Bob James’ Spanish News Headlines – Visual format – Dateline: 14/11/25 – Latest
Former FA president Luis Rubiales had eggs thrown at him, allegedly by his own uncle, at a book launch in Madrid.
Rubiales was presenting his new book “Killing Rubiales”, in the capital when a man in the audience began hurling the eggs.
The first missed and hit the wall behind him but then the second landed which resulted in Rubiales charging into the audience to confront the aggressor, which he claims turned out to be a family member.
“It was my uncle, my blood uncle, who is a troublemaker and always has been,” Rubiales told the media.
The aggressor has since been arrested by police, who have not yet confirmed the family connection.
Rubiales was at the heart of a scandal in the fallout of Spain’s 2023 Women’s World Cup triumph, which saw him kiss forward Jenni Hermoso without her consent in the victory celebrations in Sydney.
In February the High Court found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault and he had a three-year ban from Fifa, as well as being fined €10,800.
The cost of living rose again last month and the big jump in egg prices is among the biggest shocks for shoppers.
The latest Consumer Price Index figures show inflation reached 3.1 percent, up from September’s 3 percent.
Electricity was one of the main drivers. Energy costs have risen faster than they did at the same time last year.
Travel costs also pushed inflation higher.
Food prices are rising slowly but the biggest shocker is the cost of eggs, which jumped 5.1 percent in a month and increased by 22.5 percent compared with last year.
The surge has been linked to lower supply caused by avian flu outbreaks.
Two days after banning outdoor poultry farming in almost 1,200 municipalities the Ministry of Agriculture went a step further yesterday and raised the restrictions to the whole country due to the spread of the bird flu.
In a new order published in the official state gazette the ministy ordered the lockdown of all outdoor poultry farms .. free-range or organic for sale of self consumption.
The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed 14 bird flu outbreaks with the Castilla y León accounting for more than half of them.
Persistent and heavy rainfall from storm Claudia has been forecast. This morning the weather agency Aemet predicted rain in western Andalucía. Thunderstorms can also be expected.
As a result, Aemet has extended the yellow warning for heavy rainfall in Malaga province for all of today and tomorrow.
Aemet expects rainfall and storms that may be locally heavy and persistent in the western half of Andalucía but less likely on the Mediterranean coast.
That’s the latest from TRE, I’m Bob James.
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