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Evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal can return to the apartment she has lived in for decades, her lawyer has said.
The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, prompted large-scale protests across Spain.
Sky News – World Evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal can return to the apartment she has lived in for decades, her lawyer has said.
Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide housing protests in Spain, died on 7 October while hospitalized, according to Madrid's tenants' union. Unions have called for a nationwide general strike on 11 November.
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Maricarmen Abascal's death is now reported to have occurred on 7 October while she was hospitalized.
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Sky News – World Evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal can return to the apartment she has lived in for decades, her lawyer has said.
BBC News – World Israeli police arrested 10 people following weekend attacks by West Bank settlers on a US journalist and European diplomats, as well as Palestinians harvesting olives. The arrests came amid a seasonal spike in settler violence during the Palestinian olive harvest. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the arrests "a very positive development." Rights groups say most inquiries into such assaults rarely lead to results.
BBC News – World A major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta killed four service members and injured dozens, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The blaze began Saturday and spread beyond the base into surrounding rural areas amid fierce winds. Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's armed forces on Canadian soil.
Sky News – World A Kenyan court has convicted self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie of 191 murders—190 children and one adult—for leading a starvation cult. Mackenzie, who ran the Good News International Church, was accused of ordering followers to starve themselves and their children to death. His wife Rhoda Maweu and about 29 co-accused were also found guilty. Mackenzie had denied ordering the victims to starve in order to "meet Jesus."
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