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GuardianOct 3Preview

‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain

Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid ⁠and other Spanish cities ⁠after ​new legislation fails to passTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid ⁠and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle ⁠a mounting housing crisis ⁠after ​government measures were struck down by the opposition.Demonstrators on Saturday waved posters calling for a general strike ⁠after the measures drawn up to address mass anger over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in ⁠Madrid, and other housing issues, were rejected in parliament on ​Friday. Continue reading...

Staff and agenciesSpainEurope

Al JazeeraOct 3Preview

Palestinians gather for football amid Gaza’s ruins

Displaced Palestinians gathered to watch a friendly football match in Gaza’s Khan Younis.

Sport

NYTOct 3Preview

Iraq Wins U.S. Permission to Resume Iran Flights, Prime Minister Says

Flights between the neighboring countries had been halted after broad U.S. penalties on Iran’s aviation industry.

Yeganeh TorbatiUS and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)Airlines and Airplanes

NYTOct 3Preview

In India, a Food Inspector Sparks Fear in Mumbai Restaurants

Tukaram Mundhe’s surprise raids of Mumbai kitchens have made him an unlikely celebrity and set off a conversation about food standards in India.

Suhasini Raj, Jonathan Wolfe and Zishaan a LatifFood Contamination and PoisoningFood

GuardianOct 3Preview

Bailiffs and 100 unpaid teachers: inside the collapse of ‘groundbreaking’ yoga studio Triyoga

Formerly a favourite of the A-list, the chain has abruptly ceased trading, leaving teachers and customers blindsidedKate Comer is a single mother with two children, so she is used to living on a financial knife-edge. But when the yoga studio at which she taught closed without warning in September, leaving her with two months’ worth of unpaid wages, it sent her anxiety skyrocketing.“I’m just reeling right now,” she said, estimating her loss at about £1,500. “I’m very concerned about the future.” Continue reading...

Rachel Hall, Geneva Abdul and Frankie TobiYogaLife and style

GuardianOct 3Preview

The American dream remains elusive in the valley that inspired East of Eden

John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis found Nestled between two mountain ranges at the crook of central California’s coastline sits a valley known as the “salad bowl of the world”.Farm workers stoop over neatly lined rows of crops off Highway 101 to harvest more than half of the nation’s supply of lettuce and nearly a third of its strawberries. The soil here is so rich that author John Steinbeck made the Salinas valley the promised land in his literary depictions of people chasing the American dream: immigrants, farm workers, westward-moving hopefuls, hungering for a better life. Continue reading...

Gaya Gupta in Salinas, CaliforniaCaliforniaUS income inequality

BBCOct 3Preview

Kim wins Asian Games gold to secure military exemption

Golfer Tom Kim wins gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea's military.

BBCOct 3Preview

Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage

Counter terror police say the further charge comes after a "hugely intensive and complex investigation".

BBCOct 2Preview

The South African men trying to end violence against women: 'Every man needs to play a part'

The discovery of 12 women's bodies near Johannesburg has again highlighted South Africa's problem with violence against women.

NYTOct 2Preview

Widdecombe Murder Suspect Charged With Preparing Acts of Terrorism, Including Against Farage

Joshua Kerry, a 28-year-old British man accused of killing the former lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, was charged on Friday.

Michael D. ShearGreat BritainKerry, Joshua (Murder Suspect)

NPROct 2Preview

Germany's political center fights for relevance after far-right and far-left gains

Centrist politicians are soul-searching after electoral gains by the far right and the far left. Today's weak coalitions, political fragmentation and dire economy echo a past that led to the rise of fascism.(Image credit: JENS SCHLUETER)

Esme Nicholson