The president cancelled the events in favor of tele-rallies, as Republicans face a fight to retain control of Congress
Donald Trump cancelled, and then promptly uncancelled, two in-person rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend as polls suggest US midterm election races in the previous Republican strongholds could go down to the wire.
On Thursday, just five days before election day, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced the president would no longer host the Kansas and Iowa rallies and instead participate in “a large number of tele-rallies”. The RNC claimed it felt it was in a “strong position” in Kansas and Iowa.
Niente comizio in Kansas. E neppure in Iowa. A pochi giorni dalle elezioni di metà mandato, DonaldTrump dà forfait in due stati da decenni solidamente repubblicani, ma che per queste midterm sono ritenuti contendibili e non più sicuri per il Gop. Le ragioni dietro l’annullamento degli appuntamenti non sono state rese note, ma al loro posto il presidente ha in programma fino a 20 comizi telefonici (o virtuali), una mossa che segna un cambio di strategia a pochi giorni dal 3 novembre. Per il momento, l’unico evento in presenza previsto da Trump è un comizio in Florida, in programma oggi, riferisce Cnn.
Il presidente ha dichiarato che la decisione di cancellare l’evento in Kansas non ha nulla a che fare con le prospettiveelettorali dei candidati repubblicani né con la sua stessa resistenza fisica, arrivando a rimproverare un giornalista della Reuters che gli aveva chiesto informazioni sul suo stato di salute. In Kansas e in Iowa il tycoon rischia di pagare gli effetti della sua guerra in Iran, che ha fatto aumentare il prezzo dei carburanti, un’impennata che pesa sugli agricoltori dei due stati. Il presidente rischia di pagare dazio anche in South Carolina, altro stato fortemente repubblicano, per aver imposto come successore ad interim del defunto senatore LindseyGraham con la sorella Darline, che non ha alcuna esperienza politica.
Intanto, il Texas resta lo Stato su cui puntano maggiormente i democratici, nella speranza di conquistare un seggio al Senato che manca loro da 33 anni. È quanto emerge, secondo Axios, da un briefing riservato del Senate Majority Pac, il principale comitato di finanziamento elettorale democratico impegnato nella corsa per il Senato, con alcuni dei suoi maggiori finanziatori. Il presidente dell’organizzazione, Jb Poersch, avrebbe espresso fiducia nella possibilità di riconquistare la maggioranza alla Camera alta, indicando proprio il Texas come lo Stato in cui i democratici avrebbero le maggiori possibilità di strappare un seggio ai repubblicani, seguito dall’Ohio. Anche Iowa e Alaska vengono considerati alla portata, mentre persino il Kansas, tradizionale roccaforte repubblicana, sarebbe diventato contendibile.
Per riconquistare il controllo del Senato, i democratici dovrebbero conquistare almeno due dei quattro seggi in palio in Texas, Ohio, Iowa e Alaska, vincere anche in North Carolina e Maine e difendere il seggio del Michigan. Una sfida tutt’altro che semplice, considerando che Donald Trump aveva vinto tutti e quattro gli Stati nel 2024 con margini superiori ai dieci punti percentuali. In Texas, dove l’ultimo democratico eletto al Senato fu Lloyd Bentsen nel 1988, per i sondaggi il candidato James Talarico risulta in leggero vantaggio sul repubblicano Ken Paxton. “Ci sono segnali di ottimismo in Texas, ma la corsa resta incerta, così come in Iowa, Ohio e Alaska”, ha dichiarato LaurenFrench, portavoce del SenateMajorityPac.
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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