Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of a united spain. It follows the National Governments decision to take direct control of catalonia, after regional leaders voted to declare independence on friday. In the last few hours, spains foreign minister has said that the deposed catalan president , carles puigdemont, could run for re election in december if he has not been imprisoned by then. His comments come as spains chief prosecutor prepares to file criminal damages against mr puigdemont who has said he does not recognise the orderfrom madrid removing him from power. Our correspondentjames reynolds is in barcelona. This may be spains most profound crisis in decades but there is a certain order to it. Each side here demonstrates in turn. This afternoon, the anti Independence Movement had its say. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up
People attended. The organisers say it was around a million. This comes after madrids decision to take direct control. Mr puigdemont has called o, his supporters to show democratic defiance. The bbcs James Reynolds has this report from barcelona. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up around half of the population of this region, and they insist that they are both catalan and spanish. And you are catalan . I am catalan from my grandparents, my parents are catalan, and i am catalan and spanish and european. So you dont want to leave . I dont want to leave at all. Catalonia is spain, these kids write. Catalans are divided at this moment. This is very sad. Can you get back together . Yes, i would like it very much. Because i love catalonia, i love spain, and i love europe. I want to be in europe. For years, these people have felt overshadowed and overridden by Pro Independence campaigners. They now
Meanwhile, in london, thousands of protestors have moved from the us embassy to westminster. This is the scene live in Central London. After a night of peaceful protests in washington President Donald Trump orders the withdrawal of the National Guard saying the city is under perfect control. The number of people worldwide who have died from coronavirus has passed 400,000. More than a quarter of the deaths have been in the United States no new coronavirus deaths have been reported in scotland in the past 2a hours, for the First Time Since lockdown began. But the uk death toll has risen by 77. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Thousands of protestors have been demonstrating against racism in cities in the uk following the death of george floyd in the United States. upsot in bristol there was jubilation in the crowd in bristol there was jubilation in the crowd as demonstrators
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