The diversion of funds already earmarked to support Ukraine is the latest move by the president to cut spending or reduce the presence of American troops in Europe. It coincides with a Pentagon review that could lead to a reduction and reorganisation of US bases on the continent

The rejection of the housing decrees confirms the rift with the Catalan separatists and leaves Sánchez without a majority in Parliament: Spain is heading for a snap election, whilst the Prime Minister seeks to win back the support of the radical left

Macron brings allied countries together to discuss energy security. In addition to releasing strategic reserves, the leaders have agreed to step up refinery operations. Macron: “A clear signal of unity in the face of the energy crisis”

The two decrees on the eviction moratorium and the freeze on property funds – introduced following the Maricarmen case – have been rejected by the Popular Party, Vox and Junts. The Spanish Prime Minister could now dissolve Parliament at the Council of Ministers. In that case, snap elections could be held on 29 November.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur, the bill under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies “will prevent anyone from saying that Israel is a racist state that practises the crime of apartheid – institutionalised racial segregation that has degenerated into genocide. It will turn the UN’s and others’ accusations into anti-Semitism and make Italy a pioneer of pro-Israel censorship”. Sit-ins are planned across Italy today to protest against the bill.

The former world chess champion has been warned by the American and Lithuanian intelligence services: his life is in danger. Behind the plot lies a network led by a former Russian intelligence colonel, who was recruiting Cubans and Venezuelans. From the chessboard of the Cold War to Putin’s hit list

Documents from the Israeli army show that the documentary is a tool of manipulation which exploits unproven arguments to support a preconceived thesis and draws nonsensical and defamatory conclusions from completely distorted facts or outright fabrications

Poland, the Baltic states, Kosovo: all the pro-Western ‘yes’ votes that the left is now renouncing to please Conte (and Putin) and join the government