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Former high-ranking Madrid official arrested in corruption swoop

Francisco Granados suspected of accepting cash from builders to rezone land and rig bids in their favor while mayor of Valdemoro

Popular Party fears electoral impact of growing list of scandals

Raid against suspected bid-rigging scheme is only latest in string of probes damaging image of Spain’s ruling party

Ebola victim’s husband discharged after 21 days in isolation

El País Madrid

Javier Limón will speak to the media on Monday afternoon to discuss his plans for legal action and the couple's newfound fame

“The hardest part is not being able to defend Teresa”

The husband of Ebola victim Teresa Romero talks about his his concerns now his wife is free of the Ebola virus

INDEPENDENCE BID

Madrid seeks ways to appeal Catalonia’s alternative self-rule vote

Government asks state lawyers to examine if new poll scheduled for November 9 breaks any laws

Catalonia pressures mayors by email to help with November vote

Only five villages are resisting calls to lend out local premises for the non-binding alternative to the self-rule referendum

Gómez-Iglesias greets Felipe VI on the day of his coronation.

Hoaxer or high-flyer? The strange case of “Little Nicolás”

Just how did a 20-year-old student, now facing fraud charges, end up rubbing shoulders with Spain’s political elite?

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Atunara beach in Spain, with The Rock in the background. / claudio álvarez

Madrid, London and Gibraltar to resume talks on an ad hoc basis

Andalusian regional government representatives will also be involved in discussions, after two years of impasse

Catalan ex-leader Pujol’s youngest son arrested in tax fraud probe

Oleguer Pujol Ferrusola becomes latest member of family to be targeted as police search his home and businesses in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Melilla

Javier Goyeneche founded Ecoalf five years ago.

The guru of sustainable fashion

Javier Goyeneche’s Ecoalf brand, which recycles fishing nets and plastic bottles, has won over high-profile names in the US

Appeals court revokes damages to Spanish thalidomide victims

El País Madrid

Madrid provincial ruling says compensation claim was filed too late, but those affected by drug vow to keep fighting

Map of cancer mortality rates in Spain

Spain’s cancer map: how patients’ regions affect survival

A new chart shows death rates from certain tumors can be up to 50 percent higher in some areas

Spain to deploy 300 troops in Iraq to train army against ISIS

Defense minister requested congressional approval for the operation on Wednesday, but offered few details of plan

IMMIGRATION

PP seeks to legalize on-the-spot deportations of illegal immigrants

Move comes as around 400 sub-Saharans make fresh attempt to jump Melilla border fence, the second in 48 hours. Forcing migrants back into Morocco is expressly prohibited under current legislation

NGO denounces beating of migrant at Melilla border

Video footage shows man being hit repeatedly by Civil Guard

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EDITOR’S PICK

Some of the National Police’s Twitter messages.

L@w enforcement the Twitter way

With more than a million followers, Spain’s National Police have made effective use of the network to rally the public in the fight against crime

Court halts music sector plan to collect pirates’ IP addresses

Record companies would have been able to glean information with which to sue illegal downloaders

Are visitors, or Mother Nature, damaging Altamira’s cave art?

Ministry has been given conflicting reports about the preservation of the prehistoric paintings at the Unesco site

Majorca’s money-making mountain challenges

Vicki McLeod looks at why the Balearic island is becoming a hot destination for cyclists raising funds for good causes

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LATIN AMERICA

Brazilians re-elect Rousseff by smallest of margins

Workers’ Party leader will have to resolve deep social division created by weeks of passionate campaigning

Both presidential candidates support reforming Brazil’s ungovernable Congress

But Rousseff and Neves disagree on how to bring order to body with 28 parties

Frente Amplio leaders clash as Uruguay campaign ends

Row between President Mujica and his proposed successor comes as polls predict leftist coalition may lose its majority

Ex-president Lula gets behind Rousseff as election looms

Brazil’s charismatic former leader lays into rival candidate Aécio Neves to help his Workers’ Party colleague

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