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The election in Spain  

Giant protest in Madrid against Sánchez Catalonia agreement  

 

About 170,000 people gathered in Madrid on Saturday to protest against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his deal with Catalan separatists. This is reported by several media.  

 

Saturday's protest is the largest against the agreement. Sánchez secured a new term earlier this week, which was made possible after he won the support of the Catalan party Junts. J

 

unts is led by former regional leader Carles Puigdemont, who in 2017 was behind a failed attempt at an independence vote.

 

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The volcanic threat in Iceland 

Evacuated Grindavik residents will have to wait for months  

 

It may take months before the residents of Grindavik in Iceland can return to their homes, AP reports. 

 

It has now been a week since the evacuations began, due to a threatened volcanic eruption. Even if there is no eruption, the area will be dangerous for a long time to come due to the underground activity. The ground surface is still being deformed, but not as quickly as before, writes TT.  

 

The roughly 3,400 residents are allowed to return to pick up pets or other valuable possessions, but not for more than five minutes. 

  

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The new space race 

  

Space X has lost contact with the giant rocket  

 

The space company Space X has lost contact with the giant rocket Starship. Contact was lost after eight minutes. According to the Wall Street Journal, the craft exploded.  

 

The plan was for the rocket to travel one and a half laps around the Earth.  

 

A first version of the craft was launched in April but exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.  

 

Starship is owned by Elon Musk's company Space X and is described as the world's most powerful rocket.

 

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The Israel-Hamas war|The attacks

   

Several deaths at UN school: "The attacks must stop"  

 

Several people have been killed in what are said to be Israeli attacks that hit two schools in Gaza run under the auspices of the United Nations, several media reports. Several thousand people must have gathered at the school, writes the Independent. 

 

Survivors spoken to by the AP describe "terrible scenes". Unicef's Middle East Director Adele Khodr says that children are among the victims in what he describes as a "bloodbath", writes Sky News.  

 

- These terrible attacks should stop immediately. 

 

Pictures that AP has seen show around 20 dead. The Israeli military has not commented on the incident other than that an investigation is underway.