Barcelona and Rome protests: 100+ arrested as Colosseum stormed

Protests erupted in Barcelona and Rome on October 24, with demonstrators clashing with police and storming the Colosseum, leading to over 100 arrests in Spain. In Barcelona, 600 protesters built barricades, threw stones, set fire to bins, and looted 14 shops; police arrested 128 people, a quarter of them minors. The protests, organized under the slogan "Instituts Indignats," were inspired by a French youth movement, and officials condemned the violence as unjustified vandalism. In Rome, demonstrators protesting the rising cost of living breached the Colosseum, where police used water cannons and tear gas, while a separate Milan protest remained peaceful. Similar demonstrations in France on the same day resulted in nearly 1,000 arrests.