The two leaders have held a videoconference meeting with US negotiator Steve Witkoff, after which they have held talks with several European leaders to "coordinate" towards the end of the war and to link "long-term security guarantees."

Counselor Oscar Ordeig suggested that the African swine plague could arrive by road through a contaminated sausage dumped in a truck transit area and the Spanish Confederation of Freight Transport (CETM) has reacted angrily. They have defended the professionalism of drivers and called for prudence and rigour.

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At least one million people have been evicted from their homes on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, because of the worst floods of the year in Asia, while the authorities estimate that 631 people have already died and 472 are missing.

One third of households are single-person, and more than 100,000 are single-parent.