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BBC OS: Will Catalonia Declare Independence?

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Will Catalonia Declare Independence?

10/10/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Will Catalonia Declare Independence?

Catalonia's leader makes an important address - will he declare independence from Spain?

Catalan's leader faces growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament.

Catalan's leader Carles Puigdemont faces growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament. Also on the show:  Kaduna state school teachers fail primary school tests; Liberia goes to the polls; Claims that North Korean cyber hackers have stolen  South Korean war-plans.

Picture: Carles Puigdemont attends a regional government meeting at the Generalitat Palace in Barcelona on October 10, 2017. 
Credit: AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENAPAU BARRENA/AFP/Getty Images

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