Spanish train crash leaves 68 dead, PM Sanchez declares 3 days of mourning

Here are the latest updates from the high-speed train crash in Spain on Wednesday, October 28: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add us as a Preferred Source on Google . Then tap the "Star" or "Preferred" to keep DW News at the top of your feed. European Union flags have been lowered to half-mast outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels as a marker of European solidarity. The Commission said the flags were lowered after Spain declared three days of official mourning. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the decision earlier this morning when he visited the crash site near Urda. Wednesday's crash, which killed at least 68 people according to the latest updates, is the deadliest train disaster in the EU since 2013.