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• Trump calls Spain a ‘loser’ as diplomatic relations continue to freefall in wake of row over Middle East conflict
  DONALD Trump has called Spain a ‘loser’ in his latest outburst over Madrid’s refusal to allow US troops to use bases in Andalucia for ongoing operations in the Middle East.
  Ben Pawlowski
• Influencers, crypto bros and tax dodgers: Spain brings back its citizens from Dubai – will the UK follow suit as the Iranian bombs fall?
  AS Spain flies its citizens back from Dubai, will Britain rescue its tax exiles too? Repatriation efforts by Spain and the UK have sparked heated debate, particularly over Dubai-based influencers,
  Maeve Gorman
• Motorist’s miracle escape after car drops off bridge into path of oncoming tram on Costa Blanca
  A COSTA Blanca motorist had a lucky escape when his car went off a bridge and ended up on a rail line- causing just a minor collision with an approaching
  Alex Trelinski
• ‘Tsunami of evictions’ looms in Spain as protections for tenants who can’t pay rent are scrapped over squatter fears
  SPAIN could face a wave of evictions numbering in the thousands after parliament once again rejected the extension of a key housing protection introduced during the pandemic. The moratorium was
  Karissa Key
• Spain deploys frigate to Cyprus after drone ‘not launched from Iran’ targets British airbase on the island
  SPAIN’S defence ministry has announced that it will send a frigate to Cyprus after a British base on the island was hit by a projectile. The move comes after a
  Eimear Kempeneer
• Spain sees war-fuelled petrol price hike – with long queues spotted at gas stations in Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia
  FUEL prices in Spain have recorded their steepest rise in eight months following the outbreak of the Iran war, new figures show. Petrol averaged €1.486 per litre on Monday, according
  Alessio Ghirlanda
• Estepona’s notorious ‘ant roundabout’ gets safety upgrade after string of crashes 
  ESTEPONA’S ‘ant’ roundabout should be a lot safer after a series of safety improvements at the busy Las Hormigas junction on the A-7.  The works, which began at the start
  Maeve Gorman
• Spanish forces in Turkey supplied critical data to the US frigate that shot down Iranian ballistic missile
  A SPANISH Patriot missile battery stationed in the Middle East ‘made it possible’ for US forces to intercept a missile headed towards Turkish airspace. Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles Fernandez
  Alessio Ghirlanda
• Andalucia train disaster: Guardia Civil investigate whether documents regarding key weld failure were tampered with
  THE Guardia Civil has told courts investigating the Adamuz train disaster that documents regarding the tracks where one of the trains derailed may have been tampered with. Included in the
  Rachel Gore
• Barcelona civic laws: 1,000 fines in first week targeting street drinkers, street sellers and street peers
  BARCELONA introduced tougher civic rules in mid-February aimed at cracking down on anti-social behaviour in the city’s streets, and the first results are already in. Municipal police issued 982 fines
  Eimear Kempeneer