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Fox News
6 days ago
- General
- Fox News
Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes at Spain's Canary Islands dock
Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving to port at one of Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday. Spain's maritime rescue service, which located the boat some 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) from the shore, said the boat tipped over as rescuers started removing minors as it arrived at a dock on the island of El Hierro. The movement of people on the boat caused it to tip and then turn over, dumping the occupants into the water, the service said. Emergency services for the Canary Islands said four women, a teenage girl and two younger girls perished in the accident. One of the girls was found by a rescue diver. A helicopter evacuated two more children, a girl and a boy, to a local hospital in serious condition after they nearly drowned, the service added. Local media reports said the small boat appeared to be packed with over 100 people. Spanish rescuers and members of the Red Cross pulled people out of the water. The Spanish archipelago located off Africa's western coast has for years been a main route for migrants who risk their lives in dinghies and rubber boats unfit for long journeys in the open sea. Thousands have been known to die on the way to European territory. Nearly 47,000 people who made the crossing last year reached the archipelago, surpassing previous records for a second time. Most were citizens of Mali, Senegal and Morocco, with many boarding boats to Spain from the coast of Mauritania. The arrivals include thousands of unaccompanied minors. Some 10,800 people had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, which was down by 34% compared to the same period in 2024.
CNN
7 days ago
- General
- CNN
7 women and girls die when boat capsizes while arriving at port in Canary Islands
Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving in a port at one of Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday. Spain's maritime rescue service, which located the boat some 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) from shore, said the boat tipped over as rescuers started removing minors as it arrived at a dock on the island of El Hierro. The movement of people on the boat caused it to tip and then turn over, dumping the occupants into the water, the service said. Emergency services for the Canary Islands said four women, a teenage girl and two younger girls perished in the accident. One of the girls was found by a rescue diver. A helicopter evacuated two more children, a girl and a boy, to a local hospital in serious condition after they nearly drowned, the service added. Local media reports said the small boat appeared to be packed with over 100 people. Spanish rescuers and members of the Red Cross pulled people out of the water. The Spanish archipelago located off Africa's western coast has for years been a main route for migrants who risk their lives in dinghies and rubber boats unfit for long journeys in the open sea. Thousands have been known to die on the way to European territory. Nearly 47,000 people who made the crossing last year reached the archipelago, surpassing previous records for a second time. Most were citizens of Mali, Senegal and Morocco, with many boarding boats to Spain from the coast of Mauritania. The arrivals include thousands of unaccompanied minors. Some 10,800 people had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, which was down by 34% compared to the same period in 2024.
CNN
7 days ago
- Health
- CNN
7 women and girls die when boat capsizes while arriving at port in Canary Islands
Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving in a port at one of Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday. Spain's maritime rescue service, which located the boat some 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) from shore, said the boat tipped over as rescuers started removing minors as it arrived at a dock on the island of El Hierro. The movement of people on the boat caused it to tip and then turn over, dumping the occupants into the water, the service said. Emergency services for the Canary Islands said four women, a teenage girl and two younger girls perished in the accident. One of the girls was found by a rescue diver. A helicopter evacuated two more children, a girl and a boy, to a local hospital in serious condition after they nearly drowned, the service added. Local media reports said the small boat appeared to be packed with over 100 people. Spanish rescuers and members of the Red Cross pulled people out of the water. The Spanish archipelago located off Africa's western coast has for years been a main route for migrants who risk their lives in dinghies and rubber boats unfit for long journeys in the open sea. Thousands have been known to die on the way to European territory. Nearly 47,000 people who made the crossing last year reached the archipelago, surpassing previous records for a second time. Most were citizens of Mali, Senegal and Morocco, with many boarding boats to Spain from the coast of Mauritania. The arrivals include thousands of unaccompanied minors. Some 10,800 people had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, which was down by 34% compared to the same period in 2024.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- BBC News
The Documentary Podcast Assignment: Spain - can an algorithm predict murder?
Early on a Sunday morning in February in the Spanish seaside town of Benalmadena, Catalina, a 48-year-old mother of four, was killed at home – the building was set on fire. Her ex-partner was arrested and remains in custody. In January, Lina – as she was known to her family and friends – had reported her ex-partner to the police for ill-treatment and threatening behaviour. And by doing so, she became one of around 100,000 cases of gender-based violence active in Spain's VioGen system. VioGen is an algorithm used by the police – it's a risk assessment tool. Based on a woman's answers to a series of questions, it calculates the likelihood she will be attacked again so police resources can be allocated to protect those most in danger. The level of risk could be negligible, low, medium, high or extreme. Lina was recorded as being at 'medium' risk of a further attack by the man who was her ex-partner. Three weeks later, she was dead. VioGen's critics are concerned about the number of women registered on the system who are then murdered by men who are former or current partners. Its champions claim that without VioGen there would be far more violence against women. With AI in the ascendency, and governments increasingly turning to algorithms to make decisions affecting society, for Crossing Continents, Linda Pressly and Esperanza Escribano investigate the story of VioGen and domestic violence in Spain.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Terrifying moment Mexican mayoral candidate is shot dead alongside three supporters including her daughter during live broadcast
A Mexican mayoral candidate was tragically shot dead alongside three of her supporters including her daughter during a live broadcast of her campaign rally. Yesenia Lara Gutierrez, representing Mexico 's ruling Morena party, was gunned down in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday night as she greeted residents in the streets of Texistepec. The horrifying incident was captured on a Facebook livestream, showing people running and screaming as gunshots rang out off camera. Mexican newspaper Reforma reported that the candidate was greeting 'women with children in their arms' when the gunfire began. Footage posted online depicted the chaos, with at least 20 shots head in the clip that was still available on Gutierrez's Facebook page the following day. Other images shared online appeared to show bodies in the street. Veracruz Governor Rocio Nahle, also of the Morena party of President Claudia Sheinbaum, said Monday that Gutierrez's daughter was among those killed by gunmen. 'No office or position is worth a person's life,' Nahle said in a press conference Monday, where she promised justice. Gutierrez had posted several images on Facebook, showing her campaigning throughout the region. 'The strength of our youth is the vitality that motivates me to keep walking day by day,' she wrote just hours before the shooting. This marks the second killing of a mayoral candidate in Veracruz during the current election cycle, following the April 29 murder of German Anuar Valencia, also from Morena. Nahle condemned the violence, labeling it an act of terrorism, and vowed to ensure security and democracy during the upcoming June 1 elections. She emphasised that 57 candidates had requested state and federal protection, although it is unclear if Gutierrez had done so. At a wake Monday in Texistepec, family and friends mourned Gutierrez and spoke about the fear the violence stirred around the election. 'We can't continue with the insecurity, we're tired of all of this, this is terrorism,' said supporter Joaquín Fonseca. 'There are five people dead, not one. We're living the worst of the terrorism.' President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the attack on Gutierrez during her morning press conference on Monday, stating that her government is coordinating with Veracruz state officials and offering federal support if necessary. 'We're coordinating, particularly with the Secretary of Security, and with all the support needed during this electoral period from Veracruz and Durango,' she said, referring to the upcoming June 1 elections in the two states. The state's attorney general's office has launched an investigation into the incident, promising that justice will be served. Later on Sunday, two federal agents and another person were reportedly killed in an attack in the coastal city of Boca del Rio, further highlighting the deteriorating security situation in the region. The violent attack underscores the dangerous climate surrounding political campaigns in Mexico, where criminal groups often target local candidates to exert influence over municipal governments. Authorities are working to secure the election process amid increasing violence. The Sunday attacks came just two days after Cecilia Ruvalcaba, a councilmember in Mexico's western state of Jalisco, was gunned down in a hospital. Last month, Jose Luis Pereira, a senior member of the Teocaltiche city government, was shot and killed while dining at a restaurant in Jalisco. In December, a Mexican congressman who was a member of the ruling coalition was shot dead in Veracruz. Two months prior, a mayor was murdered and decapitated in the southern state of Guerrero. The following month, a former prosecutor and local police official was arrested in connection with the grisly killing. In June last year, another mayor was killed in southern Mexico, less than a week after another politician was assassinated in the same region. That same month, a local councilwoman was gunned down as she was leaving her home in Guerrero. Her murder came a few days after the mayor of a town in western Mexico and her bodyguard were killed outside of a gym, just hours after Sheinbaum's presidential win. And in March 2024, a mayor was shot dead while at a restaurant with his 14-year-old son in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state. His son survived.
