Spanish Prime Minister cancels Davos attendance over deadly high-speed train crash
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will not travel to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after a high-speed train collision in southern Spain on Sunday killed at least 39 people, his office said on Monday.
January 19, 2026
Emma Pinedo/Reuters
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.
Susana Vera/Reuters
MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will not travel to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after a high-speed train collision in southern Spain on Sunday killed at least 39 people, his office said on Monday.
-Emma Pinedo; Writing by David Latona; Editing by Andrei Khalip/Reuters
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