26-Jul-21: 'Summer's most destructive wildfire to date finally contained'

<p dir="ltr"><span>1,700 hectares of forest and agricultural land were burned in the counties of Conca de Barber&agrave; and Anoia by a blaze that began on Saturday. Nearby towns were confined and dozens of people evacuated. The heavy rain that fell today helped firefighters put out the flames, but they fear the wildfire season is far from over.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-12bca558-7fff-59cb-3aff-d9d29ea985cb"><span>With Covid infections falling again, the fifth wave of the pandemic is now being felt in hospitals, with the situation described as critical. There are more than 500 patients in intensive care units, double the amount of only 10 days ago.</span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>Catalan business minister Roger Torrent will appear in court next September over his former role as parliament speaker. Torrent and three other politicians are accused of disobedience for allowing votes on self-determination and against the monarchy. </span><span>If found guilty, he could be disqualified from public office.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c248998e-7fff-8e83-3c32-5ced61165c0f"><span>Barcelona will be home to the New Masculinities Center in October as the council wants to promote "positive, open, plural and heterogeneous" kinds of masculinity as well as prevent both homophobia and transphobia. </span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1081e998-7fff-aa09-7183-0538e560bcb2"><span>The Culture Festival of the Pyrenees is on! It opened on Sunday with dancer Cesc Gelabert&rsquo;s performance at the Santa Maria d&rsquo;&Agrave;neu church.</span><span> The line-up also features prominent musicians like Maria del Mar Bonet, Mishima, and Roger Mas.</span></span></p> / ACN

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July 26, 2021 08:15 PM