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If Paquita leaves, 6 Santa Ana Street will cease to be a neighborhood block: this is how a Madrid neighborhood dies portal by portal

The conversion of large landlords into aspiring investment funds is clearing many streets in the center of the capital of neighborhood life and giving free rein to the expansion of tourist apartments in the area.

'Ted Lasso' on Apple TV, 'The Shards' on Disney+ and other series recommended for August

A selection of fiction productions featured this month on platforms

Nine months of investigation to solve the crime of the four cats

The Civil Guard finds the person responsible for shooting and killing four stray animals in a town in Teruel thanks to the analysis of the bullets and the feline necropsy

De Gaulle moment: the resistance leader conquers the screen in a polarized France

Antonin Baudry's impressive cinematographic diptych investigates the figure of the founder of the Fifth Republic who anticipated some of the great problems that Europe would face after the Second World War

Peridis: unsupportive

Bullet from August 2, 2026

A true housing policy

Readers write about housing crises, fires, Artificial Intelligence and kindness

Flavita Banana's August fashion: the dress

Vignette from August 2, 2026

Mohamed VI and his human projectiles

The ammunition with which Morocco shoots against Spain again and again is its own people

Half a century of Amnesia, the Ibiza nightclub that a philosopher created to forget everything and changed the history of electronic music

50 years ago, the Taller del Olvido was founded on this Mediterranean island, a social experiment by Antonio Escohotado that would end up becoming, in this century, one of the best clubs in the world.

María Sánchez Díez, new head of the EL PAÍS edition in the United States

The Spanish journalist, from 'The New York Times', arrives as deputy editor

Too much protein? The dubious benefits of the fashionable nutrient

Nine out of ten products promoted as high in protein are unhealthy. A meta-analysis calls into question the benefits of the most talked about macronutrient

Puigdemont plans his return on a symbolic date that will ensure massive mobilization

The judicial calendar complicates the return on two preferred days, September 11 or October 1, but Junts and the 'ex-president''s entourage say they have everything ready

The Kitchen plot, seen for sentencing: audios, messages and a confession

The court will have to decide whether the accusation that the Rajoy Government maneuvered to steal compromising PP material from Luis Bárcenas prevails, or the defense thesis that they were only looking for the former treasurer's illicit money.

The 'Sabbat' war is fought in a Jerusalem cafe

Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jews clash over the Saturday opening of a venue that has become a symbol of Israeli division

Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez forge an alliance to promote their socialist ideology in the United States

The mayor of New York, encouraged by his successes in the Democratic primaries, strengthens ties with the congresswoman, who is exploring a possible candidacy for the presidency

The United States activates the electoral mode three months before the midterms

Democrats are close to regaining control of the House of Representatives, but they have a harder time winning the Senate

The black scar: journey to the landscape after the fire

Saving people has been the priority. And it is the only success of this fire that has split the summer of 2026 in two. A fire that was accidentally caused by man and that was fueled by the wind and the extreme and continuous heat of the new summers.

Map | 8.5 million people in Spain live structurally exposed to fires

An analysis by EL PAÍS allows us to identify where the largest population resides within 400 meters of large masses of combustible vegetation. Intervening on that urban-forest border is key to responding to fire

The most erratic hours of Amador, Ayuso and their surroundings: “Can you be so negligent?”

The explanations about the purchase of the penthouse by the Community of Madrid do not convince many and confusion spreads in the PP due to the “careless” announcement by Idealista de Amador

Rafael Ribera, urban hero

We descend from a Gulliver like the gigantic one that the architect built more than 30 years ago in Valencia

What Jeff Bezos wants, José Flores has

The Silicon Valley tycoons, who already have everything, also aspire to buy eternity

Call parents little

When life rushes by and night comes and it seems late to pick up the phone, I remember a friend who lost his mother too young.

extraordinary men

Who takes care of married women when they are sick?

A sensitive matter

Research to combat neglected diseases is in a critical situation due to cuts in development aid by rich countries

Jakarta, the most populated city in the world, sinks into the Java Sea

With 42 million inhabitants, the capital of Indonesia is the most exposed to rising ocean levels, it is polluted and its citizens live in overcrowded conditions. Travel to the great Asian metropolis of the 21st century

The summer in which the topless made people talk again: “The look does not stay on the beach”

There are no figures that indicate a great decline in the practice of topless, but there is a widespread perception that it is happening. Women talk about the fear of being recorded, aesthetic pressure and an increasingly negative social reaction

Geopolitics are played out in the Ceuta crisis

Spain must demand the support of European partners when the sovereignty of a Member State is in question, whether due to conventional or hybrid threats.

'Invasion' of Ceuta or rather illegal youth excursion?

The legitimate defense of our borders cannot be separated from scrupulous respect for the rights of those who come

Trump's double standard: from complacency with Morocco to discomfort with Spain

The American president praises King Mohamed VI, with whom he has strengthened the relationship after the recognition of Western Sahara

Firmness and unity in the face of Morocco's challenge

The unacceptable use of immigration against sovereign borders in Ceuta requires clear responses and the full support of the EU

The Ceuta crisis aligns the European right against Sánchez

The Spanish president, increasingly alone in Europe, accuses his partners of lack of solidarity, while PP and Vox fuel the battle over immigration

The message of the exodus: “The border is open and you can pass without papers”

A spontaneous outburst on social networks encourages the migratory flood of tens of thousands of young Moroccans 'burned' by the absence of a future

The three days of horror that cornered Ceuta

The coastal city removes the dead from the sea after the Maghreb migratory pulse that has tested the forces of governments and humanitarian organizations

The good, the bad and the ugly in global tax negotiations

Tax systems that erode equality They also end up eroding democracy

Why are we (almost all) right-handed? Two million years of evolutionary mystery

There is not a single cause, but several of them, intertwined. The strongest hypothesis points to the development of our brain and the origin of language: gestures

The luxury break heads to Andalusia

Seville, Granada and the Costa del Sol attract the most exclusive hotel chains, which plan several openings in Andalusian territory soon. The objective is to seduce the high-impact tourist, who usually quadruples the expense of a conventional one.

Invisible learning in summer: four experts explain why vacations also educate

The neuroscientist David Bueno, the pedagogue Mar Romera, the environmental educator Katia Hueso and the psychologist Beatriz Cazurro tell how free play, boredom and autonomy promote essential learning during the holidays, often without children being aware of it.

Verónica Grech, the Asturian illustrator who quietly conquered the international press

In addition to working for some of the most important newspapers in the United States, he has also collaborated with brands. He has built a visual universe based on large planes of color, synthesized figures and geometric compositions where the line disappears.

Adyen, technology and strategy guide the steps towards recovery

The payment systems platform falls 35% in the year. Analysts consider the punishment unjustified and 77% advise buying

Cajal, the jewelry brand that turns glass into small works of art: “Time and dedication, that is true luxury”

Argentine Julieta Cajal created this business, which uses a centuries-old artisanal technique in a homogenized gold and silver market, and attracts clients from the United States and Japan.

Keys to protecting your vacation investment portfolio

Analysts recommend maintaining the same philosophy and objectives, with diversification of assets, taking into account the time horizon and without getting carried away by emotions.

Abidjan is transformed by the blow of an excavator: from the fishermen of the Ebrié lagoon to the most modern city in West Africa

A wave of demolitions has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people to make way for mega-projects, such as the fourth bridge or line 1 of the metro

Ten recipes to take to the beach or pool

Sandwiches and salads of potatoes, legumes, pasta or rice that are easily prepared and can be transported without mishaps

Of loves and affinities between writers and cats

Pla wrote about how sphincter-like there is in cats when he stated that “everything in the cat is dogma, seriousness and eternal form.”

You pass, your cell phone does not: the rise of parties in which smartphones are prohibited

More and more venues and events, from Berlin to Spain, aim to return to the essence of the dance floor: melting into the music and with each other without anyone recording, photographing or interrupting with a flash

Marion Cotillard: “Losing interest in climate change is truly crazy”

Marion Cotillard traveled to the Biarritz Film Festival with Chanel to support emerging talent. “The way we look at young people, whether to celebrate their potential or ignore it, says a lot about us as a society,” he says.

The summer of the betrayal of Stephanie of Monaco: 30 years of the Daniel Ducruet sexual scandal that shook Monaco and went around the world

The former bodyguard starred in some compromising images, which sold for thousands of euros, with a Belgian stripper that he has been describing for three decades as a “trap” caused by drugs.

Dragons, prophecies and science: history of our fascination with eclipses

The spell of eclipses has been with us for millennia, from references in Neolithic petroglyphs to Tintin, through the 'Odyssey'. This curiosity has been accompanied by a deep fear: that day turning into night has been associated with disastrous events. Recently we have come to contemplate them as natural events that continue to provoke one of the deepest and most human feelings: amazement at the strange, an emotion that we will experience on August 12 with a solar eclipse that will be seen in much of Spain.

The siesta, that national pause turned today into a silent insurrection

A nap after finishing eating... is it a right or a mortal sin? In today's society, rest in the middle of the day is increasingly surrounded by productivity and making the most of every minute. But perhaps the time has come to rebel, make good use of the hours of your life and stop.

Abel Álvarez (Güeyu Mar): “I'm going to make even the ambassador of Japan come to Playa de Vega to try my nigiris”

The temple of grilled fish in Asturias reopens at night with a menu of Japanese snacks