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00:02:06. Hello everyone, welcome to open a new issue of World Weekly
00:02:10. In
00:02:12two days, that is, November 3rd, the United States will usher in the
00:02:16midterm elections. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives
00:02:20, 35 seats in the Senate , and
00:02:2336 gubernatorial positions will be reshuffled.
00:02:27The election is seen as fiercely contested by outsiders.
00:04:00In the eyes of
00:04:02Americans, the Cheesecake Factory, known for its Baroque decorations and extensive menu
00:04:06, not only defined what upscale casual dining
00:04:09is, but also was very good at interpreting the
00:04:13psychology and taste of American diners. Cheesecake factory you get a
00:04:17chopped salad with salmon
00:04:20extra and avocado on it's
00:04:22$31 in my neck of the woods. toasted brioche
00:04:26roll grilled onions s mayo'.
00:05:00Bennet went to this restaurant to eat, and even gave a high-profile
00:05:03interview to reporters at the door
00:05:05.
00:05:08What's embarrassing is that Bennet himself is a millionaire
00:05:12. He normally would never come to a chain restaurant like the Cheesecake Factory, and
00:05:16the working-class Americans he wants to represent cannot afford the per capita
00:05:20consumption of such restaurants . However, this
00:05:23controversy also put the Democratic Party in a passive position. Some people immediately said that
00:05:27they were also Cheesecake Factory enthusiasts , and were typical American
00:05:31congressmen
00:05:31. To this
00:05:35.
00:05:40Don't we have
00:07:24Thomas Kahn, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, pointed out that "muddying the waters"
00:07:27is actually an old tradition of both parties.
00:07:30In 1930, George W. Norris, a Republican senator from Nebraska
00:07:34who was seeking re-election, suddenly encountered a
00:07:38candidate with the same name during the Republican primary, and this
00:07:42person was a grocery store clerk. At that time, the conservative
00:07:46faction within the party, in order to suppress this disobedient progressive senator,
00:07:49arranged for an ordinary person with the same name to run, attempting to split the vote
00:07:53. Finally, the court ruled that the registration document was invalid
00:07:57and removed this grocery store clerk from the ballot
00:08:00. In 2024, Washington State Democratic Attorney General
00:08:04Bob Ferguson also encountered two opponents
00:08:08with the same name in the election. According to CNN
00:08:12,
00:09:12In April 2026, he was again indicted by a federal grand jury for posting a photo on a social media platform
00:09:16that spelled out "8647"
00:09:19. The Department of Justice believes that
00:09:23"86" in slang means "to kill", and "47" refers
00:09:27to the 47th US President Trump
00:09:30. It is worth noting that on October 26, 2026
00:09:34, the day the Department of Justice filed charges against Comey for the third time , Federal Judge Jesse
00:09:38of the Southern District of New York , also nominated by Obama
00:09:42.
00:10:02According to reports, Morin Comey previously served as an assistant prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and led the prosecution of the Epstein case . On July
00:10:0616, 2025, he was dismissed by the US Department of Justice, and the Epstein
00:10:09case has always been the focus of fierce political struggle
00:10:14between the two parties in the US. In the US, assistant prosecutors are executive officials and are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice
00:10:17. Previously, on June 29, the nine justices of the Supreme Court
00:10:21voted 6 to 3.
00:11:23This means that after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats will seek to overturn it again, and endless lawsuits that cost a lot of taxpayer money will continue.
00:11:51But in the early morning of October 12, the Homeland Security Investigations, a subordinate agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, searched Omar's residence in Washington.
00:12:01According to reports, search personnel carried out multiple boxes marked "seized property
00:12:05and evidence" from the house. The Department of Justice claims that this operation
00:12:09involves a formal investigation into Omar's immigration documents for fraud
00:12:13. Public information shows that Omar
00:12:16was born on October 4, 1982 in Mogadishu, Somalia
00:12:20, while The Atlantic once mentioned in a report that in December
00:12:331982, Omar was two months old. If calculated accordingly, Omar's birth year would be 1981, and he would not have been under 18 years old when he claimed to have immigrated in 2000
00:12:37. According to CBS, investigators
00:12:40are investigating whether he is suspected of immigration fraud
00:12:44. On October 23, The Washington Post also broke the news that Omar's
00:12:48British ex-husband, Ahmed Elmi, had
00:12:52filed a complaint with the US Immigration Bureau in 2019.
00:14:15However, this search was only 22 days before the election
00:14:19and has already broken the consensus . Omar is
00:14:23a member of the progressive caucus in Congress.
00:14:39In American author Mark Twain's novel "The Gilded Age," a person running for public
00:14:43office can go from having a good reputation to being a criminal
00:14:47, a thief, a drunkard, and a moral degenerate. And this
00:14:51is also the most ironic and eye-catching part of this election.
00:14:55The reserved program . According to the latest
00:14:59poll results released by Gallup on October 29 , the attention of American
00:15:02voters to the midterm elections reached a new high since the agency began recording
00:15:06. 56% of American adults said
00:15:10that they paid a considerable amount of attention to the 2026 US midterm
00:15:14elections. Among the 11 issues involved in the midterm elections
00:15:18, 50% of Americans believe that economic and medical
00:15:22issues are extremely important . "I've
00:15:25noticed that my heat and electric bills have gone
00:15:28up, food, food has
00:15:31gotten pretty terrible." According to the latest data from the US Department of Commerce
00:15:35, US personal consumption expenditures in September.
00:15:55In every important election year, there will be discussions about whether it will "turn red" or "turn blue."
00:15:59Red refers to the Republican Party , and blue represents the Democratic
00:16:02Party. Now, as the midterm election voting day approaches
00:16:06, multiple.
00:16:13However, some media also pointed out that the possibility of systematic polling bias
00:16:16cannot be ruled out . However, just before the midterm
00:16:20elections, a red wave outside the United States
00:16:23truly had a subtle impact on the surrounding situation and
00:16:27balance of power in the United States. This also made
00:16:31the upcoming US election even more
00:16:34contentious . On January 28,
00:16:38Bolsonaro, who lost in the Brazilian presidential election , arrived in Miami, USA
00:16:42, and issued an open letter, declaring that he was the truly
00:16:46elected president . "I, as the truly elected
00:16:49president of Brazil , address the Brazilian people and the international
00:16:53community." Instantly
00:16:56, public opinion exploded . The Brazilian newspaper O Globo
00:16:59criticized him as being crazy, and the São Paulo newspaper commented that this
00:17:03move was very sad .
00:17:08Although Bolsonaro quickly retracted the letter, he found
00:17:12himself increasingly isolated in Brazilian politics . Once again,
00:17:16various parties reaffirmed their recognition of the presidential election results
00:17:20. On October 26, the day
00:17:24after Bolsonaro lost to Lula in the election , the Brazilian Supreme Court
00:17:28ruled to prohibit him from leaving the country and ordered him
00:17:31to surrender his passport within 24 hours. However, just two
00:17:35days later, he and his family left.
00:18:44Who can get the prices down? Who can make sure that we have stability and
00:18:48also a long-range upward bound so our children have a chance to live a good life in
00:18:52America? That's what people are wanting. If they come in with
00:18:55vengeance and retribution, I'll guarantee it'll be short-lived
00:18:59and the democrats will set the republicans up to sweep it in 28.
00:19:03On October 30th, the Republicans will not be attending.
00:19:37but the outcome became unpredictable. On October 30, an Emerson poll
00:19:41showed that Democratic Senator candidate Hamilton
00:19:45led 49% to 45% over Republican Senator
00:19:49Marshall. According to reports, economic issues became
00:19:52a key concern for C. S. citizens. Before the Iranian war
00:19:56, the price of US diesel was about $3.62 per gallon. After
00:19:59September , it rose to
00:20:03$6.53. The high fuel costs are weighing on S.
00:20:07.
00:20:39However, the Washington Post also mentioned that although many Republican voters in S.
00:20:43were dissatisfied with the county government's policies , they did not fully
00:20:46turn to support the Democratic Party .
00:21:21According to the plan, the Artemis manned lunar rocket will be launched
00:21:25in 2028 , the US election year. At that
00:21:28time, Musk's SpaceX will play a core role, and
00:21:32NASA Administrator Isaacman is a close friend
00:21:36of Musk. According to Politico , Musk has already invested
00:21:40over $442 million in the 2026 midterm elections
00:21:43, becoming the largest known donor in this election
00:21:47. Since July , Musk has contributed over
00:21:51$270 million to Republican campaign camps and political action committees
00:21:55. In the first two weeks of October , he added another
00:21:58$76 million . However, on October 26
00:22:02, a poll released by Rasmussen showed that if a congressional election were held
00:22:06immediately , 48% of voters
00:22:09would vote for the Democratic candidate , and only 43% of
00:22:13voters would choose the Republican candidate . Among them,
00:22:16will the traditional deep red state of Texas turn blue?
00:22:35has also become one of the most watched focal points in the United States. According to reports, Musk has transferred 158 million US dollars to a super political action committee that supports Texas Attorney General Paxton's bid for senator. Texas is both the location of Musk's SpaceX base
00:22:39and a traditional Republican stronghold. Since the mid-1990s
00:22:42, the state's federal senators have always been held by
00:22:46Republicans and have never fallen to Democrats. According to a
00:22:50254 LAPS and Ugof blue
00:22:54poll released on October 28 , in the Texas Senate
00:22:57election, Democratic candidate Tararico's support rate was
00:23:0151%, while Republican Paxton's support rate was 43%
00:23:05, making a flip possible. On October 21, Tararico
00:23:08responded to Musk's comment that voting for him was a mistake
00:23:12. "If a political system allows a billionaire
00:23:16to buy an American senator for his personal gain
00:23:20, then there is a serious problem with that system." And "anti-
00:23:24billionaire" has become the traffic password for Democrats to attract
00:23:28voters in this year's midterm elections . On October 16,
00:23:312026, a highly controversial documentary, "Musk in America," was released
00:23:35in the United States. According to reports, the film implied that Musk
00:23:39attempted to interfere with the 2024 US election
00:23:43.
00:23:43However, it is surprising
00:24:06that the film's
00:24:09box office revenue in North America was less than $1 million
00:24:12in the two weeks following its release.
00:24:24Among them, Musk's X, as well as Meta, YouTube and other mainstream
00:24:28media platforms, have restricted the placement of advertisements for the documentary
00:24:31. It is worth noting that the behind-the-scenes boss of the distributor of Musk's documentary
00:24:35, A24 Films, is Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay
00:24:39. He not only acquired Musk's PayPal in 2002
00:24:43, but also has deep ties with the Democratic Party and is an open opponent
00:24:47of Musk . And the documentary
00:24:59However, on October 6 this year, Tianwu Group completed the acquisition of Warner, becoming a giant in the entertainment and media industry. And the owners of Tianwu Group
00:25:03, the Ellison father and son, are not only major Republican donors
00:25:07, but also major investors in Tesla and X.
00:25:09This film, which was originally predicted to use the midterm election as an opportunity to attack
00:25:13the Republican Party, became silent overnight, which is not difficult to
00:25:17understand. Some analysts believe that
00:25:50The Associated Press noted that political polarization in the United States , social divisions, and political
00:25:54violence incidents have covered almost all groups
00:25:58with different political stances. The deep-seated problems facing American society
00:26:06are difficult to solve through an election. It is also worth noting that, looking back at American history, whenever domestic
00:26:10conflicts intensify, the focus often shifts to the international
00:26:14arena. Now, with the midterm elections approaching, the pace
00:26:18of mutual attacks between the two parties is accelerating , and the competition between them
00:26:22will probably not be limited
00:26:25to the domestic affairs of the United States
00:26:28. High-speed train collision, dozens of people .
00:27:32The second serious high-speed train collision occurred on the same busy railway line in Seville within a year. This plunged
00:27:36the entire country of Spain into deep mourning and also shook
00:27:40the confidence of Spaniards in Europe's
00:27:44longest high-speed rail network .
00:27:47At 7:54 AM local time
00:27:50on October 28 , Iryo 60764
00:27:54train, operated by the Spanish private high-speed train operator Iryo , departed from
00:27:57Madrid Atocha Station . It was heading to the southern city of
00:28:01Seville. The train had eight carriages and carried
00:28:05147 passengers . Six
00:28:08minutes later, Spain's national railway company's AVE
00:28:122080 train departed from Madrid , also bound for
00:28:16Seville. The eight carriages carried
00:28:19397 passengers . For these two trains that departed one after another
00:28:23, this should have been a journey without intersection
00:28:27. But at around 8:31 AM , the railway safety system malfunctioned
00:28:30.
00:28:53These included Iryo 6076 and AVE 2080 trains. Records show that Iryo 6076
00:28:57train once contacted the railway control
00:29:01center.
00:29:24LCP
00:29:26system trains are a type of railway automation technology.
00:29:40LCB system will also automatically stop the train.
00:29:43According to the Western safety regulations, the LCB
00:29:47system was in place until 8:36.
00:29:56While other trains were waiting for instructions from the control center
00:30:02, Spain's national railway company's AVE 2080 train
00:30:06received a baffling order
00:30:09.
00:30:13dos reco
00:30:16?
00:30:32The Atocha control center asked the 2080
00:30:36train to continue operating in BSL system mode
00:30:40. BSL is a signal system that works with trackside
00:30:44signals and transponders. It can trigger braking before signals,
00:30:47but unlike the LCB system, it cannot
00:30:51continuously supervise the train's speed . According to safety
00:30:55regulations, in BSL system mode, the train
00:30:59must operate in sight-based mode.
00:31:15The instructions issued by the Atocha control center to the 20080
00:31:18train were to operate at normal speed
00:31:22.
00:31:27Following the instructions , the 2080 train
00:31:31proceeded at normal speed . At 8:53 AM
00:31:34, after traveling about 25 kilometers, the driver was horrified
00:31:38to see the Iryo 6076 train still stopped on the tracks
00:31:42ahead, but at this time
00:32:15That was impossible, you could only cry. The train went off the tracks, a section of the track was broken, some parts were detached, and a small team came in, hoping for new life from the seats.
00:32:44First responders rushed in, nearby hospitals suspended
00:32:48non-emergency surgeries and fully focused on treating the injured. Doctors in the Madrid region's
00:32:52strike immediately stopped , and doctors
00:32:55put away their protest signs and rushed back to the hospital . A blood donation
00:32:59center in Madrid called on the public to urgently donate blood. On October
00:33:0329, King Philip VI of Spain visited a hospital in Leticia
00:33:06to visit the injured .
00:33:09For a country like Spain
00:36:15, two such serious high-speed train accidents
00:36:19in one year are unacceptable . On October 28
00:36:23, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez said at the accident scene:
00:36:57Today, with a land area of 506,000 square kilometers, the total length of the high-speed
00:37:01rail network is nearly 4,000 kilometers , making it the first in Europe and the second in the world
00:37:05, second only to China . The efficient
00:37:08, green, and convenient high-speed rail passenger transport system is considered
00:37:12Spain's national calling card . Its high-speed rail technology has also been exported to Saudi
00:37:16Arabia and other countries
00:37:18.
00:37:24But in late 2009 , multiple European countries experienced a surge
00:37:27in government debt crises, and Spain was no exception
00:37:30to the PIGS group of five European countries . To curb the spread
00:37:34of the crisis, the EU passed the Stability and Growth Pact, and mechanisms such as
00:37:38the excessive deficit procedure to constrain member states' fiscal discipline
00:37:42. As part of the EU's bailout conditions, countries deeply
00:37:45affected by the debt crisis were also forced to implement strict
00:37:49fiscal austerity policies . The Spanish government
00:37:52launched a comprehensive spending cut plan, with transportation infrastructure
00:37:56maintenance costs bearing the brunt . According to data from the
00:38:00Valencian Institute of Economic Research in Spain , between
00:38:032009 and 2025 , investment in Spanish rail infrastructure
00:38:07fell by approximately 66.7%
00:38:09. Spanish Minister of Transport
00:38:11Puente admitted that between 2010
00:38:15and 2018 , Spain's investment in rail infrastructure
00:38:18decreased by approximately 30 billion euros compared to the same period before the financial crisis
00:38:22. It was also during this period that Spain experienced
00:38:26the European
00:40:29According to data from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics , the number of high-speed rail passengers
00:40:32in Spain increased from 22 million in 2019 to
00:40:3643 million in 2025 , reaching a new historical high
00:40:40. But even so, ghost stations are still
00:40:44a hot topic in Spain . The reason is that Spain's
00:40:48high-speed rail network is structured in a radial pattern centered in Madrid
00:40:52, radiating to various autonomous regions, with traffic flows unevenly distributed,
00:40:56and Madrid being particularly prominent
00:41:40. Data from the Spanish National Railway Safety Department show that in 2016
00:41:44, there were 45 derailment and collision accidents,
00:41:4857 in 2024 , and even
00:41:52more, 69 in 2025 . Since its opening in
00:41:551992, the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line has been using
00:41:59the old LCB safety control system, which relies on physical cables
00:42:03. Once a fault occurs, it is relatively difficult to repair
00:42:07. According to Spanish Minister of Transport Puente, this system has
00:42:10already had about 170 failures this year,
00:42:14and the safety control system has become an unsafe accident
00:42:18. A few weeks ago, the CEO of private high-speed rail operator Iryo
00:42:22, Fabrizio Famà, stated at a Spanish Senate
00:42:25hearing that, apart from special events such as fires,
00:42:29the most common problems were related to the LCB system
00:42:33. In 2020, the Spanish Railway Infrastructure Administration
00:42:37launched the LCB system
00:43:07LCB. According to the latest. figures that
00:43:11we have, the satisfaction among users
00:43:14has fallen from 62% to
00:43:1858%,
00:43:23los españoles necesitan respuestas y los españoles. But the price paid for safety
00:43:40is equally heavy . While continuously promoting infrastructure
00:43:44expansion, how to reasonably balance new construction and maintenance investment
00:43:48. Prioritize system protection and regulatory
00:43:51coordination . This is a long-standing
00:43:55question for Spain and more European countries
00:43:58. Well, thank you for watching this issue of World Weekly. We'll