Socialist Illa elected as leader of Spain's Catalonia

Salvador Il la of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists was elected as Catalonia's new leader on Thursday, becoming the first regional head not from a pro-independence party since 2010. Illa has been elected president with 68 votes in favor – 42 from his own party, 20 after gaining the support of pro-independence Esquerra Republicana, and six more from left-wing Comuns Sumar for the narrowest of majorities.