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how long it usually takes for your 2026 return and what they can review if it takes them long

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Let’s tell you When are they going to pay you the refund? of Income 2025, which is what we do in 2026 to catch up on the last fiscal year. According to the Income calendarthe period to submit the declaration ends at the end of June, but if you have already done it and you get a refund, it is normal that the Treasury has already paid you. The in-person declaration It started in June, so it is normal that returns are not being made yet. But if you have made the rent online either by phone In the past few months, perhaps you should have received it by now. Therefore, we are going to try to clarify the times for you. How long does the Treasury take to pay? The normal thing is that the Treasury takes a little time to pay you once you present a tax return that you have to return. In fact, it could be a week or two if everything goes well and they haven’t detected anything. However, there are times when Payment may be extended due to additional checks what the tax agency has to do. In these cases, the Treasury has a period of six months since the declarations end on June 30. In other words, returns can be extended until the end of the year. There are some factors that can accelerate the process. For example, submit the declaration as soon as possible, since they are usually processed in order. Also confirm the draft without changes, although you should ALWAYS review it to avoid errors. And if you attach your correct bank details with an account in your name, delays due to verification are also avoided. Why it may take them a while to get your money back If you detect that your return has been returned, but several weeks have passed and the Treasury has not yet made the payment, it may be because They are reviewing some points of the declaration or making some checks on aspects that are not clear. To find out if the delay is due to this, you can check the status of your declaration from the web or from the mobile app. If the status shows that it is under verificationthis means that the delay is effectively due to the fact that they are carefully reviewing the information you have submitted, and that is why the return is being delayed. One thing you should know is that when the Treasury starts to look at something closely, You may receive a request for information. This will be a postal letter that will arrive asking you to provide invoices for deducted expenses, tax certificates, money movement information, or whatever they consider necessary. These are the main reasons why the Treasury may be reviewing your data and sending you a request: Deductions: There are a large number of income deductions through which you can save money on your tax return, from renovating your car to buying a car or spending money on glasses. But there are some that vary depending on the autonomous community, and if you have deducted something in the declaration that does not correspond or something for which you have not provided the necessary information, they will require invoices or more information to verify it. Housing rental. When you rent a home you have income that is not billed as such, so at the beginning of the rental you may be asked for the contract and payment receipts so that the deduction can be applied correctly. It will be verified that everything is as indicated on the papers. Cryptocurrencies. The Tax Agency increasingly checks the movements you can make with cryptocurrencies, and it is very important that you declare them properly in your Income Tax to know the benefits you may have had with them and that the corresponding percentage of Personal Income Tax is applied to you. Debts with the administration: On some occasions, even if the declaration is correct, the return may also be delayed in the event that you have a debt with the Treasury, Social Security, your town hall or even unpaid fines with the DGT. If so, these will be deducted from your deduction. If any of these cases occur, the Tax Agency officials will take extra time to check your data, and will send you a request to ask for additional information if they see it necessary. The Treasury has until December 31, 2026 to make returns, so they may take it easy. In Xataka Basics | Income Guide 2025: calendar, previous steps and how to prepare for the 2026 declaration

soldiers who return with a different face after a medical leave have been shot

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A few years ago, a survey carried out among young South Koreans revealed a fact very unusual in any other country: a significant portion of respondents believed that receiving cosmetic surgery as a graduation gift It was something completely normal. In fact, in cities like Seoul, clinic ads take up entire buildings and some neighborhoods. hundreds of centers accumulate specialized a few meters from each other. The hype has now reached the military. An unexpected problem. Yes, the South Korean military is discovering a problem that just a few years ago would have seemed absurd even there: more and more soldiers are returning from leave. with aesthetic operations recent events that directly affect the functioning of military units. The Korean Times said that there is everything from recently operated noses to swollen eyelids or faces still recovering that are forcing officers to exclude soldiers from training, night guards or physical tasks for medical and security reasons. What was once a relatively exceptional thing reserved for the last months of military service has become in a trend much broader among South Korean Generation Z. And the phenomenon reflects the extent to which the country’s aesthetic culture no longer affects only to civilian lifebut also to one of the most rigid and traditional institutions of the State: the army. The aesthetic pressure. Basically, something that we have counted before. South Korea has been one of the world epicenters for years of cosmetic surgery. Eyelid operations, rhinoplasties or facial retouching are part of an extremely competitive culture where physical appearance influences in social relationships, employment and status. What is new is that this logic has fully penetrated young soldiers on active duty. Many apparently take advantage of higher military pay and leave to save and submit to operations while they remain deployed. Some even prioritize surgery over any other personal expense. Gangnam District Clinics Offer specific discounts for the military and use social networks to attract young clients, while online forums are filled with questions from soldiers about recovery times compatible with military life. Clash between military discipline and culture. The problem for the commanders is not only medical, but organizational. When a soldier returns with swollen eyes after eyelid surgery or a rhinoplasty still healing, someone has to cover his guards, exercises or physical duties. South Korean officers they start to describe uncomfortable situations where they must reorganize entire training sessions to avoid risks or possible legal liabilities if a recent operation becomes complicated. Furthermore, some commanders are even receiving parent calls asking for special treatment for their children while they recover from cosmetic procedures. The scene reflects a very profound cultural clash: an army designed around collective discipline and sacrifice that begins to confront much more individualistic values. typical of Generation Z. Absence of clear rules. The Times remembered that one of the biggest problems is that the South Korean army practically has no specific regulation to manage this phenomenon. Military regulations cover medical discharges and injuries, but not situations where a soldier voluntarily decides to have surgery for cosmetic reasons in the middle of service. That leaves officers caught in a difficult position. If they allow certain exceptions, they generate discomfort among other soldiers forced to assume more workload. If they are not allowed and a medical complication occurs, they may face disciplinary or legal responsibilities. The result is an organizational void which is beginning to directly affect the operational preparation of some units. A transformation that worries the army. Beyond the specific surgeries, the case reveals a transformation much deeper within South Korea. If you will, the army is discovering that digital culture, social networks and aesthetic obsession of South Korean society are even changing the way young people live military service mandatory. For many recruits, improving their appearance is no longer something secondary that is left for after the army, but an immediate priority integrated within their own personal and social identity. And that is forcing the armed forces to adapt to a completely new reality: a generation that can accept military discipline, but at the same time still considers it perfectly normal to return from leave with a different face. Image | RawPixel, Unsplash, Republic of Korea Armed Forces In Xataka | Military submarines as “five-star hotels”: this is South Korea’s bid to enter the Western market In Xataka | In 1995, South Korea suffered one of the great architectural disasters of the century. The culprit: the air conditioning

The disastrous return of Amaia Montero with Van Gogh’s Ear is a good x-ray of the dangers of paying for nostalgia

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Thirty thousand people have filled the BEC in Barakaldo for two nights to witness one of the most anticipated returns of Spanish pop. Amaia Montero returned to Van Gogh’s Ear almost twenty years later of his departure, on a tour called ‘So many things to tell’ and that promised to close a cycle (or open a new one). But these first concerts (especially the first one) have ended up being talked about for very different reasons than expected. The Ear, the return. When La Oreja de Van Gogh officially announced on October 15, 2025 that Amaia Montero was returning to the band, the tickets were sold out. in a matter of hours in numerous cities, and new dates were added due to demand. The tour consists of 16 stops that extend until November 2026 and include the Movistar Arena in Madrid (three nights), the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona and the Illunbe Donostia Arena. It is, right now, one of the most relevant pop phenomena of the year in Spain. How it started. The trigger It was an appearance that no one expected. in July 2024, by Amaia Montero at the Santiago Bernabéu during one of Karol G’s concerts to perform ‘Rosas’, the anthem from Van Gogh’s La Oreja. The reaction was enormous and shortly afterLa Oreja de Van Gogh announced the departure of Leire Martínez, the group’s vocalist for 17 years, from the band, alleging “different ways of living the group.” In October 2025, Amaia’s return was officially announced. 2026 is the year of the 30th anniversary of La Oreja and the 25th of ‘El viaje de Copperpot’, one of their most remembered albums. What happened in Barakaldo. On May 9, 2026, the tour started at the BEC and 18,000 people attended the first concert. Amaia appeared center stage on a raised platform, wearing a bright pink jumpsuit. He said: “I went down to hell itself, but with my scars, after fighting a lot, here I am.” However, despite good intentions, the chronicles they agreed in which Amaia was “out of tune and too tight to reach the high notes.” It especially went viral their performance of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’the Prince classic popularized by Sinéad O’Connor and with which the band originally discovered her, but deeply out of tune. Amaia herself acknowledged on stage: “I do it terribly”. The amazing thing is that, as has also been saidAmaia “has had more than a year to prepare vocally” and despite this she showed “many technical deficiencies.” The group could have adapted the tonalities to their current voice, but they have not done so so that the songs are identical to how fans remember, and that is the problem. Second round. On May 10, in the second concert at the same venue, the setlist went from 25 songs to 22. ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, ‘We’re all dancing to the same song’ and ‘The girl who cries at your parties’, the three songs that had generated the most problems the night before, disappeared. The presence of songs from Leire Martínez’s era was also reduced. Amaia was more confident and the elevated platform was reserved for ‘Mariposa’. The reactions of the fans. The acrimony with which Amaia’s return has been received has to do with the fact that the audience of La Oreja de Van Cogh is divided into two communities. The fans who came with Amaia, thirty-somethings who grew up with ‘Rosas’, ‘La playa’ or ’20 de Enero’, experienced the concert as the return of a diva and the disagreements were excusable. The fans who joined with Leire, on the other hand, listened to someone sing with obvious effort songs that his protégé performed for almost two decades with great technical solvency. A good part of the band’s fans (or ex-fans, at this point) think that there is a voice that has now been displaced, without a satisfactory public explanation and with an exit that It was tense: Amaia did not agree to share the 30th anniversary concerts with Leire, and the group chose to do without her. This has irremediably fractured the public, who in the case of the fans of the expelled vocalist, spread Amaia’s failures on social networks with particular viciousness. The comeback syndrome. Not all nostalgic reunions are a triumph. There are those that burst resoundingly because they try to revive an energy that responded to unrepeatable circumstances, but what they achieve is to make very clear just the opposite: that that energy no longer exists. The Sex Pistols on their 1996 tour is one of the most memorable cases for its self-awareness, but the drama dates back before: The Animals, Simon & Garfunkel or The Byrds in previous decades also failed when trying to win back their audience. The list of bands that recently crashed a reunion (not necessarily commercially, mind you) is endless: Jane’s Addiction, Guns’n Roses… The reason is always that the search for money is evident above the relationships between its members, sometimes very deteriorated. In this case, despite the fact that the economies of the band members They are very healthyfrom the videos we sense a certain suspicion and discomfort between the musicians and vocalist. Because that’s another: whether they succeed lyrically and commercially or not, what they won’t be able to escape is the evil tongues. As Leire fans know very well. In Xataka | The internal drama that Andy and Lucas lived through for years: story of a breakup that we are seeing live

12 premieres this week on Netflix, including the return of one of the platform’s most successful franchises

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We cross the midway point of May, and we do it in a big way, with two premieres that are among the juiciest of this week in streaming: the return of ‘Berlín’ with a second season that recovers the most filigree and elegant side of ‘La casa de papel’, and ‘Flow’, one of the best animated films of recent years. And it is not the only thing that the most popular platform has in its portfolio this week. series Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine The second installment of the, for now, only spin-off of ‘La casa de papel’ announced by Netflix (we will have to see what those already announced next steps are in the franchise expansion) takes us to Seville: a great Andalusian businessman commissions Berlin, again played by Pedro Alonso, to steal ‘The Lady with an Ermine’, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci that arrives in the city for an exhibition. Berlin believes that it is better to rob the thief himself, and sets up his usual gang: Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña Fernández and Joel Sánchez, who are joined by Inma Cuesta as an unpredictable and temperamental Sevillian. Premiere: Friday, May 15 Nemesis More robberies, more suspense and more tension with this series about the confrontation between two men who, despite being on opposite sides, share more than they imagine: an obsessive detective and a sophisticated thief expert in high-profile robberies. But they both share something that makes them more similar than they want to admit: they want to protect their families using the only means they know. Matthew Law and Y’lan Noel lead the cast of this series co-directed and produced by Mario Van Peebles. Premiere: Thursday, May 14 Other series Devil May Cry (Season 2) – Tuesday, May 12 Secrets of sport – Tuesday, May 12 Gallitos (T2) – Wednesday, May 13 Between father and son – Wednesday, May 13 Soul mates – Thursday, May 14 The Middle – Friday, May 15 The SUPERgeeks – Friday, May 15 Movies flow One of the most extraordinary and celebrated animated films of recent years, premiered in Cannes in 2024, and winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film and the Oscar in the same category, becoming the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award. It stands out for being completely rendered with the free and open source software Blender, and for not containing any dialogue. The film tells the story of a cat, a dog, a capybara, a ring-tailed lemur and a secretary bird who travel together through a surreal, dreamlike landscape flooded by water, in a world in which human beings have disappeared. An allegory about cooperation in days of adversity, more than necessary in these times. Other movies Marty, Life is short: The documentary – Tuesday, May 12 The crash – Friday, May 15 In Xataka | Netflix premieres today the dystopian series that has risen to the throne of the best in history in six seasons

people who go to live in Valladolid and return to work by train

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For a simple work issue, for decades Many pucelanos had no choice but to pack their bags and move to Madrid. The companies are there. And good job prospects. Today things are different, as suggested the data of the Valladolid City Council. The expansion of teleworking and the improved communications It has allowed quite a few people to return to the Castilian-Leonese city without giving up their jobs in the capital and even turn the tables: Valladolid is the one that grows at the expense of Madrid. The data are certainly eloquent. What do the figures say? That for years the Castilian-Leonese city endured a clearly negative migratory balance with the capital. Many more people from Pucelanos went to Madrid than people from Madrid arrived to Valladolid. If you follow the historical series The census shows that this imbalance favorable to Madrid dates back to at least 1997, with years in which the difference was brutal. In 2014, for example, Valladolid recorded 736 casualties of Pucelanos who packed their bags to move to Madrid; The reverse route (from Valladolid to Madrid) was done by 305 people. And is it still like this? No. We know the change thanks to an analysis published in 2025 by The Confidentialwho has had access to the records of the Valladolid City Council. They show how between 2022 and 2023 the migratory balance between the cities of Valladolid and Madrid experienced a change: if in 2022 the Pucelana city registered 799 departures of residents bound for Madrid compared to 617 registrations in the opposite direction, in 2023 the “photo” was the opposite: 765 registrations and 566 cancellations. From the red numbers it went to a positive balance of 199 people. The trend was confirmed in 2024 with a new positive migration balance. That year, the Pucelano City Council recorded 796 new arrivals from Madrid compared to 504 new arrivals from residents who moved to the state capital. Again a positive balance, 292 people. In a matter of two years, Valladolid therefore went from dragging a historic deficit in population exchange with Madrid to “gaining” 491 new registered residents at the expense of its southern neighbor. This trend has coincided with the general growth of the Valladolid registry, which has been gaining population for several years and is now located at 303,843 inhabitants according to the municipal censusthat doesn’t always match with that of the INE. Is there more recent data? The last ones indicators published by the Statistical Institute of the Community of Madrid and the Junta of Castilla y León They are from 2024, but a quick Google search comes to find articles with testimonials recent of people who live in Valladolid and work in the capital. Even from other parts of Castilla y León even further away from Madrid. “Right now, whatever station you go to, Zamora, Salamanca, Segovia, Palencia or León, they are packed. Before you saw the train half empty,” explained a few weeks ago Carlos Perfecto, promoter of the Association of AVE Users in Castilla y León, told RTVE. “We are talking about the fact that between Valladolid and Segovia alone, 7,000 direct families go to work in Madrid every day.” Does it only affect cities? The “picture” can be completed with more brushstrokes that help understand the change. The change in the migratory flow has also been observed in the entire Madrid region, not only in its capital. After decades in the “red numbers” (in demographic terms), in 2023 Valladolid registered more registrations of new residents arriving from the Madrid community than registrations of Pucelanos who had moved to municipalities such as Móstoles, Alcalá, Leganés, Fuenlabrada, Getafe or Madrid itself. Between 2023 and 2024, in this sense, it accumulated a positive balance of 758 new registered. At the end of 2024 The North of Castile the change was already pointed out trend citing INE statistics, although in his article he handled data until 2023 and at the provincial level, not exclusively from the municipality of Valladolid. What did they show? Something similar to what is reflected in the register of the Pucelano City Council. In 2023, 1,785 people arrived in Valladolid from the Community of Madrid, while 1,270 people left the province to settle somewhere in Madrid. Result: 515 more people for the Valladolid census. Not bad if you take into account that the previous year (2022) the province had lost 115 people to the Community of Madrid. Last December The North of Castile updated analysis with provincial data from 2024 and verified that the trend continues. That year 1,744 people left the Community of Madrid to settle somewhere in Valladolid while 1,232 made the reverse move. Once again the figures favor the Castilian-Leonese demographic with a balance of 512 people. And what is the reason? Rather, we should talk about reasons, in the plural. When analyzing the change in trend, there are those who talk about the expansion of teleworking after the pandemic or the attractiveness of the Valladolid real estate market compared to that of Madrid, which makes buying a home much more acceptable there than in Madrid. According to Idealista, the m2 costs in Valladolid €2,029 while in Madrid it is located in 5,960. Something similar happens in the rental market: in the city of Pucelana, the m2 is rented to €9.7 in front of the 23.2 from Madrid. But… Why this abrupt change? Although it is true that COVID-19 marked a before and after in the implementation of teleworking in Spain and that the real estate market has not stopped tense In recent years, both trends do not fully explain why the population flow between Valladolid and Madrid has experienced such a sudden change in such a short time. Nor why it has become more pronounced in 2023. Hence, when looking for explanations, analyzes of the phenomenon add another determining factor: the improvement of transportation. At the end of 2007 the line was launched Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid high-speed train, which made it possible to get from … Read more

The Supreme Court has declared the rule illegal, but the money is not going to return

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The Low Emission Zones of Madrid operated for years with regulations that the courts ended up declaring it illegal. During all that time, many fines were imposed and processed that thousands of drivers paid, and the City Council is clear about one thing: that there will be no refunds. What exactly happened. The Supreme Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) annulled part of the ordinance that regulated ZBEs in Madrid in December 2024, following an appeal presented by the Vox municipal group. The court considered that the economic impact report was insufficient, since it had not been correctly assessed how much it would cost citizens and small businesses to adapt to the movement restrictions, nor had less restrictive measures with equivalent effects been explored. As the ruling was not final at the time, the City Council continued to apply sanctions while appealing to the Supreme Court. However, the TSJM rejected the appeal on April 15with a sentence of 2,000 euros to the City Council for the expenses of the judicial process. Why there will be no refund. Vice Mayor Inma Sanz counted that current jurisprudence prevents giving retroactive effects to sentences when the sanctioned rule was in force at the time the fines were imposed. Along the same lines, the delegate of Urban Planning, Mobility and Environment, Borja Carabante, defended that the sanctions were placed under a regulatory framework that was valid at the time. The point that remains in the air. The City Council’s position is not completely uniform. Municipal legal services are still studying what to do with the fines imposed in the ZBEs of Plaza Elíptica and Centro (the two special protection zones) during the period between the TSJM ruling (December 2024) and the entry into force of the new ordinance (March 2026). It has been more than two years in which fines have continued to be imposed with a regulation that a court had already declared null. Carabante acknowledges that “whether or not” these specific sanctions are being assessed. The new ordinance as a shield. The Town Hall approved last month a new Sustainable Mobility Ordinance, correcting the previous one based on the indications indicated by the TSJM and keeps all ZBEs operational. The Consistory argues that this new ordinance leaves the sentence without practical effect, since it provides a solution to everything that the TSJM had requested. Among its novelties is that the vehicles of registered residents without an environmental label can circulate in Madrid as long as European pollution limits are respected. Opinion division. The Associated European Motorists (AEA) organization has publicly demanded to Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida the annulment of all sanctions imposed until the publication of the new ordinance in the official gazette, on April 6. According to data from the AEA itselfbetween September 2021 and November 2025, the City Council imposed more than 3.3 million fines related to ZBEs for a value of more than 650 million euros. Its president, Mario Arnaldo, consider that “hundreds of thousands of drivers” have been sanctioned with fines of “dubious legality” through a strategy designed to continue collecting while the judicial process lasted. What those affected can do. The Supreme Court’s decision does not automatically annul any fine, but it reinforces the options of those who want to appeal them. According to the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU), the situation varies according to each file. And those who appealed at the time and still have the procedure open have a better chance of recovering the money. However, the organization says that those who paid without appeal face a more complicated path, having to go through requesting full nullity. The OCU ask to the City Council to cancel the non-firm sanctions ex officio and return the amounts already collected in files still open, without transferring to the citizen “the burden of legal uncertainty created by an annulled ordinance.” Cover image | Madrid City Council In Xataka | 400 cameras and an ambitious goal: the first metro driven 100% autonomously in the Community of Madrid

While Artemis II searches for a way to return to the Moon, there are those who have already become millionaires selling lunar plots

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There are sellers so skilled that they are capable of selling the Moon to anyone. It is not in a figurative sense. As NASA works to put astronauts back on the lunar surface with Artemis IIAmerican Dennis Hope has been building a fortune for more than forty years by putting a price on each hectare of the satellite and sending property titles by mail. And the most striking thing is that no one has stopped him from doing so. Hope came into this business in 1980, when she was going through a divorce and had her account in the red after more than a year of unemployment. As he related in an interview with Vice magazine, he thought he could make some money if he had some property, he looked out the window and it occurred to him that there would be a lot available on the Moon. What came next was not just a hunch: it was a million-dollar operation based on a very particular reading of international law. The legal vacuum that made it possible. His first step was to go to the library and look for the Outer Space Treaty 1967. What he found was a door ajar: the article 2 of that treaty establishes that the Moon and other celestial bodies are not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, use or occupation, or by any other means. The treaty placed limits on the appropriation of lunar territories to countries, but did not say anything explicit about the ownership of individuals. Hope submitted a formal claim of ownership over the Moon, the other eight planets and their moons to the United Nations, explaining his intention to parcel out those spaces and sell the properties to private buyers. In his letter he added that if they had any legal problem, they should let him know. Nobody answered him. So Hope interpreted this administrative silence as an absence of legal opposition, and from there he started his business. According to counted your son to ABCsix million people have already purchased land outside of Earth. An intergalactic business with luxury clientele. Since then, Hope has sold plots not only of the Moon, but also of Mars, Venus and Mercury. In an interview to the BBCHope claimed that he sold an average of 1,500 properties a day and explained that the way to choose the lots was by closing his eyes and pointing with his index finger at a point on the lunar map. “It’s not very scientific, but it’s fun,” he told the British media. It is estimated that he has earned about 12 million dollars with this business, which he claims is the only one he has had since 1995. Among his clients are former US presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Hollywood stars and greats. hotel chains like Hilton and Marriott. The space race reopens the debate. What for decades seemed like a picturesque anecdote has returned to the debate table in light of the reactivation of space programs to the moon. Artemis II has become the first manned mission to leave Earth’s orbit since the Apollo program in 1972, and its objective is to prepare the ground for future missions to the lunar south pole and even Mars. The Outer Space Treaty prohibits the appropriation of territories on the Moon or other planets, but does not explicitly prohibit extracting their resources, which has generated a legal gray area that was revealed in the 2023 ratification of this treaty, which also covers Hope’s real estate business. For Kai-Uwe Schrogl, president of the International Space Law Institute, the situation is clear: “There are no legal loopholes. There are only willfully erroneous interpretations of the treaty,” declared to D.W.. Is the Moon for everyone? As and as he explained Juan Manuel de Faramiñán, emeritus professor at the University of Jaén and co-director of the AstroÁndalus Chair of aerospace and astronomical studies at National Geographicin 2020 NASA issued the Artemis Agreementsa document in which the US establishes a set of practical principles to guide cooperation in space exploration between nations. “It must be considered that the signatory States of the Artemis Agreements are not signatories of the Moon Agreement. I must say, and it is a personal opinion, that the Artemis Agreements have become a shortcut to avoid the idea of ​​the common heritage of humanity and open the spigot so that both States and companies can access the resources of the Moon in accordance with their own interests,” stated Faramiñán. Old treaties for a new space race. The current legal framework on the ownership of the Moon was born in the middle of the Cold War and was designed for a world of two superpowers. Today there are large private companies with the capacity to reach the Moon without support from the States, new state interests and the discovery of natural resources. like water ice detected on the lunar surface, which could be key for long-duration missions. He Moon Treaty of 1979which attempted to regulate the exploitation of these resources by establishing that they would be the common heritage of humanity, was never ratified by any of the current great space powers. The result is a system of rules designed for another century, with loopholes that have allowed an individual to sell lunar hectares for decades without legal consequences. Xataka | The “hidden” side of the Moon has been a mystery for decades: China already has a chemical map to shed light Image | POTPexels (Nicholas Thomas)

This week, the new ‘Stranger Things’, a rare British series and the return of Charlize Theron

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The week of April 20 to 26 comes full of news to Netflix. The most media premiere and expected by long-time fans of the platform is the first spin-off of ‘Stranger Things‘, an animated series subtitled ‘Stories of 85’ and which takes place between seasons 2 and 3 of the original series. But it’s not the only thing we have this week: there is the British thriller ‘The Not Chosen’ and a fast-paced thriller starring the platform’s very regular Charlize Theron, who will put her most extreme survival skills into play. Series Stranger Things: Stories from ’85 First animated spin-off of ‘Stranger Things’, which allows us to recover the characters loved by fans with the ages of the first seasons (specifically, between the second and third), avoiding that annoying mania of the actors to grow and mature. Winter 1985 in Hawkins: The tranquility after the explosive end of the second year is shattered when a new threat emerges from The Other Side. The Duffer brothers serve as executive producers of this proposal seeking to recreate the aesthetics of Saturday morning cartoons from the eighties. The animation by the Australian studio Flying Bark Productions mixes modern techniques with retro sensibility but, yes, the original actors of the series do not participate in the dubbing. The unelected British psychological thriller that at some point is reminiscent of the memorable ‘The Leftovers’ and follows a young mother who lives with her husband and daughter within a hermetic Christian community. The appearance of an escaped prisoner reveals the reality and restrictions of that closed world, raising doubts about whether the community really looks out for Rosie’s best interests. Asa Butterfield, who plays the husband, was the protagonist of ‘Sex Education’ and among the supporting cast we have none other than the former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston. Other series Funny AF with Kevin Hart – April 20 Here we talk about orchards – April 22 Santita – April 22 Hulk Hogan: Real American – April 22 A love that never ends – April 22 He teacher – April 23 ORna new move (T2) – April 23 The Trials of Winnie Mandela – April 23 If the wishes they will kill – April 24 Movies Dominant predator Poxo sexy (although literal) Spanish translation of the much more suggestive original ‘Apex’, a survival thriller with which Charlize Theron returns to Netflix after the sequel to ‘The Old Guard’, which went somewhat unnoticed. Here she plays a grieving woman who ventures alone into the outback Australian and ends up trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a psychopath played by Taron Egerton. Directed by Icelandic Baltasar Kormákur, accustomed to dangerous environments like those of ‘Everest’ or ‘Drifting’. The best: Theron performed much of her own action scenes, as usual, and trained with professional climber Beth Rodden, so we will have a good physical display of the actress, who usually gives herself to the maximum in the genre. Usual Suspects One of the undisputed classics of the wave of thrillers that devastated the screens in the nineties with a cast that still impresses today: Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Gabriel Byrne and Benicio del Toro. A customs agent investigates a fire with 27 victims on a ship in the port of Los Angeles. Through the story of a conman who survived the massacre, the film reconstructs how five criminals met in a police lineup and ended up entangled in an operation orchestrated by Keyser Söze, a legendary and feared crime lord. Director Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey gained international recognition with this film written by Christopher McQuarrie, who would later direct the most spectacular installments of ‘Mission Impossible’, here in an early work for which he conceived one of the most memorable and influential final twists in history. Other movies Lainey Wilson: Country is still playing – April 22 Yiya Murano: Death at tea time – April 23 All sides of the bed – April 24 In Xataka | Netflix is ​​desperate to find the next franchise that will make it gold. The problem is that he can’t find it.

A frantic race has begun between China and the US for Brazil’s rare earths. And Brazil only asks for one thing in return.

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After a diplomatic incident with Japan, China abruptly reduced its exports of rare earths, causing an immediate shock in industries around the world that depended on these materials to manufacture everything from magnets to advanced electronics. For weeks, companies and governments discovered the extent to which a seemingly invisible resource could become a lever of global power. A global race that is decided far from Washington and Beijing. This push for critical minerals has entered a new phase, with Brazil now converted on the board where the interests of the United States and China intersect. The reason? They both search ensure access to key rare earths for technology, defense and energy transition, but this time they are not negotiating on equal terms. Brazil, with one of the largest reserves in the world, has made it clear tons of common sense: that it does not want to repeat the historical role of simple exporter of raw materials, and is using that position to redefine the rules of the game. The US accelerates, but Brazil slows down. Washington has intensified its offensive with multi-million dollar investment proposalsbilateral agreements and formulas to guarantee direct supply to US companies. It has even started to secure rights on production through financing, trying to close the path to China in a supply chain that it considers strategic. However, this approach has been perceived in Brazil like too aggressivewhich has generated political resistance and has stopped agreements that, on paper, would benefit both parties. China is still in the game. Meanwhile, China has not disappeared from the board, but quite the opposite: is still the main global player in the processing of rare earths and maintains active commercial relations with Brazil. Exports to the Asian giant have grownand its industrial experience remains difficult to match in the short term. This puts Brazil in a unique position, where it can negotiate simultaneously with multiple powers without being forced to choose, at least for now. The Brazilian condition. This is where Brazil introduces its strategic turn: opening the door to foreign capital, there is no problem with that, but with a clear and unusual condition in this type of agreement. It is not enough to extract resources, but any partner must contribute to local technological development, processing within the country and job creation. In other words, Brazil demands to transform its mineral wealth in own industrial capacitybreaking with decades of dependence in which it exported raw materials and imported finished products. From exporter to industrial power. This change of focus is translating in concrete proposalssuch as the possible creation of a state company to manage critical minerals or a battery of laws aimed at strengthening national control over the sector. The idea is clear: go from selling resources to build the entire chain of value within the country, from extraction to manufacturing of key components. There is no doubt that it will not be a quick or easy process, but it marks an ambition that goes far beyond a simple commercial agreement. The real pulse: who accepts Brazil’s rules. In essence, the competition between the United States and China for Brazilian rare earths is no longer fought only in terms of investment or access, but in who is willing to accept the conditions that third parties imposein this case Brazil. Because the country is not saying “no” to anyone, but something more uncomfortable for the great powers: “yes, but on our terms.” And that introduces a new element in the geopolitics of resources, one where control no longer depends only on who needs the minerals and has the money, but on who has the capacity (and the will) to impose the rules of the game. For Brazil, a master move. Image | NZ Defense Force, YouTube In Xataka | China has just discovered the largest deposit of rare earths in the world. And he did it just when he needed it most. In Xataka | The world’s rare earth reserves, laid out in this graph showing the brutal dominance of a single country

How to deduct home insurance on your 2025 income, and in what cases you can do it on your 2026 tax return

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We are going to tell you in which cases you can deduct home insurance from the 2025 Income Tax return, which is what we do in 2026 to account for the last fiscal year. You can now request and submit your draft online and from the mobilebut before doing so pay attention to this. We have already explained to you the most important boxes to which you have to pay attention in your declaration, but there are also others that should be looked at in case you can scratch any deductions. One of them is related to home insurance when the home is linked to a mortgage. We will tell you in which cases you can deduct this insurance and how to do it. Conditions to deduct home insurance In the Income Tax return that we are doing this year, you can only deduct insurance linked to homes that you have acquired before January 1, 2013. Therefore, the date you purchased your home is very important. The maximum annual deductible base for investment in housing amounts to 9,040 euros. You will be able to deduct 15% on this amount, so The maximum deduction is 1,356 euros in your statement. Home insurance is included in the deductions related to the mortgage, but it is not possible to deduct it entirely. In addition to this, another condition is that The insurance must be linked to a mortgage on a mandatory basis. Come on, at the time the bank should have forced you to take out this insurance as a requirement to grant you this mortgage, a practice that we can sometimes encounter. Specifically, the Tax Agency says the following: The premiums for life and fire insurance contracts, provided that they are included in the conditions of the mortgage loans obtained for the acquisition (or, where applicable, for the construction), rehabilitation or extension of the habitual residence. This means that you will also be able to deduct the insurance that you were forced to take out when the mortgage was to acquire the home, to rehabilitate it or to expand it. Besides, It must be your habitual residencenot a secondary or vacation one. How to deduct your home insurance If your home insurance meets the conditions to be able to deduct it, all you have to do is write the insurance amount in boxes 547 and 548 of the Income Tax return, which are those destined for investments in your habitual residence. The deduction amounts to 7.5% in the state section and another 7.5% in the regional. Self-employed workers will also be able to deduct workspace insurance, whether in-person or teleworking. In this case you will have to do it in box 200, the one Insurance premiums for this type of professional expenses. Here, as usual, You must have documentation proving payment of this insurance, and that the document details the risks covered. This should be kept in case the Treasury decides to do a check to verify that everything is true. In Xataka Basics | Income Guide 2025: calendar, previous steps and how to prepare for the 2026 declaration

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