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Madrid teacher arrested during education protest

A secondary-school teacher was arrested during a Madrid education protest after police cited alleged disobedience and resistance. Organisers and a witness gave differing accounts of the events leading to the arrest.

UCO launches fresh Koldo operation across four Spanish cities

The Guardia Civil's UCO is searching in Madrid, Córdoba, Valencia and Seville and has requested information from Adif. Agents have also visited José Luis Ábalos's Valencia home and detained former Sánchez driver Cristian Corvillo for questioning.

Madrid teachers stage sit-in to demand talks

At least nine non-university teachers staged a sit-in at Madrid’s education headquarters, demanding direct talks with regional minister Mercedes Zarzalejo. EFE reported they had been on indefinite strike since 14 October.

Granada cave yields the oldest known leather

Two worked hide fragments from the Cueva de los Murciélagos date to about 7,200 years ago. Their DNA identifies domestic goats and points to a genetic link with early Iberian herds and Asturias’s bermeya breed.

A Start-Stop fault can warn of a weakening battery

Modern cars may disable Start-Stop as a battery deteriorates, while warning lights can indicate when a driver should stop or proceed cautiously. Rodríguez also explains how power loss and exhaust smoke can point to other faults.

Feijóo urges voters to oust Sánchez at November election

Alberto Núñez Feijóo called Óscar Puente’s resignation “teatrillo” and urged voters to make Pedro Sánchez resign at the 29 November election. The political row follows an Urda rail accident that killed 69 people and changes at Transport and Adif.

Milei misses Madrid summit opening and royal gala

Javier Milei arrived in Madrid at about 17:00 and met Vox leader Santiago Abascal. He skipped the Ibero-American summit's opening ceremony and the royal gala dinner; neither event appeared on his official agenda.

Adamuz rail repairs reveal fresh track deformation

Experts say two switches on the Adamuz line have reached intervention and alert thresholds despite being part of a renewal accepted about a month before the crash. They want ADIF-AV to provide missing quality records.

Pablo Iglesias says young man tried to take his phone

Pablo Iglesias says he was insulted and attacked near Galapagar railway station after he began filming a young man. The man ran off with his phone before Iglesias and a companion caught up with him; the Guardia Civil took him to its premises.

Metadata trail in Adif audio leak points to Moncloa office

El Debate reports that Guardia Civil investigators found a trace linked to the State Secretariat for Communication in audio metadata. The inquiry remains at a technical stage, and investigators have not been authorised to access phones or servers.

Pablo Iglesias says a young man stole his phone

Pablo Iglesias says a young man insulted him as he walked home, then took his mobile after he began filming. The former deputy prime minister said the Guardia Civil intervened; he has not disclosed where it happened.