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Barcelona will take legal action against the Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details on Sunday of Lionel Messi's current contract, which it says is worth up to 555 million euros ($674 million) over four years.

Cristiano Ronaldo earned 203.7 million euros outside of Spain and 23.5 million inside the country, according to a copy of his 2015 tax return obtained by daily newspaper El Mundo

Spain's El Mundo newspaper has called on Queen Letizia to explain herself after leaked text messages emerged showing her supporting a prominent business executive caught up in a scandal involving alleged corporate credit card abuse.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said talks on the Syria crisis had unacceptably been taken "hostage" by the question of President Bashar al-Assad's future, in an interview with Spanish newspapers published today.

Spanish daily El Mundo claimed Xabi Alonso is being investigated for defrauding the Spanish tax authorities.

The father of a suspected Islamist militant gunman overpowered by passengers on a high-speed train in France was quoted today as saying he could not believe his son was a terrorist.

A man has died after being struck by a bull, police said Sunday, bringing to ten the number of people killed in bull runs in Spain this year, one of the deadliest ever for the sport.

A 30-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a woman in the eastern province of Santa Cruz was seized by a mob and burned to death, Bolivian authorities said.

Spain's prosecutor's office says it has opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the nation was a target for surveillance by the US National Security Agency.

Transatlantic tensions reached boiling point today as Washington sharply denied reports President Barack Obama knew US spies were tapping German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but fresh allegations emerged of mass snooping in Spain.

A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said today, with the media suggesting the tragedy could be due to speeding.

Madrid-based daily El Mundo said the claim "smears his image" and if proven would be "extraordinarily serious" and should be doubly condemned because of the 25-year-old's high income.

Two-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi said that he was still playing the game as he did when he was a child growing up in Argentina, in an interview with Spanish newpaper El Mundo on Saturday.

Barcelona will take legal action against the Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details on Sunday of Lionel Messi's current contract, which it says is worth up to 555 million euros ($674 million) over four years.

Cristiano Ronaldo earned 203.7 million euros outside of Spain and 23.5 million inside the country, according to a copy of his 2015 tax return obtained by daily newspaper El Mundo

Spain's El Mundo newspaper has called on Queen Letizia to explain herself after leaked text messages emerged showing her supporting a prominent business executive caught up in a scandal involving alleged corporate credit card abuse.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said talks on the Syria crisis had unacceptably been taken "hostage" by the question of President Bashar al-Assad's future, in an interview with Spanish newspapers published today.

Spanish daily El Mundo claimed Xabi Alonso is being investigated for defrauding the Spanish tax authorities.

The father of a suspected Islamist militant gunman overpowered by passengers on a high-speed train in France was quoted today as saying he could not believe his son was a terrorist.

A man has died after being struck by a bull, police said Sunday, bringing to ten the number of people killed in bull runs in Spain this year, one of the deadliest ever for the sport.

A 30-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a woman in the eastern province of Santa Cruz was seized by a mob and burned to death, Bolivian authorities said.

Spain's prosecutor's office says it has opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the nation was a target for surveillance by the US National Security Agency.

Transatlantic tensions reached boiling point today as Washington sharply denied reports President Barack Obama knew US spies were tapping German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but fresh allegations emerged of mass snooping in Spain.

A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said today, with the media suggesting the tragedy could be due to speeding.

Madrid-based daily El Mundo said the claim "smears his image" and if proven would be "extraordinarily serious" and should be doubly condemned because of the 25-year-old's high income.

Two-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi said that he was still playing the game as he did when he was a child growing up in Argentina, in an interview with Spanish newpaper El Mundo on Saturday.