Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Tom Ford on Finding 'Love at First Sight' & His Relationship Lasting | PEN | Entertainment Weekly
More on Tom Ford and Richard Buckley here.
Emmanuel Macron et Narendra Modi veulent «agir conjointement» en Indo-Pacifique
LE FIGARO : Après l'annulation du «contrat du siècle» par l'Australie, le président français et le premier ministre indien se sont entretenus et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement».
Le président français Emmanuel Macron et le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi se sont entretenus mardi 21 septembre en pleine crise des sous-marins australiens et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement dans un espace indo-pacifique ouvert et inclusif», a annoncé l'Élysée.
Le chef de l'État «a rappelé l'engagement de la France à contribuer au renforcement de l'autonomie stratégique de l'Inde, y compris sa base industrielle et technologique, dans le cadre d'une relation étroite fondée sur la confiance», a précisé la présidence française. Cet entretien téléphonique intervient au moment où Paris continue de montrer sa colère après l'annonce, le 15 septembre, d'une nouvelle alliance stratégique entre l'Australie, les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni, qui a torpillé un méga-contrat de sous-marins français à Canberra. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
Le président français Emmanuel Macron et le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi se sont entretenus mardi 21 septembre en pleine crise des sous-marins australiens et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement dans un espace indo-pacifique ouvert et inclusif», a annoncé l'Élysée.
Le chef de l'État «a rappelé l'engagement de la France à contribuer au renforcement de l'autonomie stratégique de l'Inde, y compris sa base industrielle et technologique, dans le cadre d'une relation étroite fondée sur la confiance», a précisé la présidence française. Cet entretien téléphonique intervient au moment où Paris continue de montrer sa colère après l'annonce, le 15 septembre, d'une nouvelle alliance stratégique entre l'Australie, les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni, qui a torpillé un méga-contrat de sous-marins français à Canberra. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
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Tory Corruption: It’s Shocking What a “Donation” Can Buy. Truth To Power
Whoever would have thought that the UK would turn into one of those sh****** countries of which Trump spoke so colourfully? BoJo and his corrupt entourage are taking this country to new lows, to new depths.
In a relatively recent post, I likened British society to a bottle of non-homogenized milk. As well as all the cream rising to the top, you can now add corruption into the mix. In my lifetime, I have never known such a corrupt administration as BoJo’s. That man needs to be kicked out of office asap. His administration is a disaster. His administration is not fit for purpose; and nor is he. – © Mark
Macron Takes on U.S., a Big Gamble Even for a Bold Risk-Taker
THE NEW YORK TIMES: For President Emmanuel Macron of France, a debacle over a lost submarine deal with Australia suggests that the NATO alliance is debilitated through lack of trust.
President Emmanuel Macron of France cannot afford to be seen as soft just over six months from a presidential election. | Gonzalo
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France has gambled big. He has directed his foreign minister to use language not typically associated with diplomacy, let alone diplomacy between allies, in describing American actions: “lies,” “duplicity,” “brutality” and “contempt.” He has recalled the French ambassador to the United States, a first.
Such boldness is in character. That is how Mr. Macron became president at the age of 39. He has also recalled French ambassadors to Turkey and Italy during his presidency over perceived insults. The question in the Australian submarine deal that slipped from France’s grasp is: Does the president hold sufficient cards?
In responding to the secretive U.S.-British move to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a decision that the Australians used to nix the prior French deal, Mr. Macron could choose to escalate. One idea doing the rounds in France is for the country to withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command structure, which it rejoined in 2009 after a 43-year absence.
But that would be a radical step — whatever Mr. Macron’s view, expressed in 2019, that NATO is “brain dead” — and foreign ministry officials discounted the possibility.
Still, that the idea should even circulate suggests the extent of what Jean-Yves Le Drian, the foreign minister, has called “a grave crisis between us.” France feels humiliated. It will not readily forget what it sees as an American slap in the face, described by the minister as “intolerable.” » | Roger Cohen | Monday, September 20, 2021
This is J. G.'s comment.
This is my response to it:
I wrote this short comment on the NYT today, but it appears to be too controversial for the NYT to handle. I have waited hours for the newspaper to put it up, but to no avail. So I thought I would share my comment with you here. Here it is; it is a counter-comment to J. G.'s comment from The Netherlands. His comment, in my opinion,, is spot on:
@J. G. Great comment! I couldn't agree with your assessment more. Bravo! This AUKUS deal is so dirty it stinks! [© Mark]
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France has gambled big. He has directed his foreign minister to use language not typically associated with diplomacy, let alone diplomacy between allies, in describing American actions: “lies,” “duplicity,” “brutality” and “contempt.” He has recalled the French ambassador to the United States, a first.
Such boldness is in character. That is how Mr. Macron became president at the age of 39. He has also recalled French ambassadors to Turkey and Italy during his presidency over perceived insults. The question in the Australian submarine deal that slipped from France’s grasp is: Does the president hold sufficient cards?
In responding to the secretive U.S.-British move to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a decision that the Australians used to nix the prior French deal, Mr. Macron could choose to escalate. One idea doing the rounds in France is for the country to withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command structure, which it rejoined in 2009 after a 43-year absence.
But that would be a radical step — whatever Mr. Macron’s view, expressed in 2019, that NATO is “brain dead” — and foreign ministry officials discounted the possibility.
Still, that the idea should even circulate suggests the extent of what Jean-Yves Le Drian, the foreign minister, has called “a grave crisis between us.” France feels humiliated. It will not readily forget what it sees as an American slap in the face, described by the minister as “intolerable.” » | Roger Cohen | Monday, September 20, 2021
This is J. G.'s comment.
This is my response to it:
I wrote this short comment on the NYT today, but it appears to be too controversial for the NYT to handle. I have waited hours for the newspaper to put it up, but to no avail. So I thought I would share my comment with you here. Here it is; it is a counter-comment to J. G.'s comment from The Netherlands. His comment, in my opinion,, is spot on:
@J. G. Great comment! I couldn't agree with your assessment more. Bravo! This AUKUS deal is so dirty it stinks! [© Mark]
Aukus: French Minister Bemoans Lack of Trust in British Alliance
THE GUARDIAN: Clément Beaune says Brexit fallout and secret defence pact have undermined Franco-British relations
‘We cannot pretend there is no problem’: Clément Beaune leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris earlier this month. | Photograph: Daniel Pier/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
The British-French alliance lacks trust, France’s EU affairs minister has said, citing Downing Street’s approach to the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland and the secretly negotiated defence agreement with the US and Australia.
Clément Beaune, a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that while the two problematic issues should not be mixed, together they highlighted the flaw in the relationship.
“We need to rebuild confidence, we need to discuss together – we are not in this context at the moment,” Beaune said, before a meeting of EU affairs ministers and the Brexit commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
During a visit to New York for the United Nations general assembly, Boris Johnson had insisted on Monday night that the alliance with Paris remained strong and “absolutely vital”, adding: “Our love of France is ineradicable.”
But a British-French defence meeting due to take place this week has been cancelled by Paris in the fallout over the Aukus defence pact, and there has not been a bilateral leaders’ summit for three years, despite attempts by Downing Street to organise one.
Beaune admitted there was a need to rebuild confidence in the relationship. On Brexit, he said the UK was not implementing the deals it agreed on fishing rights for EU boats nor on checks on goods travelling into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
“They are not well implemented … they are not fully respected,” he said. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The British-French alliance lacks trust, France’s EU affairs minister has said, citing Downing Street’s approach to the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland and the secretly negotiated defence agreement with the US and Australia.
Clément Beaune, a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that while the two problematic issues should not be mixed, together they highlighted the flaw in the relationship.
“We need to rebuild confidence, we need to discuss together – we are not in this context at the moment,” Beaune said, before a meeting of EU affairs ministers and the Brexit commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
During a visit to New York for the United Nations general assembly, Boris Johnson had insisted on Monday night that the alliance with Paris remained strong and “absolutely vital”, adding: “Our love of France is ineradicable.”
But a British-French defence meeting due to take place this week has been cancelled by Paris in the fallout over the Aukus defence pact, and there has not been a bilateral leaders’ summit for three years, despite attempts by Downing Street to organise one.
Beaune admitted there was a need to rebuild confidence in the relationship. On Brexit, he said the UK was not implementing the deals it agreed on fishing rights for EU boats nor on checks on goods travelling into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
“They are not well implemented … they are not fully respected,” he said. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Zurück zu Pfund und Unze: Grossbritannien sucht die Brexit-Dividende und droht, sich zu verrennen
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Mit Deregulierung und Bürokratieabbau will London dem EU-Ausstieg Nutzen verleihen. Doch etwas anders zu machen, nur weil man es kann, hilft nicht weiter.
«Darf es eine Unze mehr sein?» Ein Londoner Geschäft im Jahr 1947. | Imago
KOMMENTAR
Anderthalb Jahre nach dem Austritt aus der EU überlegt Grossbritanniens Regierung, was sie nun konkret anders machen möchte. Brexit-Minister David Frost präsentierte am Donnerstag einige Felder, in denen durch Deregulierung die ersehnte Brexit-Dividende eingefahren werden soll. Unter den Punkten, die jetzt ausgearbeitet werden: Britische Händler sollen ihre Waren wieder ausschliesslich nach alten imperialen Massen kennzeichnen dürfen – also in Pfund statt Kilogramm und Unzen statt Gramm. Ein Kilogramm zählt 2,2 Pfund zu je 16 Unzen.
Diese Idee steht sinnbildlich für vieles, was beim Brexit schiefläuft: Sie ist symbolisch, zielt an praktischen Problemen der Wirtschaft vorbei und bedient primär die Nostalgie konservativer Wähler. Obendrein hat sie wenig mit der EU zu tun. Wer in einem britischen Supermarkt Milch kauft, erhält seit Ewigkeiten deutlich gekennzeichnete 2 Pint. Doppelter Praxistest » | Benjamin Triebe, London | Samstag, 18. September 2021
Anderthalb Jahre nach dem Austritt aus der EU überlegt Grossbritanniens Regierung, was sie nun konkret anders machen möchte. Brexit-Minister David Frost präsentierte am Donnerstag einige Felder, in denen durch Deregulierung die ersehnte Brexit-Dividende eingefahren werden soll. Unter den Punkten, die jetzt ausgearbeitet werden: Britische Händler sollen ihre Waren wieder ausschliesslich nach alten imperialen Massen kennzeichnen dürfen – also in Pfund statt Kilogramm und Unzen statt Gramm. Ein Kilogramm zählt 2,2 Pfund zu je 16 Unzen.
Diese Idee steht sinnbildlich für vieles, was beim Brexit schiefläuft: Sie ist symbolisch, zielt an praktischen Problemen der Wirtschaft vorbei und bedient primär die Nostalgie konservativer Wähler. Obendrein hat sie wenig mit der EU zu tun. Wer in einem britischen Supermarkt Milch kauft, erhält seit Ewigkeiten deutlich gekennzeichnete 2 Pint. Doppelter Praxistest » | Benjamin Triebe, London | Samstag, 18. September 2021
Canada : les libéraux de Justin Trudeau donnés vainqueurs mais de nouveau minoritaires
LE FIGARO : Après sa réélection, le premier ministre a promis aux Canadiens, dans son allocution de victoire, «un avenir meilleur» une fois que le pays serait «sorti de cette pandémie».
Les libéraux de Justin Trudeau sont en passe de remporter les législatives canadiennes, une demi-victoire toutefois pour le premier ministre sortant qui n'est pas parvenu à redevenir majoritaire à l'issue d'une campagne durant laquelle il a été malmené. D'après les projections des médias canadiens lundi soir, les résultats préliminaires permettent d'affirmer que le parti libéral obtiendrait autour de 155 sièges, sous le seuil des 170 sièges permettant d'obtenir une majorité. Or c'est précisément pour sortir de cette situation qu'il avait déclenché des élections anticipées à la mi-août pour tenter de regagner la majorité qu'il avait perdue deux ans plus tôt. Dans son allocution de victoire, le premier ministre réélu a promis aux Canadiens «un avenir meilleur» une fois le pays «sorti de cette pandémie». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
Les articles suivants portent sur les élections russes et marocaines :
Élections russes: la victoire annoncée du parti de Poutine »
Aziz Akhannouch, milliardaire et premier ministre du Maroc »
KOMMENTAR: Putin und die Macht: Ein gestohlener Sieg ist wenig wert: Russlands Führung kann die Duma auch künftig wie ein willenloses Instrument benutzen. Aber um die Macht abzusichern, muss der Kreml heute grobschlächtiger vorgehen als früher. Das sollte für Putin ein Alarmzeichen sein. »
Im Dienste seiner Majestät: Die Nähe zum Königshaus hat Aziz Akhannouch geholfen, zu einem der reichsten Männer Marokkos zu werden. Jetzt soll er die Geschicke des Landes führen – die Nähe zum König bleibt. »
Tom Ford Announces Death of Husband, Richard Buckley, at 72
ADVOCATE: Richard Buckley, a legendary fashion editor who once worked at the industry trade journal Womens Wear Daily, has died according to his husband fashion designer Tom Ford. Buckley was 71 [?].
Buckley passed Sunday and "died of natural causes after a long illness," a statement to People from Ford's representatives stated.
"It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley," the statement said. "Richard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles with Tom and their son Jack by his side." » | Mikelle Street | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
A great interview of Tom Ford: The Jess Cagle Interview:
Tom Ford’s Painful Memories of Childhood Bullying: ‘I Was Absolutely Tortured' »
How Tom Ford Found 'Love at First Sight'— and Makes His 30-Year Relationship Last : Ford says he met Buckley in an elevator at a fashion show and immediately knew he was "the one"»
Fashion editor Richard Buckley, husband of Tom Ford, dies at 72 »
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Global Markets Swoon as Worries Mount over Superpowers’ Plans
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent over a number of jitters, like China’s sputtering real estate market and the phasing out of stimulus measures in the United States.
Investors on three continents dumped stocks on Monday, fretting that the governments of the world’s two largest economies — China and the United States — would act in ways that could undercut the nascent global economic recovery.
The Chinese government’s reluctance to step in and save a highly indebted property developer just days before a big interest payment is due signaled to investors that Beijing might break with its longstanding policy of bailing out its homegrown stars.
And in the United States, the globe’s No. 1 economy, investors worried that the Federal Reserve would soon begin cutting back its huge purchases of government bonds, which had helped drive stocks to a series of record highs since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The sell-off started in Asia and spread to Europe — where exporters to China were slammed — before landing in the United States, where stocks appeared to be heading for their worst performance of the year before a rally at the end of the trading day. The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent, its worst daily performance since mid-May, after being down as much as 2.9 percent in the afternoon.
The catalyst for the swoon was the continued turmoil at China Evergrande Group, one of that country’s top three developers of residential properties. The company has an estimated $300 billion in debt, and an interest payment of more than $80 million is due this week. » | Matt Phillips, Eshe Nelson and Coral Murphy Marcos | Monday, September 20, 2021
Investors on three continents dumped stocks on Monday, fretting that the governments of the world’s two largest economies — China and the United States — would act in ways that could undercut the nascent global economic recovery.
The Chinese government’s reluctance to step in and save a highly indebted property developer just days before a big interest payment is due signaled to investors that Beijing might break with its longstanding policy of bailing out its homegrown stars.
And in the United States, the globe’s No. 1 economy, investors worried that the Federal Reserve would soon begin cutting back its huge purchases of government bonds, which had helped drive stocks to a series of record highs since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The sell-off started in Asia and spread to Europe — where exporters to China were slammed — before landing in the United States, where stocks appeared to be heading for their worst performance of the year before a rally at the end of the trading day. The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent, its worst daily performance since mid-May, after being down as much as 2.9 percent in the afternoon.
The catalyst for the swoon was the continued turmoil at China Evergrande Group, one of that country’s top three developers of residential properties. The company has an estimated $300 billion in debt, and an interest payment of more than $80 million is due this week. » | Matt Phillips, Eshe Nelson and Coral Murphy Marcos | Monday, September 20, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
L'Europe doit payer | America First, le bilan | Episode 01 | ARTE
Apr 7, 2021 • Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés, une immersion dans les coulisses diplomatiques de l’ère Trump, entre stupeur et tremblements. Norma Percy signe une investigation édifiante sur l’histoire en marche. Premier volet. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan : les premières décisions de Trump choquent, notamment les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis.
"America First." Dès son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche en 2017, Donald Trump martèle son credo sur la scène internationale. Par la brutalité de ses postures et décisions, il choque ses interlocuteurs, dont les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis. Le président bafoue toutes les règles diplomatiques lors des sommets. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan, institution qui traverse, selon Jeremy Hunt, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères de l'époque, "la plus grande crise de son histoire"… Encore surpris, François Hollande se souvient de son premier échange au téléphone avec lui : "Ce qu'il m'a dit tenait en une phrase : 'Nous ne voulons plus payer pour vous. […] Les Européens doivent payer pour leur propre sécurité'." Brisant le statu quo, le président américain se rapproche de Vladimir Poutine, proximité qui inquiète les dirigeants du G7. Et si, lors du défilé du 14 Juillet, Emmanuel Macron, qui l’a invité, déploie les grands moyens pour lui plaire, François Hollande le prévient : "N'attends rien de Donald Trump, ne pense pas qu'il sera possible de le contourner ou de le séduire."
Coulisses privilégiéesr
Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés et de témoins, cette investigation fait pénétrer au cœur des sommets et des tractations internationales du mandat Trump, offrant le rare et réjouissant privilège de les suivre en différé des coulisses. Reconstituant minutieusement l’histoire en marche dans les pas des dirigeants, selon la méthode éprouvée des productions Brook Lapping, cette série documentaire, qui rappelle les éructations du président américain battu par Joe Biden en novembre dernier et la stupéfaction, au mieux amusée, de ceux auxquels elles s’adressent, met aussi à nu les failles de la diplomatie et la fragilité des équilibres planétaires. Car les homologues de Donald Trump et l’armada de ses conseillers (dont ceux qu’il se targue d’avoir remerciés, même s’ils ont démissionné) racontent aussi leur impuissance à contrôler un chef d’État qui entend diriger son pays − et imprimer le monde de sa marque ignorante au péril de la paix − comme il a géré son empire, sûr que tous les coups ou presque sont permis.
America First, le bilan Série documentaire de Norma Percy (France, 2019, 58mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 03/10/2021
"America First." Dès son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche en 2017, Donald Trump martèle son credo sur la scène internationale. Par la brutalité de ses postures et décisions, il choque ses interlocuteurs, dont les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis. Le président bafoue toutes les règles diplomatiques lors des sommets. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan, institution qui traverse, selon Jeremy Hunt, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères de l'époque, "la plus grande crise de son histoire"… Encore surpris, François Hollande se souvient de son premier échange au téléphone avec lui : "Ce qu'il m'a dit tenait en une phrase : 'Nous ne voulons plus payer pour vous. […] Les Européens doivent payer pour leur propre sécurité'." Brisant le statu quo, le président américain se rapproche de Vladimir Poutine, proximité qui inquiète les dirigeants du G7. Et si, lors du défilé du 14 Juillet, Emmanuel Macron, qui l’a invité, déploie les grands moyens pour lui plaire, François Hollande le prévient : "N'attends rien de Donald Trump, ne pense pas qu'il sera possible de le contourner ou de le séduire."
Coulisses privilégiéesr
Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés et de témoins, cette investigation fait pénétrer au cœur des sommets et des tractations internationales du mandat Trump, offrant le rare et réjouissant privilège de les suivre en différé des coulisses. Reconstituant minutieusement l’histoire en marche dans les pas des dirigeants, selon la méthode éprouvée des productions Brook Lapping, cette série documentaire, qui rappelle les éructations du président américain battu par Joe Biden en novembre dernier et la stupéfaction, au mieux amusée, de ceux auxquels elles s’adressent, met aussi à nu les failles de la diplomatie et la fragilité des équilibres planétaires. Car les homologues de Donald Trump et l’armada de ses conseillers (dont ceux qu’il se targue d’avoir remerciés, même s’ils ont démissionné) racontent aussi leur impuissance à contrôler un chef d’État qui entend diriger son pays − et imprimer le monde de sa marque ignorante au péril de la paix − comme il a géré son empire, sûr que tous les coups ou presque sont permis.
America First, le bilan Série documentaire de Norma Percy (France, 2019, 58mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 03/10/2021
Nevada – Gay Wedding: "To know Love Is Incredible"
Carmen - Habanera - Lyrics (Angela Gheorghiu)
Gay and Latino, "My Date in Lima, Peru" | The Gay Explorer
Would You Vote for a Man Like This to Lead Your Country? No? Thought Not!
Tory Corruption: Boris Johnson Facing Day of Reckoning. Truth To Power
Get this sucker out of office asap! The SOB has even suspended the Triple Lock on state pensions! Yet he can find billions for his cronies. The man is unprincipled and corrupt. The country needs to be rid of him. – © Mark
‘We Felt Fooled’: France Still Furious after Australia Scraps $90bn Submarine Deal
THE GUARDIAN: ‘Maybe we’re not friends,’ recalled ambassador says, claiming Scott Morrison ‘kept us in the dark intentionally’
France's ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault at Sydney airport last week. He said his country had been the last to know that the Morrison government was tearing up its submarine contract. Photograph: David Gray/AP
French anger at the Morrison government’s decision to scrap its $90bn submarine program with France continues to boil over, with the country’s recalled ambassador saying it felt “fooled” by the announcement.
Jean-Pierre Thebault was ordered back to Paris in the wake of the Aukus announcement, which will see Australia enter into a strategic “forever partnership” with the US and the UK.
Part of the still-to-be-determined arrangement will include the sharing of nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia, prompting the Morrison government to tear up its existing contract with France.
On Sunday Scott Morrison said his government had informed France’s President Emmanuel Macron that the deal was off at “around 8.30” the night before the deal was announced. But details had already leaked to the media and the French have said they felt “blindsided” by the decision. » | Amy Remeikis | Monday, September 20, 2021
French anger at the Morrison government’s decision to scrap its $90bn submarine program with France continues to boil over, with the country’s recalled ambassador saying it felt “fooled” by the announcement.
Jean-Pierre Thebault was ordered back to Paris in the wake of the Aukus announcement, which will see Australia enter into a strategic “forever partnership” with the US and the UK.
Part of the still-to-be-determined arrangement will include the sharing of nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia, prompting the Morrison government to tear up its existing contract with France.
On Sunday Scott Morrison said his government had informed France’s President Emmanuel Macron that the deal was off at “around 8.30” the night before the deal was announced. But details had already leaked to the media and the French have said they felt “blindsided” by the decision. » | Amy Remeikis | Monday, September 20, 2021
British ‘Baby Shortage’ Could Lead to Economic Decline, Says Thinktank
THE GUARDIAN: Social Market Foundation suggests measures including better childcare provision to increase birthrate
Britain is facing a “baby shortage” that could lead to “long-term economic stagnation”, a thinktank has said.
The Social Market Foundation (SMF) said the birthrate was almost half what it was at its postwar peak in the 1960s, and the country’s ageing population could lead to economic decline.
It said ministers should set up a cross-government taskforce to consider the issue, and one helpful measure might be better childcare provision. The thinktank said typical British working parents spend 22% of their income on full-time childcare, more than double the average for western economies.
The birthrate in England and Wales peaked in 1964 when the number of children per woman averaged 2.93. Last year it was 1.58, well below the 2.1 replacement level needed to keep the population rate stable, and in Scotland it was even lower at 1.29. » | Andrew Sparrow, Political correspondent | Monday, September 20, 2021
Britain is facing a “baby shortage” that could lead to “long-term economic stagnation”, a thinktank has said.
The Social Market Foundation (SMF) said the birthrate was almost half what it was at its postwar peak in the 1960s, and the country’s ageing population could lead to economic decline.
It said ministers should set up a cross-government taskforce to consider the issue, and one helpful measure might be better childcare provision. The thinktank said typical British working parents spend 22% of their income on full-time childcare, more than double the average for western economies.
The birthrate in England and Wales peaked in 1964 when the number of children per woman averaged 2.93. Last year it was 1.58, well below the 2.1 replacement level needed to keep the population rate stable, and in Scotland it was even lower at 1.29. » | Andrew Sparrow, Political correspondent | Monday, September 20, 2021
Gunman Kills Eight at Russian University
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A mass shooting at a provincial Russian university killed at least eight people in the latest outbreak of violence at schools or universities in Russia.
MOSCOW — A gunman opened fire on Monday on a Russian university campus, killing at least eight people and wounding 19, state media reported.
During the attack, students jumped from a second-floor window to escape a building on the campus of Perm State University, in the city of Perm, about 650 miles east of Moscow, video footage posted online showed. A state news agency, RIA Novosti, cited the Investigative Committee, a law enforcement agency, saying eight people had died. » | Andrew E. Kramer | Monday, September 20, 2021
MOSCOW — A gunman opened fire on Monday on a Russian university campus, killing at least eight people and wounding 19, state media reported.
During the attack, students jumped from a second-floor window to escape a building on the campus of Perm State University, in the city of Perm, about 650 miles east of Moscow, video footage posted online showed. A state news agency, RIA Novosti, cited the Investigative Committee, a law enforcement agency, saying eight people had died. » | Andrew E. Kramer | Monday, September 20, 2021
French Cooking Academy : How to Cook a Fish meunière : Trout meunière with Toasted Almonds
Get the recipe here.
Crise des sous-marins: les États-Unis ne s’émeuvent pas de l’ire tricolore, ni d’avoir mal traité la France
LE FIGARO : Le président Biden a convenu, à son retour de son week-end, de s’expliquer avec son homologue français.
Le rappel à Paris pour consultation de l’ambassadeur de France aux États-Unis, Philippe Étienne, n’a pas suscité beaucoup d’émoi à Washington. Cette mesure diplomatique, destinée à exprimer un profond désaccord, n’avait pourtant jamais été utilisée à l’égard des États-Unis, y compris pendant de précédents épisodes de tension entre les deux pays.
L’annonce de la décision, vendredi en fin de journée, est aussi intervenue juste avant le week-end. Joe Biden, parti en week-end dans sa résidence de Rehoboth Beach, dans le Delaware, avant même l’annonce du rappel de l’ambassadeur, n’a pas fait de commentaires. La seule réaction de la Maison-Blanche a été un communiqué d’Emily Horne, la porte-parole du Conseil de sécurité nationale, qui a déclaré: «Nous avons été en contact étroit avec nos partenaires français concernant leur décision de rappeler l’ambassadeur Étienne à Paris pour consultation. Nous comprenons leur position et nous continuerons à œuvrer dans les prochains jours pour résoudre nos différends, comme nous l’avons fait à d’autres moments au cours de notre longue alliance.» » | Par Adrien Jaulmes | dimanche 19 septembre 2021 ; mis à jour : lundi 20 septembre 2021
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Paris sagt Ministertreffen mit London ab
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Wegen des gekündigten U-Boot-Deals hat Paris ein Ministertreffen mit London abgesagt. Premierminister Boris Johnson versuchte, die Franzosen zu besänftigen – mit Liebesschwüren aus dem Flugzeug.
Wegen des Streits um den geplatzten Verkauf französischer U-Boote an Australien hat die französische Verteidigungsministerin Florence Parly ein Treffen mit ihrem britischen Kollegen Ben Wallace abgesagt. Die Begegnung sei „auf einen späteren Termin verschoben“ worden, sagte der Co-Vorsitzende des Franco-British Council, Peter Ricketts, wie die BBC und die Zeitung „Guardian“ am Montag berichteten. Parly sollte im Rahmen eines Treffens der Organisation nach London reisen, auch ranghohe Militärs sollten an den Beratungen der beiden größten Militärmächte Westeuropas teilnehmen.
Australien hatte im Zuge eines Dreierpakts mit den USA und Großbritannien den Bau atomgetriebener U-Boote vereinbart und dafür einen 56-Milliarden-Euro-Vertrag von 2016 mit Frankreich aufgekündigt. Der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson versuchte unterdessen, Frankreich zu beruhigen. Das dem Streit zugrunde liegende neue Militärbündnis seines Landes mit Australien und den Vereinigten Staaten im Indopazifik sei „nichts, worüber sich irgendjemand Sorgen machen müsste, insbesondere nicht unsere französischen Freunde„, sagte Johnson. London und Paris hätten eine „sehr freundliche Beziehung“, die „von äußerster Wichtigkeit“ sei, sagte er auf dem Flug zur UN-Generalversammlung in New York. „Unsere Liebe zu Frankreich ist unauslöschlich.“ Der Deal solle niemanden ausschließen. Morrison: Bereue den Deal nicht » | Quelle: dpa/AFP | Montag, 20. September 2021
Japan Urges Europe to Speak Out against China’s Military Expansion
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: in the first piece in a new Guardian series on China and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, Japan’s defence minister says the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing’s military
Japan's defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, said China was ‘attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas’. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Japan has urged European countries to speak out against China’s aggression, warning that the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing’s military and territorial expansion amid a growing risk of a hot conflict.
In an interview with the Guardian, Japan’s defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, said China had become increasingly powerful politically, economically and militarily and was “attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas”, which are crucial to global shipping and include waters and islands claimed by several other nations.
Tokyo had “strong concerns in regards to the safety and security of not only our own country and the region but for the global community”, Kishi warned. “China is strengthening its military power both in terms of quantity and quality, and rapidly improving its operational capability,” he said.
Kishi’s comments are a strong signal of the rising international concern over China’s military ambitions in disputed regions like the South and East China Sea, the Indian border, and in particular Taiwan. His remarks were echoed by senior figures on the island, with Taiwan’s former head of navy and deputy defence minister also warning that more deterrence was needed.
With China ratcheting up military activity in the region, experts and global military figures have also warned that small confrontations or maritime accidents could quickly escalate into a full-blown conflict. » | Helen Davidson in Taipei | Monday, September 20, 2021
Japan has urged European countries to speak out against China’s aggression, warning that the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing’s military and territorial expansion amid a growing risk of a hot conflict.
In an interview with the Guardian, Japan’s defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, said China had become increasingly powerful politically, economically and militarily and was “attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas”, which are crucial to global shipping and include waters and islands claimed by several other nations.
Tokyo had “strong concerns in regards to the safety and security of not only our own country and the region but for the global community”, Kishi warned. “China is strengthening its military power both in terms of quantity and quality, and rapidly improving its operational capability,” he said.
Kishi’s comments are a strong signal of the rising international concern over China’s military ambitions in disputed regions like the South and East China Sea, the Indian border, and in particular Taiwan. His remarks were echoed by senior figures on the island, with Taiwan’s former head of navy and deputy defence minister also warning that more deterrence was needed.
With China ratcheting up military activity in the region, experts and global military figures have also warned that small confrontations or maritime accidents could quickly escalate into a full-blown conflict. » | Helen Davidson in Taipei | Monday, September 20, 2021
Australia Is Making a Risky Bet on the U.S.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United States did not directly mention China in announcing its historic new security partnership with Australia and Britain last week, but it didn’t have to. The defense deal is a clear escalation and indication that Washington views Beijing as an adversary.
It also has thrust Australia into a central role in America’s rivalry with China. After hinting at a more self-reliant defense posture for the past several years, Australia’s government is now instead betting big on the future of its alliance with the United States with the new pact. Australia seems to be assuming that America will remain engaged in Asia for the long haul and will be prepared to face down China if necessary — but it shouldn’t.
The crux of the partnership, called AUKUS, is an agreement for the United States and Britain to share their technology to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines. But this is no ordinary arms agreement, nothing like exporting fighter jets or howitzers. Only a handful of nations have nuclear-powered submarines, and Australia will be just the second country, after Britain, to benefit from the top-secret U.S. technology.
Why is Australia worthy of such favorable treatment? It’s not just that it is one of America’s oldest and closest allies. It’s that for many American observers of China’s increasingly aggressive behavior, Australia is also the canary in the coal mine for great power competition with China. » | Sam Roggeveen | Monday, September 20, 2021
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Crise des sous-marins: une «rupture de confiance majeure» avec Washington
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Pour le gouvernement français, le «contrat du siècle» avec l’Australie ne se résumait pas à une affaire de vente d’armes.
En rappelant pour consultation ses ambassadeurs à Washington et à Canberra, une mesure très forte d’ordinaire réservée à des pays adversaires lorsqu’ils franchissent les lignes rouges, comme la Turquie d’Erdogan il y a un an, la France a-t-elle surréagi? «Crise grave», «mensonge», «duplicité», «mépris»: rarement le ministre des Affaires étrangères Jean-Yves Le Drian, qui a l’habitude d’appeler un chat un chat, mais n’est pas connu pour être colérique ni impulsif, avait paru aussi irrité.
Quant au porte-parole du gouvernement, Gabriel Attal, il parle de «rupture de confiance majeure». La tourmente sera au cœur du coup de téléphone prévu dans les jours qui viennent entre Emmanuel Macron et Joe Biden, à la demande du président américain. Elle sera aussi évoquée dans des entretiens entre le chef de la diplomatie française et ses homologues américains en marge de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU, dès lundi. » | Par Isabelle Lasserre | dimanche 19 septembre 2021
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Sans le Brexit, le Royaume-Uni aurait-il pu négocier le nouveau pacte de sécurité avec les États-Unis et l'Australie ? : LA VÉRIFICATION - Aussitôt après l'annonce du torpillage du «contrat du siècle» entre la France et l'Australie, Nigel Farage s'est félicité du contrat Aukus signé par le Royaume-Uni, qu'il estime être une conséquence du Brexit. »
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En minijupe dans Kaboul ? La réalité derrière la photo des Afghanes « libérées » - Flashback #5
Sep 19, 2021 • Trois femmes, en jupe, dans Kaboul : l’image est simple et puissante. Abondamment relayée sur les réseaux sociaux, souvent par des militants d’extrême droite, elle aurait aussi convaincu Donald Trump, en 2017, de maintenir les troupes américaines en Afghanistan.
Cette photo, prise en 1972 dans un quartier huppé de Kaboul, illustre-t-elle la « modernité perdue » de l’Afghanistan, avant que les talibans n'arrivent ?
Pour ce nouvel épisode de la série vidéo «#Flashback», nous avons rencontré la photographe Laurence Brun, celle qui était derrière l’objectif.
Cinquième épisode de la série « Flashback » du « Monde », qui remonte le temps pour raconter les histoires extraordinaires qui se cachent derrière les photos qui ont changé le monde.
Cette photo, prise en 1972 dans un quartier huppé de Kaboul, illustre-t-elle la « modernité perdue » de l’Afghanistan, avant que les talibans n'arrivent ?
Pour ce nouvel épisode de la série vidéo «#Flashback», nous avons rencontré la photographe Laurence Brun, celle qui était derrière l’objectif.
Cinquième épisode de la série « Flashback » du « Monde », qui remonte le temps pour raconter les histoires extraordinaires qui se cachent derrière les photos qui ont changé le monde.
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Submarine Deal Gives Post-Brexit Britain Its Moment on the Global Stage
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The British government played an early role in brokering the alliance with the U.S. and Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, officials in London and Washington said.
President Biden with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, left, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain joining him via video conference on Wednesday at the White House. Doug Mills/The New York Times
LONDON — As relations between France and the United States sink to their lowest depths in decades, Britain has emerged as the unlikely winner in a maritime security alliance that has sowed anger and recrimination across three continents.
The British government played an early role in brokering the three-way alliance with the United States and Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, according to officials in London and Washington. The landmark agreement was announced hours after Australia canceled a $66 billion deal for diesel-electric submarines with France, provoking fury in Paris and quiet satisfaction in London.
For Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will meet this coming week with President Biden at the White House and speak at the United Nations, it is his first tangible victory in a campaign to make post-Brexit Britain a player on the global stage.
Since leaving the European Union 18 months ago, Britain has cast about for a place in the world. Brexiteers latched on to the phrase “Global Britain,” which always seemed more a marketing slogan than a coherent foreign policy.
Yet the deal sealed on Wednesday, in which the United States and Britain would supply Australia with the submarines, confirmed Britain’s status as a military power with nuclear expertise, as well as a trusted ally of the United States. It also lent credibility to Mr. Johnson’s effort to build a British presence in Asia, a strategy that at first looked mostly like a nostalgic throwback to its imperial past.
Now, Britain has negotiated trade deals with Australia, Japan and South Korea, and deployed an aircraft carrier to help the United States keep an eye on China in the South China Sea, where Beijing is asserting its own imperial ambitions by constructing a chain of military installations. » | Mark Landler | Saturday, September 18, 2021
LONDON — As relations between France and the United States sink to their lowest depths in decades, Britain has emerged as the unlikely winner in a maritime security alliance that has sowed anger and recrimination across three continents.
The British government played an early role in brokering the three-way alliance with the United States and Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, according to officials in London and Washington. The landmark agreement was announced hours after Australia canceled a $66 billion deal for diesel-electric submarines with France, provoking fury in Paris and quiet satisfaction in London.
For Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will meet this coming week with President Biden at the White House and speak at the United Nations, it is his first tangible victory in a campaign to make post-Brexit Britain a player on the global stage.
Since leaving the European Union 18 months ago, Britain has cast about for a place in the world. Brexiteers latched on to the phrase “Global Britain,” which always seemed more a marketing slogan than a coherent foreign policy.
Yet the deal sealed on Wednesday, in which the United States and Britain would supply Australia with the submarines, confirmed Britain’s status as a military power with nuclear expertise, as well as a trusted ally of the United States. It also lent credibility to Mr. Johnson’s effort to build a British presence in Asia, a strategy that at first looked mostly like a nostalgic throwback to its imperial past.
Now, Britain has negotiated trade deals with Australia, Japan and South Korea, and deployed an aircraft carrier to help the United States keep an eye on China in the South China Sea, where Beijing is asserting its own imperial ambitions by constructing a chain of military installations. » | Mark Landler | Saturday, September 18, 2021
Crise des sous-marins : Le Drian dénonce une «duplicité», l'Australie évoque de «profondes et sérieuses réserves»
LE FIGARO : Le chef de la diplomatie française pointe «une rupture majeure de confiance». Canberra rétorque que la France savait que Canberra avait de «profondes et graves réserves» sur la commande de sous-marins.
Le chef de la diplomatie française Jean-Yves Le Drian a évoqué samedi la «crise grave» provoquée par le torpillage d'un mégacontrat de sous-marins français à Canberra, dénonçant une «duplicité», ce que l'Australie et les États-Unis contestent. Interrogé au journal télévisé de France 2, le ministre des Affaires étrangères a ainsi justifié le rappel des ambassadeurs français à Canberra et Washington par le fait qu'il y avait «une crise grave entre nous». Cette mesure, la première dans l'histoire des relations entre Paris et Washington, «est très symbolique. Il y a eu mensonge, il y a eu duplicité, il y a eu rupture majeure de confiance, il y a eu mépris donc ça ne va pas entre nous», a-t-il déclaré.
Plusieurs représentants du gouvernement australien ont tenté de faire baisser la pression française dans cette affaire et de défendre leur bonne foi. Le ministre australien des Finances Simon Birmingham a assuré dimanche que son pays avait informé le gouvernement français «à la première occasion possible, avant que l'affaire ne devienne publique». Interrogé par la chaîne publique australienne ABC, il a souligné que la décision australienne de revenir sur le contrat conclu avec la France était évidemment très difficile. «Nous ne sous-estimons pas l'importance maintenant de nous assurer que nous serons en mesure de rétablir ces liens forts avec le gouvernement français et nos partenaires à long terme», a-t-il ajouté. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | Publié : samedi 18 septembre 2021 ; mis à jour : dimanche 19 septembre 2021
Baptism of fire as Liz Truss heads to US amid submarine row: As France accuses the US and Australia of ‘lies and duplicity’, new UK foreign secretary faces major diplomatic incident on her first official overseas trip »
Wir haben unsere Bedenken geäußert“: Paris wirft Canberra wegen eines geplatzten Rüstungsdeals „Doppelzüngigkeit“ vor. Der australische Außenminister weist den Vorwurf der Lüge jetzt entschieden zurück. Und auch die neue britische Außenministerin verteidigt den Deal. »
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