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Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia to provide order
8 years agoCatalan President Quim Torra (R) and Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska arrive for a security meeting at Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, Spain, September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Spain's government has warned authorities in Catalonia that it could take over responsibility for law and order in the region after radical separatists blocked a highway.