Spain’s deadly train crash redraws electoral battle lines
The tragedy has upended the November 29 election campaign, shifting attention from housing to security.
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The tragedy has upended the November 29 election campaign, shifting attention from housing to security.
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In this edition of Perspective, we focus on the tragic train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday. We're joined by Nicholas Kingsley, executive editor of Railway Gazette International.
Wednesday's deadly train crash has dealt a serious blow to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s campaign. The accident in Toledo province killed 69 people and came just nine months after another deadly crash on the same line, leading to accusations from experts and the public of underinvestment in railway infrastructure under Sanchez's government after years of rapid network expansion.
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People have been killed after a Spanish high-speed train collided with another train south of the capital Madrid, making this the country's worst disaster since 2013.
More than 500 passengers were on board the trains when the crash occurred in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid.
At least 30 people have been killed after two high-speed trains collided near Urda, Spain.
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Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Jordanian strikes in southern Syria in retaliation for a deadly church attack in the kingdom last week that Amman linked to militants operating across the border. Syria said the strikes killed seven people, including three children and a woman. Jordan said it regretted the civilian casualties.
The attack on a village in Syria killed five people, including women and children, Syrian health officials said.
Jordanian authorities have arrested three relatives over a church attack in Karak that killed eight people.
Three men have been arrested in Jordan in connection with an attack on a Greek Orthodox church last week. The arrests took place following a dawn shootout with security forces during which the suspects were wounded.
Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.
Jordanians mourn victims of deadly church attack
Jordan's prime minister represents king at funeral for eight of the church attack victims as hunt for gunmen continues.
He will be observed to evaluate whether his "psychiatric health is compatible with pursuing his interrogation", authorities said.
Authorities are investigating the rare attack on a Christian church; the assailants remain unidentified and at large.