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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Catalonia’s disputed referendum on independence from Spain descended into violence. Hundreds were injured as riot police officers sent from other parts of the country dispersed voters, at times using rubber bullets, and seized ballots. This video shows some of the violent clashes. Here are some of the best photos on a day in which even high-level soccer games turned political. One of our correspondents spent the day with high school students in Barcelona who used diversions to sneak ballot boxes to safety. In the end, both sides claimed victory: The Catalan government said that 90 percent of some 2.3 million voters were in favor of secession. The government in Madrid said that the referendum had been disrupted. Unions called a strike for tomorrow. _____ • In southern France, two women were killed yesterday in a knife attack at Marseille’s main train station. The assailant was then fatally shot by a military patrol. Prosecutors said they had opened a terrorism investigation. Another such attack occurred in Canada, where the police arrested a man suspected of driving two vehicles into pedestrians and stabbing a police officer, injuring five people. The police said that they found an Islamic State flag in one of the cars but that they believe the suspect was acting alone. _____ • In Iraq, thousands of civilians are fleeing the Iraqi military’s push to evict the Is... Link to the full article to read more