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Barcelona Braces For More Protests After Catalan Separatists Sentenced To Prison

Police and protesters clashed on Monday after Spain's supreme court sentenced nine leaders for their involvement in an independence referendum two years ago that Madrid says was illegal.
Thousands of Catalonia pro-independence activists try to occupy the Barcelona airport, after Spain's supreme court handed down lengthy prison sentences for independence leaders.

Police and protesters were expected to face off for a second time Tuesday in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, a day after the Supreme Court found nine separatist leaders guilty of sedition and sentenced them for up to

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