Catalonia's majority separatist parliament is preparing to appoint a new regional president hand-picked by deposed leader Carles Puigdemont, who from exile told Quim Torra to continue his showdown with Madrid to achieve independence.
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Madrid’s City Hall is preparing strict new regulations that will effectively outlaw 95 percent of private holiday rentals in the capital.
Amnesty International on Thursday accused prosecutors of hindering court probes into alleged police violence during a banned independence referendum in Catalonia, and asked the government to ban rubber bullets.
A Spanish judge has ordered a supermarket to reinstate a worker who was sacked after being caught on video eating a pasty.
Quim Torra, the man chosen by ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to be his successor, may be a newcomer to politics but has long been a committed separatist.
