Una decena de enfermos de cáncer se ha reunido en la cafetería Smokey Row, en Ankeny, un próspero suburbio al norte de Des Moines. Han acudido para relatar su experiencia a Rob Sand, el carismático candidato demócrata para gobernador de Iowa, un estado del Medio Oeste conocido por sus interminables campos de maíz. Es uno de los territorios representativos del llamado Corn Belt, el corazón agrícola del país, que apoyó abrumadoramente a Donald Trump en las pasadas elecciones de 2024. Sand es la gran esperanza de su partido. Lidera las encuestas con cierto margen sobre su rival conservador, Zach Lahn. Está a punto de convertirse en el primer demócrata en ganar una gran elección en este territorio en casi dos décadas.
The destruction of schools, universities and cultural institutions threatens Palestinian education, historical memory and future generations.
United Nations experts have warned that the systematic destruction of Gaza’s education system and the killing of Palestinian journalists are undermining Palestinian society’s ability to educate future generations, preserve its history and document events in the occupied territories.
Speaking Thursday at a briefing organized by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at the organization’s headquarters in New York, the experts condemned the destruction of educational institutions and the growing restrictions on press freedom across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, described the devastation in Gaza as “scholasticide,” defined as the systematic and deliberate destruction of education. She reported that 98% of schools and all 13 universities in the territory had been destroyed.
The damage extends far beyond educational facilities. According to the experts, 13 libraries, 195 heritage sites, 227 mosques, at least three churches and Gaza’s central archives have also been destroyed. The archives held 150 years of collective memory, representing a significant loss of Palestinian historical records.
Gaza’s children are losing more than classrooms and textbooks. Three years of Israel’s genocide have disrupted their education, killed teachers and classmates, and left many struggling with hunger, trauma and the basic skills they need to learn.https://t.co/Fz7cmDzbzB
The consequences for education are also evident in the occupied West Bank. Shaheed reported that 10 of the 48 schools in East Jerusalem were demolished in September. She also cited 224 security incidents during the first half of the year that affected 152 schools and 20,450 students.
The experts also raised alarm over the killing of Palestinian journalists and media workers, warning that the loss of those documenting events in Gaza has compounded the restrictions on freedom of expression.
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, recalled that nearly 300 journalists and media workers had been killed in Gaza since October 2023, making the territory an increasingly deadly place for members of the press.
The most immoral army will continue to slaughter innocent people
No matter which fugitive or potential war criminal leads Apartheid Israel.
They will. Until or Unless WE THE PEOLE force it to stop.
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) October 29, 2026
Albanese warned that silencing witnesses not only allows crimes to be committed but also conceals them, allowing impunity to become part of the process.
The experts called on the international community to take immediate action by halting arms transfers, protecting journalists and sustaining humanitarian assistance through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). They also warned that the ceasefire announced the previous year had failed to bring relief, with more than 1,500 Palestinians killed since it took effect.
Expertos de la ONU lamentaron que el cese al fuego anunciado el año pasado no haya traído alivio, y que más de 1.500 palestinos han perdido la vida desde su implementación.
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has told a crowd of supporters “I’ll decide who I talk to” after being asked about her controversial sit-down with UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has told a crowd of supporters “I’ll decide who I talk to” after being asked about her controversial sit-down with UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson.
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An American businessman suing a WA Labor MP over an alleged unpaid loan claims he spent thousands on the politician’s accommodation, a limousine trip and an evening Hudson River cruise past the Statue of Liberty.
An American businessman suing a WA Labor MP over an alleged unpaid loan claims he spent thousands on the politician’s accommodation, a limousine trip and an evening Hudson River cruise past the Statue of Liberty.
The Heelers might be a fictional family, but many real families will also have been priced out of owning a home in the vast majority of Perth suburbs and forced into renting long-term.
The Heelers might be a fictional family, but many real families will also have been priced out of owning a home in the vast majority of Perth suburbs and forced into renting long-term.
Após o resultado das eleições presidenciais no domingo, indígenas da etnia Guarani Kaiowá do Mato Grosso do Sul fizeram diversas denúncias de casos de violência que envolvem tentativas de assassinatos e até ameaça de envenenamento da água da comunidade.
Segundo o Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi), ao menos cinco casos de assassinatos de indígenas na região desde sábado (24) estão sendo investigados.
O coordenador do Cimi em Mato Grosso do Sul, Matias Benno Rempel, diz que os indígenas relataram diversos casos de intimidações durante a eleição. “Caminhonetes que rodavam pelo território e algumas agressões aos indígenas para tentar causar pânico na comunidade e evitar que eles fossem votar”.
Mas ele ressalta que a violência no estado é constante.
“Agora temos holofotes para a região. Mas o que aconteceu essa semana, as tentativas de assassinatos, elas ocorrem o tempo todo com a população indígena Guarani Kaiowá. Essa violência que está sendo chamada de violência pós eleitoral, ela é um componente permanente de milícias do campo”, disse.
A Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai), o Ministério dos Povos Indígenas (MPI) e a Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Apib) encaminharam pedidos ao Ministério Público Federal e à Polícia Federal para investigar os casos. Um deles envolve um atropelamento de indígena de forma proposital na cidade de Coronel Sapucaia, no sudoeste do estado, na fronteira com o Paraguai.
Segundo dados da Apib, entre 2022 e 2026, seis indígenas da etnia Guarani Kaiowá foram assassinados no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul.
Envenenamento da água
Outra denúncia investigada pelo MPF é a de uma ameaça de envenenar a água usada pela comunidade em retaliação ao resultado da eleição presidencial.
Em um áudio que foi atribuído a um funcionário da prefeitura de Tacuru, no extremo sul do estado, o homem diz ao interlocutor que os indígenas deveriam ser mortos por terem votado no candidato Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT): Na gravação ele fala: “ponha (sic) veneno na água, (vamos) matar essas praga na água”.
Segundo o coordenador do departamento jurídico da Apib, Ricardo Terena, a água na região é difícil e as comunidades indígenas dependem de caminhões pipa. E após a divulgação dos áudios, muitos passaram a não consumir mais essa água. O MPF de Mato Grosso do Sul deu um prazo de 24 horas para que a prefeitura de Tacuru esclareça se os áudios são verdadeiros, quem é o autor das ameaças e quais medidas estão sendo tomadas.
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Jagadish Krishnan faced media outside his Riverton electorate office, reading a statement and taking several questions before being whisked back into his office by a staff member as those questions became heated.
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