Good afternoon. It's 3PM, Sunday, 22nd December. The headlines: In #Magdeburg, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen faces trial following an assault that resulted in the deaths of a child and four adults. Israeli forces persist with strikes in #Gaza amid hints from Palestinian factions of a possible truce. Oleksandr Usyk triumphs over Tyson Fury, keeping his heavyweight boxing crowns. Excitement builds for #Spain's El Gordo lottery. #BBC #News

Eva Defez, 50, and her husband, Enrique Fernandez, hold their mud-covered #hands outside their home following #floods in Utiel, #Spain, October 30. REUTERS/Susana Vera

@photography

https://www.europesays.com/1704222/ Remembering the impact of Mark Spain as a champion of the community #ABC13 #cancer #community #family #impact #journalism #legacy #MarkSpain #spain

There once was a bill in Spain,
To combat fake news, it's plain.
Online lies they'll debunk,
With this clever new hunk,
Truth wins, and falsehood won't reign.

#GuardianLimerick #Spain #Internet #Media #Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/17/spain-introduces-bill-to-combat-online-fake-news

https://www.europesays.com/1690350/ Israel shutting embassy in Ireland as relations plummet over Palestine – POLITICO #África #AntiSemitism #BenjaminNetanyahu #courts #Culture #genocide #history #ireland #Israel #Lebanon #media #MicheálMartin #missions #negotiations #norway #Palestine #SimonHarris #SocialMedia #SouthAfrica #spain #war

Recognizing temporarily occupied areas as Russian would mean forgiving Russia #Ukraine #USA #Biden #Trump #America #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Taiwan #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #ArmUkraineNow https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3937017-zelensky-recognizing-temporarily-occupied-areas-as-russian-would-mean-forgiving-russia.html

Spain Maintains Syrian Asylum Processing Amid Leadership Change https://www.byteseu.com/547635/ #applications #Asylum #BasharAlAssad #Embassy #EuropeanCountries #HumanRights #JoseManuelAlbares #Spain #Syria #transition

US investigates report Spain is denying cargo ships carrying arms to Israel https://www.byteseu.com/540872/ #ForeignPolicy #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #Spain

https://www.europesays.com/1671275/ US investigates report Spain is denying cargo ships carrying arms to Israel #ForeignPolicy #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #spain

US Probes Spain’s Reported Port Denial of Ships Carrying Arms to Israel https://www.byteseu.com/538906/ #Israel #Ships #Spain #UnitedStates #Weapons

https://www.europesays.com/1667380/ US Probes Spain’s Reported Port Denial of Ships Carrying Arms to Israel #Israel #ships #spain #UnitedStates #Weapons

US to investigate Spanish refusal of shipments carrying arms to Israel – Defense News https://www.byteseu.com/?p=535947 #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #shipping #Spain #UnitedStates

https://www.europesays.com/1664476/ FMC investigating Spain’s alleged blocking of US ships #ContainerShips #FederalMaritimeCommission #GeneralCargoShip #GovernmentOfSpain #Israel #MilitaryWeapons #spain #SpanishPorts

The lower section of the Tajos de Bermejales gorge. A magical place!

#Hiking #Backpacking #Walking #Spain #Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Outdoors #Andalucia

Hi Mastodon. I'm Mick, a wildlife guide based in Granada region of #Spain. I'm looking forward to connect with fellow birders, botanists & entomologists throughout the Fediverse.

Regularly out in the countryside of Andalucia & further afield posting info & images about my adventures & encounters with the natural world.

Here's a photo of a close encounter with Iberian Lynx I took a few years ago.

#intro #birdwatching #birding #birds #orchids #butterflies #moths #dragonflies #wildflowers

Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/spain-paid-climate-leave-floods #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Europe #Spain

The U.S. has sanctioned 21 allies of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro for “myriad abuses” after the country’s disputed election earlier this year, according to a White House official. The Marudo regime is pursuing criminal charges against opposition members, including rival candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who is in exile in Spain. Read more from @AxiosNews

https://flip.it/xrbLBk

#Venezuela #LatinAmerica #SouthAmerica #Marudo #US #Spain

https://www.europesays.com/1642951/ España defiende reforzar el mandato de los cascos azules para consolidar el alto el fuego en Líbano | Internacional #AltoElFuego #CascosAzules #ConflictoárabeIsraelí #Conflictos #ConflictosArmados #ConflictosInternacionales #España #FranjaGaza #Guerra #Hamas #Israel #Líbano #MisionesInternacionales #noticias #NoticiasDeEspaña #ONU #OrientePróximo #Palestina #RelacionesInternacionales #spain

While farmers and other Catalans have been suffering water shortages in recent years, there’s one group of actors that appears to be immune, and even profits from water shortages: multinational companies extracting millions of litres of water from the very same land.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/23/spanish-villages-people-forced-to-buy-back-own-drinking-water-drought-flood

#spain #watershortage #multinationals

In Hungary, Netanyahu's invite is grand,
A visit to strengthen the land.
World leaders unsure,
Split over the lure,
Of a leader so firmly in command.

#GuardianLimerick #Israel #Hungary #Europe #Hamas #Law #Spain #Ireland #Italy #Switzerland #France #Germany #Canada #Argentina #Netherlands #Americas #Africa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/22/hungary-invites-netanyahu-to-visit-as-world-leaders-split-over-icc-arrest-warrant

“Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years as it seeks to expand its labour force in the face of an ageing population, Migration Minister Elma Saiz told reporters.”

“’Spain has to opt between being an open, prosperous country or being a closed and poor one, and we have chosen the former,’ Saiz said.”

"Spain's economy is the fastest-growing in the EU."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-regularise-about-300000-undocumented-migrants-per-year-2024-11-19/

#immigration #Spain

For a master class in corruption, hypocrisy, industrial-scale gaslighting and mendacity, sneering cynicism, a complete moral vacuum and absolute lack of integrity and humanity look no further than Mazón, Feijóo and Ayuso of the Partido Popular in Spain.

#València #España #Spain #SpanishPolitics

The Spanish government has blocked two Maersk ships from docking at Algeciras, after a report exposed Maersk's use of the port to transfer military cargo to #Israel, despite #Spain's arms embargo.

The shipments, including weapons and military parts, contribute to the ongoing violence in #Gaza. Maersk is aware of these operations and could stop them, but governments must step up, under the pressure of activists and trade unions. #activism

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/spain-to-block-maersk-ships-bound-to-israel-after-pressure-from-activists/

https://www.europesays.com/1618475/ Spain says destruction, death ‘must stop’ in Middle East #AnadoluAjansı #Gaza #Lebanon #spain

MiniMercado

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/minimercado-justin-farrimond.html

A little light dreamscaping over this photo of a mini market on a Spanish street corner.
Here and now, in the real world, it's a grey day outside my window, but I can see the sunlight dappled on this building and still remember the golden warmth.

#PhotoOfTheDay #PhotographyIsArt #Spain #Dreamscape #Photography

"A lawyer who was allegedly hacked with government-grade spyware made by the infamous surveillance tech maker NSO Group has filed a complaint in court against two of the company’s founders and one executive. It appears to be the first attempt to hold the people behind a spyware company accountable for hacking crimes, rather than just the company itself.

On Wednesday, the Barcelona-based human rights nonprofit Iridia announced that it had filed a complaint in a Catalan court earlier this week accusing NSO’s founders Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, as well as Yuval Somekh, an executive of two affiliate companies, of hacking crimes.

Iridia represents lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde, an attorney and university professor who specializes in cybersecurity. According to a 2022 investigation by Citizen Lab, a nonprofit that has been investigating government spyware for more than a decade, Van den Eynde was among the victims of a wide-ranging hacking campaign against at least 65 Catalans linked to the region’s attempts to become independent from Spain, which was carried out using NSO’s Pegasus software. Amnesty International independently confirmed Citizen Lab’s findings."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/lawyer-allegedly-hacked-with-spyware-names-nso-founders-in-lawsuit/

#CyberSecurity #NSOGroup #Pegasus #Spyware #Spain #Hacking

STOP WEAPONS FOR ISRAEL - Trade Unions demand a systematic inspection protocol for all ships transiting through our territory bound for Israel.

STOP ALLE ARMI PER ISRAELE - I sindacati chiedono un protocollo di ispezione sistematico per tutte le navi che transitano sul nostro territorio e sono dirette in Israele.

📢 STOP ARMAS PARA ISRAEL | Sindicatos exigen un protocolo de inspección sistemática a todos los barcos que transiten por nuestro territorio con destino a Israel.

https://kolektiva.social/@cnt_valladolid/113482138167447032

#Palestine #Gaza #Spain #Spagna

Schools closed and people evacuated as torrential rain returns in Spain | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/13/spain-flood-warnings-schools-closed-people-evacuated

#Spain #SpainFloods #ClimateCrisis

A friend just sent me this short video from her house in the centre of Malaga.

#dana #floods #spain

#Spain arrests top cop, who was in control of anti money laundering operations. €20m ($21m) were found in the walls of his house. Police had raided to discover the largest cache of cocaine in Spain's history https://www.latintimes.com/top-cop-charge-anti-money-laundering-division-busted-millions-hidden-walls-during-drug-raid-565743

https://www.europesays.com/1606880/ Sindicatos de toda España piden al Gobierno un protocolo de inspección sistemático a los barcos que van a Israel #barcos #destino #España #gobierno #inspeccion #Israel #noticias #piden #protocolo #sindicatos #sistematico #spain

https://www.europesays.com/1605620/ France, Italy and Portugal target Nations League quarters #BukayoSaka #ColePalmer #DayotUpamecano #DeclanRice #denmark #DidierDeschamps #England #france #germany #Israel #italy #KylianMbappé #milan #NationsLeague #noticias #PhilFoden #portugal #RealMadrid #spain #switzerland #TrentAlexanderArnold #UefaNationsLeague

https://www.europesays.com/1603582/ Maersk Line Vessel Diverts to Morocco Due to Allegations in Spain #activists #divert #Israel #Maersk #military #Morocco #protests #spain

🔔#Earthquake (#terremoto) M1.9 strikes 28 km NW of #Ayamonte (#Spain) 47 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1729615

#Morocco allowed Maersk Denver to dock at its ports after #Spain refused. #Maersk Denver is carrying military cargo heading to #Israel.

Trade between Morocco and Israel has increased by 97% since the start of the genocide in #Gaza.

#Politics #Trade #Complicity #BoycottIsrael #BDS #NoArmsForIsrael
@palestine group @israel group

https://www.europesays.com/1598875/ Activists Demand Spain Stop Port Calls of Maersk Line Ships Carrying Arms #activists #block #cargo #Israel #military #port #protest #spain

https://www.europesays.com/1598161/ TRUMP PARA ESPAÑA | Riesgo de guerra arancelaria, más gasto militar y refuerzo de Vox #arancelaria #comercio #Diplomacia #DonaldTrump #España #Gaza #Guerra #noticias #OTAN #riesgo #spain #trump #Ucrania