Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Weather ballon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late summer heatwave A Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented...
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Tenerife wildfire ‘started deliberately’ as blazes in Greece force evacuations
Canary Islands regional president opens inquiry into fire, while people flee from four Greek villages An out-of-control wildfire on Tenerife that has forced thousands to...
‘A win will change everything’… World Cup victory for Spain would kick out sexism, say fans
If La Roja beat England, Spain’s apathetic media would finally have to take notice Slicing sourdough on the stainless-steel counter of a London tapas restaurant,...
Vote for Spanish Congress speaker boosts Sánchez’s premiership hopes
PSOE candidate, Francina Armengol, elected as speaker after winning support of smaller Basque and Catalan nationalist parties Pedro Sánchez’s hopes of securing another term as...
Weather tracker: floods, storms and wildfires in Europe
North of continent records unusually wet and windy summer conditions while Portugal and Spain battle flames Floods struck northern and central Europe last week. Some...
Spain stalemate drags on as Pedro Sánchez’s socialist party loses crucial seat
Votes from overseas means left and right blocs now neck and neck in race for power Spain’s socialist party has suffered a setback in its...
UK rapper turned Islamic State fighter dies in Spanish jail
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary had been on trial in Madrid and was awaiting the verdict A man from London who was stripped of his British nationality...
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean gripped by wildfires as blazes spread in Croatia and Portugal
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe Wildfires were burning in at least...
‘It’s brutal’: Europeans tell of sleepless nights and dizzy spells in heatwave
People in Italy, Spain and Greece describe their day-to-day struggles in soaring temperatures With sea temperatures in the high 20s, open-water swimmer Grabiela Rojas feels...
How Spain’s conservatives joined forces with far-right Vox
Some in Extremadura region see local outcome as latest example of People’s party putting pragmatism over principles Towards the end of last month, María Guardiola,...
