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One million migrants in Spain apply to regularise status in new scheme

Programme offering a one-year residence and work permit attracts double expected number of applicants

The Guardian - UK

Over 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation, PM Pedro Sánchez says

Sánchez has long argued that immigrants are needed to sustain the economy, the welfare state and pensions amid Spain's ageing population and depopulation in rural regions.

Euronews

World leaders react with offers and solidarity after powerful quakes hit Venezuela

World leaders are reacting with offers and solidarity after two powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 164 people, injuring more than 1,000 and trapping many beneath collapsed buildings

The Independent UK

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Pedro Sánchez tells Congress: 'I never knew of, nor would I have tolerated, any of these practices'

Junts, the Catalan pro-independence party whose seven MPs were instrumental in securing his return to power in 2023, called on the prime minister to resign and allow another Socialist leader to take over the government.

Euronews

Europe Today: Sánchez under pressure as Europe backs Ukraine

Europe's five leading military powers meet in Berlin to discuss support for Ukraine and tougher sanctions on Russia, while US-Iran negotiations continue in Switzerland. Meanwhile, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces pressure over a widening corruption scandal.

Euronews

Pedro Sánchez's Wife Barred From Leaving Spain as Corruption Case Heads to Trial

A Spanish court has ordered Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez, to surrender her passport and barred her from leaving the country.

International Business Times

Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption

José Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro Sánchez

The Guardian - UK

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Spain's Supreme Court jails former socialist minister for 24 years in COVID corruption case

A major blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former socialist minister and close Sánchez ally José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison in a corruption case linked to COVID-19 mask contracts.

Euronews

Live: Colombia Votes Calmly in a High-Stakes Runoff as Espriella and Cepeda Cast Ballots

Colombia's runoff unfolds calmly: Espriella and Cepeda have voted, polls close at 4 p.m., and only a boat fire disrupted the day.

Latin Times

Spanish judge orders prime minister's wife to face corruption trial and surrender her passport

A Spanish investigative judge has ruled that the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption

AAP

Wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has passport revoked as court orders corruption trial

The case is one of several corruption affairs that have embroiled the Socialist leader’s family and former allies, threatening to topple his minority coalition government.

Euronews

Spanish PM’s wife to stand trial on corruption charges and banned from leaving country

Begoña Gómez has also been banned from leaving the country as her husband, Pedro Sánchez, says the case is politically motivated

The Guardian - UK

Sánchez backs international dialogue against other leaders: 'A Europe open to the world'

Spain’s prime minister used the European Council summit to urge a more ambitious multiannual budget, and voiced solidarity with Meloni after Trump said she begged him for a photo.

Euronews

'Not our Europe': Macron and Sánchez slam 'ineffective' return hubs for migrants

"I don't know if these are the fundamental principles on which our Europe was built," Emmanuel Macron said as he strongly criticized the increasingly popular project to build return hubs for rejected asylum seekers.

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Colombia Presidential Runoff This Sunday: De la Espriella Leads, but the Margins Are Shrinking

Colombia votes Sunday in a tense presidential runoff: de la Espriella leads Cepeda in late polls as 408,000 troops deploy and a ceasefire takes hold.

Euronews

Graft probe into Spanish ex-PM Zapatero expanded to daughters and secretary, court says

The former premier defended his innocence during a three-hour hearing before Calama on Wednesday, becoming the first former or serving Spanish head of government to declare as a suspect in a corruption investigation.

Euronews

Spanish police conclude initials 'P.S.' in diary of former party member refer to PM Pedro Sánchez

A Civil Guard report identifies the initials "P.S." with the prime minister and names Santos Cerdán as the driving force behind efforts to derail the case against Sánchez's brother.

The Guardian - UK

Spain’s prime minister faces difficult week as wife and ex-PM summoned before judges

Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, charged and predecessor José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero investigated over offences including influence peddling

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Euronews

After 144 Years, Pope Leo XIV blesses the completion of Sagrada Familia's tallest tower in Barcelona

The pontiff praised the new Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona's Sagrada Família in a ceremony attended by around 120,000 people, ending with a light and fireworks show.

Euronews

Spain’s Sánchez speaks out against EU's deregulation crusade

As socialists discuss how to regain ground across Europe, the Spanish prime minister has rejected the idea that fewer laws are needed at the European level, putting him at odds with the simplification push led by Germany and Italy.

TechRadar

Age verification for social media is the right idea built the wrong way

Social media bans for minors risk sacrificing digital privacy in pursuit of online safety.

Euronews

Pope Leo XIV denounces 'scourge' of sexual abuse before meeting victims in Spain

Speaking to reporters on the flight to Madrid on Saturday, the pope said the scandal of sexual violence was "still an open wound" for the Church.

The Independent UK

In first papal speech to Spanish parliament, pope demands respect for migrants and international law

Pope Leo XIV calls for newfound respect for the rights of migrants and international law during an historic address to the Spanish parliament that signaled a new level of acceptance of the Catholic Church in the public sphere in the overwhelmingly secular country

Radio France Internationale

Pope Leo XIV visits Spain as Church seeks a fresh voice in changing Europe

Pope Leo XIV has begun a weeklong visit to Spain, bringing the American pontiff to one of Europe’s historic centres of Christianity at a moment of political tension, social change and renewed curiosity about faith.

The Independent UK

What to know about Pope Leo's trip to Spain, from political scandal to Barcelona's architectural gem

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice

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