Spain. Another Significant Development in spain. Spains Constitutional Court has suspended an upcoming session of Catalan Parliament. This is designed to stop a planned declaration of independence. The court says that would be a breach of the constitution. Bear in mind, the same court said the referendum would breach the constitution and the organisers went ahead anyway. Were also seeing signs the fallout is impacting the economy. Spains fifth biggest Bank Sabadell will shift its registered domicile away from catalonia, a Company Spokesman said thursday, after threats by the regions leaders to declare independence. The catalan minister for external relations has spoken to the bbc in the last hour or so. This is what he said. That is a new attempt from the Constitutional Court, which is by the weight very politicised body, it is not newco, to impede the normal voting of the catalan institutions. It isa voting of the catalan institutions. It is a new attempt to take control of the Catala
British author. This years nobel prize for literature has been awarded to. I used to wonder what went on behind closed doors. And we speak to the best selling crime also about his new book. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Wiltshire police say they would question the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath about allegations of historical child abuse, were he still alive. The claims include the alleged rape of a child. The police stress that is not to say the former Prime Minister was guilty. But the investigation has been severely criticised by the sir edwards friends and family, and by the former head of Public Prosecutions he says elements of Wiltshire Polices investigation were a disgrace and they should be ashamed. Tom symonds has more. For many, hes now a figure from distant history the Prime Minister in the early 1970s who took us into europe. But today, the police set out staggering claims against Sir Edward Heath, that he raped a child in 1961, indecently assaulted six othe
Pa rt the author. I do feel the japanese part of my upbringing is crucial to who i am as part of my upbringing is crucial to whoiam asa part of my upbringing is crucial to who i am as a person and as a writer stopping hello. The powerful american lobbying group the National Rifle association has backed calls to regulate rapid fire devices for guns. Stephen paddock, who killed 58 people in las vegas on sunday, used whats known as a bump stock to modify some of his weapons, turning them, in effect, into fully automatic machine guns. The white house and Senior Republicans are also saying theyll support a review. The bbcs james cook reports from las vegas. The golden glass was shattered by a man intent on mayhem. Why, police still dont know. They say there is evidence Stephen Paddock had planned to survive the attack, and that he may have had help. We know Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully under
The powerful american lobbying group the National Rifle association has backed calls to regulate rapid fire devices for guns. Stephen paddock, who killed 58 people in las vegas on sunday, used whats known as a bump stock to modify some of his weapons, turning them, in effect, into fully automatic machine guns. The white house and Senior Republicans are also saying theyll support a review. The bbcs james cook reports from las vegas. The golden glass was shattered by a man intent on mayhem. Why, police still dont know, but they say theres evidence Stephen Paddock had planned to survive the attack, and that he may have had help. We know Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood. So far, theres been a lot of attention paid to the actions of the man who was in that building and what he did, firing down on this concert below. But what many people who were at that gig have told us is that they t
Drop in order for drop in order for for its typhon business jet. And opec secretarygeneral hopes to get the americans on his side saying the Oil Organization will meet with the u. S. To help support their production deal. Good morning glad youre with us once again for spain it may be the day of reckoning as the Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont, will be speaking to the Catalan Parliament later today he may or may not declare independence well have to wait and see until 6 00 p. M. Local time a quick look at the stoxx 600, one hour into the trading session. We are pretty much flat, even stevens when it comes to gainers and losers german exports were strong in august, up 3. 1 . Brushing off concerns of the stronger euro given that were seeing stronger demand in the eurozone lets look at the indices one by one. The dax hit record highs in yesterdays trading session. Its just close to those levels, still 12,977 points. The ibex 35 on this crucial day for spain is off by 0. 4 continues to un