Donald Trump, who in his election campaign promised to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, began his second term by starring in an extremely tense meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, where he did not hide his disdain for the Ukrainian leader. That set off alarms in Kyiv and, although the two leaders apparently eased the tension, it has become clear in recent days that Trump continues to belittle the Ukrainian president, whom he points to as the culprit for not being able to reach a peace agreement while celebrating the alleged willingness of Vladimir Putin. And in all this context, aid from the United States to Ukraine has remained blocked for almost two years, since Trump returned to the White House.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The war in Iran could still escalate further. The United States is considering a new wave of attacks against Iranian nuclear infrastructure in which they would use the "mother of all bombs," according to several government sources revealed to CNN. The model in question is the GBU-43/B MOAB, a massive GPS-guided air-blast bomb that constitutes the largest non-nuclear projectile in the United States military arsenal.

Donald Trump announced this Thursday that the Pentagon will not live-stream the firing squad execution of former military psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the execution, scheduled for December 3, would be live-streamed on the internet to teach a lesson.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) of the United States proposed this Wednesday that a series of sanctions be applied against Spanish vessels as punishment for Madrid's blockade on arms shipments to Israel. In its stance against the genocide in Gaza, Pedro Sánchez's executive denied in 2024 the use of its ports to transport weaponry to Tel Aviv.

Denmark and Greenland celebrated, three weeks ago, an agreement with the United States that they considered put an end to months of provocations and tensions between the two NATO partners. But Donald Trump has shown that he has no intention of abandoning his challenges to the Arctic island. This Wednesday, in a message on his social network, he claimed that the US is preparing large-scale hydrocarbon exploration. "A massive oil, gas and mineral exploration is being prepared to begin in our beautiful new Greenland!", wrote the American leader, using a clearly provocative possessive pronoun.

The White House has a press secretary again. Without barely looking up from the lectern and with an appearance much briefer than those her predecessor, Karoline Leavitt, used to make, Katie Zacharia debuted this Tuesday as the new spokesperson for the Donald Trump administration. The 41-year-old woman made her first appearance just after the US president announced over the weekend that he already had a new replacement for Leavitt.

United States President Donald Trump announced on Sunday an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine “of an immediate nature”. That is to say, both countries would stop attacking, without further delay, each other's energy infrastructure. For the moment, however, there is no ceasefire underway, despite it having been supposed to be immediate. A few hours after the announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported six Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, which have left 33 people injured: "we have not attacked, and this is Putin's response to President Trump," he asserted. The city of Izium has been left without electricity after a Russian attack destroyed the power grid, according to the Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform. During the night, energy and railway infrastructure in western Ukraine were also attacked.

Justice must not kill. This idea is part of the European legal consensus built around human rights. In the 46 member states of the Council of Europe, no one has been executed since 1997, when the last execution took place in Ukraine. Abolition is today a condition for membership. The exception on the continent is Belarus, outside the Council of Europe, which maintains capital punishment. But this legal consensus coexists with a certain social erosion. According to the 2025 Barcelona Social Values Survey, 35.7% of Barcelona residents believe that the death penalty can be justified always or in some circumstances; among young people aged 15 to 24, the percentage reaches 47%. The trend is not only local. In several countries of the European Union, support for capital punishment is around 50% or higher. In the United Kingdom, in recent months, far-right groups have proposed reinstating it, also appealing to opinion polls. All of this is part of a broader context in which the European populist right advocates for increasingly harsh penal policies.

In recent days, social media in the United States has been filled with the phrase "I am also Jane Doe," a slogan that has also been repeated on the placards of the dozens of demonstrations that have taken place across the country this week. The reason: in October 2024, Jane Doe was raped by seven classmates at Cornell University for seven hours. She reported it, but none of the boys were arrested. Two of the attackers were expelled, and the other five only received minor sanctions, such as writing an essay about what had happened.

A recent report prepared by CIA specialists that has emerged this week shows the concern in Washington regarding the future of Israel. The leak of the report coincides with the third anniversary of the brutal Hamas attack launched from the Gaza Strip which caused the death of nearly 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023.

In the summer, when it was already clear that the Iran war was going to be a long one, at the register of a fairly well-known coffee shop chain in Washington, a discreet sign was framed in black. "A notice to our customers: from time to time, we have to adjust our prices to reflect the rising cost of ingredients and operations." In the pastry and cake display case, it was easy to spot the slight increase. The butter cookies with chocolate, which previously cost 90 cents each, now cost a dollar.

US President Donald Trump has spoken by phone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and both have agreed that Moscow will "immediately" deliver 300,000 tons of diesel to the United States. The announcement comes at a time when diesel prices have reached historic highs of up to $6.52 on average in the US. The agreement comes after the White House considered the possibility of banning US diesel exports for 90 days to cushion the price hike.

An ICE agent, the United States immigration police, has shot a Dominican immigrant who was in a car with his five-year-old son in the Marble Hill neighborhood, in New York. The victim is unconscious in the hospital, where he is receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police, which has distanced itself from the events and has requested that they be investigated to clarify the responsibilities.

Tensions at the White House over the broadcast of the military execution that the Pentagon wants to carry out on December 3rd. Vice President J.D. Vance has cast doubt on whether Nidal Hasan will be publicly executed by a firing squad after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced it on Thursday. "I'm not sure what will actually happen," Vance told reporters. "If it is actually broadcast live, I don't plan on watching it."

The United States charged the deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, this Thursday with torture and repression. Thus, the American justice system is expanding the charges against the former Venezuelan leader, who remains imprisoned in New York accused of "narcoterrorism". The investigation into Maduro's alleged link to drug trafficking was the pretext that Washington used to escalate pressure against Venezuela and capture its top leader.

US President Donald Trump has approved the first military execution by firing squad since 1945. The inmate is Nidal Hasan, a former military psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 during a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009. "Finally, the day of judgment has arrived for Hasan," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X. It now remains for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to confirm the time and place the execution will be carried out.