Crowds protest against Catalonia court ruling

More than a million people gathered today in northeastern Barcelona to demand greater regional autonomy for Catalonia and protest a recent court ruling forbidding the region from calling itself a nation.

City government spokesman Manuel Campillo said police had counted 1.1 million people at a vast rally that filled Barcelona’s streets. Rally organisers, Omnium Cultural, calculated attendance at 1.5 million, spokesman Daniel Jove said.