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- Deadly train crash in Spain kills at least 68
- Israel election leaves no clear path to a government
- Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami after Brazil election defeat
- Dolores Huerta, US labor and civil rights leader, dies aged 96
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- RechercheTrain travel in Spain grew by 40% from 2019 to 2024, and 25 million passengers used high-speed trains in Spain in the first half of 2026.
- RechercheThe Renfe train hit the stationary Iryo train on the line between Madrid and Seville, near Toledo; the trains carried about 540 people, local officials said.
- BBC NewsSpanish rail crash: Bloodied, dazed and angry - how passengers' rail journey turned to disaster
- RechercheArab-led parties were on course to win 19 seats, potentially making them kingmakers, but all but one of the Jewish parties had pledged not to work with them.
- RechercheA jet carrying Flávio Bolsonaro landed at Miami-Opa Locka executive airport after travelling from Guayaquil, Ecuador; Bolsonaro and his family left under police escort.
- RechercheBrazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports before he left Brazil, in connection with a money-laundering investigation. He has not been charged and denies the allegations.
- RechercheThrough her foundation, Huerta continued activism addressing immigration and voting issues.