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After questioning 10 Catalan separatist leaders, a Spanish Supreme Court judge says he will decide Monday whether or not to release the leaders, who were jailed pending a probe into their role in Catalonia's independence drive. IMAGES Separatist leaders leaving Supreme Court
Demonstrators gather in Barcelona after Spain's top court upheld a court ruling disqualifying Catalan separatist president Quim Torra from office for disobedience. The ruling by Spain's Supreme Court means Torra will have to stand down, unleashing a fresh political crisis as Catalonia's regional government struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus infections in a badly-hit area of Spain. IMAGES
The high-stakes trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their role in Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid is due to wrap up after four months of hearings. IMAGES
Oriol Junqueras' lawyer, Andreu van den Eynde, delivers plea in the final hearings in the trial of 12 Catalan leaders. Catalonia's former vice-president Oriol Junqueras risks up to 25 years in jail, the heaviest sentence. The Catalan separatist have been on trial since February 12 over their role in organising a referendum on secession, despite a court ban, which was followed by a short-lived declaration of independence in October 2017. IMAGES
Catalan separatists summoned by a Spanish judge to hear charges against them over the region's independence drive arrive at the Supreme Court in Madrid. IMAGES
The UN's highest court rules that a landmark case filed by the Gambia, accusing Myanmar of genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims, can proceed. International Court of Justice president Joan Donoghue declares the tribunal "finds that it has jurisdiction (...) to entertain the application filed by the Republic of the Gambia". SOUNDBITE
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