A volunteer firefighter is detained after confessing to having caused one of the fires in the large blaze that has already burned more than 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometers south of Paris, a natural gem with a large number of visitors throughout the year.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed that it attacked three oil tankers in “unauthorized routes” in the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels linked to the U.S. in “other areas,” according to the Iranian agency Fars.
When in the schoolyard you don’t invite him to play marbles, a boy who has won the presidential elections in the United States takes revenge by imposing tariffs, launching missiles, and childish acts of the sort. That Spaniards are disliked by Trump is a fake. When we…
Pedro Almodóvar returned this Tuesday to the Cannes festival to compete for the Palme d’Or with Bitter Christmas, seven years after Pain and Glory, and the reception could not have been more emotional. “I am speechless, very moved. It is difficult to speak in this situation, but I recognize that of all the audiences I know from the screenings of my films, the viewers in this great hall are, I believe, the warmest and most affectionate I have ever known,” he said with great emotion after the screening of his new work in the grand Lumière theater.
The Prosecutor’s Office has paved the way for the judge of the National Court María Tardón to agree to initiate an investigation into the mass entry into Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31, which resulted in nearly 80,000 people crossing the border both by swimming and on foot, 82 of whom died in the attempt. After receiving the required reports from both the National Police and the Civil Guard, the public prosecutor maintains that there is sufficient evidence to start an investigation. Next week the instructor will make a decision, although it is expected to proceed.
The Government has managed to overcome Madrid’s boycott of the financing model reform and will try to regain the initiative in the Congress of Deputies after yesterday’s complex special plenary session. Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s Executive had called on the other PP communities to boycott the Ministry of Finance at today’s meeting of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council. The goal was to prevent a quorum to approve the reform. But Andalusia, the Valencian Community, and Aragon, among others, confirmed to La Vanguardia yesterday that they will attend the meeting.
The episode of high temperatures affecting Spain will continue at least until the middle of next week, with records typical of midsummer, historic records for May, and maximums around 40 ºC in the southern peninsula. Meanwhile, tropical nights will extend over large areas of the country. In Barcelona, there have already been four consecutive tropical nights (minimums of 20 ºC) at the Can Bruixa station in Barcelona, according to the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya.
The Romanian Minister of Defense, Radu Miruta, reported this Sunday that two Spanish fighter jets deployed on the NATO mission intercepted an unidentified drone after it violated Romanian airspace during a surveillance patrol.
The streets of Gràcia are preparing for a new edition of their main festival, which will offer more than 900 free activities from August 15 to 21.
The great excitement generated by the total solar eclipse threatens to collapse roads, access to the best observation spots, and cause a disorderly invasion of natural spaces amid the general alert for the risk of forest fires. There is deep interest, but also uncertainty, because no one knows for sure the final scale of the mobilization. In the middle of the tourist season and with accommodations already full, prices soar and opportunists and scams appear. Tourist behavior will also be key, in addition to internal mobility, with locals and enthusiasts moving at the last minute if bad weather appears.
