unleashed heavy rains storm not they had costa rica nicaragua and honduras and is moving north and forecasters say that not they could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the United States. Northern germany has been hit by a massive storm thats left at least seven people dead and forced the cancellation of transport services in many areas the German Weather Service says when sweeping the region hit speeds of one hundred eighty kilometers per hour. To spain now where the crisis over catalonia has bid for independence is worsening in madrid Pro Independence campaigners including catalonia as police chief are being investigated for sedition meanwhile in barcelona the Catalan Government has signaled that it will defy spains highest court thats after it ordered catalan leaders to suspend a planned parliamentary session on monday to discuss independence. Its the latest twist in a political crisis thats dividing not only spain but also catalonia a crisis that seen both sides digging in and refusing to budge. The Council President says hes representing the will of his people there were a majority of catalan voters did not take part in sundays independence referendum the Spanish Government says hes acting outside the law by trying to enforce an illegal referendum result that happens happens mr putsch demands messages a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no courage existence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to put demand has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity. In barcelona people say they just want the politicians to make a deal. Im very well aware of the problem were facing and the solution must be found this is like a divorce theres no coming back you cannot divorce today and get married to morrow. The situation is very tense weve reached the stage where the spanish and Catalan Governments need to ease tensions they need to talk and International Mediation would be perfect. For the deadlock continues the separatists have called for mediation but the Spanish Government says it wont enter dialogue until they drop their threats of declaring independence. Correspondent funny for char is standing by for us in barcelona with the latest hi funny what are you hearing there is the Headline Parliament really going to defy that court ruling and convene on monday anyway. Assuming the foreign minister of catalonia who apparently made those comments to british media saying that theyre defiant and theyre going to press added that some of it that session that problem intercession on monday the form is just passed by just before and i want to ask exactly about that why you choose not to comment on anything right now ever if you listen to the comments made yesterday by the president of the Catalonia Parliament yesterday as a reaction to that decision of the Constitutional Court anything but positive but rather defiant the president of the Catalonia Parliament that this is going to curtail of freedom of expression that this is going to censor the parliament if they cannot go and basically do what they should be able to do as a part of the autonomous region of spain so as you as you can hear its pretty much. Similar to yesterday that they are going to push the cuttlebone and government is going to press ahead with their road map and possibly the clearing independents on monday funny meanwhile weve also heard the news that the Catalan Police chief was questioned by Spains National court tell us more about that. In fact the police chief of mosul is this Regional Police here in catalonia yes he was summoned today mother did but hes on his way back to barcelona its unclear what the exact consequences are going to be to the accusations that hes basically been been been part of sort of supporting the anti or over the supporters of independence here in barcelona by not really helping the Spanish National police both prior to the referendum but also on the referendum day to crack down on the referendum vote so thats the main claim here the main accusation of sedition he is not the only one who is facing that i. Q. Zation also the has of two Civic Platform civic organizations who are supporting independence facing sedition as well so pretty much of the Spanish Government is trying everything to actually not only to appear really powerful and strong but also to clamp down on people that they believe are acting against the law and funny just very briefly if you can what about the people there in barcelona are they prepared to push forward with his bid for independence at all costs. The ones who are really passionate about independence dont care about anything that comes out of a moderate they are ready to pay the price they say both economically but also when it comes to violence which they hope its not going to happen but they say they are ready to fight this all the way make sure that catalonia is becoming independent but of course then again you have people businesses especially have very much worried and there are few banks here who are considering to leave catalonia altogether and put basically their legal all of this to outside of catalonia. Funny future for us in barcelona thank you. Well as we just heard there are big miss businesses in spain they are already reacting to the events that are taking place in catalonia lets get more on that with god thats right sumi as funny just mentioned spains fourth largest bank banco subbuteo has decided to move its registered office away from the province of aceh will officially be based further south in early come to process the banks says will take only a few days its the first major sign that the wealthy regions push for independence from spain because caraway big business. Bank which is based in barcelona says its also considering a similar move both banks fear of cattle and declaration of independence could see them kicked out of the euro zone and out of your jurisdiction of the u. Of p. And central bank. Well lets check in with our financial correspondent only balances standing by in frankfurt really why is it so important for these Spanish Banks to stay out of the jurisdiction of the European Central bank. Well i think it guarantees that they will survive catalonia declares independence and indeed if the process should go ahead and catalonia is a no longer part of spain it would no longer be a part of the e. U. Or a member of the euro zone and i think thats the main concern and it would also not fall under the jurisdiction of the European Central bank anymore and the European Central bank here and his customers and shareholders that there is sound regulation on board the e. C. B. Supervisors are looking at the bank to see if they do everything correctly and at least depositors deposits are guaranteed within the European Union who knows what any kind of guarantee if there was one in catalonia would look like and last not least the european stability mechanism kind of a complicated word would also not apply but the e. S. M. This stability mechanism Means Nothing less nothing less than guaranteeing that someone is there to step in with a lot of money if countries are banks should come into trouble. Only in frankfurt everybody is waiting for germanys blue chip in the exact to the thirteen thousand points mark at the moment its not quite there yet will it hit it today briefly if you can yes it could if u. S. Labor market data comes in at a point where the markets say thats great for us or if theres no bad news coming from catalonia let me just look now no its still below thirteen thousand points and thirteen thousand is just psychologically very important it would mean in any case another record high here for the day will advance in frankfurt thank you very much well right now there are in addition to you and me roughly seven point five billion other people on this planet and the u. N. Estimates there will be roughly ten billion of us and twenty fifty one of the most important questions facing humanity is this how are we going to feed all these people for this tional farming will likely not yield enough but ill turn it on the horizon a Dutch Company says it will have an official meat ready for the market in just three years. Theres nothing like the taste of a freshly cooked beef burger but mark post wants it without the beef the researcher has been busy for more than a decade developing a method to artificially grow muscle tissue in a lab test tube of beef so to speak then in twenty thirteen came the breakthrough. The stem cells he needs can come from a steak or a cow and the animal doesnt even need to be slaughtered the first burger created from the artificial meat cost around two hundred fifty thousand euros but mark says his idea is on the verge of revolutionizing the way we eat my personal vision is tha