Political dispute deepens over anti-outbreak plan for Madrid

MADRID (AP) — A proposal to set national standards for fighting coronavirus outbreaks in Spain’s large cities has been accepted by most of the country’s regions but rejected by Madrid, where Europe’s second coronavirus wave is expanding at the fastest rate on the continent. The rejection of the standards Wednesday by five of Spain’s 17 regions represented a new setback for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-wing coalition, which is trying to push for a