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Police arrest suspected Madrid pedophile who abducted five girls

The 42-year-old man, who has a record of sexual abuse, was detained in Santander where he had fled to “lay low”

King Felipe holds first meeting with Obama since accession to throne

Vicente Jiménez New York

Spanish monarch also made international address about climate change at the United Nations in New York

Medical student arrested over stabbing of five people in Lleida

Alejandro Ruiz, a 21-year-old from La Rioja, handed himself in to police on Tuesday evening

Spanish justice minister resigns after failure of abortion law

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón announces he will be giving up his seat in Congress and leaving politics altogether following shelving of bill

PM confirms government will shelve abortion law reform

Justice minister’s draft legislation, which even divided his own party, would have ended terminations on demand, and taken Spain’s regulations back to 1980s

The square after its unofficial renaming. / SIMON HUNTER

Madrid’s Margaret Thatcher Square gets unofficial renaming

Simon Hunter Madrid

Group of youngsters sticks new signs in recently inaugurated plaza to protest Spain’s rampant youth unemployment

TOURISM

Spain reports record tourist
figures in August

Amanda Mars Madrid

Industry complains that growing numbers of visitors are staying in unlicensed apartments rather than hotels

POLITICS

Ruling Popular Party rejects new Socialist chief’s call for federal state

Secretary general María Dolores de Cospedal describes plan as “change to the Constitution, not a mere reform”

Pedro Sánchez sets out to conquer Spanish primetime

Socialist Party chief is upping media appearances to connect with a wider audience and transmit message of change

Pedro Urrraca (l) with his wife in Paris.

The man who hunted down Spain’s Republican exiles

Loreto Urraca has spent the last decade uncovering the dark history of her grandfather, who spied for Franco

TAMING THE TRAFFIC

Madrid mayor wants to restrict car access to Chueca and Malasaña

Officials hope these popular neighborhoods will join their ongoing drive to reduce traffic in the city center before the spring of 2015

Traffic in Madrid’s Alcalá street. / Samuel sánchez

Madrid to close off new section of city center to vehicles

Any non-residents caught on camera entering Sol or Palacio areas of capital will be slapped with a €90 fine

British homeowners optimistic after Andalusia government ruling

Manuel Planelles / Esperanza Codina Seville / Málaga

Thousands of properties without building permits in Málaga and Almería, many of them owned by non-Spaniards, are likely to be saved

Spanish ebola patient brought to Carlos III hospital in Madrid

Manuel García-Viejo, who contracted the virus in Sierra Leone, is the second Spanish missionary to be flown back for specialized treatment

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EDITOR’S PICK

The Dos Santos family in Alto Alegre do Pindaré. / ÁLEX ALMEIDA

The search for invisible Brazilians

The government wants to find people living in extreme poverty to sign them up for financial aid under its successful welfare program

Celebrations of cruelty

From bull taunting to turkey throwing, dozens of towns continue to brutally mistreat animals at Spanish festivals

Would you like to pay in pesetas?

Over a decade after Spain joined the euro, a handful of stores are still accepting the old currency

TENNIS

Spain’s new Davis Cup captain, Gala León. / Laura León (EL PAÍS)

“I’ll knock on locker room door,” says female Davis Cup captain

Gala León responds to doubts from Nadal coach about her appointment in a role where she will have to manage a group of men

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LATIN AMERICA

Mexican lawmaker abducted and killed in Jalisco

State attorney says criminals did not ask for a ransom, while investigators have no solid leads on the case

Maduro to push for seat on UN Security Council

Venezuelan president to address an international forum for the first time since he replaced the late Hugo Chávez

The race to save Mexico’s endangered languages

The country’s wealth of 68 indigenous tongues is almost unmatched anywhere else, yet many are at risk of extinction

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