The morning has begun with a serious train accident in Spain. Two high-speed trains have collided in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid. An Iryo and an AVE. They did not collide head-on but from the rear, one that was moving against one that was stationary. It seems the train driver had not received the message that there was a stationary train ahead because the electronic system that was supposed to inform them was not working and the control center did not warn them. As a result of the impact, two carriages have fallen down an embankment and, as I speak to you, Civil Protection has reported 46 deaths, but the death toll may worsen. We still do not know why it happened, but it is impossible not to think about the accident in Andalusia, in Adamuz, in the month of January, where 46 people also died.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo is doubling down on his commitment to project an image of a forceful PP against Pedro Sánchez – also in response to the rise of Vox – and has chosen to place one of the party's harshest and most incendiary voices in the number two spot on the list for Madrid. Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo (Madrid, 1974) ascends to this position ahead of November 29th, in an election that she herself defines as "existential, historic, and decisive" for the future of Spain. The PP leader confirmed his choice this Thursday after days of hints that already suggested he would bet on a profile that has been characterized as an internal loose cannon. Álvarez de Toledo deploys her own sharp, ideological discourse which, in previous stages, she has not hesitated to direct even against her own party's leadership, as happened with Pablo Casado, with whom she ended up in conflict.

What happened yesterday in Congress was unusual: a man convicted for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on August 17 accused the CNI to know the intentions of the imam of Ripoll.