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AFP correspondent based in Madrid. Portuguese-Canadian who has lived in Lisbon, Riga, Amsterdam, Toronto.

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More than 80 million tourists visited Spain in the first nine months of 2026, a 5 percent increase over the same period last year. Spain is well on track to surpass 100 million visitors by the end of the year. That would be *25 million more tourists* than in 2016.
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⚽ 📺 🇨🇳 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not broadcast a Real Madrid La Liga match on Sunday after star forward Kylian Mbappe caused a furore in China with remarks he made about former leader Mao Zedong ➡️ u.afp.com/Syso
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Distraught relatives of the 69 victims of Spain's second high-speed train collision this year endured growing anguish on Friday as the authorities worked to identify the bodies u.afp.com/SydR
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🇪🇸 People in Toledo reflect on 'inexplicable' Spanish train crash People in Toledo reflect the day after a high-speed rail collision that happened nearby in the central province of Castilla-La Mancha, claiming the lives of 69 people.
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🇪🇸 Minute of silence held in front of Madrid Assembly for victims of Spanish train crash Officials including regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso take part in a minute of silence in front of the Madrid Assembly for the victims of a high-speed rail collision in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha.
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Trump's tariffs on Canada -- and Ottawa's retaliation -- have taken center stage in timber-producing Maine, walloped by the economic fallout perhaps more than any other state u.afp.com/SyJ6
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🇨🇦 'This is not defeat': Alberta separatists react after losing independence Separatists insist "this is not defeat" as Canada's province of Alberta rejects a plan to hold a binding independence referendum.
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🇪🇸 Residents in eastern Spain clean up after flooding Their cars piled up and mud-coated furniture left outside homes, residents of Els Poblets, near Alicante in eastern Spain, assess the damage left by flooding triggered by heavy rain.
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🇪🇸 Across Spain, soaring rents and a shortage of affordable homes are forcing people to delay starting families, putting pressure on households with children and leaving young people struggling to set up home. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCWy
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🇪🇸 Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags filled Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia made a diplomatically sensitive visit to the North African enclave following July's migrant influx from Morocco ➡️ u.afp.com/SCMf
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🇫🇷 EXPLAINED: Why are French high school students protesting? A wave of protests has swept across high schools in France, with students blocking entry to their institutions and facing off against riot police. Rights groups have condemned what they call heavy-handed police tactics after some students have been seriously injured. But why are the students protesting? And how is the government responding?
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🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said he will call an early election on 29 November, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. The defeat in parliament on 2 October was another political setback for the Socialist premier, one of the few European prime ministers from the political left still in power. 📷 Jaime Reina
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#Brasil 🇧🇷: Lula 🔴 se impone con claridad entre los brasileños en 🇪🇸 España Barcelona 🔴 Lula: 73,2% 🔵 Bolsonaro: 19,7% Madrid 🔴 Lula: 54,5% 🔵 Bolsonaro: 35,7% 👇 electomania.es
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Two people have died and one is missing near Barcelona due to torrential rains in the northeastern Spanish province, authorities said on Sunday, warning that the extreme weather was moving north to the neighbouring province of Girona. u.afp.com/S9DV
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Fresh protests over housing are due to take place in Madrid and other Spanish cities on Saturday, a day after parliament rejected two government measures to strengthen protection for tenants. It was another political setback for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and questions whether his government can survive until the next scheduled general election in 2027. u.afp.com/S9Rd
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Madrid residents wave keys and bang on saucepans as they call on the government to tackle Spain's housing crisis. Protests swept across the country following the eviction last week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, which had been bought by a property company looking to increase the rent by almost 300% u.afp.com/S9LG
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🇲🇦 Morocco names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri first woman prime minister The king of Morocco names Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri the country's first woman prime minister after her party won last week's parliamentary elections.
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🇪🇸 Madrid protest camp grows after eviction outrage A protest camp in Madrid grows to include dozens of tents after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home triggered outrage over gaps in tenant protections.
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🇪🇸 Protests in Madrid after 87-year-old pensioner evicted Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Spain's capital to protest against the eviction of an 87-year-old pensioner from her lifelong home, in one of the harshest expressions of the country's chronic housing crisis #geneu_AFP
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They’ve been wearing loafers for eternity. That’s all the guys at my firm wear.
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