Maandagavond in Europa en dat betekende dat er weer eens een stad in de fik stond. Stad van dienst: Bilbao. Liefhebber van moderne architectuur, Guggenheim en brandende auto's? Kom dan naar Bilbao! Capuchons van antifascistische snit waren op z’n zachtst gezegd niet zo blij met de komst van Vito Quiles. Vito Quiles is een man met een camera. Bender maar minder journalistiek. Dutch Travel Maniac zonder tattoos in de nek. Charlie Kirk met nek. Hij organiseert Tour Combativos II, een reeks openluchtbijeenkomsten waarbij hij leegloopt over bijvoorbeeld de regering-Sánchez. Links noemt hem steevast ultra-agitator. Een eretitel waar je behoorlijk casa mee kunt komen.

Vito wilde dus komen babbelen. Antifascistisch Spanje gedroeg zich voorbeeldig en liet dat gebeuren. Grap. De antifascisten besloten Bilbao af te branden. Met een behoorlijke portie mentale lenigheid zou beweerd kunnen worden dat de in het zwart getooide relschoppers de bijeenkomst hebben tegengehouden. Helaas onwaar, Vito had z'n komst al afgezegd vanwege de dreiging. Desondanks dus: uit de manos gelopen. Eerder duurde z'n bezoek aan Pamplona minder dan 10 minuten en kwam het in Zaragoza helemaal niet van de grond. Steeds vergezeld door honderden tegendemonstranten. Beelden na de klik.

Vito lijkt toch op onze nationale hockeyvader?

Brand!

Ready, set, go. De 100 meter teringzooischoppen.

Langslopen in Bilbao: onverstandig

Vito himself. Begaan met het lot van auto's

Burgemeester vindt facisme, geen antifacisme

Eerdere gemaskerde gezelligheid in Barcelona

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PARIJS (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Het consumentenvertrouwen in Frankrijk is in oktober gekelderd naar het laagste niveau in dertien jaar. De forse daling volgt op de recente onrust over de hoge staatsschuld van het land, de politieke impasse rond de bezuinigingsmaatregelen van de overheid en de protesten tegen de stijgende kosten van levensonderhoud, die in veel Franse steden uitmondden in rellen en plunderingen.

Het cijfer dat de stemming onder consumenten meet, zakte volgens het Franse statistiekbureau Insee deze maand naar 80, van een niveau van 85 in september. Dat is het laagste niveau sinds juni 2013. Economen hadden gerekend op een onveranderde stand in oktober. Het consumentenvertrouwen in Frankrijk ligt al vijf jaar onder het langetermijngemiddelde van 100.

Het vertrouwen van consumenten geeft aan hoe optimistisch of pessimistisch ze zijn over de economie en hun eigen portemonnee. Het is vaak een indicator of consumenten extra geld willen uitgeven of juist gaan besparen.

HELSINKI/MOSKOU (ANP) - De Finse president Alexander Stubb en de Noorse premier Jonas Gahr Støre hebben dinsdag met de Russische president Vladimir Poetin gebeld over Oekraïne. De twee wilden in de aanloop naar nieuwe besprekingen tussen Moskou en Kyiv "de boodschap van Oekraïne" aan het Kremlin overbrengen, laten ze weten.

Stubb en Støre traden naar eigen zeggen niet op als vertegenwoordigers van Europa. Europese landen waren lang niet welkom bij overleg met Rusland. De Franse president en Duitse buitenlandminister probeerden eerder al wel om met Moskou te praten, maar dat haalde volgens hen weinig uit. Vooral Stubb wordt al langer genoemd als mogelijke woordvoerder van Europa in besprekingen met Rusland.

De Noorse premier en Finse president overlegden vorige week in Oslo met de Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky en de Amerikaanse gezant Steve Witkoff. Die reisde vervolgens door naar Moskou.

Benjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his political life. Voters in Israel are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide an election that could determine whether Netanyahu will remain the country's prime minister (and affect the outcome of the corruption charges against him). But the Israeli election also arrives at a time when voters around the world seem to be rejecting authoritarianism. A student-run movement stunned the world on Sunday when its candidates routed Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić. That same day, Brazilians beat back a campaign by Flávio Bolsonaro – the son of Jair Bolsonaro, the disgraced former president – in a historic upset. Carter Sherman speaks to Julian Borger, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, about how these four elections could reshape the political world order in just 10 days, and why the upcoming US midterm elections are the biggest test for global democracy.

• Julian Borger on 10 days that could shake the world

Benjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his political life. Voters in Israel are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide an election that could determine whether Netanyahu will remain the country's prime minister (and affect the outcome of the corruption charges against him). But the Israeli election also arrives at a time when voters around the world seem to be rejecting authoritarianism. A student-run movement stunned the world on Sunday when its candidates routed Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić. That same day, Brazilians beat back a campaign by Flávio Bolsonaro – the son of Jair Bolsonaro, the disgraced former president – in a historic upset. Carter Sherman speaks to Julian Borger, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, about how these four elections could reshape the political world order in just 10 days, and why the upcoming US midterm elections are the biggest test for global democracy.

• Julian Borger on 10 days that could shake the world

Some do need a rest to complete their growth cycle, but for others this hack could be stressful

The problem
Winter plant advice is full of contradictions. Rest your plants; don’t rest your plants. Move them to a cooler spot; keep them warm. One common tip is to put certain houseplants in a dark, cool spot, to mimic natural dormancy and give them the rest they need.

The hack
Some plants need a period of reduced light, cooler temperatures and minimal watering to complete their growth cycle. Forcing this dormancy by moving them somewhere darker and cooler in winter is said to result in stronger growth, better flowering and a healthier plant come spring.

Whether you favour spooky fairtales, satanic card games or infernal hijinks at the chip shop there are all manner of fresh top scarers at large this witching season

Tis almost All Hallows’ Eve and naturally, the thoughts of all good video game players are turning to horror. 2026 has already been a bloody good year for the genre with Resident Evil Requiem and Silent Hill: Townfall leading the rabble. But this autumn sees a festering surge of indie horror releases, featuring everything from cursed card games to Nazi-hunting penguins. Here are eight terrifying titles we think you should sample while jack-o-lanterns burn and spirits walk the moonlit streets.

Allogloom (PC)

In Prima Facie, she plays a rising-star barrister, well versed in defending men accused of sexual violence. Then she is raped by a colleague, and her world implodes. Erivo talks about the potential impact of the film – and how she is navigating her stratospheric success

Cynthia Erivo is contemplating her favourite crisps, the ridged American brand Ruffles, as we sit talking in a quiet corner of a west London restaurant. Dressed all in black and sporting her signature elongated nails, she is known for her healthy lifestyle, but everyone, it seems, has their vices. “Ruffles are just perfect,” she says. “When you get a good batch, and the salt-to-potato ratio is perfect … it’s amazing.”

Erivo has just touched down after singing in Phoenix, Arizona, the night before, and has been running me through the health routine that helps her maintain her frantic schedule. Before her concert, there was the Dior front row at Paris fashion week, and she has just been announced as a guest host on SNL UK. Erivo doesn’t drink alcohol (today she orders some peppermint tea); she’s vegan; she doesn’t eat airline food, only her own prepacked meals. She even has an infra-red sauna “to help me heal from the inside”. Earlier this year she ran the London Marathon before jumping on stage to perform Dracula, where she played all 23 parts; she had rehearsed her lines while going on gruelling marathon training runs. All that requires discipline – and snacks – to keep the show on the road.

No private individual should have the power to determine US foreign policy, as Musk has attempted to do in Ukraine

He’s Exhibit A on why billionaire wealth should be taxed, why we must get big money out of politics, why billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to buy up major media, and why our government shouldn’t give them huge military contracts.

I’m talking about Elon Musk, of course.

From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attention

Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok.

“My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said.