The statement to justify the investment reads as follows: “Document and analyze the democratic backsliding in Europe in relation to massive and illegal immigration, the landscape of independent media, and the legislative agendas of supranational entities.”
The demonstrations in support of Ceuta called by the Federation of Municipalities and Provinces – chaired by the PP – were held this Wednesday in the main Spanish capitals as well as in Ceuta, where thousands of people marched on the way to the border with Morocco in protest of the situation. These protests, initially called in support of the autonomous city and held in more than 700 locations across Spain, became a cry against the central Government’s management of this migratory crisis that has lasted more than a month, where PP and Vox have been the protagonists.
The police report analyzes in detail the phase prior to the assault on the Ceuta border on July 31, the operational strategy at the time, and its subsequent consequences. In 55 pages, the officials of the National Immigration and Borders Center outline the prior planning to mobilize a massive flow; the existence of a strategic and operational direction and two objectives. The first, to collapse the border management system; and the second, to eliminate Spain’s response capacity.
First came the youngest, males between 15 and 25 years old, of Moroccan nationality, wearing wetsuits. Next, people up to 40 years old, family groups, and small children, mostly in sportswear and flip-flops. And lastly, the sub-Saharan Africans. The thousands of migrants who irregularly crossed the Ceuta border at the end of July did not do so spontaneously and disorderly, but following a “plan” that the National Police attribute to Morocco and describe as a tactic, in the report sent to the judge of the National Court María Tardón and which La Vanguardia has accessed.
The report that the National Police has delivered to the National Court on the Ceuta crisis concludes that the migratory purpose was only “the formal cover” to promote, encourage, and direct a flood of people to the Ceuta border.
The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (Aemps) has banned the sale and ordered the withdrawal from the market of all units of about twenty slimming products for containing sibutramine, an active ingredient suspended in the EU since 2010 due to its association with several serious adverse effects.
Semaglutide, the weight-loss drug marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy, has extended the lifespan of mice that started receiving it at an advanced age by 12%, according to research led by the University of California, Berkeley, published today in the journal Nature. The increase in longevity has been accompanied by an improvement in aging indicators related to cognitive functions, immunity, metabolism, activity level, and blood cell regeneration, among others. Future studies will need to clarify whether these benefits extend to people who take semaglutide or similar drugs, as researchers suspect.
The Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, visited the penthouse located in the Chamberí neighborhood that was purchased in April by the public company Planifica Madrid after the operation was carried out, as reported by El País and confirmed by sources from the regional government this Wednesday.
Marc Casadó has experienced an intense market finale. The youth player, who spoke with Hansi Flick in June and August and had been separated from the group for two weeks, left at the last minute on loan to Deportivo de La Coruña with a non-obligatory purchase option for 30 million. He leaves in search of playing time. For three midfield positions, there are seven players: Pedri, Gavi, De Jong, Bernal, Fermín, Olmo, and Rodri. He had interest from teams like Leverkusen, coached by Barça-trained Carles Martínez, and he firmly rejected moving to Arabia (he is 22 years old and it did not fit into his career), and he conveyed this to Jorge Mendes.
About 200 people gathered by the Popular Party (PP) and Vox have assembled this Wednesday in front of the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels in solidarity with the people of Ceuta following the massive arrival of migrants at the end of July and against the government of Pedro Sánchez, whom they demand to resign for the management of the situation. “Sánchez has lied to us Ceutíes, Spaniards, and Europeans. He knew an invasion was coming and did not defend the territorial integrity and Spanish sovereignty of Ceuta. They must resign and call elections now,” shouted the secretary general of the European Popular Party, Dolors Montserrat, in a statement to the media.
