The plenary session of the Valencian Government has awarded the High Distinction of the Generalitat and the Grand Cross of the Order of Jaume I the Conqueror to the Valencian players of the Spanish Soccer Team, Ivana Andrés and Enith Salón, winners of the last World Cup.

Likewise, the Consell has awarded the Distinction of the Generalitat to the emergency, security and civil protection services that participated in the work to extinguish the fires declared in the summer of 2022 in Vall d'Ebo, les Useres, Bejís, Venta del Moor and Streets.

The Minister of Finance, Economy and Public Administration and spokesperson for the Consell, Ruth Merino, detailed, in the press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the Plenary of the Consell, the people and entities awarded with the distinctions of the Generalitat, which will be awarded next October 9, on the occasion of Valencian Community Day.

In this sense, the spokesperson for the Consell has indicated that the Distinction for Cultural Merit has gone this year to the singer Nino Bravo, posthumously, and the music group Seguridad Social.

Regarding the Distinction for Sports Merit, the Valencian Government has distinguished the members of the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics team Mireia Martínez López, Patricia Pérez Fos, Alba Bautista Cañas and Pôlina Berezina Ksenofontova and the coach of the individual national rhythmic gymnastics team , Marta Linares García

Likewise, the Distinction for Business and Social Merit has been awarded to the Carmencita company, while the Scientific Merit recognizes the work of the cardiac surgery team at the Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe de València.

The Distinctions for Actions in favor of Equality and for an Inclusive Society have been awarded to the Burriana Reyes Martí Miró pyrotechnic company and the Alicante Food Bank Foundation, the Castellón Food Bank Association and the Valencia Food Bank.

Finally, the Ambassador of the Valencian Community Distinction has been awarded to the comedian, actor, presenter and imitator, Carlos Latre.

The acting president of the Government and general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, will meet with the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, on Monday at 5:00 p.m. in the Congress of Deputies, within the round of contacts for the investiture , sources from Ferraz and Genoa have reported..

It will be the second meeting that Sánchez will hold after the one that took place last Wednesday with the leader of Sumar and acting second vice president of the Executive, Yolanda Díaz, with whom he agreed to accelerate the negotiation to close a government pact this same month of October..

Sánchez received the king's order for an investiture on Tuesday, as Feijóo had failed in his attempt, but there is still no date set for that plenary session in Congress.

The meeting with Feijóo comes in the middle of the debate on the amnesty law, which is one of the demands that Junts and ERC have raised to support an investiture of Sánchez, and it is an issue on which the leader of the PSOE himself has already acknowledged that is negotiating with the groups.

Sánchez will ask Feijóo at the meeting to “lift the veto” on the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), according to sources from Ferraz, since they assure that it is “something very serious and urgent.”.

Sources from the PP have announced that Feijóo will convey to Sánchez in the meeting the “absolute rejection” that “the governability of our country is conditioned to the demands of the independence movement and represents the rupture of the equality of all Spaniards”, and will ask him who and what exactly the PSOE is negotiating. “The amnesty cannot be a bargaining chip for Pedro Sánchez to remain in Moncloa. “It is neither constitutional nor ethical to undermine the principle of equality among the citizens of our country, nor is there authorization from the polls to treat anyone in a privileged manner, be they a pro-independence politician or not,” the same sources add..

In addition, Feijóo will advance to Sánchez his negative vote for the investiture, will demand that he mandate the president of Congress to specify the date of the debate and will remind him that he offered the PSOE “a governance agreement based on centrality and moderation that was rejected.”.

Next Friday he meets with Bildu and Junts

On Tuesday morning, as reported by the PSOE in a statement, it will be the turn of BNG (11:30) and the PNV (1:00 p.m.), a partner that the socialists want to “pamper” and that will continue in this legislature as “preferred partner”. In the afternoon, the meetings will be with representatives of the third sector.

On Wednesday, in the morning shift, Sánchez will hold meetings with representatives from the world of culture (9:30), with UPN (11:00), with Canarian Coalition (12:00), and at 1:00 p.m. hours with CKD. That day the round of contacts with the CEOE employers' association will conclude in the afternoon (5:00 p.m.).

On Friday the week's agenda will close with a meeting with representatives of EH Bildu (09:30) and Junts per Catalunya (11:00) before receiving representatives of environmental organizations (12:00).

The city of Granada has been the victim of a cyber attack promoted by Russian hackers after the visit of the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the occasion of the summit of the European Political Community. The NoName057 collective, a group of hackers at the service of the Kremlin, has taken down several websites, including those of the Metro and urban bus services, as well as those of the City Council and the Provincial Tourist Board..

“We are suffering a very strong attack,” say sources from the Granada City Council.. Although several web pages remain blocked, the public transport service operates normally and “no apparent damage” has been found.. “The attack has been repelled by our cybersecurity team,” they say from the City Council, which a few weeks ago had been reinforced in this area to avoid blockades like the one in Seville.. “They have not been able to access our systems, but we remain alert and evaluating the impact,” said the Granada councilor for Smart City, Digitalization in Innovation, Francisco Aranda..

The National Cybersecurity Institute of Spain (INCIBE) speaks of a “wave of cyberattacks” directed at several Spanish institutions. The attack also includes the website of La Moncloa or the Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation, although the platforms dependent on the Government of Spain, unlike the municipal and regional ones, function normally.. Sources from Moncloa confirm this situation and are even “proud” of having “successfully” resisted the invitations of computer hackers, reports Ignacio Cembrero.

INCIBE has managed to block mass connection attempts launched. “All the services affected throughout the morning are now operating normally, having caused small availability cuts in web portals, and the perfect functioning of all essential operators has been guaranteed,” they explained in a statement..

The attack has been claimed by the NoName057 collective, known for its alleged links with Russia and for aligning itself with the Kremlin's strategy in the Ukraine war.. This Thursday, Zelensky asked European leaders for “help” and Pedro Sánchez announced the sending of six anti-missile launchers. The group has claimed a DDoS attack, in which websites crash when they overwhelm their capacity to handle too many requests..

The pro-Russian group claiming responsibility for the attack due to Zelensky's visit and the possible transfer of anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine pic.twitter.com/GZi3WbQJlh

— mmadrigal (@SoyMmadrigal) October 6, 2023

The hackers announced the attack through the social network Telegram. “Zelensky arrived in the Spanish city of Granada to meet with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez to discuss the supply of Hawk anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine. The Spanish plan to supply the six anti-missiles, as well as air defense, artillery and anti-drone systems,” the pirates warned their followers, among whom they claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Spanish websites.. “It seems that the Spanish segment of the Internet has been waiting for our visit.. so we are in a hurry to attack it with long-range DDoS missiles,” they said..

The wave of cyberattacks has focused on denial of service incidents, aimed at making affected resources and services inaccessible to users. This is an attempt to respond to Zelensky's visit to Grenada, where he advocated working to “save unity in Europe.” He also hoped to achieve European support so that Ukraine can have a defensive “shield” in the face of the arrival of winter, given the fear that attacks on critical infrastructure may intensify.

The efforts to extinguish the Tenerife forest fire have been carried out during the night without relevant incidents despite the strong gusts of wind in the upper area of Santa Úrsula and La Orotava.

The night has been “calm,” according to sources from the emergency services, who have recalled that 94 ground personnel, including forestry brigades and the Military Emergency Unit, have worked to contain the fire.. It is expected that the nine aerial means that already worked yesterday will be incorporated first thing in the morning, as well as the ground operation made up of 120 ground troops..

Also at 10:00 a.m. the meeting of the steering committee for monitoring the fire is scheduled to decide, among other aspects, on the situation of the 3,200 evacuated people..

The fire, which affects the upper area of the municipalities of Santa Úrsula and La Orotava, is a reactivation of the forest fire that broke out on August 15 in Tenerife and although it was controlled on September 11, it has not been able to be extinguished..

#IFArafoCandelaria #IFTenerife

No significant incidents were reported overnight.

Today 120 ground troops and nine helicopters will participate in the aerial device

➡️After the coordination meeting scheduled for 10:00 a.m., the information will be updated pic.twitter.com/Hcrm4ZWWc4

— 1-1-2 Canarias (@112canarias) October 6, 2023

The high temperatures that have been recorded in the Canary Islands in recent days, as well as the wind, have led to reactivations of the fire, especially on the northern side of the island..

The National Police is investigating a robbery with explosives perpetrated this morning at a Cajamar ATM, in Almería, which destroyed the branch, according to sources from the Almería Provincial Police Station..

The events occurred around 5:00 a.m. this Friday in an ATM of the branch located on Mediterranean Avenue in the capital of Almería, next to the CEIP Europe..

The same sources have reported that the technicians specializing in the deactivation of explosive devices (TEDAX) and the Scientific Police are at the scene to collect evidence that will allow them to determine what type of substance has been used, gas or solid explosive such as dynamite, to extract The cashier.

They have also specified that members of the Judicial Police are investigating to locate and arrest the alleged perpetrators of this robbery..

According to the Diario de Almería in its digital edition, the assault “would have involved at least three hooded individuals who used a black BMW 7 series to transport themselves.”.

An eight-year-old girl has managed to alert, with a call to the Police, about an attack on her mother by a man, her romantic partner, who was trying to strangle her in Malaga capital. The minor also managed to open the door of the house in which the alleged aggressor locked himself with the victim and the girl, thus allowing access to the agents, who arrested the man..

As confirmed by sources from the Local Police of Malaga, the events took place this past October 3, and not only the call and the opening of the door by the girl were decisive, but also the neighbors collaborated in the resolution. of the event.

And, upon seeing the strong aggression on the street and in the doorway, a neighbor went to the Local Police offices near the property to raise the alarm.. Furthermore, on the other hand, the victim's daughter also called the National Police by phone by dialing 091..

The agents went to the place where the alleged aggressor locked himself in the house with the victim and the girl.. They could see through the lattices of the house how this man tried to strangle the woman by tightening his hands on her neck and putting his leg on her chest to hold her back.. Finally it was the girl who opened the door allowing police action and the arrest.

The sources consulted indicate that both the man and the woman are foreigners, and that he lived between Morocco and France, also visiting Malaga to visit his partner..

The woman informed the agents that she had previously reported this man, although she later resumed her relationship with him.. She also explained that this violent episode had started when the alleged attacker asked her for money to go shopping, and she told him that she couldn't give it to him because he didn't have any; and that before attacking her he also threatened her with a knife.

Tropical nights, torrid nights and heat waves have multiplied in recent years in Spain, where in 2022 a total of 202 days exceeded the average temperature compared to the reference period 1981-2010.. Thus, only torrid nights, in which the minimum temperature does not drop below 25 degrees Celsius, have multiplied this summer compared to the average, according to a report from the Sustainability Observatory (OS)..

The study, provided to Europa Press, reflects that the summer of 2023 has had a temperature of 1.3 degrees Celsius than the average of the reference period 1991-2020, which makes it the third warmest summer since they began in 1961. the registers.

The number of days in which the temperature exceeds 30ºC has also increased, up to 40, compared to 1975.. Furthermore, the number of days in which 35ºC is exceeded since 1975 has reached about 45 days, while the number of days in which 40ºC is exceeded reached 17 during 2022.. Likewise, the data analysis shows that since 2015 the days in which temperatures exceed 45ºC have become more and more frequent.. In short, in all cases the number of days in which each temperature threshold is exceeded has been exceeded..

The report, presented this Thursday, compiles and analyzes summer data from the State Meteorological Agency and Copernicus along with other estimates from international think tanks such as Berkeley Earth.

The work concludes that this summer was the third warmest since 1961, with an average temperature of 1.3ºC and that the eight warmest summers since there are records have occurred in the last eight years, between 2016 and 2023..

It also points out that the decade of 2014-2023 has been the warmest since there are records and that in 2023, until September 3, 202 warmer days have been recorded, out of a total of 265 days (summer) than the average of the period 1981-2010.

240 torrid nights in 2023, 60 more than in 2022

The analysis observes that hot nights have multiplied by five since the historical average observed between 1991-2020. Specifically, during 2023, 240 torrid nights have been recorded compared to 179 in 2022..

Along the same lines, the number of tropical nights has increased, in which the minimum does not drop below 20ºC, which has multiplied by 1.2 in 2023 compared to 1511 to 1786..

During the month of July, hellish nights also increased, which are those in which the minimum does not drop below 30ºC, since it reached that value in points such as Melilla, Málaga or Tenerife.. The cities where hellish nights have increased the most are Barcelona, with a difference of more than 175 days increase, followed by Tenerife and Malaga, where they increased from 65 to 70 days.

The study reflects that for the moment the provinces in the north of the country are saved from a pronounced increase, although in Cantabria there have been increasingly frequent peaks since 2000..

At the moment, the Balearic Islands lead the ranking of growth in the number of torrid nights, where they have increased by about 13 nights, followed by Tarragona, Almería, Melilla and Murcia. For their part, Jaén, Tenerife, Almería, Melilla and Málaga begin to observe hellish nights. This year, they lived one on July 20 and another on August 2.

Heat waves

The work details the four heat waves recorded this summer of 2023 in Spain. The first from July 9 to 12 and the second from July 17 to 19. On those days, 44.5ºC was recorded in Córdoba on the 17th; 44.2ºC at the airports of Málaga and Granada on July 10 and 19 and in Murcia-Alcantarilla, on July 19 it reached 43.9ºC.

Likewise, the third heat wave occurred from August 7 to 12 and the fourth began on August 20, with record temperatures of up to 46.8ºC reached at Valencia airport..

In total, heat waves in 2022 reached 41 days in duration, a figure never before reached and which doubles the average of the last 10 years. The report states that since 2015 every year has presented “extraordinary severity with respect to heat waves, becoming almost the “new normal” when before, except in 2012, 2003 and 1991, they were almost anecdotal..

For this reason, it states that heat waves have doubled in 2022 to reach an average duration of 13.6 days, something that had only been achieved in 2015, since in previous years the average length per heat wave was about five days long. Along the same lines, the work points out that the extent of heat waves has also grown, which this year has affected 40 provinces..

It also exceeds “all previous records” the maximum temperature anomaly recorded in the set of all heat waves recorded in 2022, with a value of 4.5ºC.

According to the report, the Sustainability Observatory calls for increasing the “mandatory” policies for adaptation to climate change, since everything indicates that in the future there will be more and more nights of these characteristics and that heat waves will be increasingly more frequent, they will have more intensity and duration. “All policies must take this evidence into account,” insists the research center, which urges the future government to fight against extreme heat and the climate emergency as a “priority axis” of public policies..

The doctor in Physical Sciences and one of the authors of the report Elena González Egea has stated that with these data it can be seen that in Spain the population is “subjected to much greater risks than just a few years ago due to the increase in temperatures.”.

“The creation and implementation of effective adaptation measures becomes increasingly urgent.. Spain is the country in Europe most vulnerable to climate change, and its effects are already being devastating,” he reflects..

Along the same lines from the Sustainability Observatory, Carlos Alfonso highlights the importance of early warnings in heat waves and extreme heat and calls for better real, more up-to-date information and databases of good practices as well as cost-benefit studies to see the effectiveness of the measures.** Finally, the spokesperson for the Sustainability Observatory, Fernando Prieto, has defended the “radical need” to implement public policies “from now on” and that are based on a scientific approach to protect people and adapt urban ecosystems, renaturalizing the city, eliminating combustion cars in the center or isolating homes, so that heat islands disappear and reduce the risk of climate change”.

In his opinion, policies that do not go in this direction will “directly produce health problems and deaths due to heat in the most vulnerable population.”.

In short, the OS urges the adoption of a plan of “very thoughtful and radical” measures to adapt to the increase in temperature in cities, taking into account the diversity of situations in each city..

Among its proposals for cities, it proposes the implementation of early warning systems, solving energy poverty, increasing vegetation and water in cities, promoting increased shade with pergolas, changing the trees, increasing white areas, promoting the installation of solar roofs, sustainable mobility, the promotion of bicycles and pedestrian areas or the growth of non-polluting public transport, as well as reducing the traffic of fossil fuel vehicles as much as possible, among other measures.

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has reduced its request for the former Valencian president Francisco Camps to one year in prison and 6 years of disqualification, whom it accuses of having given instructions to award a contract to a company in the Gürtel plot in 2009.

Anti-corruption, which at the beginning of the trial in the National Court requested two and a half years in prison and ten years of disqualification for Camps, presented its final conclusions this Thursday, in which it has withdrawn the crime of fraud from the former president of the Generalitat Valenciana and has requested for him one year in prison, six years of disqualification and a fine of 250,000 euros for influence peddling in an ideal contest with prevarication.

The Prosecutor's Office has also considered the highly qualified mitigating circumstances of confession for the dozen defendants who recognized the facts for which they are accused, among whom are those considered to be three ringleaders of the Gürtel plot, who are already serving high sentences..

This trial of a branch of the macro-cause, in which three former Camps councilors and several former senior officials are also accused, focuses on alleged irregularities in public awards to the Orange Market company in the Valencian Community between 2004 and 2009..

The head of the Court of Instruction 1 of Santiago has decreed this Thursday the entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail, of the man accused of fatally running over a man in the early hours of last Tuesday in the Compostela neighborhood of Conxo.

Likewise, for the co-pilot, the judge has agreed to freedom with biweekly appearances, according to information provided by judicial sources..

The case is being pursued for a crime of murder/homicide – pending to be specified throughout the investigation – or, alternatively, reckless homicide and omission of the duty to help.. These two people were arrested as allegedly responsible for the fatal collision of a 59-year-old man last Tuesday at 5:44 a.m. when the victim was supposedly walking his dog..

The car involved fled the scene after the accident but the driver later called the O Milladoiro Civil Guard headquarters hours later to identify himself as the cause.. The accused appeared at the police headquarters this Wednesday and were brought before the court this morning..

The three and a half months that the Government has shared with Vox have seemed long to the mayor of Gijón. With a forceful “it's over”, Carmen Moriyón (Foro Asturias) did not hesitate to put an end to her relationship with Santiago Abascal's party this Wednesday.. The city, the largest in the community by population (272,000 inhabitants), has been the first large square in which one of the right-wing pacts has been blown up after the 28-M elections. Moriyón will now have to lead a municipal Executive in a minority – Foro Asturias and the PP have 13 councilors, one from the majority – and puts on guard the coalitions between both forces throughout Spain, with the possibility that the Gijón earthquake has aftershocks in other latitudes. The discrepancies in large cities have not gone unnoticed. And the legislature has only just begun.

It's over.

— Carmen Moriyón (@CarmenMoriyon) October 4, 2023

The mayor of Gijón slammed the table this Wednesday. The trigger was the controversy unleashed on behalf of the International Film Festival (FICX) and the intention of the Vox celebrations councilor, Sara Álvarez Rouco, to make changes to the contest to create an award that reflected the values defended by her training and in turn eliminate an award linked to the LGTBI collective. “Gijón will not experience any setback in its freedoms. “It is a free, tolerant and welcoming city,” the councilor concluded..

“Who do you think you were making an agreement with? You were making an agreement with Vox,” replied the head of Celebrations, surprised by the arguments used by Moriyón.. “Preventing Vox from giving its mark is an intolerable interference that our party cannot accept.”. “It is an abuse of power,” warned the spokesperson for the ultra-conservative formation.. The tensions and discrepancies in the Asturian City Council have been a constant since the beginning of the legislature, as recognized by both parties.

It has not been the only municipality in which there have been clashes. And, although Álvarez Rouco, when asked by journalists, did not want to confirm whether she would be willing to support a hypothetical motion of censure led by the left – she only asked for the mayor's resignation – Vox has it in its power to block any project that promotes the municipal government. This is what happened last term in Madrid when relations between the two parties broke down.. Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez were unable to update the budgets, in addition to leaving behind many other important initiatives..

Today I made the decision to remove Vox from the local government.

As long as I am mayor, this city will not allow any interference from Madrid or wherever, nor will it experience any setback in its freedoms..

With @FOROAsturias, Gijón/Xixón will continue to be… pic.twitter.com/Eh269GQYBg

— Carmen Moriyón (@CarmenMoriyon) October 4, 2023

The PP, which has five councilors in the Gijón City Council, has avoided taking a position in the disagreement, but the conflict of interests, especially with regard to the field of culture, strains the relationship with those of Abascal in other territories.. The one in Valladolid was a striking case. It was another of the large provincial capitals where the coalition agreement managed to displace the socialists from the mayor's office, in this case Óscar Puente.

The popular councilor, Jesús Julio Carnero, maneuvered to avoid a source of conflict that would shake the recently inaugurated municipal government.. As in the majority of regional and local executives, Vox demanded to take the reins of Culture, a vital area that Abascal's party uses as a way to wave the main political flags of its program. But the PP managed to shield the International Film Week (Seminci) and the celebration of the 2024 Goya Awards by transferring the powers of the major cultural events from the Department of Culture to the Department of Tourism, led by the popular Blanca Jiménez..

Not in vain, the trail of city councils led by PP and Vox made the first headlines of their short administration for cases of censorship of plays, films or LGTBI flags in public buildings. The party led by Santiago Abascal, in fact, made it a priority before the general elections to demand that Feijóo become the Ministry of Culture if he were to win the Moncloa.. The ultraconservative formation understands that, in its political crusade, the cultural battle plays a key role. The result of 23-J frustrated that intention, but it will pursue that objective at the territorial level, where it has multiplied its power.

Territorial tensions in the conservative bloc have not been long in coming. And the demands of those from Santiago Abascal have put the PP on guard in town councils such as Seville or Valencia. In both cases, the popular ones govern in a minority after vetoing the entry of Vox into their municipal executives. But the investiture pact is one thing and the legislature another.. The votes of the ultraconservatives will be necessary for it to get going. And the approval of the municipal budgets stands as the first big stone on the way.

In Seville, Vox has pressured the popular party to enter the municipal government in exchange for approving the City Council's budgets for 2024. The mayor, José Luis Sanz, has so far ignored the demand, but this Wednesday those from Abascal sent a clear message. They voted together with the PSOE and IU and overturned a budget modification that the PP had urgently presented to approve a change of credits for 14 million euros.

Also in Valencia the discomfort has been notable. Vox wants its share of power in the municipal government. “Without the votes of Vox, the governance of the Valencia City Council is very difficult.”. It will depend on Vox and the PP reaching agreements regarding the distribution of powers and delegations. “It is a question of functions,” said the party's spokesperson, Juanma Badenas, this Wednesday, when asked if he will condition his support on the accounts in exchange for entering the municipal Executive..

At the regional level, the relationship has been full of shocks in their first months as government allies. The most controversial case continues to be that of Extremadura. The coalition agreement that María Guardiola reluctantly signed with Abascal's team – she initially denied the option of co-governing with the ultra-conservatives, but Genoa intervened and forced her to rectify – has not calmed tensions in this territory.. A few weeks ago, in the regional Executive there was a threat of a breakup due to some statements by the popular president in which she assured that her relationship with her government partner was “slim.”. And the shock could get worse. The PP of Extremadura has already rejected Vox's demand to implement the controversial parental pin in the region, and that those of Abascal also intend to include in the rest of the autonomies where they co-govern with the popular. The battle on the right has only just begun.