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700 barras de pan, un centro de datos y 4.000 personas en un grupo de mensajería

La huelga general empieza en el mercado de abastos de Mercabarna tras semanas de preparación y unas últimas horas de llamadas, bocadillos y la constitución de los primeros piquetes

El Gobierno y sus socios relacionan la huelga del 11-N con avances sociales y la derecha ataca a los sindicatos

PP, Vox y Junts acusan a las centrales de estar al servicio de La Moncloa

Los sindicatos llaman a España a una huelga general por primera vez en 14 años

CC OO y UGT piden un seguimiento “masivo” del paro laboral, pero prevén que sea “asimétrico” en función del impacto de la crisis de la vivienda en cada territorio. Esperan una gran movilización por la tarde que sancione la pérdida de poder adquisitivo de los salarios

ESTA SEMANA

Broncano and Abascal, unsuccessful deconstruction

The leader of Vox was going to enter TVE with a chainsaw and flamethrower, and he did so from the opposition while they shouted “president, president” and waved at him. Things from the dictatorship

Pedro Sánchez announces extraordinary councils of ministers before 29-N with social measures: “There are issues that have been left pending”

The president predicts a turnout of more than 70% in the next elections, and talks about Zapatero: “I am convinced that the last thing he wants is to have those jewels”

Agreement between PSOE and PP to hold the electoral debates at the Television Academy

Private channels are left without duels due to the dispute between the two main parties on TVE

Heavy rains flood thousands of precarious tents in Gaza and worsen the humanitarian crisis

Five Palestinians, three of them minors, die in a landslide. Israel has been on a ceasefire for more than a year, blocking the reconstruction of the Strip

Eisenkot appeals for a “national emergency” government in the face of the “urgent need for new leadership” in Israel

The former chief of the General Staff receives the order from the president and asks for concessions from the rest of the parties because the country cannot “prolong the situation or enter into an endless round of elections”

Alberto Núñez Feijóo: “Making a government coalition with Vox does not depend on me”

The PP candidate, in an interview in EL PAÍS: “Sánchez is managing to deactivate the entire left and absorb it” | “Abascal has never spoken to me about vice presidencies or ministries” | He confirms that he will repeal the housing decrees and warns that, if the next attorney general makes a criminal proposal against Sánchez, he will not prevent him from doing so.

The president of Israel instructs opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a government

“The time has come to build a national emergency Executive,” says the former chief of the General Staff, who obtained 67 of the 120 possible supports, including those from the two Arab lists.

At least six dead and fifteen injured in an attack in Krakow's main square

The police have shot and arrested the attacker, a man of Polish nationality, about 24 years old. Authorities find three more bodies in his home

Yusef Yabarín, leader of Israel's main Arab list: “By supporting Eisenkot, we have chosen the least bad”

The leader sees it as a priority to collaborate with the Jewish opposition bloc to replace Netanyahu, despite ideological differences. The head of state will instruct the main opposition leader to form a government this Sunday

Pedro Sánchez calls for mobilization in his return to the pre-campaign: “If it was possible in Brazil and the US, in Spain too”

The Valencia rally, more contained than the previous ones and without dancing, begins with a minute of silence for the victims of Urda. The president claims “exemplarity” for Puente's resignation in an act that exceeds attendance expectations

Trump names the architect of his immigration policy, Stephen Miller, as the new White House chief of staff

The appointment of the until now domestic policy advisor points to a tougher turn of the Administration after the defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections

The European Prosecutor's Office investigates alleged fraud in high-speed works after the Urda accident

The UCO goes to Adif, the Court of Accounts and the State Railway Safety Agency to request documentation

Body assures that there is no “forecast” to close the Madrid-Barcelona line during the works

The minister, who has just assumed the duties of Transport, says that there is still room to take measures before the elections

A new wave of false bomb threats affects at least 27 planes in Europe

Three aircraft have had origin or destination in Madrid. Brussels asks the States for collaboration to clarify the incident, similar to that registered on Tuesday in seven other flights

The lives that stopped forever in Urda

After a week of identifications and certifications, these are the victims of the tragic train accident that shocked Spain

MÁS ANTIGUOS

The president of Adif presents his resignation to Corps after explaining the Urda event

Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña has attended the meeting with the new head of Transport after a financing framework of 20,000 million until 2030 for works and maintenance has been approved by the Adif council

Spain asks Brussels for help to carry out the investigation into the Urda accident

The European railway agency will provide technical support to Spanish researchers

A railway crisis and appeasing a construction sector against it, the challenges of Corps after the 'Puente era'

The vice president assumes command of Transport with the urgency of applying high-speed safety reforms and deciding on the leadership of Adif, but also with public works contracts in imbalance due to the Hormuz crisis

The 'midterms' 2026, live | The counting of votes begins to decide control of the United States Congress

Kentucky and Indiana are two of the first States to close some voting centers | The main problems reported on the day were related to technical issues or weather conditions | The key fight centers on control of Congress

The results of the 2026 midterms in the United States, live

Follow live the vote count in the House and Senate and the scrutiny by State

The United States explores the limits of its democracy

Millions of Americans vote to decide control of Congress in an election considered a plebiscite on Donald Trump's policies

Feijóo vindicates himself as manager after the Urda accident: “Spain cannot be resolved with frivolity nor with bravado”

The leader of the PP raises his tone and calls Puente's attitude "infamous", "cruel and "ruin". "I doubt they are good people", he assures about the Government

Maximum pressure for the dismissal of the president of Adif within hours of Puente's appearance in Congress

Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña endured after the Adamuz accident, in which an infrastructure failure in Madrid-Seville is being investigated, and is now facing the investigation for a possible protocol error at the Atocha control center

Sánchez announces specific aid and the advancement of compensation for the victims of the Urda accident

The measure will be approved by the Council of Ministers this Tuesday. The president affirms in the WIP forum that we must “regain confidence in high speed as soon as possible”

António Guterres: “A competition between the US and China to create AI weapons could have devastating consequences”

The veteran Portuguese politician and Secretary General of the United Nations, about to leave office, says of his replacement that he would be glad if it were a woman. “A world without rules would be a disaster,” he warns

It was not just a human failure: the weaknesses of the system evidenced by the Urda and Adamuz accidents

The data already known about the latest fatal accident allude to a deficit in the safety culture, which is beginning to change: Renfe adopts the first modifications and Puente announces new measures

What caused the accident? The step-by-step sequence of a chain of failures that the system did not stop

The available information points to more than just human error: nothing prevented them from being fatal.

Renfe will raise its safety conditions on the Madrid-Seville line to avoid new accidents

The operator will order its drivers “under no circumstances to exceed the speed of 40 kilometers per hour” when the LZB safety system fails.

The civil guard Salvador rescued Almudena from car 1 of the Iryo, the most affected by the accident: “There was only silence”

Two agents were the first to access the tail vehicle of the train that was hit in the serious crash. There they heard only the screams of a woman

A chain of technical failures brought down the LZB railway safety system in Urda

The incident file opened by Adif at 8:30 on Wednesday, 23 minutes before the incident, indicates voltage losses, dropped telephone communications and “intermittent loss of information.” Subsequently, the company was able to verify that communication with the drivers remained intact.

Óscar Puente rules out resigning: “My way of being responsible is to show my face”

The minister says that he would only leave his position if he saw that his continuity represented an obstacle to the progressive government project.

The Government is considering stopping traffic on the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line during remodeling works

After the two serious accidents in the renovated Madrid-Seville, the Minister of Transport points out that this option is being considered "for multiple reasons." The actions will begin in 2027 on the section between Madrid and Calatayud

The Atocha controllers ordered the wrong protocol to be followed before the collision between the AVE and the Iryo: “I was getting involved”

The supervisors chose LZB 4, which allows you to opt for maximum speed, while LZB 3 proceeded, which limits it so that you can brake when faced with an obstacle.

The first technical report of the accident estimates that the AVE was traveling at 160 to 200 kilometers per hour when it crashed in Urda

The Independent Authority (AITAT) specifies that the exact speed data will be known after analyzing the 'black boxes' of the train that hit the Iryo

Two lives crossed in the cabin: Antonio and Daniel, the thirty-something drivers of AVE 2080

One was a main driver and the other was still a trainee, but they were only five years apart. Both died in the collision with the Iryo stopped in Urda

The CEO of Iryo warned of the problems of the LZB system on its trains three weeks before the Urda accident

Fabrizio Favara warned in the Senate of the disconnections of the signaling system of the Madrid-Seville line and the problems in resuming the march

Last minute of the train accident in Toledo, live | At least 68 dead in the high-speed train crash in Urda

53 hospitalized in Castilla-La Mancha | Sánchez: “Two high-speed accidents in less than a year are not acceptable” | Feijóo: “Spain has the right to know the state of its infrastructure”

Unaffordable catastrophes

The second fatal collision of two high-speed trains in less than a year is a blow to citizens' confidence in the State

The audios of the accident|The Atocha driver, to the AVE driver: "Disconnect and reconnect. Resume normal operation"

The audios show the error of the person responsible for Atocha. The Iryo driver warned five minutes after the tragedy that she was stopped and could not start the train. And no one stopped the AVE

Elections in Israel 2026, live | Eisenkot commits to building a “Stable Zionist Government” with “all its forces”

The polls now give a slight advantage to Netanyahu's bloc, but none reaches a majority | The Arab parties, boosted by a participation of 77.7%, would be the key to the next Government

Netanyahu wins Israeli elections, but his coalition falls far short of the majority

According to exit polls, the Jewish opposition bloc obtains more seats than the Prime Minister's Government, but will need the Arab parties, which achieved a historic result

Netanyahu's detractors contain their enthusiasm: “He won, although it will be difficult for him to remain prime minister”

Israelis opposed to the Government celebrate the advance of the opposition, but are concerned that the Likud will be the first force

Vox imposes on the PP “independent” candidates for the Senate closely linked to the ultras: from the former press chief of Ortega-Smith to a ‘former counselor’ of Mazón

The ultras have given up presenting lists in 14 constituencies in favor of the Popular Party in exchange for introducing their candidates

Jaime de los Santos, Alberto Nadal and the hard core of Genoa accompany Feijóo on the PP list for Madrid

The popular leader also includes a counselor and three mayors of Ayuso

Keys to the agreement between the PP and Vox for the Senate lists: where does Abascal give in? In which provinces does Feijóo withdraw?

The pact affects the candidacies of 23 provinces to the Upper House

Lula, the epic of the world left

The president of Brazil, a former worker and trade unionist, persevering and pragmatic, prevents the return to power of the extreme right with the Bolsonaros

The best Real Madrid is born at the Camp Nou and knocks down Barcelona with a double from Mbappé

The French striker crowns Mourinho's excellent game plan against a Barça team that played in tow