Iran claims its Revolutionary Guard struck navigation equipment on Oman's Didamar Island in the Strait of Hormuz, but Omani officials dispute damage.
Spain's first general strike in 14 years turned violent in Barcelona as protesters set fires and launched fireworks at riot police on Paseo de Gracia.
Millions of workers in Spain shut down businesses and public transport on Wednesday, as part of the country's first general strike in 14 years. Following a peaceful march in Barcelona over soaring rents and property prices, and the rising cost of living, protesters smashed storefronts, set off small bonfires, burned bins and launched fireworks towards police. The unrest comes just weeks before snap elections, called by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Abdel-Malek was killed in an Israeli strike days after the Thousand Martyrs Cup.
After being detained for almost 500 days in Algeria, Christophe Gleizes is no closer to being freed. Those close to him, as well as his fellow sports journalists have campaigned tirelessly for his release with the affair even attracting the attention of Zinedine Zidane, manager of the French football team. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Thibault Bruttin, Director General of Reporters Without Borders. He says that Gleizes has probably become "a token in a diplomatic game that we don't totally understand, that we don't totally master, up to the point where we are asking ourselves 'has he become a state hostage?'".
Palestinian families have returned to the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City after an Israeli strike killed three people.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain on Wednesday during a general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power just weeks before an early general election. Unions reported a significant response in some sectors in Spain's first nationwide 24-hour stoppage since 2012, but business leaders played down the participation. Braving heavy rain, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through central Madrid carrying placards shaped like houses and chanting "We have no home" as they called for more affordable housing. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
Departure of Tom Waterhouse, Reform’s ‘latest fall guy’, will be blow to party amid push towards professionalisation UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s general secretary has left the role as Nigel Farage’s party continues to face turmoil over questions about vetting failures and professionalisation. The departure of Tom Waterhouse comes after Reform UK’s leader on Hampshire county council, George Madgwick, was charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child. Continue reading...
Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Wednesday that Tehran would attack US bases located in Europe if they were used to carry out bombing raids against the Islamic republic. The heavy defeat of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the midterm elections earlier this month seems to have pushed Washington to pull back its threats to carry out fresh strikes against Iran.
Mass walkout across several cities marks first general strike in 14 years.
Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation in a protest on Wednesday over housing costs that the government hopes to leverage before a national election later this month. The walkout — under the slogan “Salaries. Housing. Prices.” — was the first general strike in Spain in 14 years.
Workers in a wide range of industries walked off the job to protest rising rents and stagnant wages, which have become central issues in the campaign.
Action on 25 and 26 November suspended to allow for formal negotations with the government UK politics live – latest updates Consultant doctors in England have decided to pause their two days of strike action at the end of the month. Scheduled for 25 and 26 November, the action was announced by the British Medical Association when 18 months of talks with the government failed to lead to agreement on key issues. Continue reading...
The 24-hour stoppage has drawn high participation across sectors and comes weeks before election in which far right could gain power Millions of people across Spain have joined the country’s first general strike in 14 years, setting up picket lines to protest against soaring housing prices before an election in which the far right could be catapulted into power. At the centre of Wednesday’s nationwide 24-hour stoppage, singularly backed by the country’s largest unions as well as tenants’ associations, is a pushback against Spain’s deepening housing crisis. Continue reading...
The walkout marks the country’s first general strike in more than a decade, aimed at forcing government action on rising living costs weeks before voters head to the polls
Sarah Morris is live from Madrid.
Strike disrupts public transport and industries amid demands for housing reform ahead of November 29 elections.
Less than three weeks before a national election that could catapult the far right to power, Spain's workers are striking on Wednesday to demand that the government remedy the nation's housing crisis.
Real Madrid player Vinícius Jr sent a surprise message to 13-year-old fan Zaher who lost both his legs after being hit by a drone in Khartoum, in 2024.
Hundreds of thousands of citizens have hit the streets to protest Spain's housing crisis after millions of union workers staged a general strike. The crisis has triggered snap elections to take place on November 29.
Workers across nearly all industries have taken to the picket lines as rents soar and the housing crunch worsens. The crisis is the main political debate ahead of Spain's November 29 elections.
For the first time in 14 years, millions of Spanish workers are striking across the country Wednesday to demand action on a major housing crisis and the rising cost of living. The expected disruptions to public transport and the widespread closure of businesses come less than three weeks before a snap election that could bring the far right to power.
US general warns the Sahel model-like security deal with Russia could lead to greater instability in Africa.
The 24-hour walkout, called by Spain’s two biggest unions, is due to start on Wednesday.
Anti-Trump Republican Thomas Massie pursuing measures against defense secretary as Iran war blamed for party’s sweeping midterm losses Republican Thomas Massie moves to force vote to impeach Hegseth Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a rare news conference later today as he pushes back against congressional efforts to remove him from office for alleged misconduct. Donald Trump was joined by Dana White, the CEO of UFC, at a press conference. At the conference, Trump defended Hegseth , saying his defense secretary “won two wars”, and called Massie “a stone cold loser” and “sick”. After saying that his deportation policy was “too tough” and offering to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in an interview on 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, Donald Trump on Monday said his administration’s deportation policy was “very strong.” “Somebody suggested, will there be amnesty? No, but— they came in. They knew the law,” Trump told reporters during a press conference today. He added that he had not spoken with incoming chief of staff Stephen Miller about any changes. In its first major move since last week’s elections, the Senate has advanced bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects. The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which would shorten the timeline for approving both clean and fossil fuel energy projects. A Utah judge scheduled the trial of the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk for June 2028. District Judge Tony Graf allocated 105 days for the trial. Graf said the 2028 date balances the defense’s right to prepare with the Kirk family’s desire for a speedy resolution. The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas. The majority paused a lower court’s decision as the case plays out. The Trump administration had filed a
Drone strike disrupts electricity supply in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, renewing concerns about armed groups.
Malaysia's king and government in a standoff after attorney general disputed order allowing former PM to leave jail.
Women say move will be ‘massively detrimental’ to services for vulnerable children, and hit their own pensions The 33 women waving banners outside a nursery in the South Yorkshire village of Grimethorpe have never been on strike before. Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to transfer them to private companies. They say the move will have a hugely negative impact on the services they provide to vulnerable children, and to their own pensions. Continue reading...
Thousands of public schoolteachers went on strike in Paraguay and took to the streets of several cities following the collapse of a major bank that resulted in the removal of the nation’s president last week
Spain's ruling Socialists have narrowed the gap but continue to trail the conservative People's Party, who would need to team up with the far-right Vox party to secure a majority of seats in parliament, pollsters say with three weeks to go before the country's general election.
Teachers across the country say their pay no longer covers basic living costs.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon’s consul general in Detroit, to leave the country
Iran is cracking down on perceived security threats from alleged spies to crowds of youngsters.
Terrorism investigation was opened after attacker opened fire in a market square A Ukrainian drone attack has hit Russia’s second-largest oil refinery in Kirishi , in the Leningrad region, the regional governor, Aleksandr Drozdenko , said. A fire broke out at the refinery after the overnight Ukrainian drone strike, but has since been extinguished, he wrote on Telegram, adding that one woman had been killed by falling drone debris. Continue reading...
Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this week Fixing Britain’s youth jobs crisis will require ministers to drastically increase investment in employment support while avoiding arbitrary cuts to benefits, the head of the trade union movement has said. Before an important official report expected next week, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress , Paul Nowak, said the government had a “once in a generation chance” to secure young people’s futures. Continue reading...
President makes unusual acknowledgement that one of the defining policies of his second administration had become a political liability Donald Trump has admitted that his deportation policy was “too tough” and has offered to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in a concession following the Republicans’ disastrous defeat in the midterm elections. In an interview on the CBS network’s 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, the president acknowledged that the aggressive crackdown had hurt him politically and said he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US. Continue reading...
The strike leaves more than 70 percent of northern Iraq's Kurdish region without power.
President Donald Trump vowed a political comeback on Sunday after Republicans lost control of Congress in last Tuesday’s midterms, as incoming Democratic leaders pledged to hold his administration to account, and the attorney general promised to defend officials against threatened prosecutions.
President Trump warns that US forces are 'locked and loaded' and ready to strike, if necessary.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the verdict must be respected, while the party's secretary-general calls the outcome "catastrophic".
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A Russian drone has struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine
Attorney general postponed Najib Razak’s transfer from jail after court cleared him for house arrest on Friday.
After surviving an Israeli airstrike that left her in a coma, Celine Haidar is back on the pitch, coaching footballers.
Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen, has not commented.
Paraguay's former President Santiago Peña has been taken to the attorney general’s office for questioning
Charity’s AGM decided overwhelmingly to begin a tendering process amid criticism of current bank Barclays fossil fuel investments The National Trust has voted overwhelmingly to seek a new banking partner in a significant victory for members who have long argued that its relationship with Barclays was at odds with its commitment to protecting the natural world. The resolution, passed at the charity’s annual general meeting on Saturday with the backing of its board of trustees, instructs the organisation to begin a competitive tendering process for its banking arrangements. Continue reading...
Weeks of coalition talks could follow after preliminary results pointed to a highly divided national parliament.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group accused Saudi Arabia of hitting several homes in the village of al-Shariya near the Yemeni capital. There was no initial comment from Riyadh.
