In a statement, authorities said seven of the victims were from the United Kingdom, three from Belgium, one from France and one from the United States. The last victim was a Spanish citizen. “The 13 deceased people are eight women and five men, all adults,” added the public body in charge of identifying the victims.
A British man whose wife and 12 friends and neighbors are feared dead in the Spanish bushfires has told how he became separated from them as flames moved towards his home. Malcolm Timbrell, 70, and his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, lived in the town of Bédar, in the province of Almería, which was consumed by
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabián Picardo, says the new agreements, which will be implemented provisionally and whose approval by the United Kingdom and the European Parliament is still pending, represent “a big change” for the territory. “One of the key things that has defined the last eight generations of Gibraltarians is the restrictions at
Natalia Solórzano Vásquez’s next film, “Spells to Revive a Witch,” has found new partners in the Spanish company Testaferro and the Uruguayan Guay Films. The hybrid documentary, aimed at the Costa Rica Media Market, is produced by Costa Rican company Sputnik Films. Mariana Murillo’s label has already produced “Tierra de ashes” by Sofía Quirós Úbeda,
The BBC’s Nick Beake sees razed houses and “a sea of black” in the town of Bédar, in the southern Spanish province of Almería. The fire spread rapidly through the region on Thursday and hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blazes, which have claimed the lives of 12 people. According to local authorities, the
A sustained heatwave with temperatures around 40°C (104°F) has sparked wildfires across southern Europe this summer, particularly in France, Portugal and Spain. On Friday, Los Gallardos mayor Francisco Miguel Reyes told Spanish radio station Cadena SER that “it feels like a bomb has fallen” in the area. “This is the first time we have faced