Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein | Full Interview - BBC Newsnight

Nov 17, 2019 • The Duke of York speaks to Emily Maitlis about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations against him.

In a world exclusive interview, Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis speaks to Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.

For the first time, the Duke addresses in his own words the details of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own life while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

In 2015, Prince Andrew was named in court papers as part of a US civil case against Epstein.

The Prince, who is the Queen’s third child, also answers questions about the allegations made against him by one of Epstein’s victims, and discusses the impact of the scandal on the Royal family and his work.

Prince Andrew: What Next after Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty Verdict? - BBC News

Dec 30, 2021 • Prince Andrew is facing more scrutiny of his longstanding friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell following her conviction in New York for sex trafficking on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein.

The Prince had a friendship with the couple going back more than 20 years. He invited Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein to Windsor Castle and Sandringham in 2000. They were guests of the Prince at Royal Ascot and spent time at the Queen’s Balmoral estate in Scotland.

Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was found dead in his prison cell in New York in 2019 while himself facing sex trafficking charges.

Prince Andrew is facing a civil legal suit by Virginia Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, who claims she was a victim of sex trafficking by Epstein and that the Prince had sex with her without her consent when she was 17.

The Prince has always strenuously denied the allegations and categorically denies knowing of any improper activities by Epstein or anyone else. His lawyers say the allegations against him by Virginia Giuffre are baseless and motivated by her desire for a “payday at his expense”.

Aleem Maqbool presents BBC News at Ten reporting by royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.

Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts against China

Dec 30, 2021 • Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

Noam Chomsky on Rising Fascism in US, Class Warfare & Climate Emergency

Dec 30, 2021 • Noam Chomsky warns the Republican Party is "marching" the world to destruction by ignoring the climate emergency while embracing proto-fascism at home. Chomsky talks about the January 6 insurrection, how neoliberalism is a form of class warfare and how President Biden's climate plans fall short of what is needed.

Léonard de Vinci : la manière moderne | ARTE

Nov 3, 2019 • Les dernières recherches établissent que Léonard de Vinci retravaillait inlassablement ses toiles, parfois pendant des années. Ce documentaire explore le processus créatif du maître de la Renaissance. Une plongée inédite dans une oeuvre fascinante de modernité.

Fils illégitime d'un notaire et d'une paysanne, Léonard est né le 14 avril 1452 à Vinci, un village de Toscane. Il a 12 ans lorsque ses dons pour le dessin lui valent d'être placé par son père dans l'atelier de Verrocchio, à Florence. Dès lors, le jeune artiste n'aura de cesse de combler ses lacunes académiques par l'observation méticuleuse de la nature et du vivant. Ce sont ensuite l'étude de la lumière puis celle du mouvement qui aiguisent son insatiable curiosité, lumière et mouvement qu'il n'arrêtera pas de chercher à capter dans son travail de peintre. Pourtant, lorsque l'on se penche sur les tableaux laissés par l'artiste, leur petit nombre – moins d'une vingtaine selon les experts – est frappant en comparaison des quelque 6 000 pages de notes et croquis de ses carnets parvenus jusqu'à nous. Processus créatif Ses activités d'ingénieur, d'inventeur de machines, d'anatomiste, de poète, de botaniste ou de concepteur de fêtes, à Milan ou à la cour de François Ier, où il a vécu ses trois dernières années jusqu'à sa mort, en 1519, ont longtemps laissé penser que la peinture fut pour Léonard de Vinci une activité de second plan, et que plusieurs de ses tableaux sont restés inachevés a alimenté cette thèse. Mais les dernières recherches historiographiques et scientifiques démentent cette croyance, établissant au contraire que l'artiste retravaillait inlassablement ses toiles, parfois pendant des années comme ce fut le cas pour La Joconde, dont il ne s'est jamais séparé. Déroulant le fil de sa vie et décryptant de manière pédagogique le processus créatif du peintre, Sandra Paugam et Flore Kosinetz nous convient à une plongée inédite dans une œuvre unique, dont la modernité ne cesse de fasciner. L'exposition que le musée du Louvre consacre à Léonard de Vinci se tient du 24 octobre 2019 au 24 février 2020.

Léonard de Vinci : la manière moderne
Documentaire de Sandra Paugam (France, 2018, 52mn)

Cet excellent documentaire n'est pas intégrable sur des sites externes. Il doit être visionné uniquement sur YouTube. Ceci est un lien vers celui-ci. – Mark

Saudi Arabia Will Require Booster Shots to Enter Many Public Places.

Checking for vaccine certificates or a negative coronavirus test in Riyadh, in June | Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Staring down a rise in coronavirus cases that the health authorities have linked to the Omicron variant, Saudi Arabia will require people visiting stores, malls and restaurants to show proof of booster shots starting on Feb. 1.

The kingdom, as part of its effort to get its 35 million residents inoculated against the virus, already mandates proof of vaccination for those wishing to enter public places.

The move announced this week is an extension of a mandate the kingdom issued early this month when it said that starting in February, Saudi residents would no longer be considered fully vaccinated unless they had received a booster at least eight months after their second dose, and that they would need proof of a booster to enter government facilities, attend events and fly.

Citizens, residents and visitors are required to show scannable QR codes confirming their vaccination status through the government’s Tawakkalna app, which Saudi Arabia originally rolled out last year to help track coronavirus infections and has remade into a vaccine passport. » | Vivian Yee | Wednesday, December 29, 2021

When Belief Dies #51 - 'Manuscripts and Ancient History' with Bart D. Ehrman

Affaire Epstein : Ghislaine Maxwell jugée coupable de trafic sexuel de mineures • FRANCE 24

Dec 30, 2021 • Ghislaine Maxwell, soupçonnée de jouer les rabatteuses pour son ex-compagnon Jeffrey Epstein, a été reconnue coupable mercredi à New York d'une série de crimes sexuels, dont le plus grave trafic de jeunes filles mineures.

Ghislaine Maxwell, l'ex-compagne de Jeffrey Epstein, est reconnue coupable de crimes sexuels

Dec 30, 2021 • La compagne de toujours de Jeffrey

Urteil gegen Epstein-Komplizin: Ghislaine Maxwell schuldig

Dec 30, 2021 • Die Geschworenen haben im Prozess gegen die Eppstein-Vertraute Ghislaine Maxwell (60) ein Urteil gefällt! Sie wurde im Missbrauchsprozess schuldig gesprochen.

Die langjährige Vertraute des gestorbenen US-Sexualstraftäters Jeffrey Epstein ist unter anderem wegen Sex-Handels mit Minderjährigen verurteilt worden. Die Geschworenen des zuständigen Gerichts in New York befanden die 60-Jährige am Mittwoch in fünf der sechs Anklagepunkte für schuldig, unter anderem wegen Menschenhandels mit Minderjährigen zu Missbrauchszwecken.

Maxwell drohen bis zu 65 Jahre Haft – das Strafmaß wird Richterin Alison Nathan zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt festsetzen. Maxwell hatte die Vorwürfe stets zurückgewiesen und während des Prozesses auf eine Aussage verzichtet.

Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty of Sex Trafficking, Other Charges Related to Jeffrey Epstein

Dec 30, 2021 • A U.S. jury reached a guilty verdict on five of six charges in the trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was accused of helping late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenaged girls.

Guilty: Ghislaine Maxwell Faces Life in Jail for Sex Trafficking - BBC News

Dec 30, 2021 • Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The 60-year-old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced - including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor.

The verdict was reached after five full days of deliberation by a 12-person jury in New York.

It means the British socialite could spend the rest of her life behind bars.

The verdict followed a month-long trial that featured testimony from four women who described being abused by Epstein between 1994 and 2004.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Aleem Maqbool.

Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty in Sex-trafficking Trial

THE GUARDIAN: Verdict for British former socialite, 60, marks dramatic conclusion to unexpectedly fast-moving trial

Ghislaine Maxwell as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

The British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking in her Manhattan federal court trial on Wednesday afternoon.

Maxwell, 60, was arrested in July 2020, charged with involvement in ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls, some as young as 14.

Maxwell was convicted on five of the six charges she faced. In addition to sex-trafficking, Maxwell was found guilty of conspiracy to entice individuals under the age of 17 to travel in interstate commerce with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, conspiracy to transport individuals under the age of 17 to travel in interstate commerce with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity; transportation of an individual under the age of 17 with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity; and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of individuals under the age of 18.

Maxwell was found not guilty of one count: enticement of an individual under the age of 17 to travel with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity. Jurors reached their verdict after 40 hours of deliberations over the course of six days. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York | Wednesday, December 29, 2021

• This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse

MSNBC Video: Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty of Federal Sex Trafficking

MSNBC Video: Maxwell Faces Up to 40 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Minors

Die höchste Gemeinde Europas - Dokumentation von NZZ Format (2010)

Apr 2, 2020 • In Avers im Schweizer Kanton Graubünden gibt es keine einzige Disco, keinen Polizisten, keinen Arzt und kein Kino. Juf in der Gemeinde Avers ist die höchstgelegene ganzjährig bewohnte Siedlung Europas. Hier auf 2.126 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel ist sieben Monate im Jahr Winter. Im sanften Tourismus, in der weitgehend unberührten Landschaft, in der Ruhe von Avers liegt ein großes Kapital. Aber es kursiert auch das Gespenst der alpinen Brache, es plagt die Sorge von Abwanderung, falls es einmal nicht mehr genug Arbeitsplätze gibt. Die Avner sind Walser und stolz, bis jetzt in diesem alpinen Tal ausgeharrt zu haben.

Bart Ehrman: Evolution of Jesus in Early Christianity

The Birth of Jesus in History & Legend | Bart Ehrman

Democracy Now! Top US News & World Headlines — December 29, 2021

Debutantes

Jan 29, 2012 • The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, the Duke of Wellington and Lady Macmillan recall the debutante season of 1939. They reveal how the upper classes' diaries were packed with invitations to luncheon parties, dances and social occasions such as Ascot, Henley and the Chelsea Flower Show, as women desperately sought wealthy husbands.

While Europe was steeling itself in the face of fascist aggression, the upper-class marriage market was in full swing, and here the participants talk vividly about the parties, ballgowns and broken hearts.

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is | Official Music Video

Un baiser, fier et affectueux.

A kiss, proud and loving. / Ein Kuß, stolz und liebevoll.
Je remercie Gay Pride Hub pour cette superbe et fière photo.