This country, like several of its European neighbors, have suffered much higher temperatures than normal, which has affected its water reserves and water supply.
The government of Spain, led by the socialist Pedro Sánchez, pardoned separatist leaders, including the former vice president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras.
The stray beluga whale has now been rescued from the French river Seine. He is now driven to Normandy in a refrigerated truck. But he is remarkably thin, say experts.