The crackdown calling the vote and legal well go live to madrid for the latest. News there coming up in the frenchs here mass say two women have been stabbed to death in knife attack Officials Say you say that was shot dead by french soldiers antiterrorism authorities are investigating the attack which happened at the southern citys main train station. On helena home free good to have you with us in spain the catalan Regional Government says more than four hundred sixty people have been injured in a Police Crackdown on a banned independence referendum Spanish Police have closed ninety two polling stations across the region madrid has called the vote a false and is trying to prevent people from costing their ballots. Rubber bullets being fired protesters. Clashes between voters and police forces. It was a chaotic start to catalans band independence referendum. The Central Government in madrid deployed Police Across the region they seized ballot papers and boxes of polling stations and o
After so many delays, afghanistan and the u. S. Have just signed a deal that will allow u. S. Troops to stay in the country next year. Will this help repair ties between washington and kabul . And we catch up with our popup bureau in colorado, finding out why every vote matters in the upcoming midterm elections. Also coming up, aaron is here looking at apples tax arrangements with the irish government. The u. S. Tech giant has had its European Base there since 1980, but today the European Commission says apples sweetheart tax arrangement with ireland amounts to an illegal state aid. What does that mean . It could mean apple having to pay millions of dollars in back taxes. Its midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. And 7 00 p. M. In hong kong, where the chief executive is warning tens of thousands of protesters that beijing does not intend to back down on its plan to vet candidates for the 2017 elections. Look at these remarkable pictures we have just received into the bbc. Th
Fresh russians strikes on civilian area and forest fires to kill dozens and algeria and hundreds more or move to safety officials. War and hot winds could spread the flames even further. And any fi i meet the all female skate board, a group, teaching girls new skills and creating space for them to get involved in extreme sports. Ah, im nicole friendly, shower viewers on p b. S and around the world. Welcome to the program. United nations secretary general antonio terrace has called for all troops to be withdrawn from around ukraine supple regia, Nuclear Power station. The plant has come under repeated shelling parish with speaking during talks with ukraines president volota means the lensky and the turkish leader. Rich of type air to one. In the city of levine in western ukraine, the leaders also disgust exchanging prisoners of war and increasing ukrainian grain exports. Millions of tons of wheat and mays are still stuck in black seaports. Quoterush repeated calls for a safe zone around
Booed those protesting players. Andy scholes is following this from the sports angle and joe johns from the political angle at the white house. Joe to you at the white house first. This came during the president s remarks in alabama on friday night, seemingly out of nowhere, but it is going many places fast. It certainly is. Very fast. And one indicator of that was the president s tweets this morning. We have three of them that are just very interesting, i think, to say it mildly. I want to read the first one to you. So proud of nascar and its supporters and fans they wont put up with disrespecting our country or our flag. They said it loud and clear. Thats interesting, because just a little while later, dale earnhardt, who certainly could only be described as nascar royalty, took to twitter to apparently respond to the president to a measure and he says, all americans are granted rights to peaceful protest. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution ine
Trump struggles to contain a political storm in washington we get the view from tennessee at the rodeo theyre giving him an easy ride. And to the invisible children of the bosnian war they were born to mothers graves during the conflict of the early one nine hundred ninety s. No one wanted to acknowledge them then now theyre fighting for their right. I need a commander welcome to the program the Israeli Parliament has passed a highly controversial law that explicitly defines the country as the nation homeland of the jewish people now there were chaotic scenes in parliament after the bill was approved with ira bomb makers being ejected after protesting the new law makes hebrew the countrys only official language downgrading arabic to quote special status that was ring of Prime Minister benjamin the. Here who has called the vote a defining moment in the history of zionism critics say the laws the law is racist and discriminatory. But the more we will keep ensuring civil rights in israels