Los Mossos d’Esquadra se dirigieron el pasado lunes a la Unidad Nacional de Retirada de Contenidos Ilícitos en Internet (UNECI), dependiente del Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado (CITCO), para pedir ayuda y solicitar el cierre del grupo denominado BLOCUS-BCN.
The statement was backed by groups such as Fage, Union étudiante, l’Unef, Union syndicale lycéenne, Les Lycéens! and Renouveau lycéen, organizations that have played a central role in recent student protests in the country. Several measures aimed at responding to student demands were presented at the meeting.
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During a public appearance, union spokesperson Sabrine Karbach valued some of the advances obtained through mobilization but said they remain limited. “We are achieving some advances through mobilization, but they are still crumbs,” she said.
🇫🇷 French Prime Minister Sebastian #Lecornu will meet with high school students Monday afternoon in a bid to ease tensions after nearly a month of protests across #France.
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) October 26, 2026
This follows another meeting with President Emmanuel #Macron, where he promised a concrete response to… pic.twitter.com/8SiLu3aMJN
Among the measures announced by the Government is a partial reform of the university access system, which various student groups consider insufficient.
Disagreements also extend to educational infrastructure. The unions maintain that resources allocated to renovating teaching centers are far from covering existing needs and recall that numerous secondary schools have inadequate conditions amid high temperatures associated with climate change.
The Executive also reported reducing the maximum number of students per class to 28, creating 500 new teaching positions, eliminating 836 teacher posts and increasing scholarships annually in line with inflation. It also announced a multi-year program to modernize educational buildings and new financing lines for schools and secondary schools.
Despite these announcements, student organizations insist that mobilizations will continue until broader results are obtained.
Ana María Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People’s Power, held bilateral meetings prior to the start of the general sessions, representing the Caribbean island.
In dialogue with Om Birla, speaker of India’s Lok Sabha (lower house), both parties assessed the deepening of legislative exchange, capacity building and cooperation in sectors such as healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.
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The leader of the Indian legislature highlighted the relevance of parliamentary dialogue for strengthening ties of friendship between both nations.
On 26–27 October 2026, New Delhi will host the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, bringing together parliamentary delegations for meaningful deliberations on democratic governance, institutional innovation and development that places people at its centre.#BRICS2026… pic.twitter.com/3cRn08jdPR
— Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India) October 26, 2026
During the meetings, the Cuban delegation set out the impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States, with special emphasis on the energy siege that directly affects the well-being of the population and the national economy.
The delegation also reiterated its interest in moving from partner country status to full member state of BRICS, reaffirming its commitment to work closely with the group for the benefit of the peoples of the Global South.
Of 38 competing parties, only 11 were expected to clear the 3.25% threshold for parliamentary representation, according to the report.
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The latest surveys from the three main television channels, published three days before the election, gave the coalition led by former army chief Gadi Eisenkot 52 to 56 seats and Netanyahu’s bloc 50, both short of the 61 needed for a majority, according to those polls. Arab parties were projected to win 14 to 16 seats, and only one poll gave 4 seats to the new pro-opposition Reservists-Economic Bloc.
Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud, relied on ultra-Orthodox Jewish formations and ultranationalists. Meanwhile Eisenkot’s bloc, led by the right-wing Yashar! party, included the right-wing Beyajad party of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, Israel Beitenu of right-winger Avigdor Liberman, and The Democrats of Yair Golán.
U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed Netanyahu via Truth Social.
הנשיא טראמפ קורא לכם להצביע מחל. אל תישארו בבית, הצביעו מחל ויחד נשלים את המשימה ונשמיד את האיום האיראני. 🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/6jQRjz8UVr
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 26, 2026
About 20% of Israel’s 10.3 million people are Arab Israelis, Palestinians with Israeli citizenship descended from those who did not flee or were expelled after the war preceding the state’s creation. Unlike Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, they can vote and make up 17% of the electorate, though past elections showed support for boycotts.
Researcher Marzouq Halabi told The New Arab that “people instinctively recognise that these elections serve as a cover for an absolute war, which Israel has framed as a religious one aimed at deciding the Question of Palestine through violence and subjugation, with all that this implies. As such, people will turn out collectively to the ballot boxes. They are not asking about party platforms; rather, they are asking how the fascist right can be repelled and its agendas obstructed.”
Reports from the Israeli media outlet Haaretz point out that Netanyahu’s Likud party has spent millions of shekels recruiting and paying workers to monitor polling stations in Arab communities, record voters, and report developments to party headquarters in real time.
A total of 12,018 polling stations opened across Israel and in illegal West Bank settlements for 7,332,000 eligible voters, the Israeli Central Elections Commission reported.
Because Israelis abroad cannot vote remotely, the U.S. NGO AID Coalition, which leads the Fly&Vote initiative, estimated at least 67,000 had returned to vote, mostly from Europe and the United States.
Netanyahu was set to vote at 11:00 local time in West Jerusalem’s Katamón neighborhood, while main challenger Gazi Eizenkot planned to vote about three hours later in Herzliya, their parties announced.
The Hebron municipality updated the number to 3,189 displaced people from an earlier count of 3,170, affecting some 488 families mainly from the Deir Bahha and Al Jalda neighborhoods, according to municipal data. The operation was launched after the two soldiers were killed near a checkpoint last Friday and has left hundreds of residents trapped in their homes while mass arrests reached at least 70 Palestinians.
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More than 200 children under two and of early age and about 250 people over 60 were among those affected. With a local state of emergency declared, a crisis group of authorities and citizens set up shelters and temporary accommodation with support from local families.
The offensive included a campaign of mass destruction of homes and the demolition of entire blocks and residential buildings by the Zionist Army, which justified the actions by saying it had destroyed infrastructure built in violation of the law, according to the report. Local sources and agencies such as Wafa denounced that the offensive formed part of a strategy of indiscriminate punishment against urban residents, according to the report.
The forced displacement of Palestinians by the Israeli military in the occupied west bank city of Hebron continues, as a city-wide siege remains in place. It's also triggered a humanitarian crisis, with the municipality scrambling to provide food and shelter pic.twitter.com/Z0sunIfbFz
— TRT World (@trtworld) October 26, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended continuing the operations and said the Army was preparing for a scale unprecedented since the 1967 Six-Day War. Reports from media such as Ynet revealed disagreements between Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, who advocated ending the operation because of limited tactical results and the discovery of a small number of weapons.
The United Nations and Palestinian factions such as Hamas strongly condemned the siege.
UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk calls for an end to #Israel’s aggressive operation in the #WestBank city of #Hebron, which forcibly displaced nearly 2,000 Palestinians, demolished homes and commercial property, and deprived residents of the ability to move freely.
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) October 26, 2026
"Collective… pic.twitter.com/sfi6tJNMzy
Cuban medicine had historically guaranteed survival rates of between 89% and 90% in pediatric patients, a figure now collapsing because of the impossibility of acquiring essential oncology drugs, diagnostic means and timely treatments, according to the report.
Agramonte denounced that the policy of asphyxiation considerably reduced cure and transplant rates and said the Caribbean nation faced severe obstacles to purchasing medical supplies due to the veto of bank accounts and sanctions on financial entities.
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The specialist further warned that the crisis also deteriorated care for benign diseases associated with pregnancy and reduced blood donation, driven by complex living conditions and power outages, and said that although Cuban doctors adapted treatments, the pathologies responded to strict protocols and therapeutic timelines.
16000 personas en #Cuba necesitan radioterapia y 12000 quimioterapia.Lo han reconocido ONU y OMS.Dichos tratamientos requieren electricidad estable y Cuba, por el cerco energético,sufre prolongados apagones. El bloqueo no causa cáncer,pero obstaculiza tratamiento d la enfermedad pic.twitter.com/KSRKyZ3S1d
— Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo (@AnayansiRCamejo) October 26, 2026
During the twenty-second Civil Society Forum against the blockade, organized by the Cuban United Nations Agency, civil society representatives exposed the widespread impact of these coercive measures on the National Healthcare System.
The head of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Public Healthcare, José Armando Arronte, detailed that the surgical waiting list exceeded 100,000 patients, of whom 12,000 were minors.
The U.S. siege also affects ambulance transport and the wear and tear on health personnel in the face of blackouts and resource scarcity, allowing the country to guarantee only 30% of the medicines on its basic list, according to the report.
Los 76 menores detenidos por los disturbios y saqueos en Barcelona el pasado sábado comenzaron a pasar entre el domingo y ayer lunes, a disposición de la jueza de menores. Durante sus comparecencias, muchos estuvieron acompañados por sus padres y la magistrada aprovechó para dirigirse a ellos y reprocharles el comportamiento de sus hijos.
Markets will take time to return to conditions prior to the outbreak of the U.S.-Isareli war against Iran, Birol considered.
“We must all prepare and make energy security the highest priority in our Governments and in the business world,” he said in a direct call to state administrations and the global corporate sector.
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He assured that there is no viable path for markets to return in the short term to the operating conditions prior to the crisis, and urged governments and the business sector to prioritize global energy security for the coming years.
Oil prices currently stand near $120 per barrel, while the cost of derivative products is at considerably higher levels. Although the IEA leadership did not issue firm forecasts, it expressed concern about fuel demand ahead of the next winter period.
Bessent on Iran:
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 26, 2026
Iran, for the first time, probably since oil was discovered, has no oil on the water.
The Iranian people should go and buy their heating oil now. They should hoard gasoline. pic.twitter.com/nXt6Cs7IMq
As a direct response to the current energy crisis, the agency anticipates a significant rebound in the nuclear sector. Its latest study indicates that nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 90 gigawatts are currently under construction—the highest figure recorded in the last 40 years.
The authorization followed an extraordinary closed-door session convened under Article 152 of the Egyptian Constitution, allowing President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to adopt the measures needed to militarily back Riyadh in its aggression and economic blockade against Yemen.
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Lawmakers approved the measure with two-thirds backing in the lower house after a prior recommendation from Egypt’s National Defense Council. Although the exact text was not made public, independent MP Mustafa Bakry said on X that it includes the possibility of sending troops to Saudi Arabia if necessary, following coordination between both countries, as well as reinforcing air defense systems and guaranteeing the security of critical infrastructure.
Yemeni Armed Forces announce multiple missile and drone operations against Saudi targets on 25 and 26 October
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) October 26, 2026
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The Yemeni Armed Forces announced a series of military operations targeting Saudi airports, military bases, oil infrastructure, and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen, as… pic.twitter.com/ul7sV9Ebsj
The parliamentary vote was delayed several days to achieve consensus around the proposal submitted by the president on Oct. 17, and it grants the formal legal framework to execute joint measures requested by Riyadh. Previously, on Oct. 21, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and intelligence chief Hassan Rashad traveled to the kingdom to deliver a letter from el-Sisi to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stipulating that the support would be strictly defensive.
Türkiye and Pakistan already support the kingdom through the deployment of thousands of Pakistani soldiers and Turkish military resources such as drones, although Islamabad has denied carrying out direct airstrikes.
Egypt’s move comes amid growing escalation marked by intense Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the port of Mokha. Saudi airports, bases and energy centers have been under constant fire from the Yemeni Air Force since the kingdom intensified its military campaign in July, a war that has lasted a decade and caused dozens of casualties and the temporary closure of critical facilities of OPEC’s main oil producer.
Ancora una volta i sondaggi hanno fallito. Sebbene il vantaggio fosse marginale, tutte le previsioni davano per certa la vittoria del candidato di destra alla presidenza del Brasile, Flávio Bolsonaro. Ma gli elettori hanno sorpreso con l’ultima parola: con circa il 51,8% dei voti, il presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva è stato rieletto nel ballottaggio di ieri. Un risultato che si interpreta come un sollievo per chi critica l’influenza degli Stati Uniti in America latina.
Con circa 4,4 milioni di voti in più, Lula da Silva è stato dichiarato vincitore. Ancora Bolsonaro non accetta la sconfitta e ha chiesto che tutti i risultati siano annullati, a causa di alcune irregolarità in alcuni centri di votazione e in seguito alla straordinaria decisione – dell’ultimo momento – di lasciare aperti i seggi due ore in più.
“Si tratta di una rimonta storica per Lula – sostiene l’emittente Bbc -: da quando il Brasile ha questo sistema elettorale, ormai da quasi quattro decadi, nessuno fino ad ora aveva vinto il ballottaggio presidenziale dopo essere stato superato nel primo turno”.
Questo risultato elettorale interrompe una lunga traiettoria di sette elezioni presidenziali in America latina, nell’ultimo anno, che sono state vinte dagli alleati di destra del presidente americano Donald Trump.
Dalla Colombia al Perù, passando per Cile, Costa Rica, Honduras, Bolivia, Ecuador… Il capo della Casa Bianca non ha nascosto l’interesse ad aumentare l’influenza nella regione, sostenendo i candidati che ideologicamente sono in sintonia con lui e le sue politiche di governo, e appoggiano i suoi interventi militari diretti per consolidare la sicurezza regionale.
Lula da Silva è uno dei pochi leader che si è schierato contro Trump. Nel suo intervento alle Nazioni Unite ha ribadito che il Brasile, con il potenziale di diventare una delle economie più grandi del mondo con un Pil di 2,6 bilioni di dollari, non sarà mai il cortile di nessun altro Paese. E ha denunciato davanti ai leader internazionali le “tentazioni egemoniche” degli Usa.
Ma la gestione di questo nuovo governo del presidente socialista non sarà facile. Magna Inácio, docente di Scienze politiche dell’Università di Minas Gerais, ha ricordato alla Bbc che “i partiti di destra (in Brasile, ndr) contano con un maggior numero di deputati e oggi hanno chiaro che possono fortificarsi e mantenersi come un’alternativa di governo molto solida”. Questo significa che il governo di Lula da Silva avrà non solo molto lavoro davanti a sé, ma anche minacce costanti di giudizio politico.
Edgar Franco-Vivanco, professore di Scienze politiche e direttore del Centro di Elezioni di America latina dell’Università di Michigan, ha aggiunto le difficoltà fisiche a cui va incontro il leader brasiliano. Non solo ha 80 anni, ma ha anche superato due tumori che l’hanno indebolito.
O preço da habitação está a forçar novas combinações de agregados não familiares. Mesmo com salários de classe média, os portugueses são forçados a partilhar casas com desconhecidos, colegas e até amigos que deixaram de o ser, a voltar a casa dos pais após uma separação e a emigrar depois dos 50. Há mesmo quem esteja reformado e arrume a vida toda num quarto
Ultimi giorni prima della grande scelta presidenziale in Brasile. Ad oggi, il candidato Flávio Bolsonaro si mantiene in testa nei sondaggi, che prevedono una sua vittoria nel ballottaggio di domenica 25 ottobre. Tuttavia, la distanza dal presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva è marginale, come nel primo turno. La possibilità di un pareggio tecnico c’è ancora.
Il sondaggio di Quaest pubblicato mercoledì scorso indica che il figlio dell’ex presidente Bolsonaro gode del 45% del consenso, con un solo punto di vantaggio rispetto a Lula, che ha il 44% del gradimento dei brasiliani. Il report di mercoledì è il primo studio sulle proiezioni di voti dopo il dibattito di domenica tra i due candidati. La scorsa settimana, la stessa impresa di sondaggi dava a Bolsonaro il 46% e a Lula il 44%.
Invece per Nexus, che ha eseguito un sondaggio lunedì, subito dopo il confronto tra Bolsonaro e Lula da Silva, la differenza sarebbe di soli 0,6%, vedendo in vantaggio l’attuale presidente con il 46,5% dei voti e Bolsonaro figlio con il 45,9%. Il sondaggio precedente registrava una distanza di oltre tre punti percentuali. Per Nexus, circa il 4,7% degli elettori avrebbe deciso di votare in scheda nulla o bianca e il 2,9% è ancora indeciso.
La consultazione della firma Datafolha del 15 ottobre indica che Bolsonaro avrebbe il 47% dei voti e Lula da Silva il 45%. Gli ultimi sondaggi sembrano avere dato conto dell’effetto della riforma del lavoro approvata dal governo di Lula e dal Congresso, che offre un giorno di riposo a settimana (pagato).
Nell’ultimo tratto della campagna elettorale, il candidato di destra invece si è concentrato sul bisogno di un cambiamento di direzione per il Paese e nelle potenzialità del Brasile, che potrebbe diventare una delle sette principali economie del mondo. “Avevano detto che il bolsonarismo era finito, ma si sono dimenticati che Jair Bolsonaro ha lasciato milioni e milioni di semi”, ha detto il figlio, Flávio. Il candidato ha mantenuto il discorso sulla lotta contro la criminalità e la proposta di ridurre la età di responsabilità penale per reati gravi.
“Non dite all’indeciso per chi votare – ha detto il presidente brasiliano -. Chiedetegli di pensare in quale Brasile vuole vivere. Sicuro che voteranno per noi, siamo l’unica opzione per migliorare il Brasile”.
Oltre agli argomenti e i progetti di governo, il tema dell’ingerenza degli Stati Uniti nelle elezioni presidenziali brasiliane è al centro del dibattito. Molti esperti sostengono che gli Usa hanno preso misure politiche, economiche e diplomatiche per favorire il candidato Bolsonaro – più vicino alla linea del presidente Donald Trump – perché una possibile vittoria della destra agevolerebbe gli interessi americani nella regione.
James N. Green, professore di storia politica del Brasile dell’Università Brown, ha detto alla Bbc che i dazi sono stati disegnati dall’amministrazione Trump per fare pressione sul governo di Lula: “Non c’era una giustificazione economica. Era semplicemente un’altra forma per interferire nelle elezioni”.
Anche il quotidiano Folha de São Paulo ha pubblicato un documento in cui l’Agenzia dell’Intelligence Brasiliana eleva a livello critico la possibilità di ingerenza degli Stati Uniti nel voto di domenica 25 ottobre. Per il Dipartimento di Stato americano, “qualsiasi insinuazione di una ‘strategia’ per danneggiare le elezioni in un Paese democratico è una bugia senza fondamento”.
Oggi ci sarà l’ultimo dibattito televisivo per confrontare le due proposte di Lula da Silva e Bolsonaro jr. prima del voto finale. Entrambi i candidati hanno promesso di svelare il loro patrimonio e quello delle loro famiglie in diretta.
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