Update 3.30pm London time:
JUST IN: Spanish Senate approves plan to impose direct rule on Catalonia from Madrid https://t.co/ot0saH8qL7
— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2017
Celebrations break out on the streets of Barcelona after Catalan vote. Here's the latest https://t.co/tfE97lPuiY pic.twitter.com/mIDXpt6a6T"
— Michel Roig (@MichelROIG) October 27, 2017
Follow the latest from Catalonia live here https://t.co/x0K51AXs9c
— The Independent (@Independent) October 27, 2017
#Spain senate imposes Art 155, strips #Catalonia of its power.
Watch developments live on #WION pic.twitter.com/O9DJL2UdS9— WION (@WIONews) October 27, 2017
Catalonia’s parliament has voted in favour of independence. What's likely to happen next? https://t.co/1yOFpAj4to pic.twitter.com/zx6vCLL48W
— Financial Times (@FT) October 27, 2017
Catalonia declares independence from Spain in a historic vote https://t.co/T7CX3jMDNB pic.twitter.com/Mm1asW5KfG
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 27, 2017
Earlier..
The parliaments of Spain and its would-be breakaway region Catalonia set dueling sessions for Friday https://t.co/P5NRHyXAlr
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 26, 2017
The Catalan Parliament will decide what's next for Catalonia ➡️https://t.co/246Zudralq.
— Catalan News (@catalannews) October 26, 2017
Catalonia's president might have just paved the way for Spain to begin imposing direct rule over the region https://t.co/n9VShFcUtC
— Financial Times (@FT) October 26, 2017
Catalan president says he will not call snap election – video https://t.co/vtpu6uLpZb
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 26, 2017
Madrid could have ended this, but it doesn't want a solution, it wants to humiliate (and control) Catalonia, again.https://t.co/DxS4j5P4WI
— Liz Castro (@lizcastro) October 26, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
The path to victory on the biggest issue remaining on Trump's agenda this year is littered with obstacles and traps https://t.co/rDyyRbYUUo pic.twitter.com/8tTQBrWFal
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2017
Analysis: Why Trump’s team was easy prey for Putin https://t.co/UkoEBIF2y5 via @politicomag pic.twitter.com/ByZXK9qZbi
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2017
‘Something fairly big is coming’: Ex-CIA double-agent @NaveedAJamali predicts Russia bombshell after Trump evasions https://t.co/wfi4sb1BOK
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 27, 2017
Tillerson eliminates key State Dept. sanctions office after Trump misses Russia sanctions deadline: report https://t.co/RPvQ83P72G pic.twitter.com/GTL3uS9zzN
— The Hill (@thehill) October 27, 2017
Government agency will investigate Trump's voter fraud commission https://t.co/WIENDdVarr pic.twitter.com/jpKXEomB19
— The Hill (@thehill) October 27, 2017
Tonight at 11/10c, Trump did it! He declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency…which is not a thing. pic.twitter.com/o227txeTA1
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 27, 2017
Cambridge Analytica used data from Facebook and Politico to help Trump (which would be illegal in the EU…and UK?) https://t.co/FuzTsTDrBq
— David Carroll 🦣 (@profcarroll) October 27, 2017
and…
Trump ordered the release of thousands of documents about J.F.K.’s assassination, but he withheld thousands more https://t.co/wSSyGUfrcq pic.twitter.com/afaUtUSW2M
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 27, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
https://twitter.com/rebelyonUK/status/923724256059559936
Brexit in a nutshell https://t.co/cgeeYrGHWh pic.twitter.com/EsnUTNkYr8
— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) October 26, 2017
Retail sales fall off cliff:
This is #Brexit
Tomorrow's Guardian pic.twitter.com/KuuHTzXzJ3— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) October 26, 2017
Crazy idea: perhaps the people who think Brexit is a disaster are right https://t.co/ZmVdWSm1YU Anyone willing to listen to experts yet?
— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) October 26, 2017
.@LiamHalligan and @DrGerardLyons insist that Brexit does not come in hard or soft versions—but “clean” or “messy” https://t.co/iuJ5UALydk
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 26, 2017
Bank of America CEO still sees no upside from Brexit https://t.co/MFRGPbWMCu pic.twitter.com/MUabrwUZdF
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 26, 2017
This audience member says the BBC were biased in their coverage of Brexit by getting "less intelligent" people to speak for Leave #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/M6q4nB5n5Q
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) October 26, 2017
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BUSINESS
CVS makes bid for Aetna: source https://t.co/kjrwtnCx12
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 26, 2017
CEOs suggest Trump tax cut may lift investors more than jobs https://t.co/a4a3RFKAXA pic.twitter.com/kxp6yrQkRV
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 27, 2017
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MEDIA
Mark Halperin's new book, miniseries canceled after sexual harassment allegations https://t.co/la7er2v9aW
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) October 27, 2017