Download our new app<\/a><\/p>\nElsewhere a major European nation has been \u201cbrought to a standstill\u201d, with millions of its workers joining a strike, hundreds of thousands marching in protest and acts of violence and vandalsim breaking out on the streets of its second-largest city.<\/p>\n
Images from Barcelona, Spain show some protesters clashing with police, with parts of the city set ablaze.<\/p>\n
More than 100,000 demonstrators marched in Madrid alone, braving the pouring rain.<\/p>\n
According to Spain\u2019s unions, about four million people joined the country\u2019s first general strike in well over a decade.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s population is furious about housing affordability and the broader cost of living.<\/p>\n
Read on for the latest updates<\/p>\n
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