O desinvestimento nas telecomunicações é um problema europeu que teve reflexos em Portugal no apagão e nas tempestades, diz o ministro das Infraestutruras numa entrevista ao Expresso em que também lamenta os atrasos na ferrovia e na alta velocidade que assegura será inaugurada a tempo do novo aeroporto
The foreign ministers also demanded that GCC member states participate in any negotiation or agreement that could affect their security and interests.
According to the final resolution, the ministers highlighted the need to address pending issues related to Iran’s nuclear program, missiles, drones and Tehran’s support for allied groups, while calling for respect for state sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs.
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The statement comes amid the confrontation between Washington and Tehran that began on February 28, and the stagnation of diplomatic efforts due to differences over Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. sanctions and maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. In that context, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reiterated Iran’s willingness to reopen the maritime route within a week, provided Washington accepts Tehran’s conditions, including lifting the blockade on Iranian ports and sanctions on its oil exports.
BREAKING: Iran announces an oil tanker has hit a naval mine while exiting the Strait of Hormuz through the US-backed southern Omani corridor, with a massive fire in the engine room. pic.twitter.com/kzMnoJr4Q0
— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) October 18, 2026
On navigation, the GCC ministers called for the situation in Hormuz to return to the conditions existing before February 28, in accordance with international law, the sovereignty of coastal states and the rights of affected countries. They stressed the importance of guaranteeing maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea, and warned against closing those routes, obstructing traffic, attacking merchant ships and crews, laying mines and imposing illegal fees or restrictions on passage. They also rejected making navigation subject to prior authorizations or imposed routes in contradiction with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law.
Marco Rubio on Iran:
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 19, 2026
They chose to take the straits hostage. They would have done it anyway.
Imagine if Iran had a nuclear weapon.
At that point, they could say, "And by the way, we own the Strait of Hormuz, and you guys can't do anything about it because we won't just hit… pic.twitter.com/OUgeE88qon
The meeting was chaired by Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani, with the attendance of his counterparts from member countries and the organization’s secretary-general.
Disapproval stood at 66%, including 52% who strongly disapprove. The rating was four percentage points lower than in July and 12 points below February 2025, when approval was 45%. It marked a lower level than at any point in his first term. Among likely voters, 38% approved and 62% disapproved.
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Voters were concerned about the cost of living and about the president’s decision to start the war against Iran, which affected fuel prices. 71% of respondents called gasoline unaffordable, up from 28% in February before the war in Iran raised fuel costs. 72% said the country is heading in the wrong direction, an increase of five points from April.
Trump's declining approval ratings are exposing a growing divide within the Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 19, 2026
A Fox News poll shows Trump retains 95% approval among MAGA Republicans, compared with just 47% among non-MAGA Republicans.
Source: Axios pic.twitter.com/of19EunI4p
Approval ratings traditionally serve as a key factor in anticipating midterm results in the United States, and several Republican members of Congress are struggling in districts that were once conservative strongholds.
Likely voters surveyed backed the Democratic congressional candidate over the Republican, 52% to 44%. Among all registered voters, the margin was 50% to 42%, an improvement for Democrats from July, when the gap was barely three points.
Trump has redoubled his participation in campaign events around the country to maintain control of Congress.
The EU plan could limit access for foreign companies, including SpaceX, and the proposal could restrict U.S. companies such as SpaceX and Amazon.
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SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite network, has criticized the proposed changes, warning they could undermine connectivity in Ukraine, where Starlink has played a fundamental role in civil and military communications since Russia’s special military operation.
Zelensky says Starlink terminals shut down at speeds above 161 km/h in Ukraine, while tests show they continue working above 180 km/h in the EU.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 17, 2026
He calls the restrictions a “planned operation,” saying they prevent Ukraine from using some interceptor drones against jet-powered… pic.twitter.com/aC5mPr7UnG
Puzder acknowledged Europe’s right to protect sensitive government information but argued that legislation should not be used to harm U.S. competitors. He also questioned whether the EU’s enforcement of its Digital Markets Act was aimed at promoting competition or generating revenue through fines imposed on US technology companies. Puzder urged Brussels and Washington to cooperate in the race against China in artificial intelligence and quantum computing, warning that regulatory disputes risk undermining shared interests.
Nuñez’s handling is being questioned amid the violent unrest, the report said. The riots were the most violent France has seen in years and left one protester dead, 600 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters injured and 2,000 people detained, according to the Interior Minister.
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The riots followed protests over the high cost of living.
Macron cited failures in anticipation and intelligence that led to the violence on Oct. 17, according to the report. In a televised appearance on Sunday, he condemned the violence and said those who tried to bring down the Republic would have to answer for it.
Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed the number of people detained during the police crackdown on protests in various parts of the country.
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 18, 2026
The Ministry of the Interior reported that 550,000 people took to the streets nationwide, 110,000 of them in Paris.
The demonstrations,… pic.twitter.com/nPUxeRBPwI
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government would not be “intimidated” by violence and attributed the riots to the “far left” and criminals. The unrest has increased pressure on Macron ahead of presidential elections scheduled for next year.
The organization warned of an escalation in attacks on Palestinian children through practices including intimidation, arrest, torture, starvation, isolation and denial of medical care. It said information on the number of children detained in Gaza since the war began remains unclear, particularly due to missing-person figures in the enclave and the continued practice of forced disappearance by Israeli forces.
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The group said Israel’s administrative detention policy, under which Palestinians are held without publicly filed charges or a clear release timeframe, leaves children facing an uncertain future and deprives them of family and educational stability. It added that Zionist courts contribute to continued violations against children amid a lack of effective accountability.
Palestinian Prisoner’s Society reports dozens of repression raids in Israeli prisons since October 7https://t.co/4zeHJcDpsE pic.twitter.com/tHMSRkUrrJ
— WAFA News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) October 18, 2026
The report cited the case of Walid Khaled Ahmad, who died in Megiddo prison in March 2025 amid medical findings indicating severe emaciation and signs of malnutrition and dehydration. The group questioned accountability for his death, noting the investigation had been closed.
It also highlighted Mohammed Hamid, 15, who contracted scabies while detained in Ofer prison, leading to severe infections affecting vital organs. He underwent heart surgeries and was admitted to intensive care in critical condition before one of his legs was amputated. The group said Hamid continued receiving treatment for about three months after Israeli authorities released him following his health deterioration, a measure it described as an evasion of responsibility for his medical care.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society called for international action to secure the release of arbitrarily detained children, end administrative detention and coercive interrogations, and stop torture, starvation and denial of medical treatment. It said protecting Palestinian children requires firm international intervention to guarantee respect for their rights, lives and dignity.
According to UN reports and the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israeli forces have killed at least 21,638 children in the Strip since October 2023, including more than 1,000 infants under one year old.
A report by an independent UN commission of inquiry released in June said continued attacks have caused unprecedented deaths, injuries and trauma to children, consolidating the legal characterization of these acts as war crimes and crimes against humanity through deliberate violations of global treaties prohibiting extermination and collective punishment.
Since October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 175,000 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza, where around 90% of infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed by massive bombardment. Israeli Army raids and settler attacks against Palestinians and their property have intensified in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of Israel’s genocide against Gaza in October 2023.
In a televised statement, Carney described a violent fire that spread rapidly as among the worst tragedies suffered by the Canadian Armed Forces on its territory. He said relatives had been informed and ordered flags on all federal buildings flown at half-mast, expressing solidarity with the families of victims and the injured.
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Among those affected were reservists and soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, one of the best-known infantry regiments in the Canadian Army.
Carney promised Canada would support victims and families for as long as needed, care for the injured throughout recovery and back Armed Forces members bearing the loss, saying they would not carry it alone because Canadians take care of one another.
LIVE: Statement on CFB Wainwright • EN DIRECT : Déclaration concernant la BFC Wainwright https://t.co/bMaGN3Xvl7
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) October 18, 2026
The Department of National Defence previously reported that the fire began around 4:00 p.m. local time Saturday in a training area of the base, located about 200 kilometers southeast of Edmonton, and spread rapidly beyond its boundaries, forcing military and civilian emergency services to deploy.
Global News, citing several military sources, reported that the explosion occurred during a live-fire exercise and may have originated when a projectile hit a gas pipeline or natural gas well. The account has not been officially confirmed. The toll given by Carney was the first official death figure.
The Canadian Armed Forces said Sunday that while the investigation continues, there is no indication the incident resulted from terrorist activity. NASA satellite images from its forest fire monitoring system captured at least seven clusters of fires at the camp in the early hours of Saturday.
The march brought several thousand people to Plaza Italia, organized by social and student groups to remember the roughly thirty victims who died during the unrest and the thousands injured by security forces during the 2019 demonstrations.
The protests were originally triggered by a public transport fare increase during Sebastián Piñera’s government, adding to decades of accumulated discontent with the country’s neoliberal model.
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This was the first commemoration of the social outburst during the term of far-right President José Antonio Kast, who has consistently criminalized the 2019 protests and refers to them as a “criminal outburst.” Slogans at the march targeted his government’s fiscal adjustments, and demonstrators called for a fairer economic model and greater social rights.
The government has decreed cuts in health, education, science, culture, scholarships, bonuses and subsidies, the closure of a program for women and the end of a plan that for 17 years provided computers to low-income schoolchildren.
🟥 Más de 5 horas llevan los manifestantes en Santiago de Chile, tras la fuerte represión contra la marcha en conmemoración por los 7 años de la revuelta popular de 2019, esta vez, en el marco de la grave situación social y económica que enfrenta el pais a la que se suman los… pic.twitter.com/7ysqKHDQOG
— Pao Dragnic (@PaolaDragnic) October 18, 2026
Kast, seven months into his term, has a 64% disapproval rating, driven by unfulfilled promises, falling economic indicators and rising unemployment, while rejection of social and public assistance cuts grows.
A poll by the firm Criteria published Sunday found that 68% of respondents believe the demands that sparked the 2019 unrest remain unresolved in Chile.
Antes de tener hijos, gritaba a los cuatro vientos que el día que me tocara seguiría viviendo en el centro, de alquiler, en un piso con muebles más bonitos que prácticos. No iba a renunciar al estilo de vida en el que creía por ser padre, ni de broma. Bueno, pues el primero aún no había cumplido el año y ya nos habíamos mudado a uno de esos barrios en los que solo hay glorietas, con hipoteca a 30 años y un salón de Ikea decorado como un Toys’R’Us. El escupitajo al cielo me cayó en la cara, aunque si alguien me recordaba mis palabras salía con que es que en el centro no hay casas con ascensor para subir el carrito…
Algo parecido le ha pasado en los últimos tiempos a la izquierda con sus constantes incoherencias, como la de Montse Mínguez, la portavoz del PSOE que ha salido de todas las listas electorales por los negocios inmobiliarios de su pareja. Hablan de 30 pisos de los que Mínguez no es responsable, como tampoco lo era Ayuso de las movidas que tuvo González Amador. Eso sí, Mínguez ha defendido la empresa de su pareja. Igual algo aprueba su manera de ganarse la vida…
Tampoco debe parecerle mal a Sánchez, que lamenta su dimisión y casi culpa de haberla dejado rota a la máquina del fango, esa que fabrica bulos que luego resultan ser verdades como puños: el feminismo de Ábalos, el enjoyado Zapatero… Al PSOE le ha caído su propio escupitajo con lo de Mínguez porque está haciendo precampaña con la crisis de vivienda que asola el país, culpando a los grandes tenedores. Como si en casi ocho años de Gobierno el problema le hubiera quitado el sueño a Sánchez…
¿Se puede ser rentista y de izquierdas? El capitalismo no lo pone fácil, pero se puede. Como se puede defender la sanidad pública y luego tener seguro médico privado. Que se lo pregunten a Almodóvar, vamos. Y también se puede exigir una enseñanza pública más que digna y que tus hijos estudien en colegios privados. Que a ti te vaya bien económicamente no significa que no quieras que el resto tenga las mismas oportunidades. Ahora, si puedes elegir entre alquilar 30 pisos y tener que pelearte con 30 candidatos para alquilar una habitación, es probable que seas más eso que llaman izquierda caviar que currante. Y si encima te da por soltar sermones como si fueras la conciencia de la clase obrera, pues vas a quedar de hipócrita.
Me sorprende que los políticos aún no se hayan aprendido que la ideología no puede ser un púlpito desde el que juzgar a los demás mientras uno se permite todas las excepciones. Con la de veces que les pillamos en renuncios... A mí también me acabaron pillando los que me conocen: lo de mudarme a un barrio residencial tuvo más que ver con la piscina de la urba que con la falta de ascensores en el centro. Eso no me hace ni mejor ni peor persona, aunque sí menos coherente de lo que presumía.
El Decano visita este domingo al Linares Deportivo con el objetivo de lograr una gran victoria a domicilio tras clasificarse para la final de la Copa Federación
The Paris police prefecture said law enforcement forces intervened to disperse two unauthorized demonstrations that had formed mid-morning.
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By 11:00 local time, 61 people had been detained, 589 preventive checks had been carried out and four fines imposed under the security operations, an official report stated.
The first protest consisted of a union gathering of about 100 people in the Gare du Nord area, while the second was made up of high school students on rue de Rennes.
Territorial leaders showed unity and confidence that they can defeat the polls’ bad omens at the meeting, according to EFE.
For the first time, more women than men will head the lists for the Congress of Deputies, at 52%, and in the Senate the party is also moving toward parity by increasing ten points the percentage of women leading candidacies compared with 2023.
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The party’s federal leadership introduced few changes this time to the candidacies submitted by the territories, and the noise generated was much lower than in 2023.
The Federal Committee met shaken by the resignation of its spokesperson, Montse Mínguez, who on Friday decided to leave all her posts after the controversy generated by her partner’s real estate businesses.
Sánchez revealed at a press conference in Brussels that he had asked Mínguez not to resign, but that she was “broken,” and he called her an extraordinary spokesperson and an immense politician. He lamented that politics sometimes mistreats good people.
The decision affects a law named after the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, which seeks to toughen sanctions against the Russian economy and limit the flow of financial resources.
Trump had enacted that legislation on September 18 but has now temporarily exempted the application of several of its provisions, according to the order.
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The order exempts sanctions against persons and entities linked to the Russian government; financial and trade restrictions and tariffs planned for Russian products, and those from certain countries that buy Russian hydrocarbons, according to the order.
The decision does not eliminate the sanctions the United States had already imposed on Russia through previous executive orders.
The exemptions from the new law will remain in force until Trump or the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative,
BIG: Trump waived sanctions targeting Russian fossil fuel sales just days before they were due to take effect.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 17, 2026
The measures would have imposed tariffs of up to 100% on goods from major importers of Russian oil and gas.
Russian officials welcomed the waiver, while U.S. lawmakers… pic.twitter.com/j5DGn28Ml8
The decision comes after Washington temporarily authorized commercial operations with Russian-origin diesel until April 7, 2027, including its import into the United States, despite the sanctions in force against Moscow.
Trump announced on October 9 that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the supply of diesel to international markets, with the aim of easing energy and fuel prices.
The Republican president said Russia would initially deliver more than 300,000 tons of fuel and would later supply additional quantities, conditioned in part on the state of its refineries, he said.
The agreement has drawn criticism from lawmakers of both parties, who question its possible effects on economic pressure against Moscow and its compatibility with U.S. legislation, according to the critics.
Detractors warn that revenue from the sale of Russian fuel could help finance the war against Ukraine, while the Administration defends the need to contain energy costs, according to the critics and the Administration.
Inspired by the spirit of the historic Tricontinental Conference held in Havana in 1966, the forum commemorates that legacy six decades on and warns that the task of decolonizing the Global South has not yet been completed, according to the forum.
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The event’s debates will focus on how to strengthen state governance capacity, social mobilization and institutional innovation through party organizations, according to the forum.
Today in Shanghai, China, I addressed the 2026 Global South Academic Forum, convened under the theme “Global South Political Parties: Governance and Modernisation.”
— Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang (@NJOAgyemang) October 17, 2026
At the opening, I reflected on the historical struggles that shaped the Global South, particularly the pursuit of… pic.twitter.com/T54hZxJ91R
The official program includes a rigorous analysis structured around various high-level panels, including Governance and Institution Building, highlighting the importance of state capacity and institutional strength as cornerstones of national development in the Global South, according to the program.
Under the agreement, the two outlets will exchange content on BRICS countries, develop joint projects and promote quality journalism to strengthen the objective international news agenda of Global South media.
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“For the channel it is a real pleasure to begin collaborative work with TVBrics. It is a way to show part of the dynamics of the Cuban capital as a partner of this important association, the BRICS,” Canal Habana director Erduy Varela said. He added that his expectations are to share experiences and ways of doing and communicating television in this new multimedia era.
TVBrics general director Janna Tolstikova said information cooperation between BRICS countries and states sharing the association’s values is important, adding that constructive dialogue between media helps lay the foundations for fruitful cooperation at the highest state level and favors the stability of international relations. She added that TVBrics is open to all countries willing to cooperate on the basis of equality, mutual respect, consideration of national interests and recognition of global diversity.
Tolstikova congratulated Canal Habana on the start of the collaboration, which she said will make Cuba’s cultural richness known to an international audience and offer the channel’s viewers audiovisual content of interest about BRICS and other Global South countries.
Canal Habana, founded in 2006, is part of the state-run Televisión Cubana system. It broadcasts in Spanish throughout Cuba and reports on political, economic, social, cultural and sports news in Havana, as well as major national and international events.
In Cuba, Prensa Latina and Canal Caribe already participate in content exchange through TVBrics. In Latin America, the network also collaborates with media from Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay. Among BRICS partner countries, media from Belarus, Bolivia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand and Nigeria participate.
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