LE MONDE : Le pays a connu l’une de ses nuits de protestation les plus importantes et les plus violentes du 16 au 17 novembre. Des hauts responsables religieux au président du Parlement, des dignitaires s’interrogent ouvertement sur la répression.
Kian Pirfalak voulait devenir ingénieur dans la robotique. A 10 ans, le visage rond et les yeux curieux et vifs, il adorait planter des arbres, construisait des petites voitures à piles et des bateaux minuscules en bois, avec lesquels il participait à des compétitions scientifiques. Il a été tué par balles mercredi 16 novembre dans la ville d’Izeh, située dans la province du Khouzestan, dans le sud de l’Iran.
Kian Pirfalak est devenu le dernier visage connu de la répression contre le soulèvement en cours en Iran depuis trois mois. Sa mort ne peut qu’alimenter le malaise et les critiques qui se manifestent désormais dans la galaxie du pouvoir de la République islamique. » | Par Ghazal Golshiri et Madjid Zerrouky | samedi 19 novembre 2022
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Le soulèvement en Iran a « déjà un impact sur l’ensemble de la société iranienne » : Le chercheur Stéphane Dudoignon analyse, dans un entretien au « Monde », l’effritement observé dans la base idéologique du régime de la République islamique depuis le début du mouvement, en septembre. »
La course à l’abîme du régime iranien : La contestation qui secoue l’Iran depuis deux mois agglomère les ressentiments, de la jeunesse urbaine privée d’horizon aux minorités ethniques maltraitées. En face, le pouvoir, dont la légitimité s’est depuis longtemps dissoute, ne se préoccupe que de son maintien. »
Saturday, November 19, 2022
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The World Cup That Changed Everything
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The decision to take the World Cup to Qatar has upturned a small nation, battered the reputation of global soccer’s governing body and altered the fabric of the sport.
Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro; Photographs by EPA, via Shutterstock (ball), Reuters (euro), Associated Press (dollar), Getty Images (desert, skyline)
Michel Platini was expecting a private audience with the president of France when he arrived for lunch on a cold day in November 2010. Instead, as Platini, a legendary French player who in retirement had risen to become one of the most powerful men in soccer, stepped into a lavish salon inside the president’s official residence, he noticed immediately that the man he had come to see, Nicolas Sarkozy, was absent.
Instead, Platini was directed toward a small group chatting across the room, and to a conversation that would alter the course of his career, stain his reputation, and forever change the sport to which he had dedicated his life.
Platini smiled as he was formally introduced to the lunch’s guests of honor: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who would, within a few years, replace his father as the country’s absolute ruler. The Qataris had come to Paris to discuss a plan that bordered on the fantastical: Their tiny, impossibly wealthy Gulf state wanted to host the World Cup.
Platini, a vice president of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, had long been cool to the idea. A year earlier, he had told friends that he believed allowing Qatar — a country without any meaningful soccer tradition, one lacking basic infrastructure like stadiums — to stage the biggest sporting event in the world would prove disastrous for FIFA. Only two months previously, he had confided to a rival United States bid that he wanted the 2022 tournament to go “anywhere but Qatar.” » | Tariq Panja * and Rory Smith | Saturday, 19 November 2022
* Tariq Panja was present in 2010 when Qatar was picked to host the 2022 World Cup. This article is drawn from hundreds of interviews he and Rory Smith have conducted on its victory and the consequences for soccer.
Michel Platini was expecting a private audience with the president of France when he arrived for lunch on a cold day in November 2010. Instead, as Platini, a legendary French player who in retirement had risen to become one of the most powerful men in soccer, stepped into a lavish salon inside the president’s official residence, he noticed immediately that the man he had come to see, Nicolas Sarkozy, was absent.
Instead, Platini was directed toward a small group chatting across the room, and to a conversation that would alter the course of his career, stain his reputation, and forever change the sport to which he had dedicated his life.
Platini smiled as he was formally introduced to the lunch’s guests of honor: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who would, within a few years, replace his father as the country’s absolute ruler. The Qataris had come to Paris to discuss a plan that bordered on the fantastical: Their tiny, impossibly wealthy Gulf state wanted to host the World Cup.
Platini, a vice president of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, had long been cool to the idea. A year earlier, he had told friends that he believed allowing Qatar — a country without any meaningful soccer tradition, one lacking basic infrastructure like stadiums — to stage the biggest sporting event in the world would prove disastrous for FIFA. Only two months previously, he had confided to a rival United States bid that he wanted the 2022 tournament to go “anywhere but Qatar.” » | Tariq Panja * and Rory Smith | Saturday, 19 November 2022
* Tariq Panja was present in 2010 when Qatar was picked to host the 2022 World Cup. This article is drawn from hundreds of interviews he and Rory Smith have conducted on its victory and the consequences for soccer.
Hundreds of Protesters in Iran Blinded by Metal Pellets and Rubber Bullets
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Security forces have been firing ammunition that has ruptured the eyes of antigovernment demonstrators in the past two months. “Everything went dark,” one said.
Saman, an Iranian protester who was blinded in one eye by a rubber bullet before fleeing the country, in an undisclosed location this month. He is one of hundreds of victims of severe eye injuries inflicted by Iranian security forces. | Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
The protester was speeding toward a demonstration in Tehran on his motorbike when an Iranian security officer standing 10 feet away raised his gun and shot a rubber bullet into his left eye.
“We locked eyes and then everything went dark,” said the protester, who goes by the nickname Saman. He cupped his hand to his mutilated eye, afraid that it would drop from its socket, as he drove himself to a hospital where doctors refused to treat him, he said. He was finally admitted to the government-run Farabi Eye Hospital, where he was operated on nearly 24 hours after he had been shot.
Saman, 30, spoke by telephone from a location outside Iran where he fled last month. The New York Times is withholding his name and location as a security precaution.
The officer who aimed at his face, he said, had recognized him as one of the frontline activists who had gone night after night to Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran’s capital, to face off against security forces, hurling back the tear gas canisters they fired into the crowd.
“He knew my face, and I knew his,” he said.
The impact of the shot, fired at such close range, left him blind in that eye. He provided medical documents and photographs of CT scans of his eye, which The Times asked two ophthalmologists to review. They confirmed that it had been irreparably damaged. » | Cora Engelbrecht | Saturday, November 19, 2022
The protester was speeding toward a demonstration in Tehran on his motorbike when an Iranian security officer standing 10 feet away raised his gun and shot a rubber bullet into his left eye.
“We locked eyes and then everything went dark,” said the protester, who goes by the nickname Saman. He cupped his hand to his mutilated eye, afraid that it would drop from its socket, as he drove himself to a hospital where doctors refused to treat him, he said. He was finally admitted to the government-run Farabi Eye Hospital, where he was operated on nearly 24 hours after he had been shot.
Saman, 30, spoke by telephone from a location outside Iran where he fled last month. The New York Times is withholding his name and location as a security precaution.
The officer who aimed at his face, he said, had recognized him as one of the frontline activists who had gone night after night to Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran’s capital, to face off against security forces, hurling back the tear gas canisters they fired into the crowd.
“He knew my face, and I knew his,” he said.
The impact of the shot, fired at such close range, left him blind in that eye. He provided medical documents and photographs of CT scans of his eye, which The Times asked two ophthalmologists to review. They confirmed that it had been irreparably damaged. » | Cora Engelbrecht | Saturday, November 19, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter’s underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.
Elon Musk sent a flurry of emails to Twitter employees on Friday morning with a plea.
“Anyone who actually writes software, please report to the 10th floor at 2 p.m. today,” he wrote in a two-paragraph message, which was viewed by The New York Times. “Thanks, Elon.”
About 30 minutes later, Mr. Musk sent another email saying he wanted to learn about Twitter’s “tech stack,” a term used to describe a company’s software and related systems. Then in another email, he asked some people to fly to Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco to meet in person.
Twitter is teetering on the edge as Mr. Musk remakes the company after buying it for $44 billion last month. The billionaire has pushed relentlessly to put his imprint on the social media service, slashing 50 percent of its work force, firing dissenters, pursuing new subscription products and delivering a harsh message that the company needs to shape up or it will face bankruptcy.
Now the question is whether Mr. Musk, 51, has gone too far. On Thursday, hundreds of Twitter employees resigned after Mr. Musk gave them a deadline to decide whether to leave or stay. So many workers chose to depart that Twitter users began questioning whether the site would survive, tweeting farewell messages to the service and turning hashtags like #TwitterMigration and #TwitterTakeover into trending topics. » | Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning | Friday, November 18, 2022
‘Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire,’ Elon Musk Tells Twitter Employees: In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more executives resigned. »
Elon Musk sent a flurry of emails to Twitter employees on Friday morning with a plea.
“Anyone who actually writes software, please report to the 10th floor at 2 p.m. today,” he wrote in a two-paragraph message, which was viewed by The New York Times. “Thanks, Elon.”
About 30 minutes later, Mr. Musk sent another email saying he wanted to learn about Twitter’s “tech stack,” a term used to describe a company’s software and related systems. Then in another email, he asked some people to fly to Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco to meet in person.
Twitter is teetering on the edge as Mr. Musk remakes the company after buying it for $44 billion last month. The billionaire has pushed relentlessly to put his imprint on the social media service, slashing 50 percent of its work force, firing dissenters, pursuing new subscription products and delivering a harsh message that the company needs to shape up or it will face bankruptcy.
Now the question is whether Mr. Musk, 51, has gone too far. On Thursday, hundreds of Twitter employees resigned after Mr. Musk gave them a deadline to decide whether to leave or stay. So many workers chose to depart that Twitter users began questioning whether the site would survive, tweeting farewell messages to the service and turning hashtags like #TwitterMigration and #TwitterTakeover into trending topics. » | Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning | Friday, November 18, 2022
‘Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire,’ Elon Musk Tells Twitter Employees: In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more executives resigned. »
Garland Names Special Counsel for Trump Inquiries
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Even before Mr. Garland’s announcement, there were signs that prosecutorial activity in both cases was accelerating after a brief slowdown in the run-up to the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a special counsel on Friday to take over two major criminal investigations involving former President Donald J. Trump, examining his role in events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and his decision to retain sensitive government documents at his home in Florida.
In naming Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department’s public integrity section and a veteran war crimes prosecutor, Mr. Garland is seeking to insulate the department from claims that the investigations into Mr. Trump are motivated by politics.
Mr. Garland said the political intentions of Mr. Trump and President Biden prompted him to take what he described as an extraordinary step. Mr. Trump announced on Tuesday that he would pursue a third bid for the presidency in 2024, and Mr. Biden has indicated that he is likely to run as well.
“Such an appointment underscores the department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters,” said Mr. Garland, who retains final say over whether Mr. Trump is charged with a crime after Mr. Smith presents recommendations. » | Glenn Thrush, Charlie Savage, Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer | Friday, November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a special counsel on Friday to take over two major criminal investigations involving former President Donald J. Trump, examining his role in events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and his decision to retain sensitive government documents at his home in Florida.
In naming Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department’s public integrity section and a veteran war crimes prosecutor, Mr. Garland is seeking to insulate the department from claims that the investigations into Mr. Trump are motivated by politics.
Mr. Garland said the political intentions of Mr. Trump and President Biden prompted him to take what he described as an extraordinary step. Mr. Trump announced on Tuesday that he would pursue a third bid for the presidency in 2024, and Mr. Biden has indicated that he is likely to run as well.
“Such an appointment underscores the department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters,” said Mr. Garland, who retains final say over whether Mr. Trump is charged with a crime after Mr. Smith presents recommendations. » | Glenn Thrush, Charlie Savage, Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer | Friday, November 18, 2022
Friday, November 18, 2022
"A Near-death Experience": UK-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Nearly Dies on Hunger Strike
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Nicola Sturgeon Calls for LGBTQ+ Solidarity during Qatar World Cup: ‘Stand Up for Dignity’
PINK NEWS: Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for people “to stand in solidarity with the LGBT+ community” during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Sturgeon struck a markedly different tone to UK foreign secretary James Cleverly, who this week defended asking football fans travelling to the host nation, where homosexuality is illegal, to “compromise” with local laws.
During First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday (17 November), Scottish Labour’s Paul O’Kane questioned Sturgeon about the Scottish Football Association sending officials to the event.
“What message does she think it sends particularly to LGBT+ people in Scotland,” the Evening Standard reported him asking.
Sturgeon said sending officials was a matter for the sporting body and that “governments should not intervene” in such decisions.
However, “it is a really important moment for” solidarity with LGBT+ people “regardless of party, regardless of anything else that might divide us”, Sturgeon said. » | Jake McKee | Friday, November 18, 2022
Jolies fleurs dans un vase, peut-être des hortensias
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Twitter, Meta, Amazon, Netflix… Dans la Silicon Valley, la fin d’une période d’expansion sans précédent
LE MONDE : Les géants de la tech, qui paraissaient intouchables, enregistrent depuis le début de l’année des pertes monumentales en Bourse et licencient à tour de bras.
Dans la Silicon Valley, la vague de licenciements dans les industries technologiques a été accueillie avec un certain fatalisme. Le ralentissement était inévitable, estiment les experts. Pour l’industrie technologique, la situation marque néanmoins un tournant. La fin d’une période de vingt ans d’expansion sans précédent.
Les géants de la tech, qui paraissaient intouchables, ne le sont plus. Leur puissance était sortie renforcée de la crise sanitaire, lorsque le numérique était devenu l’unique échappatoire vers le monde extérieur. Le travail à distance, le commerce en ligne semblaient promis à devenir la norme ; le tout-numérique, à dominer l’économie post-pandémie. La chute n’en est que plus spectaculaire. » | Par Corine Lesnes (San Francisco, correspondante) | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
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Dans la Silicon Valley, la vague de licenciements dans les industries technologiques a été accueillie avec un certain fatalisme. Le ralentissement était inévitable, estiment les experts. Pour l’industrie technologique, la situation marque néanmoins un tournant. La fin d’une période de vingt ans d’expansion sans précédent.
Les géants de la tech, qui paraissaient intouchables, ne le sont plus. Leur puissance était sortie renforcée de la crise sanitaire, lorsque le numérique était devenu l’unique échappatoire vers le monde extérieur. Le travail à distance, le commerce en ligne semblaient promis à devenir la norme ; le tout-numérique, à dominer l’économie post-pandémie. La chute n’en est que plus spectaculaire. » | Par Corine Lesnes (San Francisco, correspondante) | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
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The Blasphemy of Ashraf Fayadh
U.S. Backs Immunity for Saudi Leader in Lawsuit Over Khashoggi Murder
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The State Department said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, should have legal immunity as the head of the Saudi government.
President Biden meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia in July. Prince Mohammed became prime minister in September, formalizing the power he had wielded for years as the country’s de facto ruler. | Doug Mills/The New York Times
ISTANBUL — The Biden administration has declared that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia should be granted immunity in a U.S. legal case over his role in the murder of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, effectively blocking yet another effort to hold the kingdom’s leader accountable for the grisly crime.
Mr. Khashoggi was a well-known Saudi journalist who fled Saudi Arabia for the United States and published columns in The Washington Post criticizing Prince Mohammed’s policies. In October 2018, he was killed and dismembered by a team of Saudi agents inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he had gone to obtain papers he needed to marry his Turkish fiancée. U.S. intelligence concluded that Prince Mohammed had ordered the operation.
Prince Mohammed, 37, became prime minister in September, formalizing the power he had wielded for years as the country’s de facto ruler, although his elderly father, King Salman, remains the official head of state. In a letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, the State Department said Prince Mohammed should be “immune while in office” as the head of the Saudi government, referring to his role as prime minister.
Prince Mohammed has said repeatedly that he had no prior knowledge of the plot against Mr. Khashoggi, but that he accepted symbolic responsibility for it as the nation’s de facto ruler. » | Ben Hubbard | Friday, November 18, 2022
Biden administration says Mohammed bin Salman should be granted sovereign immunity in Khashoggi civil case: Court filing says Saudi crown prince’s promotion to the role of prime minister meant that he was ‘the sitting head of government and, accordingly, immune’ »
Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi leader given US immunity over Khashoggi killing: The US has determined that Saudi Arabia's de facto leader - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - has immunity from a lawsuit filed by murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancé[e]. »
ISTANBUL — The Biden administration has declared that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia should be granted immunity in a U.S. legal case over his role in the murder of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, effectively blocking yet another effort to hold the kingdom’s leader accountable for the grisly crime.
Mr. Khashoggi was a well-known Saudi journalist who fled Saudi Arabia for the United States and published columns in The Washington Post criticizing Prince Mohammed’s policies. In October 2018, he was killed and dismembered by a team of Saudi agents inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he had gone to obtain papers he needed to marry his Turkish fiancée. U.S. intelligence concluded that Prince Mohammed had ordered the operation.
Prince Mohammed, 37, became prime minister in September, formalizing the power he had wielded for years as the country’s de facto ruler, although his elderly father, King Salman, remains the official head of state. In a letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, the State Department said Prince Mohammed should be “immune while in office” as the head of the Saudi government, referring to his role as prime minister.
Prince Mohammed has said repeatedly that he had no prior knowledge of the plot against Mr. Khashoggi, but that he accepted symbolic responsibility for it as the nation’s de facto ruler. » | Ben Hubbard | Friday, November 18, 2022
Biden administration says Mohammed bin Salman should be granted sovereign immunity in Khashoggi civil case: Court filing says Saudi crown prince’s promotion to the role of prime minister meant that he was ‘the sitting head of government and, accordingly, immune’ »
Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi leader given US immunity over Khashoggi killing: The US has determined that Saudi Arabia's de facto leader - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - has immunity from a lawsuit filed by murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancé[e]. »
Human Rights Concerns Hang over World Cup in Qatar | DW News
Coupe du monde 2022 : un miroir des malheurs du monde : L’éditorial du « Monde ». L’indignation tardive suscitée par l’organisation du Mondial de football au Qatar illustre comment certaines préoccupations, le changement climatique en tête, sont devenues centrales et comment les pays occidentaux se sont laissés aveugler par le mirage qatari. »
Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The about-face on alcohol could violate a multimillion-dollar FIFA sponsorship agreement, and signaled that soccer’s governing body may no longer be in full control of its showcase event.
DOHA, Qatar — Beer is out at the World Cup.
In an abrupt about-face, Qatari officials have decided that the only drinks that will be on sale to fans at stadiums during the monthlong World Cup will be nonalcoholic.
The decision, which came two days before the tournament’s opening match, was confirmed on Friday by FIFA, the tournament’s owner.
“Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages on the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues,” FIFA announced. The decision, it said, would mean “removing sales points of beer from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022 stadium perimeters.”
The ban on beer is the latest and most dramatic change to an evolving alcohol plan that has for months increased tensions between FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, and Qatar, a conservative Muslim nation where the sale of alcohol is tightly controlled. But it also will complicate FIFA’s $75 million sponsorship agreement with Budweiser; infuriate fans already chafing at restrictions, costs and inconveniences around the event; and once again leave organizers scrambling to adjust — this time only 48 hours before the tournament’s opening game on Sunday. » | Tariq Panja | Friday, November 18, 2022
Revealed: Qatar has spent £440,000 hosting British MPs since 2012: openDemocracy analysis reveals extent of Qatar’s charm offensive in the decade leading up to the World Cup »
Coupe du monde 2022 : la consommation d’alcool bannie aux abords des stades à deux jours du coup d’envoi : Dans un revirement de dernière minute, le Qatar a décidé de restreindre davantage l’accès à l’alcool en marge du Mondial. »
Qatar setzt Bierverbot rund um WM-Stadien durch: 48 Stunden vor dem WM-Auftakt setzt sich Gastgeber Qatar doch noch durch: Rund um die Stadien wird kein Alkohol verkauft. Für die Fans ist es kurz vor dem Turnierstart die nächste Umstellung. »
DOHA, Qatar — Beer is out at the World Cup.
In an abrupt about-face, Qatari officials have decided that the only drinks that will be on sale to fans at stadiums during the monthlong World Cup will be nonalcoholic.
The decision, which came two days before the tournament’s opening match, was confirmed on Friday by FIFA, the tournament’s owner.
“Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages on the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues,” FIFA announced. The decision, it said, would mean “removing sales points of beer from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022 stadium perimeters.”
The ban on beer is the latest and most dramatic change to an evolving alcohol plan that has for months increased tensions between FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, and Qatar, a conservative Muslim nation where the sale of alcohol is tightly controlled. But it also will complicate FIFA’s $75 million sponsorship agreement with Budweiser; infuriate fans already chafing at restrictions, costs and inconveniences around the event; and once again leave organizers scrambling to adjust — this time only 48 hours before the tournament’s opening game on Sunday. » | Tariq Panja | Friday, November 18, 2022
Revealed: Qatar has spent £440,000 hosting British MPs since 2012: openDemocracy analysis reveals extent of Qatar’s charm offensive in the decade leading up to the World Cup »
Coupe du monde 2022 : la consommation d’alcool bannie aux abords des stades à deux jours du coup d’envoi : Dans un revirement de dernière minute, le Qatar a décidé de restreindre davantage l’accès à l’alcool en marge du Mondial. »
Qatar setzt Bierverbot rund um WM-Stadien durch: 48 Stunden vor dem WM-Auftakt setzt sich Gastgeber Qatar doch noch durch: Rund um die Stadien wird kein Alkohol verkauft. Für die Fans ist es kurz vor dem Turnierstart die nächste Umstellung. »
Derrière la récession britannique, l’effritement provoqué par le Brexit
LE MONDE : Près de deux ans après son entrée en vigueur, la sortie de l’UE réduit les investissements et le commerce.
C’est la faute des autres. En présentant le budget du Royaume-Uni, jeudi 17 novembre, Jeremy Hunt, le chancelier de l’Echiquier, a pris grand soin de rappeler que la récession dans laquelle plonge actuellement son pays – le PIB a reculé au troisième trimestre de 0,2 % et est prévu en baisse de 1,4 % pour l’ensemble de 2023 – vient d’ailleurs. Elle est « made in Russia », affirme-t-il.
D’ailleurs, il souligne que le Royaume-Uni n’est pas un cas à part. « L’inflation est élevée ici [11,1 % en octobre], mais elle est plus élevée en Allemagne, aux Pays-Bas et en Italie. Les taux d’intérêt ont augmenté ici [de 0,1 % à 3 % en un an], mais encore plus vite aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Nouvelle-Zélande. » » | Par Eric Albert (Londres, correspondance) | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
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C’est la faute des autres. En présentant le budget du Royaume-Uni, jeudi 17 novembre, Jeremy Hunt, le chancelier de l’Echiquier, a pris grand soin de rappeler que la récession dans laquelle plonge actuellement son pays – le PIB a reculé au troisième trimestre de 0,2 % et est prévu en baisse de 1,4 % pour l’ensemble de 2023 – vient d’ailleurs. Elle est « made in Russia », affirme-t-il.
D’ailleurs, il souligne que le Royaume-Uni n’est pas un cas à part. « L’inflation est élevée ici [11,1 % en octobre], mais elle est plus élevée en Allemagne, aux Pays-Bas et en Italie. Les taux d’intérêt ont augmenté ici [de 0,1 % à 3 % en un an], mais encore plus vite aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Nouvelle-Zélande. » » | Par Eric Albert (Londres, correspondance) | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
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En Arabie saoudite, les exécutions ont doublé en un an
LE MONDE : Depuis le début de l’année, 138 condamnés ont été exécutés, notamment pour trafic de drogue et terrorisme.
Les exécutions capitales, notamment pour « terrorisme » et « trafic de drogue », ont doublé en un an en Arabie saoudite, selon un décompte de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP). L’agence de presse saoudienne a annoncé, jeudi 17 novembre dans la soirée, l’exécution d’un ressortissant jordanien pour trafic d’amphétamines, ce qui porte le total à 138 depuis le début de l’année. » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
LIRE AUSSI :
L’Arabie saoudite, royaume de la peine de mort : Les autorités saoudiennes ont annoncé avoir tué 81 condamnés à mort dans la seule journée du samedi 12 mars. Cette atteinte aux droits de l’homme s’ajoute aux précédentes exactions du prince héritier Mohammed Ben Salman. »
Exécutions de masse en Arabie saoudite : La peine capitale infligée à 81 personnes, dont huit étrangers, présentés comme coupables de terrorisme et de « crimes odieux », suscite l’effroi des opposants saoudiens en exil. »
Les exécutions capitales, notamment pour « terrorisme » et « trafic de drogue », ont doublé en un an en Arabie saoudite, selon un décompte de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP). L’agence de presse saoudienne a annoncé, jeudi 17 novembre dans la soirée, l’exécution d’un ressortissant jordanien pour trafic d’amphétamines, ce qui porte le total à 138 depuis le début de l’année. » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 18 novembre 2022
LIRE AUSSI :
L’Arabie saoudite, royaume de la peine de mort : Les autorités saoudiennes ont annoncé avoir tué 81 condamnés à mort dans la seule journée du samedi 12 mars. Cette atteinte aux droits de l’homme s’ajoute aux précédentes exactions du prince héritier Mohammed Ben Salman. »
Exécutions de masse en Arabie saoudite : La peine capitale infligée à 81 personnes, dont huit étrangers, présentés comme coupables de terrorisme et de « crimes odieux », suscite l’effroi des opposants saoudiens en exil. »
Twitter ‘Closes Offices’ after Elon Musk’s Loyalty Oath Sparks Wave of Resignations
THE GUARDIAN: The tech company is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded employees sign a pledge to work ‘long hours at high intensity’
The crisis at Twitter reached new heights on Friday as hundreds of employees were reported to have rejected Elon Musk’s ultimatum to keep working for the business, threatening its ability to keep operating.
As the company temporarily closed its offices to staff, Twitter users began saying their goodbyes and linking to accounts on other platforms.
#RIPTwitter, #TwitterDown, Mastodon and Myspace were all trending on the platform after the deadline passed on Musk’s ultimatum for the remaining workforce to sign up for “long hours at high intensity”, or leave. It has been estimated that hundreds of the remaining staff opted to go. » | Josh Taylor and agencies | Friday, November 18, 2022
The crisis at Twitter reached new heights on Friday as hundreds of employees were reported to have rejected Elon Musk’s ultimatum to keep working for the business, threatening its ability to keep operating.
As the company temporarily closed its offices to staff, Twitter users began saying their goodbyes and linking to accounts on other platforms.
#RIPTwitter, #TwitterDown, Mastodon and Myspace were all trending on the platform after the deadline passed on Musk’s ultimatum for the remaining workforce to sign up for “long hours at high intensity”, or leave. It has been estimated that hundreds of the remaining staff opted to go. » | Josh Taylor and agencies | Friday, November 18, 2022
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Nancy Pelosi Announces She Will Not Seek Re-election to House Leadership
Katerstimmung in Grossbritannien – in einer radikalen Abkehr von der Ära Truss ist nun Sparen angesagt
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Um das Vertrauen der Märkte zurückzugewinnen, bittet der neue britische Schatzkanzler Jeremy Hunt die Reichen zur Kasse, während er den Mindestlohn der Teuerung anpasst. Statt Steuersenkungen erhält Grossbritannien nun Steuererhöhungen auf breiter Front.
Der britische Schatzkanzler Jeremy Hunt will Grossbritannien zurück auf den Pfad der finanzpolitischen Stabilität führen. | Tolga Akmen / EPA
Es ist keine zwei Monate her, da präsentierte der damalige britische Schatzkanzler Kwasi Kwarteng dem Unterhaus ein radikales Wachstumspaket mit den grössten Steuersenkungen seit fünfzig Jahren. Doch das sogenannte «Mini-Budget» erwies sich als gigantisches Fiasko: Da Kwarteng die Steuersenkungen in erster Linie mit neuen Schulden finanzieren wollte, liessen die Investoren die Zinsen für britische Staatsanleihen in die Höhe schnellen und schickten das Pfund auf eine Achterbahnfahrt. Die Marktturbulenzen fegten Kwarteng und wenig später seine Chefin Liz Truss aus dem Amt.
Am Donnerstag schlug Kwartengs Nachfolger Jeremy Hunt bei der Präsentation seines Budgets diametral andere Töne an. Hunt und Premierminister Rishi Sunak hatten nach den Turbulenzen eine Rückkehr zu Stabilität und finanzpolitischer Vernunft in Aussicht gestellt. Nun sprach Hunt von einem Sturm, dem das Land trotzen müsse, und versprach, im Staatshaushalt ein Loch von rund 54 Milliarden Pfund zu stopfen. » | Niklaus Nuspliger, London | Donnerstag, 17. November 2022
Es ist keine zwei Monate her, da präsentierte der damalige britische Schatzkanzler Kwasi Kwarteng dem Unterhaus ein radikales Wachstumspaket mit den grössten Steuersenkungen seit fünfzig Jahren. Doch das sogenannte «Mini-Budget» erwies sich als gigantisches Fiasko: Da Kwarteng die Steuersenkungen in erster Linie mit neuen Schulden finanzieren wollte, liessen die Investoren die Zinsen für britische Staatsanleihen in die Höhe schnellen und schickten das Pfund auf eine Achterbahnfahrt. Die Marktturbulenzen fegten Kwarteng und wenig später seine Chefin Liz Truss aus dem Amt.
Am Donnerstag schlug Kwartengs Nachfolger Jeremy Hunt bei der Präsentation seines Budgets diametral andere Töne an. Hunt und Premierminister Rishi Sunak hatten nach den Turbulenzen eine Rückkehr zu Stabilität und finanzpolitischer Vernunft in Aussicht gestellt. Nun sprach Hunt von einem Sturm, dem das Land trotzen müsse, und versprach, im Staatshaushalt ein Loch von rund 54 Milliarden Pfund zu stopfen. » | Niklaus Nuspliger, London | Donnerstag, 17. November 2022
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Jacinda Ardern has got tyrannical tendencies. The silly woman should be stopped. (I speak as an ex-smoker.) Apparently, Ardern used to enjoy cannabis! That says it all. – © Mark Alexander
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Royaume-Uni : le gouvernement présente un nouveau budget d’austérité
LE MONDE : Le plan, présenté par le ministre des finances britannique, Jeremy Hunt, prévoit 55 milliards de livres de baisses d’impôts et de coupes budgétaires dans les dépenses publiques. Il doit rassurer les marchés britanniques et la Banque d’Angleterre après l’échec de Liz Truss et en pleine récession.
Le ministre des finances britannique, Jeremy Hunt, quitte le 11 Downing Street pour rejoindre le Parlement à Londres, jeudi 17 novembre 2022. ALASTAIR GRANT / AP
« Stabilité », « croissance » et « services publics » : tels étaient les mots d’ordre du ministre des finances britannique, Jeremy Hunt, qui a dévoilé, jeudi 17 novembre, un budget d’austérité pour redresser les finances du Royaume-Uni. Celui-ci prévoit 55 milliards de livres de hausses d’impôts et de coupes dans la dépense publique, bien que le pays soit déjà entré en récession.
« C’est un plan de stabilité équilibré », « j’ai essayé d’être juste en demandant à ceux qui ont plus de contribuer plus », a fait valoir M. Hunt, au ton sobre, devant le Parlement. « Le Royaume-Uni, comme d’autres pays, est maintenant en récession » selon l’OBR, l’organisme public de prévisions budgétaires, a fait valoir le ministre, et son produit intérieur brut va encore baisser de 1,4 % en 2023. Jeremy Hunt a dévoilé « trois priorités : la stabilité, la croissance et les services publics ». La stabilité, après les turbulences financières du précédent gouvernement, vient en haut de la liste, et avec elle la lutte contre l’inflation, « qui touche davantage les plus pauvres ». » | Le Monde avec AFP | jeudi 17 novembre 2022
« Stabilité », « croissance » et « services publics » : tels étaient les mots d’ordre du ministre des finances britannique, Jeremy Hunt, qui a dévoilé, jeudi 17 novembre, un budget d’austérité pour redresser les finances du Royaume-Uni. Celui-ci prévoit 55 milliards de livres de hausses d’impôts et de coupes dans la dépense publique, bien que le pays soit déjà entré en récession.
« C’est un plan de stabilité équilibré », « j’ai essayé d’être juste en demandant à ceux qui ont plus de contribuer plus », a fait valoir M. Hunt, au ton sobre, devant le Parlement. « Le Royaume-Uni, comme d’autres pays, est maintenant en récession » selon l’OBR, l’organisme public de prévisions budgétaires, a fait valoir le ministre, et son produit intérieur brut va encore baisser de 1,4 % en 2023. Jeremy Hunt a dévoilé « trois priorités : la stabilité, la croissance et les services publics ». La stabilité, après les turbulences financières du précédent gouvernement, vient en haut de la liste, et avec elle la lutte contre l’inflation, « qui touche davantage les plus pauvres ». » | Le Monde avec AFP | jeudi 17 novembre 2022
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Le basketteur australien Isaac Humphries fait son coming out
JOCK : Isaac Humphries, basketteur professionnel australien et ancien joueur de la NBA, vient d’annoncer son homosexualité. Il est aujourd’hui le seul joueur ouvertement gay membre d’une ligue masculine de basket-ball de haut niveau.
Isaac Humphries a 24 ans. Ce grand joueur de basketball (il mesure 2m11) a publié mardi 15 novembre 2022 une vidéo sur les réseaux sociaux dans laquelle il fait son coming out à de ses coéquipiers. Il a également écrit un éditorial émouvant sur CNN dans lequel il explique pourquoi il était temps pour lui de sortir du placard.
Quelques mois plus tôt, le sportif s’était dit que lorsqu’il rejoindrait une nouvelle équipe, il ferait son coming-out publique. Engagé par l’équipe de Melbourne United pour la saison 2022-23, il a courageusement tenu parole… et plus encore.
Dans la vidéo partagée sur les réseaux sociaux qui est devenue instantanément virale, le pivot titulaire a parlé à son équipe de ses luttes passées. Il a aussi offert un message d’espoir aux athlètes qui sont encore dans le placard. » | Jock | mercredi 16 novembre 2022
Isaac Humphries a 24 ans. Ce grand joueur de basketball (il mesure 2m11) a publié mardi 15 novembre 2022 une vidéo sur les réseaux sociaux dans laquelle il fait son coming out à de ses coéquipiers. Il a également écrit un éditorial émouvant sur CNN dans lequel il explique pourquoi il était temps pour lui de sortir du placard.
Quelques mois plus tôt, le sportif s’était dit que lorsqu’il rejoindrait une nouvelle équipe, il ferait son coming-out publique. Engagé par l’équipe de Melbourne United pour la saison 2022-23, il a courageusement tenu parole… et plus encore.
Dans la vidéo partagée sur les réseaux sociaux qui est devenue instantanément virale, le pivot titulaire a parlé à son équipe de ses luttes passées. Il a aussi offert un message d’espoir aux athlètes qui sont encore dans le placard. » | Jock | mercredi 16 novembre 2022
Tech Layoffs Crash Hard into Indian Workers I DW News
Nov 17, 2022 | Online-retailer Amazon has confirmed a coming round of mass layoffs, making it the latest tech-giant to slash jobs amid slowing global-growth. On Tuesday the company filed notice to California regulators that it would scrap jobs in that state. It is expected to shed as many as 10-thousand positions in the coming days, following similar measures by tech giants Meta and Twitter. Amazon employs 1.5 million workers around the world.
One country in which this wave of job cuts is particularly crashing into is India. Twitter cut off half its work force there, and education technology firms Byju and Unacademy laid off hundreds of workers. Workers in India are also among those affected by "Meta" cuts. Ironically, many of them are using those same platforms, including social media, to air their grievances and protests against the unceremonious firings.
One country in which this wave of job cuts is particularly crashing into is India. Twitter cut off half its work force there, and education technology firms Byju and Unacademy laid off hundreds of workers. Workers in India are also among those affected by "Meta" cuts. Ironically, many of them are using those same platforms, including social media, to air their grievances and protests against the unceremonious firings.
Trump’s Moment Has Passed
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump is running for president … again. The announcement landed with a thud.
He is losing the moment. His sizzle is dying. Presidential politics is a business of alignment — a person meets a moment for which they are singularly suited and positioned. Trump had such a moment in 2016 — with outside assistance, of course — but six years on, the country has changed. And so has he.
He is no longer new to the political space. He is no longer the underdog and outsider. The narrative is stale. He is a twice-impeached president who lost re-election, cost his party in the last three elections and is wading through an ocean of legal troubles. The arc of the story is one of descent and desperation, fading light and dimming prospects.
The scent of loss lingers on a candidate. That’s why Trump has tried so hard to convince the world he didn’t lose. But he did. And now, Trumpism is losing.
Then there is the fickle nature or Republican fanaticism. Conservatives, broadly speaking, are addicted to the political equivalent of the tent revival: wanting to believe, wanting affirmation, exalting the traveling preacher until that person moves on and the next one arrives. » | Charles M. Blow, Opinion Columnist | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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Iran Protests: Young Boy among At Least a Dozen Shot Dead on Night of Turmoil
THE GUARDIAN: Widespread protests lead to deaths in separate incidents as anger over Mahsa Amini transforms into wider protest against the regime
Iranian police patrol as people pass by closed shops in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. As many as 15 people are believed to have been shot dead during protests on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
As many as 15 people have been shot dead in Iran, including members of the security forces and a nine-year-old boy, in separate incidents as the country experienced one of its most serious and widespread nights of protests of the past nine weeks.
On the anniversary of the 2019 uprising, state news agencies blamed terrorists on two motorcycles for the killing of seven people in a shopping centre in the southern city of Izeh Khuzesta. However, protesters said members of the Basij militia force ran amok, killing among others a nine-year-old boy sitting in a car with his father. State news agencies said two volunteer Basij patrolmen were among the dead, and 10 were injured.
A further five people were killed in the Isfahan area, including security forces, in a separate shooting. Reports of further deaths in Kurdistan took the night’s total death toll to 15. » | Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor | Thursday, November 17, 2022
En Iran, de nouvelles condamnations à mort après deux mois de contestation : Depuis le 16 septembre, la République islamique est secouée par une vague de manifestations après la mort de Mahsa Amini, une Kurde de 22 ans arrêtée pour infraction au code vestimentaire. »
As many as 15 people have been shot dead in Iran, including members of the security forces and a nine-year-old boy, in separate incidents as the country experienced one of its most serious and widespread nights of protests of the past nine weeks.
On the anniversary of the 2019 uprising, state news agencies blamed terrorists on two motorcycles for the killing of seven people in a shopping centre in the southern city of Izeh Khuzesta. However, protesters said members of the Basij militia force ran amok, killing among others a nine-year-old boy sitting in a car with his father. State news agencies said two volunteer Basij patrolmen were among the dead, and 10 were injured.
A further five people were killed in the Isfahan area, including security forces, in a separate shooting. Reports of further deaths in Kurdistan took the night’s total death toll to 15. » | Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor | Thursday, November 17, 2022
En Iran, de nouvelles condamnations à mort après deux mois de contestation : Depuis le 16 septembre, la République islamique est secouée par une vague de manifestations après la mort de Mahsa Amini, une Kurde de 22 ans arrêtée pour infraction au code vestimentaire. »
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Brexit and Drop in Workforce Harming Economic Recovery, Says Bank Governor
THE GUARDIAN: Andrew Bailey also said disastrous mini-budget had damaged Britain’s international reputation
Britain is suffering worse economic performance than its rivals because of Brexit and a stark drop in the size of the workforce since the Covid pandemic, the governor of the Bank of England has said.
Andrew Bailey said a combination of headwinds had prevented the economy from recovering to pre-pandemic levels, while warning it would also take time for the government to repair damage to Britain’s international reputation caused by the disastrous mini-budget under the former prime minister Liz Truss.
It came as rampant inflation of 11.1% – the highest figure since October 1981 – piled more pressure on the Bank to continue raising interest rates.
In a downbeat assessment on the eve of the chancellor’s autumn statement, the Bank’s governor told MPs on the Commons Treasury committee: “I’m afraid it’s not a good story.” » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Britain is suffering worse economic performance than its rivals because of Brexit and a stark drop in the size of the workforce since the Covid pandemic, the governor of the Bank of England has said.
Andrew Bailey said a combination of headwinds had prevented the economy from recovering to pre-pandemic levels, while warning it would also take time for the government to repair damage to Britain’s international reputation caused by the disastrous mini-budget under the former prime minister Liz Truss.
It came as rampant inflation of 11.1% – the highest figure since October 1981 – piled more pressure on the Bank to continue raising interest rates.
In a downbeat assessment on the eve of the chancellor’s autumn statement, the Bank’s governor told MPs on the Commons Treasury committee: “I’m afraid it’s not a good story.” » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Same-sex Marriage Legislation Clears Key US Senate Hurdle with Republican Support
THE GUARDIAN: Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the bill, which would ensure same-sex unions are enshrined in federal law
Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle on Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.
Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a final vote could come as soon as this week, or later this month. Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, said the bill ensuring the unions are legally recognized under the law is a chance for the Senate to “live up to its highest ideals” and protect marriage equality for all people.
“It will make our country a better, fairer place to live,” Schumer said, noting that his own daughter and her wife are expecting a baby next year.
Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House. Republicans are on the verge of winning the House majority and would be unlikely to take up the issue next year. » | Associated press in Washington | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Mehrheit im Senat für Gesetz für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe: Die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe ist in den USA zwar durch eine Entscheidung des Supreme Court legalisiert, das Recht darauf jedoch noch nicht im Gesetz verankert. Das wollen die Demokraten ändern. »
Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle on Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.
Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a final vote could come as soon as this week, or later this month. Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, said the bill ensuring the unions are legally recognized under the law is a chance for the Senate to “live up to its highest ideals” and protect marriage equality for all people.
“It will make our country a better, fairer place to live,” Schumer said, noting that his own daughter and her wife are expecting a baby next year.
Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House. Republicans are on the verge of winning the House majority and would be unlikely to take up the issue next year. » | Associated press in Washington | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Mehrheit im Senat für Gesetz für gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe: Die gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe ist in den USA zwar durch eine Entscheidung des Supreme Court legalisiert, das Recht darauf jedoch noch nicht im Gesetz verankert. Das wollen die Demokraten ändern. »
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America Deserves Better Than Donald Trump
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump, twice impeached for seeking to undermine the integrity of the 2020 presidential election, says he is running for president again in 2024.
His new campaign has begun with the same ugliness, lies and chaos as the last, but it poses even greater dangers to American democracy.
Mr. Trump and his supporters can no longer pretend to be good-faith participants in the democratic process. They have enshrined the refusal to accept adverse election results as a defining feature of their political movement, sought to install true believers in local and state election offices and demonstrated a willingness to resort to violence.
Mr. Trump is unfit for public office. As president, he showed himself to be incompetent and self-dealing. He should have been convicted by the Senate in 2019 for abusing his power and in 2021 for inciting an insurrection. Voters repudiated him at the ballot box after his second campaign, but he has the legal right to try again, so Americans must weather the trial of a third candidacy. If he is still in the race when the first votes are cast in 2024, the election will once again be a referendum on American democracy, because if our system of government is to survive, voters must choose leaders who accept and submit to the rule of law. » | The Editorial Board | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Iranian Police Open Fire at Tehran Metro Station and Beat Women on Train
THE GUARDIAN: Video footage shows people running for exits and police with batons beating women in metro carriages
Iranian security forces have opened fire on people at a metro station in Tehran and beaten women who were not wearing mandatory hair coverings as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered a third month.
Footage shared on social media showed passengers running towards exits, with many falling and being trampled, after police opened fire on a crowded platform. Police were also filmed through train windows marching down through carriages and beating women with batons.
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“We’ll fight! We’ll die! We’ll take back Iran!” dozens of protesters could be heard chanting around a bonfire on a Tehran street, in a video published by the 1500tasvir social media monitor. Protesters were also recorded chanting and setting headscarves on fire in metro stations. Agence France-Presse reported that six people had died around the country in overnight clashes. » | Weronika Strzyżyńska | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Iranian security forces have opened fire on people at a metro station in Tehran and beaten women who were not wearing mandatory hair coverings as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered a third month.
Footage shared on social media showed passengers running towards exits, with many falling and being trampled, after police opened fire on a crowded platform. Police were also filmed through train windows marching down through carriages and beating women with batons.
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“We’ll fight! We’ll die! We’ll take back Iran!” dozens of protesters could be heard chanting around a bonfire on a Tehran street, in a video published by the 1500tasvir social media monitor. Protesters were also recorded chanting and setting headscarves on fire in metro stations. Agence France-Presse reported that six people had died around the country in overnight clashes. » | Weronika Strzyżyńska | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
UK Inflation Jumps to 11.1% on Back of Energy and Food Price Rises
THE GUARDIAN: Rishi Sunak vows to prioritise fight against the rising cost of living
Rishi Sunak has pledged to make the fight against a rising cost of living his No 1 priority after surging energy bills sent the UK’s annual inflation rate to a 41-year-high of 11.1%.
Preparing the ground for tough action in Thursday’s autumn statement, the prime minister responded to the highest figure since October 1981 by describing inflation as an “enemy” that needed to be faced down.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the annual inflation rate last month jumped a percentage point from 10.1% in September, despite help provided to households through the launch of the government’s energy price guarantee.
Dearer food also contributed to prices rising 2% in October alone compared with the previous month, a bigger increase than the Bank of England and the City had been anticipating. Milk, cheese and egg prices rose by more than 27% compared with a year earlier. » | Larry Elliott, Economics editor | Wednesday, November 6, 2022
Rishi Sunak has pledged to make the fight against a rising cost of living his No 1 priority after surging energy bills sent the UK’s annual inflation rate to a 41-year-high of 11.1%.
Preparing the ground for tough action in Thursday’s autumn statement, the prime minister responded to the highest figure since October 1981 by describing inflation as an “enemy” that needed to be faced down.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the annual inflation rate last month jumped a percentage point from 10.1% in September, despite help provided to households through the launch of the government’s energy price guarantee.
Dearer food also contributed to prices rising 2% in October alone compared with the previous month, a bigger increase than the Bank of England and the City had been anticipating. Milk, cheese and egg prices rose by more than 27% compared with a year earlier. » | Larry Elliott, Economics editor | Wednesday, November 6, 2022
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NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Vor der Fussball-WM in Katar wird auch viel über die Rechte der Frauen in dem Emirat gesprochen. Im Gespräch erklärt die frühere Universitätspräsidentin Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad, warum Bildung so wichtig ist und warum sie Frauen im Westen nicht beneidet.
Menschen laufen am 7. April 2012 vor der Skyline in Doha durch. | Kamran Jebreili / AP
INTERVIEW
Frau Misnad, inwiefern haben die Vorbereitungen auf die Fussball-WM, die am 20. November in Katar beginnt, Ihr Land verändert?
Der Anlass verändert vor allem den Blick anderer Länder auf Katar. Die Leute kommen hierher und sehen, dass wir ganz normal sind. Die Fussball-WM ist wichtig für die ganze arabische Welt. So können wir zeigen: Wir sind nicht nur ein Kriegsgebiet, es gibt nicht nur Probleme, Armut und Aufstände. Hier gelingen auch Dinge.
Das Image von Katar hat jedoch auch gelitten. Zum Beispiel wegen all der Bauarbeiter, die auf den Baustellen der WM starben.
Die Medien übertreiben. Die Arbeiter kamen freiwillig hierher, niemand hat sie gezwungen. Die meisten Unternehmen in Katar halten sich an das Gesetz. Natürlich gab es Ausnahmen, natürlich gab es Missbrauch. Aber das Arbeitsrecht ist mittlerweile strikt: Es gibt einen Mindestlohn, die Arbeitgeber müssen den Lohn pünktlich auszahlen und den Mitarbeitern eine Unterkunft zur Verfügung stellen. Wer das nicht tut, wird bestraft. Die WM hat uns als Land in dem Sinne weitergebracht. » | Aline Wanner, Doha | Sonntag, 13. November 2022
Frau Misnad, inwiefern haben die Vorbereitungen auf die Fussball-WM, die am 20. November in Katar beginnt, Ihr Land verändert?
Der Anlass verändert vor allem den Blick anderer Länder auf Katar. Die Leute kommen hierher und sehen, dass wir ganz normal sind. Die Fussball-WM ist wichtig für die ganze arabische Welt. So können wir zeigen: Wir sind nicht nur ein Kriegsgebiet, es gibt nicht nur Probleme, Armut und Aufstände. Hier gelingen auch Dinge.
Das Image von Katar hat jedoch auch gelitten. Zum Beispiel wegen all der Bauarbeiter, die auf den Baustellen der WM starben.
Die Medien übertreiben. Die Arbeiter kamen freiwillig hierher, niemand hat sie gezwungen. Die meisten Unternehmen in Katar halten sich an das Gesetz. Natürlich gab es Ausnahmen, natürlich gab es Missbrauch. Aber das Arbeitsrecht ist mittlerweile strikt: Es gibt einen Mindestlohn, die Arbeitgeber müssen den Lohn pünktlich auszahlen und den Mitarbeitern eine Unterkunft zur Verfügung stellen. Wer das nicht tut, wird bestraft. Die WM hat uns als Land in dem Sinne weitergebracht. » | Aline Wanner, Doha | Sonntag, 13. November 2022
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Elon Musk Gives Twitter Staff Deadline to Commit to Being ‘Hardcore’
THE GUARDIAN: Remaining staff given until Thursday to confirm they will work ‘long hours at high intensity’ as part of ‘the new Twitter’
Musk laid off 50% of Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce within days of taking over the company.Photograph: Reuters
Elon Musk has given Twitter’s remaining staff a Thursday deadline to commit to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore” or else leave with three months’ severance pay.
In an email to the social media platform’s employees, seen by the Guardian, its new owner said building the next iteration of Twitter would require exceptional performance.
“Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” Musk wrote.
The message asked staff to click on a link if they want to be “part of the new Twitter” by 5pm New York time (10pm GMT) on Thursday.
Anyone who has not affirmed their commitment by that deadline, Musk said, would receive three months of severance pay. » | Dan Milmo, Global technology editor | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Elon Musk has given Twitter’s remaining staff a Thursday deadline to commit to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore” or else leave with three months’ severance pay.
In an email to the social media platform’s employees, seen by the Guardian, its new owner said building the next iteration of Twitter would require exceptional performance.
“Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” Musk wrote.
The message asked staff to click on a link if they want to be “part of the new Twitter” by 5pm New York time (10pm GMT) on Thursday.
Anyone who has not affirmed their commitment by that deadline, Musk said, would receive three months of severance pay. » | Dan Milmo, Global technology editor | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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The Thinking Atheist Interview: The Triumph of Christianity
Mar 21, 2018 | Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist podcast interviews Dr. Bart Ehrman on his book "The Triumph of Christianity: How A Forbidden Religion Swept the World." The program was aired on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 6:30 am.
The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous research in an eye-opening narrative that upends the way we think about the single most important cultural transformation our world has ever seen—one that revolutionized art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics, economics, and law. The book tells the story of how Christianity grew from a religion of twenty or so peasants in rural Galilee to the dominant religion in the West in less than four hundred years. …
The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous research in an eye-opening narrative that upends the way we think about the single most important cultural transformation our world has ever seen—one that revolutionized art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics, economics, and law. The book tells the story of how Christianity grew from a religion of twenty or so peasants in rural Galilee to the dominant religion in the West in less than four hundred years. …
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Trump Announces 2024 Run, Repeating Lies and Exaggerating Record
THE NEW YORK: In a rambling speech, former President Donald J. Trump said he would seek another term, ignoring Republicans’ concerns that he was to blame for the party’s weak midterm showing.
Former President Donald J. Trump launched his presidential campaign at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private resort in Florida. Trump gave a rambling speech and repeated many false claims.
Trump, ignoring the midterms’ verdict on him, announces a 2024 run.
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald J. Trump, whose historically divisive presidency shook the pillars of the country’s democratic institutions, on Tuesday night declared his intention to seek the White House again in 2024, ignoring the appeals of Republicans who warn that his continued influence on the party is largely to blame for its weaker-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.
His unusually early announcement was motivated in part by a calculation that a formal candidacy may help shield him from multiple investigations into his attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, which led to the deadly mob attack by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The decision, which came as votes were still being counted in congressional contests that will determine the balance of power in the House, confronts a frazzled and polarized nation — its social fabric already stressed by forces that the Trump era unleashed and supercharged — with a reboot of the nonstop political reality show that the Biden presidency had promised to cancel. » | Michael C. Bender and Maggie Haberman | Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2022; Updated: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Jesus weeps. – @ Mark Alexander
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald J. Trump, whose historically divisive presidency shook the pillars of the country’s democratic institutions, on Tuesday night declared his intention to seek the White House again in 2024, ignoring the appeals of Republicans who warn that his continued influence on the party is largely to blame for its weaker-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.
His unusually early announcement was motivated in part by a calculation that a formal candidacy may help shield him from multiple investigations into his attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, which led to the deadly mob attack by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The decision, which came as votes were still being counted in congressional contests that will determine the balance of power in the House, confronts a frazzled and polarized nation — its social fabric already stressed by forces that the Trump era unleashed and supercharged — with a reboot of the nonstop political reality show that the Biden presidency had promised to cancel. » | Michael C. Bender and Maggie Haberman | Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2022; Updated: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Jesus weeps. – @ Mark Alexander
Donald Trump announces 2024 presidential bid with unhinged transphobic speech: Donald Trump – the most anti-LGBTQ+ President in modern history – has announced he will be making a new bid for the White House in 2024, and immediately attacked trans women in sport. »
Trump LGBT rights: 10 shocking times he proved he’s the most anti-LGBT+ president in modern history: It is hard to overstate just how devastating Donald Trump and his four-year stint in the White House has been for the American LGBT+ community. »
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Gay Qataris Physically Abused Then Recruited as Agents, Campaigner Says
THE GUARDIAN: State using them to track down other gay people, he says / Rights group tells of transgender woman kept in solitary
Gay Qataris have been promised safety from physical torture in exchange for helping the authorities to track down other LGBTQ+ people in the country, a prominent Qatari doctor and gay rights campaigner has told the Guardian.
Dr Nasser Mohamed, who lives in the US but retains contact with hundreds of gay Qataris, said that some secret networks had been compromised after arrests by Qatar’s preventive security department.
A lot [of gay Qataris] don’t know about each other,” Mohamed said. “And it’s safer that way because when the law enforcement finds one person, they actively try to find their entire network. But some of the people who were captured and physically abused were then recruited as agents.
“Now there are agents in the gay community that were promised safety from physical torture in exchange for working for the preventive security department and helping them find groups of LGBTQ+ people.” » | Exclusive by Sean Ingle in Doha | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Related links in English and German here.
Gay Qataris have been promised safety from physical torture in exchange for helping the authorities to track down other LGBTQ+ people in the country, a prominent Qatari doctor and gay rights campaigner has told the Guardian.
Dr Nasser Mohamed, who lives in the US but retains contact with hundreds of gay Qataris, said that some secret networks had been compromised after arrests by Qatar’s preventive security department.
A lot [of gay Qataris] don’t know about each other,” Mohamed said. “And it’s safer that way because when the law enforcement finds one person, they actively try to find their entire network. But some of the people who were captured and physically abused were then recruited as agents.
“Now there are agents in the gay community that were promised safety from physical torture in exchange for working for the preventive security department and helping them find groups of LGBTQ+ people.” » | Exclusive by Sean Ingle in Doha | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Related links in English and German here.
Firm behind Moët Hails New ‘Roaring 20s’ as Wealthy Drain Stocks of Champagne
THE GUARDIAN: Company behind premium champagne brands says there is ‘pent-up demand for luxury’
Analysts expect the boom in luxury goods to continue as rich people spend the £2.5tn saved up during the pandemic. Photograph: François Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty
The company behind Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Krug and Dom Pérignon has said it is “running out of stock on our best champagnes” as the wealthy spend big on luxury goods in a new “roaring 20s” age of decadence.
Working Britons may have suffered the bigges slump in living standards since records began in the 1950s, but according to the head of LVMH’s wines and spirits division, “pent-up demand” following the easing of coronavirus restrictions has prompted a run on the finest fizz.
The chief executive of Moët Hennessy, Philippe Schaus, said 2022 would be “a fabulous year” for its champagne – which starts at about £40 a bottle and can runs into the thousands – as evidenced by stocks running low in the company’s network of cellars that stretch for 17 miles under the town of Epernay in France’s Champagne region. » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The company behind Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Krug and Dom Pérignon has said it is “running out of stock on our best champagnes” as the wealthy spend big on luxury goods in a new “roaring 20s” age of decadence.
Working Britons may have suffered the bigges slump in living standards since records began in the 1950s, but according to the head of LVMH’s wines and spirits division, “pent-up demand” following the easing of coronavirus restrictions has prompted a run on the finest fizz.
The chief executive of Moët Hennessy, Philippe Schaus, said 2022 would be “a fabulous year” for its champagne – which starts at about £40 a bottle and can runs into the thousands – as evidenced by stocks running low in the company’s network of cellars that stretch for 17 miles under the town of Epernay in France’s Champagne region. » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Italia Squisita: Panettone: the Original Milanese Recipe from Pasticceria Besuschio since 1845
For a full list of the ingredients used in this recipe and the method of preparation, please click here and then click on “show more”. – Mark
Donald Trump Replacing Barack after US Election 'Still Hurts', Says Michelle Obama - BBC News
Nov 15, 2022 | Michelle Obama, former US first lady, has said the US electorate’s decision to elect Donald Trump as president following Barack Obama's term in office "still hurts". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: "That's that point in time when you have to ask yourself, was it worth it?" "Did we make a dent? Did it matter? And when I'm in my darkest moment, my most irrational place, I could say, well, maybe not. Maybe we weren't good enough.” However, the former first lady said that seeing “more rationally”, she was able to think about “a whole world of young people who are thinking differently about themselves because of the work that we've done”.
Mrs Obama has revealed in her new book The Light We Carry that she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance and her “fearful mind”, but that [we] women need to “learn to love ourselves as we are”.
Mrs Obama has revealed in her new book The Light We Carry that she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance and her “fearful mind”, but that [we] women need to “learn to love ourselves as we are”.
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Murdoch Tells Trump He Will Not Back Fresh White House Bid – Report
THE GUARDIAN: Media mogul turns to ‘DeFuture’ Ron DeSantis after ex-president’s poor showing in midterm elections
Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump in 2016. His media outlets have now rounded on the former president, calling him a loser and a flop. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Rupert Murdoch has reportedly warned Donald Trump his media empire will not back any attempt to return to the White House, as former supporters turn to the youthful Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
After the Republican party’s disappointing performance in the US midterm elections, in particular the poor showing by candidates backed by Trump, Murdoch’s rightwing media empire appears to be seeking a clean break from the former president’s damaged reputation and perceived waning political power.
Last week, Murdoch’s influential media empire, including right-leaning Fox News, his flagship paper the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post, each rounded on Trump, calling him a loser and a flop responsible for dragging the Republicans into “one political fiasco after another”. » | Mark Sweney | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Rupert Murdoch has reportedly warned Donald Trump his media empire will not back any attempt to return to the White House, as former supporters turn to the youthful Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
After the Republican party’s disappointing performance in the US midterm elections, in particular the poor showing by candidates backed by Trump, Murdoch’s rightwing media empire appears to be seeking a clean break from the former president’s damaged reputation and perceived waning political power.
Last week, Murdoch’s influential media empire, including right-leaning Fox News, his flagship paper the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post, each rounded on Trump, calling him a loser and a flop responsible for dragging the Republicans into “one political fiasco after another”. » | Mark Sweney | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Pride Month 2021: Defying Nazi Persecution
Jul 6, 2021 | It was a daring and dangerous mission. To try to protect the true identities of Jews and resistance fighters hiding behind false ID cards, members of a Dutch resistance group knew they had to destroy the originals. Dressed as policemen, they entered the Amsterdam Registry and set off explosions that burned 800,000 identity cards. During this digital program, Museum experts told the stories of Frieda Belinfante, one of Europe’s first female conductors and a lesbian, and painter Willem Arondeus, a gay man and a leader of this group of artists turned resisters.
Speaker
Dr. Klaus Mueller, European Representative, International Archival Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Dr. Klaus Mueller, European Representative, International Archival Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Poland’s Far Right Are Attacking Everyone They Hate | Decade of Hate
Apr 30, 2021 | In Poland, these are just some of the reasons the far right might attack you: for carrying an LGBTQ flag, for peacefully protesting outside a church, for marching in a Pride parade, for being pro-choice. Why are adult angry white men attacking women and people holding rainbows? In short, the government is encouraging it.
In this episode of Decade of Hate, host Tim Hume looks at how Poland’s populist government and powerful Catholic Church are stripping women and the LGBTQ community of their rights, and how the far right is using the opportunity to physically attack people who don’t fit their narrow world view. As Poland lets hate groups do its dirty work, we hear from activists who are determined to keep up the fight for their rights.
In this episode of Decade of Hate, host Tim Hume looks at how Poland’s populist government and powerful Catholic Church are stripping women and the LGBTQ community of their rights, and how the far right is using the opportunity to physically attack people who don’t fit their narrow world view. As Poland lets hate groups do its dirty work, we hear from activists who are determined to keep up the fight for their rights.
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