BBCNEWS BBC News October 21, 2017
The political crisis in spain has deepened. The leader of catalonia says the region will not accept madrids plan to impose direct rule, and Carles Puigdemont described the spanish Prime Ministers plans as the worst attack on catalonias institutions since the fascist dictatorship of general franco. Mariano rajoy earlier announced plans to sack the Regional Government, suspend the parliament, and hold fresh elections. Almost 500,000 people protested on saturday against those measures. From barcelona, tom burridge reports. Angrier than ever before catalans who want independence, digesting madrids...