The small town of Adamuz in Spain has become the scene of a fatal rail disaster.
Dozens of people died in the incident, with even more injured.
The BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe visited the scene, where a large police cordon is in place.
Officials said an investigation has been launched but it is not expected to determine what happened for at least a month.
Thirteen school pupils have died in South Africa after the minibus they were travelling in collided with a lorry south of the city of Johannesburg.
The crash happened on Monday morning at around 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) in Vanderbijlpark, the local education authority said.
Eleven students died at the scene, while two succumbed to their injuries later on. Two other pupils remains in critical condition.
The minibus driver crashed into the lorry after attempting to overtake two vehicles, police spokesperson Mavela Masondo said.
Masondo added that a case of culpable homicide would be opened.
The minibus driver was “reportedly” being treated in hospital, Gauteng province’s department of education said, while the details of what happened to the lorry driver were “uncertain”.
Fatal road collisions are common in South Africa, due to factors such as rampant speeding, reckless driving and poorly maintained vehicles.
In 2025, 11,418 people died in crashes – about 6% lower than a year earlier but still equivalent to an average of 31 deaths a day.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Monday’s crash “distressing”.
“Our children are the nation’s most precious assets and we must do all we can – from observing the rules of the road to the quality of service providers appointed to transport scholars – to protect learners,” the president added.
South Africa has sent a team to help with rescue efforts after a local politician was swept away by floodwaters while visiting neighbouring Mozambique.
Andile Mngwevu, a councillor in the Ekurhuleni municipality, east of Johannesburg, and four others were in Mozambique’s Gaza province when their car was caught in a flood, officials say.
Only one of the passengers has been accounted for – the “status and whereabouts of the other occupants remain unconfirmed”, the municipality said in a statement.
Flooding has devastated parts of both countries and resulted in Mozambican President Daniel Chapo cancelling his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
His South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed that two helicopters had been deployed to help Mozambique “for a number of days until their situation subsides”.
Weeks of flooding in Mozambique have damaged infrastructure and killed more than 100 people. According to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report, 400,000 people have been affected.
In South Africa, more than 30 people have died in just two provinces since November, according to the government.
Mozambique has declared a red alert in the wake of the devastating floods while South Africa has announced a national disaster.
The rainy season has begun in central and northern Mozambique, with further heavy rain forecast across large parts of the country, which is entering its annual cyclone season.