In the 2025 edition’s final game against Austria at Qatar’s Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Portugal won their first FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 1-0 victory.
The Portuguese won the match that saw both teams compete in the final for the first time in the 32nd minute thanks to Anisio Cabral’s net in the 32nd minute.
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In the final, Johannes Moser of Austria had eight goals in front of him, but it was substitute Daniel Frauscher who hit the post with a low drive in the 85th minute, just as he had been substituted.
Cabral, who had a quick passing pass from Moser to his closest competition for the Golden Boot, had the advantage as Moser’s closest closest closest competitor. His seven goals came from his tap after a quick Portuguese tap, which was enough to earn the reigning European U-17 champions the win.
Austria dominated the attempts on goal and the number of chances against the keeper were both 15 to 14 and 5 to 4, respectively, so the scoreline suggested the game was as close as it was.
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is currently in charge of global football development for FIFA, praised the inaugural 48-team FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as a “football paradise.”
The Frenchman continued, “This tournament will transform world football.”
Every federation should make an effort to advance the youth of their country. And that’s not currently the case. We think that this tournament will encourage everyone to put forth more effort to improve their education and youth systems.
Following a goalless draw after normal time, Italy defeated Brazil 4-2 on penalties in the earlier-day playoff for third-place.
According to video and witness accounts from the scene, Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian men as they attempted to surrender to the military in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Nour Odeh, a journalist for Al Jazeera, claimed journalists in Jenin reported on Thursday that the two men had “pulled their shirts up, showing that they were unarmed” before the military had ordered them to return to the building where they were huddled up.
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They were then shot dead, they said. According to Odeh, who was reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, “they were executed.”
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its troops had “initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours” and that they had been following wanted people in the Jenin area.
The statement stated that “fire was directed at the suspects” after the men left the building. The commanders on the ground are currently reviewing the incident, and it will be passed on to the appropriate professional bodies.
Odeh noted that historically, Israeli investigations into Palestinian killings didn’t typically result in criminal prosecutions or indictments.
The deadly shooting in Jenin was described as a “shocking crime” by Mustafa Barghouti, the leader of the political party’s Palestinian National Initiative.
He wrote on X that “the Israeli army executed two Palestinian men after they surrendered and were detained in Jenin, in front of the cameras.” How can anyone continue to deny the Israeli war crimes?
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, expressed satisfaction with the killings on social media, saying that terrorists “must die” because Israeli forces “adjusted exactly as expected from them.
Increasingly violent
In response to the intensifying crackdown on Palestinians in the occupied territory, Israel deployed attack helicopters and drones for a second day in a row.
On Thursday, a day after conducting a large-scale military operation in the area, Israeli troops laid siege to large portions of the northeastern Tubas governorate.
Since the Israeli incursion began on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, at least 25 Palestinians have been hurt and 100 others have been taken into custody.
Residents claim that the military has launched arbitrary attacks against civilians, blocked journalists and ambulances, and damaged infrastructure as a result of Israel’s claim that the operation is aimed at eradicating Palestinian armed groups.
In the shadow of Israel’s ongoing conflict with Gaza, which according to top human rights organizations and experts, Palestinians across the occupied West Bank have experienced a rise in Israeli military and settler violence.
About 32, 000 residents of several refugee camps in the area have been forced out of their homes since January, with Israel preventing them from returning. This is particularly hard-hit northern West Bank.
Human Rights Watch claimed that the forced eviction of Palestinians from Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camps constituted crimes against humanity.
Israeli forces committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, according to a statement from a HRW official.
During an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp on November 27, 2025, Palestinians are forced to leave their homes.
Violence a part of the “cruel system of apartheid”
Over the past two years, Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank have doubled, according to Al Jazeera’s Odeh on Thursday night. She said that every day there are 47 Israeli raids on Palestinian communities.
During this week’s military assault, Israeli soldiers repeatedly beat scores of Palestinians, including an 85-year-old man, Odeh said.
This raid is more severe than other similar ones that are taking place throughout the West Bank. She said, “Israel is undoubtedly using its muscles,” “We are seeing an increased level of violence meted out to civilians,” the statement read.
UNRWA’s representative criticized the most recent violence, noting that Israel continues to impose demolition orders in the northern West Bank despite “relentless” destruction over the past year.
In a social media post, Roland Friedrich, director of UNRWA affairs for the West Bank, stated that in the Jenin refugee camp, 12 structures are scheduled to be destroyed later this week. Another 11 structures are expected to be partially destroyed.
According to Friedrich, “This development is the most recent instance in our ongoing efforts to re-engineer the topography of refugee camps in the northern [West Bank],” noting that more than 200 structures have been subject to demolition orders in the camp since February.
According to him, “This systematic destruction only serves to tighten Israeli forces’ control over the camps over the long term” and goes against the fundamental principles of international law.
Amnesty International also referred to the intensified Israeli military operations in the occupied territory as part of “Israel’s cruel system of apartheid against Palestinians.”
As Macy’s held its 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade, marching bands, large balloons, and a holiday sleigh made their way through the canyons of Manhattan’s high rises.
Despite the threat of strong winds, the parade continued in the United States on Thursday.
The National Weather Service had warned of potential gusts of up to 35 miles per hour, or 56 kilometers per hour, in preparation for the annual tradition.
According to parade regulations, sustained winds of 37 km/h (23 mph) and powerful gusts of wind tipped the scales at 55 km/h (34 mph) and could have prevented the event from being grounded.
Following the 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a balloon representing the children’s book The Cat in the Hat was struck by ferocious weather, those precautions were taken.
The streetlight went out, striking the parade-going crowd below. A 34-year-old woman was hit in the head and remained in a coma for almost a month.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has only been canceled three times between 1942 and 1944 in an effort to conserve resources during World War II as of 2025. The weather has never prevented cancellation.
34 giant, helium-filled balloons are included in this year’s edition, along with Pac-Man, the character from Super Mario Bros. from the video game, and the Disney character Buzz Lightyear.
As the parade’s 28 floats sailed down the street, Cynthia Erivo, the star of the Wicked film series, and K-Pop Demon Hunters singers made appearances.
3.5 million people reportedly line the streets each year to watch the parade, and more than 50 million people watch the broadcast of the event.
Along Central Park West and 6th Avenue, the parade winds its way across downtown New York, ending in front of Macy’s flagship store, for four kilometers (2, 5 miles).
Leo XIV, Pope, praised Turkiye as a bridge between different cultures and religions during his first foreign visit since becoming pontiff. He warned that escalating conflicts were putting an end to humanity’s future. During his tour, the Pope will also be in Lebanon.
