Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
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Europe
The news from Europe: the past seven days, the most important first.
Crime & Justice
In the United Kingdom, Metropolitan Police announce a criminal investigation into actor David Walliams about "alleged serious sexual offences". The police say they are separate to those investigated by ITN and The Guardian.
Crime & Justice
British news outlets The Guardian and ITV News identify comedian and author David Walliams as the subject of sexual misconduct allegations after the High Court of Justice rejects his attempt to prevent their publication. Walliams denies the allegations.
France–Russia relations
Russia bans two French lawmakers, Arthur Delaporte and Sacha Houlié, and two journalists, Ariane Chemin and Paul Gogo, from entering the country for allegedly harassing Xenia Fedorova, the head of RT France, from 2017 to 2023.
2026–27 European windstorm season
Portugal closes approximately 8,000 schools nationwide and suspends non-essential public services as Storm Charles approaches. The second day of the Web Summit in Lisbon is also cancelled.
11 Nov
2026 French student protests
Unions, the yellow vests, and student protesters hold a fourth consecutive weekend of protests across France with about 146,000 participants.
2026 Spanish housing protests
Millions of workers across Spain launch a general strike to demand government intervention over the country's housing crisis, as an escalation of the ongoing protests.
Cyprus problem
Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides and Northern Cypriot president Tufan Erhürman agree to establish two additional crossings across the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus and hold further peace negotiations.
China–Germany relations
Germany announces that its military will discontinue using Chinese-made drones for military training and exercises, replacing them with German or other European models to address security concerns.
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Independence March
Polish president Karol Nawrocki and at least 500,000 people participate in the annual patriotic march celebrating the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland.
Also this week
- 14 NovThe Slagdijkstermolen in Friesland, Netherlands burns down.
- 13 NovIn association football, the Royal Spanish Football Federation suspends FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono for 12 matches following a collision with CD Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel during a November 2 match, which resulted in de Miguel's death.
- 13 NovQatar and Turkey sign a defense pact in Istanbul.
- 12 NovA military helicopter crashes in Malatya, Turkey, killing four soldiers.
- 12 NovFinland announces visa restrictions preventing Russian athletes, including neutral competitors, from entering for sporting events beginning November 16. Norway also announces similar restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and their support staff.
- 11 NovMore than 6,000 schools across Italy are evacuated following bomb threats.
- 11 NovThe German cabinet approves draft legislation establishing a strategic natural gas reserve of 24 terawatt-hours, equivalent to approximately 10% of national storage capacity, to maintain gas supplies during emergencies.
- 11 NovThe Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) reports that it stopped a December 2025 cyberattack against an unidentified government institution, attributing it to the Russia-linked trojan package Turla. The SRI finds no evidence that sensitive information was stolen.
- 10 NovAn explosive device kills a police officer and his K9 dog and injures another while they were responding to a shooting in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
- 10 NovTwelve people are killed and at least 46 others are seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving over 50 trucks and cars on the Trakia A1 motorway near Yambol, Bulgaria.
- 10 NovPolice arrest an American soldier near Gloucester, England, on suspicions of espionage activity in connection with Russia.
- 9 NovThe 24-year-old man responsible for the drive-by mass shooting at the Main Square in Kraków, Poland, two days ago, which killed six people and injured 16 others, dies at a hospital after being seriously wounded in a shootout with police.
- 9 NovRussian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ceases operations as it closes its offices in Moscow, citing pressure from Russian authorities and security services, including restrictions on its operations, loss of media registration, and blocked donations.
- 9 NovSeventeen people are killed and twelve others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Aliağa, Turkey.
- 9 NovThe Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom, returns the remains of 39 Naga people, collected during the British Raj, to a delegation from Nagaland, India, following six years of discussions over repatriation.
- 8 NovThe Maltese Civil Court orders four investment companies, including two from Malta and two from Luxembourg, to pay the Vatican Bank €24.1 million in damages over a 2013 deal involving the Kappa Fund.
- 8 NovAuthorities of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain, declare a state of emergency following a surge of over 3,300 migrants and refugees arriving on the island this month.
- 8 NovA bus traveling towards Zagreb, Croatia, overturns on the A3 motorway, killing two people and injuring 20 others.
- 7 NovSix people are killed and 15 more injured in a drive-by mass shooting in the center of Kraków, Poland. The perpetrator, who also killed his parents and his sister at their home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, is wounded by police and arrested.