Environment
More than 1,000 people died in floods and landslides across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand, and Indonesia and Sri Lanka deployed their militaries to assist rescue and relief operations.
Spain mobilized the military to contain an African swine fever outbreak near Barcelona, prompting many countries to block Spanish pork exports; authorities said a contaminated sandwich may be the source.
Catalonia's agriculture minister said African swine fever found in wild boar near Barcelona may have entered Spain via a contaminated cold‑cut sandwich eaten by the animals.
El País published internal Profepa documents showing President López Obrador’s government prohibited environmental authorities from inspecting or ordering closures of Tren Maya construction.