Juan Montesló

RIVERSIDE, California (KUNA) — Una familia del Valle de Coachella hace meses vivio momentos de temor, tras afirmar que su hija, Geraldine Ramírez, se encontraba bajo la custodia de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI).

La familia Ramírez relató que Geraldine viajaba a bordo del barco “Mali”, el cual formaba parte de la “Flotilla Global Sumud”, compuesta por 50 embarcaciones que transportaban ayuda humanitaria hacia las costas de Gaza.En un video grabado antes de su partida y publicado en TikTok, Ramírez declaró: “Si están viendo este video, significa que he sido secuestrada por las ‘IOF’ [Fuerzas de Ocupación Israelíes] y llevada a Israel en contra de mi voluntad. Contacten a mi gobierno y exíjanles que pongan fin a su complicidad con Israel, que me traigan de vuelta a casa y que detengan este genocidio”.

Angie Torres, madre de Ramírez, cuenta que intentaron disuadir a su hija de realizar el viaje, pero que ella era una activista profundamente comprometida.”Le rogamos: ‘Por favor, no lo hagas; existe un riesgo. Conocemos la situación que se vive allí’. Sin embargo, ella ha sido activista durante toda su vida. Iba a llevar ayuda a personas que la necesitan: asistencia médica y suministros de alimentos”, declaró Torres.

Al día de hoy contactamos a la familai de nueva cuenta nos comentarón en exclusiva a Telemundo 15, que el barco de la flotilla de Gaza en el cual viajaban fue capturado una vez más y golpeado por fuerzas israelíes.

Esta tarde en punto de las 6 pm les tendremos todos los detalles.

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By Laura Paddison, CNN

(CNN) — For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the Arctic. But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice fringing this vast, icy continent stopped expanding and began to decline dramatically. Now, scientists say they have figured out why this happened — and their findings spell deep trouble for a region whose fate affects us all.

Antarctic sea ice has been on a steep downward trend for nearly a decade. It reached a record low in 2022 and again in 2023, when it dropped to just 691,000 square miles, equivalent to an area of missing ice larger than Greenland compared to average levels. This year saw a higher amount of sea ice at the height of the Southern Hemispher summer, but it was still at its 16th lowest level in nearly five decades of record keeping.

Scientists have been working for years to understand what is driving the precipitous decline in sea ice and whether it is a sign Antarctica is entering a new state.

The new research identifies a series of different processes — driven by intensifying winds and warming water — which flipped the ocean surrounding Antarctica “out of balance.” It amounts to a “triple whammy of climate chaos,” the report authors wrote in a press release accompanying the paper, which was published in the journal Science Advances on Friday.

The chain of events began decades ago, when westerly winds around Antarctica started to get stronger, said Aditya Narayanan, a study author and research fellow in physical oceanography at the University of Southampton in the UK.

The strength of these winds has been linked, in part, to the increase of planet-heating pollution from burning fossil fuels, as well as the hole in the ozone layer above the continent.

These winds initially helped cool the surface ocean, but this changed over time as a slower, deeper response took hold. From around 2015, the winds started dragging up relatively warm, salty water from the ocean depths to the surface. The heat melted sea ice, and more salt at the surface made the water denser, affecting the way the ocean layers mixed and making it easier for more heat to move upward.

Around 2018, after a few years of declining sea ice, a third phase kicked in, according to the research. The region became trapped in a cycle where less sea ice meant water at the ocean surface remained salty and warm, which in turn prevented more ice forming.

“These three phases show how long-term changes driven by climate change can trigger a cascade of processes that push the system toward a prolonged state of low sea ice,” Narayanan said.

The study noted there were differences between East Antarctica, where sea ice retreat has largely been triggered by heat rising from the deeper ocean, and West Antarctica, where the atmosphere has played a larger role, as clouds carried by warm air help trap heat near the ocean surface.

The loss of sea ice has wide ripple effects. As it disappears, it leaves coastal ice sheets and glaciers exposed to waves and warmer ocean waters, making them much more vulnerable to melting and breaking up.

Sea ice also acts like a giant mirror reflecting the sun’s energy away from the Earth and back into space. When it melt

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN

(CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday downplayed the planned withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany and said President Donald Trump has not made a decision on removing more service members from Europe amid growing cracks in the transatlantic relationship.

Speaking in Rome after meetings with top Italian leaders, Rubio sought to publicly distance the move from Trump’s continued critique of NATO and its members, including Italy, over a perceived lack of support for the US war against Iran.

Still, his argument is not likely to assuage European fears about the reliability of the United States and its commitment to the defensive alliance. Rubio, a longtime NATO proponent, did not foreclose the possibility of further troop reductions in response to the US displeasure with the bloc. Instead, he said Trump had yet to make a decision.

The top US diplomat said the reduction of the troops in Germany, announced by the Pentagon last week, was “already ongoing.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the subject of Trump’s ire over comments on the Iran war, has similarly sought to downplay the move.

“The troops represent less than 14% of our total troop presence there,” Rubio said at a press conference Friday. “That’s already pre-programmed. In fact, all it did take us back to where we were in 2022.”

“There was always a plan to do some shifting within NATO,” he said.

Even if that is the case, European officials have eyed the move with concern for what it could portend moving forward. Trump himself has threatened more cuts to the number of US troops in Germany and European allies have been left in the dark about the president’s decisions. Efforts by the likes of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to stress the work that allies are doing in support of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz have seemingly had little impact on his anger toward the alliance.

Rubio on Friday echoed Trump’s displeasure but said that he hasn’t made a decision on a response.

“If one of the main reasons why the US is in NATO is the ability to have forces deployed in Europe that we can project to other contingencies, and now that’s no longer the case – at least when it comes to some NATO members – that’s a problem and has to be examined,” he said.

“Ultimately, that’s a decision for the president to make. His team and people like myself and others will provide him what those potential options are, but ultimately he’ll have to make that decision. He hasn’t made those decisions yet,” Rubio added.

Rubio, who met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday, said they “didn’t discuss any specifics” like a potential US withdrawal from NATO or reduction of troops from Italy. Rubio as a senator cosponsored the law to stop a president from unilaterally withdrawing from the alliance.

A State Department readout of the meeting said they talked about “the importance of continued transatlantic collaboration to address global threats.”

“A frank dialogue,” Meloni said on X, “between allies who defend their own national interests but who both know how precious Western unity is.”

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Multiple shots fired have been reported in La Cumbre Plaza on Upper State Street around 9:30am this morning. Your News Channel has reached out to police personal, but have not been able to confirm any weapons or injuries.

Portions of the plaza have been taped off near the AT&T location. One person has reportedly been taken into custody.

This article will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

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