Spanish police search ruling Socialist party headquarters – Europe live

Search takes place amid intensifying focus on separate allegations of influence peddling as problems worsen for prime minister Pedro Sanchez As we are waiting for Sánchez to show up for his press conference at the (very grand) Spanish embassy at the Vatican, we have just heard from Pope Leo, who decried what he called a “sharp intensification” of the war in Ukraine, telling pilgrims at his weekly audience at the Vatican that he wanted to express closeness to civilians killed in recent attacks.

“I am following with concern the war in Ukraine,” Leo, the first US pope, said. “ War does not solve problems, but aggravates them. It does not build security, but multiplies suffering and hatred.” Continue reading...