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- Spain train crash toll reaches 69 as investigators examine control centre
- Ukraine and Russia begin aid operation and evacuations in Oleshky
- Italy sees nationwide protests and general strike over living costs
- Patrick Stewart, star of stage and screen, dies at 86
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- RechercheInvestigators were examining communications between the train drivers and the Adif control room at Atocha, safety mechanisms, and organizational factors and procedures that may have worsened the situation.
- RechercheA humanitarian mission entered Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine’s Kherson region, on Friday during a localized ceasefire. The convoy included 25 buses, ambulances and supplies intended to deliver food and medicine and evacuate residents who wished to leave for Russia or Ukraine.
- RechercheOleshky, on the Dnipro River opposite Kherson, was seized by Russian troops during the opening days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The city suffered extensive damage and severe flooding after the Kakhovka dam was destroyed in 2023.
- RechercheThe USB trade union called a general strike, with truck drivers, taxi drivers and farmers among those joining the protests. Public-transport disruption remained limited on Friday morning.
- CNAStar Trek, X-Men star Patrick Stewart dead at 86 - CNA Lifestyle
- PBS NewsPatrick Stewart, star of stage and 'Star Trek,' dies at 86 | PBS News
- NPRPatrick Stewart, star of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' has died : NPR