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Thousands of Spaniards march to mark death

Thousands of Spaniards marched through central Madrid on Thursday to mark ​the death of the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her home ignited protests across the country and led to a snap election next month.

October 9, 2026 5:15 pm
 

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Ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed

British police on Thursday said that search warrants they secured to search properties linked ‌to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been issued unlawfully and must be quashed, but said the investigation into King Charles’ younger brother was ongoing.

October 9, 2026 3:34 pm
 

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El Niño set to intensify and last until February

The World Meteorological Organization, in its monthly climate bulletin, has stated that this year’s El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February 2027.

October 9, 2026 3:18 pm
 

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Two men arrested after breaking into UK airbase

British counter-terrorism police are investigating after two Latvian men were arrested ‌inside a Royal Air Force base used by US personnel, authorities said on Thursday.

October 9, 2026 1:50 pm
 

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Northern Irish police contact Sinn Fein members over investigation

Northern Irish police have contacted representatives of Sinn Fein in relation to their investigation into a protest that has blocked a Protestant ​parade from marching through a Catholic area for almost two weeks, ‌the Irish nationalist party said.

October 9, 2026 12:19 pm
 

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine expects Europeans to join talks with US

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine expected Kyiv’s European ​partners to join talks with the US ‌in coming days.

October 9, 2026 11:20 am
 

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Italy's Meloni forces through new electoral law ahead of vote

Italy’s lower ​house of parliament gave final approval on Thursday to a fiercely contested electoral reform championed by Prime Minister ‌Giorgia Meloni which provides the framework for a national election due next year.

October 9, 2026 10:10 am
 

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Attacks on Saudi airports kill three people

Three people have been killed in attacks on Saudi airports, the country’s civil aviation authorities ​said on Wednesday, as fighting intensified in Yemen between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces.

October 8, 2026 5:42 pm
 

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Evicted Spanish octogenarian Maricarmen Abascal, has died

Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests in Spain that ultimately led ​to an early election, has died, Madrid’s tenants’ union said on Wednesday, ‌provoking an outpouring of grief and anger on the streets of the capital.

October 8, 2026 4:20 pm
 

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Rubio says US, Greece to jointly combat security threats

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that “strong and model NATO ally” Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement agencies.

October 8, 2026 3:37 pm
 

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Belgian student protests against education costs echo France

Hundreds of students, inspired in part by student unrest in neighbouring France, have taken to ​the streets of the eastern Belgian city of Liège, with local media reporting 107 arrests in recent days.

October 8, 2026 2:25 pm
 

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Venezuela's Maduro to face new US charges over alleged torture of Americans

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas ‌Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are expected to face new criminal charges in the US over the alleged torture of ​Americans held in the South American country, a ​US official said on Wednesday.

October 8, 2026 1:12 pm

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