Neither the presence of European diplomats nor a press vest has prevented Israeli settlers from acting with violence again in the West Bank. This Saturday, a group of settlers attacked a European diplomatic delegation in Taybeh, a Christian-majority Palestinian town located east of Ramallah in the West Bank, a territory considered occupied since 1967 by the international community.

Uncertainty has settled into Donald Trump's United States electoral appointments, and the midterm elections of November 3rd are no exception. The concern regarding any possible attempt by the U.S. president to interfere in the elections has led thousands of volunteers to train for what might happen on November 3rd: from a possible deployment of ICE agents to the White House's attempt to challenge the results in some districts. "Authoritarians feed on fear, and the way to combat it is by organizing people," explains Jessica Acee to ARA, organizer of States at the Core (STAC), a pro-democracy group that has trained more than 50,000 volunteers for the upcoming elections.

The day of mobilization in France to protest against the rising cost of living has left images of authentic chaos, violence, and clashes between protesters and police in Paris and other cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rennes, and Limoges. According to the organizers, 800,000 people have taken to the streets, a figure that French authorities lower to 550,000. Throughout the country, more than 90 demonstrations and 500 protests were called, and many have ended in riots – especially serious in Paris – on a day in which the police have arrested more than 400 people.

In the eyes of the world, France is once again the sick man of Europe. It is nothing new in a country historically marked by labor conflict, political scandals, military defeats, and crises of all kinds, but at the same time, it is not good news that, in the current climate of student protests and a pre-election environment marked by the rise of the far right, fears regarding the viability of the country's public finances are now being added.

The two worst moments in the relationship between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have had a common denominator: they have arrived preceded by a telephone conversation between the United States president and Vladimir Putin, in which the Kremlin leader promised him major joint business deals. It happened in February 2025, before the public brawl between the American leader and the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office of the White House, and it has happened again now, following the agreement for Moscow to sell diesel with Washington's permission, which caught Kyiv off guard. The Russian president has known at all times how to offer Trump what he desired, persuade him with his reasons, draw him to his positions, and pit him against Zelenskyy.

Just one week after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the acquisition of 300,000 tons of Russian diesel, the New York tycoon signed an executive order late this Friday that temporarily suspends the application of a broad package of sanctions against Russia. He argued before Congress that it is a measure that responds to the "national interest," as reported by the White House.

"We were born in war and we will die in war," says Natasha, accompanied by her husband, Leonidas, both eighty-three years old, on the fourth floor of an empty building in the center of Kramatorsk. Liena, a worker at one of the few grocery stores left in the neighborhood, tries to convince them to leave the city, that even living in a basement is a death sentence: "If the Russians arrive, they will throw a grenade and ask afterwards if there is anyone alive." The octogenarian couple lives trapped in the uncertainty of a meager pension, between the approach of a war front that is about nine kilometers away and the anxiety over daily shootings and the high-pitched sound of fiber-optic drones searching for vehicles to destroy. Despite this situation on the streets, every Sunday morning they attend the mass offered in an abandoned restaurant near their home, where about thirty people gather to pray and sing.

Roberto Saviano (Naples, 1979) wanted to write a love novel. But when he discovered the story of Rossella Casini, a young woman raped, murdered, and dismembered by the family of her boyfriend, Francesco Frisina, heir to a 'Ndrangheta clan, he began an investigation that brought to light one of the cruelest crimes perpetrated by the Calabrian mafia. My love does not die (Ara Llibres) is the result of five years of work. A book with which the author of Gomorrah (2006) tries to do justice to a forgotten victim of the mafia, while continuing to fight against his own demons. A battle of which he confesses to being increasingly tired. Saviano meets ARA at the Cervantes Institute in Rome. The Italian journalist seems especially dejected, convinced that he has sacrificed his life in vain. While abroad he is recognized as a brave writer, in Italy there are those who reproach him for having diminished or tarnished the country's image by denouncing the relationships between power and organized crime. Saviano has lived under police protection for 20 years after being threatened with death by the Casalesi clan, one of the most bloodthirsty in the Camorra. He was 26 years old, almost the same age as Rossella Casini when she was brutally murdered.

Many people do not know this, but 20% of Israel's population is Palestinian. And for the first time in its history, this minority could be key in tipping the result of the Israeli elections on October 27th. Polls point to a 50-50 tie between the governing bloc of Benjamin Netanyahu's right and far-right and the liberal opposition forces. With this almost unprecedented scenario, the Arab minority would hold the key to Netanyahu's defeat, a candidate who is under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for the genocide in Gaza. However, in a context of strong anti-Arab racism, neither the government nor the opposition wants to reach agreements with the parties that represent them. Last month, the electoral board banned all Arab parties from running in the elections, as well as the communists of the only party that brings together Arabs and Jews. The decision was so discriminatory that the Supreme Court reversed it, but only partially. The United Arab List (Ra'am) will be able to run, as will the Unified List. The candidate from one of their parties, Sami Abu Shehadeh, remains banned. The Jewish communist candidate Ofer Cassif will also be able to run. In contrast, Israeli far-right parties with candidates who are under international sanctions for human rights violations have been able to run without problems.

Katie Zacharia will go down in history as one of the White House Press secretaries who has held the position for the least amount of time. Three days after debuting with a very brief and hesitant appearance, Donald Trump has decided to fire her. Publicly, the US president told reporters this Friday that Zacharia should reconsider her position. "I don't think Katie should have to suffer as she suffers at the hands of the press," said the Republican. Although he presented it as an option, government sources have revealed to the New York Times that they have already fired her.

Few things explain a country more clearly than its cuisine. The available ingredients quickly summarize the history, politics, and economy of a territory; also its current affairs and its future perspectives. In Senegal, few dishes explain the country like ceeb au jën, which in Wolof literally means "rice with fish". These days I am in the north of the country with photojournalist Guillem Trius, following a series of stories linked to food and agricultural production on the banks of the Senegal River, the most important water artery in this country.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Brussels to step up aid for the war, now that support from the United States is faltering. After Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel, the Ukrainian president asked European partners to contribute to the war effort with 70 billion euros more in order to "contain Russia".

With empty water bottles in hand, citizens of the Indonesian island of Batam stormed a data center macro-complex this week shouting "Water, water." They were all protesting because for months now, no water has flowed from the taps in their homes. Meanwhile, the data centers at the Nongsa Digital Park, located on the island, continue to have enough water for computers and systems to operate normally. Now the island's inhabitants, which is trying to become a technological hub, depend on water tankers, as reported by the BBC.

New setback for the European Union's climate goals. The continent's economic engines, France and Germany, reached an agreement this Friday to soften the climate requirements for the automotive sector and maintain the manufacturing of combustion vehicles beyond 2035. This was announced by the French government in a statement, in which it details that the pact also includes tools to strengthen production conditions within Europe. This proposal has been a major demand from European manufacturers, who are currently working hastily to electrify in the face of strong Chinese competition.

In one out of every four couples getting married for the first time in Japan, the woman is older than the man. In 2024, these marriages represented 25.5% of the total, the highest percentage recorded to date and more than double that of the seventies, when they hovered around 10%. In couples, older men continue to be the majority, but the age difference between spouses has shortened. Even so, in many cases, the gap is small: the woman is only one or two years older than the husband.

The confrontation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is becoming more evident with each passing day. The US president continues to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart to stop attacking Russian refineries, while he negotiates the lifting of sanctions on Russian hydrocarbons and cuts military aid to Kyiv. Ukraine resumed its bombings this Thursday against these types of Russian facilities, after three days of suspension following Trump's announcement of an alleged immediate energy truce, which Moscow neither accepted nor complied with. "Enough is enough," said Zelenskyy in an interview with the Financial Times in which he announced that the blockade on attacks against Russian energy infrastructure was over. Hours later, Trump reacted by stating that "it is a disgrace".

If Pedro Sánchez's stance on immigration was already dissonant with the rest of the bloc, his distance from his partners has widened following the Ceuta crisis to the point of appearing irreconcilable. This Friday, the Spanish executive president was the target of criticism from his partners in a "difficult" debate on immigration in which he was left alone, according to sources present in the room speaking to ARA. The focus of the reproaches was the regularization process for thousands of immigrants that a group of states, led by Denmark, Italy, and Poland, consider a "pull factor" for immigration to the continent.

A 16-year-old teenager has killed three children and a teacher in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, in the state of Oregon (United States), before a pedestrian who was armed ended up killing him as well, according to what the police have explained.

When it comes to money, states do not budge. The next European Union budget, which will set spending priorities for the 2028-2034 period, remains blocked and, despite the tug-of-war of this Thursday's negotiations—which have been going on for hours—the position of the capitals has moved very little.

The Houthi missile attacks against Riyadh airport, which on Saturday caused at least 14 deaths and more than 300 injuries, have once again placed Yemen at the center of international news. The explosions in the Saudi capital are hogging the headlines, but outside the media spotlight, a much more decisive battle is being fought within the country. Houthi forces have surrounded Taiz, the third most important city in Yemen, and are disputing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait, the gateway to the Red Sea. The poorest country in the Arab world is once again plunged into war, after five years of relative calm. The blows that Saudi Arabia is receiving put Donald Trump in the dilemma of having to defend his ally when the pockets of his voters are still suffering the impact of the fiasco of the attack against Iran, and just three weeks before the legislative elections.