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The United Kingdom tested its sophisticated defense simulating the day of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Did not go as expected

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Simulations are an essential part of the network of nations defense. We have a large number of examples, from the “game” that They used in the Cold War The United States and Russia to conclude that it was not worth test try your last destroyer against Washington, or those who He has activated Taiwan In recent times “for what can happen.” The United Kingdom also carried out a test that should confirm that its arsenal is ready for battle. The conclusions were not exactly those. A brutal lesson. The story took place a while ago. As we said, the United Kingdom carried out a Strategic simulation of very high importance: he replied in his own aerial territory the exact pattern of the first Russian attack on Ukraine, which occurred on February 24, 2022. He did it through the Gladiator Training Systemvalued at 24 million pounds, and with the aim of evaluating how their defenses would respond if the same type of onslaught would have had the British soil as white. The conclusion It was alarming. Although the results were not revealed in detail, the then commander of the Air Battlespace Training CenterThe Blythe Crawford Air Comodoro, was bluntly describing it as “a very beautiful panorama.” For a country that for decades felt protected by its location to the western edge of Europe (with the continental mass acting as mattress natural against threats), the exercise was a strategic shaking that threw old assumptions for land. A threat that is no longer distant. Then it was more known, mainly than the exercise revealed vulnerability from the United Kingdom before a massive and modern air attack like Russia used against Ukraine, with a devastating combination of missile, drones and autonomous technologies. Crawford also stressed that Ukraine made everything West will awaken. The conflict not only exposed the brutality of the first Russian blows, but also highlighted how modern war has transformed the rules of aerial domain, such as We have been counting. Crawford explained that it is no longer about achieving aerial superiority in broad and sustained terms throughout an operations theater, but to assume that supremacy can be Fragmentary, ephemeraleven located between two trenches or just a few meters from the ground. The war in Ukraine, he said, is an unprecedented battlefield between two countries with powerful air defense systems, but where none has achieved A full domain of the heavens, in contrast to the predominant aerial doctrine of the last decades. The swarm that comes. One of the most revealing points of Crawford’s intervention was his analysis of the massive drone use In Ukraine. For the high command, it is no longer simply individual devices: now they face hundreds of hundreds of units, many of them equipped With explosivesothers designed as lures, and others Simply kamikaze. These waves, combined with rockets and intercontinental ballistic missiles, configure a type of multiple, simultaneous and heterogeneous threat for which traditional defensive systems were conceived in much more predictable scenarios. The tactical dilemma, In his opinionIt is clear: “Should all attack vectors neutralize or prioritize the most lethal?” A question without a definitive solution, but that affects all the Western air forces. Of strength to vulnerability. One of the most forceful messages of the United Kingdom simulation was the need to change the defensive mentality of the nation and its allies. For decades, modern wars were fought away from the national territory, which led to an erroneous perception of domestic security. Hence, Comodoro warned that it is time to abandon that trust and assume that even the British bases are now under direct threat. In other words: the United Kingdom cannot be considered as a simple safe starting point for foreign operations, but should be thought of as a potential objective and prepare as such. The risk, In his opinionIt is not hypothetical: if Russia decided to launch an attack against British soil, it could do it through its northern fleet from the Atlantic, thus avoiding European airspace. Redrawing doctrines. The last of the legs to deal with the simulation results. The Ukrainian case is rewriting military doctrines that during generations were considered unquestionable. The notion of total air control, cornerstone of NATO strategy from the Gulf War, seems to be eroding for a New generation of threats which combines speed, volume, unpredictability and autonomy. For Crawford and many other strategists, the key is to learn quickly, assume that the scenario (in this British case) is no longer immune, and rethinking defense systems as if the next attack did not happen in a distant country, but in “house.” Image | US Department of Defense In Xataka | The countries with more combat tanks, ordered in this graphic developer In Xataka | Satellite images have revealed what happened to one of Russia’s biggest arsenals. Now we understand Moscow’s silence

The United States national dish faces a worrying future if tariffs are maintained: hamburgers

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The commercial war between China and the United States showed a problem for Beijing: they like, much, the American soybeans, to the point that each year they import Millions of tons With the direction of Asia. Of commercial conflict a Unexpected winner: Brazil. Now, the actors themselves appear in another scenario derived from the commercial war. Americans can pass For many things, but do not take away a good barbecue. The commercial war has opened an uncertain scenario for devour meat. Global hamburger in war. Told this weekend The New York Times that, curiously, most of the hamburgers consumed in the United States are not thence. Despite his image as a national emblem, the American hamburger is, in fact, the result of a very wide international supply chain. The ground meat that feeds barbecues, school canteens and fast food chains usually combine local meat with imports, especially and first of Brazil, today The greatest exporter of beef in the world. This interdependence has been exposed after the imposition of generalized tariffs by Trump, whose measures have reconfigured the World Meat Trade And the basic products that millions of Americans consume daily. Brazil, between two giants. In the midst of this commercial war, Brazil emerges (again) as a great beneficiary. Its meat, produced at low cost thanks to huge extensions of grass and cheap labor, has seen shoot your demand both in the United States and China, two economies that alone fail to satisfy the appetite Growing for lean proteins. The imports of Brazilian meat by Washington grew more than 50% In a single year, reaching a record of 1.3 billion dollars, even despite the 10% tariff that raises the final price for consumers. Meanwhile, China, also facing US tariffs, has reduced your purchases There and redoubled his commitment to Brazil, where almost half of his beef is already from the South American country. Molina meat in the eye of the hurricane. This (re) accommodation of commercial flows has caused a Price increase In the global market: Brazilian flesh has become more expensive about 20% Only since April. American meat companies, trapped between the need to maintain affordable prices and the rise in costs, have begun to Mix pork In their hamburgers to reduce the impact to the consumer. Meanwhile, Brazilian producers such as Grupo Fribal plan expand your herds In tens of thousands of heads to take advantage of a demand that, although buoyant, demands time and resources to materialize, in a context of recurrent droughts and logistic saturation in Brazilian ports. Usa dependence. The key in everything is that, although the United States remains a great producer of beef, its specialization is In the premium cuts like him Rib-Eye or the Filet Mignonnot in the type of lean and economic flesh that feeds mass consumption. Therefore, to make their hamburgers, US processors need to mix local meat more fat with imported lean varieties, and Brazil appears. As The economist explains Agrícola Glynn Tonsor in the Times, “in the United States we consume more ground meat than we produce.” The problem? That this structural dependence leaves exposed consumers: ground meat prices have increased 43% in five yearsand they are expected to continue going up while inflation forces homes to leave expensive cuts and return to the basics. All this, at a time when the American livestock census is in minimum of 73 years for droughts and rise in the price of the feed. Brazil and the consumer. Explained the NYT That while China reinforces its ties with Brazil after revoking licenses of more than 390 US processors in retaliation, President Lula tries to maintain diplomatic balances between his two main commercial partners. However, his advisor Celso Amorim Lets meridianly clear: China today offers “more opportunities and less risks” than the United States. Before the new scenario, Brazilian producers prepare to Fill the void left by Americans, although they recognize that expanding production requires time. With a Chinese middle class increasingly fond of the steak and The Hot Pots of beef, and an American demand that does not find substitutes on the same scale, Brazil is positioned as the winning epicenter of a meat trade in full transformation. Of course, with a “but” in the result that summarize very well The president of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters, Roberto Perosa: the ranchers are winning, but it will be US consumers who literally “eat the invoice.” Image | Pxhere In Xataka | The price of beef has shot. And that threatens to turn hamburgers into the new seafood In Xataka | The great crisis of “false flesh”: McDonald’s has renounced the McPlant and Beyond Meat is sinking

Ninguneada by the United States, ESA has just signed a collaboration agreement with an emerging power: India

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It seemed that the new space race had two well -defined sides, but the last turns in NASA have left faithful members such as the European Space Agency in the lunge. Now that has turned his gaze to the East. Habemus Pactum. The European Space Agency and its counterpart from India (ISRO) just signed a joint intention statement To collaborate on flights to space. The strategy includes a first phase of cooperation in the low terrestrial orbit, and a second phase on the moon. Both agencies have pledged to work on the interoperability of their respective spacecraft, so that they can be found and attached to the low orbit. The collaboration will be extended to the training of astronauts, land simulations and parabolic flights. From the orbit down to the moon. The agreement also opens the door for Europe to play experiments on Indian Poem platforms, which take advantage of the upper stages of PSLV rockets as orbital platforms. More in the long term, it will be an opportunity for European astronauts to travel to the planned space station of India, the Bharatiya Antariksh Stationwhose completion is scheduled for 2035, with a first module in 2028. They also enter the joint robotic mission bag to the moon. India is in the small list of spatial powers that have successfully alunicized. The Chandrayan-3 mission He wore the Vikram module and Rover Pragyan to the South Lunar Pole. New alliances. The agreement, signed by the CEO of ESA, Josef Aschbacher, in New Delhi, arrives at a critical moment for European projects in space. The White House presented last week A budget proposal that would involve a cut of almost 25% for NASA. This “Tijeretazo” fully impact in programs where ESA has invested significantly: the Orion ship and the Lunar Gateway station. In A statementAschbacher said he seeks a commitment between international cooperation and improve his autonomous abilities. “The complexities and costs of space missions often exceed the capacities of a single nation,” he said. “In this context, associations have allowed us to reach great milestones that would be unimaginable alone.” In March, ESA had already signed an agreement with the Japanese Space Agency Jaxa to explore joint missions to the moon and Mars. The trend is clear: before the drift of the United States towards a more nationalist approach and focused on private commercial systems (Spacex, Blue Origin …) for its lunar and Martian ambitions, ESA is diversifying its alliances. European diplomacy. While the United States prioritizes the speed and reduction of costs through the private sector, leaving aside the traditional international collaboration models, the ESA Diplomacy strip presenting textually as a “reliable partner.” Part of that diplomacy makes a close collaboration with China unlikely, at least while NASA remains its main partner. India, with its growing spatial ambitions and future manned flights, emerges as a key strategic alternative on this new space geopolitical board. Image | Isro In Xataka | The last eeuu slap to Europe has sounded up to space: NASA has just left ESA with Artemis

Volkswagen has put $ 6,000 million in Rivian to grow in the United States. Tariffs are truncating their plans

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At the end of 2024, Volkswagen confirmed that Inject almost 6,000 million dollars In Rivian. During the previous summerThe Germans announced that they invested 5,000 million dollars in the US car and electric vans company. Then they defended this measure within a generalized adjustment Within the company as the way to gain presence in the United States and, at the same time, learn in software matter of what is worked on the other side of the puddle. An especially important facet for Germans who have been looking for alternatives in other companies, including China Xpeng. Almost a year ago, in Volkswagen they claimed that this decision would allow them increase your sales in the United Statesa country where the company has more problems to satisfy a market that demands huge vehicles whose production is available for a hand for the Germans. That promise, to continue growing in sales, was especially important in the Context of cuts mentioned above. In fact, the workers’ representatives came to wonder what guarantees were that the last and new party committed was not A new way of burning another 1 billion dollars. To this difficult situation, Donald Trump’s tariffs have been added. The commercial barriers of the new president of the United States have led Volkswagen to look for solutions to alleviate economic damage to their finances. From having hundreds of audi units stops on the border until a conversion of one of their plants In the country. Now, Rivian already adjusts his sales goals. Down. The excuse is the tariffs Rivian should deliver 51,000 units of their cars, pick-up and electric vans at the end of the year. But he already announces that he will not fulfill the plans. The figure has been adjusted downwards, reducing forecasts between 10 and 20%. According to their new accounts, they will put in the market Between 40,000 and 46,000 vehicles. They ensure that the reason is the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s government in the United States. Collect in Bloomberg that the company manufactures all its cars in the country and that the vast majority of the pieces are also local but that they warn that the company “is not immune to the impacts of world trade and the economic environment.” Of course, the company ensures that it can meet the objective of offering a gross benefit at the end of the year. Once taxes and other items are discounted, Most likely, Rivian continues to give losses. Tariffs are assuming a real headache for the industry and even is a problem for who manufacture in the United States. Tesla, for example, is the company that Less impact will suffer With these commercial barriers but Elon Musk himself wanted to make it clear that They were also affected by them. Giants like Ford or General Motors have been Looking for formulas To alleviate the economic blow to its accounts but the situation is especially complicated for two types of companies: those that export to the country most of its production or pieces (such as Japanese and Europeans) or those of smaller. The largest companies have giving way to a stock they had already accumulated. Applying great discountsit is certain that they have not achieved the benefits per unit that they would expect but at least it has allowed them to move forward until knowing the possible new conditions. However, for small companies such as Rivian the situation is much more complicated. We have already counted to start a car company forces to lose money for years and that it is only sustainable if other companies and Investors They are willing to Leave your money until you see benefits. In this case, a commercial sway is much more pronounced than in any other situation. Now, Volkswagen has no choice but to maintain the road map and continue supporting Rivian although the economic context that makes it even more complicated. The Germans aspired to learn their company from this company Secrets around softwarea division that is Bringing the entire Volkswagen Group and? He already expelled some of his CEO. Photo | In Xataka | The sensitive data of 800,000 electric cars from Volkswagen have leaked: from homes to the routines of its owners

United States Fracking

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The oil market has been going through a complex scenario for months, marked by Failed stabilization attempts, Tariff war and one OPEC+ increasingly divided. This combination of factors has pushed the price of crude to $ 60 per barrel, well below the profitability threshold for many producers. To this context is added a new pressure element: China It has begun to produce its own oil. In response, Saudi Arabia has decided not to give its hegemony. Short. Saudi Arabia has decided to increase its oil production for the second month of consecutive together with seven more OPEC+countries. According to Reutersthe organization will add 411,000 barrels more to the market in June, which has caused an immediate drop in prices: Brent has collapsed more than 4%, below 59 dollars, and the WTI has fallen to $ 56. This production rise has been interpreted by some analysts as an energy reconfiguration signal. However, not everyone believes that it is a war opened by the market share. According to Giovanni StaunovoUBS analyst, the measure is part of a “managed reduction” of the previous cuts, more than a direct offensive. Even so, the market has reacted nervously, as if the fear of an excess supply was already inevitable. Cheaper. The Saudi kingdom has made it clear that it is willing to live with a cheaper crude, even if that implies tensioning its own finances, such as has detailed Financial Times. And of course, the question revolves around why he has taken this course. The hypothesis that has raised The energy expert, Helima Croft, is that Riyad is tried to discipline the members that generate more problems within the group: Kazakhstan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, which have been producing above their quotas. When flooding the market and push the prices down, the message is clear: if they do not cooperate, everyone will lose. There are more parts of the puzzle. This strategy is pushing prices with the aim of getting the most expensive producers from the game, specifically the United States. The energy analyst, Javier Blas, He explained That the tactic was applied in 2014 and 2016, and the then Saudi Minister of Petroleum, Ali al-Naimi, was blunt: “US companies could cut expenses, borrow or close if the barrel fell below $ 50.” Today, with the WTI around $ 56, the message is the same: if fracking does not survive these prices, will be out of the market. Collateral damage. However, this movement shakes its own allies. According to Financial TimesRussia, who has been a key partner in the OPEC+ alliance since 2016, needs high prices to balance its public accounts. In that sense, Saudi Arabia is willing to accept collateral damage, even if that implies weakening Moscow, which could also be approaching Washington on the geopolitical board. Mutual trust has eroded, and Riad seems to cover his back. International sanctions. Saudi Arabia may also be anticipating the possible return to the market of two sanctioned rivals: Iran and Venezuela. According to Bloomberg, if the White House relaxes the restrictions – for example, as part of a negotiation with Tehran – those countries can export large volumes of oil. Riad, aware that he cannot stop that wave, would have chosen to increase his production now, before the quotas must be distributed again within the OPEC+ and he is required to give up space. In addition, Rystad Energy analyst Jorge León has detailed What happened is “a pump launched on the oil market.” If the increase in April production was an attention call, this new decision represents “a definitive message” that Saudi Arabia has changed strategy and now prioritizes market share above high prices. The message of Saudi Arabia. Riad’s tonic leaves no room for misunderstandings, since it has gone from protecting prices to defend its market share, it costs what it costs. If to recover control you must force prices that expel the weakest, discipline their own and anticipate sanctioned rivals, will do so. The strategy is clear: better pain now, than irrelevance tomorrow. Image | Unspash Xataka | China approaches energy self -sufficiency: it activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

The United States seems determined to break its monopolies. And he has an obvious victim between eyebrow and eyebrow: Google

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The judicial and regulatory offensive of the United States against Google marks a new turning point between that country and its great technological ones. The Department of Justice not only seeks symbolic measures, and here it seeks to reconfigure the rules of the game, turning Google into its main objective and an example for the rest of the sector. The vicious circle of Google. As they point out in The Verge, David Dahlquist, a lawyer of the DOJ, showed in his presentation of the facts how Google benefited from his “vicious circle.” Pay billions of dollars to be the default search engine on virtually everywhere. That leads her to receive more search requests, to have more data, to improve their results, to earn more money and in the end allow to pay more money to further increase that privilege position. Threats for Google. For the DOJ that is a nightmare, and in the antitrust trial against Google it will be seen whether or not these arguments have consequences for the company. At the moment the government is asking for three important things that could impact Radically on the Google business. No agreements to place Google by default. The first request of the DOJ is to prevent Google from reaching those agreements to place its search engine as a default option. The clear example of those agreements is the one with Apple, which it supposedly pays of the order of 20,000 million dollars a year so that all iPhone, iPad or Mac have it as a default search engine in Safari. That would turn Apple into a collateral victim of this case of monopoly. Sell ​​Chrome. It is also considered to force Google to get rid of its browser, Chrome, and sell it. According to Dahlquist, this application represents 35% of search requests and has 4,000 million estimated users. Google states that it is not a business in itself, but to put on sale, it would be a clear objective for other companies. OpenAi has already shown his interestfor example, and It hasn’t been the only. The Duckdugogo responsible assure that Chrome’s value It could be around The 50,000 million dollars. Bachelor data. The third and final request is especially delicate: it would force Google to license all your search data, from its search index to its results. That would allow anyone to use them to “build their own search engine”, a kind of Google fork. One of Google’s lawyers, John Schmidtlein, explained that this would allow anyone to “cut and paste Google search results and show them as if they were yours.” This lawyer also warned that this could also affect the privacy and safety of users. Yield years. That would mean that Google would have to give up (putting on sale) that data, which can be seen as something unfair: they have a quarter of a century tracking and organizing the web information, and now they have to license that work? That would open the doors to a brutal competition with companies that could take advantage of all that filtered knowledge by paying for it. Historical Framework. Although the European Union has been the traditional Némesis of the Big Tech Tech, the United States has also closely watched its large companies. Dismantled The standard oil in 1911 and tried to do the same with Microsoft Two decades ago. Elizabeth Warren, senator who was Presidential candidate In 2020, it has been advocating by Break in pieces to the great American technology companies and made that in part of their presidential campaign. He made an explicit reference to Amazon, Google and Facebook. The courts, parapet of the pressures. While in the regulatory or legislative areas, the lobby – corporate pressure groups – of the Big Tech can exert their influence more clearly, the thing changes in the judicial field, less permeable to these pressures. In the case of Google, the DOJ even proposes the creation of a technical committee that supervises the fulfillment of the decisions it makes, which would further limit the company’s ability to overcome the restrictions. In Xataka | Joshua Hoehne | Alex doubt In Xataka | Desperate for competing with Chatgpt, Google has a plan for Gemini to be everywhere: pulling wallet

The United States has started a pulse in the currency market. One in which the euro is being imposed on the dollar

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Uncertainty does not feel good to the bags. Nor to the dollar. At least if we look at its evolution against other currencies, such as Yen, the Swiss Franco or The euro. With The commercial war And Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve as a backdrop, the green ticket has started the week standing at some Minimum levels in front of the European currency that had not been seen for years. The big question is … What does that mean? A March down. Although uncertainty seems to have been installed in the markets, everything indicates that the dollar will say goodbye to March weakened compared to other currencies. He US dollar indexwhich measures its strength against the main foreign currencies, started the penultimate week of the month falling 1% until they were minimal that had not been seen for more than three years. Meanwhile, the euro was quoted above $ 1.15, its maximum value Since 2021. The mirror of currencies and gold. The dollar falls in front of the yen And the Swiss Franco and the eurowhich now marks $ 1,1499 after having reached on Monday 1,1573 per first time Since the end of 2021. The scenario feels good too (At least in value) To gold, one of the most consolidated shelter assets: yesterday the precious metal reached $ 3,430 per ounce. Only so far this year has shot above 27%. Click on the image to go to Tweet. The situation of the euro. With that backdrop there are analysts who They are already highlighting the pronounced ascending curve that records the euro in front of the green ticket so far from 2025. of the minimum change of 1,024 Dollar registered in early January has passed to 1,476. And with a graph clearly up. After the latest advances of the euro against the dollar and its reinforcement against the US currency, so far from 2025 the European currency has risen 11.3%. The balance is also positive for the pound (6.8%), the Swedish crown (16.5%), the Swiss Franco (12.3%) and the Yen (11.7%), which They overcome the advance of the European currency. The criticism of the Fed and Powell. When analyzing drifting the dollar Analysts usually point out various factorssuch as the crisis of trust in the green ticket, a loss of attractiveness in a scenario marked by Trump’s protectionist policies or changes in the global economic order and US debt. After the last fall, another added key indicates: the criticism From the White House to the Federal Reserve (Fed) and its responsible, Powell, reluctant to lower interest rates. Trump’s threats affect the image of the body, which can also influence the value of the dollar or the confidence in the stability of US markets. “Trump’s renewed criticism of the FED president this week is a reminder that commercial policy is not the only channel through which the unconventional approach to the administration could undermine the dollar and the US assets markets,” warns in CNN Jonas Goltermann, senior economist of markets at the capital firm Economics. Why is it important? For several reasons. First because the dollar is more than the currency with which the Americans pay their purchases. Throughout the last 80 years it has been the Vault key of the global financial system, acts from reference and its position against other currencies has influenced the US economy. He did it then. And it will probably do it now too. There are analysts who They point that Trump seeks to weaken the dollar to favor US exports (one of its declared objectives is to reindustrialize the country) and balance its balance and commercial deficit, something that tariffs would also help. The depreciation strategy of the green ticket would also lead to threats, however, such as problems to face debt in the United States. Images | Gage Skidmore (Flickr) and Stock Birken (UNPLASH) In Xataka | There is something more disturbing than the collapse of the bag: the collapse of the shelter values ​​such as the US dollar and debt

The house is getting so expensive that in the United Kingdom there are already people opting for a plan B: living in ships

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In the United Kingdom there are hundreds of people who do not live in houses, buildings or urbanizations. Nor do they have neighbors. Not at least in the conventional sense. In a country that has seen how housing It was more expensive until it turns Privatethere are those who choose to reside in river channels and rivers. They do it aboard barges of several meters that, although they are not cheap and carry their own costs, remain much more affordable than The apartments Of the big cities. And there are reasons to think that over the years your number It has been increasing. Living between ducks and fish. Sounds romantic, but that is the lifestyle for which thousands of British who reside aboard barges have opted. And there are some data that suggest that their number has increased over the last years. A few months ago The Economist public An article in which he remembers that the last census of Canals and Rivers Trust (CRT) shows that at least 2022 there were 35,000 vessels With a license to operate in 3,200 km of river routes distributed by England and Wales, a third more than in the last two decades. The case of London. Moreover, in London, where the “navigators” stand out between 25 and 34 years, their number has almost doubled in a matter of a decade. In Your report The Economist It does not specify how many of these barges are used as the main residence, but slides that it is probably a good part. In 2021 The Guardian I was A little further And he pointed out that Canals and Rivers Trust surveys show that, at least at that time, the proportion of people who lived aboard their vessels was 25% at the national level (in 2011 they were somewhat less, 15%), although the percentage would be higher in London. Is there more data? Yes. And although the figures vary depending on the source that is always consulting in the same direction. Although the British who have decided to change conventional apartments and houses for barges continue to represent a minority, in February Sky News placed their number in about 15,000. And growing. According to Boats.com the number would be even superior. Your data They estimate the census of permanent residents in barges docked in the rivers, channels and coasts of the United Kingdom in around 30,000 people. Price issue. The big question is … why? Why change the comforts of an apartment in the center of Bristol, Manchester or London for a boat moored to a channel? Analysts answer those questions with Several keysbut there is one that is usually repeated: the price. A narrow barcaza and in good condition with which to move along the country’s river paths can cost near 50,000 pounds. It is a considerable figure (of course there are much cheaper), but that is far from what an apartment costs on the United Kingdom metropolis. Reviewing figures. According to official data, in January the average price of a home in the country was 268,500 pounds. If we talk about London, that reference is triggered until the 600,000 tires are touched through a house in a room, which makes the British capital one of the most expensive cities on the planet to become a owner, based on The data of Global Property Guide. In 2023 the London mayor spoke directly about “housing crisis” and crossed out “scandal” that there were dozens of houses and unused floors. Is it cheap to live on a ship? Depends. Yes, if you compare the cost of buying a barge with that of acquiring an apartment in London. But that does not mean that changing the streets, urbanizations and blocks through the channels is available to all pockets. First because their owners pay navigation licenses. Second, because a boat has certain expenses rigged. Recently the tenant of a United Kingdom barge confessed To the Sky News chain that spends around 4,500 pounds annually in invoices, including insurance, hubs, coal, fuel and navigation permits. If you want to keep your home in good condition every three or four years you must also get it out of the water and paint the helmet, which costs you approximately 1,200 pounds. Money … And something else. Although money is a key factor, it is not the only one that explains that in the United Kingdom there are thousands of people passing (at least) most of the year aboard boats. At stake they enter otherssuch as the influence of pandemic, the rise of teleworking, the interest in traveling along the British coasts or a simple issue of taste, either as a permanent or temporal vital option. After all, in life aboard a barge, not all are idyllic moments. “I wanted so much a ship that I didn’t care to live without shower, wearing a cube as toilet the first months or running cold,” Elizabeth Earle recallsfreelance writer and illustrator who chose to leave the comforts of an apartment to live in a barge. Now reside in a centenary floating house of about 20 meters. “I have no one to bother me and if I want to leave this place I can do it tomorrow. You are always covered with bruises and soot, and there is a lot of mud, but you also think ‘go, I can make fire’ and load 25 kg of coal.” An option with challenges. Navigation, maintenance or supply are not the only challenges facing the tenants of the barges. Elizabeth does not pay mooring as such, but that has its ‘face B’: when opting for the “Continuous Cruiser” Your floating house must change location from time to time. In a similar situation you can see the rest of British navigators who have no right (or paid) permanent moorings and are forced to move between squares along the same river, or beyond, every 14 days. “We pay a license that does not equals a rent, but rather to the municipal … Read more

In 1953 the United States decided to put a naval base in Rota. Now the installation looks at your future with uncertainty

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When Europe spoke weeks ago of rearme There were a series of news that attest to the situation. First it was Germany through the Almighty Rheinmetall and With Volkswagen In the “helping” equation, then even Spain with a component factory in the Basque Country. In France, a Cold War Plan to “diversify” your nuclear umbrella. And if none of these proposals went ahead, Europe would always have the Naval Rota base in Spain. Until now. Uncertainty at a key point. The story was told this morning The Financial Times. In the quiet coastal town of Rota, to the south of Spain, the imposing presence of American destroyers breaks the idyllic postcard. This old agricultural town houses today The naval base most important in the United States in Europe, the key piece of the antimile shield that protects the continent. It happens that something seems to have changed this part for a while. He had promised a sixth boat in 2022, but Donald Trump’s re -election has fired the alarms about an imminent American troops cutin line with its narrative that Europe must stop depending from Washington for your safety. In numbers, this “restlessness” reaches the close ones 84,000 deployed soldiers In at least 38 European bases, all inheritance of World War II, but whose continuity is now questioned. Broken, symbol and vulnerability. Rota’s base was the fruit of A signed pact In 1953 between Dwight Eisenhower and Franco. That agreement today is a complex of strategic dimensions that includes air track, three docks and the largest weapons and fuel installation of the pentagon in Europe. Its location, near the Strait of Gibraltar, makes it a fundamental node for Project military power towards the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. In addition, its official status as a Spanish naval installation “Joint use” It forces the United States to coordinate certain movements with Madrid, which adds a layer of complexity to its operation. However, the FT said that for many US military, broken is considered little less than A dream destination Due to its high quality of life and a local economy deeply influenced by the base: two thirds of the city’s economic activity depend on it, and Spanish companies such as Navantia maintain millionaire contracts With the United States Navy. The aircraft carrier of the Spanish Navy Dedal The Trump factor. But as we said, the idyllic postcard seems to be living an era of uncertainty with Trump’s re -election. The contradictory signals from Washington have sown restlessness. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as “hysteria” Rumors about possible cuts, Defense Secretary Pete Heghseth warned that American protection It would not be eternal. Worry. The concern is that, before any disagreement (here the fan is broad, from commercial reprisals, European support to Ukraine or the rejection of geopolitical proposals such as the Acquisition of Greenland), Trump can decide to drastically reduce military deployment in Europe, even unilaterally. The tycoon now He has shown disdain for the historical commitments of NATO and has frequently folvado the Scarce spending in defense of its European partners, being Spain One of the most lagging. In addition, President Pedro Sánchez has confronted Trump on various fronts, since his recent Posture about China until His sentence to the Israeli offensive in Gaza, which raises the political risk for the base of rota. Europe without shield. If we stick to numbers, Rota base currently houses 2,800 American soldiersincluding units at sea, and its fleet of destroyers (endowed with these systems to intercept ballistic missiles) represents a mobile capacity without equivalent in Europe. Although fixed pitchers from Poland and Romania could assume part of the Antimisile shield, the European Navy lacks A real alternative to the power of US ships parked in Spain. Hence NATO, although nominally owner of the system, depends largely on Military infrastructure of the United States for collective defense. The European strategy, for now, has consisted of gaining military independence gradually, but is still far from being able to fill the void that would leave an abrupt American replication. Again, That rearme acquires more importance. Alternatives: Morocco. In the face of the possibility of a break, The FT had that some voices suggest that the United States could transfer part of its operations To Moroccocountry that reinforced its link with the Trump administration by normalizing relations with Israel in 2020. With less politically compromised facilities and greater diplomatic harmony, Morocco would be outlined as a possible logistical replacement for Rota. Moreover, apparently, from The Foreign Policy Research Institute They warn that, if the Spanish government overestimates its strategic value or underestimate the level of irritation which can generate in Trump, the consequences could be immediate and deep. Uncertain future. So things, and although for now the base It continues to expand and receiving investments, the rumors of cuts fly over the installation. The American media commented that American residents in rota try Keep calm And, meanwhile, Europe observes with restlessness a situation that transcends local geopolitics and raises an existential dilemma for the continental defense itself. The transition to a greater self -sufficiency European defensive, now, it seems more pronounced than ever, but while that mature or becomes effective transformation, the shadow of an unexpected turn under Trump’s second presidency looms over the Cadiz coast. At stake, the key piece of the antimile shield that protects the old continent. Image | Navy, Us Defenseimagery In Xataka | In the middle of the Cold War, France designed a nuclear rearme plan for Europe. Now sound strongly In Xataka | Europe before its time of truth: we have entered the era of “rearme” and the EU has a plan not to be behind

The United States has tired of the monopolies of great technological ones. And wants to start “chop them” with goal

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The United States turned a blind eye with its great technological for years. He did not pay too much attention to whether they abused their privilege position or had monopolistic and anti -competitive behaviors, Something that was pursued by the European Union. That has changed, and we are seeing how one after another the Big Tech are being scrutinized in the American judicial courts. Not only that: the threat to those giants is to finish chopped. FTC against goal. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) trial of the United States began yesterday, and for two months it will try to decide whether the company created by Mark Zuckerberg is a monopoly in the “personal social media services market” market. The consequences can be huge for the goal, which could be forced to divide into several companies. Zuckerberg on the stage. As they point out In The New York TimesMark Zuckerberg came yesterday as a witness to defend “his social media empire.” The FTC lawyers showed several emails in which they raised their argument: what a target “illegally cemented a social networks monopoly by acquiring Instagram and goal when they were small startups.” Zuckerberg made it clear in this Email of April 2012. Better buy than to compete. Source: Big Tech on Trial. If it is a threat to your domain, buy it. The Tactics of the FTC lawyers is to demonstrate that goal used their privilege position to buy companies that could represent a threat in the future. It is the strategy that Some call (rightly) “Better buy than to compete.” To those accusations Zuckerberg replied saying that they ended up investing a lot of money in them after buying them, but doing so they managed not only to reinforce their dominant position, but to eliminate those threats that Instagram or WhatsApp raised. The FTC proposes to chop target. If the government wins the trial, they point out on the Times, the FTC probably asks for the goal to divide into several parts. Thus, Instagram and WhatsApp could be independent companies that would compete with each other with Facebook, or at least that would be the intention of the government. Too much power. Thus, the government must demonstrate that goal would not have had the same success without those acquisitions. It is something really complicated, but this is part of the effort of recent years to try to mitigate the enormous power that technological giants have. These privilege positions allow these companies to clearly influence the exchange of ideas, entertainment and of course political debate. A peculiar judge. The case is chaired by Judge James Boasberg, 62, who already faced a Trump decision in a previous case but that above all attracts attention by a choice: he affirms that he has never used the goal applications, although he is familiar with Facebook Live, which has been used in some criminal cases. Google is in the same. Last summer, federal judge Amit Mehta pronounced a few words that were not evident were less important: “Google is a monopoly“. And threat of “chopstick”Fines do not seem to function as punishment for these types of companies, and for years another option than politicians has been considered Like Senator Warren They defend to act against the Big Tech: chop them. In the case of Google, the sentence could force Alphabet, the matrix, to get rid of Chrome and even Android. Apple, another of the objectives. In March 2024 the Department of Defense (DOJ) accused Apple of being a monopoly and to close the iPhone and iOS to the competitors. The United States followed the steps of Europe, although in this case, which has not yet concluded, a company’s split was not raised. Amazon is a monopoly. Years before the US Congress has already concluded that Amazon was a monopoly in the field of electronic commerce. The long investigation ended with A document of almost 500 pages, but had no specific consequences beyond an attempt to reform legislation in this regard. The US follows the EU wake. For years the European Union has been the nemesis of the large technological companies of the US, which it has stopped with fines and sentences that punished anti -competitive practices. We saw it a few months ago when Meta received A fine of almost 800 million euros for one of this type of cases. The new roof of the Big Tech. Microsoft was a clear objective of the European Commission at the beginning of the century, and since then the antitrust cases They have happened constantly, as companies such as Google either Apple. In the US, such issues seemed to be in the background, but from a time to this part of the US justice It has become very serious With these companies, as we have been able to check with Amazon, Apple, Google and now Meta. Image | Goal In Xataka | A 1.3 million rolex and a brilliant suit: the new Mark Zuckerberg has celebrated his wife’s birthday

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