Floods in Spain: King Felipe VI and Pedro Sánchez greeted with cries of “murderers!” » by an angry crowd; your visit suspended
King Felipe VI of Spain and his wife, Queen Letizia, arrived on Sunday, November 3, in Paiporta, near Valencia (east), one of the cities most devastated by the floods that devastated the southeast of the country this week and left the least 217 dead. according to a latest report. Accompanied by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, they were received with shouts of“Murderers!” » by a crowd that threw mud at the procession. The hostility is directed especially against the conservative president of the Valencian Community, Carlos Mazón, and the head of the socialist government. “Mazon resigns!” », “How many deaths?” »shouted the crowd, who accused authorities of sending a late warning message to residents on Tuesday.
Presidential elections in the United States: Harris and Trump put their last forces into the campaign
As the vote on Tuesday, November 5, approaches, Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice president, and Donald Trump, the former Republican tenant of the White House, face blow after blow to convince undecided voters. The United States is divided into two sides that seem irreconcilable and are immersed in an escalation of verbal violence where controversies and false information multiply. Of the 50 states, only seven this year, undecided states, or the swing states, and their millions of voters, should tilt the elections one way or the other.
COP16 on biodiversity ends with failure in financing
The COP16 on Biodiversity ended on Saturday, November 2 in Cali, Colombia, after failing to reach an agreement on the financing of the roadmap that humanity has drawn up to end the destruction of nature in 2030. The negotiations were suspended in the morning by the president of the United Nations summit. when Susana Muhamad pointed out that she had lost the quorum of delegates, some of whom had to leave Cali the day after the official closing of the conference. Crucial negotiations have broken down over funding and a monitoring mechanism, aimed at ensuring countries meet their commitments made two years ago to save nature.
Shooting in Poitiers: the teenager died, wounded in the head
The 15-year-old teenager, seriously injured by a gunshot to the head during a shooting on Thursday night in Poitiers, died on Saturday, November 2, announced Poitiers prosecutor Cyril Lacombe. The victim was hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency. Four other minors, ages 15 and 16, were injured by gunshots in front of a restaurant. Investigators are looking for a suspect in this case linked to drug trafficking, according to authorities. During a search of a home he allegedly occupied, seven rounds of ammunition of the same caliber as the eleven found at the scene of the shooting were found, as well as “partial elements of a disassembled weapon”were seized, according to the prosecutor’s office.
United Kingdom: Kemi Badenoch, new leader of the Conservatives
On Saturday, November 2, Kemi Badenoch became the new leader of the British Conservative Party, now in the opposition in the United Kingdom, after a vote of activists who elected this forty-year-old with almost 57% of the votes against Robert Jenrick, also located to the right of the party. Member of Parliament since 2017, the new leader believes that immigration is not “it’s not good” for the country. she says to herself “anti-woke” AND “skeptical” on the UK’s carbon neutrality target. METROme Badenoch becomes the first black woman to lead one of the country’s major political parties.