the topics of the day
Good morning! This May 3 is marked, a priori, by the events of the previous day, which continue to leave reactions. Here is a summary of some of the most important news on the front page of elDiario.es today:
–Ayuso and Feijóo force an institutional clash with the Government on various fronts at the gates of the campaign. On Tuesday, the Government of Madrid prevented Minister Bolaños from taking his place in an institutional act and it was learned that the PP leader met secretly with conservative prosecutors to whom he promised to repeal laws. This occurs when there are less than four weeks left for the regional and municipal elections of 28M, and it heightens the tension between the Government and the opposition to the maximum, leaving, in addition, unprecedented and shameful scenes. The director of elDiario.es, Ignacio Escolar, writes about this in an opinion text entitled ‘If Ayuso were Catalan’.
–The expense in advisors for the lawsuits against Rajoy’s cut to renewables already adds up to 40 million. The bill for advisors and other work by external companies to defend Spain from complaints from foreign investors for the cuts in renewables by the Government of Mariano Rajoy already exceeds 40 million euros. The funds that have sued Spain are now looking at public debt; there are already sentences for 1,000 million and another 2,000 million at stake.
–The cosmic ‘txirimiri’ that allows you to see inside pyramids, volcanoes and containers. Cosmic rays are being used to image the interior of gigantic and inaccessible structures, and a Basque company, Muon Systems, is pioneering the commercial use of this technique known as ‘muography’. Discover what this new wonder of science consists of in this report by Antonio Martínez Ron.
–The scam of the duplicate SIM card is perpetuated despite the million-dollar fines to the telecommunications companies. If you have suffered this scam, you know the frustration: your cell phone suddenly and inexplicably cuts you off. It turns out that cybercriminals have requested a duplicate of your card and the deactivation of the original one; In the time it takes you to realize it, they’ve been looting your bank account. In 2021, Data Protection sanctioned the main operators for not protecting customers from this type of scam, but a year and a half later the resolutions against them continue.
–Dragon’s teeth, trenches and anti-tank ditches: satellite images of Russian fortifications in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine continues, although it does not necessarily continue to occupy the front pages of newspapers. As both sides prepare for the expected Ukrainian counter-offensive, different satellite images show Moscow-built defenses that, according to some analyses, stretch for hundreds of kilometres. You can see those images in this report.
