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For two years, José Luis Peñas risked his life making secret recordings that revealed one of Spain's biggest corruption scandals.It forced the ruling party from power and brought down Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in 2018.José Luis Peñas speaks to Ben Henderson.(Photo: Mariano Rajoy (right) moments after resigning. Credit: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/Pool via Getty Images)

Spain's Congress will hold a vote of no-confidence at the end of this week. If it is successful it will bring down the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. What are the implications of this vote on the state of Spain's domestic politics today? How does Spain view its role in NATO and other transatlantic agreements? Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Pedro Morenés, joins Brian Hanson to discuss.

Spain announces intent to sack Catalonia’s government Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has asked the Senate for the power to sack the Catalan government. Thousands protested in response and Catalan leader Puigedemont compared the move to the Franco dictatorship.

Felipe González, who is Spain’s longest-serving prime minister, has stepped into the debate over what the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) should do to break the prolonged impasse that is keeping the country without a fully functional government. González, 74, says he feels betrayed by PSOE Secretary General Pedro Sánchez, who allegedly told him that the party would abstain at the second round of an investiture vote in Congress. This follows Spain's Socialist leader facing mounting pressure Monday to let acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy form a new government and end a months'long political impasse, after his party suffered losses in two regional elections. Spain's Basque Country and Galicia had gone to the polls Sunday in regional elections that might have produced some momentum as the PSOE boss has now come under pressure to resign. FIVE men have been jailed in Spain after an overcrowded party in 2012 they organised caused a stampede that killed five women. A Madrid court found the group guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced them to prison with terms ranging from two-and-a-half to four years THE mayor of Marbella is being investigated for granting his friend the use of a police escort at his wedding. Jose Bernal issued friend and fellow PSOE politician Daniel Garcia Andreu a two horse escort at his glitzy wedding in Marbella on June 3. In Europe,a whistleblower has claimed volunteers in the Calais jungle camp are having sex with multiple partners in one day while some are even targeting under-age boys. In an extraordinary claim, the European Parliament president Martin Schulz (pictured) said Jo Cox's death was an example of how unpredictable the EU referendum campaign was. An Italian presenter has been criticised for wearing a crucifix and rosary beads while reading the news.Marina Nalesso, 44, has worn the religious accessories on several occasions during broadcasts on Italy's state-owned channel TG1. Delivering his keynote address to the gathering in Liverpool, the veteran left-winger insisted the party had to come together after he was re-elected by a huge leader. He didn't develop any ideas on Brexit, Immigration or Trident. Sam Allardyce lost his £3million-a-year job after just 67 days and one game – the shortest-ever reign of a permanent England manager - when he was filmed chasing a £400,000 salary top-up The victims of the Alton Towers Smiler ride crash have said no punishment will ever bring back the limbs they lost due to catastrophic errors by theme park bosses. Merlin Entertainments, who run the Staffordshire park, were fined £5million today for failures leading to the disaster in which 16 people were injured and two teenagers needed amputations.The fine imposed by the court represents less than two per cent of the company's £385million turnover in the year of the rollercoaster tragedy

Felipe González, who is Spain’s longest-serving prime minister, has stepped into the debate over what the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) should do to break the prolonged impasse that is keeping the country without a fully functional government. González, 74, says he feels betrayed by PSOE Secretary General Pedro Sánchez, who allegedly told him that the party would abstain at the second round of an investiture vote in Congress. This follows Spain's Socialist leader facing mounting pressure Monday to let acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy form a new government and end a months'long political impasse, after his party suffered losses in two regional elections. Spain's Basque Country and Galicia had gone to the polls Sunday in regional elections that might have produced some momentum as the PSOE boss has now come under pressure to resign. FIVE men have been jailed in Spain after an overcrowded party in 2012 they organised caused a stampede that killed five women. A Madrid court found the group guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced them to prison with terms ranging from two-and-a-half to four years THE mayor of Marbella is being investigated for granting his friend the use of a police escort at his wedding. Jose Bernal issued friend and fellow PSOE politician Daniel Garcia Andreu a two horse escort at his glitzy wedding in Marbella on June 3. In Europe,a whistleblower has claimed volunteers in the Calais jungle camp are having sex with multiple partners in one day while some are even targeting under-age boys. In an extraordinary claim, the European Parliament president Martin Schulz (pictured) said Jo Cox's death was an example of how unpredictable the EU referendum campaign was. An Italian presenter has been criticised for wearing a crucifix and rosary beads while reading the news.Marina Nalesso, 44, has worn the religious accessories on several occasions during broadcasts on Italy's state-owned channel TG1. Delivering his keynote address to the gathering in Liverpool, the veteran left-winger insisted the party had to come together after he was re-elected by a huge leader. He didn't develop any ideas on Brexit, Immigration or Trident. Sam Allardyce lost his £3million-a-year job after just 67 days and one game – the shortest-ever reign of a permanent England manager - when he was filmed chasing a £400,000 salary top-up The victims of the Alton Towers Smiler ride crash have said no punishment will ever bring back the limbs they lost due to catastrophic errors by theme park bosses. Merlin Entertainments, who run the Staffordshire park, were fined £5million today for failures leading to the disaster in which 16 people were injured and two teenagers needed amputations.The fine imposed by the court represents less than two per cent of the company's £385million turnover in the year of the rollercoaster tragedy