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Tarragona city requests 25 years of prison over 2020 chemical plant explosion
Council, acting as private prosecutor, also asks for a €9 million fine for incident that caused three deaths
Flooded roads and landslides after storm hits Catalan coast
Firefighters respond to 46 calls overnight as heavy rain hit parts of Barcelona metropolitan area
La Vuelta protesters planned to pour 400l of oil on roads
Spanish national police surprised group in forest and arrested them on Saturday
Rubiales stands alone: regional federation presidents call for immediate resignation
Unanimous calls come after "unacceptable behavior that has seriously damaged the image of Spanish football"
Prosecutors open proceedings against Rubiales for alleged sexual assault on Jenni Hermoso
Suspended Spanish Football Federation president forcibly kissed player during World Cup final medal ceremony
Rubiales' mother goes on hunger strike in a church to denounce 'inhumane' treatment of son
Equality minister calls for "profound changes" in Spanish Football Federation
Tourism industry closes 'really positive' summer season in Catalonia
29% more accommodation bookings in Catalonia, far above Spanish average
Four arrested on suspicion of planning pro-independence protest during La Vuelta
Spanish police searched the homes of four men overnight, group due in court on Sunday
Driver swept away in heavy rains rescued in car by firefighters
Hundreds of calls made to emergency services as intense rainfall floods Catalonia
FIFA provisionally suspends Rubiales over forced Hermoso kiss
Sport's governing body prohibits Spanish federation president from making contact with player or her family
Spanish football federation threaten legal action against World Cup-winning team
Statement accompanied by still photographs aims to prove Hermoso hoisted Rubiales up but says nothing about forced kiss
Hermoso denies Rubiales kiss was consensual as World Cup-winning team say they won't return
"I won't tolerate my word being put in doubt and much less that they invent words I didn't say," Spain forward says in statement
'Me Too moment of Spanish football': Government aim to force dismissal of Rubiales
Football Federation president's refusal to resign draws widespread condemnation
Spanish Football Federation president refuses to resign after kiss scandal
Rubiales affirms Hermoso kiss was consensual and offers unpopular manager Vilda new four-year contract
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