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Two buses have collided in Barcelona today, Monday 3 March which has left 51 people injured, four of which are said to be critical.
The incident occurred at 3.00pm on la Avenida Diagonal, near Casa de les Punxes. According to local reports, one of the buses was full of Italian students who were visiting the Catalan capital. The other was carrying cruise ship passengers of several nationalities, including British, German, and Italian.
Investigation into the cause of the bus collision in Barcelona is ongoing
Catalan News has advised that of the four in critical condition, one was a minor who was boarding the bus. Shockingly, another was a pedestrian who was hit by one of the buses while walking in the area.
All four have been taken to the hospital to receive treatment for their injuries by the SEM health emergency units. There has been no further update on their condition at this time.
Local police, firefighter units and medical emergency groups were deployed to the scene of the horrific accident, although at present, details of exactly what caused it are still being investigated.
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
Only four commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, following 13 transits a day earlier, as disruptions continue to restrict traffic through the key energy chokepoint.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram to settle claims that its platforms put children and teenagers at risk.
At least nine people have been killed and hundreds of tourists are missing after a massive landslide triggered catastrophic flooding near Nepal’s Himalayan border with China’s Tibet region.
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri has acknowledged that few teenagers used Instagram’s “Take a Break” feature before it became a default setting, as Meta faces a major U.S. trial over child safety.
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