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The'Junts per Catalonia' (All for Catalonia) grouping holds a campaign rally in Barcelona as Catalonia heads into the final stretch before crux elections on December 21, aimed at replacing or reinstating deposed separatist leaders, whose secession bid plunged Spain into its worst political crisis in decades. The Junts per Catalonia candidate and deposed regional president Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium in October to avoid charges of rebellion, sedition and misusing public money in relation to Catalonia's independence drive. IMAGES
In Catalonia, demonstrators are converging on Barcelona, where a rally is scheduled outside the regional government headquarters. Across Spain, thousands of farmers use tractors to block roads for the second day straight amid Europe-wide protests against cheaper imports and heavy regulation. IMAGES
The lawyers involved in the rape trial of ex-Brazil international Dani Alves arrive at the courthouse in Barcelona, with the footballer due to tell the court his version of events involving a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub. IMAGES
Vans arrive at the Barcelona court where Brazilian footballer Dani Alves, a former star at Barca and PSG, is on trial accused of raping a woman in a local nightclub. The 40-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain defender has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 after a woman accused him of raping her in a bathroom of the VIP area of the upscale Sutton nightclub in Barcelona in the early hours of December 31, 2022. IMAGES
Colombian superstar Shakira arrives at court as she goes on trial in Barcelona in a tax fraud case, with Spanish prosecutors seeking a jail term of over eight years for the Grammy-winning singer. They accuse the 46-year-old of defrauding the Spanish state of 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014, charges denied by the singer who says she only moved to Spain full time in 2015. The case centres on how much time the singer, whose hit singles include "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever" and the 2010 World Cup song "Waka Waka", spent in Spain between 2012 and 2014. IMAGES
Images of a rally in support of Spanish football player Jenni Hermoso in Barcelona, east of Spain, after the Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales gave her an unsolicited kiss, after Spain beat England in the Women's World Cup final in Sydney on August 20. IMAGES