Pensioner at centre of Spain's housing protests dies

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An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protest over Spain's housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died according to Madrid's tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years last September after she was unable to afford rent increases. Hundreds of schools remained closed in France on Wedenesday as students continue to protest against conditions in their classrooms. And we speak to the World Health Organisation about Kenya's first Ebola case. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: Demonstrators react in Madrid following the death of Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain. Credit: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters).