Sánchez spent the entire week avoiding press encounters to dodge questions about the Leire Díez audio recordings, as his government admitted the scandal had paralyzed their agenda. Feijóo escalated confrontation by calling for street demonstrations and demanding ministerial resignations over what he termed "a hoax bigger than the Almudena Cathedral," while new connections emerged linking Captain Bonilla's associates to Alejandro Agag, Aznar's son-in-law.
The Constitutional Court's draft ruling validated 95% of the amnesty law while partially accepting the PP's appeal, leaving Puigdemont's future uncertain. Garcia-Page declared the PSOE was experiencing "one of its most delicate moments in all of democracy."
Ukraine executed "Operation Spider Web," destroying 41 Russian strategic bombers across Siberian and Arctic bases over 4,000 kilometers away, marking their deepest strike yet. Hamas responded to US ceasefire proposals offering to release 10 living and 18 deceased Israeli hostages, while an Israeli attack near a Gaza aid distribution point killed 31 people.