Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the head of the separatist regional government of Catalonia on Thursday pledged fresh dialogue to try to resolve their dispute over the wealthy region's status within Spain.
The tennis superstar is already a confirmed hero on his native Mallorca after pulling on Wellington boots and joining the clear-up operation in the days after Sant Llorenç was devastated by floods.
Four jailed Catalan leaders have ended a hunger strike begun more than two weeks ago, their spokesman said Thursday.
The Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday handed down a definitive ruling that the Spanish state be paid €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in damages over the 2002 Prestige oil spill, one of Europe's worst environmental disasters.
Eleven migrants have been found dead in a boat in the sea off southern Spain along with 33 survivors, the Spanish coastguard said Thursday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on Friday amid tight security as Catalan pro-independence groups plan to hold protests and block roads in the region.
