Spanish woman who was evicted dies

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Hello and thanks for reading the Daily Briefing. The Spanish woman whose eviction ignited major housing protests in Spain died at the age of 87. Protests are raging over deplorable public-school conditions in France – see our live coverage. Here’s what we know so far about the death of a plague-institute lab worker in Siberia.

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Protests in Europe

Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her apartment of more than 70 years last month. She died on Wednesday after suffering severe anxiety and exhaustion. In between, her story sparked mass protests that led the prime minister to call for early elections. Trade unions called for a strike.
France’s government promised to address teenagers’ grievances about dilapidated school buildings and teacher shortages without offering details. Police said they would stop using stun grenades against protesters after one of those devices blew a 15-year-old’s hand off.

In other news

Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones. More than 30 people died in the attacks, including children, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Russian and US officials, including Jared Kushner, are talking about bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered gas to Germany before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Exclusive: The US once sought to isolate Myanmar’s military-installed government. Now the two sides are discussing scam centers and Myanmar’s rare-earth mineral deposits..
Syria might deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight the Iran-backed Houthi forces of Yemen. Britain’s nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem will remain open on a smaller scale and with a new name after resolving a dispute over Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

United States

People who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election are not pumped about showing up at the polls for this November’s midterm elections, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Democrats still could throw away that edge as candidates in tight races in the Midwest split over the party’s strategy for transgender rights. Learn more on today’s Reuters World News podcast.
Democratic Party officials sued the president, seeking a court order to block the administration from using taxpayer money to pay for election-related TV ads.
Christa Pike awoke angry and confused after Tennessee failed to execute her, her lawyers said. The all-female execution team used at least seven needles in the attempt, one of which was bent 90 degrees when they pulled it out of her, they said.
Pete Hegseth praised the resilience of sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln for carrier group for their extra-long deployment in which eight service members tried to kill themselves.
Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana are asking courts to classify abortion drugs as a public nuisance as they try to restrict access to pills shipped from out of state.

Business & Markets

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TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature for teenagers and children, but the feature was a placebo, New York state said in a lawsuit.
The pharmaceutical industry’s top US lobbying group sued to block the Trump administration’s efforts to benchmark drug prices for Medicare members to lower costs in other countries.
Samsung Electronics forecast a quarterly operating profit of more than $80 billion thanks to demand for AI chips, a world first by a tech company.
Exclusive: Italian prosecutors want Campari Chairman Luca Garavoglia to stand trial over alleged tax evasion.
Mapping the Market: Microsoft shares are set to extend their invigorating run, technical analysis suggests.

I love the smell of yardangs on Mars in the morning

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout via REUTERS

NASA released a striking image of dawn on Mars taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags, called yardangs, formed billions of years ago.

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And Finally...

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Remember Lindsey Vonn’s spectacular crash at the Olympics last February? She’ll participate with the US Alpine ski team for the 2026-27 World Cup season despite uncertainty over her future in the sport.

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