Spanish PM to unveil measures to fight Catalan separatists
(WorldNews Spain)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Spain's prime minister says his government will unveil specific measures Saturday to halt Catalonia's independence bid but refused to confirm if that included plans to hold a regional election in January. The opposition Socialists are supporting the conservative government's effort to rein in the country's deepest political crisis in decades. The Socialists' main negotiator, Carmen Calvo, said earlier Friday that an early election in the prosperous northeastern region of Catalonia had been agreed upon as part of the deal. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, commenting on the unprecedented constitutional step his government is taking to assume...