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Alghero, Sep 25 (EFE).- The President of the Catalan Government, Pere Aragonès, assured Saturday that "the repression of the Spanish State continues" and that "amnesty is more necessary than ever ", after meeting in the Italian town of Alghero with former president Carles Puigdemont.Puigdemont was arrested Thursday in Alghero by an order from the Spanish Supreme Court, although he was released from jail Friday. (Camera: ALVARO PADILLA).SHOT LIST: THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA, PERE ARAGONÈS, WALK WITH THE FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT, CARLES PUIGDEMONT, THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL POPULAR FOLKLORE FESTIVAL, IN ALGHERO, ITALY.
Catalan president Pere Aragones and former regional leader Carles Puigdemont greet each other in Waterloo, Belgium, before holding a meeting. IMAGES
"Today there was no referendum on self-determination in Catalonia," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a speech just a matter of minutes after the polls closed on a Catalan referedum for independence from Spain. Rajoy was resolute in his stance that Spain is indivisible and that the referendum would not be recognised.
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a state dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, as part of a two-day visit to France focused on the release of hostages in Gaza and the relaunch of the process to create a Palestinian state, as well as on strengthening bilateral relations. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem during a Middle-East tour to push for a ceasefire as the Gaza war enters its fifth month. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).