Drone Strike Near Nuclear Site in the Emirates. This is an incident that “raises new fears of a possible new outbreak” in the Middle East, notes Al-Jazeera. A drone strike hit a Sunday “electric generator” near the Barakah nuclear site in the west of the country, according to authorities. This caused a fire near the plant, without causing any injuries or a rise in radioactivity. The International Atomic Energy Agency, however, expressed its “deep concern.” An adviser to the Emirati president denounced the attack on his part as a “terrorist attack,” seeming to suggest Iranian involvement, without accusing them directly. On Sunday, Donald Trump also made new threats of annihilation against Tehran. “There will be nothing left” of Iran if the country fails to reach an agreement with the United States quickly, he warned on his Truth Social platform, as the two countries have not spoken directly since talks in Pakistan in mid-April.
In Andalusia, Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party in Decline. The party of the Spanish Prime Minister, PSOE, led in this region by former Deputy Prime Minister Maria Jesus Montero, “recorded its worst result in [Andalusia’s] history, dropping from 30 to 28 seats,” highlights El Pais. “Its decline, however, was less severe than feared by the socialists during the final week of the campaign.” On the right, the Popular Party (PP) won the election, obtaining 53 seats, a decrease of five seats. Losing its absolute majority, it “will have to rely on the far-right party Vox to govern,” specifies El Pais. This crucial regional election serves as a rehearsal for the legislative elections a year from now in a region with almost nine million inhabitants, nearly 18% of the country’s total population.
Presidential Election in Peru: Fujimori and Sanchez Officially Advance to the Second Round. The right-wing candidate and the left-wing candidate will face off on June 7, announced the electoral authority on Sunday. Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, came in first in the April first round with 17.1% of the votes, followed by Roberto Sanchez with 12%, detailed the National Jury of Elections, after completing the official count of the April 12 election. “Never have we had two winners so unpopular,” notes journalist Rosa Maria Palacios in an analysis published on the site of La Republica. “This confirms two things: Sanchez is not as successful as [Pedro] Castillo [the ousted leftist president], and Fujimori has certainly progressed, but remains largely unpopular,” she emphasized, recalling that nine out of ten Peruvians did not vote for Fujimori or Sanchez.
