Spain’s borrowing costs shot up today in an auction of short-term debt, in another sign that investors are growing more wary of holding the country’s bonds amid fears that the eurozone’s debt crisis is spreading.

THE death toll from an outbreak of killer bacteria centred on Germany jumped to at least 30 as EU and Russian leaders got ready to cross swords over Moscow’s ban on EU vegetables.

THE German authorities have admitted they are not sure of the source of one of the biggest outbreaks of deadly E coli contamination ever that has already claimed 16 lives and infected more than 1,000 people.

AN E COLI outbreak linked to contaminated cucumbers that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany has spread to other north European countries and is expected to worsen in the coming week.

The aviation industry today condemned European transport officials, claiming there has been “no co-ordination and no leadership” in the crisis that has shut down most European airports for a fifth day.