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if the people who worked on it were open to taking the vaccinations that are necessary to protect them and their patients. global greenhouse gas emissions rose to record levels last year, despite the pandemic. the prime minister says he s worried next week s cop26 climate summit may not reach agreement on solutions. and facebook whistleblower, frances haugen, is set to give evidence to mps, as they plan legislation which would impose new rules on social media networks we ll bring that to you live just after half past. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the united nations says afghanistan is heading for catastrophe with millions facing starvation, and the harsh winter months still to come. the world food programme has warned 22 million people about half the population are suffering hunger on a daily basis. and the bbc has found evidence that some families are even selling their children to make ends meet. international aid has dried up since the taliban seized po ....
welcome to bbc news. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has announced steps to remove the current administration in catalonia and to hold fresh tim willcox is in barcelona. i am standing in the centre of barcelona, leading down to. at the tail end of a massive demonstration against the decision to oppose direct rule from madrid. you can see some live pictures now. there are tens of thousands of people at this demonstration. according to the local police, at its height the run nearly half a million people out on the streets. it follows that crisis cabinet meetings held by mariano rajoy earlier today, with his cabinet in madrid. where they said that having gone through the senate, they would invoke article 155, effectively imposing direct rule from madrid on this region of catalonia. it follows that referendum deemed illegal by madrid on october one, when separatists claim 90% of the people who voted for independence, on a turnout of just 43%. who voted for indepe ....
welcome to bbc news. spain s political crisis has escalated. prime minister mariano rajoy has announced his government tim wilcox is in barcelona. you join me high above central barcelona. in the last few hours, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of pro independence demonstrators have taken to the streets in defiance of that decision by the spanish by ministers to impose home rule. numbers of protesters vary according to the organisers of this rally today. they say nearly half a million people took to the streets, according to organisations which are pro unity they say the number 170 5,000. nonetheless, there were significant numbers out here on the streets of barcelona. there are crowds of those nights as i speak outside the place where the catalan president is shortly to give a speech. would you give statements. it s not clear what his next move will be. it follows a dramatic day here in spain, when the spanish by minister mariano rajoy convened a crisis ....
of over 70 mph, although the effects have not been as bad as expected. we will go live to the catalan region, carles puigdemont is calling for independence of the region, we will see what he has to say. translation: that is what the government, with the support of the socialist party, as given the strongest hit to our autonomy since the days of the dictatorship and franco. undermining the will of the cata la n franco. undermining the will of the catalan people, and violating all the guarantees of parliament and representatives of the catalan government that have approved. that the spanish government has represented itself as. as a representative of the catalan people without going to the ballot boxes, without going to the ballot boxes, with a very short representation. the government of marijuana the government of mariano rajoy would like to govern directly from madrid, it is not the first time that the catalan institutions have received this strong clue from the spa ....
roadmap begins with the market and chase for 20k. plus the auto industry remains in the cross hairs. we ll get sales numbers today following tesla s numbers last night. and another trump tweet, this one about ford. and some fresh scrutiny for the president-elect ceo cabinet. tillerson s pay package with comm exxon. first up, stocks end up with more gains with a best day in more than three weeks including tuesday s triple digit increase for the dow. the watch is on for the 2:00 p.m. eastern release for the minutes from the fed s december meeting which might disclose some clues about policymakers views about inflation, strong data and the president-elect as well, jim. there was a time when i feared those minutes. they come out at 2:00, steve liesman come on, start thinking, wow, oh my, so worried they may have to raise rates. i have to tell you, they re not talking about raising rates three more times than j.p. morgan which is one of my fafrt stocks in the dow can g ....