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Gibraltar pledges to review ecological codes after EC opens inquiry

Government of UK territory claims that Spain has incurred in more violations of the European directive, which is aimed at protecting endangered sites and more than 1,000 plant and animal species

Latin America

Video: Three suspects flee from the crime scene. / ATLAS

Three suspects in Mexican journalist’s murder caught on video

El País / Agencies Mexico

Officials have not ruled out any motive for the killings of Rubén Espinosa and four women

“The entire journalism field has been terrified by Rubén’s murder”

Pablo de Llano / El País Mexico City

Reporters demand an inquiry into possible political involvement in the death of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa

JIHADIST NETWORKS IN SPAIN

The Syrian resident of Spain killed trying to mediate with ISIS

Mohamed Bahaiah, known to the Spanish security services for decades, was murdered in a suicide attack carried out by ISIS fighters in the Syrian city of Aleppo

2016 budget

Government pledges to cut taxes if it wins general elections

Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro presents budget for next year, proposing 3.8% rise in social spending, and the first pay raise for public servants since 2009

OPINION

Businessman and Republican candidate Donald Trump. / Scott Heppell (AP)

The idiot

All Hillary Clinton has to do is smile and think, keep this up – you’re going to make me president...

ECONOMY

Number of registered unemployed falls by 74,028 people in July

Improvement owes much to seasonal hires, however, in tourism and agriculture sectors. People registered as out of work falls to 4,046,276, the best figure since 1998, according to Ministry data

Long-term jobless in Spain now account for 23% of all unemployed

Situation is particularly dramatic for 180,000 people, who are living in households without any income at all

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE BID

Mas signs the decree calling the September 27 regional elections. / Rubén Moreno

Catalan premier calls elections, classing vote a plebiscite for region

Artur Mas will be running on a secessionist bloc ticket, Junts pel Sí (Together for yes), along with the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) and other pro-independence groups and associations.

Spanish PM: “Catalonia will never be independent in any way”

Rajoy sums up his economic achievements and warns that he will fight to keep Spain united ahead of general elections

The Picasso painting belonging to Jaime Botín. / AFP

French customs service seizes Picasso in Corsica worth €26 million

Agencies Paris

The painting belongs to banker Jaime Botín, and was not supposed to be taken out of Spain under government orders

Latin America

Details of the tunnel found in Mexico near the US border. (Spanish narration).

Drug tunnel resembling El Chapo’s escape route found at US border

Verónica Calderón Mexico City

The 123-meter passageway from Mexico was allegedly being constructed by the drug baron’s Sinaloa cartel

IMMIGRATION

Moroccan migrant dies after hiding in vehicle during ferry journey

Brother tried to help his sibling sneak into Almería by concealing him inside a suitcase, and leaving him in his car on the vessel

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EDITOR’S PICK

Ten of the best Spanish hotel rooms with a sea view

Places to stay where the surf practically laps at the foot of your bed

Cristiano Ronaldo goes undercover in Madrid

Real player kicks a soccer ball around with unsuspecting passers-by in central Callao square in hidden-camera video

Media descends on Spanish town where siesta is sacred

Ador, a small community in Valencia, has issued an edict to protect the afternoon nap, attracting global attention

Why the Spanish rural idyll is not such a paradise for dogs

Mary Biles examines the brutal edge to the countryside that persists in Spain

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The ad that shows a migrant’s plight through Instragram

A campaign for Getxophoto festival aims to focus attention on “journeys the traveler never wanted to take”

Café Comercial’s final tradition: the pending coffee

Historic Madrid coffeehouse adopted an Italian custom of paying for the next customer's drink

Spain’s rockers rally to pay genius guitarist’s tuition

Fundraising started after impromptu concert in Madrid guitar store by 17-year-old Pedro González

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Why Spaniards ‘shit in the sea’

New book explores the origins of puzzling Spanish idioms that can sound shocking, vulgar or nonsensical to many foreigners

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As the Mediterranean waters begin to warm, it’s time to seek out spots along Spain’s 8,000-km coastline where bathers can bare all

Will sun-burnt skin go brown?

As millions of us head for the beaches, EL PAÍS dispels a few myths about sunbathing and gives some tips on how to avoid that pink-like-a-crab look

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