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Germany's offer to provide Poland with Patriot surface-to-air missiles after the missile strike in Przewodów was initially welcomed in Warsaw. Then PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczyński and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak suggested that the weapons could be passed on to Ukraine. The Patriots were intended for Nato territory, Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht responded. Is the proposal a Polish election campaign manoeuvre?

November 25 has been the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women for 23 years. This year the focus is on the demonstrators in Iran. Commentators also draw attention to violence against women in the family, at work and in cyberspace.

Together with the Bank of Spain and the banking industry association, the Spanish government has negotiated a package of measures to cushion the impact of the current increase in mortgage interest rates. Around one million low-income households will receive mortgage support in a bid to avoid mass foreclosures like those in the 2008 crisis. The national press is impressed.

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without the UK government's consent. Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, who had promised a new referendum, reacted with disappointment but says she will accept the decision. Commentators discuss the ruling and question whether it is really such a big blow for Sturgeon's Scottish National Party.