Increasingly desperate relatives are complaining about the lack of information from authorities after Wednesday’s serious train accident in Spain. More than 60 people have been reported missing, and 69 people have been confirmed dead.
WorldMore than 60 people died in Wednesday’s collision between two high-speed trains in Spain. Spain expert Thomas Gustafsson believes the fatal accident could be used to score political points in the upcoming parliamentary election. “It’s clear that the opposition will try to blame the government,” he tells TT.
World politicsThree days of national mourning have been declared after the catastrophic train accident in central Spain. At least 68 people died in the collision between two high-speed trains. “All of Spain is mourning,” says Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
WorldLarge demonstrations are taking place in several European cities on Saturday. In the Albanian capital, Tirana, riot police have once again used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against demonstrators.
WorldItaly and Spain have agreed to end the extra controls they imposed on each other. Nevertheless, migration was the subject of a long and heated debate at the EU summit in Brussels.
World politicsA new long-term budget proposal is to be drawn up within a few weeks, ahead of an extraordinary EU summit in November, EU sources say. This follows significant disagreement among EU leaders over an Irish proposal at a summit in Brussels.
World politicsMaricarmen was evicted from her apartment and carried out on a stretcher, sparking mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis and prompting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call new elections. The 87-year-old has now died.
WorldSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is calling for new elections after his government failed to pass proposed measures to address the country’s housing crisis.
World politicsPolice broke down the door to the apartment. 87-year-old Maricarmen was carried out on a stretcher and taken to hospital. The eviction has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis, where rents have risen sharply in recent years.
WorldNorwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre congratulates Magdalena Andersson (S) after it became clear that the red-green parties had won a majority in the election.
Swedish politicsHas Morocco attacked Spain, using masses of migrants as weapons? The Spanish government is downplaying the idea that this summer's migrant crisis was a Moroccan plot - but it would not have been the first time, and angry crowds are demanding action.
WorldBoth the left and the far right in Europe are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the Swedish parliamentary election. Is Sweden following the EU trend with the far right in government - or going against the grain with a left turn?
World politicsThere is no "concrete evidence" that Morocco was behind the large influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this summer, according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
WorldSpanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares calls for "solidarity" ahead of the EU's extraordinary meeting on the migrant crisis in the exclave of Ceuta, writes El País.
World politicsThe crisis triggered by migrants trying to enter the EU via a Spanish exclave in North Africa may have been created by Morocco as part of a political game, a theory now being put forward by several experts.
WorldThe EU will hold an emergency meeting on the migrant wave in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Tuesday. Spain's prime minister also condemned a "selfish" attitude from some EU countries. The country also announced the installation of a 500-meter-long floating sea barrier against Morocco.
WorldThe situation in the fire-stricken countries in southern Europe is worsening. A severe fire has raged on the Greek island of Crete this week, where the situation is slowly improving. It is being followed by a new fire on the mainland, near Athens. And in Gironde in France, where the giant fire is now stable, there is cautious optimism.
WorldMore than 48,000 of the more than 50,000 migrants who crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the past 24 hours have returned to Morocco, Spain's interior ministry said. Meanwhile, Italy is suspending Schengen cooperation with Spain as a result of the migrant crisis.
WorldThousands of people have crossed the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta and the situation is described as "total chaos". The government in Madrid has decided to send in the military and a pressured Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is going there on Friday. At the same time, signals are coming from Italy that Spain could be excluded from the Schengen zone.
WorldThe major fires around Madrid have stabilized, and in France there are reports of a somewhat calmer situation ahead of the upcoming high temperatures. At the same time, new fires are spreading around the eastern Mediterranean. In Crete, two firefighters have died fighting a forest fire.
WorldIn Spain and France, wildfires are still raging out of control. In France, President Emmanuel Macron says the country is facing its biggest disaster since World War II. We must be realistic. The coming weeks will be tough, and we must persevere, he says.
ConflictsFirefighters in Spain are battling what is being described as one of the largest forest fires in the country's modern history.
WorldNow the big celebration has begun, with millions of people gathering in central Madrid to pay tribute to the Spanish players after their World Cup win.
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