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France reports 1,314 arrests after second weekend of nationwide protests and clashes
Police arrested 1,314 people across France during the 24 October weekend of protests, the Interior Ministry said on 25 October, while the Paris Prefecture reported 142 people detained in the capital.
Tirana clashes injure over 300 as protesters demand PM Edi Rama's resignation
Protesters set fire to a ministry building in Tirana on Saturday, 24 October, as police answered with water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets. Authorities say more than 300 people have been hurt since mid-October.
Dobrindt plans federal investment protection law to curb Berlin socialisation plans
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants a federal investment protection law that sets strict conditions for socialisation, a response to Berlin plans for large housing firms with compensation of up to 16 billion euros.
PSD leader Grindeanu blames Bolojan government for 30 billion lei in unpaid bills
Grindeanu says the government led by former prime minister Ilie Bolojan left unpaid bills and a deficit he describes as the largest in the EU. PSD ministers are due to present their measures in the week of 26 October 2026.
Independent MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged deliberate car attack in Victoria
Police allege a 43-year-old man deliberately drove into the independent MP outside her Wangaratta electorate office on Monday, 19 October. A Labor minister's office in Perth was targeted by a separate threat two days later.
Polska 2050 expels Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, two days after she quit Tusk's government
Polska 2050's board voted to remove Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz from the party, two days after she quit as minister of funds and regional policy. Deputy minister Jan Szyszko, also a Polska 2050 member, resigned on Friday, 23 October.
Hegseth's staff damaged an Eisenhower-era globe during a rushed Pentagon move
The Washington Post reports that a globe used by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Second World War was punctured on 3 February after staff from Pete Hegseth's office moved it without the Army's specialists.
Judge orders Trump to give sworn deposition by 11 December in BBC defamation case
Trump must give a sworn deposition by 11 December, a Miami judge ruled, after he cancelled a 16 October session in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC. Sanctions, including dismissal of the suit, are possible if he does not comply.
Several hundred protesters rally in Brussels as police keep watch over Saturday demonstration
Several hundred demonstrators gathered at the Mont des Arts on Saturday, 24 October, under heavy police presence. Protesters said they would keep up the protest until the Arizona government falls.
Media reports: leaked AfD emails suggest Weidel knew of Swiss donation earlier
Unknown people have published about 421,000 emails from ten AfD mail accounts. Media reports say some of them suggest Alice Weidel knew of a 132,000-euro Swiss donation earlier than she admitted.
Castile and León bars ideological content from film aid as Urtasun takes case to court
Culture minister Ernest Urtasun will appeal Castile and León's order barring ideological content from film subsidies. In Valladolid, a Lorca play due to open this weekend has been cancelled by the regional government.
Poland's Sejm passes two bills easing abortion ban, veto expected from president
Two bills from the coalition led by Donald Tusk passed the lower house on Tuesday, 20 October. Both now go to the Senate, and the president is widely expected to veto them.
Romanian parliament approves pro-EU Niculescu government after five-month deadlock
Parliament voted 280 in favour and 58 against the cabinet of Luca Niculescu, a 55-year-old diplomat, ending months without a government with full powers. Representatives of the Social Democrats, the liberals and the Hungarian minority back the team, but its stability remains uncertain.
Lluís Puig takes Catalan Parliament seat as Toni Comín takes oath in Madrid
Nine years after the 1 October 2017 referendum, Lluís Puig returned to Catalonia and took his Parlament seat on Thursday, while Toni Comín swore the Spanish Constitution in Madrid to take up his European Parliament seat.
Princess Leonor honours Llanes fishermen at Asturias 'Pueblo Ejemplar' award ceremony
The royal family visited Llanes in Asturias on Saturday, 24 October, to present the 2026 Pueblo Ejemplar de Asturias to the Santa Ana fishing brotherhood. Princess Leonor praised the sector's sacrifice and the women who once carried fish inland.
Hungarian police detain former central bank governor György Matolcsy over alleged fraud
Police detained György Matolcsy, who led the Hungarian central bank from 2013 to 2025, on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. The arrest is part of an investigation into the bank's property purchases and the foundations it funded with public money.
Judge Pedraz rebukes PSOE and gives 15 more days for lawyer contract data
Judge Santiago Pedraz has rebuked the PSOE for not handing over details of the lawyers and consultancies it hired from 2021 to 2025, and has given the party another 15 days to comply.
Protests in France leave over 1,200 arrested and 150 police injured
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said late on 17 October that more than 1,200 people had been arrested, as the Limoges town hall burned and its clock tower collapsed during the protests.
Dutch PM Rob Jetten and partner expect baby via surrogate in spring 2027
Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner, Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, announced on 19 October 2026 that they are expecting a child through surrogacy, due in spring 2027.
Berlin's Left, SPD and Greens advance coalition talks as Merz opposes landlord expropriation
The SPD and Greens in Berlin backed formal coalition talks with Die Linke, which must approve them at a party congress about two weeks after 20 October. The parties' plan to nationalise assets of landlords with more than 10,000 apartments has drawn sharp criticism from the CDU and CSU.
Virginia Senate president pro tempore L. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and money laundering charges
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Thursday, 22 October, accusing Lucas of running a marijuana conspiracy with relatives and associates. She turned herself in, and several family members were arrested the same morning.
Supreme Court keeps hormone treatment for transgender federal inmates, blocking Trump policy
The justices refused the administration's emergency request, leaving in place a lower-court block on a policy that would end hormone therapy and social accommodations for transgender inmates in federal prisons.
Two former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden laptop probe
Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, who oversaw the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, made their first court appearances in Washington on Friday, 23 October 2026, after being charged with lying to Congress.
Czech coalition advances bill to scrap public media fees in overnight vote
The bill replaces household broadcasting fees with state budget funding for Czech Television and Czech Radio, after a vote at 4:36 on Saturday, 24 October. Opposition parties and experts question both the speed and the procedure used.
Algeciras mayor Landaluce, under investigation, insists he is innocent after court testimony
Landaluce, mayor for more than 15 years, testified as a person under investigation after a complaint alleging non-consensual touching in July. He has announced he will leave office on 25 October.
Trump weighs replacing White House press room with a swimming pool, NYT reports
Citing three anonymous sources, the New York Times says Trump has floated removing reporters from the White House and reviving the indoor pool that Franklin D. Roosevelt had built in 1933.
Katie Zacharia exits White House press secretary role after about five days in office
Katie Zacharia has left the White House press secretary post about five days after taking it up. Questions over her law license and a 14-minute first briefing preceded the exit, and on 16 October Trump had said the job might not be right for her.
Spanish court drops terrorism case against 12 CDR members under amnesty law
Spain's Audiencia Nacional has applied the amnesty law to twelve Committees for the Defence of the Republic members accused of terrorism. The order follows a July ruling by the EU Court of Justice that upheld the law.
Albanian students and protesters clash with police in Tirana, demanding Prime Minister Rama's resignation
Protesters threw molotov cocktails at police in Tirana on the fifth day of demonstrations, and riot police answered with tear gas and water cannons. Prime Minister Edi Rama has not stepped down, and a large rally is planned for 17 October at 19:00 local time.
Ilhan Omar says federal raid on her home was meant to intimidate her
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar says she will leave her Washington home after federal agents searched it on 12 October. The search seized 17 items and came amid a federal investigation into her family's immigration paperwork.