The head of the Spanish region devastated by the country's deadliest floods in decades admitted to "mistakes" and apologised on Friday but rebuffed calls for his resignation."I'm not going to deny mistakes" or "shirk any responsibility",

Spain's under-fire regional leader Carlos Mazón defies calls for his resignation after last month's deadly floods.

The floods wrecked infrastructure, gutted buildings and submerged fields. The final bill is expected to soar to tens of billions of euros