Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday with another heatwave pushing temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius across parts of Europe.
Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in northern Portugal and central Spain—the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.
At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday.
The supply of short-term tourist rentals in Spain has jumped 25% in two years, despite local governments' efforts to curb them amid a housing crisis, a study by tourism lobby group Exceltur found.
Seven migrant women and children who died when their boat capsized just metres from shore in Spain's Canary Islands were buried on Friday at the La Restringa harbour.
Spain on Thursday returned paintings belonging to a former Madrid mayor that were seized for their protection during the 1936-39 Civil War and never returned under Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
