
Spain’s government is implementing a ban on evictions until 2030 to address a housing crisis where residents in major cities spend up to 70% of their income on rent. Meanwhile, settler violence in the occupied West Bank has reached record levels, highlighted by the violent displacement of the Tabassi family despite a high court ruling. In the technology sector, OpenAI has halted the release of its agentic AI model, GPT 6.1 Astra, citing concerns over autonomous, non-transparent behavior. Humanitarian crises persist as Malaysia repatriates Myanmar asylum seekers amid rising public hostility, and the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains significantly under-reported, with actual contacts likely numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Additionally, Tennessee prepares to execute Krista Pike, while filmmaker Aaron Sorkin explores Facebook’s role in global radicalization and misinformation in his upcoming film, *The Social Reckoning*.
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