text:  Spain's Supreme Court has refused to grant amnesty to the Catalan separatist leader Carlos Puigdemont, who faces charges for misuse of public funds. The court has ruled that the recent amnesty for a failed independence bid does not apply to Mr. Puigdemont's alleged embezzlement. The head of a Shifa hospital in Gaza has been released after seven months in Israeli custody. Dr. Mohamed Abu Salmiah said he was tortured in custody. Israel has denied this.