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Five-hour Lisbon-Madrid rail link to go ahead by 2030, officials say

A railway link between Lisbon and Madrid has been given the green light following an agreement between the Portuguese and Spanish governments and the European Commission and is set to go ahead by 2030. That will allow for a direct journey between the two capitals of around five hours, expected…

Travellers remain stranded as Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica

All 25,000 international tourists who were in Jamaica when Hurricane Melissa made landfall on 28 October are accounted for and in good health, according to tourism minister Edmund Bartlett. Hundreds are still waiting for flights out of the country as airports were closed by what quickly became the strongest storm…