At least six people were injured this Wednesday as a result of a gas leak that led to a large flare-up at the Plaça de Sants metro station in Barcelona, at the connection point between lines L1 and L5. According to La Vanguardia, the injured are operators who were working to control the leak.
A large-scale fire, which has already consumed at least 800 hectares, is affecting the forest of Fontainebleau, one of the natural gems near Paris and a very popular recreational spot for the inhabitants of the capital.
The unrestrained action of Nicolás Otamendi and Giovani Lo Celso displaying a banner with the slogan “The Malvinas are Argentine” after winning the 2026 World Cup semifinals against England (1-2) has ignited the fuse of a tense diplomatic controversy between the two countries, which is on the path to flare up.
The Bellvitge hospital has reduced the diagnosis time for pulmonary fibrosis from two years to six months thanks to a fast track with primary care centers. This model, extendable to the entire healthcare system, prevents the deterioration of lung function and allows for more therapeutic options.
The ‘Neue Nationalgalerie’ in Berlin currently houses an interactive installation by American artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann). The work features robot dogs equipped with hyper-realistic silicone heads of figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, and Pablo Picasso.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will finally appear before the Plenary of the Congress on September 3 to report on the Government’s management of the migration crisis in Ceuta, following the serious incidents recorded since July 30. The setting of the date culminates an undisguised standoff in the Board of Spokespersons, where the initial intention of La Moncloa — which requested to set the appearance for the 9th — clashed with the pressure from several parliamentary groups, led by the PNV. Jeltzale sources have demanded that the meeting be “immediate” and “without the need to reschedule already planned appearances,” once the “situation of interest for national security” in the autonomous city was declared.
Spain is not the country in the European Union where the most people smoke. According to Eurostat data from 2023, 24% of the population over 15 years old are smokers, a percentage that coincides with the European average. Countries like Bulgaria (37%) or Greece (35%) are above the Spanish prevalence of smokers, while Sweden (8%) and the Netherlands (11%) record some of the lowest rates. However, smoking remains one of Europe’s main public health problems: the European Region – as defined by the WHO, which includes countries outside the EU – has the highest prevalence of smokers in the world, at 24.1%, above the global average (19.5%).
16 years and a week ago Andrés Iniesta (Fuentealbilla, 1984) was the living image of happiness. He was sitting in seat D, row 12 of a charter that had departed from Johannesburg bound for Madrid. He was wearing the Spanish national team jersey with the number 6 on the back. And he was recounting, still fresh in his memory, the play of the goal that allowed La Roja to enter the club of world champions. Seven hours had passed since the moment and the man from La Mancha had still not seen his goal replayed. Unthinkable nowadays, where everything moves at the speed of light, but possible then. Iniesta now speaks to La Vanguardia from Dubai, where he is about to start the season with his first team as a coach, Gulf FC of the United Arab Emirates. From there he recalls his memories of 2010 and projects his analysis for this Sunday’s final.
Tomás, as he is known, is spending his third summer in the village as just another resident, except that he has the peculiarity of not being a person but a deer with an impressive rack of antlers who has gotten used to living with the few inhabitants of Linarejos (Zamora), in the Sierra de la Culebra.
The Pope has not come to Spain to play the violin. It will not be a trip with a vanilla ice cream flavor. The first day confirms this. Leo XIV is not a man with his foot on the brake, chosen by the conclave to calm the President of the United States, to temper the great…