Demonstrators rally against amnesty for Catalan separatists in Madrid

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Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez's new term got off to a stormy start after he clinched the support in parliament of two Catalan separatist parties in exchange for a controversial amnesty for hundreds of people in legal trouble over Catalonia's failed bit to secure independence.

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00:00 A sea of Spanish flags on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as thousands of people stepped out

00:05 to protest the government's planned amnesty deal with Catalan separatists.

00:09 Hundreds of independent supporters were facing prosecution, prison terms and other penalties

00:14 for backing the region's bid to break away from Spain.

00:18 It marked the third such rally organised by the Conservative People's Party since the

00:22 end of September.

00:23 Speaking at the demonstration, its leader Alberto Núñez-Fejo slammed socialist Prime

00:28 Minister Pedro Sánchez's initiative that secured him a new term.

00:32 [whoosh]

00:33 (whooshing)

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