The Latest on Catalan separatists in Spain (all times local):6:40 p.m.Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell says that he would prefer for jailed Catalan separatist leaders to be free while awaiting a trial for their role in last year's push for independence from Spain. A veteran Socialist politician from Catalonia who presided over the European Parliament, Borrell is an advocate of Spain's territorial unity. Catalan separatists say that the prosecuted leaders are "political prisoners" or "in exile." In a giant symbolic wall, protesters toppled the image of a king of spades card, in an apparent rejection of the Spanish monarchy. It comes nearly one year after a banned referendum on secession led to an ineffective independence declaration.

Source: ABC News September 11, 2018 12:30 UTC