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Spanish authorities have rescued several people who had been hiding in recycling containers in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the tip of Morocco, where each year thousands of migrants attempt to reach the Spanish mainland from northern Africa. Footage released by Spain's Guardia Civil shows individuals partially buried in a container of glass bottles and another inside a bag of toxic ash

GoPro Million Dollar Challenge award recipient + local videographer Gonzalo De Vega spends his time filming + befriending the skateboarders who filter in + out of Barcelona + Madrid.

Mahsa Amini's death in the custody of Iran's morality police has triggered outrage not just in the country but all across the globe. People from several parts of the world have been rallying support to Iranian women after Rome, Zurich, Paris, London, Seoul and Auckland.

A Spanish man trying to protect his town from a wildfire had a close brush with death on Monday when the blaze engulfed his digger, forcing him to run for his life while patting out flames on his clothes.

Firefighters are struggling to contain large wildfires tearing through forests in Valencia. Powerful winds have made the fires difficult to put out and it has swept through 6,500 hectares.

As Europe swelters in a record-breaking heatwave, Spain is suffering its worst year for wildfires in a decade. More than 90,000 hectares of land have been burnt and countless lives ruined.

According to a report in the Majorca Daily Bulletin online, travel restictions to Spain are due to change.

Thousands of trade union members rallied in the Spanish capital Madrid on Thursday demanding higher wages to cope with the soaring cost of living.

The fatal attempt of dozens of people trying to cross the border between Morocco and Spain last month, has caused anger and protests in both countries, where demonstrators have demanded an independent investigation. The video, the authenticity of which was confirmed to AP by Moroccan authorities this week, was shown by those authorities to ambassadors of some African countries after the incident. In the footage it is possible to see a large group of people walking near the border and trying to climb one of the fences to cross from Nador in Morocco to Melilla on the Spanish side. Some threw objects toward the Moroccan security forces who tried to stop them by shooting tear gas canisters.

Spanish prosecutors are looking into a group of male university students who were caught on camera in Madrid yelling vulgar, misogynistic insults at female students. Videos of insults directed at women in the building next to it by men in all-male student housing have been circulating for days. The "macho, incomprehensible, unjustified, and simply repulsive behaviour" was criticised by Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain. It has prompted extensive discussion and political condemnation. One pupil yelled: "Rabbits, whores, come out of your holes. You bunch of nymphomanic prostitutes are disgusting." Then, in a planned action, students from the Colegio Mayor Elas Ahuja building across the street pulled open their curtains and began yelling and making animal noises. There was an instant reaction to the Complutense University students' video that went viral on Sunday night.

The north-eastern region of Spain has been hit by a barrage of large hailstones, some of which measured 10cm.

Around 5,000 people crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Monday, a single-day record, Spanish officials said. The surge came as Morocco lodged a diplomatic protest against Spain for accepting a rebel leader for medical treatment. Thousands of young migrants, including about 1,000 minors, swam or waded across the heavily fortified border. Others floated across in inflatable dinghies or swimming rings. At least one person drowned while attempting to cross, according to local media reports. The arrivals were checked by the Red Cross and taken to a migrant reception center. The Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are Africa's only land border with the European Union, making it a target for people seeking to migrate to Europe. Only 475 migrants had crossed into Ceuta between January 1 and May 15 this year.

Spain's Princess Leonor, the heir apparent to the throne, turned 13 on Wednesday. At an event celebrating another birthday - the 40th anniversary of Spain's constitution - she gave her first royal speech.

Firefighters have been battling wildfires in parts of Spain, as the country faces its warmest early summer in decades. Parts of western Europe have been experiencing extreme heat under a wave of hot air that has moved north from Africa. Temperatures in both Spain and France have broken records, putting pressure on hospitals and energy grids.

Thousands of people are protesting in Spain demanding tax cuts and reforms amid the ongoing economic crisis. Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez is also under constant pressure to cut taxes.

A massive clean-up operation is under way in the Spanish city of Valencia after record-breaking rainfall. Dozens of cars were submerged as floodwater surged through neighbourhoods of the city, leaving homes and businesses waterlogged. The severe weather forced authorities to close the city's metro system and several roads, and a team of ambulance workers had to be rescued from their vehicles. The nearby regions of Alicante and Castellón were also badly affected.

Spain deployed the military to its border with Morocco after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of their government’s relaxed border controls to swim or paddle in inflatable boats to Spanish soil.

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires sweep across parts of Spain.