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Dozens killed after two high-speed trains collide south of Madrid
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.
BBC World
Dozens of people have died and others have been injured after two high-speed trains collided south of the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described it as "unacceptable" that Spain had now suffered its second fatal rail crash in a year.
The collision is reported to be the country's worst rail disaster since 2013.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is reporting from the scene of the crash.
Further details about the victims, the cause of the collision and the condition of those injured have not yet been confirmed.