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Paul Banks of Interpol: 'Quitting drugs and alcohol wasn't that hard. It was time and I was ready' After spending his teenage years in Madrid, he found success in New York in the 2000s and nearly died from his success and excesses. Now the band is releasing a new album

Colombia teaches Gaza to search for its missing without waiting for the war to end Preliminary records indicate more than 10,000 people are missing in the Strip. Omar Al‑Assouli, UNDP adviser in Palestine, explains how the Colombian experience can help boost searches amid the conflict

Mexican prosecutors locate Alfonso 'N', the 'perfect man' on a dating app who scammed over 15 women One of his victims has been fighting for over two years to bring him to justice while dealing with personal threats and public revictimization

The Mexican prosecutor who let CIA agents into Chihuahua fled in May and remains at large The investigation into the operation that triggered one of Mexico's biggest political crises identifies Arturo Zuany as the key facilitator of the El Pinal raid

Tortured and jailed without a conviction: Three innocent men freed in Mexico after 24 years in prison Authorities framed Ricardo Almanza, Jorge Hernández and Sergio Rodríguez as members of a criminal gang using fabricated evidence and coerced confessions

'They should pay more than the poor': The battle to make California's richest give up 5% of their fortunes Voters interviewed by EL PAÍS have diverse opinions on Proposition 40, a proposal to create a billionaire tax and use the money to offset federal cuts to public services. Polls also reflect a divided electorate

Melissa Parke, ICAN executive director: 'The risk of nuclear war has never been higher than it is today' The head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons coalition warns about the dangers of the military use of artificial intelligence, which has already made mistakes that could have easily led to armed conflict: 'It is absolutely terrifying'

More than four million young Latinos, the fastest-growing electorate, set to vote for the first time in the midterms Each year, more than one million Hispanics turn 18 in the United States. Trump's immigration policy will define many of their votes in the November 3 election

Netanyahu stakes his re-election on the promise of another war with Iran and opposition to Arab parties The Israeli prime minister enters the final stretch of the campaign, setting the terms of the debate and with a possible path to staying in power after four years of controversy and violence

Bernie Sanders and Democratic lawmakers demand answers from Meta over alleged favoritism toward Bolsonaro in Brazil election Lula's campaign has reported unequal treatment on social media and Brazil's Electoral Court has also requested tighter oversight of the social media company ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff

First known human case of Shamonda: What do we know about an emerging virus that has surprised experts? The pathogen, which until now affected only animals, infected a severelly ill man in France who later died. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is monitoring the situation

A visit to Laika, the animation studio where every detail is made by hand: Birds with 3,000 feathers and more than 100 sets The Portland studio is releasing a new stop motion film, 'Wildwood' that they began conceiving almost 15 years ago. 'I don't think technically we could have made it then,' says the film's screenwriter

Operation Comeback: Rhian and Julia's push to deliver victory for Lula and Brazil's left After the disappointment of the first round, two history students are working to persuade undecided voters and defeat Bolsonaro on Sunday

Meta's annus horribilis: Why it was hit with the largest fine ever imposed on a tech company Mark Zuckerberg's company has been ordered to pay $25 billion to the state of New Mexico for 43 million violations. This is on top of the $17 billion settlement it agreed to in another lawsuit over the impact of social media. And the year is not over yet

Kamala Harris' comeback tour: Former vice president re-enters the campaign and flirts with running again The politician, who has not ruled out a 2028 bid, held a rally with the Democratic Senate candidate in Mississippi, the state where Trump beat her by 22 points

Surviving in the Muslim quarter: A hundred skeletons shed new light on a medieval minority in Spain Chemical compounds preserved in the bones of an Islamic cemetery have allowed researchers to reconstruct the diet of Tudela's Mudéjar community over five centuries

What we can still learn from the South Bronx fires: neighborhoods reduced to ashes Around 5,000 entire buildings burned down between the 1970s and 1980s in New York's most depressed areas, but the real causes were not investigated for many years. Today luxury apartments have taken their place

Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, midwife: 'Two million babies are stillborn every year worldwide, one every 17 seconds' The head of the International Confederation of Midwives warns about the stigma and inequalities surrounding these losses, which, unlike other major global health crises, attract little attention and few resources

Milan, a city torn apart by luxury and inequality The riots in the Italian metropolis did not come from nowhere. After years of gentrification, the city is now home to one of the largest concentrations of millionaires even as it expels its longtime residents to the periphery

Child labor affects 3.5 million children in Mexico, with 1 million in dangerous jobs Mexico's 2025 National Child Labor Survey highlights the prevalence of hazardous work, with rates particularly high among Indigenous minors and those who don't go to school

Cuban bakery in Miami faces online backlash after hosting Democratic candidates A false rumor linking Hakeem Jeffries and a family business to the Democratic Socialists of America has triggered a wave of criticism from Miami's exile community

The Amazon at a crossroads: Brazilians' vote also decides the rainforest's future Deforestation has fallen 71% during Lula da Silva's term. But the far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro denies climate change and promises to loosen environmental laws if he wins on Sunday

A windowless ground-floor unit for $4,750: the AI boom pushes San Francisco rents skyward As six-figure-salary engineers arrive to work in Silicon Valley, Latino families and workers are forced to leave. The mayor has declared a 'rent emergency'

John Kerry: 'Trump's decision to allow purchases of Russian oil is counterproductive and dangerous' The former US secretary of state warns that political rejection of renewables can reverse progress and delay investments in the energy transition

Trump administration fails to meet its goal of deporting one million people per year An MPI study shows that 980,000 migrants have been deported during the first 18 months of the administration, most of them from the border. Only 31% had a criminal record

Charisma or cash? Republicans are banking on their financial edge to stage a comeback in the polls Donald Trump's party remains in the running to retain control of the Senate thanks to the flood of millions of dollars from Super PACs

Trump launches hunt for alleged noncitizen voters Officials from the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security have been going door-to-door in search of potential non-naturalized migrants who may have voted or are registered to vote, just days before the midterms

Erika Hilton, lawmaker: 'There could be a coup in Brazil. This time within the law, not like that horror show' A trans woman who is the top female vote-getter in the country talks to EL PAÍS about the left's sprint to get Lula re-elected at the runoff vote this Sunday

U.S. midterms start with record early voting turnout More than 16 million voters, mostly Democrats, have already cast ballots

US and Israel develop plans to attack Iran after the midterms According to 'The New York Times,' strikes would include energy infrastructure and drone and missile arsenals, but it is unclear whether Trump will give his approval