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• Ángel Mateos González jugará con el CD Colunga, lo que lo convertirá en el jugador más veterano en participar en un partido oficial • A una edad en la que muchos futbolistas veteranos preferirían estar deleitando a nietos, amigos y diversos parroquianos con historias ligeramente adornadas sobre sus antiguas proezas deportivas, Ángel Mateos González, de 70 años, regresa al terreno de juego. • El español, que se retiró del fútbol de competición hace 27 años, tiene previsto jugar como portero del equipo asturiano CD Colunga en un partido de quinta categoría este domingo. Si todo sale según lo previsto y se pone los guantes, según los informes, se convertirá en el jugador de más edad en participar en un partido oficial en España. Seguir leyendo...

• Aunque inicialmente se culpó a la energía solar por la pérdida de potencia, las renovables han ayudado a aislar a España de las subidas del precio del gas causadas por la guerra en Medio Oriente • Hace exactamente un año, toda España y gran parte de Portugal sufrieron un apagón de escala y duración sin precedentes. En cuestión de segundos, una secuencia en cascada de eventos atravesó la red y creó el primer evento de "sistema negro" en Europa en la memoria reciente. • Los semáforos fallaron, las redes móviles dejaron de funcionar por completo, las gasolineras no pudieron bombear combustible y los supermercados no pudieron procesar pagos. El metro de Madrid se detuvo y hubo que rescatar a personas de los vagones. "La gente estaba atónita porque esto nunca había pasado en España", dijo AFP en aquel momento Carlos Condori, un trabajador del sector de la construcción de 19 años. "No hay cobertura [telefónica], no puedo llamar a mi familia, a mis padres, a nada: ni siquiera puedo ir a trabajar". Siga leyendo...

Partner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to ‘create some normalcy in our lives’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to live overseas and had a business class flight out of the country booked in four days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”.Roberts-Smith was ultimately granted bail last week under strict conditions, a move opposed by prosecutors who said there was potential concern he was a flight risk and might try to avoid ever having to face trial for a series of alleged murders he committed in Afghanistan. Continue reading...

• Governments of Spain, Brazil, and Mexico issued a joint statement on Saturday expressing deep concern over the grave humanitarian crisis in Cuba and calling for immediate measures to alleviate suffering faced by the Cuban people. • The statement follows US President Trump's recent indication of shifting focus from the Iran war to Cuba, with a senior US delegation sent last week to Havana to negotiate a deal addressing the island's crisis. • This diplomatic push highlights growing international attention to Cuba's deteriorating conditions, potentially signaling a US pivot that could reshape regional geopolitics and aid flows.

Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern AfricaOver the course of this week, temperatures in Spain are expected to soar well above the seasonal average. Daytime temperatures could reach about 30C in Madrid on Tuesday, 10C above the norm, while Seville may see 34C, about 9C above its late April average. An area of low pressure situated out in the Atlantic will allow for a south-westerly flow, introducing warm air from north Africa. In addition to this heat, a notable dust plume is expected to travel northwards from the Sahara, covering the skies above Iberia and south-western France, which may lead to some particularly orange or red skies at sunrise and sunset.In Brazil, high temperatures are forecast for the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina over the next few days, eventually spreading into Minas Gerais. Here, daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach the high 30s Celsius later in the week, about 5-10C above the seasonal average. Continue reading...

Natasha Cochrane de la Rosa was refused boarding on flight to London because she was not aware of the rule changeA British woman has told how she fears being stranded in Spain for months after being refused boarding a on flight back home to London because she was not aware of new Home Office border rules.Natasha Cochrane de la Rosa, 26, was born in the UK to a British father and a Spanish mother, but because of archaic laws she was not entitled automatically to British citizenship because her parents were not married. Other women born to unmarried parents have called the rules an “illegitimacy tax”. Continue reading...

With former ministers and party heavyweights ​b​eing dragged into court, the country is once again confronting the unresolved legacy of political ​g​raft and ​shady backroom deals• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEaster will not have been a particularly celebratory time for Spain’s two biggest political parties. In a quirk of judicial fate, both the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and the conservative People’s party (PP) are bracing themselves after two high-profile trials involving former senior figures from each party began in Madrid this week.Though vastly different, both cases have the potential to seriously dent each party’s claims of having zero-tolerance for corruption as voters in Andalucía, Spain’s most populous autonomous community, prepare for next month’s regional election. That will be followed by a general election next year. Continue reading...