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This video appearing to show a mermaid has been viewed millions of times - but what does it really show?

Spanish police throw traffic barrier at knife-wielding man

Mahigit na sa 500 ang nasawi sa heatwave na sampung araw nang nananalasa sa Spain. Isa ang Spain sa mga bansa sa Western Europe na nakararanas ng matinding init na temperatura na umabot sa 45 degrees Celsius.

Spain celebrated Las Fallas after two long years of lockdown. As restrictions ease around the world people are celebrating their culture again. Watch this video to see Spain celebrate Las Fallas.

GoPro Million Dollar Challenge award recipient + local videographer Gonzalo De Vega spends his time filming + befriending the skateboarders who filter in + out of Barcelona + Madrid. Hit the link below to read more about how Gonzalo got paid $16,129 for these HERO10 Black shots:

A boy using plastic bottles tied to himself and his clothes to keep afloat has arrived at Spain's north African territory of Ceuta after swimming across the Spain-Morocco border. The child was spotted in the water by soldiers on El Tarajal beach before he attempted to climb the wall into the city. The migration attempt comes as an estimated 8,000 people - including 2,000 minors - made it to the Spanish territory in recent days before the majority were sent back. Spain has accused Morocco of disrespect for the European Union and willingness to risk the lives of children and babies in a diplomatic row between the countries

Colombian naval officials monitoring a sunken Spanish ship laden with treasure have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Iván Duque has announced. The San José galleon was sunk by the British in 1708 near Colombia's Caribbean port of Cartagena. The wreckage was located in 2015. It has been described as the holy grail of shipwrecks, as the ship was carrying one of the largest amounts of valuables ever to have been lost at sea.

Firefighters are struggling to contain large wildfires tearing through forests in Valencia. Powerful winds have made the fires difficult to put out and it has swept through 6,500 hectares.

An “unexpected and violent gale” caused parts of a stage to collapse at the Medusa Festival in Spain early Saturday.

A Spanish man trying to protect his town from a wildfire had a close brush with death on Monday when the blaze engulfed his digger, forcing him to run for his life while patting out flames on his clothes.

The fatal attempt of dozens of people trying to cross the border between Morocco and Spain last month, has caused anger and protests in both countries, where demonstrators have demanded an independent investigation. The video, the authenticity of which was confirmed to AP by Moroccan authorities this week, was shown by those authorities to ambassadors of some African countries after the incident. In the footage it is possible to see a large group of people walking near the border and trying to climb one of the fences to cross from Nador in Morocco to Melilla on the Spanish side. Some threw objects toward the Moroccan security forces who tried to stop them by shooting tear gas canisters.

Firefighters in Spain struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday amid an unusual heat wave in western Europe for this time of year.

Spanish prosecutors are looking into a group of male university students who were caught on camera in Madrid yelling vulgar, misogynistic insults at female students. Videos of insults directed at women in the building next to it by men in all-male student housing have been circulating for days. The "macho, incomprehensible, unjustified, and simply repulsive behaviour" was criticised by Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain. It has prompted extensive discussion and political condemnation. One pupil yelled: "Rabbits, whores, come out of your holes. You bunch of nymphomanic prostitutes are disgusting." Then, in a planned action, students from the Colegio Mayor Elas Ahuja building across the street pulled open their curtains and began yelling and making animal noises. There was an instant reaction to the Complutense University students' video that went viral on Sunday night.

Wildfires raged around the town of Anon de Moncayo in the province of Zaragoza, northeastern Spain on Sunday, threatening homes and forcing the evacuation of at least 1,500 local residents. The fire, which started on Saturday and has been fanned by strong winds, has already burned 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) in less than 24 hours according to preliminary data, Aragon’s regional president Javier Lambán told the media on Sunday. Around 300 firefighters, including 187 military reinforcements, were trying to bring the fire under control on Sunday. “We are still in a really critical situation with the fire around Moncayo. During the night, the behaviour of the fire was very virulent,” said the region’s general director of Natural Environment and Forestry Management, Diego Bayona.

Video reveals destructive power of hailstones bigger than tennis balls as violent storm batters northern Spain. A toddler has died after being hit by a huge hail stone during a horror storm in Spain. The 20-month-old girl was one of 30 people hurt after receiving direct impacts from hail stones around four inches in diameter in and around the Catalan town of La Bisbal de l’Emporda. She was rushed to Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona on Tuesday afternoon but died hours later. A woman remained in the same hospital today because of the injuries she suffered in the devastating hailstorm. Most of the other 28 people who needed medical treatment are said to have suffered head injuries or cuts from the ice that needed stitches as well as broken bones. Many cars were also damaged by the tennis ball-size stones.

The north-eastern region of Spain has been hit by a barrage of large hailstones, some of which measured 10cm.

Spain's Princess Leonor, the heir apparent to the throne, turned 13 on Wednesday. At an event celebrating another birthday - the 40th anniversary of Spain's constitution - she gave her first royal speech.

There are heatwave warnings for countries across Europe this week. Temperatures across Spain and France have been above average for several days and the heat is expected to peak this weekend. In France, authorities are fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures.

A massive clean-up operation is under way in the Spanish city of Valencia after record-breaking rainfall. Dozens of cars were submerged as floodwater surged through neighbourhoods of the city, leaving homes and businesses waterlogged. The severe weather forced authorities to close the city's metro system and several roads, and a team of ambulance workers had to be rescued from their vehicles. The nearby regions of Alicante and Castellón were also badly affected

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires sweep across parts of Spain. Climate change and lightning strikes have seen fires break out across the land in recent days, causing damage to countryside and populated areas, as firefighters try to control the situation. In one hair-raising incident, a train service was caught up in a sweeping wildfire near Valencia, which left three passengers seriously injured.