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🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 16 October 2026

Isabel Allende Wins the 2026 Premio Planeta

Chilean author Isabel Allende has been awarded the 75th Premio Planeta, Spain's highest-endowed literary prize worth €1 million, for her novel La hora antes del alba. Presented by King Felipe VI in Barcelona, the novel serves as a continuation of La casa de los espíritus, following the protagonist Alba through Chile's dictatorship. Valencian author Sergio Hernández Carrasco was named runner-up for his novel La añoranza.

Tragic Care Home Elevator Collapse in Vélez-Málaga

Two elderly residents—an…