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Pope Leo XIV closes his visit to France with a call for peace and unity in Europe

On the last day of his apostolic visit to France, Pope Leo XIV focused his message on the peace, dialogue and unity of Europe. From the city of Metz, the Pontiff asked to reject "the illusion of rearmament," bet on negotiation and strengthen fraternity among peoples. For his part, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, emphasized the need for unity on the continent.

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Call to peace: Pope Leo XIV's main message during his visit to France

On the fourth and last day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, the Pontiff went from the city of Metz to Europe to call for justice and interreligious dialogue. During the four days of his visit to the region, he called for peace in a context marked by world wars. Report from our special envoy, Erika Olavarría.

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Wars, European defence and the rise of the ultra-right: the issues that mark the visit of Macron to Spain

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, takes an official trip to Madrid between 29 and 30 September for a series of institutional and economic meetings. The visit will highlight the good relations with the Government of Pedro Sánchez, with whom it shares policies such as the defence of European sovereignty or the support of Ukraine, in the full rise of the ultra-right on the continent.

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Leon XIV asks in Metz to give in positions to achieve peace and criticizes military spending in Europe

In Metz, on the fourth and last day of his trip to France, Pope Leo XIV urged those who negotiate the end of the war in Europe to be willing to give in some of their positions to achieve peace, in the face of the repeated failure of efforts to end the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Pontiff also questioned the increase in military spending in the European Union, evoked the Christian roots of the continent and defended European unity. Report by our journalist, Erika Olavarría.

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Protests for housing multiply in Spain in the midst of counter-clock negotiation to reach a decree

Seville, Zaragoza, Murcia, Asturias and Catalonia call for mobilizations against the housing crisis, while the Union of Inquillinas and Inquillinas of Madrid maintains on Monday, September 28, for the third day in a row, the protest camp in the center of the capital. All the expectation is focused on Tuesday, when the Government will bring the Housing Decree to the Council of Ministers, with which it seeks to alleviate the situation of tenants, but for its approval it will depend on negotiations with the various parliamentary forces in Congress.

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Iran denies links to frustrated Fairford air-based attack used by the United States: this is what we know

The United Kingdom Anti-Terrorism Police reported on Monday, 28 September, that the five men arrested by an alleged plot to attack Fairford's air base with explosives are British and will be released on bail, although they are still under investigation. The lines of investigation include a possible link with Tehran, although the Islamic Republic categorically refutes any relationship with the fact. This is what we know of the frustrated attack on the military facility used by the United States Air Force for operations against Iran.

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Live: Pope ends visit to France after call to make concessions to end Russian war in Ukraine

During the fourth and last day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in the city of Metz, where he stated that negotiators seeking to end the war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine continue to fail. The Pontiff also criticized the increase in defence spending in the EU, recalled the Christian history of the continent and advocated unity.

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Switzerland: referendum for stricter neutrality is rejected by 70% of voters

The Swiss voters largely ruled out a proposal to tighten the policy of neutrality that the country has maintained since 1848. The initiative, supported by a right-wing populist party, sought to limit the Government in joining the sanctions against countries in conflict and to ban cooperation with military alliances such as NATO, unless the country was attacked.

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"The wave of rage is unstoppable": the camp for the house is installed in the heart of Madrid

The Madrid Union of Inquillins and Inquillines raises the tents at the central Puerta del Sol as a measure of pressure against the central government to approve the "Mari Carmen Decree," which seeks to establish indefinite rental contracts, freeze rental prices and impose a moratorium on evictions. The protest broke out after the eviction of an octogenary, which has become a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain.

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Northern Ireland and the blockade of the Orange Order that revives ghosts of a violent past

The fact that the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternity, intends to travel this Sunday for the first time on 29 years Garvaghy Road, an area of Catholic and nationalist majority in Portadown, Northern Ireland, reopens a sensitive dispute. For Protestant unionists, who want to continue to be part of the United Kingdom, the march is a cultural expression; the nationalist residents who oppose it, supporters of a unified Ireland, consider it sectarian and triumphalist. The track remains blocked and, for now, there is no solution in sight.

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Switzerland widely rejects strengthening neutrality in its Constitution

Despite the division among the Swiss on their position of neutrality, the refusal to strengthen it in the Constitution won widely in the referendum of 27 September. While activists defend the role of Switzerland as a negotiating actor and the need not to take sides in conflicts, others ensure that it is not already involved in taking a position and can put the security of the country at risk, especially with the war in Ukraine happening in Europe and Russia by supporting the party that promotes neutrality.

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