Europe

According to police estimates, 300.000 pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza marched through central London, in the largest British demonstration since the start of the war between Israel and Gaza

The third quarter of this year closed with a new employment record of 21,3 million people, despite the general rise in unemployment, while youth figures remained well above an 'acceptable ceiling' by EU standards

The organising team of the 2024 World Ice Hockey Championships, to be held in Ostrava and Prague next May, is looking for a total of 1.000 volunteers to help co-ordinate the event with an open call for anyone over 17 years of age

Panic buttons will be installed in schools in a bid to alert police of terrorist attacks, after a teacher has been murdered last month; several towns and cities already use them but PM Borne said the system should be introduced nationwide

The possible agreement to transfer migrants rescued at sea by Italian ships to Albania poses ethical questions as the country is not a member of the EU and is therefore not bound to its human rights respect criteria

Portuguese anti-mining groups urged the government to suspend and review all lithium projects as authorities investigate alleged corruption in the management of 'green' energy deals that led to the prime minister's resignation

The Pas-de-Calais département in northern France has confirmed a red alert for river flooding and heavy rain due to continuing downpours, with schools closed and transport disrupted

The Forthenature.org coalition urged the Bulgarian government to ask the EU not to allow the removal of regulations that protect citizens from the uncontrolled spread of genetically modified organisms in nature and food

In Switzerland – a global frontrunner for remittance payments – people from Portugal send smaller amounts, but more often, and usually to their own bank accounts, a study by researchers at the University of Zurich has found

Public law organisations in the research and innovation sector, including public higher education institutions, will receive institutional funding to develop public infrastructure in the areas of research and innovation

Direct financial transactions between Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will resume in November thank to a move orchestrated by Universal Capital Bank after a 16-year gap

Poland will be equipped with a next-generation air defence system thank to a new agreement with the UK worth over £4 billion

Chairlifts, T-bar lifts and cable cars in Switzerland are being shut down for economic – and increasingly climate-related – reasons; according to a recent study by NGO Mountain Wilderness, 65 installations in Switzerland are now out of operation