Catalan separatist leader arrested

– Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Italy on Thursday, his lawyer and an aide said.

The European MEP was expected to appear in court yesterday at a hearing that could see him extradited to Spain to face sedition charges. The Catalan leader – who has been based in Belgium since the 2017 referendum – was detained in Alghero, Sardinia. –