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INDEPENDENCE BID

Top prosecutors support legal action against Catalan premier

But regional spokesman warns that prosecution over recent self-rule vote held in region will bring “ridicule” to Spain

INTERNATIONAL

Israel criticizes Spain’s “yes” vote to recognize Palestinian state

Agencies / El País Madrid

Declaration “only pushes away further the chances of reaching an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians,” statement reads

Deputies give near unanimous support for Palestinian proposal

PP, Socialists had negotiated non-binding vote to recognize state

POLITICS

PM tells opposition to “get serious” and detail plans for federal state

Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez says his alternative model would help resolve the issue of the Catalan independence drive

Repsol begins searching for oil off Canary Islands coast

Agencies Madrid

Spanish firm says “extreme” safety measures are in place for work to find crude 3km below the sea

The moment the Greenpeace activists’ boat was rammed by the Spanish navy vessels. / ARTURO RODRIGUEZ (AFP)

Defense minister defends Spanish navy’s actions against Greenpeace

Armed forces acted in “absolute proportion” in preventing group’s vessels from approaching drillship, says Morenés

The Duchess of Alba leaves a Madrid restaurant with husband Alfonso Díez. / EUROPA PRESS

Concern grows over Duchess of Alba’s health

The 88-year-old Spanish aristocrat is unconscious and suffering from pneumonia

POLITICS

Smaller parties criticize Congress plan to tighten travel expense rules

Fernando Garea Madrid 1

PP and Socialists agree to publish total cost of all deputies’ trips, but will not offer a detailed breakdown

Ebola survivor Teresa Romero to see Madrid health chief in court

Javier Rodríguez declines to attend mediation meeting with nursing assistant, who is suing him over attacks against her honor

The pope is said to have phoned the alleged victim. / C. P. (EFE)

Pope intervenes in Granada abuse case after alleged victim sends letter

“Forgive this terrible sin and terrible crime that you have suffered,” Francis tells man during unexpected phone call

Court revokes day release privileges given to ex-Balearics leader

Fernando Garea / Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallor / Palma de Mallorca 1

But decision does not mean disgraced former Popular Party official Jaume Matas will return to prison immediately

The Campofrío factory during the blaze. / VÍDEO ATLAS

Campofrío vows to rebuild factory in Burgos, after devastating blaze

Guillermo Altares / El País Burgos / Madrid

The food group’s processed-meat plant, which employed 900 people, is expected to burn for six more days

POLITICS

Podemos manifesto coming “as soon as possible,” says Iglesias

Newly elected secretary general of increasingly popular political party says he is working on “a battery of economic measures” to restart the Spanish economy and give power back to the people

The first headquarters of Podemos, in Lavapiés. / K. P.

A party that came out of nowhere

Spain’s two-party system is facing a shakeup from an organization that didn’t even exist a year ago: Podemos

FISCAL AFFAIRS

Tax man no longer playing ball on sweet deal for soccer stars

A growing list of Spanish players are being investigated for a system that authorities turned a blind eye on for years

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EDITOR’S PICK

Isabel Pantoja leaves the Málaga court. / CORDON

Singer Isabel Pantoja to serve jail time after appeals fail

Veteran Spanish star told to report to prison within three days to begin two-year term for money-laundering

New search for Lorca’s grave begins

After failed 2009 excavation, Andalusian government sends diggers back to restart hunt for poet’s remains in Granada town

The 1,001 faces of Nikola Tesla

Madrid’s Fundación Telefónica devotes a major exhibition to the multifaceted scientific icon and inventor

One dog and six puppies: be careful what you wish for

Our animal-loving blogger Mary Biles ended up with more than she bargained for after taking in a Seville stray

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LATIN AMERICA

Five women die a violent death every day in Mexico

Óscar Granados Mexico City

Authorities refusing to acknowledge problem, advocacy groups claim

Dilma Rousseff’s labyrinth

Carla Jiménez São Paulo

Brazilian president is confronting a scandal at state oil company Petrobras and division within her party

Venezuela to spend more on media control despite economic crisis

Maduro government slates 3.6 billion bolivares for investment in partisan outlets

Colombia halts FARC peace talks after general is abducted

President Juan Manuel Santos demands return of kidnapped officer and two aides before resuming two-year-old negotiations

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A significant step

Congress’s vote urging the Spanish government to recognize Palestine should not be viewed as side-taking

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