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Much of Europe is still baking in hot and dry weather — fueling an unprecedented fire season. In Spain, flames are forcing entire communities to flee.

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According to the figures from the global observatory on donation and transplantation, Spain is considered as one of the world leaders in organ transplant. With the country accounting for 5% of organ donations in the world in the year 2021. Watch the video to know how the country has made a groundbreaking intestinal transplant on a baby.

Around 5,000 people crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Monday, a single-day record, Spanish officials said.

Firefighters have been battling wildfires in parts of Spain, as the country faces its warmest early summer in decades.

Residents in northern Portugal and other parts of Europe have been battling to protect their homes from fire, as an extreme heatwave grips parts of the continent.

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

In Spain, a large group of wild boars have now become a common sight. Authorities are bound to capture them as they now are proving to be a threat to humans.

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.

The hail storm killed a 20-month-old girl after it struck her head in La Bisbal d’Empordà, a town 130km north of Barcelona. The Catalan regional president, Pere Aragonès, thanked the emergency services for their efforts and sent his condolences to the family of the baby.

Europe is witnessing a devastating heat wave, multiple countries have seen record-breaking temperatures. One of the worst affected has been Spain which has seen numerous wildfires across the country.

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.

Spain is currently sweltering under a heat wave. It is Spain's second heat wave in less than a month. Watch this report on the WION climate tracker.

Spain has ended a six-month-long national state of emergency and consequently the local curfew. Teenagers and young adults poured into the streets to celebrate the relaxation of restrictions.

There are heatwave warnings for countries across Europe this week.

Spain is in the middle of an ice shortage, with the war in Ukraine thought to be partly to blame.

Amid the rise in cost of living, over 10,000 civil servants took to streets in Madrid, Spain, demanding rise in their wages. The protest was organised by CSIF - one of the country's largest trade union. The protesters reached from the Spanish Parliament to the Plaza de Colón.

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.

Food wastage costs some countries billions of dollars every year.