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.
Georgia and Armenia have resumed talks on their 225-kilometre border after years of limited progress, with disputes over historical boundaries, far...
China has extended the suspension of its additional 24 per cent tariff on U.S. goods for another two months, while keeping a 10 per cent levy in pl...
Russia and Ukraine are set to return to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for a fourth round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, with European participation, security...
The gunman who allegedly killed six people in Poland’s unprecedented mass shooting in central Kraków on Saturday has died in hospital, police said early Monday. The attacker had demonstrated advanced military-style marksmanship skills, according to a spokesperson for the shooting club he attended.
Poland has declared two days of national mourning after a gunman opened fire in Kraków's historic main square. Investigators are examining possible far-right influences and the discovery of three bodies at the suspect's home.
Monday marks the second of two days of national mourning in Poland as police bolstered security after six people were killed in a mass shooting in Kraków.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-aligned group towards Riyadh on Sunday (8 November), after loud booms were heard in the Saudi capital. The Aramco building was damaged by falling debris.
Azerbaijan is marking the sixth anniversary of Victory Day on Sunday, 8 November, with President Ilham Aliyev visiting the Victory Monument in Khankendi, laying a wreath and paying tribute to servicemen killed during the 44-day Second Garabagh War in 2020.
China has extended the suspension of its additional 24 per cent tariff on U.S. goods for another two months, while keeping a 10 per cent levy in place, as Beijing and Washington seek to maintain their fragile trade truce.
Russia and Ukraine are set to return to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for a fourth round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, with European participation, security guarantees and territorial disputes expected to shape the negotiations.
The bodies of 13 migrants have been recovered from a boat off the Greek island of Crete, the Greek coast guard said on Monday. A further 18 people were rescued, with four taken to hospital.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has tasked Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival, with trying to form a government after an inconclusive election. The decision, announced on Saturday, follows a vote that left neither candidate with a clear path to power.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Qatar’s prime minister at the White House on Monday as efforts to end the conflict with Iran stall, with Washington and Tehran still far apart on the terms of a possible agreement.
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