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Survivors of the train crash in Spain have spoken of their shock, panic and anger at the accident in Toledo province on Wednesday.
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Passengers describe carriages full of seriously injured people after crash that has claimed at least 68 lives At least 68 killed in Toledo train...
More than 500 passengers were on board the trains when the incident occurred in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid.
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People have been killed after a Spanish high-speed train collided with another train south of the capital Madrid, making this the country's worst disaster since 2013.
The toll is rising after a high-speed train between slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped south of Madrid, derailing two cars. It was Spain's second major train accident this year.
Established under the Franco dictatorship, the lunchtime ritual is in decline but all is not lost A little before lunchtime each working day across Spain, evidence of one of the lingering, if less notorious, legacies of the Franco dictatorship is carefully traced in chalk, marker pen and printer ink. Beckoning to hungry workers from blackboards, whiteboards and pieces of paper hastily taped to windows, the competitively priced menú del día , or daily set-price lunch, has been part of everyday Spanish life for more than half a century.
A drought-stricken region of northeast Spain has become a focus for American companies searching for locations to place their data centers.
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Spain remains most popular destination as Britons book later in hope of better deals, Abta report finds The UK’s cost of living squeeze means fewer...
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María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis ‘Now is the moment’: housing...
Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boom Ikea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture. The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of December and will be launched in the UK if it proves successful.
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The crash, between a moving train and another that was stopped further up the track, was caused by an "inexplicable" error, the transport minister said.
Pedro Sánchez says the government will act with urgency to ‘clarify what has happened, why this tragedy occurred’ Full report from Spain At least 30 people are believed to have died after two high-speed trains collided in the province of Toledo in Spain, with concerns the death toll could be much higher. The number of people affected is expected to rise ( 10:46 ) , local authorities said, with growing concerns about a “major tragedy” ( 11:03 ).
Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main...
The court upholds a decision to lift an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont linked to the independence bid he led in 2017.
Wife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg promises liberal alternative to the PP and Socialists before snap election The Spanish lawyer Miriam...
Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.
Recent death of 87-year-old woman likely to focus attention on crisis in run-up to election at end of November Europe live – latest updates Even before María del Carmen Abascal died on Wednesday night , a mere fortnight after her eviction from the Madrid flat where she had lived for most of her life, the frail 87-year-old woman had become the enduring face of Spain’s housing crisis. Her plight – and the wider issue it embodied – had led to street demonstrations, the creation of a protest camp in the middle of the Spanish capital , and spurred the socialist-led government to propose emergency measures to facilitate and protect access to housing.
Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.
Election called after rightwing parties voted down emergency legislation aimed at tackling housing crisis Europe live – latest updates Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has once again staked his political future on a snap general election called after rightwing parties torpedoed emergency legislation to tackle the housing crisis. Sánchez, who has been in office since 2018, used a televised address to communicate his decision, which had been widely expected.
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.
A series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on...
World
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Questions were raised before Toledo crash over rail safety in a country where train travel has surged by 40% Spain’s high-speed rail network, the most extensive in Europe and the second largest in the world after China, has long been a point of pride in the country. But Wednesday’s deadly crash – the second in nine months – has recast the spotlight on questions about safety.
Group was on visit to meet Palestinian children, farmers and civil leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces An international delegation including British politicians has been barred from entering the West Bank on a trip to meet Palestinian children, farmers and society leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces during olive harvest season. The delegation of 23 people, including four elected representatives, was drawn from countries including France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Ireland and the US.
French police have made 1,000 arrests and Italian officers have raided homes in Milan, with protests also taking place in Spain and Albania Jesse, 40, a charity worker from the north of Paris, had turned out for the street march. She said: “I’m so angry.
Storm Adam brings heavy rain to Valencia, Alicante and Balearic Islands, as Storm Austen gusts strike England and Wales Storm Adam brought torrential rain to eastern Spain earlier this week. In Pego, Alicante, 632mm fell in 36 hours, with 430mm of this falling in just six hours, while the Valencian town of Olivia received 600mm in 24 hours.
Hamstrung governments seem to have no answer to the public’s furious demands, making further discontent likely Europe live – latest updates In France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. In Spain, it was a tent camp that steadily grew in the heart of the capital as residents railed against soaring housing costs.
Ukraine’s president says his country has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement On frozen Russian assets, Poland’s Sikorski says the use of frozen Russian assets is “a complicated issue,” but takes a very clear stance in response to any suggestion of releasing them back to Russia. “We are working on it, but there is also some rumours that some people are expecting these assets to be released back to Russia.
Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change At a makeshift lunch counter tucked within a maze of tents at a housing protest camp in Madrid, Sélpide San Luis pointed to the dizzying pace of change. “We built a city in a week,” said the 26-year-old, whose videos documenting day-to-day life at the encampment have attracted tens of thousands of views on social media, as she pointed to the more than 1,200 tents set up in the central Puerta del Sol square.
Hundreds of schools in France remain closed amid planned demonstrations across the country The conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement. “At last,” they say on their X, with a slick election video – set to the EU’s anthem “Ode to Joy” – to go along with it.
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