The Spanish National Police announced today (Tuesday) that a policeman was killed and another was injured, as a result of the explosion of an explosive device while they were responding to a shooting report in the city of Oviedo in northern Spain, according to the German News Agency.
Police are searching for a suspect who fled from the apartment building where police found a backpack containing the bomb after receiving a report of gunfire.
Police reported that the bag exploded while the bomb disposal team was trying to remove it from the building.
Prince Harry urged technology companies to be more transparent about issues related to children, in his first public appearance with his wife, Meghan Markle, on Tuesday, since her father was arrested on suspicion of possessing images of child sexual abuse.
Harry spoke in the European Parliament in Brussels, during the inauguration of a memorial to children who died as a result of the harm they suffered on social media, according to what was reported by the Associated Press.
The memorial, called the “Lost Screen Monument,” includes miniature models of huge smartphones, with each screen bearing a picture of one of the deceased children.
Meghan, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, was scheduled to deliver a speech alongside Harry, but withdrew because she was not “emotionally strong enough,” according to what a source familiar with the reasons for her withdrawal said. However, she accompanied her husband to the event.
The allegations against Thomas Markle Sr. surfaced last month.
The father appeared in court in Florida last Friday, charged with possession of child pornography. The 82-year-old man had previously strongly denied these accusations, describing them as “sick lies.”
For his part, Harry appeared affected during his speech when he urged those in charge of social media companies to avoid showing children content that they would not show to their children, calling on these companies to be more transparent and to provide support to parents, especially those who seek to access their children’s devices and accounts on social media sites to understand what is happening to them on the Internet.
Bulgarian Health Minister Katia Ivkova announced today (Tuesday) that at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in two mass collisions that occurred on a highway, amid heavy fog, according to the German News Agency.
Ivkova said that heavy fog on the highway linking the capital, Sofia, to the Black Sea port of Burgas led to two mass collisions.
She added that the two accidents resulted in the closure of the road in both directions.
Ivkova explained that 10 people “died at the scene of the accident,” while two other people died while being transported to the hospital.
She added that 46 people were transferred to medical facilities to receive treatment.
The two accidents, which involved dozens of vehicles, occurred in dense fog near the city of Yambol (southeast) on the highway linking the capital, Sofia, to the city of Burgas.
The governor of the Yambol region, Georgi Chalakov, told the official Bulgarian News Agency that about 50 cars and trucks were damaged in the collisions, while government officials rushed to the site.
Pictures showed overturned and smashed cars and trucks, in addition to vehicles burned by fire.
Prime Minister Rumen Radev had told reporters that “the toll so far is 11 dead and 48 wounded.”
Radev was holding a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is visiting Bulgaria, but he canceled the official events that were scheduled for later Tuesday.
Bulgaria recorded 71 deaths due to road accidents per million inhabitants in 2025, the highest rate in the European Union, according to European Commission figures.
Victims of traffic accidents attribute the high number of deaths on roads in Bulgaria, especially to reckless driving and poor road maintenance.
