LE FIGARO : La vice-présidente de la Commission européenne Margrethe Vestager s'attaque à l'empire du géant américain dans les technologiques publicitaires.
Bruxelles attaque Google en plein cœur de son modèle économique. Ce mercredi 14 juin en milieu de journée, Margrethe Vestager, la vice-commissaire de la Commission européenne, chargée des questions de concurrence, a annoncé le dépôt d'une plainte contre le géant américain pour abus de position dominante dans le domaine de la publicité en ligne. «Nous craignons que Google n'ait illégalement distordu la concurrence dans l'industrie de l'adtech», a-t-elle martelé lors d'une conférence de presse. » | Par Claudia Cohen | mercredi 14 juin 2023
Google’s Online Advertising Practices Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says: European Union regulators filed new antitrust charges against Google, which could lead to fines and orders for the company to change its business practices. »
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Martha Argerich: Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (2022)
Rainbow Railroad and LGBTQI+ Refugees | 60 Minutes Archive
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Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
England's Sparkling Future | ARTE.tv Documentary
The British have a love for sparkling wine. Over the past fifty years, the number of vineyards has increased by eight hundred times. The new English winemakers have a specific goal in mind: to rival French champagne. They are benefiting from climate change, which is transforming the southern regions of England into a fruitful wine-growing region. The race is on...
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WIKIPEDIA: Wine from the United Kingdom.
England's Sparkling Future | ARTE.tv Documentary
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WIKIPEDIA: Wine from the United Kingdom.
Billionaire George Soros Hands Over Control of His Investment Empire to His Son | DW News
Monday, June 12, 2023
'Punishable by Death': Uganda's New Violent Anti-gay Law | About That
UK: Kingdom of Diversity? | ARTE.tv Documentary
Jun 9, 2023 | The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf both come from migrant backgrounds. As many ethnic minority politicians now hold high office in the country, is the United Kingdom becoming a truly diverse society?
UK: Kingdom of Diversity?
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UK: Kingdom of Diversity?
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Pride Month: Defying the Nazi Campaign to Control Sexuality
Please note that the man being interviewed has the same name as my pseudonym, Mark Alexander. This is purely coincidental. I am not he. – Mark Alexander
British Girl Shot Dead in France While Playing in Garden - BBC News
Silvio Berlusconi May Be Gone, But Trump’s Still Here. The Rotten Populist Legacy Is Everywhere
THE GUARDIAN: The former Italian PM, who combined celebrity antics with rightwing populism, laid the groundwork for Trumpism
Silvio Berlusconi on the set of TV show Porta a Porta on Rai 1, in Rome, 2018. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
When he hurriedly left the prime minister’s official residence, Palazzo Chigi, for the last time on 16 November 2011, Silvio Berlusconi looked like a humiliated man. Italy’s finances were in trouble, with international investors betting against the country’s treasury bonds; prosecutors were on his heels due to the infamous “bunga bunga” scandal, which involved an underage sex worker; European allies Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel had made their displeasure with him public. Few would have guessed at the time how much future politics would follow Berlusconi’s populist template.
Berlusconi has died at 86 – he had been in hospital in Milan, undergoing treatment for a lung infection. Yet look around, and you can see his legacy everywhere. In fact, the years that followed Berlusconi’s exit from office vindicated his political style, which combined extreme personality politics, a skilful use of visual media and an unashamed demagogy – all to tap into voters’ disillusionment and cynicism about the status quo. It is hard to think of another politician more prefigurative of politics to come. » | Paolo Gerbaudo* | Monday, June 12, 2023
* Paolo Gerbaudo is a sociologist at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, and King’s College London, and the author of The Great Recoil
Silvio Berlusconi obituary: Media tycoon and Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister whose period in power ended in sex scandals, a debt crisis and convictions for tax fraud »
When he hurriedly left the prime minister’s official residence, Palazzo Chigi, for the last time on 16 November 2011, Silvio Berlusconi looked like a humiliated man. Italy’s finances were in trouble, with international investors betting against the country’s treasury bonds; prosecutors were on his heels due to the infamous “bunga bunga” scandal, which involved an underage sex worker; European allies Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel had made their displeasure with him public. Few would have guessed at the time how much future politics would follow Berlusconi’s populist template.
Berlusconi has died at 86 – he had been in hospital in Milan, undergoing treatment for a lung infection. Yet look around, and you can see his legacy everywhere. In fact, the years that followed Berlusconi’s exit from office vindicated his political style, which combined extreme personality politics, a skilful use of visual media and an unashamed demagogy – all to tap into voters’ disillusionment and cynicism about the status quo. It is hard to think of another politician more prefigurative of politics to come. » | Paolo Gerbaudo* | Monday, June 12, 2023
* Paolo Gerbaudo is a sociologist at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, and King’s College London, and the author of The Great Recoil
Silvio Berlusconi obituary: Media tycoon and Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister whose period in power ended in sex scandals, a debt crisis and convictions for tax fraud »
Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister, Dies Aged 86
THE GUARDIAN: Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated markedly in recent years
Silvio Berlusconi was often considered the ‘kingmaker’ in Italian politics. Photograph: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86, according to the country’s leading news agency, Ansa.
The media tycoon, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 and whose Forza Italia party is a junior partner in the current ruling coalition, had been suffering from leukaemia for some time.
Berlusconi was one of Italy’s most flamboyant politicians, making a political comeback in 2017 despite a career tainted by sex scandals, countless allegations of corruption and a tax fraud conviction.
He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he had spent six weeks this spring undergoing treatment for a lung infection linked to a chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia before being readmitted. » | Angela Giuffrida in Rome | Monday, June 12, 2023
Silvio Berlusconi, a Showman Who Upended Italian Politics and Culture, Dies at 86: He introduced sex and glamour to Italian TV, and then brought the same formula to politics, dominating the country and its culture for more than 20 years. »
Silvio Berlusconi, figure majeure de la droite italienne, est mort : Le Cavaliere, parvenu à trois reprises à la tête du gouvernement italien, entrepreneur de médias, longtemps propriétaire du club de football Milan AC, a vu sa carrière marquée par une série de scandales publics et privés. Il est mort à Milan, le 12 juin. »
Silvio Berlusconi gestorben: Der frühere italienische Ministerpräsident Silvio Berlusconi ist tot. Er starb am Montag im Alter von 86 Jahren. Wegbegleiter würdigen ihn als „großen Italiener“, der sich um viele Bereiche verdient gemacht habe. »
The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86, according to the country’s leading news agency, Ansa.
The media tycoon, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 and whose Forza Italia party is a junior partner in the current ruling coalition, had been suffering from leukaemia for some time.
Berlusconi was one of Italy’s most flamboyant politicians, making a political comeback in 2017 despite a career tainted by sex scandals, countless allegations of corruption and a tax fraud conviction.
He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he had spent six weeks this spring undergoing treatment for a lung infection linked to a chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia before being readmitted. » | Angela Giuffrida in Rome | Monday, June 12, 2023
Silvio Berlusconi, a Showman Who Upended Italian Politics and Culture, Dies at 86: He introduced sex and glamour to Italian TV, and then brought the same formula to politics, dominating the country and its culture for more than 20 years. »
Silvio Berlusconi, figure majeure de la droite italienne, est mort : Le Cavaliere, parvenu à trois reprises à la tête du gouvernement italien, entrepreneur de médias, longtemps propriétaire du club de football Milan AC, a vu sa carrière marquée par une série de scandales publics et privés. Il est mort à Milan, le 12 juin. »
Silvio Berlusconi gestorben: Der frühere italienische Ministerpräsident Silvio Berlusconi ist tot. Er starb am Montag im Alter von 86 Jahren. Wegbegleiter würdigen ihn als „großen Italiener“, der sich um viele Bereiche verdient gemacht habe. »
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Surviving Together | Queer Holocaust Survivor Margot Heuman(n) | Pride Month | USC Shoah Foundation
Jun 1, 2023 | “You have to have it within yourself, and whatever comes from the outside is secondary. You can cope with it, if you have someone you care for, if you have certain principles you abide by, and if you do what you feel is right and not what the world tells you to do. I think that’s more important than anything else.”
In the Theresienstadt ghetto, teenage Margot Heuman(n) entered a romantic relationship with a girl named Dita. After being deported to Auschwitz, Margot and Dita continued their romance in the camp, and survived together.
When Margot Heuman(n) told us her story in 1994, she censored the nature of her and Dita’s relationship. More than two decades later, Margot was able to come out to her family. Many online resources now cite Margot as being “the first queer Jewish woman known to have survived Nazi concentration camps” (Wikipedia contributors. "Margot Heumann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 25 Mar. 2023. Web. 31 May. 2023).
To celebrate the first day of Pride Month, we honor LGBTQ+ survivors of the Holocaust, and recall how difficult living - and speaking - candidly was until recent years. In our Visual History Archive, which contains interviews with over 55,000 interviewees, only ~10 interviewees openly identify as queer in their interviews. Margot and Dita remained close until Dita’s passing in 2011. Margot passed away in May 2022.
In the Theresienstadt ghetto, teenage Margot Heuman(n) entered a romantic relationship with a girl named Dita. After being deported to Auschwitz, Margot and Dita continued their romance in the camp, and survived together.
When Margot Heuman(n) told us her story in 1994, she censored the nature of her and Dita’s relationship. More than two decades later, Margot was able to come out to her family. Many online resources now cite Margot as being “the first queer Jewish woman known to have survived Nazi concentration camps” (Wikipedia contributors. "Margot Heumann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 25 Mar. 2023. Web. 31 May. 2023).
To celebrate the first day of Pride Month, we honor LGBTQ+ survivors of the Holocaust, and recall how difficult living - and speaking - candidly was until recent years. In our Visual History Archive, which contains interviews with over 55,000 interviewees, only ~10 interviewees openly identify as queer in their interviews. Margot and Dita remained close until Dita’s passing in 2011. Margot passed away in May 2022.
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Boris Johnson’s Legacy? He Has Ruined Britain’s Place in the World
THE OBSERVER – OPINION: The former PM’s insistence to ‘Get Brexit Done’ is the biggest historic mistake this country has made in peacetime
‘Moral bankruptcy’ – Johnson according to Max Hastings, his former editor at the Daily Telegraph. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/PA
As a master of public manipulation, Boris Johnson has few equals. His resignation has all the characteristics of a disaster turned into an opportunity. For weeks now, an all-party committee of the House of Commons has been crawling over the evidence of his behaviour behind closed doors when the rest of us were locked down. This report appears to have confirmed his worst fears. A suspension from the House of Commons, a recall petition from constituents, a difficult byelection and political humiliation.
Most of us would have cowered at the prospect. But with one spectacular coup de théâtre, he was free. The Commons report could hardly recommend a 10-day suspension for an MP who had already gone. The debate would no longer focus on whether he did or did not lie to the Commons. It would become centred on Boris and his future. » | Michael Heseltine | Sunday, June 11, 2023
There is no need to mourn the departure of this clown. The country is well rid of him. He has done immense damage to this country. The UK's reputation in the world has taken a huge hit directly as a result of him and his self-centred actions. To say nothing of millions of people losing their European citizenship merely to get BoJo the keys to Number 10.
That he has lost his political career should give all Remainers a strong sense of schadenfreude. BoJo has had his comeuppance. Praise ye the Lord! – © Mark Alexander
Farewell, Boris Johnson: Britain will not miss your attempts to play Trump: His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy »
The Observer view on Boris Johnson’s resignation: the Tory party is complicit in this disaster: His departure should prompt reflection among senior Conservatives about how and why they supported him for so long »
‘Pantomime has to end’: how Tories turned on Boris Johnson – and how it could break them: After a statement laced with anger and Trump-like lack of contrition, the ex-PM’s demise could tear his party apart »
What’s next for Boris Johnson after leaving the Commons?: The former PM says he is only stepping down ‘for now’. But other opportunities seem likely to tempt him »
As a master of public manipulation, Boris Johnson has few equals. His resignation has all the characteristics of a disaster turned into an opportunity. For weeks now, an all-party committee of the House of Commons has been crawling over the evidence of his behaviour behind closed doors when the rest of us were locked down. This report appears to have confirmed his worst fears. A suspension from the House of Commons, a recall petition from constituents, a difficult byelection and political humiliation.
Most of us would have cowered at the prospect. But with one spectacular coup de théâtre, he was free. The Commons report could hardly recommend a 10-day suspension for an MP who had already gone. The debate would no longer focus on whether he did or did not lie to the Commons. It would become centred on Boris and his future. » | Michael Heseltine | Sunday, June 11, 2023
There is no need to mourn the departure of this clown. The country is well rid of him. He has done immense damage to this country. The UK's reputation in the world has taken a huge hit directly as a result of him and his self-centred actions. To say nothing of millions of people losing their European citizenship merely to get BoJo the keys to Number 10.
That he has lost his political career should give all Remainers a strong sense of schadenfreude. BoJo has had his comeuppance. Praise ye the Lord! – © Mark Alexander
Farewell, Boris Johnson: Britain will not miss your attempts to play Trump: His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy »
The Observer view on Boris Johnson’s resignation: the Tory party is complicit in this disaster: His departure should prompt reflection among senior Conservatives about how and why they supported him for so long »
‘Pantomime has to end’: how Tories turned on Boris Johnson – and how it could break them: After a statement laced with anger and Trump-like lack of contrition, the ex-PM’s demise could tear his party apart »
What’s next for Boris Johnson after leaving the Commons?: The former PM says he is only stepping down ‘for now’. But other opportunities seem likely to tempt him »
Joel and Harry : If You Go Away | Gay Themed
Pride Month 2021: Defying Nazi Persecution | Reupload
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.
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Dr. Klaus Mueller, European Representative, International Archival Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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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
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Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Gay Holocaust | Complete Documentary: The Pink Triangles | Reupload
Premiered Jan 21, 2021 • The vastly ignored history of Germany's war on gay men during World War 2. A special note: Trans women were also persecuted but Germany categorized them as gay men so there's no official records to refer to.
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This documentary contains material which some people will find very disturbing. Viewer discretion is therefore strongly advised. It is not suitable for children. – Mark Alexander
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The Pink Triangles - The Story of the Gay Holocaust (Complete Documentary) from James Somerton on Vimeo.
This documentary contains material which some people will find very disturbing. Viewer discretion is therefore strongly advised. It is not suitable for children. – Mark Alexander
The Lincoln Project: "Espionage"
Jun 11, 2023 | Hanssen, Aldrich, Montes, Walker, Pelton - Trump is joining the traitor hall of fame for stealing our county’s secrets and covering it up. He belongs in prison and not the White House.
The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times — our democracy depends on it.
The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times — our democracy depends on it.
Donald Trump Could Be 'President from behind Bars' | Danny Shaw
Donald Trump Should Never Again Be Trusted With the Nation’s Secrets: It is hard to overstate the gravity of the criminal indictment issued against Donald Trump late Thursday by a federal grand jury. For the first time, a former president has been charged with violating federal laws, laws that he swore to uphold just over six years ago. It is the first time a former leader of the executive branch has been charged with obstructing the very agencies he led, and the first time a former commander in chief has been charged with endangering national security by violating the Espionage Act. »
Nicola Sturgeon Arrested in SNP Finances Inquiry
THE GUARDIAN: Former Scottish first minister interviewed as part of Police Scotland inquiry into claims SNP misspent £600,000 of donations
Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party.
Sturgeon, who quit as first minister and SNP leader in early April, is the third person to be arrested as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland investigation into allegations that more than £600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party. » | Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks | Sunday, June 11, 2023
Schottlands frühere Regierungschefin Sturgeon festgenommen: Die ehemalige schottische Regierungschefin Nicolas Sturgeon wurde im Zusammenhang mit den laufenden Ermittlungen zur Finanzierung der Scottish National Party festgenommen. Bereits in der vergangenen Woche durchsuchten Beamte ihre Wohnung. »
Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party.
Sturgeon, who quit as first minister and SNP leader in early April, is the third person to be arrested as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland investigation into allegations that more than £600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party. » | Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks | Sunday, June 11, 2023
Schottlands frühere Regierungschefin Sturgeon festgenommen: Die ehemalige schottische Regierungschefin Nicolas Sturgeon wurde im Zusammenhang mit den laufenden Ermittlungen zur Finanzierung der Scottish National Party festgenommen. Bereits in der vergangenen Woche durchsuchten Beamte ihre Wohnung. »
A Closer Look: Jackie Kennedy’s New York City Apartment | Cultured Elegance
Inside Prince Harry’s Tumultuous Court Case and Meghan Markle Marriage Woes | 60 Minutes Australia
Jun 11, 2023 | Spare a thought for the spare. Prince Harry has endured a hell of a week explaining his hell of a life to a judge in a London court. He claims that for years the English tabloids harassed and hounded him into misery by hiring private eyes to constantly follow him, as well as hacking his phone to get the scoop on his secrets. Harry says he’s now had enough, and it must stop.
But as Sarah Abo reports, for a man who has recently released a money-making autobiography and given multiple television interviews spilling the dirt on his famous family’s squabbles, Harry’s demand to hold the newspapers to account could just as easily be seen as a case of breathtaking hypocrisy.
But as Sarah Abo reports, for a man who has recently released a money-making autobiography and given multiple television interviews spilling the dirt on his famous family’s squabbles, Harry’s demand to hold the newspapers to account could just as easily be seen as a case of breathtaking hypocrisy.
Saturday, June 10, 2023
LGBT Stories from the Holocaust | Aid Provider Henri De Kryger | Pride Month | USC Shoah Foundation
Saudia Arabia: The West I ARTE.tv Documentary
Dec 16, 2021 | Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?
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Why Saudi Arabia can afford to play a long game in bid to control sport: The kingdom’s astounding deal to control men’s golf is part of a patient, multibillion-pound strategy to change its global reputation »
The Observer View on Uganda’s Anti-gay Laws: Grotesque, Legalised Bigotry
THE OBSERVER – EDITORIAL: Yoweri Museveni has introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts, but his legislation threatens more than the people it demonises
‘Homophobia is sadly prevalent among Uganda’s elite’. Above, the president, Yoweri Museveni. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters
Uganda is one of the youngest and fastest growing countries in the world. Nearly half of its 45 million-strong population in 2020 were under 14. Roughly 75% were under 30. Total numbers are projected to grow to 141 million by 2065. Against this extraordinarily fecund demographic backdrop, fears expressed by its president, Yoweri Museveni, that homosexuality threatens the “procreation of the human race” appear absurdly and offensively misplaced.
Museveni, 78, cannot be counted among these new Ugandan generations. He has been in charge since 1986, having seized power in a violent coup. In 2005, he agreed to the creation of a multi-party democracy, but his authoritarian grip on the country has never relaxed. Corruption and intimidation of political opponents are rife. Vote-fixing and fraud have marred successive elections, according to the UK, EU and US. » | Observer editorial | Sunday, June 4, 2023
Uganda is one of the youngest and fastest growing countries in the world. Nearly half of its 45 million-strong population in 2020 were under 14. Roughly 75% were under 30. Total numbers are projected to grow to 141 million by 2065. Against this extraordinarily fecund demographic backdrop, fears expressed by its president, Yoweri Museveni, that homosexuality threatens the “procreation of the human race” appear absurdly and offensively misplaced.
Museveni, 78, cannot be counted among these new Ugandan generations. He has been in charge since 1986, having seized power in a violent coup. In 2005, he agreed to the creation of a multi-party democracy, but his authoritarian grip on the country has never relaxed. Corruption and intimidation of political opponents are rife. Vote-fixing and fraud have marred successive elections, according to the UK, EU and US. » | Observer editorial | Sunday, June 4, 2023
Boris Johnson Resigns
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BoJo is a dangerous clown. This country is well rid of him. He has done immense damage to this country. – © Mark Alexander
From ‘Pariah’ to Partner, Saudi Leader Defies Threats to Isolate Him
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly leveraged Saudi Arabia’s wealth and influence to overcome international condemnation of the kingdom’s human rights violations.
President Biden vowed during his quest for the White House to make the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a “pariah” over the killing and dismemberment of a dissident. He threatened the prince again last fall with “consequences” for defying American wishes on oil policy.
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator, called Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich kingdom’s de facto ruler, a “wrecking ball” who could “never be a leader on the world stage.” And Jay Monahan, the head of golf’s prestigious PGA Tour, suggested that players who joined a rival Saudi-backed league betrayed the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — carried out by hijackers who were mostly Saudi citizens.
Now, their words ring hollow. » | Ben Hubbard, Reporting from Istanbul | Saturday, June 10, 2023
President Biden vowed during his quest for the White House to make the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a “pariah” over the killing and dismemberment of a dissident. He threatened the prince again last fall with “consequences” for defying American wishes on oil policy.
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator, called Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich kingdom’s de facto ruler, a “wrecking ball” who could “never be a leader on the world stage.” And Jay Monahan, the head of golf’s prestigious PGA Tour, suggested that players who joined a rival Saudi-backed league betrayed the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — carried out by hijackers who were mostly Saudi citizens.
Now, their words ring hollow. » | Ben Hubbard, Reporting from Istanbul | Saturday, June 10, 2023
Colombia Plane Crash: Four Children Found Alive in Amazon after 40 Days - BBC News
Melber: This Is the First Day of the Rest of Trump's Life. It's Going to Get Worse from Here.
Donald Trump Faces 37 Criminal Charges, US Justice Department Confirms | DW News
Jun 9, 2023 | The indictment charging former US President Donald Trump with misshandling classified documents has been unsealed. It's the first official confirmation from the Justice Department of a criminal case against Trump, who faces 37 criminal charges.
He is alleged to have ignored the department's demands to return documents, and even directed advisers to hide some of them. It's the first time a former president has been prosecuted for federal crimes. Trump could face 10 years in prison if found guilty.
He is alleged to have ignored the department's demands to return documents, and even directed advisers to hide some of them. It's the first time a former president has been prosecuted for federal crimes. Trump could face 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Boris Johnson Is 'Tearing Apart the Conservative Party' in His Final Act as MP | Adam Boulton
Michael Lambert: Pathetic Sunak Endlessly Repeats His 5 Pledges Whilst Planning to Control AI Worldwide
Jun 10, 2023 | Rishi Sunak is weak and pathetic. He was a failure as Chancellor of the Exchequer and is now struggling as Prime Minister with a divided party and a collapsing post-Brexit economy.
He repeats his five missions endlessly in reply to just about any question. He talks of halving inflation, growing the economy, repaying debt, reducing NHS waiting lists and stopping small boats of asylum seekers crossing the Channel, despite most of these being beyond his control.
Last week he went to Dover by helicopter to repeat his pledges and claim success for his small boat policy. Later in the week, he went to Washington DC where he met Joe Biden, agreed a meaningless 'Atlantic Declaration' and discussed organising a conference where he will take charge of controlling the spread of AI worldwide.
In the meantime, his wife has given $3 million to a college in California where, it seems likely he will move when he loses the forthcoming general election
He repeats his five missions endlessly in reply to just about any question. He talks of halving inflation, growing the economy, repaying debt, reducing NHS waiting lists and stopping small boats of asylum seekers crossing the Channel, despite most of these being beyond his control.
Last week he went to Dover by helicopter to repeat his pledges and claim success for his small boat policy. Later in the week, he went to Washington DC where he met Joe Biden, agreed a meaningless 'Atlantic Declaration' and discussed organising a conference where he will take charge of controlling the spread of AI worldwide.
In the meantime, his wife has given $3 million to a college in California where, it seems likely he will move when he loses the forthcoming general election
Friday, June 09, 2023
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Boris Johnson Resigns as MP with Immediate Effect over Partygate Report
THE GUARDIAN: Committee found former prime minister had misled the House of Commons and recommended lengthy suspension
Boris Johnson accused the privileges committee of trying to force him out. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
Boris Johnson is standing down immediately as a Conservative MP after an investigation into the Partygate scandal found he misled parliament and recommended a lengthy suspension from the House of Commons.
The former prime minister angrily accused the investigation of trying to drive him out. He hinted that he may try to make a return to politics, saying he was “very sad to be leaving parliament – at least for now”. » | Rowena Mason | Friday, Jun 9, 2023
Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament: The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties. »
Ex-Premier Boris Johnson tritt als Abgeordneter zurück: Nach Ansicht des zuständigen Ausschusses hat Boris Johnson das Parlament im Skandal um illegale Lockdown-Partys belogen. Für das Mandat in seinem Londoner Wahlbezirk muss nun eine Neuwahl stattfinden. »
Boris Johnson’s disheartening, shoddy honours list is an apt political epitaph: The ex-PM leaves parliament with a list evoking all that was wrong with his chaotic and damaging years in office »
‘It is sad to be leaving … for now’: Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in full: Former PM says he is standing down as an MP and says he has been driven out of parliament »
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Boris Johnson renonce à son mandat de député : L’ex-premier ministre britannique a annoncé sa démission, qui prend effet immédiatement, en invoquant l’enquête parlementaire sur le « partygate ». »
Boris Johnson is standing down immediately as a Conservative MP after an investigation into the Partygate scandal found he misled parliament and recommended a lengthy suspension from the House of Commons.
The former prime minister angrily accused the investigation of trying to drive him out. He hinted that he may try to make a return to politics, saying he was “very sad to be leaving parliament – at least for now”. » | Rowena Mason | Friday, Jun 9, 2023
Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament: The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties. »
Ex-Premier Boris Johnson tritt als Abgeordneter zurück: Nach Ansicht des zuständigen Ausschusses hat Boris Johnson das Parlament im Skandal um illegale Lockdown-Partys belogen. Für das Mandat in seinem Londoner Wahlbezirk muss nun eine Neuwahl stattfinden. »
Boris Johnson’s disheartening, shoddy honours list is an apt political epitaph: The ex-PM leaves parliament with a list evoking all that was wrong with his chaotic and damaging years in office »
‘It is sad to be leaving … for now’: Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in full: Former PM says he is standing down as an MP and says he has been driven out of parliament »
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Boris Johnson renonce à son mandat de député : L’ex-premier ministre britannique a annoncé sa démission, qui prend effet immédiatement, en invoquant l’enquête parlementaire sur le « partygate ». »
Record Dengue Fever Outbreak in Peru as Climate Change Helps Mosquitoes Thrive
Nouvelle confrontation à l’ONU autour des droits LGBTQ+
LE MONDE : Un groupe de pays africains et l’Organisation de la coopération islamique ont refusé d’inclure une mention relative à l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre dans le programme et le budget de l’Organisation internationale du travail.
Une nouvelle confrontation entre Etats membres de l’ONU autour des droits LGBTQ+ a pour la première fois empêché, vendredi 9 juin, l’adoption du programme et du budget de l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT). Ces différences de vues sur l’orientation sexuelle et l’identité de genre pourraient retarder durablement l’approbation du budget biannuel de 885 millions de dollars de l’OIT ou même conduire à une impasse, en plein mois des fiertés LGBTQ+. » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 9 juin 2023
Une nouvelle confrontation entre Etats membres de l’ONU autour des droits LGBTQ+ a pour la première fois empêché, vendredi 9 juin, l’adoption du programme et du budget de l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT). Ces différences de vues sur l’orientation sexuelle et l’identité de genre pourraient retarder durablement l’approbation du budget biannuel de 885 millions de dollars de l’OIT ou même conduire à une impasse, en plein mois des fiertés LGBTQ+. » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 9 juin 2023
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | The Hollywood Collection
Feb 23, 2016
Audrey Hepburn was one of movies best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication, and an enduring aura of youthful innocence.
As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world’s suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death.
From the star herself we learn of her career, and the family and friendships that were her priority. Directors Billy Wilder, Blake Edwards and Stanley Donen, composer Henry Mancini, actors Gregory Peck, Mel Ferrer, George Peppard and Roger Moore, fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and others, join Rob Wolders and Sean Ferrer to help complete this loving portrait. With clips from Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, My Fair Lady, Two for the Road, Robin and Marian and more.
As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world’s suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death.
From the star herself we learn of her career, and the family and friendships that were her priority. Directors Billy Wilder, Blake Edwards and Stanley Donen, composer Henry Mancini, actors Gregory Peck, Mel Ferrer, George Peppard and Roger Moore, fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and others, join Rob Wolders and Sean Ferrer to help complete this loving portrait. With clips from Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, My Fair Lady, Two for the Road, Robin and Marian and more.
Archbishop of Canterbury Urges Ugandan Church to Reject Deadly Anti-gay Law
PINK NEWS: The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his “grief and dismay” at a Ugandan law banning homosexuality in a letter urging Church officials in the country to reject it.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has rejected Uganda’s Anti-Homosexual Activity law, and is calling for Anglican Ugandans to oppose the bill. (Getty)
Lead bishop Justin Welby wrote to Ugandan Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba on Friday (9 June) publicly condemning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act.
“I make this public statement with sorrow, and with continuing prayers for reconciliation between our churches and across the Anglican Communion,” Welby wrote.
“I am deeply aware of the history of colonial rule in Uganda, so heroically resisted by its people.
“But this is not about imposing Western values on our Ugandan Anglican sisters and brothers. It is about reminding them of the commitments we have made as Anglicans to treat every person with the care and respect they deserve as children of God.” » | Amelia Hansford | Friday, June 9, 2023
Lead bishop Justin Welby wrote to Ugandan Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba on Friday (9 June) publicly condemning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act.
“I make this public statement with sorrow, and with continuing prayers for reconciliation between our churches and across the Anglican Communion,” Welby wrote.
“I am deeply aware of the history of colonial rule in Uganda, so heroically resisted by its people.
“But this is not about imposing Western values on our Ugandan Anglican sisters and brothers. It is about reminding them of the commitments we have made as Anglicans to treat every person with the care and respect they deserve as children of God.” » | Amelia Hansford | Friday, June 9, 2023
LGBT Veterans Want Military Ban Report Immediately
BBC: Campaigners are urging the government to immediately release the findings of a review into the treatment of LGBT veterans who were forced out of their jobs as a result of being gay.
Until 2000 it was illegal to be gay in the British military - with more than 5,000 veterans thought to be affected.
Some have given evidence to a review launched last year but are concerned the report has not been published yet.
The government said it would consider the recommendations "in due course".
One veteran told BBC News she wants the government to apologise because gay officers' lives "were robbed" by the ban. » | Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer, BBC News | Friday, June 9, 2023
Until 2000 it was illegal to be gay in the British military - with more than 5,000 veterans thought to be affected.
Some have given evidence to a review launched last year but are concerned the report has not been published yet.
The government said it would consider the recommendations "in due course".
One veteran told BBC News she wants the government to apologise because gay officers' lives "were robbed" by the ban. » | Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer, BBC News | Friday, June 9, 2023
Michael Beschloss: Trump Indictment Makes Nixon Look Like a Schoolboy
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L’Ombre des Mollahs : Général Soleimani, le stratège de l'Iran | ARTE
May 5, 2023 | En janvier 2020, les drones de Trump éliminaient un des personnages les plus craints du Moyen-Orient, le général iranien Qassem Soleimani. Retour sur celui qui fut l’homme de l’ombre des mollahs et le héros de tout un peuple, à qui l’Iran doit sa puissance actuelle.
Un assassinat personnalisé et ultrasophistiqué. Le 3 janvier 2020, alors qu’il se trouve à Bagdad, Qassem Soleimani est abattu par des drones américains. Commandité par Donald Trump après de nombreuses hésitations, l’assassinat du général iranien constitue une catastrophe pour ses compatriotes. Révéré telle une icône, charismatique et courageux, le commandant de la Force Al-Qods, l’unité d’élite des Gardiens de la révolution, était en effet considéré comme le numéro deux du régime des mollahs. Celui qui se révéla très jeune comme un meneur d’hommes pendant la guerre Iran-Irak (1980-1988) fut surtout l'infatigable artisan de "l'axe de résistance" : une extension de la puissance iranienne qui a permis à Téhéran de contrôler le "croissant chiite", un large territoire partant des côtes libanaises jusqu'aux frontières afghanes, en passant par la Syrie et l'Irak. Un destin exceptionnel pour ce fils de paysan des montagnes qui a réussi à influer sur la géopolitique mondiale.
Défier l’Occident
Comment Qassem Soleimani est-il devenu l’homme à abattre pour les États-Unis ? Avec cette élimination, les Américains ont-ils durablement affaibli l’Iran ? Ce documentaire retrace le parcours de celui qui eut le tort de si souvent défier le leadership américain : renforcement du Hezbollah, prise de pouvoir sur l’Irak grâce aux chiites locaux, attentats contre les intérêts américains, etc. À la fois brillant stratège, fin politique, maître espion et tueur sanguinaire, cette haute figure des Gardiens de la révolution personnalisait sans doute trop la puissance et la duplicité prêtées à la République islamique par ses ennemis. Iraniens, Irakiens et Américains, personnalités politiques, diplomatiques et militaires de premier plan dressent le portrait de ce personnage secret, mythique dans son pays, adulé autant que redouté.
Documentaire de Magali Serre (France, 2021, 52mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 08/07/2023
Un assassinat personnalisé et ultrasophistiqué. Le 3 janvier 2020, alors qu’il se trouve à Bagdad, Qassem Soleimani est abattu par des drones américains. Commandité par Donald Trump après de nombreuses hésitations, l’assassinat du général iranien constitue une catastrophe pour ses compatriotes. Révéré telle une icône, charismatique et courageux, le commandant de la Force Al-Qods, l’unité d’élite des Gardiens de la révolution, était en effet considéré comme le numéro deux du régime des mollahs. Celui qui se révéla très jeune comme un meneur d’hommes pendant la guerre Iran-Irak (1980-1988) fut surtout l'infatigable artisan de "l'axe de résistance" : une extension de la puissance iranienne qui a permis à Téhéran de contrôler le "croissant chiite", un large territoire partant des côtes libanaises jusqu'aux frontières afghanes, en passant par la Syrie et l'Irak. Un destin exceptionnel pour ce fils de paysan des montagnes qui a réussi à influer sur la géopolitique mondiale.
Défier l’Occident
Comment Qassem Soleimani est-il devenu l’homme à abattre pour les États-Unis ? Avec cette élimination, les Américains ont-ils durablement affaibli l’Iran ? Ce documentaire retrace le parcours de celui qui eut le tort de si souvent défier le leadership américain : renforcement du Hezbollah, prise de pouvoir sur l’Irak grâce aux chiites locaux, attentats contre les intérêts américains, etc. À la fois brillant stratège, fin politique, maître espion et tueur sanguinaire, cette haute figure des Gardiens de la révolution personnalisait sans doute trop la puissance et la duplicité prêtées à la République islamique par ses ennemis. Iraniens, Irakiens et Américains, personnalités politiques, diplomatiques et militaires de premier plan dressent le portrait de ce personnage secret, mythique dans son pays, adulé autant que redouté.
Documentaire de Magali Serre (France, 2021, 52mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 08/07/2023
Religious US Broadcaster Pat Robertson Dies Aged 93 - BBC News
Pat Robertson, Who Gave Christian Conservatives Clout, Is Dead at 93: A Baptist minister and a broadcaster, he turned evangelicals into a powerful constituency that helped Republicans capture Congress in 1994. He had earlier run for president. »
How Pat Robertson Created the Religious Right’s Model for Political Power: The celebrity minister, who died Thursday, built a media empire and openly sought to leverage his popularity among evangelicals to influence government and the culture. »
Inside Miami’s Deadly Plastic Surgery Industry | Fault Lines Documentary
Jun 7, 2023 | In this episode of Fault Lines, we look into Florida’s cosmetic surgery industry, which has made national headlines for its high incidence of patient death and disfigurement, especially with regard to the extremely popular Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgeries.
The Florida Board of Medicine has spent years trying to place guardrails on the industry, particularly with regard to BBL surgeries, but our investigation reveals a pattern of surgeons engaging in unsafe practices and lobbying lawmakers to allow them to continue doing so.
Producer: Nicolas Pollock
Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro
Director of Photography: Jeremy Raff
Editor: Warwick Meade
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Fact Checker: Abdulai Bah
Sound Mixer: Linus Bergman
Production Manager: Anabelle Rojas
Archivist: Shelley Simpson
Legal: Mike Abed, Eithar Abu Taha
Special Thanks: Diarmuid Jeffreys, Rafi Mustafa
The Florida Board of Medicine has spent years trying to place guardrails on the industry, particularly with regard to BBL surgeries, but our investigation reveals a pattern of surgeons engaging in unsafe practices and lobbying lawmakers to allow them to continue doing so.
Producer: Nicolas Pollock
Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro
Director of Photography: Jeremy Raff
Editor: Warwick Meade
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Fact Checker: Abdulai Bah
Sound Mixer: Linus Bergman
Production Manager: Anabelle Rojas
Archivist: Shelley Simpson
Legal: Mike Abed, Eithar Abu Taha
Special Thanks: Diarmuid Jeffreys, Rafi Mustafa
Donald Trump Indicted over Classified Documents - BBC News
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Donald Trump Charged with Illegal Retention of Classified Documents
THE GUARDIAN: Ex-president is being prosecuted for violating Espionage Act and obstruction over documents held at Mar-a-Lago and has been summoned to court next week
The latest charges could prove to be the most significant legal peril yet for the former president. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP
Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump over his retention of national security documents and obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, a historic development that poses the most significant legal peril yet for the former president.
The exact nature of the indictment, filed in federal district court in Miami, is unclear because it remains under seal and the justice department had no immediate comment. » | Hugo Lowell in Miami | Friday, June 9, 2023
AUF DEUTSCH:
Donald Trump will in der Dokumentenaffäre angeklagt worden sein: Seit Monaten untersucht ein Sonderermittler den Fund streng geheimer Unterlagen in Trumps Anwesen. Über den Stand der Ermittlungen konnte bisher nur spekuliert werden. Nun behauptet Trump, am Dienstag vor Gericht erscheinen zu müssen. »
EN FRANÇAIS :
Etats-Unis : Donald Trump inculpé pour sa gestion des archives de la Maison Blanche : Le milliardaire républicain précise avoir été convoqué mardi 13 juin devant un tribunal fédéral à Miami. C’est la première fois dans l’histoire qu’un ancien président américain fait face à une inculpation fédérale. »
Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump over his retention of national security documents and obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, a historic development that poses the most significant legal peril yet for the former president.
The exact nature of the indictment, filed in federal district court in Miami, is unclear because it remains under seal and the justice department had no immediate comment. » | Hugo Lowell in Miami | Friday, June 9, 2023
AUF DEUTSCH:
Donald Trump will in der Dokumentenaffäre angeklagt worden sein: Seit Monaten untersucht ein Sonderermittler den Fund streng geheimer Unterlagen in Trumps Anwesen. Über den Stand der Ermittlungen konnte bisher nur spekuliert werden. Nun behauptet Trump, am Dienstag vor Gericht erscheinen zu müssen. »
EN FRANÇAIS :
Etats-Unis : Donald Trump inculpé pour sa gestion des archives de la Maison Blanche : Le milliardaire républicain précise avoir été convoqué mardi 13 juin devant un tribunal fédéral à Miami. C’est la première fois dans l’histoire qu’un ancien président américain fait face à une inculpation fédérale. »
Thursday, June 08, 2023
El Niño Planet-warming Weather Phase Begins - BBC News
Airpocalypse: David Wallace-Wells on Red Skies, Raging Wildfires & Pollution Link to Climate Crisis
Haiti on the Brink: “The Entire Country Is in Agony,” Says Renowned Doctor | Amanpour and Company
France Knife Attack Has 'Shocked' Nation, Prime Minister Says - BBC News
Eurozone Sinks into Recession as Cost of Living Crisis Takes Toll
THE GUARDIAN: GDP shrank 0.1% in first quarter of 2023 and final three months of 2022 after revisions to earlier estimates
The eurozone slipped into recession in the first three months of the year, after official figures were revised to show the bloc’s economy shrank as the rising cost of living weighed on consumer spending.
Figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, showed gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2023 and the final three months of 2022 after revisions to earlier estimates. A technical recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Thursday, June 8, 2023
The eurozone slipped into recession in the first three months of the year, after official figures were revised to show the bloc’s economy shrank as the rising cost of living weighed on consumer spending.
Figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, showed gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2023 and the final three months of 2022 after revisions to earlier estimates. A technical recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Thursday, June 8, 2023
Is Florida a Preview of America's Dystopian Future? | DW News
Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency: This year there is a pall over Pride. »
The Guardian View on Sunak’s Foreign Policy: A Europe-shaped Hole
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: Britain’s alliance with Washington would be stronger if the PM cultivated better relations with continental neighbours
The alliance between Britain and the US, resting on deep foundations of shared history and strategic interest, is not overly affected by the personal relationship between a prime minister and a president.
Sometimes individual affinity is consequential, as when Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were aligned over cold war doctrine, or when Tony Blair put Britain in lockstep with George W Bush for the march to war in Iraq. But there is no prospect of Rishi Sunak forming such a partnership – for good or ill – with Joe Biden at this week’s Washington summit.
Viewed from the White House, the prime minister cuts an insubstantial figure – the caretaker leader of a country that has lost its way. That doesn’t jeopardise the underlying relationship. Britain is a highly valued US ally, most notably in the fields of defence, security and intelligence. On trade and economics, Mr Sunak’s position is less comfortable. The prime minister is a poor match with a president who thinks Brexit was an epic blunder and whose flagship policy is a rebuttal of the sacred doctrines of the Conservative party. » | Editorial | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
The alliance between Britain and the US, resting on deep foundations of shared history and strategic interest, is not overly affected by the personal relationship between a prime minister and a president.
Sometimes individual affinity is consequential, as when Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were aligned over cold war doctrine, or when Tony Blair put Britain in lockstep with George W Bush for the march to war in Iraq. But there is no prospect of Rishi Sunak forming such a partnership – for good or ill – with Joe Biden at this week’s Washington summit.
Viewed from the White House, the prime minister cuts an insubstantial figure – the caretaker leader of a country that has lost its way. That doesn’t jeopardise the underlying relationship. Britain is a highly valued US ally, most notably in the fields of defence, security and intelligence. On trade and economics, Mr Sunak’s position is less comfortable. The prime minister is a poor match with a president who thinks Brexit was an epic blunder and whose flagship policy is a rebuttal of the sacred doctrines of the Conservative party. » | Editorial | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Mike Pence Tears into Donald Trump at 2024 Campaign Launch - BBC News
France Knife Attack Leaves Children in Critical Condition - BBC News
Four Children and an Adult Injured in Knife Attack in French Alps
THE GUARDIAN: France’s interior minister says attack took place in a square in the town of Annecy
An aerial view of Annecy. Six children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack. Photograph: Thomas Garcia/Alamy
Four children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in the picturesque town of Annecy in the French Alps.
At least three of the victims are in a critical condition in hospital.
At about 9.45am, a man armed with a knife entered a children’s playground near the town’s famous lake and attacked a group of children aged about three years old as they played, a security source and a local official told AFP.
One witness, named as Nelly, told France Info radio: “People were running, crying, panicking … it was horrible.” » | Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Thursday, June 8, 2023
Attaque au couteau à Annecy, en direct : plusieurs enfants blessés, un homme interpellé : Cinq personnes ont été blessées lors de cette attaque qui s’est produite dans les jardins de l’Europe, près du lac d’Annecy. Deux enfants et un adulte sont en urgence absolue, selon un bilan mis à jour. »
Four children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in the picturesque town of Annecy in the French Alps.
At least three of the victims are in a critical condition in hospital.
At about 9.45am, a man armed with a knife entered a children’s playground near the town’s famous lake and attacked a group of children aged about three years old as they played, a security source and a local official told AFP.
One witness, named as Nelly, told France Info radio: “People were running, crying, panicking … it was horrible.” » | Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Thursday, June 8, 2023
Attaque au couteau à Annecy, en direct : plusieurs enfants blessés, un homme interpellé : Cinq personnes ont été blessées lors de cette attaque qui s’est produite dans les jardins de l’Europe, près du lac d’Annecy. Deux enfants et un adulte sont en urgence absolue, selon un bilan mis à jour. »
Wednesday, June 07, 2023
Die Thatcher-Jahre | Doku HD | ARTE
Jun 7, 2023 | Die Thatcher-Ära ist ein Meilenstein der Geschichte und gilt als Geburtsstunde unserer heutigen Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsordnung. Dennoch herrscht bei Weitem kein Konsens darüber, was Thatcherismus genau bedeutet – und zwar aus gutem Grund: Die drei von Margaret Thatcher geführten Regierungen setzten von 1979 bis 1990 erstmals die Konzepte des Neoliberalismus um.
Margaret Thatcher: eine polarisierende Person, die oft sehr undifferenziert wahrgenommen wird. Hinter ihrem übertriebenen Verhalten und ihren exzessiven Äußerungen verblasst der Kontext der damaligen Zeit. Übrig bleibt ein sehr vereinfachendes, nicht selten frauenfeindlich gefärbtes Bild: das einer unaufhaltsamen Dampfwalze, fest entschlossen, zum Erreichen ihrer Ziele alles plattzumachen, was sich ihr in den Weg stellt.
Dabei ist die Realität viel komplexer und chaotischer. Die Eiserne Lady hat nicht immer ihre neoliberalen Überzeugungen konsequent verfochten und entsprach auch nicht unbedingt dem Klischee der Frau aus dem Volk mit dem gesunden Menschenverstand. Gewiss hat sie das Vereinigte Königreich autoritär nach ihrem Bild umgestaltet, doch ein großer Teil dieses Bildes war ein Konstrukt, mit dem sie opportunistisch auf die politischen und kulturellen Verhältnisse ihrer Zeit reagierte.
Der Dokumentarfilm erörtert das Erbe der Eisernen Lady und lässt Mitarbeiter, politische Gegner, Zeitzeugen, Aktivisten und Historiker zu Wort kommen, deren Aussagen ein neues Licht auf diese Jahre des Wandels werfen: Waren Margaret Thatcher und die Neoliberalen wirklich so modern, so „neo“, als sie die progressiven, angeblich archaischen Ideen der Linken in den Orkus beförderten? Oder waren sie nicht vielmehr selbst zutiefst archaisch mit ihrer Rückkehr zum brutalen Liberalismus des 19. Jahrhunderts und seiner rigiden viktorianischen Moral, von PR-Leuten clever als modern verkauft?
Margaret Thatcher war die Matrix des radikalen Konservatismus und verkörperte wie keine andere diesen unauflösbaren Widerspruch, der sich bis heute durch die Gesellschaft zieht.
Dokumentarfilm von Guillaume Podrovnik (F 2022, 92 Min)
Verfügbar bis zum 12/08/2023
Margaret Thatcher: eine polarisierende Person, die oft sehr undifferenziert wahrgenommen wird. Hinter ihrem übertriebenen Verhalten und ihren exzessiven Äußerungen verblasst der Kontext der damaligen Zeit. Übrig bleibt ein sehr vereinfachendes, nicht selten frauenfeindlich gefärbtes Bild: das einer unaufhaltsamen Dampfwalze, fest entschlossen, zum Erreichen ihrer Ziele alles plattzumachen, was sich ihr in den Weg stellt.
Dabei ist die Realität viel komplexer und chaotischer. Die Eiserne Lady hat nicht immer ihre neoliberalen Überzeugungen konsequent verfochten und entsprach auch nicht unbedingt dem Klischee der Frau aus dem Volk mit dem gesunden Menschenverstand. Gewiss hat sie das Vereinigte Königreich autoritär nach ihrem Bild umgestaltet, doch ein großer Teil dieses Bildes war ein Konstrukt, mit dem sie opportunistisch auf die politischen und kulturellen Verhältnisse ihrer Zeit reagierte.
Der Dokumentarfilm erörtert das Erbe der Eisernen Lady und lässt Mitarbeiter, politische Gegner, Zeitzeugen, Aktivisten und Historiker zu Wort kommen, deren Aussagen ein neues Licht auf diese Jahre des Wandels werfen: Waren Margaret Thatcher und die Neoliberalen wirklich so modern, so „neo“, als sie die progressiven, angeblich archaischen Ideen der Linken in den Orkus beförderten? Oder waren sie nicht vielmehr selbst zutiefst archaisch mit ihrer Rückkehr zum brutalen Liberalismus des 19. Jahrhunderts und seiner rigiden viktorianischen Moral, von PR-Leuten clever als modern verkauft?
Margaret Thatcher war die Matrix des radikalen Konservatismus und verkörperte wie keine andere diesen unauflösbaren Widerspruch, der sich bis heute durch die Gesellschaft zieht.
Dokumentarfilm von Guillaume Podrovnik (F 2022, 92 Min)
Verfügbar bis zum 12/08/2023
Tucker Carlson Peddles Conspiracy Theories on Twitter Debut from Barn
THE GUARDIAN: Ex-Fox News host backs Russia and insults Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in 10-minute monologue greeted with widespread derision
Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News shortly after it reached a $787.5m settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcast of election lies. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Tucker Carlson’s debut on Twitter was greeted with widespread derision, as the former Fox News host backed Russia in its war with Ukraine, abused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, invoked conspiracy theories about 9/11 and Jeffrey Epstein and mused on the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life.
“Tucker Carlson’s lies cost Fox $800m,” said Anne Applebaum, a historian of authoritarianism, referring to the $787.5m settlement the network signed with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcast of Donald Trump’s election lies, shortly before Carlson was fired.
“Now he is still lying, and Twitter will eventually pay the price too.”
At the end of Carlson’s first show, a 10-minute monologue in a barn, with a wide shot showing he was operating his own teleprompter, the host said he would bypass the mainstream media to tell viewers the truth, as Russians under communism once found ways to hear broadcasts from other countries. » | Martin Pengelly in New York | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Tucker Carlson’s debut on Twitter was greeted with widespread derision, as the former Fox News host backed Russia in its war with Ukraine, abused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, invoked conspiracy theories about 9/11 and Jeffrey Epstein and mused on the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life.
“Tucker Carlson’s lies cost Fox $800m,” said Anne Applebaum, a historian of authoritarianism, referring to the $787.5m settlement the network signed with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcast of Donald Trump’s election lies, shortly before Carlson was fired.
“Now he is still lying, and Twitter will eventually pay the price too.”
At the end of Carlson’s first show, a 10-minute monologue in a barn, with a wide shot showing he was operating his own teleprompter, the host said he would bypass the mainstream media to tell viewers the truth, as Russians under communism once found ways to hear broadcasts from other countries. » | Martin Pengelly in New York | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Heat Health Alert Issued for England This Weekend
THE GUARDIAN: Warning covers London, east Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, south-east and south-west
The first heat health alert of the year has been issued for the coming weekend in England, where temperatures could reach a peak of 30C (86F).
The alert, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office, covers six regions: London, the east Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, south east and the south west. It is in place from 9am on Friday to Monday morning. » | Sammy Gecsoyler | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
The first heat health alert of the year has been issued for the coming weekend in England, where temperatures could reach a peak of 30C (86F).
The alert, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office, covers six regions: London, the east Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, south east and the south west. It is in place from 9am on Friday to Monday morning. » | Sammy Gecsoyler | Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s White House Jolly Can’t Mask the Fact That Brexit Britain Is a Fading Power
THE GUARDIAN: The prime minister arrives in Washington with no real leverage in Europe – and therefore no real leverage with Joe Biden
‘Joe Biden can bestow the normal diplomatic courtesies on Rishi Sunak at this week’s summit, while conceding nothing of strategic substance.’ Biden and Sunak in Belfast, April 2023. Photograph: Reuters
The Americans know how to make a prime minister feel special. It isn’t hard. Saying “you are special” or words to that effect, usually does the trick. It helps to say it in the White House, within earshot of the British press corps.
Westminster hacks and Downing Street aides, most of whom are unhealthily obsessed with US politics, love a Washington summit for the same reason that Harry Potter fans queue to visit the Warner Bros studio in Watford. Standing on the stage where the magic happens is its own reward.
That makes Rishi Sunak a cheap date for Joe Biden at this week’s summit. The US president can bestow the normal diplomatic courtesies, while conceding nothing of strategic substance. Downing Street then tells friendly journalists that the two men bonded over baseball, or some other shared cultural enthusiasm, or that their wives did. The prime minister flies home with burnished credentials as the leader of a very important country indeed. » | Rafael Behr | Wednesady June 7, 2023
Schoolboy meets granddad. Naturally, granddad puts schoolboy in his place. Also probably advising him to pay more attention to his homework, especially that relating to geopolitics. Granddad will surely also add that he has been a very silly boy to back Brexit, telling him he should have known better. – © Mark Alexander
Rish! demonstrates the incapabilities of artificial stupidity during US jolly: Despite big talk on AI, trade and Ukraine, it’s obvious to all PM’s visit is a waste of his and Joe’s time »
Rishi Sunak is most unimpressive. Has he ever done anything in politcs that impresses anyone? No, please don't mention his give-aways to his croney friends during the pandemic. That 'generosity' doesn't count. He should have helped EVERYONE, not just his select donors and chums. All of us had to live through the pandemic. We all suffered. Because of Sunak's policies, the select few made a killing; the rest of us had to go and sing for our supper, so to speak. – © Mark Alexander
The Americans know how to make a prime minister feel special. It isn’t hard. Saying “you are special” or words to that effect, usually does the trick. It helps to say it in the White House, within earshot of the British press corps.
Westminster hacks and Downing Street aides, most of whom are unhealthily obsessed with US politics, love a Washington summit for the same reason that Harry Potter fans queue to visit the Warner Bros studio in Watford. Standing on the stage where the magic happens is its own reward.
That makes Rishi Sunak a cheap date for Joe Biden at this week’s summit. The US president can bestow the normal diplomatic courtesies, while conceding nothing of strategic substance. Downing Street then tells friendly journalists that the two men bonded over baseball, or some other shared cultural enthusiasm, or that their wives did. The prime minister flies home with burnished credentials as the leader of a very important country indeed. » | Rafael Behr | Wednesady June 7, 2023
Schoolboy meets granddad. Naturally, granddad puts schoolboy in his place. Also probably advising him to pay more attention to his homework, especially that relating to geopolitics. Granddad will surely also add that he has been a very silly boy to back Brexit, telling him he should have known better. – © Mark Alexander
Rish! demonstrates the incapabilities of artificial stupidity during US jolly: Despite big talk on AI, trade and Ukraine, it’s obvious to all PM’s visit is a waste of his and Joe’s time »
Rishi Sunak is most unimpressive. Has he ever done anything in politcs that impresses anyone? No, please don't mention his give-aways to his croney friends during the pandemic. That 'generosity' doesn't count. He should have helped EVERYONE, not just his select donors and chums. All of us had to live through the pandemic. We all suffered. Because of Sunak's policies, the select few made a killing; the rest of us had to go and sing for our supper, so to speak. – © Mark Alexander
A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds the Alarm over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in US
The USA is falling into darkness. The mere thought that this country has dragged us out of the progressive European Union through that ridiculous Brexit referendum only to Americanize this European country fills me with dread. America, once the beacon of progressive hope, is now going back to the Stoneage. – © Mark Alexander
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