Two recent bank wants to advance price of talks that exceed e. U. Summit today but the e. U. Says not enough progress has been made yet to move things forward is there any way out of the impasse and german chancellor Angela Merkel tries to iron out the differences between her possible new partners in government theyre looking to form a three Way Coalition never tried before in Germanys National parliament. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. The catalonia crisis in catalonia is escalating now spain is preparing to take full control of the semi autonomous region after the Catalan Leader refused to give up demands for independence the Central Government in madrid has said that Carlos Bustamante ignored a thursday deadline to withdraw catalonia as plans to break away now he must face the consequences. The game of brinkmanship eats up cattle and lead to collars pushed him on at the Regional Parliament for the latest showdown camera struggle to get a good glimpse of
Is not enough progress. And that there is is there any way out of the impasse. Also coming up showdown in Spain Catalonia defies a deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid says that it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday. And the soccer fair play demand fair pay denmarks womens world cup qualifier is cancelled and a rout over wages the Danish National team simply wants the same conditions as the man could this be a landmark moment for the womens game. Plus an explosion at a factory baking firecrackers exposes the dark underside of indias festival of lights environmentalists welcome the new ban on fireworks but some people arent happy our social media team has more. And asterix and all blix the beloved comic book heroes are back with. A new adventure this time their creators are sending them on a bad dash across italy. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. Leaders are meeting in brussels for a two day summit to discuss issue
Not europe thats dragging its feet well get the latest from brussels also coming up a showdown in spain the region of catalonia defines a deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid says it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday and the problem thats bugging the german scientist why are insects don look at the mysterious decline in flying insects and what it means for our environment. Im bringing off its good to have you with us bragg sits migration policy tougher sanctions against north korea those are just a few of the big topics in brussels tonight where you leaders are beginning a key two day summit the british Prime Minister to. S m a has come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move breaks it talks a lot but e. U. Leaders say that she has to match her promises with concrete details if any process is to be made its just that. I spoke to hoffman in brussels earlier hes covering the summit for us and i asked him what the focus of
Brent im brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Brexit, migration policies, and more sanctions on north korea, these are just a few of the hot topics in brussels where the eu leaders are holding a summit. Theresa may has come to the summit armed with proposals she hopes will move brexit talks along. Leaders say she has to match her promises with concrete details if any progress is to be made. I spoke with max hoffman earlier, he is covering the summit. I asked him what the focus of the discussions have been so far. Max migration is probably the biggest topic they talked about, because it is what it has been discussed so far. Brexit is on the menu for dinner. What is interesting about the migration part, the president of the European Council said they wanted to attack a subject they have not been able to resolve for years, lots of years, and it is a common asylum system. They want to have a common solution for that, a common system next year, which would be lightning speed compared
Fighting and now she is recruiting women to go to the front lines. And upset with the government, tens of thousands of protestors are on the streets of brussells. Welcome to the program. Libyas Supreme Court has ruled that the u. N. Backed parliament is legal. One of two rival administrations that have been vying for power. And has the backing of a powerful militia group. When libya has been wrapped by violence, the rival groups battle for control, the most powerful militias initially join forces to overthrow the former dictator. They have been batting over such issues as the international airport. But in august, it fell into the hands of fighters, who oppose the elected parliament. And benghazi tried to help their rivals defend the airport but fails. Both benghazi and triply are so insecure, now the parliament held its meetings in the port city. It operates from triply. Libya has been under the control of two rival governments. Enganged in daily fighting. Now the Supreme Court has rul