Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Israël souhaite mettre les haredim au travail
LE FIGARO : Avigdor Lieberman, ministre des Finances, veut supprimer des allocations dont dépendent les ultraorthodoxes.
En bon laïc pur et dur, Avigdor Lieberman est déterminé à contraindre les jeunes ultraorthodoxes juifs à travailler. Le ministre israélien des Finances a décidé de supprimer les allocations versées aux familles pour les frais de crèche pour chaque enfant de moins de 3 ans à 20.000 foyers, dont le père n’exerce aucun emploi. Cette mesure drastique a provoqué un tollé. Certains rabbins allant jusqu’à promettre l’enfer à tous ceux qui oseraient la soutenir. » | Par Marc Henry | mardi 27 juillet 2021
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Peut-on encore se comporter en gentleman aujourd’hui ?
MADAME FIGARO : Ils font les beaux jours de la Chronique des Bridgerton, ou des romans de Jane Austen. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un gentleman ? Et comment se comporter comme tel au XXIe siècle ? La réponse avec Sean Rose, traducteur des Lettres à un jeune Londonien, un précis de conduite signé William M. Thackeray.
«Il s'est conduit en parfait gentleman. » Quel sens peut avoir cette phrase au XXIe siècle, à l’heure des réseaux sociaux, du mouvement Me Too, etc. La réponse peut se trouver dans les Lettres à un jeune Londonien qui viennent de paraître aux éditions Rue d’Ulm (1). Dans cette correspondance (fictive) parue entre 1847 et 1848, un certain Mr Brown donne des recommandations à son neveu, avocat stagiaire qui s’installe à Londres. Il lui explique comment se comporter en gentleman dans la société, de l’habillement aux dîners en ville en passant par le tailleur, l’amitié, ou les bals. Le livre est signé William Makepeace Thackeray, le grand rival de Charles Dickens, auteur notamment de La Foire aux Vanités et des Mémoires de Barry Lyndon, dont Stanley Kubrick signa une célèbre adaptation. Le journaliste et auteur Sean Rose, à qui l’on doit la traduction de ces Lettres, les accompagne d’un essai intitulé «une question d’attitude» où il revient sur cette notion de gentleman, qu’il oppose à la figure du dandy. » | Par Isabelle Boudet | vendredi 16 juillet 2021
Patagonie, le grand spectacle de la nature - Échappées belles
Apr 23, 2019 • La Patagonie s'étire sur plus de 2 000 kilomètres, du Río Colorado au nord, au Cap Horn, la pointe australe du continent sud-américain. Découverte par Magellan il y a cinq siècles, elle reste l'une des régions les plus inhabitées de la planète. Ce territoire possède un extraordinaire patrimoine naturel partagé par l'Argentine et le Chili : forêts, volcans, lacs cristallins et une faune unique au monde. Ismaël Khelifa part à la rencontre de ceux qui ont choisi de dompter ces territoires sauvages.
Au sommaire :
- Le choix du bout du monde
- Le rodéo au féminin
- La mythique route 40
- La gastronomie de Patagonie
- Au cœur du glacier Perito Moreno
- Le musée du bout du monde
Le carnet des bonnes adresses Echappées Belles Patagonie !
Au sommaire :
- Le choix du bout du monde
- Le rodéo au féminin
- La mythique route 40
- La gastronomie de Patagonie
- Au cœur du glacier Perito Moreno
- Le musée du bout du monde
Le carnet des bonnes adresses Echappées Belles Patagonie !
Andrew Renews Questions about His Royal Role
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, sued the prince in New York, saying that he raped and sexually abused her when she was 17.
LONDON — Ten months ago, Prince Andrew was said to be thinking about a return to public duties within the royal family, no matter the revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein or the disastrous television interview he had given about the financier’s sexual assault victims.
But those plans appeared to grow more improbable this week when Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent of dozens of women and girls who have accused Mr. Epstein of sexually exploiting them, sued Prince Andrew in New York, saying that he had raped and sexually abused her when she was 17.
The lawsuit raises the prospect of Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, being found liable for damages to be determined by federal court in Manhattan.
It also crystallized what analysts described as the most serious threat facing the royal family’s image, even as it grapples with accounts of racism and mistreatment from Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. » | Benjamin Mueller | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Related article here.
Prince Andrew ‘stonewalled’ requests to cooperate, court documents say »
Of course Prince Andrew isn’t sweating over this lawsuit – he can’t »
Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview - BBC News. | View it here.
‘We Are Here Alone’: An Afghan Translator’s Plea for Help
Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Gov. Andrew Cuomo was unable to withstand a cloud of sexual harassment allegations that led most of his allies to abandon him.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said Tuesday he would resign from office, succumbing to a ballooning sexual harassment scandal that fueled an astonishing reversal of fortune for one of the nation’s best-known leaders.
Mr. Cuomo said his resignation would take effect in 14 days. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, will be sworn in to replace him.
“Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing,” Mr. Cuomo said from his office in Manhattan. “And therefore that’s what I’ll do.”
The resignation of Mr. Cuomo, a three-term Democrat, came a week after a report from the New York State attorney general concluded that the governor sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, including current and former government workers, by engaging in unwanted touching and making inappropriate comments. The 165-page report also found that Mr. Cuomo and his aides unlawfully retaliated against at least one of the women for making her complaints public and fostered a toxic work environment. » | Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Ina Garten's Raspberry Baked French Toast | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
10 extra-large eggs
2 3/4 cups half-and-half [cream]
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange zest, plus extra for serving
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
10 cups (1-inch-diced) day-old challah bread
12 ounces fresh raspberries
Confectioners' sugar [icing sugar], for serving
Pure maple syrup, for serving
Directions [Method]:
Grease a 9 x 13 x 2-inch oval baking dish with the butter and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, half-and-half, 1/3 cup of granulated sugar, the brown sugar, vanilla, orange zest, and salt. Spread half of the diced bread in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle on the raspberries in one layer. Top with the rest of the bread and pour on the egg mixture, pressing down lightly to moisten the bread. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the baking dish on a sheet pan and bake it for 60 to 70 minutes, until the custard is set and the top is puffed and browned. Check after 45 minutes; if the top is getting too browned, cover it lightly with aluminum foil. Cool for 10 minutes, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar [icing sugar], dust with extra orange zest, and serve warm with maple syrup.
Pourquoi le vin rosé est-il rose ?
LE FIGARO : Comment expliquer la couleur du rosé ? Du rosé de saignée au rosé de pressurage, le rosé en voit de toutes les couleurs.
Les différents types de rosé
Pour le chercheur, le rosé est du rouge auquel on ajoute du blanc, sauf que cette manière de procéder est rigoureusement interdite dans le monde du vin. Ce monde connaît les vins rouges et les vins blancs, mais on ne mélange jamais les deux (sauf en Champagne). Les partisans des rosés pâles prennent l'approche des vins blancs en pressant la vendange un peu plus fortement pour sortir les pigments rouges des raisins très sombres. Ces rosés de pressurage… » | Par Vincent Mariani | mercredi 4 août 2021
Les premières vendanges de France ont débuté dans l'Aude »
France’s Saint-Émilion: A Red Wine Lover’s Paradise
Wiki - English: Saint Émilion »
Wiki - Deutsch: Saint Émilion »
Joe Biden überlässt Afghanistan sich selbst
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Selbst unter Donald Trump standen Amerikas Streitkräfte den Afghanen stets mit Kampfflugzeugen und Hubschraubern zur Seite. Doch Präsident Joe Biden hält sich nach der jüngsten Taliban-Offensive zurück. Warum?
In Rehoboth Beach im südlichen Delaware hatte man am Wochenende eigentlich Joe Biden erwartet. Der amerikanische Präsident besitzt ein Ferienhaus in dem Badeort. Die Lokalpresse hatte berichtet, dass ein Park mit einem Hubschrauberlandeplatz zwischenzeitlich gesperrt worden sei – ein Anzeichen dafür, dass man den Präsidenten erwarte. Biden verbrachte das Wochenende stattdessen in seinem Haus in Wilmington im Norden des Bundesstaates.
Womöglich hatte man befunden, dass Strandbilder derzeit besser vermieden werden sollten. In Afghanistan setzten zur gleichen Zeit die Taliban ihren Vormarsch fort. Am Wochenende nahmen sie mehrere Städte ein, darunter Kundus. Schon vor einer Woche hatte es im Pentagon geheißen, es laufe nicht gut in Afghanistan. Das ließ sich auf eine Bemerkung beziehen, die Biden vor einem Monat gemacht hatte, als er sich angesichts der Offensive der Taliban genötigt sah, die Entscheidung, seine Soldaten bis Ende August vom Hindukusch abzuziehen, zu verteidigen. Es sei „nicht unvermeidlich“, dass die Islamisten wieder die Macht übernähmen, sagte er. Das Schicksal des Landes liege in den Händen der afghanischen Führung. Sollte das heißen, er glaube, die afghanischen Sicherheitskräfte seien in der Lage, das von ihnen kontrollierte Territorium zu verteidigen? Oder sollte es nur bedeuten: Ihr müsst es jetzt allein schaffen? » | Von Majid Sattar, Washington |Montag, 9. August 2021
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Les pays frontaliers de l'Afghanistan anticipent une victoire des talibans »
Au Maroc, le journaliste Soulaimane Raissouni arrête sa grève de la faim
LE MONDE: L’éditorialiste au ton critique, condamné début juillet pour « agression sexuelle », assure qu’il est poursuivi « à cause de ses opinions ».
Le journaliste marocain Soulaimane Raissouni, récemment condamné à cinq ans de prison pour « agression sexuelle », a arrêté la grève de la faim qu’il observait depuis 122 jours pour protester contre sa détention, a annoncé son avocat, lundi 9 août.
« Il nous a informés aujourd’hui qu’il avait arrêté samedi sa grève de la faim après son hospitalisation, en réponse aux appels de ses soutiens à l’échelle nationale et internationale », a déclaré à l’AFP Me Mohamed Messaoudi. Le médecin qui fait son suivi en prison « l’a informé que sa santé est en danger et qu’il n’avait que deux choix : arrêter la grève de la faim ou mourir », a rapporté l’avocat, citant le journaliste. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 10 août 2021
Senate Democrats Begin $3.5 Trillion Push for ‘Big, Bold’ Social Change
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A Senate budget blueprint, which Democrats hope to pass this week, would ease passage of legislation that would mark the biggest expansion of the social safety net in nearly 60 years.
WASHINGTON — Democrats formally began their push on Monday for the most significant expansion of the nation’s social safety net since the Great Society of the 1960s, unveiling a budget blueprint that would spend $3.5 trillion on health care, child and elder care, education and climate change.
The budget resolution, which Senate Democrats hope to pass by the end of this week, would allow the caucus to piece together social policy legislation this fall, paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy, large inheritances and corporations. Should all 50 senators who caucus with Democrats hold together, the measure could pass the Senate without a Republican vote, nullifying the filibuster threat.
Democrats plan to take up the measure as soon as the Senate approves a separate $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is scheduled for a vote at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Together, the measures could secure virtually all of President Biden’s $4 trillion economic agenda, rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges, rail lines, water systems and electricity grid while expanding public education, social welfare and health care — and remaking the federal tax code. » | Emily Cochrane | Monday, August 8, 2021
The Guardian View on Post-Covid Recovery: Powered by the State Not the Market
THE GUARDIAN: The Thatcherite wing of the Conservative party desires a restoration of ideas whose time has come and gone
The Conservative party hooked British capitalism to the state’s life support system for the past 18 months. So it takes chutzpah to think, as business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng does, of putting the free market at the heart of a post-Covid recovery. Yet lengthening NHS waiting lists, hiking consumer energy bills and welfare cuts when poverty is rising all betray a mindset that regards the re-legitimation of state intervention as threatening a way of life rather than securing it.
What the Thatcherite wing of the Conservative party desires is a restoration. For them this is an opportunity to go back to 1979 and use tried-and-tested ways to stabilise prices, crush labour and discipline poorer nations. These rightwingers yearn for higher interest rates, to prioritise financial returns on assets and the use of creditor power to squeeze the global south. » | Editorial | Monday, August 9, 2021
Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre Sues Prince Andrew
THE GUARDIAN: Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexual abuse at Epstein’s mansion when she was under 18
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Monday filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court in New York.
She accused the British royal of sexually abusing her at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan and at other locations in 2001 when she was under the age of 18, according to court records. Prince Andrew has denied having sex with her.
“If she doesn’t do it now, she would be allowing him to escape any accountability for his actions,” Giuffre’s attorney, David Boies, told ABC News, the US news network reported.
He added: “And Virginia is committed to trying to avoid situations where rich and powerful people escape any accountability for their actions.”
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. » | Joanna Walters in New York and agencies | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Bill Gates says meetings with Jeffrey Epstein were ‘huge mistake’ »
Affaire Epstein : l’accusatrice du prince Andrew a déposé plainte à New York : La plainte de Virginia Giuffre, victime du vaste trafic sexuel fomenté par Jeffrey Epstein, donne un délai d’un an pour intenter une action pour agressions sexuelles. »
Machenschaften mit dem Sexualstraftäter Jeffrey Epstein: Jeffrey Epstein und seine damalige Lebensgefährtin sollen eine Frau zum Geschlechtsverkehr mit Prinz Andrew gezwungen haben. Die Amerikanerin war damals noch nicht volljährig und hat nun Klage in New York eingereicht. »
Maintenant je sais exactement !
Monday, August 09, 2021
Harry Nilsson: Without You | 1972 HD
Angriffe mutmaßlicher Dschihadisten in Mali und Burkina Faso
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: In Mali wurden mindestens 40 Dorfbewohner in der Region Gao getötet. Auf der anderen Seite der Grenze in Burkina Faso wurden 12 burkinische Soldaten getötet. Hinter den Angriffen werden islamistische Gruppen vermutet.
Bei Angriffen mutmaßlich dschihadistischer Milizen in Grenzregionen von Mali und Burkina Faso sind dutzende Zivilisten und Soldaten getötet worden. In der Region Gao in Mali töteten Angreifer auf Motorrädern mehr als 40 Dorfbewohner, wie die Nachrichtenagentur AFP am Montag mit Berufung auf Sicherheitskräfte und Lokalbehörden berichtete. In Burkina Faso nahe der Grenze zu Mali wurden offenbar zwölf burkinische Soldaten bei einem Angriff aus dem Hinterhalt getötet.
„Mehr als 40 Zivilisten wurden am Sonntag von Terroristen in den Dörfern Karou, Ouatagouna und Daoutegeft getötet“, sagte ein malischer Sicherheitsbeamter. Die Angreifer „drangen in die Dörfer ein und massakrierten alle“. Der Nachrichtenagentur KNA zufolge sind bei den Angriffen in den Dörfern 48 Menschen getötet worden. Vergeltungsakt für getötete Dschihadistenführer? » | Quelle: AFP | Montag, 9. August 2021
Ina Garten's "Grown Up" Mac and Cheese | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
Mar 10, 2020 • The Barefoot Contessa transforms this childhood classic into a comforting dinner with the addition of crispy bacon, blue cheese and bread crumbs!
Ina Garten throws open the doors of her Hamptons home for delicious food, dazzling entertaining ideas and good fun on Barefoot Contessa. | Views on YouTube: 284,925
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Ina Garten throws open the doors of her Hamptons home for delicious food, dazzling entertaining ideas and good fun on Barefoot Contessa. | Views on YouTube: 284,925
Get the recipe here
As Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban, Brutal New Chapter Unfolds
THE NEW YORK TIMES: “This is now a different kind of war, reminiscent of Syria.” The seizure of five capitals has amplified fears about Afghanistan’s future after the U.S. withdrawal.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban seized three Afghan cities on Sunday, including the commercial hub of Kunduz, officials said, escalating a sweeping offensive that has claimed five provincial capitals in three days and shown how little control the government has over the country without American military power to protect it.
Never before in 20 years of war had the Taliban directly assaulted more than one provincial capital at a time. Now, three fell on Sunday alone — Kunduz, Sar-i-Pul and Taliqan, all in the north — and even more populous cities are under siege, in a devastating setback for the Afghan government.
The fall of these cities is taking place just weeks before U.S. forces are set to complete a total withdrawal from Afghanistan, laying bare a difficult predicament for President Biden. » | Christina Goldbaum, Najim Rahim, Sharif Hassan and Thomas Gibbons-Neff | Sunday, August 8, 2021
Cuomo’s Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The governor’s strategist helped lead efforts to retaliate against one of the women who accused him of sexual harassment, the attorney general’s report found.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, said late Sunday that she had resigned, a move that came as the governor fought for political survival after a report from the New York State attorney general concluded he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women.
Her resignation meant that Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, lost one of his most loyal aides and trusted strategists while facing an imminent threat of impeachment in the State Legislature and calls to step down from a constellation of top officials in his party, including President Biden and the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.
Ms. DeRosa had stood by the governor’s side for years even as his inner circle shrank in size and many of the top staffers who had helped first elect him in 2010 left the administration.
The state attorney general report found that Ms. DeRosa had spearheaded efforts to retaliate against one of the women who had spoken out publicly about her allegation in December. » | Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Sunday, August 8, 2021
Sordid! I can think of no other word for this.
It must have come to your attention that almost all of these sexual harassment cases involve straight men who cannot control themselves or their sexual urges. They never seem to be about two homosexual men.
This misbehaviour is quite disgusting! Seeing two men, or two women, kissing and expressing their true love and affection for each other is rather tame in comparison with such awful stories of lewdness. – © Mark
More Frustrations!
Yesterday, early evening, I decided to re-subscribe to Le Figaro. This time, I subscribed through Google, because it is cheaper that way. However, the newspaper won’t allow me full access. I have been trying to gain full access since yesterday evening, but I haven’t managed to crack the nut yet! It will soon be midday here and I am still trying! Does subscribing to a newspaper have to be this difficult? God! What a day! – Mark
Update: It is now 2:16pm here in the UK and I am still struggling to gain access to Le Figaro! I have lost count as to the number of emails for assistance I have sent. But they simply keep sending me a linkk to change my password. This is not a password problem per se. It is a much bigger problem than that. I am subscribed to a The New York Times and The Guardian and access to both was simple. A child could have gained access to those newspapers, after payment. To gain access to Le Figaro, you need a PhD! – Mark
Update 2: It is now 4:50pm and I still cannot gain full access to my account! They simply dont answer my pleas for assistance. The only thing I get are emails with links to change my password. And those don't work! I'm at a loss as to what I can do next. This is a poor show indeed. Perhaps I should have subscribed to Le Monde instead. – Mark
Update 3: It is now 8:35pm. More than 24 hours have passed and I have still been unable to gain full access to my account at Le Figaro! I have spent the last twenty-four-plus hours going 'round in circles! I can now give up for the evening because their offices are closed. It seems like I now have two options open to me: either I cancel my subscription altogether or I telephone their office(s) in Paris tomorrow. I find this whole thing totally and absolutely ridiculous! And very frustrating! – Mark
Update 4: Success! I've now gained full access to Le Figaro – at last! I had to call France and get help to crack the nut, but the nut has been cracked! A very nice and friendly young man helped me solve the problem. Apparently, some changes had to be made their end because there was some confusion about my data. I had been subscribed to the newspaper before, but as I subscribed this time through Google, the new details didn't correspond to the old data they had for me. These changes had to be made manually. The gentleman was able to make those changes for me. Even in the Internet age, sometimes a telephone call is the only way to solve a problem! One needs to speak to someone—a real person—who understands the problem and can make the necessary changes. If I hadn't made that call, I'd still be struggling to gain full access. But as we often say, 'All's well that ends well!' – Mark
Update: It is now 2:16pm here in the UK and I am still struggling to gain access to Le Figaro! I have lost count as to the number of emails for assistance I have sent. But they simply keep sending me a linkk to change my password. This is not a password problem per se. It is a much bigger problem than that. I am subscribed to a The New York Times and The Guardian and access to both was simple. A child could have gained access to those newspapers, after payment. To gain access to Le Figaro, you need a PhD! – Mark
Update 2: It is now 4:50pm and I still cannot gain full access to my account! They simply dont answer my pleas for assistance. The only thing I get are emails with links to change my password. And those don't work! I'm at a loss as to what I can do next. This is a poor show indeed. Perhaps I should have subscribed to Le Monde instead. – Mark
Update 3: It is now 8:35pm. More than 24 hours have passed and I have still been unable to gain full access to my account at Le Figaro! I have spent the last twenty-four-plus hours going 'round in circles! I can now give up for the evening because their offices are closed. It seems like I now have two options open to me: either I cancel my subscription altogether or I telephone their office(s) in Paris tomorrow. I find this whole thing totally and absolutely ridiculous! And very frustrating! – Mark
Update 4: Success! I've now gained full access to Le Figaro – at last! I had to call France and get help to crack the nut, but the nut has been cracked! A very nice and friendly young man helped me solve the problem. Apparently, some changes had to be made their end because there was some confusion about my data. I had been subscribed to the newspaper before, but as I subscribed this time through Google, the new details didn't correspond to the old data they had for me. These changes had to be made manually. The gentleman was able to make those changes for me. Even in the Internet age, sometimes a telephone call is the only way to solve a problem! One needs to speak to someone—a real person—who understands the problem and can make the necessary changes. If I hadn't made that call, I'd still be struggling to gain full access. But as we often say, 'All's well that ends well!' – Mark
Business Chief Calls on PM to Save North-East from Brexit Damage
THE GUARDIAN: James Ramsbotham, CEO of North East England Chamber of Commerce, says letter sent to Boris Johnson remains unanswered
A letter to Boris Johnson sent a fortnight ago by James Ramsbotham called on the prime minister to save the north-east from the “damage being done to our economy” by Brexit and urged him to give it his “most urgent and personal attention”. Two weeks later, it remains unanswered.
Ramsbotham is the chief executive of the North East England Chamber of Commerce and speaks for thousands of businesses caught by the red tape and extra costs of complying with EU rules. In a recent survey, 38% of members said sales to Europe had fallen since January.
“This is not teething problems,” he says. “Our ports face the EU and our region has the highest proportion of any exporting to the EU. It is vital that more barriers come down.”
Surveys by the chamber show that three-quarters of its members wanted to stay in the single market when asked about their personal views. » | Phillip Inman | Monday, August 9, 2021
Oh, that ridiculous, stupid and damaging DAMN Brexit! An idea thought up by incompetent idiots to fool the gullible! – © Mark
A letter to Boris Johnson sent a fortnight ago by James Ramsbotham called on the prime minister to save the north-east from the “damage being done to our economy” by Brexit and urged him to give it his “most urgent and personal attention”. Two weeks later, it remains unanswered.
Ramsbotham is the chief executive of the North East England Chamber of Commerce and speaks for thousands of businesses caught by the red tape and extra costs of complying with EU rules. In a recent survey, 38% of members said sales to Europe had fallen since January.
“This is not teething problems,” he says. “Our ports face the EU and our region has the highest proportion of any exporting to the EU. It is vital that more barriers come down.”
Surveys by the chamber show that three-quarters of its members wanted to stay in the single market when asked about their personal views. » | Phillip Inman | Monday, August 9, 2021
Oh, that ridiculous, stupid and damaging DAMN Brexit! An idea thought up by incompetent idiots to fool the gullible! – © Mark
Eight-year-old Becomes Youngest Person Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
THE GUARDIAN: Hindu boy faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally urinating in a madrassa library
An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.
The boy’s family is in hiding and many of the Hindu community in the conservative district of Rahim Yar Khan, in Punjab, have fled their homes after a Muslim crowd attacked a Hindu temple after the boy’s release on bail last week. Troops were deployed to the area to quell any further unrest.
On Saturday, 20 people were arrested in connection with the temple attack.
The boy is accused of intentionally urinating on a carpet in the library of a madrassa, where religious books were kept, last month. Blasphemy charges can carry the death penalty. » | Haroon Janjua in Islamabad | Monday, August 9, 2021
An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.
The boy’s family is in hiding and many of the Hindu community in the conservative district of Rahim Yar Khan, in Punjab, have fled their homes after a Muslim crowd attacked a Hindu temple after the boy’s release on bail last week. Troops were deployed to the area to quell any further unrest.
On Saturday, 20 people were arrested in connection with the temple attack.
The boy is accused of intentionally urinating on a carpet in the library of a madrassa, where religious books were kept, last month. Blasphemy charges can carry the death penalty. » | Haroon Janjua in Islamabad | Monday, August 9, 2021
Thousands Flee Greek Island as Wildfires Raze Forest and Homes
THE GUARDIAN: Firefighters tackle blazes on two fronts on Evia as heatwave-driven devastation across southern Europe continues
Thousands of people have fled wildfires that are destroying vast swathes of pine forest and razing homes on Greece’s second-largest island, Evia, as devastating summer blazes rage from southern Europe to Siberia.
“We have ahead of us another difficult evening, another difficult night,” Greece’s deputy civil protection minister, Nikos Hardalias, said on Sunday, adding that nearly a week after the blazes started, strong winds were driving two major fire fronts in the north and south of the island.
Seventeen firefighting planes and helicopters were in action on the island, just north-east of the capital, Athens, where fires in a northern suburb and the nearby Peloponnese region were stable, although the risk of rekindling remained high.
Wildfires have devastated large areas in southern Europe for a fortnight as the region endures its most extreme heatwave in three decades. Ten have died in Greece and Turkey, with many admitted to hospital. Italy has also suffered million[s] of euros of damage.
Huge fires also have been burning across Siberia in northern Russia for several weeks, forcing the evacuation on Saturday of a dozen villages. Wildfires have burned nearly 6m hectares (15m acres) of land this year in Russia, while hot, dry and windy conditions have also fuelled devastating blazes in California. » | Jon Henley, Bethan McKernan, and Helena Smith in Athens | Sunday, August 8, 2021
A Puzzle Indeed!
Hello to you all!
The last couple of days have presented me with a very disappointing puzzle: despite an ever-increasing number of visitors from all over the world coming to this, my blog, my page views have been downgraded – twice! On Saturday and yesterday.
On Saturday at around 1pm UK time, my page views stood at precisely 68,000. That days they went up rapidly.
I went to bed late on Saturday, because I was blogging until late into the evening. Before retiring, I took one last look at my blog to make sure that everything was in order. When I glanced at the page views, to my horror, I found that the system had taken approximately 2,400 page views off the total! A downgrade indeed! I was horrified! I went to bed in great disappointment.
Yesterday, throughout the day, the numbers started to recover those page views that I had lost the night before. Not all, of course, but the tally was growing satisfactorily. So, I thought I’d overlook it and put it down to a glitch in the system. I didn’t email Google, because in my experience, you’re wasting your time: they never answer you! Sending an email to Google requesting help and support is like sending an email into a big black hole!
But the story doesn’t end there. Last night, I went to bed later still. Again, I had been at my computer blogging and looking for interesting material for the blog. Before going to bed, I checked my page views and again I was horrified: Google had shaved many thousands off my page view counter!
This is beyond my comprehension! How could my page views at lunchtime on Saturday stand at 68,000, climb quickly throughout the day on Saturday and climb quickly yesterday too, and I end up at the moment with 65,593 page views (as I write this)?
I must say this: Google has a cruel way of dealing with its users. Until now, I have made no money from this blog at all. But it brings me great joy. You folks bring me a lot of pleasure; indeed a very great deal of pleasure. On the back side, I see all the hits I get from all over the world. That is very satisfying. But when I see that Google is taking those numbers away from me, I find it soul-destroying.
I simply cannot explain this. It makes absolutely no sense to me. It is way beyond my ken. So, may I ask one of you who understands this better than I to do me a huge favour and email me to explain why and how this is happening? Naturally, I want to try and stop it happening in future if I can. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Or is something fishy going on at Google? I am rather suspicious of foul play.
My email address is markalexander.librabunda@gmail.com
With many thanks to you all in advance; and again, I want to thank you all for your continued support. The joy you bring me is immense.
Warm wishes,
Mark
The last couple of days have presented me with a very disappointing puzzle: despite an ever-increasing number of visitors from all over the world coming to this, my blog, my page views have been downgraded – twice! On Saturday and yesterday.
On Saturday at around 1pm UK time, my page views stood at precisely 68,000. That days they went up rapidly.
I went to bed late on Saturday, because I was blogging until late into the evening. Before retiring, I took one last look at my blog to make sure that everything was in order. When I glanced at the page views, to my horror, I found that the system had taken approximately 2,400 page views off the total! A downgrade indeed! I was horrified! I went to bed in great disappointment.
Yesterday, throughout the day, the numbers started to recover those page views that I had lost the night before. Not all, of course, but the tally was growing satisfactorily. So, I thought I’d overlook it and put it down to a glitch in the system. I didn’t email Google, because in my experience, you’re wasting your time: they never answer you! Sending an email to Google requesting help and support is like sending an email into a big black hole!
But the story doesn’t end there. Last night, I went to bed later still. Again, I had been at my computer blogging and looking for interesting material for the blog. Before going to bed, I checked my page views and again I was horrified: Google had shaved many thousands off my page view counter!
This is beyond my comprehension! How could my page views at lunchtime on Saturday stand at 68,000, climb quickly throughout the day on Saturday and climb quickly yesterday too, and I end up at the moment with 65,593 page views (as I write this)?
I must say this: Google has a cruel way of dealing with its users. Until now, I have made no money from this blog at all. But it brings me great joy. You folks bring me a lot of pleasure; indeed a very great deal of pleasure. On the back side, I see all the hits I get from all over the world. That is very satisfying. But when I see that Google is taking those numbers away from me, I find it soul-destroying.
I simply cannot explain this. It makes absolutely no sense to me. It is way beyond my ken. So, may I ask one of you who understands this better than I to do me a huge favour and email me to explain why and how this is happening? Naturally, I want to try and stop it happening in future if I can. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Or is something fishy going on at Google? I am rather suspicious of foul play.
My email address is markalexander.librabunda@gmail.com
With many thanks to you all in advance; and again, I want to thank you all for your continued support. The joy you bring me is immense.
Warm wishes,
Mark
The Beauty and the Joy!
Jung, schwul, gläubig - Geht das für Christen, Juden und Muslime? | SWR Doku
May 3, 2020 • Unsere Reportage begleitet drei junge Menschen, die sich entschlossen haben, sich nicht mehr zu verstecken, sondern offen schwul und gläubig zu sein.
Vorbehalte, Ressentiments oder Ausschluss aus der Religionsgemeinschaft – diesen Problemen müssen sich gläubige Schwule stellen, wenn sie sich outen. Wie vereinbaren homosexuelle Christen, Juden und Muslime in Deutschland ihren Glauben und ihre sexuelle Ausrichtung in oft repressiven und konservativen Religionsgemeinschaften? Wie kämpfen sie für Anerkennung und Gleichberechtigung?
Die Reportage, gedreht 2019, erzählt die Geschichte dreier junger Menschen, die sich entschieden haben, Glauben und Homosexualität nicht mehr als Widerspruch und unvereinbar hinzunehmen. Alle drei sind Mitbegründer von Selbsthilfegruppen, die Betroffenen ein Sicherheitsnetz geben. Sie zelebrieren gemeinsam ihre Feiertage, leisten Aufklärungsarbeit, scheuen keine Konflikte und suchen selbst den Dialog zu konservativen Gläubigen.
Leo ist Mitbegründer von ‚Keshet‘, dem ersten queeren jüdischen Verein in Deutschland. Auf einer Tagung der jüdischen Gemeinden in Deutschland vertritt er als Pionier zum ersten Mal die jüdische LGBTQ-Gemeinde.
Tugay kämpft für die Rechte queerer Muslime – und wird deshalb bedroht. In der liberalen Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Moschee in Berlin betet er nicht nur, sondern verfechtet sogar in einer Predigt das Recht, als Muslim lieben zu können, wen er will.
Timo brach aus der Enge seiner Wuppertaler Freikirche aus, in der er aufwuchs. Er veröffentlichte das Buch „Nicht mehr Schweigen“, in dem er queere Christen und Christinnen jeder Glaubensrichtung zu Wort kommen lässt. In seinen Lesungen trifft er auf Empathie, aber auch auf Skepsis uner> d Kritik.
Diese Doku von Uri Schneider aus der DAS ERSTE-Reihe "Echtes Leben" trägt den Originaltitel: Jung, schwul, gläubig - Geht das für Christen, Juden und Muslime?
Ausstrahlungsdatum: 26. April 2020.
Ich stelle diesen Dokumentarfilm zum zweiten Mal auf, weil er so aufschlußreich ist. Der Film zeigt uns, wie schwierig es für gläubige Leute im Westen ist, sowie schwul als auch fromm zu sein. Es ist wirklich traurig, daß Leute im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert solche Schwierigkeiten durchleben müssen, um ihr eigenes Glück zu schmieden. - © Mark
Vorbehalte, Ressentiments oder Ausschluss aus der Religionsgemeinschaft – diesen Problemen müssen sich gläubige Schwule stellen, wenn sie sich outen. Wie vereinbaren homosexuelle Christen, Juden und Muslime in Deutschland ihren Glauben und ihre sexuelle Ausrichtung in oft repressiven und konservativen Religionsgemeinschaften? Wie kämpfen sie für Anerkennung und Gleichberechtigung?
Die Reportage, gedreht 2019, erzählt die Geschichte dreier junger Menschen, die sich entschieden haben, Glauben und Homosexualität nicht mehr als Widerspruch und unvereinbar hinzunehmen. Alle drei sind Mitbegründer von Selbsthilfegruppen, die Betroffenen ein Sicherheitsnetz geben. Sie zelebrieren gemeinsam ihre Feiertage, leisten Aufklärungsarbeit, scheuen keine Konflikte und suchen selbst den Dialog zu konservativen Gläubigen.
Leo ist Mitbegründer von ‚Keshet‘, dem ersten queeren jüdischen Verein in Deutschland. Auf einer Tagung der jüdischen Gemeinden in Deutschland vertritt er als Pionier zum ersten Mal die jüdische LGBTQ-Gemeinde.
Tugay kämpft für die Rechte queerer Muslime – und wird deshalb bedroht. In der liberalen Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Moschee in Berlin betet er nicht nur, sondern verfechtet sogar in einer Predigt das Recht, als Muslim lieben zu können, wen er will.
Timo brach aus der Enge seiner Wuppertaler Freikirche aus, in der er aufwuchs. Er veröffentlichte das Buch „Nicht mehr Schweigen“, in dem er queere Christen und Christinnen jeder Glaubensrichtung zu Wort kommen lässt. In seinen Lesungen trifft er auf Empathie, aber auch auf Skepsis uner> d Kritik.
Diese Doku von Uri Schneider aus der DAS ERSTE-Reihe "Echtes Leben" trägt den Originaltitel: Jung, schwul, gläubig - Geht das für Christen, Juden und Muslime?
Ausstrahlungsdatum: 26. April 2020.
Ich stelle diesen Dokumentarfilm zum zweiten Mal auf, weil er so aufschlußreich ist. Der Film zeigt uns, wie schwierig es für gläubige Leute im Westen ist, sowie schwul als auch fromm zu sein. Es ist wirklich traurig, daß Leute im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert solche Schwierigkeiten durchleben müssen, um ihr eigenes Glück zu schmieden. - © Mark
Sunday, August 08, 2021
Verbotene Liebe - Homosexualität im NS-Regime
Russia's Lost Princesses – Documentary 2/2
1. The Gilded Cage: Interviews with leading historians, archive footage and dramatic reconstruction reveal the childhoods of Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters - Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia - and the truth behind the fairytale images. The sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, attracting the same frenzied press attention as Princess Diana later would, but their public profile masked the reality of their strange and very isolated upbringing. | Views on YouTube: 5,131,685
Honey and Yoghurt Set Cheesecake - Ottolenghi - The Baking German
Taliban erobern Kundus
SPIEGEL: Rund ein Jahrzehnt lang war die Bundeswehr in Kundus stationiert. Nun wurde die Stadt von den radikalislamischen Taliban erobert – wie zuvor schon zahlreiche weitere Provinzhauptstädte.
Die nordafghanische Provinzhauptstadt Kundus ist von den radikalislamischen Taliban erobert worden. »Kundus ist gefallen. Die Taliban haben alle wichtigen Gebäude der Stadt unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht«, berichtete ein Korrespondent der Nachrichtenagentur AFP und bestätigte damit eine Erklärung der Islamisten. Die Stadt wurde seit Wochen von den Taliban belagert.
Zuvor waren schwere Auseinandersetzungen aus dem Zentrum von Kundus gemeldet worden. »In verschiedenen Teilen der Stadt finden heftige Kämpfe in den Straßen statt«, sagte Amruddin Wali, ein Mitglied des Provinzrats. Einige Sicherheitskräfte hätten sich in Richtung des Flughafens zurückgezogen. » | dab/AFP/dpa | Sontag, 8. August 2021
Vorwürfe der sexuellen Belästigung: Erste Frau erstattet Strafanzeige gegen Andrew Cuomo
STERN: New Yorks Gouverneur Andrew Cuomo steht mit dem Rücken zur Wand: Eine Untersuchung hat ihn der sexuellen Belästigung für schuldig befunden. Eine Mitarbeiterin hat jetzt gegen ihn Strafanzeige erstattet.
Der Gouverneur des US-Bundesstaates New York, Andrew Cuomo, gerät durch die Vorwürfe sexueller Belästigung immer stärker unter Druck. Eine der Frauen, die dem prominenten Vertreter der Demokratischen Partei sexuelle Zudringlichkeiten vorwerfen, stellte nun Strafanzeige gegen ihn, wie ein Polizeivertreter am Freitag der Nachrichtenagentur AFP mitteilte. Bei der Frau handelt es sich um eine Mitarbeiterin des Gouverneurs.
Sie gehört zu den elf Frauen, die in einem offiziellen Untersuchungsbericht mit Belästigungsvorwürfen gegen Cuomo zitiert worden waren. Die am Dienstag veröffentlichte Untersuchung war im Auftrag der Generalstaatsanwältin des Bundesstaats New York, Letitia James, von zwei unabhängigen Juristen geführt worden. Andrew Cuomo weist alle Vorwürfe zurück » | jek AFP | Samstag, 7. August 2021
Napoléon Bonaparte, vu par Edouard Bignon
PARIS MATCH : La commémoration du bicentenaire de la mort de l’empereur Napoléon Ier ne s’est pas arrêtée au jour J. du 5 mai. Aussi le Royal Blog continue-t-il à vous distiller chaque lundi une actu en lien avec cet événement. Seizième et dernier épisode: une anthologie de «L’Histoire de France» d’Edouard Bignon.
L’Empereur lui avait demandé. Il l’a fait. Dans son testament rédigé à la mi-avril 1821 sur l’île de Sainte-Hélène, alors qu’il sentait qu’il allait bientôt mourir, Napoléon Ier lègue 100.000 francs au baron Edouard Bignon. A une condition. Que cet homme, qui fut l’un de ses plus fidèles diplomates, écrive l’histoire de son règne sous le Consulat et le Premier empire. Ou plus exactement «celle de la diplomatie française de 1792 à 1815».
Dès 1829-1830, parurent les six premiers tomes de cette œuvre que Brignon intitula simplement «Histoire de France». Huit autres suivirent, jusqu’en 1850. Le bicentenaire du décès de Napoléon Bonaparte, en ce printemps 2021, a été l’occasion d’une réédition de ce travail qui n’avait jamais été republié en France. Mais en version «anthologie commentée ». C’est l’absence d’une paix solide qui a couté son trône à l’empereur » | Paris Match | lundi 21 juin 2021
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Covid-19 : l’Arabie saoudite va rouvrir ses frontières aux pèlerins vaccinés
LE MONDE : Par ailleurs, en Espagne, la quarantaine est prolongée pour les voyageurs de six pays.
La pandémie de Covid-19 a fait au moins 4,26 millions de morts et plus de 200 millions de cas ont été recensés dans le monde depuis la fin 2019, selon un comptage réalisé par l’Agence France-Presse à partir de bilans officiels. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) estime, en prenant en compte la surmortalité directement et indirectement liée au Covid-19, que le bilan de la pandémie pourrait être deux à trois fois plus élevé que celui officiellement établi.
L’Arabie saoudite va rouvrir ses frontières aux pèlerins vaccinés
L’Arabie saoudite va rouvrir les portes du pèlerinage de l’oumra (petit pèlerinage) à la Mecque aux pèlerins de l’étranger vaccinés contre le Covid-19, a rapporté, dimanche, l’agence de presse saoudienne officielle. Les autorités saoudiennes commenceront à accepter les demandes d’entrée dans le pays à partir de lundi, précise l’agence. Les frontières avaient été fermées il y a quelque dix-huit mois en raison de la pandémie. » | Le Monde avec AFP | dimanche 8 août 2021
La pandémie de Covid-19 a fait au moins 4,26 millions de morts et plus de 200 millions de cas ont été recensés dans le monde depuis la fin 2019, selon un comptage réalisé par l’Agence France-Presse à partir de bilans officiels. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) estime, en prenant en compte la surmortalité directement et indirectement liée au Covid-19, que le bilan de la pandémie pourrait être deux à trois fois plus élevé que celui officiellement établi.
L’Arabie saoudite va rouvrir ses frontières aux pèlerins vaccinés
L’Arabie saoudite va rouvrir les portes du pèlerinage de l’oumra (petit pèlerinage) à la Mecque aux pèlerins de l’étranger vaccinés contre le Covid-19, a rapporté, dimanche, l’agence de presse saoudienne officielle. Les autorités saoudiennes commenceront à accepter les demandes d’entrée dans le pays à partir de lundi, précise l’agence. Les frontières avaient été fermées il y a quelque dix-huit mois en raison de la pandémie. » | Le Monde avec AFP | dimanche 8 août 2021
The Observer View on What Iran’s New President Means for the Middle East
THE OBSERVER: Ebrahim Raisi is another hardliner, but western leaders must engage with him to cool the tensions threatening the region
A hardline president has taken charge in Iran. An inexperienced government in Israel is threatening military action against Tehran. A lethal shadow war is being waged in the Gulf. Iran’s ally, Hezbollah, is firing missiles into Israel from chaotic Lebanon. Bitter words fly in London over hostage-taking. US fears grow, meanwhile, that the Vienna nuclear talks have failed. Deal or no deal, it’s suggested, Iran may soon be able to build an atomic weapon.
This is a perilous, darkly portentous moment in the Middle East and specifically for the multifaceted conflict between Iran and the west. Ebrahim Raisi, who was sworn in as president on Thursday after a rigged, boycotted election, offered scant ground for optimism. “Tyrannical” sanctions imposed by Donald Trump, which have ravaged the country since 2018, must be lifted, he said. But he offered no plan to achieve it and nothing in the way of concessions.
Raisi’s ascent marks a definitive triumph for the fiercely conservative, anti-western factions associated with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Raisi’s predecessor, Hassan Rouhani, like Mohammad Khatami before him, fought a long, ultimately losing internal battle for rapprochement with the US and Europe. Now, hardliners control all the Islamic republic’s main institutions, including the military, judiciary and parliament. » | Observer editorial | Sunday, August 8, 2021
Why Public Schoolboys Like Me and Boris Johnson Aren’t Fit to Run Our Country
THE OBSERVER: Our elite schools foster emotional austerity and fierce clique loyalty. Here a privately educated writer of the prime minister’s generation reveals the lasting damage public schools do
Ihad a feeling I couldn’t immediately place. I wanted to go out but wasn’t allowed. Shelves were emptying at the nearest supermarket and instead of fresh fruit and vegetables I was eating British comfort food – sausages and mash, pie and beans. My freedom to make decisions like an adult was limited. I wondered when I’d see my mum again.
March 2020, first week of the first lockdown: I was 53 years old and felt like I was back at boarding school. Which wouldn’t have mattered, but for the fact that at a time of national crisis my generation of boarding-school boys found themselves in charge.
My first night at Pinewood school was two days after my eighth birthday in January 1975. A term earlier David Cameron had left his family home for Heatherdown preparatory school in Berkshire, while also in 1975, at the age of 11, Alexander Johnson was sent to board at Ashdown House in East Sussex. This means I know how two of the past three British prime ministers were treated as children and the kind of men their schools wanted to make of them. I know neither of these men personally but I do know that they spent the formative years of their childhood in boarding schools being looked after by adults who didn’t love them, because I did too. And if the character of our leaders matters then I’m in possession of important information. » | Richard Beard | Sunday, August 8, 2021
Boris Johnson’s approval rating slips to lowest level since he became prime minister »
Dissident Pakistani Exiles in UK ‘On Hit List’
THE OBSERVER: Critics of country’s military told by Met police of plots against them as security forces fear there may be an attack in Britain
Pakistani exiles living in London who have criticised the country’s powerful military have been warned that their lives are in danger, raising fresh concern over authoritarian regimes targeting foreign dissidents in the UK.
British security sources are understood to be concerned that Pakistan, a strong UK ally – particularly on intelligence issues – might be prepared to target individuals on British soil.
The Observer has been told of further warnings given by other intelligence services across Europe to Pakistani dissidents, including rights activists from the Pakistani province of Balochistan, journalists, and members of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a group representing ethnic Pashtuns. » | Kiyya Baloch and Mark Townsend | Saturday, August 7, 2021
Saturday, August 07, 2021
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor - IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Jackie Kennedy - Onassis, une femme de style - Documentaire complet
Dec 12, 2020 • Jackie Kennedy a su franchir toutes les passerelles avec grâce : entre le conformisme des années 50 et la révolution des années 60, entre bonheur et tragédie, jeunesse et pouvoir, vie publique et vie privée.
Des millions de gens restent encore fascinés par tous les détails de sa vie et de sa personnalité. Comme Première Dame, elle a fait entrer la beauté, l’intelligence et le bon goût à la Maison Blanche. Puis son courage durant l’assassinat du Président lui ont valu l’admiration du monde entier.
Mais si Jackie Kennedy Onassis est une icône de l’Amérique c’est avant tout un esprit libre et une battante.
Un film de Christopher Rowley
Des millions de gens restent encore fascinés par tous les détails de sa vie et de sa personnalité. Comme Première Dame, elle a fait entrer la beauté, l’intelligence et le bon goût à la Maison Blanche. Puis son courage durant l’assassinat du Président lui ont valu l’admiration du monde entier.
Mais si Jackie Kennedy Onassis est une icône de l’Amérique c’est avant tout un esprit libre et une battante.
Un film de Christopher Rowley
Herb-Baked Eggs with Ina Garten | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
Get the recipe here.
"Es ist eine biblische Katastrophe"
ZEIT ONLINE: 70 Prozent der Gegend im Süden der Peloponnes sind laut einer Bürgermeisterin vom Feuer zerstört. Athen ist in Rauch gehüllt. Euböas Gouverneur setzt einen Hilferuf ab.
Einsatzkräfte kämpfen unter anderem nördlich von Athen weiter gegen die Waldbrände. Temperaturen von über 40 Grad und starke Winde fachten die Feuer zusätzlich an.© Foto: Nicolas Economou/Reuters
Die Brandkatastrophe in Griechenland droht zu eskalieren. In der Millionenmetropole Athen herrscht starke Rauchbildung, am dritten Tag in Folge geht Asche nieder. "Schließen Sie alle Fenster und gehen Sie nicht aus dem Haus", riefen die Behörden die Einwohner auf. Am Freitagabend wurden Orte im Norden der griechischen Hauptstadt evakuiert und die Menschen in Hotels, bei Verwandten und Bekannten untergebracht.
Weil die Winde in der Nacht und am frühen Morgen nachließen, gebe es ein "Zeitfenster" für die Feuerwehr, die Brände im Norden Athens in den Griff zu bekommen, sagte der für den Zivilschutz zuständige Vizegouverneur des Großraums Athens, Wassilis Kokkalis, im Staatsfernsehen. » | Quelle: ZEIT ONLINE, dpa, cst | Samstag, 2. August 2021
Die Brandkatastrophe in Griechenland droht zu eskalieren. In der Millionenmetropole Athen herrscht starke Rauchbildung, am dritten Tag in Folge geht Asche nieder. "Schließen Sie alle Fenster und gehen Sie nicht aus dem Haus", riefen die Behörden die Einwohner auf. Am Freitagabend wurden Orte im Norden der griechischen Hauptstadt evakuiert und die Menschen in Hotels, bei Verwandten und Bekannten untergebracht.
Weil die Winde in der Nacht und am frühen Morgen nachließen, gebe es ein "Zeitfenster" für die Feuerwehr, die Brände im Norden Athens in den Griff zu bekommen, sagte der für den Zivilschutz zuständige Vizegouverneur des Großraums Athens, Wassilis Kokkalis, im Staatsfernsehen. » | Quelle: ZEIT ONLINE, dpa, cst | Samstag, 2. August 2021
Grèce : de violents incendies continuent de ravager le pays, des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées
LE MONDE : Au moins 1 450 pompiers grecs, aidés de renforts d’autres pays, poursuivent leur lutte contre cinq incendies majeurs au nord d’Athènes, sur l’île d’Eubée, et trois feux sur la péninsule du Péloponnèse.
Le feu, qui a causé la mort de deux personnes, gagne du terrain en Grèce pour le 11e jour d’affilée, dévorant forêts et habitations. Au moins 1 450 pompiers grecs, aidés de renforts d’autres pays, poursuivaient, samedi 7 août, leur bataille acharnée contre cinq incendies majeurs au nord d’Athènes, sur l’île d’Eubée, à 200 kilomètres à l’est de la capitale, et trois feux sur la péninsule du Péloponnèse, à l’ouest.
Au nord d’Athènes, le violent incendie continuait d’avancer avec vigueur vers l’est et le lac Marathon, la plus grosse réserve d’eau de la capitale, après avoir provoqué l’évacuation d’une dizaine de localités. Ses fumées épaisses et son odeur âcre s’étaient à nouveau répandues sur la capitale dans la nuit, alors que des vents forts sont prévus dans la journée. L’autoroute qui relie Athènes au nord du pays reste coupée par précaution tandis que des camps de migrants à proximité ont été évacués. » | Le Monde avec AFP | samedi 7 août 2021
Ceuta: un morceau d’Espagne au Maghreb
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Sur la côte d’Afrique du Nord, face à Gibraltar, la ville autonome dont la moitié des habitants est musulmane maintient une présence espagnole sous le regard envieux des Marocains.
De nos envoyés spéciaux Jean-Marc Gonin (texte) et Pascal Maitre / MYOP (photos)
Ceuta est-elle un morceau d’Espagne en Afrique ou un bout d’Afrique en Espagne? Est-elle en Europe ou au Maghreb? Accéder à ce territoire espagnol de la rive sud de la Méditerranée appartient aux rares voyages où une heure et demie de ferry suffit pour changer de continent tout en restant dans le même pays. Située sur le détroit de Gibraltar, à la pointe septentrionale du Maroc, à 75 kilomètres à l’est de Tanger et à 40 kilomètres au nord de Tétouan, la péninsule de Ceuta ressemble à un doigt pointé vers la Méditerranée. Le mont Hacho qui la surplombe constitue avec le célèbre rocher britannique de l’autre côté du détroit les fameuses Colonnes d’Hercule. La mythologie veut que le héros grec ait réussi par sa seule force à briser une montagne en deux, ouvrant le passage entre océan Atlantique et mer Méditerranée.
Cette situation géographique privilégiée permettant le contrôle des 14 kilomètres qui séparent Afrique … » | Par Jean-Marc Gonin | vendredi 6 août 2021
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Archbishop of York Calls for New Vision of What It Means to be English
THE GUARDIAN: Stephen Cottrell says it is time to ‘rediscover a national unity more fractured than I have ever known it’
The archbishop of York has called for a new “expansive” vision of what it means to be English to counter a “negative political discourse and a hopeless future”.
Courage and compassion should be the cornerstones of an Englishness that people could be proud of, said Stephen Cottrell, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England.
Many people in England felt left behind by “metropolitan elites” in London and the south-east and strengthened regional identities in Scotland and Wales, he said. “Their heartfelt cry to be heard is often disregarded, wilfully misunderstood or patronised as backwardly xenophobic.”
It was time to acknowledge “our strong regional identities going back centuries”, Cottrell wrote in an article in the Daily Telegraph. » | Harriet Sherwood | Saturday, August 7, 2021
Queensland Crocodile Attack: Two Army Personnel Mauled North of Lockhart River
THE GUARDIAN: Soldier in his 20s, who was swimming in croc-infested waters, and friend who went to help, suffer serious injuries
A soldier has head, chest and arm injuries after being mauled by a saltwater crocodile that also attacked an army colleague who went to his aid in far north Queensland.
The men, who were reportedly swimming in croc-infested waters north of the Lockhart River on Friday afternoon when the attack occurred, have been airlifted to Cairns with serious injuries.
The ambulance service said the most seriously injured man, aged in his early 20s, suffered head, chest and arm injuries. He is in a serious but stable condition.
The other man, in his early 30s, suffered wrist and arm injuries and is in a stable condition. » | Australian Associated Press | Saturday, August 7, 2021
Taliban Captures Provincial Capital in Afghanistan
THE GUARDIAN: Loss of Zaranj in Nimroz, near the border with Iran, a major blow to the western-backed government
The Taliban has captured an Afghan provincial capital after pleas for reinforcements by local security forces went unheard, in a major blow to the western-backed government.
Zaranj, in the south-western province of Nimroz, fell after just three hours of fighting becoming the first provincial capital to be taken by the insurgents who have intensified their nationwide offensive as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.
Late on Friday, heavily armed Taliban fighters driving captured Humvees were patrolling the streets of Nimroz, one of the country’s main financial hubs, where Taliban commanders declared an overnight curfew.
“Nowhere in the entire Nimroz province is under government control – the Taliban has captured it all,” said one local official. “Security forces have either fled to other provinces or surrendered to the Taliban.” » | Akhtar Mohammad Makoiiin Herat | Friday, August 6, 2021
Afghanistan: les talibans s'emparent d'une deuxième capitale provinciale : Après Zaranj, c'est au tour de la ville de Sheberghan de tomber dans les mains des insurgés en moins de 24 heures. »
The Taliban has captured an Afghan provincial capital after pleas for reinforcements by local security forces went unheard, in a major blow to the western-backed government.
Zaranj, in the south-western province of Nimroz, fell after just three hours of fighting becoming the first provincial capital to be taken by the insurgents who have intensified their nationwide offensive as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.
Late on Friday, heavily armed Taliban fighters driving captured Humvees were patrolling the streets of Nimroz, one of the country’s main financial hubs, where Taliban commanders declared an overnight curfew.
“Nowhere in the entire Nimroz province is under government control – the Taliban has captured it all,” said one local official. “Security forces have either fled to other provinces or surrendered to the Taliban.” » | Akhtar Mohammad Makoiiin Herat | Friday, August 6, 2021
Afghanistan: les talibans s'emparent d'une deuxième capitale provinciale : Après Zaranj, c'est au tour de la ville de Sheberghan de tomber dans les mains des insurgés en moins de 24 heures. »
Six EU States Overtake UK Covid Vaccination Rates as Britain’s Rollout Slows
THE GUARDIAN: Malta, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Ireland overtake UK in fully jabbed percentages
Six EU states have now fully inoculated a larger share of their total populations with a coronavirus vaccine than the UK, after the bloc’s dire initial rollout took off while Britain’s impressive early jab rate has slumped.
According to government and health service figures collated by the online science publication Our World In Data, Malta, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Ireland have all overtaken the UK in terms of the percentages of their populations who are fully vaccinated.
While Britain’s hugely successful campaign was bound to slow first as it ran into harder-to-reach, more vaccine-hesitant groups, the rate of decline is dramatic: the UK is currently administering a fraction of the daily doses of some EU states. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Friday, August 6, 2021
Six EU states have now fully inoculated a larger share of their total populations with a coronavirus vaccine than the UK, after the bloc’s dire initial rollout took off while Britain’s impressive early jab rate has slumped.
According to government and health service figures collated by the online science publication Our World In Data, Malta, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Ireland have all overtaken the UK in terms of the percentages of their populations who are fully vaccinated.
While Britain’s hugely successful campaign was bound to slow first as it ran into harder-to-reach, more vaccine-hesitant groups, the rate of decline is dramatic: the UK is currently administering a fraction of the daily doses of some EU states. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Friday, August 6, 2021
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