Carles Puigdemont says return to Catalonia would be ’important step’

Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said he hopes to return to Catalonia and believes it would be a good thing toward helping solve the crisis in the Spanish region.

Mr Puigdemont was re-elected to the Catalan parliament last month and is the candidate to form a new government. But he is on the run from Spanish justice and faces likely arrest if he returns.