Graffiti artist honours Spain’s housing rights figure ‘Maricarmen’
![Carles Puigdemont gestures following a press conference, after Spain's Supreme Court lifted an arrest warrant for him and Spain's Constitutional Court ruled that courts must apply an amnesty law to Catalan separatists, in Waterloo, Belgium, October 6, 2026. [Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T162026Z_656135816_RC2SXNAH9UDU_RTRMADP_3_SPAIN-POLITICS-PUIGDEMONT-1791314612.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Coming on the back of a 10-match winning streak, Spain face Croatia with sights set on the Nations League quarterfinals.
Protesters in Barcelona set fires, built barricades and hurled projectiles as violence erupted at a housing protest.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for November 29.
Sanchez calls early vote after Parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government.
Measures pushed by Spain’s leftist government fail to pass parliament as the protests spread.
Lamine Yamal is the first player to score within the first 10 minutes of each of three consecutive men’s football games.
Latest demonstrations deepen a days-long crisis after parliament struck down two affordable housing decrees.
Real Madrid accuse Barcelona of paying former refereeing official Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018.
Floodwaters swept cars through Madrigueras, Spain, after near-record rainfall. One woman was killed and 90 rescued.
