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Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain over his role in a failed 2017 independence bid for the wealthy region, returned to Spain on Thursday after seven years on the run. IMAGES
Pro-independence leader Marta Rovira calls for Catalans to vote and have their voices heard. It comes as voting begins in the "pro-independence" city of Vic in a decisive election that could mark a turning point for their region. It comes just two months after a failed secession bid triggered Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES
Fresh from a parliamentary session that declared independence from Spain, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont talked to his supporters inside Catalan Parliament. IMAGES
EU President Donald Tusk urges Catalonia's separatist leader not to take a decision that would make dialogue with Madrid "impossible" just hours before a possible declaration of independence. SOUNDBITE [LOW-RES VERSION - HD TO FOLLOW]
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with Albert Rivera, the leader of the centrist party Ciudadanos, his minority government's ally in parliament, at Moncloa palace as international pressure grows on the Spanish government to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence referendum was marred by shocking scenes of police violence. IMAGES
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