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‘El Guapo’: The Spanish PM standing up to Trump – podcast
By March 16, 2026

Madrid-based journalist Guy Hedgecoe explains why Pedro Sánchez has been one of the few European leaders to challenge the US president on IranWhen the US and Israel launched their attack on Iran two weeks ago, the response from European leaders was mut…

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin
ByEoghan Gilmartin March 7, 2026

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroadSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called his 2019 political memoir A Manual for Resistance: a fitting title for a centre-…

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German foreign minister says ‘we will not allow ourselves to be divided’ after Trump-Spain spat – as it happened
ByJakub Krupa March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

The US president previously threatened to stop all trade with Spain after it said it didn’t back the US-Israeli military operation against IranMeanwhile, France has allowed US aircraft on some of its bases in the Middle East during the conflict opposin…

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‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain
BySam Jones in Madrid March 4, 2026

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’Middle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald T…

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Spain Denies U.S. Military Use of Its Bases for Iran Attack
ByJason Horowitz March 2, 2026

The leftist government in Madrid said the war against Iran violated both international law and the agreement between Spain and the United States on the use of air bases.

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Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
BySam Jones in Madrid March 2, 2026

Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli actionUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warSpain has denied the US permission to use jointly operated mili…

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‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab
ByGiles Tremlett February 26, 2026

After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordealOn 27 August 2013, a tall, spirited nine-year-old girl wit…

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Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again
BySam Jones in Madrid January 23, 2026

Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperationSpain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Israeli-made Pegasus software to target the mobile …

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Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel’s Participation Leads to Boycott
ByAlex Marshall December 4, 2025

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

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The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
By October 11, 2025

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shiftingThe ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been met with joy and relief across the Middle East and beyond. Over…

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