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Spain’s Sánchez faces political test as deadly train crash casts shadow over election campaign

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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hoped to leverage widespread discontent over unaffordable housing when he called snap elections in October. Then a high-speed train rammed into another, killing 69 people and casting a pall over the nation.

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    MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hoped to leverage widespread discontent over unaffordable housing when he called snap elections in October. Then a high-speed train rammed into another, killing 69 people and casting a pall over the nation.

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