The 7 news you need to know this Monday morning, October 23

Hello good morning!.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
22 October 2023 Sunday 11:30
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The 7 news you need to know this Monday morning, October 23

Hello good morning!

The Israel-Gaza conflict increasingly threatens to spread to the entire region. In Argentina there is a surprise in the presidential elections: the ruling party wins. In Spain it is the investiture that resists and its effect is doubted in the event of repeated elections.

The Israeli army intensifies bombings in Gaza and launches attacks on the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria. The invasion of the strip is still expected. Meanwhile, tension between the US and Iran grows.

The drama continues as the days progress. Victims increase, by the hundreds. Because they don't arrive, almost no humanitarian aid reaches the Gazans and it could even get worse. In Israel, Ashkelon, a paradise city for the middle class, for example, is emptying. They are thinking about emigrating.

What will happen next is the question that, however, no one seems to ask either in Israel or Palestine, perhaps because, as analyzed based on local sources on both sides, “there is no way out”? It is said: “The circumstances that allow the present will continue.” So.

The Milei gale? Argentina has held presidential elections. They knew in advance that they were decisive, also due to the expected victory of the far-right libertarian Milei. There is a surprise: Massa, the official candidate, wins, although there will be a second round between them.

“Spain can no longer base its model on low wages,” responds the European Commissioner for Labor and Social Rights, interviewed by La Vanguardia. He denies that more flexibility creates more jobs and is committed to training. A notice for everyone?

I came out crying from visiting apartments, I couldn't pay for them,” explains one of the young people, not so young anymore, victims of the gentrification that accompanies the rental boom in many parts of Spain. The similar voices are getting more and more and more.

Will Feijóo and Sánchez hold on to their respective strategic bets ahead of the investiture? The popular party seeks to win the streets against the amnesty, in case there are new elections; The PSOE grows in Catalonia but stagnates downwards in the rest of Spain.

Borja Bandera, doctor and 'youtuber'. “You have to train strength if you want to age well.” Read it here.

The (reborn) Bam. These are not good times for Iran but it should not be overlooked how 20 years after the devastating earthquake that devastated this Iranian city, the largest mud citadel in the world is once again recognizable.

Unusual requests. Celebrities take the cake in terms of how popular their demands become in hotels, for example. Theater should not be left behind: cocaine, thousands of butterflies, even a bull. Spain knows them well.

After excessive levels of radio frequency wave emission from the iPhone 12 were discovered in France, the question returns for mobile phones as a whole: are they harmful? The keys: what is real and what is regulated, whether it affects less sensitive areas, etc.

Robert Emmerling, researches emotional intelligence at Creio. “A team is only as good as the best of its members.” Read it here.

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