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English Edition Dear readers, This weekend will see the clocks go back an hour in Spain, and one of our most-read stories was about whether this might be the last time they do so, given that the European Union is planning to do away with the twice-yearly times change across the continent. Meanwhile, details emerged about alleged bribes paid by a Spanish company involved in arms deals with Saudi Arabia, as the fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi continued. Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato entered jail this week, to serve a prison sentence over his role in a credit card scandal, and the leaders of the Catalan independence drive found out this week that they will be facing trial in the Supreme Court, most likely at the start of next year.  We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from the EL PAÍS English Edition. Thanks for reading. Simon Hunter Editor El País English Edition Switzerland froze accounts over probe into Spanish arms sale to Saudi Arabia Investigators at the Spanish High Court say illegal commissions were paid by state company Defex to secure contracts from Riyadh Spain not stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing In a press release, the Spanish government expressed consternation at the journalist's death, but cited Saudi prosecutors' information instead of questioning it like other countries Catalan independence leaders arrive at the Spanish High Court. / L.S. Catalan independence leaders to be tried in the Supreme Court Former deputy premier Oriol Junqueras and 17 others are likely to see the inside of a courtroom early next year Alfonso Jesús Cabezuelo in June. / Paco Puentes Soldier in La Manada gang-rape case is discharged from army Spanish defense authorities rescind their contract with Alfonso Jesús Cabezuelo over 2016 sexual abuse of an 18-year-old girl Biologist Antonio Alonso, co-author of a study on the stolen baby scandal. / I.F. DNA tests cast doubt on Spain's "stolen baby" network In 81 results, the remains of newborns suspected of being given away under the Franco regime genetically matched their parents King Felipe VI with Queen Letizia. / P.P. Spanish Congress moves to decriminalize the offense of insulting the king If the reform goes ahead, it will no longer be a crime to insult the monarch, national symbols, state institutions or religious sentiment Officers from the Navarre regional force. / C. Á. How sharing a warning about a pedophile cost a policewoman her job An 18-year veteran of the local force in Pamplona has been sentenced and fined after forwarding on a report about a British man who tried to lure a child into his vehicle Barcelona City Hall to take Ryanair racist incident to public prosecutor Spain's AESA state air safety agency will also be investigating, after a man was caught on video on a Barcelona-Stansted flight verbally abusing a 77-year-old disabled woman Weekend of wintry weather in Spain, with sharp drop in temperatures First warnings of the season for Cantabria, León, Lleida and Asturias, where between five and 10 centimeters of snowfall is forecast Spanish king's sister gets preferential treatment on visits to her jailed husband Prison authorities say their attitude towards Cristina de Borbón is justified due to security reasons, and that they are trying to prevent confrontation with other visitors Pablo Iglesias (c) visits jailed Catalan leaders. / L.G. Podemos chief meets with jailed Catalan independence leaders to discuss budget Pablo Iglesias leader visited Oriol Junqueras and other separatist figures as he tries to garner support for the government's economic plans Mortgage ads at a bank in Seville. / PACO PUENTES Facing uproar, Spain's Supreme Court will reconsider who pays mortgage tax Less than 24 hours after it emerged that banks, and not clients, will be forced to pay the duty, magistrates decide to review the decision due to "enormous economic and social repercussions" A British hairdresser working in his salon in Benalmadena, Spain. / Leon Neal I'm British and living in Spain – how can I prepare for Brexit? Madrid-based lawyer Margaret Hauschild Rey, who specializes in citizenship and civil law, offers advice for Britons ahead of the UK's exit from the European Union The clocks go back this weekend, but could it be one of the last times? Daylight Saving Time ends on October 28, but the European Union has proposed abolishing the practice in 2019 Bottles of extra virgin olive oil. / J.M.P. Study: Half of extra virgin olive oil in Spain does not deserve label According to a new consumer report, 20 of 41 top-selling products fail the taste test that awards the premium classification Apple CEO Tim Cook and Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez. / V.B. Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with PM in surprise visit The successor of Steve Jobs also met with leaders of Spain's tech industry and praised the country's "creativity" Researcher Ignacio López-Moreno. / L. A. The chilling extinction of Spain's last glacier The frozen expanse of Monte Perdido is receding at an alarming rate and could disappear within three decades When Franco's army built the set for 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' 'Sad Hill Unearthed,' a new award-winning documentary, follows a quixotic quest to restore the neglected set of the iconic cemetery scene from the classic Sergio Leone western The ongoing legal battle over an 18th-century ghost ship Chile and a treasure hunter are fighting over a Spanish galleon that went down in 1770 carrying 450.000 valuable glass pieces America's shameful rapprochement to the Franco dictatorship Intelligence cables to which EL PAÍS has had access show that the United States asked Madrid for discretion regarding plans to quietly normalize relations between both countries El Roto El Roto cartoon, October 22, 2018 OPINION Mexico's AMLO and Brazil's Bolsonaro: very different... and very similar Two rising Latin American leaders have figured out voters are hungry for messiah figures, not lectures about the institutions that limit presidential power AMERICAS Intellectuals warn against a Bolsonaro victory in Brazil Noam Chomsky, Bernard Henri-Lévy and others highlight the danger to Latin America's largest country if the far-right candidate wins the runoff on Sunday Thanks readers! 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