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Ukraine launched one of its largest drone strikes on Moscow in two years overnight, killing one person and injuring several others in the Russian capital. The attack marks a significant escalation, with Ukrainian forces demonstrating both the reach and scale of their aerial campaign deep inside Russian territory.
Turning to Europe, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for the twenty-ninth of November after parliament rejected his housing decrees and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest. The gamble reflects deep political fractures in Spain, while French students simultaneously returned to protests over overcrowded classrooms and a shortage of teachers.
And in Kosovo, police deployed tear gas against demonstrators demanding curbs on the special war crimes court, following the sentencing of former president Hashim Thaci last month. Thaci remains a hero to many who lived through the nineteen nineties conflict with Serbia, and his conviction has reignited long-simmering tensions over how that war is remembered and judged.
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