Will these world leaders cease to hold their current office in 2026?

A non-binding resignation motion passed in June, while August reporting said Sánchez still intended to seek reelection and could face pressure for an early vote; neither development constituted an office change.

• EFE
• Politico

The plan reverses earlier hard-line messaging and is driven by child-protection and capacity concerns. It clashes with Morocco’s requested returns, the European Commission’s stated reading of EU return law, and resistance from PP/Vox-linked autonomous communities, raising Sánchez’s coalition-management burden without establishing imminent government collapse.

• EFE
• Euronews

Díaz-Canel’s government publicly framed urgent market-oriented and administrative reforms as necessary to confront the crisis while insisting they preserve socialism. The measures may reduce short-term pressure or may expose internal strain, but the reviewed reports contain no confirmed presidential replacement.

• Elpais
• Apnews

A draft law emerging from talks with Abdullah Öcalan was submitted to parliament. Reporting links its potential passage to Erdoğan’s effort to secure Kurdish support for a referendum or snap-election mechanism that could affect his ability to seek another term, but it does not indicate that he is leaving office in 2026.

• Al-monitor
• Aljazeera

Cuban president denounces sanctions as 'political genocide' amid deepening economic crisis

• MSN
• Thehindu