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Little wonder people are turning to the far-right when they vote when our so-called democratic governments come up with all these stupid bans on tobacco and nicotine. FFS, let people have a little pleasure in life. Life is not all about work, work, work! — © Mark Alexander
At Least 132 Killed in Colombia's Largest Earthquake in Years | BBC News
Aug 11, 2026 | At least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years. The death toll is likely to rise, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.
The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, the country's geological service said. It was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia.
Many of the deaths have been concentrated in the city of Pereira, in Colombia's coffee-growing region, with surrounding cities and the Valle del Cauca region also hit hard.
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The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, the country's geological service said. It was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia.
Many of the deaths have been concentrated in the city of Pereira, in Colombia's coffee-growing region, with surrounding cities and the Valle del Cauca region also hit hard.
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Syrie : le président déchu Bachar el-Assad condamné à la peine de mort par contumace
LE FIGARO : Outre l’ex-dirigeant, qui a fui avec sa famille à Moscou lors de la prise de Damas en décembre 2024, les autorités de transition ont aussi condamné à mort, en sa présence, Atef Najib, ancien chef de la sécurité politique à Deraa.
Un tribunal syrien a condamné mardi le président déchu Bachar al-Assad à la peine de mort par contumace, pour « crimes de guerre » et « crimes contre l’humanité » lors de la guerre civile déclenchée en 2011. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 11 août 2026
Spain’s Complex Ties With Morocco Fuel Speculation Over Ceuta Migrant Surge
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Rumors swirled that Morocco, perhaps spurred by Israel and the United States, organized a recent border disaster. That unproven speculation, experts said, was exacerbated by the region’s complicated history.
This screenshot has been taken from this NYT article. | Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa waiting on a beach for humanitarian assistance after about tens of thousands of people, mostly from Morocco, surged across the border into Ceuta, Spain, this month. Credit: Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times
The actor Javier Bardem wondered if Israel had something to do with the rush of over 70,000 migrants last month from Morocco to Spain. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Republican congresswoman and veteran conspiracy theorist, suggested the Republican Party was behind it. Others said King Mohammed VI of Morocco had set off the crisis to mess with Spain.
Experts have said that there is no evidence that any state played a role in masterminding the unprecedented migration to Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. The Spanish and Moroccan governments blamed the surge, which killed about 90 migrants before most of the people involved had retreated to Morocco, on a viral social media misinformation campaign by smugglers.
But that hasn’t stopped all sorts of conjecture about what really happened. That speculation is partly rooted, analysts said, in the deeply complicated relationship between Spain and Morocco.
Spain occupied parts of Morocco for much of the 20th century, and many Moroccans still contest Spain’s control over its African territories, including Ceuta. Yet, the two countries are also interdependent for intricate economic, political and geopolitical reasons.
They have conflicting positions on Algeria, Israel and the Trump administration. Spain has a fraught relationship with Washington and Jerusalem, but a warming one with Algiers. Morocco, however, sees Algeria as a rival but is improving ties with Israel and the United States. » | Jason Horowitz | Reporting from Ferrol, Spain | Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The actor Javier Bardem wondered if Israel had something to do with the rush of over 70,000 migrants last month from Morocco to Spain. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Republican congresswoman and veteran conspiracy theorist, suggested the Republican Party was behind it. Others said King Mohammed VI of Morocco had set off the crisis to mess with Spain.
Experts have said that there is no evidence that any state played a role in masterminding the unprecedented migration to Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. The Spanish and Moroccan governments blamed the surge, which killed about 90 migrants before most of the people involved had retreated to Morocco, on a viral social media misinformation campaign by smugglers.
But that hasn’t stopped all sorts of conjecture about what really happened. That speculation is partly rooted, analysts said, in the deeply complicated relationship between Spain and Morocco.
Spain occupied parts of Morocco for much of the 20th century, and many Moroccans still contest Spain’s control over its African territories, including Ceuta. Yet, the two countries are also interdependent for intricate economic, political and geopolitical reasons.
They have conflicting positions on Algeria, Israel and the Trump administration. Spain has a fraught relationship with Washington and Jerusalem, but a warming one with Algiers. Morocco, however, sees Algeria as a rival but is improving ties with Israel and the United States. » | Jason Horowitz | Reporting from Ferrol, Spain | Tuesday, August 11, 2026
France Bans Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Companies will no longer be allowed to advertise goods and services through cold calls without previous consent from consumers.
In France, incessant cold calls advertising solar panels, roofs, heat pumps and other items will stop on Tuesday, when a ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls goes into effect.
Companies will no longer be allowed to advertise goods and services through such calls unless consumers previously gave their consent or if the calls are about a pre-existing contract.
The ban is unlikely to be met with any opposition in a country where 97 percent of the population say they are annoyed by daily telemarketing calls, which have been steadily increasing in recent years, according to a parliamentary report.
A leading consumer advocacy group, Que Choisir Ensemble, called the ban a “historic measure” that “should finally put an end to the daily harassment that the French have endured for far too long.”
“Peace and quiet is a right,” the group’s president, Marie-Amandine Stévenin, said in a statement. “This observation holds true both online and on the street, where we are inundated with calls to consume.” » | Ségolène Le Stradic | Reporting from Paris | Tuesday, August 11, 2026
In France, incessant cold calls advertising solar panels, roofs, heat pumps and other items will stop on Tuesday, when a ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls goes into effect.
Companies will no longer be allowed to advertise goods and services through such calls unless consumers previously gave their consent or if the calls are about a pre-existing contract.
The ban is unlikely to be met with any opposition in a country where 97 percent of the population say they are annoyed by daily telemarketing calls, which have been steadily increasing in recent years, according to a parliamentary report.
A leading consumer advocacy group, Que Choisir Ensemble, called the ban a “historic measure” that “should finally put an end to the daily harassment that the French have endured for far too long.”
“Peace and quiet is a right,” the group’s president, Marie-Amandine Stévenin, said in a statement. “This observation holds true both online and on the street, where we are inundated with calls to consume.” » | Ségolène Le Stradic | Reporting from Paris | Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.
This screenshot has been taken from this NYT article. | Two catering containers are shown alongside Air Force One on the tarmac in Turkey. | Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in a catering container to a military jet because of a threat against him and Air Force One from Iran, two senior U.S. officials said on Monday.
Mr. Trump and other officials had said publicly that he would be leaving Turkey on July 8 aboard one of the older versions of Air Force One rather than a luxury 747-8 donated by Qatar that he had flown in on. Mr. Trump told reporters at the time that he was making the switch for “old time’s sake.”
Mr. Trump boarded the older plane from the left-side door in view of cameras, and news organizations, including The New York Times, reported that he had traveled on it to Britain, where he switched back to the newer plane. The Times reported at the time that the decision was driven in part by concern about the security of the new plane donated by Qatar, which had not been equipped with all of the defensive capabilities of older versions.
But instead of flying out aboard that older, powder blue, modified 747, Mr. Trump was whisked off that plane via a catering container that had been lifted to the opposite side of the plane from where the journalists traveling with him boarded, one of the U.S. officials said. The president was then taken to a third plane, which he flew in secret to Britain, the official with knowledge of the matter said. » | Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Zolan Kanno-Youngs | Published: Monday, August 10, 2026. Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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« Mission clandestine », camion de restauration et « avion-leurre » : les coulisses de la mystérieuse exfiltration de Donald Trump pour quitter la Turquie : RÉCIT - Pour échapper aux menaces iraniennes, le président des États-Unis, qui se trouvait en juillet à Ankara pour un sommet de l’Otan, aurait quitté secrètement la Turquie à bord d’un avion militaire, après avoir été exfiltré d’« Air Force One » dans un conteneur de restauration aéroportuaire, révèle le Washington Post. »
Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in a catering container to a military jet because of a threat against him and Air Force One from Iran, two senior U.S. officials said on Monday.
Mr. Trump and other officials had said publicly that he would be leaving Turkey on July 8 aboard one of the older versions of Air Force One rather than a luxury 747-8 donated by Qatar that he had flown in on. Mr. Trump told reporters at the time that he was making the switch for “old time’s sake.”
Mr. Trump boarded the older plane from the left-side door in view of cameras, and news organizations, including The New York Times, reported that he had traveled on it to Britain, where he switched back to the newer plane. The Times reported at the time that the decision was driven in part by concern about the security of the new plane donated by Qatar, which had not been equipped with all of the defensive capabilities of older versions.
But instead of flying out aboard that older, powder blue, modified 747, Mr. Trump was whisked off that plane via a catering container that had been lifted to the opposite side of the plane from where the journalists traveling with him boarded, one of the U.S. officials said. The president was then taken to a third plane, which he flew in secret to Britain, the official with knowledge of the matter said. » | Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Zolan Kanno-Youngs | Published: Monday, August 10, 2026. Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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« Mission clandestine », camion de restauration et « avion-leurre » : les coulisses de la mystérieuse exfiltration de Donald Trump pour quitter la Turquie : RÉCIT - Pour échapper aux menaces iraniennes, le président des États-Unis, qui se trouvait en juillet à Ankara pour un sommet de l’Otan, aurait quitté secrètement la Turquie à bord d’un avion militaire, après avoir été exfiltré d’« Air Force One » dans un conteneur de restauration aéroportuaire, révèle le Washington Post. »
Monday, August 10, 2026
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Elderly Divorce Is Skyrocketing in the US. Here's What Researchers Know.
August 10, 2026 | Divorce in America has been falling for decades — but among people over 65, it’s been climbing,
The divorce rate for older Americans has roughly tripled since 1990. Today, one in ten new divorces involves someone over 65, and two in five involve someone over 50.
In this episode, Katty Kay speaks with Susan Brown — a sociologist at Bowling Green State University who coined the term "gray divorce" and has studied it for 15 years — about what’s going on here and whether this is all part of something bigger: a world where partnership itself is becoming optional at every age.
The divorce rate for older Americans has roughly tripled since 1990. Today, one in ten new divorces involves someone over 65, and two in five involve someone over 50.
In this episode, Katty Kay speaks with Susan Brown — a sociologist at Bowling Green State University who coined the term "gray divorce" and has studied it for 15 years — about what’s going on here and whether this is all part of something bigger: a world where partnership itself is becoming optional at every age.
BREAKING: Deadly Earthquake Leaves Trail of Destruction across Colombia | DW News
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Scores dead after powerful earthquake strikes western Colombia: Quake of 7.4 magnitude collapses and severely damages buildings in several major cities, including Cali and Pereira »
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Colombie : un puissant séisme de magnitude 7,4 secoue le pays, au moins 111 morts et de nombreuses destructions : Ce tremblement de terre, de magnitude 7,4 selon les services géologiques des États-Unis et de Colombie, s’est produit en tout début de matinée à une centaine de kilomètres de profondeur. Le gouvernement colombien a décrété l’état d’« urgence » »
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Erdbeben der Stärke 7,4 erschüttert Kolumbien: Mehr als 100 Tote, Gebäude eingestürzt: Bei einem schweren Erdbeben in Kolumbien kamen mindestens 20 Menschen ums Leben. Menschen sind nach Behördenangaben in eingestürzten Gebäuden eingeschlossen. »
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Guerre Iran-États-Unis : les Iraniens sont «des joueurs d'échecs professionnels», rétorque Téhéran à Donald Trump
LE FIGARO : Le porte-parole de la diplomatie iranienne a répondu à une déclaration de Donald Trump, de ce dimanche. « Ça va s’arranger. Ça finit toujours par s’arranger », avait déclaré le président américain. « C’est comme une partie d’échecs ».
Les Iraniens sont « des joueurs d'échecs professionnels », a taclé lundi le porte-parole de la diplomatie, répondant au président américain Donald Trump qui avait comparé la veille le conflit à « une partie d'échecs ». Que ce soient lors des négociations officielles ou en coulisses, « les Iraniens ont montré qu'ils sont des joueurs d'échecs professionnels », a déclaré Esmaïl Baghaï lors de sa conférence de presse hebdomadaire à Téhéran. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 10 août 2026
Les Iraniens sont « des joueurs d'échecs professionnels », a taclé lundi le porte-parole de la diplomatie, répondant au président américain Donald Trump qui avait comparé la veille le conflit à « une partie d'échecs ». Que ce soient lors des négociations officielles ou en coulisses, « les Iraniens ont montré qu'ils sont des joueurs d'échecs professionnels », a déclaré Esmaïl Baghaï lors de sa conférence de presse hebdomadaire à Téhéran. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 10 août 2026
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By the way, who is that DH speaking at the start of the short video? He’s talking through his ar**! — © Mark Alexander
Should N.Y. Bathhouses Be Allowed to Offer Space for Sex?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two state lawmakers have proposed repealing a health code that prohibits establishments like bathhouses from allowing sexual activity.
This screenshot has been taken from this NYT article. | Public gay bathhouses were essentially outlawed in New York City in 1985 during the AIDS crisis.
Before gay kickball leagues, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Grindr or even Stonewall, there was the steamy world of bathhouses.
Operating 24 hours a day, bathhouses were havens for gay men, where they could be entertained by the likes of Bette Midler and Barry Manilow, go for a swim and engage in sexual activity.
But at the height of the AIDS crisis some 40 years ago, public health officials in New York shuttered adult saunas and bathhouses to try to stop the spread of disease.
Now a group of gay state lawmakers are spearheading a push to bring back what they describe as vital cultural spaces.
“It’s 2026, not 1986,” said Tony Simone, a State Assembly sponsor of the bill whose district in Manhattan includes Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. “We have modern medicine and education. It’s ridiculous that this is legal in Florida, in Texas, but not in New York City.” » | Grace Ashford | Saturday, August 8, 2026
Before gay kickball leagues, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Grindr or even Stonewall, there was the steamy world of bathhouses.
Operating 24 hours a day, bathhouses were havens for gay men, where they could be entertained by the likes of Bette Midler and Barry Manilow, go for a swim and engage in sexual activity.
But at the height of the AIDS crisis some 40 years ago, public health officials in New York shuttered adult saunas and bathhouses to try to stop the spread of disease.
Now a group of gay state lawmakers are spearheading a push to bring back what they describe as vital cultural spaces.
“It’s 2026, not 1986,” said Tony Simone, a State Assembly sponsor of the bill whose district in Manhattan includes Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. “We have modern medicine and education. It’s ridiculous that this is legal in Florida, in Texas, but not in New York City.” » | Grace Ashford | Saturday, August 8, 2026
Drought Set to Be Declared across Most of England
THE TELEGRAPH: Britain braces for fifth heatwave as unprecedented period of dry and hot weather continues
Drought is set to be extended across England as the country braces for its fifth heatwave of the year.
Half of England and the whole of Wales are already in drought after the driest July since rainfall records began in 1836, 190 years ago. The National Drought Group, made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies, will meet on Monday to decide if drought should be declared in more regions.
Two weeks ago, the Environment Agency (EA) listed Hertfordshire, the whole of London, East Anglia, Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Devon and Cornwall, the West Midlands and Wessex, which covers Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, as being in drought. » | Tom McArdle | Monday, August 10, 2026
British Widow, 78, Told to Leave Sweden under Brexit Rules after Living There for 21 Years
THE GUARDIAN: Authorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countries
This screenshot has been taken from this Guardian article. | Joyce Thomas, 78, is now taking the case to a higher court. Photograph: Helena Karlsson/NWT
A 78-year-old British widow who has lived in Sweden for 21 years is fighting deportation from the country after authorities told her a post-Brexit application to stay had been submitted too late.
Her case is the latest of 2,500 British people ordered to leave the country after Brexit in what campaigners and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have said is an inexplicably hardline approach taken by the Swedish authorities. It comes two years after Sweden threatened to deport a British woman with dementia in a care home shortly before she died.
Joyce Thomas, a retired nurse, was given just four weeks to leave Sweden in November, three years after her husband had died, causing huge distress.
After being widowed, Thomas downsized with her dog to an apartment in Hammarö, which is close to her son and grandchildren, and to her husband’s grave.
She said she sometimes felt overwhelmed by the distress of what was happening. » | Lisa O’Carroll | Monday, August 10, 2026
Good God! How bloody cruel can anyone be? To throw out of the country a respectable, elderly lady is an absolute disgrace. Fie on the Swedes! — © Mark Alexander
A 78-year-old British widow who has lived in Sweden for 21 years is fighting deportation from the country after authorities told her a post-Brexit application to stay had been submitted too late.
Her case is the latest of 2,500 British people ordered to leave the country after Brexit in what campaigners and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have said is an inexplicably hardline approach taken by the Swedish authorities. It comes two years after Sweden threatened to deport a British woman with dementia in a care home shortly before she died.
Joyce Thomas, a retired nurse, was given just four weeks to leave Sweden in November, three years after her husband had died, causing huge distress.
After being widowed, Thomas downsized with her dog to an apartment in Hammarö, which is close to her son and grandchildren, and to her husband’s grave.
She said she sometimes felt overwhelmed by the distress of what was happening. » | Lisa O’Carroll | Monday, August 10, 2026
Good God! How bloody cruel can anyone be? To throw out of the country a respectable, elderly lady is an absolute disgrace. Fie on the Swedes! — © Mark Alexander
Sunday, August 09, 2026
Saudi Prince Died at 29 — What the London Hotel Cameras Revealed
Aug 8, 2026 | In November 2025, a Saudi prince checked into a London hotel for what seemed like an ordinary visit. A week later, his life came to an unexpected end behind a locked door.
For eight months, the circumstances remained shrouded in silence, protected by royal discretion and family grief. But British law requires answers, and when the court files were finally opened, they revealed a story far more complex than anyone had imagined.
This is an account of privilege and vulnerability, of private struggles hidden behind palace walls, and of how one family faced not one but two devastating losses in a single year.
What really happened during those final days? What did the security footage reveal? And why does this story matter beyond the headlines?
The investigation uncovered medical records, missed appointments, and the last ordinary moments captured on camera. It painted a portrait of a young man who had sought help, completed treatment, and then vanished from his support network in the weeks before tragedy struck.
This is not a story of scandal or conspiracy, but of the fragile line between recovery and relapse, and the universal truth that wealth and lineage offer no immunity from personal demons.
The documentary approach taken here respects both the gravity of the loss and the lessons it holds for understanding the hidden pressures faced by those born into extraordinary circumstances.
Some scenes in this video are visual reconstructions created for illustrative purposes based on publicly reported information and the findings presented at the British coroner’s inquest. They are not authentic CCTV footage unless explicitly identified as such.
For eight months, the circumstances remained shrouded in silence, protected by royal discretion and family grief. But British law requires answers, and when the court files were finally opened, they revealed a story far more complex than anyone had imagined.
This is an account of privilege and vulnerability, of private struggles hidden behind palace walls, and of how one family faced not one but two devastating losses in a single year.
What really happened during those final days? What did the security footage reveal? And why does this story matter beyond the headlines?
The investigation uncovered medical records, missed appointments, and the last ordinary moments captured on camera. It painted a portrait of a young man who had sought help, completed treatment, and then vanished from his support network in the weeks before tragedy struck.
This is not a story of scandal or conspiracy, but of the fragile line between recovery and relapse, and the universal truth that wealth and lineage offer no immunity from personal demons.
The documentary approach taken here respects both the gravity of the loss and the lessons it holds for understanding the hidden pressures faced by those born into extraordinary circumstances.
Some scenes in this video are visual reconstructions created for illustrative purposes based on publicly reported information and the findings presented at the British coroner’s inquest. They are not authentic CCTV footage unless explicitly identified as such.
Jeffrey Sachs: Israel Is Finished — And They Can't Survive One Day Without America
August 9, 2026 | Jeffrey Sachs delivers his sharpest warning yet: Israel is finished — and it cannot survive a single day without the United States.
In this analysis, economist and foreign policy expert Jeffrey Sachs breaks down why Netanyahu's government is collapsing, why American public opinion has turned decisively against Israel, and why the entire "Greater Israel" project depends completely on Washington's backing.
Sachs argues that the war machine driving US foreign policy isn't about security at all — it's about power, primacy, and the enrichment of Wall Street, big oil, and Silicon Valley. He also exposes the strategic blueprint behind decades of American intervention: Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Grand Chessboard" and the theory of geopolitical pivot states — revealing why Ukraine and Iran were targeted deliberately, and why this entire strategy is now falling apart.
A must-watch for anyone trying to understand the real forces shaping the Middle East, US hegemony, and the shifting global order.
In this analysis, economist and foreign policy expert Jeffrey Sachs breaks down why Netanyahu's government is collapsing, why American public opinion has turned decisively against Israel, and why the entire "Greater Israel" project depends completely on Washington's backing.
Sachs argues that the war machine driving US foreign policy isn't about security at all — it's about power, primacy, and the enrichment of Wall Street, big oil, and Silicon Valley. He also exposes the strategic blueprint behind decades of American intervention: Zbigniew Brzezinski's "Grand Chessboard" and the theory of geopolitical pivot states — revealing why Ukraine and Iran were targeted deliberately, and why this entire strategy is now falling apart.
A must-watch for anyone trying to understand the real forces shaping the Middle East, US hegemony, and the shifting global order.
Hunter Biden on Trump's "Revenge and Retribution" and Why Pardon 'Not Good' for His Father's Legacy
En Albanie, cette « révolution des flamants roses » contre le pouvoir et la famille Donald Trump
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - La contestation envers le gouvernement d’Edi Rama, accusé de corruption, ne faiblit pas depuis qu’il a accordé à Ivanka Trump, la fille du président des États-Unis, la possibilité de bâtir un complexe touristique dans une zone protégée, jusqu’ici prisée par des flamants roses.
Une clameur s’élève au cœur de Tirana, près de la statue de Georges Kastrioti, dit Skanderbeg, le héros national de l’Albanie, emblème de la résistance à l’empire Ottoman au XVe siècle. Des centaines de manifestants se massent sur la place Skanderbeg, où l’architecture italo-fasciste côtoie des édifices albano-soviétiques, avant d’emprunter vers 19 heures le boulevard Deshmorët e Kombit, les Champs-Élysées de la capitale albanaise, pour se donner rendez-vous devant le bureau du premier ministre. Des adolescents et des personnes âgées avancent au pas, dans une ambiance bon enfant.
Tous les soirs, depuis plus de deux mois, ils se retrouvent pour s’opposer au gouvernement d’Edi Rama. Celui-ci a accordé à Ivanka Trump et son mari Jared Kushner le statut d’investisseurs stratégiques pour la réalisation d’un vaste complexe immobilier de luxe de quatre milliards de dollars sur l’île de Sazan, au large de la ville de Vlora et près de la lagune de Narta, où une réserve naturelle de flamants roses est désormais menacée. » | Par Service Infographie et Ludovic Hirtzmann, envoyé spécial à Tirana et à Vlora (Albanie) | dimanche 9 août 2026
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Israel Rejects Trump's 15-point Plan for Gaza, Netanyahu Says | BBC News
August 9, 2026 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, saying there will be no military withdrawal until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.
Trump's Board of Peace said last month that it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. However, Hamas said it would surrender its heavy weapons only if Israel ended "all forms of aggression" and withdrew its forces from the territory.
"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday. The decision is another setback for Trump's peace initiative for Gaza, which was announced in September last year.
Trump's Board of Peace said last month that it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. However, Hamas said it would surrender its heavy weapons only if Israel ended "all forms of aggression" and withdrew its forces from the territory.
"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday. The decision is another setback for Trump's peace initiative for Gaza, which was announced in September last year.
Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
Screenshot taken from this NYT article. | Note: Data is as of 8:25 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9 Central European Time. Forecast is for 24 hours beginning at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9 C.E.T. Source: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather. William B. Davis and Bea Malsky/The New York Times
Another round of intense heat is expected to sweep across large swaths of Europe this week. Forecasters warned that rapidly rising temperatures, combined with persistently bone-dry conditions, could worsen a severe threat of wildfires.
The latest heat wave will be Europe’s fifth since May, as a broad area of high pressure — also known as a heat dome — intensifies across the continent. The most extreme heat is expected initially across parts of France, Spain and Italy before shifting toward Central Europe, where some of the highest temperatures are forecast across Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
The European Forest Fire Information System forecasts that parts of southern Britain and northwestern France, along with a stretch of territory from the Alps to the Balkans, will remain under “very extreme” fire conditions — the highest category in its fire danger forecast — through at least Wednesday. Surrounding areas, including much of the Iberian Peninsula, central and southern France and parts of the western Balkans, are also facing extreme fire conditions through midweek. » | Nazaneen Ghaffar | Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. She is based in London. | Sunday, August 9, 2026
Another round of intense heat is expected to sweep across large swaths of Europe this week. Forecasters warned that rapidly rising temperatures, combined with persistently bone-dry conditions, could worsen a severe threat of wildfires.
The latest heat wave will be Europe’s fifth since May, as a broad area of high pressure — also known as a heat dome — intensifies across the continent. The most extreme heat is expected initially across parts of France, Spain and Italy before shifting toward Central Europe, where some of the highest temperatures are forecast across Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
The European Forest Fire Information System forecasts that parts of southern Britain and northwestern France, along with a stretch of territory from the Alps to the Balkans, will remain under “very extreme” fire conditions — the highest category in its fire danger forecast — through at least Wednesday. Surrounding areas, including much of the Iberian Peninsula, central and southern France and parts of the western Balkans, are also facing extreme fire conditions through midweek. » | Nazaneen Ghaffar | Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. She is based in London. | Sunday, August 9, 2026
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Growing Up in Peru, I Thought I Knew Poverty. America Surprised Me.
THE NEW YORK TIMES — OPINION: Every year I choose a university student to accompany me on my win-a-trip journey, which is meant to highlight issues that deserve more attention. My 2026 winner is Brunella Tipismana, a recent Yale University graduate and budding journalist — and with that, I’m handing the rest of the column over to her.
By Brunella Tipismana, reporting from Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma
I thought I knew what poverty looked like. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Lima, Peru, in a family of former agricultural workers who remembered what it was like to live in thatched-roof houses. So when I drove through Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, meeting Americans in some of the poorest ZIP codes in the nation, my first reaction was one I’m not particularly proud of.
The people we met drove cars, lived in houses with air-conditioning, owned washing machines and bought groceries with electronic benefits cards. I found it hard to empathize with their circumstances: They reminded me less of my neighbors in Lima than of my country’s comfortable middle class.
As our 1,000-mile road trip went on, though, the people I met and the stories they told convinced me their poverty was more complicated than it appeared: the young people in deindustrialized towns who told us they felt left behind and terrified about their futures, the woman in Arkansas trying to raise six children on $13.40 an hour, the grandmother in eastern Kentucky who told me that I wouldn’t find a single family in her town whose lives hadn’t been touched by addiction — a sentiment I heard again and again as we drove through similar towns in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The Americans I met were financially better off than many of their counterparts in the developing world. But as anyone who has been poor knows, poverty is about much more than money. Many working-class Americans I met are troubled by addiction, loneliness and contempt to a degree that poor people where I’m from are often spared. » | Nicholas Kristof | Opinion Columnist | Saturday, August 8, 2026
By Brunella Tipismana, reporting from Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma
I thought I knew what poverty looked like. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Lima, Peru, in a family of former agricultural workers who remembered what it was like to live in thatched-roof houses. So when I drove through Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, meeting Americans in some of the poorest ZIP codes in the nation, my first reaction was one I’m not particularly proud of.
The people we met drove cars, lived in houses with air-conditioning, owned washing machines and bought groceries with electronic benefits cards. I found it hard to empathize with their circumstances: They reminded me less of my neighbors in Lima than of my country’s comfortable middle class.
As our 1,000-mile road trip went on, though, the people I met and the stories they told convinced me their poverty was more complicated than it appeared: the young people in deindustrialized towns who told us they felt left behind and terrified about their futures, the woman in Arkansas trying to raise six children on $13.40 an hour, the grandmother in eastern Kentucky who told me that I wouldn’t find a single family in her town whose lives hadn’t been touched by addiction — a sentiment I heard again and again as we drove through similar towns in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The Americans I met were financially better off than many of their counterparts in the developing world. But as anyone who has been poor knows, poverty is about much more than money. Many working-class Americans I met are troubled by addiction, loneliness and contempt to a degree that poor people where I’m from are often spared. » | Nicholas Kristof | Opinion Columnist | Saturday, August 8, 2026
How Millionaires Want to Help Fight Poverty in the UK | DW Reporter
August 9, 2026 | Many Brits are struggling to get by, while the wealthy get richer and richer.
A group of millionaires want to change this – by paying more taxes. The United Kingdom is one of the richest countries of the word. But for millions of Brits, life feels more expensive by the day. Around a fifth of people in the country live in poverty, while the cost of living continues to increase.
Many families are cutting back on food, heating. or electricity usage. At the same time, the country as a whole has grown wealthier.
The total number of millionaires in Britain has grown drastically since the mid-1990s. In London, especially in neighborhoods like Mayfair, this wealth is on full display. But only a few kilometers away, there are people who live in social housing that struggle with broken pipes, water damage, and ever-climbing rents.
An unusual solution to the inequality problem has come from the wealthy themselves: the Patriotic Millionaires are calling for a wealth tax on the super-rich. The idea is to tax all wealth over 10 Million pounds at a rate of 2 percent. According to the group, this could save the country around 24 billion pounds annually, around 28 billion euros. More money that could be spent on public services, social housing, and infrastructure.
Thatcher and Reagan started all this sh**! They made the poor even poorer and started destroying the middle class. I was taken in by her. I am sure many of you were too. That woman encouraged GREED and destroyed COMMUNITY SPIRIT. — © Mark Alexander
A group of millionaires want to change this – by paying more taxes. The United Kingdom is one of the richest countries of the word. But for millions of Brits, life feels more expensive by the day. Around a fifth of people in the country live in poverty, while the cost of living continues to increase.
Many families are cutting back on food, heating. or electricity usage. At the same time, the country as a whole has grown wealthier.
The total number of millionaires in Britain has grown drastically since the mid-1990s. In London, especially in neighborhoods like Mayfair, this wealth is on full display. But only a few kilometers away, there are people who live in social housing that struggle with broken pipes, water damage, and ever-climbing rents.
An unusual solution to the inequality problem has come from the wealthy themselves: the Patriotic Millionaires are calling for a wealth tax on the super-rich. The idea is to tax all wealth over 10 Million pounds at a rate of 2 percent. According to the group, this could save the country around 24 billion pounds annually, around 28 billion euros. More money that could be spent on public services, social housing, and infrastructure.
Thatcher and Reagan started all this sh**! They made the poor even poorer and started destroying the middle class. I was taken in by her. I am sure many of you were too. That woman encouraged GREED and destroyed COMMUNITY SPIRIT. — © Mark Alexander
Hunter Biden Talks about How His Father’s Cancer Has Spread and Is Causing Him Pain
THE GUARDIAN: Joe Biden’s prostate cancer is reportedly ‘debilitating’, even as ex-president continues to speak out on public issues
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Then president Joe Biden and his son Hunter embrace in the Oval Office of the White House on 24 July 2024. Photograph: Evan Vucci/EPA
Former US president Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late on Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father’s condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” he said. “It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many respects.” » | Staff and agencies | Saturday, August 8, 2026
Former US president Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late on Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father’s condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” he said. “It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many respects.” » | Staff and agencies | Saturday, August 8, 2026
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