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🚄🇪🇸L’accident de TGV bouleverse la campagne et affaiblit considérablement les socialistes, en recul très net dans le 1er sondage post accident.Maintenir à son poste un ministre des transports, très clivant, qui était déjà là lors du 1er accident il y a 9 mois n’aide pas non plus
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Spain train disaster clouds Sánchez chances of re-election bbc.in/3WkUCgK
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📺 TV en DIRECTO | Puente confirma que valora cerrar al tráfico la línea de AVE Madrid-Barcelona durante su renovación integral: "No solo es por una cuestión de seguridad" shorturl.at/BVWdK
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For decades, Spain’s high-speed rail network had been a source of national pride.
But this week's deadly train disaster is turning that legacy into a political liability and putting the state of the railways at the center of the election campaign.
vist.ly/5qmpk
boomerang 🪃 for @sanchezcastejon
Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster bbc.in/3WAiihe
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🗣️ Puente reconoce que están barajando la posibilidad de cortar la línea Madrid-Barcelona por dos años.
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Google is eating itself — but it could still eat everyone else too ft.trib.al/Gh6EznM | opinion
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Breaking news: Alphabet shares tumbled 13% on Thursday after the Google owner revealed that 'AI mode' searches were threatening profits at its core advertising business. ft.trib.al/Qu1i9dx
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🇮🇱 FINAL ISRAEL ELECTION RESULTS 🇮🇱
A total of 5,613,156 valid ballots have been tallied.
These are the final results:
Likud - 27 seats
Yashar - 21 seats
Beyachad - 12 seats
Joint Arab List - 11 seats
Democrats - 8 seats
Ra'am - 8 seats
Israel Beitenu - 7 seats
United Torah Judaism - 7 seats
Otzma Yehudit - 7 seats
Shas - 6 seats
Religious Zionism - 6 seats
Netanyahu coalition - 53 seats
Change bloc - 48 seats
Arab parties - 19 seats
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I have just informed my colleagues that I will step down as @ECB President on 7 February 2027.
It has been a source of great pride to serve this institution.
I thank all of those who have supported me on this journey over the past seven years.
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I have been informed by Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, of her intention to step down from her role on 7 February 2027. I respectfully acknowledge her decision.
I would like to thank Madame @Lagarde for her dedication as President of the @ecb since November 2019. Throughout her mandate, she has led the European Central Bank with a strong sense of duty and responsibility. Europe has been well served by her leadership in uncertain times and her unwavering commitment to the European project. Through a global pandemic, a war in Europe, energy crises and inflation shocks, she has provided a steady and determined stewardship, helping to safeguard stability and the resilience of the euro area.
To ensure a smooth transition to the next leadership of the ECB, the process for the appointment of her successor will be initiated today and will proceed without delay, with a view to a timely decision by the European Council acting in its euro area composition, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 283 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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Our deepest sympathies go out to Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon, and all the Spanish people following the tragic train collision in Toledo, which has claimed dozens of lives and left many injured. A shocking disaster. Our condolences to everyone who lost loved ones. We wish all those injured a speedy recovery.
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🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Se eleva a 64 el número de fallecidos en el accidente de tren, según el Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha social.elpais.com/hwnlz
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64 morts, nouveau bilan provisoire annoncé par le président de la région de Castille la Manche. À la différence de l’accident de janvier, il ne s’agirait pas d’un problème lié à l’infrastructure mais une défaillance de communication et de système de signalisation
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This is what a fake apology looks like by @VTMNIEUWS:
“Yesterday, we talked about 7.5 million Palestinians who do not have a vote in these elections. We were referring to people without Israeli passports living in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. However, that figure appears to be incorrect, the actual number is apparently lower.”
Really??
No accurate number. No clarification of the misleading impression viewers were left with. No apology.
We are still waiting for VTM to publish a clear correction and an apology on its own social media channels.
What kind of misleading headline is this, @VTMNIEUWS?
VTM’s headline claims that “7.5 million Palestinians have no vote” in its coverage of Israel’s elections.
Who exactly is included in that figure?
If it includes 2 million Israeli Arab citizens, the claim is wrong. They have the same voting rights as other Israeli citizens, run for office and serve in the Knesset.
If it includes 5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza, they generally do not hold Israeli citizenship and therefore do not vote in Israeli national elections. Combining these populations under one sweeping headline misleads viewers.
A reminder: the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were in 2006. President Mahmoud Abbas has now postponed the November 2026 elections until September 2027, despite commitments to international partners. His promise to hold elections was among the commitments underpinning France’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
Recognition went ahead. The elections did not.
A report about democracy should begin by getting the electorate right.
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Where things stand right now, with just over 60% of the votes counted
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Maagar Mochot/Chan16 Exit Poll - Hung Knesset
🔵Netanyahu Bloc: 53
🔴Opposition Bloc: 51
🟢Arab Parties: 16
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🇮🇱 ISRAEL ELECTION EXIT POLLS 🇮🇱
Channel 11
Likud (Netanyahu): 25
Yashar (Eisenkot): 21
Beyachad (Bennett-Lapid): 14
Netanyahu bloc: 50
Change bloc: 53
Arab-majority parties: 17
Channel 12
Likud (Netanyahu): 24
Yashar (Eisenkot): 22
Beyachad (Bennett-Lapid): 12
Netanyahu bloc: 50
Change bloc: 52
Arab-majority parties: 18
Channel 13
Likud (Netanyahu): 25
Yashar (Eisenkot): 23
Beyachad (Bennett-Lapid): 14
Netanyahu bloc: 50
Change bloc: 53
Arab-majority parties: 17
Israeli exit polls suggest Gadi Eisenkot's bloc -which opposes incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu - has won the largest number of seats in the country's general election
The exit polls also suggest Netanyahu's Likud party is set to be the biggest single party in the Israeli Parliament
🚨🚨🚨Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition is projected to lose its parliamentary majority, but his opponent Gadi Eisenkot's bloc is short of 61 seats, according to Israeli exit polls. My report on @axios
axios.com/2026/10/27/netanya…
