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Elections in Brazil, live |Lula asks to extend voting hours due to transportation problems: “We will not allow theft”

The far-right candidate states that “the time has come for change, Brazil can't take it anymore”

One hundred arrested for riots in the center of Barcelona

About 500 young people, summoned by the networks, confront the police and cause damage and looting of businesses

Almost half a million people keep up with Macron throughout France despite the police deployment

The Minister of the Interior, despite the tension experienced in cities such as Paris, Marseille or Lyon, has welcomed an operation that has already left more than 1,000 detained and has caused less damage than a week ago.

Where and why are people protesting in Europe? The demands of the young people of each country

Students, unions and neighbors have called for more than 170 demonstrations in just over a month across the continent. Their motives often coincide

The King asks for restraint in the face of the “very high responsibility” of the next elections

Felipe VI praises the values ​​of the Constitution, which welcomes “all Spaniards without any distinction”

Vox demands that the PP have its own group in the Senate and prominence in Catalonia

The ultras do not rule out that the popular ones do not run for the upper house in some province, such as Girona.

The Supreme Court demands from the Government the list of those affected by the 'grandchildren law' and threatens a fine and possible criminal liability if it does not do so.

The court gives five days to Bolaños and Albares to provide the names of the 163,020 nationalized people whose voting has been suspended for 29-N

The PSOE accepts a face to face with Feijóo on November 16 and the holding of the four-way debate remains in the air

The socialists propose that the meeting between the representatives of the four majority forces be on RTVE and the popular ones want it to be on Atresmedia

The head of the Vox list for Tarragona must sit on the bench in July for a hate crime

The delay in the trial for the assault on a juvenile center allows De la Fuente to appear on 29-N despite the disqualification requested by the prosecutor

Álvarez de Toledo and Sémper will be Feijóo's numbers two and three on the list for Madrid

The Madrid deputy and the Basque parliamentarian, who have had disagreements in the past, represent the two souls of the PP

Milei, to Abascal, in a video call: “It's a pleasure to kick left-handed asses”

The Argentine president and the leader of Vox exchange insults at Sánchez and joke about the absence of the Vox leader in Madrid: “Friend, they say you don't love me anymore”

Ayuso and Milei, an inopportune meeting settled with an enthusiastic hug

The president of Madrid has been the only leader of the PP who has received the Argentine president, although without much institutional pomp

Milei seeks direct confrontation with Sánchez in Madrid and eclipses Feijóo and Abascal

The Argentine president calls the head of the Government an “unpresentable dictator” and urges him to “kick out the socialists.” Foreign Affairs condemns his words and describes it as “unworthy” that he travels to “try to promote a climate of polarization and violence”

Meloni approves by decree the preventive arrest of minors and that they be chargeable from the age of 14

The Italian Government introduces new restrictive measures after the riots in Milan, but the President of the Republic stops his plan to give police powers to the Army deployed in the city

Feijóo proposes requiring nationalized citizens to have a “minimum residence time” in Spain to be able to vote

“It is one thing to have a passport and another thing to have the right to vote,” says the leader of the PP.

The Supreme Court granted amnesty for the embezzlement of Junqueras and three former councilors with strong criticism of the Constitutional Court

The high court reproaches the “unnecessary grandiloquence” of the sentence written by Conde-Pumpido and considers the decision of the court of guarantees “invasive”

The Generalitat lifts the confinement in the municipalities of Valencia and Alicante affected by torrential rains and floods

A 79-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man have died in Oliva. There have been people trapped with difficult access to rescue them

“My parents have run out of battery in their cell phone and I have to see them,” explains a neighbor from Oliva while walking with water up to his waist.

Helicopters continually come to the rescue of people with priority given to single-story houses. Two dead have been found in the Valencian municipality

Maps and graphs of flooding in Valencia and where the storm is heading

The torrential rains have flooded towns in the south of Valencia and north of Alicante, and have resulted in at least four fatalities.

Macron accuses the “extreme left” of inflaming the streets

The French president disassociates students from violence and vandalism, but assures that "those who have tried to overthrow the Republic will have to answer for their actions"

Riots return to central Paris a day after the great revolt

The police and several groups of agitators clash around Republic Square between barricades, fire and tear gas.

France in the face of chaos

Nihilistic violence hits republican symbols and overshadows legitimate student protests

The Limoges City Hall, devoured by flames on the day of protests in France

A group of protesters attacks the building, declared a historical monument and built in the 19th century

The return of the 'yellow vests' and student rage set France on fire

The demonstrations lead to scenes of chaos and clashes between the police and young people, who have been protesting for weeks against the deterioration of education.

Jérome Fourquet, on the student protests in France: “We are facing the end of a reign”

The French sociologist believes that there is a power vacuum incapable of responding to widespread unrest in the country and a twilight climate aggravated by public debt.

Frente Amplio and Podemos fail in their attempt to agree on a single ballot for 29-N

The left pushes its positions to the limit: from the offer to Irene Montero of starting positions in Madrid and Catalonia to the territorial agreements

The PSOE and the Frente Amplio reach a national pact of joint lists for the Senate

The coalition agreement reached in 40 provinces under the 'Senate of Progress' brand multiplies the options of the socialists and their partners to prevent the PP from regaining the absolute majority in the Upper House

The PSOE spokesperson, Montse Mínguez, resigns after criticism of her partner's real estate businesses

The deputy announces through a message on the network that she is taking “a step aside.” Pedro Sánchez has declared that he asked him not to leave politics

An association of descendants of Spaniards appears in the Supreme Court against the suspension of the vote of those naturalized by the 'grandchildren law'

The Argentina-based group Cedeu maintains that the decision implies discrimination against Sephardim, international brigade members and residents of Spain.

Emilio Delgado, about Irene Montero leading the Madrid list: "It would be difficult for me to explain it. Podemos is an extra-parliamentary force"

The deputy spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Assembly and number one of the Frente Amplio in the region found out through the media about the agreement between Montero and Rufián

The Electoral Board opens a sanctioning file against Sánchez for the press conference in La Moncloa where he announced the decrees on housing

The body concludes that in that appearance the president could have violated the “duty of political neutrality that public powers must respect during electoral periods.”

Margarita Robles will be Pedro Sánchez's 'number two' on the PSOE lists

The president chooses the Minister of Defense as his second, just as he did in the 2016 elections. Eleven ministers will go on the socialist lists

Is the left ahead in the polls? Only for the CIS

The Sociological Research Center once again moves away from the survey average. It is not new, it has overestimated the left in 43 of the 44 elections analyzed since José Félix Tezanos presides it

The PSOE increases the distance over the PP to 11.8 points after the electoral call, according to the CIS

The barometer gives the socialists 34% in voting intention, while it leaves the PP at 22.2% and Vox at 17.1%

Morocco officially ignores the royal visit to Ceuta without retaliating or tolerating protests

The Moroccan press points out that the containment of Rabat does not imply renunciation of the claim of sovereignty over the autonomous cities

The King, in Ceuta: “Sovereignty and territorial integrity are not negotiable and, in the face of any risk, our obligation is to defend them”

Felipe VI defends in the autonomous city that “any threat” to the border “is a threat to the EU as a whole”

Thousands of people enthusiastically receive the Kings in Ceuta: “Today all of Spain is mackerel”

Felipe VI and Letizia meet with members of civil society to learn about the state of the city two and a half months after the mass entry, after greeting the people of Ceuta in the city center

Unrest in the Government after the Supreme Court's decision on the 'grandchildren law': "It seems that the right to vote is not so relevant for some"

The Minister of the Interior regrets the decision of the Supreme Court, while the PP celebrates a resolution that it considers a brake on the Executive's attempt to influence the electoral roll

The dissenting vote in the Supreme Court's decision on the 'grandchildren law': “N 29 introduced a new and decisive element”

Judge Alicia Millán considers that the right to vote of those who are naturalized “should prevail” in the face of early elections, because otherwise there is a risk of causing “irreversible injury.”

The Supreme Court maintains for 29-N the suspension of the right to vote of those nationalized by the 'grandchildren law'

The high court rejects the appeal of the State Attorney's Office and gives those affected, 163,020 people according to the state legal services, five days to present allegations

Sánchez asks the Supreme Court to “stop the attempted abuse” of Feijóo and Abascal and allow the descendants of exile to vote

The President of the Government once again makes the right to housing the focus of his speech during a pre-campaign rally in Ponferrada

Gabriel Rufián will be a candidate for Esquerra Republicana on 29-N

The spokesperson agrees to be able to hold events outside Catalonia with Podemos to mobilize the left

Cándido Conde-Pumpido: “Questioning the Constitutional Court is questioning democracy”

The president of the court of guarantees receives EL PAÍS in the week in which the sentence ordering amnesty for the misappropriation of the 'procés' was issued. With his term expired, he also reflects on the state of justice: “There is no lawfare, but there is a problem of judicialization of politics”

Sánchez focuses on housing and attacks the PP for doubting the vote by mail: “These are those of the fewer who vote, the better”

The President of the Government, convinced that Maricarmen's “social cause” will achieve a progressive majority

Feijóo assumes that 29-N will be his last chance: "We have no right to fail. We are not going to fail!"

The popular leader begins the pre-campaign for the general elections with a rally in Madrid for 2,000 people and together with the main presidents and regional leaders of his party

Rufián, Junqueras and the sum of the left: the impossible triangle of ERC

The independence party and its spokesperson in Madrid urge not to break up while each one explores other possibilities for 29-N

Trump reaches deal with Putin for Russia to release thousands of barrels of diesel into world markets

The announcement comes a few weeks before the elections and when the price of fuel is affecting the options of Republicans

Mohamed VI warns that he will not accept “pressure, threats or blackmail” from Spain on the eve of Felipe VI's trip

The King of Morocco warns that cooperation between both countries faces serious challenges and criticizes Spanish regulations that “prevent the repatriation of minors” and Moroccan adults

The Kings will visit the Muslim cemetery of Ceuta where dozens of those drowned in the entry attempt last July lie

Felipe VI and Mrs. Letizia will go to the Sidi Embarek cemetery and will spend the night in the autonomous city on October 13. He will be the first democratic head of state to spend the night in the city

A march in honor of Maricarmen runs through Madrid: “They are not deaths, they are murders!”

Some 20,000 people have left Puerta del Sol towards the house from which the 87-year-old woman was evicted two weeks ago