In Spain, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of cities throughout the Catalonia region Tuesday, joining a general strike aimed at protesting police violence last Sunday against prospective voters in a banned independence referendum. Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont said he was preparing a major address from Barcelona later today, vowing to declare independence from Spain within the coming days. The protests came as King Felipe VI lashed out against the Catalan independence movement in a televised national address.