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29/10/2017 GMT

Huge Barcelona Rally for Spanish Unity

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Hundreds of thousands gather in Barcelona to protest against Catalonian independence

A reported 300,000 people attend a rally for Spanish unity in Barcelona after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy for declaring independence.

Hundreds of thousands of people attend a rally for Spanish unity in Barcelona after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy for declaring independence.
Many of those protesting in the region's largest city chanted that sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont should be jailed.

Also in the programme; the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 people in the eastern suburbs of Damascus and; the legendary funk bass guitarist Bootsy Collins talks about James Brown's life lessons, activism in the Trump era and the idiosyncratic opening to his new record.

Picture: People wave Spanish flags from the Casa Batllo during a pro-unity demonstration in Barcelona. Credit: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images)

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