News of the day from across the globe, Oct. 26

The U.N. envoy to Yemen has handed an outline for a peace plan to Houthi rebels in control of the capital which includes depriving their rival, President Abed-Rabu Mansour Hadi, of his authority and the withdrawal of militias from major cities, a Houthi-affiliated politician says.

According to the politician, the peace plan also includes transferring the powers of the internationally recognized president to a new prime minister and a vice president.

Spain’s conservative acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Tuesday that he has accepted King Felipe VI’s request to seek Parliament’s approval to form a government and end the country’s 10 months of political deadlock.

Rajoy is all but guaranteed to obtain that approval in the coming days following the rival Socialist party’s decision to stop blocking his bid and to abstain in a second parliamentary vote.

Two inconclusive elections since December have left Rajoy running a caretaker government.

A human rights group said Tuesday that Turkish police have tortured or abused detainees following the failed coup attempt in July, a claim that Turkish officials deny.

In a 43-page report published Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said a state of emergency adopted after the coup attempt — which is still in effect — has weakened safeguards against torture.

An Israeli man reportedly working on a border fence between Israel and Egypt was shot and killed on Tuesday when gunmen in Egypt opened fire at him, officials from both countries said.

Britain’s government gave the go-ahead Tuesday to build a new runway at London’s Heathrow airport despite concerns about air pollution, noise and the destruction of homes in the capital’s densely populated western neighborhoods.

Theresa May’s government, reeling from a vote to leave the European Union, was anxious to prove the country was “open for business.”

On Tuesday, the opposition-controlled congress held a debate on Maduro’s “constitutional situation” in which lawmakers presented evidence that he’s a dual Colombian citizen and therefore constitutionally ineligible to hold Venezuela’s highest office.