The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, is independent and, as she always says, she is a legal professional, which leads her to be a free spirit and say what she thinks, something that is not always common in Spanish politics. In her speech yesterday at Foros de
The trial for the so-called mask case will be ready for judgment this Wednesday, barring any last-minute changes. The three defendants, led by former minister José Luis Ábalos, have given their respective explanations, some more accurate than others. These, along with more than 70 witness and documentary pieces of evidence, will be the entire set of evidence that the seven judges will begin to evaluate from Thursday to reach a verdict of conviction or acquittal. The nature of the court is to try to issue a sentence as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary speculation, so the decision is already expected to be known before the summer holidays.
The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday night that the cruise ship ‘Hondius’, where up to seven hantavirus infections may have occurred – three of them unconfirmed – will dock in the Canary Islands after the evacuation of the three people still on board who show symptoms.
Mapi León will not continue at FC Barcelona. As reported by the program Tot Costa on Catalunya Ràdio and confirmed by this newspaper, the Aragonese center-back will put an end to nine seasons as a blaugrana, also being one of the undisputed starters in the heart of the defense. According to sources familiar with the operation, the defender will move to the London City Lionesses, owned by Michele Kang.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has no doubt that the parents detained by the Mossos d’Esquadra abused their baby and has requested that both remain in provisional detention. This was made clear during the hearing held before the third section of the Barcelona Court of Appeal to review the appeal filed by the parents against their imprisonment. The prosecutors of the Specialized Service for the Protection of Vulnerable Persons, Félix Martín and Elisabet Jiménez, detailed before the court the evidence gathered during the investigation that points directly to the parents. “The indications are unequivocal,” they stated in a closed session.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has turned her institutional trip to Mexico, to “intensify” relations with what is the second largest investing country in the region, into a new episode of the cultural battle that she has been fighting in Spain for years around Hispanidad, which has earned her quite a few criticisms in the North American country. Even from the president, Claudia Shienbaum, who has warned that those who seek to vindicate Hernán Cortés and his atrocities are destined for defeat.
The investigating court number 3 of Esplugues has ordered provisional imprisonment for the accused of killing a 41-year-old woman last Saturday in the Finestrelles neighborhood of the municipality. The man, of Moroccan nationality, slit the victim’s throat, who was of Chinese nationality, after stabbing her several times in the abdomen and chest. The attack, according to initial hypotheses, was random. The victim was calmly walking down the street where she lived when she was attacked by the assailant without any prior relationship.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney illustrated his approach to Europe during his trip this week to the Old Continent, while his compatriots increasingly embrace the idea of joining the European Union (EU), an idea that not long ago seemed an aberration just to consider.
Donald Trump needed only a phone interview to shatter any illusion of détente with the Vatican. The president, in an interview on the ultraconservative Salem News Channel, once again attacked Pope Leo XIV: “I think he is endangering many Catholics and many people; for him, it is fine that Iran has a nuclear weapon.”
The White House and the Pentagon consider that Iran’s attacks on commercial and military ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the bombings on the territory of the United Arab Emirates, do not constitute a violation of the fragile ceasefire, in effect since April 8.