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“they paint a lot for the Mediterranean communities of Spain”

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Between July 15 and August 15 the worst of the summer is concentrated. And it’s not a figure of speech: the hottest June day never registered in Spaindoes not even reach the top 20 of the hottest days ever recorded. Those four weeks are hell: the letters that the weather hands us every year. That is, the dog days. There is nothing new here if I tell you that it will be hot. What is new is that we arrived with two heat waves, 1,682 deaths attributable to heat and meteorologists like José Miguel VIñas warning that “They paint a lot for the Mediterranean communities of Spain“We arrived, then, with our tongues hanging out. What has happened to the dog days in the last 50 years? That’s a good question: if we go to the studio Heat waves in Spain since 1975 from AEMET, we found very interesting things. In general terms, the 75 heat waves that we have experienced in recent years follow a distribution very similar to that of decades ago. The window has not widened too much: it has moved forward somewhat, but (above all) it has filled up. The number of days of heat waves has multiplied by 2.3, but the only substantial thing that has changed is that: where there was heat before, there is now much more. The least obvious consequence… is that the traditional alarm calendar and the real risk calendar have become decoupled. If we look at the MoMo (mortality estimates from the Carlos III Health Institute), May left 123 deaths due to heat; June, 1,031; and the first week of July (which coincided with the second heat wave), 622. We have already borne a large part of the ‘bill’ of a normal summer and the worst part has not yet begun. And what can we expect? Right now the least risky forecast is simple: “a powerful ridge of African air, dry, very warm and dusty” will cause temperatures to skyrocket in the coming days. The situation is so extreme that, always according to the available models, there are some areas where temperatures close to absolute records are expected. And we must not forget that we are already close to 40 in many parts of the country (the provinces of Lleida and Zaragoza They scored 39 or more the day before yesterday and Valencia stayed close). A push of heat on this situation is just what we don’t need. Are we really going to reach 45 degrees? It is very difficult to make temperature estimates for so many days (even more so when it seems that there will be haze), but the possibility is on the table. They are alsothe hellish nights. Whatever happens in the next few days, it makes sense for us to start preparing. Image | BenBaso In Xataka | The networks are filling up with maps that promise the end of the heat. One thing is what we would like and another, very different, is what we know

Omoda and Jaecoo already sell more cars than Citroën, Nissan or Ford in Spain. And they are very clear that their secret is not in the price

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In the first half of 2026, Omoda has sold 13,208 cars according to data from Anfac. Jaecoo has placed 6,590 units on the market. Between both companies there are only six cars on the market (the Omoda 5 and Jaecoo 5 have electric versions) but their numbers are higher than those of Citroën, Ford or Nissan, companies more than established in our country and that have been great bestsellers. AND Francesco Colonnesevice president of Omoda&Jaecoo Iberia, is very clear about why. Shot. “This year we will reach close to 40,000 units.” That is the objective they have within Omoda&Jaecoo for our country, according to Colonnese who has expressed his reading of the market in The Country. The numbers, of course, point to this because in the first half of the year they already touched 20,000 units, already close to just under more than 25,000 units with which they closed last year. The situation of Omoda and Jaecoo is just the certification that three Chinese companies have arrived in Spain to occupy a relevant position in the market. Its cars are the basis of the almost 14,000 units that Ebro has put on the market so far this year. BYD has already registered 22,860 units (double than last year). MG, the leader, is in a technical tie with last year, signing 25,137 units. And in Europe, which was still resisting Chinese brands, BYD already sells more cars than Citroën. “They have to get their act together”. The reasons why Colonnese believes that Chinese manufacturers are gaining ground in Spain are very clear: “European manufacturers have to step up. When someone arrives who raises the level of quality and technology in cars, you have to try to provide the same service; you can’t stay with what you have because, suddenly, you go from being super modern to super old, from technological to analog…” In his words, the vice president of Omoda&Jaecoo Iberia defends that price is not the only reason why its cars are growing at a devilish rate. “It’s not that the customer buys from us for 3,000 euros less, but because we provide double the electric range. Until the Chinese arrived, until we arrived, (the plug-in hybrids) had 40-50 kilometers of electric range, now they have 150 kilometers.” a good business. This defense of the plug-in hybrid makes a lot of sense for the company. At this time, Omoda has sneaked in the Omoda 7 and to Omoda 9 among the 10 best-selling cars with this technology in Spain. Cars that, as we told you in these tests (previous links), we liked for their low consumption and high technological load. Yes, but. Although Colonnese assures that its customers buy them for “the quality of our cars, which have technology everywhere, something that was not common in the sector”, the truth is that Omoda&Jaecoo, like the rest of the Chinese brands (five of the 10 best-selling plug-in hybrids in Spain are Chinese), offer products much cheaper than the competition. Equal equipment, as we tell in this BYD Seal U testthere is no possible comparison with other models. But part of this advantage in the market comes because Chinese cars with combustion engines, unlike electric cars, do not pay the extra tariffs that were imposed in 2024. They have become, as we already warned, the Trojan horse with which to quickly gain market share. The times. What is indisputable is that Chinese manufacturers are monetizing investments and arrival in our country in record time. Their cars offer a more technological image that quickly adapts to current customer tastes. That, in a world that advances at a devilish pace, is key because a car has been designed for a decade if we add the development time and the time that this car had to be on the market. From Chery (owner of Omoda&Jaecoo) they have long defended that That ability to adapt and solve problems is key. Instead of launching a car that is as refined as possible but developed over years, what Chinese manufacturers prefer is to launch a very solvent product and apply subtle changes if necessary in record time. These very short development times are what are dynamiting the industry and putting traditional manufacturers on the ropes. At Toyota they are clear that they need to be more agile to compete and The Renault Twingo has been designed in China to have it on the market as soon as possible. Photo | In Xataka | Europe has focused on stopping Chinese electric cars. The real threat is in its cars with combustion engines

the trial that shocked Spain and that, 30 years later, we do not know what it turned out to be

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Florentino Fernández testified from Madrid, Chiquito de la Calzada from Málaga, and a judge had to ask if he had literally pronounced “black lake, white lake.” Thirty years after that sight, almost as surreal as the character himself, not even its protagonists agree on how the subject ended. The clone. On September 18, 1995, Telecinco premiered ‘Tonight we crossed the Mississippi’, a late night presented by Pepe Navarro that combined interviews, social chronicle and sketches. It was in this hodgepodge of excesses that Lucas Grijander, played by Florentino Fernández, appeared: an imitator who reproduced the invented language, gestures and cadence of Chiquito de la Calzada, then at the height of his popularity after becoming famous as a comedian after turning 60. The man from Malaga did not take long to take the matter to court. That sinful fistro. Grijander It was not a disguised imitation: He lived in the fictitious republic of Chiquitistan and repeated jokes and phrases modeled after those of Chiquito. He said “See you later Lucas” and “For the glory of my mother”, he wore Chiquito’s characteristic printed shirts and filled his speech with little screams and small heel-toe-heel jumps. The success of Florentino Fernández’s character accelerated Chiquito’s transformation into a pop icon to the same extent or more than the activity of the original Chiquito himself. In fact, his fame was so enormous that he generated his own exploitation, Crispín Klander. The documentary. All of this is told by Javier Morales and Juan Zavala in the upcoming Movistar+ documentary ‘The Other Chiquito’, which also contextualizes how the original phenomenon cannot be understood without the context of a Spain that was emerging from the hangover of 1992 and that found in the humorist’s absurd language a kind of collective refuge. In parallel, the private networks, newborn and still without established rules, competed for formulas capable of hooking the midnight audience. Diego San José, creator of the original idea of ​​the documentary, wonders if Grijander was plagiarized or Fernández literally created “another Chiquito.” What Florentino Fernández says. In 2017, on the occasion of Chiquito’s 85th birthday, Florentino Fernández recalled the litigation in the program ‘Dani & Flo‘. The comedian from Madrid avoided the word “plagiarism” and spoke of a complaint for impersonation, which affected not only Lucas Grijander but also Crispín Klander. The process had moments that bordered on involuntary comedy, such as the judge’s famous question about whether he had pronounced “black lake, white lake.” Fernández expressed his admiration for the comedian at all times and assured that the conflict was resolved amicably. There is some personal blogs about television who contradict him, and say that Chiquito lost the lawsuit without taking any compensation, but officially, it is not known. In fact, this documentary void is what the production itself promises to explain. Morales and Zavala have described the litigation as something that transcends the anecdote and define the case as “a wound that Chiquito carried until his death,” from which it is understood that the lawsuit did not have a satisfactory conclusion for the comedian. In the end, one of the great judicial mysteries of modern Spain comes from one of the most excessive and brilliant comedians that our television has ever produced, the original Chiquito. Pure Celtiberia Show. In Xataka | 13 geniuses of Chiquito that made him the most wonderful comedian of his time

Albarracín is one of the best places in Spain to see the eclipse. And also the biggest cartographic hell in the country

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What if when you changed streets in your town you moved to another? How does this affect the cadastral level? What demonym do you use if in reality your region is “kidnapped” by others? In Spain there is a riddled place in its cartography and that place is called Albarracín, a municipality in the province of Teruel (Aragón) which, for centuries, was surrounded by villages that sought autonomy, organized themselves into their own community and ended up purchasing their independence in 1689, which fragmented the term into 24 municipalities that today act as enclaves within their territory. A political-administrative delirium that goes from the medieval to the modern and leaves us with an impossible map that on August 12 will also be one of the best viewpoints of the total eclipse. A map full of holes. To the southwest of Teruel and with just over a thousand inhabitants, Albarracín is one of the strangest terms in Spain. Within its term there are “islands” that do not belong to Albarracín, but to villages separated centuries ago. 24 independent municipalities, just like that. These fitted pieces de facto delimit the territory, generating a network of villages that turns the map into a puzzle. And how does this affect day to day life? For example, selling a plot of land in Albarracín requires surgeon-like precision. Before closing the operation, it is necessary to check with a magnifying glass which municipality governs that land, if the plot matches exactly between Cadastre and Registry, and if its boundaries have changed due to the history of the municipal area. In such a fragmented area, the problem is usually not “the sale” itself, but the identification of the property: if there are discrepancies in area, space or limits, if rectifications, annexes or extra certificates appear and, sometimes, topographic measurements to prevent the buyer from inheriting a lawsuit or a tax surprise. Something as obvious as in which municipality the IBI is settled is here a geological escape room. At a legal level, Any conflict of boundaries, easements or discrepancy between Cadastre and deed may delay the signing. A problem of mountains and boundaries. First it was an independent manor (that of the Azagra). Later, after the conquest by Pedro III in 1284, the Christian repopulation of the area and the definitive incorporation of the city to the Crown of Aragon around 1300, Albarracín remained the center of a large mountain territory. At the beginning of the 14th century, the towns of the mountains began to organize themselves into a supra-municipal entity distinct from the city to manage mountains, pastures and taxes and, above all, to gain margin against the Albarracinense tutelage. That early structure had few powers at first, but over time it reinforced its autonomy and prepared the ground for jurisdictional rupture. Buy independence. In 1689 the point of no return arrived, when that entity was formalized as the Community of Villages of Albarracín. A jurisdictional separation granted by Charles II himself. Thus he managed to definitively separate from the city. The villages paid 45,000 ducats to achieve full jurisdictional separation, becoming their own municipalities under the umbrella of the Community. From this process, among others, Bronchales, Gea de Albarracín, Orihuela del Tremedal, Tramacastilla, Griegos, Jabaloyas or Villar del Cobo were born, which today circumvent or directly pierce the original terminus. It’s sesmas time. To understand this community we must talk about its four “sesmas” (Jabaloyas, Bronchales, Royuela and Frías). These blocks grouped villages and resources into subdistricts. Each municipality inherited scattered plots, hills and pastures, creating a mosaic that makes you laugh at private property in Ireland. Small portions nested within each other whose seal, under political geography, has its own administration: they are defined as enclaves. And in Albarracín they are counted in dozens. Wars and Carlists. The Community of Villages remained a public law institution for almost two centuries, coexisting with the city of Albarracín. Until the Carlist Wars and their great liberal provincial reform dissolved it, in 1833. The Spanish administrative map was reorganized and Albarracín, with a Carlist tendency, was occupied by liberal troops, punishing the region for a conflict that neither went nor came to them. But no one beat the stubborn ones and the new division maintained the multiplicity of municipalities. Decades passed and these municipalities continued to function independently within the province of Teruel. We are already talking about the 20th century and even the 21st: Albarracín is a heritage and tourist reference. In 2003, the Government of Aragon created the Sierra de Albarracín region through Law 1/2003which once again grouped Albarracín and its 24 municipalities into the same regional entity. The region respects the municipal boundaries, so the cartographic hell persists, but with a layer of supra-municipal coordination that is reminiscent of the ancient medieval community. Total eclipse over the labyrinth. As the great Bonnie Tyler sang, may she rest in peace, the “total eclipse” will bathe these lands. Cartographic irony wants the total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 to cross Spain from west to east at sunset and cross the Sierra de Albarracín. This area is, without a doubt, one of the best viewpoints in the entire world. In Albarracin, The partial eclipse will begin around 19:36:45totality will begin at 20:30:59, reaching its maximum at 20:31:46 with the Sun only 6 degrees high and magnitude 1.032. It will end at 20:32:32, with the end of the partial around 21:04, already close to sunset. And what are the best viewpoints? Note: the natural space of Rodeno, that of Muela de San Juan in Griegos, that of Santa Barbara in GuadalaviarEl Batán in Tramacastilla and Carrizuelo in Villar del Cobo, although Santos de la Piedra in Pozondón and Alto Cabezo in Saldón are also great. Let us keep in mind that, for the eclipse, what is important is the west orientation, the height and a clean horizon. The Sierra de Albarracín starts with that natural advantage: little light pollution, high relief and a network of ideal … Read more

How to watch Spain – France: date and time of the World Cup semi-final match, and where you can watch it on any device

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Let’s explain to you How and where you can watch Spain’s match against France. This is the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, a match of the highest level that could well be worthy of the final, in which two of the great candidates for the title face each other. Let’s make the article simple. First we are going to tell you the date and time to which this match is played. And then, we will tell you what your options are to be able to watch it from any device. Date and time of Spain – France Spain’s match against France will take place today, Tuesday, July 14. Both teams will face each other at the AT&T Stadium in the state of Texas, which during the tournament is being called Dallas Stadium. This semi-final will be played at 9:00 p.m. in Spanish peninsular time8pm in the Canary Islands. There can only be one left, and the winner will face the team that wins England – Argentina in the grand final tomorrow. Where to watch Spain – France As we have explained to you when we told you where you can watch the 2026 World Cupas it is a match for the Spanish National Team, you will be able watch it for free live through La1. This will allow you to see it both on DTT and on mobile phones or browsers through RTVE Play. Obviously, the party It will also be issued in the payment options that you could have to watch all the World Cup matches. It will be broadcast on DAZN and you will be able to watch it on any device if you have it contracted. You can also see it on the DAZN Mundial channel, available on both Movistar Plus and Orange TV. In Xataka Basics | Apps for football results: the best 14 applications to receive notifications and see match statistics

If France loses against Spain, at least it can console itself by recovering Spanish territory in the Basque Country. Will do it in 16 days

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If France loses against Spain in the World Cup semi-finalsin just 16 days you will have a little consolation. Yes, on August 1 it will recover, in a completely peaceful and automatic manner, the administration of a Spanish territory in the heart of the Basque Country. It will not be a sporting revenge or a conquest, but rather the replacement planned for more than a century and a half of Pheasant Islanda tiny islet that has become one of the most unusual symbols of peace in Europe. A curious “revenge”. While Spain and France once again measure their strength on the playing field, there is a place where the rivalry between both countries is resolved in a way much less common. If the French are defeated, the calendar reserves them a curious compensation: next August 1 they will take over for six months the administration of Pheasant Island, an islet located in the Bidasoa River, between Irun and Hendaye. In essence, it does not change ownership or nationality in the strict sense, but it does authority changes who manages it, in a ritual that has been repeated every year with almost clockwork precision since the 19th century. As small as it is enormous in symbolism. Pheasant Island is barely between 130 and 200 meters long and its surface changes slightly depending on the riverbed, oscillating between about 2,000 and 6,800 square meters. It is completely uninhabited, closed to the public almost all year round and does not even house pheasants, despite what its name indicates. However, its historical importance is immense because for centuries it was the setting chosen to resolve some of the most delicate diplomatic episodes between the Spanish and French crowns. Meeting of Louis XIV and Philip IV on Pheasant Island in 1660 (Meeting of the two kings on Pheasant Island, painting by Jacques Laumosnier) The islet that ended a war. Long before becoming a shared territory, the island was already considered an neutral ground. There the exchange of King Francis I of France for his children took place in 1526 after the battle of pavia and, decades later, the exchange of princesses between both monarchies. But the decisive episode came in 1659, when Spain and France negotiated and signed in that same place. the Treaty of the Pyreneesthe agreement that ended more than two decades of war and established much of the border that both countries continue to share today. A year later, the island also hosted the wedding between Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria, daughter of Philip IV, definitively becoming a symbol of reconciliation. In 1861, the two neighboring countries erected a monument on the island in commemoration of the Treaty of the Pyrenees. The solution was to share it forever. That symbolic value ended up legally crystallizing almost two centuries later. The Treaty of Bayonne of 1856 established that the island would belong “individually” to both countries, giving rise to what is usually considered the smallest condo of the world. Since then, Spain administers the islet between February 1 and July 31, while France does the same between August 1 and January 31. The handover is not simply administrative: authorities from both countries celebrate an official ceremony in which the transfer is formalized, maintaining a tradition that has been carried out without interruptions for more than 160 years. There are others, but none of them work like that. The concept of international condominium is not exclusive to Pheasant Island. There are other territories jointly administered, such as some river areas between Germany and Luxembourg, the Gulf of Fonseca shared by Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, the Brcko district in Bosnia and Herzegovina or even Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty. However, none of them reproduces a system as striking as that of Bidasoa: a strict alternation every six months, ceremonial and perfectly regulated, in which management passes from one country to the other without disputes, claims or diplomatic tensions. An example of cooperation. The idyllic image of the islet contrasts with some of the current problems on the Franco-Spanish border. In recent years the Bidasoa River has become at a passing point for numerous migrants trying to reach France, and several of them have lost their lives trying to cross its waters. This reality reminds us that the border continues to be a sensitive spacealthough precisely for this reason Pheasant Island retains an even greater value: it demonstrates that a territory born of a war can be transformed, over generations, into a mechanism of peaceful cooperation. The biggest victory between the two was never played in a stadium. Semifinals, finals and sports rivalries always end with a winner and a loser. Pheasant Island represents just the opposite. It was born from one of the great European conflicts of the 17th century, but today it works thanks to an agreement that neither of the two countries questions and that is renewed twice a year with absolute normality. Therefore, if France ends up falling today against Spain, it will always be able to say that the defeat was short-lived: Just sixteen days later you will once again administer a small piece of territory located between both countries, the same place where centuries ago they decided that the best way to end a war was to learn to share the map. Image | ZaratemanJacques Laumosnier, Iñaki LL In Xataka | Spain does not wait for France: it is studying a huge submarine cable with distant Ireland to stop being an energy island In Xataka | It’s in France and the sea swallows it twice a day: this is the road where you risk your car if you don’t look at the clock

The new Huawei MatePad Pro Max is now available in Spain

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Our colleague already told it Javier Penalva: the new Huawei MatePad Pro Max It is a tablet that impresses. Right now we only have it available to buy in the official Huawei store: its price is 1,199 eurosalthough it must be taken into account that, at the time of writing these lines, it indicates that its delivery It will not occur until next July 22. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A huge tablet, but very thin This is a very interesting high-end tablet for those looking for top performance with a good screen. The Huawei MatePad Pro Max mounts a 13.2-inch PaperMatte OLED panel with a peak brightness of 1,600 nits and a refresh rate of 144 Hz, which makes it ideal for working, watching a movie on the couch, and even playing video games. In fact, it comes with six speakers which makes it perfect for these last two things. The size of the diagonal already tells us that it is a large tablet, but it is not something that also applies to the thickness. This Huawei tablet It is 4.7 millimeters thickwhich makes it very fine. Despite this, the Chinese manufacturer has managed to fit a 9,760 mAh battery inside that promises to provide about ten hours of autonomy for mixed use. In addition to all of the above, it should be noted that the tablet now comes with a keyboard case included and even with the Huawei M-Pencil Pro as a giftwhich will allow us to use it for productivity, drawing or writing. Of course: we must keep in mind that we will not be able to use Google apps in it, something that can be a stumbling block for many users. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: huawei matepad pro max ✅ THE BEST Trousers and a six-top speaker system: Its OLED screen of more than 13 inches and its six speakers make it ideal for watching multimedia content. Almost 10,000 mAh battery in less than 5 mm thickness: It has a very good battery capacity with a very thin thickness. That, together with its 500 grams, makes it also quite manageable. Comes with the pencil included as a gift: It comes with the Huawei pencil and a keyboard case, two almost essential accessories to make the most of what this tablet offers. ❌ THE WORST Without Google apps: Like other Huawei devices, this tablet does not have access to Google applications. Its high launch price: It is a tablet that costs almost 1,200 euros, which is a significant barrier to getting it. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a tablet that stands out for having an OLED screen, a good speaker system and good autonomy without that implying that it is a hulk. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Do you prefer to wait for the price to drop or do you want an alternative that does have access to Google services. You may also be interested Apple iPad Pro 13″ (M5): Ultra Retina XDR Display, 12 MP Horizontal Front Camera and 12 MP Rear Camera, Wi-Fi 7 with Apple N1 Chip, 256 GB — Silver The price could vary. We earn commission from these links XIAOMI Pad 8 Pro Black;8+ 256 GB; 11.2 inch screen; Battery 9200 mAh; 67W charger; Charger included (Wi-FI version) 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 | Huawei, Xataka In Xataka | Best tablets 2026: which one to buy and seven recommended models In Xataka | Best tablets in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and seven recommended models

Spain is full of cables that “don’t belong to anyone”

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The Los Gallardos fire, in Almería, is already the deadliest of the century in Spain: a dozen dead, some 6,600 hectares and 1,405 evicted. Many of the victims They appeared inside their carstrapped on a dead end road. And while the Civil Guard works to identify everyone and the INFOCA teams work to completely put out the fire, the public debate becomes increasingly intense. There will be many topics to analyze, but there is one in particular whose importance will be capital: the one that started it all, the cable that could have turned it all on. The cable theory. Almost from the first moment, the theory that a broken electricity cable could be the cause of the tragedy spread like wildfire. At dawn on Friday, Endesa sent a technical team and concluded that the cable was not its own. RedEléctrica was quick to add that it was not part of its transportation network either. As they explained, it would be a private low voltage connection which served an abandoned restaurant (bar Anita) decommissioned since 2009. According to the technicians, in fact, the cable should not have tension. And, of course, without tension there are no sparks. That The judicial experts have already made it clear: If there is no electrical charge circulating through the copper, it is physically impossible for the fires to originate there as described. This has opened the debate: was it really “without tension” as it appears in Endesa’s files or was it being used (“underhand”) to supply scattered farmhouses? We still don’t know, but (beyond the specific case of Los Gallardos) the interesting thing is the question it raises: how many cables like these are loose in Spain? What exactly happens with the cables? The first thing is to realize that we are facing a serious problem. And not exactly because the fraction of fires caused by cables are many, but because they tend to be very destructive. In California, for example, the cables are behind approximately half of the most destructive fires in its history despite causing less than 10% of ignitions. In Spain we do not have clear statistics, but some studies say that the figures are around the same percentages: in Aragon the power lines caused this year around 10% of accidental firesand WWF reports already place them among the causes of large fires. And no one does anything? Well, after the Guadalajara fires of 2005, the State forced the network owners to keep the margins of your lines clear and review them from time to time. However, the case of Los Gallardos highlights something about which we have reflected little: there are many lines that, on a practical level, belong to no one. That is the big problem: An old connection to a ruin, without maintenance and perhaps with informal current, can be a huge source of problems. And now what? Once responsibilities are resolved, there will be more pressure to monitor private power lines in forest areas (something that is frequently debated in California). But the solutions are always the same: finance prevention It is boring and, for this reason, we are spending 400 million a year in Spain when it would take ten or fifteen times more. Image | Dina Lydia In Xataka | The fire in Los Gallardos (Almería) reminds us of the car trap: it is not a shelter, it is a lethal oven

The best platforms to share expenses on subscriptions legally in Spain

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Let’s tell you the best platforms to share expenses on subscriptions completely legally. They are all platforms that work in Spain, and are used to pay for family plans together and, thus, the subscription is cheaper than if you pay for it on your own. Digital families are always a good method to share a subscription and make it cheaper for everyone. And although many platforms try to combat them, it is still a widely used method. But if you don’t want to spend time asking your friends who wants to share a specific subscription, these platforms help you share it with strangers from all over the country. Spliit One of the pioneering and leading platforms in subscription sharing. French and created in 2019, it connects users who want to share with those who want to join a multi-user subscription. The platform charge co-subscribers a commission of 5% + 99 cents each month. For example, if the offer is 4 euros per month, you will pay 5.19 euros. Subscription owners are charged 25% of the transaction amount, with a maximum of 1 euro only the first month for each new co-subscriber. The owner publishes the ad, and those who want to co-subscribe have a search engine with all the subscription services, and with the offers in each of them. Sharingful The great Spanish alternative to create digital families. Its strong point is that everything is entirely in Spanish, from the interface to the support, although the commissions are higher than other alternatives. The platform automate paymentsalthough its catalog of services that you can share is a little lower. Even so, it offers support for sharing just over 30 digital platforms, including major streaming services. It has mobile applications, the system automatically renews your access, and also allows you to cancel at any time. Sharesub The great French alternative to Spliiit, a shared subscription service that operates mainly in Europe. Its model is the same, account owners publish their free places, and other users can join paying their proportional part of the total. Monthly payments are automated, and it has over 500 subscription services available. Its great incentive is that does not charge commissions to those who share the places in their accountsand a 5% commission plus 0.90 euros is applied to subscribers, which is already included in the price that the platform shows you. Together Price An Italian platform with consolidated presence in Spainand that also connects groups of users to share the cost of multi-user plans. It works like the others, allowing you to share the free spaces of your subscriptions or pay to access one of them. In addition to the usual streaming services, it offers music, cloud applications, video games, office automation and even design tools. Commissions are always added to the final price so that you don’t get any surprises. GoSplit A fairly large Asian platform that works like its European competitors. It offers around 200 services spread across several categories, and everything is done instantly. Of course, it receives many complaints for problems with customer servicerefunds and inactive groups, so be careful. Forums and social networks The large Spanish forums are also used to search for threads where there are users who are looking for “digital family” to share their accounts. Here, normally a group is created in a messaging app and everything is managed there. Of course, it is recommended that the person managing each account be trustworthy. In addition to that, you can also find WhatsApp or Telegram groups where accounts are shared, or even go to groups where you have friends and talk directly to them, even being able to go one by one asking questions. If your friends trust you, no one will be bitter about paying a little less. Splitwise This is the most popular expense sharing app in the world. We put it at the end because it is not explicitly used to share a subscription, although it can be used to manage the division of expenses if you are going to share a family account with your friends. Its operation is simple. First you create a group and add the subscription with what it costs per month. The app then keeps track of who owes what to whom, simplifying cross-debts, especially in cases like share multiple subscriptions in your group of friends and let each person manage one. In Xataka Basics | The best apps for Android 2026: new, essential and hidden gems

The Chinese GWM arrives in Spain with combustion as its flag

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If Chinese brands definitively make a place for themselves in Europe, Spain will have been, without a doubt, their great gateway. If we take the data so far this year as a reference, we can certify that, in our country, the Chinese car is already a frequently repeated option among the best-selling vehicles in each category. To give some data, among the 10 best-selling electric cars there are three Chinese cars, according to ANFAC. Among the 10 best-selling plug-in hybrids there are five Chinese cars. And among the 10 best-selling non-plug-in hybrids there are two other Chinese cars. That is to say, combining all these categories, one in every three cars sold is Chinese. Without any doubt, The plug-in hybrid is where it has to gain the most ground the chinese car Western manufacturers have chosen to go electric in many cases and the Chinese do not pay tariffs as it does with electric ones. At the same time, the product they offer is much more equipped and much cheaper (equaling size, equipment and/or power) than the European, Japanese or American ones. It is no coincidence that the non-plug-in hybrids It is the least fertile ground for Chinese cars. Here, Toyota dominates strongly (four of the five best sellers are theirs) and the Westerners have filled their offer with microhybrids that add up in this category even though the savings are ridiculous. But he MG ZS and the Omoda 5 They have already entered the list of best sellers. Both cars are from companies that are very clear that they manufacture all kinds of technology, that they are not there to close doors. Betting on an audience that in many cases has been left orphaned of really cheap options among Westerners or those who are disenchanted with its rise in pricethey are very clear that there is a market niche to exploit. That’s exactly where GWM attacks. Great Wall Motors is the latest Chinese company to arrive in Spain. It does so, for now, with the ORA 5, a car that will be sold in purely combustion format, with hybrid and electric versions. With a groundbreaking starting price, it is very clear who it is targeting. And seeing the success of MG or Omoda/Jaecoo, it certainly seems that the pool has water. What is GWM and what does it offer? GWM, acronym for Great Wall Motors, is an automobile group created in 1990 with headquarters in Baoding, Hebei (China, of course). The company sells itself as “a global mobility technology company” and has different subbrands that, we will see later, if they arrive in Spain. During the presentation we were assured that we would see “the future of what is to come”at which time they showed us the huge SUVs with a more classic flavor (but full of technology) that they sell under the Tank brand or the luxury minivans that they sell under the Wey name. But no specific landing dates or any other details were indicated. What is certain is that the company arrives with the Pray 5. This is a kind of compact SUV with soft shapes on the outside and that seems well finished on the inside. During the presentation we could only verify that it is a car that seems well executed inside, made of humble plastics and that does not offer great luxuries but is well finished. We also couldn’t test its infotainment system, so we can hardly say that the first impression was good. Ora 5, the first GWM car in Spain Yes, we were told that the car will arrive with an intelligent voice assistant, a 14.6-inch central screen and a 10.25-inch instrument panel, connectivity with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, remote control of some functions from the mobile phone and USB-A and C type chargers. But perhaps the most interesting thing is that this car will come with all types of engines, from pure combustion versions to hybrid and electric. The combustion option has a 1.5 turbocharged engine with 160 HP that starts at 19,950 euros. On top of that, the hybrid option electrifies that same engine and takes the set up to 223 HP. In this case it will be sold for 22,350 euros. The electric will be sold for 23,850 euros and has 204 HP and a 58.3 kWh battery signed by SVolt. All prices have launch campaigns and the electric one has the corresponding aid. With these prices and this product, it is expected that the options with combustion engines will be the most interesting for the potential customer and this is where the brand seems to have the most hopes. And it was repeatedly warned that they are not a company that thinks about a single technology or a single type of product. The goal is to continue expanding the range to reach the maximum number of potential customers possible. Much more than the Ora 5 Although the Ora 5 will be GWM’s first car in Spain (it can already be purchased, in fact), the company aspires to establish itself with many other proposals. That is why you have to know more about the company. GWM is particular because, unlike the majority of Chinese brands that only bet on what they call new energy vehicles (plug-in hybrid, electric and extended range electric cars) and a very specific engine (that famous 1.5T that the vast majority of cars come from there with a combustion engine are fitted with), this company offers other things. For example, in your Tank you can find cars with V8 engine. and they have a motorcycle under the Souo brand with eight cylinders. Wei Jianjun, the owner of the company, is a lover of cars and big engines, which is why he continues to focus on offering engines that one has dreamed of all his life. And the first Tanks that we were able to see and touch, of course, are spectacular and are a direct rival to authentic off-roaders like the Jeep … Read more

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