Laura Higuera of the Centro de Regulación de Atocha says recordings between controllers and train drivers should not have been released. Renfe and Iryo set up separate helplines for people affected by the Urda crash.
Juan Ignacio López Espinosa, 63, has not been located after the Urda rail accident. He was travelling in coach 7, seat 17D, on a work trip; his family is asking fellow passengers to share any information.
Vázquez was found after Curro Vázquez and Fran spent 24 hours searching near the Urda crash site. He had been travelling to Seville to assess bulls for matador Pablo Aguado.
Iryo chief Fabrizio Favara warned senators that LZB disconnections could stop trains and delay their restart. Twenty-three days later a failure preceded the Urda collision which left 69 dead and more than 200 injured.
Renfe has halted high-speed ticket sales between Madrid and Andalusia through 13 December as rail services remain suspended. Iberia is adding three flights on Thursday and coach firms say some have quintupled available seats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After parliament was dissolved and the draft Estatuto Marco lapsed, national medical unions suspended planned strikes. They redirected pressure towards political parties, keeping their demand for a separate statute and other demands, including an exclusive negotiating forum and voluntary 24-hour on-call shifts.
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.
Three Andalusian organisations will join a national tractor protest in Madrid on 28 October. About 500 tractors are due to set off at 11:00 as farmers demand relief from rising costs and fairer competition.
About 6,000 people took part in the XIV edition of ‘Tus Kilómetros Nos Dan Vida’ at Parque del Alamillo. All available race bibs were claimed within days, with proceeds going to childhood cancer research and care.
Doctors’ unions have called off the nationwide stoppage planned for Friday, but separate strikes remain scheduled in five autonomous communities. They are seeking changes to compulsory on-call shifts and more staff.
Doctors’ unions have dropped a planned nationwide stoppage but are continuing with strikes in five autonomous communities. The regions represent more than 32 million people, with further walkouts scheduled from 28 October.
Nerja’s breast cancer awareness march crossed the town and ended at the José Bobadilla Álvarez Pavilion with a solidarity paella. Its manifesto called for more research, stronger early detection and treatment and care tailored to patients.
Colomares Castle in Benalmádena was built between 1987 and 1994 by a doctor and two masons. Its tiny chapel and Columbus-inspired details make it an unusual monument to the 1492 voyage.
Andalusia’s High Court has upheld a 19-year prison term for a 78-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting and abusing his wife for more than 50 years. She reported him at 71 after fearing she would die following a beating.
Pedro Sánchez said the PSOE would reform Spain’s Constitution in the next legislature to protect abortion rights. At a packed Granada rally he also accused PP and Vox of driving a political and cultural rollback.
At a Granada campaign rally, Pedro Sánchez said he would seek constitutional protection for abortion rights if he remained in office. He also defended Spain’s euthanasia law and accused Alberto Núñez Feijóo of proposing cuts.
SEA-EU will take part in BlueZone Forum InnovAzul 2026 in Cádiz from 28 to 30 October. Its programme examines blue-economy training and cross-border innovation before a closing forum on putting ocean research to work in public policy.
Spain’s multidimensional quality-of-life index reached 101.74 points in 2025, its third straight annual rise. Navarra, La Rioja and País Vasco ranked highest; the lowest scores were recorded in Canarias, Andalucía and Galicia.
Anonymous school accounts known as curis have prompted police warnings in Spain. Posts that identify and humiliate pupils or teachers may lead to criminal offences or civil liability, depending on the case.
An Imperial College and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study estimates that heat killed 6,824 people in Spain this summer. Researchers attribute 5,227 deaths to climate change.
The Sociedad Fabiana Española has presented a new edition of Fernando de los Ríos’s ‘El sentido humanista del socialismo’ at the University of Granada’s Faculty of Law. The publication includes a preliminary study by José Antonio Montilla Martos.
The Andalusian Parliament approved a Vox motion with support from the PP, calling for national priority in housing and related aid. It also seeks the repatriation or deportation of some migrants and tax measures targeting non-EU buyers.
