Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push
Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone.
After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches. Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River.
UK public debt crossed the £3 trillion mark for the first time at the end of September 2026, the National Statistics Office reported on Wednesday, October 21.
The accumulated public sector liabilities stood at £3.005 trillion, equivalent to €3.57 trillion, according to the provisional estimate released by the National Statistics Office. The figure represented 94 percent of UK gross domestic product and marked a historic high, the agency reported.
The balance grew by £91.7 billion compared with the level recorded twelve months earlier, about €109.074 billion, according to the provisional estimate.
Despite the nominal record, the weight of the liabilities on the economy as a whole fell by seven tenths compared with the 2025 level, the agency reported. The agency recalled that net debt exceeded £2 trillion in June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and had surpassed £1 trillion in February 2010, following the global financial crisis.
September public borrowing amounted to £24.5 billion, or €29.142 billion, and was the second highest recorded for that month, according to the National Statistics Office. Only the September 2020 figure, unadjusted for inflation, was higher. Compared with the previous year, the imbalance increased by £1.8 billion, or 7.7 percent, because spending growth outpaced income growth, the agency reported.
Britain’s national debt has climbed above £3tn for the first time, underlining the pressure on the public finances before John Healey’s maiden Budget next week
Central government debt interest reached £10.9 billion in September, the highest figure recorded in the ninth month of the year since monthly records began in 1997, according to the National Statistics Office.
Annual inflation stood at 3.5 percent in September, four tenths above the August figure and the largest increase since October 2025, according to the National Statistics Office. The price of goods rose 3.2 percent year on year, compared with 2.7 percent in August, while services became 3.7 percent more expensive. Core inflation, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, advanced to 2.8 percent, two tenths more than in August.
Las 1.250 ovejas y 160 cabras que tomarán algunas de las calles de Madrid de la mano de la Fiesta de la Trashumancia cambiarán su recorrido tradicional este domingo por la acampada de Sol, ha informado la portavoz municipal, Inma Sanz, en la rueda de prensa posterior a la Junta de Gobierno.
"Lamentablemente no puede hacer el recorrido que se ha hecho tradicionalmente por esa acampada ilegal que está instalada en la Puerta del Sol", ha condenado la también vicealcaldesa y delegada de Seguridad y Emergencias.
Este año el recorrido, desde su inicio en Casa de Campo, hará parada en la Casa de Campo en Puente del Rey, Cuesta de la Vega, calle Duque de Nájera, calle Mayor, Plaza de la Villa, calle Toledo, plaza de la Cebada, Carrera de San Francisco, Bailén y regreso por la calle Mayor, Cuesta de la Vega y Puente del Rey hasta la entrada de nuevo en la Casa de Campo, camino de los rediles.
"Es lamentable que haya que modificar el trazado por una acampada ilegal que la Delegación de Gobierno se niega a levantar en nuestra ciudad", ha condenado la portavoz municipal.
Da molti mesi, il Cockroach Janta Party dell’India, conosciuto come il Movimento degli Scarafaggi, in riferimento agli esclusi, chiede profondi cambiamenti nel sistema politico indiano. L’ultima protesta, dove hanno partecipato principalmente giovani, esigeva le dimissioni del ministro dell’Istruzione indiano, Dharmendra Pradhan. La manifestazione è diventata violenta, con feriti e detenuti.
Gli “scarafaggi” chiedono anche le dimissioni del commissario elettorale, Gyanesh Kumar. Lo accusano di avere annullato il diritto al voto di circa 130 elettori. Ma tra le richieste ci sono anche più diritti, protezione e autonomia per le donne, dopo il caso di stupro di gruppo di una ragazza di 17 anni a New Delhi alla fine di settembre del 2026, diventato simbolo dello stato precario della sicurezza nel Paese.
Una delle portavoce di questa causa è la giovane attivista Gurmehar Kaur. Nata a Jalandhar nel 1996, si è laureata al Lady Shri Ram College e ha un master all’Università di Oxford. È ambasciatrice dell’organizzazione benefica inglese “Postcards for Peace”, che si dedica a combattere ogni forma di discriminazione. Nel 2017 la rivista Time l’ha definita una “paladina della libertà di parola”, e l’ha considerata uno dei “10 leader della prossima generazione”. Ha scritto un libro autobiografico intitolato “Small Acts of Freedom” e “The Young and the Restless: Youth and Politics in India”.
Il suo attivismo l’ha portata a numerosi arresti. Il prezzo da pagare per le giovani donne che si battono per un cambiamento è molto più alto rispetto agli uomini. Kaur racconta che, mentre i colleghi maschi festeggiano la visibilità nei media, le donne si preparano a minacce di morte, stupro, umiliazioni e altri abusi in rete. Su internet si trovano immagini sessualizzate delle manifestanti create con intelligenza artificiale, inserite tra quelle delle proteste.
In un’intervista all’emittente tedesca Deutsche Welle, Kaur ha spiegato che per lei “la resistenza non può essere un evento isolato. Un giorno e il seguente tornare alla vita quotidiana […] La resistenza è essere presenti e mettere il corpo in prima linea”. Per questo ha deciso di entrare a fare parte del gruppo giovanile del Congresso Nazionale, il primo partito dell’opposizione dell’India.
Humanity will exceed the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C global warming threshold, but the temperature peak can still be contained between 1.7 and 1.8 °C by mid-century, UNEP warned in its most recent report.
To return to 1.5 °C by the end of the century, countries must cut global emissions by 18 percent by 2030, 45 percent by 2035 and 69 percent by 2040, according to the report.
Global warming will overshoot 1.5°C in the coming years.
There’s still a chance to bring temperatures back down, but the window is closing fast.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared that surpassing the limit did not mean giving up, referring to the need to maintain ambitious climate targets despite the overshoot.
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen stressed that each additional fraction of a degree and each extra year of warming above 1.5 °C would worsen climate impacts and risks, including deadly floods, heat waves and wildfires that have swept numerous countries this year, and said all possible efforts were needed to limit the peak and return to 1.5 °C by the end of the century, which she said was possible.
The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone.
But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100.
Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century.
Continuing current policies will cause a catastrophic increase of 2.8 °C over this century, with a sustained rise in subsequent years, the document warns.
Ahead of the start of the second Global Stocktake at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, UNEP set concrete fossil fuel reduction targets relative to 2025 levels.
By 2035, the agency proposes reducing coal supply by 55 percent, oil by 15 percent and gas by 5 percent; by 2040, it proposes raising the cuts to 75 percent for coal, 30 percent for oil and 35 percent for gas.
Un hombre de 80 años ha fallecido este miércoles a causa de un traumatismo craneoencefálico severo y posterior parada cardiorrespiratoria tras ser atropellado por una moto en el distrito madrileño de Latina.
Los hechos se han producido sobre las 11:30 horas en la calle Maqueda, hasta donde se han trasladado sanitarios de Samur-Protección Civil para practicar maniobras de reanimación cardiopulmonar a la víctima, informa Emergencias Madrid.
Tras 40 minutos de maniobras, finalmente los sanitarios tan solo han podido confirmar el fallecimiento del anciano. La Unidad Judicial de Tráfico de la Policía Municipal de Madrid se ha encargado del atestado e investiga ahora las circunstancias del suceso.
Mónica García consume sus últimas semanas en el Ministerio de Sanidad. A su sonado fracaso con el Estatuto Marco, confeccionado contra los médicos, lo que propició meses de huelgas, ocupa estos últimos días con los más dispares contenidos. Como hoy, que se reunirá con la asociación Entierro Digno, que presenta este jueves, 22
de octubre, en Madrid, el estudio "Los datos cuentan otra historia", una investigación de ámbito estatal que analiza las dificultades para realizar enterramientos musulmanes en España. El encuentro contará con la presencia de la ministra de Sanidad, cuya asistencia está prevista desde las 10:00 h.
La investigación identifica 44 espacios funerarios islámicos en España, de los que solo 14 cuentan con datos públicos verificables sobre su capacidad, y analiza las distancias que deben recorrer las familias, las diferencias entre territorios y los costes económicos que pueden llevarlas a plantearse la repatriación de sus seres queridos.
Durante el encuentro intervendrán Maysoun Douas, presidenta de Entierro Digno, y representantes de organizaciones sociales, instituciones y expertos del sector
funerario, entre ellos Pazy, que aportará su experiencia sobre los trámites, las dificultades administrativas y la organización de funerales musulmanes.
La bifurcación de los carriles de salida existente en el tronco de la autovía A-5 que se sitúa a la altura de la calle de Illescas se modificará y pasarán a discurrir por ambos lados de la futura boca del túnel desde este viernes.
El Ayuntamiento de Madrid está ejecutando ya las obras la urbanización, que permitirán acabar en superficie con la barrera que suponía la autovía para los vecinos de los barrios de Lucero, Aluche y Las Águilas, del distrito de Latina, separados desde 1968 de Campamento (Latina) y Casa de Campo (Moncloa-Aravaca).
La reorganización temporal desde este viernes permitirá liberar el espacio necesario para ejecutar actuaciones como la reposición de la canalización de agua potable afectada por las obras, así como la construcción del vial definitivo en superficie.
La urbanización a lo largo de los 3,2 kilómetros del Paseo Verde del Suroeste ha comenzado en distintos tramos. Por ahora se actúa en la configuración final de las vías reservadas a los vehículos de la zona, el carril bici, la base de la primera intervención de la M-30 y una zona verde cercana a la pasarela verde ciclista. Todo se ubica en los alrededores de la superficie que da cobijo a la entrada del túnel de tres kilómetros que conectará con la M-30 en la avenida de Portugal.
Ariana Grande ha despedido a Coco, la primera perrita que adoptó en 2010. "Haces de cada lugar al que vas un lugar más bonito", le ha escrito en sus redes sociales tras casi diecisiete años juntas.
Con los años, Ariana ha acogido a otros animales, como Toulouse y Myron, y es cofundadora de Orange Twins Rescue, una asociación que da una segunda oportunidad a animales abandonados. Pero perder a tu primer compañero de cuatro patas es un dolor que muchos conocemos.
Hay momentos en la vida en los que el éxito, los focos y los grandes escenarios quedan relegados a un segundo plano ante el dolor que provoca la partida de un ser querido.
La artista está atravesando precisamente uno de esos duros baches personales que te destrozan por completo. A través de sus perfiles en las redes sociales, ha querido compartir con sus millones de seguidores la inmensa tristeza que la invade tras tener que despedirse para siempre de su adorada perrita Coco, un pilar fundamental en su día a día que la ha acompañado de manera incondicional durante más de dieciséis años.
Con el corazón en la mano, la cantante y actriz ha publicado un emotivo mensaje lleno de gratitud y nostalgia, dejando patente el inmenso vacío que supone esta marcha: "Mi Coco más dulce, más increíble y más preciosa… Estoy tan orgullosa de ti", comienza escribiendo en una publicación que no ha tardado en llenarse de mensajes de apoyo. "Gracias por tu amor y por bendecir este planeta con tu presencia durante más de dieciséis maravillosos años. Haces que cualquier lugar al que vas sea más bonito. Te echaré de menos cada día y te llevaré siempre en mi corazón. Te quiero muchísimo, mi niña", concluye en su sentido homenaje.
Coco, una simpática mezcla de perro salchicha y pastor alemán, llegó a los brazos de Ariana mucho antes de que se convirtiera en la superestrella global que es hoy. Su adopción se produjo cuando la intérprete apenas era una adolescente que empezaba a despuntar en la pequeña pantalla, convirtiéndose automáticamente en su primera mascota rescatada y en el inicio de una inmensa labor a favor de los derechos de los animales y la adopción de los perros sin hogar.
Desde aquel primer encuentro, el vínculo entre ambas se volvió inquebrantable. Era más que habitual ver a Coco protagonizando todo tipo de publicaciones, vídeos caseros y tiernas instantáneas en los perfiles oficiales de Grande. La artista presumía constantemente de su pequeña compañera de cuatro patas, llevándola consigo a los sets de rodaje, a interminables jornadas en los estudios de grabación de discos, como "Sweetener" o "Positions", e incluso incluyéndola en las rutinas de sus exigentes giras internacionales siempre que la complicada logística de los viajes se lo permitía.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign confirmed that the Brazilian president accepted lifting the bank and telephone secrecy of the candidates and their families before Sunday’s runoff election, a proposal aimed at his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro.
At a press conference, Camilo Santana, campaign coordinator for the Workers’ Party (PT), explained that the head of state seeking reelection has no problem with the conditions imposed by the other side. Santana said that regarding all the conditions Flávio has set, the president’s response is that he does not oppose anything proposed, as long as Flávio complies with and discloses everything contained in the request filed with the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
The PT team specified that Thursday at 11:00 a.m. local time is the deadline for the far-right Liberal Party candidate to release his financial data and that of his circle, adding that Bolsonaro cannot wait until after the elections and that the deadline expires tomorrow.
The topic stems from last Sunday’s televised debate, in which Lula challenged the far-right senator to disclose the bank accounts of both candidates to show “who is honest and who is a thief.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he would submit authorization to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to lift bank secrecy protections on his accounts and those of his family members.
After the debate, the president presented a formal authorization before the electoral body on Tuesday to release his data and that of his wife and children, but Bolsonaro responded that he would only agree if the review were extended to people linked to the government’s circle.
The PT has accepted the conditions and added to the review the finances of former chief of staff Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro and of the president’s brother, José Ferreira da Silva, as well as the record of businesswoman Roberta Luchsinger’s access to the Presidential Palace.
After accepting the requests, the Workers’ Party team questioned the opposition’s delay in joining the initiative. Santana said that if Bolsonaro owes nothing, he should have accepted President Lula’s challenge last Sunday.
LULA CHALLENGES FLÁVIO BOLSONARO to open their BANK ACCOUNTS & PHONE RECORDS to prove who is ‘CORRUPT’ ahead of elections
‘I OPEN MINE, MY ENTIRE FAMILY’S — AND YOU OPEN YOURS’
The U.S. denied entry to Puerto Rico to former Barcelona mayor and left-wing Frente Amplio presidential candidate Ada Colau, who had planned to attend the Ciudades Valientes municipalist gathering in Caguas on November 3 and 4, a decision sources close to her attribute to ideological reasons and her pro-Palestine activism.
Colau’s delegation was cleared through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) required due to the island’s colonial status, but her own application was denied. She was then advised to attend a personal interview at the embassy in Madrid. During that meeting two weeks ago, diplomatic staff focused their questions on her position on the conflict, with sources close to her saying the entire interview dealt with the Flotilla and her pro-Palestinian activism, with repeated insistence on the three days she was detained in Israel.
After the interview, U.S. authorities issued a definitive denial, citing suspicion that she wants to illegally migrate to the country.
Colau rejected the measure and denounced it as evident political censorship, pointing out that while Javier Milei can travel freely to Spain to insult the press and the public, Donald Trump prohibits her from entering Puerto Rico, which she described as a colony occupied by the United States. She made the statement in response to the ban.
Es inaceptable e injustificado negarle la visa para Puerto Rico a @AdaColau por ser pacifista y defensora de derechos humanos. El @DeptEstadoPR deberia intervenir al igual que el Comisionado Residente @RepPabloJose exigir una investigación (congressional inquiry) sobre este…
The former mayor, who governed Barcelona between 2015 and 2023, visited the Caribbean archipelago in April 2024 to address urban planning, access to housing, human rights and the role of women in politics.
Puerto Rico has remained under U.S. dominion since 1898 after the Treaty of Paris, and although since 1952 it has held the status of Free Associated State with its own constitution, the United States maintains exclusive control over immigration, customs, defense and currency.
A U.S. court ordered Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to pay $25 billion for deceiving the public about how it protects personal data, in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Judge Francis Mathew set the fine on Wednesday after a jury determined that Facebook made misleading promises about who could access user data and how that information was protected, according to the ruling. The jury found 26 statements by Meta made between 2010 and 2021 to be misleading, including some by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and then-chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.
In his ruling, Mathew wrote that Facebook’s misconduct, developed over years and systematically disseminated to the public, went to the core of its business practices. According to the ruling, the company maintained those promises despite internal warnings that it could not fulfill them, and allowed certain business partners to retain access to data it had announced it would stop sharing in order to avoid losing revenue. The judge concluded that the messages sought to build trust and attract users, whose data are essential to the company’s personalized advertising business.
The case is deeply tied to Cambridge Analytica, a British consulting firm that worked for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and obtained data from millions of Facebook users without consent to promote political advertising, according to a statement from the New Mexico Department of Justice. Revelations about the firm, made public in 2018, affected up to 87 million profiles and sparked an international scandal over the use of personal information by social networks and their role in electoral campaigns. The trial also examined what Facebook said publicly about its efforts to combat disinformation and hate speech.
Although the judge initially calculated a fine of more than $219 billion, he ultimately reduced the amount to $25 billion, which will accrue annual interest of 15% until effective payment. The money will go to New Mexico’s education system, although the attorney general warned that an appeal by Meta could delay the availability of the funds.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez presented the decision as one of the largest financial penalties against a company in U.S. history.
Railing against the “appalling” investigation, Obama claimed Omar was “a law-abiding elected official” targeted because she “has dared to criticize" President Trump.
Venezuela’s national government and former deputies of the 2015 National Assembly held the final plenary of the third cycle of talks in Caracas on Wednesday, centered on reviewing compliance with agreements on institutional matters and renewal of the judicial system.
This phase covered the review of commitments from the second cycle, which concluded Sept. 25 with partial agreements on lifting restrictions on digital news portals, adding guarantees for the right to information and progress in judicial renewal.
The agenda also included installing the Credentials Review Council for applicants to the Supreme Court of Justice as part of discussions on the judicial system.
The government delegation was headed by National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez and included deputies Pedro Infante, Jorge Arreaza and América Pérez, Minister of University Education Ana María Sanjuan and Deputy Minister Génesis Garvett. The 2015 Assembly delegation included Dinorah Figuera, accompanied by Juan Miguel Matheus, Sergio Vergara, Marco Aurelio Quiñones and Ramón López.
The formal talks began Aug. 12, when both parties agreed on a working methodology and installed technical tables on care for earthquake victims, democratic strengthening and judicial system reforms.
Foi uma votação confusa, mas os manifestantes no Rossio acabaram por decidir acampar na praça, desmontando as tendas próximo da hora limite autorizada para o protesto. Muitos concordaram em ficar depois disso, mas ao relento. E aprovada ficou também a realização de uma nova contestação, este sábado à tarde, em Lisboa
Foi uma votação confusa, mas os manifestantes no Rossio acabaram por decidir acampar na praça, desmontando as tendas próximo da hora limite autorizada para o protesto. Muitos concordaram em ficar depois disso, mas ao relento. E aprovada ficou também a realização de uma nova contestação, este sábado à tarde, em Lisboa
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