Independence referendums in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan, Macron’s proposals for EU
By France 24
30 September 2017 |
6:30 am
International journalists looks at the banned independence referendums in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan; Emmanuel Macron's proposals to empower the EU; the death of Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine.
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