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Published on 04/10/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Riot police from Spain’s Police Intervention Unit (UIP), brought in from Seville, Granada, Malaga and other parts of the country, launched Operation Trampolín on Sunday to clear the tents from the settlement that has seen the worst insecurity and tension of the crisis. ADVERTISEMENT…

Published on 03/10/2026 – 18:32 GMT+2 Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to take part in Paris Pride, defending the rights of LGBTQ+ people against a backdrop of growing popularity of the far right. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As the march set off, Alexandre Schon, co-president of Inter-LGBT, which…

Journalist and social media expert Carmela Ríos posted on 27 September on X (source in Spanish) an investigation into the sale of the garment, which emerged after the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July. Here is what lies behind the sale. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The T-shirt…

Demonstrators are marching in several Spanish cities on Saturday, a day after parliament votes down two government decrees aimed at giving tenants stronger protection. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Madrid, according to the organisers, around 500,000 people took part in the demonstrations, while the authorities put the number at around 70,000. Activists…

Published on 03/10/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 A 102-year-old woman died and 90 people had to be rescued on Friday in Madrigueras, in the province of Albacete, after flash flooding swamped the entire town. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to a statement from the regional government, the municipality recorded 142 litres of rain…

Germany is marking the 36th anniversary of reunification. On 3 October 1990 the former GDR acceded to the Federal Republic, ending a division that had lasted 41 years and making Berlin once again the capital of a united Germany. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Brandenburg, Steeven Bretz, the leader of the Christian…

The leaders of 17 European Union countries have sent a letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, in his capacity as current president-in-office of the Council of the European Union, calling for agriculture to be given priority ahead of the revision of the Negotiating Box, the document drawn up by the presidency…

The EU’s energy chief has warned that volatility in the energy market is here to stay — and prices could get even worse. Dan Jørgensen is urging European governments to use existing flexibility to ease the pain at the pump for millions of Europeans. That comes as the Trump administration…

Published on 02/10/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2•Updated 12:56 French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The movement, which began last week in the…