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

Pupils in Andalusia advised to end classes early due to heatwave

Pupils at schools and colleges in Andalusia will be allowed to leave classes at midday on Friday due to the extreme temperatures the southern region is experiencing currently.

This is largely due to the fact that Spain’s national weather agency has activated the orange level warning for the territory, and the protocol in such situations is that local authorities should warn parents of the extreme heat and recommend that their children leave school early.

Ryanair warns Spain passengers to expect more delays this summer

Ryanair has announced that it expects delays involving its flights to and from Spain to increase by up to 20 percent this summer due to a shortage of air traffic controllers in the country.

The low-cost carrier has publicly called on Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente to hire more professionals for airport control towers, claiming that Spain has the second largest shortage of these workers in the EU, surpassed only by France.

The Irish airline owned by Mike O'Leary has an ongoing feud with the Spanish government over what it calls "excessive" airport fees, the main reason why it's chosen to cancel many of its flights to smaller regional airports. This row raises inevitably raises doubts about the veracity of their claims regarding upcoming summer delays.

So far in 2025, Ryanair has experienced 11,576 flight delays, affecting more than two million passengers.

'Seduction' course filming sparks arrest in Barcelona

Police said Thursday they arrested a man in Barcelona accused of secretly filming his conversations with women in the street and using the footage to promote an online "seduction technique course".

Officers allegedly found 239 secretly recorded videos on the suspect's social media profile in which women shared personal details, such as their nationality, occupation or daily routine.

The suspect, who is believed to have used a hidden camera, approached women on the streets of Barcelona and filmed conversations with them without consent, Spain's National Police said.

"He is suspected of involvement in offences against privacy and sexual assault," the statement read.

The footage often showed the women's faces clearly and was used as promotional material on the suspect's website, where users could pay €3,000 ($3,400) to enrol for an online "seduction techniques" course and access the secret recordings.

The course's content included both theoretical instructions on how to approach women and real-life examples based on the videos he had recorded, police said.

Tourists who nabbed thief in San Sebastián go viral

Two foreign tourists have gone viral in Spain following a video of them pinning restraining a thief in the Basque City of San Sebastián, seconds after he stole a necklace from a woman in broad daylight.

This is at least the second such incident involving 'vigilante' tourists in Spain in recent weeks, following another viral video where a Chinese tourist in Barcelona got a pickpocket in a chokehold seconds after he attempted to rob his camera.

With additional reporting from AFP.