Update, 9.30am London:
Catalan independence referendum: riot police move in on polling stations – live https://t.co/5xBRiWujRZ
— Gwyn 🏴 a 🇪🇺 a @YesCymru (@Rhwyddgamwr) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/914410265688539136
Totally horrific scenes from Catalonia. This is what happens when you deny people the right to choose their future. https://t.co/cw7Bm5sZTq
— Pete Wishart (@PeteWishart) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/nia4_trump/status/914402957101281281
Spanish police seize ballot boxes in Catalonia https://t.co/9SoWAnhv1k pic.twitter.com/mcszz617pP
— The Independent (@Independent) October 1, 2017
Police forcibly removed people from polling stations as voters queued to cast ballots in Catalonia's referendum https://t.co/VJaJvGHeqb
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 1, 2017
Earlier: Catalonia braced for referendum
Catalonia riven with tension as referendum day arrives https://t.co/FXs9KDDgsW
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 30, 2017
Spain shuts down Catalonia independence vote technology as tensions rise https://t.co/bxQMfeGSc5 pic.twitter.com/SaE4tt6JY5
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 30, 2017
Families in this school in Catalonia are camping out to ensure it can be used as a polling station in the independence referendum. pic.twitter.com/BMrSmMbwZq
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 30, 2017
Tensions heat up in Spain as Catalonia separatists vow to keep occupying schools ahead of independence vote MORE: https://t.co/LRsPNG7GIh pic.twitter.com/13q8Vjdggs
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) September 30, 2017
Opinion: Spaniards who never thought much about national identity and separatism are being forced to now https://t.co/EtB7jcsYWl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Theresa May faces fresh tensions within her Conservative Party over how to manage Brexit https://t.co/8iVywVecBA pic.twitter.com/eHHzAOOQ8u
— ABC News (@ABC) September 30, 2017
This, from a huge poll by @LordAshcroft, is dire. If Tory party conference isn't messy this week, it should be. pic.twitter.com/Vi1Rw9xXOW
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) September 30, 2017
EU thinks David Davis could be holding up Brexit talks https://t.co/edn1naIlGs pic.twitter.com/LDPyvuuqdM
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) September 30, 2017
Ruth Davidson: Over-optimism over Brexit 'selling people short' https://t.co/Z5o8Z460NB
— Standard News (@standardnews) September 30, 2017
Bank of America is understood to be in talks to secure office space in Paris after Brexit https://t.co/39hw3PZlV9 pic.twitter.com/5xyT7cdF6N
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) September 30, 2017
Boris Johnson's latest gaffe has grabbed headlines away from a new challenge on Brexit https://t.co/LiSJpnVfcG pic.twitter.com/8IzNASKo02
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) September 30, 2017
If you removed all that is good in Britain, leaving only blimpish sludge, and emptied the residue into one man. https://t.co/h8GxBXcOm7
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) September 30, 2017
UK must be prepared for no deal on Brexit, says new UKIP leader https://t.co/mjZ8D9xmu3
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 30, 2017
Britain falls to 35th in list of best countries for expats as Brexit hits confidence https://t.co/oZnkwElrp9 pic.twitter.com/N6qTg0E1eF
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) September 30, 2017
Post-Brexit EU will not be EU28 minus UK, but 'a changed entity with a new balance of power and an altered dynamic' https://t.co/Dx7RQzGTUI
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) September 30, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
Sunday shows preview: Trump's response to humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico is in the spotlight https://t.co/BT2Ch4IDMk pic.twitter.com/PYMkd8JhLs
— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2017
Trump: Puerto Rico recovery is going great
On-ground aid worker w/admin: this is "societal collapse"https://t.co/DzKxwxy48m pic.twitter.com/F9rprSdVn8— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) September 30, 2017
Puerto Rico mayor hits back at Trump attacks: He's just "looking for an excuse for things that are not going well" https://t.co/Vw9VJON3TK pic.twitter.com/tfyqxyOir1
— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2017
Then came Miami Beach @MayorLevine and Congressman Robert Ascencio with 7,000 lbs of aid. pic.twitter.com/s6grHQFPva
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) October 1, 2017
'As if Puerto Rico did not exist.' Hurricane Maria is a reminder of 'second-class' status for somehttps://t.co/EAqTx54oPz
— TIME (@TIME) October 1, 2017
Factbox: Relief efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria https://t.co/u9dhvDnD64 pic.twitter.com/jD7CtFNaN9
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 1, 2017
Sunday's front page…
After Trump insults Puerto Rico's leaders, Lin-Manuel Miranda tells the President: https://t.co/8GxAhLR7xO pic.twitter.com/DAF5KUYie0— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/LaChristie/status/913605637573169153
Former CIA Director Brennan on the recent NFL protests and the crisis in Puerto Rico. pic.twitter.com/txhmPJxFNn
— Nick Shapiro (@nick_shapiro) October 1, 2017
President Trump has not the slightest conception that each and every one of the people he insults is one of his employers.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 1, 2017
We have a narcissistic, incompetent, corrupt, intellectually lazy, and possibly treasonous president. Every day, the @GOP says that’s okay.
— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) September 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/MobyDickatSea/status/914200937928982528
Ex-Medicare chief: Trump is purposefully raising premiums to make ObamaCare "implode" https://t.co/XNlQlRgLe7 pic.twitter.com/LTsLlEgZuj
— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2017
Trump says 'very important' NFL players stand for national anthem Sunday https://t.co/NGb3paTxwG
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 1, 2017
Zinke calls travel controversy 'a little B.S.' https://t.co/9C0IFYBuiw pic.twitter.com/B4I1CE6vxK
— POLITICO (@politico) October 1, 2017
So CHIP is expiring in an hour… what happens next with that? https://t.co/zppOLdOZbL
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 1, 2017
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MEDIA
Facebook outstrips all other social media sites as a source of news for Americans
https://t.co/lj011Zncqj pic.twitter.com/NneM07N6tr— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) September 30, 2017
Analysis: When Zuckerberg gives his testimony, we can expect him to play the naïf, a role that fits his personality https://t.co/amB0C2yEMB pic.twitter.com/dovWIOguzC
— POLITICO (@politico) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/914265241537667072
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WORLD
The U.S. and North Korea are in contact via "a couple, three" channels, Rex Tillerson said. https://t.co/L1LSvWQ7s6
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 1, 2017
Leader of Colombia's last remaining rebel group readies troops ahead of ceasefire https://t.co/ZnDWmNpEgZ pic.twitter.com/LWaOAieVq4
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 30, 2017
In Iraqi Kurdistan, hope tainted by disappointment over European response https://t.co/VJNrM6bwFv pic.twitter.com/gEEGfaMxpP
— POLITICO (@politico) October 1, 2017
Thousands marched in Dublin to protest Ireland's abortion ban, one of the strictest such laws in the Western world https://t.co/iQZVS72QLG pic.twitter.com/gypimZOUZ5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2017