News from COPE highlights political developments: Ábalos confirms a secret 2018 meeting with Sánchez, Santos Cerdán, and Otegi. José on Twitter reports eyewitness accounts, and Koldo corroborates. Concerns arise about Yolanda Díaz's official apartment housing extra people. PSOE partners suspect Sánchez may call early elections, preceding Ábalos's Supreme Court date. The prosecutor seeks 24 and 19 years for Ábalos and Koldo, respectively, with a judge aiming to ensure their court presence next year and considering pre-trial detention. The Ábalos case, involving corruption, prostitutes, and orgies, resonates widely. PSOE asserts all cash payments are legal and registered. Santos Cerdán and Antonio Hernando testify in the Leire Diez case. The Ventorro provides an invoice for a meal with Maribel Vila-Plana, and Mazón's chief of staff states the president was reachable, though messages are lost due to a phone change. The judiciary backs Teresa Peramato's appointment as Attorney General. The OECD suggests Spain extend the pension calculation reference to 35 years. In Cartagena, a hospital fire, caused by a cigarette butt, leads to patient relocation.

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