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Yesterday — 6 November 2026Main stream

Wave of Hoax Bomb Threats to Flights in Europe Leaves Travelers Frustrated

Bomb threats have disrupted dozens of flights in Europe over the past week. At airports in Rome, Madrid and Warsaw, travelers were more frustrated than fearful.

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A plane operated by Wizz Air at a Budapest airport on Monday. The flight from London, originally bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, was diverted after a bomb threat.

Wave of Hoax Bomb Threats to Flights in Europe Leaves Travelers Frustrated

Bomb threats have disrupted dozens of flights in Europe over the past week. At airports in Rome, Madrid and Warsaw, travelers were more frustrated than fearful.

© Attila Kisbenedek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A plane operated by Wizz Air at a Budapest airport on Monday. The flight from London, originally bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, was diverted after a bomb threat.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Spain’s Transport Minister Resigns After Deadly High-Speed Rail Crash

3 November 2026 at 22:36
Nearly 70 people died in the crash, the second high-speed rail accident in less than a year.

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Óscar Puente, Spain’s minister of transportation, during a meeting with lawmakers in Madrid on Tuesday.

Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says

30 October 2026 at 16:35
The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.

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Removing a wrecked carriage at the scene of the crash near Urda, Spain, on Friday. At least 69 people were killed.

Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says

30 October 2026 at 16:35
The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.

© Oscar Del Pozo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Removing a wrecked carriage at the scene of the crash near Urda, Spain, on Friday. At least 69 people were killed.

Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple.

29 October 2026 at 14:33
After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 69 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits.

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Emergency workers at the scene of a crash involving two trains near Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday.

What to Make of Israel’s Ambiguous Election

28 October 2026 at 20:43
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals won a majority, leaving Arab lawmakers as potential kingmakers in the new Parliament.

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Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem yesterday.

Spain’s Transportation Minister Said Incorrect Instructions Led to Train Crash

28 October 2026 at 17:36
An “inexplicable” decision by traffic control operators sent a train on its way toward another stopped miles in front of it, the minister said.

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Óscar Puente, Spain’s transportation minister, said he watched a reconstruction of the crash and listened to recordings of communications between the control center and the trains that crashed.

Spain Crash Survivor Describes a ‘Twisted Tangle of Metal’

28 October 2026 at 17:29
Fernando Seco, 62, said he and others moved at least a dozen wounded passengers from the crash site, using parts of the wreckage as makeshift stretchers.

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The scene of the crash on Wednesday, near Toledo, Spain.

Spain’s Transportation Minister Said Incorrect Instructions Led to Train Crash

28 October 2026 at 17:07
An “inexplicable” decision by traffic control operators sent a train on its way toward another stopped miles in front of it, the minister said.

© Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Óscar Puente, Spain’s transportation minister, said he watched a reconstruction of the crash and listened to recordings of communications between the control center and the trains that crashed.
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