the independence of the region that accounts for 1/5 of spain's economic output, prime minister mariano rajoy said friday that a split is out of the question. >> independence will not happen in any way for catalonia. it is not possible. it makes no sense. we are in europe which is becoming more and more united. >> with the national political parties focused on the general election slated for the end of the year, the early catalonian vote has once again brought the question of independence front and center in spanish politics. stuart: here are the made headlines for you live from paris. francois hollande welcomes president barack obama's newly announced climate change plan for the u.s., saying it is a major attribution ahead of the climate change conference to be held here in paris. 121,000 acres of land now burns in california as wildfires sweep across the region. thousands of homes have been evacuated. in pakistan, a convicted child killer is executed despite a storm of protests from rights groups that he confessed after being tortured and that he was only a minor at the time of the crime. b