France looks forward to second round, trial for attempted murder of children in Barakaldo, strike

These are the topics that will be central top headlines from next Tuesday, July 2, 2024:

– France looks to the second round of parliamentary elections: The deadline for submitting candidates for the second round of the French legislative elections this Sunday ends at 6 p.m., in the middle of a vigorous debate for the New Popular Front of the Left and the Macronist bloc to promote unity against the far right to withdraw their candidates who have the least chance of being elected. Florence Lasserre, candidate for Macron’s Ensemble coalition, will not stand for the second round of the National Assembly elections, in the fifth constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In the other two constituencies of Iparralde, it remains to be seen what will happen.

– Trial for attempted murder of his two children in Barakaldo: Today, the trial of a woman accused of murdering her two children by sedating them and cutting their throats in Barakaldo begins at the Provincial Court of Bizkaia. The prosecutor is demanding 18 years in prison for each of the crimes, including attempted murder. The events took place on December 31, 2022, when the defendant, with no criminal record and a well-known author, tried to end the lives of her children, aged 10, in their home in the manufacturing city.

– Unemployment data June: The Ministries of Labour and Inclusion of the Spanish Government publish the data on registered unemployment and social security membership for the month of June. Specifically, in May there were a total of 106,422 unemployed registered with the Basque Public Employment Service Lanbide, 3,131 fewer than the previous month. In Navarra, unemployment fell by 462 people, and the total number of unemployed stood at 29,779. In the Spanish State as a whole, registered unemployment fell by 58,650 people, 2.20%, to 2,607,850 unemployed.