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Barcelona's city council appointed a new Socialist mayor, Jaume Collboni, after a deal involving two rival parties. The decision was a boost for the Socialist Party, which leads the national government, after mostly poor results in local elections around the country on May 28. The political shift in Barcelona is a further setback for Catalonia's pro-independence movement, which has faltered in recent years.
A Chinese warship began live-fire drills in the seas facing the Taiwan Strait as part of military exercises aimed at pro-independence forces in Taiwan. China views Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. The drills come after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, infuriating Beijing. China's Eastern Theater Command said combat readiness patrols would be conducted around Taiwan for three days as a "serious" warning against pro-independence forces in Taiwan and to safeguard China's territorial integrity.