This is v. W. News a live from berlin a decisive moment in spain separatist crisis catalonia as president is set to address the Regions Parliament today will he declare independence or come back from the brink. Also coming up fast moving wildfire said devastate California Wine country at least ten people have been killed and Authorities Say that number could rise around twenty thousand residents have been evacuated including hospital patients. Plus as part of our weeklong series on what it means to be gay in todays russia we meet a tall young like young woman tells us about her coming out in a country where the Gay Community is under growing pressure. And Emmanuel Mccall brings a french accent to the Frankfurt Book Fair which spotlights right before frankel for. Literature this year the french president open sea events together with germanys chancellor later today finally. Granted iceland are celebrating in the way that they are famous for after their National Team qualified for its fi
Pena nieto was responding to a tweet from trump saying it would be better to cancel the meeting if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall. The wall was one of trumps main election pledges. It would span the more than 3,000kilometer border. Estimated Construction Costs would be in the billions of dollars. Over 10 Million People from mexico and elsewhere are estimated to be in the u. S. Illegally. Trump is also expected to sign executive orders pushing ahead with pledges from his election campaign. American media reports trump plans to have a temporary ban on all refugees and is preparing an order to suspend visas for anyone from seven predominantly muslim countries, including syria and iraq. Trump sees it as an antiterrorism measure. Were going to have extreme vetting in all cases. And i mean extreme. And were not letting people in if we think theres even a little chance of some problem. And when it comes to terrorism, trump is supportive of reintroducing the practice of w
Pena nieto was responding to a tweet from trump saying it would be better to cancel the meeting if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall. The wall was one of trumps main election pledges. It would span the more than 3,000kilometer border. Estimated Construction Costs would be in the billions of dollars. Over 10 Million People from mexico and elsewhere are estimated to be in the u. S. Illegally. Trump is also expected to sign executive orders pushing ahead with pledges from his election campaign. American media reports trump plans to have a temporary ban on all refugees and is preparing an order to suspend visas for anyone from seven predominantly muslim countries, including syria and iraq. Trump sees it as an antiterrorism measure. Were going to have extreme vetting in all cases. And i mean extreme. And were not letting people in if we think theres even a little chance of some problem. And when it comes to terrorism, trump is supportive of reintroducing the practice of w
And another side of conflicts. A japanese an mitted film shows how people carry on with life during wartime. Well soon know the final venues for some of the sporting events at the 2020 olympic tokyo games. They try to contain ballooning costs. Representatives of japans central and local government, the International Olympic commity and the Tokyo Organizing Committee met on sunday. They discussed a range of venues for canoeing, volleyball and swimming events. A task force estimated the cost for the games as a whole could be more than 30 billion, four times the original estimate. Officials considered two options for hosting the rowing and canoe kayak events. Its building a new venue near the tokyo waterfront, or using existing facilities in miyagi prefecture in northern japan. Options for volleyball event include scaling down a planned arena in tokyo or using an existing stadium in a neighboring prefecture. It is the responsibility of the political leaders to look into the conclusions an
Belgium authorities detained six people as part of their probe into tuesdays attacks in brussels. Storing fukushimas wastes. They havent decided where to put the fuel yet. North koreas state media reports the countrys military has conduct ad long range artillery drill simulating strikes on residences of park geunhye. Its the latest threat against seoul and washington. The Ruling Workers Party newspaper says leader kim jongun oversaw the drills. Photos show more than 100 artillery canons firing shells towards an island. The exercise the biggest ever was in response to a south korea military drill earlier this week. South Korean Special forces took part in a mock advance into the north to attack key facilities. That was part of joint military exercises that began on march 7. In an attempt to show off its missile telling, pyongyang has been firing missiles towards the sea of japan every week this month. State media says they have successfully tested a solid fuel rocket engine. And Preside