leaked-audio / rail-safety / spain / toledo / train-crash / world
Leaked audio recordings published by Spanish media indicate a train was given clearance to depart even though another train had stalled on the same track outside Toledo, according to a BBC analysis of the material. Spanish officials are investigating the collision, in which a Madrid to Seville service ran into a stationary train.
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air-defence / eritrea / ethiopia / military / russia / su-35 / tigray / world
Ethiopia has taken delivery of 12 Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announcing plans for four S-400 air defence systems as fighting intensifies in the northern Tigray region.
iryo / pedro-sanchez / rail-safety / renfe / spain / train-crash / urda / world
Audio recordings published in Spanish media appear to show a control centre instructed a Renfe high-speed train to continue at normal speed even after a stationary Iryo train had stalled on the track ahead, before a collision near Urda that killed 69 people.
dnipro / drone-attack / infrastructure / russia / ukraine / war / world
A Russian jet-powered drone struck a crowded platform at the main railway station in Dnipro, central Ukraine, killing at least 14 people and injuring many others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack and called for increased international sanctions against Russia.
cappadocia / g-reme / rock-collapse / turkey / world
A rock formation known as a 'fairy chimney' collapsed outside an open-air museum in Cappadocia, Turkey, resulting in two fatalities and five injuries.
africa / conflict / dr-congo / m23 / rwanda / us-sanctions / washington-accords / world
The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwanda's defence ministry and a bank linked to its security services, accusing Kigali of directing troops and financing to the M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo despite a US-brokered peace deal.
el-salvador / gang-violence / haiti / nayib-bukele / united-nations / world
El Salvador has sent over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to recover four of its nationals who disappeared in an ambush nearly two weeks ago, with President Nayib Bukele saying the troops will also support anti-gang security efforts.
elon-musk / rassvet / russia / space / spacex / starlink / vladimir-putin / world
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Elon Musk as a "real genius" and said the two are in close contact about satellite technology, as he promoted Russia's Rassvet satellite internet project at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.
animal-attacks / brandenburg / germany / wildlife-park / wolf-attack / world
An eight-year-old girl suffered serious head injuries after being attacked by at least one wolf inside an enclosure at the Johannismühle wildlife park in Brandenburg, Germany. Police have launched an investigation and the park has closed temporarily.
bahamas / caribbean / commonwealth / king-charles-iii / royal-tour / slavery-reparations / world
King Charles III joined a street parade in the Bahamas capital and later acknowledged the 'great suffering of the past' during a speech honouring local youth, as calls for slavery reparations continue across the Caribbean.
madrid / rail-disaster / spain / train-crash / world
Dozens of people have died and others have been injured in a collision between two high-speed trains south of Madrid, in what is reported to be Spain's worst rail disaster since 2013 and the country's second fatal rail crash in a year.
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