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FILE - Elodie Clouvel of France competes in the horse jumping portion of the women's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. On Sunday at the Paris Olympics, a 112-year-old cavalry officer will ride for the last time. The sport of modern pentathlon, a niche outlier at the Olympics, is getting rid of its horses after more than a century, and a notorious incident when a coach struck a horse at the last Games. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
The president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull (c), during a march to the Parliament of Catalonia, after an act of welcome to Puigdemont organized by pro-independence entities at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost 7 years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. AUGUST 08;2024 David Zorrakino / Europa Press 08/08/2024 (Europa Press via AP)
The up to now president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès (i), during the debate of the investiture plenary, in the Parliament of Catalonia, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Today the investiture plenary session of the new president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, is being held after obtaining in the Catalan elections 42 seats, while the Republicans won 20 and 6 the comuns, which add up to the 68 deputies that the socialist leader needs to be investiture. Carles Puigdmont is scheduled to participate in the plenary, after giving a speech early today morning at a welcoming event organized by pro-independence entities in Passeig Lluís Companys. In the event that Puigdemont is arrested after seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', the president of the Parliament will suspend the plenary. AUGUST 08;2024 Kike Rincón / Europa Press 08/08/2024 (Europa Press via AP)
The president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, during the debate of the investiture plenary, in the Parliament of Catalonia, August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Today the plenary session of investiture of the new president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, will be held today, after obtaining in the Catalan elections 42 seats, while the Republicans won 20 and 6 the comuns, which add up to the 68 deputies that the socialist leader needs to be investiture. Carles Puigdmont is scheduled to participate in the plenary, after giving a speech early today morning at a welcoming event organized by pro-independence entities in Passeig Lluís Companys. In the event that Puigdemont is arrested after seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', the president of the Parliament will suspend the plenary. AUGUST 08;2024 Kike Rincón / Europa Press 08/08/2024 (Europa Press via AP)
The until now president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès and the acting Minister of the Presidency, Laura Vilagrà, arrive to the debate of the investiture plenary, in the Parliament of Catalonia, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Today the investiture plenary session of the new president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, is being held, after obtaining in the Catalan elections 42 seats, while the Republicans obtained 20 and 6 the comuns, which add up to the 68 deputies that the socialist leader needs to be invested. Carles Puigdmont is scheduled to participate in the plenary, after giving a speech early today morning at a welcoming event organized by pro-independence entities in Passeig Lluís Companys. In the event that Puigdemont is arrested after seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', the president of the Parliament will suspend the plenary. AUGUST 08;2024 Kike Rincón / Europa Press 08/08/2024 (Europa Press via AP)
