Spain's Sanchez reshuffles cabinet after transport minister quits over train crashes

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his deputy, Carlos Cuerpo, would provisionally run the Transport Ministry after Oscar Puente’s resignation over two deadly high-speed train crashes this year. Puente’s move six days after this year’s second traumatic rail accident has left the ruling Socialists fighting an election campaign without one of their most combative, but also polarising, voices. In a brief televised address, Sanchez praised Puente for his political dignity,

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