Spain train crash death toll rises as nation mourns its worst rail disaster in more than a decade

Spain train crash death toll rises as nation mourns its worst rail disaster in more than a decade

Spain began three days of national mourning on Tuesday for 41 people killed after two high-speed trains collided in the country’s deadliest rail disaster in over a decade.  The collision took place late Sunday when a high-speed train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region….

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Amnesia, nostalgia, healing: Spain grapples with Franco legacy 50 years on | History News

Amnesia, nostalgia, healing: Spain grapples with Franco legacy 50 years on | History News

After Spain’s first fully fledged modern democracy and Second Republic began in 1931 despite ferocious opposition from hardline conservatives, Franco began a right-wing military rebellion on July 18, 1936, to put an end to its political and social reforms. Despite backing from fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, his uprising encountered greater resistance than expected from…

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Spain and Portugal record hottest June ever

Spain and Portugal record hottest June ever

Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images A woman fans herself during the June heatwave in Madrid Both Portugal and Spain recorded their hottest June ever as scorching temperatures continue to grip Europe. Spain’s national weather service Aemet said the country’s “extremely hot” June 2025 “has pulverised records”, surpassing the normal average for July and August….

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