Spain proposes eviction ban until 2030 amid housing crisis
The Spanish government has unveiled plans to extend protections against evictions until the end of 2030 as it seeks to address growing concerns ove...
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 30 September 2026. These are the top five stories making headlines in Europe.
Spain moves to ban evictions after outrage over pensioner's removal
Spain's government has agreed proposals to ban evictions until 2030, after the forced removal of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid home on a stretcher triggered protests. The measures must be approved in parliament within 30 days because they were enacted using emergency executive decrees, and the minority government faces an uphill battle to secure support.
More than 400 people, mostly minors, were detained in France on Tuesday over student protests at high schools across the country. Pupils are demanding better conditions and more teachers. Police responded with batons and tear gas. Officials said 48 police officers were injured.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that re-joining the European Union is an option the government could consider as part of efforts to reshape the UK’s long-term relationship with Europe. It comes after he made a speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool setting out options for the UK’s relationship with the bloc going forwards.
Norway's parliament has begun public hearings into paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Norwegian diplomats and politicians. The committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre who was Foreign Minister from 2005 to 2012. He maintains that he had no relation with Epstein.
Kyiv’s Digital Transformation Minister Oksana Ferchuk has said that Ukraine wants to use its military technology and digital innovation, including artificial intelligence (AI), to sharply increase high-tech exports. Ukraine is exploring cooperation agreements with the U.S., and other countries. World Bank officials have also shown interest.
A Russian guided aerial bomb has struck an apartment building in Kharkiv, injuring 22 people, including children, according to the city’s mayor. The strike follows a day of near-continuous Russian attacks across Ukraine that killed at least five people.
The European Union's decision to simultaneously advance accession talks with Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania marks its most ambitious enlargement effort in more than two decades.
U.S. President Donald Trump has denied reports that he offered Iran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in exchange for nuclear concessions.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the U.S. and Israel of seeking to foment internal divisions in Iran after failing to defeat the country militarily, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that more than 8,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia, with preparations under way to send another 10,000.
The Spanish government has unveiled plans to extend protections against evictions until the end of 2030 as it seeks to address growing concerns over housing affordability and tenant security.
The U.S. Senate has blocked a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump’s administration to report to Congress on alleged human rights violations and rising violence in the West Bank.
Three people were killed, including a child and seven others were injured in Russian air strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials have said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and leading technology executives have agreed to develop voluntary safety standards for artificial intelligence, while the administration continues to support the rapid expansion of data centres across the country.
China has announced plans to complete the world's first AI-driven geological map of Mars by the end of 2028, a project that aims to reconstruct the red planet's ancient water history and introduce a Chinese framework for Martian geological time that Beijing hopes will become a new global standard.
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