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Glasses and bosler no sign q Public Policy address in madrid thank you so lets get more on this not from the full mccaslin m. E. P. Full nerve and in spite of dusty god god on us welcome to day w you were once forecasts on independence but during these debates and the process the referendum of use of change sides where are you now. No no no no this is very important to make it clear ive never changed sides have never been for independence and the party was not for the better is the party that has changed so i am exactly where i was in my twenty years in politics and when i was elected for the first time or just for a strong autonomy a strong personality of catalan it within spain in solidarity with the rest of the peoples of spain within the European Union and absolutely against any kind of nineteen cent three or thirteenth century depending who you ask about independence so lets make it clear im not sure about he made a story about it ever since i was misinformed lets talk about those the speeches what did you make of it. Well i think its been an act of cynicism in front of the cameras of the world i mean here we are now all the International Media of course are following these and theres a lot of people including many leaders are just discovering this problem right now and they are just judging it by what is happening today or in the last two weeks and complex problems that have done dont pop up like these like mushrooms you know so this is a political problem its a deep very complex political problem which will not be sorted by a speech if you ask about the speech itself it is trying to balance your correspondent explained it very well he tried to on one side prevent the action of even to criminal court by the growing dependence which would have put him to magically against a criminal code that not only the constitution but on the other side he had to give something to the people took him to whom he has promised independence in weeks i mean lets be clear theres a Million People in catalonia who believe theyre going to be denver by the sea in a few days you know it i know that sounds absurd to anybody with some reason but thats thats the kind of fantasy that has been built so he had to promise something to them that they will they will have immediately a very soon a catalan republic while at the same time show to the International Viewers that you know that the bad guy is the Spanish Government that hes just the good guy that hes doing his best. Berthing the fact that the car the referendum was a pure farce neglecting any information about the manipulation that Catalan Public Television is doing applying standards of freedom that none no no no democratic journalist would accept anywhere so yeah its ok so he presented you sense in something of a one sided view of whats going on but but returning to the where we are now it seems to me that nothing has changed we know as much we know that the catalans want independence he said can we please have independence agree please talk about it so its. Were going to trust you thats going to change with that because also i mean what i want the problems is and they do and i know you do that i mean journalist do that in good faith bad when you im a scout alone as these guys you know so when you said a couple of hundred dependent this guy in the best election he has ever had managed to have forty six percent together with the extreme left himself much less than that but of course just were going to let they have never never ever in the history of couple of years gone beyond forty six percent the government elections so nobody authorizes any journalist or anybody any analyst to say catalans one in the other scandalized our argument you make that distinction but it was both but much my essential point remains that as far as we. Can tell the political situation has not changed that catalonia that there was a movement for independence within catalonia before it is still there they still want to talk about it beyond the speech but everything seems to stay the same youre right ali that in any political problem you know time is time is counted because time is creating the Current Situation is creating Economic Uncertainty legal uncertainty and as you see the Larger Companies are leaving catalonia stories miss suffering nobodys going to invest in spain so what has changed is that now of course this is in the view of the world and this instability is actually damaging catalonia in a way it had a damage in the past so that is what has changed catalonia now is suffering socially fabulous idea by that people are anxious and the any any investor any foreign economic analysts will tell you that of course to try to change but if you mean that the political problem has not change or talk to the right yes couple only is divided nobody can deny that ok whether in half where they feel thats a true and in need it we need the political solution which will never come through independence but definitely we need a political replace pumps that is that that is of good talking to your psych you so much for joining to w ignacio gardens thank you you thank. The markets seem to have had no trouble understanding. Lets get more from here thanks very much phil we just heard it actually all of this uncertainty is creating a damage from the economic point of view and we know that the Catalonian Independence movement is also a very Economic Issues so we are monitoring the immediate reactions shortly after the parliamentary session we saw the dollar rise by zero point six percent and were also monitoring the ibex futures which are also moving ahead at ten thousand three hundred sixteen points thats up zero point nine eight percent that means of course that investors are quite optimistic of not having heard a formal declaration of independence but that was now lets take a look at what happened before in anticipation of what we saw tonight the ibex stock index in madrid lost another one point one percent in todays session and the ibex future index as well where as we just said changing quickly now there is another aspect that we have to take into consideration that catalonia is very important for the spanish economy lets take a look at how it actually contributes to the spanish economy we see that it is a little part of spain but of course it is a very important part of its economy now if you take a look at the numbers catalonia contributes two hundred twenty four billion euros to the spanish economy so thats pretty much more or less a quarter thats a little less than irelands g. D. P. Last year but significantly more than portugals for example so catalonia for sure is spains powerhouse but that could soon be over Major Companies are already moving their operations from catalonia to other parts of spain including Telecom Firms cell next and back. And in order to get a little bit more of this Economic Perspective lets now talk to account verts he is a Senior Research fellow at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs thank you very much for joining us and welcome to the w. Well so what we saw just now tells us on the one hand well were not seeing a formal declaration of independence that might be comforting for the markets and for the Business World but on the other hand it keeps uncertainties so what do you make of what we just saw well it seems to be does someone want to extol you shouldnt write the it doesnt declare independence out right but once to open an avenue maybe for some sort of dialogue others claim time any kind of insists on independence and insists on a referendum that has been regarded as illegal by the spanish authorities so we will need to see what the reaction of spain its of the spanish Central Government and whether there can be some sort of understanding or how it will continue but a certain sense of certainty remains of course and also my issue this very unusual cooperation between the party of which to mourn which is a kind of centrist party all of conservative economic. Capital and society with the radical left of the cool sure was considerable science of strains of strains as as cooper has not applauded the speech of the president who clearly wanted to have an equivocal ration all for independence now and thats not what they got definitely not or at least not yet now listening to put them on in his speech he said that Companies Moving their operations from catalonia to other parts of spain were doing that to satisfy the markets without real consequences for the catalonian economy do you share that view. No i dont share with the right i mean on the one hand side is right in the sense that just basically its an appointment with the notary and they change their legal seat from barcelona to neighboring regions like real n. C. L. So having said that there are some tax income although might. Be lost but more importantly it does considerable damage to the image of qatar loony on all of barcelona its an open and International Place open for business and if that this and certainty should continue of course there might be also some. Of economic dynamism away from barcelona through these other localities well as well right now or not that much changes on the operational level these banks have to the they are operational were the people are still going to work over europe having said that illegal seed some ways more than just. Just the natural rights although they have operations there as well these cities will try to attract more business from these institutions and above all it does considerable damage to the image of. The one on catalin you know. Obviously those difficult times ahead for spain and catalonia thank you very much i got votes for the insight. We now want to update you on other important business stories making the headlines today of the pfizer stock rose one percent earlier on tuesday after the from us to a coal Company Announced it is considering the sale of its Consumer Health care business the unit makes over the counter products like the chapstick lip balm and advil it could be worth up to fourteen billion dollars in cash and pfizer has asked banks to review the option to see if the sale would make sense financially it then wants to concentrate on its biopharmaceutical products earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt genelle duma lown why pfizer wants to get rid of their Consumer Health care business heres what she had to say. Consumer health units are often seen as a stable source of revenue for pharmaceutical companies when invest millions and several years and you Drug Development with no guarantee that the new drugs will make it to market that pfizer is thinking of selling its over the counter unit indicates that it has bold plans to finance investors are speculating whether or not of another pharma could be in the cards like Bristol Myers squibb a leader in cancer and you know therapies. That was now the milan from frankfurt ill be back with more Business News later on for now its on to fill because we have more world news i have a thank you i will start in thailand where the Prime Minister and head of the country joining a minute she just has pledged to hold a general election in november next year no chance unexpected announcement comes three some three years after the military seized power in a coup some leading politicians say that a lot of the vote will take place just to have broken seven previous promises to hold elections. Campaigning has officially begun for japans coming out lower house elections analysts accord this left election a referendum on Prime Minister shinzo abe always been in power for nearly five and hes facing an unexpected challenge from one month the parties are expected to in a vote will take place on the twenty second of october. Prime minister mark has presented his new center right coalitions plans for government the four Way Coalition reached agreement on their government pact after a record two hundred days of negotiations the longest in the netherlands since World War Two and you said strike it with the plans to cut both ways to cut corporate Corporate Tax rates and to tighten rules on migration. Theres a day that were going to fly from berlin still to come kenyas Opposition Leader pulls out of the upcoming president ial Election Code that move they stabilize the country well take you live to nairobi. At least eleven people are now confirmed dead and dozens more missing as wildfires sweep through Northern California hundreds of additional firefighters have been sent from other areas to battle the places which continue to move fast with the help of strong winds and arid conditions. The wildfires ravaging Northern Californias famous wine country are also breaking out in southern parts of the state fanned by winds whipping across the arid landscape the flames have brought massive destruction the Emergency Services increasingly stretched it all depends on how the fire is behaving and whats safe for us to do our primary concern is life safety secondary concern is Property Protection to hospitals in santa rosa the biggest city in the Northern Region affected have been forced to evacuate their patients without is of also imposed a curfew to deter looters. Lucrative wine country of napa valley and sonoma lies directly in the path of the fires some of californias most prestigious wineries reduced to smoking ruins. Right behind me. Working its way downhill so. What can i say it slowly working its way. The destruction playing out in california comes in the wake of the disastrous flooding in the american south. It has been a challenging month and a half for natural disasters across this country with hurricanes affecting texas the gulf coast florida the Virgin Islands and puerto rico and i want to say to the people of california all of those and then are in the path of these advancing wildfires that we are with you we are standing with you with the fire still raging right across California Well thirty say the number of dead and injured can only increase. Coming opposition later rather dangar has withdrawn from a fresh president ial elections slated for the twenty sixth of october he said hes pulling out of the poll because of Kenyas Electoral Commission has not fulfilled his demands for reform he added that the rerun of the election would likely be worse than the previous one the Kenyan Supreme Court has ordered a new ballot in response to a legal challenge which was a dignified. Lets get more from t. W. Correspondent catherine on wonder she joins us from the kenyan capital nairobi welcome what more can you tell us about this announcement. Well this announcement has essentially sent the country into confusion now we have everybody trying to interpret it interpret the law in the best way that they can because from here on out its not clear what will happen we have heard. A statement from the president who who says that its right loading has a constitutional right to remove himself from the president ial race and that the election will still go on its not clear whether it will or wont we also know that the Electoral Commission is currently meeting with its lawyers to see the way forward they want fresh elections so they say that since theyve pulled out that the Electoral Commission must go to the beginning and must nominate you know the nomination of president ial candidates which could be up to eight which were the last which happened during the last election so its yet to be seen how this will be handled phil and so what what have whats his biggest whats what is complaints that who has not done was. Well basically he had he says that the Electoral Commission has not meant met his eleven demands these are the irreducible minimum and that he says will be needed to deliver a fresh. Fair and credible election he also says that among the commission is there are about four commissioners who are basically helps of the ruling party and theyre in control of the entire commission and they want those people removed they also dont want all they want to the contract with the Printing Company that was printing the ballot boxes to be knowledge and then go for another tend with another company they also want the company that was providing electronic voting kits to you know that they want that contract abolished as well and then they go to another company that they say is more trustworthy so these are their demands and to be honest their demands that could not be met within the sixty day time limit that was given by the Supreme Court so now with no election coming up its hard to say. For them they say that theyre not going back the opposition says that theyre not going back on their demands and the ruling party says that they want to go with you know with the elections but it can do that at least seven people still want to stand so we just wait and see do it. We just wait and see and its not even clear if thats going to be eight candidates because those are third candidate who went to court saying that the Public Policy<\/a> address in madrid thank you so lets get more on this not from the full mccaslin m. E. P. Full nerve and in spite of dusty god god on us welcome to day w you were once forecasts on independence but during these debates and the process the referendum of use of change sides where are you now. No no no no this is very important to make it clear ive never changed sides have never been for independence and the party was not for the better is the party that has changed so i am exactly where i was in my twenty years in politics and when i was elected for the first time or just for a strong autonomy a strong personality of catalan it within spain in solidarity with the rest of the peoples of spain within the European Union<\/a> and absolutely against any kind of nineteen cent three or thirteenth century depending who you ask about independence so lets make it clear im not sure about he made a story about it ever since i was misinformed lets talk about those the speeches what did you make of it. Well i think its been an act of cynicism in front of the cameras of the world i mean here we are now all the International Media<\/a> of course are following these and theres a lot of people including many leaders are just discovering this problem right now and they are just judging it by what is happening today or in the last two weeks and complex problems that have done dont pop up like these like mushrooms you know so this is a political problem its a deep very complex political problem which will not be sorted by a speech if you ask about the speech itself it is trying to balance your correspondent explained it very well he tried to on one side prevent the action of even to criminal court by the growing dependence which would have put him to magically against a criminal code that not only the constitution but on the other side he had to give something to the people took him to whom he has promised independence in weeks i mean lets be clear theres a Million People<\/a> in catalonia who believe theyre going to be denver by the sea in a few days you know it i know that sounds absurd to anybody with some reason but thats thats the kind of fantasy that has been built so he had to promise something to them that they will they will have immediately a very soon a catalan republic while at the same time show to the International Viewers<\/a> that you know that the bad guy is the Spanish Government<\/a> that hes just the good guy that hes doing his best. Berthing the fact that the car the referendum was a pure farce neglecting any information about the manipulation that Catalan Public Television<\/a> is doing applying standards of freedom that none no no no democratic journalist would accept anywhere so yeah its ok so he presented you sense in something of a one sided view of whats going on but but returning to the where we are now it seems to me that nothing has changed we know as much we know that the catalans want independence he said can we please have independence agree please talk about it so its. Were going to trust you thats going to change with that because also i mean what i want the problems is and they do and i know you do that i mean journalist do that in good faith bad when you im a scout alone as these guys you know so when you said a couple of hundred dependent this guy in the best election he has ever had managed to have forty six percent together with the extreme left himself much less than that but of course just were going to let they have never never ever in the history of couple of years gone beyond forty six percent the government elections so nobody authorizes any journalist or anybody any analyst to say catalans one in the other scandalized our argument you make that distinction but it was both but much my essential point remains that as far as we. Can tell the political situation has not changed that catalonia that there was a movement for independence within catalonia before it is still there they still want to talk about it beyond the speech but everything seems to stay the same youre right ali that in any political problem you know time is time is counted because time is creating the Current Situation<\/a> is creating Economic Uncertainty<\/a> legal uncertainty and as you see the Larger Companies<\/a> are leaving catalonia stories miss suffering nobodys going to invest in spain so what has changed is that now of course this is in the view of the world and this instability is actually damaging catalonia in a way it had a damage in the past so that is what has changed catalonia now is suffering socially fabulous idea by that people are anxious and the any any investor any foreign economic analysts will tell you that of course to try to change but if you mean that the political problem has not change or talk to the right yes couple only is divided nobody can deny that ok whether in half where they feel thats a true and in need it we need the political solution which will never come through independence but definitely we need a political replace pumps that is that that is of good talking to your psych you so much for joining to w ignacio gardens thank you you thank. The markets seem to have had no trouble understanding. Lets get more from here thanks very much phil we just heard it actually all of this uncertainty is creating a damage from the economic point of view and we know that the Catalonian Independence<\/a> movement is also a very Economic Issues<\/a> so we are monitoring the immediate reactions shortly after the parliamentary session we saw the dollar rise by zero point six percent and were also monitoring the ibex futures which are also moving ahead at ten thousand three hundred sixteen points thats up zero point nine eight percent that means of course that investors are quite optimistic of not having heard a formal declaration of independence but that was now lets take a look at what happened before in anticipation of what we saw tonight the ibex stock index in madrid lost another one point one percent in todays session and the ibex future index as well where as we just said changing quickly now there is another aspect that we have to take into consideration that catalonia is very important for the spanish economy lets take a look at how it actually contributes to the spanish economy we see that it is a little part of spain but of course it is a very important part of its economy now if you take a look at the numbers catalonia contributes two hundred twenty four billion euros to the spanish economy so thats pretty much more or less a quarter thats a little less than irelands g. D. P. Last year but significantly more than portugals for example so catalonia for sure is spains powerhouse but that could soon be over Major Companies<\/a> are already moving their operations from catalonia to other parts of spain including Telecom Firms<\/a> cell next and back. And in order to get a little bit more of this Economic Perspective<\/a> lets now talk to account verts he is a Senior Research<\/a> fellow at the Barcelona Center<\/a> for International Affairs<\/a> thank you very much for joining us and welcome to the w. Well so what we saw just now tells us on the one hand well were not seeing a formal declaration of independence that might be comforting for the markets and for the Business World<\/a> but on the other hand it keeps uncertainties so what do you make of what we just saw well it seems to be does someone want to extol you shouldnt write the it doesnt declare independence out right but once to open an avenue maybe for some sort of dialogue others claim time any kind of insists on independence and insists on a referendum that has been regarded as illegal by the spanish authorities so we will need to see what the reaction of spain its of the spanish Central Government<\/a> and whether there can be some sort of understanding or how it will continue but a certain sense of certainty remains of course and also my issue this very unusual cooperation between the party of which to mourn which is a kind of centrist party all of conservative economic. Capital and society with the radical left of the cool sure was considerable science of strains of strains as as cooper has not applauded the speech of the president who clearly wanted to have an equivocal ration all for independence now and thats not what they got definitely not or at least not yet now listening to put them on in his speech he said that Companies Moving<\/a> their operations from catalonia to other parts of spain were doing that to satisfy the markets without real consequences for the catalonian economy do you share that view. No i dont share with the right i mean on the one hand side is right in the sense that just basically its an appointment with the notary and they change their legal seat from barcelona to neighboring regions like real n. C. L. So having said that there are some tax income although might. Be lost but more importantly it does considerable damage to the image of qatar loony on all of barcelona its an open and International Place<\/a> open for business and if that this and certainty should continue of course there might be also some. Of economic dynamism away from barcelona through these other localities well as well right now or not that much changes on the operational level these banks have to the they are operational were the people are still going to work over europe having said that illegal seed some ways more than just. Just the natural rights although they have operations there as well these cities will try to attract more business from these institutions and above all it does considerable damage to the image of. The one on catalin you know. Obviously those difficult times ahead for spain and catalonia thank you very much i got votes for the insight. We now want to update you on other important business stories making the headlines today of the pfizer stock rose one percent earlier on tuesday after the from us to a coal Company Announced<\/a> it is considering the sale of its Consumer Health<\/a> care business the unit makes over the counter products like the chapstick lip balm and advil it could be worth up to fourteen billion dollars in cash and pfizer has asked banks to review the option to see if the sale would make sense financially it then wants to concentrate on its biopharmaceutical products earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt genelle duma lown why pfizer wants to get rid of their Consumer Health<\/a> care business heres what she had to say. Consumer health units are often seen as a stable source of revenue for pharmaceutical companies when invest millions and several years and you Drug Development<\/a> with no guarantee that the new drugs will make it to market that pfizer is thinking of selling its over the counter unit indicates that it has bold plans to finance investors are speculating whether or not of another pharma could be in the cards like Bristol Myers<\/a> squibb a leader in cancer and you know therapies. That was now the milan from frankfurt ill be back with more Business News<\/a> later on for now its on to fill because we have more world news i have a thank you i will start in thailand where the Prime Minister<\/a> and head of the country joining a minute she just has pledged to hold a general election in november next year no chance unexpected announcement comes three some three years after the military seized power in a coup some leading politicians say that a lot of the vote will take place just to have broken seven previous promises to hold elections. Campaigning has officially begun for japans coming out lower house elections analysts accord this left election a referendum on Prime Minister<\/a> shinzo abe always been in power for nearly five and hes facing an unexpected challenge from one month the parties are expected to in a vote will take place on the twenty second of october. Prime minister mark has presented his new center right coalitions plans for government the four Way Coalition<\/a> reached agreement on their government pact after a record two hundred days of negotiations the longest in the netherlands since World War Two<\/a> and you said strike it with the plans to cut both ways to cut corporate Corporate Tax<\/a> rates and to tighten rules on migration. Theres a day that were going to fly from berlin still to come kenyas Opposition Leader<\/a> pulls out of the upcoming president ial Election Code<\/a> that move they stabilize the country well take you live to nairobi. At least eleven people are now confirmed dead and dozens more missing as wildfires sweep through Northern California<\/a> hundreds of additional firefighters have been sent from other areas to battle the places which continue to move fast with the help of strong winds and arid conditions. The wildfires ravaging Northern California<\/a>s famous wine country are also breaking out in southern parts of the state fanned by winds whipping across the arid landscape the flames have brought massive destruction the Emergency Services<\/a> increasingly stretched it all depends on how the fire is behaving and whats safe for us to do our primary concern is life safety secondary concern is Property Protection<\/a> to hospitals in santa rosa the biggest city in the Northern Region<\/a> affected have been forced to evacuate their patients without is of also imposed a curfew to deter looters. Lucrative wine country of napa valley and sonoma lies directly in the path of the fires some of californias most prestigious wineries reduced to smoking ruins. Right behind me. Working its way downhill so. What can i say it slowly working its way. The destruction playing out in california comes in the wake of the disastrous flooding in the american south. It has been a challenging month and a half for natural disasters across this country with hurricanes affecting texas the gulf coast florida the Virgin Islands<\/a> and puerto rico and i want to say to the people of california all of those and then are in the path of these advancing wildfires that we are with you we are standing with you with the fire still raging right across California Well<\/a> thirty say the number of dead and injured can only increase. Coming opposition later rather dangar has withdrawn from a fresh president ial elections slated for the twenty sixth of october he said hes pulling out of the poll because of Kenyas Electoral Commission<\/a> has not fulfilled his demands for reform he added that the rerun of the election would likely be worse than the previous one the Kenyan Supreme Court<\/a> has ordered a new ballot in response to a legal challenge which was a dignified. Lets get more from t. W. Correspondent catherine on wonder she joins us from the kenyan capital nairobi welcome what more can you tell us about this announcement. Well this announcement has essentially sent the country into confusion now we have everybody trying to interpret it interpret the law in the best way that they can because from here on out its not clear what will happen we have heard. A statement from the president who who says that its right loading has a constitutional right to remove himself from the president ial race and that the election will still go on its not clear whether it will or wont we also know that the Electoral Commission<\/a> is currently meeting with its lawyers to see the way forward they want fresh elections so they say that since theyve pulled out that the Electoral Commission<\/a> must go to the beginning and must nominate you know the nomination of president ial candidates which could be up to eight which were the last which happened during the last election so its yet to be seen how this will be handled phil and so what what have whats his biggest whats what is complaints that who has not done was. Well basically he had he says that the Electoral Commission<\/a> has not meant met his eleven demands these are the irreducible minimum and that he says will be needed to deliver a fresh. Fair and credible election he also says that among the commission is there are about four commissioners who are basically helps of the ruling party and theyre in control of the entire commission and they want those people removed they also dont want all they want to the contract with the Printing Company<\/a> that was printing the ballot boxes to be knowledge and then go for another tend with another company they also want the company that was providing electronic voting kits to you know that they want that contract abolished as well and then they go to another company that they say is more trustworthy so these are their demands and to be honest their demands that could not be met within the sixty day time limit that was given by the Supreme Court<\/a> so now with no election coming up its hard to say. For them they say that theyre not going back the opposition says that theyre not going back on their demands and the ruling party says that they want to go with you know with the elections but it can do that at least seven people still want to stand so we just wait and see do it. We just wait and see and its not even clear if thats going to be eight candidates because those are third candidate who went to court saying that the Electoral Commission<\/a> did not follow the ruling by the Supreme Court<\/a> the Supreme Court<\/a> said that it should hold fresh elections but the Electoral Commission<\/a> only puts. Opposition leader raul odinga and incumbent president who can yatta on the ballots and this president ial candidate known as a coup a court wanted to be on the ballot in his case is actually in court and he says the court says that this can only happen within the next twenty two days ok so now he has our brief and he could find himself on the ballot catherine in nairobi thank you. Are you watching the d. W. News well have more for you ed just about. When did you last see a starry sky. Light pollution has given rise to an industry thats true tourism and seven spain in the birthplace. Guys crowds mufon at the cosmos feeling small but content something huge astro tourism feeling the universe in forty five minutes on d w. D w true diversity. Where the world of science is at home in many languages. On the programming go and they will be. There with us in our innovations magazine for asia. Every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for asia. Hijacking the news. Where i go from the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show its not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. In countries like russia china turkey people are told that it sets up and if youre a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. And i wonder is that where were headed as well. My responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors its not just about being fair and balanced or be neutral. Its about being true. My name is for god and i work. This is day that we do is live from above and i feel gala top story this hour in a highly anticipated speech the leader of catalonia has delayed declaring independence from spain and i spoke more dialogue with the dr whos the most said he accepted the mandate because land people would ask pollens to defer secession in order to find a negotiated settlement to. The polls have just closed in liberias landmark a president ial election to choose a successor to present to Ellen Johnson<\/a> sirleaf the Seventy Eight<\/a> year old a nobel of peace prize winner of the vote could block the first peaceful handover of power between elected governments in the west african country and more than the seventy s. After weeks of rainfall monrovia and it woke to sunny skies on election day lines at polling stations along with the countrys economy in dire straits and an eighty percent jobless rate amongst youth people say theyre ready for change. One candidate has emerged as a surprising front runner over the last few weeks. Alexander cummings a political newcomer is a former top manager at cocacola. We can it will grow the economy will create jobs well work on it fix infrastructure liberia. And we can change our country we deserve a better idea and thats what were committing to doing for our people. The campaign has been marked by frequent personal verbal attacks among the twenty candidates some election observers have expressed concern the tension could escalate. Its been thirteen years since the end of liberias civil war that claimed more than a quarter of a million lives and the country is still struggling to recover but while emotions at the polls remain high most voters seem optimistic that the Election Results<\/a> will be recognized by everyone. Who wanted to live before you know much here i want to you now where if anything goes wrong there is that. Election observers say theyre satisfied with the voting process the European Union<\/a> has sent more than eighty of its stop to monitor proceedings none of them has registered any grave voting irregularities so far we have had some concern about the fact that order. Districts we because its because we have had some concerns about the rainy periods if its possible to have all the materials in order different. Station and for the moment we have the information that everything went right. Power outages havent stopped liberians from lining up at the polls either today is their day thats the word on the street and since it looks like a close race theyre convinced every vote counts. The world as watching lets make them proud president Ellen Johnson<\/a> sirleaf told the liberians and indeed the elections could be the fairest in the history of the country the results will probably be so close that there will be a second round with the two strongest candidates in early november. What was produced by him for that push else who joins us now from liberias capital of monrovia welcome John Phillips<\/a> polls have now closed how did the voting go. Were supposed to close. The long lines of people waiting to cast their votes so i guess thats some polling stations have to stay open longer today i went to some polling stations earlier today they seemed quite peaceful there were a few tense moments but no major outbreaks of violence i also talked to the head of the European Election<\/a> observer us and she said she was also quite happy with election process but shes concerned that also the counting will be transparent and well organized. So there were twenty candidates for president whos likely to win. Well its probably the most most democratic election but at the same time its like most unpredictable election in the history of the country its very difficult to say but of course if you main candidates a few favorites i think that. Vice president rock i. Support of the president but shes still very popular another very popular candidate. As a former football star. Especially Popular Among Young People<\/a> and that a lot of young people here in liberia and then theres also comings until a few weeks ago he was a complete political nobody but you know hes gained popularity in a very short time so theyre not of kenya thats not a popular candidate but i think those three definitely be among the top ones so when do we expect a result. Well thats also not so easy to say about some provisional results will probably be accessible within the next forty eight hours but commission of liberia well not the official results until the twenty fifth of october and then. Mias son mia where does it come from the quality of the month of the two is all of us calculate the. Starting october fifteenth on the w. And online with history books are brought to life. Maybe the stories therein will get a rewrite. Of the story of the russian revolution. 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