The Deputy Operational Director (DAO) of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, is giving many explanations. Yesterday he testified before the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz as a suspect for the alleged crimes of obstruction of justice and malfeasance in the so-called Leire case, the PSOE plumber, for more than two hours.
7.01 h: September nineteenth, 2036. The first alert arrives at the newspaper editorial office in Barcelona: Beijing orders the isolation of its most advanced AI systems. –What happened?, asks the editor. –They don’t explain, replies a front-page editor. 7.08 h. Three more arrive…
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for teenagers today, a version of its artificial intelligence chatbot that contains stronger safety measures, “including features that encourage healthy use and additional controls for parents.” It is a version of the popular AI that has been “designed to help teenagers learn, think critically, deepen their understanding, and use AI with confidence,” the company explained on its blog. The system will not work in the European Union for the time being.
On July 30, about 80,000 foreigners arrived in Ceuta. Almost 20 days later, between 5,000 and 10,000 still remain in a city that usually has 89,000 inhabitants. Doctors, nurses, and social services are overwhelmed. Judges, too. That is why the Standing Committee of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has requested reinforcements to “address the migration crisis.”
Russia began training exercises for its nuclear forces this Tuesday. In these maneuvers, in which Belarus is also participating, the Russian army will mobilize thousands of men and simulate a threat of aggression against the country to test the readiness level of its strategic forces, announced the Ministry of Defense hours before the arrival of President Vladimir Putin in China.
The Secretary General of the Popular Party, Miguel Tellado, has called on Wednesday for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, following the publication by El Español of a police report that points to Morocco as responsible for the mass border crossing at the end of July.
If British politics were a horror movie (and the truth is it often seems like one, even Oscar-worthy), its title would be The Zombie and the Ghost. Because to the famous zombies of Night of the Living Dead, we must add Keir Starmer as the resident of Downing Street (awaiting to be guillotined), and to the famous ghosts like the Phantom of the Opera, Anne Boleyn roaming the Tower of London, the Flying Dutchman, or Abraham Lincoln in the White House, we must now add Peter Mandelson.
The solution to the war between Russia and Ukraine “is indeed possible,” declared Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, although he refrained from specifying whether a peace agreement could be reached sooner rather than later or if Moscow still maintains its territorial demands. The Kremlin chief also expressed his desire to restore good relations with the United States, whose current government he praised for its stance on the European conflict.
The National Police have arrested at least ten people in a large-scale anti-jihadist operation carried out in several provinces, including Barcelona, according to sources close to the investigation cited by EFE.
Fatal drownings along the 280 kilometers of beaches in Catalonia, from north to south, occur throughout the bathing season, from mid-June to the end of September. Despite the resources invested in prevention, self-protection campaigns, lifeguarding, surveillance, and rescues, the mortality rate on beaches due to drownings in the sea has become chronic. Between 20 and 25 bathers drown each summer. In the last six bathing seasons (2021-2026), a total of 129 people went for a swim on a Catalan beach but never returned.
