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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
Horror of road A-52 – Highway where Diogo Jota died has 'tons of accidents'
The road where Diogo Jota and his brother tragically died in a car crash is notorious for being one of the most dangerous in the region. The Liverpool forward, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 26, were killed just past midnight on Thursday morning on the A-52 at Cernadilla, near Zamora in northwestern Spain. It is believed that the Lamborghini they were travelling in veered off the road after the tyre was suspected to have blown out, before going up in flames. The two professional footballers had been travelling through Zamora towards Santander in order to catch a ferry to the UK ahead of the new football season. Now, it has emerged that the A-52, known as the Rias Bajas, is notorious for being a particularly deadly highway. Built in 1998, it is said to see more accidents than any other in the region, with the central government representative for the province of Zamora, Angel Blanco, describing it as 'very dangerous'. The year 2023 alone saw 19 accidents on the dual carriageway, which is full of high-speed bends, with an average of 1.5 deaths per incident. According to Cope, many of those accidents came during optimal conditions, such as dry road surfaces, good visibility, flowing traffic and natural light. At night, however, there is said to be poor visibility, while the road running through mountainous and forested areas means the area also suffers from recurrent fog spells. Thousands of vehicles take the A-52 each day, but data shows that many crashes occur on the straight, high-speed stretches, where one mistake can be fatal. The main causes of accidents there are distractions and a lack of attention, as well as overconfidence, though that has not been confirmed as the case in the Jota brothers' tragic crash. The area where the Liverpool star came off the tarmac is also a well-known hotspot for wolves, according to La Razon. The Iberian wolves in the area, as well as deer, pose a huge risk of serious accidents due to the lack of fencing and the deterioration of wildlife crossings, giving wild animals easy access to the motorway. La Voz de Galicia reports that the A-52 is not the only road in the province of Zamora where wolf accidents are common. The animal is also abundant in the corridor between Benavente and Orense via Sanabria (N-525 and A-52); the N-630 between Benavente and Montamarta, the N-631 between Montamarta and Rionegro del Puente and the N-122 between Zamora and Portugal via Aliste, in addition to other secondary roads. Reports were also filed in recent years to motorists' organisation AEA Club drawing attention to the treacherous potholes that "riddled" the road surface. There were no fewer than 40 official pothole complaints made to Spain's transport ministry in a single month last year, according to local news outlet La Opinión de Zamora. One family published a photo of a tyre that had been completely shredded by one of the hazards. Meanwhile, another complaint in 2018 said a lack of signage nearly caused a driver to crash as it failed to alert them of a lane ending. Jota is believed to have been travelling to Santander to take a ferry back to the UK on Thursday morning after he was advised not to take a flight following recent lung surgery. The Portugal international missed several games last season after sustaining a rib injury against Chelsea back in October. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash, where the fire had spread to the nearby vegetation. Although they managed to put the flames out, the two brothers were pronounced dead at the scene. The funerals will be held at 10am on Saturday in their home town of Gondomar, near the Portuguese city of Porto.
Morocco World
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Polisario Uses Terrorism Threats to Deter Foreign Investment in Morocco's Southern Provinces
Rabat — Amid growing calls to label it a terrorist group, the Polisario Front is explicitly resorting to more terrorist tactics, not only against Morocco and its southern provinces but also foreign businesses that are operating or seeking a presence in the region. Members of the Polisario leadership, including Mustapha Sidi Ali El Bachir, conveyed the separatist group's terrorist threats, noting that foreign investors and tourists visiting southern provinces are 'in great danger.' The Polisario member appeared in a threatening video on May 1 published on YouTube, noting that the separatist group is reiterating and confirming that 'in line with Polisario's statement from November 13, 2020, announcing the return to war, any foreign investor or tourist in the Sahara is putting their life at risk.' He also threatened those living in Morocco's southern provinces not to work with foreigners. 'Let the Sahrawi stay away from foreigners and not come telling us they're civilians or innocent. This is not a tourism context, but a wartime context,' he said. This is not the first time Polisario members have made similar heinous remarks targeting Morocco's territorial integrity and stability. In 2022, Polisario member Mohamed Ouali Akeik made similar remarks, noting that Moroccan cities of Laayoune and Dakhla are 'legitimate' targets for the separatist front. He made his statements in an interview with Spanish news outlet La Razon, in which the Polisario member claimed that the 'war with Morocco will extend to southern provinces with the aim of striking Moroccan targets.' In November 2020, the separatist group declared war against Morocco, in defiance of repeated UN calls for de-escalation and restraint to salvage the UN Security Council-led political process. The war claims followed Morocco's peaceful intervention on November 13, 2020, to halt Polisario's blockade in Guerguerat near the Mauritanian Moroccan border. The blockade disrupted civil and commercial traffic for three weeks, causing a shortage of fruits and vegetable exports to several African countries. After the Polisario declared their own reality of a war with Morocco, several media outlets, especially Algeria's regime-affiliated media, quickly picked up to frame it as a 'real war.' Notably, this is not the first time Morocco has received terrorist threats from the Polisario Front and its main backer. The threats date back years and years, including in November of 2021, when former Algerian military intelligence officer Mokkhtar Said Mediouni publicly called on the separatist group to attack Morocco's urban centers to undermine the country's security. 'Sahrawis, die and sacrifice yourself as martyrs for your country. Take the war from the 'occupied' land to Moroccan territory,' he said. He publicly called on Polisario operatives to attack 'not in Western Sahara , I mean take it to Moroccan territory… I'm talking about Casablanca, Marrakech.' The threats were not limited to only words but terrorist acts that the Polisario Front launched against Morocco's southern provinces on multiple occasions. Last year, the Polisario targeted a ceremony celebrating the 49th anniversary of the Green March in Mahbes on November 9, stirring uproar and frustration about the separatist group's o ngoing hostilities and terror attacks targeting civilians. A year earlier, the separatist group also launched a terror attack in Es-Semara in southern Morocco, killing one and injuring three others. The terrorist attacks led to growing calls from members of the international community, who are calling for the designation of the Polisario Front as a terrorist group. In April, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson announced that he would introduce legislation to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist entity. 'I will introduce legislation to designate the Polisario as terrorists,' Wilson said , echoing similar demands from politicians from different countries, including the UK and France.
NDTV
01-05-2025
- Health
- NDTV
Spanish Couple Confines Their Children To Home For 3 Years, Arrested
Spanish police on Wednesday said they had arrested a German couple who are suspected of confining their young children for more than three years in a squalid home that local media dubbed "the house of horrors". The children -- two eight-year-old twins and a 10-year-old -- were not educated, "neglected" and lived "surrounded by rubbish", police in the northwestern Asturias region told a press conference. After a resident reported the home earlier this month, police said they discovered that more people lived there than the one man listed on the civil register, including children not attending school. A key clue was the large amount of shopping delivered to the home, which according to neighbours nobody left since it was leased in October 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. "We were all affected by the Covid syndrome... we can in some way speculate on what may have led a family to be locked up like that for a long time," said police commissioner Francisco Javier Lozano Garcia. The couple had stockpiled a large amount of medicine, police added. Local media reported the children were found wearing nappies and three surgical masks each, with the father asking police to put on a mask before they searched the house. "The fact that they were wearing masks may be anecdotal or may have a basis," said Lozano Garcia. According to La Razon daily, the smell inside the house was revolting and all the blinds were shut. When the children left the property, they touched the grass "with fascination, as if they had never been outdoors before". A doctor treated the siblings, who were then transferred to a child care centre. Police arrested the couple in the city of Oviedo on Monday and an investigation will determine how and why they came to live in Spain.
France 24
29-04-2025
- Politics
- France 24
A 'machinery of repression': How China suppresses dissent abroad
The massive black out in Spain and Portugal, is on all the front pages in Spain and Portugal. La Razon 's calls it total chaos and warns that people will still have to wait a few hours before power is completely restored. ABC calls it 'el gran apagon' or the big blackout. La Vanguardia headlines simply with "Spain blacked out". In Portugal, the Jornal de Noticias says it is an Iberian Blackout, and blames the Spanish for it. The Portuguese paper Negocios says that the country is 'close to a nervous breakdown' as people are so exasperated by the standstill. Some papers are trying to understand whose fault it is. For the Spanish paper La Razon, blame lies with Spain's President Pedro Sanchez. El Pais meanwhile, points the finger at 'shortcomings in the connection between the Iberian Peninsula and the European electricity grid'. Sky News published an analysis piece looking at how electricity grids fail, and why restoring them is a nightmare. It says that a single localised event is unlikely to be the cause. The news has not only been negative, some coverage has been looking at how people spent their time without power. Publico has a report on tram drivers, whose trams were left stuck in the middle of the street. They reportedly spent their time eating feta and playing cards. El Mundo celebrates a 'happy and outrageous day in the Middle Ages'. The Guardian celebrates the community spirit on display in the streets of Madrid. Also, a report published Monday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists sheds light on China's tactics to silence critics. They say they have discovered a 'machinery of repression'. Anticipation is building for the first leg of the Champion's League semi-finals between PSG and Arsenal. The French paper Aujourd'hui en France says it is Go time. Meanwhile L'Equipe talks of an explosive challenge as they face off with the Gunners. The Star says Arsenal need to go in all guns blazing. The Mirror finally, hopes that Arsenal's head coach Mikel Arteta, will be able to make history. The Tokyo Weekender brings us news that a university student was rescued from Mount Fuji twice in four days. Unfortunately, he realised he had lost his phone during the process, so he went back up, only to have to be saved, again, after suffering from severe altitude sickness.
Morocco World
14-02-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
World Cup 2030: Spanish Media Mesmerized by Morocco's Football Passion
Rabat – Spanish media is taking Spaniards on a journey showcasing Morocco's football passion. Spanish news outlet La Razon documented the country's enthusiasm about the upcoming 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host the tournament along with Spain and Portugal. 'An unabashed passion and a country turned upside down. Morocco is preparing with excitement, care, and ambition to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal,' the new outlet said. Recalling the importance of the 2030 World Cup edition, the Spanish news outlet pointed out that the global event is unprecedented as it is bridging two continents. For La Razon, Morocco's hosting of the tournament will mark the country's 'entry to the club of great nations,' citing Morocco's Atlas Lions' heroic performances during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Morocco was the first Arab and African country to reach the semi-finals in the global tournament. Beyond football, Moroccan fans also made the competition remarkable and memorable across the world. Morocco's remarkable performance during the tournament has 'contributed to raising expectations and national self-esteem both inside and outside the stadiums, in a young, football-loving country,' La Razon continued. The news outlet also quoted Morocco World News CEO Adnane Bennis, who recalled the country's excitement for being named a host country for the 2030 tournament. 'The importance for Morocco of being a co-host of the World Cup is enormous,' Bennis told La Razon, noting that the North African country has been working to accelerate preparations at all levels, including infrastructure. 'The whole country is aware that this is Morocco's time. We will welcome the world, and we should be prepared,' he concluded. Spanish media are also zooming into Morocco's preparation campaign, including a global investment of € 5 billion in infrastructure. The investments also include the revamping of the country's major stadiums, including the new Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca. 'Not only will it be the largest stadium for the World Cup, but it aims to be the largest in the world, with a capacity of 115,000 seats,' the news outlet said. Morocco is gearing up to host the global tournament in six cities, including Fez, Rabat, Tangier, Agadir, Marrakech, and Casablanca. The report also focused on Morocco's road infrastructure, including Morocco's investment to link cities through the high-speed train or TGV. The project specifically references the Tangier-Marrakech TGV project, which will be completed by 2027. Beyond the TGV journey, Morocco is also pledging dozens of other infrastructure projects, including in Rabat and Casablanca. '… Since the beginning of King Mohammed VI's reign, efforts have been focused on modernizing the northern part of the country, where the city of Tangier, with its Tanger Med port, occupies a central and undisputed position,' La Razon added. It also talked about Morocco's tourism momentum, marking 17.4 million tourist arrivals in 2024. As the country is co-hosting the tournament, Morocco's vision is to attract over 26 million tourists if not 30 million arrivals by cup Tags: 'Morocco in process2022 World Cup
