The past half-day mixed battlefield escalation, electoral stress and institutional improvisation. Governments promised control, but several stories showed how little control they have over drones, oil routes, voters, schools and code.

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Spain snap general election
Pedro Sánchez dissolves parliament and calls a snap general election for 29 November, with campaigning to start 13 November.
French student protests escalate
Arrested 16 individuals following the escalation of student protests in Liège, where a student remains critically injured after being struck by a police grenade.

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Culture, media and the new divides

A head of government files an EU voice trademark against AI deepfakes, and AI policy emerges as an explicit Macron-Le Pen dividing line.

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