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El juez Peinado cita a Begoña Gómez este martes a una audiencia preliminar antes de abrir juicio oral

El magistrado, que ha comunicado su decisión este lunes, fija la comparecencia apenas 24 horas después y rechaza interrogar a un testigo propuesto por la defensa

La Audiencia Nacional asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva de migrantes a Ceuta por “atacar gravemente la integridad territorial de España”

La jueza aprecia indicios de “una conducta delictiva presuntamente cometida en el extranjero”: “Se ha evidenciado una clara e indudable gestión favorecedora del proceso desde el Reino de Marruecos”

El expresidente de Plus Ultra reitera que pagó una comisión de un 1% al empresario amigo de Zapatero para lograr el rescate

Julio Martínez Sola señala que no sabe qué gestiones hizo el expresidente, ni hizo seguimiento de las mismas porque su único interés era el “éxito” de la operación

MÁS ANTIGUOS

Sánchez exonerates Morocco for the Ceuta crisis and advances that the King will visit it for the first time with this Government

The president points to Russia, Israel and the “far-right international” for spreading the hoaxes that caused the massive entry

Last minute of the entry of immigrants to Ceuta, live | The Minister of Equality highlights the need to protect women and girls: “In the face of sexual violence, there is no room for political calculations”

Rego assures that the minors of Ceuta “are not invaders, but victims” and asks for time for their return | Torres assures that nearly 800 migrants have been transferred to authorized spaces

The PP reproaches Sánchez for pointing the finger at everyone except Morocco for the Ceuta crisis: “He needs to blame Franco”

The popular ones affirm that if Feijóo were governing “he would be about to go” with the King to Ceuta

Sánchez, about Ayuso's apartment: “This lady wanted to buy a great apartment with the money of the people of Madrid to live in it”

The head of the Government criticizes the PP for not demanding responsibilities from the Madrid president

War of versions between Marlaska and Robles about the reports made by the CNI to advance the Ceuta crisis

The head of Defense says in Congress that the Intelligence services notified the Government, but the Minister of the Interior is blunt: “There was no report from either the CNI or any center in a friendly country.”

Robles apologizes in Congress and recognizes that the Government acted badly and arrived late to Ceuta

The Minister of Defense does not clarify the authorship of the crisis nor offer data on the balance as demanded by the opposition and allies

The Government toughens immigration and asylum laws in line with the European pact in the midst of the Ceuta crisis

The rule, which will take months to approve, will speed up the procedures to deny applications and proceed to a possible expulsion

Ceuta doubles efforts to temper spirits and locate migrants

The proximity of the school year forces the search for shelter places to be accelerated, which causes suspicion among neighbors. The fear that the tension will explode hovers over

Migration crisis: Spanish politics is installed in the favorable framework for the extreme right

Twenty years of research links the prominence of immigration in public debate, especially linked to problems and conflicts, with the rise of xenophobic populism in Europe

The Supreme Court rejects forcing the appearances of the ministers in the Senate in August as requested by the PP

The court considers that “the special urgency has not been proven” to address the request without first hearing the Government, which will have ten days to present allegations.

The Government is working on the urgent transfer of 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to the Peninsula

The autonomous city accepts the Executive's plan as an “extraordinary measure” and demands the return of all foreigners who entered irregularly

Last minute of the entry of immigrants to Ceuta, live | Ceuta accepts the Government's plan to transfer 500 migrant girls to the Peninsula as an “extraordinary measure”

The PP, on the transfer of 500 migrant girls from Ceuta: “The best interest of the minor will be to be with their family” | The popular ones ask for the disapproval of five ministers for the management of the migration crisis in Ceuta

The announcement of the success of the first vaccine against melanoma boosts the shares of Moderna and Merck

The advance has been released in a press release in which no specific data on improved survival is offered. If confirmed, it would be a historic milestone

Ayuso settles in an urbanization in Puerta de Hierro after leaving the apartment she shared with González Amador

The president moves to a wealthy area after leaving the neighborhood where she grew up and where the Community of Madrid bought the controversial apartment with 199 meters of terrace

Gastroenteritis, tuberculosis, scabies: nurses denounce an “unprecedented health collapse” in Ceuta

Defense assures that the outbreak of skin infections among the military is not related to the care of immigrants, since two soldiers have already arrived infected

The largest wave pool in Europe brings discord to a district of Madrid: “It's nonsense”

Residents of San Blas-Canillejas and environmentalists denounce the high consumption of drinking water of a project questioned in the courts, with a budget of 60 million, and which hopes to open its doors in 2027

A new earthquake of magnitude 4.8 shakes Granada and leaves three people with minor injuries

The tremor, with its epicenter in Gójar, has been strongly felt in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital. “It's torture,” says an affected neighbor

Trump declares the Strait of Hormuz “new territory of the United States”

The Republican goes one step further in his threats of annexation with an image published on his own social network

The White House attacks a Democratic senator for talking about Natalie Harp, Trump's "human printer"

Lawmaker Jon Ossoff accuses the president of preferring to “travel in his flying palace” with his most loyal aide to doing his job.

Morocco exhibits its maximum strength as guardian of the Ceuta border

Rabat shows that it has sufficient capacity to stop the access of immigrants to Europe. Those affected plead: “Let us enter Ceuta”

Rabat expels Efe and TVE journalists from Castillejos

The reporters were covering a charge by Moroccan riot forces to disperse migrants trying to reach the Ceuta border. The Government of Spain assures that it is looking for a solution

In the Gurugú there are only the monkeys left

The Moroccan mountain that presides over the landscape of Melilla, shelter for years of sub-Saharan migrants before attempting the jump to Spain, no longer hosts any camps

The PP tries to postpone the debate on the reception of overcrowded minors in Ceuta

The first contact between the Government and the autonomous communities ends between mutual reproaches and the announced boycott of Vox

From Björk to skaters: the viral phenomena after the total solar eclipse

Between spectacular videos, memes, unexpected moments and even a skateboard, we compile some of the most curious images and reactions that the phenomenon left on the internet

The hangover of astronomers after their great moment with the eclipse: “It will take me time to process everything we have experienced”

One day after the astronomical phenomenon, the scientists and popularizers who had been waiting for it for years oscillate between fatigue, excitement and the feeling of a mission accomplished.

Marlaska sends more Immigration police to Ceuta to accelerate the expulsion of 5,000 migrants

Twenty specialist agents join the six who were sent at the beginning of the crisis. The minister also announces 50 new troops to “guarantee citizen safety” on the streets

The trail of the eclipse in data: from solar blackout to searches for “eye pain”

We compiled half a dozen metrics where the phenomenon left its mark in Spain, from electricity consumption to Google queries

Consultations in ophthalmological emergencies increased due to the eclipse, but with hardly any serious cases: “The damage does not cause pain or irritation”

The damage to the retina characteristic of sun exposure leads to alterations in vision and can take days to appear.

Colombia is committed to rescuing earthquake survivors: “Don't waste your time here, the only sign of life is on the other side”

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake leaves more than two hundred dead in a country that launches an urgent deployment of firefighters, soldiers and neighbors

An official Moroccan body accuses the Spanish police of inflicting “mistreatment and aggression” on migrants in Ceuta

The Moroccan National Human Rights Council blames the Ceuta authorities for ordering the closure of businesses, a mere recommendation from the business association

Defense informs the Xunta that it will not object to the Chinese factory in Ferrol

Robles anticipates Rueda that he will issue a favorable report on the project

Albares guarantees the integrity of Schengen and ensures that no migrant has reached the Peninsula

The Foreign Minister has stated that “every last person who has entered Spain irregularly will return to Morocco”, since that is the “express will” of Rabat.

Trump secretly changed planes after the NATO summit in Türkiye, hiding in a catering container due to a threat from Iran

As part of the secret service operation, the presidential plane took off at the same time with journalists and White House staff on board to act as a decoy.

Map of places to see the total eclipse: EL PAÍS completes a search engine with almost 500 official viewpoints

Just one day before the astronomical phenomenon, the autonomous communities that are within the band of totality finalize the preparations around the chosen observation points with their city councils

Last minute of the earthquake in Colombia, live | At least 70 dead from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia

About twenty infrastructures collapse in Cali with people inside and there are injuries in the city of Quibdó | Seven airports suspend their activity after suffering damage

At least 70 dead after a 7.4 earthquake in Colombia

Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been in the presidency for three days, calls for a Unified Command Plan to coordinate care

The first images of rescues of those affected by the earthquake in the middle of the rubble of Cali

A 7.4 earthquake shakes Colombia, the movement lasted about four minutes, after starting at 7:34 in the morning. 22 people are known to have died

Morocco prosecutes 77 people for organizing irregular crossings in Ceuta and Melilla

The justice system charges them with crimes related to clandestine departure from the country, transportation of passengers without a license or attacks on members of the security forces.

Improvised censuses in the El Príncipe neighborhood after the arrival of hundreds of minors: “This breaks any parameter”

On the outskirts of the city, neighbors take care of migrant minors who swam across and whom the authorities do not know where to place

The National Court asks the Civil Guard if it had any information that could “warn” of the massive entry into Ceuta

The instructor also requests data on the rescue operations and the deceased.

Morocco denies “pressure and blackmail” in the Ceuta crisis and blames the Supreme Court ruling

The Government of Rabat attributes the migratory exodus to “the deactivation of the deterrent element” of immediate expulsion by the Spanish justice system.

Candidates for UN Secretary General promise to reform the organization so that it regains prominence

The applicants from Latin America defend that this “zone of peace free of nuclear weapons” can be an example for the world

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo asks for a pardon from Keiko Fujimori: “I don't want to die in prison”

Twenty-six years after leading the resistance against Alberto Fujimori, the former president, imprisoned for corruption, depends on the autocrat's daughter to regain freedom

Rafa Jódar succumbs in the Washington final against Taylor Fritz

The American won the tiebreak of the first set and also defeated a combative Spaniard in the second (7-6 (2), 6-4)

Tense calm in Ceuta five days after the massive entry of immigrants

In the autonomous city, soldiers, journalists and those who remain among those who entered irregularly coexist, which the Government estimates at 2,500.

First deaths in the United States from an outbreak of explosive diarrhea caused by lettuce contaminated with Cyclospora

The authorities explain that the deceased had previous conditions that could have aggravated the symptoms

The Generalitat limits the access of mountaineers in the surroundings of the Senet fire

Firefighters ask hikers to leave the area due to the risk of creating a new pyrocumulus