The 7 news you need to know this morning

Hello good morning!.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
11 September 2023 Monday 10:25
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The 7 news you need to know this morning

Hello good morning!

Yesterday's Diada, neither successful as at the height of the 'procés' nor a failure, points to an investiture negotiation full of feet of clay. The drama that Morocco is experiencing, meanwhile, is getting worse.

The independence movement took to the streets yesterday for the Diada, certifying that it maintains its power to convene and making it clear that how to condition the negotiation of the investiture is, now, its cornerstone. Amnesty is requested, but is unity lacking?

Whether in the end there is independence unity remains to be seen. For the moment, gestures towards an agreement continue to be made: today the European Parliament is debating the use of Catalan for the first time and the Socialists and the Greens are asking for a decision before the end of the year.

Is democracy faltering? Whatever the case, a latest macro-survey warns of an underlying problem that is pressing for everyone: young people around the world have lost confidence in democracy.

Morocco does not see an end to the disaster. The devastating earthquake this weekend in the south of the country accumulates bad news, because, be careful, the fatalities are around 3,000, but oblivion and aid in dribs and drabs collapses the hope of rescue.

The Mediterranean that aims to cease to be so. Greece continues to suffer natural calamities: floods, fires and more, and for years. Petros Márkaris, a leading Greek writer, translates the crisis: “What we knew as the Mediterranean climate…”

Key Tuesday for women's football. With Luis Rubiales resigning from the presidency, the Federation opens the electoral process. Today, however, the organization is accelerating to reach the Nations League and the unions and employers will meet to unblock their agreement.

How do you speak in the digital universe? Well, surprise? It changes again: emojis are a thing for adults, who use them in almost 40% of their messages, as detailed now, when teenagers only introduce them in 1.3% of cases . Welcome stickers!

Enrique Tomás, businessman, runs a small empire linked to ham. “Money comes and goes. Do not belive that". Read it here.

The crime of the Guàrdia Urbana, in series format, is expected to be one of the next successes on the small screen. Another thing is whether what this tells is what happened. Here their differences are detailed in detail.

Who killed John F. Kennedy? The official version of the assassination of the American president in Dallas has always been questioned... A former secret agent who was there now recounts in a book that he found a bullet in the presidential car. More intrigue.

Luisa Carnés, a success that arrives late. The name of this writer has gone from being erased by history to selling thousands of copies and being required reading. Her main work, a feminist from the 1930s, finds (90 years later) her audience.

Jorge Dioni, writer, publishes 'The unrest of the cities'. “Big cities embrace the tourist and drown the neighbor.” Read it here.

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