Sánchez asks to appear before Congress to go on the offensive amid the flood of legal cases

Sánchez asks to appear before Congress to go on the offensive amid the flood of legal cases

Faced with the flood of ongoing legal cases affecting the Government and the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez is not willing to give up, but is very determined to fight back against the political offensive of the Popular Party and the far-right Vox. The head of the Executive, thus, has requested this Thursday to appear before the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies

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Brussels fines Temu for putting European consumers at risk with illegal items

Brussels fines Temu for putting European consumers at risk with illegal items

Chargers that cause burns, toys with toxic chemicals for children, or even jewelry harmful to health. The European Commission imposed a fine of 200 million euros on the Chinese giant Temu this Thursday for critical failures in its security system when preventing the sale of illegal items to European consumers that can be potentially dangerous, with the intention that the platform increases its controls while it sweeps across the continent. Temu alone reached an average of 115 million monthly users in the community bloc last year.

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The Supreme Court appeals to the "public interest" to not halt the regularization of migrants

The Supreme Court appeals to the “public interest” to not halt the regularization of migrants

The Supreme Court (TS) has emphasized without unanimity the “public interest” and the “human substrate” in its decision not to provisionally suspend the extraordinary regularization of migrants approved by the Government. However, two judges have issued a dissenting opinion in which they support the provisional suspension of the royal decree.

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Jonathan Andic called 112 crying: “I need help. My father has fallen”

Jonathan Andic called 112 crying: “I need help. My father has fallen”

Jonathan Andic called 112 at noon on December 14, 2024, after the fatal fall of his father, Isak Andic, on the Camí de les Feixades de Montserrat. He spoke with three operators, one from the emergency system, one from the Generalitat Firefighters, and a nurse from the SEM while he was on his way to the location. The three brief communications are reproduced by lawyer Cristóbal Martell in the 27-page appeal filed at three in the afternoon at the Barcelona Court, against the detention order for an alleged homicide crime by the victim’s son. In the three very brief calls, the son of the founder of Mango is heard crying. “I need help. I need help. My father has fallen. Ah, we are in Collbató. Yes, he has fallen.” When the operator asks if he fell or tripped, the businessman’s son responds through tears: “I think he fell off a cliff, please send someone, send an ambulance, send someone, please.”

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U.S. and Iran reach an agreement, but Trump has not yet given his approval, according to Axios

U.S. and Iran reach an agreement, but Trump has not yet given his approval, according to Axios

Between attacks and counterattacks in southern Iran during the ceasefire, amid promising statements and threats of destruction or taking the war to other parts of the planet, negotiators from the United States and the Islamic Republic regime are said to have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and start negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, according to Axios, as the Strait of Hormuz reopens to traffic.

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Ebola in war zone: violence and rebel groups block crisis response

Ebola in war zone: violence and rebel groups block crisis response

No one suspected anything. On April 24, a patient succumbed to a lethal mix of high fever, diarrhea, and hemorrhages at a medical center in Bunia, the capital of the Ituri region, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In an area affected by tropical diseases, with the recurrent presence of cholera or malaria, that death did not raise too many suspicions.

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Leire Díez offered the Interior Secretary under Rajoy a deal with the Prosecutor's Office in exchange for dirty laundry

Leire Díez offered the Interior Secretary under Rajoy a deal with the Prosecutor’s Office in exchange for dirty laundry

The organization led by Santos Cerdán orchestrated to destroy judicial cases had a dual approach. On one hand, to look for dirt on investigators of matters affecting the PSOE or the environment of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. And on the other, as a counterattack, to look for scandals or irregularities of their political rivals, especially the Popular Party.

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Aitor Esteban states that "the legislature has come to an end" and that "the general interest demands elections"

Aitor Esteban states that “the legislature has come to an end” and that “the general interest demands elections”

The president of the PNV’s EBB, Aitor Esteban, stated this Thursday that he is convinced that the state legislature “has come to an end” and addressed the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to assure him that “the general interest demands elections this year.” Furthermore, he reiterated that his party does not contemplate a motion of no confidence and asked the head of the Executive for reflection because “many things have happened this week,” but “more will happen.”

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Feijóo assures that he will do "everything possible" to change the Government: "When I say everything, I mean everything"

Feijóo assures that he will do “everything possible” to change the Government: “When I say everything, I mean everything”

Alberto Núñez Feijóo insisted this Thursday on calling for elections due to the corruption cases surrounding the Government and Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE, but he also warned that he will do “everything possible” to change the Government: “When I say everything, I mean everything.” Feijóo, in any case, avoided explicitly mentioning the motion of no confidence as a tool to change the Government, although he again appealed for the partners to take action.

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The dance of defense strategies begins: Zapatero's friend changes lawyer

The dance of defense strategies begins: Zapatero’s friend changes lawyer

Once the summary of the Plus Ultra case is known, the investigated parties already know what evidence and indications exist against them. Messages, invoices, documents, conversations, or tax information that are part of the case and have led Judge José Luis Calama to affirm, based on indications, the existence of a network of influence peddling led by former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Now the moves begin. The investigated parties have three options: deny all the indications, band together among themselves, or adopt a ‘every man for himself’ approach.

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