Nine terror arrests in Spain

SPANISH police have arrested nine suspected members of a jihadi group in connection with recent deadly attacks in Belgium and France.

Police said the arrested were one Spaniard and eight Moroccans living in Catalonia, aged 30 - 40.

A regional police spokeswoman said at least four of the detained are suspected of being linked to people arrested following the 2016 Brussels airport and subway attacks that killed 32 people and wounded 300 others.

Four of the detained were identified as being members of the Islamic State group and the arrests could help solve investigations into attacks in France and Belgium.