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Author, George Saunders, whos won the man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 18th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk with targets for cancer, a e, and planned operations now being widely missed, according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. Only scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker project, which allows people to see ...

Value why they do because we believe ina value why they do because we believe in a democratic, peaceful europe. Our correspondent, tom burridge is in barcelona with this assessment. The Spanish Government and the catalan devolved government have been nudging each other for weeks, willing the other side to make the big move. Madrids done exactly that today. Now, its plan needs to be approved by the spanish senate. That could take days. In the meantime, the Catalan Leader could try and convene the Regional Parliament here to make a more emphatic unilateral declaration of independence. Now, in pr...

That much knowledge, but i have enough knowledge to know that that isnt normal, and it shouldnt be happening in our country. We are a developed country, this isjust outrageous. Im speechless. The leader of catalonias devolved government in the crowd. Tonight, he called it the biggest attack on catalonias autonomy since the dictatorship of franco. Translation this is the worst attack on the institutions and people of catalonia since the dictatorship of franco. Earlier, spanish ministers approved what is known here as the nuclear option. In a few days, Catalan Autonomy will be suspended, the Reg...

The political crisis in spain has deepened, with the leader of catalonia condemning the Spanish Governments plans to sack the regional administration. Carles puigdemont declared that a coup was being mounted, and compared the actions of the government in madrid to those of the fascist dictator general franco. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy said he had been left with no choice by an illegal independence referendum. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before catalans who want independence, digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved gove...

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona to protest against spains plans to sack the Regional Government and hold fresh elections. The spanish Prime Minister said hed been left with no choice but to restore the rule of law. Carles puigdemont, catalans leader, compared the actions of madrid to the fascist regime of general franco. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before, catalans who want independence digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. Theyjust want to crush us down, and weve got dignity. Weve ...