At least five people have died and four others suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out in an apartment building in northeastern Spain, local authorities said.

The decision to reject Catalan as an official language in Brussels could spark a political crisis in Madrid.

Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive ex-Catalan leader, has evaded a massive police manhunt and fled Spain, his party has said, News.az reports citing BBC .

Police in Barcelona are hunting for the separatist former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, who made a dramatic return to Spain after a seven-year exile despite facing an outstanding arrest warrant, News.az reports citing BBC .