Spain marks national day with show of unity amid Catalan crisis
PM Rajoy has given region's separatist leader a deadline to abandon secession plans
Madrid
SPAIN marked its national day on Thursday with a show of unity in the face of Catalan independence efforts, a day after the central government gave the region's separatist leader a deadline to abandon all plans of secession.
The country is suffering its worst political crisis in a generation after separatists in the wealthy northeastern region voted in a banned referendum on Oct 1 to split from Spain.
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