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Patrick Stewart dies: the iconic actor’s career in pictures

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By: EL PAÍS

30 October 2026 at 08:48

Patrick Stewart & Blackie — Patrick Stewart with 'Blackie' in a production of Shakespeare's 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona', in December 1970. Trained in Shakespearean theater, at first he did not receive a very warm welcome in the television industry, precisely because of that classical background.

45th Golden Globe Awards — Patrick Stewart and his wife Sheila Falconer in California in January 1988. Stewart was married three times. His first marriage, to Sheila, lasted from 1966 to 1990 and they had two children, Daniel and Sophia. Between 2000 and 2003 he was married to Wendy Neuss. His last wife was the singer Sunny Ozell.

Patrick Stewart in a promotional photo for 'Star Trek' in L.A. in April 1990. For 176 episodes, between 1987 and 1994, he embodied Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a role that turned him into one of the most popular and beloved television actors for decades.

patrick stewart obituario — Patrick Stewart and William Shatner during an event to commemorate 'Star Trek' in Los Angeles in 1991. At first, very few people believed that Stewart could successfully take over from Shatner as the captain of the USS Enterprise.

"X-Men" New York City Premiere — Patrick Stewart and Stan Lee at the premiere of 'X-Men' in New York in the year 2000. For over a quarter of a century he had been playing Professor Charles Xavier in Marvel's X-Men saga. He plays the role in the upcoming 'Avengers: Doomsday' (2026).

20th Century Fox Premiere of 'X-Men The Last Stand' after party — Hugh Jakcman, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Cannes, in 2006, for the premiere of 'X-Men The Last Stand'.

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, historic leader of Mexico’s left, dead at 92

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By: Ernesto Núñez Albarrán · EL PAÍS

29 October 2026 at 12:42

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas in Mexico City, in May 2024.

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a historic leader of Mexico’s left, died on Wednesday at age 92. Without him, it would be impossible to understand how the left has gained power in Mexico. Both the current president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her precedecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, both of the Morena party, walked arm in arm with Cárdenas during the democratic struggles of the 1980s, when El Ingeniero (The Engineer, as he was known because of his engineering degree), broke up the long hegemony of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from within, giving rise to the transition.

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Unbearable disasters

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By: EL PAÍS

29 October 2026 at 10:37

For the second time in nine months, all of Spain is stunned by images of two high-speed trains shattered on a track in the middle of the countryside, by the appalling death toll and by the harrowing accounts of survivors of a rail crash that will have its own page in history. Almost 400 people were aboard the AVE train that, at 8.53 a.m. on Wednesday, collided with an Iryo train stopped on the Madrid–Andalucía line near Urda (Toledo), which had 146 people on board. The toll of 69 dead is still provisional. The number of injured exceeds 100. In these critical hours, it is necessary to convey to those who have lost a loved one the empathy and solidarity of all of Spanish society. The testimonies of families and survivors will be the anchor to ensure the scale of this human tragedy is never forgotten.

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The crash between two high-speed trains in Spain, in images

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By: EL PAÍS

28 October 2026 at 11:44

accidente Toledo Guardia Civil — Screen capture of a video made from a Civil Guard helicopter at the site of the crash in Urda (Toledo). Spanish state rail company Renfe has reported that train service between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia has been suspended.

Accidente Toledo — Emergency services providing assistance to the survivors of the crash. “A human error by an [state-owned railway infrastructure company] Adif operator in response to a malfunction in the main signaling system is the likely cause of the accident,” government sources said.

Directo_Tren — According to initial reports, the AVE train may have struck the Iryo train from behind, causing two cars of the latter train to derail. A passenger, Miguel Ángel Pérez, who had already exited the train, told state broadcaster TVE by phone that the accident was “terrible, indescribable.”

galeria — Residents of Urda (Toledo) have reached out to help the passengers of the trains that collided near their town. “We were able to get out of the car by breaking the windows,” said one passenger.

Passengers at Atocha train station in Madrid waiting for information following the railway accident in Urda (Toledo). Traffic was halted on the Madrid-Seville line.

Key facts about the rail crash in Spain: What is known so far about the collision?

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By: EL PAÍS

28 October 2026 at 11:28

Nine months after the Adamuz accident in Córdoba that claimed 46 lives, the Spanish rail system has suffered another fatal accident. Two trains traveling from Madrid to Seville — one operated by state rail company Renfe and the other by the private company Iryo — collided Wednesday morning between the towns of Mora, Orgaz, and Urda, in Toledo province. The collision has left at least 30 people dead among the 544 passengers traveling on the two trains. Renfe has reported that services between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia are currently suspended. Here is what is known so far.

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Key facts about the rail crash in Spain — Site of the crash on Wednesday morning near the Urda rail station in Toledo.

At least 68 people killed in high-speed rail crash in Spain

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By: EL PAÍS

28 October 2026 at 13:02

Emergency services are assisting the victims of the train accident in Urda.

At least 68 people have died in a train accident that occurred Wednesday morning near Urda station in Toledo, Spain, according to the government, which fears there may be more fatalities. “It could be worse than Adamuz [the rail accident in Córdoba that claimed 46 lives on January 18],” government sources said. The authorities also said 80 people had been injured, 50 of them seriously. At least 55 people had been transferred to hospitals in the area, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha confirmed.

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Fallecen al menos 64 personas tras colisionar dos trenes de alta velocidad en España — Efectivos de Bomberos, unidades del Equipo de Grandes Catástrofes del Servicio de Criminalística de la Guardia Civil, además de personal de Seguridad Ciudadana, agentes del SEPRONA (medioambientales) y de la Jefatura de Tráfico, en el lugar del accidente ferroviario ocurrido este miércoles en Urda (Toledo).

Collision of two high-speed trains between the towns of Mora and Orgaz — Los servicios de emergencia trabajan en la zona del accidente.

Spain Train Crash — Los servicios de emergencia trabajan en la zona del accidente, este miércoles en Urda (Toledo).

Al menos diez fallecidos en el accidente de tren de Urda (Toledo) — Dispositivo de emergencia desplegado junto a un grupo de viajeros tras el accidente entre dos trenes de alta velocidad en las proximidades de Urda (Toledo).

primera — Colisión por alcance entre dos trenes de alta velocidad en Urda (Toledo).

captura EFE — Captura de vídeo en la que se aprecian los daños causados por la colisión entre dos trenes de alta velocidad, uno de Renfe y otro de Iryo, a la altura de la estación de Urda (Toledo).

URDA — Accidente entre dos trenes de alta velocidad en Urda (Toledo), este miércoles.

Colisión por alcance entre dos trenes de alta velocidad en el tramo ferroviario entre las localidades de Mora y Urda (Toledo).

Ave Santa Justa — Viajeros en la estación de Santa Justa, en Sevilla, tras las incidencias provocadas por el accidente ferroviario entre dos trenes de alta velocidad ocurrido en las proximidades de Urda (Toledo), este miércoles.

EL PAÍS offers free Spanish lessons with Gymglish

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By: EL PAÍS

15 November 2021 at 14:10

EL PAÍS has partnered with language-learning company Gymglish to offer online personalized lessons in Spanish. Readers who sign up before the end of the year will receive a 15-day free trial, with no further commitment required.

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