Socialist elected next Barcelona mayor after surprise deal

Barcelona's city council appointed Socialist Jaume Collboni as the next mayor of the metropolis in a surprise deal involving parties from across the political spectrum. His election as mayor of Spain's second-largest city was seen as a boost for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a fellow Socialist who called snap parliamentary elections after disappointing results for the party in regional elections earlier this year. Polls suggest a tight race ahead of the parliamentary elections on July 23. Collboni, who is 53 and a lawyer, is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He r...