38 h. ago Spanish police search laboratory in African swine fever leak fears

African swine fever, while harmless to humans, is often fatal to pigs and wild boars

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63 h. ago Spanish police evict hundreds of migrants from squat deemed a safety hazard

Spanish police have begun carrying out eviction orders to clear an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona

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1 week ago African swine fever outbreak in Spain may have leaked from research lab, officials say

Authorities say strain of virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities Spanish authorities investigating the African swine fever outbreak in Catalonia are looking into the possibility that the disease may have leaked from a research facility and are focusing on five nearby laboratories as potential sources.Thirteen cases of the fever have been confirmed in wild boars in the countryside outside Barcelona since 28 November, prompting Spain to scramble to contain the outbreak before it becomes a serious threat to its pork export industry, which is worth €8.8bn (£7.7bn) a year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spain deploys military to control African swine fever outbreak after pigs catch virus from ‘infected sandwich’

African swine fever, while harmless to humans, spreads rapidly among pigs and wild boar and poses a significant economic risk to Spain

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2 w. ago Spanish swine fever outbreak may be linked to food eaten by boar, say officials

Hundreds of police, rangers and military personnel deployed to tackle virus threatening pork export industrySpanish authorities have deployed hundreds of police officers, wildlife rangers and military personnel in an effort to contain an outbreak of highly infectious African swine fever (ASF) outside Barcelona before it becomes a major threat to the country’s €8.8bn-a-year pork export industry.Officials believe the virus, detected in the municipality of Bellaterra, may have begun to circulate after a wild boar ate contaminated food that had been brought in from outside Spain. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK to block imports of pork from Spain due to outbreak of swine fever

Pork products are to be held at border control posts after Spain recorded cases of ASF in the Catalunya

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3 w. ago Sex trafficking 'monsters' targeting children from care homes in holiday hotspot

Children have been vanishing from care homes in the Canary Islands, sparking an international search as Spanish police target a 'monster' sex trafficking network

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3 w. ago MMA pal of Connor McGregor arrested after 'tussle' with guards on Ryanair flight

Irish MMA fighter Sinead Kavanagh has reportedly been arrested after allegedly attacking two Spanish police officers called to deal with a disturbance on a Ryanair plane from Gran Canaria to Dublin

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3 w. ago Female MMA fighter, 39, 'is arrested after two Spanish police officers were attacked following disturbance on Ryanair flight'

Sinead Kavanagh, 39, was detained on Monday evening after the incident on a Gran Canaria to Dublin flight as it prepared for take-off around 7.30pm, according to local media.

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3 w. ago MMA star pal of Conor McGregor ‘arrested after attacking two police officers called to disturbance on Ryanair flight’

IRISH MMA fighter Sinead Kavanagh has reportedly been arrested after allegedly attacking two Spanish police officers called to deal with a disturbance on a Ryanair plane from Gran Canaria to Dublin. The 39-year-old is said to have been held on Monday evening and spent the night in a police cell before appearing in court earlier...

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