MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the Catalan parliament's vote to pave the way for an independence referendum (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
Spain's deputy prime minister says the government has asked the country's constitutional court to nullify a parliamentary vote in Catalonia over a controversial referendum bill.
Soraya Saenz de Santamaria says there were severe flaws in the parliamentary procedures, adding that the Constitutional Court has previously ruled on the illegality of any step taken toward a referendum on Catalan secession. Читать дальше...