A US Army soldier was arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of espionage related to Russia, according to London's Metropolitan Police. The unnamed soldier was arrested by British counterterror police "working closely with US authorities, US Military and the FBI," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. He remains in custody at a London police station. FBI Director Kash Patel said the arrest of the 41-year-old man related to "allegations of espionage, which is of the utmost concern to the United States and our allies."

A senior NATO official told CNN that the soldier in question "was assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps," a British-led NATO corps based in Gloucester. Brig. Gen. Sean Stinchon, commanding general of US Army Counterintelligence Command, said in the release that the "senior soldier" in question was "entrusted with sensitive information." A US official said the soldier is a field grade Army officer, which is a mid- to senior-ranking officer including the ranks of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel.

The US House of Representatives turned aside a resolution to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, halting an effort to remove the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran. The vote came as Republicans grapple with the fallout from sweeping midterm losses that some in the party have blamed on the war in Iran and the resulting surge in gas prices. But after President Donald Trump signalled strong support for Hegseth, GOP lawmakers largely stood by the secretary Tuesday, blocking the effort in a near party-line vote.

The effort was led by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and backed by Democrats. But eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early.

Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation in a protest on Wednesday over housing costs that the government hopes to leverage before a national election later this month. The walkout - under the slogan "Salaries. Housing. Prices." - was the first general strike in Spain in 14 years. Unions hailed the strike as a success, while Spain's business owners' groups said that it had fallen flat. But they agreed that worker participation was higher in heavy industry and transportation, while it lagged in other sectors of the economy like retail and restaurants.

In Barcelona, most storefronts on a main shopping boulevard were boarded up in anticipation of violence later in the day. The metro and public buses stopped running. Many smaller establishments like coffee shops, however, did open. In Spain's capital, strikers marched down main streets under the pelting rain earlier in the day and blocked off Gran Vía, its main thoroughfare, until police in riot gear pushed them to the sidewalks.

Gadi Eisenkot, the politician tasked with forming a new Israeli government, pledged on Tuesday (Nov. 10) to reverse many of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies as the new parliament was sworn in. The pledge sets the stage for a consequential month of legislative action and coalition negotiations. Eisenkot, a former military chief, has up to six weeks to form a government that would end the tenure of Israel's longest-serving prime minister. While it remains unclear whether Eisenkot will be able to forge a coalition government, the new Knesset can enact legislation in the meantime. Netanyahu's opponents now control a solid majority in parliament.

Eisenkot's bloc introduced a series of bills at the start of the legislative session that target Netanyahu and his policies. They include launching an official government-led inquiry into the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, setting term limits on the position of prime minister and overturning changes the outgoing Netanyahu-led government made to limit the powers of the judiciary.