00:01Thousands of people took to the streets of Spain to protest the housing crisis in the country's first general strike
00:07in 14 years.
00:10The European Commission proposes a crackdown against harmful e-commerce platforms and insidious online practices.
00:20Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a major prisoner exchange following two days of US-mediated peace talks
00:27in Abu Dhabi.
00:30Iran rejects French accusations that it was responsible for last month cyber attacks and supermarket fridges as baseless.
00:40The housing crisis has driven thousands of people onto the streets of Spain during the country's first general strike in
00:4714 years.
00:48Poor weather conditions were not enough to deter demonstrators who chanted and waved keys in the air as they protested
00:55the country's housing crisis.
01:00It's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same,
01:04it's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same.
01:14Young people among those most affected by a crisis that has caused rent to skyrocket by about 80% over
01:22the last decade, while wages haven't kept pace.
01:24The demands are directed at regional, local and national governments of various political stripes that have failed to take action.
01:51The day was also marked by incidents in Madrid and Barcelona, where police charged at demonstrators and clashes broke out
02:00between protesters and officers.
02:02In both cities, riot police charged at groups of hooded individuals who threw fireworks at the officers.
02:0870 people were arrested across the country and police recorded approximately 1,500 incidents.
02:15For their part, labor unions consider the protest a success.
02:19From Madrid, we tell us some manifestations that are being produced by all Spain, although in some areas they have
02:24not been produced due to the drought that affects the peninsula ibérica.
02:28These protests are produced in the pre-campaign of the 29th of noviembre.
02:33So they want to place in the center of the political debate, the housing, the salaries and a safe life.
02:39Juan Carlos de Santos, from Madrid, for Euro News.
02:49Infinite scrolling and influencers opaquely peddling products could be a thing of the past,
02:55as the European Commission has proposed a crackdown against harmful e-commerce platforms and insidious online practices.
03:02It is a significant reform of EU consumer law because it reflects the digitalization of our economy that we have
03:10experienced over the last number of years.
03:13And it's the first major update in about 20 years.
03:16And when you consider everything that has happened in our economy over that period of time,
03:20then I think you begin to understand the need for this update to our legislation.
03:27The European Commission proposes to ban so-called dark patterns, such as fake claims that a product is almost sold
03:35out, to pressure consumers into purchasing it.
03:37The proposal also targets dynamic pricing that leaves consumers waiting in a virtual queue for a concert or a sports
03:44event without knowing what the final price would be.
03:47Other measures include the requirement for influencers to disclose commercial content.
03:58Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a major prisoner exchange following two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks
04:06in Abu Dhabi,
04:07although negotiations ended without a breakthrough on the central issues dividing the two sides.
04:12The agreement marks the most concrete and so far the only outcome of the first direct negotiations between Kiev and
04:20Moscow.
04:29Euronews asked Kushner about the possibility of a Putin-Zelensky meeting in the future.
04:50The Ukrainian negotiators said that post-war security negotiations opened up the rigid dialogue.
04:56We are working towards the final goal where it should be not trilateral, it should be multilateral because Europeans have
05:05to sit at the table because we continue to be talking about European force for security.
05:10Ukraine is part of Europe and European countries have to sit on the table together with us and discuss how
05:16the security in Europe will look like.
05:36U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday
05:43and then the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin on the same day.
05:53Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchev, has died at the age of 66, the Russian foreign ministry announced
06:01on Wednesday.
06:02A ministry spokesperson said that Darchev died in Moscow from an unspecified chronic illness and described him as an outstanding
06:09diplomat and experienced leader.
06:11The long-time diplomat served as the ambassador to the U.S. since early 2025 after heading the foreign ministry's
06:19North America and North Atlantic departments.
06:21He also served as ambassador to Canada and was a minister-counselor at the Washington embassy.
06:28In February 2025, Darchev headed Russia's delegation in Istanbul for talks with the United States.
06:39Iran rejected French accusations that it was responsible for last-month cyber-attacks and supermarket fridges as baseless.
06:46The ministry added in a statement that it strongly condemned this hackneyed policy of leveling accusations against the Islamic Republic.
06:54French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barraud said Tuesday Paris would take measures to deter any further attacks.
07:00I am in order to confirm that the responsibility of this attack comes from the body of the guardians of
07:06the revolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
07:09It is an attack of an infinite amount and an infinite aggressiveness.
07:14It is the first cyber-attack at large scale at the end of sabotage on the national territory.
07:21Hundreds of supermarkets across France were hit a month ago by cyber-attacks.
07:25Temperatures of bridges and freezers were turned up wasting food.
07:29Similar incidents were reported in 11 other European countries in early November.
07:34Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi blamed the French government for the incident.
07:40Unable to manage fridges, let alone addressing grievances of its people,
07:44French government is shifting blame for its failures unto others, the top diplomat said on X.
07:53On Wednesday morning, hundreds of schools across Italy received a bomb threat via an anonymous email sent directly to school
08:01campuses.
08:02The email also contained an explicit threat directed specifically at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
08:08The schools were evacuated.
08:10This is in the heart of Rome, less than a kilometer from St. Peter's Square.
08:31According to preliminary findings from an investigation by the Ministry of Education,
08:36approximately 6,300 out of 7,476 public schools were affected.
08:42Defense Minister Guido Corsetto also commented on the incident,
08:45stating that the bomb threats are part of a deliberate campaign of destabilization.
09:15The Prime Minister reassured citizens via social media.
09:19Assuring them that there is no evidence to suggest that a concrete danger exists.
09:29Storm Charles seems, after all, to have fallen short of the catastrophic scenario once feared,
09:35and has split into two separate cores,
09:37one expected to hit the Algarve,
09:39and the other the Lisbon region, where it should arrive during the afternoon.
09:43Lisbon, Setubal and Beja are no longer under a wind warning,
09:46but are now on maximum alert due to the rain, which hasn't let up.
09:53The wind warning has been downgraded from red to orange,
09:57with gusts forecast to reach up to 120 kilometers per hour.
10:02In Madeira, the worst of Storm Charles appears to have already passed,
10:07but the authorities are still urging caution on the roads,
10:10especially near streams and other watercourses.
10:16The roads into Funchal, which had been closed as a precaution, have now reopened.
10:21The public is advised to avoid high-risk areas
10:24and to stay alert to safety recommendations.
10:34At least two people have died, while others have been trapped in the rubble
10:39after a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn
10:42at the edge of a construction site on Wednesday.
10:45Officials said that at least 17 people have been hospitalized,
10:50four in critical condition,
10:51while some 250 firefighters and police officers searched through the rubble.
10:57In a show of support, New York Mayor Zoran Mandani visited the site.
11:03DOB and our law enforcement partners will be leading an investigation
11:07into the cause of this building collapse.
11:09As soon as we have more information on this,
11:12we will share it directly with New Yorkers.
11:14This was a devastating collapse,
11:17and we know that it affects the lives of many New Yorkers
11:20who live here on Flatbush.
11:21As we rebuild, the City of New York will stand alongside those impacted
11:26at every step of the way.
11:28One official from New York's Fire Department said that
11:31they expect more people to be pulled from the rubble
11:34as the operation progresses.
11:36While the City's Buildings Commissioner said the building fell
11:39when construction workers were digging an empty lot next door for a new building.
11:44Thank you for listening.
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11:45Thank you for listening.
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