Spain's Prime Minister has refused to answer the phone to the Catalan leader who is demanding a new independence vote amid riotous violence throughout the region. Pedro Sanchez's government in Madrid said it would not talk to Catalan leader Quim Torra until he 'and his government condemn firmly and emphatically, without half measures, the violence.' Torra on Saturday called the Prime Minister 'irresponsible,' with local media reporting that Sanchez had thrice refused to answer the phone to Torra. 'I am Spanish, Spanish, Spanish,' the crowd chanted. The Spanish government of the time immediately seized control of the Catalan administration and the ringleaders were put on trial.

Source: Daily Mail October 20, 2019 23:48 UTC