Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday

Spain to hold state funeral for 2024 flood victims

Spain will pay tribute to the victims of last year's floods with a state funeral marking the anniversary of its deadliest such disaster in decades, government sources said Monday.

The ceremony will take place on October 29th in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences complex, a year to the day after muddy torrents killed 236 people and wrecked infrastructure.

The extent of the damage in the eastern Valencia region prompted widespread outrage at the authorities' management of the disaster and a blame game between the politically opposed central and regional governments.

Scientists say human-driven climate change is intensifying extreme weather events such as the torrential rain behind last year's floods.

The catastrophic situation was further fuelled by a rapidly warming Mediterranean Sea.

Spaniard among dead in Jerusalem shooting

One of the six people killed in Monday's shooting at a Jerusalem bus stop is Yaakov Pinto, a 25-year-old Spaniard from Melilla who lived in Israel, the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed.

In addition to the dead, 13 people were injured, according to Israeli emergency services. Hamas welcomed the attack, claiming it was in retaliation for Israel's "war of extermination" in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the Ministry headed by José Manuel Albares "strongly condemned the terrorist attack in East Jerusalem" and expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims, "especially" those of the Spanish citizen. "

Spain reiterates its commitment to peace in the Middle East and its firmest condemnation of terrorism," the statement read.

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Shorter work week looking less likely in Spain

Spain's Socialist-led government is beginning to accept that it will suffer a parliamentary setback vis-à-vis its plan to reduce the working week in the country to 37.5 hours, 30 minutes less a day.

This is largely down to right-wing Catalan separatist party Junts, which intends to join the PP and Vox and vote against the measure on Wednesday.

Junts spokesperson Josep Rius has said that reducing the workday is viable for large companies, but not for small and medium-sized ones.

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Return to schools in Catalonia marked by mobile phone ban

The return to the classrooms in Catalonia on Monday saw one notable absence, that of mobile phones, as the northeastern region has now banned the devices for all pupils under the age of 16.

"We believe that removing them from the school environment is a further step that will contribute to improving our students' learning , coexistence, and the school climate, and will protect them at school from the risks of accessing certain less protected social networks," the region's Education Minister Esther Niubó noted.

Several other regions in Spain are also looking at ways to limit mobile phone usage among its pupils.

With additional reporting by AFP.