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The Spanish daily series 'La Promesa' airs new episodes today on La 1, with TVE broadcasting three episodes back to back for its return. El Confidencial highlights the schedule so viewers do not miss the premiere episodes of the popular show, one of Spanish public television's most successful series, as its weekly storylines continue to draw a loyal audience.

El País examines what Spain's opinion polls would mean if elections were held now, pointing to a lead for the Popular Party together with Vox and outlining the options facing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. With his minority government under pressure, the polling breakdown is feeding debate over whether Sánchez can cling on or whether an early vote is likely.

Travel experts are warning travelers to prepare for a rare super El Niño event, advising people to act on official warnings rather than waiting for visible weather changes. The guidance comes as forecasters flag an unusually strong El Niño pattern, which can bring extreme weather disruptions, from heavy storms to droughts, across popular travel destinations worldwide, affecting flights, bookings and holiday plans.

Dutch media personality Soundos El Ahmadi is opening up about a traumatic jet ski accident, confronting a major fear on the show Casa di Beau. In interviews she speaks candidly about the incident with the water scooter and how it has affected her. Her openness about the ordeal and her return to the water is drawing attention in the Netherlands.

StreetComplete maintainer westnordost reports that the effort to bring the OpenStreetMap surveying app to iOS using Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform has reached roughly 50 percent completion after several months of work. The update gives the open-source mapping community a concrete progress marker on bringing the popular Android app to Apple devices.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is waiting to see how protests against the Popular Party over housing develop before deciding whether to call early elections, according to a column by Arturo Criado in El Español. The piece frames the housing debate as a decisive political test that could shape the timing of a national vote.

Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso will sit for an interview with journalist Iker Jiménez this Thursday on the set of his programme Horizonte, according to El Debate. The sit-down is drawing attention as a notable media appearance for one of Spain's most prominent conservative politicians, with viewers expecting questions on current regional and national affairs.

The Spanish expression "ahorrarse el chocolate del loro" describes cutting an insignificant expense while leaving major costs untouched. Popular tradition traces it to an impoverished family that cut the pet parrot's daily portion of chocolate to save money, a saving the household budget barely noticed. The irony, often noted, is that chocolate can be toxic to birds, so the cut may even have helped the parrot. People use the phrase to mock token austerity.

El Salvador has set February 2027 for its presidential election, with President Nayib Bukele expected to run for a third term. Bukele, whose crackdown on gangs remains broadly popular, saw the country's top court allow consecutive re-election in 2021. Critics say another bid would further erode democratic checks, while supporters back his security record.

A new report warns that the El Niño weather pattern is expected to drive up prices for popular foods as well as critical staple crops. Disruptions to rainfall and harvests linked to El Niño could tighten global supply and raise costs for consumers at the grocery store.

Writer Fictograma has released chapter 4 of the serial 'Hijos de la pólvora', in which the character Archie answers with the story's first gunshot, leaving the town in silence. Readers of Spanish-language online fiction are following the western-style serial as it reaches its turning point in the desert-set plot.