The Sacramento Police (California, USA) this week published the video of a police chase and shooting that led to the closure of a major highway in the area in early November.

As CBS reports, the event occurred on Interstate 80 during the afternoon of November 5, and a section of the highway near Greenback Lane was closed for more than 10 hours.

The chase began near the Madison Avenue exit when authorities attempted to stop the driver for a traffic violation. The driver fled, but the chase ended when he crashed into a motorcyclist near Greenback Lane.

The suspect's car swerved onto the shoulder, scattering debris across the lanes.. The pursuing officers got out, drew their weapons and ordered the suspect to the ground.

The video shows the suspect jumping with a large knife in his hand. That's when an officer shot him twice, knocking him to the ground.. The suspect then got up and lunged at the motorcyclist who was lying injured on the ground.

The officers fired four more shots and knocked him down again.. The suspect, identified as Zachary Wolffscott, 36, was taken to the hospital, but did not survive his injuries.

That motorcyclist suffered serious injuries but survived.. The officer involved has been placed on paid leave following the incident.

The Ministry of Defense stressed this Saturday that it will not participate in the operation launched by the United States to guarantee the safety of maritime traffic in the Red Sea and has proposed the creation of a “new and specific” European mission to achieve “maximum effectiveness” in this objective.

The department led by Margarita Robles has thus insisted on the position that it had already expressed last Tuesday about not intervening in the 'Guardian of Prosperity' operation, announced by the United States in response to the attacks by Houthi rebels on ships transiting in the Red Sea.

Furthermore, Defense has assured, in a statement, that there is no Spanish veto on an EU mission in the Red Sea, all of this after Spain blocked the EU's decision to modify the mandate of the naval operation 'Atalanta'. ' to contribute to the mission launched by the United States.

“Spain is and will always be a serious and reliable ally, committed to the EU, NATO and the UN (…). The commitment of Spain and its Armed Forces to peace is total and absolute,” he guaranteed in this regard.

Within the framework of this commitment, he stressed that any mission with the objective of guaranteeing maritime security in the Red Sea, “has to be a specific mission with its own entity in which the Naval Forces of the European countries that wish to do so participate and “not a mere extension of operation 'Atalanta'.”

In this sense, he recalled that 'Atalanta' is an operation against piracy in the Indian Ocean led and participated only by Spain and that the frigate Victoria is the one that is acting in this mission.

For this reason, he considers it “obvious” that “the nature and objectives of the 'Atalanta' mission against piracy in the Indian Ocean have nothing to do with those intended to be achieved in the Red Sea.”

“That is why Spain wants to preserve the 'Atalanta' operation, with the current objectives, extension and scope when it is confirmed that the fight against piracy in the Indian Ocean, as is being seen in recent days with two pirated ships in very short period of time, requires maximum dedication,” he explained.

In this way, he has defended that “to have the maximum effectiveness that should be aspired to in the Red Sea” it is “essential” to create “a new and specific mission, with its own scope, means and objectives, agreed upon by the corresponding organizations.” of the EU”. “A creation that Spain is in no way opposed to,” he declared.

A woman has died and two other people have been injured when a large Christmas tree fell on them this Friday during a storm in Oudenaarde, Belgium, according to the British media The Guardian.

The strong winds caused the 20-meter-high tree that decorated the square to begin to lean, eventually collapsing next to the Christmas market in the city, located east of Brussels.. The location's security cameras documented the events.

The fatal victim was a 63-year-old woman from Oudenaarde, as reported by a spokesperson for the prosecutor of the province of Oost-Vlaanderen to the aforementioned media.

For the moment, the Belgian Police continues to investigate whether the facility complied with security regulations. “The investigation will focus on whether the tree was properly secured and also on the impact of the weather,” the spokesperson said.

The storm also disrupted traffic in parts of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands during the day on Thursday.. In western Belgium, the meteorological service had issued a yellow alert for coastal areas.

Hamas announced this Saturday that, due to the bombings by the Israeli Army on the Gaza Strip, it has lost contact with the militants in charge of a group of hostages that it kidnapped in Israel during its attack on October 7, so has warned that three of them could have died.

“As a result of the barbaric Zionist bombing, we lost contact with the group responsible for five Zionist prisoners, including Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger and Amiram Cooper. “We believe that the prisoners died,” Hamas said in a statement.

The war between Israel and Hamas broke out after a massive attack by the Islamist group on October 7 that included the launching of more than 3,000 rockets and the simultaneous infiltration of thousands of militiamen who killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped another 250 in Israeli towns. close to the Gaza Strip.

Since then, the Israeli Army has carried out a harsh offensive by air, land and sea on the Palestinian enclave that has caused 20,258 deaths, 53,688 injuries and 1.9 million displaced people – almost the entire population – in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. precedents.

The attacks only stopped during the seven days of a truce in November brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States that allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.

After the resumption of fighting, the international community, concerned about the damage caused to Gazan civilians by the war, is putting increasing pressure on Israel to accept a new ceasefire, while the families of the hostages are pressing in the same direction.

However, the chances of a new truce are slim as Hamas rejects any agreement that does not include a definitive ceasefire, while Israel is determined to continue its attacks until it achieves what it calls “the destruction of Hamas.”

Of the 250 people who were kidnapped, an estimated 129 (118 Israelis and 11 foreigners) remain in Gaza and 21 of them have died, according to Israeli authorities.

On the other hand, 110 hostages have been released alive (86 Israelis and 24 foreigners), while the Israeli Army has recovered the bodies of another eleven, including three murdered by mistake by Israeli soldiers.

Four adults and a child died this Saturday when the small plane in which they were traveling crashed in a residential neighborhood in the municipality of Jaboticabal, in the interior of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, official sources reported.

The accident of the “single-engine” type aircraft took place on an avenue in Jaboticabal around 09:00 local time (12:00 GMT), according to the Fire Department on social networks.

The device, manufactured in 2012 and with all the papers in order to fly, fell from the sky and, after hitting the ground, caught fire, indicated a source from the Fire Department.

Brazilian authorities found the five fatalities “charred.”

The Police have gone to the scene to clarify the causes of the accident, although the preliminary investigation indicates that the plane exceeded the maximum permitted passenger capacity for that model.

Jaboticabal is located about 350 kilometers from São Paulo, the most populated city in Brazil and capital of the state of the same name, which is the richest and most industrialized in the country.

The Israeli Army has achieved almost total control of the northern Gaza Strip in the war against the Islamist group Hamas, while the population of the Palestinian enclave sinks deeper and deeper into an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Israeli troops are in “the final stages of operational control” of northern Gaza, as its soldiers fight the remnants of the local Hamas battalion in the Daraj and Tufah neighborhoods of Gaza City, Daniel said at a news conference. Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli Army.

Additionally, “Israel Defense Forces troops continue ground operations in Khan Younis,” in the southern part of the Strip, and soldiers “are preparing to expand activity to additional areas of the Strip, with an emphasis on the south,” he added.

The Army revealed this Friday the discovery of another large network of Hamas tunnels in Issa, south of Gaza City, a city located in the north of the Palestinian enclave, and published images showing a trained dog checking the underground passages.

They are “tunnels hundreds of meters long, which include command and communication rooms, hiding places, concrete bunkers and water and electricity installations,” said a military spokesperson.

“This multi-level structure served as an underground barracks. Its floors were used for storage, hiding places, command and control and movement of operations between different areas,” he added, specifying that the tunnel was destroyed.

On the other hand, Israeli forces “attacked the Hamas headquarters in the Issa area, identified a terrorist cell that was trying to attack the forces and eliminated it in hand-to-hand combat,” the spokesman said.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed that his troops are intensifying the offensive in the south of the enclave, specifically in Khan Yunis, where Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, is believed to be hiding.

Sinwar “will soon face the barrels of our weapons,” the minister said in statements reported by the local press.

On the other hand, the Army reported that two of its soldiers perished in the fighting: a 31-year-old general died in southern Gaza, the highest-ranking soldier among the 139 killed in the Gaza ground offensive, as well as a 19-year-old sergeant, who was killed by a Hezbollah attack on the Lebanese border.

In total, 472 Israeli soldiers have died in the war, most of them repelling the Hamas attack on October 7, which left 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped and sparked the escalation of the war.

Gaza in crisis

Meanwhile, Israel continues to hit Gaza with bombings, despite growing international criticism for the high number of victims: 20,057 dead and 53,320 wounded, most of them children, women and the elderly, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.

Health warned that some 6,700 people are still under the rubble or their fate is unknown, so the numbers may be higher.

He also denounced new attacks on hospitals such as Al Awda, in northern Gaza, where one of the employees was killed by a sniper.

“Those trapped inside Al Awda hospital are in a state of terror, with snipers, arrests and torture, without water, without food and without medicine,” the ministry warned about the siege by Israeli forces at the health center.

For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported heavy shelling in front of the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis.

The official Palestinian agency Wafa reported Israeli bombings in areas such as the center of the Strip, where Israel's military offensive is also now taking place after having started in the north and then expanded to the south.

After the outbreak of the war, the Strip is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis due to the shortage of drinking water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel, in addition to the collapse of hospitals and the outbreak of epidemics in the middle of winter.

Although Israel allows the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid, this happens in dribs and drabs and in insufficient quantities for the 1.9 million displaced people, almost the entire population, since the Israeli authorities take a long time to thoroughly check each truck before to enter the enclave.

The UN Security Council approved a resolution this Friday to promote the sending of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, after a week of intense negotiations.

The initiative, presented by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), had to be rewritten several times due to the objections of the United States, which has the right of veto, and which finally abstained, as did Russia.

The text asks the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, to appoint a special coordinator to monitor and verify the sending of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, received a phone call this Friday from the US President, Joe Biden, who congratulated him on his new mandate, and during the conversation they addressed the dramatic situation in Gaza and the bilateral relationship.

Sánchez has reported on Twitter that, after thanking Biden for his congratulations on the investiture, he has reiterated his willingness to continue strengthening cooperation with the United States, “strategic partner, ally and friend of Spain”, during this new term.

“We have addressed the dramatic situation in Gaza and I have conveyed my willingness to seek a political solution that enables the coexistence of a State of Palestine and the State of Israel in peace and security,” said Sánchez, adding: “We share the need to maintain firm transatlantic unity in the face of global challenges”.

Subsequently, in a statement, Moncloa revealed that Sánchez had insisted on “a humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza.. As well as “continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in matters such as the management of migratory flows through legal channels.” In this sense, the Government has recalled that both countries work together in different areas, as reflected in the Joint Declaration adopted during Biden's visit to Madrid in June 2022.

“Spain and the United States also share geostrategic objectives such as the diversification of value chains in key sectors, including the semiconductor sector, the development of Artificial Intelligence that respects human values and encourages innovation, or collaboration in the face of global challenges such as is the fight against the climate emergency,” the statement highlighted.

Spain's position

In this way, Sánchez has conveyed to Biden the position of the Spanish Government in the recognition of the Palestinian State. Spain, together with Belgium, Ireland and Malta, sent a letter to the President of the European Council Charles Michel to denounce the seriousness of the situation in Gaza and ask for a “lasting” ceasefire, as well as a “clear and common” position at the European level. .

In the letter they also reiterated their “strong condemnation” of the terrorist attacks committed by Hamas on October 7 and called for the immediate release of the hostages.. Furthermore, they recognized Israel's right to defend itself, but always in accordance with International Law and Humanitarian Law.

“The credible perspective of the recognition of a Palestinian State, together with the State of Israel, is the basis for progress towards mutual recognition, peace and security in the region,” they defended in the letter, signed by Sánchez together with his counterparts from Belgium, Ireland and Malta.

Likewise, they demanded “effective measures to protect innocent civilians”, showing their “deep concern” about the “unbearable” number of casualties in Gaza, and demanded that humanitarian aid reach “those who need it in a sustained manner and in sufficient quantity.” “. In fact, they recalled that preventing the arrival of aid to civilians “may contravene international law.”

The United Nations Security Council approved this Friday a resolution to facilitate the “immediate and safe delivery” of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The text has been approved by 13 votes in favor, zero against and two abstentions, including the United States and Russia, after days of intense negotiations due to Washington's reluctance to the mechanism for monitoring humanitarian shipments coordinated by the UN proposed in another draft by United Arab Emirates.

The resolution, which although it maintains intact the mechanism supervised by the UN – despite the fact that the United States advocated that Israel be in control – has left out the request for an “urgent and sustainable” ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.

A spokesman for the US mission to the UN, Nate Evans, already expressed “serious concerns” about said mechanism the day before and assured that, as the text was written, this could “slow down” the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Humanitarian breaks and corridors

Specifically, the text calls for “urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors for a sufficient number of days to allow full, rapid, safe and unhindered access” to Gaza.. In addition, he demands the release of all hostages.

The United States also opposed language used in the previous draft regarding a “ceasefire” in Gaza.. The final version of the text thus urges the creation of “the necessary steps to allow the entry of humanitarian aid”, which can help “create conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”

The vote comes after the United States vetoed a text in early December in the Council that called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

This Friday, almost 24 hours after the shooting in Prague that left at least 15 dead and 25 injured, the Czech security forces have released the images from the cameras of the agents who intervened in the attack to show what these first moments were like.. In the videos you can see the shooter shooting from the roof at people outside the faculty, from where he injured three people.

The Czech Government has declared this Saturday as a day of mourning, while demonstrations of support continue at the doors of the faculty. Both the media and the Police themselves have recounted the scenes of chaos experienced on Thursday, when the gunman broke into the building armed and numerous students were forced to lock themselves in classes and even hide in the façade.

The Police confirmed in a press conference that the process of identifying the victims, both deceased and injured, has been completed.. The Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakusan, indicated in an interview that, of the 25 injured, at least three are foreigners, specifically from the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands.

The alleged shooter, who would have acted alone, committed suicide after the attack, according to the first investigations. The authorities have identified him as a 24-year-old student who had a permit to have firearms and no criminal record.. However, agents suspect that he acted inspired by another similar event abroad.

The Police also believe that there are indications that the same suspect may have committed two other murders last week of a father and a baby in a wooded area near Prague.. The authorities are waiting for ballistic tests to confirm the signs that already point to a link between the two events, according to public television.

The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has launched a criminal investigation into the case of Alex Batty, the British minor who disappeared in Spain in 2017 and who was located last week in France after allegedly escaping from a spiritual community.

GMP agents met with Batty after his return from France, an essential requirement so that the security authorities could confirm the nature of the investigation, according to information collected by the British BBC.

Batty was kidnapped by his mother and grandfather during a holiday in Marbella and had since lived in a traveling “spiritual community” in the mountains between Ariège and Aude, on the French side of the Pyrenees.

When his mother informed him that they were going to Finland, the now 17-year-old teenager left the community with the intention of joining his family in England.. The young man walked for four days until a delivery man found him on a road.

Batty, who returned to the United Kingdom last Saturday, traveled to Oldham, near Manchester, where his grandmother and legal guardian, Susan Caruana, lives.. The French authorities are also investigating possible sectarian behavior in the aforementioned community.