Reuters Iberia co-bureau chief based in Madrid. Mama to three boys, two hounds, two cats, wife to a lovely man. RTs don't necessarily represent endorsements.
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Spain's coalition government said it agreed to proposals including banning evictions until 2030 to address the country's housing crisis, after mass protests over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman reut.rs/4xRJXr0
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An essential element has now been added to the debate over Ceuta.
Reuters reports that Spanish police and border-guard unions repeatedly warned the central authorities, weeks before the mass rush, about the increase in crossings and the possible consequences of the June 29 court ruling.
This does not mean that there are no legitimate questions to ask about Morocco’s response. There are, and they should be asked. But it does confirm that such a complex crisis cannot simply be reduced to the convenient narrative that “Morocco opened the gates.”
There was a court ruling, its circulation and distortion on social media, exploitation by smuggling networks, a prior increase in attempted crossings, warnings on the Spanish side and, ultimately, a massive breakdown.
The serious question is therefore not to choose a culprit in advance. It is to establish who knew what, when they knew it, what decisions were taken — or not taken — on both sides, and why.
That is how responsibility should be established: through facts, not preconceived theories.
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Spain disregarded Ceuta warnings before migrant rush, say border workers' unions reut.rs/4ib9IhH reut.rs/4ib9IhH
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Las lágrimas de una campeona olímpica porque su club la despide tras ser madre.
32 años en el CN Sabadell, 20 en el primer equipo.
Ahora imaginen las que no llegan a ser oro olímpico. Esto es el deporte español.
‼️🗣️Maica Garcia assegura que denunciarà el CN Sabadell per no renovar-la després de ser mare: "No em mereixo això"
Tots els detalls👇
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Wafae Atid no es una emigrante económica y no quiere volver a Marruecos porque aborrece “la mentalidad” del país: “No huyo de Marruecos porque sea pobre o porque no tenga dinero. Quiero dejar Marruecos porque no soy musulmana y no me gusta la mentalidad, no me siento a gusto allí” elpais.com/espana/2026-08-21…
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Wafae, ademas de tener fotos de una vida de lujo en sus redes, también tiene muchas fotos de peregrinación musulmana, apoyando al Rey de Marruecos, a su país y a su selección de futbol.
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🇪🇸Certain victories remind us that freedom can still prevail.
Thank you Spain and to all those who continue to stand with courage and dignity on the side of justice.
#HastaLaVictoria
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Be careful what you say. Donald Trump: “Spain is a wasted cause”…“I don’t want anything to do with Spain.” Now he’s got to hand them the World Cup.
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Son of Belgian wildfire victim disputes Spanish officials' account of warnings reut.rs/4fuiu8O reut.rs/4fuiu8O
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➡️ En caso de #confinamiento por #incendioforestal 🔥🌲 debes tener en cuenta una serie de cuestiones 👇
🔹Cierra puertas y ventanas tapando las aberturas con toallas húmedas para evitar que los gases y humo del #incendio penetren.
🔹Baja las persianas y sube los toldos.
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Writing by me (laid off). Photos by @vanhoutenphoto (laid off). Editing by @PeterFinnProP (laid off). Audio editing by @BishopSand (laid off). Design editing by @JoeMoore1984 (laid off). Additional support from @reemakkad (laid off) and @PaulSchemm (laid off).
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Why do Americans love British English so much?
This, and @lanegreene’s other videos on languages, have been nominated for a Webby Award. Cast your vote here: bit.ly/3PRfKIo
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Clerical sexual abuse victim Juan Carlos Cruz has kept his letters from the late Pope Francis, with whom he says he developed a ‘magical’ friendship reut.rs/42KPX7r
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Let’s study Musk’s lies in detail A THREAD: musk retweets a known Russia-sympathizer and conspiracy myth/disinformation account and claims that ”Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for ’large scale social deception’.” This sounds very nefarious indeed.
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A top Spanish winemaker is hedging against anticipated tariffs by US President Donald Trump on European Union products by sending extra stock to the United States that would allow them to stagger any price increases reut.rs/42PWgbB
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Defending democracy means stepping away from tools that undermine it.
Let’s continue the conversation on other platforms.
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The long lunch blamed for Spain’s flood alert failure
There are lessons for others in deadly official errors
The head of Valencia's govt was in a 3-hour meal that did not finish until 6pm, when some towns were already swamped
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Con estas palabras empezó todo: ‘Enseña lo que está pasando aquí de verdad’.
Algunas fotos se han compartido mucho, pero aquí está la historia detrás de ellas, junto a material inédito de los días posteriores a la DANA en Valencia.
Abro hilo 👇
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INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE
Se que no son mis competencias, pero me veo en la obligación de hacer algunas aclaraciones ante el elevado número de especulaciones/desinformación que estoy observando en las últimas horas.
1.- El número de fallecidos confirmados a esta hora son 214.
2.- ¿Por qué ese número se ha incrementado poco en las últimas 48 horas? Porque en superficie, en las zonas más accesibles, que es donde se está realizando el grueso de las labores, no aparecen más.
3.- ¿Significa eso que no hay más personas fallecidas? No. Quedan bajos o garajes, sótanos y parkings anegados que hay que despejar y es previsible que en esos espacios pueda haber personas fallecidas. ¿Cuántas? Se desconoce. Por tanto toda especulación al respecto es eso, pura especulación.
4.- Se ha hablado de parkings de centros comerciales, etc dando posibles cifras de fallecidos en ellos y apoyándose en rumores o especulaciones que no son ciertas. A día de hoy no se sabe lo que puede encontrarse en esos espacios. Por tanto quienes aseguran que saben ya el resultado simplemente especulan.
5.- No tiene el menor sentido ocultar cifras de fallecidos a la opinión pública. Se comunica lo que se sabe. La muerte de personas es algo lo suficientemente serio como para no especular con ello y proporcionar, estrictamente aquello de lo que se tiene constancia fehaciente.
Espero que esta información sea de utilidad para saber la situación en la que estamos en este momento. Me seguiré centrando en la cuestión de infraestructuras y movilidad, que es lo que me compete. Gracias.
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🚨 NEW: Ed Davey celebrates a great night for the Lib Dems, dancing to 'Sweet Caroline' at a party event in London
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Nadine Dorries, "Keir Starmer is no Tony Blair.. It is a disaster for us"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "The rot started with Boris Johnson"
Nadine Dorries, "Not one voter group blames Boris Johnson for what happened to the Conservative party"
Alastair Campbell, "Honestly Nadine, you've got to get over Boris Johnson"
Nadine Dorries, "I find that a sexist comment"
Alastair Campbell, "It's not"
Nadine Dorries, "I think it is"
Alastair Campbell, "Sunak rolling out Johnson"
Kwasi Kwarteng, "Can we move on from Boris"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Do you really want to talk about Liz Truss"
Kwasi Kwarteng, "No"