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World Service,28 Oct 2017,53 mins

Catalan Parliament Declares Independence from Spain

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is dissolving the Catalan parliament and calling snap local elections after MPs there voted to declare independence. The BBC's James Reynolds considers what may happen in days to come and Stephen Brown from Capital Economics discusses the economic impact on Spain. Also on the programme, can a city ever have too many visitors? Edwin Lane goes to Iceland where there are such concerns. And the noise that sickened US diplomats in Cuba - was it just a bunch of crickets? Roger Hearing will be joined throughout the programme by Colin Peacock of Radio New Zealand, in Wellington. PIC CREDIT: David Ramos/Getty Image

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