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The Ave to Andalusia seemed a perfect alternative to the car this summer. Has encountered a problem called Toledo

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We are on July 14, summer trips to the south of Spain multiply. High speed had to offer a quick exit to the sea from Madrid, connected to Malaga by trains of up to three different companies. But, in what we have been from the month, the problems have multiplied until thinking that the usual is already suffering some type of delay. Catastrophic misfortunes. In case their own problems were their own, this weekend Spanish high speed has suffered more and more delays. Even for reasons that have nothing to do with the trains themselves. Catalonia and suspensions or delays caused by heavy rains They are a good sample of this. But the worst part, again, takes Andalusia. The Autonomous Community has had a first look in July to forget. After 15 days in which the delays have been a constant, yesterday, Sunday, July 13, A fire next to the tracks Among the Cordoba municipalities of La Marota and Santaella cut the circulation again. In total, only Renfe already registered 10 modifications at his schedules. In the afternoon, at 5:49 p.m. they pointed out that The circulation would gradually restore. Own problems. The fire next to the tracks has only been the drop that has filled the glass of a weekend that had already registered problems on Saturday. An incidence in the Adif facilities again caused delays in trains that were directed on the way Andalusia or Madrid. Again, a good handful of trains recorded delays of more than an hour on the ferrous roads of the Andalusian region. The incidence in the facilities was found in the vicinity of La Sagra (Toledo), where at the beginning of July the biggest Ferroviaro problem was recorded in these first two weeks of the month. 13 hours arrested. Julio began his journey in summer in a very worrying way in southern Spain. Thousands of passengers (it is estimated that more than 16,000 people) were affected by a problem in the lines that extended for more than a day. The problem caused a collapse in the high -speed line that resulted in the suspension of services and The stop (without assistance) of more than 13 hours of a train that ended up meeting the night. Over there, An old woman had to be treated For respiratory failure. Many reproaches … Since that stop happened in high Andalusian speed, the government, Adif and Ouigo have been sent Cross messages for the problems caused. The origin of the fault He was in a disconnection of an ouigo train with the signal recognition system, mandatory to continue operating. His stop forced to stop the trains that circulated below. The cluster of vehicles caused an over -line over the line that resulted in a fault of a Renfe train. The latter did not unwill for a problem in their own systems that force disconnection to avoid breakdowns in case of over -overdraft. Ouigo has not rejected his involvement in the incident but he did defend himself from The words of María Jesús MonteroMinister of Finance and Vice President of the Government, to whom open microphones captured her criticizing the company. The French blamed Adif that Insphorastructure had to endure unforeseen Like these. … And few solutions. After the chaos of the first days of summer, Adif announced that he would carry out an emergency action on the line and that he got to work to identify the weak points of the Andalusian connection. A movement that Ouigo pointed out how insufficient. Those actions They were going to be carried out in La Sagra. Yes, exactly at the same point where the over -the end of the month of July was produced that ended with all the circulation stopped for more than 13 hours. There, ADIF plans to perform an emergency action by changing the location of various elements of the catenary. Two weeks later, trains stand up again in the same place. Photo | Nelso Silva In Xataka | Ouigo has partially retired from Madrid-Barcelona. Then, prices have struck in Andalusia

The “rearme” in Europe has encountered an obstacle that neither US imagined: Spain

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A few days after the NATO Summit in The Hague is held, the main concern among allied leaders does not revolve around To Ukraine or Russiabut how to prevent Trump from dynamite. The US president has become the axis around which he orbits the transatlantic policy, and in an effort to maintain their support (or at least their neutrality), the organizers have compressed the format less than two days. What nobody expected was the “bomb” that It had Spain. Spain and the rearme. Yes, the planned summit has been involved in a strong tension After the firm opposition of the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to the new objective of military spending that the United States seeks to impose. In a categorical letter sent to the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, Sánchez qualifies “Irrazonable” The claim to raise the 5% defense expense of GDP, a requirement promoted by Trump under the threat of withdrawing US military protection to countries that do not comply. The Spanish refusal is not symbolic: it calls into question the political foundations of the summit and could dynamite a consensus that It was assured Among the 32 members, at a time of deep uncertainty About him future commitment Washington with European security. The Spanish model. Sánchez argues that a hurried adoption of such a threshold would have negative consequences both economic and social. In his opinion, fulfilling 5% would force Increase taxes On the middle classes, drastically reduce essential public services and sacrifice high economic impact investments in sectors such as education, health, technological research or ecological transition. Sánchez and two dangers. The warning according to Spain is double: on the one hand, Budgetwarning of a brake to growth derived with greater indebtedness and inflation. On the other, policypointing out that this sacrifice would fall on structural pillars of the welfare state. In Your letterthe president also emphasizes that this imposed goal would lead to countries to make hurried military purchases that would only increase the dependency of non -European suppliers and would erode the industrial base of defense of the continent. Beyond the economic, Spain exposes a strategic concern about the Interoperability and operational cohesion Within the alliance if the Member States begin to rearm without a common road map. Fracture within the alliance. The Financial Times counted that the Spanish position coincides with the resistance of few other members, although most have given their support to the Rutte proposal to reach an expense of 3.5% of GDP in direct defense plus 1.5% in critical infrastructures and cybersecurity, configuring a total equivalent to 5% required by Trumpbut more nuanced. However, the Negative of Spain It arrives at a time of special institutional fragility: Trump has demonstrated manifest disinterest by multilateral summits, leaving a G7 meeting after disregarding the meetings with Zelenski and showing irritation to Macron to hinder their aspirations on Greenland. European makeup According to the New York Timesthe (re) flag -bearer definition in the matter of “rearme” has generated a mixture of confusion and discomfort among the defense ministers, many of which are not clear about what can be included or when the objective should be achieved. The result is, in the words of European analysts, a makeup operation Political: an inflated figure with inaccurate concepts to satisfy Trump without really compromising the economic and social model of several countries. According to Nathalie Toccidirector of the Institute of International Affairs of Italy, “3.5% is real and responds to the needs of NATO, 1.5% is pure theater to calm Trump.” Without compass club. The scenario also reflects other tensions. The main one: the debate has revealed deep divisions Within the alliance. Some border countries with Russia demand Accelerate spending To dissuade a possible Russian offensive in the next five years, while others (such as Canada, Italy, Spain or Luxembourg) barely have just achieved the 2% target set a decade ago (Spain or that). Germany asks A “realistic commitment” between what is necessary and the feasible, while Luxembourg denounces that the figures should not guide securitybut real capacities. The Rutte proposal Nor has it managed to clarify whether part of military aid to Ukraine can Computing as an expense Internal defensive, a key aspect for countries that wish to sustain their contribution without weakening their own national capacities. This ambiguity has led to debates about what is considered military investment and what enters the “related” spending category, leaving the land paid to opportunistic interpretationsdouble computations and/or statistical divergences that can erode mutual trust. Europe under pressure. Even if governments promised to spend more, it is not clear that the defense industry (neither European nor American) can absorb quickly Those funds. The bottleneck It is not just prosecutorbut logistics, industrial and technological. In addition, increasing spending without a common strategy could be translated In precipitated purchasesuncoordinated and focused on external suppliers, aggravating operational fragmentation. While, I remembered the Times that the Russian threat is still tangible. NATO’s intelligence services estimate that, once the war in Ukraine ends, Moscow could reconstitute an offensive force capable of directing directly to the eastern flank of the alliance within five years. We have already told it, countries as Estonia or Finland consider that There is no time to lose and demand immediate actions. However, the United Kingdom will not reach 3% to 2034 And other allies continue to drag Structural delays that question their real commitment. The structural challenge. So, Spain, one of the few allied capitals that has not even reached the current threshold of that 2%, is now in the center of a pulse strategic that transcends the budget. The Sánchez letter raises Two outputs A RUTTE: to be exempt from any new approved objective or allow a flexible formula that volunteers will volunteer the 5%goal. Thus, what is at stake is not only spending, but Shared Defense Model and the principles of balance and proportionality between allies. Historical Summit. In short, Sanchez’s letter reveals a deep crack between the strategic priorities of … Read more

Córdoba has been trying to finish a road for 20 years. Now they have encountered a problem: Ruins Mozárabes

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Doing works in a city like Córdoba is a risk task. From time to time, in Spanish cities we find new vestiges of previous eras. An example is the ruins under the door of the sun or the Otero orchard deposit in Mérida. Córdoba is another level and, during preventive excavations under the layout of a future and important road, they have found new Christian ruins. They are not just a few more archaeological remains: this finding provides unique context to the coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Islamic Cordoba. Short. The northern round of Córdoba will be the road that It will close The city ring. It is a complex project that has been carried out in phases and that has been controversial Due to neighborhood complaints motivated by noise that will generate the increase in traffic. During preventive excavations, and how we read in Cordopolisthey found something that will further delay the project: a set of structures that date back to the seventh century. And the date is relevant because it would contribute new context to the Córdoba of those first decades of Islamic domination. By layers. Córdoba is a large city, but the Islamic Córdoba was even greater. With the passing of the centuries, the city was diminishing due to the new urban projects, which were building on the remains of the past. Mosque itself is an example of that construction in phases and, although in an exaggerated way, of that building on the above. When it is excavated to do works, it is not uncommon to run with remains of Islamic neighborhoods, but the interesting thing about this new finding is the cult difference: the Christian. A cult that, due to the progressive Islamization from the city, he left displacing towards the most peripheral areas. The remains. In Cordopolis, Alberto León, professor of archeology at the University of Córdoba, comments that there was a record of the destruction of Christian temples at the dawn of the seventh century. Subsequently, Abderramán’s “pact” was allowed, allowing the coexistence of the cults. The problem is that no remains of those constructions made by the Mozarabic. That is why the complex discovered under the future North round Be so relevant. Presents Tapial walls (clayey earth compacted with blows) and a pool of about 50 meters. Archaeologists have been inspecting the place since the end of last year, and it is now when they point out that it would be a monastic building, probably divided into areas for men and women, with clarifying columns arranged, as you can see in the photosaround a patio and that the pool could be a baptistery. The lost basilica. Ángel Ventura is a professor at the University of Córdoba and one of those who is inspecting this monastic complex. In Córdoba newspaper He launched the hypothesis that the ruins could belong to a possible basilica in honor of Santa Eulalia de Mérida. It was a martyr that had great importance for the Cult in the city And there were documents that implied the existence of “their” basilica, but without having been found. Clue. In the end, this discovery will allow to have more context about the coexistence between Christians and Muslims, but it is also relevant because, according to Alberto León, “is one of the two examples of existence of a Christian cult complex in Islamic neighborhoods.” The researchers continue to study the place to determine their function, chronology, when it was abandoned and launch hypothesis about the coexistence between the different cultures of the city. What is clear is that there had to be many more like this in the suburbs, so future excavations could even show more context about that peculiar era of religious coexistence in the Islamic Córdoba. And also that it would be necessary delay or even rethink the work of the road to be able to study this important finding. Image | Toni Castillo Quero, Dolores Mª Macías Naranjo In Xataka | The dilemma of Córdoba is that of many other Spanish cities: install plates or conserve its heritage

Grandmothers have always taken chairs to the street to chat. In Granada they have encountered a problem: the police

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Santa Fe is A municipality of the Vega de Granada (Granada) of Luenga Historia and somewhat less than 15,000 neighbors that has just sneaked into headlines From the whole country for a peculiar motive: to have declared war on such an entrenched custom, as grenadine, as summer and apparently as peaceful as taking chairs to the streets to chat the fresco during the sunsets of the summer. Or so They interpreted it The networks until the mayor has been forced to take the floor to calm the spirits. The controversy has stirred a curious question: Can the grandparents continue enjoying long talks forming corrosons on the sidewalks, sitting to the fresh? The origin of everything: a tweet. The check From the Local Police of Santa Fe in X it does not reach the thousand followers, but holds the dubious honor of having published one of the most controversial tweets of recent weeks. The reason? On Tuesday, May 27, early in the afternoon, the police station launched A message in his profile in which he warned about the risks of placing chairs on the sidewalks to chat. “We know that taking chairs or tables at the door is a tradition in many villages, but public roads are regulated. If the police ask to withdraw them, do it out of respect and coexistence. With civism and common sense there are no discomfort,” he said The messagewhich in a matter of a few days has accumulated 6.5 million visualizations, around 6,000 responses and It has been replicated in media All Spain. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Why’s that? More than for the message itself, for the image that accompanied him and the association of ideas he suggested. The notice of the Local Police of Santa Fe included A photograph in which you could see a group of six old women sitting quietly in the semicircle in front of a house, on the sidewalk. Plastic and folding chairs. Pleasant chachara. And a group of elders enjoying the fresco of the sunset after a hot day. An almost traditional scene that we have been seeing in the streets (both in Santa Fe and other peoples) and cinemas without to date having generated the slightest controversy. And the scandal arrived. It doesn’t matter that the rest of the Santa Fe Local Police publications accumulate just a handful of Likesor comments. The famous grandmothers’s tweet ended up viralizing, jumping to media like South Canal, ABC, The Spanish either local newspapers and unleashing a heated debate in X in which the sneer and indignation were combined. “Enough impunity for grandparents who take the fresco when the afternoon falls. All the weight of the law”, Ironiza A user. “Handling and misrepresented”. The controversy climbed to such an extent that a few days ago the mayor of Santa Fe, Juan Cobo, granted An interview To the Cope chain to clarify what they allow and what do not allow municipal ordinances and what the police really wanted to convey with their famous message. The talk It has hung in full On the official website of the City Council and basically clarifies that the elderly of their breaks on the sidewalks have never wanted to deprive. “It has misrepresented. It seems that there are no more important news,” He lamented The mayor. A for “uncivic” attitudes. Although The tweet of discord It was accompanied by the photo of a group of old women sitting on chairs on the sidewalk, smiling and in peaceful attitude, Cobos nuances that the message was actually intended for other people: those who occupy the public space of the town with “uncivic” attitudes. From there, he says that no one in Santa Fe pretends to prohibit the elders of the town that they continue to take chairs to the sidewalk at sunset to hold quiet conversation and at schedules in which they do not bother the rest of their neighbors. “No one will prohibit our elders from going to the door, feel and enjoy the fresco. Not much less. This is intended for those who, doing uncivic acts, put themselves at the doors with the excuse of taking the fresco, cut the streets, put barbecues, sing, touch the guitar and leave everything in that way,” Cobo precisewhich ensures that the municipal police station receives an “avalanche” of calls from people who complain about that kind of behavior. The key: the regulations. The mayor It goes further And remember that what is and is not allowed is regulated in an ordinance prior to its arrival at the Consistory, a rule that seeks to guarantee “the coexistence and rest” of the residents of the people. “What they are doing is to remember that there is an ordinance, that the fresco can be taken, but without disturbing others,” The councilor insists In reference to the tweet. “People who get up at five at six in the morning have the right to rest.” “Our elders who have the absolute certainty that they will be able to continue taking the fresco as until now,” The first mayor remarks Before complaining that the news about the supposed war of Santa Fe against afternoon on the sidewalks has come out of mother, with statements that he believes “manipulated.” In summary: the elders of the people can continue enjoying such an entrenched, so peculiar tradition that there are Who thinks which deserves to be a World Heritage. Image | Santa Fe Local Police (X) In Xataka | Aragon wanted his children to eat more fruit at school. So he went to look for her 10,000 kilometers away

Two villages in Cantabria want to join through a new road. They have encountered an obstacle: the bear

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On paper the project of the Reinosa-Potes road It is ‘alone’ that: the project of a new road between two Cantabrian regions, an infrastructure not excessively long (14 or 20 kmdepending on the option that is chosen) that would mobilize about 100 million euros in investment. That on paper. In practice the idea has generated a considerable debate In Cantabria in which two other hot issues are played in The region Spain: the Tourist and the complex balance in protection of the brown bear. The debate is served. What happened? That in the Cantabrian policy an old project recovered by the PP government is gaining prominence: the Potes-Reinosa road, a vial of some 14 or 20 kilometers (depending on the alternative that is chosen) that I would unite the regions of Campoo and Liebana crossing the heart of the Cantabrian mountain range. The idea is not new. He already tried to get ahead in the 90s, at the time of the president Juan Hormaecheaalthough its origins can go back further, at the end of the Decade of 1960. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Why is it important? Because, beyond its extension, technical characteristics or budget, estimated among the 90 and 100 million eurosthe Potes-Reinosa road project has implications that play some of the most relevant songs of Cantabrian (and Spanish) news: Touristintegration and environmental conservation, directly affecting, according to their detractors, the efforts to recover the brown bear in the region. And what is the reason? That the road (a new section from the CA-183 and the PK 20 of the CA-184 endowed with two lanes of 3.5 meters) would pass through the heart of the Cantabrian mountain range. And so, They warn their detractorsit would have an environmental impact of draft. “The northern slope of the Sierra del Cordel and the Sierra de Híjar, both included in the Special Conservation Zone (ZEC) ‘Altos del Nansa and Saja and Alto Campoo’ would A manifesto that exceeds 1,900 signatures and has the support of at least 200 experts. In The documentpromoted by Cantabrist and individuals, including scientists and researchers of ecology, zoology, geography and hydraulic, the reasons why they reject the new road are used. But above all there is one of weight: its impact on habitats and species that seeks to protect precisely the ZEC zone declaration. “It would not only endanger valuable mountain ecosystems, but would go against the conservation commitments of Spain.” And what do the bears have to do? That is another of the weight arguments put in The manifestoin which in addition to warning that the new road “would fragment” habitats, “would alter” ecological corridors and vehicle traffic would generate noise and light pollution, warn of the impact that it would have in particular on the populations of bears. “The road crosses the areas delimited by the Pardo Bear Recovery Plan in Cantabria,” ditch. “These areas have been specifically designated for the protection and recovery of an endangered species, whose habitat is already seriously fragmented,” The manifesto wields Before pointing out that the works could lead to sanctions and challenges. In the event that the project is carried out and the works are terminated, Cantabristas points the risk of bear abuses. Why is it interesting? The warning connects with the debate about the recovery of the bear in the Peninsular North. After being almost convicted of The disappearance for the harassment of the poachers and the deterioration of their habitat, the bear populations in the Cantabrian mountain range and other parts of the country They have increased In recent years, which in turn has had multiple derivatives. In Asturias or León there are ranchers, Farmers and neighbors that They warn Of their negative impact, while in Somiedo, Asturias, they have seen in the populations of bears A powerful tourist reef that attracts every summer to thousands of visitors who aspire to see copies in freedom in the Cantabrian mountain range. Now in Cantabria they warn of the damage that would cause the noise and traffic of the new road in the behavior of the bears and their mating. “It would be incompatible with the conservation objectives”, They need. A tourist road? The project touches another of the hottest issues in Cantabria: the risk of tourist massification, which He has already taken Thousands of neighbors to the street shouted from “We do not want to be the Ibiza del Norte”. He manifest Remember that Liébana and Campoo, the regions that would connect the vial, are “two widely tourist areas” and questions the real objective of the project, taking into account that both populations are already “connected through other routes of the road network.” “At a time when sustainability and conservation must be priorities, and in a context of accelerated climate change and global biodiversity crisis, this type of macroprojects that serve only to massify tourism go in the opposite direction,” They add The detractors. As a Cantabrist complaint even deployed a banner close to 30 meters In Peña Labra in which “our mountains defend themselves.” And why are you worried? In An interview With eldiario.es, the mayor of Potes María José Bustamante (PSOE) pointed in the same direction: “We understand that the enormous environmental cost or should or should be assumed because the only mobile we find to have launched this pharaonic project is none other than the tourist, and that is what we are already served in Liébana.” Over the last months the region has reached take action To limit the influx of visitors at certain iconic points, such as the Cabezón de la Sal or the Lighthouse of the Horse of Santoña. Are all criticism? No. The Government of Cantabria defend The importance of the project and questions that actions such as Cantabristas really represent the feeling of the inhabitants of the region. His Development Councilor, Roberto Media, also insists that the infrastructure is “of first necessity for many” Cantabrians, not a work designed for tourists. Moreover, the leader warns that … Read more

Japan has encountered a problem with the aging of their growing foreign community: they cannot bury them

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Japan and their society have been immersed in a process of transformation where the role of “foreigner” every time It is more important. Waves arrive in the country, and in many cases to stay. The clearest example is giving with many Chinese who They arrive not to returnbut it is exponential to all nations. This is resulting in the population of advanced foreign residents is increasing, and with it, of deaths. A problem that nobody saw. I told this one Nikkei weekend. Foreign residents in Japan are dealing with serious difficulties in burying their loved ones. The reason? The Cremation predominancewhich has become the norm in the country. He 99.99% of the deceased In Japan they are cremated, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which leaves those who require burial for religious reasons or simply by tradition with very few options. The problem is especially critical for Muslim and Christian communitieswhich consider unacceptable cremation. The situation is aggravated as the foreign population ages and grows the demand for burial spaces, which has turned the issue into an increasingly urgent challenge for the nation. Examples of a crisis. In the medium report they had a case that occurred last January after the death of A Pakistani man in Kanagawa which unleashed a frantic search for a cemetery that allowed its burial. His family, with limited resources, could not repatriate his body, and after multiple rejections and high costs, they finally managed to bury him in the Cemetery Honojo Kodama in Saitama, for a amount of 300,000 yen (around 2,000 euros), paid by friends of the community. There are more similar cases that are repeated throughout the country. For example, that of a Korean Christian woman 80 years old who died in October, and his son took a month and a half to find a burial site. During that time, his body had to be stored in a police installation. Factors that hinder burials. There are several keys to understanding the controversy around the shortage of cemeteries that allow burials. The first one already said: the predominance of cremation. Japan has gone from burying their dead to incinerate them almost entirely in the last 50 years. In 1913, only 31% of the deceased were cremated, but by 1934 it had already become the majority practice due to health concerns and lack of space. But there is more. Another problem is derived from The scarcity of landsince the large amount of land necessary for cemeteries in a country with limited space is a key obstacle. Also the Environmental concernssince there is fear that burials contaminating groundwater (although there is no clear evidence that supports said statement). Finally, it points to the local community resistancesince in many regions residents oppose the construction of new cemeteries, which has frustrated several projects. The aging of the “foreigners” and the future impact. Japan currently houses 3.41 million foreign residentsof which 220,000 are 65 years or older, an increase of 150% in the last decade. The aging of this population implies that the demand for burials will only grow in the coming years. In this regard, Professor Hirofumi Tanada, an expert in the Muslim community in Japan, estimates that there are around 350,000 Muslims in the countryfacing problems similar to those of other religious minorities. Tanada warned that in 10 or 15 years could be even more difficult Find places of burial, which will intensify the crisis. Regional disparity in the availability of cemeteries. Another of the problems of the problem. Japan presents strong regional inequalities In access to cemeteries. Namely: while in the Kanto region (which includes Tokyo and its surroundings) there are four private cemeteries that allow burials, in regions such as Tohoku and Kyushu have none. Again: despite the growing need, the efforts to create new cemeteries have found obstacles. Last December, the governor of Miyagi proposed to build a cemetery in the region, but received an avalanche of calls and emails from Citizens expressing your opposition. The attempt of a Muslim cemetery. It happened in 2018when the Beppu Muslim Association in Oita Prefecture tried to build a cemetery in the town of Hiji. After seven years of negotiations, they finally agreed with local authorities and residents to build the cemetery in municipal land, with conditions such as the limitation of the use of the cemetery to residents of Kyushu and a regular monitoring of water quality. However, The project was canceled When a new mayor revoked the sale of the land, citing environmental concerns. This left the Muslim community without viable options in the region. Proposals and barriers for a solution. Professor Khan Muhammad Tahir Abbas, director of the Beppu Muslim Association, told that the lack of cemeteries not only affects foreigners, but also Naturalized Japanese and converts to Islam or Christianity. Since 2021, requests have been presented to the Ministry of Social Welfare requesting the creation of adequate cemeteries for religious minorities. However, to date, Japan has not adopted No clear policy about itarguing that differences in customs and beliefs make it difficult to implement a standard solution. Meanwhile, other countries have managed to integrate religious burials into their funeral infrastructure. In Norway, the United States, Canada or Singapore, among others, specific sections have been designated in public cemeteries for Muslims and other religious minorities. A challenge that the nation cannot ignore. With the Foreign resident figures In hand, Japan is facing a problem that cannot be ignored. The lack of accessible cemeteries For this group it is a challenge that will only be aggravated over time. Although the cremation remains the norm, the aging of the foreign community demands a more inclusive answer by the Japanese government. As They explained in Nikkeiif the nation wants to fulfill its objective of being a more diverse and cozy society, it should facilitate solutions that allow religious minorities to bury their dead with dignity. This requires overcoming the local opposition, adapting funeral policies and developing adequate infrastructure, as other nations with … Read more

In full eruption of Etna, Italian emergency services have encountered an obstacle: tourists

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ETNA is more than one of the volcanoes more active and high from Europe. It is also a tourist claim. One that seems to work especially well when, as these days, it offers a fascinating show that mixes A lava river, snow, ashessteam and smoke columns. The power of his eruption has attracted hundreds of visitors And curious, leaving a flood of people who already supposes a headache for the authorities. The reason, simple: they have reached Block the tracks They need to operate rescue services. It is nature … and it is Tourist. The Etna volcano, under the spotlights. The Italians have been pending Etna for more than a week, the volcano located on the east coast of Sicily and one of The most active from Europe. His activity intensified days ago, with A fracture of the Crater of Bocca Nuova, and has left a succession of Explosions and lava flows They have spread through the mountain, forming an extensive lava river. Volcanic activity also affects communities. Yesterday the Catania airport, south of Italy, He informed that its air traffic was still altered. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A coveted show. The eruption of the Etna volcano can be overwhelming, but also leaves a Fascinating show in which snow and lava are combined. And as such it has not taken the interest of hikers who have approached the mountain to enjoy the landscape. It He reported yesterday ANSA, the main Italian news agency, which already presents Etna directly as the “new focus of encompassing” For a long time Italy. A tide of hikers. The agency speaks that about a thousand hikers have come to contemplate how it manages the lava from the crater of Bocca Nuova and media like Euronews either The Guardian They go further by pointing out the presence of “Miles” of curious who have approached Mount Sicilian to see the show in situ. Your presence can also be found in networks, with Videos and images of people approaching or even skiing near the lava river. The Italian Marco Bassot shared For example on Instagram a video in which it can apparently be seen sliding with a snowboard table next to the message “The craziest race of my whole life.” Civil Protection has already asked hikers to extreme caution and comply with the standards and remember that a minimum distance in front of the lava of Between 300 and 500 m. @accuweather WHERE LLAND MEETS SNOW 🌋❄️ SKIERS AND HUKERS WERE SPOTTED GETTING A CLOSE-UP View of Lavator and ROCKS SPURTING OUT FROM MOUT ETNA ONTO THE SNOW. #lava #Volcano #Fireandice #Mountetna #itly #mtetna #cool #Skiing #winter #Snow #News #accuweather ♬ Original Sound – Accuweather “Extremely dangerous”. The Regional Manager of Civil Protection, except cook “Of cars. Sunday warned On Facebook: “As night falls, the situation becomes extremely dangerous, with growing risks of falls and sinking in snow.” “I have seen many photos and videos of people who approach dangerously to the front, even skiing,” Recognize Carlo Caputomayor of neighboring BelPasso, to The Guardian. “Although it is visually shocking, it exposes them to serious risks, since it washes it, when it comes into contact with the snow, it can vaporize it instantly and, with the energy released, it can violently launch fragments or rocks.” A touch of attention. Visitors and curious are not the only ones who risk. ANSA He pointed out yesterday that the presence of hundreds of people attracted to the rash show was “blocking” the streets, which is an added risk. The reason? Kitchen points That people park their vehicles along narrow roads and prevent passing through Vetor, “making it impossible to pass rescue vehicles.” He has already warned local authorities. The Italian agency Precise that on Sunday Civil Protection came to mobilize even four units of Belassso, Ragalna, Nicolosi and Adrano to support the population and prevent tourists and hikers from arriving from sicily or other nearby points complicated traffic in the area, with the risk that It supposes. Click on the image to go to Tweet. “Combine” enjoy safely. Kitchen Recognize That many of the curious who come to the mountain are well equipped and in the company of guides or volcanologists, but warns of the risk of cars saturation and the block of the same streets through which emergency vehicles circulate. The key, he insists, is to “combine” the enjoyment of the volcano with security. “Yesterday afternoon there was a constant influx of one thousand people from Provincial Highway 92 and the Milia road, wild parking at the edges of narrow streets, traffic lock in Vetor piano and impossibility of passing emergency vehicles,” He insisted kitchen in Your message. Images | President of the Sicilian Region Dipartimento delLa Protezione Civile 1 and 2 (The photo of the eruption is extracted from a 2021 report) In Xataka | Venice invented an entry rate to stop mass tourism. It has come out so well that it will double the price

If the alcohol industry no longer had enough problems, it has now encountered one more: Ozempic

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The drugs of the family of the GLP-1 hormone (peptide similar to type 1 glucagon) as Ozempic or Zepbound have meant a revolution in the world pharmaceutical market. The success of these medications aimed at the treatment of diabetes has to do with its slimming effect but the ramifications of this phenomenon go further. New tests. One of these ramifications has to do with alcohol consumption: a new study He has found evidence That the semaglutida, the active compound used by drugs such as Ozempic or Wegovy, can also help in the treatment of alcohol addiction. Chronicle of a social phenomenon. Ozempic began to gain popularity about two years ago when it began to be used not to keep glycemic levels under control in people with type II diabetes, but as a treatment to lose weight both in people with diabetes and in those who only wanted to lose weight. In parallel, several clinical trials endorsed this effect and the regulatory organisms approved the use of the drug for this second use. This success led to the appearance of other side effects associated with this compound, some of them positive. It was then that some laboratories got to work to test these effects. Among them An apparent reduction in alcohol consumption among those who were under this treatment. How does it work? The GLP-1 hormone performs several functions in our body, one of them being indicating that we have satiated our appetite. That is why the drugs that function as their analogues in our body generate the same feeling of satiety, which in turn implies that we will eat less and therefore lose weight. But soon some users began to realize that this not only affected food, but also the alcohol they consumed. Although the mechanism is not entirely clear, it is possible to intuit that it is the same mechanisms that enter into operation. There is another factor to take into account, and among the Side effects From ozempic drugs we can find stomach symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. This can also lead to alcoholic beverages less appealing, as well as other foods. 48 participants. The study was conducted through a randomized rehearsal with placebo. That is to say, It was distributed randomly to the 48 participants in two groups: one was treated with semaglutida and another with a placebo. They contrasted that the effects of treatment were greater than those of a simple placebo, that is, the participants drank less alcohol. While the number of days in which the participants drank these were not reduced in less volume. “These data suggest the potential of the semaglutida and drugs similar to covering an existing need for treatment for alcohol use disorder,” explained in a press release Klara Klein, member of the study responsible for the study. “Broader studies (…) are necessary to fully understand security and efficacy in people with (this) disorder, but these initial results are promising.” The team presented the details of the essay In an article In the magazine Jama Psychiatry. The analyzes continue. The reduced sample size in this study suggests that there is still a lot of work to be done. If we want to better understand Ozempic’s potential to fight addictions and similar disorders will need experiments with greater samples and studies that allow us to better understand the underlying biological mechanisms, as well as the potential risks of this use. All this while other teams investigate other potential risks and benefits of this drug family. An example of the potential benefits still to explore is In cardiac healthcontext in which we have begun to see some potential benefits but that, as in the case of excessive alcohol consumption, we must still explore more thoroughly. In Xataka | In Tinder there is a trend that is gaining weight between generation Z: quotes without a single drop of alcohol Image | Andreas m / Chemist4u

In a town in Badajoz they have encountered a strength of 5,000 years ago. And a Roman with a suspicious burial

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The Spanish territory is is filling with solar panels. Whether it’s Taking advantage of the roofs of industrial estates or in huge Photovoltaic plants in the middle of the fieldenergy are clear that we must take advantage of the country’s solar potential. What happens is that, from time to time, they run into unforeseen events. Such as, with a huge strength of copper age. Photovoltaic archaeologists. This was precisely what happened in 2021, when Action was inspecting an olive grove to lift the Extremadura I-II-III photovoltaic complex. The plan was to have an installation that, together, provided 125 MW of renewable energy, enough to satisfy the annual consumption of more than 65,000 families. Then, I know They encountered With a wall. Or what should have been a wall 5,000 years ago. Cortijo Lobato. Near the municipality of Almendralejo in which Actiona was carrying out the works, the plant appeared of what, at some point, must have been an imposing fortification. As they tell The countryin the baptized as a Cortijo Lobato site, a fortress composed of three concentric walls, 25 semicircular towers and three grave with four meters wide and two depth was erected. The total area was about 13,000 square meters with a single entrance of less than a meter wide. The most important tower rose on a hill of more than 300 meters above sea level, a strategic point from which to control the surroundings. Around it, adobe walls between 1.3 and 1.5 meters wide that were reinforced with the aforementioned concentric exterior pits and walls. You can see the silhouette of the towers and the walls Undermining morality. César Pérez is the director of the excavations, belonging to the Archaeological Research Team of Tera, and argues that this intricate defensive complex not only had as its objective to be a physical barrier, but to discourage whoever wanted to cross it. The problem is that, although it was raised at some point 5,000 or 4,800 years ago, it seems that, 400 years, then it was destroyed. The culprit: a fire. And it is estimated that it was caused, because the wooden doors would be strategically placed outside any flammable material. In addition, numerous arrow points have been found, suggesting that, either it was an enemy attack, or an act of internal rebellion. The result was the same: the destruction of the complex. Three years of work. At the time of discovery, the archeology team focused on protecting the surroundings of Cortijo Lobato. Cease commented A few months ago, during the first three years, “it has been possible to delimit, conserve and it is now when it is being known in depth. We have the possibility to document it to make it known to society, which is to whom the site belongs. ” At the same time, energy continued with its plans to lift the complex, but adapting to the situation. “We had to modify the project as a kind of ‘tetris’ to adapt the configuration of the panels to the different areas of the deposit. In the end, we have managed to preserve the generation capacity at the same time that it was possible to protect all the areas of archaeological interest that have been discovered, ”said Jenifer Andreu, from Actiona. Roman mystery. However, the story had a little girl, which gave the discovery of a mysterious grave. Montserrat Girón is the Coordinator of Archaeological Teams of Tera and comments that they have focused on giving a first sweep to pave the way to following investigations. And it turns out that they have not only found the remains of the inhabitants of the 2800 BC, but also of the 5th century DC Specifically, an almost superficial tomb that had the remains of a male between 25 and 35 years old who lived in the time of the low Roman Empire. He was face down and with a military dagger on his back. You cannot know if nailed or not, but Montserrat jokes saying that, although it is a mystery, it does not look good. Face down and with a dagger on the back. It may be that of that person and be buried with him as a tribute … or who was killed The reason is that, beyond the dagger, the body was whole, except the feet, which seem to have been cut, and the grave had much smaller dimensions than necessary for a body of that size, indicating that it was a Hurd burial. As much as it may be, the efforts at this time is to continue investigating the area of ​​this huge bastion in which they have appeared multitude of vestiges such as loom plates, plates, flint arrow tips, chisels and even ornamental and religious elements. Images | Tera Act In Xataka | We have found new vestiges of the Roman era. We are not very sure what they did in a cave of the Pyrenees

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