The Spanish court also dropped European arrest warrants for five other Catalan pro-independence leaders living abroad.

Boris Johnson, who led the main Brexit campaign in the 2016 referendum, resigned this month over Theresa May’s strategy

Prime Minister Theresa May has come under fire from both wings of her party over a hard-won Brexit plan.

The state of emergency has been in place since after an attempted coup in July 2016 and has been extended every three months since then.

Voters decided on Sunday that Switzerland should not become the world's first country to wrest control from its banks in a sweeping monetary reform.

Burundi looked set to adopt constitutional reforms that could allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in power until 2034, with official results on Friday showing a ‘yes’ vote winning in 14 of 18 provinces.

Protesters accuse Serzh Sarksyan of clinging to power after he was appointed premier this month following 10 years as president.

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany five months after he went into self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up to 25 years in prison for organising an illegal referendum on secession last year.

Federal authorities imposed the blockade in September after Iraqi Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum rejected as illegal by the central government.

"After November 1, I will no longer exercise my functions, and I reject any extension of my mandate," Massud Barzani, said in a letter read out to parliament in the Kurdish capital Erbil.

Thousands of Catalans marched for independence as the region's separatist leader came under fire from allies amid speculation he will back down from threats to break away from Spain.

If Carles Puigdemont was to confirm he did declare independence, he would be given an additional three days to rectify.