Former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has pointed out “absurd conjectures” in the reports of the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) of the National Police sent to judge José Luis Calama, where it is stated that the socialist leader headed the “apex” of an influence network, and has attributed the accusations to his support for Pedro Sánchez in the 23-J electoral campaign.
In the midst of a political storm following the judicial indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged corruption crimes linked to the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra for 53 million euros in 2021, and now awaiting the National Court judge José Luis Calama to lift the secrecy of the investigation file, Pedro Sánchez has maintained his public schedule this Monday unaffected by this crisis, and has even tried to convey calm, despite the alarm spreading within the Government and the PSOE over the uncertainty of how this process will evolve. And how far it will escalate.
“ I ask everyone to stop the construction of yet another Babel.” According to the Pope, humanity is at a crossroads in the face of the technological revolution: to be reduced to an object of a transformation guided by others or to continue being the subject of that change. In his first encyclical, titled Magnifica humanitas, the Pontiff uses a powerful biblical metaphor: the Tower of Babel versus the reconstruction of Jerusalem.
At the end of the reports from the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) of the National Police, the investigators reach the “conclusion” that there is “sufficient evidence” to place José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero at the head of an organized network of influence peddling in favor of clients – such as Plus Ultra – who would pay, through a corporate environment controlled by his partner, the former Prime Minister.
France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, the Czech Republic… and, of course, Spain. Europe, especially the western part, is experiencing the first heat wave – although scientifically it may not be classified as such – of the year.
The chair co-directed at the Complutense University by the wife of the Prime Minister, Begoña Gómez, was created following the established regulations and there are no opaque incomes in the accounts of the wife of the Prime Minister. This is the main conclusion that the UCO points out in its report on the case being investigated by Judge Peinado, which has brought Pedro Sánchez’s wife to the brink of trial.
Can you imagine sending a WhatsApp message without touching the phone? Capturing a photograph exactly from the point of view of your own eyes with just a voice command? What until very recently seemed like a scene from science fiction is beginning to quietly settle into everyday life thanks to the new Ray-Ban Meta. An accessory that combines artificial intelligence, camera, sound, and voice control with a clear premise: to make technology stop interrupting moments and simply start accompanying them.
Bouba and Lamine, both from Guinea Conakry, have spent a long time outdoors after being expelled in 2026 from a youth center of the Direcció General de Prevenció i Protecció a la Infància i l’ Adolescència (Dgppia) when the prosecutor’s office ruled that they were adults, although their passports indicate that they have not yet turned 18. “Every Tuesday, about 35 new people arrive at the Santa Anna field hospital asking for help, of which an average of three are young migrants who have ended up outdoors,” explains the rector of this parish in Ciutat Vella, Peio Sánchez. Bouba and Lamine have been taken in by this entity for a few weeks.
The Spanish-Mexican philosopher Carissa Véliz burst onto the public debate in 2020 with her book Privacy Is Power (Debate), in which she detailed how governments and companies continuously obtain data from us in a surveillance society. Next June she will publish Prophecy (Debate), which the author herself defines as “a reflection on the uses and abuses of prediction, from the Oracle of Delphi to artificial intelligence, because although the technology is very different, the political role it is playing is actually very similar.”
At 12:30 pm this Monday Luis de la Fuente will announce the names of the 26 chosen to compete in the 2026 World Cup representing Spain, a competition in which the national team participates as European champion and among the contenders to be world champions. Spain will close its local preparation with a friendly against Iraq on the 4th before traveling to the USA, where it will seek qualification for the knockout rounds against Cape Verde (June 15), Saudi Arabia (June 21), and Uruguay (June 27).
