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The forest fires that already affect 45,000 hectares and have forced the evacuation or confinement of more than 88,500 people in the province of Ávila and the Community of Madrid continue this Saturday active and uncontrolled. During the night, they have made “very little progress and their intensity has decreased,” but the increase in wind that has occurred throughout the day is worrying. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has warned that the situation remains complex: “We do not know what the evolution of the wind will be, despite the fact that temperatures have dropped,” he noted from the…

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Latest news on the forest fires, live | The fire in Madrid remains active and uncontrolled after a night of intense work

The fire that is ravaging the southwest corner of the Community of Madrid and has already burned more than 6,000 hectares remains active and uncontrolled this Saturday. The region’s emergency service has reported that “the fire is still active” and that its evolution “will be determined by the wind regime that occurs in the coming hours.” The firefighters have worked “intensely” throughout the night, taking advantage of three factors that, according to the Government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, opened an “opportunity” to try to control the flames: low temperatures, less wind and increased humidity, which was very low throughout…

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The forest fires that are ravaging Madrid and Castilla y León continue to burn uncontrollably. In Castilla y León there are nine active fires, with three towns with evacuation orders and two confined to Ávila. In total, more than 8,000 inhabitants evacuated and 5,000 confined. And in Madrid, the three assets, which have forced eight municipalities to be evacuated and three to be confined, have joined together this afternoon on a single front, which complicates the extinction efforts. There are already 50,000 evacuees or confined in the community. Between the two regions, there are 63,000 inhabitants affected and around 15,000…

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The last evacuees who left their cat behind: “For God’s sake, what are you doing here? This town is supposed to be empty.”"

The cat is not in the kitchen. Not behind the couch, not in the laundry basket. Not under the beds either. There is no trace of Mili for a while now. Mohamed Chara shouts her name, crawls on the ground and hisses, but the cat does not show herself. A message arrives on the phones with a high alert sound: “Due to the evolution of the fires in the Community of Madrid, to all the inhabitants of Chapinería, leave the municipality.” Mohamed Chara quickly fills Mili’s food and water dishes and leaves them by the door, for when he appears.…

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Exclusive scenario analysis on equal pay: Does the works council have to give Anna information?

The topic of pay transparency is of concern to HR professionals – even if the federal government has not yet presented a new pay transparency law (EntgTranspG) to implement the EU directive. The existing law already provides for rights to information and the media attention on the issue of equal pay is leading to questions from the workforce.But: When do employees have a right to information? What does such a claim entail – and how should HR react if the employee’s request is not justified? We present employment lawyers with fictitious, tricky scenarios that many HR departments have to deal…

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Latest news on the forest fires, live | The wind complicates the extinction of fires in the Community of Madrid

The three fires that are developing in the Community of Madrid remain neither perimeter nor controlled despite the fact that the night work that the firefighters have been carrying out “has been effective”, as reported this Friday by the Emergency Service 112 Community of Madrid. In fact, they have explained that the weather conditions, mainly the wind, will complicate the extinction efforts throughout the day. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has tonight declared an emergency of national interest in the territory of the Community of Madrid and in the province of Ávila as a consequence of the evolution…

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