By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
After two high-speed trains collided near Urda, in Castile-La Mancha, killing at least 64 people, Spanish footballer Marcos Llorente criticised Transport Minister Oscar Puente for prioritising social media. His message called on him to focus on transport safety and ministerial responsibility, Seneweb reports.
The collision of two high-speed trains near Urda, south of Madrid, has killed at least 64 people and injured 80, several dozen of them seriously, according to the BBC and P.M. News. The trains were carrying 544 passengers and the cause remains unknown, reports Le Monde. TimesLIVE adds that a signalling problem may have preceded the crash and recalls that a similar collision killed 46 people nine months earlier.
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A collision between two high-speed trains at Urda, in Spain’s province of Toledo, has killed at least ten people, according to authorities cited by AFP and IOL. Maghreb Emergent, however, reports 46 dead and nearly 180 injured, saying a Renfe train hit a stationary Iryo train. Services on the Madrid-Andalusia route have been suspended and an investigation has been opened.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: L’essentiel ·
The collision of two trains on the line linking Madrid and Andalusia has killed at least 68 people, according to Le Monde, compared with 64 according to Vanguard, which also reports more than 100 injuries. The Spanish government has declared three days of national mourning. The Renfe train was carrying 397 passengers and the Iryo train 147, according to the spokesperson for the regional government of Castile-La Mancha.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Le Monde ·
No Moroccan nationals were among the victims of the collision between two high-speed trains in the Urda area, in Spain's province of Toledo, according to Yabiladi and TelQuel, which relayed an announcement by Morocco's Consulate General in Madrid. TelQuel specified that this toll was valid at 3pm local time on Wednesday.
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Argentine opposition accuses Milei of helping Flávio Bolsonaro fleeArgentina's opposition accuses President Javier Milei of facilitating the departure to the United States of Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate. It is asking the Argentine government to explain its possible role in this flight, according to Le Monde.
Dakar 2026: Senegal mobilises 600 health workers and 30 ambulancesSenegal’s Ministry of Health will mobilise 600 workers, 30 ambulances and CFA francs 1.5 billion worth of medical equipment for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. The arrangements notably include monitoring transmissible diseases at Blaise Diagne Airport, Minister Ibrahima Sy announced during a tour on 27 October.The week in Africa
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