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As Singham faces federal probe, wife marches in anti-Israel protest led by groups he funded
NEW YORK — A network funded by Neville Roy Singham, a communist tech tycoon living in Shanghai, mounted a coordinated anti-Israel protest through Midtown Manhattan Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations, deploying field marshals, pre-made signs, banners, megaphones, drums, portable sound equipment and a stage for a four-hour demonstration.
At 3:40 p.m. Thursday, field marshals and foot soldiers from the People’s Forum Inc. connected to their «comrades» in the Singham network at the steps of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. Digital watched the operation unfold from setup to breakdown.
At the center of the protest was Jodie Evans, Singham’s wife, a longtime leader at the People’s Forum and the co-founder of CodePink — a nonprofit that has operated within the broader pro-communist activist network funded by her husband. As Digital first reported, the Justice Department’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York opened a grand jury investigation into alleged money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud by Singham and his network. Singham and the organizations he has funded haven’t been charged with any crimes.
As the march moved through Manhattan, self-declared «comrades» of the Revolutionary Communists of America chanted, «Long live the intifada,» while Evans and activists from other organizations within the Singham network marched alongside members of the Democratic Socialists of America.
«Intifada! Intifada! Long live the intifada!» the crowd shouted, chanting the term used by Palestinian militants to violently oppose the existence of the state of Israel.
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Earlier, police arrested actress Susan Sarandon, a regular speaker at People’s Forum events and protests, after demonstrators blocked First Avenue in an anti-Israel sit-in. CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and actress Cynthia Nixon were also among the protesters. The demonstration included activists from Jewish Voice for Peace, another partner of the Singham network whose leaders have advocated replacing Israel with a state called «Palestine.»
By the end of the evening, at 8:08 p.m., Digital observed the protesters rolling their carts back to the People’s Forum Inc., the network’s Midtown headquarters on W. 37th Street and a key organizing hub for the Singham network’s street demonstrations on issues from Israel to anti-American tech. Congressional lawmakers, the Justice Department and federal, state and local policymakers have criticized the groups as antisemitic, anti-American and «Trojan horses» for the Chinese Communist Party.
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The day’s events, documented in real time by a Digital investigative team, provided a rare, on-the-ground view of the infrastructure behind the network’s protests. The operation involved assigned marshals, paid nonprofit staff, pre-made signs, portable sound equipment, rolling wagons, a stage, coordinated slogans and a media team producing content for online distribution.
While not every group participating in the demonstration was directly funded by Singham, the personnel and logistics showed how organizations with overlapping leadership, funding and messaging can operate together to turn a political flashpoint into a professionally-managed street campaign.
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The appearance of Singham’s wife alongside leaders and activists from the People’s Forum, BreakThrough News, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Palestinian Youth Movement and a «Shut It Down for Palestine» campaign provides visible evidence of the Singham network’s central role in organizing and promoting anti-Israel protests, particularly in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
The coordinated signage and equipment revealed an organizing and logistics infrastructure that moved people, messaging and materials through the city for three hours. Digital has observed the same materials at a number of separate protests, targeting not only Israel but rallying support for the Islamic Republic of Iran, the communist regimes of Venezuela and Cuba, and fighting data centers and American AI. That infrastructure helps explain how the same network has repeatedly transformed breaking news and political flashpoints into large, highly-coordinated anti-Israel protests across the country.
The protest’s visible organization reflected the scale of the financial network behind some of its leading participants. After his wedding to Evans in 2017 and the sale of ThoughtWorks, the technology company he founded, Singham directed $285 million to nonprofits and media organizations, according to a Digital investigation. The People’s Forum received $22.4 million from Singham, while CodePink received $1.33 million. BreakThrough BT Media Inc., which operates BreakThrough News, received $1.098 million, according to tax filings.
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In his United Nations address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the demonstrators «phony human rights protesters» who have been silent in speaking out against atrocities by the Islamic Republic of Iran against its citizens.
Evans’ presence also offered an unusually direct view of the people behind the anti-Israel protest machine that has mobilized repeatedly across New York and other American cities against Israel.
At about 4 p.m., Manolo De Los Santos, executive director at the People’s Forum, arrived and moved near the anti-Israel signs his foot soldiers had rolled onto the steps of the New York Public Library. A lieutenant handed out signs calling for sanctions against Israel and declaring, «WAR CRIMINALS NOT WELCOME» and «NEW YORK REJECTS ZIONISM.» At the bottom, the signs carried the branding of a communist group that the People’s Forum works with closely: the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which doesn’t publicly disclose its finances.
Beside De Los Santos stood Layan Fuleihan, a controversial fixture in anti-Israel protests. Fuleihan, a Palestinian American, spoke at an Oct. 8, 2023, protest that the People’s Forum organized, supporting the Hamas attack on Israel and saying, «Yesterday, the world woke up to incredible news. The media will tell you that yesterday, terrorists invaded Israel. But we know that actually what happened is that the oppressed people of Palestine broke out of the open-air prison they have been subjected to.»
People’s Forum posted the video on its own X account. In the same video, De Los Santos declared, «If you listen to the media in this country, you will think the war started 48 hours ago. We know this war started 75 years ago,» with the birth of the state of Israel. Fuleihan didn’t reply to questions from Digital.
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The demonstration also showed the role of paid personnel in the network’s street protest operations. Fuleihan was paid $78,649 as the People’s Forum’s education director, while David Chung, the organization’s organizing director, earned $76,249, according to the nonprofit’s latest IRS filings. Their presence alongside field marshals, volunteer coordinators and campaign organizers showed an operation with designated personnel responsible for recruitment, messaging, crowd movement and event logistics.
Nearby, towering over many of the protesters, Taher Dahleh, an organizer with another partner of the People’s Forum — the Palestinian Youth Movement — moved through the crowd, grabbing a Winstone Blue cigarette from another activist, directing demonstrators and coordinating the march. He has been a familiar presence at anti-Israel demonstrations since Oct. 7, 2023, regularly hosting volunteer meetings on Monday nights at the People’s Forum for a campaign called «Shut It Down For Palestine.» During the «March on Washington to Let Gaza Live!» that People’s Forum co-organized in November 2025, Dahleh slammed «tech companies» for allegedly contributing to the «slaughter» of Palestinians by selling services to the government of Israel.
Between late 2023 and late 2024, far-left nonprofit WesPac Foundation Inc. gave Palestinian Youth Movement $1 million through its nonprofit fiscal sponsor, Honor the Earth, according to tax filings. Records show it’s received funds from several other sources over the years. The Palestinian Youth Movement still shares a post on its Facebook page from years ago, quoting a young Palestinian killed after murdering three Israelis: «You who possess arms and bullets, remember that there is an enemy so that you may put your bullets in their bodies, not the bodies of your own people.» Dahleh didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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The protest followed a familiar playbook that Evans, De Los Santos, Fuleihan, Dahleh, Chung, the People’s Forum and the Singham network have used since Oct. 7, 2023, to mobilize students at Columbia University, launch a campus encampment and storm Grand Central Terminal. Since then, the same constellation of communist, socialist and anti-war groups has repeatedly turned out for protests over Israel, ICE, the Trump administration, the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and other political flashpoints — including protests against U.S. data centers, American AI, and U.S. technology companies like Palantir Technologies, Microsoft and Google.
This time, Dahleh and People’s Forum field marshals led the activists from the steps of the public library on Fifth Avenue to E. 42nd Street, where they headed eastbound toward the United Nations past Grand Central Station. Inside the crowd, the network’s social media operation made the march seem like a spontaneous display of mass public anger. At 5:20 p.m., with the march still in force, People’s Forum posted a tightly-cropped video on X, showing demonstrators streaming below flapping American flags with a caption celebrating a «massive crowd of protesters taking to the streets demanding war criminal Netanyahu be brought to justice! Free Palestine!»
However, outside the limited mile-long path of the march, New Yorkers went about their ordinary days. The repeated appearance of the same organizations, leaders, signs, sound systems, wagons and protest infrastructure rolling through the streets of New York City revealed the professional organizing system operating behind the scenes, not a «massive crowd.»
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On E. 42nd Street, Evans — Singham’s wife and a central figure in the network surrounding the People’s Forum and other Singham-funded organizations — smiled widely as she kept step with the activists, marching behind the bright yellow-and-black signs marked «Party for Socialism and Liberation.»
Evans marched with CodePink activists behind a large «STOP ARMING ISRAEL» banner and carried a poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as «WANTED» for «GENOCIDE.»
Evans stood out in trademark CodePink colors, wearing an oversized fuchsia hat, pink peace-sign earrings, dark glasses, a pink-and-white keffiyeh and a shirt reading «I ♥ Palestinian Human Rights.»
Her appearance placed a member of the financier’s immediate family directly in the middle of the protest activity his money has helped sustain.
When Digital asked her about her husband’s funding for nonprofits leading anti-Israel protests, she didn’t answer the question directly and responded, «He’s not been in the United States for six-and-a-half years.»
When asked about his position on the protests, she answered: «He supports stopping a genocide, you bet.»
Evans laughed off questions about Singham backing the Chinese Communist Party. In a video that Digital unearthed, Singham stood at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Shanghai during a November 2025 conference and expressed support for «a new world order that is based on multilateralism that President Xi and the CPC [Communist Party of China] and China have proposed.»
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Evans denied allegations from lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Singham network acts as a «Trojan horse» for the Chinese Communist Party, calling them «a lot of lies.»
«We’re not doing anything wrong. So it’s a lot of ‘alleging,’ and we’re very honest about what we do: protesting every day,» she said. «That’s what we do. And that’s what I’ve done for 55 years.»
She got visibly agitated on the topic of China. «China is not our enemy!» she said. «That’s the message. You know what? I’ve been going to China for six and a half years. I can’t talk about China. It’s complex. I don’t understand it. I’m just trying to learn about it. So it’s not about China. It’s about the United States not using our tax dollars to go to war on China. There’s never an excuse to go to war on people.»
The protest was also packaged for online amplification. During the march, Zoe Alexandra, news editor of BreakThrough News, moved through the crowd conducting interviews, pulling Danaka Katovich, national co-director of CodePink, away from Evans’ CodePink contingent for a chat. BreakThrough later posted a branded one-minute, 21-second video on X under the headline: «Thousands protest…» Singham gave $1.098 million to Breakthrough BT Media Inc., which operates BreakThrough News, according to tax filings.
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The protest featured black-and-white keffiyehs, a torched effigy of Netanyahu, bloodied cardboard imagery of Netanyahu and Arabic chants declaring that «Israel will be Arab.» Critics say the slogans and imagery go beyond criticism of Israeli policy, invoking violent resistance and portraying the elimination of Israel as a political objective.
To close out the protest near the United Nations, a leader from the Singham network manned the pop-up stage with a black-and-white keffiyeh over his shoulders, his arms tightly crossed, as speakers blasted the U.S. and Israel. As their last speaker, organizers returned to another leader from the People’s Forum, Tajee Bounds, who serves as membership, events and volunteer coordinator.
A graduate of Columbia University, Bounds was in the middle of the campus’s first encampment in April 2024 with People’s Forum organizers when he stood, holding a banner and yelling along with a chant: «Up, up with liberation! Down, down with occupation!» The Columbia Spectator posted a video with his proclamation.
«Glory, glory to our martyrs,» an activist chanted, before Bounds took the microphone at 6:31 p.m. to lead the crowd in a chant: «Gaza! Gaza! You will rise!»
At 7:01 p.m., People’s Forum activists began rolling away their wagon full of yellow-and-black signs, set upside down, declaring, «ARREST WAR CRIMINAL BENJAMIN NETANYAHU!» Bounds and others began breaking down their stage and speaker system.
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For a dramatic backdrop, the protest moved west on 42nd Street to Times Square, like so many protests have ended before. There, CodePink’s Benjamin, Evans’ fellow co-founder and a guest at Singham and Evans’ wedding in 2017, created a video for Instagram with herself standing in front of the protesters wearing a black-and-white keffiyeh scarf and narrating to the camera the day’s events: «These protests against Netanyahu and the Israeli regime have been going on since 10 a.m. All day long! Now it’s nighttime!»
CodePink’s message throughout the video repeated the mantra of the day’s protest: «FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALESTINE WILL BE FREE.»
The videos presented the demonstration as a spontaneous eruption of grassroots anger. But the footage was the product of the same operation it portrayed: professional organizers supplied the signs, sound equipment, rolling carts, stage and coordinated messaging, while BreakThrough News, People’s Forum and CodePink activists recorded and distributed footage from the event. The sequence created a feedback loop in which organizers built the spectacle, captured it on video and circulated the images as evidence of the movement’s scale and momentum.
After the Times Square theater, foot soldiers for the People’s Forum rolled their wagon back onto W. 42nd Street, past the Port Authority and a McDonald’s on Eighth Avenue, with their trademark bright yellow-and-black signs. Others carried the bloodied cardboard imagery of Netanyahu and other protest paraphernalia.
They ended up at the hub of the anti-Israel activist, the headquarters of the People’s Forum on W. 34th Street, carrying signs past books by communist leader Karl Marx and other ideologues.
Inside the People’s Forum’s large meeting hall, Chung, organizing director of the People’s Forum, awaited the returning protesters.
De Los Santos greeted them at the door, stepping outside to tell Digital that he was proud of the group’s work leading the anti-Israel protests for the past three years.
«We organize protests. What is wrong or illegal about that?» De Los Santos said, as his workers drew the shades on the People’s Forum.
He also declared proudly, «Yeah, I am a communist.»
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Former Border Patrol chief recalls Biden migrant surge chaos as Trump crackdown delivers historic turnaround
President Donald Trump’s border crackdown has sharply reduced the illegal crossings that overwhelmed agents under former President Joe Biden, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reporting Thursday historic lows in apprehensions and a full fiscal year without Border Patrol releasing migrants into the country.
For retired Yuma Arizona Sector U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem, the turnaround stands in sharp contrast to days when his agents could not pick up migrants fast enough and the consequences spilled into neighborhoods, farms and local businesses.
«They just started walking through the agriculture fields. They started running through town,» Clem told Digital, recalling the surge in December 2021. «They started going to the food bank. They started knocking on people’s doors at all hours of the nights.»
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But while Clem said he credits stronger enforcement and the prospect of deportation with helping drive the decline, he warned that the gains could face another threat — a political shift in Washington.
«There are a lot of policy decisions that can be really jammed up by a Congress that’s gung-ho to overturn what this president has done,» said Clem, who warned that changes in congressional control could complicate enforcement through funding decisions and policy restrictions, while a future presidential administration could pursue broader reversals.
Preliminary DHS figures released Thursday show Border Patrol recorded 98,708 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, roughly 95% below the annual average of more than 1.8 million during the Biden administration.
That translates to about 270 apprehensions a day across the southwest border, compared with roughly 5,000 using the department’s Biden-era annual average.
In Yuma alone, Clem recalled daily arrivals climbing from roughly 25 in December 2020, to more than 1,000 by December 2021. During a particularly difficult three-day stretch that month, he said, daily arrivals approached 1,500.
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Weather problems and a shortage of resources compounded the strain, leaving agents struggling to transport people from the border, he said.
«That was really when it, you know, was the most critical for me because we had the true community impact of a failed border security policy out of Washington, D.C.,» Clem said.
His agents remained committed to the mission, he said, but the volume was overwhelming.
«The agents, their heads were in the right place. They knew they had to do the job,» Clem said. «But when you’re outnumbered, literally 100 to one, it’s very difficult.»
The new DHS figures put an entire fiscal year of southwest border apprehensions below half the 249,740 recorded during the Biden administration’s single busiest month.
DHS also said September marked the 17th consecutive month without Border Patrol releasing migrants into the country, completing what it described as the agency’s first full fiscal year with zero releases.
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Clem said the prospect of being released had given smugglers a powerful selling point during the previous administration.
«If you get to the border, you’re gonna be processed, and you’ll be let go,» he said, describing the pitch.
He argued that changing that expectation is central to discouraging illegal crossings.
«They know that they’re not gonna be processed and released, which was the status quo under the Biden-Harris administration,» Clem said.
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He credited a combination of personnel, infrastructure, technology and consequences for illegal entry, rather than any single measure.
The enforcement effort also extends beyond the border itself.
Clem said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations inside the country add another layer, making clear that getting past Border Patrol does not eliminate the possibility of arrest and removal.
«When you combine the strong border posture, as well as the strong and robust interior enforcement, it’s a recipe for success,» he said.
Border czar Tom Homan pointed to that interior enforcement push Thursday, saying ICE had recorded its highest single-day deportation total since Trump returned to office.
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«We are deportation-maxxing—firing on all cylinders while still expanding our capabilities to ramp up removals beyond current record-breaking levels,» Homan wrote on social media.
Homan said he visited ICE Air Operations in Alexandria, Louisiana, to observe removal operations, including a flight returning Haitians he said had criminal records involving aggravated assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, battery and other offenses.
He also said ICE conducted more removals in September than in any other month, though his post did not provide totals or specify the comparison period. Fiscal year 2026 figures were still being finalized, he said.
The ICE removal figures measure a separate part of the immigration system from Border Patrol apprehensions and releases.
«President Trump promised the American people a secure border, and the data proves he delivered,» DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement announcing the border figures. «The results could not be clearer: strong enforcement works.»
Still, Clem cautioned that lower numbers do not eliminate threats from smugglers or people trying to evade detection.
«There are always gonna be that risk where somebody does sneak through. Who is that person?» he said.
He argued that mixed political messages can also give smugglers an opening to lure people into dangerous journeys with promises that U.S. policies will change.
«When our policies aren’t clear and transparent, and we’re not holding ourselves accountable, it’s a marketing tool for the smuggling organizations,» he said.
For Clem, the distinction between debating immigration policy and maintaining border security is essential.
«We have an immigration issue we need to address,» he said. «We need to find a way to retain and recruit those that are here, that are foreign nationals that want to contribute.»
«But none of that should matter when it comes down to securing the border,» Clem added. «We should always be looking at keeping America safe.»
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El Monte Blanc retrocede y los glaciares suizos pierden casi el 30% de su volumen en una década
El calentamiento global altera el ciclo del agua y transforma paisajes que durante siglos parecían estables. El aumento de la temperatura acelera el retroceso de glaciares, reduce la cobertura de nieve en las montañas y debilita masas de hielo en las regiones polares. Esos cambios afectan las reservas de agua dulce, modifican el caudal de los ríos y elevan los riesgos de aludes, deslizamientos e inundaciones en zonas de montaña.
El deshielo también tiene consecuencias lejos de las cumbres. El agua procedente de glaciares y mantos de hielo se suma a los océanos, que además se expanden al calentarse. El nivel del mar gana terreno sobre las costas, agrava las inundaciones durante tormentas y favorece la intrusión de agua salada en acuíferos, cultivos y sistemas de abastecimiento. Las comunidades costeras, los pequeños Estados insulares y las grandes ciudades situadas en zonas bajas quedan expuestos a un problema que combina pérdida de territorio, daños a la infraestructura y presión sobre los recursos hídricos.
En las cordilleras, las variaciones de nieve y hielo ofrecen una señal visible de un proceso de alcance global. No todas responden con la misma velocidad ni cada cambio anual permite explicar por sí solo la tendencia climática, pero el retroceso sostenido de los glaciares y la disminución de la nieve en numerosas regiones muestran cómo el aumento de la temperatura modifica tanto las alturas como el agua disponible en los continentes, destaca France 24.
El Monte Blanc y una tendencia descendente
La última medición situó al Monte Blanc en 4.807 metros, 1,88 metros por encima del registro difundido en 2023. El dato podría sugerir una recuperación, pero la comparación con una serie más amplia muestra otra trayectoria: la montaña se ubicó 1,29 metros por debajo de la altura informada en 2025 y 3,43 metros por debajo de su máximo reciente, de 4.810,90 metros, medido en 2007.
La cifra de 2026 no implica que la montaña haya crecido en sentido geológico. También conocido como el “Techo de Europa”, se encuentra a unos 4.792 metros sobre el nivel del mar; lo que varía es la capa de nieve y hielo que la cubre.
Su volumen y su forma dependen de las precipitaciones, el viento, la temperatura, la radiación solar y las condiciones meteorológicas de los meses previos a cada expedición.
“La cima está en movimiento constante”, afirmó Jean des Garets, presidente de la Cámara Departamental de Agrimensores Expertos de Alta Saboya, durante la presentación de los nuevos datos, según recogió France 24.
Los especialistas realizan estas campañas desde 2001 y advierten que las variaciones de varios metros entre una medición y otra forman parte de la dinámica de esa cobertura de nieve y hielo.
Aun con esas oscilaciones, la referencia de largo plazo apunta a un descenso. Des Garets explicó a Franceinfo que el promedio de las mediciones realizadas durante 25 años ronda los 4.808,80 metros. “Siempre estuvimos por encima durante los primeros 13 años y, desde entonces, siempre por debajo”, señaló.
El comportamiento de la cumbre debe interpretarse con cautela frente al calentamiento global. Una medición puntual no permite determinar cuánto incidió el cambio climático, porque una temporada con más nieve o vientos menos intensos puede elevar transitoriamente la capa superficial. “Cada medición aislada no es significativa por sí misma” en ese contexto, sostuvo Des Garets, aunque añadió que los registros permiten construir una serie que los científicos pueden analizar con el paso del tiempo.
Los agrimensores midieron la cima el 17 de septiembre con sistemas de posicionamiento satelital, drones y, por primera vez, un georradar capaz de examinar el espesor del hielo y la roca bajo la superficie. Esa tecnología busca separar las fluctuaciones de la cubierta estacional de los cambios que puedan afectar la estructura de la montaña.
La tendencia de la cima convive con un deterioro más amplio de los glaciares alpinos. El aumento de 2026 no contradice ese proceso: refleja la variabilidad de una capa expuesta al clima de cada año. La secuencia de mediciones, en cambio, permite observar que el punto más alto de Europa occidental permanece por debajo de los niveles que superaban los 4.810 metros a comienzos de este siglo.
La situación de los glaciares alpinos en 2026
Los glaciares de los Alpes atraviesan otro año de pérdidas aceleradas. En Suiza, donde se concentra la mayor superficie glaciar de la cordillera, el hielo perdió 5,5% de su volumen en 2026, según la red Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS) y la Academia Suiza de Ciencias. Fue la segunda mayor caída anual desde que comenzaron los registros, solo por detrás de 2022.
El dato cobra otra dimensión al observar la evolución reciente: los glaciares suizos perdieron cerca de una quinta parte de su volumen en los últimos cinco años. Entre 2016 y 2026, la reducción acumulada alcanzó el 27%, de acuerdo con los balances de GLAMOS. La disminución respondió a un invierno con pocas nevadas y a una sucesión de olas de calor entre mayo y septiembre, que dejaron al hielo expuesto antes de lo habitual.
La nieve cumple una función de protección porque refleja parte de la radiación solar y demora el deshielo. En 2026, esa cobertura desapareció en algunos sectores antes de que terminara junio. El nivel de congelación superó los 4.000 metros durante 76 días, más del doble del promedio, mientras que al final del verano ya no quedaba nieve incluso a 3.500 metros de altitud, según datos recogidos por la BBC.
Las consecuencias se vieron en el espesor de las masas de hielo. Algunos glaciares perdieron entre 2,5 y 4 metros de grosor medio; en las lenguas glaciares más expuestas, la reducción llegó a 10 metros. El glaciar Aletsch, el mayor de los Alpes, registró una pérdida de 13 metros de hielo en uno de sus puntos de control más bajos, informó Swissinfo.
“Los glaciares alpinos no tienen posibilidad de sobrevivir a largo plazo bajo estas condiciones”, advirtió Matthias Huss, director de GLAMOS. El calentamiento no afecta solo a Suiza: en Austria, los equipos del Club Alpino Austríaco también informaron pérdidas importantes de longitud y masa, con señales de un retroceso excepcional en el glaciar Pasterze, al pie del Grossglockner.
MINNEAPOLIS — Members of Minnesota’s growing Somali community, including a city council member, tore into President Donald Trump and his administration when speaking with Digital after Monday’s raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., residence.
«Somalis — we all feel attacked by President Trump,» Jamal Osman, the Somali-born vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, said of the impact of the raid carried out by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents.
«Our president has broken the law many times. ICE [is] terrorizing our community … and we’re not surprised such action has taken place,» Osman continued in reference to the search of Omar’s home.
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«We have seen the threats, the horrific language he uses against my community. It’s unacceptable, and we’re hoping this could stop,» Osman said.
A 37-year-old social worker and Minneapolis resident named Abdi, who declined to give his last name or be interviewed on camera, had even harsher words for the president. He, like Osman, said he was born in Somalia.
«I feel like raiding a congresswoman — it feels like Donald Trump and his regime wanted to use their power to dehumanize and also humiliate someone that is part of the Congress,» Abdi said.
He claimed that Trump «hates Somali people because of Ilhan Omar.»
Abdi said Trump created «hate» and a «fight» with Somalis in America and claimed that they are being followed and harassed in the streets because of the president.
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«It’s personal,» he said. «And Ilhan Omar — he doesn’t treat her as a congressmember — he treats her as someone who’s below him.»
«If they take the citizenship away from her, then I will say, ‘Are we in a dictatorship?’ That’s using power to use against an American citizen, then maybe the thinking we have for the United States is completely different.»
Osman said the raid is proof of what the Trump administration is willing to do.
«We live in the United States, which is the land of the laws. I don’t expect Trump or anyone in this matter to break the U.S. Constitution,» he continued. «There’s laws. He can, of course, threaten, but there’s a court process, there’s due process. He can’t say he’s gonna deport her, he’s gonna deport me, thousands of Somalis.»
OMAR RAID OUTRAGE GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE WHEN INTERNET NOTICES HER PAST 6-WORD CLAIM: ‘COULDN’T AGREE MORE’
Osman’s message to the president was simple: «Stop it.»
«We’re American citizens like everyone else,» he said.
A third person, a 22-year-old Somali American woman who declined to be named or filmed, told Digital that she wasn’t surprised about the raid on Omar’s home.
«I thought it was bound to happen soon enough,» she said. «They’ve been talking about her in a negative manner. The government [has been] constantly questioning her immigration status and her naturalization in the country. So it was bound to happen for them to investigate her soon enough.»
When reached about the comments from the Minneapolis Somali community, the White House pointed Digital to the president’s public reaction to the raid on Monday.
«I’ve always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me,» Trump brushed off. «I think she’s a terrible person. Just a complainer. She comes from a country that is a non-country, and then she comes over here, and she complains about our Constitution.»
«I think she’s a terrible person, but that’s really up to the DOJ. I have nothing to do with it.»
ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND INSISTS HE HAS ‘NO CONCERNS’ AMID FEDERAL IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION
HSI, the principal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), executed a search warrant at Omar’s home in the nation’s capital early Monday morning, as first reported by Digital.
Sources confirmed to Digital that the raid stems from an investigation into whether Omar or her late father, Nur Mohamed, fraudulently filled out her citizenship paperwork decades ago. The investigation, the sources note, could lead to the congresswoman’s denaturalization.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Omar’s phone, passport and computers were seized in the raid — it is not clear which other items or materials were taken from her residence, if any.
Omar has not been seen since the raid, but offered her reaction to the unfolding investigation on social media Monday afternoon.
«This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies. For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back,» she said.
«Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies.»
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