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The Community of Madrid denounces Rayo for preventing access to the Vallecas Stadium to start the works

The regional government affirms that those responsible for the club, "specifically its Vice President and the Head of Legal Services", have refused to facilitate access to the technical and operational personnel who were going to begin the reforms.

Merz reorganizes his cabinet amid controversy over the dismissal of one of his ministers

The conditions that have surrounded the dismissal of the Minister of Transport unleash internal criticism of the leadership of the chancellor, increasingly less popular in eastern Germany

100 content to read, watch, listen to and play this summer

Five minutes to laugh at the world, surprising stories, loves that leave a mark or hobbies to disconnect. Start with one of our selections or explore your way

Diary of the unprecedented attack of the AI ​​that escaped the control of OpenAI: “Its resilience was not typical of a human”

New details from the company and the attacked platform, Hugging Face, show that the operation lasted five days and affected at least four other internet services.

The Government pardons Natalio Grueso, former director of the Niemeyer Center who fled to Portugal, “due to his state of health”

The cultural manager had fled Spain after the Supreme Court ratified in 2023 the sentence of eight years in prison for his management of the well-known cultural space in Avilés

Four women accuse actor Jared Leto of sexual violence in a BBC documentary

The program collects testimonies that accuse the leader of the band 30 seconds to Mars of sexual assault and rape of minors between 2002 and 2016.

Rubén Blades makes salsa an ode to migration and memory in Madrid

The legend of Latin American music delivers a highly demanding concert, with lots of dancing, at the Botanical Nights

'Know and win' launches an unprecedented statement asking its contestants for respect: “We cannot allow it”

The veteran La 2 program launched a message on social networks against the “aggressive messages and personal attacks” towards its participants

A home after the flames: the sanctuary that rescues animals affected by the fires

The Salvando Peludos project, based in Villamanta (Madrid), helps creatures trapped by fire and offers them shelter

Russia declares that Pável Dúrov, founder of Telegram, is wanted and captured for “collaborating with terrorist activity”

The Russian intelligence service accuses the businessman of failing to eliminate material used by Ukraine to “prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism”

"In rap, the one with the most ingenuity stands out. What we do has true cultural weight"

Arkano, rapper and reference of 'freestyle' in Spain, sits down to talk with Bohemia, a young promise of improvisation, about how error is part of learning, how to manage criticism and how education collaborates in creating better urban artists

Using a Hermès Birkin, the most expensive bag in history, as a beach carrycot? Jane Birkin, Haaland and Kate Moss said yes

The most exclusive bag in the world was born with a functional vocation and that is how its original owner always used it. Other well-known faces show off their status by throwing it on the sand

Public supermarkets up to 30% cheaper, Mamdani's plan that outrages New York merchants

The mayor responds to the inflation alarm with the announcement of five stores that will open between 2027 and 2029. The competition ensures that it will push many businesses to ruin

José Flores, the 119-year-old man from Costa Rica who experts are trying to prove as the oldest in the world

The old man lives healthy and poor near a “blue zone” abundant in centenarians

The care revolution is here: “We adapt to what each person needs”

Three private initiative projects allow us to outline the direction of the new dependency law, which promotes that users have decision-making capacity over their lives, combine aid and have more support

María del Mar Arnús: “The continuation of the Sagrada Familia has been a huge mistake”

The Catalan art historian and critic has brought together her journalistic texts published between 1982 and 2026 in 'La fever del arte'

Ultimate guide to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado: how to organize your visit step by step

Everything you need to know to choose the best area, visit its viewpoints, do the best trails and organize the trip without missing anything

Letizia's fidelity to Adolfo Domínguez: how the Queen became the best ambassador of the Galician firm

The Queen has been wearing designs by the Orense creator for 20 years for her public appearances. This is the story of the great harmony between the two

The world must not turn its back on vaccines

Vaccination prevented more than 150 million deaths in the last half century, but decades of progress are now at risk. Authorities need to understand the choice before them: protect millions of lives without great cost or accept long-lasting humanitarian consequences.

Salman Rushdie, mass tourism and Annie Ernaux in the classrooms: Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest documentaries to keep track of

Some of these releases can be found within the Filmin catalog in the coming days

'Pride' or the daily difficulties of a Polish homosexual

Filip, played by an excellent Ignacy Liss, suffers firsthand from institutional machismo in this Polish series that can be seen on HBO Max

A former 9/11 firefighter in the Mediterranean: the volunteer brigade on the front line of the fires

A large fire in 2016 marked the Alicante municipality of Jávea, which developed a preventive plan and relies on people trained to intervene from the first minute

With a device that converts light into sound and through the skin: this is how the blind can enjoy the eclipse

A device developed at the Institute of Space Sciences of the CSIC will allow the blind not to miss the astronomical phenomenon

Living a World Cup with gambling addiction: “The worst thing that can happen to you is winning”

The major sporting event has put gambling addicts on guard, many of them with new profiles linked to online betting.

Unprecedented heat waves and the change in our relationship with the countryside: the cocktail after the fires that devastate Spain

Experts warn that large fires are the new reality and that the only way to deal with them is to adapt to them and manage the territory

The country with the most tenants in Europe seeks a remedy for the shortage of houses: “Ads disappear in minutes”

Germany launches public developer and reinforces price caps as Merz government confronts Berlin's plans to nationalize private parks

Latest news on the forest fires, live | Marlaska announces that in the last 24 hours “there has been no progress in the fire” in the fires in Ávila and Madrid

The fires give a truce: the residents of 15 municipalities of Madrid and Ávila return to their homes | Some 10,000 inhabitants of Castellón and 6,000 of Toledo also return to their homes

EuroMillions: check draw for Tuesday, July 28

Check the winning numbers in the State Lottery and Betting draw this Tuesday

A man kills his partner in his house in Barcelona and flees

The victim was stabbed in the Sant Martí district this Tuesday

The former president of La Caixa, Josep Vilarasau, dies, the financier who made the box grow

The current honorary president of Fundación La Caixa was linked to the entity since 1976 and is credited with its first major territorial expansion

Laporta recovers from an arrhythmia

The president of Barça will not travel to England to accompany the team during the preseason stay

Ash, charred boats and black water in the San Juan Reservoir after the passage of the flames

The environment looks desolate after six days closed and without anyone having accessed the area

Ortega and Murillo impose in the Constitution the “renewal” of the mandate to perpetuate themselves in Nicaragua without going to the polls

The regime promotes a constitutional amendment to directly renew its positions every seven years and consolidate the disqualification of any opposition candidate

The residents of Hinojosa de San Vicente and Castillo de Bayuelas return to their homes: “You are away from home with the fear that everything could burn”

An EL PAÍS team interviews families who are beginning to return to normality after the emergency level was lowered in nine municipalities

The Ripoll City Council hires a daughter of Mayor Orriols as a local police officer

The also leader of Aliança Catalana assures that she did not intervene in key points of the process, but appointed the court

The Government grants a partial pardon to Laura Borràs to free her from prison

The former president of the Parliament, convicted of irregular awards, remains disqualified. Junts per Catalunya maintains that the measure “does not whitewash the serious injustice perpetrated”

The Government and ERC appeal not to delay the calendar for the new financing to come into force in 2027

Counselor Alícia Romero accepts the postponement of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council but demands to know the PP proposal

Prisa's ebitda soars by 70% in the first half with an improvement in income of 26%

EL PAÍS exceeds 482,000 total subscribers, with a growth of 13%, and Santillana reaches four million subscriptions, with an increase of 19%

Keiko Fujimori announces that the military will join the fight against crime in Peru

The president is sworn into office with the promise of a “safe, prosperous and united” country and delivers a speech focused on fighting citizen insecurity

The return of the flames to Casavieja 21 years after the death of firefighter Javier Tirado

The fire devastates the town of Avila where a brigade member died during a fire in 2005

Zelensky and Trump reaffirm in the White House their new harmony regarding the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian president offers drone technology for US conflict against Iran and asks for US Patriot missiles in exchange

San Sebastián suddenly prohibits solidarity dinners for homeless people

The mayor of the PNV alleges health and coexistence problems to leave the distribution of food carried out by a group of volunteers without authorization

The reactivation of the fire in southwestern France in some areas forces the evacuation of 4,000 tourists

The country faces a new heat wave that threatens to reignite the fire, which has already devastated 42,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of 220,000 people.

Sánchez cools support for Zapatero: “I am not his spokesperson”

The president assures the legality of the loan to Plus Ultra is “absolutely blameless”

The residence of the Kings in Mallorca completes its rehabilitation and opens unprecedented spaces to the public

The comprehensive restoration of La Almudaina allows us to visit the Queen's Palace for the first time

Infantino plans to convert the World Cup into a private company and sell the shares

The president of FIFA would be positioned as CEO of the new company, assisted by JP Morgan and the brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law, according to 'The Times'.

Thousands of Haitians face deportation after losing TPS: “They have fought for years and now they have nothing”

The end of Temporary Protected Status, fear of raids and mortgage foreclosures corner Haitian families in Miami's Little Haiti

Luis Enríquez responds to criticism about his attitude at his wedding with Susanna Griso: “It bothers me that I gave the opposite impression of what I felt”

The media executive has been singled out online for wearing a guayabera in his wedding and for appearing with a very serious face in the images.

The Audiovisual Council of Andalusia takes the viral video of the attack on a minor in Huelva to the Prosecutor's Office and requests its withdrawal

The Moguer City Council opens a file for the recorded aggression, which shows several minors who rebuke, insult and physically attack another

Netanyahu meets with Trump amid efforts to return to negotiations with Iran

Both leaders are trying to redirect their relationship a few months before their respective elections and with differences over the ceasefire with Tehran