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Zohran Mamdani

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Zohran Mamdani, no smile

The mayor of New York has received contempt for taking side with the victims of the October 7 attack.

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"Maricarmen", the face of the housing crisis in Spain

On the front page of the press, on Thursday 24 September, indignation in Spain, after yesterday's expulsion of a pensioner of 87 years from the Madrid dwelling she had occupied for seventy years. The meeting yesterday between Pedro Sanchez and the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, on the margins of the UNGA. A new "plan" of the "peace council" for Gaza. And the kick-off of the League of Nations tonight.

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First New York, now Berlin: Why the left turn for major metropolises?

There's the inroads of the far right, but also the broader desire for change. Introducing Berlin's answer to Zohran Mamdani: Elif Eralp, who led the far-left Die Linke party's historic win in Sunday's municipal elections in Berlin. We ask if the 45-year-old daughter of Turkish political exiles can push through her promises of rent freezes and nationalisation of private real estate companies. Just like in New York last year, affordable housing was a hot-button issue. It didn't hurt that her party ran a social media-savvy campaign.

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Elif Eralp could become first Left Party mayor in Berlin

One candidate has been making headlines in Berlin in recent weeks: Elif Eralp of the left-wing Die Linke party. Her campaign methods and rhetoric have drawn comparisons with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Anne Mailliet, Paul-Louis Godard and Leyla Sobler report.