Parliament later, and there is intense speculation that he could unilaterally declare independence from spain. Carles puigdemont will address regional politicians and present the results of a disputed referendum his government held, even though the spanish Central Government declared it illegal. Reporting from barcelona, tom burridge. Catalonias future is hanging in the balance. The years, some have fought for independence, others are deeply opposed, as in this regions government threatens to cut catalonia out of spain. Marie is worried about the uncertainty. People are getting angry with each other, she tells me, i do not like it one bit. It is rarely bad, this woman says, i hope they can talk it out. Things should not be as extreme as they are now. It is on everyones lips but the two players in all these, are still not talking. So all eyes on what decision has been made in the corridors of catalan power. This evening the focus will shift to the parliament. A statement in this chamberfrom the parliament. A statement in this chamber from the man the parliament. A statement in this chamberfrom the man in charge of the evolved a government. When catalonias leader stands the and addresses catalan mps, is exact words are crucial. As the endorsed unilateral declaration of independence or will the step back from the brink . He could announce more us strategist. The government is still trying to pressure madrid to allow them to hold a recognised referendum on independence. That is something of this politician also wa nts something of this politician also wants but have low, the left leaning leader of spain s third Biggest Party is against breaking away. Dialogue is key. We have to talk. Democracy should be the element that the government is needs to use. I think violence is not the way. There is uncertainty and attention here also. Some of the worst wildfires ever in the state of california have killed at least ten people and forced around 20,000 from their homes. At least 1500 properties have been destroyed as the flames spread in hot weather, whipped up by strong winds. Governor, jerry brown, has declared a state of emergency in the wine counties of napa, sonoma and yuba. The bbcs dave lee reports from san francisco. Fierce winds and low humidity the perfect conditions for a raging blaze to spread across californias famous wine region, north of san francisco. Late sunday night, dramatic videos posted to social media showed locals desperately fleeing towns that were being engulfed by the flames. Slow down, stop stop winds as strong as 70 mph meant the fire spread quickly and unpredictably. What started the initial blaze is not yet known. 11 oclock somebody came around honking their horn, like, just crazy. Were just like what is going on . And i dont know what inspired me to look out my bedroom window, necause its in the back of the house and the car because its in the back of the house and the car was in the front of the house, but i drew my blinds and i just saw flames all up behind the hills, behind my house. By monday morning, more than 14 separate fires, covering almost 60,000 acres were being dealt with. A conservative estimates suggest 1500 structures had been destroyed, many of them peoples homes. Evacuation centres were set up for those affected, including several hundred patients at two hospitals. The city of santa rosa was particularly badly hit. Many homes and the hilton hotel were burnt to the ground. Every spark is going to ignite a fire and so, regardless of what that may be wind can impact, and start fires, downed power lines, vehicles pulling off into the dry grass all of those things have the potential and under these kind of conditions, the risk is just extreme of new starts. Californias governor, jerry brown, has declared a state of emergency in a region which is no stranger to large brush fires. The states stretched fire crews are also tending to large fires in southern california. In wine country, authorities prioritise getting people out of harms way before attempting to tackle the blaze. More than 20,000 people have left their homes and so attention is now turning to try to control the fire form the air. People across Northern California are being told to close their windows to minimise the danger of breathing in ash. Weather forecasts predict the wind levels will drop, which could may make containing the fire easier. Dave lee, bbc news, san francisco. Debbie follweiler is a resident of bastopol in sonoma county, about seven miles. She join us on the line now. Give us an update of the situation around you right now . Inaudible. We are watching. Inaudible. Around you right now . Inaudible. We are watching. Inaudiblei around you right now . Inaudible. We are watching. Inaudible. Lam afraid the line is quite poor. We are struggling to hear what you are saying but we will try to make contact with you later. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news a british iranian woman imprisoned in iran faces new charges, according to her husband, and they could mean more time injail. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe was arrested in april last year as she tried to leave tehran. She was jailed for 5 years, accused of trying to overthrow the government. Human Rights Groups have called for her release. The Trump Administration has confirmed plans to repeal another of barack 0bamas keynote policies, which reduced Greenhouse Gas emissions from power stations, and encouraged states to move to cleaner energy sources. The head of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt, says hell sign a document on tuesday to withdraw the Clean Power Plan as he put it, the war on coal would be over. A man in a shark costume has fallen foul of an anti burka law that recently came into force in austria. Designed to ban the full face islamic veil, the law says peoples faces must be visible from hairline to chin. The man in the shark mask was advertising a business in central vienna which was fined. Sally is here with all the business news. She has details of potential disruptions in france. De ja vous france is braced for mass strikes and protests today. Unions have called on their 5. 4 million members to take to the streets. So whats got them marching this time . Theyre angry about massive job cuts in the Public Sector 120,000 positions are to be axed over the next five years. Plus the unions are calling for higher wages that they argue have become stagnant and hugely impacted their buying power in the country. Another main Sticking Point is proposed changes to Social Security contributions. President macrons plans would unify payments for all taxpayers, eliminating separate contributions for sickness and unemployment insurance. To add to the chaos today some air Traffic Controllers will be on strike which may result in the cancellation of up to 30 of flights across main airports in france today. So, if youre flying in and out of france make sure to double check with your carrier before you set off. We will have an in depth conversation about the impact it will have and the outcome of the strike action if it occurs. Also automation is rapidly changing the employment market. One study by pricewaterhousecoopers suggests more than a third ofjobs in the us could be at risk over the next twenty years. So how can people and countries prepare . The world bank is preparing to roll out a new initiative to encourage more investment in Human Capital and education. Well have a special interview with the head of the bank about the millions ofjobs at risk from automation and what needs to be done about it. Fascinating watching. I think you andi fascinating watching. I think you and i are safe for a little while. The cameras are automated. Plenty of robots but still to humans. Thank you very much, sally. Liberias Political Parties have been campaigning ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. Twenty candidates are standing to replace current president Ellen Johnson sirleaf. Its the first liberian elections in 12 years, and as andrew plant reports, competition between candidates is running high. Monrovia, capital of liberia, hours before the polling stations open. With 20 candidates standing, there is a Different Campaign party around almost every corner. In a country of 11. 5 million, more than half the voters are young people. This election will be the very first time for liberia to go through a peaceful transitional process in our country. So we have observed that youth has been actively engaged in politics. For 15 years, civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people here. Now they are anxious to protect more than a decade of peace. Africas first elected female president , ellenjohnson sirleaf, will step aside and, for the first time in memory here, power will be passed to a democratically elected successor. Former footballer, george weah, is one of the candidates. We can all live together in peace. The current Vice President , joseph boakai, is also in the running. With all the resources that we have, with our agriculture, mining, we should not be dependent on foreign aid. Liberia, on the west coast of africa, has many issues a new leader will need to tackle. Many candidates pledging to end corruption and revive the economy. Issues that could decide who wins. With so many candidates, it is unlikely that any one will get more than half the vote which means the top two left in the running will battle each other for the presidency. Andrew plant, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come banging the drum for iceland as they become the smallest country ever to qualify for the finals of the football world cup. This was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. They believe everythings going to be different from now on. They think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before Slobodan Milosevic took power. The dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this years nobel peace prize. As the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president , firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. After 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viiis tragic warship emerged. But even as divers work to buoy herup, the mary rose went through another heart stopping drama. I want to be the peoples governor. I want to represent everybody. I believe in the people of california. This is bbc news. The latest headlines the leader of catalonias devolved government will address the Regional Parliament later amid intense speculation that he could announce a unilateral declaration of independence from spain. Some of the worst ever wildfires in the us state of california have killed at least ten people and forced around 20,000 from their homes. A hearing on the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the countrys dual nationality saga is taking place at the high court in canberra. All seven admit they may have breached the constitution by taking office while holding Citizenship Rights in other countries, if some, such as deputy Prime Minister barnabyjoyce, seen here on the top left, lose the case, then the Australian Government could lose its majority. Professor Margaret Thornton joins us now. She specialises in constitutional law at Australian National university. Good to see you. Thanks forjoining us on good to see you. Thanks forjoining us on the programme, professor. How significant a constitutional crisis is this basing the government if thats not overstating it . Facing. The government would certainly see it as the government would certainly see itasa the government would certainly see it as a crisis once it loses its majority because it throws the whole Turnbull Government into turmoil. Weve picked out the deputy Prime Minister, apart from the fact that its a very senior role, is that a particularly significant person being involved in this . Or is it purely the numbers involved and the fa ct purely the numbers involved and the fact the government could lose its majority that the more pressing concern . Yes, i think it is, majority that the more pressing concern . Yes, ithink it is, because Barnaby Joyce is the concern . Yes, ithink it is, because barnabyjoyce is the only one of the seven in the house of representatives. The other six are all members of the senate. So if their election was found to be constitutional or unconstitutional, there could be a recount and so another senator would simply slot in but in the case of barnabyjoyce, there would have to be a by election. There would have to be a byelection. I suppose its rather unsettling for the government that this is happening at all, but i suppose what would have been worse is for uncertainty and for this to drag on, so at least theyve got a hearing thats going to decide it one way 01 hearing thats going to decide it one way or another. Yes, thats right. The issue of course has bid on the agenda for a very long time been on. In the 1890s this clause was drafted and i suppose at that time there was concern about russia and other countries that may not have been seen to be allies. And of course, at that stage, there wasnt such a concept as australian citizenship that all so called australians were actually british citizens. So its rather peculiar to 110w citizens. So its rather peculiar to now find that britain is a foreign power according to this clause of the constitution. That was decided ina the constitution. That was decided in a case in 1999. 0k, professor Margaret Thornton from Australian National university, thank you very much indeed. Uk ministers will today launch the analysis of the governments Racial Disparity audit, which was ordered by Prime Minister theresa may more than a year ago. It looks at how ethnic minorities and White Working Class people are treated by Public Services such as the nhs, schools, police and the courts. The bbcs Elaine Dunkley has the details. It will highlight some of the things. It was theresa mays promise when she became Prime Minister, to make a fairer britain for everyone. Todays audit of race shows inequality and divisions. Parina is a maths teacher. She won a race discrimination tribunal and believes we are far from an equal society. The fact i have to be ten times better than my white collea g u es times better than my white colleagues in order to go forward and make any progress, although i was the most qualified and the most experienced, i was still looked over bya experienced, i was still looked over by a white male, who was eventually put into the position. Today the government will introduce extra help for getting minorities trying to find a job for getting minorities trying to find ajob in for getting minorities trying to find a job in ethnic minorities. Is it enough to tackle what the government calls uncomfortable truths. There should be a coherent strategy where government actually appoints one individual, ideally a secretary of state, to lead on the development, the implementation and the delivery of a coherent race strategy. The government says its highlighting burning injustices, but theres also the burning question, can the government deliver radical measures that will get under the skin of racial and social inequalities . Elaine dunkley, bbc news. Sport now, we begin with football, and iceland have qualified for the world cup finals for the first time. Goals from Gylfi Sigurdson and Johann Berg Gudmundsson gave them a 2 0 win over kosovo and top place in their group and a place in russia next year. And you may hear more of this. This was the centre of reykjavik just a couple of hours after they qualified. The viking chant caught the imagination of fans at euro 2016 in france last year. Iceland has a population of only around 333,000 people and is the smallest nation ever to feature in the ultimate football event. Translation pride and joy come to mind. This is one of the biggest moment in the sports history of iceland. We are a small nation but we use that as a strength. Serbia have also qualified for the finals. They beat georgia 1 0 to finish top of group d. The republic of ireland finished second to make the play offs after they beat wales 1 0 in cardiff. James mcleans goal breaking welsh hearts as they miss out on a place. Really i think i speak for a lot of the nations in the play offs, i dont think anyone will want to play italy, i dont think anyone would really wa nt italy, i dont think anyone would really want to be playing portugal, although portugal might beat switzerland. And theres about six others that id rather not have but im delighted to be in it. Syria could take a big step towards qualifying for their first world cup on tuesday when they face australia in sydney. The tie is level at 1 1 after the first leg in malaysia last week, where syria have been playing their home games because of the civil war in their country. Chris latchem previews the action. Reaching the world cup could not be much closer. Both australia and syria are just two qualifying rounds away from a place in russia. After a 1 1 draw in malasya, last tiem out, australia are back on home soil tuesday, and reaching a fourth world cup is the only thing on their mind. What we know is if we win tomorrow night, were through to the next round and our objective is to play our football. We want to be aggressive, we want to be attacking and take it to the opposition and test them and that is what we will do. The socceroos may have home advantage but as many as 15,000 syrian fans living in the country could attend the match in sydney. Despite sitting 25 places below aust