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Dutch woman arrested over shooting of Spanish former politician
Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last...
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At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island
Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people...
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Europe live: Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says he will not resign
Sánchez announces he will stay on days after saying he was considering resigning after attacks in...
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Spanish opposition step up Sánchez attacks as PM decides on his future
PP leader accuses prime minister of navel-gazing, while Sánchez’s supporters rally in MadridSpanish opposition parties have...
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Spain’s PM Sánchez could quit after far-right attacks on wife and bid to ‘politically kill’ him
Socialist prime minister poised to decide on his future, but some say it’s ploy to surviveOn...
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Spanish PM considers resigning, blaming political ‘harassment’ of wife
Pedro Sánchez halts public duties, hitting out at opponents after court launches inquiry into alleged corruption...
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Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model
Organisers say 50,000 turn out to call for limit on tourist numbers, saying model makes life...
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Basque election: leftwing coalition partly descended from Eta leads in polls
Surveys suggest EH Bildu’s focus on health, housing and employment is attracting younger votersA leftwing coalition...
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How Spain and Ireland became the EU’s sharpest critics of Israel
Each time Madrid and Dublin speak out on the war in Gaza others are emboldened to...
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Campaigners in Spain call for more to be done about racism in football
Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior’s tearful comments prompt questions over why racist fans can still act...
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Dani Alves leaves Spanish jail after paying €1m bail
Ex-Barcelona footballer on provisional release from prison term while he appeals against rape convictionThe former Brazil...
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Weather tracker: Flood fallout claims at least 20 lives in Brazil
Heavy rainfall brings landslides to country’s south-east. Elsewhere, a wild temperature fluctuation in IberiaBrazil was hit...
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Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’
New date for Antoni Gaudí’s basilica announced but enormous, controversial stairway will take another eight yearsBarcelona’s...
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Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives
Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked...
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Olive oil becomes most wanted item for shoplifters in Spain
Gangs steal ‘liquid gold’ amid shortages and surging prices after extreme weather damages harvestsOlive oil has...
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‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and...
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Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency
Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggestA...
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Spain’s conservatives retain absolute majority in Galicia election
Victory in regional election strengthens Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s position as Spain’s main opposition leaderSpain’s opposition conservative...
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Spain’s conservative party fears defeat in its Galician heartland
Close-run race could see PP ousted and Ana Pontón of BNG installed as area’s first female...
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‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from Morocco
Lawyers see Basir’s case as test of European policies that fail to provide safe routes to...
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Film about children living in darkness on Madrid’s doorstep up for award
Even Though it’s Night, which chronicles the conditions of Europe’s largest shantytown, Cañada Real, in running...
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Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves denies rape as Spain trial wraps
Ex-Barcelona defender is accused of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022The former Brazil...
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Number of people arriving by boat in Canaries from west Africa jumps 1,000%
Atlantic route to chain of islands is deadliest migration passage to Spain with 6,007 people dying...
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‘Respect – and honour’: the fight to save a Spanish civil war mass grave
Remains of 451 people believed to lie on proposed site of Madrid waste plant – including...