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Spain's parliament votes through a law legalising euthanasia becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. The vote, which passed by 202 in favour and 141 against and two abstentions in the 350-seat chamber, makes Spain the fourth European nation to decriminalise assisted suicide, alongside the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. IMAGES
Barcelona (Spain), Jan 11 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- Former president of FC Barcelona Joan Laporta presented Monday more than 10,000 signatures ahead of the FC Barcelona presidential elections, which he aims to win against Victor Font.FOOTAGE OF JOAN LAPORTA AND HIS TEAM AFTER PRESENTING THE SIGNATURES ON MONDAY.
Spain's centre-right Ciudadanos party holds a rally in Barcelona. Spain will hold a repeat general election on Sunday, its fourth in four years, in a further sign of chronic political instability since the parliament began fragmenting in December 2015. 39-year-old Albert Rivera's Ciudadanos party entered the national parliament in 2015, pledging to wipe out the traditional left-right divide. IMAGES
Spain's far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal attends a final campaign rally ahead of Sunday's election in which his far-right party looks set to make big gains, fuelled by its tough opposition to Catalan independence. IMAGES
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren visits Homestead facility for migrant children in Florida. She made the announcement at a Miami town hall meeting after a supporter asked her to go and to bring press attention to the facility. Her visit comes just hours ahead of the first Democratic debate in Miami. IMAGES
Officials are investigating whether the use of lethal force against a 66-year-old mentally ill woman who came at a police sergeant with a baseball bat was necessary. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).