00:00Looking at the topics in Spain, mass protests have erupted in Madrid following the death of an 87-year-old
00:06woman evicted from her home by predatory rent hikes.
00:09Hondres gather to more Marie Carmen Abascal, who died two weeks after being evicted from her home of 71 years,
00:18when her rent surged over 400%.
00:20Demonstrators chanted, these aren't deaths, they are murders, linking her tragic passing to profit-driving housing speculation.
00:30The tragedy has catalyzed massive nationwide rallies following Parliament's rejection of tenant protection laws, deepening the political crisis surrounding Prime
00:40Minister Pedro Sánchez's government.