The United States is going to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliation by the United States against its close NATO ally, as there are increasing differences between President Donald Trump and Europe over the war in Iran.
The President of the Government has demanded this afternoon the immediate release of the Palestinian-Spanish citizen Saif Abu Keshek, who was traveling with the flotilla towards the coast of Gaza and was intercepted by the Israeli army. Sánchez has considered that Keshek is a victim of kidnapping.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will increase tariffs on vehicles from the European Union (EU) and accused the Old Continent bloc of not complying with its trade agreement with the United States.
The Pentagon expands its partnerships with the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The command center of the U.S. defense announced this Friday agreements with eight companies, including giants OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, SpaceX, Oracle, and Nvidia, to deploy their AI capabilities in the classified networks of the Department of War (Defense). Several of them were already working with the entity. According to a Pentagon statement, they will now be integrated into its secret and top-secret network environments, which will involve greater use in sensitive matters.
The government of Tehran sent a new proposal to the Pakistani mediators for negotiations with the United States. Without the terms being disclosed, President Donald Trump already dismissed it in statements to journalists before embarking on a trip this Friday to Florida, which will be his first public event outside the White House since the shooting last Saturday at the correspondents’ dinner.
After more than four years of determined defense against Russia, the Ukrainian army needs reform. The country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that it will begin in June and will include a phased demobilization and a significant increase in the salaries of those fighting on the front lines.
For 35 years, Valérie Gautier, president of the association Veterans back to Normandy, has welcomed American survivors of the 1944 landing every June 6. This year there will be only five, aged between 99 and 102 years. It is a beautiful example of transatlantic friendship that survives the Trump upheaval, but it is not easy. “I find it hard to talk to them about this topic because most idolize their president,” Valérie explains to La Vanguardia from Normandy. “The context is not very favorable. But I hope the good relationship with their families will continue.”
US media asked on Friday: “Are we at war?”.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has lashed out this May 1st against Pedro Sánchez’s Government, since, in his opinion, economic policy and corruption are discouraging work. “In Spain, it must be worthwhile to work and make an effort again,” states the manifesto published by the PP. Later, through social media, Feijóo himself has reproached the high taxes that workers are having to pay. “Working must serve to live, not just to pay,” he has pointed out.
Pedro Sánchez will not participate this Friday in the multiple demonstrations that, on the occasion of May Day, are held throughout Spain and in which a good part of the members of the Government and the PSOE will be deployed. But the head of the Executive has wanted to participate in this Labor Day with a video in which he claims that in Spain “there is more employment and rights than ever,” despite those who he has criticized for announcing the apocalypse for years, referring to the Popular Party and the far-right Vox.