Saturday, May 14, 2022
Coffee Bad, Red Wine Good? Top Food Myths Busted
THE GUARDIAN: We’re being bombarded with conflicting advice on what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies. Finally, here are the definitive answers, according to the experts
Illustration: Lalalimola/The Guardian/Getty Images
Modern nutritional science is only a hundred years old, so it’s no surprise that we’re constantly bamboozled by new and competing information about what to put into our bodies – or that we sometimes cling to reassuringly straightforward food myths which may no longer be true. In a world where official dietary advice seems to change all the time, and online opinions are loud and often baseless, we ask eight food and drink experts to cut through the noise and tell it like it is. » | Rebecca Seal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
Modern nutritional science is only a hundred years old, so it’s no surprise that we’re constantly bamboozled by new and competing information about what to put into our bodies – or that we sometimes cling to reassuringly straightforward food myths which may no longer be true. In a world where official dietary advice seems to change all the time, and online opinions are loud and often baseless, we ask eight food and drink experts to cut through the noise and tell it like it is. » | Rebecca Seal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
Hitler privat: Der Künstler (1) | SPIEGEL TV
Is a Coup against Putin Underway? | Dr Neil Melvin
May 14, 2022 • “As things have started to go quite badly for Russia, there have been rumours of discontent among some of the security services.”
Is a coup against Putin underway? Kait Borsay and Jenny Kleeman ask the Director of International Security Studies at RUSI on #TimesRadio.
Is a coup against Putin underway? Kait Borsay and Jenny Kleeman ask the Director of International Security Studies at RUSI on #TimesRadio.
“Die lachende Kuh” | Karambolage | ARTE
Demokratien weltweit unter Druck? | Mit offenen Karten | ARTE
May 14, 2022 • Von der Globalisierung von Krankheiten über das Recht auf Bildung bis hin zum internationalen Terrorismus – wichtige Fragen und Konfliktlagen der Weltpolitik analysiert anhand von Landkarten.
Geraten bürgerliche Rechte und Freiheiten im 21. Jahrhundert unter Druck? Die russische Invasion der Ukraine und der Widerstand der Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer erinnern den Rest der Welt daran, dass sich ein Volk dazu entschließen kann, seine Souveränität und sein demokratisches Modell mit Waffen zu verteidigen. Doch in den heutigen Demokratien geraten gewählte Politikerinnen und Politiker zunehmend in Verruf, und die Legitimität des allgemeinen Wahlrechts ist umstritten. Die Sendung geht dem globalen Kräfteverhältnis zwischen Demokraten und Autokraten bzw. dem demokratischen westlichen Modell und dem chinesisch-russischen Autoritarismus auf den Grund. Demokratische, geopolitische und digitale Herausforderungen werden in der Welt von morgen von entscheidender Bedeutung sein.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 31/05/2029
Geraten bürgerliche Rechte und Freiheiten im 21. Jahrhundert unter Druck? Die russische Invasion der Ukraine und der Widerstand der Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer erinnern den Rest der Welt daran, dass sich ein Volk dazu entschließen kann, seine Souveränität und sein demokratisches Modell mit Waffen zu verteidigen. Doch in den heutigen Demokratien geraten gewählte Politikerinnen und Politiker zunehmend in Verruf, und die Legitimität des allgemeinen Wahlrechts ist umstritten. Die Sendung geht dem globalen Kräfteverhältnis zwischen Demokraten und Autokraten bzw. dem demokratischen westlichen Modell und dem chinesisch-russischen Autoritarismus auf den Grund. Demokratische, geopolitische und digitale Herausforderungen werden in der Welt von morgen von entscheidender Bedeutung sein.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 31/05/2029
Michael Lambert : Brexit Is Not Really Working and It Is Going to Get So Much Worse
May 14, 2022 • Brexit is not really working and it is likely to get so much worse. There are so many negative consequences to Brexit with no apparent advantages. Falling exports, a weakening pound, hold-ups at Dover, shortages of key workers and so many other problems.
Other negatives include the collapse of the London tourist business now that those from the EU require passports, the problems for Brits travelling to the EU including queues at the airports, roaming charges, green card motor insurance and health insurance.
But the most serious problems concern trade. It has become so difficult and almost impossible for small- and medium-sized businesses to sell to the EU. Internet purchases and sales are subject to such high surcharges that it is killing trade.
Brexit has put the UK behind such massive bureaucratic barriers that it is bound to seriously and irreversibly damage the UK economy. Furthermore many of the problems created by Brexit will add significantly to already rapidly increasing prices.
Other negatives include the collapse of the London tourist business now that those from the EU require passports, the problems for Brits travelling to the EU including queues at the airports, roaming charges, green card motor insurance and health insurance.
But the most serious problems concern trade. It has become so difficult and almost impossible for small- and medium-sized businesses to sell to the EU. Internet purchases and sales are subject to such high surcharges that it is killing trade.
Brexit has put the UK behind such massive bureaucratic barriers that it is bound to seriously and irreversibly damage the UK economy. Furthermore many of the problems created by Brexit will add significantly to already rapidly increasing prices.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Ukraine War: UK Adds Putin's Former Wife to Sanctions List
BBC: The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.
Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.
The UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was "tightening the vice" on Mr Putin's "inner circle".
The UK was "exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle", she said, and would "keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails".
Ms Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine. » | Patrick Jackson, BBC News | Friday, May 13, 2022
Ein Fäkalausdruck schreibt Geschichte | Karambolage | ARTE
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Tells PM She ‘Lived in the Shadow’ of His Mistake
THE GUARDIAN: Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalled ‘training journalists’ comment in meeting with Boris Johnson, says Tulip Siddiq
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told Boris Johnson that for four years she lived in the shadow of his mistaken statement as foreign secretary that she had been in Iran to train journalists.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released by Iran just over a month ago, told Johnson in a face-to-face meeting in Downing Street that his remarks had had a big impact on her life, according to Tulip Siddiq, her MP and close ally.
Speaking outside Downing Street after the meeting, Siddiq said Johnson looked visibly shocked, and she said she was proud of Zaghari-Ratcliffe for being so blunt. With video » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Friday, May 13, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told Boris Johnson that for four years she lived in the shadow of his mistaken statement as foreign secretary that she had been in Iran to train journalists.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released by Iran just over a month ago, told Johnson in a face-to-face meeting in Downing Street that his remarks had had a big impact on her life, according to Tulip Siddiq, her MP and close ally.
Speaking outside Downing Street after the meeting, Siddiq said Johnson looked visibly shocked, and she said she was proud of Zaghari-Ratcliffe for being so blunt. With video » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Friday, May 13, 2022
Cutting Civil Service by 91,000 Requires 'Imagination' Admits Senior Whitehall Official | ITV News
Democrats Rally in Support of Abortion Rights
L’amer retour du clan Marcos aux Philippines
LE MONDE – ÉDITORIAL : Le 9 mai, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, fils de l’ancien dictateur, a été porté à la présidence des Philippines après les années brutales du populiste Rodrigo Duterte. Grâce à une campagne de désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux, le nouvel élu réinstalle au pouvoir son clan, qui en avait été chassé en 1986.
Trente-six ans après la chute de la dictature de Ferdinand Marcos aux Philippines, en 1986, l’élection triomphale de son fils à la présidence, lundi 9 mai, ne constitue pas seulement la revanche d’un clan. Elle en dit également beaucoup sur les difficultés des démocraties face au populisme, à l’heure de ce que la journaliste philippine et Prix Nobel de la paix, Maria Ressa, distinguée en 2021, appelle les « nouveaux écosystèmes de l’information », où coexistent, se concurrencent et s’entremêlent médias et réseaux sociaux. » | Éditorial | mercredi 11 mai 2022
Read this editorial in English here: Bitter return of the Marcos family to power in the Philippines: On May 9, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator, was elected president of the Philippines after the brutal years of the populist Rodrigo Duterte, thanks to a disinformation campaign on social networks. »
Trente-six ans après la chute de la dictature de Ferdinand Marcos aux Philippines, en 1986, l’élection triomphale de son fils à la présidence, lundi 9 mai, ne constitue pas seulement la revanche d’un clan. Elle en dit également beaucoup sur les difficultés des démocraties face au populisme, à l’heure de ce que la journaliste philippine et Prix Nobel de la paix, Maria Ressa, distinguée en 2021, appelle les « nouveaux écosystèmes de l’information », où coexistent, se concurrencent et s’entremêlent médias et réseaux sociaux. » | Éditorial | mercredi 11 mai 2022
Read this editorial in English here: Bitter return of the Marcos family to power in the Philippines: On May 9, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator, was elected president of the Philippines after the brutal years of the populist Rodrigo Duterte, thanks to a disinformation campaign on social networks. »
Question Marks over Northern Ireland's Place in Single Market, EU's SefcovicTells Euronews
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Maroš Šefčovič »
UK should not fear EU trade war, says Frost as he backs ripping up protocol: Former Brexit minister says UK ‘cannot be defeated’ by Brussels in provocative Telegraph column »
Johnson blames today’s Brexit woes on Brussels – that’s a load of old bull: The prime minister claims trouble in Northern Ireland is the EU’s fault. There’s an impolite word for that »
Londres menace Bruxelles d’abandonner des pans entiers du protocole nord-irlandais : Le gouvernement de Boris Johnson hausse le ton contre cette partie cruciale du traité du Brexit qui instaure une frontière douanière entre l’Irlande du Nord et le reste du Royaume-Uni. »
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Dies Aged 73
THE GUARDIAN: Ministry of presidential affairs announces 40-day mourning period for ruler who succeeded father in 2004
Sheikh Khalifa had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73, the government’s state-run news agency has announced[.]
Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country’s blistering economic growth and his name was immortalised on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after bailing out debt-crippled Dubai during its financial crisis more than a decade ago.
The UAE’s ministry of presidential affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning on Friday, including flags to be flown at half-staff.
He had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Instead, his half-brother, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, was seen as the de-facto ruler and the decision-maker of major foreign policy decisions, such as joining a Saudi-led war in Yemen and spearheading an embargo on neighbouring Qatar in recent years. » | Associated Press | Friday, May 13, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa, U.A.E. Ruler, Is Dead at 73: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a key figure in his country’s history and one of the world’s richest monarchs. But he had a stroke in 2014 and had stepped back from many public duties. »
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73, the government’s state-run news agency has announced[.]
Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country’s blistering economic growth and his name was immortalised on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after bailing out debt-crippled Dubai during its financial crisis more than a decade ago.
The UAE’s ministry of presidential affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning on Friday, including flags to be flown at half-staff.
He had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Instead, his half-brother, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, was seen as the de-facto ruler and the decision-maker of major foreign policy decisions, such as joining a Saudi-led war in Yemen and spearheading an embargo on neighbouring Qatar in recent years. » | Associated Press | Friday, May 13, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa, U.A.E. Ruler, Is Dead at 73: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a key figure in his country’s history and one of the world’s richest monarchs. But he had a stroke in 2014 and had stepped back from many public duties. »
Elon Musk Tweets That His Twitter Deal Is On Hold
Elon Musk annonce la suspension du rachat de Twitter, dans l’attente de détails sur la proportion de faux comptes : Le réseau social et le milliardaire avaient trouvé un accord le 25 avril. L’annonce d’Elon Musk a fait perdre à l’action du groupe environ 11 % dans les échanges électroniques précédant l’ouverture de Wall Street. »
Twitter takeover temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk: Tesla owner says $44bn deal has been paused until he gets more information about fake accounts »
Bernie Sanders: We Must Codify Roe v. Wade
Cryptocurrencies Melt Down in a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Fear and Panic
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A steep sell-off that gained momentum this week starkly illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies.
A crash in cryptocurrency prices has wiped away more than $300 billion in value this week. | Samuel Corum for The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The price of Bitcoin plunged to its lowest point since 2020. Coinbase, the large cryptocurrency exchange, tanked in value. A cryptocurrency that promoted itself as a stable means of exchange collapsed. And more than $ 300 billion was wiped out by a crash in cryptocurrency prices since Monday.
The crypto world went into a full meltdown this week in a sell-off that graphically illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies. Even as celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and tech moguls like Elon Musk have talked up crypto, the accelerating declines of virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Ether show that, in some cases, two years of financial gains can disappear overnight.
The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since Bitcoin plummeted 80 percent in 2018. But this time, the falling prices have broader impact because more people and institutions hold the currencies. Critics said the collapse was long overdue, while some traders compared the alarm and fear to the start of the 2008 financial crisis.
“This is like the perfect storm,” said Dan Dolev, an analyst who covers crypto companies and financial technology at the Mizuho Group. » | David Yaffe-Bellany, Erin Griffith and Ephrat Livni | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Absturz von Tech-Aktien und Kryptowährungen: der Beginn einer neuen Ernsthaftigkeit an der Börse: Das viele billige Geld der Zentralbanken hat in den vergangenen Jahren dafür gesorgt, dass die Investoren immer grössere Risiken eingegangen sind. Die jüngsten Kursverluste könnten das Ende dieser Ära markieren. »
SAN FRANCISCO — The price of Bitcoin plunged to its lowest point since 2020. Coinbase, the large cryptocurrency exchange, tanked in value. A cryptocurrency that promoted itself as a stable means of exchange collapsed. And more than $ 300 billion was wiped out by a crash in cryptocurrency prices since Monday.
The crypto world went into a full meltdown this week in a sell-off that graphically illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies. Even as celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and tech moguls like Elon Musk have talked up crypto, the accelerating declines of virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Ether show that, in some cases, two years of financial gains can disappear overnight.
The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since Bitcoin plummeted 80 percent in 2018. But this time, the falling prices have broader impact because more people and institutions hold the currencies. Critics said the collapse was long overdue, while some traders compared the alarm and fear to the start of the 2008 financial crisis.
“This is like the perfect storm,” said Dan Dolev, an analyst who covers crypto companies and financial technology at the Mizuho Group. » | David Yaffe-Bellany, Erin Griffith and Ephrat Livni | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Absturz von Tech-Aktien und Kryptowährungen: der Beginn einer neuen Ernsthaftigkeit an der Börse: Das viele billige Geld der Zentralbanken hat in den vergangenen Jahren dafür gesorgt, dass die Investoren immer grössere Risiken eingegangen sind. Die jüngsten Kursverluste könnten das Ende dieser Ära markieren. »
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The Supreme Court Will “Reorder” American Society Says Election Law Expert | Amanpour & Company
Russia Threatens Retaliation - as Finland’s Leaders Say It ‘Must Join Nato’
Why Oligarchs Choose London for Their Dirty Money | The Economist
Major Donation to U.K. Conservative Party Was Flagged Over Russia Concerns
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The cash was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party to victory in 2019. Records track $630,225 to a Russian bank account.
Ehud Sheleg in London in 2018. Mr. Sheleg is suspected of channeling money to the Conservatives from a Russian bank account belonging to his father-in-law. | Tereza Červeňová
LONDON — One of the biggest donors to Britain’s Conservative Party is suspected of secretly funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to the party from a Russian account, according to a bank alert filed to Britain’s national law enforcement agency.
The donation, of $630,225, was made in February 2018 in the name of Ehud Sheleg, a wealthy London art dealer who was most recently the Conservative Party’s treasurer. The money was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his party to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election.
But documents filed with the authorities last year and reviewed by The New York Times say that the money originated in a Russian account of Mr. Sheleg’s father-in-law, Sergei Kopytov, who was once a senior politician in the previous pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine. He now owns real estate and hotel businesses in Crimea and Russia. » | Jane Bradley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
LONDON — One of the biggest donors to Britain’s Conservative Party is suspected of secretly funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to the party from a Russian account, according to a bank alert filed to Britain’s national law enforcement agency.
The donation, of $630,225, was made in February 2018 in the name of Ehud Sheleg, a wealthy London art dealer who was most recently the Conservative Party’s treasurer. The money was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his party to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election.
But documents filed with the authorities last year and reviewed by The New York Times say that the money originated in a Russian account of Mr. Sheleg’s father-in-law, Sergei Kopytov, who was once a senior politician in the previous pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine. He now owns real estate and hotel businesses in Crimea and Russia. » | Jane Bradley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Einem schwedischen Arzt droht in Iran die Hinrichtung
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Iran wirft dem Mediziner Ahmed Reza Jalali Spionage für Israel vor. Kritiker sehen in dem Todesurteil einen Vergeltungsakt gegenüber Schweden. Dort steht ein früherer iranischer Staatsanwalt wegen Mordes und Kriegsverbrechen vor Gericht.
Ahmed Reza Jalali während eines Besuchs in Barcelona im Jahr 2014. | AP
Trotz internationalen Protesten hat ein iranisches Gericht das Todesurteil gegen den schwedisch-iranischen Arzt Ahmed Reza Jalali bestätigt. «Das Urteil ist rechtskräftig. Es wird vollstreckt», sagte der Justizsprecher Zabihollah Khodaian Anfang der Woche. Gleichzeitig verkündete der Geheimdienst, er habe zwei europäische Staatsbürger festgenommen, die «Chaos, Instabilität und soziale Unordnung» hätten schüren wollen. Das französische Aussenministerium teilte am Donnerstag mit, es handele sich um Franzosen, und forderte ihre sofortige Freilassung.
Wenige Tage zuvor hatte Iran bereits einen schwedischen Touristen festgenommen, als er gerade das Land verlassen wollte. Kritiker sehen darin ein Muster der iranischen «Geiseldiplomatie». Die Iraner haben in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder Ausländer festgenommen und der Spionage oder anderer schwerer Vergehen beschuldigt. Menschenrechtsorganisationen wie Amnesty und Human Rights Watch werfen dem Regime vor, damit von den Herkunftsländern Zugeständnisse erpressen zu wollen. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
Trotz internationalen Protesten hat ein iranisches Gericht das Todesurteil gegen den schwedisch-iranischen Arzt Ahmed Reza Jalali bestätigt. «Das Urteil ist rechtskräftig. Es wird vollstreckt», sagte der Justizsprecher Zabihollah Khodaian Anfang der Woche. Gleichzeitig verkündete der Geheimdienst, er habe zwei europäische Staatsbürger festgenommen, die «Chaos, Instabilität und soziale Unordnung» hätten schüren wollen. Das französische Aussenministerium teilte am Donnerstag mit, es handele sich um Franzosen, und forderte ihre sofortige Freilassung.
Wenige Tage zuvor hatte Iran bereits einen schwedischen Touristen festgenommen, als er gerade das Land verlassen wollte. Kritiker sehen darin ein Muster der iranischen «Geiseldiplomatie». Die Iraner haben in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder Ausländer festgenommen und der Spionage oder anderer schwerer Vergehen beschuldigt. Menschenrechtsorganisationen wie Amnesty und Human Rights Watch werfen dem Regime vor, damit von den Herkunftsländern Zugeständnisse erpressen zu wollen. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
Grossbritannien steuert nach Brexit, Ukraine-Krieg und Corona auf eine Rezession zu
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die steigenden Lebenshaltungskosten sind in Grossbritannien ein grosses Thema. Die wirtschaftliche Erholung von der Corona-Pandemie hat schnell wieder an Schwung verloren.
Die Halbleiter-Knappheit sorgt dafür, dass in Grossbritannien in diesem Jahr so wenig Autos neu zugelassen werden wie 1988. Im vergangenen Jahr besuchte der britische Premier Boris Johnson die Nissan-Fabrik in Sunderland. | Jeff J Mitchell / Getty
Auf den ersten Blick hat sich das britische Wirtschaftswachstum im ersten Quartal lediglich verlangsamt. Das vom Statistikamt ONS gemeldete Plus von 0,8% wirkt respektabel. Volkswirte hatten im Schnitt zwar etwas mehr auf der Rechnung. Doch das wahre Ausmass der Entschleunigung erschliesst sich erst beim Blick auf die ebenfalls vorlegten monatlichen Daten. Sie zeigen, dass es im Januar noch zügig voranging. Bereits im Februar stagnierte das Bruttoinlandprodukt jedoch, und im März ging es bereits um 0,1% zurück.
Die Talfahrt könnte in eine Rezession münden
Die britische Wirtschaftsleistung bewegt sich zwar wieder auf dem vor der Pandemie erreichten Niveau, setzt aber schon wieder zur Talfahrt an. Noch will man bei der Bank of England das Wort «Rezession» nicht in den Mund nehmen. … » | Andreas Hippin, London | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
An den Börsen liegen die Nerven blank: An den Aktienmärkten kehrt keine Ruhe ein. Der Crash auf Raten setzt sich am Donnerstag fort. Die europäischen Börsen verlieren wieder über 2 Prozent, auch in den USA geht der Ausverkauf weiter. »
Auf den ersten Blick hat sich das britische Wirtschaftswachstum im ersten Quartal lediglich verlangsamt. Das vom Statistikamt ONS gemeldete Plus von 0,8% wirkt respektabel. Volkswirte hatten im Schnitt zwar etwas mehr auf der Rechnung. Doch das wahre Ausmass der Entschleunigung erschliesst sich erst beim Blick auf die ebenfalls vorlegten monatlichen Daten. Sie zeigen, dass es im Januar noch zügig voranging. Bereits im Februar stagnierte das Bruttoinlandprodukt jedoch, und im März ging es bereits um 0,1% zurück.
Die Talfahrt könnte in eine Rezession münden
Die britische Wirtschaftsleistung bewegt sich zwar wieder auf dem vor der Pandemie erreichten Niveau, setzt aber schon wieder zur Talfahrt an. Noch will man bei der Bank of England das Wort «Rezession» nicht in den Mund nehmen. … » | Andreas Hippin, London | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
An den Börsen liegen die Nerven blank: An den Aktienmärkten kehrt keine Ruhe ein. Der Crash auf Raten setzt sich am Donnerstag fort. Die europäischen Börsen verlieren wieder über 2 Prozent, auch in den USA geht der Ausverkauf weiter. »
Prince Charles’s Queen's Speech Deconstructed | Comment
En Inde, une vague d’islamophobie nourrie par le pouvoir
LE MONDE – PODCAST : Qu’est-ce que l’hindutva, cette idéologie suprémaciste prônée par le premier ministre indien ? Alors que les attaques contre les musulmans se multiplient dans le pays, Sophie Landrin, correspondante du « Monde » à New Delhi, décrypte la situation dans ce podcast.
Une vague d’islamophobie déferle sur l’Inde. Ces dernières semaines, de nombreuses opérations punitives contre des musulmans ont été menées par des extrémistes hindous et encouragées par des membres du BJP, le parti du premier ministre, Narendra Modi. » | Par Esther Michon | jeudi 12 mai 2022
Une vague d’islamophobie déferle sur l’Inde. Ces dernières semaines, de nombreuses opérations punitives contre des musulmans ont été menées par des extrémistes hindous et encouragées par des membres du BJP, le parti du premier ministre, Narendra Modi. » | Par Esther Michon | jeudi 12 mai 2022
Finland Must Apply to Join Nato without Delay, Say President and PM
THE GUARDIAN: Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin make call after support in country for move trebles since Ukraine war
Sauli Niinistö (right) and Sanna Marin. ‘We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly,’ they said. Photograph: Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images
Finland must apply to join Nato without delay in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, confirming a historic change in the Nordic country’s security policy after decades of military non-alignment.
Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin made the call in a joint statement, adding: “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”
Nato membership would strengthen Finland’s security, the two leaders said, and as a member of Nato: “Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance. Finland must apply for Nato membership as a matter of urgency.”
Finland shares an 810-mile (1,300km) border with Russia and has long viewed joining the US-led alliance as an unnecessary provocation of Moscow, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has led to a profound shift in its thinking. » | Jon Henley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
NATO will Finnland und Schweden schnell aufnehmen: Die Entscheidung, ob Finnland und Schweden in die NATO aufgenommen werden, soll noch vor dem Gipfel im Juni in Madrid fallen. Das Bündnis will so ein Zeichen der Entschlossenheit an Russland senden – und bereitet sich schon auf Provokationen vor. »
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Finland must apply to join Nato without delay in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, confirming a historic change in the Nordic country’s security policy after decades of military non-alignment.
Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin made the call in a joint statement, adding: “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”
Nato membership would strengthen Finland’s security, the two leaders said, and as a member of Nato: “Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance. Finland must apply for Nato membership as a matter of urgency.”
Finland shares an 810-mile (1,300km) border with Russia and has long viewed joining the US-led alliance as an unnecessary provocation of Moscow, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has led to a profound shift in its thinking. » | Jon Henley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
NATO will Finnland und Schweden schnell aufnehmen: Die Entscheidung, ob Finnland und Schweden in die NATO aufgenommen werden, soll noch vor dem Gipfel im Juni in Madrid fallen. Das Bündnis will so ein Zeichen der Entschlossenheit an Russland senden – und bereitet sich schon auf Provokationen vor. »
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North Korea Reports Its First Covid Outbreak.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a national lockdown after a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in the capital.
SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus, declaring a “maximum emergency” and ordering all cities and counties in the nation of 25 million to lock down to fight the spread.
It was an abrupt change for a secretive country that had long insisted it had no cases of the virus that first emerged in neighboring China more than two years ago. Outside experts had been skeptical, however, citing a lack of extensive Covid testing and the North’s threadbare public health system.
The danger posed by an outbreak is greater in North Korea than in most other nations because most of its people remain unvaccinated. Outside health experts have long questioned the North’s ability to fight a large-scale outbreak although its regime is capable of imposing totalitarian control on residents’ movement. » | Choe Sang-Hun | Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2022; Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2022
SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus, declaring a “maximum emergency” and ordering all cities and counties in the nation of 25 million to lock down to fight the spread.
It was an abrupt change for a secretive country that had long insisted it had no cases of the virus that first emerged in neighboring China more than two years ago. Outside experts had been skeptical, however, citing a lack of extensive Covid testing and the North’s threadbare public health system.
The danger posed by an outbreak is greater in North Korea than in most other nations because most of its people remain unvaccinated. Outside health experts have long questioned the North’s ability to fight a large-scale outbreak although its regime is capable of imposing totalitarian control on residents’ movement. » | Choe Sang-Hun | Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2022; Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Sri Lanka Unrest: Security Forces Ordered to Shoot on Sight
Finnish President Tells Russia 'You Caused This' as He Signs Security Pact with UK
A Wall Street, une sévère correction qui rappelle l’éclatement de la bulle Internet
LE MONDE : Du fait de la guerre en Ukraine, de l’inflation et de la hausse des taux, les indices plongent depuis janvier aux Etats-Unis. Les sociétés qui avaient profité des confinements s’effondrent.
Il est possible qu’un chiffre de l’inflation meilleur que prévu en avril donne un peu de répit aux marchés, mais la tendance demeure : Wall Street connaît une sévère correction, qui n’est pas sans rappeler l’éclatement de la bulle Internet, en l’an 2000. Le Nasdaq, l’indice riche en sociétés technologiques, a perdu 25 % depuis le début de 2022, tandis que le S&P 500 a reculé de 16 %. Cet indice a enregistré son plus mauvais départ annuel depuis… 1932. Les tradeurs tentent de se rassurer, notant que, dans de tels cas, la Bourse rebondit. Le pari n’est pas certain, Wall Street ayant, par exemple, poursuivi sa dégringolade en 1974 (– 30 % sur l’année), après le premier choc pétrolier, quand la planète découvrait la stagflation. » | Par Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, correspondant) | mercredi 11 mai 2022
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Bitcoin im Abwärtstrend: Der Wert des Bitcoins hat sich seit November mehr als halbiert. Schon länger scheint das Interesse an Kryptoanlagen zu erlahmen. Nun belastet der Zusammenbruch des Stablecoins Terra. »
Blast from the past as currency speculators circle weakened pound: Analysis: Experts warn that sharp losses for sterling could drive up cost of imports and invite attacks on the currency »
Il est possible qu’un chiffre de l’inflation meilleur que prévu en avril donne un peu de répit aux marchés, mais la tendance demeure : Wall Street connaît une sévère correction, qui n’est pas sans rappeler l’éclatement de la bulle Internet, en l’an 2000. Le Nasdaq, l’indice riche en sociétés technologiques, a perdu 25 % depuis le début de 2022, tandis que le S&P 500 a reculé de 16 %. Cet indice a enregistré son plus mauvais départ annuel depuis… 1932. Les tradeurs tentent de se rassurer, notant que, dans de tels cas, la Bourse rebondit. Le pari n’est pas certain, Wall Street ayant, par exemple, poursuivi sa dégringolade en 1974 (– 30 % sur l’année), après le premier choc pétrolier, quand la planète découvrait la stagflation. » | Par Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, correspondant) | mercredi 11 mai 2022
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Bitcoin im Abwärtstrend: Der Wert des Bitcoins hat sich seit November mehr als halbiert. Schon länger scheint das Interesse an Kryptoanlagen zu erlahmen. Nun belastet der Zusammenbruch des Stablecoins Terra. »
Blast from the past as currency speculators circle weakened pound: Analysis: Experts warn that sharp losses for sterling could drive up cost of imports and invite attacks on the currency »
The Côte d’Azur : Love, Luxury, Passion
May 11, 2022 • The Côte d'Azur stands for glamour and luxury, for film festivals and stars, for yachts and villas. The most famous personalities of the last century met here. The Côte owes its unique mythos to their loves and passions.
The Côte d'Azur boasts a breathtakingly gorgeous landscape. But its mythos is more than the sum of it beautiful parts. The whole world associates the narrow coastal strip on the French Mediterranean coast with sun, stars and scandals.
In Saint Tropez, a former fishing town, a new and newly sensual art of living was popularized thanks to the young Brigitte Bardot. On the eastern part of the coast, Oscar winner Grace Kelly conquered the principality of Monaco with her marriage to Prince Rainier. The matchmaker? The Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis, who wanted to burnish the dwarf state’s image.
One of the most glamorous film festivals in the world was established in Cannes. After that, it seemed everyone came to the Côte. At the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, the paths of the famous crossed again and again. For 150 years the hotel has been home to artists, queens and kings, divas and stars. Since 1969, the hotel has been owned by the German industrialist family Oetker. Maja Oetker describes her personal memories of the past 50 years.
To this day, the Côte d'Azur has lost none of its appeal. It is more than just a place: it is an entire mythos.
The Côte d'Azur boasts a breathtakingly gorgeous landscape. But its mythos is more than the sum of it beautiful parts. The whole world associates the narrow coastal strip on the French Mediterranean coast with sun, stars and scandals.
In Saint Tropez, a former fishing town, a new and newly sensual art of living was popularized thanks to the young Brigitte Bardot. On the eastern part of the coast, Oscar winner Grace Kelly conquered the principality of Monaco with her marriage to Prince Rainier. The matchmaker? The Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis, who wanted to burnish the dwarf state’s image.
One of the most glamorous film festivals in the world was established in Cannes. After that, it seemed everyone came to the Côte. At the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, the paths of the famous crossed again and again. For 150 years the hotel has been home to artists, queens and kings, divas and stars. Since 1969, the hotel has been owned by the German industrialist family Oetker. Maja Oetker describes her personal memories of the past 50 years.
To this day, the Côte d'Azur has lost none of its appeal. It is more than just a place: it is an entire mythos.
EuroMillions: Claim Received for Record £184m UK Win, Says Camelot
THE GUARDIAN: Lucky ticket-holder matches all seven numbers to become Britain’s biggest National Lottery winner
The winning numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9.Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
A claim has been received for the record-breaking £184m EuroMillions jackpot prize won by a single UK ticket-holder on Tuesday, Camelot has said.
The lucky ticket-holder matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10, instantly making them the UK’s biggest National Lottery winner. The record was previously held by an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £170m in October 2019.
The winning EuroMillions numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9. » | PA Media | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
A claim has been received for the record-breaking £184m EuroMillions jackpot prize won by a single UK ticket-holder on Tuesday, Camelot has said.
The lucky ticket-holder matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10, instantly making them the UK’s biggest National Lottery winner. The record was previously held by an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £170m in October 2019.
The winning EuroMillions numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9. » | PA Media | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Lord Browne: Coming Out of the Glass Closet
Die Zukunft des Rauchens – wie schädlich sind E Zigaretten wirklich? | Einstein | SRF Wissen
I smoked my last cigarette on April 10th. I had been a smoker for many years. I used to enjoy smoking a lot. I can honestly say that I smoked out of pleasure, not out of addiction. (Only the few believe me when I say that; but it happens to be true.) I smoked exactly twenty cigarettes a day for most of my adult life.
Truthfully, I don't miss smoking at all. I have given up because I wanted to do so and because it has become a very expensive habit. I therefore started asking myself if I was really getting enough pleasure from the cigarettes I smoked by comparison with the amount of money I was spending on them. Clearly, I wasn't.
Furthermore, smoking today has become such a hassle: one cannot smoke anywhere indoors in public. Not even in friends' homes. The only place left to smoke is in one's own home. I have never smoked in the street. It wasn't the "done thing" when I was growing up, so I never got used to doing that. (It sounds a little old-fashioned, I know; but that's how it was back in the day.)
The biggest problem for me of not smoking is weight gain. That happens not so much because one eats that much more, though that can happen because smoking is an appetite suppressant, but it also happens because smoking increases one's metabolism. So after giving up the habit, the metabolism slows down.
E-cigarettes have never appealed to me. In any case, I have no intention, or desire, to rid myself of one habit only to replace it with another. Further, I don't trust e-cigarettes. Scientists can say all manner of things about them being safer, but the fact of the matter is clear to me: Nobody knows the long-term cpnequences of vaping. And for one simple reason: We haven't got long-term data on the habit.
I hope my new-found smoke-free existence lasts. – © Mark
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Le Sri Lanka plonge dans le chaos
LE MONDE : Au terme d’une journée d’affrontements très violents dans l’île de l’océan Indien, le premier ministre, Mahinda Rajapaksa, a présenté sa démission.
Des manifestants anti-gouvernementaux ont mis le feu à la maison du ministre Sanath Nishantha, membre du cabinet du Premier ministre Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sril Lanka le 9 mai. Reuters STRINGER / REUTERS
Après deux mois de manifestations ininterrompues, et au terme d’une journée totalement chaotique, le premier ministre sri lankais, Mahinda Rajapaksa, a démissionné, lundi 9 mai. Son gouvernement a été dissous.
Les partisans du pouvoir avaient organisé à Colombo, la capitale historique, une action punitive contre les opposants au régime, qui réclament le départ des frères Rajapaksa – le président Gotabaya et le premier ministre Mahinda –, jugés responsables d’une crise économique et financière d’une ampleur inédite. Pour tenter de reprendre la main, le président Rajapaksa avait décrété, le 7 mai, l’état d’urgence, pour la deuxième fois en cinq semaines, et déployé des militaires en renfort de la police. » | Par Sophie Landrin (New Delhi, correspondante) | mardi 10 mai 2022
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The rise and fall of a political dynasty that brought Sri Lanka to its knees: At the height of their power, four brothers from Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty held the presidency and the prime minister’s office as well as the finance, interior and defence portfolios, among others. But just when the Rajapaksa clan seemed invincible, an economic crisis of their own making led to their undoing. But does that spell the end of South Asia’s most powerful political family? »
Après deux mois de manifestations ininterrompues, et au terme d’une journée totalement chaotique, le premier ministre sri lankais, Mahinda Rajapaksa, a démissionné, lundi 9 mai. Son gouvernement a été dissous.
Les partisans du pouvoir avaient organisé à Colombo, la capitale historique, une action punitive contre les opposants au régime, qui réclament le départ des frères Rajapaksa – le président Gotabaya et le premier ministre Mahinda –, jugés responsables d’une crise économique et financière d’une ampleur inédite. Pour tenter de reprendre la main, le président Rajapaksa avait décrété, le 7 mai, l’état d’urgence, pour la deuxième fois en cinq semaines, et déployé des militaires en renfort de la police. » | Par Sophie Landrin (New Delhi, correspondante) | mardi 10 mai 2022
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The rise and fall of a political dynasty that brought Sri Lanka to its knees: At the height of their power, four brothers from Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty held the presidency and the prime minister’s office as well as the finance, interior and defence portfolios, among others. But just when the Rajapaksa clan seemed invincible, an economic crisis of their own making led to their undoing. But does that spell the end of South Asia’s most powerful political family? »
Donald Trump: Der frühere Präsident soll wieder twittern dürfen, sagt Elon Musk
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Trotz seiner Niederlage im Kampf um eine zweite Amtszeit ist Donald Trumps Einfluss auf die amerikanische Politik immer noch enorm. Wie gross ist seine Chance auf ein Comeback? Und welche Gefahr droht ihm durch die Ermittlungen der Justiz? Ein Überblick.
Donald Trump, damals in seinen letzten Wochen als amerikanischer Präsident, am Ende seiner Rede am 6. Januar 2021. Kurz darauf stürmten seine Anhänger das Capitol. | Jim Bourg / Reuters
Elon Musk will Trump wieder auf Twitter zulassen: Bei einer Podiumsdiskussion der «Financial Times» sagte Elon Musk am Dienstag (10.5.), dass die Entscheidung, das Twitter-Konto des früheren Präsidenten zu sperren, «moralisch falsch und schlichtweg dumm» gewesen sei. «Ich würde die Sperrung aufheben - aber mir gehört Twitter noch nicht», sagte Musk. Er begründete die Sicht damit, dass Trumps Sperrung grosse Teile der Bevölkerung vor den Kopf gestossen habe. Die Kontosperrung würde Trumps Stimme nicht verstummen lassen, sondern «sie unter der politischen Rechten sogar noch verstärken». Die neusten Entwicklungen » | Meret Baumann, Andreas Rüesch, Marie-Astrid Langer, San Francisco | Samstag, 7. Mai 2022
Musk plant Trumps Twitter-Verbannung aufzuheben: Dass Trump von der Plattform ausgeschlossen wurde, sei für Musk „moralisch falsch und schlicht dumm“ gewesen. Sollte der Milliardär die Plattform übernehmen, steht dem Ex-Präsidenten die Tür offen. »
Elon Musk pledges to overturn Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump: Tesla boss says decision in January last year was ‘morally bad and foolish in the extreme’ »
Elon Musk will Trump wieder auf Twitter zulassen: Bei einer Podiumsdiskussion der «Financial Times» sagte Elon Musk am Dienstag (10.5.), dass die Entscheidung, das Twitter-Konto des früheren Präsidenten zu sperren, «moralisch falsch und schlichtweg dumm» gewesen sei. «Ich würde die Sperrung aufheben - aber mir gehört Twitter noch nicht», sagte Musk. Er begründete die Sicht damit, dass Trumps Sperrung grosse Teile der Bevölkerung vor den Kopf gestossen habe. Die Kontosperrung würde Trumps Stimme nicht verstummen lassen, sondern «sie unter der politischen Rechten sogar noch verstärken». Die neusten Entwicklungen » | Meret Baumann, Andreas Rüesch, Marie-Astrid Langer, San Francisco | Samstag, 7. Mai 2022
Musk plant Trumps Twitter-Verbannung aufzuheben: Dass Trump von der Plattform ausgeschlossen wurde, sei für Musk „moralisch falsch und schlicht dumm“ gewesen. Sollte der Milliardär die Plattform übernehmen, steht dem Ex-Präsidenten die Tür offen. »
Elon Musk pledges to overturn Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump: Tesla boss says decision in January last year was ‘morally bad and foolish in the extreme’ »
Russia Tells Citizens West Will ‘Open Concentration Camps’ If War Is Lost
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Criminalising Our Right to Protest’: Green Groups’ Anger over Public Order Bill
THE GUARDIAN: Measures in Queen’s speech would have outlawed protests that won votes for women and legalisation of unions, say critics
Environmental campaign groups have hit out at the “draconian” protest crackdown bill announced in the Queen’s speech.
The new law appears to be targeted at groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain who have used disruptive methods to draw attention to the climate crisis.
Announcing the bill, Priti Patel said: “As the Queen’s speech outlined, the public order bill backs the police to prevent antisocial protests from disrupting people’s lives.” The home secretary hailed the “new criminal offences for ‘locking on’ and interfering with national infrastructure, and serious disruption prevention orders for reoffenders”.
The new criminalisation of “locking on” is aimed at protesters who handcuff or glue themselves to infrastructure, a favourite tactic of green protest groups. Insulate Britain demonstrators made headlines last year after glueing themselves to major roads, and Extinction Rebellion members have previously handcuffed and glued themselves to trains, causing disruption.
People who go equipped to lock themselves or others to buildings, roads or printing presses will also be committing an offence under the new bill. Extinction Rebellion members have previously targeted printing presses, delaying deliveries of national newspapers including the Telegraph, the Times and the Sun. » | Helena Horton, Environment reporter | Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Inane and Orwellian: a Queen’s speech to improve the life of Boris Johnson: Prince Charles cut a pathetic figure, selling a flimsy, sinister package designed to protect the prime minister, not to address Britain’s problems »
In full: Prince Charles delivers Queen’s Speech for the first time »
Video: Keir Starmer responds to meagre Queen's Speech »
Queen’s Speech ohne Queen: Erstmals lässt Elizabeth II. das Programm der Regierung in London von Thronfolger Charles vortragen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Preissteigerungen im Königreich. »
Der Premierminister muss jetzt liefern: Boris Johnson wollte etwas für die „kleinen Leute“ tun. Viel hat er noch nicht geschafft – was auch an der Pandemie lag. Aber zur Halbzeit der Legislaturperiode muss der Premierminister allmählich liefern. »
GUARDIAN EDITORIAL:
The Guardian view on the Queen’s speech: Boris Johnson fails to deliver for voters: The prime minister’s programme seeks fights to mobilise his base instead of tackling the cost of living crisis »
Environmental campaign groups have hit out at the “draconian” protest crackdown bill announced in the Queen’s speech.
The new law appears to be targeted at groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain who have used disruptive methods to draw attention to the climate crisis.
Announcing the bill, Priti Patel said: “As the Queen’s speech outlined, the public order bill backs the police to prevent antisocial protests from disrupting people’s lives.” The home secretary hailed the “new criminal offences for ‘locking on’ and interfering with national infrastructure, and serious disruption prevention orders for reoffenders”.
The new criminalisation of “locking on” is aimed at protesters who handcuff or glue themselves to infrastructure, a favourite tactic of green protest groups. Insulate Britain demonstrators made headlines last year after glueing themselves to major roads, and Extinction Rebellion members have previously handcuffed and glued themselves to trains, causing disruption.
People who go equipped to lock themselves or others to buildings, roads or printing presses will also be committing an offence under the new bill. Extinction Rebellion members have previously targeted printing presses, delaying deliveries of national newspapers including the Telegraph, the Times and the Sun. » | Helena Horton, Environment reporter | Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Inane and Orwellian: a Queen’s speech to improve the life of Boris Johnson: Prince Charles cut a pathetic figure, selling a flimsy, sinister package designed to protect the prime minister, not to address Britain’s problems »
In full: Prince Charles delivers Queen’s Speech for the first time »
Video: Keir Starmer responds to meagre Queen's Speech »
Queen’s Speech ohne Queen: Erstmals lässt Elizabeth II. das Programm der Regierung in London von Thronfolger Charles vortragen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Preissteigerungen im Königreich. »
Der Premierminister muss jetzt liefern: Boris Johnson wollte etwas für die „kleinen Leute“ tun. Viel hat er noch nicht geschafft – was auch an der Pandemie lag. Aber zur Halbzeit der Legislaturperiode muss der Premierminister allmählich liefern. »
GUARDIAN EDITORIAL:
The Guardian view on the Queen’s speech: Boris Johnson fails to deliver for voters: The prime minister’s programme seeks fights to mobilise his base instead of tackling the cost of living crisis »
Cérémonies du 9-Mai : Vladimir Poutine, un chef de plus en plus isolé sur la scène internationale
LE MONDE : Pour les cérémonies du 9-Mai, le président russe a consacré la majeure partie de son discours à justifier, une nouvelle fois, l’offensive en Ukraine, pays dont il n’a pas une seule fois prononcé le nom.
Le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, lors du défilé militaire du Jour de la victoire, sur la place Rouge, dans le centre de Moscou, le 9 mai 2022. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Lundi 9 mai, pour la première fois de son long règne, Vladimir Poutine était seul dans la tribune présidentielle placée sur la place Rouge, entouré uniquement de ses généraux et de vétérans, pour donner le coup d’envoi des célébrations du 9-Mai marquant le 77e anniversaire de la victoire soviétique dans la seconde guerre mondiale. « La Russie n’a que deux alliés, sa flotte et son armée », dit l’adage attribué à l’empereur Alexandre III.
Le Kremlin avait indiqué qu’aucun chef d’Etat étranger n’avait été invité, disant voir dans cette première un non-événement. Mais l’enjeu était bien d’éviter une rebuffade plus insultante encore que lors de l’édition 2015, quand les refus s’étaient accumulés, un an après l’annexion de la Crimée et en pleine guerre du Donbass. » | Par Benoît Vitkine (Moscou, correspondant) | lundi 9 mai 2022
GUARDIAN EDITORIAL:
The Guardian view on Putin’s Victory Day speech: justifying the unjustifiable: As Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine stutters and stalls, the Russian president looked to shore up the home front »
Lundi 9 mai, pour la première fois de son long règne, Vladimir Poutine était seul dans la tribune présidentielle placée sur la place Rouge, entouré uniquement de ses généraux et de vétérans, pour donner le coup d’envoi des célébrations du 9-Mai marquant le 77e anniversaire de la victoire soviétique dans la seconde guerre mondiale. « La Russie n’a que deux alliés, sa flotte et son armée », dit l’adage attribué à l’empereur Alexandre III.
Le Kremlin avait indiqué qu’aucun chef d’Etat étranger n’avait été invité, disant voir dans cette première un non-événement. Mais l’enjeu était bien d’éviter une rebuffade plus insultante encore que lors de l’édition 2015, quand les refus s’étaient accumulés, un an après l’annexion de la Crimée et en pleine guerre du Donbass. » | Par Benoît Vitkine (Moscou, correspondant) | lundi 9 mai 2022
GUARDIAN EDITORIAL:
The Guardian view on Putin’s Victory Day speech: justifying the unjustifiable: As Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine stutters and stalls, the Russian president looked to shore up the home front »
Ukraine Bid to Join EU Will Take Decades Says Macron
BBC: It will take decades for Ukraine to be accepted into the European Union, France's Emmanuel Macron has said.
In a speech to the EU's parliament in Strasbourg, he instead suggested Ukraine could join a "parallel European community" while it awaited a decision.
This would allow non-EU members to join Europe's security architecture in other ways, said President Macron.
His words came as fierce fighting continued in the eastern Donbas region, where Russia is trying to make gains. » | BBC | Tuesday, May 10, 2022
In a speech to the EU's parliament in Strasbourg, he instead suggested Ukraine could join a "parallel European community" while it awaited a decision.
This would allow non-EU members to join Europe's security architecture in other ways, said President Macron.
His words came as fierce fighting continued in the eastern Donbas region, where Russia is trying to make gains. » | BBC | Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Monday, May 09, 2022
Der unwahrscheinliche Propagandist – Russlands früherer Präsident Dmitri Medwedew ist vom liberalen Hoffnungsträger zum Kriegstreiber geworden
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Dmitri Medwedew steckt auf dem Abstellgleis der russischen Politik fest. Jetzt nutzt er den Krieg in der Ukraine, um wieder aus der Deckung zu treten und sein Profil zu schärfen. Sein Verhalten steht auch für den dramatischen Wandel in Russland.
Ganz oben, aber doch nie ganz an der Macht: Dmitri Medwedew war Präsident und Ministerpräsident Russlands – und immer im Dienste Wladimir Putins. | Getty
Besondere Zeiten schaffen zuweilen unerwartete Karrieren. Dmitri Medwedew, von 2008 bis 2012 Russlands Präsident und anschliessend bis 2020 Ministerpräsident, schien auf dem extra für ihn geschaffenen Posten des stellvertretenden Vorsitzenden des Sicherheitsrates in Vergessenheit zu geraten. Plötzlich macht der langjährige Weggefährte Wladimir Putins jedoch fast täglich mit Ergüssen in seinem Telegram-Kanal auf sich aufmerksam. Staatliche Medien nehmen seine Kommentare zum Geschehen auf. Er ist zu einer der lautesten Stimmen der «Partei des Krieges» in Russland geworden – jener Adepten Putins, die in ihrer Wortwahl oft noch weitergehen als der Präsident.
Drastische Vorschläge und Pöbeleien
Bereits wenige Tage nach Russlands Einmarsch in der Ukraine am 24. Februar denkt Medwedew laut über die Vorzüge nach, die ein Austritt aus dem Europarat für Russland hätte. Unter anderem erwähnt er die Möglichkeit, die Todesstrafe wieder einzuführen. Er greift die Versatzstücke der antiukrainischen Propaganda auf, etwa die angeblichen, gegen Russland gerichteten biologischen Laboratorien der USA im Nachbarland. Die Sanktionen des Westens vergleicht er mit der Inquisition und betont immer wieder, wie sehr sich der Westen damit selbst schade. » | Markus Ackeret, Moskau | Samstag, 7. Mai 2022
Besondere Zeiten schaffen zuweilen unerwartete Karrieren. Dmitri Medwedew, von 2008 bis 2012 Russlands Präsident und anschliessend bis 2020 Ministerpräsident, schien auf dem extra für ihn geschaffenen Posten des stellvertretenden Vorsitzenden des Sicherheitsrates in Vergessenheit zu geraten. Plötzlich macht der langjährige Weggefährte Wladimir Putins jedoch fast täglich mit Ergüssen in seinem Telegram-Kanal auf sich aufmerksam. Staatliche Medien nehmen seine Kommentare zum Geschehen auf. Er ist zu einer der lautesten Stimmen der «Partei des Krieges» in Russland geworden – jener Adepten Putins, die in ihrer Wortwahl oft noch weitergehen als der Präsident.
Drastische Vorschläge und Pöbeleien
Bereits wenige Tage nach Russlands Einmarsch in der Ukraine am 24. Februar denkt Medwedew laut über die Vorzüge nach, die ein Austritt aus dem Europarat für Russland hätte. Unter anderem erwähnt er die Möglichkeit, die Todesstrafe wieder einzuführen. Er greift die Versatzstücke der antiukrainischen Propaganda auf, etwa die angeblichen, gegen Russland gerichteten biologischen Laboratorien der USA im Nachbarland. Die Sanktionen des Westens vergleicht er mit der Inquisition und betont immer wieder, wie sehr sich der Westen damit selbst schade. » | Markus Ackeret, Moskau | Samstag, 7. Mai 2022
Queen Hands over to Charles for State Opening of Parliament
BBC: The Queen has pulled out of this year's State Opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's speech, Buckingham Palace has announced.
This will be the first time since 1963 that the Queen will have missed this constitutional ceremony, which sets out the government's legislative plans.
Prince Charles will deliver the speech on Tuesday for the Queen.
The 96-year-old monarch has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.
Until Monday evening Buckingham Palace had been saying the Queen hoped to attend, but has now confirmed she will not go the ceremony in Westminster, because of "episodic mobility problems". » | Sean Coughlan, Royal correspondent | Monday, May 8, 2022
Royaume-Uni : la reine absente pour le discours du trône et remplacée par le prince Charles : En raison de «problèmes de mobilité», le palais de Buckingham a annoncé que la monarque avait décidé «à contrecœur» de ne pas se rendre devant le Parlement britannique. »
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François Fillon condamné en appel à quatre ans de prison, dont un ferme dans l’affaire des emplois fictifs
LE MONDE : L’ex-premier ministre a également été condamné à 375 000 euros d’amende et dix ans d’inéligibilité par la cour d’appel de Paris. Son épouse, Penelope, est condamnée à deux ans de prison avec sursis et 375 000 euros d’amende.
L’ancien premier ministre François Fillon et son épouse, Penelope, au Palais de justice de Paris, le 27 février 2020. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
La justice s’est prononcée une seconde fois dans le dossier qui avait plombé la campagne pour l’Elysée du candidat de la droite en 2017. La cour d’appel de Paris a condamné, lundi 9 mai, l’ancien premier ministre François Fillon à quatre ans de prison, dont un ferme, et son épouse, Penelope, à deux ans de prison avec sursis et 375 000 euros d’amende, dans l’affaire des soupçons d’emplois fictifs.
François Fillon, 68 ans, et Penelope Fillon, 66 ans, qui contestent depuis l’origine tout emploi fictif, n’étaient pas présents au prononcé de la décision, pas plus que l’ancien suppléant du premier au poste de député dans la Sarthe, Marc Joulaud, 54 ans. Ils ont tous trois annoncé leur intention de se pourvoir en cassation, afin d’étudier « l’atteinte à la séparation des pouvoirs, la conduite inéquitable de cette procédure ou encore l’acquisition de la prescription », selon leurs avocats. » | Le Monde avec AFP | lundi 9 mai 2022
Gericht bestätigt Haftstrafe für François Fillon: Ein Pariser Berufungsgericht hat das Urteil gegen Fillon im Grundsatz bestätigt, der seine Ehefrau zum Schein beschäftigt hatte. Allerdings haben die Richter das Strafmaß herabgesetzt – ins Gefängnis muss der frühere Premier vermutlich nicht. »
La justice s’est prononcée une seconde fois dans le dossier qui avait plombé la campagne pour l’Elysée du candidat de la droite en 2017. La cour d’appel de Paris a condamné, lundi 9 mai, l’ancien premier ministre François Fillon à quatre ans de prison, dont un ferme, et son épouse, Penelope, à deux ans de prison avec sursis et 375 000 euros d’amende, dans l’affaire des soupçons d’emplois fictifs.
François Fillon, 68 ans, et Penelope Fillon, 66 ans, qui contestent depuis l’origine tout emploi fictif, n’étaient pas présents au prononcé de la décision, pas plus que l’ancien suppléant du premier au poste de député dans la Sarthe, Marc Joulaud, 54 ans. Ils ont tous trois annoncé leur intention de se pourvoir en cassation, afin d’étudier « l’atteinte à la séparation des pouvoirs, la conduite inéquitable de cette procédure ou encore l’acquisition de la prescription », selon leurs avocats. » | Le Monde avec AFP | lundi 9 mai 2022
Gericht bestätigt Haftstrafe für François Fillon: Ein Pariser Berufungsgericht hat das Urteil gegen Fillon im Grundsatz bestätigt, der seine Ehefrau zum Schein beschäftigt hatte. Allerdings haben die Richter das Strafmaß herabgesetzt – ins Gefängnis muss der frühere Premier vermutlich nicht. »
Russian Ambassador to Poland Pelted with Red Paint at VE Day Gathering
THE GUARDIAN: Police escort Sergey Andreev away after protesters prevent him laying wreath at Soviet cemetery in Warsaw
Russia’s ambassador to Poland has been pelted with red paint thrown at him by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw on the anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Video footage released by Russian news agencies showed Sergey Andreev and several other men with paint on their clothes and faces surrounded by a crowd, some holding Ukrainian flags. In other videos of the incident circulating online, anti-war activists can be heard chanting “fascists” and “murderers”.
Andreev told the Russian news agency Tass that he and his team had not been seriously hurt in the incident. The protesters prevented the ambassador from laying flowers at the cemetery and Polish police escorted him away.
Russia’s foreign ministry responded to the incident by demanding Warsaw organise a new wreath-laying ceremony immediately and saying Poland should “ensure complete protection against any provocations”. » | Pjotr Sauer | Monday, May 9, 2022
Russia’s ambassador to Poland has been pelted with red paint thrown at him by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw on the anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Video footage released by Russian news agencies showed Sergey Andreev and several other men with paint on their clothes and faces surrounded by a crowd, some holding Ukrainian flags. In other videos of the incident circulating online, anti-war activists can be heard chanting “fascists” and “murderers”.
Andreev told the Russian news agency Tass that he and his team had not been seriously hurt in the incident. The protesters prevented the ambassador from laying flowers at the cemetery and Polish police escorted him away.
Russia’s foreign ministry responded to the incident by demanding Warsaw organise a new wreath-laying ceremony immediately and saying Poland should “ensure complete protection against any provocations”. » | Pjotr Sauer | Monday, May 9, 2022
Putin Ties Ukraine Invasion to Second World War in Victory Day Speech
THE GUARDIAN: Soldiers ‘fighting for same thing their fathers and grandfathers did’, says president as he seeks to justify war
Vladimir Putin (centre) watches the Victory Day military parade in Moscow’s Red Square on Monday. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin has told Russian soldiers they are “fighting for the same thing their fathers and grandfathers did” as he used his Victory Day speech to tie the war in Ukraine to the memory of the second world war and justify his invasion.
Prior to the speech, foreign officials had said Putin could use it to launch a full mobilisation of Russian troops or formally declare war in Ukraine, but there were no large policy announcements.
Instead he suggested Russia was “forced” into the war by Nato and pledged to provide aid for the families of soldiers who had died in what the Kremlin is calling a “special operation”. » | Andrew Roth, Moscow correspondent | Monday, May 9, 2022
Vladimir Putin has told Russian soldiers they are “fighting for the same thing their fathers and grandfathers did” as he used his Victory Day speech to tie the war in Ukraine to the memory of the second world war and justify his invasion.
Prior to the speech, foreign officials had said Putin could use it to launch a full mobilisation of Russian troops or formally declare war in Ukraine, but there were no large policy announcements.
Instead he suggested Russia was “forced” into the war by Nato and pledged to provide aid for the families of soldiers who had died in what the Kremlin is calling a “special operation”. » | Andrew Roth, Moscow correspondent | Monday, May 9, 2022
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If Roe Falls, Is Same-Sex Marriage Next?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The leaked draft opinion that would eliminate the constitutional right to abortion sent mixed signals about what other precedents might be at risk.
Celebrations outside the Supreme Court in 2015 after it ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. Supporters of gay rights worry the final opinion in the Mississippi case could imperil hard-won victories, like same-sex marriage. | Doug Mills/The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court heard arguments in December over the fate of the constitutional right to abortion, it was already clear that other rights, notably including same-sex marriage, could be at risk if the court overruled Roe v. Wade.
The logic of that legal earthquake, Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicted, would produce a jurisprudential tsunami that could sweep away other precedents, too.
The justices’ questions on the broader consequences of a decision eliminating the right to abortion were probing but abstract and conditional.The disclosure last Monday of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion, has made those questions urgent and concrete.
The opinion, by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., provided conflicting signals about its sweep and consequences. On the one hand, he asserted, in a sort of disclaimer that struck a defensive tone, that other rights would remain secure.
“To ensure that our decision is not misunderstood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” he wrote. “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”
On the other hand, the logic of the opinion left plenty of room for debate. » | Adam Liptak | Sunday, May 8, 2022
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court heard arguments in December over the fate of the constitutional right to abortion, it was already clear that other rights, notably including same-sex marriage, could be at risk if the court overruled Roe v. Wade.
The logic of that legal earthquake, Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicted, would produce a jurisprudential tsunami that could sweep away other precedents, too.
The justices’ questions on the broader consequences of a decision eliminating the right to abortion were probing but abstract and conditional.The disclosure last Monday of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion, has made those questions urgent and concrete.
The opinion, by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., provided conflicting signals about its sweep and consequences. On the one hand, he asserted, in a sort of disclaimer that struck a defensive tone, that other rights would remain secure.
“To ensure that our decision is not misunderstood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” he wrote. “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”
On the other hand, the logic of the opinion left plenty of room for debate. » | Adam Liptak | Sunday, May 8, 2022
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Après plus de deux mois de silence, l’Iran se dit contre la guerre en Ukraine
LE MONDE – LIVE EN COURS : Le pays n’avait, jusqu’ici, pas condamné l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine, le 24 février. L’Iran a, finalement, déclaré être contre la guerre en Ukraine, souhaitant une solution politique au conflit.
Des propos tenus par le chef de la diplomatie, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, lors d’une conférence de presse commune à Téhéran avec son homologue polonais Zbigniew Rau. M. Rau a entamé, samedi soir, une visite à l’invitation de la partie iranienne, la première depuis 2014. Son pays apporte une aide militaire à l’Ukraine.
« Nous sommes contre la guerre en Ukraine, tout comme nous sommes contre la guerre au Yémen, en Afghanistan, en Syrie, en Irak ou dans n’importe quelle partie du monde », a déclaré le ministre iranien lors de la conférence de presse commune. » | dimanche 8 mai 2022
Des propos tenus par le chef de la diplomatie, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, lors d’une conférence de presse commune à Téhéran avec son homologue polonais Zbigniew Rau. M. Rau a entamé, samedi soir, une visite à l’invitation de la partie iranienne, la première depuis 2014. Son pays apporte une aide militaire à l’Ukraine.
« Nous sommes contre la guerre en Ukraine, tout comme nous sommes contre la guerre au Yémen, en Afghanistan, en Syrie, en Irak ou dans n’importe quelle partie du monde », a déclaré le ministre iranien lors de la conférence de presse commune. » | dimanche 8 mai 2022
Wer nicht mitfeiert, wird zum Feind erklärt
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Am 9. Mai gedenkt Russland des Sieges über die Nazis. Der symbolträchtige Tag wird in diesem Jahr mit besonderer Spannung erwartet. Geschieht etwas Besonderes?
In seiner Rede am Morgen des Überfalls auf die Ukraine hat der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin eine direkte Verbindung zwischen Geschichte und Gegenwart hergestellt. Indem er die „militärische Spezialoperation“ eine „Entnazifizierung“ der Ukraine nannte, stellte er den Krieg als Fortsetzung des Kampfes gegen Nazideutschland dar. Putin begründete den Angriff mit Lehren aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: In den Jahren 1940 und 1941 habe die Sowjetunion auf alle mögliche Weise versucht, den Kriegsbeginn zu verhindern oder wenigstens hinauszuzögern. Aber der Versuch, „den Aggressor am Vorabend des Großen Vaterländischen Kriegs zu besänftigen“, habe sich als Fehler herausgestellt, für den das russische Volk einen schrecklichen Preis bezahlt habe. „Ein zweites Mal lassen wir einen solchen Fehler nicht zu, wir haben nicht das Recht dazu.“
Die russische Propaganda hat dieses Motiv auf vielfältige Weise aufgegriffen. Die von russischen Truppen kontrollierten Gebiete im Süden und Osten der Ukraine werden als „vom Nazismus befreit“ bezeichnet. Vor öffentlichen Gebäuden wurde dort in den vergangenen Tagen oft nicht die weiß-blau-rote Flagge Russlands hochgezogen, sondern das „Banner des Sieges“ – Kopien der roten Fahne mit Hammer und Sichel, die sowjetische Soldaten am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Mai 1945 auf dem Reichstag in Berlin gehisst haben. » | Von Reinhard Veser, Redakteur in der Politik | Sonntag, 8. Mai 2022
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Rede an die Nation: Kanzler Olaf Scholz – "Putin wird Krieg nicht gewinnen – Ukraine wird bestehen"
British Scientist Says US Anti-abortion Lawyers Misused His Work to Attack Roe v Wade
THE OBSERVER: Giandomenico Iannetti, a pain expert at UCL, angrily denies that his research suggests foetuses can feel pain before 24 weeks
Giandomenico Iannetti, a professor of neuroscience, says his work was used in ‘a very clever way to prove a point’. Photograph: Giulio Origlia/Getty Images
A University College London scientist has accused lawyers in the US of misusing his groundbreaking work on the brain to justify the dismantling of Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that legalised abortion nationally in America.
Giandomenico Iannetti said his research, which used imaging to understand the adult brain’s response to pain, had been wrongly interpreted to make an anti-abortion argument.
Last week an unprecedented leak of a draft legal opinion showed a majority of supreme court judges support overturning Roe v Wade and ending federal protections for abortions, in a move that could result in 26 states banning it. The court is considering a case, Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation, which challenges Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks gestation.
Anti-abortion lawyers in that case argued that scientific understanding has moved on since the court’s 1973 ruling that enshrined the constitutional right to abortion, and it was no longer accurate to say foetuses cannot feel pain before 24 weeks.
Their argument relied heavily on a controversial discussion paper on foetal pain published in the Journal of Medical Ethics in 2020 by Dr Stuart Derbyshire, a British associate professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore. » | Anna Fazackerley | Sunday, May 8, 2022
Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests: Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world »
Le patron de l'OMS lance un appel en faveur du droit à l'avortement : Le directeur général de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a lancé mercredi 4 mai un appel en faveur du droit à l'avortement, au moment où la juridiction suprême des États-Unis semble prête à le remettre en cause. »
Abortion in Jewish Law: The traditional Jewish view does not fit conveniently into the major "camps" in the current debate. »
A University College London scientist has accused lawyers in the US of misusing his groundbreaking work on the brain to justify the dismantling of Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that legalised abortion nationally in America.
Giandomenico Iannetti said his research, which used imaging to understand the adult brain’s response to pain, had been wrongly interpreted to make an anti-abortion argument.
Last week an unprecedented leak of a draft legal opinion showed a majority of supreme court judges support overturning Roe v Wade and ending federal protections for abortions, in a move that could result in 26 states banning it. The court is considering a case, Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation, which challenges Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks gestation.
Anti-abortion lawyers in that case argued that scientific understanding has moved on since the court’s 1973 ruling that enshrined the constitutional right to abortion, and it was no longer accurate to say foetuses cannot feel pain before 24 weeks.
Their argument relied heavily on a controversial discussion paper on foetal pain published in the Journal of Medical Ethics in 2020 by Dr Stuart Derbyshire, a British associate professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore. » | Anna Fazackerley | Sunday, May 8, 2022
Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests: Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world »
Le patron de l'OMS lance un appel en faveur du droit à l'avortement : Le directeur général de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a lancé mercredi 4 mai un appel en faveur du droit à l'avortement, au moment où la juridiction suprême des États-Unis semble prête à le remettre en cause. »
Abortion in Jewish Law: The traditional Jewish view does not fit conveniently into the major "camps" in the current debate. »
It Was a Coup: Jan. 6 Investigator Says Panel Will Prove Riot Plot
Boris Johnson’s Tories Exhibit the Morbid Symptoms of a fin-de-siècle Regime
THE OBSERVER – OPINION: Intellectual exhaustion and rampant sleaze often characterise parties which have been squatting on power for too long
The only guiding principle of this government is to keep a disgraced law-breaker in office.’Photograph: Daniel Leal/PA
At the next general election, the Conservatives will be making a very big ask. They will be seeking a fifth consecutive term in power, a privilege that has never been granted to any party since the Great Reform Act of 1832. Assume the election is held in the spring of 2024. Imagine that the Tories receive the answer that they are looking for. We could then be contemplating 19 uninterrupted years of Conservative prime ministers.
For those who shudder at this future, the consoling news is that the Tories are working extremely hard to ensure that this does not happen. It is not entirely their fault that they are presiding over the most severe squeeze on living standards since the 1950s. They are to blame for deciding that this is the appropriate time to be cutting welfare support and hiking taxes. Voters can be willing to make sacrifices when persuaded that it is in service of a noble cause, but the only guiding principle of this government is to keep a disgraced law-breaker in office. There is no sense of a strategy to address the many economic and social challenges confronting Britain. Nor any expectation, even among Tory MPs, that the government will suddenly reveal an invigorating mission in this week’s Queen’s speech.
Levelling up has not graduated from slogan to substance. Promises of a huge house-building programme have collapsed on contact with resistance to planning reform. The energy security plan blinked at the big questions. The failure of Brexit to deliver the opportunities claimed for it is now so evident that Jacob Rees-Mogg has been told to go looking for them. Don’t hold your breath. There is no discernible ambition to tackle the chronically poor economic growth that has been a feature of this era of Tory rule. » | Andrew Rawnsley | Sunday, May 8, 2022
At the next general election, the Conservatives will be making a very big ask. They will be seeking a fifth consecutive term in power, a privilege that has never been granted to any party since the Great Reform Act of 1832. Assume the election is held in the spring of 2024. Imagine that the Tories receive the answer that they are looking for. We could then be contemplating 19 uninterrupted years of Conservative prime ministers.
For those who shudder at this future, the consoling news is that the Tories are working extremely hard to ensure that this does not happen. It is not entirely their fault that they are presiding over the most severe squeeze on living standards since the 1950s. They are to blame for deciding that this is the appropriate time to be cutting welfare support and hiking taxes. Voters can be willing to make sacrifices when persuaded that it is in service of a noble cause, but the only guiding principle of this government is to keep a disgraced law-breaker in office. There is no sense of a strategy to address the many economic and social challenges confronting Britain. Nor any expectation, even among Tory MPs, that the government will suddenly reveal an invigorating mission in this week’s Queen’s speech.
Levelling up has not graduated from slogan to substance. Promises of a huge house-building programme have collapsed on contact with resistance to planning reform. The energy security plan blinked at the big questions. The failure of Brexit to deliver the opportunities claimed for it is now so evident that Jacob Rees-Mogg has been told to go looking for them. Don’t hold your breath. There is no discernible ambition to tackle the chronically poor economic growth that has been a feature of this era of Tory rule. » | Andrew Rawnsley | Sunday, May 8, 2022
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