Dom Phillips warned that Jair Bolsonaro would make life more dangerous for reporters and the Amazon rainforest, and that his sons were even more extreme

“Bolso shows all signs of fascism, as do his supporters,” the murdered British journalist Dom Phillips told me before his death. “His sons are all more extreme if anything.”

These words were written in 2018 by the Guardian contributor shortly before the election of the far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil – a prospect that Dom viewed with dread.

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When my mother, Erin O’Connell, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer in late 2022, one of her first thoughts was: “What will I do if I can’t work?”

At the time, she was 62 years old and working as a physical therapist in Portland, Oregon, where she had recently moved to live closer to me and my family. Reluctantly, she filed for short-term disability from her job and paused her training to become a volunteer search and rescue EMT.

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US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced the sanctions earlier this month, accusing the ICC – a frequent Trump administration target – of being a “rogue court” and declaring: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”

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Newsflash uit het Midden-Oosten waar iedereen zich bezig houdt met de vraag of Amerika en Israël de nieuwe beuken aan Iran vóór, of ná de midterms van 3 november gaan uitdelen. Na al het geschuif met vliegtuigen en tankers heeft de VS het personeel op standje waakzaam gezet en is diplomatiek personeel naar veiligere plekken gebracht. Dat hangt samen met een memo aan de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Marco Rubio die via Axios naar buiten is gekomen: Iran en de door Iran gesteunde Houthi-schooiers hebben hun 'inspanningen' om Amerikaans personeel in het Midden-Oosten om te leggen opgevoerd. Letterlijk: "U.S. intelligence finds Iran has 'substantially increased' its efforts to target American diplomats and officials in the Middle East and beyond, with lethal plots reaching 'advanced stages'."

The New York Times maakt ervan: "Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans." Die krant schrijft ook: "The Iranian plans also include potential targets in Europe." Nu kunnen de Iraniërs dat wel willen, maar hoewel ze de capaciteit hebben om kwaad te doen in de regio zullen ze wat Europa niet ver komen. "But another official cautioned that Iran’s ability to carry out attacks in the United States and other territories overseas is limited, and its ambitions to strike are greater than its capability to do so." Oftewel: de ambities van het land om toe te slaan zijn groter dan de feitelijke capaciteit daartoe. Punt is natuurlijk wel dat áls 'we' op deze manier blijven doormodderen, met dat streng-islamitische haatregime, dat we helemaal nergens komen. Dus.

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One of the most frequently asked questions of Linux folks is "what's the best lightweight distro for an old PC?" The Reg FOSS desk's current answer is Raspberry Pi Desktop. A couple of weeks ago, we covered the news of a Trixie update for the Raspberry Pi Desktop. Since then, we've been putting it through its paces on a couple of the oldest, slowest machines in the FOSS desk stables. It has performed splendidly. If you fancy dipping a tentative toe into Linux, but you only have a relatively old low-spec PC spare to try it on, this is ideal. This is a modern OS: it's a 2.6 GB download, and it uses about 8 GB of disk space when installed. It will be a bit too much for a 25-year-old PC that was intended for Windows XP, but if you have an old PC from the Windows Vista era to hand, that should do. The splash screen calls it "PiOS 6.3," just as on Arm-based Raspberry Pi hardware. Here, though, we're testing Raspberry Pi Desktop: the x86-64 PC edition of the Debian-based system, available at the bottom of the downloads page. Back in 2023, the PiOS got a new Debian 12-based version, which included a new Wayland-based desktop – although it still looked almost identical to the old environment, based on X11, Openbox, and LXDE. Sadly, the PC version didn't get upgraded. Two years later – so, almost exactly a year ago – we got a Debian 13-based PiOS 6. The PC version still didn't get upgraded. Now the PC edition has finally caught up with Debian 13. It's very similar to September's PiOS 6.3 release, complete with the option of a dock instead of a taskbar. Like the Arm version, you can use the raspi-config tool to switch between the Wayland-based labwc compositor and X.org if you prefer. 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We transplanted the SSD into a ThinkPad X61 Tablet from that same year. Our very battered X61 has 2 GB of DDR2 RAM. PiOS handled that fine – with the sole exception of the touchscreen, which didn't work. (We've only ever got that working with Windows XP.) In a 19-year-old PC with an SSD, PiOS booted in under half a minute, and it was able to run Firefox and Chromium and go online. Pages rendered slowly, but it worked. On the better-specced X200s, with four times the RAM, even the web experience was tolerable, if you're patient. We also tried it on a high-end machine from 2008, a Thinkpad W500, complete with AMD GPU. On that, it feels positively snappy. In our testing, PiOS takes as little memory as Alpine with Xfce – but it's far easier to install. Because it's Debian, it was also much easier to get additional apps such as both text-mode and GUI WordPerfect for Linux working. With Wine 11 from WineHQ, Microsoft Office 97 installed and ran superbly too. If you're willing to trade a tiny bit of security for visibly better performance, the tweaks we gave in 2022 still work well. PiOS is about as frugal as ChromeOS Flex, but you don't need a Google account or any other cloud login, and you get all-you-can-eat local apps. Compared to middleweight distros such as Linux Mint Xfce, Linux Lite, MX Linux, or Lubuntu, PiOS is significantly less demanding of hardware resources. There are even lighter-weight Linuxes out there. For example, there is a Debian 13 version of antiX Linux, but although smaller, it has an overwhelming collection of kernels, init systems, window managers, and file managers. AntiX is not beginner-friendly. In 2024, we looked at Tiny Core Linux 15, which is far smaller. Now up to version 17.1, it remains a specialist tool: you'll need serious tech skills to add extra apps, let alone update. Alpine is capable, versatile, and lightweight, but assembling a desktop requires considerably more work. If you take the time to learn your way around it, Alpine can be configured to use even less disk and memory than PiOS, but Alpine has a smaller selection of software than Debian – unless you add Flatpak, which negates Alpine's lightweight, clean simplicity. Experienced Debian or Devuan users could build something leaner, but Raspberry Pi Desktop saves them the trouble. Its team has had 14 years of practice in diet Debian. The Raspberry Pi Desktop also supports Intel Mac hardware, and it's ideal for old-but-working Macs now long-unsupported by macOS. It could also suit older Intel MacBooks whose RAM can't be expanded, although Wi-Fi, graphics, and other hardware support will depend on the model. A 4 GB MacBook Air may still have useful life running current browsers and LibreOffice. Just possibly not at the same time. This should be your go-to option for an old, low-spec PC. It won't make a 15-year-old computer as fast as a new one. But it can make a 15-year-old PC useful again, with current, supported apps and tools. Once you get familiar with PiOS on a low-end x86 machine, it will also work fine on newer and more capable hardware. ®

De internationale gemeenschap moet "direct ingrijpen" om verdere escalatie van Israëls huidige militaire ingrijpen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever te voorkomen. Die oproep komt van de Palestijnse Autoriteit, schrijft persbureau Wafa.

De Palestijnse Autoriteit, het geldende gezag op de Westoever, wijst op de gevaren van de aanhoudende Israëlische escalatie in de bezette gebieden "waar collectieve strafmaatregelen bestaan ​​uit de gedwongen verdrijving van hele woonwijken, de sloop van woningen en bouwwerken, en de afsluiting en belegering van Palestijnse steden". De regering in Ramallah stelt Israël volledig verantwoordelijk voor de escalatie en roept om die reden op om dringend in te grijpen en "een onmiddellijk einde te maken aan het plegen van verdere misdaden door Israël" op de Jordaanoever en in de Gazastrook.

Sinds het begin van 2025 zijn meer dan 40.000 burgers op de Jordaanoever uit hun huizen verdreven, "en dat gaat tot op de dag van vandaag door", zo stelt de Palestijnse Autoriteit. Ook zijn al meer dan 1000 Palestijnen gedood door Israëlische militairen of kolonisten.

Oorlogsmisdaden

De gezaghebbende Israëlische mensenrechtenorganisatie B'Tselem voor de bezette Palestijnse gebieden waarschuwt ook al dat het huidige Israëlische offensief neerkomt op "collectieve bestraffing en handelingen die oorlogsmisdaden kunnen vormen".

Israël heeft een volledige lockdown van de Jordaanoever verordonneerd na het doodschieten van twee Israëlische soldaten, vrijdag bij Hebron in bezet gebied. De veronderstelde Palestijnse daders werden daarna gedood. Sindsdien heeft Israël al honderden Palestijnen uit hun huizen gezet, gebouwen gesloopt, ingericht als militaire posten of voor ondervragingen, schrijft bijvoorbeeld Al Jazeera.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 24-10-2026 13:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 12.5°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 10.0°C / Max 12.6°C | Kans op neerslag 64%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.0°C, Max 12.6°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 15.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 64%, 🧭 1003.5 hPa ↘️ -5.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 44.6 km/u (12.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 232°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 14:00: 12.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 219°
• 15:00: 12.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
• 16:00: 11.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1007.8 hPa ↘️ -1.2 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 202°
• 17:00: 10.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 16%, 🧭 1006.5 hPa ↘️ -1.3 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.7 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 203°
• 18:00: 10.6°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 42%, 🧭 1005.6 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 188°
• 19:00: 10.8°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 76%, 🧭 1004.0 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 35.6 km/u (9.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 201°
• 20:00: 10.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1002.0 hPa ↘️ -2.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 36.7 km/u (10.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
• 21:00: 10.1°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 999.4 hPa ↘️ -2.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 38.5 km/u (10.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 186°
• 22:00: 10.1°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 2.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 996.8 hPa ↘️ -2.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 41.4 km/u (11.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 186°
• 23:00: 10.6°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 994.6 hPa ↘️ -2.2 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 43.6 km/u (12.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• 00:00: 11.0°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 992.6 hPa ↘️ -2.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 44.6 km/u (12.4 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 01:00: 11.5°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 990.7 hPa ↘️ -1.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 43.9 km/u (12.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 202°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zondag 25 oktober: Min 11.5°C, Max 12.8°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 7.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 51%, 🧭 997.1 hPa ↘️ -6.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 43.2 km/u (12.0 m/s), richting: → 257°
• maandag 26 oktober: Min 9.7°C, Max 14.8°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1011.5 hPa ↗️ +14.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 31.0 km/u (8.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
• dinsdag 27 oktober: Min 12.4°C, Max 17.5°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1011.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.2 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 218°
• woensdag 28 oktober: Min 10.7°C, Max 14.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1021.9 hPa ↗️ +10.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: → 252°
• donderdag 29 oktober: Min 9.6°C, Max 14.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1026.4 hPa ↗️ +4.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.4 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 293°
• vrijdag 30 oktober: Min 7.2°C, Max 13.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1028.3 hPa ↗️ +1.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 8.5 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↙ 25°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 13:15): 12.5°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 7.8°C (-4.7°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 234°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 49.3 km/h (13.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 69%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1009.4 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 2.3
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 08:22 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 18:29

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 32 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 3.9 μg/m³
• PM10: 9.4 μg/m³

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