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Door-to-door services to skip the MOT

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A Civil Guard arresting a Civil Guard. He and five other people have been brought to justice in what has been an operation to dismantle a network of fraud related to the ITV exams. This is what they point out in EFEwho have echoed what happened in Ondara (Valencia). They explain in the news agency that the Civil Guard has arrested a total of six people who were dedicated to helping their clients pass the ITV exams when they were going to receive an unfavorable result. The station workers, who have been suspended from employment and salary for the moment, would be collaborating in the plot, and a Civil Guard whose position is still unknown. According to media outlets such as The Provincesamong those arrested and investigated there are also regular customers of the ITV station who would have been benefiting from the blind eye that the workers would have turned. These workers are, for the moment, suspended from employment and salary, according to EFE. At the moment, it is believed that the Civil Guard was aware of the operations and collaborated with the workers so that the drivers passed the ITV, in theory unfavorable, on their vehicles. However, in the diary Levantpoint out that the work of the Civil Guard would go even further. They point out that he could have been receiving commissions in exchange for workers looking the other way and, on some occasions, he would even have offered a kind of “door-to-door” service, taking the car himself to the technical inspection station and returning it to its owner once he received the go-ahead. This newspaper points out that the agent was discovered shortly before Christmas when his name appeared in another case. Since then the Civil Guard would have their conversations intervened, which has been key to dismantling the plot. What happens if I don’t pass the ITV? Do not pass the MOT because the car has serious defects It’s a mess. It’s a real big mess. Because a car that has been given a “negative” result in this mandatory test can only leave the station on a tow truck. In that case, the car must go directly to the workshop, without touching the road, and return in the same way again to the ITV station. Something more or less similar happens when we receive an “unfavorable” result on the exam. In this case, the circulation of the vehicle is also prohibited except for the route from the ITV to the workshop and from the workshop to the ITV. In that case, the driver can take his car on the road. Failure to comply with the requirements has such serious consequences that many drivers skip the exam. And the data says that more cars skip it the older the vehicle is because the maintenance to keep the car up to date on, for example, the emissions test may not compensate if we take the value of the vehicle as a reference. It must be taken into account that a good part of these vehicles that stop attending the ITV are work vans who have to pass their exams every six months or mopeds low price. So much so that it is estimated that 25% of the motorcycles circulating in Spain do not comply with the ITV. The problem is that fines are sometimes cheaper than fixing the damage on an old vehicle. And the penalties for driving a vehicle that does not comply with the ITV approval are the following: Circulating without ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with prompt payment. Circulate with unfavorable ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with prompt payment. Driving with a negative ITV: 500 euros and immobilization of the vehicle, 250 euros prompt payment. Photo | AECA-ITV In Xataka | Documentation to pass the ITV: everything we have to bring

While Europe studies reintroducing military service, Mexico has taken the opposite path: reducing it

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the shift in international policies of the US have caused Europe to no longer trust NATO as a defensive shield, betting on improve your defense resources. Thus, while several European countries debate whether to return to introduce military service mandatory, Mexico decides to take the opposite path and shorten the mandatory military training of its citizens so that it fits better into the lives of young people and is more attractive to them. The change of Mexico. The Government of President Sheinbaum has applied the largest operational change in the conditions of the National Military Service (SMN) in Mexico since 1942. As stated in the article 5 of the Political Constitution of the Mexican States, the service of arms is mandatory for all Mexicans between 18 and 40 years old. This call-up is divided into two modalities: Framed and Available. The former remain quartered for about three months, while the latter remain at the disposal of the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) for a year, during which time they are instructed in training sessions on Saturdays. However, with the last reform which has come into effect in January 2026, the training phase has gone from 44 weeks to just 13, with limited classes for those assigned as “On Availability” on Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. so that the fulfillment of this duty does not interrupt the studies or work of recruits. New civil-military program. Colonel Juan Sandoval Muñoz, commander of the 78th Infantry Battalion, explained to The Universal that the new “Availability” model prioritizes civil-military subjects to reinforce military values ​​and discipline. The dates for this training are divided into two periods: from February 14 to May 9, and from August 1 to October 24, adding a total of 13 sessions. Participants cover 10 subjects focused on basic training, discipline and support for the population, first aid, civil protection and DN-III-E Plan and knowledge of weapons. All subjects are taught by officers and sergeants of the Armed Forces so that recruits become familiar with the military hierarchy. 13 weeks in the barracks. For its part, the Framed option remains with 13 weeks of admission to barracks, with tailored training as if they were professional soldiers. According to Colonel Sandobal, many of these recruits requested this modality to release their SMN Identity Card in less time, which certifies that they have fulfilled their duty, but they ended up requesting entry into the army or military schools. For this reason, it was decided not to change this modality to keep this recruitment route open, despite being equal in time to the other alternative. European rearmament brings the military back. In Europecountries like Denmark accelerate compulsory military service from 2026 for womenwhich was previously only voluntary, and they extend it to eleven months in its basic version. For its part, Germany is discussing bringing back the voluntary military service before the end of the year, after abandoning it in 2011, and Croatia reactivates it on a mandatory basis with a duration of two months for men starting in January 2026. Other countries like france and Poland are starting ten-month voluntary programs for 18- to 19-year-olds, with the option of joining the reserve or the army if a military crisis arises. In Spain the Minister of Defense continue betting by a voluntary reservation instead of resume military servicebut that does not prevent the debate circulate in the army. At least on a theoretical level. In Xataka | In the midst of rearmament, Europe has realized an unimportant detail: it does not have enough bullets Image | Government of Mexico, Unsplash (JEsus Herrera)

that parking your car costs more than a ticket

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We have been talking about for years the drift schizophrenic that has been generated around large live events, and especially music concerts. The phenomenon has led us to accept that if you want to go to a Bad Bunny concert or Radiohead The formula that never fails is to multiply the original price by three and go to the slaughterhouse from resale. Now, someone unexpected has wanted to go further by opening a parallel market to one of the most anticipated events. The World Cup car parks… and their resale, of course. Pay before entering. The 2026 World Cup to be held in the United States and Mexico is shaping up to be the tournament most expensive ever organized in history, and not only because of the price of the tickets, which are already supposed to be astronomical, but because of everything that surrounds the simple act of going to the stadium. In an urban context designed for the car and not for the pedestrian such as the United States, the fan’s experience begins long before access control and becomes a sum of tolls that raise the real cost to unprecedented levels in the history of football. Parking as a core business. The ironic thing, or perhaps not so ironic, is that it is FIFA itself that has started selling parking passes for figures that range between 75 and 175 dollars in minor games, but that in key venues like Los Angeles reach, attention, nothing less than up to 250 and 300 dollars per vehicle and match… even when those spaces are located more than a kilometer from the stadium. In practice, parking already costs the same (or more) than many official tickets, so a round of 16 or quarterfinal match with a ticket of 400 or 500 dollars and a parking lot of 300 easily raises the total bill per person to around $1,000, a figure that redefines what it means to “go to football.” Stadiums far away, car mandatory. It happens that, unlike in Europe, where large stadiums are usually integrated into the city and connected by subway, train or bus, many World Cup venues in the United States are located in peripheral areas and were specifically conceived to arrive by car. This structural dependency turns the parking lot into an essential resource and allows it to be monetized as part of the show, something unthinkable in most European venues, where even when some clubs already charge for parking (as happens at Atlético de Madrid) there is always the real and massive alternative of public transport. Planned shortages and inflated prices. Plus: the problem is not only the price, but deliberate scarcity. Many parking spaces near the stadiums will remain within security perimeters or reserved for sponsors, drastically reducing the offer for the general public. In cities accustomed to tens of thousands of seats at NFL events, the World Cup will put only a fraction on sale, creating a bottleneck perfect to justify exorbitant prices under the argument of the “local market” and “large comparable events”. Hello resale. Yes, this brings us to an “old acquaintance” of any massive event worth its salt: resale. They counted this week in The Athletic that, as has happened with the concert ticketsparking has fully entered the speculation circuit, with passes resold in secondary markets for even higher figures, although it may seem difficult. In fact, this occurs even in venues where FIFA has not yet published your final offer. The result is a general feeling of abuse, in which the fan pays not only to watch the game, but for each step necessary to get there. A deja vu. This escalation is not an isolated phenomenon and we have been counting in the last few yearsdocumenting how concerts and big events live have entered a price spiral marked by dynamic rates, uncontrollable resales and added charges that turn the luxury experience. The 2026 Soccer World Cup adds to that logic: tickets that are difficult to get at the official price, crazy resale and peripheral costs (such as parking) that equal or exceed the show itself. Parking as a symbol of a new frontier. The underlying message is crystal clear and deeply uncomfortable: the World Cup, a phenomenon of masses and global audiences, is going to explode. a new business without any shame, that of making parking the car cost the same (or even more) than a ticket to watch the games. It is not a trivial detail, nor logistical, nor even collateral damage, but one more piece of the economic model of the tournament, designed to maximize income in each phase of the fan’s journey. The curious thing is that football remains the same as always on the pitch, but off it, getting to the stadium has become part of the bill. If we are not in hell, the truth is that we are getting closer with the tips of our fingers. Image | Ron ReiringRawPixel In Xataka | RTVE wants to win the ratings war at any price. Although that price is 55 million for the World Cup In Xataka | The Government believes it has the solution to the very serious increase in ticket resale prices. It may just make it worse.

democratize the climb to Everest

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a drone DJI Mavic 3 Pro Equipped with a Hasselblad camera, he has managed to capture something that until recently seemed impossible: the complete ascent of Mount Everest from base camp to the summit in a single continuous flight. For 43 minutes, the aircraft traveled 3,500 meters of altitude, crossing the Khumbu icefall, the South Col and the final walls until reaching 8,848 meters of altitude. The images reveal the normal route of ascent in all its magnitude, including the characteristic queues of mountaineers who each season try to crown the roof of the world. The challenge. At that altitude, the air contains barely a third of the oxygen available at sea level, temperatures can drop to -30°C and winds reach speeds that would make the flight of any conventional drone impossible. The team used the Mavic 3 Pro with a four-thirds CMOS sensor, a combination that allowed stability and image quality to be maintained in extreme conditions. Beyond the visual spectacle, this flight is part of a more ambitious project by DJI: to demonstrate that drones can save lives on the highest mountain on the planet. Drones in high mountains. The tests of DJI on Everest respond to a clear commercial strategy: convert their drones into rescue and logistics tools in extreme environments. The Chinese company seeks to demonstrate that these aircraft can transport medicines, locate missing mountaineers and facilitate emergency operations at altitudes where thin air complicates any human intervention. The best-known precedent occurred in 2018, when Scottish mountaineer Rick Allen was located on Broad Peak after 36 hours lost at more than 7,000 meters of altitude. thanks to a DJI Mavic drone. That rescue, coordinated by Bartek Bargiel, brother of the skier Andrzej Bargiel, who we will now talk about again, marked a turning point in the perception of drones as high mountain safety instruments. Qualitative leap. In 2025, the Nepalese company Airlift Technology began providing drone logistics services between Everest Base Camp and Camp One, separated by approximately 2.9 kilometers in a straight line but by a 700-meter difference in altitude and the dangerous Khumbu Icefall. What takes the Sherpas between six and seven hours of crossing, a drone completes it in six or seven minutes. Milan Pandey, the company’s drone pilot, explains that during the 2025 climbing season they transported ladders, ropes and oxygen cylinders following radio instructions from the Sherpas who install the fixed routes. Safer. The impact on the job security of these high mountain workers is significant. The so-called “icefall doctors” (Sherpas specialized in preparing and maintaining the passage through the Khumbu glacier) traditionally had to go up and down dozens of times each season carrying heavy equipment through unstable terrain where Almost 50 people have died since 1953. They can now request additional material without having to descend to base camp, which dramatically reduces risk. The key case. On September 22, 2025, Polish mountain skier Andrzej Bargiel completed a feat that combines extreme mountaineering with technological innovation: Ascended Everest without supplemental oxygen and skied down to base camp without removing skis. After almost 16 hours climbing in the so-called “death zone” above 8,000 meters, Bargiel began the descent along the South Col route. What was innovative was the role of drones in this expedition: his brother Bartek piloted one from base camp to guide him through the Khumbu Icefall, the most dangerous section of the descent. All this is seen in the full 31 minute documentary which records the adventure using cameras mounted on Bargiel’s helmet and aerial shots captured by drones. The footage reveals a extremely technical descent: ice, almost vertical walls, traversing exposed ledges and, in the final stretch of the Khumbu waterfall, slow maneuvers avoiding deep cracks and blocks of ice the size of buildings. The assistance of the drone was critical precisely in this sector: Bartek flew in real time over the glacier, identifying stable snow bridges, marking dead ends and choosing safe slopes. Visual democratization. Videos like these are part of a broader phenomenon. YouTube hosts thousands of recordings documenting mountain climbs, cave explorations, glacier traverses, and cliff flyovers that until a decade ago could only be captured by helicopters or million-dollar productions. An example is that of the Chinese photographer Ma Chunlin, who spent five years obtaining the necessary permits and carrying out test flights before achieving a definitive recording of the ascent of Everest. in one shot. Technically possible. This type of content responds to a technological evolution that has made accessible tools previously reserved for professionals. Models like the DJI Mavic Mini, which weighs 249 grams, allow users without prior experience to capture stabilized aerial shots in resolutions higher than Full HD. Portability is key: Foldable drones that fit in a backpack during long hikes have removed the logistical barriers that previously limited aerial photography to specialized equipment. The doubts. The proliferation of drones in natural spaces has generated debates about their impact. Regulations vary significantly between countries and regions: some National Parks prohibit its use entirely, while others allow flights with prior authorization. The balance between visual access to nature and the preservation of these environments (including the protection of wildlife that may be disturbed by the noise and presence of these devices) remains an open question. In Xataka | China doesn’t know what to do with so many drones. Their solution: create lower airspace

AI is very comfortable inventing everything it doesn’t know. Some researchers think they know how to stop him

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The hallucinations have been the Achilles heel of AI since chatbots began to be part of our lives. Companies like OpenAI promised that hallucinations could be mitigated with adequate training processes, but years later both ChatGPT and its direct rivals They keep making up answers when they are not sure what to say. Shuhui Qu, a researcher at Stanford University, believes she has found a way to address the problem. A structural problem. Current language models have a factory defect: they respond with complete security even when they have no idea nor the necessary information. This has to do with how they progress when processing any answer, since LLMs have no problem completing the missing information, even if they are not being faithful to reality and are working with assumptions. First thing, recognize it. Shuhui Qu, a researcher at Stanford University, publishes an article in which she introduces what she calls Bidirectional Categorical Planning with Self-Consultation. An approach that starts from a simple idea, but uncomfortable for large technology companies: forcing the model to explicitly recognize what it does not know and not move forward until solving it. A more scientific method. The idea is not that the model think betterBut stop pretending you know everything. The approach of What starts from a basic premise: every time the model takes a step in its reasoning, it should ask itself if it really has the necessary information to do so. When an unknown condition appears, the model cannot continue. You are not allowed to fill the gap with an assumption, and you have to stop to resolve the uncertainty before moving forward. You can do this in two ways: Well asking a specific question to obtain the missing information Either by introducing some intermediate step (verification, additional consultation) that becomes part of the chain of reasoning. The method. The researchers, using external code, made models like GPT-4 They responded only when they had complete information. They did it with simple tasks, asking about cooking recipes and Wikihow guides. The key? They purposely withheld information to force him to stop. The conclusion of the research was that making preconditions explicit and verifying them before moving forward significantly reduces LLM errors when information is missing. Of course, along the way it is admitted that even this is not enough to make the hallucinations disappear completely. not so fast. Although the researcher’s idea sounds brilliant, it is quite unlikely to see it in the short and medium term. This way of processing breaks the natural flow of current LLMs, designed to return complete answers. To make such a system work, it is necessary to add an additional layer to the structure, some preconditions that force it to control the calls, interpret the responses themselves, classify them and self-block from asking questions if they do not have all the information. In other words, for the moment, AI will continue to score the triples to which we are already accustomed. Image | Xataka In Xataka | ChatGPT invents data and that is illegal in Europe. So an organization has set out to fix it with a lawsuit

investors are in “total caution” mode

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In June 2025 everything was joy in the crypto world. one bitcoin reached the record value of $124,752 (according to CoinMarketCap) and marked a new historical record. From that moment, falls and more falls that have been done especially in recent days. And it’s not just bitcoin of course: it’s all cryptos. Bitcoin at $70,000. In the last 24 hours we have seen how bitcoin has barely managed to stay at the $70,000 barrier, and on some platforms it has even traded below that level. Right now it is around $71,600, but even with that data the conclusion is clear: in eight months bitcoin has lost more than 40% of its value. Risk aversion. We are seeing how the technology stock markets are falling quite generally in recent days because the results of the last quarter of the year have not been as good as expected. Even the gold, which was rising like foamhas also regressed. Investors are reducing risk overall, taking profits (and minimizing losses) and adopting much more cautious stances. In this scenario, BTC behaves as a risk asset, not as a safe haven, so divestment is the strategy that is being extended. what has happened. The macroeconomic situation is especially complex right now. Analyst Joe DiPasquale explained in Forbes how there is no internal problem in cryptocurrencies, but rather it is the global economic context that has caused the collapse: There are assets that are very sensitive to market movements: if the market rises a little, they rise a lot, but if it falls, they collapse. This is what we are seeing with cryptocurrencies, which are, in their opinion, these types of “high-beta” assets. Bitcoin and cryptos act as a kind of augmented “mirror” of how much money is left over in the economy. When there is a lot of money circulating (liquidity), bitcoin rises quickly, but if it is scarce, bitcoin is the first asset to be sold. The real economy weighs, and a lot. Government bonds are up and paying more interest right now, so investors prefer that security. The dollar also rose in value and strengthened, and since it is “more expensive”, you need fewer dollars to buy the same amount of bitcoin, which pushes the price down. But above all, as we said, investors have gone into total caution (“risk-off”) mode and have been selling volatile assets to protect their money in cash or gold. If the stock market falls, cryptos fall (more). CoinDesk also highlights that the 7.5% drop in bitcoin value In the last 24 hours it precisely followed large falls in Asian assets. There is concern about excessive spending on AI – fear of the bubble bursting again –, exaggerated valuations and lack of that increase in income that everyone promises. Google, Qualcomm and AMD—which fell a spectacular 17% yesterday, Wednesday—are some of the examples of these technological falls. Source: Alternative From greed to fear. The situation is very clear if we look at the Greed and Fear Index (Fear & Greed Index) from firms such as Alternative, which place it at a value of 12, or what is the same, “Extreme fear”. This index studies market movements and analysis to give that number, which is a great summary of the scenario we are experiencing. For much of 2025 that level was above 50 and reached 80 (extreme greed), but the current drop is evident. Bad time for cryptos. Of course, the collapse of bitcoin is as contagious as ever, and practically all cryptocurrencies have registered notable falls in recent weeks. Ethereum, which in August reached close to $4,800, is now in just 2,100. XRP has gone from 3.5 to 1.4 in that same period, and Solana from 247 to 91. Crypto believers are once again seeing their patience tested, but the maxim for them remains clear: HODL. In Xataka | In 2011 a group of investors bought 80,000 bitcoins. They just sold them 17,000,000% more expensive

The most surveilled place on the planet is not Ukraine or Taiwan. You are on a Canary Island with thousands of sensors pointing to a lethal threat

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For almost three months, between September and December 2021, the island of La Palma experienced the eruption longest and most destructive of its recent history. It happened when the Tajogait volcanoand opened the earth in the Cumbre Vieja dorsal and forced the evacuation of thousands of people, buried entire neighborhoods under lava and irreversibly altered the landscape and life of the island, inaugurating a new stage in which the end of the fire did not mean the end of the volcano. The town that did not stop breathing volcano. In Puerto Naos The lava never arrived, but the volcano did, seeping under streets, garages and foundations in the form of carbon dioxide, an invisible gas that for years kept the neighborhood evacuated and turned daily life into a permanent risk equation. After the eruption of Tajogaite, the ground continued to exhale CO₂ of magmatic origin, reaching in some points extreme concentrationstypical of a lethal environment, forcing the closure of homes, businesses and beaches while residents learned that the danger no longer burned on the surface, but silently accumulated under their feet. Thousands of sensors and an experiment. They counted this week in a BBC report that has approached the enclave that the response transformed Puerto Naos into the most guarded place in the world in terms of CO₂, with more than 1,300 sensors distributed throughout homes, streets, streetlights, beaches, garages and hotels, connected to a continuous monitoring system capable of detecting any spike in real time. This deployment, driven by the CO₂ Alert projectallowed gas to stop being an unpredictable threat and become a measured, interpreted and managed phenomenon, making it possible the progressive return of the neighbors and the reopening of the urban center, always under the premise that normality here only exists as long as the data confirms that the air continues to be breathable. Living with alarms. For years, life in Puerto Naos was reorganized around the sensorswith garages permanently open for ventilation, closed basements, cordoned off areas and neighbors who learned to live with warning beeps as part of the soundscape. CO₂, denser than air, accumulated in the low points and it became visible like a diffuse waterfall in narrow courtyards, killing small animals along the way, corroding metals and remembering that the volcano was still active even though it was no longer expelling lava, molding not only the terrain but also psychology and decisions of those who refused to leave their home permanently. View of part of Puerto Naos Playa Chica, the pulse. In 2026 the problem is no longer general, but surgical: a small strip in Playa Chica and some specific garages where CO₂ continues to emerge straight from the underground through extremely porous terrain, one described by technicians as a “volcanic Gruyere cheese.” All the effort is now concentrated there, not so much to bring the town back to life (because it has already returned) but to close the last point where the volcano still sets the pace, remembering along the way that the eruption did not end when the fire ceased, but when the subsoil stopped breathing its last breath. Extract gas from the earth. The proven solution successfully by experts changes the traditional logic in these situations: instead of ventilating the buildings, the ground has been ventilated, capturing CO₂ underground and conveying it through pipes to controlled expulsion points near the sea, where the gas is quickly dispersed without danger. Not only that. Tests have shown drastic reductionsgoing from concentrations close to half a million ppm to safe levels. In other words, it has been confirmed that the method works and that the pending challenge is not a conceptual hypothesis, but a technical one, a fine adjustment to avoid load losses and guarantee that the system can operate in a stable and permanent way. Close the volcano. Puerto Naos it’s already openinhabited and functioning, but closing the volcano means turning this experiment into a complete a definitive infrastructureintegrate the extraction of CO₂ into the urban network and accept that the island will continue to be a “volcano” even when it seems calm. Perhaps for this reason, no one expects inaugurations or epic endings to what happened, just a silent moment in which Playa Chica leaves to be an exception and the air will once again be just that, demonstrating that on the island of La Palma the volcanic forces not only have shaped the earthbut also the way in which a community has learned to live, monitor and resist over it. Image | Eduardo RobainaHyperfinch In Xataka | Gran Canaria is increasingly at risk of blackouts. And he already has an idea on the table: imitate Russia in the Arctic In Xataka | The Canary Islands and Galicia have set off the Navy’s alarm bells. Russia’s ghost fleet has arrived in Spain with warships

its 1,500 residents forced to leave the town due to the arrival of new rains

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The municipality of Grazalema in Cádiz without a doubt Leonardo is bearing the brunt of the storm As we have seen in numerous images where water can be seen in the streets, in houses or even coming out of power outlets. Given all this, the situation has reached a completely unsustainable point, so the authorities They have ordered the complete evacuation of the municipality. Heavy rainfall. This decision comes after receiving this Wednesday the town almost 600 liters of water per square meter surpassing all previous records. This large amount of rainfall has formed a symbiosis with the many liters that had fallen in the previous days and weeks, which has made the situation completely unsustainable. The problem is precisely what may come in the coming days. The AEMET has already alerted that this same Saturday the Grazalema region will be on orange alert due to rainfall that will once again reach tens of liters. Something that has activated all the machinery to relocate citizens while the weather situation returns to normal. Its magnitude. It is not an easy task, since we are talking about a town with nearly 1,600 residents who will now have to move to another point to guarantee their safety. Just as they collect local mediait was the president of the Andalusian Government himself who has announced this measure in an appearance with the mayor of Grazalema due to the absolutely anomalous situation that the town is experiencing. The main focus of concern is placed above all on the geological state of the municipality, and especially on its aquifer. Earth movements. The main danger that the municipality’s aquifer is full of water is that it begins to exert pressure on the terrain itself. This translates into ground movements with structural damage that would affect homes or the streets themselves. How will it be done? Although this evacuation will take place during the day and with weather conditions that are currently more favorable than those experienced yesterday, moving so many people is not easy. For now, the authorities have indicated that residents who can travel with their own means to Ronda, where they can be welcomed in a pavilion managed by the Red Cross. Although it is also possible that some neighbors move to the homes of relatives or acquaintances. In any case, having time ahead will ensure that this evacuation is done in an orderly manner and in areas such as the president himself points out of the Andalusian Government. Something that they point out must be kept in mind is serenity at this time so that chaos does not spread. It is an obligation. The evacuation of the municipality is not voluntary at all, but is mandatory for all resident neighbors who must leave the municipality following the instructions. In this way, tonight no one will be able to sleep in Grazalema without a clear date to return. Other evictions. Throughout these days we have seen how in different parts of Andalusia evacuations have had to be carried outsuch as in Dúdar (Granada). Although an evacuation of a municipality of considerable size with more than 1,000 inhabitants, the truth is that there are few precedents that we can have in mind right now. Images | Rob In Xataka | MAs water gushes from the ground in Grazalema, Andalusia’s last resort against flooding is already underway: the reservoirs

five experiences to celebrate Valentine’s Day as a couple

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Flowers, chocolates, that accessory or that device that you had been looking for for so long… What are you going to give for next Valentine’s Day? If you don’t have it yet, you don’t know very well what to give or you are simply considering different options, today we want to give you some ideas with five different gifts, experiences as a couple to surprise on Valentine’s Day. The Lion King, the musical from 27 eurosa live experience to enjoy the iconic musical based on the Disney film. luxury hotels by 249.90 eurosa gift box with two nights. Spa and massage by 47.40 eurosan experience for couples to relax. Les Miserables, the musical from 34.89 eurosanother quite interesting musical at the Teatro Apolo. Puy Du Fou by 130 eurosa couples experience with a visit to the Toledo theme park. The Lion King, the musical It may not be the most original gift, but it is an experience that is certainly difficult to forget. ‘The Lion King‘, the musical is available with the option to choose the date and time, even on Valentine’s Day if you want to go that same day. The price of tickets varies depending on the time or day, but is from 27 euros and the place is at the Lope de Vega Theater in Madrid. Of course, the musical will be available until March 29. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links luxury hotels Traveling can be a totally pleasant experience, especially if we treat ourselves a little and choose a great hotel. At Carrefour, for example, we can find a gift box for 249.90 euros about two nights in four and five star luxury hotels for two people. There is plenty to choose from with locations in Madrid, Asturias, Alicante and much more. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Spa and massage There are also many experiences that focus on relaxation, something that can be very interesting if we are looking for a moment of peace. On Amazon we found another gift box of spa and massage for two people with a great selection of spas, oriental massages and more. Its price is tighter than the previous experience, since it is available for 47.40 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Les Misérables, the musical If you have already seen the musical ‘The Lion King’ and want a similar experience, at the Teatro Nuevo Apolo in Madrid you can enjoy the musical ‘Les Misérables‘. There are also many dates and times to choose from, and prices vary with the 34.89 euros the most economical. It is a musical that has received very good reviews, partly due to the adaptation of Victor Hugo, but also due to its cast and quality. Les Miserables, the musical The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Puy Du Fou If you want to take advantage of the gift so that you can travel as a couple, Carrefour has 130 euros a gift box Puy Du Fouthe iconic, and quite spectacular, theme park located in Toledo. The box includes two tickets and a night show, as well as many others that take place during the day. It is, in this way, a great idea to visit Toledo, get to know the theme park and enjoy one or more shows at the same time. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Becca Tapert in UnsplashDisney, Smartbox, ATG Entertainment In Xataka | The 34 best apps and websites to organize your Easter holidays In Xataka | The best islands to visit or enjoy a vacation, organized in a beautiful graph

The DGT sold us a “reasonable period without sanctions” for the V-16 beacons. The fines are already coming

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Unwritten agreements have a problem: nothing is written. It seems silly but it is more than obvious. When there is talk of a “reasonable period” or “being flexible” but nothing is signed, the truth is that there are reasons to be suspicious. Because nothing and no one prevents breaking that supposed agreement with which all parties agree. Or if not, tell those who have been fined for not having the V-16 beacons. They are already fining. This is what they assure from Pyramid Consulting. This consultancy, specialized in appealing traffic fines, already indicates that its offices have received a penalty because a driver did not have the V-16 light to signal a dangerous situation. The penalty is 80 euros, as we already had in Xatakaand it reads that the reason for the sanction is “not having the corresponding V-16 regulatory sign installed on the vehicle.” The penalty was imposed on January 6, Three Kings’ Day, and the gift will be a financial penalty of 40 euros if the driver accepts prompt payment. “A reasonable period”. Penalizing a driver on January 6, 2026 for not having a V-16 beacon raises blisters among drivers. And Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior, and Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, were faced with a pool full of contradictions and decided to jump into it headlong. In December 2025, faced with the prospect that drivers were not going to have the V-16 beacon on time, the DGT already announced that there would be no extensions in the application of the measure because, in their words, there would be no point in delaying it to the summer of 2026 since the situation would be exactly the same. Of course, they indicated that they had considered delaying it. However, that same month of December, the director of the DGT himself indicated that agents “will be flexible” so fines were not expected, at least, in the first days. They talked about “consolidating this issue” without having to deal with a barrage of fines. On January 8, Grande-Marlaska defended that the beacon was not tax collection, that “information would take precedence over the sanction” and that fines would not be imposed. a “reasonable” period of time. By then, Pyramid Consulting’s client had already been sanctioned. They think they are right. From the consultancy they assure that they are going to appeal the fine. The reasons they allege are that articles 9 and 103 of the Spanish Constitution specify that the Administration must guarantee the legal security of citizens. And they point out that the Administration’s actions must comply with and be: Foreseeable Transparent Consistent Adjusted to good faith They assure that Grande-Marlaska’s statements, in which it was suggested that the agents would not sanction “in a reasonable period of time,” invalidates the sanction and generates legal uncertainty for the citizen since a safeguard message is sent that in the end has not been fulfilled. The contradictions. The problem here is that those responsible for the Ministry of the Interior and the DGT sent messages that contradicted what is stated in the law. Both assured that there would be no fine for not having the beacon and not using it but, at the same time, they neither offered a specific time period nor was any type of order approved in which this was reflected. This left it up to the agents how to act. And if they considered that a car was not correctly signaling its position, there were sufficient reasons to sanction it, according to the approved regulations. And although the DGT’s public message was in the direction of not fining, the agents themselves have recognized that they have no order to act in this way. Photo | DGT and Pyramid Consulting In Xataka | The V-16 beacon has many problems: the manufacturer turning off its servers and leaving you offline is not one of them

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