🇧🇷🗳️ Este domingo 25 de octubre Brasil irá nuevamente a las urnas para elegir quién gobernará el gigante de Sudamérica los próximos cuatro años. El actual presidente y candidato, Lula da Silva, busca la reelección y pretende mantener el legado progresista de su Gobierno. Del otro lado, está Flávio Bolsonario, que intentará regresar la ultraderecha al Palacio del Planalto.
Research carried out by the Alliance4Europe NGO suggests that pro-Russian networks manipulated information online in an effort to exacerbate anger in France ahead of last weekend's massive protests and subsequent unrest. After analysing more than half a million posts across various social media platforms, the group says it was able to track the campaign back to the start of September. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Omri Preiss, Managing Director at the Alliance4Europe.
Semana intensa para el fútbol europeo. El Paris Saint-Germain derrotó 4-2 al FC Barcelona en un vibrante duelo de la Champions League. Ahora, ambos equipos ya piensan en el fin de semana: el Barcelona afrontará un nuevo Clásico ante el Real Madrid, mientras que el PSG regresará a la acción en la liga francesa frente al Olympique Lyon. El informe es de nuestra periodista Natalia Ruiz.
El presidente argentino, Javier Milei, visita España en medio de una politizada campaña electoral para las elecciones anticipadas convocadas por el presidente de Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez. Nuestro corresponsal Natalio Cosoy nos amplió la información sobre el impacto de la presencia del mandatario en el país europeo y cómo avanza el fenómeno de El Niño.
La mayoría republicana en Michigan, uno de los estados péndulo, está en juego en las próximas midterms en Estados Unidos. Según las encuestas, los candidatos de demócratas y republicanos están prácticamente empatados y una pequeña diferencia podría ser crucial para cualquiera de los dos. Este es el recorrido que hace uno de los partidarios del Partido Demócrata para tratar de convencer a más votantes.
Los líderes de los sindicatos se reunieron con el primer ministro Sébastien Lecornu por más de dos horas y, tras no obtener propuestas concretas para solucionar las condiciones de vida en Francia, hicieron un llamado a la ciudadanía para continuar manifestando pacíficamente y convocaron a una huelga general para el 5 de noviembre.
Nigeria confirmó el primer caso de ébola en su territorio. La paciente es una mujer que llegó en un vuelo procedente de Uganda que tuvo que ser internada en un hospital, pero fue hasta días después que se confirmó su contagio del virus. Las autoridades se apresuran a tomar medidas para evitar el aumento de contagios.
The far-right European Parliament group of French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen's party said Wednesday EU prosecutors were searching its offices as part of a graft probe into its now-defunct predecessor. The Patriots for Europe group said the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) had been searching its administrative offices in Brussels and Strasbourg "since this morning". FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Strasbourg.
The far-right European Parliament group of French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen's party said Wednesday EU prosecutors were searching its offices as part of a graft probe into its now-defunct predecessor. The Patriots for Europe group said the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) had been searching its administrative offices in Brussels and Strasbourg "since this morning". FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Strasbourg.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, preferably no later than early November. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, says that "it's not clear whether Putin would meet Trump and Zelensky", adding that "meeting Zelensky is the last thing that Putin would be prepared to do".
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, preferably no later than early November. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, says that "it's not clear whether Putin would meet Trump and Zelensky", adding that "meeting Zelensky is the last thing that Putin would be prepared to do".
El enviado de Donald Trump para negociar la paz en Ucrania, Steve Witkoff, planteó al presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, reanudar las conversaciones trilaterales para el fin de la guerra, con la mediación de Washington. El mandatario ruso dejó abierta la puerta para dialogar y enfatizó en la negociación bilateral con la Casa Blanca, que en las últimas semanas ha levantado varios paquetes de sanciones en su contra.
The death toll from a drone strike Monday on a market in an area disputed between Sudan and South Sudan has risen to 153 and is likely even higher, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. Authorities in Abyei district said the strike on the Amiet market involved the use of multiple munitions and was carried out by the Sudanese army. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Jan Pospisil, Sudan Affairs Analyst at the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform. He says that for a long time the Sudanese army has tried "to portray a picture internationally that they are humane, whereas RSF is committing atrocities. Here we see very clearly that there is not much difference between these two".
Marine Le Pen is set to officially launch her presidential campaign this weekend at the National Rally two-day party congress in Orléans. The latest Ifop poll, carried out in the wake of the mass protests and riots in France, suggests the far right leader would win the first round of the presidential election by a wide margin, and far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon emerged as her most likely opponent in the runoff. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
US President Donald Trump's pivot away from Ukraine has triggered fresh questions about his attachment to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the man a top American envoy flattered on Wednesday as a "humanitarian. Trump has cast his dealings with Putin as part of a mega-deal that has secured the release of American detainee Stephen Hubbard -- and which Trump says will end Russia's war on Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kharkiv.
US President Donald Trump's pivot away from Ukraine has triggered fresh questions about his attachment to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the man a top American envoy flattered on Wednesday as a "humanitarian. Trump has cast his dealings with Putin as part of a mega-deal that has secured the release of American detainee Stephen Hubbard -- and which Trump says will end Russia's war on Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kharkiv.
La primera ministra italiana, Giorgia Meloni, abrió el debate tras publicar su nuevo paquete de medidas para garantizar la seguridad durante las protestas, en el que anuncia mano dura para los menores de edad responsables de violencias en manifestaciones públicas. A las protestas generales se le suma el bloqueo de los camioneros y agricultores en el sur de Italia, que ya empieza a generar desabastecimientos. Informa nuestra corresponsal Irene Savio.
Tras una reunión de más de tres horas con el primer ministro Sébastien Lecornu y miembros de su gabinete, los líderes sindicales calificaron la reunión de "frustrante" al no escuchar propuestas concretas para el poder adquisitivo. La secretaria general del sindicato CGT, Sophie Binet, convocó nuevas huelgas e hizo un llamado a una huelga general el 5 de noviembre. Informa nuestra periodista Natalia Ruiz Giraldo.