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Catalan Parliament Declares Independence from Spain

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is dissolving the Catalan parliament and calling snap local elections after MPs there voted to declare independence. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's James Reynolds considers what may happen in days to come and Stephen Brown from Capital Economics discusses the economic impact on Spain. Also on the programme, can a city ever have too many visitors? Edwin Lane goes to Iceland where there are such concerns. And the noise that sickened US diplomats in Cuba - was it just a bunch of crickets? Roger Hearing will be joined throughout the programme by Colin Peacock of Radio New Zealand, in Wellington.

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Sat 28 Oct 2017 00:06GMT

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