The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced a joint operation with the Middle East to free the ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. The Republican, who has called the mission “Project Freedom,” has given more details through his Truth Social account about an intervention that will take place starting this Monday morning.
Minutes after the online consultation directed at teachers closed, the verdict is already known: 61% of voters have rejected the educational pre-agreement compared to 34.9% who approved it. The final participation was 61% of all public sector teachers, ten points higher than in March. Specifically, 60,686 teachers voted out of a census of 99,305. This is below the union expectations, which were counting on a massive response to the “educational emergency.”
The conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court, with three judges appointed by Donald Trump, made a significant decision this Wednesday that will determine the outcome of the crucial midterm legislative elections in November and will reduce the representation of minorities to a minimum in states governed by Republicans.
The historic agreement on Gibraltar is finally a reality. Spain, the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, and the European Union have signed the political pact they reached last year after many years of negotiations in an event at the European Commission. It is the last piece pending from Brexit, ten years after the British voted to leave the European Union, and it will have a very visible first consequence tomorrow: the disappearance of the fence, the physical barrier that separates the Rock from La Línea, crossed daily by 15,000 people.
In Milan, the “patriots” wanted to flex their muscles, but ended up like a meeting of orphans: more melancholy than vehemence. The date of this Saturday’s European far-right rally had been conceived with a slogan, “remigration,” the flagship concept of the continent’s new far-right, which united all populist right-wing parties, members of the parliamentary group promoted by Viktor Orbán, who nevertheless did not appear in Milan, and inspired by that Donald Trump who, during hours of demonstrations and speeches, was not cited even once, beyond allusions perceptible only to journalists and embassy analysts.
The circulation of Rodalies R3 line has been interrupted this Thursday between Manlleu (Osona) and Ripoll after a train collided with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks, due to heavy rainfall. The incident, which occurred on a single-track section, resulted in no injuries. The Bombers de la Generalitat, who received the alert at 8:07 PM, dispatched six units and evacuated the six passengers traveling on the train.
Russia has once again bombed Kyiv fiercely this week, but that attack, far from being a victory, reveals growing frustration: things are not going well for the Kremlin on the battlefield.
Beyond the criminal implications, the investigation into former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is raising questions these days among professionals who operate in the busy border between public and private interests. A senior official with political experience was surprised that the appearance of the governor of the Bank of Spain, José Luis Escrivá, is being requested in Congress just because a meeting with Zapatero is mentioned in Judge José Luis Calama’s order, when this type of meeting is common. A former consultant wondered how much a former politician should be paid for a report or advisory work and recalled that at the beginning of the century a former U.S. vice president earned more than $150,000 for speaking for ten minutes at a forum with Spanish businessmen. These are examples that the boundary is blurred. And it tends to widen because the number of former politicians with business activities is increasing.
“It is a huge team, with great players, with skill… a team that I know very well,” praised Leo Messi about his next opponent in the World Cup final this Sunday at Metlife Stadium in New York/New Jersey. The Argentine star analyzed La Roja and did not hide his excitement about facing many of those who were his teammates during his long time at FC Barcelona, a club that he “always loves and follows,” he said in statements to FIFA after being named MVP of the semifinal against England.
A court in Toulouse has sentenced two passengers on a Ryanair flight to pay a fine of 10,000 euros for the brawl they caused on the journey between London and Ibiza. The altercation was of such magnitude that the plane had to divert to land at Toulouse airport, where the two passengers were forced to disembark from the aircraft. The court also sentences each of them to 10 months in prison, although they will not go to jail as the execution has been suspended.