Biggest party and that is not. Also coming out aid groups accuse russia and syria of targeting civilians in airstrikes on rebel held enclaves that says another round of syria peace talks gets underway in kazakhstan. And alternative trivia lympics after being banned from the winter games for systematic doping russia says it will stage its own sports extravaganza. Also former chancellor gerhard trigger in an exclusive interview germanys most recent social democrat chancellor urges his party to form a grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives and put an end to the long wait for a new German Government. And Frances Community and former first lady has made a career out of surprising people shes now turning fifty and is back on the road with a new album. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us spains Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has said he is open to dialogue after yesterdays Regional Elections in catalonia separatist parties won a slim majority but it remains unclear who will form the next government now where he said he would talk with the new leaders as long as they dont violate the countrys constitution he said he expected a quote new era based on dialogue but he did not respond to a call to meet with ousted independence leader Carlos Bustamante pushed him all is a selfimposed exile in brussels and earlier today he called on report to meet him to discuss catalonia future heres what he had to say. Im sure im ready to meet Prime Minister oha in brussels or in a different place in the e. U. Except spain for his reasons are ready to do that because its time for catalonia for the spanish and for europe to start a new political phase and this phase needs to be defined by a Political Solutions not by the but i did use depression weve been seeing so far. Lets talk to the abuse lisa lewis she is in barcelona for us hi lisa good to see you so carlos pushed him off calling for dialogue marianna centrally rejecting that offer it seems like weve ended up right where we started. Exactly the elect actions really havent who act if you look at it colors put them on to saying im open to dialogue with her you saying im open to dialogue too they just dont want to talk to the main to the same people. You want to talk to. The head of the cia that the analysts party which came out first in these polls however she will not be able to form a Coalition Government in the new parliament because she doesnt have a majority for the other with the other parties that are against independence it seems like this is not really that that this really hasnt brought us closer to any solution of the crisis so lisa who will then form of the next government in catalonia. Well the bloc that has earned and gained a majority in these elections is the parties which are in favor of independence however they will have a slight problem as well because youve got party jones per catalonia youve got the r. C. Party but these two big parties cant really agree on who will be the leader is an exile if he comes back hes likely to go to jail and thats thats quite sure considering what the whole is said today he said we cant have anybody violate our constitution and on the other hand youve got the sea party and the leader of that party hume karas he is in jail in spain so who should lead this government and they have another problem a Small Coalition party they see you peace party has won four seats and they need these four mandates to form a majority however that party has said im only going to join you if you will push through independence the two big parties are a bit weak on that point theyre not really sure if they really want to impose independence because they have seen that that can a lot of problems so it seems like that the coalition will be very very complicated in that respect complex situation there and dave lethal and meanwhile Mariano Rajoy hes not exactly in a position of strength here he called for the snap election and it turned out to be a big risk that fell short awarenesses us all leave him. Its a big defeat for money on overhaul his party the p. P. Party has plummeted it used to have eleven seats which it won in two thousand fifteen now it has three seats overall in the overall picture is also not looking better actually died down and as i said is now the first party in the Catalan Parliament that annas is quite young party and thats also the party thats kind of stealing the limelight on a National Level so that hoyt comes out of this really weakened because he will face a general election in two thousand and nineteen and then he will face a much stronger seat on his party it will be a lot more difficult for him to win those elections in two thousand nine hundred lisa what does the e. U. Do here its largely a stayed out of this crisis until now any sign that brussels could get involved. The e. U. Hasnt changed its position at all actually that set in the past that this was an internal conflict in spain and they wouldnt get involved obviously the supporters of independence are saying we need the e. U. To get involved and to get everybody to the negotiating table but only today one member of parliament has come out and said no this is not going to happen were not going to intervene in this conflict and listen just briefly if you can what are some of the reactions been there in barcelona today to entire crisis. While the independence supporters campus of the very happy that at least when it comes to the Catalonia Party and and the party they think they really won these elections and and have shown that there is those silent majority that is against independence but overall the overall situation for the people here is obviously that they still in a deadlock they dont know what the future will hold for them all right lisa lewis reporting for us from barcelona thank you lisa. Now Human Rights Watch says syrian and Russian Forces have stepped up their airstrikes on eastern bro to near damascus the area is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the troops of president Bashar Al Assad the rights Group Released these pictures showing the attacks it says of killed dozens of civilians its Us Government forces have tightened their siege of the enclave and are blocking evacuations and restricting humanitarian aid the population is at risk of starvation with windell in supplies of food and medicine. Now those reports come as power brokers russia iran and turkey hold a new round of syria peace talks in the cars capital the Un Special Envoy on syria Staffan De Mistura is taking part he usually holds separate talks with syrian representatives in geneva but with the reports about worsening humanitarian situation in eastern rota hes hoping to get the sides to agree to allow u. N. Aid convoys in lets bring in simon mabon hes a middle east expert at the university of lancaster in the u. K. Hi simon so there are new airstrikes as we said fresh air strikes in eastern and meanwhile stuff and im a store is expected in a standard for those peace talks today weve seen so many diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in syria fail is there any real hope for a fresh push for peace. Well i certainly hope so but i fear that that might be optimistic right now i think that all sides know what each other wants but but there is this this real intractability between the different sides which means that its increasingly difficult to actually get a resolution that the assad regime wants to stay in power wants to to try to pay all forms of of oppositional forms of armed opposition and reclaim control over all of syria whereas the opposition groups the u. S. And u. K. They all want some form of transition to a post assad syria now of course assads in a much stronger position than he was a year ago or so so so theres very little incentive for him to negotiate or not so it seems that theres just a real impasse whereas that gives time for a sadden the russians and the iranians who are supporting him to just go and and exert control and influence and try to regain all of all of syria militarily san if we look at the specific situation and Eastern Botha what are the biggest hurdles to getting humanitarian aid in well its clearly just under a blockade its its a place thats been under a blockade for four years now which has made it increasingly difficult to get any type of humanitarian aid who medical supplies into Eastern Ghouta so so thats the big logistical challenge getting permission to do so obviously that involves not getting permission from the assad regime and thats been a big hurdle right now obviously the assad regime has been incredibly reticent to to give any access to king monetary and aid thats part of this besiegement as part of this strangulation if you will of the the opposition groups there and so because it is besieged its been increasingly difficult to get anything in which is having obviously a massive impact on the people around four hundred thousand people sending you said yourself all the sides here involved seem to have intractable positions so after todays meeting and. What are the next plans. Well thats the big question i guess so i guess it just depends if any side is willing to compromise but also the one extent assad is able to be successful in his military units and what type of resistance hes met and i guess thats the question as to what happens next on the ground not only in stone owned geneve groups there are so the rounds of talks in geneva which i imagine there will be in the early part of twenty eight the but how the facts on the ground to change things and that will have a massive impact on the negotiating positions of all of those involved all right simon may been middle east expert at the university of lancaster in the u. K. Thank you simon now to some other stories making news around the world french president has held talks with his palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas the pair met at the elysee palace in paris to discuss the u. S. Has moved to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the meeting comes after the United Nations voted to reject Donald Trumps decision. British foreign minister Boris Johnson has confronted his russian counterpart over the annexation of ukraine and russian cyber hacking thirty lavrov told them relations between the two countries were quote very low johnsons visit to russia is the first by a British Foreign secretary in more than five years. Cuba has postponed the historic transfer of its presidency raul castro confirmed that he will stay on until april two months longer than planned due to the damage caused by hurricane or mob rule castro in his late older brother fidel of rule the country for nearly sixty years. And police in Western Australia say they have made the countrys largest ever seizure of methamphetamine the one point two tonne haul as an estimated street value of more than six hundred Million Euros eight men have been charged with offenses carrying a maximum life prison sentence. Youre watching t. V. News still to come no lympics no problem russia proposes holding its own Winter Sports competition after the country was banned from the two thousand and eighteen games because of doping allegations and it is the Festive Season in spain its all about children singing and billions of euros in cash el gordo the fat one is here again the worlds biggest paying lottery. While the Catalan Independence push has been anything but a lottery the latest news hitting the Financial Markets been exactly weve seen spanish stocks tumbling on the election news out of bosler the countrys banks exchange falling one point one percent of the separatist parties won this slim majority most affected banks like and some but theyll have significant exposure to catalonia both land is moved their headquarters out of the region following up towards it and its Banking Group some time there was another loser spanish stocks had outperformed their counterparts across europe before the referendum. Passengers were spared flight chaos in germany this morning the first ever strike to hit ryanair fizzled out there were no cancellations and only limited delays and frills irish carry a scramble to bring in pilots from abroad as some of the ones based here in germany walked off the job for hours upon its demands for better wages and working conditions and going anywhere and could lead to further strikes Union Officials are happy with the campaign saying theyve shown management theyre willing to fight. Its a rare occurrence a pilot strike thats barely felt by passengers the reason ryan air brought in other pilots who werent part of the strikes the union claims. High in. The overnight ryanair of course activated all its pilots who dont have permanent positions those who work harder the strikes it activated for pilots who are now flying the planes so they could look good in other words we would call it cosmetic but ryanair has had chaos overnight as these pilots are than missing from their normal assignments one. Its almost certain oleary could afford raising benefits his airline has been extremely profitable the ryanair is known for cutting not spending and its olearys willingness to bend over backwards for a book that has made the airline a force to be reckoned with in the European Market further refining the ultra low cost model pioneered by u. S. Carrier southwest oleary cut ticket prices in favor of making money on baggage fees on board shopping and other secondary Revenue Streams but that cost cutting obsession ran him afoul of many unions they objected to what they described as substandard pay poor working conditions and uncertain labor contracts the result many pilots simply left ryanair now facing new pilot walkouts in some european territories over the holidays ryanair management recently announced it would finally enter into talks with unions the move worked in italy portugal and ryanair is home base of ireland where unions cancel strikes planned for friday. Pilots in germany werent convinced however the union there said ryanair broke off schedule talks after objecting to two Union Negotiators the union say they wont strike on the Christmas Holidays walkout as soon as the twenty sixth a busy time for holiday travelers. To switch up my computer tonight and spend the next week sitting around the tree reading books eating cookies millions of germans have pretty much the same plans but having time off on sundays and Public Holidays is no longer something you can take for granted the number of those who do have to work is going up each year. Early shift some Public Holidays are normal for these two women. House a care home in the black forest sundays and holidays are no different from any other day. Doctors caregivers hospital workers the majority of the two point eight Million People who prop up Germanys Health system have to work while others put their feet up and then not the only ones almost fifteen percent of germanys workforce has to work on sundays and Bank Holidays four percent more than in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. And its even more common for the self employed twenty two percent of them have to work over christmas or easter and guarantees of extra pay a becoming rare at two. Hotels and security firms also offer round the Clock Service to their customers day and night sundays and Public Holidays included and in restaurants someone has to clear the table when the festive meal is over sunday the day of rest thats how it used to be in the Retail Sector but special rules now allow shops to open some sundays and that particularly in the run up to christmas means turnovers in the millions for stores and for their employees it means working with their customers have the day off. Now ok so if you cant join them. Thats right russia sports minister says the country will host an alternative competition following its banned from februarys Winter Olympics in south korea and that suspension came after the International OlympicCommittee Found evidence of a quote on precedented systematic manipulation of the antidoping system. In less than fifty their use around two and a half hours and awfully young child for the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics the question is how Many Russians will be here among them earlier this month i. O. C. President thomas bach amounts to russia because of state sponsored doping. This launch now appearing some more crime a chore russian athletes will be allowed to compete in pyongyang under a neutral flag if they can prove theyre clean but with some russians calling for boycotts the contrary wants to stage an alternative games for those choosing to stay behind. But its itll hold a number of competitions for athletes and were working on it now the competitions will als