A new Russian airstrike with drones and missiles against the main cities of Ukraine left at least nine people dead and dozens injured last night. In the capital, the number of dead was four and the number of injured, about 60, according to the report published on Telegram by its mayor, Vitali Klichkó. In Dnipro, there were five fatalities.
The secretary general of Junts, Jordi Turull, has challenged the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to propose the instrumental motion of no confidence to remove Pedro Sánchez from La Moncloa and call general elections to the president of the party, Carles Puigdemont, in Waterloo.
The strategy to curb common crime, but above all the armed groups that increasingly control more territory, will likely be what tips the balance in the second round of elections in Colombia. It will also be the greatest challenge for the next four years of government for whoever wins the contest.
Bogotá —where the popular neighborhoods massively voted for the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda— woke up yesterday to the reality of the new politics of heart-stopping surprises, “ultra” presidential candidates emerging out of nowhere, and snowballs driven by social networks.
A deathly silence has taken over the Sant Roc neighborhood of Badalona. On Sunday afternoon, a vehicle stopped without turning off the engine at number 19 Còrdova Street, next to a square where drug buying and selling is common. An individual armed with an automatic pistol emptied the magazine, eight shots, aiming, according to some witnesses, at the place where two minors were playing. A ten-year-old girl received a clean shot in the elbow, with an entry and exit wound, and a bone fracture.
In view of the speech he gave yesterday at the Cercle d’Economia, it would seem that Salvador Illa simply wanted to paint a radiant picture of current economic growth and a bright future but without talking about the problems. New budgets and future model of…
The first witnesses deflated the accusations against David Sánchez yesterday. “I don’t remember,” “I have no evidence,” or “there were no irregularities” were the main statements during the long court session. The brother of the Prime Minister sits in the dock at the Badajoz Court accused of separate crimes of malfeasance and influence peddling for allegedly having been given a job at the Badajoz Provincial Council in 2017.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo is in Barcelona this Tuesday, where he will speak to Catalan entrepreneurs at the Cercle d’Economia sessions at a time of maximum political pressure for Junts to support an instrumental motion of no confidence to accelerate the calling of elections. According to sources from Feijóo’s team, the PP leader will deliver a “brave” speech during the dialogue he will have with economist Teresa García-Milà. The meeting in Barcelona takes place 24 hours after Feijóo himself expressed being “optimistic” about the possibility of a change of Government through the vote of no confidence because “184 deputies” in Congress “are demanding early and immediate elections.” “If those who say it are consistent and do it, we can find a solution in a short time,” he added yesterday.
In the midst of confusion this Monday over Iran’s announcement to leave negotiations with the United States due to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump later claimed to have had “a productive conversation” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that had helped to unblock the situation. “Negotiations continue at a rapid pace,” he proclaimed.
Israel has not ceased its offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon, despite the peace negotiations underway between Iran and the United States to end the war in the region. Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored Donald Trump’s recommendations and has continued his offensive, which is…