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Catalonia Independence: Spanish PM Dissolves Catalan Parliament
Spanish PM Rajoy sacks Catalan leader after Catalonia formally declares independence.
The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced his response to Catalonia's declaration of independence. He has sacked the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and his cabinet and dissolved the Catalan parliament.
Also in the programme; we're on the front line in clashes between Iraqi troops and Iraqi Kurds and we hear from Khizr Khan, whose US soldier son was killed in Afghanistan.
(Photo: Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced his cabinet had fired the Catalan regional president. Credit: Getty Images.)
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