Política

La protección de los menores frente a los riesgos asociados al uso de las redes sociales ocupará un lugar destacado en el programa electoral con el que el Partido Popular concurrirá a las próximas elecciones del 29 de noviembre y que presentará este martes. El PP prohibirá el acceso a las redes sociales a menores de 14 años y que hasta los 16 años necesitarán la autorización de sus padres. También pondrá deberes a las plataformas: hará obligatorios los controles parentales y la verificación de edad , tendrán que ofrecer descanso en periodo nocturno, limitar el scroll infinito y fijar tiempos máximos de uso. Se trata de una medida con la que Alberto Núñez Feijóo busca responder a una de las preocupaciones que más ha aflorado durante sus años en la oposición: el impacto de las plataformas digitales en niños y adolescentes y la dificultad de los padres para controlar su uso.

‘It’s pretty obvious that there are all sorts of people making all sorts of comments,’ Murray Watt says after budget savings meeting Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The environment minister, Murray Watt , has urged ministers to stop undermining the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, as Labor struggles to sell its budget and looks to cut popular clean energy subsidies to help with the fight against inflation. Cabinet ministers met again on Monday to discuss potential budget savings to be included in next month’s mid-year update, part of efforts to reducing spending to ease pressure on the economy.

A tres semanas para que se abran las urnas en España, la ventaja del bloque de la derecha se muestra inalterable. La suma del PP, Vox y UPN en las elecciones generales del próximo día 29 reuniría la mitad de los votos emitidos y rebasaría los 190 escaños, más de 15 por encima de la mayoría absoluta del Congreso, según la última encuesta de 40dB. para EL PAÍS y la SER. La mayor incertidumbre en estos momentos reside en quién será el más votado de entre los dos grandes partidos, ya que la diferencia entre PP y PSOE se ha acortado a dos puntos, dentro del margen de error del sondeo. Los socialistas experimentan un importante avance, pese a la catástrofe ferroviaria de Urda , mientras los grupos a su izquierda se sitúan bajo mínimos.

Pontiff tells Argentina’s president the economy must benefit all on second stop of 12-day Latin America tour Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stinging critique of Argentine president Javier Milei’s harsh austerity measures, insisting growth must benefit all in a speech met with rapturous applause in Buenos Aires. “The economy must be at the service of the people, rather than people being at the service of the economy,” he said on Sunday, shortly after landing in Argentina on the second leg of a Latin America tour.

President orders prompt investigation after one train derails in collision in al-Ayyat about 50km from Cairo Seven people were killed and at least 125 injured when two trains collided on Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials said. The crash occurred in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 50km (30 miles) south of Cairo, when a train travelling to Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the transport ministry.

The culture secretary confirms reports they could be in the list of platforms set to be banned next March.

President has opposing views on many issues, and once called Leo’s predecessor the ‘representative of the Evil One’ Trees are being planted in the garden. The brightly coloured buildings are getting another coat of paint. Hundreds of other residents, several of them using wheelchairs, practise their positions outside the sanctuary. Excitement is in the air, because on Monday 9 November, the Cottolengo Don Orione – a Catholic-run home for disabled people – will be the first stop on Pope Leo XIV’s first full day of his trip to Argentina. But the pope’s visit to Claypole, about 26km from Buenos Aires, does not come at an especially happy time for the home, which counts about 400 residents with disabilities. Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has made wide-ranging cuts to disability funding.

National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time New Zealand could be facing a weeks-long wait to know the shape of its next government, after its nail-biting election failed to hand a decisive victory to either the incumbent rightwing coalition or opposition left bloc. On preliminary results, the centre-right National party, led by the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, managed to secure enough seats to govern alongside its traditional coalition partners, the libertarian Act and populist New Zealand First parties.

This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election here Another update here with 8% of the vote counted . National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ First 9.6%, Opportunity 5.7% and Te Pāti Māori 0.4%. On these numbers, we would have a right bloc coalition back in power.

Santiago Peña was detained minutes after he was impeached by Congress, as protesters took to the streets demanding answers after the suspension of the Ueno bank Paraguay’s rightwing president has been placed under house arrest minutes after he was impeached by Congress, amid a severe crisis that left more than half the country’s population unable to access their bank accounts. Santiago Peña is being investigated about allegations he used his political influence to favour a bank that expanded exponentially under his government and was suspended this week after irregularities .

Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local service delivery have all contributed to voters turning away from the party .

Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.