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Spain: after 69 deaths, Madrid reduces trains and relies on AI
📍 Madrid, ES·🕐 2d ago·1 outlet
Six days after the deadly collision in Urda, Spain announces fewer Madrid-Seville trains, a double validation of orders, and enhanced monitoring.
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[Claude, second read] Rates it CRITICAL, not HIGH. Follow-up on a rail collision with 69 deaths, which meets the 100-death threshold only if counted, so it is rated high on the 5-plus-deaths criterion; policy re.
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