Catalan Independence Vote Turns Violent

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Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the region has won the right to statehood following the contentious referendum which was marred by violence. Hundreds of people were injured as Spanish police used force to try to block voting. The Spanish government had pledged to stop a referendum that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court. Guy Hedgecoe reports from Barcelona and Spanish economist Professor Pedro Schwartz in Madrid looks at the economic impact of the vote and its potential consequences. Also on the programme, as Uber's CEO fights to retain the company's licence to operate in London Russ Mould from AJ Bell looks ahead to the showdown meeting with London's transport authorities this week,economist Michael Hughes explains why the Japanese economy is looking up, and Tamasin Ford reports from the Ivory Coast on the fight against malnutrition across Africa. Picture: Getty Images.