A man was gored to death today during a running of the bulls festival at a town in central Spain.

Spain’s parliament will debate a proposal this week to bar the burka in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that such garments are degrading to women.

Spain's world-famous Pamplona bullfighting festival is in danger of being overshadowed by a crisis in the sport.

The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France today, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.