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World Service,05 Oct 2026,49 mins

Spain's PM calls early election after housing protests

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Speculation about a snap election in Spain had been building over the weekend after parliament rejected two decree laws put forward by the minority government to protect tenants in the rental market. We speak to Spanish journalists. Police in Vietnam have arrested 12 men accused of stealing 2,700 cats during night raids into residential neighbourhoods of Ho Chi Minh city. Our global affairs reporter explains. Brazil's presidential election is heading to a second-round run-off, after neither the left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva nor his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro won a majority. We have the latest. In the US, Cornell University’s president says the institution "must do better" after a former student alleged she was drugged and raped by a group of men at a fraternity house in 2024. She has now filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell, and the case has renewed questions about sexual assault, alcohol and drug use, and how universities respond when students report attacks. We speak to three students about campus culture and how safe they feel. And, we have the latest on the fighting in Yemen. Presenter: Rahul Tandon. (Photo: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez walks to greet European Council President Charles Michel at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, May 30, 2024. Credit: Susana Vera/Reuters)

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