No clear winner in Israel, Spain train crash

Vote counting is underway in Israel's pivotal elections, with no clear winner emerging as both incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and challenger Gadi Eisenkot claim a mandate. With 85% of the votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc leads with at least 53 seats, while Eisenkot's opposition bloc has 48. Neither candidate has reached the 61 seats required to form a government, indicating a need for coalition negotiations with other parties. Notably, Palestinian-Israeli parties are projected to achieve record gains, securing around 19 seats.

As the election results unfold, tensions escalate in the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli army conducts raids in a village near Nablus, utilizing tear gas against residents and demolishing homes of Palestinian prisoners. A lockdown is imposed in Hebron, with reports of nearly 5,000 people forcibly displaced and numerous arrests following the deaths of two Israeli soldiers last week.

In a separate incident, a tragic train collision in central Spain results in at least 64 fatalities. The crash occurs just outside Toledo on the line connecting Madrid to Seville, leading to the suspension of rail services between these major cities. This incident follows a previous crash on the same line earlier in the year that claimed 46 lives.

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