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The sexist murder of the civil guard Laura Cruz at the Llanes barracks has reopened the debate about protection mechanisms within the Armed Institute. Although the alleged aggressor, Dámaso Fernández, also a civil guard, had his service weapon withdrawn and had recently been expelled from the Corps following a final conviction for gender-based violence, he managed to access the barracks, steal a colleague’s weapon in Zamora, and shoot his partner to death.

The east, center, and south of the peninsula, as well as the Balearic Islands, will experience “intense heat” and a “fully summery” atmosphere this weekend, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees in some places, although there will be very strong storms, even with hail, in some inland areas.

The months of March and April were a time of great unrest for the Spanish Government, which feared that the PISA Report, the most important education tests in the world, would be affected by an incident that occurred in Catalonia, a student exemption rate almost five times higher than allowed.

Exactly 30 years ago today, more than 600 vacationers were enjoying their holidays at the Las Nieves campsite in Biescas, Huesca. In the mid-afternoon, the sky turned black, and the first drops invited people to seek shelter in tents and caravans. The rain intensified, but not as much as at the head of the Pyrenean Arás ravine, where up to 200 liters per square meter fell in one hour, with a peak of 500 in eight minutes. The torrent dragged stones, logs, and mud, destroyed bridges and dams of the artificial channel, and overflowed to sweep away the tourist complex, located on the alluvial fan of the ravine. 87 people died, 183 were injured, and it took almost a year to recover all the bodies.

On the upcoming August 12th, the first total eclipse visible from the Iberian Peninsula in the last hundred years will take place. For weeks, Sanitat has been emphasizing — through statements, advertisements, and press conferences — the importance of protecting the eyes during the observation of this astronomical phenomenon. Although the totality phase of the eclipse in Catalonia will last barely between 28 seconds and 1 minute and 32 seconds, the Govern — as well as the different autonomous communities and the Ministry of Health — expect great social anticipation, especially concentrated in the areas where the eclipse can be observed in totality, that is, in areas of Camp de Tarragona and Lleida.

The Ministry of Health reported this Thursday the detection of an imported case of Andes strain hantavirus in a French-Argentine citizen who is currently in Galicia, after traveling through several European countries.

The home of Ceuta resident Sabah Hamed, located in the Los Rosales neighborhood, has once again become a point of humanitarian attention since last Saturday, following Ceuta’s latest migratory crisis. Hamed offers help to hundreds of people every day, all affected by last week’s massive influx.

Neither the hundreds of kilometers that separated them, nor the restraining order, nor the conviction for gender-based violence were enough to prevent the femicide. A 49-year-old civil guard, stationed at the Zamora Command, shot and killed his 50-year-old ex-partner yesterday, with whom he had three children in common, who have been left orphaned.

The resident population in Spain increased by 104,178 people during the second quarter of the year and stood at 49,801,559 inhabitants as of July 1, 2026, the highest value in the historical series, according to the Continuous Population Statistics of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published this Thursday.

Each generation faces a debate that ends up defining its future. Our grandparents had to decide whether to electrify the towns. Our parents decided to build highways, universities, and hospitals. It is up to us to decide if we want to produce the energy that…