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Torrential rain causes chaos with emergency services called to 1,200 incidents in Spain
Roads, railways and subway lines across the Spanish capital Madrid have been shut down, and residents urged to stay at home – after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. Police and firefighters were called to around 1,200 incidents in central Spain, while rescuers are searching for a missing father whose vehicle got caught up in an…
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How is Spain facing the dire realities of intense heat?
Across Europe it’s been a long hot summer, with the effects of extreme heatwaves being felt even where people are accustomed to high temperatures.
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England’s Lionesses lose Women’s World Cup final to Spain
Jonathan Miller was in Sydney watching the game and sent this from outside the stadium straight after the match.
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Spain’s left and right parties both claim victory as election leads to hung parliament
Spain faces another hung parliament and perhaps weeks, or even months, of political uncertainty.
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‘If election ends with far-right coalition, Spain will not be active at an EU level,’ says Spanish political scientist
We spoke to Pablo Simon who’s a professor of political science at Charles III University of Madrid.
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Could Spain’s snap election end with the first far-right party in power for half a century?
In Spain, polls are about to close in the country’s snap general election. The Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the vote after his socialist party’s poor showing in recent local elections. His main rival is Alberto Nunez Feijoo – leader of the conservative Popular Party. If he’s unable to win outright, he may look to…
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Shortages due to ‘extreme weather conditions’ in Spain and Morocco, British Retail Consortium says
Jack Ward is the chief executive of the British Growers Association, which represents vegetable producers and Tom Holder is Head of Communications at the British Retail Consortium.
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FactCheck: how do planned UK strike laws compare to France, Italy and Spain?
Rishi Sunak says the plans shouldn’t be controversial.
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Covid: Portugal, Spain and Malta to restrict UK travellers
It’s reported today that the UK and the EU could be on the brink of a deal over Covid vaccine passports, potentially giving the green light to holidays abroad.
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Spain deploys military as 6,000 migrants arrive on beach in Ceuta enclave
Spain deployed its military to beaches surrounding the city, as more than 6,000 thousand new arrivals, many of them teenagers, emerged from the sea to a wall of soldiers.
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France and Spain see record number of coronavirus cases
Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald joined us from Westminster.
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Former King of Spain Juan Carlos leaves country amid scandals
Speculation is rife over the whereabouts of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos – after he said he was going into exile amid a financial scandal.
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No 10 says ‘no travel risk free’ after Spain quarantine imposed
Downing Street has said that “no travel is risk-free” during the pandemic – warning holidaymakers that “disruption is possible” when heading anywhere abroad.
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UK tourists return home from Spain to face two weeks quarantine
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says it was ‘absolutely necessary’ to reimpose quarantine rules on travel from Spain with such short notice.
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Coronavirus: Two weeks quarantine for holidaymakers returning to England from Spain
The Government is set to announce that anyone holidaying in Spain will need to quarantine for two weeks when they return to England – unless they arrive before midnight tonight.
