Attorney Sidney Powell, who belonged to the legal team of former United States President Donald Trump's campaign, has pleaded guilty in the Georgia case for attempting to manipulate the result of the 2020 presidential election in that state.

As reported by CNN, Powell pleaded guilty this Thursday, one day before the start of his trial.. Prosecutors have asked for six years of provisional release for her, as well as for her to testify in future trials about the case and write a letter apologizing to the citizens of Georgia.. As part of his guilty plea, Powell admits to his role in the raid of Coffee County, Georgia's election systems.

With the help of local Republican Party leaders, a group of Trump supporters illegally accessed those systems to try to prove that the election was being rigged to the detriment of the then-president.

Powell's defense has always rejected the Prosecutor's thesis that the lawyer “orchestrated” the incursion into the systems of the aforementioned county.

Powell is the second defendant in the Georgia case to plead guilty. The first was Scott Hall, who at the end of September pleaded guilty to five lesser charges as part of an agreement that his lawyers had negotiated with the Prosecutor's Office.

As part of that agreement, the severity of the crimes of which Hall was accused was reduced and it was established that he must serve five years on probation, in addition to having to pay a $5,000 fine and complete 200 hours of community service.

Powell and Hall are part of the group of 18 people who have been charged along with former President Donald Trump for the attempt to reverse the electoral result in Georgia in 2020, where Democrat Joe Biden won.

In addition to the Georgia state case, Trump is also charged before the federal court of the District of Columbia for allegedly trying to reverse the result of the 2020 election that he lost against current President Biden and for having instigated the assault on the Capitol.

Israeli authorities announced this Thursday that they have identified the bodies of Noya Dan, a 12-year-old Israeli girl with autism, and her grandmother Carmela, 80, who were on the list of hostages taken by the Islamist group Hamas during the attack on Israel. on October 7.

“We are devastated to announce that the bodies of Noya and her grandmother Carmela were found yesterday. Our hearts are broken,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on its official X account, formerly Twitter, without giving details about where the bodies were found and under what circumstances.

Last Sunday, the ministry said the girl, a Harry Potter fan, had been “kidnapped from her home by Hamas terrorists and taken to Gaza.” Then, the writer J.K.. Rowling, author of the saga, wrote: “For obvious reasons, this image has struck me. “May Noya and all the hostages taken by Hamas return soon and safely to their families.”

The war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7 when the Islamist group launched a barrage of rockets and at the same time infiltrated more than 1,200 of its militiamen into Israeli soil, who tortured, massacred and kidnapped nearly a thousand villagers. bordering the Gaza Strip. So far, Israel has 1,400 dead – among them 306 soldiers -, more than 4,000 wounded, some 100,000 displaced and an unknown number of missing.

Several airports in France, including those in Lille, Nantes, Bordeaux and Montpellier, were evacuated again this Thursday due to new bomb threats, after the Government decided last week to raise the anti-terrorist alert following the knife attack in a institute of the city of Arras.

On Wednesday, 17 airfields received some type of alert and, of them, 15 were temporarily evacuated. The Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, has referred to “jokes in bad taste” and recalled that this type of false threats can lead to sentences of up to two years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros.

The airports affected this Thursday have spread warning messages on their social networks to confirm the evacuations and, in some cases, such as Lille, have openly spoken of a “bomb alert”, and shortly afterwards proclaim in the same way “the end of the alert” and the “progressive reopening” of the facilities.

The prefecture of Herault has reported the deployment of security forces at the Montpellier airport, where a team of bomb squads has even gone “to clear up doubts.”

Elon Musk is willing to not comply with European Union regulations and has threatened to ban access to X (formerly Twitter) throughout Europe, as Business Insider has reported.. This would be a response to a file opened by the European Commission to comply with the new Digital Services Law (DSA), which includes strict regulations for platforms.. The Community Executive has confirmed to 20minutos that it is in talks with the entity now led by the American tycoon.

With the DSA and DMA – which came into force last August – the Union has taken a decisive step on the path of digital sovereignty but, above all, in an idea of “putting some order in a jungle”, as can become the network. The DSA, in fact, is a pioneer in controlling the sector and was created with the aim of putting a stop to misinformation and illegal content on large technology platforms.

In total, it will affect 45 million users, according to data managed by the European Commission.. Meanwhile, with the DMA, Brussels has decided to impose the strictest rules on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, on a list that, for example, does not include Samsung.. At the same time, the European Commission is still studying the resources of Microsoft and Apple to exclude their respective services Bing and iMessage. “The doors of the internet are opening,” defended the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.

As for. Then the file was opened against the entity, precisely so that it complies with the DSA. “Our policy is for everything to be open source and transparent, an approach I know the EU supports. Please list the content violations so the public can see them,” the billionaire then responded.

“What is illegal in the real world must also be illegal in the digital world,” Cs MEP Jordi Cañas explained to 20minutos at the time, regarding the new regulations.. “We must regulate all spaces of interaction between people, companies, products and services. For that, special legislation is required because precisely that separation had created a feeling of impunity,” he summarized.

Entities like X, Cañas developed, are not a problem in themselves, but they need monitoring. The EU applies the maxim of “my house, my rules”, especially in turbulent times for the world. “Large companies are not a problem in themselves, but also an opportunity. But there is a risk that their dominant position will turn them into a threat to rights and competition. They can be a danger but they can be prevented from being so. “concluded the MEP.

Egypt will finally open the Rafah crossing to the Gaza Strip on Friday to allow the entry of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population. This has been the decision of the Egyptian Government and that President Abdel Fattá al-Sisi has communicated to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in response to the delicate humanitarian situation that the Palestinians of Gaza are experiencing due to the war between Israel and Hamas, the blockade of the strip and the massive displacements from the north to the south of the territory due to the bombings and the imminent land entry of the Israeli army.

The statement from the Egyptian executive assures that the agreement will allow humanitarian aid to be brought through the border crossing in coordination “with international humanitarian organizations under the supervision of the United Nations.”. The passage will now be opened after the efforts of the international community and the reluctance of Egypt and Israel. Why didn't they want to open the border? What has changed to make it possible now?

The Rafah crossing, the last border of Gaza

The Rafah crossing, the only Gaza border not controlled by Israel, is the territory's only remaining link to the outside world.. Egypt controls the border crossing, but any supplies entering Gaza through Rafah require the cooperation of Gaza authorities (which is de facto controlled by Hamas) and Israeli approval.

The Rafah crossing only allowed, in principle, the transit of people, while the traffic of goods is mainly diverted towards the Kerem Shalom crossing, located at the confluence of the Palestinian, Egyptian and Israeli borders, which is also closed.. Exit permits before the war were almost impossible to obtain, although most Palestinians in Gaza have never left the territory.

Egypt will allow the entry of humanitarian aid

Since the outbreak of the conflict between Hamas and Israel and the humanitarian crisis as a result of bombings, evacuations and supply cuts, all eyes have been directed to the border with Egypt. The Rafah crossing became the exit door for Palestinian civilians or, in any case, the entry point for humanitarian aid for the more than two million civilians in the strip.

However, the complicated situation has made it impossible to open the Rafah crossing until now.. The Egyptian government has defended that it has tried since the beginning of the conflict to open the Rafah crossing to allow the entry of urgent aid, although they have demanded guarantees that Israel would not bomb aid convoys, according to CNN.. Until now, no guarantees had been given about this, but international mediation seems to now allow the opening of the passage only for the entry of humanitarian aid.

The border will not be open for refugees

However, Egypt has been reluctant to allow the Rafah crossing to constitute a refugee route from Gaza to Egypt.. President Al-Sisi clarified that Egypt tries to help the Palestinian population, but “within limits”, according to CNN. According to the Egyptian president, the Arab state stands in solidarity with Gaza, but clarified that they must “use their minds to achieve peace and security in a way that does not cost us much.”

Therefore, Egypt's position regarding the opening of the Rafah crossing will now allow access for humanitarian aid, but not the transit of the more than two million Palestinians into Egyptian territory, although the Arab country will not open a crossing. of refugees towards the vast desert of the Sinai Peninsula. The possibility of a massive displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to Egypt, perhaps to stay, is an issue feared by the Egyptian authorities, according to the BBC.

For its part, Israel will allow access for humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza after the mediation of US President Joe Biden during his visit to Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, the war between Israel and Hamas continues and Gaza is plunged into a humanitarian crisis that organizations such as Doctors Without Borders describe as a “total catastrophe.”

Egypt began this Thursday to pave and repair the road at the Rafah crossing, which connects the Sinai Peninsula with the Gaza Strip, which was damaged by Israeli bombings before the announced opening of the crossing for the entry of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.. The repair work will be completed by late Thursday and the passage is therefore ready for aid to start flowing from Friday.

“We have agreed to bring humanitarian aid through the Strip through the Rafah border crossing on a lasting basis, with the competent authorities of the two countries coordinating with international humanitarian organizations under the supervision of the United Nations to guarantee access,” he had announced. the Egyptian Government in a statement early in the morning.

The Egyptian president, Abdel Fattá al Sisi, has communicated this decision to his American counterpart, Joe Biden, in a phone call in which they focused “on the humanitarian situation” in the enclave.

Al Sisi has expressed his “gratitude and recognition for the efforts of the Egyptian authorities for peace and stability in the region,” said the statement.. For his part, the US president has stated that “the conclusion is that Al Sisi deserves a lot of credit.”

Biden explained from Air Force One in statements to the media that the Egyptian president has agreed to allow the passage of approximately 20 trucks with humanitarian aid. However, if Hamas intervenes to withhold aid, the commitment adopted by the parties will “end.”

The White House has reported that Biden and Al Sisi held a telephone conversation this Wednesday in which they agreed to work together to provide an “urgent and robust international response” to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

“They agreed on the need to preserve stability in the Middle East, prevent escalation of the conflict, and establish the circumstances for lasting and permanent peace in the region,” the White House said in a statement.

Regarding responsibility for the attack on the Al Ahli hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, which has left 471 dead according to Gaza authorities, Biden has been skeptical and has reinforced the position he maintained during his visit to Tel Aviv.

“I don't say things like that unless I have faith in the source I got them from. “Our Department of Defense says it is very unlikely that it is the Israelis,” he indicated, adding that Israel, although it has been “victimized,” does have “the opportunity to alleviate people's suffering.”

A group of Jewish protesters gathered this Wednesday inside an office building in the United States Capitol complex, in Washington, in protest of the war between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and in defense of the population of the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of members of the Jewish Voice for Peace organization have gathered at the Cannon Office Building with banners in defense of a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, and demanding to “let Gaza live,” according to information collected by the American television network. ABC news.

While some of these attendees have been detained by the Police, many others have gathered at the intersection of Independence Avenue and New Jersey Avenue, a few meters from the Capitol building.

Several bike fence barriers were erected around the Capitol on Tuesday night in anticipation of the protest, but nothing stopped people.

More protesters are gathering around the House side of the Capitol Complex and because of that, roads are being temporarily closed for security.

The protest began on the National Mall and ended up reaching the building, located on Independence Avenue and New Jersey Avenue, next to the Capitol.

The Palestinian Red Crescent has denounced this Wednesday the fall of missiles in the vicinity of the Al Quds hospital, located in Gaza City and where more than 8,000 internally displaced people are taking refuge due to Israel's offensive against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). .

“Huge bombings are taking place in the areas around the Al Quds Red Crescent hospital in Gaza City, which is suffering damage and shrapnel,” the organization reported on its profile on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

The Palestinian Red Crescent has warned that these attacks constitute “a great threat” due to the large number of civilians taking refuge in the facilities.

The organization has shared videos of missile impacts “less than one hundred meters” from the hospital.