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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 leader, Carles Puigdemont, will address the region’s Parliament today, possibly to declare independence from Spain. The independence movement remains a shaky alliance that includes anarchists, free marketeers and social democrats. They are united in their quest for sovereignty but agree on little else, our correspondents in Barcelona write. France, among other European countries, said it would not recognize the independent state. _____ • Voters in Liberia are choosing today who will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female president in Africa. Women in the country are worried that their newfound gains will be lost, as a man will almost certainly become the country’s next leader. In Monrovia, the capital, candidates have been handing out cash, food and gifts to woo voters. Our correspondent, who left Liberia as a 13-year-old refugee, met some voters who have learned to game the system, extracting as much as possible out of politicians. “They used to fool us, so now we fool them,” a motorcycle driver told her. _____ • The Trump administration announced plans to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature clean power initiative, which will make it nearly impossible for the U.S. to fulfill its commitments under the Paris climate accord. Separately, the hard-line immigration demands that Mr. Trump said he needs to back protect... Link to the full article to read more