Judge Calama has rejected a request for Saudi authorities to confirm José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s account of a jewellery gift. The court says he has provided no proof that he sent the letters he says he wrote.
Hospitals in Toledo and Ciudad Real called for blood donations; Madrid hospitals did too. Nearby workers and residents helped passengers evacuate, while a Madrid farm protest became a five-minute silence.
Antonio García Colina reached the railway wreckage in Urda, then returned with medical supplies. He spent two hours giving first aid as emergency services mobilised more than 120 ground vehicles and four helicopters.
The council has cancelled two events organised by its Youth Department: a ‘Blood on the Clocktower’ role-playing session and a family Halloween party. The decision follows the Toledo rail accident and Spain’s official mourning.
At least 68 bodies had been found after the train disaster in Urda, Toledo, but only two victims were identified on Wednesday. Families travelled to the area and contacted hospitals as they searched for missing passengers.
Fátima Báñez, Spain’s employment minister from 2011 to 2018, died aged 59 in the Toledo rail crash. She was in the last carriage of an Iryo train travelling to Seville for a business event.
Railway engineer Carlos Sánchez de Roda says the Urda crash may have involved a failure of the ASFA backup system as well as the LZB. He argues trains should not resume after a safety-system fault at an operator’s discretion.
Renfe’s 24-hour drivers’ strike runs from 00:01 to 23:59 on October 29. Minimum services average 73% on Alta Velocidad and Larga Distancia, while disruption after the Urda accident may bring further changes.
Calls under the Blocus label spread through TikTok and private messaging groups before protests reached Barcelona. Officials say most participants are minors; platforms have taken action against related groups and videos.
Blocus calls spread through TikTok and private messaging groups, shifting from demands for better education to incitement to vandalism. Official sources say most participants are minors; Telegram and TikTok have taken action against related content.
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Psychologists in Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid say support for survivors and relatives must be tailored to each person. Emotional problems may surface weeks or months later, even when the first reaction seems reassuring.
At least 68 people were killed when a Renfe high-speed train collided with a stationary Iryo train in Toledo. Those identified include Civil Guard officer José Manuel and tax inspector Antonio Montero Domínguez.
The judge has barred unauthorised access to a two-kilometre stretch of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line after the Urda crash. Toledo Judicial Police will secure recovered black boxes for analysis.
Fátima Báñez was travelling on the Iryo train involved in the crash between Urda and Los Yébenes in Toledo. The PP and CEOE said they had no confirmed news of her at the time. She was bound for a business event in Seville.
CSIF accuses Óscar Puente of singling out an Adif traffic manager before the investigation is complete and calls for his resignation. The union also cites shifts of up to 12 hours and five consecutive nights.
Recordings indicate the AVE was cleared to move at normal speed while the Iryo remained unable to restart. The collision followed about five minutes after a later call to the stopped train.
Semaf is proceeding with a 24-hour Renfe strike on Thursday, 29 October, despite the Urda collision. Around 6,000 workers are called out; minimum services range from 26% for freight to 75% on peak Cercanías routes.
Castilla y León and Senegal will continue talks on possible arrangements for returning unaccompanied foreign minors. Carlos Pollán met ambassador Ibrahim Al Khalil Seck; no agreement was announced.
A judge has ordered the seizure and custody of any black boxes found on the trains involved in the Urda rail crash. Access is barred along two kilometres of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line in both directions.
Madrid is preparing commercial robotaxi pilots that could start from late 2026 to 2027. The DGT has authorised 20 vehicles for public-road tests, but launches remain subject to technical and administrative approval.
Iberia has capped fares to and from Andalusia through 8 November at €99 in economy and €149 in Business per journey. It has also added more than 520 seats on Madrid flights to Malaga and Seville.
Two trains collided near Los Yébenes on the Madrid-Seville line, derailing four carriages. The reported toll is 68 dead and nearly 200 injured; the whereabouts of Telecinco reporter Raúl Triguero remain unknown.
Hundreds of farmers and about 500 tractors reached Madrid after organisers cancelled their march following the railway disaster in Toledo. The rally ended at Plaza de Colón without reaching the Agriculture Ministry.
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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.
The investigating judge has barred outsiders from a 2km stretch of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line in both directions after the Urda accident. Toledo Judicial Police will take custody of recovered train black boxes for analysis.
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.
A second appraisal commissioned in the jewellery inquiry values the seized pieces at €1.02 million. Yanes says the most useful lots were made after the alleged 2007 gift, although it cannot identify their exact year of manufacture.
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.
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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.
