Spain's Plan For Catalan Direct Rule

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has outlined plans for the oversight of Catalonia by central government after the region's banned independence referendum. They include the removal of Catalonia's leaders and curbs on its parliament; Mexico's obesity problem; tensions in northern Iraq over Kurdish independence

(Image : Demonstrators shout slogans and hold Spanish flags as they protest against the independence of Catalonia. Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)