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Berlin erupts as Spain beats England 2-1 in Euro 2024 final
As the Euro 2024 tournament drew to a close, Spain and England played a tight match before the Spanish emerged victorious.
Spanish or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language speakers. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The country with the largest population of native speakers is Mexico.
As the Euro 2024 tournament drew to a close, Spain and England played a tight match before the Spanish emerged victorious.
Spanish firefighters rescued a driver trapped in raging floodwaters after heavy rains struck Murcia and Alicante.
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