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Zapatero's letter to Saudi Arabia to "confirm" his version of the jewels: "We received a strictly personal gift"
The mission, which El Pais had access to, is dated one day before the president's statement at the National High Court.
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Sumar requires the Government to adopt the housing decree that would have prevented Maricarsen's eviction by the social shield
Ernest Urtasun maintains that the regulations would have drawn the launch today in Madrid and asked for the moratorium to be approved next week
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The Basque Government grants the third semi-freedom to an ETA prisoner in less than a month
Idoia Mendizábal, who was already on leave from Monday to Friday, has access to the third grade of prison, which opens the door to a future parole
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Reed Brody: "Co-Chairs in Nicaragua are responsible for reported enforced disappearances"
The UN reported that the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua uses enforced disappearance as a weapon of repression: at least 161 cases since 2018, with 29 persons still missing. Reed Brody, a member of the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua (GHREN), a former New York Deputy Prosecutor and a human rights lawyer, addresses the issue in France 24.
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Cuba faces a growing cash shortage as the weight swings against the dollar
On the island, cash has become a daily difficulty as inflation and weight loss aggravate purchasing power. Citizens make long lines to withdraw up to 20,000 pesos, about 28 dollars at the informal exchange, while the Government puts in circulation new high-denomination notes. The Cuban currency this week reached 700 pesos per dollar, a cost ten times more than in 2021.
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Zapatero assures the judge that the jewels are a "gift" that the king of Saudi Arabia made to him in 2007
The expressive asks the National High Court to demand cooperation from the Saudi monarchy to prove his account
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The crisis in Ceuta and political news, live in 124; Minister Diana Morant calls on Morocco to be "more diligent with its responsibilities"
Calm down at the armored borders of Ceuta and Melilla on a day of warning for the threat of a new mass arrival - 124; Albaras claims that Morocco will work together to prevent another entry on Wednesday - 124; Marlaska defends the government's action in the city and attacks the PP
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AfD by surprise displaces the Italian ultra-right by encouraging the secessionism of the South Tyrol
The German party flirts with the independence of the Alpine province annexed to Italy in 1920, a conflict over decades ago. "It is very serious," condemns the Meloni Government
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The Government is studying gas price intervention to stop the rise of the electricity bill
The Executive considers setting a cap similar to the Iberian exception, but there is no consensus by damaging renewables and breaking European market rules
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The Government demands the Supreme not to impose the appearance of ministers on Ceuta requested by the PP in the Senate
The State Attorney claims that the court's interference in the relations between the Government and the Cortes would "disrupt the government's autonomy"
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The Government is responsible to Vivas and Feijóo for the extension of the crisis in Ceuta: "Minors do not leave because they do not want the PP"
Torres insists that the two options for the 3,000 minors in the city who do not return with their families is "to stay" in it "or to be relocated in the rest of the Spanish territory"
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"We will hire if we are attacked": the Lithuanian government tells the BBC that it has plans for response and evacuation to Russia's threats
In conversation with the BBC's Newsnight program, the Prime Minister of Lithuania said that the population feels "constantly threatened" by Moscow.
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Sánchez claims that he has asked "actions" for Morocco "because his border control failed" in Ceuta
In an interview with CNN, the President of the Government points to Morocco's responsibility for the July 30 and 31 jump, although he advocates the good relationship
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Malvinas extends oil licences, despite Milei's measures: what is Sea Lion, the project that increases tension?
The decision of the Government of the Malvinas Islands, under British administration, to extend for five years the oil exploration permits put energy resources back at the centre of the sovereignty dispute with Argentina, just as the Government of Javier Milei has moved from diplomatic protest to a legal offensive against the companies involved and is preparing a law to extend the sanctions. The development of Sea Lion, which plans to start producing crude oil in 2028, thus turns a long-term territorial dispute into a conflict with business consequences.
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Ceuta: What about migrants caught in limbo?
Thousands of migrants remain in a limbo in Ceuta, pending a plan by the Spanish Government to relocate some 10,000 people to shelters. Meanwhile, non-governmental organizations reported torture, assault and threats of sexual violence against minors, allegedly committed by security forces. In the midst of migration tension, increased xenophobia and the demands of local authorities, our correspondent Sofia Català analyses the situation on the ground.
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Costa Rica's Opposition Accuses Laura Fernández's Government of "Authoritarianism"
For decades, Costa Rica operated as the last oasis of democratic stability and security in Central America. Today, hit by an unprecedented murder crisis, the Executive is driving a 'hard hand' recipe and judicial reforms that open a collision front with the Supreme Court and the opposition. We discussed in France 24 with Mr Edgardo Araya (Front Amplio) on the risk of an institutional break: 'We are concerned to end up being like El Salvador'.
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The government transferred to the National High Court the extradition to the United States of a pro-Palestinian activist, but recalled that the decision was not "final"
Baltasar Garzón accuses the Executive of inconsistency and claims that his client, Fergie Chambers, is the victim of a "political persecution" by Trump
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Congress urges Government to advance the retirement of cabin crew
The Commission approves the proposal of Sumar which calls for the inclusion of these workers in the decree already regulating the early withdrawal of the pilots. Social Security does not need parliamentary support to make change
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The government puts conditions on Chinese investments: "They can not only come to assemble"
The Secretary of State for Trade defends the Asian giant as "a great strategic ally," but puts forward "the strategic autonomy of Spain"
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A crisis in Ceuta and political news, direct - 124; Interior presupposes 9 million to strengthen the maritime border of El Tarajal and prevent the entry into the swimming of migrants
The Government will enable new "this week and next" spaces to host migrants in Ceuta, 124; Albaras will meet in New York with its Moroccan counterpart to address the return of immigrants still in Ceuta