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Spain on Monday demanded a "public apology" from Argentina's President Javier Milei for calling Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife "corrupt" amid a deepening diplomatic crisis between the Hispanic allies.

Spain has demanded a public apology from Milei after he used a speech in Madrid to accuse the PM’s wife of corruption.

The European Union also stepped into the row, its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemning Milei's remarks.

Argentina's President Javier Milei on Sunday threw his weight behind Europe's far right at a Madrid rally that also featured leading stars of the movement like Italy's Giorgia Meloni and France's Marine Le Pen.

Spanish far-right party Vox held a mass rally in Madrid on Sunday ahead of the European election, touting the support of international allies including Argentinian President Javier Milei, France’s presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, the prime ministers of Italy and Hungary and rightwing leaders from France and Portugal.

Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan were killed Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, local and Spanish authorities said.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists are hoping to show Catalonia has moved past its independence fixation by winning Sunday's regional vote and defeating separatist leader Carles Puigdemont.

An endorsement of PM Sanchez’s bid to normalise relations, the victory breaks a decade-long majority for separatists.

Polling closed in the election in Spain's wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia on Sunday, when more than 5.7 million voters were eligible to vote in a contest that will have reverberations throughout Spanish politics.

Spain and Argentina were at diplomatic daggers drawn on Saturday as the two countries traded barbs over drug taking and economic decline.

Spain's Prime Minister faces a critical test in Catalonia's election, balancing separatist demands with Spanish unity.