Catalonia's leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens

MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to split from Spain, sharpening a political crisis that could spill into direct confrontation.

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