
Spanish PM vows full investigation into train disaster: ‘It is unacceptable for Spain to suffer two such accidents in the same year’
Pedro Sánchez says the whole country ‘is in mourning’ and praises the coordination among authorities

Pedro Sánchez says the whole country ‘is in mourning’ and praises the coordination among authorities

An AVE train collided with another train that was stopped on the tracks. Eighty people were injured, 50 of them seriously, and it is assumed that there will be more victims

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Spanish prime minister, who is running for re-election on November 29, says he is confident of securing a big enough majority to implement his progressive agenda and maintain Spain as an anomaly in a continent where the far right is surging

Together with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Mette Frederiksen heads a group of European countries that are highly critical of the Spanish leader’s immigration policies

On his fifth trip to the United States this year, the Argentine president will receive the Global Champion of Free Enterprise award and speak to the US Chamber of Commerce

The justices say the integrity of the electoral roll outweighs the voting rights of more than 160,000 naturalized citizens
The 87-year-old woman was evicted two weeks ago and died this Wednesday at Gregorio Marañón Hospital

The Mexican president accelerates a reform to penalize the use of fake videos featuring government officials, while the Italian prime minister trademarks her voice with EU intellectual property agency

Pedro Sánchez’s announcement following the failure of the housing decrees to secure congressional passage will provide an opportunity for much-needed clarity after a legislative term marked by deadlock and tension

A sprawling encampment with a life of its own has managed to turn a housing crisis that used to only emerge sporadically on political agendas into a major public issue followed closely by millions of people

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez brings elections forward to November 29 after Congress rejected two decrees aimed at addressing the crisis

Musicians’ tours, film festivals and literary forums keep the flame for Gaza alive and spark debates about the limits of free expression and the concepts of censorship and cancellation
The French president, whose second term ends next spring, makes his first state visit to Spain in his nearly 10 years in office amid growing concerns over the threats to Europe
Thousands of people filled the streets of the Spanish capital in a spontaneous demonstration that illustrates growing frustration with an increasingly unaffordable housing market

‘Spain has raised the minimum wage by 66 percent. Sánchez has sent the message that work and dignity matter,’ said the New York mayor. ‘Immigration has made Spain strong,’ added the Spanish PM

An opaque set of social media channels with hundreds of thousands of followers is spreading fake news and exaggerations about the migrant crisis with messages that encourage an insurgency against the Spanish government
After publishing acclaimed biographies of writers Clarice Lispector and Susan Sontag, the latter of which won a Pulitzer Prize, the author turns in ‘The Upside-Down World’ to the lives and the misconceptions surrounding the painters of the Dutch Golden Age

PM Pedro Sánchez is appearing in Congress to defend that his executive has no indications that Morocco was in any way behind the sudden mass influx
Hostility toward migrants is increasing among local residents who are fed up and feel abandoned by the central government. In a city that prides itself on religious coexistence, conflicts have already flared up between its Muslim and Christian communities

The expert is stepping away from teaching after a lifetime spent researching and writing about Franco, the Spanish Civil War and the violence of the 20th century. He warns that the values forged in the aftermath of World War II and in rejection of its atrocities are beginning to erode. The danger, he argues, comes not only from fascism but also from a technological oligarchy that may undermine society’s ability to agree on what is true

His lawyers claim he is the target of ‘political persecution’ by Trump because of his support for Palestine. The Spanish government will have to decide whether to extradite him

The online presence of US senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed sparks a broader debate about the relationship between appearance and political success

A study by a Moroccan researcher who followed the crisis in real time shows that online videos of the first successful crossings had millions of views and increased the tide of young people flocking to the border

The revelation that Prime Minister Ajanuch allegedly took a private trip to Mallorca in the middle of the migration crisis has sparked outrage in Moroccan media

The country has the chance to learn from this summer’s tragedy, and to turn it into a collective learning experience long before next summer arrives

In the previous major crisis in the city, in 2021, estimates put the number of people who breached border controls at somewhere over 10,000

The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control