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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: • The Catalan Parliament will meet today to review a possible declaration of independence, a day before the Spanish Senate is expected to approve a raft of emergency measures to give Madrid direct control over the region. Journalists have played their part in reinforcing the divergent views of the standoff, our correspondent writes, in a look at the parallel universes of supporters and opponents of Catalan independence in the Spanish media. (Above, the newsroom of TV3, the Catalan public broadcaster.) Meanwhile, a reporter visited Llivia, a Catalan enclave in France where residents have long maintained a strong sense of independence. _____ • In Kiev, a bomb wounded Ihor Mosiychuk, a populist member of Parliament with the far-right Radical Party, and killed his bodyguard in the latest in a series of elaborate assassination plots in the Ukrainian capital. Separately, Russia released two Crimean Tatar leaders who had been jailed for protesting the annexation of the Ukrainian Peninsula. They were flown to Turkey, Ukraine said. _____ • In the United States, President Trump’s brand of hard-edge nationalism is increasingly taking root within the Republican Party. Those uneasy with grievance politics are either giving in or giving up the fight. “There’s no constituency for open borders, endless war and these international trade deals that are skewed against the United St... Link to the full article to read more