InstitutionsSpain
A Spanish National Court judge says gifts the ex-premier received in 2007 may deserve ethical or political criticism, but not an embezzlement charge. He remains under investigation in the Plus Ultra case.
GovernmentsUnited States
The governor is turning every capital sentence into life without parole, though many cases still need the California Supreme Court's sign-off.
InstitutionsUnited States, China
GovernmentsParaguay
Congress may accept or reject the resignation. The charging document is not a verdict and may never reach one; the reports do not agree on whether the lower house has already voted.
InstitutionsUnited Kingdom
Prosecutors set 9 November for the term and list no acquittals. Custody is in Al Jazeera; a remand is in Euronews.
InstitutionsHong Kong SAR China
GovernmentsBulgaria, Czechia
Copenhagen and Madrid reached Sofia; the London flight, Plovdiv. The transport ministry told EFE there was no device on any of the three, and České noviny says the Prague measures ended before noon.
GovernmentsGermany
Söder ordered half-mast flags and offered no names. The constitution puts the minister and the deputy in his hands, with a state-parliament vote, and the Free Voters have not chosen a chair.
GovernmentsSpain
Royal Decree-law 32/2026 takes effect on 4 November with two credits of €15,309,165.24 each. Filing starts only when a later resolution is published.
InstitutionsUnited States
Global views: 2 countries
On 4 November he pointed to affordability and to a House that stands apart from the White House. Convicting a president still takes 67 Senate votes, and he is not Speaker.
