Spain’s socialist opposition leader is set to become the country’s new prime minister after sponsoring a no-confidence vote that ousted Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government. Pedro Sanchez, the Socialist Party’s 46-year-old leader, managed a historic feat: unseating a serving leader for the first time in Spain’s four decades of democracy. Unlike the populist parties roiling Italian politics, Sanchez supports the European Union and the eurozone’s shared currency. Rajoy led Spain for six years.

Hawaiian officials issued mandatory evacuation orders Thursday for two coastal neighborhoods hit hardest by molten lava flowing from the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano. The fissures that began appearing in the Leilani Estates neighborhood about a month ago now total 24. The lava has destroyed at least 77 homes in the area and on Wednesday began moving so rapidly that officials feared residents would get cut off from their only escape route.

President Donald Trump got mixed reviews Thursday after meeting with families of the students and teachers shot earlier this month at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. The president traveled to Houston for a fundraiser and spent about an hour meeting privately with the families. Pamela Stanich, whose 17-year-old son Jared Black died in the attack, praised the president’s sincerity and compassion.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee’s new wildcard system paid off for Thursday’s winner, 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas. Nemmani was one of 515 participants who came to the prestigious competition through the RSVBee system, designed to give spellers from especially competitive regions a better chance to participate. Nemmani beat out 12-year-old Naysa Modi from Frisco, Texas, who bested him in their county-level meet. “I didn’t really think I’d be able to do it,” the soft-spoken winner said.

The North Korean delegation visiting the United States to negotiate details of a summit between the two country’s leaders will travel to Washington, D.C., Friday to hand-deliver a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump. The president first mentioned the letter Wednesday, and U.S. officials confirmed its existence Thursday. It contains a personal message to Trump from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but officials have not revealed its contents. After Thursday’s meeting in New York, U.S.

The simmering dispute between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions flamed up again this week when the president again took to Twitter to vent his frustration over his pick for the country’s top lawman. But White House watchers suggest Sessions’ job isn’t quite as precarious as it seems. Trump’s advisers have repeatedly warned him not to fire Sessions until special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his investigation into Russia’s attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Cellphone videos released Wednesday offer a gut-wrenching look at the planning Nikolas Cruz put into the attack at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla. The mass shooting left 17 people dead—three fewer than Cruz said he hoped to kill. “When you see me on the news, you’ll all know who I am,” Cruz said with a laugh in one of the three videos. “You’re all going to die. … Can’t wait.” In another video, Cruz details the logistics of his meticulously planned attack.