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• Ángel Mateos González, CD Colunga के लिए खेलने वाले हैं, जिससे वे official match में भाग लेने वाले सबसे उम्रदराज खिलाड़ी बन जाएंगे। • उस उम्र में जब कई veteran footballers अपने पोते-पोतियों, दोस्तों और बार के साथियों को अपने पुराने sporting prowess की बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर सुनाई गई कहानियों से खुश करना पसंद कर सकते हैं, 70 वर्षीय Ángel Mateos González वापस pitch पर लौट रहे हैं। • Spaniard, जिन्होंने 27 साल पहले competitive football से संन्यास ले लिया था, इस रविवार को fifth-tier match में Asturian टीम CD Colunga के लिए goal में खेलने वाले हैं।

• हालांकि शुरुआत में बिजली कटौती के लिए सौर ऊर्जा को जिम्मेदार ठहराया गया था, लेकिन अक्षय ऊर्जा ने मध्य पूर्व में युद्ध के कारण गैस की कीमतों में हुई वृद्धि से स्पेन को बचाने में मदद की है। • एक साल पहले आज ही के दिन, पूरे स्पेन और पुर्तगाल के एक बड़े हिस्से ने अभूतपूर्व पैमाने और अवधि के ब्लैकआउट का सामना किया था। • महज कुछ ही सेकंडों में, घटनाओं के एक सिलसिले ने ग्रिड को प्रभावित किया और हाल की यादों में यूरोप की पहली "सिस्टम ब्लैक" घटना को जन्म दिया।

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...