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Shortly after 7.30 pm, on Wednesday 11 November, groups of masked protesters began throwing stones, bottles and fireworks at police near Passeig de Gràcia and Plaça de Catalunya. Rubbish bins and street furniture were set alight, creating burning barricades in the city centre, while shop windows were smashed and stores reportedly looted. Footage shows flames engulfing barricades and protesters confronting riot police, who responded with crowd-control projectiles and baton charges. Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra police moved to disperse the groups as the disturbances spread towards Las Ramblas. Violent clashes broke out after an otherwise peaceful mass demonstration, when small groups of…
Braving torrential rain, vast crowds flooded the main thoroughfares of the Spanish capital, unfurling banners with calls for a “General Strike” and chanting “We have no home”. Police placed attendance at approximately 120,000, as aerial footage revealed packed streets completely gridlocking Madrid’s historic centre. Called jointly by the UGT and CCOO trade unions alongside housing activist groups, the 24-hour stoppage aimed to address stagnant wages, failing public services, and a spiralling cost of living. Anger over shelter has reached a boiling point in recent months, ignited in September by the high-profile eviction of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old pensioner in Madrid. Union…
“We need to have the Europeans at the table,” Kushner told POLITICO. “We have relayed to President Putin directly several times and to his team that the only way to get this done is to have them by our side and I think they are receptive to it. “I believe that hopefully tomorrow in Moscow, Steve and I will be successful and President Putin will give the blessing for that to occur. I think that if he agrees to that we will be able to make a lot more progress on the issues that matter.” The talks in Abu Dhabi…
Visitors to Washington’s National Mall have been stopping to photograph a new satirical statue targeting President Donald Trump’s lack of military service, ahead of Veterans Day. Titled “The Foot Soldier”, the gold-painted installation depicts Trump alongside a mascot named Toey. Created by protest art group Secret Handshake, it mocks the president’s Vietnam War-era medical deferment following a diagnosis of bone spurs. A plaque beneath the statue delivers a sarcastic tribute to Trump’s military record, describing him as a soldier who reached the front lines of avoiding the draft. It also features his own remark: “I can be very military.” The…
In a letter seen by POLITICO, Finland and Estonia call for “EU-level arrangements for responding to serious AI incidents.” This comes as European leaders are set to meet Friday to debate AI for the first time. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
By Gael Camba & Euronews Published on 11 November 2026 – 18:09 GMT+1•Updated 18:27 Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died at the age of 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. He “passed away suddenly,” said Russia’s Foreign Ministry in a statement published on X without giving more details on the cause of his death. “We have lost an outstanding diplomat, an experienced leader, a kind colleague and a mentor,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “We extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Alexander Darchiev’s family and loved ones.” Darchiev held several positions within Russia’s…
Luxury brand Four Seasons is taking travel to another level with a 23-day private jet journey around the world. Launching in May 2028, the new itinerary will whisk guests from San Francisco to Seoul, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar and the French Riviera, with exclusive cultural experiences, yacht trips and stays at some of the hotel group’s most prestigious properties along the way. The original Four Seasons Private Jet launched in 2015, and the current, custom-built Airbus A321LR aircraft has been in service since early 2021. The “coastlines and culture” itinerary will take flight from 6–26 May for just 48 guests but,…
The mood cooled from the first day to the second. On Tuesday, with negotiations lasting four and a half hours, officials on the ground in Abu Dhabi who were familiar with the talks described them as “constructive.” The best they could muster on Wednesday, when the session broke up after just two hours, was that the exchange had been “neutral.” In truth, few on the Ukrainian side ever believed this week’s resumption of face-to-face negotiations would deliver a breakthrough. The biggest announcement concerned the non-trivial matter of a planned prisoner exchange — which Kushner said would be the biggest in the…
Published on 11 November 2026 – 20:01 GMT+1 Elon Musk signed a major order on Wednesday with a medium-sized German tech company, Singulus Technologies, to supply solar cells for his new line of satellites, Starmind. The €60 million major order is the first of many, according to a statement from SpaceX founder Elon Musk on X. Following the deal, the company’s stock temporarily spiked by 65% to 80%, which valued the firm at around €73 million. A groundbreaking rise as the company’s annual revenue in 2025 was only €48.3 million. As part of a strategic partnership, further facilities and production…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on Facebook that the country was “doing everything necessary to ensure the safety of citizens.” “At the moment, from the investigations carried out, there is no element that makes a concrete danger seem to be persistent,” she added. Similar threats were received by schools in the U.K. and Ireland, with more than 270 Scottish schools and over 300 schools in Northern Ireland targeted. Some schools in England and the Republic of Ireland also received emails. Irish Education Minister Hildegarde Naughton said that police assessed the emails as “not credible” and that “there is no…