Felipe VI traveled on the morning of this Friday to the Naval Base of Rota, where the commemorative event of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States took place, in which nearly 3,000 people died. Spanish and American military personnel paid tribute to the victims in a joint ceremony held every year to remember one of the greatest terrorist attacks in history.

A fire at the gates of the Tarajal warehouses, where the immigrants who remain in Ceuta after the mass crossing have set up a settlement, burned down dozens of shacks early this morning. In this part of the autonomous city, mainly Moroccan families with young children camp, but according to initial reports there are no injuries. In the burned area, several witnesses told La Vanguardia that the flames may have been caused by candles, which a group of immigrants had brought from the monument to the fallen in Plaza de África, which has been filled with them since the beginning of the crisis.

First resignation in Ceuta since the irregular entry of immigrants on July 29. And among the reasons is not the management of the crisis, but an alleged discrepancy of versions about the warnings of the avalanche at the border. The chief of staff of the Government delegate in the autonomous city, Gonzalo Sanz, has submitted his resignation through a letter in which he assures that the warning that an agent of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) transmitted to him via WhatsApp the day before the massive crossing was indeed passed on to the delegate himself, Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, who denied before the media having been aware of these communications.

The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, stated this Friday that the central Government downplayed the warnings conveyed by the City about the increasing migratory pressure in the days prior to the massive entry of people from Morocco and affirmed that from Moncloa they even asked him to stop calling because he was becoming “very annoying.”

Alberto Núñez Feijóo has sent a message through social media to wish Catalunya a good Diada. The leader of the PP has claimed the capabilities of the autonomy and, for that reason, has asked that it stop being a “bargaining chip” for national political agreements that may end up prioritizing party interests over those of the Catalans themselves.

Every nationalism is based on symbols, liturgies, and acts. And there is nothing that resembles a nationalist more than another. That is why competing to dominate urban space is key. Not for the places themselves, but for what they represent. Even if they are only important within the…