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Monday, October 5, 2026

Spain

country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa

In brief

Spain’s manufacturing sector returned to slight growth in September, with its PMI rising to 51 from 49.5 as production expanded and export orders improved. Overall new orders continued to decline amid uncertainty and rising energy costs, but business confidence reached its highest level since February and employment stabilized.

Spain's Council of Ministers authorized the next judicial phase in the US extradition case of James 'Fergie' Chambers, moving the matter toward a Madrid court but not a final surrender. Chambers, held in Madrid's prison after being detained in Ibiza, faces US charges including money laundering, rioting, and conspiracy to riot, set against his pro-Palestinian activism and asylum claim.

Italy extends border controls on travelers from Spain for another 15 days over the Ceuta migrant crisis, citing persistent internal security risks and potential terrorist infiltration, with random checks at ports and airports. Spain and the EU have been notified, marking a second Schengen extension since the Ceuta influx as Rome maintains the measure as temporary and security-driven.

Global sea surface temperatures have sustained daily records for 100 consecutive days, about 1 degree Celsius above the 1982-2010 average, driven by ocean heat uptake and an emerging El Niño, with warnings of coral bleaching, stronger rainfall and storms, and ongoing marine heatwaves likely into next year. In Europe, Spain-recorded seas reached all-time highs across the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, including a Dragonera buoy reading of 33.02°C, attributed to human-caused climate change and accompanied by a record 61 heatwave days on land, signaling widespread risks to marine ecosystems, biodiversity, and coastal communities.

LatestTorrential rain floods streets and halts rail in Bilbao and BarcelonaWater hit knee level in Bilbao's centre in under an hour; 137 of 150 Bizkaia weather incidents were in the city after 70-plus mm of rain.1d

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