Spanish authorities

A wildfire in Almeria, southern Spain, killed 12 people as high temperatures affected the country. Victims were found in burnt-out vehicles, and 150 firefighters are battling the blaze. Spain's military emergency unit is set to assist, and regional leaders called it the deadliest fire in the region to date.

A wildfire in Almeria, southern Spain, has killed 12 people as soaring temperatures affected much of the country, according to Spanish authorities.

French and Spanish authorities dismantled an online marketplace selling fake identity documents to migrant smuggling rings operating within the European Union.

A cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak arrived in the Canary Islands and is being evacuated, with at least one new case identified and 147 people on board. The World Health Organization and Spanish authorities are coordinating the evacuations. Thirty crew members will remain on the ship to sail it back to Rotterdam.

A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship is heading to the Canary Islands, where Spanish authorities will perform careful evacuations of over 140 passengers and crew members. The vessel is expected to arrive on Sunday at the Spanish island of Tenerife. Health officials have prepared a completely isolated area for the evacuees.

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has been stricken with hantavirus, and will assess and repatriate its 149 passengers and crew members. The ship is due to arrive off the Canary island of Tenerife on Sunday. An unprecedented operation is underway to handle the situation.