The 7 news you need to know this Monday morning, October 2

Hello good morning!.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
01 October 2023 Sunday 11:28
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The 7 news you need to know this Monday morning, October 2

Hello good morning!

The round of consultations to propose a candidate for president restarts and the debate on the amnesty and the referendum predictably redoubles. There are, likewise, other scenarios that play in parallel: judicial crisis, linguistic changes, the dilemma of inflation.

And start again. Today the King begins the second round of consultations to propose a candidate for president. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court stages the clash between the PP and the PSOE due to the crisis in renewing the governing body of the Judiciary.

The co-official culture. The use of headphones for translation from Catalan, Basque or Galician in Congress continues to generate controversy. What was seen in Feijóo's investiture debate speaks for itself. On the contrary, these languages ​​see green shoots in books and movies at the same time.

The rise in the cost of living, for its part, calls for decisions. The latest inflation data complicate the withdrawal of anti-crisis measures that the Government plans to eliminate in 2024 to return to fiscal discipline. Time is of the essence here.

Hell in Murcia. A fire on a birthday leaves at least 13 dead. There may be more. The investigation, in fact, could last weeks and for now what is not certain is that it is unprecedented in 30 years and that misfortune is affecting the Latin community.

Crimean time. This Black Sea peninsula accumulates headlines in the Ukrainian war. Kyiv sets it among the territories to be reconquered. And attack. It is considered, despite this, a “false objective.” The experts explain it.

Sexually transmitted infections break infection records in Europe. A close example: diagnoses of gonorrhea increase in Catalonia by 52% in one year. The lower use of condoms and the increase in sporadic relationships are given as clues as to why.

Europe acts with one voice, in golf. After the candidate who calls himself pro-Russian wins in Slovakia, it is easy to guess that complex times are coming in Brussels... The sole voice remains for golf, for now. Europe beats the US in the Ryder “with an eternal triumph.”

Gareth Edwards, film director. “I like to think that if artificial intelligence is smarter than us, it will be better than us.” Read it here.

Tantrums, what business. There is an abundance of specialized books, stories, workshops, conferences about them... although it is known that - generally - they say goodbye at the age of five. The industry flourishes, it is doubtful why.

Eat the skin, okay? A common question in the world of gastronomy is the real benefit or real risk of eating a peeled tomato, for example, compared to eating it with the skin. It seems only in specific cases that it may be inadvisable.

The digital revolution makes some of life more comfortable, while others become impossible. It happens today when there are municipalities that are left without banking services, Post Office, etc., despite legislation against it. 128 Valencian municipalities reflect this.

Terry Virts, Endeavor pilot and commander of the International Space Station. “Climate change not only has losers: it also has winners.” Read it here.

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