[1/2] SpainÕsÊMinister for Ecological Transition and Vice-president Teresa Ribera rides a bicycle to the meeting of European environment ministers, in Valladolid, Spain, July 10, 2023. Spain, like many parts of the world, is enduring a heatwave that has seen some towns and regions break maximum temperature records in recent days. Valladolid also plans to reroute bike and bus lanes to improve congested traffic, denying claims by cycling groups that it is a covert way to shorten them. It called on vulnerable groups such as people with asthma or other respiratory conditions to make sure they took their medication and to consider reducing open air activity. Reporting by Charlie Devereux and Belen Carreño; additional reporting by Emma Pinedo, Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Teresa Ribera, Charlie Devereux, Belen Carreño, Emma Pinedo, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Spanish Environment Ministry, REUTERS, People's Party, Vox, Reuters, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Valladolid, Spain, MADRID, Spanish, Europe