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Messi wins again

BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will form a Canadian minority government.  Mike Pompeo says Trump is “fully prepared”…

A dialogue could focus on greater autonomy for Catalonia, possibly within a more federal Plurinational framework in Spain

BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Spain has urged the EU to help with the migrant situation. The plea came after they…

France Met office warns that the current record could still be topped in the current heatwave.

Police are hunting a gunman who fired up to four shots at a mosque in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern coast of…

Carlos Puigdemont called it “shameful and an injustice.”

EU & Spain Struggles for its Identity as Catalan Independence Leaders Face Trial

While the rest of Europe looks the other way millions of ordinary democracy-loving citizens are focused on the Catalan show trials

Spain’s public prosecution service now charges former Catalan police chief with rebellion as black comedy drama unfolds in Spanish courts

Yvonne Ridley says the rise of the far right in Britain matches spike in hate crimes, especially against Muslims as new police figures reveal

The review of the week by Yvonne Ridley – looking through the propaganda and all the BS. #Factcheck #NewsBriefing #WtxNews

The La Palma International Hiking and Walking Festival returns this year for it’s much anticipated 10th edition taking place from 12-14 October. Known as the…

Madrid continues to behave like a fascist regime but the Catalonians are having none of it in their ongoing struggle for independence.

While Trump cuts UNRWA aid to #Palestine the EU appears to be rallying towards a Palestinian State as Ireland, Spain and France give favourable backing

#Spain: While her struggle is deeply personally as she campaigns for the release of the father of her #child from prison, she also finds herself in the frontlines fighting for #Catalan independence.

During #Catalans’ National Day as more than a million gathered in #Barcelona – the mood has irreversibly changed towards the #Spanish Government or has it?

‘They were waving their flags of independence declaring Catalonia an independent country while others were demanding the release of political prisoners’ – #Barcelona #PepGuardiola #Mancity – Yvonne Ridley from #Catalonia crisis – one Year on!

The New #Spanish PM is sworn in after he brought about the downfall of his predecessor Mr Rajoy by filing a no confidence motion

The Spanish Independence movement – A whisper to a scream!- Mr Puigdemont campaigned via videolink from self-imposed exile in Belgium – and it worked, as his JxCat party got the most pro-independence votes.

Spanish oppression asserted by an elite firmly in control of power in Catalonia for nearly 40 years, the spin that Pro independents spin

Spain may have hoped warning Catalonia against declaring independence would be enough. Now they have followed through to impose direct rule, knowing this is highly risky.

History in the making – As Catalonia president is about to announce Catalan independence. A Nation is about to be born!!!

The World watches as Spain makes a pigs-ear of the Catalan Independence movement

Seven-year-old Julian Cadman, a dual British-Australian national who was separated from his mother during the attack, is missing