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Spain's transport minister blames rail crash on 'inexplicable human error'

A rail collision in Spain that claimed at least 68 lives on Wednesday came after a train was ordered to go in "error" by Spanish rail infrastructure manager Adif, despite a technical failure that halted all services, the transport minister said.

Spain's transport minister blames rail crash on 'inexplicable human error'

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Israel's pollsters and editors owe an explanation after failing voters - comment

Three major broadcasters missed Likud by five to seven seats. The disagreement among pollsters was there to report all along, and newsrooms, ours included, failed to make it the story.

  • Polling firms and editors failed to predict election results accurately.
  • Channel 12 incorrectly declared President Herzog would ask Eisenkot to form government.
  • Initial projections placed opposition parties ahead of Eisenkot's camp.

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