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Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has successfully steered her "Stabilicum" electoral reform bill through parliament after it was passed by the Chamber of Deputies by 227 votes to 164 in the final vote. The Senate – the second chamber of the Italian parliament – had already approved the bill in mid-September.

Cemil Tugay, the mayor of İzmir, on Tuesday switched alliegences from the opposition CHP to the ruling party AKP. President Erdoğan welcomed him personally at a parliamentary group meeting and presented him with a party pin. Tugay's switch is the latest in a series of defections across Turkey, and has sparked protests in İzmir, a CHP stronghold. Reactions in the Turkish press vary.

Two weeks after her eviction from the Madrid home she had lived in for seven decades, 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal has died. Her eviction sparked nationwide protests against the housing crisis in Spain. A general strike has been called for 11 November to protest the problem. The media examine the symbolic power of Maricarmen's death.

L’Afrique du Sud a connu des flambées de violence récurrentes, ciblant souvent les migrants des pays voisins.

L’Afrique du Sud a connu des flambées de violence récurrentes, ciblant souvent les migrants des pays voisins.

Pete Hegseth affirme que l'exécution sera publique, mais un expert juridique déclare que cette décision « sans précédent » se situe sur un « terrain juridique incertain ».