Spain paves way to remove Franco remains

Spain paves way to remove Franco remains

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Spain’s government has passed a decree to exhume the remains of Francisco Franco from a huge mausoleum. The Valley of the Fallen monument near Madrid was created by the dictator and the site is seen as glorifying his victory in the 1936-39 Civil War. Also Australia gets a new PM after a brutal party coup. And Hawaii is hit by flooding and landslides as Hurricane Lane nears.