Catalonia: What's Preventing Dialogue?

The ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has urged the Spanish prime minister to meet him for unconditional talks, after pro-independence parties regained their majority in regional elections. In response Mariano Rajoy declined the invitation to meet outside Spain, but says he is open to dialogue.

Also in the programme: a new migrant crisis is unfolding in Greece, where authorities are struggling to cope with thousands of migrants currently being held on islands close to Turkey; and a series of Indian ashrams are raided following allegations of sexual abuse.

Image: Axed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, flanked by former Catalan Health minister Antoni Comin and former Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Meritxell Serret, reacts after the results of the regional elections in Catalonia. Credit: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images