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Around 350,000 people attended a rally in Barcelona supporting Spanish unity, while organisers put turnout at 930,000 to 950,000. IMAGES
A Spanish military A330 aircraft lands at Torrejon de Ardoz airbase, carrying more than 200 Spaniards, EU citizens and third country nationals residing in Spain, all evacuated from Israel. IMAGES
Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, says UN refugee agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado. SOUNDBITE
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Spanish regions of Valencia (south-east) and Aragon (north-east) where forest fires have already burnt some 900 hectares, according to local authorities. Four hundred firefighters, rescue workers and military personnel, fifteen planes, seaplanes and helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Valencia rescue service. A nearby field hospital was set up and the Red Cross opened a reception centre for evacuees in a gymnasium in the town of Segorbe. Spain was hit last summer by some 500 fires that burned over 300,000 hectares of land, making it the most affected European country, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. IMAGES
Barcelona, Oct 2 (EFE).- Several people were detained Friday night for acts of vandalism in the center of Barcelona after the pro-independence protest held to mark the fourth anniversary of the Catalonia independence referendum.The demonstration called by the Committees for the Defense of the Republic (CDRs) began around 7.00 p.m. local time in Plaça Fransesc Macià in Barcelona and marched through the streets of the city. (Camera: EFE). SHOT LIST: CATALONIA POLICE FORCES DETAIN AND IDENTIFY DEMONSTRATORS IN THE CENTER OF BARCELONA, SPAIN.
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