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Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster
Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.
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The tragedy turns the campaign's script upside down
The government is in 'shock' over an accident that is placed in the worst possible political scenario in the electoral arena; Sánchez is currently in trust in Puente. Feijóo adopts an institutional tone with a PP very against it, while the Broad Front calls for political responsibilities and Vox points to Sánchez
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Spain: PM Sanchez gives speech on train collision
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed the nation from the site of the train collision in Toledo province, expressing his full solidarity with the victims, their families and all those injured in the tragedy. Earlier, Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a computer malfunction had disrupted the railway’s safety system. He said the RENFE train had been instructed to resume its journey despite an active stop signal, before crashing into the stationary IRYO train. The collision on Wednesday killed at least 64 people and injured 58 others. Rescue teams continue to search the wreckage for s
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Bridge calls the control centre "inexplicable" to allow the AVE to resume the march normally when the Iryo was still standing.
A driver not involved in the accident warned that the trains could not return to normal after the safety failure
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Óscar Puente, Minister of Transport, calls the railway accident in Toledo "unlikely"
The Spanish Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, stated on October 28 that the fatal railway accident occurred after a high-speed train from Renfe received permission to resume the march despite a red signal indicating that it should stop, due to the presence of another convoy immobilized on the tracks. According to the minister, this decision is in violation of the security protocol.
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The time of the bridge of the Pilar: stable but with chubascos at the south end, Ceuta and Canaries
The temperatures will remain fresh for the time on the weekend, but next week they will rise and the atmosphere will be warm, especially in the northern half
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Bridge recognizes that the government "does not have the tools" to solve the housing problem: "That is why elections have been called"
The minister claims that his surveys foresee that the PSOE "will be the first force" the 29-N
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The PP starts the campaign with a video in which he mocks an injury of Oscar Puente: "Fear you had a sprain"
People respond to the Minister of Transport, who criticized Feijóo's appearance following the announcement of the electoral advance
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'El Niño ', a well-known Alunicero in Madrid, is abandoned in the Hospital of Móstoles with five shots
National Police investigate the event and its possible connection to a shooting that occurred an hour earlier in Puente de Vallecas