Catalonia tries to vote on independence
Spain attempted to stop the Catalan separatist poll. And images of Madrid's security forces beating voters suggested a return to a darker past.
Spain attempted to stop Catalan separatist poll. And images of Madrid's security forces beating voters suggested a return to a darker past. Pascale Harter reports from Barcelona. Also in this programme/podcast: signs of movement on gun control in the United States after the Las Vegas mass shooting; why Hamas and Fatah are trying to make friends; and Theresa May's conference speech: was it a defining - and catastrophic - moment?
(Photo: Spanish police officers seize ballot boxes in Barcelona.
Credit: AFP/Getty)
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