Felipe VI gathers Defense leaders to discuss the situation in Ceuta

Felipe VI gathers Defense leaders to discuss the situation in Ceuta

Felipe VI held a meeting yesterday at the Zarzuela Palace with the main Defense officials to analyze the situation in Ceuta from a military perspective. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles; the Chief of the Defense Staff (JEMAD), Admiral General Teodoro Esteban López Calderón; the Chief of the Operations Command, Lieutenant General José Antonio Agüero; the Chief of the Land Operational Command, Lieutenant General Julio Salom; and the General Commander of Ceuta, Division General Luis Jesús Fernández Herrero.

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The documentary 'Musk' brings together the magnate's inner circle in Venice: "He lives in unreality"

The documentary ‘Musk’ brings together the magnate’s inner circle in Venice: “He lives in unreality”

Elon Musk is well portrayed in the new documentary dedicated to him by Alex Gibney, which premiered this Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival. The Oscar-winning American documentarian—who won the statuette in 2008 for exposing the tortures by the U.S. military in Guantánamo or Afghanistan—has crafted a four-hour film that begins by focusing on the young and entrepreneurial Musk, the one who invents to save the planet, a great capitalist who does not allow himself to fail and who is willing to colonize Texas to carry out his particular space race. But the film ends by warning of the great danger the character currently poses, not only to the democracy of his country but on a global scale.

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Finance authorizes eight communities to spend 4 billion surplus on housing

Finance authorizes eight communities to spend 4 billion surplus on housing

The Ministry of Finance will allow eight autonomous communities that recorded a surplus in 2025 to use it to invest in housing or other matters considered “sustainable.” Today’s Council of Ministers has approved a royal decree-law that rewards these territories that did their fiscal homework. It is not the first time that such a measure has been activated, although previously it was done mainly to cover expenses associated with disasters. Previously, municipalities had also been authorized to use their positive balance.

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Iceland summons the U.S. ambassador to protest Trump's controversial 'American' map

Iceland summons the U.S. ambassador to protest Trump’s controversial ‘American’ map

The Icelandic government has summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump posted on social media an image with a map in which Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and the Caribbean islands appear covered by the colors of the US flag. “It was made clear in the meeting that the post was completely unacceptable,” said Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to the public television RÚV.

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The Court of Auditors accepts the complaint regarding the purchase of Ayuso's penthouse

The Court of Auditors accepts the complaint regarding the purchase of Ayuso’s penthouse

The judicial net around the asset management of the Community of Madrid is partially tightening. The Court of Auditors has accepted the accounting liability complaint filed by Más Madrid regarding the purchase of the luxury penthouse on Paseo General Martínez Campos. The proceedings have been transferred to the Adjudication Section, which must now determine whether to open preliminary proceedings or a reimbursement procedure by scope regarding the operation carried out by the regional company Planifica Madrid.

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The Government sees no evidence against Morocco and asks Feijóo not to encourage "conspiracy theories"

The Government sees no evidence against Morocco and asks Feijóo not to encourage “conspiracy theories”

“We have nothing to hide and we act with transparency,” warned the Government spokesperson, Elma Saiz, after the Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the declassification of “all” the reports in its possession, including internal communications between different government departments, prepared from July 1 to August 1, regarding the massive entry of migrants that occurred in Ceuta on July 30 and 31. There are around forty documents, which will be made public tomorrow Wednesday through the Moncloa website.

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