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01/10/2017 GMT

Catalonia Defies Madrid

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Catalonia presses ahead with independence referendum; an exhibition of opera in London

The authorities in the Spanish region of Catalonia are pressing ahead with an independence referendum, in defiance of the central government and the constitutional court; an exhibition of opera opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

(Image: Catalan police enter a polling station in Figueras on the day of a referendum. Credit: Getty Images)

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