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European leaders offer condolences to Spain following train accident

📍 Spain, ES·🕐 13h ago·2 outlets

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described the news of a collision between two high-speed trains—which occurred this Wednesday morning in Toledo and has left at least 46 people dead—as "devastating." An AVE train collided with an Iryo train that was stopped on the tracks.com.

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Also reported by gbc.gi (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

6h ago
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[Claude, second read] Rates it CRITICAL, not HIGH. High-speed train collision in Toledo with at least 46 dead, a fatality count of 100 or more is not reached but 46 dead falls under high, so rated high; mass cas.

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