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Ten arrested after drug traffickers open fire on Guardia Civil patrol boat off Huelva coast

News Desk23rd August 202626th August 2026

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Ten suspected members of a drug trafficking organisation have been arrested following an armed attack on a Guardia Civil patrol boat during a high-speed pursuit...

Fresh earthquakes shake Granada, injuring three and forcing Alhambra evacuation

News Desk18th August 202624th August 2026

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Three people have been injured and buildings damaged after a new magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the province of Granada (Andalusia) on Tuesday morning, followed by...

Three family members including child killed in Isla Cristina shooting

News Desk17th August 202624th August 2026

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Three members of the same family, including a child, have been killed after two masked gunmen opened fire in the Huelva (Andalusia) coastal town of...

Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Granada and is strongly felt across Malaga province

News Desk15th August 202617th August 2026

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A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the Granada province in Andalusia in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing damage to buildings and vehicles and sending...

Hundreds evacuated as fierce Huelva wildfire continues to defy firefighters

News Desk10th August 202617th August 2026

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Firefighters in southern Spain are continuing to battle a major wildfire in the province of Huelva that remains beyond containment, with strong winds, rugged terrain...

Three-year ban on new licences for tourist flats comes into force in Malaga

News Desk27th July 20263rd August 2026

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Spain’s southern city of Malaga (Andalusia) has become the latest destination to tighten controls on tourist accommodation, with a three-year suspension on new licences for...

Sánchez celebrates fall of ‘last wall in continental Europe’ as Gibraltar frontier opens

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the removal of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar as the closing of ‘an open wound’, describing the...

Seven Britons among 13 wildfire victims as British Ambassador meets survivors in Almeria

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

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Twelve of the 13 people killed in the devastating wildfire that swept through Spain’s southeastern province of Almeria (Andalusia) were foreign nationals, authorities confirmed on...

Gibraltar enters new era as landmark treaty removes historic border barrier

News Desk14th July 202615th July 2026

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Thousands of people who cross daily between Spain and Gibraltar are set to experience a dramatic change from Wednesday as the long-contested frontier enters a...

Sánchez praises firefighters and calls for climate action as identification of wildfire victims begins

News Desk13th July 202620th July 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the scene of one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires in recent history on Monday, calling for a national commitment to...

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