Guy Hedgecoe
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Maricarmen: Eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortage (opens the original)
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The dramatic eviction of an 87-year-old woman from the home in Madrid where she lived for seven decades has drawn attention to the depth of Spain's housing crisis. The tenant of the flat in the Retiro area of central Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the investment firm that owns it. Maricarmen's father first rented the property in 1956 and she continued as the tenant after her parents died, during which time there was a cap on the rent. However, the company that bought the p
Spain battles climate change on several fronts (opens the original)
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In a small green meadow in the Gredos mountains, west of Madrid, a couple of dozen cows belonging to Juan Ángel Izquierdo and his family are grazing. The only noise is the gentle clang of the bells around the animals' necks. This would be an idyllic scene were it not for the blackened pine and oak trees all around, the legacy of a devastating recent wildfire. "It was immense, I've never seen anything like it," says Izquierdo, whose family have been farming here for 200 years. The fire, in late J
Spanish intelligence warned of Ceuta mass crossing plans before surge (opens the original)
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Spanish intelligence services warned of social media calls for a mass migrant crossing into Ceuta the day before tens of thousands of people entered the territory, newly released government documents show. The revelations emerged in documents declassified by the Spanish government amid accusations it failed to give the full story of the migrant influx. On 29 July, Spain's National Intelligence Service (CNI) told Moroccan and Ceuta authorities that social media groups were encouraging migrants to
Violence breaks out in Ceuta as migrant crisis continues (opens the original)
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A month after tens of thousands of migrants entered the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, there have been outbreaks of violence as tensions mount between locals and foreign arrivals. The Spanish government has been accused by opposition parties of struggling to manage the crisis effectively. Ceuta's residents have complained of feeling unsafe on the streets, as well as expressing concerns about the burden being placed on public services. At least 72,000 migrants crossed from Moro
Spanish government says sorry to people of Ceuta for migrant crisis (opens the original)
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The Spanish government has apologised to the people of Ceuta for the migrant crisis that has affected the city for weeks and it has unveiled plans to overhaul the country's immigration laws. "I want to apologise to all those who may have felt, or who even still feel, abandoned or not sufficiently cared for," Defence Minister Margarita Robles told a parliamentary committee. "I have witnessed first-hand your feelings of anxiety, of abandonment, of lack of safety." At least 72,000 migrants crossed
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