Also coming up britains theresa may was hoping to hear good news from brussels today on the progress of the breaks of talks but the e. U. It seems will not be playing ball. On the back of puts a positive spin on the first round of negotiations to point a new government but Party Officials warn the road ahead could be a long and bumpy. Chinese president xi jinping is cementing his hold on power at the Historic Communist Party congress currently underway in beijing we have a report from china on the methods chief uses to cultivate his image among ordinary people. And many young egyptians are reaching maturity with little idea about six now seven years after the government banished the subject from the classroom calls are mounting to reintroduce Sex Education. Hello im tony martin good to have you with us. Another deadline is approaching in catalonia the regions separatist leader collis pushed has until ten a. M. Local time thats in about less than two hours to tell spain that he will not be pushing ahead with plans to declare independence if he fails to comply a drib could be forced to take the dramatic step of retaking control of the region these are decisive hours for the future of spain and once again theres one man everyone is looking to cut a line president pushed among hanging over his head is a threat never before used in modern spanish history its article one five five the stripping of his regions autonomy its powers reverting to madrid the light is stacked in this drama began last week after cuts alone is referendum. On declared independence but he immediately suspended it and called for dialogue with madrid that move infuriated his opposite number spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy hes now demanding clarity from the mall. He just has to answer the question have you declared catalonians independence or not because if he has declared Catalan Independence the government is obliged by the constitution to respond in a certain way. In other words any declaration of Catalan Independence will trigger article one five five put them on discuss his response with his own Party Last Night the tone coming out of the meeting was harsh. Should the state put into motion article one five five weve asked the president to lift his suspension of independence and put into effect the democratic mandate. In other words if madrid tries to curtail push demands powers he will declare independence. Demonstrators again took to the streets of barcelona on wednesday evening this time supporters of unity with spain for many of them. Is a criminal whatever his next move this crisis appears far from over. Barbara basell is in barcelona covering this story for us good morning barbara its a crucial day barbara are you there there she is yes i. Know it is a crucial day for catalonia in spain as a whole im just wondering what options do the two sides have in this situation. If youre talking terry about options to back down i dont see very much at the moment because both sides have really dug themselves in which to mine is really determined to somehow get independents underway and that local newspaper close to his government says this morning that he will be sending a letter which were waiting for right now two hundred saying ok if you trigger one fifty five we will sort of hit back was a declaration of independence and then the standoff will be total and everything that weve just heard will happen madrid has threatened so often now to take over power in barcelona and in catalonia that it just has to come through so things will happen during the day and during the next days because the actual the depths of the crisis the really heat of it will come in the implementation for instance when madrid starts taking over the local police so were waiting for things to happen it will be step by step but the deadlines are just running out now for how bad could things get there you mentioned article one fifty five the constitution that would allow madrid to basically retake control over the catalonia region would that be the were worst Case Scenario is that the Nuclear Option. It is the Nuclear Option because it would mean that madrid really take back autonomy from catalonia and we have to stress this catalonia has a lot of autonomy the local Health Service the schools finances everything is really under their control if madrid takes that back and imposes sort of a central governor like in former times here in barcelona and they take over finances they take over maybe even control of the local or regional broadcaster and finally of course and that is one of the symbolic crucial points if they take control of the Catalan Police then we can we will sort of really see things heating up because it will make peoples blood boil for them that will show that they hated oppressor in madrid is actually has actually come down here and is taking away their rights so yes it will take a few days to come to that point but it can get ugly is there any way barbara for the two sides at this point to maybe save face and get out of this without a major confrontation. Im afraid its too late really thats what all local of service say somebody should have talked him out of the trees like six weeks ago two months ago in any case before this fateful referendum attempt at the beginning of october and now both sides are really committed to sort of stay was their course and there is no really way that they could face save face and sort of turn back so it will happen barbara thank you so much to Barbara Faisal there in barcelona. Now europe has a number of headaches today britains theresa may is promise to make it as easy as possible for e. U. Citizens living in the u. K. After briggs it its one of the issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u. K. s exit from the e. U. But her concession is unlikely to persuade e. U. Leaders to move talks on from divorce terms to a future trading relationship in a moment well talk to our correspondent about what to expect from a summit in brussels tonight but first up is chelsea and pill brings us up to speed on the talks so far. But after knowledge and. Provide respect the European Union says over an additional five rounds of talks. Multiple mishaps and almost an ending stream of metaphors lets put a tiger in the tank and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u. K. Court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory is in your court. Actually thats a game of golf it clearly isnt a game but if it were today shes been much point for team brecks it here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e. U. Said enough have been agreed upon for talks to move on to the next phase to really get into the nitty gritty of the u. K. s future relationship with the e. U. And on trade. The e. U. Had some conditions. Its demanded sufficient progress on three key issues the rights of u. K. And e. U. Citizens prosperous it how the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland will function and most contentious of all how much money the u. K. Owns so far on a major breakthroughs on any of the above meaning progression to the next phase is now unlikely before december but even on that the u. K. And the e. U. On opposite ends of the court. Were ready and well prepared to start those discussions. Im not in a position at this stage to propose to the European Council that it should open discussions on the future relationship discussions for the future. Thats despite mondays last minute tom offensive from two reason may in brussels may have looked friendly botts the pressure is clearly mounting. Time is running out the clock ticking very fresh like a game of tennis these negotiations are on a deadline u. K. Said lets leave the e. U. In march one thousand nine hundred. Our correspondent is keeping score for us there in brussels today georg british Prime Minister theresa may she says that britain and you are in touching distance for a deal on Citizens Rights that would affect e. U. Citizens living in the u. K. After brags that in u. K. Citizens living in. Youth leaders feel the same way that theres a deal within touching distance on this issue. Michele but neither chief negotiator the man who in brussels represents the interests of the twenty seven Member States the negotiating table at least would say there is Good Progress in the field of Citizen Rights he knows of course as well as does all the twentys other twenty seven leaders that the big question still is the rights that have been agreed in these negotiating talks how will they be guaranteed ones of the jurisdiction of the European Court of justice seizes to exist in the in the u. K. With bracks it as though that is still a question why even in this field there isnt sufficient progress these who also knows of course that with theresa may who just sent a letter to a one hundred thousand e. U. Citizens who inquired about their status ensuring that they will be able to stay the e. U. Knows of course she has a vested interest that a workforce of more than three Million People stays in the country not to recently she is on a bit of a Charm Offensive you mentioned a Letter Writing Campaign she did she was also in brussels earlier this week trying to soften up her negotiating partners did that help i think very unless the reason may really manages to throw a curve ball a surprise offer on this summit unless youre arrives with a pretty big check to cover the bill which is the key stumbling block in these talks. The leaders will simply agree with Michel Barnier that there is not sufficient progress to move into a face to and so that really is where things stand at the moment for leaders its very clear they welcome that in our foreign speech he made clear the u. K. Will honor its commitments and that means they will cover a bracks a bill but the e. U. Would like to have it on paper and to have that in numbers for for each field that needs to be covered. Briggs it may be the biggest nut to crack to use another metaphor. There. But its not the only one what about tensions in spain over catalonia is independence bid for example is that going to be a topic for discussion i put it in a nutshell terry the e. U. Has made very clear out of the Council President has has made very clear they will only talk about catalonia if the spanish Prime Minister would choose to do that if he brings up the topic on the agenda they have throughout this crisis in the past weeks a suit from me by the side of madrid basically sending out the message particularly if you look at states like italy belgium where you have sort of strong outcomes regions they do not support any independence movements in the whatsoever. Thanks so much. There in brussels so you look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today civilians have been fleeing the syrian city of raka after it was taken from socalled Islamic State the u. N. Says some forty thousand people according to displacement camps in the last days u. S. Backbiters are removing land mines and booby traps and rooting out the few remaining militants. Russian t. V. Personality. Has announced she will challenge president Vladimir Putin in next years race for the kremlin the thirty six year old socialite said she wants a different russia that is civilized and european but critics call her move a publicity stunt that could further fragment the countrys opposition. Ballet dancer make out the russian cough and senegalese artist yes the indoor are among the winners of this years premium imperioli one of the worlds highest honors the japan are to Association Recognizes artists from several disciplines each year or works the richest humanity. Nearly a month after germanys election the country has begun the process of trying to put together a new government its harder than ever before because the parties come from across the political spectrum and are ideologically very far apart german chancellor Angela Merkel ended the first round of talks on a positive note but the Party Officials said the road ahead is all. Black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the river. But exploratory talks are under way chancellor merkels conservative c. D. U. And c as you first met with the business friendly f. T. P. Party and later with the environmentalist greens the Jamaica Coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level. The talks were reasonable there was no tension but we all know how hard it will be and how different our political cultures are equal to and here to some and the c. D. U. N. C. S. Use prospective partners have major differences over a number of key issues including the European Union and austerity policy migration and energy. This could become the most complex series of negotiations in decades. Before the talks were shaped with the intention of looking for solutions about how to reach a Cohesive Society but it is also clear that theres a long way ahead of us. This views the munging moves on friday the exploratory talks will continue with teams from the potential Coalition Parties meeting together it may be weeks before a possible Jamaica Coalition becomes reality. Well the chancellor merkel this time around forming a new government could be a long and winding road huns bun from politics is following the negotiations good morning and now the parties to spending in these talks are not natural allies we all know that in terms of policy where their interests overlap and where is the they are the most potential for disagreement i think you have to say the most potential disagreement is probably on migration policy because the spectrum goes from the. Lead on the left from the green party to on the right the Christian Social Union the Bavarian Sister Party of. Christian democrats they have been pushing very hard for a lot stricter application of migration rules of immigration rules in in germany the greens obviously are a lot more liberal in their attitudes so i think thats probably the issue where things will be most the most contentious on the other hand you could say they are pretty good differences obviously on every issue so they might all say that theyre agree that the paris climate agreement should be and should be implemented but the question of how this implementation goes ahead they are large differences between the various projects the greens for instance are saying by twenty thirty that should not be any food new Combustion Engine cars in germany obviously the other parties are not particularly pleased about that so on every single issue taxation and vironment you can find major differences case of four parties involved in these talks so far weve had some small bilateral meetings between the different parties now to morrow all four parties are going to be getting for together for the first time what can we expect there well this is the very first meeting so a lot of it will be concerned sort of creating a good atmosphere for talks getting to know each other procedural matches as a lot of technical stuff to be cleared up how often are they going to meet where theyre going to meet in what composition are they going to meet. Eventually when the talks become really detailed there will be detailed working groups on pacific issues and not everyone will meet in the big in the big session also for several of the parties they need to go back to their Party Congress is to have all of this approved by as it were there. So there is some time pressure as well as some and some pressure to get ahead by mid november for instance when the Christian Social Union having. A planning a Party Congress so a whole lot of details like that initially it will be all about do we get on can we create an atmosphere actually to talk to each other its a lot of work still to be done a lot of work ahead what is the potential for these talks actually fail at the moment to everyone saying you know things are going very well in these first two talks obviously even before this formal start of negotiations they have been contacts. So there is a chance of there is a good chance it will go up but there is a chance that it will fail we dont know it will take months and thank you so much hans blunt from d. W. Politics. Chinese growth figures are out there giving president xi jinping a boost at the communist Party Congress helena yes terry theyre certainly not dampening his efforts there in beijing to consolidate his power meeting which comes once every five years now chinese growth slowed slightly last quarter we saw growth of six point eight percent from the worlds second biggest economy that means it is on track to meet its annual targets now the National Statistics agency did warn of volatility and said that the economy was at a quote crucial stage of restructuring meanwhile Chinas Central Bank is warning about the possibility of a sudden collapse in asset price is off