Catalan Crisis: Newly elected parliament holds first session

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The Catalan regional parliament has met for the first time since being dissolved by the Spanish government last year after holding an independence referendum. Politicians elected a pro-independence MP to be the speaker of the house, but it's unclear whether former Catalan leader Carlos Puigdemont will be re-elected as president and allowed to rule from exile. Sarah Morice reports.

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