The FAA halted departures across US airports after a communications problem affected air route traffic control centres. A report cited more than 3,000 aircraft in the air and thousands of disrupted flights.
Spain’s data protection agency will ask TikTok to account for its removal efforts before deciding whether to block specific links. Maldita.es reported more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos with over 48 million views. Prosecutors have opened an investigation.
Maldita.es documented 78 TikTok live streams involving minors in 13 countries and more than 1,900 sexually explicit or child-abuse-material comments. TikTok said only two of 40 streams reported during broadcasts breached its rules.
Spain’s Defence Ministry plans to sign 15 new armament programme contracts by 31 December. Nearly €1.5bn is due to be disbursed in 2026, supporting the country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence for a second consecutive year.
Maldita.es said it would take TikTok to Spain’s justice system after finding more than 1,000 explicit child-abuse videos with 48 million views. The organisation says TikTok removed only 10% of the material it reported.
Residents and environmental groups marched beside Madrid’s Manzanares on Saturday 7 November, seeking a halt to data-centre expansion. A cited study estimates a large facility could use 18.9 million litres of water a day; campaigners want a Europe-wide moratorium.
A discussion organised by Grupo Prisa and the Fundació Princesa de Girona examined how younger generations face an international order under strain. Speakers also warned that historical memory and public debate are weakening.
Spain has confirmed three cattle outbreaks of EHE serotype 7, its first detection in the country and the EU. Vaccines authorised against serotype 8 do not protect cattle against the newly detected variant.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an inquiry into suspected misuse of EU funds on the Madrid-Seville line. The UCO sought records from ADIF and AESF, as well as Spain’s Court of Auditors, after the Urda crash killed 69 people.
The European Union Agency for Railways will provide technical assistance requested by Spanish investigators after the Urda crash, but Spain will retain control of the inquiry. The accident killed 69 people.
Felipe VI and Pedro Sánchez closed the Ibero-American Business Meeting in Madrid, calling for closer economic ties between the EU and Latin America. Sánchez wants a regional alliance to tackle challenges such as artificial intelligence.
Spain could produce more than 100 TWh of biomethane a year, yet grid injections reached just 316 GWh in 2024. University of Valladolid researchers say supply-chain barriers remain central to the gap.
Manuel Muñiz warned that Europe relies on AI models developed in the United States and China. He also cautioned against dependence on open models at the final day of World In Progress in Barcelona.
João Neves opened the scoring after a corner, then errors playing out from the back gave PSG further openings. Fabián Ruiz scored twice in the 6-0 win, which left the club on 12 league-phase points.
Several people fell ill after eating frozen razor clams in Tarragona, prompting a European food-safety alert. Catalan authorities say suspected batches have been identified and withdrawn; tests found GI and GII norovirus.
A Huelva-backed study presented in Madrid proposes 20 measures for water security across Ibero-America. It cites 140 million people without safely managed drinking water and calls for stronger coordination between authorities.
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.
The European Commission has proposed expanding Frontex to 30,000 personnel, including a 17,000-member reserve for EU states. The plan also aims to speed up returns after shortcomings exposed during the Ceuta crisis.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo said he does not dance at rallies. Footage from a 2023 Madrid event organised by the Partido Popular Europeo shows him swaying as Henry Méndez performs ‘El tiburón’.
The revised draft gives data centre operators six months to meet renewable-energy requirements after signing a grid-access contract. The 80% clean-power target remains, with longer deadlines for strategic European AI projects.
The EU's first cardiovascular health plan targets a 25% reduction in premature deaths by 2035, but its final funding is uncertain. Spain also has a 2022 strategy whose new measures are difficult to launch without fresh national budgets.
Prague plans to turn former railway and industrial land into new neighbourhoods. The Bubny-Zátory and Žižkov projects together envisage about 21,000 homes, while construction on the first site is not expected to finish until around 2050.
Spain will move to winter time overnight from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 25 October. At 03:00 clocks go back to 02:00, giving people an extra hour in bed. An EU plan to end the seasonal change has not taken effect.
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.
Climate change accounted for an estimated 5,227 of 6,824 heat deaths in 90 Spanish cities this summer. Barcelona had Europe’s second-highest toll of additional deaths, while Madrid recorded the highest attributable share.
Sleep specialists favour keeping winter time, when morning light is more useful to the body. They recommend shifting daily routines by 15 minutes before the clock change and say seasonal switches should end.
The Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge has performed Europe’s first robotic living-donor kidney transplant through one seven-centimetre incision. The patient has been discharged and two more procedures have followed.
The Constitutional Court’s majority is expected to dismiss the Defensor del Pueblo’s appeal as premature. The Supreme Court has given affected voters until October 23 to join the case and submit arguments.
Researchers from the University of Granada and ibs.GRANADA link higher prenatal exposure to a mixture of plastic-related chemicals with lower IQ scores at age three. The reported difference averages three points per unit increase in the mixture.
About 1,500 French businesses were affected during a weekend of unrest, with damage estimated in the hundreds of millions of euros. European markets opened lower as France’s divided Parliament debated the 2027 budget.
Protests over living costs spread across Europe this weekend. In France, unrest damaged public buildings as food prices across the EU climbed 34% from August 2021 to August 2026.
Spain needs a stronger system to collect and recycle PVC windows as older installations reach the end of their service life. Asoven will make that case at Veteco in November.
The Ibex fell 2.74% in September, but 28% of European fund managers still favour an overweight position in Spanish shares, the highest reading since May 2018. Santander leads the stock picks, with Indra in second place.
Trial data showed longer overall survival and progression-free survival. EU authorisation still depends on a decision by the European Commission.
Ángel Gabilondo has asked Spain’s Constitutional Court for urgent measures after the Supreme Court kept some overseas registrations suspended. The dispute affects 163,020 people ahead of the November 29 elections.
