Leaving your house because it has been occupied by a colony of protected bats

Leaving your house because it has been occupied by a colony of protected bats

Despite everything, Bárbara Sanz remains calm and in good spirits. And it is not easy. The family of this 35-year-old image consultant, married and with three children, including a little girl barely two years old, is going through an ordeal in their own home, in the center of Sabadell. The house of their dreams, a magnificent renovated home that has preserved many of the elements of the original from two centuries ago, was hiding a secret that is disrupting them. A few months ago, they discovered that behind the partition wall of one of the walls in the master bedroom, a colony of bats had taken hold and is growing day by day, with the inconveniences that this entails. Bats are protected animals, and that is why the Generalitat of Catalonia offers them as the only solution to “move house” until the breeding season of the animals ends and they can be safely removed.

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Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56

Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, author of ‘Persepolis’, dies at 56

A black and white drawing went viral on social media at the end of 2025, due to recent protests in Iran over the country’s growing economic crisis. It was a girl dancing as if there were no tomorrow while dreaming of the end of the dictatorship. Today this drawing has returned to the profiles of many users but for a different reason: the death of its author, Marjane Satrapi, at the age of 56.

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Meloni's standoff with Spain over border controls causes friction in her government

Meloni’s standoff with Spain over border controls causes friction in her government

Italy decided yesterday to extend border controls for another 15 days on passengers arriving by plane and ship from Spain. The temporary suspension of Schengen between the two countries, introduced on August 1 due to the Ceuta migration crisis, was set to expire this Monday, August 31, but Giorgia Meloni’s government ultimately chose to maintain the measure until September 15. The initial intention of the Executive was to extend the controls for another month, but a two-week extension was finally chosen for technical reasons.

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The State accumulates an investment deficit executed in Catalonia of 13 billion since 2009

The State accumulates an investment deficit executed in Catalonia of 13 billion since 2009

Catalonia has been carrying a deficit in the execution of state investment of almost 13 billion euros since 2009, a burden that, according to the construction sector, explains much of the accumulated delay in infrastructure. The Cambra de Contractistes d’Obres de Catalunya (CCOC) warns that the State only executed 57.4% of the budgeted investments last year, while calling for doubling the volume of public works to recover lost ground.

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Tragic night in El Ejido: a man shoots his parents and injures two babies, one of them his son

Tragic night in El Ejido: a man shoots his parents and injures two babies, one of them his son

Two people have died and another four have been injured in a shooting that occurred on Monday at 11:15 p.m. in the town of El Ejido, Almería. According to Ideal de Almería, the shooter, who has already been arrested, is the son of the two deceased. Among the injured are two babies, one of them the son of the arrested man. One baby — it has not been disclosed whether this is the one related to the attacker or not — is in the ICU.

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León XIV, asked about Barça and Real Madrid on the flight to Spain: “The Pope belongs to everyone, but Prevost is from Madrid”

León XIV, asked about Barça and Real Madrid on the flight to Spain: “The Pope belongs to everyone, but Prevost is from Madrid”

On the flight bringing him to Madrid from Rome, Pope Leo XIV was asked by journalists if he preferred Real Madrid or Barcelona, a classic question. The Pontiff had no qualms about answering: “This is easy…The Pope belongs to everyone, but Prevost is a Real Madrid fan.” Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.

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Is it possible to replace the UN? The decline of global institutions

Is it possible to replace the UN? The decline of global institutions

On November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council approved a resolution (2803) creating a Peace Board to oversee Gaza. On January 19, 2026, while President Trump threatened to invade Greenland, the content of a letter he addressed to the Prime Minister of Norway was made public: “Given that your country has decided not to grant me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped MORE than eight wars, I no longer feel obliged to think exclusively about peace.”

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