Images from the scene showed the walls on the top four or five storeys of the residential building in the heart of the La Latina neighbourhood had been blown out
Ten provinces of central Spain were on their highest level of alert for Storm Filomena, including the capital, Madrid, where authorities have activated the red warning for the first time.
British expatriates residing in Spain are unable to board flights to Barcelona and Madrid after airlines claimed their papers were no longer valid post-Brexit.
A third consecutive league win took third-placed Real on to 26 points after 13 games, level with second-placed Atletico Madrid and leaders Real Sociedad but having played two games more than Atletico.
Real Madrid have been crowned La Liga champions for the 34th time after Karim Benzema scored twice in a 2-1 victory over Villarreal which clinched the title with one game to spare.
Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, a transformative political figure, might have received illicit money from Saudi royals for a rail project.
After the killing of an unarmed black man in police custody sparked protests in the US, thousands gathered in major European cities to show solidarity and demonstrate against police brutality and racial discrimination.
Former US diplomat Matthew Bryza says US President Donald Trump can "learn something" from President Erdogan as Turkey planned ahead for the pandemic.
The WHO "has implemented a temporary pause... while the safety data is reviewed", its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, referring to the hydroxychloroquine arm of a global trial of various possible treatments.
Spain urges foreign tourists to return from July as one of Europe's strictest lockdowns eased, with streets gradually filling again and some pupils returning to school.
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