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hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of barcelona in a huge show of support for the unity of spain and against plans for the independence of catalonia. spain s worst political crisis for decades was sparked a week ago by a referendum on independence for the wealthy north eastern region. spain s prime minister has warned of drastic action if that happens. our europe editor katya adler reports from barcelona. chant: viva catalonia! viva espana! catalans who oppose independence from spain call themselves the silent majority. today they made a lot of noise. we want to stay together. we don t want to break this country. i am catalan. i am spanish. and today i m here because i m very proud. and i don t want that catalonia go out of spain. everyone we spoke to here was catalan but people came from all over spain in the name of spanish unity. this crowd is emotional, excitable and passionate because this is all about identity, their identity. whether catal ....
injustice has resurfaced. the us vice president, mike pence has walked out of a game in indiana because some of the players knelt. president trump tweeted tonight to say he s proud of him. andrew plant has the latest. it is called taking a knee sports stars refusing to stand during the national anthem. among the fans at this nfl game, vice president mike pence, who walked out of the stadium straight to the airport, and on board a plane home. the vice president tweeted he left the game because he would not dignify an event, he said, that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem . president trump also tweeted that he had asked his vice president to leave the game if any players kneeled. it is a protest against racial injustice, started weeks ago in the nfl, but taken up by athletes elsewhere. last month a basketball team missed out on a white house dinner after players criticised president trump. commentator: lightning forward, jt brown, with a fis ....
injustice has resurfaced. the us vice president, mike pence has walked out of a game in indiana because some of the players knelt. president trump tweeted tonight to say he s proud of him. andrew plant has the latest. it is called taking a knee sports stars refusing to stand during the national anthem. among the fans at this nfl game, vice president mike pence, who walked out of the stadium straight to the airport, and on board a plane home. the vice president tweeted he left the game because he would not dignify an event, he said, that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem . president trump also tweeted that he had asked his vice president to leave the game if any players kneeled. it is a protest against racial injustice, started weeks ago in the nfl, but taken up by athletes elsewhere. last month a basketball team missed out on a white house dinner after players criticised president trump. commentator: lightning forward, jt brown, with a fis ....