By Nic Robertson, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN

(CNN) — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in an apparent assassination at his home in the city of Zintan in northwestern Libya, the head of his political team said on Tuesday. He was 53.

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was once seen as the heir-apparent to his dictator father –– who was executed after his regime was toppled at the height of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 –– and had in recent years been making a play to return to politics in Libya.

Four masked assailants stormed Saif al-Islam Gadhafi’s residence and disabled security cameras before fatally shooting him in a “treacherous and cowardly” attack, his political advisor Abdullah Othman said in a social media statement.

No official confirmation has been issued by Libyan authorities, and there has been no immediate comment from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has long sought the younger Gadhafi’s arrest on charges of crimes against humanity.

Born on June 25, 1972, in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was the second son of Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya from 1969 until his overthrow and death in 2011.

On February 21, 2011, as protests spread across Libya, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi delivered a televised address warning of civil war, chaos and poverty if the uprising continued. The speech marked a decisive break from his reformist persona and aligned him publicly with the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators.

In June 2011, the ICC issued arrest warrants for both Saif al-Islam Gadhafi and his father for crimes against humanity committed during the suppression of the revolt.

After the fall of Tripoli, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi evaded capture for several months before being detained in November 2011 by a militia in the western Libyan city of Zintan.

He remained in custody there until June 2017, when the militia announced his release under a controversial general amnesty law passed by Libya’s House of Representatives.

In November 2021, he reemerged on the political stage, registering as a candidate in Libya’s long-delayed presidential election.

His candidacy sparked sharp divisions, with supporters portraying him as a symbol of stability and opponents denouncing him as a reminder of authoritarian rule and unresolved war crimes. The elections were later postponed indefinitely amid political deadlock and security concerns.

Ahead of his death, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi had aspired to one day return to political life and in recent months had begun to put together “a proposal for reconciliation,” a source close to him told CNN.

In Tuesday’s statement, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi’s team urged the Libyan judiciary, the international community, the United Nations and human rights organizations to launch an independent and transparent investigation to identify and prosecute those responsible.

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By Liam Reilly, Brian Stelter, CNN

(CNN) — Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Tuesday faced skeptical lawmakers during a Senate hearing on his company’s pending $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets.

While many senators grilled Sarandos over antitrust issues, labor concerns and consumer prices, several conservative members focused instead on unsubstantiated accusations that Netflix promotes “woke” content and “transgender ideology.”

The culture-war attacks echoed claims made by MAGA influencers urging President Donald Trump to block the deal — and may preview how the administration could seek to stall the merger. (CNN, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is not part of the transaction.)

Sen. Eric Schmitt told Sarandos that Netflix has created “the wokest content in the history of the world,” adding that the streaming giant has “made a habit of promoting DEI and wokeness” and “oversexualizes for kids.”

“The overwhelming majority of your stuff is overwhelmingly woke, and it’s not reflective of what the American people want to see,” Schmitt said. “Why in the world would we give a seal of approval or a thumbs up to make you the largest behemoth on the planet related to content?”

Sarandos disputed the claims, saying Netflix “has no political agenda” and offers a wide range of programming “left, right and center,” as customers can see by browsing the service.

Sen. Josh Hawley asked Sarandos why “so much of Netflix content for children promotes a transgender ideology.”

When Sarandos told Hawley that his claim was “inaccurate,” and that the platform features “a wide variety of stories and programs to meet a wide variety of people’s taste,” Hawley responded that “almost half” of Netflix’s children’s programming features “this highly controversial, highly sexualized material.”

Hawley did not provide a source for his “almost half” statistic, but his claims mirror an anti-Netflix report produced by a conservative outlet originally created by the Heritage Foundation.

The report, shared with allies ahead of the Tuesday hearing, accused Netflix of “social engineering through entertainment” and repeated many familiar right-wing critiques.

Conservative influencers with close ties to the Trump administration laid the groundwork for MAGA opposition to the merger in December by depicting a Netflix-Warner combination as a “monopoly.” MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson said the combined company would “push trans ideology, race guilt, and anti-family messaging straight into your living room.”

That narrative continued Tuesday despite Sarandos’s best efforts to describe the reality of Netflix’s content slate.

Sen. Ted Cruz also attacked Netflix as a “left-wing company,” citing its multi-year production deal with Barack and Michelle Obama, and warning the merger would create “a propaganda outlet pushing one particular political view with much greater market power.”

Netflix executives have frequently pointed out that it’s in their corporate interest to appeal to a politically diverse audience, and thereby keep people paying for the service.

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China está aprovechando una oportunidad para desafiar el dominio estadounidense en las finanzas globales y ejercer una mayor influencia internacional a expensas del todopoderoso dólar.

La incertidumbre geopolítica – impulsada en gran parte por la política económica a menudo caótica del presidente Donald Trump – ha sacudido los mercados en las últimas semanas, con el dólar cayendo a sus mínimos en cuatro años. Mientras tanto, los inversores están acudiendo en masa a activos refugio, llevando los precios del oro a máximos históricos de más de US$ 5.500 la onza. Eso le ha dado a China una oportunidad para promover su propia moneda como una alternativa viable.

Durante el fin de semana, la revista ideológica insignia del Partido Comunista de China publicó declaraciones del presidente Xi Jinping que trazaban planes para convertir el yuan en una moneda de reserva global. Ese es el papel que actualmente desempeña el dólar estadounidense: la moneda de referencia para la gran mayoría de las transacciones extranjeras, lo que la convierte en una de las inversiones más seguras del mundo.

Nadie espera que esto cambie pronto. Pero la fuerte caída en el valor del dólar desde que Trump asumió el cargo nuevamente en 2025 al menos ha abierto la puerta a posibles competidores.

Según la revista Qiushi, Xi dijo a funcionarios del Gobierno que China debería aspirar a establecer “una moneda fuerte ampliamente utilizada en el comercio internacional y el mercado de divisas”, con “un banco central poderoso” y la capacidad de atraer inversiones e influir en los precios globales.

Los comentarios del líder chino fueron realizados en privado en 2024. El partido los hizo públicos mientras China se posiciona como un socio económico y político más confiable que Estados Unidos, y empieza a ver resultados. Esto es lo que sabemos.

China ha pasado más de una década tratando de integrar el yuan en los mercados internacionales y asegurar su estabilidad como moneda global. Pero China ha comenzado recientemente a cosechar los beneficios de las crecientes inquietudes respecto a la política económica estadounidense y una tendencia conocida como “desdolarización”.

La decisión de Trump de imponer varias rondas de aranceles a los principales socios comerciales ha minado la confianza en el crecimiento económico de Estados Unidos y en el valor de su moneda. Un cambio de liderazgo en la Reserva Federal – para el cual Trump ha nominado a Kevin Warsh después de repetidos enfrentamientos con el actual presidente Jerome Powell – ha sumado incertidumbre sobre la política monetaria estadounidense y las tasas de interés.

Los inversores han estado reduciendo su exposición al dólar desde al menos el año pasado, y la presidenta del Banco Central Europeo, Christine Lagarde, ha pedido que el euro asuma un papel más importante en las finanzas globales. La amenaza de aranceles y sanciones impuestas por Estados Unidos también ha llevado a algunas naciones a buscar protegerse de su dependencia del dólar.

“Para lograr que la gente use el yuan, tienes que encontrar un nicho, y ha sido realmente difícil”, dijo Dinny McMahon, jefe de investigación de mercados en la firma de investigación Trivium China. “Ahora la forma en que el Partido lo ve es: ‘oh, estamos en un momento realmente único, porque la gente está perdiendo la ilusión con el dólar’”.

El dólar ha sido central para la economía global durante más de 80 años, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el Acuerdo de Bretton Woods que lo estableció como el estándar respaldado por oro y vinculó a otras 44 monedas a él. La fuerte demanda de dólares le da a Estados Unidos más i

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Después de un año marcado por cruces verbales y amenazas, y en el que la relación entre Colombia y Estados Unidos estuvo constantemente al borde de la ruptura, los presidentes Gustavo Petro y Donald Trump finalmente se vieron este martes cara a cara en Washington.

Puede que los líderes no hayan hecho grandes anuncios ni alcanzado importantes acuerdos, pero al menos los dos parecieron llevarse bien, se mostraron satisfechos con el encuentro y mostraron señales concretas de distensión.

El dueño de casa fue el primero en hablar sobre la reunión de esta mañana, en la que participaron también el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Marco Rubio, y el el vicepresidente J. D. Vance, además de la canciller colombiana, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, entre otros altos funcionarios de ambos gobiernos.

Consultado en un evento posterior si había hablado con Petro sobre los esfuerzos en el combate al tráfico de drogas, uno los puntos más tensos de su relación, Trump dijo que “trabajamos en eso y nos llevamos muy bien”.

“Él y yo no éramos exactamente los mejores amigos, pero no me sentí ofendido porque nunca lo había conocido. No lo conocía en absoluto”, agregó Trump, quien calificó a la reunión de “muy buena” y dijo que Petro era “fantástico”.

Poco después, Petro ofreció una conferencia de prensa y aseguró que la reunión había sido “positiva” y que se iba de la Casa Blanca “con un aire de optimismo”.

“Trump y yo podemos ser muy diferentes, civilizatoriamente hablando, históricamente hablando, pero lo que nos junta es la libertad. Se puede hacer un pacto por la libertad, un pacto por la vida, y de eso va la conversación”, dijo el presidente de Colombia.

Petro aseguró además que junto a Trump lograron encontrar “caminos conjuntos” a pesar de los desacuerdos, sin ofrecer más detalles, y señaló que hablaron de cómo Colombia podría prestar ayuda “en la reactivación de Venezuela”.

“Hablamos de problemas concretos y caminos conjuntos. Él no cambió de forma de pensar, yo tampoco, pero un pacto no es entre hermanos gemelos, un pacto es entre contradictores que pueden cencontrar caminos”, consideró.

Al encuentro tampoco le faltaron símbolos de distensión. Petro y Trump se dieron un fuerte apretón de manos en la Casa Blanca antes de comenzar la reunión en la Oficina Oval, y, al terminar, Petro rápidamente mostró en sus redes sociales los dos regalos que le hizo Trump.

El primero es un mensaje escrito a mano alzada por el presidente de EE.UU. en una hoja membretada de la Casa Blanca, junto a una foto de los dos líderes. El documento dice: “Gustavo: Un gran Honor. Amo

GROVER BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) - The City of Grover Beach has released the results of a survey it holds every two years in an effort to gauge community opinions on key issues, satisfaction with city services and top priorities.

"The Grover Beach Community Survey helps guide our priorities and ensures we are responsive to resident feedback," said Grover Beach Mayor Kassi Dee said in a statement. "We appreciate this valuable input and remain committed to transparency, strong customer service and thoughtful planning that reflect Grover Beach values."

City Manager Matt Bronson indicated the survey is part of the city's commitment to community engagement and outreach.

"One of the ways in which we do that is to do this community survey," said Bronson. "It goes out to a snapshot of our of our residents. It's a statistically valid survey. We get about 400 responses that match the demographics of the community, so it's a very accurate snapshot of the Grover Beach community. We've been doing this survey since 2017 and every two years we get a chance to see how we move the needle from the last survey over time."

According to the the city, questions were asked over the phone between Oct. 15 and 29, 2025. Specfiically, the city said residents were asked a series of questions regarding their viewpoints on key issues, their satisfaction with city services and quality of customer service, their ability to access information about services and events, potential revenue measures and more.

"We were very pleased with the results that indicated that there's about 75% satisfaction rate with city services, and that's really important for us in making sure we're providing services that meet the community's expectations and needs," said Bronson. "We found that about 70% of residents think the quality of life in the community has gotten better over the last five years, or stayed the same, and 90% of residents are proud to live in Grover Beach."

Numbers gathered identified the top three issues currently facing Grover Beach are: Transportation/Traffic/ Roads/Infrastructure (20.5%), Overpopulation/Controlling growth/Development (20.0%) and Housing Affordability (14.0%).

The three issues were nearly a total change from the top three listed by residents just two years ago, which were homelessness, traffic and public safety.

"Just right there, you see that there are some different thoughts and issues that are top of mind to residents in Grover Beach, and those are issues that our City Council, our city government is focused on right now," said Bronson. "It's important to hear where the community is on those issues to help identify some ways to address those issues and trends over time."

Bronson pointed out that homelessness went from the top issue for residents during the last survey (21%), to ninth place (3%) in this most recent survey.

"It's a significant issue in our communities, but we have put a major focus and emphasis on addressing homelessness through partnering with the Five Cities Homeless Coalition and two shelter facilities in Grover Beach, and addressing homeless encampments to make sure that we are keeping our public spaces safe and well maintained, and helping Five Cities Homeless Coalition with housing eviction programs to help prevent individuals from being evicted and to get them back into housing as quickly as possible," said Bronson. "All those policy efforts are showing a meaningfu