Protests as Spain’s PM agrees separatist amnesty

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has agreed a coalition deal with nationalist parties which would see an amnesty granted to Catalan separatists who took part in a failed push for independence in 2017. A vote is expected in the Spanish Parliament this week, and daily protests against the amnesty have been taking place in Madrid.

Also on the programme: The Israeli-Arabs holding vigils against the war in Gaza; and history is made as Tracy Chapman becomes the first black woman to win Song of the Year at the US Country Music Awards.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss all this and more are Jennifer Cassidy, lecturer in diplomatic studies at the University of Oxford, and Ian Leslie, a writer and author of books on human behaviour.

(Photo: Spanish riot police prepare to face protesters during a rally, 10 November 2023. Credit: EFE).