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🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 9 November 20261. Storm Bruna brings heavy, persistent rain and strong windsSpain's weather agency expects the biggest totals in western and southern Galicia, the Central System, Extremadura and western Andalusia, with strong rain also forecast for the Toledo Mountains and the ranges of Cádiz and Málaga. Thunderstorms are likely on the Atlantic side and gusts will be very strong in places, while fog is expected in the east and the Ebro valley.2. Judge frees ten neo-Nazi Núcleo Nacional suspects but takes their passportsA court in Gijón released ten of the detained members of the far-right group, banned them from leaving Spain, withdrew their passports and ordered weekly court appearances. Investigators are looking at incitement to hatred and illicit association, and police also seized prohibited weapons such as brass knuckles and stun guns.3. Adif denies approving an executive bonus before its president resignedThe rail manager says reports of a bonus for its leadership were biased and incomplete, and explains its 2026–2030 financing agreements and variable-pay system after the Urda crash.4. Carlos Alcaraz wins the Paris MastersAlcaraz beat Ben Shelton 7-6, 7-5 for his first Paris title and a fifth consecutive Masters 1000 crown, a feat only Djokovic and Nadal had achieved before.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 8 November 20261. Spain maps more than 200 high-speed rail warning signsSpain's rail safety agency logged 207 accident precursors on the high-speed network between 2017 and 2024 — failures that did not become crashes: 103 track deformations, 78 signal overruns and 25 broken rails. In the last two years they neared 50 a year, mostly signal overruns, up from fewer than ten. On the Madrid–Seville line, eleven track deformations sit near Palma del Río and nine signal overruns sit near Madrid Atocha — a third of that line's warnings, on the corridor that has seen two deadly crashes in nine months.2. Urda crash investigators recommend a temporary proceed-on-sight ruleThe independent body investigating the 28 October Urda crash recommended in a 6 November report that, when the main safety system fails and trains switch to backup signalling, circulation should resume only under a temporary proceed-on-sight rule until protocols are reviewed. At Urda that system failed about twenty minutes earlier; an AVE later hit a stopped train and 69 people died. Investigators have asked the safety agency and the high-speed manager to rewrite control-centre rules and to check where every train already on the line is.3. Sánchez calls for mass mobilisation against a PP–Vox governmentIn Tarragona, Pedro Sánchez told supporters that mass turnout is the best answer to what he called a step backwards under a PP–Vox government, saying that if people vote in large numbers Feijóo and Abascal would be sent home. The 29 November election campaign resumes after a pause for the Urda crash.4. Police in Barcelona arrest a suspected repeat jihadist offenderSpanish National Police arrested a man in Barcelona accused of jihadist indoctrination on social media. He was convicted in 2018 of glorifying terrorism and indoctrination, then released under supervision in 2021. Officers say he broke those conditions: he had to stay electronically locatable, report every two weeks, and stay off online spaces that could radicalise him. Police searched his home on Tuesday, seized devices, and Spain's National Court ordered him held in prison as a national-security risk.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 7 November 20261. European prosecutors probe Madrid-Seville rail safety fundsThe European Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a second fraud investigation into EU money spent renewing signalling, safety and communications on Spain's Madrid–Seville high-speed line, after a computer failure knocked out speed control before the deadly Urda crash. Investigators visited Adif, the rail safety agency and the Court of Auditors; a €94 million contract to replace the old system should have finished early this year.2. Spain orders mills to withhold olive oil to halt price collapseWith a bumper harvest of about 1.6 million tonnes pushing farm-gate prices to around €3.30 a litre, below production cost, the government is forcing every mill to hold back 12% of monthly output — 188,000 tonnes — until the end of September 2027.3. Spain nominates Pablo Hernández de Cos for ECB presidentSpain has formally put forward the former Bank of Spain governor, now at the BIS, to succeed Christine Lagarde in February 2027. Surveys rank him the strongest technical candidate; his rival is Dutch central banker Klaas Knot. Eurozone finance ministers begin weighing the choice on 9 November.4. Judge refuses to investigate Zapatero over Saudi jewelsA judge has rejected opening an embezzlement probe into former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero over Saudi jewellery gifts and halted related tax inspections.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 6 November 20261. Police search Ábalos home in new Koldo corruption caseSpain's UCO anti-corruption unit has searched the home of former transport minister José Luis Ábalos and requested information from rail manager Adif, with six people detained, in a new secret piece of the Koldo case.2. Adamuz Alvia safety recorders appear lostSpain's Civil Guard says it is impossible to recover the automatic DEUTA safety recorders from the Alvia train wrecked in Adamuz in January, where 46 people died. The main black boxes were already read in March; these missing units leave a critical gap.3. Labour Ministry proposes a 5.3% minimum wage rise for 2027The draft would take Spain's minimum wage to €1,286 a month over 14 payments, about €65 more per paycheck and five euros above the expert panel's 4.9% advice. The decree is in public consultation before the cabinet.4. False bomb threats force emergency landings across EuropeAt least 27 passenger jets were diverted or searched after emails claimed explosives on board. Madrid-Barajas handled four flight alerts; specialists cleared them and no bombs were found. The European Commission opened an information-sharing channel.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 5 November 20261. Spain's rail infrastructure chief resigns after the Urda crashLuis Pedro Marco de la Peña, president of the rail infrastructure manager Adif, has resigned a day after transport minister Óscar Puente stepped down over the Urda high-speed crash that killed 69 people. He handed in his resignation to Carlos Cuerpo, the first deputy prime minister and economy minister, who has temporarily taken over the transport portfolio and says restoring trust in high-speed rail is now the priority.2. Constitutional Court treats Junqueras, Romeva and Turull as amnestiedSpain's Constitutional Court has unanimously closed the appeals of former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras and former ministers Jordi Turull and Raül Romeva, saying they have lost their purpose now that the Supreme Court has applied the amnesty law and declared their criminal liability for misuse of public funds extinguished.3. Experts recommend a 4.9% minimum wage rise for 2027A government expert panel recommends raising Spain's minimum wage by 4.9% in 2027, to €1,281 a month over 14 payments, about €60 more per payment. Unions wanted 7%, while employers oppose a new increase.4. Zelensky in Madrid during the Ibero-American summitUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky landed by surprise in Madrid during the 30th Ibero-American Summit and meets prime minister Pedro Sánchez at Moncloa today, ahead of US-Ukraine-Russia talks planned in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 4 November 20261. Transport minister Óscar Puente resigns after the Urda train crashSpain's transport minister, Óscar Puente, has resigned after the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo, which killed 69 people. He announced it at the end of more than four hours of questions in parliament, saying a minister cannot stay in office after two rail accidents this serious in less than a year, and calling it a matter of political dignity.2. Junior doctors' on-call shifts capped at 17 hoursA new royal decree ends 24-hour shifts for doctors in specialist training, capping each on-call shift at 17 hours, with minimum rest between shifts. Pay adds a training bonus that rises each year of residency, but the junior doctors' association says they will lose income and wants the reform scrapped.3. Rail unions protest and call an ADIF strike on 17 NovemberRail workers are demanding more safety after the Urda crash. Train drivers are preparing a strike at Renfe on 10 November, with partial stoppages on the 12th, and the works council of the rail infrastructure manager ADIF has agreed a strike for 17 November, with a rally outside parliament the day before.4. Cristina Fernández Cubas wins the 2026 Cervantes PrizeCatalan writer Cristina Fernández Cubas, a master of the short story and of fantastic fiction, has won the Cervantes Prize, the most important award in Spanish-language literature. The jury praised a body of work that has renewed the contemporary short story.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 3 November 20261. Police clear the Puerta del Sol housing campPolice have cleared the protest camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, where hundreds of people had been demanding the right to housing since 26 September. On Monday several groups had started moving out to neighbourhoods to prepare a general strike, but the movement had insisted the camp would stay.2. Urda rail crash: all 69 victims identifiedForensic teams have now identified all 69 people killed in the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo: 54 Spanish and 15 foreign nationals. 39 injured people remain in hospital, nine of them in intensive care in Castilla-La Mancha, while 81 have been discharged. The government is set to approve an urgent aid package for victims, and Transport Minister Óscar Puente appears before parliament and rules out resigning.3. A decree to cut processed and fried food in hospitals, care homes and nurseriesA new royal decree limits ready meals to three servings a month in hospitals and care homes, and just one for children, with fried food capped at two servings a week. Menus must include fresh fruit and vegetables every day, legumes weekly and fish twice a week. Centres will have twelve months to adapt.4. La Palma hit by an island-wide blackoutLa Palma, in the Canary Islands, lost power across the whole island for almost four hours after a stormy night, following a fault on a transmission line. It is the island's second total blackout in less than a year and a half, and the regional government says its grid has serious problems in generation, transport and distribution.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 2 November 20261. Urda rail crash: 66 of 69 victims identifiedForensic teams have identified 66 of the 69 people killed in the high-speed rail crash near Urda, in Toledo; the three still missing are foreign nationals, two from Australia and one from Japan. Renfe has ordered its drivers to slow to 40 km/h whenever the LZB safety system fails, and the government is preparing an aid decree for the victims for Tuesday.2. Prices jump with the Madrid–Andalusia high-speed line closedWith the line, used by almost six million people last year, still shut, travellers are turning to car sharing and flights. New car-share drivers on the route have multiplied by eight and bookings by ten, the average Madrid to Seville ride rose from 30 to 41 euros, and one airline capped Madrid to Andalusia fares at 99 euros.3. Barcelona's police operation against Blocus ends with no incidentsHundreds of officers sealed off central Barcelona to stop riots and looting called online by the group Blocus. The operation ended with no incidents, three arrests, 1,440 people identified and 127 fined, a week after similar calls ended in serious riots.4. Sculptor Miquel Navarro dies at 81The Valencian artist, born and based in Mislata, was known for turning the city itself into sculpture, with his landscapes of small pieces evoking urban skylines, and later for monumental public works across Spain.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 1 November 20261. The open questions after the Urda crashInvestigators are still trying to work out why the high-speed train that hit a stationary Iryo train near Urda, in Toledo, was cleared to move again at normal speed instead of "on sight" at a maximum of 40 km/h, and why the safety systems did not stop it. At least 69 people died; 56 victims have been identified. The Madrid to Andalusia line remains closed.2. A new EU fee on parcels from outside the UnionFrom 1 November, the EU charges a two-euro handling fee for every category of item in a parcel coming from outside the Union. It comes on top of the three-euro duty introduced in July on small parcels worth up to 150 euros, mostly aimed at cheap orders from platforms like Temu, Shein and AliExpress.3. Blocus founder jailed without bailA court in Valencia has sent two young men linked to the online movement Blocus to prison without bail, including the man police describe as its founder. They are investigated over calls on social media to riot and loot shops.4. ES-Alert warnings multiplied by tenSince the October 2024 floods in Valencia, Spain's ES-Alert emergency phone warnings have multiplied by ten. Fires and heavy rain are the most common reasons; in July alone, 159 alerts were sent.

🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 31 October 20261. The warning before the Urda crashSpain's rail accident investigators warned in May 2025 that poor communication between traffic control centres and train drivers was not a one-off but a "systemic" problem. Two days after the high-speed crash near Urda, in Toledo, where at least 69 people died, the probe is focusing on the orders the control room gave the drivers. Transport minister Óscar Puente says the people in the control centre "could see what was happening".2. Inflation stuck at 4.9%Inflation in Spain stayed at 4.9% in October, the highest level since February 2023. The average household electricity bill rose 7.2% to more than 92 euros because of high gas prices. The economy keeps growing: GDP rose 0.6% in the third quarter, 2.7% year on year.3. Mortgages still more expensiveThe Euribor closed October at 3.239%. For a typical 150,000-euro variable mortgage over 25 years, that means paying more than 85 euros a month more than a year ago, about 1,000 euros a year.4. Valencia floods: official toll rises to 234Two years after the October 2024 floods, the judge investigating the disaster has raised the official death toll in Valencia province to 234, while some ground floors and garages in the worst-hit area are still unusable.