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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 494

As the war enters its 494th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

EU support for Ukraine's membership 'unequivocal', says Spanish PM on trip to Kyiv

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday that his visit to Kyiv on the first day of Spain's EU presidency showed the bloc's "unequivocal" commitment to Ukraine's bid to join the 27-nation bloc. Ukraine applied for EU membership just five days after Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022, and received…

France 24

Ukraine to reinforce northern front following Wagner Group's arrival in Belarus

President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered top military commanders on Friday to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group fighters in Belarus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow would emerge from the aftermath of the Wagner mercenary group’s aborted…

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Colombia honors searchers and sniffer dog that helped find 4 children who survived plane crash

Colombia’s president has handed out 86 medals to soldiers, Indigenous volunteers and others who helped rescue four children who spent 40 days on their own in the jungle after a plane crash

The Independent UK

Colombian military searches for heroic dog who helped find children in the Amazon jungle

With his golden snout and his pointy ears, Wilson became a national hero in Colombia when he helped the military find four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and were lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days

The Independent UK

Catalonia’s Town Councils To Be Constituted For 2023-2027 Term Amid Political Party Agreements

Parties work to finalize governance deals in key municipalities; disagreements prevent pro-independence unity in some areas

Zenger

Spain begins exhumation of 128 Franco civil war victims

Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the former mausoleum of General Franco.

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Spanish opposition leader agrees to face off against PM in two-way debate

Spain's conservative opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Tuesday agreed to hold a one-on-one debate against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in the run-up to the general election on July 23.

Reuters

German MPs scrap Spanish strawberry fields visit as election water wars heat up

A delegation of German lawmakers on Monday scrapped a trip to assess the sustainability of strawberry production near Spain's endangered Donana wetlands as a war of words between Spain's ruling socialists and the opposition over water scarcity escalated ahead of a snap election next month.

Reuters

Spain seeks delay of PM's EU presidency speech due to election

Spain wants to delay the presentation of priorities for its upcoming EU presidency until months after assuming the bloc's rotating leadership in July 1 due to a snap election, which some diplomats fear could disrupt Europe's agenda.

Reuters

Spain risks following US, Brazil in lurch to far-right, PM says

Spain could follow the U.S. and Brazil in lurching to the far-right in a parliamentary election on July 23, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, urging Spaniards to give him a "strong, resounding backing for the next four years".

Reuters

Key EU legislation up in the air after Spain accelerates elections

Key European Union legislation including reforms of its power market and climate change goals are up in the air after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election just as Spain is due to take the reins of the bloc.

Reuters

Factbox-Who's who in Spain's July 23 snap general election

Spain's snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain.

Reuters

Surprised Spaniards face choice: Ballot box or the beach

A Spanish talk show host's gesture of disbelief, with eyes rolled and arms thrown high, upon hearing Monday's announcement of a snap general election at the height of the summer holiday season has gone viral in Spain.

Reuters

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Spain's political high roller Sanchez takes biggest gamble yet

Pedro Sanchez's reputation as a risk-taker precedes him but his announcement on Monday of a snap election, after a poll setback and as an EU presidency stint beckons, represents the Spanish prime minister's biggest political gamble yet.

Reuters

Spanish main opposition leader welcomes snap election

The leader of Spain's conservative opposition People's Party (PP) on Monday welcomed the announcement of a snap general election in July and asked voters to give his party a "clear majority".

Reuters

Spain's far-right Vox open to coalition government with PP conservatives

Spain's far-right Vox party is open to forming national and regional governing coalitions with the mainstream conservative People's Party (PP), Vox leader Santiago Abascal said on Monday after right-wing parties won a regional election.

Bangkok Post

Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing

MADRID: In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on July 23 on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls.

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Spanish PM calls snap election after hammering in regional vote

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early general election for 23 July – a day after his Socialist party took a heavy battering in local and regional polls that saw big gains for the conservatives and far-right Vox party.

The National (Scotland)

Spanish leader calls early General Election this summer after local election results

Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called early general elections for July 23.

France 24

Spain’s PM calls snap election after his Socialist party takes a beating in regional vote

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday’s local elections.

Al Jazeera

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez calls early election for July 23

Prime minister says he will dissolve parliament after his party performed poorly in local and regional polls.

Reuters

Spain's PM Sanchez calls snap general election in July

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday's local elections.

Reuters

Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election after regional ballot rout

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further.

Reuters

Spain's conservative PP elbows Socialists out in regional elections

Spain's ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday's local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerability ahead of an end-of-year general election.

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