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Court ruling allows former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to return to Spain

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont can return to Spain after a court upheld a decision lifting an arrest warrant against him, BBC News reported.

The warrant was linked to the Catalan independence bid Puigdemont led in 2017.

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