Spanish PM Rebuffs Catalan Leaders' Demand for Talks on Independence Following Election
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Independence leaders in Catalonia have renewed their calls for the region to break away from Spain, following Thursday's regional election result, which gave pro-secessionist parties a slim majority. The election was called after Madrid sacked the Catalan government following a disputed referendum in October. As Henry Ridgwell reports, Thursday's vote offers little indication of how the political standoff will end.