3 h. ago Spanish minister says Israeli cycling team should be expelled from Vuelta after protest

Spain’s foreign minister says that he would support the expulsion of Israel Premier Tech from the Spanish Vuelta cycling race after the team was targeted by a pro-Palestinian protest that disrupted the event

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48 h. ago Impatience in Madrid as Pedro Sánchez puts Europe’s inaction on Gaza in the spotlight

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Spain’s prime minister admitted that the EU’s refusal to hold Israel to account amounts to failure. Plus, Russia’s ‘undeniable interference’Against the scale of civilian slaughter, famine and mounting evidence of war crimes in Gaza, Europe’s political leaders have been passive to the point of complicity, argue many human rights advocates and even former high-ranking EU officials.Now the Spanish prime minister has come close to acknowledging as much. In an interview with the Guardian, Pedro Sánchez characterised Europe’s refusal to act against the Israeli government as a moral and political failure that would damage its global credibility for years to come. Sánchez warned that Europe’s response to “one of the darkest episodes of the 21st century” has been “a failure, absolutely”. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right

Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failuresWhen Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street on Wednesday it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now healed sore of Gibraltar.The absence of highest level diplomacy has become more glaring given the two men are the leading social democratic leaders of Europe, facing similar problems of migration, souring populist parties, the climate crisis and divisions over how to minimise the damage caused to the European global influence by Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a failure

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sánchez accuses judges of political bias over wife’s corruption case

Spanish prime minister’s close family and aides have been caught up in scandals for more than a year

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4 d. ago Gaza Sunbirds fly Palestinian flag at Para Cycling Worlds despite fear of news from home

Palestine team members were checking anxiously for news from home even while they were competing at the Para Cycling Road World Championships

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7 d. ago Chris Froome recovering in hospital after ‘successful’ surgery on crash injuries

The 40-year-old crashed while on a training ride on Wednesday and was airlifted to hospital in Toulon.

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8 d. ago Jonas Vingegaard regains Vuelta a Espana lead as protestors disrupt stage five

Protestors holding Palestine flags blocked the road as Israel-Premier Tech attempted to complete stage five’s team time trial

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1 week ago Veronica Echegui dead: Antonio Banderas leads tributes as Spanish actress dies at 42

Antonio Banderas and the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, paid tribute to talented star, Verónica Echegui, after her tragic death aged 42

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2 w. ago Wildfires trigger record calls on EU forces as Spain battles blazes

Spanish prime minister warns of ‘difficult days ahead’ as temperatures remain above 40C

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3 w. ago Wildfires rage across Europe as Spanish Prime Minister warns of 'very tough' times

It comes as large parts of Europe are still being gripped by a heatwave

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