BBCNEWS BBC News October 28, 2017
After the Regional Parliament in barcelona voted to establish an independent republic. The spanish Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, said his cabinet had fired the catalan leader, carles puigdemont, and ordered new elections to be held in december. Mr rajoy said the unprecedented imposition of direct rule on catalonia was essential to recover normality. Earlier in the day, Pro Independence supporters turned out on the streets of barcelona in their thousands to celebrate the declaration of independe...
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