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Spanish NGO halts Mediterranean rescue operations, citing fuel prices
SMH says it can no longer afford search-and-rescue work in one of the world's most dangerous migration routes.
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Spanish royals make sensitive official visit to sensitive Ceuta enclave
Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags filled Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia made a diplomatically sensitive visit to the city following July's migrant influx from Morocco. Their trip is the first royal visit since 2007, when a diplomatic crisis erupted with neighbouring Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain's other North African territory of Melilla.
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King Felipe VI says Ceuta is ‘inalienable’ part of Spain in landmark visit
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with the monarch reaffirming Spain’s sovereignty over the North African enclaves claimed by Morocco. The landmark visit comes amid strained relations with Rabat and the aftermath of a mass migrant influx that saw makeshift camps cleared ahead of the royals’ arrival.
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Spanish royals visit crisis-hit Ceuta amid diplomatic tensions
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta for the first time since 2007, amid tensions with Morocco following July’s migration crisis, when more than 70,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave. Most returned to Morocco, but thousands remained, and dozens died. Morocco claims sovereignty over Ceuta, making the royal visit diplomatically sensitive. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris has more from Madrid.
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'Validation & relief' for Forrest after huge Spanish Open win
Grant Forrest on dealing with last hole nerves in Madrid and the euphoria of the biggest win of his career.
Entertainment
Where Is Spanish Production Heading at Mipcom 2026?
Audiovisual from Spain, ICEX Spain Trade & Investment’s umbrella brand, will bring some 50 companies and institutions to Mipcom this year, showcasing the breadth of the country’s film, TV, animation and production industries. Taken together, the companies heading to Cannes highlight where much of the Spanish business is moving: toward multiplatform IP, remake-ready formats, producers […]
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Ceuta migrants allege beatings as camps cleared ahead of royal visit
People in Ceuta allege they were mistreated by Spanish soldiers after authorities cleared migrant camps.
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Spanish PM begins vote campaign overshadowed by housing protests
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez aimed to pull off another unlikely comeback as he began campaigning on Saturday for a snap vote dominated by housing protests that have shaken the country. Our correspondent Sarah Morris tells us more.
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Spanish PM Sanchez kicks off election campaign amid housing crisis protests
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched his campaign for a snap November election on Saturday. The vote comes as a deepening housing crisis is driving protests and putting pressure on his left-wing coalition.
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Madrid mourns evicted retiree, 'icon' of Spain housing protests
Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections. The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday produced tears and anger in the Spanish capital's emblematic Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the movement where hundreds are camping in protest.
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Tens of thousands march in Madrid to mourn pensioner whose eviction sparked housing protests
Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid Thursday to mark the death of 87-year-old retiree Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September sparked a wave of housing protests that prompted the government to call early elections.
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Protests, debate follow death of Maricarmen, 87, Spain protest symbol
Thousands of protesters honour Maricarmen Abascal's life, while tributes in Spanish parliament spark debate.
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Protesters blame 'vulture funds' for Spain's housing crisis
Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.
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Evicted pensioner Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis, dies at 87
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 8: Maricarmen, the evicted Spanish pensioner who became the face of Spain's housing crisis, dies in hospital. Also, France braces for "Act Four" of high school student protests against dilapidated schools and poor staff presence. Finally, actress Zendaya sparks a row over etiquette at Paris Fashion Week.
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Anger mounts in Spain as woman whose eviction ignited housing protests dies
Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests that led to an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants' union said on Wednesday, as thousands demonstrated over her death. France 24's correspondent in Madrid Sarah Morris has the details.
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Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.
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Evicted Spanish pensioner who sparked housing protests has died, Madrid tenant union says
Maricarmen Abascal, the octogenarian woman whose eviction set off housing protests across Spain, has died, a tenants' union in Madrid has said. Unions are now calling for a nationwide general strike on November 11.
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Maricarmen dies at 87 after eviction sparked Spain housing protests
Maricarmen became the symbol of Spain's housing crisis after she was evicted on a stretcher in Madrid.
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Priceless book designed by Dali stolen in France
A book designed by Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali was stolen from an art museum in central France, prosecutors said on Monday. The "Book of the Apocalypse", featuring a cover made of bronze, was taken from the contemporary art centre in the town of Issoire, the prosecutor's office in the city of Clermont-Ferrand said, describing the piece as "highly valuable".
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Spanish PM Sánchez calls early election after housing protests
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.