Arabia Saudita ha construido durante décadas una red de alianzas militares y tecnológicas para consolidarse como una potencia económica y geopolítica en Oriente Medio. Sin embargo, la reciente escalada de los ataques de los hutíes ha puesto a prueba sus defensas y la capacidad de sus socios para proteger al reino. Aunque algunos aliados han ofrecido apoyo militar defensivo, persisten las dudas sobre hasta dónde están dispuestos a implicarse en una nueva escalada regional. ¿Está Riad descubriendo los límites de sus alianzas? En France 24 lo analizamos.
DC ha decidido que Halloween de 2026 no se celebre con capas, escudos ni discursos heroicos, sino con una película que convierte a uno de los villanos de Batman en el centro de una pesadilla corporal. Clayface, dirigida por James Watkins y protagonizada por Tom Rhys Harries, llegó a los cines españoles el 22 de octubre y en Estados Unidos el 23, en plena campaña de la fiesta más terrorífica del año.
La cinta forma parte del nuevo universo cinematográfico de DC, pero se aleja deliberadamente del molde habitual de las películas de superhéroes. No hay un Batman que aparezca a tiempo para salvar la situación ni un conflicto global entre héroes, hay un actor arruinado, una venganza obsesiva y un cuerpo que deja de obedecer a quien lo habita.
Ese cambio de registro explica tanto su atractivo como su advertencia. Clayfaceno es una película familiar ni una opción para ver con niños pequeños. Es un thriller de terror con body horror, violencia gráfica y una atmósfera opresiva pensada para un público adulto.
Una calificación que lo deja claro
En Estados Unidos, la Motion Picture Association ha clasificado Clayface con una R, lo que implica que los menores de 17 años necesitan acompañamiento de un adulto. El motivo oficial es contundente; "violencia sangrienta intensa, gore, lenguaje, algo de desnudez y consumo breve de drogas".
En España, la película está calificada como no recomendada para menores de 16 años, según figuran en varias carteleras y fichas de exhibición. Su duración oficial es de 108 minutos, un metraje contenido que no diluye la intensidad de su propuesta.
La diferencia entre ambas clasificaciones no cambia el mensaje esencial; no se trata de una película de superhéroes para toda la familia. El material visual y temático la sitúa más cerca del cine de terror adulto que del entretenimiento infantil.
El origen más oscuro de un villano de Gotham
La película, ya en cines, sigue a Matt Hagen, un actor en ascenso cuya carrera se desmorona después de que un mafioso de Gotham le desfigure la cara. Desesperado por recuperar su aspecto y su vida, acepta un tratamiento experimental que inicialmente repara su rostro, pero desencadena una transformación física y mental devastadora.
Tom Rhys Harries interpreta a Hagen, mientras que Naomi Ackie da vida a la doctora Caitlyn Corr, la científica responsable del tratamiento. El reparto se completa con Max Minghella, David Dencik, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll y Joshua James.
El conflicto no reside solo en que Hagen adquiera poderes de metamorfosis, sino en que pierde el control sobre su identidad. La película convierte la ambición, la humillación y la venganza en combustible de un monstruo que ya no puede volver a ser la persona que era.
Body horror, no espectáculo de superhéroes
El término clave es body horror, un subgénero que encuentra el miedo en la deformación, la mutación y la pérdida de control del propio cuerpo. En Clayface, la cara de Hagen se derrite, se transforma y se convierte en arcilla viva, con imágenes diseñadas para provocar rechazo y angustia.
James Watkins, responsable de títulos como La mujer de negro y Speak No Evil, dirige con una intención evidente, incomodar. No busca que el espectador celebre el poder del villano, sino que atraviese con él una espiral de dolor, paranoia y violencia.
El guion procede de una historia de Mike Flanagan, uno de los nombres más reconocidos del terror contemporáneo, junto a Hossein Amini. Esa procedencia ayuda a entender por qué la película privilegia la angustia psicológica y la degradación física antes que la acción espectacular.
Un Halloween ideal para adultos
Para el público adulto, Clayfacellega en el momento perfecto. Su estreno coincide con Halloween y responde a una estrategia clara de DC Studios, la de ofrecer una película de género terrorífico dentro de su universo, sin depender del carisma de Batman ni de los grandes equipos de héroes.
La apuesta ha tenido una recepción favorable entre parte de la crítica. En Rotten Tomatoes, la cinta acumula un 75% de aprobación, con una valoración del público del 94%, mientras que Metacritic la sitúa con una nota media de 59 sobre 100 a partir de 44 reseñas.
Bill Gates ha vuelto a poner sobre la mesa una de las grandes incógnitas de la inteligencia artificial; qué ocurrirá con el empleo cuando la tecnología sea capaz de realizar tareas antes reservadas a las personas. En una entrevista reciente, el cofundador de Microsoft ha defendido que la IA puede generar una época de abundancia. Sin embargo, ha advertido de que el camino hasta ese escenario será largo, desigual y potencialmente muy turbulento.
La última predicción de Bill Gates
Gates ha asegurado que la inteligencia artificial podría conducir a una "verdadera abundancia". Este será un futuro en el que la producción de bienes y servicios sería tan eficiente que el trabajo humano dejaría de ser imprescindible para gran parte de la economía. Sin embargo, ha estimado que antes de llegar a ese punto habrá un periodo de transición de unos 20 años marcado por ganadores, perdedores y una fuerte disrupción laboral.
"Mi gran preocupación es este periodo de transición de 20 años, en el que habrá ganadores y perdedores y mucha disrupción", ha explicado el filántropo en el podcast Decoder. Su mensaje no es que la IA vaya a destruir el empleo de forma inmediata, sino que el cambio puede ser especialmente duro.
El fin del trabajo tradicional
Para Bill Gates, el impacto no se limitará a un sector concreto. Ha señalado que empleos de oficina como la televenta, el telesoporte y la contabilidad podrían desaparecer. Esto es así porque la IA será capaz de realizar esas tareas de forma mucho más barata, rápida y precisa.
En el terreno de los trabajos manuales, su predicción apunta a los robots humanoides. Según Gates, si la sociedad no decide frenar deliberadamente el desarrollo de esta tecnología, los robots podrían llegar a construir viviendas, cultivar alimentos e incluso realizar cirugías. En ese escenario, gran parte del valor que hoy aporta el trabajo humano a la economía dejaría de ser necesario.
El cofundador de Microsoft ha reconocido que ese futuro plantea una cuestión profunda, si las máquinas pueden hacerlo casi todo mejor, ¿qué sentido tendrá el trabajo? Para él, el empleo no es solo una fuente de ingresos, sino también un mecanismo de propósito, relación social, aprendizaje y participación en la solución de problemas.
Qué trabajos podrían resistir
Bill Gates no cree que todas las actividades desaparezcan. Ha sugerido que ámbitos como el arte, el deporte, la cocina o el cuidado de los niños podrían seguir siendo realizados por personas, incluso aunque la IA llegara a hacerlos mejor. La razón no sería únicamente técnica, sino cultural y emocional. Muchas personas seguirán valorando el contacto humano y la experiencia de hacer cosas por sí mismas.
El multimillonario también ha planteado que algunas comunidades podrían optar por limitar el uso de la IA a determinadas funciones. Se inspiran así en modelos sociales que priorizan la ayuda mutua y la creatividad propia. En su visión, no todo el mundo tendrá que adoptar la tecnología con la misma intensidad.
Medidas para suavizar el impacto
Entre las posibles respuestas, Gates ha mencionado la jubilación anticipada y los límites a la jornada laboral como fórmulas para mantener cierto nivel de empleo humano. La idea es repartir de otra manera el trabajo disponible en lugar de concentrar los beneficios de la automatización en un grupo reducido.
Su planteamiento se parece al de otros líderes tecnológicos y empresariales. Jeff Bezos y Jamie Dimon, por ejemplo, han defendido una semana laboral más corta como alternativa menos traumática ante el desempleo provocado por la IA. Elon Musk ha ido más allá y ha propuesto cheques públicos para toda la población. Por su parte, Dario Amodei, de Anthropic, ha advertido de que el choque a corto plazo podría ser de una magnitud sin precedentes.
No todo son malas noticias
El discurso de Gates convive con visiones menos alarmistas. Sam Altman, director ejecutivo de OpenAI, afirmó en mayo que la IA no había eliminado tantos empleos de cuello blanco como esperaba y que ya no anticipa una "apocalipsis laboral". Además, pese a los despidos de grandes compañías tecnológicas, el desempleo nacional no ha aumentado de forma significativa.
La clave, por tanto, no está solo en la capacidad técnica de la IA, sino en la velocidad del cambio, las políticas públicas y la capacidad de las empresas y los trabajadores para adaptarse. Gates no descarta un futuro próspero, pero insiste en que llegar a él exigirá gestionar una transformación social de enorme envergadura.
La espera porGrand Theft Auto VI, el famoso GTA 6, se ha convertido en uno de los grandes acontecimientos del ocio digital de 2026. Tras años de rumores, filtraciones y varios retrasos, Rockstar Games tiene ya cerrada la fecha de lanzamiento de su nueva entrega, que llegará a PlayStation 5 y Xbox Series X|S el próximo 19 de noviembre. En España, la pregunta que más se repite entre los jugadores es sencilla: ¿a qué hora exacta se podrá empezar a jugar?
¿A qué hora sale GTA 6 en España?
GTA 6 tiene fecha oficial de lanzamiento el jueves 19 de noviembre de 2026 en PlayStation 5 y Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar Games no ha anunciado una hora concreta de desbloqueo para España, pero las fichas de la PlayStation Store apuntan a las 00:00 horas de la noche del miércoles 18 al jueves 19 de noviembre, en horario peninsular.
Es decir, si esa previsión se mantiene, los jugadores españoles podrían comenzar a jugar a primera hora de la madrugada del jueves. No obstante, conviene distinguir entre lo que ha confirmado la propia Rockstar y lo que aparece en las tiendas digitales; la fecha es oficial, mientras que la hora exacta aún no ha sido comunicada de forma oficial por la desarrolladora.
En Xbox, la ficha de Microsoft Store recoge la fecha del 19 de noviembre, pero tampoco muestra un horario de desbloqueo. Por ello, la recomendación más prudente es revisar la biblioteca de juegos y la ficha del producto en PlayStation Store o Microsoft Store durante el día previo al lanzamiento.
Cuándo se puede descargar antes
La buena noticia es que Rockstar sí ha confirmado la precarga. Quienes reserven la versión digital de GTA VI podrán empezar a descargarla desde el jueves 12 de noviembre de 2026 a las 00:00 horas, hora local. Esto significa que, en España, la descarga anticipada abrirá a medianoche entre el miércoles 11 y el jueves 12 de noviembre.
La precarga permite descargar e instalar los archivos del juego con una semana de antelación, pero no permite jugar antes de la fecha oficial. El objetivo es evitar las saturaciones de los servidores y las largas esperas del día del lanzamiento, algo especialmente relevante en un estreno de la magnitud de GTA 6.
Cómo preparar la descarga
Para tener el juego listo desde el primer minuto, estos son los pasos recomendados:
Reservar la edición digital desde PlayStation Store o Microsoft Store.
Comprobar que la consola tiene espacio suficiente para instalar el juego.
Activar las descargas automáticas y mantener la consola conectada a internet.
Entrar en la biblioteca el 12 de noviembre a partir de las 00:00 horas y seleccionar la descarga.
Esperar al desbloqueo oficial del 19 de noviembre para poder jugar.
También afecta a la versión física. Rockstar ha confirmado que la edición en caja de GTA VI incluirá un código de descarga, no un disco tradicional. Quienes compren esa versión podrán canjear el código y realizar la precarga desde el 12 de noviembre, siempre que la reserva o compra se haya realizado dentro de los plazos establecidos.
Precio y plataformas
Grand Theft Auto VI llegará exclusivamente a las consolas de nueva generación; PlayStation 5 y Xbox Series X|S. De momento, Rockstar no ha anunciado una versión para PC, por lo que los usuarios de ordenador deberán esperar una comunicación posterior.
El precio oficial anunciado por Take-Two para la edición estándar es de 79,99 dólares(71 euros) aunque en España las tiendas suelen aplicar su propia conversión e impuestos. Las reservas digitales se abrieron el 25 de junio de 2026 a medianoche, hora local, en cada país.
Qué hacer si no aparece la descarga
Si la precarga no aparece el 12 de noviembre, lo primero es comprobar que la reserva digital está asociada a la cuenta correcta. Después conviene revisar la conexión, reiniciar la consola y buscar el juego manualmente en la tienda o en la biblioteca.
En el caso de la edición física, el código debe canjearse antes de poder iniciar la descarga. Si el código no funciona, la vía adecuada es contactar con el soporte de PlayStation, Xbox o el distribuidor donde se adquirió el juego.
El mercado mayorista de la electricidad, supervisado por el Operador del Mercado Ibérico de Energía (OMIE), ha registrado este lunes un precio medio de 196,86 €/MWh, lo que supone una bajada del 8,48% respecto al valor alcanzado en la jornada anterior.
Por su parte, los consumidores acogidos al Precio Voluntario para el Pequeño Consumidor (PVPC) afrontan un precio medio de 227,50 €/MWh, cifra que ya refleja la actualización aplicada a la tarifa regulada, aunque podría experimentar incrementos adicionales en los próximos días una vez se incorporen los peajes de acceso y otros cargos regulados.
Consejos para programar tus aparatos y esquivar las horas más caras
Para reducir el impacto en la factura, el primer paso consiste en consultar diariamente la curva de precios fijada por el mercado regulado e identificar con antelación las franjas más económicas, que suelen concentrarse en la madrugada y en las primeras horas de la tarde. Trasladar a estos momentos los aparatos de mayor consumo térmico (como la lavadora, el lavavajillas o el termo eléctrico) marca una diferencia sustancial. La gran mayoría de modelos modernos cuentan con función de inicio diferido, lo que permite dejarlos cargados y programados para que funcionen de forma automática durante los valles tarifarios sin alterar la rutina del hogar.
Asimismo, optimizar el uso de los electrodomésticos implica esquivar activamente los picos de mayor demanda, habitualmente situados entre las 20:00 y las 22:00 horas, cuando el coste del megavatio hora alcanza sus máximos. En esas horas punta conviene evitar el uso del horno o de ciclos largos de lavado, además de recurrir a programas ECO y temperaturas bajas (30°C o frío), que reducen la demanda energética hasta en un 60%. Complementar esta estrategia con regletas con interruptor o enchufes inteligentes programables ayuda a erradicar el consumo fantasma de los dispositivos en espera, blindando el ahorro doméstico durante todo el día.
Cuándo es más barato y más caro el precio de la luz
Hora más barata: Una de las franjas con menor precio es entre las 14:00 y las 15:00, aproximadamente 49,58 €/MWh para PVPC.
Hora más cara: La franja más elevada del día se encuentra entre las 20:00 y las 21:00, alcanzando hasta 405,46 €/MWh para la tarifación PVPC.
Aleksandar Vučić has admitted defeat in Serbia’s early parliamentary election, announcing the victory of the student-backed Student List. According to Vučić, the results based on a stratified sample clearly indicate the loss of his party in this election.
This outcome marks the end of more than a decade of rule by Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party, which served as Serbia’s president from May 2017 to September 2026, when he resigned to run for prime minister in Serbia’s parliamentary elections.
BREAKING: Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, saying the student-backed Student List had won.
“Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we have lost this election. The student blockade list won,” Vučić said.
Voter turnout is projected to exceed 69%, the highest since 2000. Irregularities and some violent incidents were reported at several polling stations, including the arrest of a man for an alleged attack on Vucic’s mother.
At the same time, police and security forces blocked parts of central Belgrade and increased their presence in the area.
The electoral contest is very close. A telephone poll conducted the day before by New Serbian Political Thought (NSPM), a Belgrade-based political analysis outlet, gives the Student List a slight advantage with 44.5% of voting intentions, compared to 42.7% for the list headed by the SNS.
In the previous parliamentary elections in 2023, the coalition led by the SNS won 46.75% of the votes and 129 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly.
The SNS has governed continuously since 2012. Vucic served as prime minister between 2014 and 2017 and subsequently assumed the presidency of the country until his resignation last month.
The president of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al Mashat, affirmed this Sunday that the attacks led by Saudi Arabia have caused the death of more than 562 civilians, mostly women and children, and pledged to fight to end what he described as the Saudi aggression and the siege of Yemen.
In a letter addressed to Yemenis, Al Mashat noted that Saudi Arabia had carried out nearly 3,000 airstrikes against the civilian population since the escalation began in September, although these figures could not be independently verified.
“We are determined to end the aggression and the siege by all means at our disposal,” Al Mashat said, adding that the group welcomed efforts to end the attacks and blockade, address humanitarian issues, repair damage caused by the conflict, and respect Yemen’s sovereignty and independence.
The President of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, accused Saudi Arabia of reneging on its commitments and intensifying its blockade of #Yemen, saying the aggression had created "the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations’ own… pic.twitter.com/tnqKNAAmAl
These statements came after Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea claimed this Sunday that the total number of Saudi air and missile attacks since the latest escalation began in August had reached 3,179.
Sarea’s figure included both airstrikes and missile launches, while Al Mashat referred to nearly 3,000 airstrikes.
Neither provided a breakdown of the reported attacks, and the figures could not be independently confirmed.
Since this summer, both warring parties have been carrying out an offensive that intensified in early September, after the Saudi-backed Yemeni army claimed an attack in July on the Houthi-controlled Sana’a International Airport due to the landing of an Iranian plane.
Former Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have called on the international community to support the resolution proposing an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, which is scheduled for consideration on October 28th at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
In an open letter addressed to all nations of the world, the former leaders described the US sanctions as contrary to international law and the fundamental principles of coexistence between peoples. They also urged UN member states to vote in favor of the resolution and to reject the pressures which, they denounce, seek to prevent its approval.
The document recalls that since 1992, the General Assembly has repeatedly supported initiatives calling for the lifting of the blockade, without Washington substantially changing its policy towards the island.
Open letter by former CARICOM Heads of State and Government urging all nations to vote in favour of the UNGA resolution calling for an end to the US blockade against Cuba on October 28. Cuba is not a threat. The blockade must end! 🇨🇺#CubaIsNotAThreat . The blockade must end! pic.twitter.com/feZAz0QzIl
For the signatories, this year’s vote is of particular importance due to the tightening of economic measures against Cuba.
One of the main concerns highlighted in the letter is the extension of sanctions to third countries and entities that supply, sell, or transport energy products to Cuban territory, including fuels such as gasoline and diesel.
The former leaders argue that these restrictions worsen the economic difficulties of the population and denounce that they aim to subdue the country through economic pressure. The signatories consider these measures to be an inhumane practice and a violation of Cuba’s sovereignty and independence.
They also warn that the blockade represents a threat to regional and international peace and security, in addition to affecting fundamental rights of Cuban citizens.
The statement also insists on the need for governments to resist Washington’s attempts to influence their votes. In the opinion of the former leaders, the international community must defend multilateralism and the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.The initiative comes amid growing diplomatic tension between Washington and Havana.
The annual resolution of the General Assembly is non-binding, so its approval would not legally oblige the United States to lift the sanctions. The decision to end the blockade ultimately rests with the US political and legislative system.
The purpose of lifting the blockade is to heal the division between the US and Cuba, emphasizing that Cuba does not pose a threat. Signatories include former prime ministers of Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as a former president of Guyana.
The Speaker of Parliament and Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, on Sunday accused Emirati Lana Nusseibeh, a candidate for the United Nations Secretary-General, of favoring the “Greater Israel” project and of trying to “whitewash a systematic genocide” in Gaza.
“A candidacy for the highest-ranking position in the UN aims to pave the diplomatic way for the ‘Greater Israel’ project and whitewash a systematic genocide,” Qalibaf stated on his X account.
The Iranian politician accompanied his post with a February 2024 news item from the France 24 channel, in which Nusseibeh defended the UAE’s decision to maintain diplomatic relations with Israel despite concerns about the victims and destruction caused by the war in Gaza, which began after October 7, 2023.
“Defending what happened in Gaza is what’s on her resume; the fox is updating its LinkedIn profile to apply for the position of guardian of the hen house,” Qalibaf added ironically, referring to the candidate.
A bid for UN’s top job to clear the diplomatic runway for Greater Israel project and whitewash a systematic genocide.
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) October 25, 2026
During her speech at the World Government Summit, Nusseibeh argued that cooperation with Israel had allowed Abu Dhabi to set up a field hospital in Gaza and another floating one in Egypt, although she also called for a humanitarian ceasefire and a two-state solution, considering it necessary to dialogue even with those who hold opposing views.
Nusseibeh, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to the United Nations between 2013 and 2024, was formally proposed on October 21 as a candidate to succeed UN Secretary-General António Guterres, whose term ends in December.
Since the ceasefire came into force on October 10, 2025, Israel has killed more than 1,550 Gazans and wounded another 5,500 in an offensive that international justice is investigating as possible genocide due to the extreme destruction caused in Gaza and the death of more than 74,500 Palestinians since October 2023.
Iran’s army announced Sunday it shot down a U.S. attack drone in the airspace of the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, amidst Washington’s threats to launch a new offensive against the Islamic Republic.
“A LUCAS drone belonging to the terrorist U.S. Army was hit by fire from the Army’s Air Defense Force systems (…) in the sky over Bandar Abbas and was destroyed,” the Iranian Army stated, according to the ISNA agency.
During the war initiated by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, the Pentagon confirmed having used the LUCAS for the first time, a kamikaze drone that, according to the US Army, is inspired by the Iranian Shahed-136.
Last Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported that it had shot down a US MQ-9 drone —the 54th since the start of the conflict— while it was flying over the Strait of Hormuz, amid an intensification of Iranian attacks on ships and oil tankers attempting to cross this maritime route through the corridor established near the coast of Oman.
These incidents occur in a context of growing tension between Iran and the United States, with no prospects of an agreement despite mediation efforts by countries like Pakistan and Qatar in recent days.
While Washington and Israel reiterate their threats to launch a new offensive, Tehran warns that the magnitude of its response will be greater than during the previous confrontation.
All Ugandan citizens returning to their country with a history of travel to the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will have to undergo 21 days of quarantine, the Ugandan government announced this Sunday, after the detection of cases in several countries linked to the Ebola epidemic in the DRC.
“If you are a Ugandan citizen returning to Uganda and have a history of having been in the DRC, we will subject you to a 21-day quarantine (the incubation period of the Ebola virus), at your expense,” said Ugandan Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi at a press conference.
Likewise, he noted, “movement across the Uganda-DRC border is restricted to essential travelers, including humanitarian workers and commercial truck drivers.”
The minister disclosed this decision after his ministry announced on Friday that the country will not allow people who have traveled to the DRC to transit through its territory, warning that “relevant provisions of the Public Health Act will be invoked in case of non-compliance” and that “people who enter the country through unauthorized routes will be referred to the competent authorities.”
Uganda has announced these measures after Nigeria confirmed last Tuesday an imported case of the disease corresponding to a Swiss citizen of Ugandan origin who returned to Nigeria after a vacation in Uganda.
Kenya, for its part, has detected nine Ebola infections so far, after confirming its first imported case on October 5, that of a Kenyan man who returned to his country via Uganda, after having lived the last seven years in the DRC.
That man and another patient have died so far, while the other seven patients are still receiving medical attention.
The DRC declared its seventeenth Ebola outbreak on May 15 – the second deadliest in history globally – affecting eight Congolese provinces and, according to the latest official balance, with data collected until October 23, has caused 9,876 confirmed cases and 4,803 deaths so far.
It also spread to Uganda, where the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the outbreak on August 26, after counting 20 confirmed cases, including 15 imported from the DRC, among which there were two deaths.
Along with Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria, cases linked to this epidemic have been detected in the Netherlands (one) and France (one).
Restrictions on female humanitarian workers and other operational challenges continued to affect aid delivery in Afghanistan in September, during which humanitarian organizations reported 30 access-related incidents across the country, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
“A total of 30 humanitarian access incidents were reported by humanitarian partners across Afghanistan in September, representing a 27% decrease compared to August,” OCHA stated on Sunday in its Afghanistan Humanitarian Access Snapshot for September 2026, published on its X account.
The UN agency noted that the lower number of reported incidents does not indicate an improvement in the humanitarian access environment, as underreporting remains a challenge.
“The access environment continued to be predominantly affected by interference and restrictions on women’s participation in humanitarian operations,” OCHA indicated in its Afghanistan Humanitarian Access Snapshot for September 2026, published on its X account.
Restrictions on women humanitarian workers & other operational challenges continue to affect aid delivery. In September, humanitarian partners reported 30 access-related incidents across Afghanistan. Humanitarian access must be protected.
According to the report, interference in humanitarian activities accounted for 18 of the 30 incidents, making it the primary access constraint. Four incidents were related to the physical environment, while other cases involved military operations and ongoing hostilities, violence against humanitarian personnel, and the detention of workers.
Another incident was related to delays in signing a memorandum of understanding and the denial of humanitarian needs or rights by de facto authorities.
The report also highlighted the worsening access conditions in western Afghanistan, where the Taliban government’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice increased its visits to humanitarian organizations.
“These included increased visits by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to humanitarian actors, including project sites and offices, further limiting operations,” OCHA specified.
OCHA noted that restrictions on women’s participation particularly undermine assistance to women and girls.
Around 90% of organizations surveyed in September reported challenges for women and girls’ access to services in the western region. Restrictions imposed since March 2025 also “led to the closure, suspension, reduction of scope, or prevented the initiation of 26 out of 139 surveyed projects, i.e., 19%.”
Of the 30 nationwide incidents, seven involved gender-related dynamics, and one humanitarian worker was arrested. OCHA warned that physical access limitations had increased and could worsen as winter approaches.
The Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti has received unidentified human remains that could belong to four Salvadoran military personnel missing after an ambush in Haiti on October 18, 2026.
This information comes after El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, previously denied this possibility. The remains were handed over to GSF by an external humanitarian organization.
“At this time, the GSF is not in a position to confirm whether such remains correspond to the missing personnel,” added the multinational force whose creation was authorized a year ago by the United Nations Security Council to combat armed gangs and help stabilize Haiti.
The special representative of the Gang Suppression Force, Jack Christofides, expressed the solidarity of the force’s personnel “with the families of the four missing persons, with their comrades in arms, as well as with the Government and people of El Salvador during these difficult times.”
The #GSF confirms that it has received, through a third-party humanitarian organization, remains suspected of being those of the four personnel from the Salvadoran contingent currently missing. At this stage, the GSF is not in a position to confirm that the remains are those of… pic.twitter.com/JvfLg1DfCG
— Gang Suppression Force – Haiti (@GSForceHaiti) October 25, 2026
This multinational force is made up of more than 1,000 soldiers from El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Chad, and its commander is Mongolian Major General Edernebat Batsuuri.
The first information about the recovery of remains that could belong to the Salvadorans was given on Saturday by The New York Times, but Bukele, who sent a military contingent to Haiti in the middle of the week to try to find them, ruled out the possibility that they were his soldiers.
“They are not our men,” he posted on his X account, where he added that the characteristics of the charred remains, recovered by the NGO Hero Client Rescue, led by Scott Reece, a former security official from the U.S. State Department, do not correspond to those of the missing Salvadoran “air technicians.”
No son nuestros hombres.
Una ONG entregó restos humanos en el aeropuerto, asegurando que pertenecían a nuestros cuatro aerotécnicos.
According to the president, “the remains correspond to a child, a man of considerably greater stature than our air technicians, and a person wearing part of a uniform from an army that is not ours.”
“Among the remains, identification cards and military uniforms from other countries were also found,” added the president, who supported his statement with two photographs, one of a GSF member’s ID card and the other of an identity document, both in the name of a citizen of Chad.
The GSF clarified in today’s statement that the images of the documents “belong to a GSF soldier, a member of the Chad contingent,” who is safe.
“This card was lost during the search operations for the missing Salvadoran personnel. The soldier is safe, with his unit, and is not among the missing,” he explained.
The GSF added that “coordination between Haitian security forces and the GSF remains essential to confront the armed gangs that threaten communities and the future of this country.”
More than 82,000 properties are without electricity on Sunday morning due to storm Boelo, which has been battering the UK since yesterday with hurricane-force winds of up to 135 kilometers per hour.
The Energy Networks Association reported that the outages affected hundreds of thousands of customers since yesterday, but service was restored to 344,900 this morning. However, 82,600 properties – homes but also other types of buildings – remain disconnected as of Sunday midday.
The hurricane-force winds have mainly affected North Wales and all of Scotland, forcing the meteorological service (Met Office) to activate an orange alert until 9 p.m. tonight.
Storm Boelo continues to bring disruptive winds in the north, especially for northern Scotland before gradually easing ⚠️
Elsewhere, a much brighter afternoon compared to Saturday with sunny spells and a few blustery showers 🌦️ pic.twitter.com/fg9cimGGaw
There were also copious rains in the last hours, without causing victims so far. Nor were large-scale floods reported except in the Scottish town of Largs (North Ayrshire), where images of streets flooded by the rains were seen.
Network Rail Scotland had to suspend several railway lines, after a train station in Glasgow was flooded and rendered unusable and several trees blown down by the wind had fallen onto the tracks.
The meteorological office advised Britons to avoid approaching the seashore during the day due to the risk of strong waves, which could easily overflow the coastline, and also asked to be careful with objects that could eventually fall from roofs due to wind gusts.
A gathering of dozens of young people called for by social media in the center of Barcelona (northeast Spain) has led this afternoon to looting of shops, burning of containers, damage to urban furniture and clashes with the Mossos d’Esquadra, whom they have thrown stones and blunt objects at.
The protest, which has circulated on social media encouraged by the slogan “Institut Indignats” -a translation of the “Lyceés Indignés” movement, which is behind the student mobilizations of recent weeks in France- has gathered dozens of young people in Plaza de Cataluña, most of them dressed in black.
La protesta "contra el sistema" al centre de Barcelona s'estén a la Ronda Universitat.
According to sources from the Catalan police, the protesters began to cause material damage to urban furniture and street disturbances, which forced the riot police to deploy and intervene to stop the incidents.
As a result of the police intervention, the demonstrators dispersed in groups around Plaza Cataluña, pursued by riot officers, who charged against some of them.
All this, among a large influx of citizens and tourists who were in the city center this Saturday afternoon and meters from the encampment for the right to housing that has been installed for weeks in Plaza Cataluña in Barcelona.
The incidents have worsened as the afternoon progressed and isolated groups of demonstrators, with their faces covered, have attempted to loot shops in the area and have broken some shop windows while setting fire to urban furniture and terrace awnings.
The temporary ceasefire to allow the evacuation of the town of Oleshki, which was announced yesterday by the office of the US First Lady, Melania Trump, will begin on October 27, Ukrainian authorities announced this Saturday.
“As head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, I have just held an online meeting with Yana Lantrátova, the head of the Russian negotiating team. The purpose of the meeting was to address the humanitarian mission in Oleshki,” reported the Ukrainian ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, on social media.
“I informed the Russian side that the ceasefire will come into force on October 27 at 03:00 AM, Kyiv time (01:00 GMT). The Russian Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed that, on the Russian side, the ceasefire will begin on October 27 at 04:00 AM Moscow time. This means that the ceasefire will begin at the same time,” he added.
Ukraine confirmed preparations for a local ceasefire in the Kherson region as part of the humanitarian mission in Oleshky.
Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said the process will be step-by-step:
Lubinets noted that he has discussed with Lantrátova other issues related to the agreement to allow the evacuation of civilians and the entry of humanitarian aid to the southern town under Russian occupation and that he has been able to confirm that preparations are currently progressing in line with the existing preliminary agreement.
The humanitarian truce, which Pope Leo XIV himself had requested from Russian President Vladimir Putin, was announced on Friday by the office of the US First Lady, who supposedly helped mediate the agreement, although according to this source the start was scheduled for October 29.
According to the White House, the First Lady “initiated conversations with both countries and, in her official role as Exclusive Intermediary, managed to get the parties to agree on the objectives, technical procedures, timetable, processes and conditions” of the localized ceasefire.
Oleshki, located on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River opposite the provincial capital of Kherson, under Ukrainian control, has been going through a difficult humanitarian situation for months.
Peru’s accumulated mining investment from January to August totaled 4.813 billion dollars, a 42.7% increase compared to the same period in 2025, with a greater incidence in infrastructure and development, which concentrated close to half of the investment in that period, as reported this Friday by the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
The Mining Statistical Bulletin (BEM), prepared by the General Directorate of Mining Promotion and Sustainability of the ministry, indicated that, in August alone, the mining subsector registered an investment of 696 million dollars, a year-on-year increase of 30.4%, the second highest monthly level of 2026.
In turn, in the Infrastructure sector, accumulated investment until August registered 1.308 billion dollars, exceeding by 65.7% the figure registered in the same period last year.
With this result, Infrastructure concentrated 27.2% of the total mining investment, which makes it the main destination of accumulated investment resources in the subsector.
⛏️ Perú suma S/ 13.310 millones en transferencias mineras en 2026. El canon concentra S/ 9.588 millones, según el Minem.
Regarding the Development and Preparation sector, accumulated investment until August 2026 amounted to 1.031 billion dollars, exceeding by 106.7% the amount reported in the same period of 2025.
This execution represented 21.4% of the total accumulated mining investment nationwide, highlighted the Peruvian ministry.
Meanwhile, in the Beneficiation Plant sector, accumulated investment from January to August amounted to 839 million dollars, a figure 22.4% higher than that achieved in the same period last year.
Performance in the Exploration sector was 476 million dollars of accumulated investment, which meant a minimal rise of 1.2% compared to the same period of 2025, while in the Other sector (construction of dams, resettlement, intangibles, land purchase), accumulated investment totaled 579 million dollars, an increase of 69.5% compared to last year.
The southern Andean region of Arequipa is the main destination for mining investment in the country between January and August 2026 with 789 million dollars, equivalent to 16.4% of the national total.
It is followed by the also southern Ica with 648 million dollars (13.5%) and Moquegua with 479 million dollars (10%), respectively.
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