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“It’s harder to demonize someone or think they’re monolithic when you actually get to know them.”

A long time ago, they used to be friends. But now, Bob Corker and Donald Trump are having a very public spat.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly promoted his sister to the state’s ruling body.

“I’m a different kind of soldier now,” one former service member says. “I’m a citizen.”

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have taken to the streets since last weekend’s bitterly contested independence referendum to voice their support for a split from Spain.

The Catalan government says 90% of voters in the banned independence referendum chose to split from Spain. In the aftermath of the vote, 700,000 people demonstrated against police violence on referendum day. The region is awash in displays of the Catalan flag.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will consider taking the dramatic measure of suspending Catalonia’s autonomous status, as the region’s leaders escalate threats to declare independence from the country.

With tensions running high in Spain, the crisis in Catalonia has been given an animated filmed satirical treatment with Spanish riot police violently attacking Barcelona soccer players in a spoof El Clasico game as the Catalan club plays its fierce rival Real Madrid.

Catalonia’s independence referendum sparked a police crackdown and continuing mass protests. CNN looks at how it is unfolding.