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• International · 2026-10-03

  Spain's parliament rejects government housing protection decrees

  Spain's parliament voted against two government decrees designed to address the country's housing affordability crisis on Friday. The rejected measures would have expanded eviction protections, restricted problematic real-estate practices, offered tax incentives for rental housing, and enabled automatic lease renewal for tenants. The rejection sets back Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's housing policy agenda at a time of significant public pressure over rental costs.

• International · 2026-10-24

  Anti-government and cost-of-living protests spread across Italy, Spain and Albania

  A wave of unrest swept through several European cities on 24 October, with violent clashes and looting reported in Italian cities, a student protest turning violent in Barcelona, and anti-government demonstrators attacking government buildings in Tirana. These protests echoed broader cost-of-living and social demonstrations that have recently affected France.

• International · 2026-10-06

  Sánchez Calls Snap Election After Parliament Blocks Housing Decrees

  Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for 29 November following Parliament's rejection of emergency housing decrees intended to restrict evictions, freeze rents, and prevent vulture funds from acquiring residential property. Rightwing opposition parties orchestrated the defeat of the legislation, prompting Sánchez to frame the election around Spain's deepening housing crisis. The outcome will determine whether his coalition can pursue its housing agenda or whether a new government will take a different approach to the sector.

• International · 2026-10-26

  Bus crash injures eighty-three people in Catalonia

  A bus crashed in Fogars de Montclús, a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, on 26 October, leaving 83 people injured. Seven of the injured suffered serious injuries, prompting a significant emergency response. Emergency services treated and transported the injured to hospitals in the surrounding region northeast of Barcelona.

• International · 2026-10-25

  Youth riots in Barcelona and pension march in Madrid unfold simultaneously

  A student protest in Barcelona became violent on Saturday evening, resulting in 128 arrests including about 32 minors and injuries to fifteen police officers. The same day, roughly 25,000 people marched in Madrid demanding pensions be linked to inflation and calling for equal pensions between men and women. These events reveal different concerns affecting Spanish society across age groups.

• International · 2026-10-25

  Saudi air defences intercept Houthi missile as Dakar Rally relocates from Saudi Arabia

  Saudi-led coalition air defences intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile and two drones targeting Riyadh Province on Sunday, following a two-week airport closure caused by earlier Houthi attacks. In response to escalating security concerns, Dakar Rally organisers announced that the 2027 edition will be moved away from Saudi Arabia, with a new location to be confirmed in the coming days. The relocation reflects wider sporting disruption linked to the intensifying Middle East conflict.

• International · 2026-10-25

  Shooting and widespread protests convulse France and spread across Europe

  A gunman opened fire near Paris, killing one person and wounding five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what President Macron described as a "racist terrorist attack." Days later, approximately 410,000 people participated in nearly 300 protests across France over the cost of living and education. The unrest spread to riots and looting in Italian and Spanish cities, as well as protests in Albania.

• International · 2026-10-23

  Storm Adam kills at least four in southern France floods

  Storm Adam brought severe flooding to southern France on Tuesday, resulting in at least four deaths in the Bouches-du-Rhône region and Corsica, with one additional injury reported. Authorities have issued warnings as a second storm, Austen, approaches from the Atlantic Ocean towards the country's northwest.