this programme tells the story of the struggle and asks what next catalonia? —— for catalonia. to understand what happened on the day of the referendum, you have to travel to france. to a small town called elna in catalan. it is in the pyrenees just over the border from catalonia in north—east spain. this pa rt catalonia in north—east spain. this part of france was once catalan as well stop many still speak catalan and feel loyal to those south of the border. so when the spanish authorities declared the catalan referendum illegal, the people of elna stepped in to help. some of those involved agreed to talk to us on the condition of anonymity. the operation was closely guarded, even in a small town like elna, the conspirators‘ identities we re elna, the conspirators‘ identities were kept secret from each other. the operation lasted months, culminating on the night before the vote. spain had refused to allow voters to use official ballot boxes, and ballot papers were seized. so replacements were printed in secret in elna. ballot boxes were brought in from china and hidden

catalonia's autonomy is set to be restored, but the crisis goes on. spain continues to press its case in the courts but a political solution seems more distant than ever. and for ordinary catalans, it's unclear how or when the issue of independence will be resolved. hello. the weather contrast continued on saturday. thundery downpours once more, a few for scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern parts of england. there will be fewer to come for the first half of the week. some sunny spells, too, on saturday. pretty warm and there will be more of those on offer in the day ahead. it will feel a bit warmer, too. starting the day warm, 10—14 degrees. the area of cloud and rain still with us the further north you are in england and southern scotland. it is not moving much in the day ahead. the rain will ease but for some of us, it will still be there into the afternoon. north of the central belt we'll get sunshine in scotland but a few thunderstorms developing. northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, warm, sunny spells. low to midâ

catalonia's autonomy is set to be restored, but the crisis goes on. spain continues to press its case in the courts but a political solution seems more distant than ever. and for ordinary catalans, it's unclear how or when the issue of independence will be resolved. hello there. before we look ahead to the weather for the week ahead let's look back at what happened in may, an usual month, certainly early figures from the met office indicate that it's been the warmest, hottest may on record. temperatures right the way across the country above average for the time of year. notably in the north—east of scotland. instead of the atlantic winds we would normally get we have had southerly or easterly winds bringing the warmth but also bringing a dry month to many northern areas of the uk. of course, we had some storms later on in may across england and wales, and for the early part ofjune those storms have been drifting northwards into scotland. but over the week ahead it looks drier, there will be fewer thundery showers. whilst we are going to start the w

catalonia's autonomy is set to be restored, but the crisis goes on. spain continues to press its case in the courts but a political solution seems more distant than ever. and for ordinary catalans, it's unclear how or when the issue of independence will be resolved. hello there. after a record—breaking may the ist couple of days ofjune have started with some heat but again, some storms. on saturday it was the turn of scotland gets localised flooding. a number of showers elsewhere that over the weekend, not quite as humid, not as many storms. many places will be dry. it will feel a little cooler, especially in the south and a fair bit of cloud. earlier on it with the more northern part of the uk we had the bulk of cloud bringing showers, longer spells of rain, thunder bay downpour. a few showers left over as we move into sunday but on the whole it looks a drier day with fewer showers. a fair bit of cloud in central and southern scotland and northern england. sunny spells of that could trigger one or two downpours, towards the south—east when we get

achieving it was asians with was cut only of course was catalonia at the forefront of his challenges and now the new separatist catalan president king tara want independence talks with the new spanish prime minister what concessions do you think such as is likely to make. well say his key has any chance of making a great cause actions because their main obstacle fall out for solving the problem is really that the spanish prostitution forbids referendum on independence right so first of all the special situation would have to be reformed and this still no consensus regarding the reforms of the situation came today's parliament itself but i think it is it is the good news. because. we have been too separated for holly as never even talked to to the capitol representatives and. i think this is this is a very good chance of sunni good chance to start talks to start observations to him certainly to see a chance to see what we have we can work together. and yet the two leaders do want fundamentally different things as far as catalonia is concerned where does this leave the push for indepen

a minority government socialist federal sanchez this would mean that now he faces an only child and catalonia community that has also taken office today and you thought i was calling on sanctions to join a fresh independence told us something. we can do it was all dead also now it's back on again us president donald trump says the new thing with north korea's leader will take place on the twelfth of june out of originally planned announcement all day high level north korean envoy nicholas chump at the white house. being. banned. from having a home free you could join us here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy after dismissing hitler and the nazi era alexander galland the co-leader of the alternative to germany was speaking at a meeting all the parties use wait take a listen to what he had to say. yes we are committed to our responsibility for the twelve years. but hitler and the nazis are just a speck of bird poop and more than one thousand years of successful german history . well the comments from the a.s.d.f. cody to alexander gallant of spock's must've control the s

who saw him as too soft on catalonia. and so they abandoned him and this along with the scandal of corruption which was not an resented by his people but also the rest of spain, —— not only resented, that is what caused him to be ousted. is pedro sanchez going to be tougher on catalonia? he's been elected with some cattlemen support. he has been changing on these issues. his position has been changing all the time. initially he was more understanding of the demands of the cata la n understanding of the demands of the catalan nationalist, that he thought that was again in his case making him lose that was again in his case making hi m lose votes that was again in his case making him lose votes because also within the socialist party the voters opposed catalan independent and the rest of spain of course, so he changed again and he became as tough as mariano rajoy, and in fact until recently he was going hand—in—hand with the government on this issue. what you say is true, he's been elected with some support from cat

that was from radio catalonia, this is a tournament like no other for catalonia, this is a tournament like no otherfor spain, opening up against neighbours portugal in sochl after losing out on promotion to the premier league in the championship play—offs, aston villa is on the brink of bankruptcy. the cost of transfer fees and players‘ wages has left the club with a tax bill totalling over £4 million which it is struggling to pay, which means villa could be handed over to adminisrators. the club is now under pressure to pay the bill within seven days or they could face a winding up order. this their former finance director, mark ansell. it is not rocket science. there is spent as are more than their income and they are able to fund it in cash flow terms for the sometimes it works, leicester had a great season ona works, leicester had a great season on a low budget. wolves has spent a lot of money and it has worked for them this year but it is a very risky business and if you‘re going to be an owner of a football club nowadays, certainly to take those kinds of risks you need ve

who saw him as too soft on catalonia. and so they abandon him into this together with the scandal of corruption which was not unreserved and by his people but also the rest of spain, that is what caused him being ousted. the headlines on bbc news: the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. the united states accuses china of intimidating its neighbours by continuing a military build—up in the south china sea. washington says the issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at president trump's summit with kim jong—un. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. thank you. let's start at wembley where england won the first of their world cup warm—up matches — they beat nigeria 2—1. captain harry kane scored their second and said ‘he is feeling at his best‘ ahead of the tournament, which starts in just under a fortnight. gary cahill was the other goalscorer for england before

well i think it is indeed catalonia but. you know it in perspective i would say what he has to do is to first to create and the effective government panel with with the not backing in parliament in order to be capable of introducing some very needed measures regarding. their regeneration of the political aisle for a situation particularly. achieving it was asians with was because i don't have to push catalonia at the forefront of his challenges and now the new separatist catalan president king tara wants independence starts with the news that his prime minister what concessions do you think such as is likely to make well see his he has any chance of making a great because actions because their name obstacle fall out for solving the problem is really that the spanish prostitution forbids a referendum on independence right so first of all the specialist russian would have to be reformed and this still no consensus regarding the the reform of the situation in today's part of it. but i think it is it is there good news. because.

and i'm very happy i think it's good news for spain and for catalonia because with the government we have in recent years it's been a huge institutional blockade there was no dialogue and corruption cases have been serious so i think it's good news. and i think now there could be the possibility of redirecting the situation although at the same time i'm skeptical i see it as complicated at least it can't be worse than with iraq oil. so with the arrival of the socialist party dubiously socialist it could open a possibility of dialogue. that interview pedro sanchez has said he's willing to talk but ending the deadlock won't be easy he's clearly said he wants catalonia to remain in spain. if you choose to do the most will join you. well here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy after dismissing hitler and the nazi era alexander garland the co-leader of the alternative for germany was speaking at a meeting of the party's youth wing take a listen to what he had to say. yes we are committed to our responsibility for the twelve years. but hitler and the nazis are just a

well i think it is indeed catalonia but. you know it in perspective i would say what he has to do is to first to create and the effective government panel with with enough backing in parliament in order to be capable of introducing some very needed measures regarding. their regeneration of the political aisle for us into shreds as you really. achieving it was asians with was cut only with bush catalonia at the forefront of his challenges and now the new separatist catalan president king tara once in dependence starts with the new spanish prime minister what concessions do you think such as is likely to make. but also his he has any chance of making great because actions because they're named obstacle fall out for solving the problem is really that the spanish prostitution forbids referendum on independence right so first of all this fascist russian would have to be reformed and this still no consensus regarding the reform of the situation came today is part of it. but i think it is it is the good news. because. we have been

will reopen discussions with the catalan separatists >> i think you have a change in tone with the catalonia issue but you will not solve the problem short-term the problem at the end of the day is one of massive polarization that has been caused by the independence movement the population in catalonia is split in two if you have a government tries to defy the constitutional order, i don't think sanchez will have any kind of willingness to negotiate anything with them i don't think the issue will resolve. change of tone, but i don't think you will solve the issue >> your party is opposed to catalan separatism would you welcome a change in tone in those conversations? >> we would welcome a change in the way that catalan separatists are talking about spain, talking about spanish citizens, and a realization that there is no problem between catalonia and spain. 47% of the population is trying to restrict the rights of the more than 50% of the population who wants to be part of spain and wants the democratic rights to be perceived. so what has been worse of the narrative is this ma nority convinc

his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured —— her mother says she was trying to help the injured. translation: this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did the soldier kill her? she's been targeted since the first day of the protest. also in the programme — we travel to the russian city of kazan as it prepares to welcome world cup fans and celebrate ramadan. hello and welcome to bbc news. finance ministers from six of the g7 countries meeting in canada have expressed "unanimous concern and disappointment" at america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. they've warned washington that there are only days left to avoid a trade war. in tough words exchanged after the meeting, the canadian finance minister said he was very disappointed. his american counterpart, steve mnuchin, though, insisted that the us doesn't want to abandon its leadership of the w

over the last two years spain has been rocked by the territorial crisis over catalonia. despite the protests clamping down hard on the separatist movement blocked it from seceding after catalonia declared independence. but roy safe pair of hands fumbled the latest scandal last week as more than two dozen business people including his party's former treasurer were sentenced on charges of corruption afterwards the socialist party put forward a motion to vote him from office is that he's worth anything. are you going to resign mr roy are you going to keep on clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening the quality of the government in the end these were charges he could no longer answer opening the way for yet another set of elections and possibly another vulnerable government to shop al-jazeera. let's go back to our correspondent in the back and now he is joining us live from the capital madrid so naïve could what's happened today need to more elections in spain. hypothetically yes it could indeed i don't think the specter of elections is entirely gone away

there will be a lot of people in catalonia wanting the opponents of spain to win and of course in catalonia as well especially in the city surrounding barcelona which is where most of the emigration from spin comes and they will support open the spain. it will be interesting atmosphere inside catalonia, how do you see this affecting pique in particular on the pitch? he has shown that even people from the stance makes him stronger. he likes to represent an idea of being a professional apart from captain on. i think in the end he will play very well and we have the culture in spain with a squad spain has at this moment we can compete against brazil or germany at this moment the main favourites. we have the conscience that winning the world cup or being in semifinals or eventually is possible. enjoy the tournament. a tournament like no other for spain, tournament. a tournament like no otherfor spain, they tournament. a tournament like no other for spain, they open tournament. a tournament like no otherfor spain, they open up tournament. a tournament like no other for spain, they open up their

parties including social left wing rivals spa day mass and fractious regional parties in catalonia and the past country added up their support and reached the crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna hawley finally realized that the game was up so it was a close call this is the man now taking over pedro sanchez forty six years old will be sworn in as prime minister over the weekend a forty six year old former economics a professor currently leader of the socialist party that has been a thorn in the former prime minister side for some time twenty sixteen when parliament voted on approving mariano rajoy new cabinet sanchez refused to give his backing now although that movement he was forced aside and had to step. down of socialist party leader that led to a nine month political deadlock but in twenty seventeen sanchez made a shock reappearance after winning back his position but now despite receiving large support from smaller opposition parties he's still likely to face some major challenges for the liberal party to

welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour catalonia is new nationalist government has been sworn in ending madrid seven month direct rule of the region the capital and president has pledged to achieve independence and a direct challenge to spain's new prime minister petra sanchez yemeni government troops backed by the saudi led coalition are preparing a full scale assault on the rebel held city of the data aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster as most of yemen's food and medicine passes through the data support. and u.s. defense secretary jim mattis is accused china of deploying missiles in the south china sea to intimidate and coerce its neighbors a top chinese general is hit back calling the comments irresponsible. the jordanian prime minister honey moki says he will not withdraw a controversial i.m.f. backed tax bill before parliament the proposed bill has angered many leading to protest with calls for the government to resign the prime minister now says the government will continue talks with the unions about the law and he'll leave it up to lawmakers to m

parties including social life would rival spa day most fractious regional parties in catalonia and the past country added up their support and reached the crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna a wholly finally realised that the game was up socialist party leader petro sanchez will be sworn in. prime minister during the weekend he is a forty six year old former columnist sanchez put forward the no confidence motion after roy's popular party was embroiled in a corruption scandal and now despite receiving a large support from smaller opposition parties he is still likely to face some major challenges the center right citizens party has refused to back sanchez and wants another election and the new prime minister will have to deal with a volatile situation in catalonia the province held an unofficial vote to break away from spain last year historian. quiero go believes the cuda lines could take advantage of the situation. they just have eighty five m. peers there's a very very. small number of. problems and that does

his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured. translation: this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did they think to kill her? she has been targeted since the first day of the protests. after decades of communist rule in cuba, could the new president be about to bring in significant changes to the way the country is run? also in the programme... we travel to the russian city of kazan as it prepares to welcome world cup fans and celebrate ramadan. a very warm welcome. spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn into office by king felipe. it followed the ousting of the government of mariano rajoy in a parliamentary vote of no confidence after his people's party was embroiled in corruption allegations. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with its regional leader calling for talks with spain's new prime minister.

several kilometers into the sky lava flows have buried at least one village the president of spain's catalonia region has met the jailed leaders of october's failed bid for secession comptroller visited the night leaders a few days after his government was sworn in he was handpicked by former president carter's push to mount tora is pushing for talks with spain's new prime minister petro sanchez on catalonia is future the u.s. is urging china to release a full account of those killed or jail during the tiananmen square massacre twenty nine years ago the chinese government has never given an official number of how many people were killed during the student led protests in one nine hundred eighty nine estimates from human rights groups range from the several hundred to several thousand. people in hong kong are holding a vigil to remember those who died in tiananmen square the territories one of the only places in china where commemorations can be held freely but several student groups are boycotting saying they no longer believe the organizers call for an end to one party rule in china. more new

welcome back a lot of change in spain right now the separatist region of catalonia is back in charge of its own affairs after months of direct rule by madrid the new government was sworn in just hours after spain's new prime minister took over. came tory used his first speech to vow to continue the break way regions push for secession from madrid the council and cabinets revival follows seven months of federal control after last year's referendum which was deemed illegal by spain. torah replaces the ousted colors put him on who fled the country and is wanted on charges of rebellion towards appeal to the country's new prime minister pedro sanchez to put catalan independence back on the negotiating table let's get the thoughts now of an revolt who's the international secretary of the catalan solidarity for independence coalition group mr paul welcome to r.t. how is president taylor going to handle dealings with madrid in the new pm there. well. you must take it with many care we must not forget we trained off. but he was such a least i would use a party for school during the previews o

parties including social left wing rivals all day most fractious regional parties in catalonia and the basque country added up their support and reached the crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna a wholly finally realized that the game was up. socialist party leader petro sanchez will be sworn in as prime minister during the weekend here's a forty six year old former economist sanchez filled the no confidence motion after popular party was embroiled in a corruption scandal and now despite receiving large support from smaller opposition parties he is still likely to face some major challenges at the center. right citizens party has refused to back sanchez and wants another election and the new prime minister will have to deal with the volatile situation in catalonia province held an unofficial vote to break away from spain last year historian. excuse me believes the catalans of could take advantage of the situation they just have eighty five m. peers there's a very very. small number of. parliaments and that does a

asparagus and the basque nationalists so it will be easy and what does that all mean then for catalonia because the catalan regional government was also sworn in today ending that seven month takeover by spain's central authorities the new catalan president can thought of course of the separatists and he says he's ready to talk to sanchez what concessions will sanchez make. why i don't think he needs to do to bring in any any concession i think the most important issue now is to to restart compositions to start to negotiate to in some time to to introduce a new atmosphere of understanding which is something that we have been lacking throughout all those those years and under the governmental for a holiday so i think you know the most think the most important thing that has happened through this happening through this discussion of this process has precisely to do with catalonia because the whole the whole atmosphere has changed and i think there will be a chance to come to an agreement of course not. this is just what you will probably but you know and certain time i don't think this go

socialist pedro sanchez is sworn in in madrid as he prepares to head a minority government and now catalonia as a new leader has also taken office kim torah is calling on sanchez to join the new independence talks. but also coming up it was on then off and now it's back on again u.s. president donald trump says the meeting with north korea's leader will take place on june twelfth as a originally planned that announcement comes after all high level north korean envoy and that with trump out the white house. and it's technically a friendly but tonight's match between disbanding the world champions germany and neighboring austria may be anything but germany has granted her cards to make way for the world cup so most will be playing all out. and welcome to the program a minority government in spain as a new prime minister is sworn in pedro sanchez the leader of spain's socialist party took the oath of office before king philippe he will now lead the country after ousting. conservative pre-disaster madeon a little boy in a no confidence motion in parliament and sanchez bloom need the support of c

as a parent this and the best nationalists so it will be easy and what does that mean then for catalonia because the catalan regional government was also sworn in today ending that seven month takeover by spain central authorities the new catalan president can thought of course a third of an separatist and he says he's ready to talk to sanchez what concessions will sanchez make. why i don't think he needs to do to bring in any any concession i think the most important issue now is to know to restart conversations to start to negotiate to in some time to to introduce a new atmosphere of understanding which is something that we have been lacking throughout all those of those years and under the governmental for a holiday so i think you know the most i think the most important thing that has happened through this happening through this discussion of this process has precisely to do with catalonia because the whole the whole atmosphere has changed and i think there will be a chance to come to an agreement of course not. this is just what you will probably but you know and then a certain time

catalonia as president is due to meet the jailed leaders of october failed bid for independence from spain came to as visiting their nine leaders just days after his government was sworn in he was handpicked by a former president. gore is pushing for talks with spain's new prime minister put their sanchez on the future of the catalan region david chaytor has more from madrid talk us through what tourists going to be up to today. well just about three minutes ago we saw torode come in to this penitentiary about an hour away from madrid where he'll be meeting with five of the cattle and prisoners who are being held here in pretrial custody now one of the first things he'll want to know is what their condition is with that song and they're very much pushing to be moved from this large penitentiary to somewhere much nearer to barcelona to be moved into catalonia because their relatives some several of them have to travel four hundred miles to get here it's very difficult journey for them they have about a small conversations or a glass screen on the telephone with with the the prisoners

asparagus and the basque nationalists so it will be easy and what does that all mean then for catalonia because the catalan regional government was also sworn in today ending that seven month takeover by spain central authorities the new catalan president can thought of course a third of a separatist and he says he's ready to talk to sanchez what concessions will sanchez make. why i don't think he needs to do to bring in any any concession i think the most important issue now is to know to restart conversations to start to negotiate to in some time to to introduce a new atmosphere of understanding which is something that we have been lacking throughout all those all those years and under the governmental for a holiday so i think it's you know the most think the most important thing that has happened through this happening through this discussion of this process has precisely to do with catalonia because the whole the whole atmosphere has changed and i think there will be a chance to come to an agreement of course not. this is just which will probably but you know and then a certain time

cabinet one of the big things he will have to deal with is the issue of independence this is in the catalonia region which is of course centered on the city of barcelona the regional parliament there also has a new leader and this is interesting one who is hardline pro independence during the swearing in of the government catalan president torah demanded to meet sanchez to talk about the region's future a prime minister's predecessor remember refused outright to engage in any discussions about succession censures though says he is open to talks so what next for spain what next for catalonia let's talk to him about it professor at the european institute co-director of the darren gough forum at the london school of economics he is joining us from cambridge this saturday and we thank you for your time sir it interests me that we have a hardline pro independence leader in catalonia after everything that happened with mr put him on and the independence referendum and now spain could be possibly could they be heading down the same track again towards another attempted independence. i think the big

parties including social likely rivals all day most fractious regional parties in catalonia and the basque country added up their support and reached the crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna finally realised that the game was up. socialist party leader as will be sworn. in his prime minister during the weekend he is a forty six year old former economist put forward the no confidence motion after roy's popular party was embroiled in a corruption scandal and now despite receiving large support from smaller opposition parties he is still likely to face some major challenges of the center right citizens party has refused to back sanchez and wants another election and the new prime minister will have to deal with the volatile situation in catalonia the province held an unofficial vote to break away from spain last year historian. believes the catalogs could take advantage of the situation they just have eighty five in paris is a very very. small number of. parliaments and that does a limitation in itself so it is going to

as a therapist and the best nationally so it will be easy and what does that all mean then for catalonia because the catalan regional government was also sworn in today ending that seven month takeover by spain central authorities the new catalan president can thought of course a third of an separatist and he says he's ready to talk to sanchez what concessions will sanchez make. why i don't think he needs to do to bring in any any concession i think the most important issue now is to know to restart conversations to start to negotiate to in some time to to introduce a new atmosphere of understanding which is something that we have been lacking throughout all those of those years and under the governmental for a holiday so i think it's you know the most think the most important thing that has happened through this happening through this discussion of this process has precisely to do with catalonia because the whole the whole atmosphere has changed and i think there will be a chance to come to an agreement of course not. this is just what you will probably but you know in the end certain t

parties including social likely rivals held a mass fractious regional parties in catalonia and the past country added to their support and reached the crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna wrote holy finally realized that the game was up the socialist party leader petro sanchez will be sworn in as. prime minister during the weekend here is a forty six year old former columnist sanchez put forward the no confidence motion after reports popular party was embroiled in a corruption scandal and now despite receiving a large support from smaller opposition parties he is still likely to face some major challenges let's take a look at those the center right citizens party has refused to back sanchez and wants another election and the new prime minister will also have to deal with the volatile situation in catalonia the province held and official vote to break away from spain last year story and create a rogue believes that the catalans could take advantage of the situation the jews have eighty five m. peers there's a very

of volcanoes theory might not be over yet david mercer al-jazeera guatemala the president of spain's catalonia region is missing the jailed leaders of october's failed bid for recession came tourists visiting the line leaders a few days after his government was sworn in he was handpicked by the former president carlos push to mount the torah is pushing for talks with spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez on catalonia as future police in france are clearing two more migrant camps in paris a similar operation last week on wednesday police moved more than a thousand people from a camp that was underneath the main paris ring road those forced to leave were taken to shelters across the city. the u.s. is urging china to release a full account of those killed or jail during the tiananmen square massacre twenty nine years ago the chinese government has never given an official number of how many people were killed during the student led protests in one thousand nine hundred nine estimates from human rights groups range from several hundred to several thousand. people in hong kong holding a vigil to

well i think it is indeed catalonia but. you know it in perspective i would say what he has to do is to first to create an effective government handle with with the not backing in parliament in order to be capable of introducing some very needed measures revolving. their regeneration of the political office or a situation particularly. achieving it was asians with was cut only of course catalonia at the forefront of his challenges and now the new separatist catalan president king tara wants independence talks with the new spanish prime minister what concessions do you think such as is likely to make well see his see he has any chance of making a great because actions because their name obstacle fall out for solving the problem is really that the spanish constitution forbids referendum on independence right so first of all the specialist who should have to be reformed and this still no consensus regarding the roof or was it was a tradition named today is part of it. but i think it is it is that good news. because. we have bee

they promised they would if things were not resolved in catalon catalonia. they've not been resolved, that's why he's out now, mariano rajoy, as prime minister >> any idea whether this will fuel those populist parties in catalonia to vote for that referendum and from separating from spain what we know from pedro sanchez is he will not change policies too dramatically he said he will change the tone. he will reopen conversations with separatists about some of their demands, obviously a separate state is not something he will seek, the constitution of spain does not permit that now. rajoy cut off communication. he went after some of those leaders, put some of them in jail, forced some to flee the country. pedro sanchez said he would like to have conversations with those separatists. it's going to be interesting what happens between madrid and barcelona. pedro sanchez pledged he will continue with the budgetary plans put forward by mariano rajoy. so we don't expect major changes to spending. >> willem marx, thank you very much for that update you can see now ma

over the last two years spain has been rocked by the territorial crisis of the catalonia her despite the protests clamping down hard on the separatist movement blocked it from seceding after catalonia declared independence. but roy safe pair of hands fumbled the latest scandal last week as more than two dozen business people including his party's former treasurer were sentenced on charges of corruption afterwards the socialist party put forward a motion to vote him from office is that he's worth anything. are you going to resign mr roy or are you going to keep on clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening the quality of the government in the end these were charges he could no longer answer opening the way for yet another set of elections and possibly another vulnerable government to shop al-jazeera. and the bar has more from madrid. a seismic political moment here in spain the first time that a sitting prime minister has been un seated in a vote of no confidence here in congress one hundred eighty m.p.'s from across the political spectrum from six different parties ar

he said he will be looking to build bridges with catalonia, with the citizens there. he won't have an easy task. we've seen lots of people say this is a weak government. it will be unstable and won't be able to pass any laws. the markets of not reacted as they did in recent days to italy. spain is uprket in on this news. the risk spread to germany. that is closing. it looks as if investors are not disgruntled about the changeover and the ousting of the conservative government that has been having allegations of corruption. sharon: tell us a little bit about him. he's been in power for six years. is this a humiliation coming after what we had back in october? criticism incing terms of that court case which ended last week, the corruption allegations about members of the conservative party. sarah: he feels better i think. he insists he is done nothing wrong. he did have to give evidence in the corruption case that was decided last week. he said he knew nothing about the people who took bribes from businesses. he said he knew nothing about that/fund. who a humiliation fo

minister the plans to lead a minority government socially conscious to sworn in on the same day that catalonia need to take off with demands for independence. and in football coach who knows that germany team suffers a surprise loss in austria you know pre world cup frenemies we'll find out how it happened later in the show. i'm glad you could join us now here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy of to dismissing hitler and the nazi era now alexander and the cold the dolby alternative for germany was speaking at a meeting of the party's youth wing his comments of caused outrage with the politicians in the parliament condemning gollum's words. the seventy seven year old code leader of the f.t. alexander garland has been accused of dismissing the crimes of nazi germany as a blip in history in comments at the f.t. youth wing's congress he said that historians have placed too much emphasis on the twelve years of hitler's rule. yes we recognize our responsibility for the twelve years but dear friends hitler and the nazis are just a bird dropping in over a thousand years of succ

could there be a falling of relations between madrid in catalonia following the swearing in of a spanish prime minister. how i was still got plenty of dry weather across much of australia there are some showers around long spells of rain now in the process of spilling across the way some pretty wet and it's a very windy weather coming in here over the next twenty four to thirty six hours that as i choose to you doesn't like quite a brim a grim day across the coastal fringes there perth around twenty degrees celsius come a little further race was sixty celsius not by a fifteen celsius there for over a melbourne few coastal showers just hugging the fringes there of new south wales as we go through tuesday and only into wednesday perhaps i shall just sinking a little further south was even that east of victoria could see a little bit of wet weather but for much of the time toward this good melbourne sixty souses adelaide a six day the nearest sixty maybe seventeen therefore as that cloud right starts to push its way a little further east was hopefully becoming less wet over the next couple

let us talk about catalonia, it is the big issue in the entry for mr sanchez, what can he do? the first thing is actually start talking again. there has been a policy of stonewalling by the previous prime minister, mariano rajoy, who has basically not sat together with the catalan separatist leaderfor a very long together with the catalan separatist leader for a very long time and has relied on the rule of law, on courts, to take action against cata la n courts, to take action against catalan politicians who are violating the constitution of spain andi violating the constitution of spain and i think pedro sanchez, even if he does not do anything more, just the fact that he is talking about this as a political problem that needs political solutions and not just legal ones, that is a step forward. as you mentioned, today we coincidentally had both leaders coming in and that has been good news. but they are both talking and willing to sit down again. mr sanchez does not have much room for manoeuvre, darcy? politically. his party is not strong in parliament? he has almost no room

a vote of confidence he's already facing his first big challenge with a new regional government of catalonia also being sworn in and pledging to fight for independence. it's a nice new interior minister has vowed to begin work on creating jobs in expelling migrants a day after the country's first populist government was sworn in earlier the new prime minister giuseppe conti attended a military parade marking the founding of the italian republic he leads a cabinet formed of the anti establishment five star movement and the anti immigration league party well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the inside story that's watching. the first populist government in western europe kenneth sole bts problems a coalition of the far right and on ties tabish and months of political uncertainty but is it a threat to the european union this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on. a very unusual coalition government has come to power in its city leaders of the anti-establishment five star movement and the right wing on thai immigration league already have been swor

crucial legislation such as inherits a troubled economy and political instability over the future of catalonia where the independence movement remains strong he's also under pressure from other parties to cool new elections as soon as possible sanchez is now spain's seventh prime minister since his return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. but his hold on power faces immediate challenges. madrid. and staying in spain prosecutors in germany have found a new request to extradite the deposed catalan leader callus french time on to spain when strong was detained in march on european arrest warrant for his role in catalonia failed independent spent last year is facing challenges in the belly and corruption if found guilty he could spend up to thirty years in prison. italy's first populist government has been sworn in bring an end to three months of political deadlock little known professor that they can take a coalition of the anti establishment five star movement and far right party. from rome. handing over to the new prime minister paolo gentle only makes way for law professor giusep

crucial legislation such as inherits a troubled economy and political instability over the future of catalonia where the independence movement remains strong he's also under pressure from other parties to cool new elections as soon as possible sanchez is now spain's seventh prime minister since his return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. but his hold on power faces immediate challenges. al-jazeera madrid. prosecutors in germany have filed a new request to extradite catalan lady alice french to monte spang place tomorrow was detained in march on a european arrest warrant for his role in catalonia found independence spent last year he says in challenges of rebellion and corruption and found guilty he could spend up to thirty years in prison. sounds like u.s. allies have a backup chance new terrorists with their own lives on american imports from harley mountain bikes to jeans. and anchor in argentina advancing a growing economic crisis why some people think help from the i.m.f. is only going to make that problems were. welcome back let's look at the weather conditions across austr

vote of confidence he's already facing his first big challenge with the new regional government of catalonia also being sworn in and pledging to fight for independence thousands of people in gaza have attended the funeral of twenty one year old palestinian medic resident on the job who was shot dead by israeli forces on the gaza border she'd been volunteering as is the we can demonstrations began in march. jordanian riot police have broken up protests against proposed income tax increases demonstrators want ministers to resign after they approved a new economic policy influenced by the international monetary fund and accuse the i.m.f. of interference. pro-government forces backed by the saudi led coalition are closing in on a major rebel held port in yemen in a battle that could reshape the course of the civil war more than one hundred soldiers and rebels have reportedly been killed in less than a week of fighting we had data riot police in mali have fired tear gas at opposition supporters during a band rally ahead of next month's presidential election authorities in the capital bamako have

cabinet move automatically ends seven months of direct rule by spain central government as well as catalonia failed bid for independence from spain the new cabinet is there by crim daughter who's a close aide of the deposed catalan leader has put. it in a month i know as editor in chief of the spanish newspaper is global she says there's likely to be a change of attitude from madrid towards catalonia now sanchez is in power. the problem is the parties he's got the support to to go ahead with this no confidence vote are very unlikely partners they are either independent is both on cataloguing and the best country or they are delayed the extreme left party which has been disputing with the socialist party the left is bits of our voters so he will have to to look for some policies that he can move ahead after several months a lot of months without any movement at all to be able to do something in this period before he goes new elections said he has got the support of the dependent parties but then there's sanchez and a socialist party have always supported the form of government in there no all

the president of spain's catalonia region is meeting the jailed leaders of failed bid for suspicion him to is visiting the ninety eight is a few days after his government was sworn in he was handpicked by former president carter is pushing more towards pushing for talks with spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez on the catalan regions future. police in france are clearing two more migrants camps in paris after some operation last week last wednesday police moved within a thousand people from another camp underneath the main paris ring road. the u.s. is urging china for a full account of those killed or jailed during the tiananmen square massacre in beijing twenty nine years ago the chinese government is never released a death toll from its crackdown on the pro-democracy protests in one nine hundred eighty nine estimates from human rights groups range from several hundred to several thousand those are the headlines the news continues but first it is inside story to stay watching. the biggest anti-government protest in here is tax wise is the cost of living in else terry t. measures ar

has been sworn in a day after ousting marielle overhaul in a vote of confidence about an hour later catalonia new government was sworn in ending madrid's seven month direct rule over the region and it immediately pledged to seek independence for the region a major challenge for spain's new leader catherine stansell has more. spain's new and old leadership side by side mariano rajoy six and a half years in office came to an end in friday's no confidence vote led by the socialist who ousted him petro sanchez. i promise on my conscience a monetary law will be fulfill the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution as well as to maintaining secret deliberation of the cabinet sanchez is promising to root out corruption and help spaniards who suffered in years of austerity measures under the royal government but he's expected to find it a challenge to pass legislation given the socialists have just eighty four to three hundred fifty seat parliament supposedly he will have to make. alliances we did different parties the problem is the parties he's

out of the whole who lost a vote of confidence in parliament after a corruption scandal in his party catalonia as new government has also been sworn in and big seven months of direct rule by madrid catherine stansell reports. spain's new and old leadership side by side in just twenty four hours mariano over hoy's six years in office came to an end in a no confidence vote led by the man who ousted him socialist petro sanchez. a promise on my conscience an honor to lobby for fill the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution as well as to maintaining secret deliberation of the cabinet of sanchez is promising to root out corruption and help those affected by years of harsh austerity measures under the government he may be the prime minister but health find it a challenge to pass legislation given his socialist just eighty four of the three hundred fifty seat parliament supposedly he will have to make. as we did different parties the problem is the parties he's got to support. to go ahead with these no go but very unlikely partners they are ei

has been sworn in a day off to ousting mariano rajoy in a vote of no confidence about an hour later catalonia new government was sworn in ending madrid seven month to write rule of the region and it immediately pledged to seek independence in a major challenge for spain's new leader catherine stansell explains. spain's new and old leadership side by side mariano rajoy six and a half years in office came to an end in friday's no confidence vote led by the socialist who ousted him petro sanchez. i promise on my conscience a monetary law will be fulfill the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution as well as to maintaining secret deliberation of the cabinet sanchez is promising to root out corruption and help spaniards who suffered in years of austerity measures under the royal government but he's expected to find it a challenge to pass legislation given the socialists have just eighty four to three hundred fifty seats parliament supposedly he will have to make. alliances we did different parties the problem is the parties he's got the supp

the newly elected president of the regional government in catalonia kim was paying a call on five of his former colleagues behind bars awaiting trial on charges of rebellion and sufficient but the main question was is the knowledge chance of a new dialogue between madrid and barcelona. we have exchanged messages and agreed to meet as soon as possible it's important for me to emphasize that we are going through an exceptional situation in this country if we want to know what type of prime minister we're going to find the one who condemned the independence referendum or a new man or. that statement from the catalonian president now leaves the diplomatic ball very much in the court of pedro sanchez but he's got a lot on his plate already he's got to form a new government but both men realize if they're going to take this opportunity they've got to take it soon. a right wing rally over the weekend in the spanish capital condemned the no confidence vote. as a constitutional coup they are calling for a new election with the new prime minister having only eighty four socialist votes in the