# Clashes erupt in Spain as thousands join general strike over living costs

https://mins.news/en/video/139748

- BBC News, 2026-11-11 22:56 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bco12rDLjQg

> Hundreds of thousands took part in Spain’s first general strike in 14 years, called by major unions over housing and the high cost of living. About 120,000 demonstrated in Madrid and more than 50,000 in Barcelona, where masked men set rubbish bins alight and smashed shop windows as police fired tear gas.

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