teams search wreckage for survivors after train crash in Spain A canine unit and cranes have been deployed to aid search and rescue efforts following the deadly crash. Rescue teams search wreckage for survivors after train crash in Spain Investigators work amongst debris and damaged carriages of a train crash between two high-speed units, a Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train about 150 km south of Madrid between Urda and Los Yebenes in the province of Toledo, a day after the accident , and Emergency workers and rescue teams with sniffer dogs continued to look for victims on Thursday morning, a day after the collision in Toledo province, central Spain.

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Cranes were in place to help shift the carriages as police and soldiers helped to pick through the wreckage strewn down the gravel slope where at least three train carriages were derailed by the impact. Esther Padilla, a spokeswoman for the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha, told TVE that teams were working “very carefully, because we still cannot say with certainty that there are no more victims trapped in the twisted wreckage”. “A canine unit was deployed yesterday. They will go back in today to make sure that nobody else remains there,” she added. She said 53 people remained in hospital, with 15 in critical care. Three days of mourning have been declared for those killed in the accident. Wednesday’s crash followed a similar fatal accident earlier this year involving the same rail companies on the same line. In January, 46 people died when a train jumped the track and slammed into the side of another going in the opposite way in southern Spain.

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Donald Trump’s $10bn (£7.5bn) defamation lawsuit against the BBC could be dismissed unless he turns over documents requested by the broadcaster, a US court has warned.

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Bonfire Night policing will be 'largest operation since Trump visit'. Bonfire Night, in the face of a "unique" combination of safety concerns.

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As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around 5 November to deal with fireworks-related disorder, a European football match involving Celtic and potential protests in Glasgow. Additional public order vehicles and drivers are being brought in from 18 English and Welsh police forces under mutual aid arrangements. Police Scotland says the plan, titled Operation Amberlight, is intended to ensure the safety of the public and emergency services. The force has already vowed that anyone caught up in disorder around Halloween and Bonfire Night will face "very real consequences ". This will be enforced through Fireworks Control Zones (FCZs), which ban the use of pyrotechnics in certain areas of Edinburgh and Glasgow from 30 October. In recent years, emergency crews have been pelted with petrol bombs and missiles – though police said there were fewer instances of this last year. Police tackle Bonfire Night disorder in 2025 The deployment will beef up Operation Moonbeam, the annual police response to fireworks-linked criminality which is now in its ninth year. Moonbeam involves local police divisions receiving additional specialist support in case trouble breaks out on their patch. This year's Bonfire Night will see police coping with two further challenges – both in Scotland's biggest city. Celtic will take on Turkish side Beskitas in a Uefa Europa League match at Celtic Park.

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A senior US Air Force officer was flown out of the UK before he could be questioned over allegations that he possessed child sexual abuse images, it has emerged.

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UK and EU officials to discuss freedom of movement , Political correspondent and Jennifer McKiernan , Political reporter Officials on both sides are expected to begin discussions about a range of options, including free movement, before the EU summit on 20 November. However, Downing Street has insisted the government's current focus is on achieving new deals in areas such as food and youth mobility at the summit.

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Reynolds said no "assumptions" had been made about what the UK's future relationship with Brussels could look like. Andy Burnham has said he wants an "honest discussion" about the prospect of returning to free movement between the. UK and EU and on Monday left the door open to a potential referendum on the issue. However, he has been clear any major changes to the UK-EU relationship would require a mandate at a general election, which is due by 2029. The prime minister has vowed to stick by the red lines in Labour's 2024 manifesto, with no return to freedom of movement, the EU single market or customs union, for the duration of this parliamentary session, which will end by 2029. Freedom of movement, which allows EU citizens to travel, live, study and work in any member country, is a precondition of membership of the EU's single market. The single market enables goods, services and people to move freely between member states, with countries also applying many common rules and standards. No 10 appears to backtrack on PM's freedom of movement referendum suggestion He said: "What the prime minister has also said, quite rightly, is we face a series of policy changes on the European side that will affect us.

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What is the Budget and what could be in it? He has refused to rule out tax increases after acknowledging government borrowing costs are at "historic highs".

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But the government's room for manoeuvre on tax is limited. Before the 2024 general election, Labour promised not to increase three big revenue earners for the government: income tax, National Insurance and VAT. What is the Budget? In his statement, delivered to MPs in the House of Commons, Healey will set out how the government plans to raise or lower taxes. Alongside the Budget, the Treasury will publish details about the measures and their costs. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which monitors government spending, will also publish an assessment of the health of the UK economy and a forecast of what it thinks will happen in the future. What might be in the Budget? The run-up to the Budget typically generates speculation about what might be in it, which the government is trying to keep to a minimum this year. Healey and Prime Minister Andy Burnham face a difficult balancing act, trying to offer more support to households and meet commitments on defence spending, while also sticking to Labour's manifesto commitments on tax and the government's self-imposed fiscal rules. The previous chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out two main rules, which the new leadership has vowed to follow. These are: Not to borrow to fund day-to-day public spending by the end of this parliament To get government debt falling as a share of national income by the end of this parliament In March, the OBR calculated that the first rule would be met with a gap – or headroom – of £23.6bn.

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Police warned the public not to approach an escaped prisoner who has been on the run from a medical facility for two days.

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Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax and analysis correspondent That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing. Economists think the buffer might have halved in the last six months from around £24bn to as low as £11bn, in part because of rising interest rates the government has been paying to borrow money from private investors.

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The Chancellor, John Healey, might need to raise money to restore it, which would show the government's plan to reduce borrowing by the end of this Parliament is still on track. At the same time, he is under pressure to find money to help people with the rising cost of living and to fund spending on defence. However, Labour's 2024 election manifesto pledged not to raise the rates of income tax, VAT or National Insurance. Increasing taxes on capital gains or extending the mansion tax had been raised as possible options but have since been ruled out by government sources. BBC Verify has looked at what other options could be on the table for the chancellor to raise some more money on Wednesday. 1. Increase taxes on banks Banks in the UK have seen profits rise in recent years because they have been able to charge people higher interest rates when borrowing money. And there is widespread belief among bank bosses that the chancellor is preparing to raise taxes on banks in this week's Budget. Think tank Tax Policy Associates estimates that increasing the surcharge that banks pay on corporation tax from 3% to 5.5% could potentially raise an additional £1bn to £2bn a year for the Treasury.

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Gunmen kill at least 10 villagers and loot shops in northeast Nigeria , West Africa Producer and Patrick Jackson There are fears the actual death toll is much higher, with eyewitnesses speaking of 20 lives lost and a non-governmental organisation suggesting a toll of as many as 50. The gunmen reportedly swooped on the village of Binnari in the Karim Lamido area mounted on motorcycles just after midday Muslim prayers on Friday in a rampage that went on for up to four hours.

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Police say they are searching for other casualties in the bush but the authorities were accused by Amnesty International of failing to protect rural communities. Nigeria continues to face attacks by armed groups across several regions, including the northwest, northeast and central regions. The country is also battling a jihadist insurgency in its northeast that has lasted nearly two decades, drawing persistent criticism of the government's handling of insecurity. Following the latest incident, police said they recovered 10 bodies with gunshot wounds after officers responded to a distress call. The attackers had fled by the time they arrived but they continued to patrol the area to restore calm, they told BBC News on Saturday. "We were able to disperse the unknown gunmen though there was no casualty on their side and ours because the terrain is difficult and they're used to the terrain," Assistant Superintendent of Police Victor Mshelizah said. He added that officers were continuing to search the bush nearby for people who might have been killed or wounded, and warned the death toll could still rise.

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Over 2,500 British and French troops have taken part in a wargame in Germany designed to show how NATO territory could be defended against an attack.

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