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panish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has become the first European leader to openly criticise newly inaugurated U.S. president Donald Trump—although he avoided naming him directly. In a speech posted to X just moments before the inauguration, Sánchez denounced what he referred to as the “technocaste” of Silicon Valley billionaires, accusing them of using their social media influence to undermine democratic processes. This was a clear reference to tech moguls such as Elon Musk, a prominent Trump supporter, and Mark Zuckerberg, who has recently taken a more conciliatory view to the 47th U.S. president. Speaking at the Hispania 2040 event in...

Spain's conservative People's Party wins 34.2% of the vote, ahead of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Workers' Party with 30.2%. Almost all the votes have been counted. Recall that Sanchez recently called for the recognition of a Palestinian state and condemned Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip