00:00In Spain, clashes broke out between police and protesters in Barcelona during a major rally in support of the right
00:05to housing.
00:06Police repressed on the protest, which took place one day after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that the early general
00:12elections would be held on November 29th,
00:14after Parliament rejected measures to combat the housing crisis.
00:17A wave of protests erupted in various cities across Spain following the first eviction of September 23rd Marie Carmen Abascal,
00:24an 87-year-old woman who was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for 70 years.
00:29An investment company had purchased the apartment and was demanding a rent increase that the retired woman could not afford.
