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Spain plans to spend $8 billion on military hardware upgrade

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In this Nov. 9, 2018 photo, unaccompanied minors from Morocco seeking shelter, stand outside a police station in Barcelona, Spain. Slouched on a bench at a Barcelona police station, five teenagers waited patiently on a recent Friday evening to find out where they would sleep that night: a shelter for young migrants or on that bench. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

Spain grapples with surging number of teenage migrants

By RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, Spanish national police block people trying to reach a voting site at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government for a secession referendum in Barcelona, Spain. Spain’s central government threatened on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, to send in national police to ensure security in Catalonia if regional authorities fail to stop recent disruptions by pro-independence protesters on major highways. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spanish government warns of security takeover in Catalonia

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spanish Police Commissioner Marcos Frias Barbens speaks during a news conference regarding the arrest of Carlos Garcia Julia, at Federal Police headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Garcia Julia, convicted for the 1977 killing of five people in a Madrid trade union office, was arrested Thursday as he was walked down a street in a Sao Paulo middle-class neighborhood. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Spaniard convicted for 5 killings arrested in Brazil

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FILE - This May 12, 2005, file photo shows an unidentified visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called &quot;Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie&quot; painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. In the epic, 16-year battle over the priceless painting looted by the Nazis, there is one point on which all sides agree: When Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany ahead of the Holocaust, they surrendered their Camille Pissarro masterpiece in exchange for their lives. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)

The Latest: Testimony ends in trial over disputed Nazi art

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In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 photo, supporters of Spain's far-right Vox party, wave Spanish flags as they celebrate the results during regional elections in Andalusia, in Seville, Spain. The Socialists won just 33 seats in the Andalusia legislature, compared to 47 in 2015. The party could lose control of Spain's most populated region for the first time in 36 years if parties on the right can agree to form a government. The anti-immigrant, extreme right Vox party won 12 seats - its first in any Spanish legislative body. (AP Photo/Gogo Lobato)

Far-right party shakes up Spanish politics

By ARTZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spain Socialists dealt blow in Andalusia, far-right emerges

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2018 file photo, Catalan presidential candidate Jordi Turull walks past Spanish police officers as he arrives to the Supreme Court after a break for lunch in Madrid. Spanish authorities said on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, that Turull and Jordi Sanchez, both leaders of Catalonia’s separatist movement who have spent the last year in prison, are starting a hunger strike. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Spain: 2 Catalan separatists start hunger strike in prison

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Pablo Perez of Argentina's Boca Juniors, walks on the pitch of the Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium wearing an eye patch, after the final soccer match of the Copa Libertadores was rescheduled for Sunday, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. The match was rescheduled after the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players was attacked by River Plate fans, injuring several players including Perez. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Column: South American soccer leadership fails players, fans

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, Real Madrid's Isco attends a press conference at the team's Valdebebas training ground in Madrid, Spain. Tapped to be the successor of Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez in the long line of Spanish midfielders, nobody doubts the superb vision and passing skills of Francisco “Isco” Alarcon. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Crucial for Spain, Isco unwanted at Solari’s Real Madrid

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, poses with Spain's King Felipe, second from right, together with their wives Peng Liyuan, left, and Spain's Queen Letizia during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived Tuesday in Spain for the first leg of an international tour that will cover a global summit in Argentina and visits to Panama and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: China’s Xi calls for consensus on trade

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Spain's King Felipe walk side by side during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived Tuesday in Spain for the first leg of an international tour that will cover a global summit in Argentina and visits to Panama and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

China’s Xi defends free markets as key to world’s prosperity

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Spain's King Felipe at the Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived Tuesday in Spain for the first leg of an international tour that will cover a global summit in Argentina and visits to Panama and Portugal. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Chinese president kicks off 4-country global tour in Spain

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

People take part during a protest against sexism and gender violence in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Many thousands are expected to join rallies in various cities around the world to protest against sexist violence. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spaniards join global call to end violence against women

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, Thursday Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Spain to back Brexit deal after U.K. agrees to Gibraltar terms

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to make a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, Thursday Nov. 22, 2018. Theresa May says Brexit deal's approval &quot;is within our grasp&quot; and she is determined to deliver it. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: Brexit: UK gives consent to Spain over Gibraltar

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In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017, file photo, a Barbary macaque, the only free-roaming monkeys in Europe pauses, with the Rock of Gibraltar looming in the background, in the British territory of Gibraltar. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a press conference on Wednesday Nov. 21, 2018, that his government is &quot;annoyed&quot; that the divorce agreement being prepared for Britain's exit from the European Union doesn't specify that Gibraltar's future must be decided directly by officials in Madrid and London. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

Brexit deal almost done, but Spain holds out over Gibraltar

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 photo, Spain's far-right Vox Party President Santiago Abascal, centre, takes part in a party rally in Murcia, Spain. Vox is reaching out to the neglected, working-class suburbs and rural areas with high unemployment, as polls are widely predicting the Eurosceptic, anti-feminist and staunchly patriotic party is on track to enter the country’s parliament in elections due before 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Far right seeks acceptance in Spain, 1 suburb at a time

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the budget debate of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: May says progress made, but Brexit issues remain

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Morocco's Prime Minister Saad Eddine el-Othmani, right, and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez answer questions during a joint presse conference held in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Nov, 19, 2018. (AP Photo)

Migration at top of agenda of Spanish PM’s 1st Morocco visit

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press