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Canada’s special operations troops have put a temporary hold on their training of Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the wake of escalating fighting between the two factions. CBC | World News

Catalonia’s parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain. Follow the latest updates here. Daily Express :: News Feed

BELGIUM is pleading with the European Union to significantly bolster its flagship unemployment fund as EU leaders become increasingly jittery about the economic consequences of a no-deal Brexit. Daily Express :: News Feed

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it had no involvement in the decision to award a $ 300 million US contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. CBC | World News

JEAN-CLAUDE Juncker has admitted there were now “more cracks” appearing in the European Union after Catalonia today declared itself independent of Spain. Daily Express :: News Feed

The founder of Insys Therapeutics and a group of colleagues are accused of providing kickbacks to doctors to widely prescribe a fentanyl-based spray called Subsys, intended only for cancer patients with intense pain. CBC | World News

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage has slammed the European Union’s response to the crisis in Catalonia, saying it was Jean-Claude Juncker’s ‘worst nightmare”. Daily Express :: News Feed

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car, effectively a fighter jet on wheels, has kicked off a bid to roar into the record books by eventually reaching 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h). CBC | World News

In an impassioned address, Spain’s prime minister urges the Senate to grant his government special constitutional measures that would allow it to take control of Catalonia’s autonomous powers and halt the region’s independence bid. CBC | World News

A COUNCIL has become the first in the UK to ban unstunned halal meat in school dinners following a row between the council leader and the local Muslim community. Daily Express :: News Feed