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Someone dumped three cubic meters of asbestos in Las Palmas. They caught him because he advertised on the internet as an unlicensed manager

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In the age of digital immediacy, it seems that any problem has a solution just a click away. “Economic debris removal”, “Rapid waste management”. These ads flood shopping portals and social networks. However, behind some of these profiles there are no authorized companies, but rather a network of illegal activities that end with carcinogenic materials abandoned on the corner lot. The latest case detected in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the perfect reflection of this problem. The Local Police have managed to identify an individual who not only operated clandestinely, but also converted the surroundings of the Mirador de Las Torres at a hazardous materials landfill. The alarm voice. The events date back to December 19, when a citizen’s notice alerted the authorities about a van that was unloading debris in a suspicious manner on an embankment in the Díaz Casanova urbanization. Upon arriving at the scene, agents from the Environmental Group of the Mediation and Coexistence Unit (UMEC) of the Local Police found an alarming sight: approximately three cubic meters of asbestos-containing fiber cement sheets. In other words, it was not common debris, but a cataloged material as hazardous waste due to its high toxicity if the fibers fracture and are inhaled. An investigation connected to the network. The investigation did not stop at the spill. Upon tracking the vehicle, officers discovered a pattern of professional deception. As reported by local mediathe suspect actively advertised on internet portals, offering to manage all types of waste, including asbestos. However, when cross-referencing data with the Registry of Waste Managers of the Government of the Canary Islands, the reality came to light: the individual was neither listed as a manager nor as an authorized transporter. He did not have the equipment, training, or permits required by law to manipulate “uralite.” After being located, the investigated person had no escape. According to Canarian sourcesthe man acknowledged being the author of the spill and admitted that he charged his clients for a service he provided illegally. Instead of taking the asbestos to an authorized treatment plant – where he would have to pay for its correct disposal – he simply dumped it in open fields to keep the full benefit. The legal framework: Law 7/2022. This behavior is not just incivility; It is a serious violation of public health and the environment. According to Law 7/2022of waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy, the abandonment of hazardous waste is strongly penalized. This law seeks precisely to end the underground economy in the waste sector. The regulations are clear: whoever generates the waste (the owner of a home who is renovating, for example) has the responsibility of ensuring that his garbage ends up in the hands of an authorized manager. If it is delivered to a “fake manager” of the Internet, the producer of the waste could also find himself involved in legal problems. Asbestos, an invisible enemy. The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, through its waste guide, reminds that asbestos requires special handling. It is classified under specific codes like LER 170605. When these planks break when thrown down an embankment, they release microscopic fibers that, when they enter the lungs, can cause serious respiratory diseases and long-term cancer. Therefore, its withdrawal must be carried out by companies registered with RERA (Registry of Companies with Asbestos Risk), something that the accused was completely unaware of. How to act correctly? The case of Las Torres is a warning for all citizens. The City Council and the Cabildo of Gran Canaria offer legal alternatives To avoid these crimes: Clean Points for domestic debris from small works (minor renovations). Asbestos Census: the Cabildo usually opens calls for the orderly removal of elements with asbestos in homes (drums, sheets, pipes). Authorized Managers: the authorized manager number should always be required before contracting any service. Closure against impunity. The person responsible for the spill in Las Torres now faces economic sanctions that, according to Law 7/2022can reach very high amounts for serious infringement. This case serves as a reminder that the city’s natural environment is no one’s backyard, and that the digital trail of offenders, sooner or later, ends up reaching the hands of justice. What began as a “cheap” advertisement on a website has ended in a criminal complaint and environmental damage that now all taxpayers must, in one way or another, help to remedy. Image | Las Palmas Local Police Xataka | These days Tenerife is experiencing a phenomenon that only occurs every 60 years: the “blooming of death” of the Ceylon palm trees

that students use it to avoid being caught and teachers to catch

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Grammarly is a program and browser extension which has been helping us correctly since 2009: ten years before Google Integrate Writing suggestions in Gmail or that generative artificial intelligence will change everything in natural language with chatgpt. And what if it changed, so much that Grammarly has launched An application to improve texts that integrates nine agents. Back to the origins. Grammarly’s new tools are focused on using artificial intelligence for students and teachers to improve in their work: some can write better texts and others can detect plagiarism scanning “databases, academic articles, websites and published works.” In that sense, there is an agent that gives a numerical score that reflects the probability that the text is generated by AI or written by a human. Something striking of the announcement is that the founders of the company, before launching Grammarly, They undertook creating My Dropbox In 2002 (not confusing with Dropbox) with a nature that now recovers: as a plagiarism detector. Why it is important. Grammarly’s movement is relevant because it shows the recent impact of artificial intelligence even in companies that already had a lot of agricultural help component. Now they have to adapt because any great language model can bury them, such as It also happens with Duolingo. But, above all, it is interesting by how it exemplifies the moment that education lives with the boom of chatgpt: in conflict between students that They use artificial intelligence to do essays and other jobs looking not to be detected … And teachers looking for all means that do not “sneak” plagiarized and elaborated with AI, for which they will use an artificial intelligence agent that will also help them correct jobs. Luckily, there are universities that already They are implementing it in class. An agent who makes Stalking To teachers. The thing does not end there: the agent who helps to rewrite texts too Improve the process with the bibliography And deepen something that obsesses students: predict the note. The most impressive thing about Grammarly’s promise is how they claim that he does it: investigate on the Internet about which teacher the subject teaches to try to know his tastes and evaluation priorities, and help the result to approach as much as possible to what he will please. With giving him the name of the professor, subject and the university, the Grammarly agent promises to predict what note we will take out. The great challenge. As a way to differentiate, Grammarly’s proposal is ambitious, because until now there is no detector for the use of artificial intelligence that has been widely accepted as effective. According to A studydetectors we have detected less than 40% of the content generated by modified artificial intelligence to avoid being detected, and are even more imprecise (17.4%) when they have to analyze manipulated content. Some great American universities They do not support the use of detectorsbecause They do not work. For its part, OpenAi launched A tool to detect plagiarismand then He withdrew it silently. Although according to leaks now they have a tool that works, They do not throw it. If Grammarly manages to become the era of artificial intelligence in what Turnitin It has been in traditional plagiarism, it can become an actor who plays a great role in the market. Tensions. That detectors do not work is generating problems, and not only teachers, because work generated by artificial intelligence is sorry as if they were more handmade. Students are suffering from be falsely accused of lyingwith fatal consequences as suspensions in subjects. But in the background there is a reality: students cheating artificial intelligence for artificial intelligence detectors. To a future generated, summarized and read by the. Two years ago, with the launch of GPT-4 still fresh, Javier Lacort, Xataka editor, He drew a future that today sounds even in present: a reality full of emails written by artificial intelligence, in which we summarize those same emails with artificial intelligence, and in which we respond with the same tools. The most comic scenario: that “we turn to AI by postureo, to artificially lengthened emails that the receiver will not read, because that same will be in charge of summarizing it.” Today, integration into Gmail, WhatsApp, social networks and other day -to -day places already makes that future very present. Image | Annie Spratt in Unspash and generated with AI In Xataka | Goal has realized that right now it doesn’t matter to have the best AI. Just have one with the one to have you hooked on the screen

I thought I had a problem with the ABS of my car, but it caught me in surprise to see that it was something completely unexpected: rats

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The ABS light flashing on the dashboard is never a good sign. Almost none Witter of the dashboard It is, but when the engine witness also adds, you start imagining four -digit figures in the workshop budget. The funny thing is that when I took my car to fix it, I discovered something that I never imagined what would happen: The rats ended up biting several cables Internal of my car. The initial diagnosis. When I arrived at the workshop with the warning lights on, the mechanic, after an inspection of the car, assured me that I could change everything The ABS system. A new one for my Seat Ibiza TDI 1.9 of 2005 can be a rather important expense, one of those expenses that you think if you better pass it, since it is dangerously approaches the price through which I could sell the car today. The price of the second -hand and scrapping ABS system, the thing changes. One can lead normally if the ABS does not work, but it is a risk for security, since it compromises the emergency braking and we do not have that help that the car gives us at critical moments, allowing our brakes to end up blocking. The real problem. After almost a week in the workshop and a more detailed inspection, the mechanic discovered the authentic cause of the failure: the ABS system cables and some that communicate with the engine They had been bitten. It was not a normal wear or component failure, but the rats had been roying the car cables. For a rat, gnawing cables and objects that are in its path is their day to day, since their teeth do not stop growing throughout their lives and need some means to polish their teeth. What a pity they had to run into my car. Unexpected, but in a way, relieved. What seemed like a serious problem with the brake system and the emergency light of the engine was solved with a cable repair. The joke came out for about 120 euros. A considerable relief compared to the complete change of the ABS that initially the mechanic had raised. From the workshop they repaired the damaged cables and the dashboard warning indicators were turned off. The background problem. Now the real challenge is not in the car, but in the garage. It is a private garage under a floors building where several vehicles park. Days before I had already seen a rat that was shot from under my car to a hole that is right next to my parking space. From the workshop they recommended preventive measures such as spraying in the vain motor or placing camphor balls, especially useful when the car remains a long time stopped. Of course, this should be done with the car standing and cold. I bought the spray as a temporary measure until they finished solving the hole in the garage. And now what. The priority is to cover the garage hole where the rats access, since the alternative remedies will be of little if the problem persists right next where I appear. Fortunately, it seems that garage insurance will cover the workshop spending, which good news for that part. In addition, we are already mobilizing the community to solve the problem of rats. I could have changed their garage directly, although things are not currently to make this decision lightly. We will see what everything is left. Cover image | Michael Fusert and Svetozar Cenisev In Xataka | The best -selling cars in 2024 and 2025 in Spain

Goal has been spying on everything we did when navigating our Android mobiles. They have caught it in fraganti

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Billions of users have been exposed to a new system of mass tracking and espionage that both goal and Yandex have used. Both companies have used a technique that took advantage of native applications such as Facebook or Instagram and then monitor everything we did with our mobile browsers. It is a drop more than one glass already Absolutely full: The attack on Our privacy. What happened. A group of researchers from the IMDEA Networks agency and the Universiteit Radboud of the Netherlands, led by teachers Gunes Care and Nerseo Vallina-Rodríguez, published yesterday An extensive technical article. In it they revealed the technique that they have baptized as ‘local Mess’ (‘Lo Local’) and what a goal has been using since September 2024 and Yandex much earlier, since 2017. What does ‘Local Mess’. We will focus on goal and its applications, although the method is analogous in Yandex. Android users who use applications such as Facebook or Instagram could be exposed, because those applications “listened to” what happened in the Browsers installed In our mobile phones using local ports (hence the ‘Local Mess’) with the aim of tracking and monitoring everything we did in our browsers. The user did not know anything. The method allowed these applications to achieve Receive metadata, cookies and commands that were executed in the browsers. The Meta JavaScript code, called Meta Pixel, was loaded silently and without warning as a kind of complement to mobile browsers, and connected to apps such as Facebook or Instagram. Discouraging users. As these researchers explain, the method allowed access device identifiers that are used for advertising systems, called Android Advertising ID (AAID), and that made it possible to associate everything the user did to a real identity (a Facebook or Instagram profile). The result: what we did in the browser was no longer anonymous or private. Neither unknown, nor delete cookies nor anything. This “web-top” method eludes systems that theoretically should protect this type of tracking. Thus, neither Delete cookiesnor navigate in Incognito mode It worked when trying to escape that tracking. In fact, the method “opens the door for potentially malicious applications to fit the user’s web activity,” they explain in the document. Exploiting our “localhost”. Meta and Yandex scripts are slightly different, but both make improper use of unauthorized access to sockets from our localhostthe reserved name that our device has on the local network and that is always the IP 127.0.0.1 (in IPV4) address. The Android operating system allows any application installed with Internet permission to open a listening socket in the Loopback interface (127.0.0.1). The browsers that are executed on the same device also access this interface without the consent of the user or the mediation of the platform. This allows a JavaScript code embedded on web pages to communicate with native Android applications and share identifiers and navigation activity. Millions of affected websites. For the goal to work in the method, he took advantage of his cookie _FBPvery widespread on websites that make use of this platform. According to Builtwith, a website that allows monitoring the adoption of different technologies, that goal Pixel is embedded in more than 5.8 million websites among which are Xataka. There is a search engine in the final part of the study that allows you to know if a website was exposed and the activity in it could be registered by these scripts. Scheme of the attack of the attack. Source: Local Mess. Theoretically, only on Android. The researchers reveal that they only managed to obtain empirical evidence of this technique in Android mobiles. They have not observed such a problem In iOS browsers Or in the applications they evaluated, although they point out that technically achieving something like this on the iPhones is feasible. Browsers protect themselves. Those responsible for the discovery have followed a communication policy responsible for vulnerabilities and have contacted several browse developers. Chrome already has prepared the patchFirefox’s is in development – but it seems not exposed to the problem in the case of goal – Duckdugo has already solved it and Brave was not affected When using a lock list and when required explicit permission of user for communications with the premises. There is no information on the progress of the patch in Microsoft Edge, which was affected. And goal has deactivated that option without further ado. Although browsers have taken measures, they are late. Not because there is no solution or the code has been modified, but because goal has decided to stop using it without saying anything. Yesterday the Meta Pixel script stopped sending packages or making requests to localhost. The code responsible for sending that cookie _fbp, indicate in an update in this report, has been almost completely deleted. Why did this goal? There is a hypothesis about the implementation of this technique by the goal: it could be due to how Google was intended to get rid of third -party cookies in Chrome At some point in 2024. That would have affected companies as a goal, which perhaps would have reacted trying to collect that information with this technique to have a plan B if cookies disappeared. What says goal. In Xataka we have contacted those responsible for the goal in Spain, and we will update this information if we receive an answer. In The Register they indicate that after contacting the company, Meta has indicated that: “We are in conversations with Google to solve a possible communication error in relation to the application of their policies. When we are aware of the concerns, we have decided to pause the function while we work with Google to solve the problem.” What Yandex says. The Russian company has made comments about the problem. Speaking to Android Authority, they explain the following: “Yandex strictly meets the data protection standards and does not discourage user data. The function in question does not collect any sensitive information and its only objective is to improve the customization of our applications. After examining the problems … Read more

Europe is caught in gas contracts with Russia. Now look for a way to break them without paying the price

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This winter has ended with an alarming fact for gas in Europe: German reserves are practically empty, 7% of their capacity. Energy expert Javier Blas He explained That the winter of 2024-25 has left the very low gas inventories, and the cost to fill the natural reservoir of Rehden amounts to almost 2,000 million euros. In addition, the continent has entered the discount timesince the European Union has demanded that the deposits be filled at 90% before November 1. However, the European Union has made a decision to close the door forever to the dependence of Russian gas. Close the tap to Russia. From Brussels different legal routes are being explored so that European companies can terminate long -term Russian gas contracts without paying large fines to Moscow. According to Financial Timesthe European Commission has been studying the possibility of declaring force majeure to terminate contractual obligations and not have to pay additional rates. The Russian supply. After three years of war that still persists, this situation has caused a great energy crisis in Europe, reducing its dependence on Russian gas. Currently, the Kremlin supply represents 11% of the block compared to almost two fifths at the beginning of the conflict, such as They have detailed in the British environment. From a more economical vision, the EU paid 21.9 billion euros Russia for oil and gas between February 2024 and February 2025, According to the Clean Energy and Air Research Center. And they continue to depend. Russian liquefied natural gas volumes (LNG) They have increased significantly In the last three years. In addition, Russia has continued to export gas disguised under azeri flag or through relations with two member countries, Hungary and Slovakiawhich has generated tensions within the EU. As He has pointed out The Financial Times, there are important ports such as those of France, Spain and Belgium that continue to receive loads of Russian LNG, showing the complexity of cutting energy ties immediately. Until two years. The European Commission has promised a final roadmap to completely cut energy ties with Russia before 2027. Although its publication has already been delayed twice, the document is expected for May 6, According to Reuters. This delay responds to the conversations reactivated by the United States about the future of the Nordstream gas pipeline, which connects Germany and Russia. The project has gained importance amid the efforts of the Trump administration, since they want look for an approach that implies them in gas transmission. Exploring alternatives … The commission, that He has denied To comment to the Financial Times, you are looking for new supplies. United States, which It takes time exporting LNG to Europehas been profiled as the largest supplier and is seen as a viable replacement. However, with the tariff war in dispute Everything will be to see. But there is an unexpected exit. Continuing with the tariffs, which have been intensified in A bilateral war Between China and the United States. The Asian giant He has found A strategic opportunity: take advantage of contracts signed with American gas to resell it to Europe. This phenomenon has exposed how the global mechanisms of energy trade do not respond to political strategies, but to market logics. An uncertain future. Although the date is marked in 2027, the road map has already suffered several delays and remains surrounded by political and commercial unknowns. In addition, the growing tension with the United States and The lack of a really solid energy plan they leave a European Union corrula, reacting too late before the agency with Russia. Image | Brian Cantoni Xataka | The price of gas has already reached 2022 levels. Now the European industry depends on one thing: that the cold does not return

A group of researchers is caught in a Antarctica base under a threat: that of one of them

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In 1982 the film teacher John Carpenter made us feel the other face of the currency of cold isolation at a research station in Antarctica. Through science fiction he spoke to us In ‘The Thing’ of the human psyche in such auspicious conditions for paranoia and conflict. Therefore, when in 2018 it occurred A real violent story In a Russian station, the looks returned to the classic. Something similar is happening again in the area. There are nine researchers and a defendant and, as almost always, without the possibility of leaving. Investigation. February 2025. The government of South Africa arrives a first report, a report where there is A serious accusation Among the team of nine outstanding researchers who have in the SANAE IV Antarctic Base. In addition, the accusation arises less than a month after the team started from South Africa for a 13 -month mission. According to leaksone of the victims would have sent an email to the government describing the attack, the worrying behavior of the aggressor and direct threats against his life. However and until now, the government He has not confirmed Independently, the content of the message has not given details about the identity of the accused or the victim. In 3D games Generation Z cannot pay the rent, but very soon it will be the richest generation in history Government decision. In the last hours, the Government of South Africa has made a key decision: it has decided Do not evacuate any member After investigating the complaints of physical aggression and sexual harassment that occurred at the station. Dion George, Minister of Environment, He affirmed to New York Times that the situation is currently “under control”, that the alleged aggressor has shown repentance and that a mediation protocol has been activated with the support of psychologists. However, the real problem is in the extreme distance (more than 4,300 km to Cape Town), and the environmental conditions, which have complicated research, leaving many questions about the safety and well -being of the equipment. Antarctica: an inhospitable environment. The Sanae IV base is one of the many scientific facilities in Antarctica where researchers must LIVING FOR MONTHS IN ISOLATION Extreme, without the possibility of abandoning the place due to severe climatic conditions. The hostile environment, with extreme temperatures, ice storms and months of total darkness, makes any interpersonal conflict amplify in a dangerous way, since victims cannot get away from their aggressors or seek immediate help. The Sanae IV station Recent cases. We said it at the beginning: the problem of inappropriate behaviors and violence in Antarctic scientific bases It is not new. At the beginning of the new millennium the geologist Jane K. Willenbring denounced being harassed Sexually during an expedition, although it only filed the complaint in 2016 after obtaining professional stability. Perhaps the most popular case of all It happened in 2018when a researcher at a Russian station stabbed a colleague, in what was described as An emotional collapse Due to insulation pressure. A year earlier, in a South African base, an investigator destroyed another’s computer with an ax For a love dispute. All incidents that reflect the psychological complexity of prolonged isolation and the challenges that the authorities face to supervise the behavior of the equipment deployed in the region. And the law? It We count a few years ago. Given the absence of effective autonomous institutions, and having such a tiny and scientific population, we can only refer to the Antarctic Treaty which was signed in the mid -twentieth century by 53 countries, the same that establishes that each malefactor will be tried according to the jurisdiction of their country of origin. Of course, there are no order forces or real judicial figures. The logistics dilemma. It is the great leg to elucidate. One of the key factors in the decision of the South African government not evacuating anyone lies in the logistics and operation of the base. In winter, ice storms They make any evacuation impossible Without high risk for the entire crew. In addition, each team member plays an essential role to maintain the operational station, and the lack of personnel could be unusable the base, a crucial infrastructure for South Africa’s scientific research in the region. According to Dawn Sumnerprofessor at the University of California, withdrawing a single person is not viable without affecting the stability of the equipment and the operability of the station. Plus: The physical structure of the SANAE IV base limits the possibility of completely isolating the aggressor of others. {“Videid”: “X8SQN4A”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “The largest iceberg in the world follows its course by Antarctic Waters”, “Tag”: “”, “Duration”: “10”} Protocols and prevention. To avoid incidents, researchers traveling to Antarctica are subject to rigorous selection processes similar to those of astronautswhere technical skills, psychological history, medical history and coexistence capacity are evaluated. Thus, even with these filters, coexistence problems in extreme environments remain a constant threat. In this regard, Minister George said that, at the time of the team’s departure in February, no problem was detected in the evaluation of the members. However, recent events suggest that current protocols may not be enough to prevent this type of incidents in long -term missions. In Xataka Elon Musk fired 6,000 employees two weeks ago. Now the US faces the massive entry of invasive species Plus: Winter. Despite the apparent current calm, experts warn that the worst is yet to come. The months of July and August will bring total darkness and even more extreme temperatures, which could intensify tensions within the equipment and increase psychological risks. As stood out in the Times Professor Sumner, “darkness has not yet arrived, and they are already facing these problems,” suggests that the situation could deteriorate even more. With this cultivation broth, the combination of isolation, extreme climatic conditions and interpersonal conflicts without the possibility of escape, they make this A high -risk case. While South Africa insists that everything is under control, the history of violence … Read more

This new Netflix intrigue miniseries caught the most watched top and you can ventilate it with a sitting

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It is worthy of studying the ristra of Thrillers that premieres Netflix destined for rapid and almost anxious consumption, which present a riddle that is resolved in a few chapters and that, as a sugary soda, leaves our palates at the same time satiated but wanting more. We often speak here of the almost continuous adaptations of Harlan Cobenand recently happened with brilling success For the platform The Romanian ‘Hidden revenge‘, also known as’ subteran’. In just six episodes of forty minutes, ‘hidden revenge’ tells us A story that exhibits some originality and turns that are not the usual. Nor are the excellent interpretations usual, above the average (especially that of the protagonist, Ana Alaru) and her portrait without concessions of the sordid criminal underworld where the action takes place. Something that possibly has to thank the Romanian origin of the series, a country where Thrillers occur to the limit that do not have time to walk with hot cloths. We will meet a woman who presence the violent death of her husband at the hands of what an organized band looks like. From that moment on, his life will be in danger and begin a counterreloj career with her husband’s murderers, while trying to save her son and discover who is behind the crime. The key will be a computer that contains vital information and a large amount of money. A couple of treasures that will force women to let their most expeditious and wild side out. The miniseries premiered last week and entered directly into the Top 10 of 34 countries. It started at number 5 of the most English -speaking series globally with 3.7 million viewers, exceeding such popular series as ‘La Palma’. The secret of its success, apart from its intense rhythm and that does not leave a minute for the respite, it could well be in its six episodes of 40 minutes, which allows you to see almost a sitting. Header | Netflix In Xataka | This Netflix thriller, with more than 60 million views in a month, is the last and suffocating production of Sam Raimi

A UK nuclear submarine caught a Russian ship in front of the nation’s undersea cables. It’s the second time in three months

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If yesterday Taiwan was the nation that suffered a new cut of submarine cablestoday the tension moves to Europe, to be more exact, to British waters. A few hours ago it was known, through the UK governmentabout events that occurred last fall with a mysterious Russian ship called Yantar. The problem is that it has reappeared in the vicinity of the nation’s underwater communication channels, and this time it has been “escorted” by a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. Recent raids. The UK has raised its voice about what appears to be a growing threat of aggression from Russia following the recent Yantar spy ship raid in British waters for the second time in just three months, which has been interpreted as an attempt by the Kremlin to evaluate the country’s defense capabilities. According to British Defense Secretary John Healey, a nuclear submarine and two Royal Navy ships were deployed for two days to monitor the activity of the Yantar, described as a vessel designed for intelligence gathering and mapping of critical underwater infrastructureincluding telecommunications and power cables connecting the UK to mainland Europe. This incursion, furthermore, occurs in that context of growing concern over the security of key infrastructure in Europe that we have been talking about, and at a time when Western intelligence services have warned about Russia’s intention to use sabotage as a tool of pressure after the war in Ukraine. The Yantar and its history. The Yantar had previously been detected in November 2024when it was observed to remain over areas of strategic submarine infrastructure of the United Kingdom. On that occasion, Healey authorized a Royal Navy nuclear submarine to surface near the Russian ship, sending a clear message that its movements were being closely monitored. During the raid, The Yantar was also escorted by the Russian frigate Admiral Golovko and the tanker Vyazmawho left the area after the British response. Russian ship capabilities. The Yantar, operated by the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research of the Russian Navy and “officially” a project 22010 oceanographic research vessel, is a ship specifically designed for the collection of information on underwater infrastructure. It is equipped with autonomous submersibles capable of operating at depths of up to 5,500 metersallowing you to identify, map and even manipulate submarine cables essential for Europe’s connectivity and energy supply. In this regard, and although its capabilities could allow acts of sabotage, security experts, such as Justin Crump of the intelligence firm Sibylline, point out that the main purpose of the vessel appears to be aimed at collecting sensitive information for future strategic operations, rather than direct action. Concern about Russian sabotage. There is no doubt that Yantar’s activities have generated concern in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe, especially after recent incidents in the Baltic Sea, where underwater energy and telecommunications cables were found cut in what have been suspected to be deliberate acts. of sabotage, unconfirmed acts and that, as we told yesterdayofficial investigations point to other types of problems derived from inexperience. Be that as it may, what is certain is that NATO has responded by intensifying its presence in the region with operation Baltic Sentrydeploying warships, air patrols and drones to protect critical underwater infrastructure. What the United Kingdom says. After what happened for the second time, the British Defense Secretary has emphasized that Russia represents the most immediate and significant threat to the United Kingdomand has reiterated the country’s commitment to taking firm measures to protect its national security. As part of this strategy, Royal Navy rules of engagement have been updated to allow closer monitoring of Russian vessels suspected of hostile activities. In fact, the most recent incursion of the Yantar into British waters caused HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne will escort the Russian ship until its departure for Dutch watersensuring that he did not remain in the area for prolonged periods. What does seem crystal clear is that the return of the Yantaring into British waters highlights the growing Russian threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure and the need for constant surveillance and a determined response. Image | Royal Navy In Xataka | The investigations into the cut submarine cables in the Baltic have taken a turn: it was not Russia, it was inexperience In Xataka | If China once again displays itself against Taiwan in the next two years, it will find a surprise: the US army

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