Spain court suspends Catalonia independence referendum

<p>Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended Catalonia's planned independence referendum. The court said it first needed to consider arguments whether the 9 November vote breached the country's constitution. It acted on a request from the Spanish central government in Madrid.</p> <p>The head of Catalonia, the wealthy north-eastern Spanish region, signed a decree on Saturday calling for the referendum. But Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told reporters that the vote was not "compatible with the Spanish constitution". "Nobody and nothing will be allowed to break up Spain."He was speaking in a televised statement to the nation after holding an emergency cabinet meeting.</p><div>[toc hidden:1]</div>
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