The death toll in Spain’s high-speed rail disaster has risen to 69, with authorities continuing to identify victims of the crash.

As the country began its three-day mourning period, protests gathered outside the transport ministry demanding accountability.

The train was travelling from Madrid to Seville when it barrelled into a stationary train on Wednesday morning. It is the second crash on the same line in a year, with 46 killed in January in Adamuz.

The BBC was at the scene speaking to passengers and officials.

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How hard is it to ban children from social media? If Australia’s experience is anything to go by, very hard.

The UK is one of several countries trying to follow Australia’s lead, but it’s promising to go further to keep the under-16s off these apps.

We look at how children are getting round the bans, what the UK thinks might work, and whether there are lessons to learn from previous efforts to stop young people accessing porn.

In this video…

0:45 How can countries enforce restrictions?
1:20 Is it working in Australia?
3:20 What age check methods are being proposed in the UK?
4:29 Are there lessons from porn age verification?
5:09 Who is responsible for enforcing it?
6:36 How will the ban work in the UK?
7:11 What does it mean for adults using these platforms?
8:14 What are VPNs and how do they work?
9:10 Why are so many countries enforcing rules?

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An Australian athlete has admitted putting others at risk by continuing to race after soiling herself during an endurance sports event.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC ahead of her return to the sport, Joanna Wietrzyk suggested her determination to win the Hyrox race in Beijing in September had clouded her judgement: “It was my decision to continue racing so I take full responsibility for that”.

Challenged over why she carried on, she said: “I didn’t really think about those around me… the decision that I made in hindsight was the wrong decision and I’m truly sorry for everyone that I did affect.”

The 24-year-old said that the experience and subsequent backlash was “traumatic”. She also said she considered walking away from the sport.

Although initially appearing defiant in a now-deleted Instagram post, Wietrzyk apologised in the week after the Beijing event and said she would forfeit the win and retroactively withdraw from the race.

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With most of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc is slightly ahead – but neither it nor the opposition are on track for a majority.

Netanyahu is calling for a strong right-wing government and his party, Likud, is set to be the biggest.

His rival, Gadi Eisenkot insists Israel voted to end Netanyahu’s term.

Either way, it could take days or weeks before we know who will form the next governing coalition and the direction the country will go in from here.

0:00 – How close is it?
2:55 – When will we get as result?
4:43 – Who are the candidates?
8:36 – What would a coalition look like?
12:32 – What is the regional impact?

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