Workers across Spain staged a general strike, described by the article as the country’s first in 14 years. The available article text does not provide details about the strike’s causes, participation, or effects.
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Workers across Spain staged a general strike.
The article describes it as Spain’s first general strike in 14 years.
The article appears in the Europe subsection.
The page lists housing as a related topic.
The page lists cost of living as a related topic.
The article page says it was published 25 minutes ago.
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The article argues that Mexican security chief Omar García Harfuch should prepare for the White House to act unilaterally on matters involving Mexico. It says such action could conflict with Congress, but gives no further details in the provided text.
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The article focuses on U.S.-Mexico relations.
It names Omar García Harfuch as Mexico’s security chief.
The article says García Harfuch should prepare for possible unilateral White House action.
It says White House action could run counter to Congress.
The headline refers to Stephen Miller’s White House.
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Russia and Ukraine agreed to a major prisoner exchange after two days of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi. The talks did not produce a breakthrough on ending the war, as the countries remain divided over territory and long-term security arrangements.
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Russia and Ukraine agreed to a major prisoner exchange.
The talks lasted two days.
The talks took place in Abu Dhabi.
The United States mediated the talks.
Negotiations ended without a breakthrough on ending the war.
The countries remain divided over territory.
The countries remain divided over long-term security arrangements.
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Reform UK general secretary Tom Waterhouse has left the party, which is facing renewed scrutiny over its candidate vetting and internal operations. His departure follows the charging of Hampshire council group leader George Madgwick with 12 counts of rape and one count of distributing indecent images of a child; Madgwick denies wrongdoing.
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Reform UK said Waterhouse had left and that the party leader appointed an interim general secretary.
Waterhouse joined Reform UK in August last year and led work on recruitment, candidate selection and professionalising the party.
Madgwick was charged with 12 counts of rape and one count of distributing indecent images of a child.
Reform UK’s candidate vetting process is now run by deputy chair Paul Nuttall, the article reports.
Waterhouse took part in an internal investigation that cleared senior officials James Orr and Dan Jukes of breaking laws against foreign donations; the matter remains under police investigation.
Nigel Farage said he was unhappy that Madgwick remained in his role for nearly 10 months after his arrest in January.
Labour chair Bridget Phillipson called Waterhouse a “fall guy” and criticized Farage’s role in the party’s decisions.
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Palestinian American activist Mo Hamzeh says the UK revoked his permission to enter ahead of his charity’s annual Gaza fundraiser in London. He says he will take legal action unless the UK government explains its decision; a pro-Israel activist group says it helped block his entry.
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Mo Hamzeh is a Palestinian American activist.
Hamzeh was refused entry to the UK.
The refusal came before his charity’s annual Gaza fundraiser in London.
Hamzeh says he will take legal action unless the UK government justifies revoking his entry permission.
A pro-Israel activist group says it was behind an effort to block Hamzeh’s entry.
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Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would strike U.S. bases in Europe or elsewhere if they were used to launch attacks on Iran. His warning came as diplomatic efforts seek to end the war and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said another attack was unnecessary.
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Rezaei made the remarks in an interview with Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV broadcast on Wednesday.
He said Iran would target bases from which U.S. aircraft took off to bomb Iran, including bases in Europe.
Rezaei also threatened attacks on other distant U.S. military installations and some islands, without naming targets.
The article says the war began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on countries in the region that host U.S. military assets.
Qatar and Pakistan have pursued diplomatic efforts to end the war.
Iran has linked reopening the Strait of Hormuz to demands that include unfreezing assets and lifting sanctions.
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was no need to attack Iran again.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was moved from his Washington home to a nearby military base after reported threats linked to Iran, according to U.S. media. The precise nature of the threats is unclear; a Treasury spokesperson said Bessent would continue efforts to pressure Iran’s economy.
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CBS reported that Bessent’s relocation followed publication of an online photo that could be used to identify the location of his Georgetown home.
A source told CBS that security concerns increased after the Wall Street Journal published the photo.
U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Iran has increased efforts to target Americans, including government officials.
The New York Times reported that Iranian targeting efforts include current and former U.S. officials.
The article names former officials Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Mark Milley as people reportedly considered potential targets by Iran.
The United States and Israel began an air campaign against Iran in February, and Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. allies in the region.
A preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapsed within weeks, after attacks on shipping resumed and the United States reinstated its blockade.
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France 24 published a 10-minute video about Haiti featuring Jean-Marie Théodat, identified as director of the Department of Geography at the University of Paris. Its headline says, “We need to know the truth, but so far, it’s totally dark.”
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The article is a video segment from France 24.
Jean-Marie Théodat is the guest in the segment.
The article identifies Théodat as director of the Department of Geography at the University of Paris.
The video is 10 minutes and 20 seconds long.
The segment was issued on November 11, 2026, and modified the same day.
The article lists Haiti, El Salvador, and Nayib Bukele as keywords.
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Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips is urging the UK government to require devices to block child sexual abuse material from being filmed or viewed. The proposed software would use AI to identify known abuse images on the device; campaigners say it could prevent abuse while preserving privacy, though civil liberties group Big Brother Watch disputes that claim.
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The UK National Crime Agency ranks the country as the world’s third-largest market for live-streamed child sexual abuse.
Phillips called for on-device blocking on every device sold in Britain at a policy report launch in Parliament.
The proposed software would identify known child abuse images and block them when someone tries to create or view them.
Campaigners say the software would not log, store or transmit material and could work alongside encryption.
Big Brother Watch disputes claims that device-level blocking protects privacy and encryption.
The Internet Watch Foundation reported in 2025 that three-quarters of child sexual abuse material was not self-generated and was likely captured on adult devices.
Child safety institute Childlight research cited in the article says 1.8 million men in the UK admitted to some form of online sexual offending against children.
National Crime Agency representative Phil Eccles said tech companies must take part because police cannot arrest their way out of the problem.
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Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto, an aide told the BBC. It is unclear whether Prabowo has accepted it; the move follows court rulings over Gibran’s education credentials and comes amid signs of strain in the political alliance that brought Prabowo to power.
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Aide Budi Arie said Gibran submitted his resignation letter directly to Prabowo on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s Supreme Court found no evidence that Gibran had a foreign diploma or certificate supporting an equivalency to a senior high-school qualification.
Indonesian law requires vice-presidents to have completed senior secondary school or an equivalent qualification.
More than 100 lawmakers supported a parliamentary initiative that could have led to impeachment proceedings against Gibran.
Gibran asked for a chance to challenge the ruling and prove his education credentials, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said.
Gibran became eligible to run in 2024 after a Constitutional Court ruling exempted him from the minimum age requirement of 40.
Prabowo has focused on a free school meals programme and has not prioritized continuing former President Joko Widodo’s Nusantara capital project.
The article reports other signs of political tension, including personnel changes and three cabinet members leaving a party led by Jokowi’s son.
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Noah’s Ark Scans says it recovered charred wood fragments about 30 feet underground at Turkey’s Durupınar Formation and believes some show marks from tools. The pieces have not yet been tested in laboratories, and the group says it has drawn no final conclusions.
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The U.S.-based Noah’s Ark Scans group is investigating the Durupınar Formation in eastern Turkey as a possible location of Noah’s Ark.
The group says the wood fragments are darkened, cracked, charred, and show grain patterns and growth rings.
The samples have been sent to four laboratories for analysis.
Archaeology professor Cenker Atila said he believes the wood is very ancient and that one fragment appears shaped with an axe or knife.
Newsweek said it had not independently verified the group’s findings.
A final report on the expedition is expected in late April or May next year.
Previous studies have described the Durupınar Formation as a natural rock formation; the group’s preliminary report has not been peer-reviewed.
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned violence against teachers and government officials during nationwide street protests on Tuesday. The statement followed an incident outside a high school near Paris in which an official was struck by a bottle filled with gasoline.
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Macron condemned violence against teachers and government officials.
Nationwide street protests took place in France.
An official was hit by a gasoline-filled bottle outside a high school near Paris.
The article’s title says French students vowed to maintain protest pressure.
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U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi produced an agreement for a large prisoner exchange, with the final number to be set later. The talks did not resolve the dispute over Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, and U.S. envoys planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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The Abu Dhabi talks were the first meeting between the delegations in nine months.
Jared Kushner said the sides agreed to what he called their largest humanitarian prisoner release, with numbers to be finalized the next day.
Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky and Ukrainian delegation leader Rustem Umerov confirmed the planned exchange.
Russia's demand for recognition of its seizure of Ukrainian territory remained a major obstacle to a wider peace agreement.
Kushner and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff planned to meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday and then travel to Dublin to meet Zelenskyy.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin would meet the U.S. envoys during the first half of Thursday.
Zelenskyy said ending the war and providing security guarantees for Ukraine were necessary first steps.
Umerov said Kyiv's delegation was expected to meet European officials on Wednesday.
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Spain held its first national general strike in 14 years on November 11, 2026, as workers and demonstrators called for more affordable housing and higher wages. The dispute gained urgency after an 87-year-old woman was evicted following a fivefold rent increase, while an election is scheduled for November 29 amid political debate over housing protections.
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The strike took place across Spain on November 11, 2026.
Demonstrators demanded housing costs that workers can afford and higher wages.
Maria del Carmen Abascal, 87, was evicted in September from the home where she had lived for 70 years after her monthly rent rose fivefold from 500 euros.
Spain’s youth council estimates a young person would need to spend 98.7 percent of their monthly salary to rent a home alone.
The Bank of Spain says Spain needs 750,000 new homes to meet current demand, potentially rising to one million.
Spain built 92,000 homes in 2025.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap general election for November 29 after his minority government failed to pass proposed tenant protections.
The article says Sanchez’s Socialist Party is trailing in polls behind combined support for right-wing and far-right parties.
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Protesters confronted Joe Biden and members of his family as they left an event at Trinity College in Dublin on Tuesday night. Irish police arrested three people; one man was charged, and two others were released. The event honored Hunter Biden and came as his father discussed his new memoir and cancer diagnosis in an interview.
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Joe Biden, Jill Biden and Hunter Biden attended an event at Trinity College in Dublin.
Hunter Biden received a gold medal from the College Historical Society.
Protesters chanted at the Bidens and waved a Palestinian flag, according to reports and photographs.
A university spokesperson said the Bidens left without incident.
Irish police arrested three people in connection with the protests.
A man in his 50s was charged; two other men were released.
Joe Biden's memoir, "Promise Me, America," is scheduled for publication the following week.
Biden said he was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer in May 2025, after leaving office, and said it had spread to his bones.
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Unions called a nationwide general strike in Spain over housing costs and the high cost of living, disrupting transport and other public services. Demonstrations took place across the country nearly two weeks before parliamentary elections scheduled for 29 November.
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The strike was Spain’s first general strike in 14 years.
The main unions called the strike over housing and the cost of living.
Transport and other public services faced serious disruption on Wednesday.
Demonstrations were planned across Spain.
Spain’s parliamentary elections were scheduled for 29 November.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called snap elections after parliament failed to approve his housing reform plan.
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Morgan McSweeney urged the government to review rules that give cabinet ministers authority over decisions with legal or quasi-judicial processes. He said the rules and conventions can limit cabinet discussion and the prime minister’s ability to deliver the government’s programme, and proposed writing down and reducing the prime minister’s powers and constraints.
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McSweeney gave evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
He said quasi-judicial processes could prevent broader cabinet discussion and input from the prime minister.
The energy secretary has had authority over decisions on proposed oil and gas fields, including Rosebank and Jackdaw.
Steve Reed, as housing and local government secretary, had authority to decide whether to approve a proposed Chinese embassy in east London.
McSweeney cited advice that Keir Starmer should not send cabinet ministers letters setting priorities and requesting progress updates because of convention.
He said rules that prevent abuse of power should remain, while other rules should be reviewed for their cumulative effect.
McSweeney left his role as Starmer’s chief of staff in February after his connection to the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador drew scrutiny.
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A report about COP31 talks in Turkey says leaders from the United States, China and India are skipping the summit. The provided article text does not explain their reasons or give further details about the talks.
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COP31 talks are taking place in Turkey.
Leaders from the United States, China and India are not attending the summit, according to the headline.
The report is dated November 11, 2026.
Environment editor Valérie Dekimpe is credited with the report.
The article lists Recep Tayyip Erdoğan among its keywords.
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Argentina has asked an international maritime tribunal to order Britain to suspend planned oil drilling near the Falkland Islands while arbitration proceeds. At a hearing in Hamburg, Argentina argued the drilling could harm its rights to disputed resources, while the UK said the tribunal lacks authority over sovereignty issues and that drilling is not imminent.
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Argentina applied to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for a ruling on drilling in the North Basin near the Falkland Islands.
The Sea Lion oilfield lies about 130 miles north of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas.
Argentina’s lawyer Marcelo Kohen argued that the sovereignty dispute does not give the UK unrestricted control over resources in the surrounding waters.
The UK’s attorney general, Ellie Reeves, said suspending the project would harm the Falkland Islanders and the companies involved.
The UK argued that the tribunal has no jurisdiction over sovereignty matters and said oil extraction would not begin until 2028.
Argentina said drilling is due to start in March next year and sought urgent action to protect its rights.
Argentina and the UK have disputed sovereignty over the islands for decades; Argentina invaded them in 1982, and the conflict ended with Argentine forces surrendering after 74 days.
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