Director of the Fiji Red Cross John Scott and his partner of 20 years, Greg Scrivener were brutally murdered in the name of God by a young indigenous man, Apete Kaisau. John had reached international notice during the coup of 2000 when he assisted hostages seized by coup leader George Speight. He was also from one of the most powerful European Fijian families. The documentary explores a "Pacific paradise" fraught by its colonial history, ethnic and tribal tensions, class differences and political coups.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Gay Couple Murdered "In the Name of God" | Crime Documentary | Real Stories
Nov 13, 2018 • A morally complex post-colonial tragedy, the story of a murder and of Fiji, a small country divided along ethnic and class lines, told through the eyes of two very different families.
Director of the Fiji Red Cross John Scott and his partner of 20 years, Greg Scrivener were brutally murdered in the name of God by a young indigenous man, Apete Kaisau. John had reached international notice during the coup of 2000 when he assisted hostages seized by coup leader George Speight. He was also from one of the most powerful European Fijian families. The documentary explores a "Pacific paradise" fraught by its colonial history, ethnic and tribal tensions, class differences and political coups.
Director of the Fiji Red Cross John Scott and his partner of 20 years, Greg Scrivener were brutally murdered in the name of God by a young indigenous man, Apete Kaisau. John had reached international notice during the coup of 2000 when he assisted hostages seized by coup leader George Speight. He was also from one of the most powerful European Fijian families. The documentary explores a "Pacific paradise" fraught by its colonial history, ethnic and tribal tensions, class differences and political coups.
„Es ist kein Krieg, aber ein Kampf“
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Frankreich hat einen britischen Fischkutter in Le Havre festgesetzt, weil er keine gültige Lizenz hatte. London verstehe nur die Sprache der Härte. Die britische Seite kündigt Vergeltungsmaßnahmen an.
Der Streit über Fischereirechte nach dem Brexit hat am Donnerstag zu heftigen Vorwürfen und Drohungen zwischen Frankreich und Großbritannien geführt. Zuvor hatte die Regierung in Paris einen britischen Kutter ohne gültige Lizenz in der Hafenstadt Le Havre festgesetzt. Dem Fischer droht eine Geldbuße und die Beschlagnahmung seines Fangguts. Ein zweites Boot wurde verwarnt, weil es ohne Erlaubnis in französischen Gewässern fischte. „Die britische Regierung versteht leider nur die Sprache der Härte“, sagte Europastaatssekretär Clément Beaune im Fernsehsender CNews. Vom 2. November an sollen britische Fischerboote ihren Fang nicht mehr in Frankreich zur Weiterverarbeitung anlanden dürfen. Außerdem werde Frankreich systematisch die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen an britischen Booten überprüfen. Das kündigte Regierungssprecher Gabriel Attal am Mittwochabend an. „Unsere Geduld hat Grenzen“, sagte Attal. „Wir lassen nicht zu, dass Großbritannien den Brexit-Vertrag wie einen Fußabstreifer benutzt“, so der Regierungssprecher. » | Von Michaela Wiegel, Paris und Jochen Buchsteiner, London | Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2021
France to Use ‘Language of Force’ in Post-Brexit Fishing Rights Row
THE GUARDIAN: Comments from French EU affairs minister come as British trawler is detained in France amid dispute
A French gendarmerie patrol boat is moored alongside the seized British trawler Cornelis Gert Jan in Le Havre on Thursday. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
France’s EU affairs minister, Clément Beaune, has said Paris will “now use the language of force” in an escalation of a row over post-Brexit fishing rights, as French maritime police seized a British trawler found in its territorial waters without a licence.
One vessel had been stopped off Le Havre in the early hours of Thursday morning, after which it was rerouted to the quay and “handed over to the judicial authority”, while a second was given a verbal warning.
In a statement, the French government said the checks during the scallop fishing season had been routine but admitted they were conducted “in the context of the discussion on licences with the United Kingdom and the European Commission”. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels, Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Peter Walker and Dan Sabbagh | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Pêche : Paris «ouvert aux discussions» si Londres «respecte ses engagements», déclare Castex : La France a annoncé mercredi des mesures de rétorsion sur les licences de pêche post-Brexit. »
France’s EU affairs minister, Clément Beaune, has said Paris will “now use the language of force” in an escalation of a row over post-Brexit fishing rights, as French maritime police seized a British trawler found in its territorial waters without a licence.
One vessel had been stopped off Le Havre in the early hours of Thursday morning, after which it was rerouted to the quay and “handed over to the judicial authority”, while a second was given a verbal warning.
In a statement, the French government said the checks during the scallop fishing season had been routine but admitted they were conducted “in the context of the discussion on licences with the United Kingdom and the European Commission”. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels, Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Peter Walker and Dan Sabbagh | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Pêche : Paris «ouvert aux discussions» si Londres «respecte ses engagements», déclare Castex : La France a annoncé mercredi des mesures de rétorsion sur les licences de pêche post-Brexit. »
Budget 2021: IFS Predicts ‘Real Pain’ for Low-income Households
THE GUARDIAN: Thinktank’s verdict on Rishi Sunak’s budget says tax rises and inflation will mean falling living standards for many
Rishi Sunak in Bury, the day after delivering the budget. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images
Rishi Sunak’s decision to raise taxes on workers amid high levels of inflation will squeeze living standards next year, causing “real pain” for low-income households, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Issuing its verdict after the chancellor’s budget on Wednesday, the UK’s leading tax and spending thinktank said a middle earner was likely to be worse off next year as high rates of inflation and tax rises negate weak growth in wages.
It said that while Sunak was promising a new age of optimism, voters might not get much feelgood factor after the chancellor announced £40bn of tax increases this year – the largest increase since 1993.
Paul Johnson, the director of the IFS, said the outlook for living standards jarred with the chancellor’s upbeat tone. “Over the next several years a combination of tax increases and high inflation will mean very slow growth in living standards,” he said. » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Thursday, October 29, 2021
Rishi Sunak’s decision to raise taxes on workers amid high levels of inflation will squeeze living standards next year, causing “real pain” for low-income households, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Issuing its verdict after the chancellor’s budget on Wednesday, the UK’s leading tax and spending thinktank said a middle earner was likely to be worse off next year as high rates of inflation and tax rises negate weak growth in wages.
It said that while Sunak was promising a new age of optimism, voters might not get much feelgood factor after the chancellor announced £40bn of tax increases this year – the largest increase since 1993.
Paul Johnson, the director of the IFS, said the outlook for living standards jarred with the chancellor’s upbeat tone. “Over the next several years a combination of tax increases and high inflation will mean very slow growth in living standards,” he said. » | Richard Partington, Economics correspondent | Thursday, October 29, 2021
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Pêche: la France va dégainer ses mesures de rétorsion contre la Grande-Bretagne
LE FIGARO : La France s'apprête à frapper le commerce transfrontalier dès le 2 novembre.
La France s'apprête à déclencher une guerre commerciale contre la Grande-Bretagne, dans le conflit sur les pêcheurs. Évoquée depuis des semaines, une liste de mesures de rétorsion devait être précisée mercredi soir. Celles-ci ont été présentées mercredi matin aux élus locaux des régions concernées, Hauts-de-France, Normandie et Bretagne. Le porte-parole du gouvernement, Gabriel Attal, en a fait l'annonce à l'issue du Conseil des ministres.
Dès le 2 novembre, « des contrôles douaniers et sanitaires systématiques sur les produits débarqués en France et l'interdiction de débarquement de produits de la mer » seront mis en place, a-t-il déclaré, faute de changement de position britannique d'ici là. Cela signifie que l'ensemble des marchandises importées pourront faire l'objet d'une sorte de zèle des « contrôles sur les camions », susceptible de ralentir considérablement les échanges. Voire un blocus total sur le poisson. » | Par Florentin Collomp | mercredi 27 octobre 2021
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Lebanon’s Economic Crisis: 'No Food, No Gas, No Hope' - BBC Newsnight
Oct 27, 2021 • As Lebanon’s crisis continues to intensify, how are people trying to cope in the midst of financial devastation?
Earlier this month violent clashes in Beirut touched off fears of renewed civil strife in Lebanon.
The country has been mired in crisis of late - political, economic, Covid, and on top of all that the devastating port blast in August 2020.
As if that's not bad enough a brain drain of the educated professionals has been gathering pace.
Leaving carries shame, so there are no reliable statistics about that flight.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban reports from Beirut.
Earlier this month violent clashes in Beirut touched off fears of renewed civil strife in Lebanon.
The country has been mired in crisis of late - political, economic, Covid, and on top of all that the devastating port blast in August 2020.
As if that's not bad enough a brain drain of the educated professionals has been gathering pace.
Leaving carries shame, so there are no reliable statistics about that flight.
Newsnight’s Mark Urban reports from Beirut.
US Issues Its First Passport with X Gender Designation to Reflect ‘Lived Reality’
THE GUARDIAN: Diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights said it’s a matter of ‘dignity and respect’
The White House is lit in pride colors in Washington DC in 2015. Photograph: Molly Riley/AFP/Getty Images
The US has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation – a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify as male or female – and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the state department said on Wednesday.
The US special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, Jessica Stern, called the moves historic and celebratory, saying they brought the government documents in line with the “lived reality” that there is a wider spectrum of human sex characteristics than is reflected in the previous two designations.
“When a person obtains identity documents that reflect their true identity, they live with greater dignity and respect,” Stern said. » | Associated Press | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The US has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation – a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify as male or female – and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the state department said on Wednesday.
The US special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, Jessica Stern, called the moves historic and celebratory, saying they brought the government documents in line with the “lived reality” that there is a wider spectrum of human sex characteristics than is reflected in the previous two designations.
“When a person obtains identity documents that reflect their true identity, they live with greater dignity and respect,” Stern said. » | Associated Press | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
EU Court Fines Poland 1 Million Euros a Day for Judiciary Row | DW News
Poland fined €1m a day over controversial judicial system changes: Warsaw calls European court of justice move blackmail and says penalties ‘not the right road’ »
Luxembourg Leader’s University Thesis Was ‘Mostly Plagiarised’
THE GUARDIAN: Prime minister Xavier Bettel admits postgraduate dissertation ‘should have been done differently’
Xavier Bettel said his thesis was ‘written with a clear conscience’ but an inquiry found just two of the work’s 56 pages had not been plagiarised. Photograph: Johanna Geron/EPA
Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has admitted his university thesis “should have been done differently” after a media investigation concluded that only two of the work’s 56 pages had not been plagiarised.
A local news outlet, reporter.lu, said on Wednesday that Bettel had lifted three-quarters of the text, describing it as “an impressive hodgepodge of copied passages that does not meet the customary requirements of academia”.
Bettel, 48, who has been prime minister since 2013, said in a statement the thesis was “more than 20 years old” and “written with a clear conscience”. But “from today’s standpoint, it could have – yes, maybe should have – been done differently”, he said.
Bettel said he had full confidence in the University of Lorraine in eastern France to assess whether the work met its standards of the time, and that he would “naturally accept” its decision, even if it meant his qualification was withdrawn. » | Jon Henley | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Luxemburgischer Premierminister gesteht Plagiate indirekt ein: Der luxemburgische Regierungschef hat bei seiner Abschlussarbeit an der Universität Nancy plagiiert. Heute würde er es anders machen, sagt Xavier Bettel. Folgt nun der Rücktritt? »
German politicians suffer higher degree of embarrassment from plagiarism than from sex scandals: Third minister in Angela Merkel’s administration falls foul of the country’s fixation on academic credentials »
Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has admitted his university thesis “should have been done differently” after a media investigation concluded that only two of the work’s 56 pages had not been plagiarised.
A local news outlet, reporter.lu, said on Wednesday that Bettel had lifted three-quarters of the text, describing it as “an impressive hodgepodge of copied passages that does not meet the customary requirements of academia”.
Bettel, 48, who has been prime minister since 2013, said in a statement the thesis was “more than 20 years old” and “written with a clear conscience”. But “from today’s standpoint, it could have – yes, maybe should have – been done differently”, he said.
Bettel said he had full confidence in the University of Lorraine in eastern France to assess whether the work met its standards of the time, and that he would “naturally accept” its decision, even if it meant his qualification was withdrawn. » | Jon Henley | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Luxemburgischer Premierminister gesteht Plagiate indirekt ein: Der luxemburgische Regierungschef hat bei seiner Abschlussarbeit an der Universität Nancy plagiiert. Heute würde er es anders machen, sagt Xavier Bettel. Folgt nun der Rücktritt? »
German politicians suffer higher degree of embarrassment from plagiarism than from sex scandals: Third minister in Angela Merkel’s administration falls foul of the country’s fixation on academic credentials »
Islamism Is Our Greatest Terrorist Threat. Yet Our Politicians & Media Refuse to Openly Discuss It.
Oct 23, 2021 • The murder of Sir David Amess has vividly shown the degree to which our political and media elites are living in an alternative reality. Whilst the far-right motivations of the horrific killing of Jo Cox were quite rightly raised and discussed from the outset, when it comes to Islam our political and media class become deaf and dumb. And so we have seen widespread attempts at distraction, for example with attempts to divert discussion on to online safety.
Islamism remains overwhelmingly the greatest terrorist threat to the public. Yet fear of Islamophobia continues to prevent open discussion of this subject. This cannot continue. If we cannot bring ourselves to name the problem how can we ever hope to overcome it? We must put pressure on our politicians to have the courage and confidence to speak out.
Islamism remains overwhelmingly the greatest terrorist threat to the public. Yet fear of Islamophobia continues to prevent open discussion of this subject. This cannot continue. If we cannot bring ourselves to name the problem how can we ever hope to overcome it? We must put pressure on our politicians to have the courage and confidence to speak out.
Italie : la Sicile frappée par des inondations meurtrières
LE FIGARO : La ville de Catane a été touchée par de violentes inondations mardi. Au moins deux personnes sont décédées.
Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues à Catane, mardi 26 octobre. Les inondations ont fait au moins deux morts dans la deuxième ville de Sicile, rapporte Le Parisien . L'une des victimes est un homme de 53 ans, noyé dans son véhicule inondé à Gravina di Catania, une banlieue de la ville. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro | mercredi 27 octobre 2021
Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues à Catane, mardi 26 octobre. Les inondations ont fait au moins deux morts dans la deuxième ville de Sicile, rapporte Le Parisien . L'une des victimes est un homme de 53 ans, noyé dans son véhicule inondé à Gravina di Catania, une banlieue de la ville. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro | mercredi 27 octobre 2021
Schottland – Exit vom Brexit?
May 4, 2021 • Bis Mitte Oktober sollten Großbritannien und die EU ihre künftigen Beziehungen nach dem Brexit geklärt haben, anderenfalls steht wieder das Szenario eines harten Brexit ohne Deal im Raum. Vor allem die Schotten fürchten eine Verschlechterung ihrer Lebensbedingungen. Sie haben mehrheitlich gegen den Brexit gestimmt. Viele fühlen sich von der Regierung in London zunehmend entfremdet. Nirgendwo sonst ist Premier Boris Johnson so unbeliebt, nirgendwo sonst ist die Kritik an seiner Corona-Politik so stark. Im Norden des Vereinigten Königreichs herrscht eben nicht nur ein anderes Wetter, sondern auch ein anderes politisches Klima als im Rest des Landes: „Das ist das erste Mal in der Geschichte, dass Umfragen über eine lange Zeitspanne eine Mehrheit für eine Unabhängigkeit Schottlands prognostizieren“, sagt John Curtice. Der Politologe gilt als wichtigster Meinungsforscher des Landes und hat die letzten vier Unterhauswahlen richtig vorausgesagt.
Reporter Benedict Feichtner, selbst Brite, ist quer durch das Land der Highlands gefahren. In Sterling trifft er den Flötenbauer George Ormiston, der aus einer der ältesten Familien Schottlands stammt und seit seiner Jugend für die Unabhängigkeit kämpft. Im Nordwesten besucht er Whisky-Destilleure, die sich einst in die unzugänglichsten Regionen zurückzogen haben, um sich vor den englischen Steuereintreibern zu verstecken. Jetzt wollen sie, so wie die klare Mehrheit der Schotten, durch die Unabhängigkeit zurück in die EU. Doch kann das gelingen?
Reporter Benedict Feichtner, selbst Brite, ist quer durch das Land der Highlands gefahren. In Sterling trifft er den Flötenbauer George Ormiston, der aus einer der ältesten Familien Schottlands stammt und seit seiner Jugend für die Unabhängigkeit kämpft. Im Nordwesten besucht er Whisky-Destilleure, die sich einst in die unzugänglichsten Regionen zurückzogen haben, um sich vor den englischen Steuereintreibern zu verstecken. Jetzt wollen sie, so wie die klare Mehrheit der Schotten, durch die Unabhängigkeit zurück in die EU. Doch kann das gelingen?
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La maman d'Elon Musk: affirmée, stylée et au sommet de sa carrière à 73 ans
LE FIGARO : VU D'AILLEURS - Maye Musk est douze fois grand-mère, top model et auteure de best-sellers. À 59 ans, la mère du fondateur de Tesla Elon Musk a décidé de ne plus se teindre les cheveux et de changer radicalement de vie. Aujourd'hui âgée de 73 ans, sa vie est plus belle que jamais.
Plutôt hors du commun : à 73 ans, elle donne l'impression d'essuyer les traces du temps d'un simple disque de coton humide. «C'est vrai, les gens sont toujours surpris que je sois encore si belle à mon âge», lance Maye Musk, lorsque le magazine ICONIST la contacte par téléphone à New York. Dans son style vestimentaire aussi, elle va à l'encontre de tout ce que l'on classerait dans la catégorie des vêtements adaptés à sa tranche d'âge. Maye Musk privilégie les couleurs vives, les chemisiers transparents et porte ses cheveux gris très courts. » | Par Lena | jeudi 21 octobre 2021
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Being Gay In Deeply Conservative China | Foreign Correspondent
Jan 19, 2018 • While Australia says ‘yes’, the country with more gay people than most says an implacable ‘no’.
But in China, a determined group of young men and women just won’t take no for an answer. About 800 special invitees are piling aboard a cruise ship to witness the marriages of nine LGBT couples in a brazen statement against China’s law and traditional family values.
But there’s a hitch. Even though shipboard marriages have no legal standing in China, authorities are edgy about this “immoral” cruise and the defiance it represents. They move to stop the ship sailing, threatening to blow up months of planning.
But in China, a determined group of young men and women just won’t take no for an answer. About 800 special invitees are piling aboard a cruise ship to witness the marriages of nine LGBT couples in a brazen statement against China’s law and traditional family values.
But there’s a hitch. Even though shipboard marriages have no legal standing in China, authorities are edgy about this “immoral” cruise and the defiance it represents. They move to stop the ship sailing, threatening to blow up months of planning.
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Prince Andrew Given Deadline to Face Questions in Virginia Giuffre Case
THE GUARDIAN: Duke must make himself available by 14 July in US lawsuit brought by woman who accuses him of sexual[ly] abusing her
Prince Andrew vehemently denies allegations he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was a teenager. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by 14 July next year in a civil lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.
While not specified in the court papers, the Duke of York and his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, are both expected to answer questions under oath. Depositions must be completed on or before 14 July, said the district judge Lewis Kaplan, who serves in the southern district of New York.
The Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations will take place in June, potentially setting up a clash with the duke’s legal issues over the summer. » | Agencies | Tuesday,, October 26, 2021
Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by 14 July next year in a civil lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.
While not specified in the court papers, the Duke of York and his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, are both expected to answer questions under oath. Depositions must be completed on or before 14 July, said the district judge Lewis Kaplan, who serves in the southern district of New York.
The Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations will take place in June, potentially setting up a clash with the duke’s legal issues over the summer. » | Agencies | Tuesday,, October 26, 2021
Queen Carries Out First Official Engagements since Hospital Stay
THE GUARDIAN: Monarch, 95, holds virtual audiences from Windsor Castle after following doctor’s orders to rest
The Queen was pictured on a computer screen as she greeted the South Korean ambassador to the UK.Photograph: Victoria Jones/AP
The Queen has carried out virtual audiences from Windsor Castle – her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors.
It is the first time the 95-year-old head of state has been seen – albeit on a computer screen – since she hosted a busy evening reception for the global investment summit on 19 October.
She cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland, was under doctor’s orders to rest and underwent preliminary tests in hospital on 20 October during her first overnight stay at a medical facility in eight years.
The Queen was wearing a yellow dress and her three-strand pearl necklace and was seen smiling during the audiences on Tuesday.
She was pictured on a computer screen as she greeted the South Korean ambassador to the UK, Kim Gunn. » | PA Media | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Queen has carried out virtual audiences from Windsor Castle – her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors.
It is the first time the 95-year-old head of state has been seen – albeit on a computer screen – since she hosted a busy evening reception for the global investment summit on 19 October.
She cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland, was under doctor’s orders to rest and underwent preliminary tests in hospital on 20 October during her first overnight stay at a medical facility in eight years.
The Queen was wearing a yellow dress and her three-strand pearl necklace and was seen smiling during the audiences on Tuesday.
She was pictured on a computer screen as she greeted the South Korean ambassador to the UK, Kim Gunn. » | PA Media | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Elio und Oliver konnten das Gefühl sicherlich nicht stoppen!
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A Jewish Far-Right Pundit Splits the French Jewish Community as He Rises
THE NEW YORK TIMES Éric Zemmour, eyeing the presidency, tries to rehabilitate the wartime Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis as part of a campaign filled with provocations.
Éric Zemmour attending an event last month for his new book in Versailles, France. Mr. Zemmour, 63, has done nothing to deny intense speculation that he will soon become a candidate for the French presidency. | Chesnot/Getty Images
PARIS — There have been many startling elements to Éric Zemmour’s as yet undeclared campaign to forge a hard-right path to the French presidency, but perhaps none as surprising as his attempt to rehabilitate France’s collaborationist wartime regime.
“Vichy protected French Jews and gave the foreign Jews,” Mr. Zemmour said in September on CNews, a growing Fox News-like TV channel, one of several remarks suggesting that the wartime government of Marshal Philippe Pétain that sent more than 72,500 Jews to their deaths was not so bad after all.
The comment was shocking not least because Mr. Zemmour is Jewish. From 1942 onward, there is no evidence that the Vichy regime tried to protect French Jews. It collaborated with the Nazis to round up Jews, whether foreign or French.
Clearly borrowed from the Trump playbook of staying at the top of the news through provocation and outrage, Mr. Zemmour’s declarations have divided the French Jewish community and made the unsayable sayable. But they have not slowed the giddy rise of this smooth-talking TV star and author, with the French presidential election less than six months away. » | Roger Cohen | Monday, October 25, 2021
PARIS — There have been many startling elements to Éric Zemmour’s as yet undeclared campaign to forge a hard-right path to the French presidency, but perhaps none as surprising as his attempt to rehabilitate France’s collaborationist wartime regime.
“Vichy protected French Jews and gave the foreign Jews,” Mr. Zemmour said in September on CNews, a growing Fox News-like TV channel, one of several remarks suggesting that the wartime government of Marshal Philippe Pétain that sent more than 72,500 Jews to their deaths was not so bad after all.
The comment was shocking not least because Mr. Zemmour is Jewish. From 1942 onward, there is no evidence that the Vichy regime tried to protect French Jews. It collaborated with the Nazis to round up Jews, whether foreign or French.
Clearly borrowed from the Trump playbook of staying at the top of the news through provocation and outrage, Mr. Zemmour’s declarations have divided the French Jewish community and made the unsayable sayable. But they have not slowed the giddy rise of this smooth-talking TV star and author, with the French presidential election less than six months away. » | Roger Cohen | Monday, October 25, 2021
Free Julian Assange: Snowden, Varoufakis, Corbyn & Tariq Ali Speak Out ahead of Extradition Hearing
Oct 25, 2021 • As jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces an extradition hearing Wednesday in London, supporters gathered Friday for the Belmarsh Tribunal, named for the Belmarsh maximum security prison where Assange is being held.
The mock trial highlighted major WikiLeaks revelations of U.S. war crimes and demanded Assange’s freedom. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Though a British judge blocked his extradition in January, the U.S. appealed the decision.
We feature speakers from the tribunal, including writer Tariq Ali, Afghan political activist Selay Ghaffar, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“Julian, far from being indicted, should actually be a hero,” said Ali. “He should never have been kept in prison for bail. He should not be in prison now awaiting a trial for extradition. He should be released.
” We also hear from Srećko Horvat, philosopher and Belmarsh Tribunal chair; Ewen MacAskill, former Guardian journalist; and Stella Morris, partner of Julian Assange.
The mock trial highlighted major WikiLeaks revelations of U.S. war crimes and demanded Assange’s freedom. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Though a British judge blocked his extradition in January, the U.S. appealed the decision.
We feature speakers from the tribunal, including writer Tariq Ali, Afghan political activist Selay Ghaffar, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“Julian, far from being indicted, should actually be a hero,” said Ali. “He should never have been kept in prison for bail. He should not be in prison now awaiting a trial for extradition. He should be released.
” We also hear from Srećko Horvat, philosopher and Belmarsh Tribunal chair; Ewen MacAskill, former Guardian journalist; and Stella Morris, partner of Julian Assange.
Monday, October 25, 2021
The Guardian View on US Abortion Laws: Freedoms Hanging by a Thread
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: By allowing the Texas law banning abortions after six weeks to stand, the supreme court has joined the attack
Protesters march in Austin, Texas, against the state’s abortion laws. Photograph: AFP/Getty
The announcement by the US supreme court that Texas’s new law banning abortions after six weeks would be allowed to stand, until it hears the federal government’s case against it on 1 November, was a blow to anyone hoping that the court might block attempts to remove women’s constitutional right to abortion. The 1973 decision that established this right, Roe v Wade, is a landmark in the history of the court.
The challenge brought by the Biden administration aims to overturn the Texas law on grounds that the state has violated the court’s authority. By outsourcing enforcement of its abortion ban to private citizens, who since September have been allowed to sue anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion, Texas legislators have sought “to evade the traditional mechanisms for judicial review”, the suit states. The justice department argues that this is a dangerous precedent with the potential to undermine other supreme court decisions. While some employers are ffering to relocate staff to other states, the women most likely to be harmed by the ban are the poorest and least mobile, who in Texas are disproportionately women of colour. » | Editorial | Monday, October 25, 2021
Keep politics out of medical matters! The criminalisation of abortions does not affect the rich and privileged – they can afford to travel out of state, or even abroad, to get their abortions. This draconian law affects only the poor and under-privileged, who might well be forced to revert to the Victorian solution: knitting needles and bottles of gin! – © Mark
The announcement by the US supreme court that Texas’s new law banning abortions after six weeks would be allowed to stand, until it hears the federal government’s case against it on 1 November, was a blow to anyone hoping that the court might block attempts to remove women’s constitutional right to abortion. The 1973 decision that established this right, Roe v Wade, is a landmark in the history of the court.
The challenge brought by the Biden administration aims to overturn the Texas law on grounds that the state has violated the court’s authority. By outsourcing enforcement of its abortion ban to private citizens, who since September have been allowed to sue anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion, Texas legislators have sought “to evade the traditional mechanisms for judicial review”, the suit states. The justice department argues that this is a dangerous precedent with the potential to undermine other supreme court decisions. While some employers are ffering to relocate staff to other states, the women most likely to be harmed by the ban are the poorest and least mobile, who in Texas are disproportionately women of colour. » | Editorial | Monday, October 25, 2021
Keep politics out of medical matters! The criminalisation of abortions does not affect the rich and privileged – they can afford to travel out of state, or even abroad, to get their abortions. This draconian law affects only the poor and under-privileged, who might well be forced to revert to the Victorian solution: knitting needles and bottles of gin! – © Mark
Sudan’s Army Seizes Power in Coup and Detains Prime Minister
THE GUARDIAN: Military declares state of emergency and gunfire reported as protesters flood Khartoum streets
Sudan’s military has seized power in a coup, arrested leading civilian politicians including the prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and declared a state of emergency as thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Khartoum in opposition.
The Sudan Doctors’ Committee said late on Monday that three protesters had been killed and 80 people wounded after security forces fired on demonstrators. As night fell in Khartoum, witnesses described gangs of young men armed with sticks reportedly beating anyone found on the streets.
Sudan has been on edge since a failed coup plot last month unleashed recriminations between military and civilian groups who have been sharing power since the toppling of the autocrat Omar al-Bashir two years ago. With video » | A reporter in Khartoum and Peter Beaumont | Monday, October 25, 2021
Sudan’s military has seized power in a coup, arrested leading civilian politicians including the prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and declared a state of emergency as thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Khartoum in opposition.
The Sudan Doctors’ Committee said late on Monday that three protesters had been killed and 80 people wounded after security forces fired on demonstrators. As night fell in Khartoum, witnesses described gangs of young men armed with sticks reportedly beating anyone found on the streets.
Sudan has been on edge since a failed coup plot last month unleashed recriminations between military and civilian groups who have been sharing power since the toppling of the autocrat Omar al-Bashir two years ago. With video » | A reporter in Khartoum and Peter Beaumont | Monday, October 25, 2021
Renaud Girard: «Taïwan, une lente strangulation chinoise»
LE FIGARO : CHRONIQUE - Nous risquons d’assister, au cours de cette décennie, à une guerre d’usure entre la Chine et l’Amérique pour le contrôle de ce territoire.
Interrogé en public sur la question de Taïwan par un journaliste le 21 octobre 2021, le président américain actuel est sorti de l’ambiguïté stratégique que tous ses prédécesseurs avaient soigneusement conservée depuis que les États-Unis ont, en 1979, reconnu officiellement la République populaire de Chine et sa doctrine d’un seul pays.
Joe Biden a affirmé que si les forces communistes de l’Armée populaire de libération chinoise attaquaient Taïwan, l’Amérique se porterait militairement au secours de la petite île démocratique agressée.
Le sujet était dans tous les esprits, dans la mesure où l’ambassadeur de Chine à Washington, Zhang Jun, venait de critiquer publiquement «les dangereuses actions américaines dans le détroit de Formose». Ce diplomate de haut rang manie parfaitement l’inversion accusatoire, procédé rhétorique consistant à accuser l’autre de ses propres noires intentions. C’est en effet l’armée de l’air chinoise qui a multiplié, aux mois de septembre et d’octobre 2021, les vols dans la zone de défense de Taïwan et non les chasseurs-bombardiers américains qui sont allés frôler les côtes de la Chine populaire. L’ambassadeur voulait-il critiquer le passage de bâtiments de l’US Navy à travers le détroit, qui fait quand même 170 km de large? » | Par Renaud Girard | lundi 25 Octobre 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
À LIRE AUSSI : Pékin teste la détermination de Joe Biden dans le ciel de Taïwan »
Interrogé en public sur la question de Taïwan par un journaliste le 21 octobre 2021, le président américain actuel est sorti de l’ambiguïté stratégique que tous ses prédécesseurs avaient soigneusement conservée depuis que les États-Unis ont, en 1979, reconnu officiellement la République populaire de Chine et sa doctrine d’un seul pays.
Joe Biden a affirmé que si les forces communistes de l’Armée populaire de libération chinoise attaquaient Taïwan, l’Amérique se porterait militairement au secours de la petite île démocratique agressée.
Le sujet était dans tous les esprits, dans la mesure où l’ambassadeur de Chine à Washington, Zhang Jun, venait de critiquer publiquement «les dangereuses actions américaines dans le détroit de Formose». Ce diplomate de haut rang manie parfaitement l’inversion accusatoire, procédé rhétorique consistant à accuser l’autre de ses propres noires intentions. C’est en effet l’armée de l’air chinoise qui a multiplié, aux mois de septembre et d’octobre 2021, les vols dans la zone de défense de Taïwan et non les chasseurs-bombardiers américains qui sont allés frôler les côtes de la Chine populaire. L’ambassadeur voulait-il critiquer le passage de bâtiments de l’US Navy à travers le détroit, qui fait quand même 170 km de large? » | Par Renaud Girard | lundi 25 Octobre 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
À LIRE AUSSI : Pékin teste la détermination de Joe Biden dans le ciel de Taïwan »
David Beckham Slammed for Reportedly Becoming Face of Homophobic Qatar in £150 Million Deal
PINK NEWS: David Beckham has reportedly signed a deal worth £150 million to become the “face of Qatar” ahead of next year’s World Cup.
According to The Sun, Beckham will “promote tourism and culture” for the next decade in the country, which is strongly anti-LGBT+ and has an atrocious human rights record.
The deal was first reported by The Mail on Sunday in February, although it is still unclear what duties the role will involve. He will reportedly earn £15 million a year for the next decade.
Beckham, who in 2007 said he was “honoured to have the tag of gay icon” and is an ambassador for UNICEF, spent a week in Qatar this month, one of the most dangerous places in the world to be LGBT+.
In a vague statement, a spokesperson for Beckham told The Telegraph: “David has been visiting Qatar regularly for over a decade and went on to play for [Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain] so he has seen the passion for football in the country and the long-term commitment that’s been made to hosting this World Cup and delivering a lasting legacy for the region.
“He’s always talked about the power of football as a force for good.
“As we reach the one-year-to-go point, he joins the wider football community that is coming together for the World Cup 2022 and he’s looking forward to what he thinks will be a great tournament.” Homosexuality can be punished by imprisonment, flogging or death in Qatar » | Lily Wakefield | Monday, October 25, 2021
UK Haulage Industry Tells PM to Act on Supply Chains or Face Christmas Crisis
THE GUARDIAN: Calls for Boris Johnson to intervene personally after ‘lacklustre’ efforts to tackle lorry driver shortage
The haulage industry has urged Boris Johnson to step up “lacklustre” efforts to tackle a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers, telling him to act now on supply chains or face a Christmas crisis.
Bosses of multiple trade bodies and businesses in the trucking and food industries have written to the prime minister saying not enough had been done to resolve the crisis and urging him to intervene personally.
They said measures intended to plug the gap, including a temporary three month visa for HGV drivers, “simply do not go far enough to tackle the crisis and protect the UK economy in the months ahead”.
“Without further action, this will only get worse, particularly as we begin the countdown to Christmas,” they added.
A lack of qualified HGV drivers has been cited as a factor in last month’s petrol shortages and interruptions to supermarket supply chains, as well as prompting warnings of major disruption at Christmas, such as bins not being collected. » | Rob Davies | Monday, October 25, 2021
Royaume-Uni: le bacon et les dindes de Noël en danger : Les abattoirs et les boucheries britanniques sont frappés par un manque crucial de main-d’œuvre. »
The haulage industry has urged Boris Johnson to step up “lacklustre” efforts to tackle a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers, telling him to act now on supply chains or face a Christmas crisis.
Bosses of multiple trade bodies and businesses in the trucking and food industries have written to the prime minister saying not enough had been done to resolve the crisis and urging him to intervene personally.
They said measures intended to plug the gap, including a temporary three month visa for HGV drivers, “simply do not go far enough to tackle the crisis and protect the UK economy in the months ahead”.
“Without further action, this will only get worse, particularly as we begin the countdown to Christmas,” they added.
A lack of qualified HGV drivers has been cited as a factor in last month’s petrol shortages and interruptions to supermarket supply chains, as well as prompting warnings of major disruption at Christmas, such as bins not being collected. » | Rob Davies | Monday, October 25, 2021
Royaume-Uni: le bacon et les dindes de Noël en danger : Les abattoirs et les boucheries britanniques sont frappés par un manque crucial de main-d’œuvre. »
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