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NATO began its annual "Steadfast Noon" nuclear-defense exercise near Mons, Belgium, training with dummy atomic bombs over two weeks with about 2,000 personnel and more than 70 aircraft.
Hamburg voters on Sunday approved a citizens' referendum forcing the city to adopt stricter climate targets, accelerating carbon neutrality by five years, while rejecting a basic-income pilot.
LFI and RN threatened to censure Sébastien Lecornu's new government in France to force President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly after Lecornu's Oct. 6 resignation.
Storm Alice inundated southern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, trapping motorists and prompting emergency rescues, flight cancellations at Ibiza, and authorities declared an emergency in five comarcas.
Two Futuro Vegetal activists threw paint at Garnelo’s Columbus painting in Madrid’s Museo Naval, were detained by Policía Nacional, and the museum said varnish and frame suffered damage.
Storm Alice battered southern Tarragona on Saturday, unleashing torrential rains that flooded towns, closed the AP‑7 and Barcelona–Valencia rail link and forced people into sports‑hall shelters.
Cesare Paciotti, the 67-year-old designer and luxury shoemaker, died at his home in Civitanova Marche after suffering a sudden illness.
The PSD won Portugal's municipal elections, taking control of Lisbon and other major cities as voters consolidated a rightward shift while far-right Chega made modest local gains.
Independent candidates Noosha Aubel and Axel Strasser won mayoral runoffs in Potsdam and Frankfurt (Oder), with Aubel ending 35 years of SPD rule in Potsdam.
Orcas sank a family’s sailing yacht off Portugal, forcing the five family members into a life raft; they were rescued unharmed amid a rise in local orca encounters this year.
