At least 68 people have died after two high-speed trains collided in Urda, Toledo. Town halls across Spain held a minute of silence as searches continued and protests called for accountability.
Nacho Abad wept at the close of En boca de todos after hours of coverage of the Urda rail disaster. He said his son had asked him to avoid a train journey to Marbella that weekend. The programme reported 64 deaths.
An AVE collided with a stationary Iryo near Urda at 8:54 after Adif control told trains to resume normal running. The Iryo driver had reported six minutes earlier that she remained stopped at a signal.
At least 68 people have died in the rail accident at Urda in Toledo. Alberto Núñez Feijóo is calling for an independent review of the entire rail network, alongside government and judicial investigations.
Andalusia’s president has called for an immediate inspection of every railway in the region after the Toledo collision. He says two crashes on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed route killed at least 114 people in nine months.
Adif halted Madrid-to-Andalusia high-speed services after a collision near Los Yébenes and Urda, in Toledo. Witnesses reported numerous injuries as two carriages fell down an embankment.
With 1.3-metre low-pressure tyres and a tubular front guard, this Niva derivative was built for difficult terrain. The example is priced at €19,999, with financing quoted at €213 a month.
Urda residents used private cars to carry rail-crash survivors eight kilometres to the town’s sports hall. Local medical staff and Cruz Roja treated passengers with minor injuries there.
A viral clip shows Madrid taxis taking the final bend at Madring at an inappropriate speed and cutting across part of the pit-lane access. How they reached the circuit remains unclear.
With trains suspended after the Toledo accident, passengers at Atocha turned to flights and road travel, with buses added later. One man paid €550 for a rental car as Uber drivers offered shared rides arranged outside the app.
A train collision near Toledo has brought Óscar Puente’s Renfe joke back under scrutiny. The Adamuz victims’ association had condemned the sketch as a mockery; by 10:30 on Wednesday Civil Protection reported 46 deaths.
Aston Martin’s first open-top supercar combines 1,079 CV with a 350 km/h maximum when the roof is fully removed. Deliveries are due from the third quarter of 2027; pricing has not been announced.
Koenigsegg Advanced Manufacturing in Barcelona makes carbon-fibre parts for the Jesko, including its steering wheel and seat. During the site’s 10th-anniversary visit Christian von Koenigsegg said the workforce had grown from 17 to nearly 100.
At least 32 people have died after two trains collided in Toledo. Two carriages fell down an embankment, and high-speed services between Madrid and Andalusia were suspended in both directions.
At least 30 deaths were officially counted after two Iryo and Renfe trains collided in Urda. Hospitals appealed for blood donors; rail operators and Castilla-La Mancha set up helplines, while the Guardia Civil opened DNA offices for close relatives.
The report said the former minister was travelling to a CEA business event in Seville and remained unlocated at the time. It gave a toll of 50 but no calendar date for the collision.
At a routine checkpoint in Martorell, a tachograph showed a lorry driver had driven 30.5 hours straight. The Mossos d’Esquadra issued six transport fines and one traffic penalty.
At least 30 people have died after an AVE struck a stationary Iryo near Urda in Toledo. Early hypotheses point to human error after the LZB signalling system failed and control switched to manual operation.
Ten of the 13 defendants have agreed to prison terms in a Lugo case involving more than 100 buyers. The deal avoids a trial, while compensation will depend on each victim’s losses.
Five tractor columns left for Madrid between 6:30 and 7:30 as Asaja weighed cancelling the mobilisation after a train collision in Los Yébenes. Farmers' demands centred on production costs and prices at origin.
Begoña Gómez says the PP used an AI-generated video to imitate her face and voice without consent. Her complaint targets those responsible for the party’s official social-media accounts and asks Miguel Tellado to testify.
Sixteen police and Guardia Civil representatives were removed by the UPR after a sit-in at the Interior Ministry. They began protesting at about 18:00, demanding risk-profession status and better retirement terms.
Mate Rimac has opened the door to a Tourbillon-based Bugatti with a non-electrified V16 and a genuine manual gearbox. The idea would favour lower weight and driver involvement over the car’s 1,800 hp headline figure.
Spanish designer Marta Beltrán says safety and environmental rules constrain how cars can be shaped. Manufacturers’ fear of standing apart also helps explain why many current models look alike.
The Flax-Type uses flax fibre grown at Diddly Squat Farm for its body panels. The one-off won a prize in Tuscany, while Clarkson’s Farm special is not due on Amazon Prime until well into 2027.
An AI-assisted concept gives Renault’s 1990s hot hatch a proposed 300 hp turbo and carbon-fibre body, while reworking the cabin. The design is a private digital exercise, not a confirmed Renault project.
Protests over a cancelled appearance by Vito Quiles were followed by fires involving cars and containers, plus attacks on shops. The Ertzaintza detained 19 people and investigated three more.
A 46-year-old Instagrammer known as Paracetamol has been detained in Zaragoza on suspicion of inciting hatred. Police say songs in his videos ridiculed immigrants and other groups.
Passengers on Vueling flight VY3008 from Barcelona spent more than five hours aboard after a false bomb alert at Gran Canaria Airport. State security forces are investigating who made the report.
Two cars collided on Avenida de Finisterre near Ronda de Nelle at about 10:00 on Tuesday. A woman was struck and taken to hospital; the circumstances of the crash have not been reported.
A Madrid auction catalogue lists 689 objects from the Franco family’s private holdings at the Pazo de Meirás. Starting prices range from €20 to €5,000 as authorities check whether any items are protected or belong to the public domain.
A late-night fire in a two-level garage in A Coruña burned out three vehicles and damaged others, as well as the building’s fittings. No one was injured, and the cause has not been disclosed.
A 42-year-old Lebanese man and a 35-year-old American woman died after their paragliders collided near Algodonales in Cádiz. The man died at the scene; the woman died on the way to treatment for serious injuries.
The Ertzaintza arrested 19 people and is investigating three more after violence in Bilbao following a protest against a cancelled Vito Quiles event. Seven detainees are minors; cars and rubbish bins were set alight.
Accounts linked to Blocus are circulating calls for Saturday 31 October in Madrid and Barcelona, with Málaga also named. Police are tracking posts as they move from TikTok into private messaging groups, where times and locations remain inconsistent.
