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BID FOR INDEPENDENCE

1.6 million people in Catalonia vote in favor of independence

Fernando J. Pérez / Pere Ríos Madrid / Barcelona

Result announced by Generalitat regional government, which cites unofficial census for poll at 6.3m citizens. Regional premier describes process as “complete success”

Mas: “If the prosecutor wants to blame someone, it should be me”

Miquel Noguer / El País Barcelona

Regional premier plays down threat of legal action for unofficial poll

Catalan premier Artur Mas casts his vote on independence for the region on Sunday. / LLUIS GENE (AFP)

Voting gets underway in Catalonia referendum lacking legal controls

Lines form at polling centers in region as citizens wait to cast their votes on independence. 40,000 volunteers working to facilitate unofficial poll on breakaway from Spain

Catalan executive to “assume responsibility” over Sunday vote

Ana Pantaleoni / Íñigo de Barrón / El País Barcelona / Madrid

But with just two days left to go before the alternative referendum on self-rule, private groups could still take over to avoid legal problems with the unofficial poll

ROYAL CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Court maintains king’s sister Cristina as suspect in tax fraud case

The ‘infanta’ has been under investigation since 2013 for involvement in so-called Nóos case. Only the application of “Botín doctrine” will keep her from going to court

The making of a royal scandal

The key events that have led to Spain’s Infanta Cristina facing trial for tax fraud in the Nóos corruption case

Extremadura premier defends himself over Canaries trips

Juana Viúdez Madrid

“I always went to work honestly,” says Popular Party official José Antonio Monago about visiting islands 32 times in 18 months at taxpayers’ expense

crime

The 700 kilos of cocaine were found in 18 sports bags.

Police seek drug gang after 700kg cocaine haul found in container

Worker at logistics firm in Barcelona finds haul in shipment of food additive that had been sent from Guatemala

Civil Guard arrests 10 for justifying terrorism on social networks

Detainees accused of calling for leading Spanish politicians to be blown up by car bombs. Two minors are also under investigation

Migrants with fever kept on beach for five hours over Ebola concerns

Txema Santana Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Canary Islands and national health authorities blame each other for delay in dealing with the 23 African arrivals, who were later driven away in a garbage truck

“I don’t know what went wrong, or if anything went wrong”

The Spanish nursing assistant who contracted Ebola, Teresa Romero, speaks to the press after being discharged from hospital. Her doctors admit they don’t know what cured her

The construction site for the new La Peineta stadium. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

New Atlético Madrid soccer stadium delayed again

Club will not move in to La Peineta before summer 2017 after constructor decides to renegotiate deal in wake of property crash

Opera star Montserrat Caballé to pay fine to avoid jail for tax evasion

Jesús García Barcelona

Spanish soprano to hand over an expected further €250,000 after already returning the €500,000 she withheld in 2010

A NEW FORCE IN POLITICS

Podemos remains Spain’s third biggest political force — CIS poll

Anabel Díez Madrid

New leftist party rises to first place in terms of direct voter intention, state research institute survey shows

Leading parties blame meteoric rise of Podemos on corruption

Latest voter intention poll for EL PAÍS shows that newcomer to Spanish political scene would beat both PP and PSOE in elections

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EDITOR’S PICK

José Luis Flores plays on his PlayStation in his room. / Eduardo Ruiz

Out of the job market at 23 — Spain’s ‘nini’ generation

With youth unemployment so high, how do you motivate jobless young Spaniards to seek work or continue studying?

Spain’s internet have-nots

Rural areas are being denied growth opportunities through lack of access to the web and poor cellphone reception

The purrfect cup of coffee? Inside Madrid’s cat café

Offering a free feline to stroke with your order, La Gatoteca has spent the last year helping rehome abandoned pets

“Make it yours, this festival is for you”

Vicki McLeod meets the founder and director of Mallorca’s Evolution film fair

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CINEMA

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

‘Batman’ director Christopher Nolan sends Matthew McConaughey to the stars in ‘Interstellar’

LATIN AMERICA

The pain that has no name

Pablo de Llano Mexico City

Only one thing can help the families of the 43 disappeared Mexican students: to know the truth

Extreme poverty rises in Brazil for first time in a decade

Statistics institute reported to have posted figures after election to avoid harming President Dilma Rousseff’s campaign

Thousands take to the streets over missing Mexican students

Pablo de Llano Mexico City

Parents of disappeared youngsters lead massive demonstration in Mexico City

Witness accuses Iguala mayor of personally shooting a rival

Kidnap survivor watched José Luis Abarca shoot a labor leader in the face months before the disappearance of 43 students

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