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Deutsche Welle;East meets West in Tan Dun's music at the 2024 Campus Project;https://www.dw.com/en/east-meets-west-in-tan-dun-s-music-at-the-2024-campus-project/a-70107601?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | What happens when you bring together nearly 200 young musicians from 40 countries and a world-famous composer in the service of Beethoven? |
Deutsche Welle;Oasis tickets: UK government to probe 'dynamic pricing';https://www.dw.com/en/oasis-tickets-uk-government-to-probe-dynamic-pricing/a-70109787?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Ministers have promised an investigation after fans complained of inflated ticket prices for Oasis' 2025 reunion tour. But industry experts insist that "dynamic pricing" is not illegal and based on supply and demand. |
Deutsche Welle;What is hydrogen and how green is it?;https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-hydrogen-and-how-green-is-it/a-70094332?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Politicians and industry leaders meet in Namibia this week to hype hydrogen. DW takes a closer look at the pros and cons of the powerful gas, widely regarded as a key part of a green energy future. |
Deutsche Welle;Oasis reunion tour tickets cause online frenzy;https://www.dw.com/en/oasis-reunion-tour-tickets-cause-online-frenzy/a-70099805?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Fans of the Manchester band Oasis faced long online queues on Saturday morning as tickets went on sale for the group's in-demand reunion concerts. |
Deutsche Welle;Half the world lacks access to safe drinking water;https://www.dw.com/en/half-the-world-lacks-access-to-safe-drinking-water/a-70089835?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | A new report shows 4.4 billion people across the world have no access to safe drinking water, more than double many previous estimates. |
Deutsche Welle;Japan's youth break tradition by embracing perfume;https://www.dw.com/en/japan-s-youth-break-tradition-by-embracing-perfume/a-70091052?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Once seen as ostentatious, an imposition on others, and unnecessary in a culture that famously enjoys bathing, perfumes and scents are finally trending among young Japanese. |
Deutsche Welle;What is methane?;https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-methane/a-69919651?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | It's short-lived but its planet-heating effects are much stronger than CO2. Where does methane come from, and what can we do to stop it from getting into the atmosphere? |
Deutsche Welle;The unseen Holocaust movie: Jerry Lewis' lost film 'The Day the Clown Cried';https://www.dw.com/en/the-unseen-holocaust-movie-jerry-lewis-lost-film-the-day-the-clown-cried/a-70043956?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | At the Venice Film Festival, a new documentary will reveal never-before-seen footage from "The Day the Clown Cried." The 1972 Holocaust movie by comedian Jerry Lewis was never released, but has gained near-mythic status. |
Deutsche Welle;Champions League: German clubs look forward to attractive opponents;https://www.dw.com/en/champions-league-german-clubs-look-forward-to-attractive-opponents/a-70090811?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | This season's draw for the Champions League wasn't about putting teams into groups but simply determining who would play whom in the new eight-match league phase. |
Deutsche Welle;'Concerning' rise in unprotected sex among teenagers;https://www.dw.com/en/concerning-rise-in-unprotected-sex-among-teenagers/a-70079734?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | A majority of teenagers in Europe, Central Asia, and Canada do not use condoms. Experts warn of rising risks of STIs and unwanted pregnancies. |
Deutsche Welle;Glammed up in the kitchen: Influencers drive 'tradwife' nostalgia;https://www.dw.com/en/glammed-up-in-the-kitchen-influencers-drive-tradwife-nostalgia/a-70071650?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | The "traditional wife" trend celebrates orthodox gender roles. But does this thriving movement on TikTok and Instagram also serve the far-right political agenda? |
Deutsche Welle;Populists’ rhetoric linked to growing unhappiness, study finds;https://www.dw.com/en/populists-rhetoric-linked-to-growing-unhappiness-study-finds/a-70072409?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Right-wing populism is rising across Europe, with Germany’s AfD possibly becoming the first far-right party to win state elections since the Nazis. However, their rise won’t bring greater happiness to their supporters. |
Deutsche Welle;Russia airspace ban on Western airlines helps Chinese rivals;https://www.dw.com/en/russia-airspace-ban-on-western-airlines-helps-chinese-rivals/a-70025268?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Russia has banned many European carriers from using its airspace in response to sanctions over Ukraine. That's boosted Chinese airlines' market share, but it's not the only reason Western carriers are struggling. |
Deutsche Welle;Congo 'working blindly' in attempts to control Mpox outbreak;https://www.dw.com/en/congo-working-blindly-in-attempts-to-control-mpox-outbreak/a-70062357?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Only 40% of Mpox cases in DR Congo are laboratory tested, suggesting true number of cases could be five times higher than reported, according to Africa CDC. |
Deutsche Welle;Germany: Will a right-wing shift hit businesses and jobs?;https://www.dw.com/en/germany-will-a-right-wing-shift-hit-businesses-and-jobs/a-70025620?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | As voters in Saxony go to the polls in state elections, some fear a sharper political turn could hurt business investments in the region and worsen a lack of qualified workers. |
Deutsche Welle;UN chief Guterres warns of fast-rising Pacific ocean;https://www.dw.com/en/un-chief-guterres-warns-of-fast-rising-pacific-ocean/a-70055845?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | UN chief Antonio Guterres issued a global SOS regarding Pacific ocean temperatures, rising at three times the global average rate. He called for a cutdown on emissions and support for vulnerable countries. |
Deutsche Welle;Telegram: How the app defies calls for hate censorship;https://www.dw.com/en/telegram-how-the-app-defies-calls-for-hate-censorship/a-70051335?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | After the arrest of Telegram's boss in France, attention is on the messaging app and its hands-off approach to content moderation. Some blame it for inflaming unrest, others see it as a den for criminal activity. |
Deutsche Welle;Eating processed meats raises type 2 diabetes risk;https://www.dw.com/en/eating-processed-meats-raises-type-2-diabetes-risk/a-70051810?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Two slices of ham a day are enough to raise type 2 diabetes risk by 15%, according to a new study. Meanwhile high-fat diets could increase the numbers of a toxic molecule known to cause the disease. |
Deutsche Welle;What is groundwater?;https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-groundwater/a-68142894?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf;2024-09-22 02:00:07 | Groundwater is crucial for agriculture and drinking water supplies. But what exactly is it, how does it form and how can we protect this precious underground resource from threats like pollution and climate change? |
The Guardian;Middle East crisis live: Iran arrests 12 people for ‘collaborating with Israel’;https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/22/middle-east-crisis-live-hezbollah-israel-lebanon-gaza-latest-news-updates;2024-09-22T18:33:01Z | Israel’s chief of the general staff Herzi Halevi said in a televised statement the military was well-prepared for the next stages of fighting, which were coming in the next few days, but did not say what this would entail. “We will do whatever it takes to removes threats against Israel,” Halevi said. So serious were the exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah this weekend, it is hard to be sure that the two sides have not already crossed the threshold of “all-out” war. Israel’s air force said it had struck 290 targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least three. Hezbollah responded by launching 150 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel overnight, the deepest seen since violent hostilities broke out when the Iran-aligned group began launching rocket attacks in support of Hamas after 7 October. Missiles reached the suburbs of Israel’s northern city of Haifa, and while casualties were modest – rescue teams treated a number of wounded – residential buildings were hit in Kiryat Bialik. Thousands of civilians were forced to seek shelter. Israel is examining a plan to use siege tactics against Hamas in northern Gaza, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted by several Israeli media outlets as saying. Netanyahu’s office did not respond to a request for comment. The reports cited unnamed sources at a closed parliament committee meeting. The plan, published by retired military commanders and floated by some parliament members this month, suggests Palestinian civilians would be instructed to evacuate northern Gaza, which would then be declared a closed military zone. An estimated 5,000 Hamas militants remaining there would then be put under siege until they surrender. Army Radio reported that Netanyahu told lawmakers at parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee that it was being examined. Public broadcaster Kan quoted Netanyahu as saying that the blueprint “makes sense” and that “it is one of the plans being considered but there are others as well.” Seven people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a school housing displaced people in western Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said, amid fears that Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis might be forgotten as tensions boil between Hezbollah and Israel. The strike hit Kafr Qasem school in Beach camp on Sunday morning, officials in Gaza said. Among those killed was Majed Saleh, the director of the Hamas-run public works and housing ministry, they added. Israel’s military said the strike had targeted Hamas fighters and that it had used aerial surveillance and taken other steps to limit the risk to civilians. Gaza’s schools closed after the 7 October attack on Israel by Hamas, and most have been transformed into shelters. About 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has been displaced, often multiple times. Six other Palestinians were killed in separate airstrikes in central and southern parts of Gaza, the medics said. Twelve people were arrested in six different Iranian provinces for being “operatives collaborating with the Zionist regime (Israel)“ and planning acts against the country’s security, the Revolutionary Guards said, according to the Student News Network. The Israeli health ministry on Sunday urged hospitals in northern Israel to transfer their operations to facilities with extra protection from rocket and missile fire. Rambam hospital in Haifa would transfer patients to its underground, secure facility, the ministry said. The Guardian obtained pictures of hospitals in the north of the country, preparing the sheltered areas for receiving patients from unsheltered departments. “In light of the new directives issued this morning, Tzafon Medical Center is taking immediate steps to prioritize the safety and well-being of our patients and staff amidst the escalating conflict,” Dr. Noam Yehudai, from Tzafon Medical Center said. “We are discharging patients whose medical condition allows for safe discharge to their homes, canceling all elective surgeries until further notice'’. Labour government ministers could be referred to police for potential complicity in war crimes in Gaza, the head of a Palestinian rights group said. Tayab Ali is chairman of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), an independent organisation of lawyers, politicians and academics who aim to protect the rights of Palestinians through the law. Ali, who is also head of international law at London law firm Bindmans LLP, told a fringe event at the Labour Party conference that he will add Labour ministers to a list the organisation has already sent to Scotland Yard in relation to arming Israel. Earlier this year the ICJP handed evidence to Scotland Yard in relation to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza under applicable UK legislation. Evidence was provided in relation to senior UK politicians, who have remained anonymous, but Ali said the names of five Conservative former ministers had been supplied. Labour MP for Brent West Barry Gardiner attended the fringe event and asked the panel about “the ramifications of complicity by the UK Government”. Ali said their case against the previous government had been based on article 25 of the Rome statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which outlines individual criminal responsibility for war crimes. He said: “What’s really important about that? Because when you talk about the ICC, it sounds like a foreign institution, but the Rome statute is incorporated in British law, so it makes it a crime here in the UK to be complicit in the same way. “And actually even further, because in the UK, in domestic law, we have not just complicity in – and I’ll read out the pertinent words – facilitating the commission of a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission. “Really important keywords there, but also in domestic legislation, is the offence of conspiracy.” Ali added: “If a person is about to do a bank robbery, they come to me and I think they’re a bank robber, and they ask me to supply them with a weapon, a shotgun for example, I am conspiring with that person to commit that bank robbery. I am complicit in that. “I see the same framework for supplying parts for F-35s. At the moment ICJP is looking very carefully at the Labour Party in Government. “If we find sufficient evidence that Labour Party Government ministers have been complicit in war crimes then we will add to our complaints already with Scotland Yard. “Believe me, I don’t want to do that. I’d much rather the Government, and even the last government, comply with international law.” Lebanon’s top Christian cleric Bechara Boutros al-Rai said in his sermon on Sunday that Lebanon was “deeply saddened” by the casualties among civilians and within Hezbollah in this week’s attacks, in a very rare case of the Christian leader expressing condolences to the group. “We direct an appeal to the [UN security council] to put an end to this war by all available means,” Rai said. Israeli forces raided the Al Jazeera bureau in the West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order, the Qatari broadcaster said. Footage showed heavily armed and masked troops entering the premises in Ramallah. The European Union said it is “extremely concerned” by the escalation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah, and is calling for an “urgent” ceasefire. A statement from the EU read: “The European Union is extremely concerned by the escalation in Lebanon, following Friday’s attacks in Beirut - where at least three children were also killed - and the increasing cross border violence between Israel and Hezbollah. “Heavy attacks are reported also today, both in Israel and Lebanon. A ceasefire is urgent, across the Blue Line as in Gaza. “Civilians on both sides are paying a high price. They will also be the ones suffering once again the most in a full-blown war that must be averted, including by renewed intense diplomatic mediation efforts.” It added peace efforts will be high on the EU’s agenda at the UN General Assembly. A regional military escalation is not in Israel’s “best interest,” White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday. “We don’t believe that escalating this military conflict is in their best interest,” Kirby said on ABC’s This Week, adding that the United States was “saying this directly to our Israeli counterparts.” Kirby added: “The tensions are much higher now than they were even just a few days ago.” But he added “we still believe that there can be time and space for a diplomatic solution here and that’s what we’re working on.” Sarah Kiperwas, from Krayot, told the Guardian: “I heard a big blast around 6.30am. “From our balcony, I could see flames and then they told us that someone got hurt. “I am 68 years old and I have lived in this neighbourhood all my life. This is the fourth time in my life that my city has been hit. “This time I believe it will be harder than the others. Hezbollah had been there for almost a year waiting to make our lives impossible. But we are ready to fight and finish it. “No one in the world would stand by if the enemy continues to bomb us.” Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, has praised its ally, Hezbollah, after the Lebanese group launched overnight rocket strikes at northern Israel. Hamas said in a statement: Hamas saluted the resistance fighters in Lebanon for their resilience and bravery in facing the Zionist war machine and for their determination to continue fighting in support of the Palestinian people and their resistance in Gaza and the West Bank. Here are some more comments from Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem. “We admit that we are pained. We are humans. But as we are pained — you will also be pained,” Kassem said at the funeral of top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil, who reportedly led the Radwan Force, a special forces unit tasked with cross-border attacks on Israel. He said a barrage of rockets fired by the group deep into Israel early on Sunday was only the beginning, vowing to destroy Israel’s economy. We have this snap from the Reuters news agency. Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general Naim Qassem has said that the Lebanese militant group had entered a new phase of its conflict with Israel which he described as an “open-ended battle of reckoning”. “Threats will not stop us... We are ready to face all military possibilities,” he added. The comments were made earlier today during a funeral for a top commander killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday. Kenneth Roth, the former Human Rights Watch executive director, has said Al Jazeera has been one of the most important sources of information throughout Israel’s war on Gaza, given the fact foreign journalists banned from entering the strip. Roth said Israel shut Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah because the network has exposed “Israeli repression - the apartheid” in the occupied West Bank. He wrote in a post on X: Al Jazeera has been one of the most important sources of information on Israeli bombing and starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza and repression in the West Bank, so Israel shuts down its Ramallah bureau after already have shut its East Jerusalem bureau. Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, reposted Roth’s message, saying: “no witnesses allowed”. Qatar-based media outlet Al Jazeera has condemned a raid by Israeli forces on its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and the issuing of a 45-day closure order. The Israeli military said, without providing evidence, that it closed the Al Jazeera TV office in Ramallah because it incited “terror”. The closure order was signed after a legal opinion and intelligence assessment “determined that the offices were being used to incite terror, to support terrorist activities and that the channel’s broadcasts endanger the security and public order in both the area and the state of Israel as a whole,” a military statement said. Al Jazeera, which says it has no affiliation with militant groups, has denounced the raid as a “criminal act” by Israeli forces and has said it would take legal action to protect it rights and promised to continue its coverage. The network said: Israel’s ongoing suppression of the free press is blatantly aimed at concealing its actions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, in contravention of international and humanitarian law. Israel’s direct targeting and killing of journalists, along with arrests, intimidation, and threats, will not deter Al Jazeera from its commitment to coverage. The Israeli government in May banned Al Jazeera from operating inside Israel, in a move authorised by an Israeli court, and raided a Jerusalem hotel the network used as its office, saying its broadcasts threatened national security. Al Jazeera has vehemently denied accusations by Israel that it is a terrorist mouthpiece. The network says that Israel systematically targets its employees in the Gaza Strip. Four of Al Jazeera’s journalists have been killed since the war in Gaza began last October. As of 20 September 2024, preliminary investigations conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) showed at least 116 journalists and media workers have been killed since the war began, making it the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992. The Israeli military has repeatedly accused journalists from Al Jazeera, a Qatari-based network, of links to Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, or its ally Islamic Jihad. Al Jazeera has fiercely denied Israel’s accusations and said Israel systematically targets its employees in the Gaza Strip. Four of Al Jazeera’s journalists have been killed since the war in Gaza began last October, and the network’s office in Gaza was bombed. The broadcaster said the soldiers did not provide a reason for the closure order on Sunday. “There is a court ruling for closing down Al Jazeera for 45 days,” an Israeli soldier told Al Jazeera’s West Bank bureau chief Walid al-Omari in a conversation broadcast live on the network. “I ask you to take all the cameras and leave the office at this moment,” the soldier said, according to the footage. Omari said the order accused the network of “incitement to and support of terrorism”, according to Al Jazeera. “Targeting journalists this way always aims to erase the truth and prevent people from hearing the truth,” Omari said. The Foreign Press Association (FPA) has said it is “deeply concerned” over the Israeli raid this morning that forced the closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops storming the channel’s office and handing over a military closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff before the broadcast was disrupted. In a statement posted to X, the FPA said: The Foreign Press Association is deeply troubled by this escalation, which threatens press freedom, and urges the Israeli government to reconsider these actions. Restricting foreign reporters and closing news channels signals a shift away from democratic values. Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets early on Sunday across a wide and deep area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa. The barrage came after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday killed at least 45 people, including one of Hezbollah’s top leaders, as well as women and children. The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, said Israeli strikes on Lebanon would continue until it was safe for evacuated people in the north of Israel to return. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has in recent days dealt Hezbollah “a series of blows it could not have imagined”. Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, meanwhile, claimed that Israel does not want a war with Lebanon but stressed it has a right to self-defence. Israel’s civil defence agency ordered all schools in the north of the country to close. The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, warned of an “imminent catastrophe” in the Middle East. At least 41,431 Palestinian people have been killed and 95,818 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said. An Israeli airstrike killed at least seven people in the Kafr Qasem school in Beach camp – which was sheltering displaced families – in Gaza City on Sunday, Palestinian health officials said. Al Jazeera said armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. A Hezbollah spokesperson has said the war between the militant group and Israel has now entered a '“new phase” and confirmed that they would keep up their attacks until these is a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. Speaking at a funeral for a Hezbollah member on Sunday, in quotes reported by the Associated Press, Hassan Fadlallah said: “We have a strong and capable resistance. All of [Hezbollah’s] options are on the table, and it is prepared for any scenario, war or confrontation.” Britain will keep under review possible new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank and will act if it has to, foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday, adding he was concerned by actions that were inflaming tensions. Britain announced sanctions against Israeli settlers in February and May this year over what it said was extremist groups perpetrating settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Lammy, who became foreign minister in July after a Labour election victory, indicated the new government would take a similar approach and said that further sanctions were possible. “We are very worried about escalatory behaviour, very worried about inflamed tensions,” he said. “I’m absolutely clear: if we have to act, we will act, and I’m in discussions with G7 partners particularly and European partners on that.” The Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has said Israeli strikes on Lebanon would continue until it was safe for evacuated people in the north of Israel to return. “Hezbollah has begun to feel some of the capabilities of the Israel Defense Forces … and we are seeing the results,” Gallant said during a tour of the Israeli Air Force’s command and control room. “These moves will continue until we reach a situation where we safely return the residents of the north to their homes. This is the goal, this is the mission, and we will do everything necessary to meet it,” he added, in comments reporting by the Times of Israel. Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, setting the stage for a long conflict. Israel’s communications ministry has said it is working closely with telecommunications firms to “ensure the continuation of landline, cellular and internet connections everywhere” across the country. “As part of the ministry’s preparations for an emergency, and under the direction of communications minister, the ministry distributed about 440 satellite phones to the heads of (local) councils and security officials,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that it is “prepared for an emergency and will continue to conduct regular situation assessments”. It comes after Hezbollah responded to Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon with four rocket barrages early on Sunday morning and more than 140 rockets and drones fired into Israel’s Jezreel Valley. At least 41,431 Palestinian people have been killed and 95,818 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The toll includes 40 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry. The health ministry has said thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the enclave. We have some more information on the Israeli airstrike that Palestinian health officials said killed seven people in the Kafr Qasem school (in Beach refugee camp) in Gaza City on Sunday (see post at 10.28). Officials have said among those killed was Majed Saleh, the director of the public works and housing ministry. Israel’s military claimed that the strike, that happened around 11am local time (0800 GMT), targeted Hamas fighters there. Hundreds of displaced Palestinian people were sheltering at the school. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a statement form his office. In it, he said Israel has in recent days dealt Hezbollah “a series of blows it could not have imagined”. “If Hezbollah has not understood the message, I promise you, it will understand the message,” Netanyahu said, as he promised the return of northern residents who were evacuated due to attacks by Hezbollah in Lebanon. “No country can tolerate firing on its citizens, on its cities, and us – the State of Israel – will not tolerate it. We will do everything necessary to restore security,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has been speaking to the media in New York ahead of the UN general assembly. According to the Hareetz reporter Allison Kaplan Sommer, he said Israel “has created a real hell in Gaza” and that “the crimes of the Zionist regime in Lebanon, even though they are being committed out of frustration, will not be left without response”. “The main hurdle in achieving ceasefire and stopping this war has really been the support provided by the US and Western countries,” Araghchi said, as he blamed western support for Israel being able to continue its devastating military actions. Al Jazeera has quoted Gaza’s civil defence as saying that seven people have been killed by Israeli bombing of the Kafr Qasim school in western Gaza City, which has been housing hundreds of displaced people. Civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal reported “seven martyrs and a number of wounded, including serious cases, as a result of Israeli shelling of Kafr Qasim school” in the refugee camp. It follows reports of an attack yesterday on the al-Falah school in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, in which 21 people, including 13 children, were killed, according to Wafa, the Palestinian news agency. Trevor Phillips puts it to Isaac Herzog that Israel has been widely accused of being behind the deadly pager and walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon last week, in which children were among those who were killed. Philips asks the Israeli president if this was a “legitimate way to prosecute a war”, given the fact there was no way of ensuring civilians were not killed in the attack. “I reject out of hand any connection to this or that source of operation,” Herzog said. He did not answer the question directly, but instead talked about the rocket attack – which Israel blamed on Hezbollah – that struck the predominantly Druze town of Majdal Shams in the mountainous Golan Heights, close to the border with Syria, in July, in which at least 12 people, including children, were killed. Herzog said that Israel, as a sovereign nation, has a right to defend itself. Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has been interviewed by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips on his Sunday morning politics programme in the UK. Herzog says that Israel “does not want war” with Lebanon, claiming that the conflict was “instigated” by Iranian proxies in the region, including Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis, as well as Hamas in Gaza. “Israel is fighting for its well being, its existence, its citizens. That’s what we are doing. And we are doing whatever is the right thing to do,” he said, adding that Lebanon has been hijacked by Hezbollah, which he described as a “terror organisation”. “It is being armed to its teeth by the Iranian empire of evil,” he said, stressing that Israel wants to bring Israeli hostages back from Gaza and to return Israeli citizens “back to their homes on the border with Lebanon”. Israel’s military said on Sunday that it intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” launched from the east, and that no damage or injuries were reported. Earlier, an official in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose coalition of Iranian-backed militias that oppose US support for Israel in the war on Gaza, said they launched cruise missile and explosive drone attacks at Israel. Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Israel multiple times since the outbreak of war in Gaza almost a year ago. You can read more about who the Islamic Resistance in Iraq are in this useful explainer by the Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh, here: William Christou is reporting from the Lebanese capital, Beirut Hezbollah has said it has struck industrial complexes belonging to Israeli defence company Rafael, just near Haifa, in northern Israel, early on Sunday morning. The group said in a statement said the attack was part of an “initial response” to the pager and walkie-talkie attacks which left more than 3,000 wounded and 42 dead across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is widely believed that Israel was behind the attacks, though it has not publicly claimed responsibility. Fighting in south Lebanon and north Israel reached its most intense yet overnight, with Israel launching wide-ranging air strikes which it said targeted Hezbollah missile launchers across Lebanon’s south. Videos of the resulting explosions with visible shockwaves being filmed from afar widely circulated Lebanese social media. At least one was killed and another injured in the strikes, the Lebanese ministry of health said. In turn, Hezbollah shot a barrage of rockets at north Israel overnight, targeting Ramat David airbase south east of Haifa in the early hours of Sunday morning — the furthest the group has hit since fighting began in October. The renewed fighting comes days after Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said Israel was approaching a “new phase” in the war with Hezbollah. Secretary general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah said in a Thursday speech that the intensified Israeli attacks would not stop the group from continuing its attacks on Israel, until a ceasefire in Gaza was reached. Here are some of the latest images coming out of the newswires from northern Israel, where Hezbollah says it has fired rockets: The Israeli army have continued attacks across southern and central Gaza today, killing at least seven Palestinians, according to Wafa, the Palestinian news agency. Israeli artillery reportedly targeted the town of Khuza’a, east of the southern city Khan Younis, killing two people. Emergency teams from the Palestinian Red Crescent later recovered the bodies of four people from the al-Attatirah area east of Rafah, after Israeli airstrikes. In another attack, Wafa reports that one person was killed after an Israeli army quadcopter – a drone with four propellers - opened fire on civilians west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. These reports have not yet been independently verified by the Guardian. The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has warned of an “imminent catastrophe” in the Middle East. “With the region on the brink of an imminent catastrophe, it cannot be overstated enough: there is no military solution that will make either side safer,” she wrote in a brief statement on X. Welcome to our live coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza and the wider Middle East crisis. Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets early on Sunday from Lebanon targeting a wide area of northern Israel, according to Israel’s military, with some landing near the city of Haifa. The rocket barrage overnight set off air raid sirens across northern Israel, sending thousands of people scrambling into shelters. The Israeli military said rockets had been fired “toward civilian areas”, pointing to a possible escalation after previous barrages had mainly been aimed at military targets. In posts on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Lebanon launched two waves of attacks – the first about 85 rockets where some of them were intercepted, including crashes detected in the areas of Kiryat Bialik, Tzur Shalom and Moroshet. The second attack included 20 rockets after alerts were issued in the in the Jezreel Valley area, according to the IDF. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said it treated four people for shrapnel wounds, including a 76-year-old man who suffered minor injuries in Kiryat Bialik, a community near Haifa where buildings were damaged and cars set on fire. It was not immediately clear if the damage was caused by a rocket or an Israeli interceptor. Earlier, the Israeli military said it launched airstrikes on hundreds of targets in southern Lebanon in the wake of the deepest rocket attacks by Hezbollah into Israel since the start of the war in Gaza last October. The IDF said on Saturday night it launched two wave of attacks – one attacking about 290 targets, and a second targeting 110 sites. Earlier, Hezbollah posted on its Telegram channel that it had targeted the Israeli Ramat David airbase near Haifa on Saturday night with dozens of missiles in response to what it described as “repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon”. The airbase is the furthest target the Lebanese group has hit in Israel since October, about 50km from the Lebanon-Israel border. Here is a recap of the latest developments: Hospitals in northern Israel have been instructed to transfer their operations to facilities with extra protection from rocket and missile fire, the health ministry said on Sunday. Rambam hospital in Haifa will transfer patients to its underground, secure facility, the ministry said. Meanwhile, the military’s Home Front Command said schools and other educational institutions and activities would not be permitted in the north until at least Monday at 6pm local time. The death toll from an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah military commanders in Beirut’s southern suburbs has risen to 45, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Sunday, updating an earlier toll of 37 from the Friday attack. News broadcaster Al Jazeera said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces raided its bureau in the West Bank’s Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops entered the channel’s office and handed over a closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff. Al Jazeera’s West Bank bureau chief, Walid al-Omari, reported that Israeli troops brought a truck to confiscate documents, devices and office property. In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate condemned the raid, saying “this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and media works”. The US state department has urged Americans in Lebanon to leave the country while commercial options remain available. “At this time, commercial flights are available, but at reduced capacity. If the security situation worsens, commercial options to depart may become unavailable,” it added. The death toll from an Israeli strike on Saturday on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza city included “13 children and six women”, one of whom was pregnant, said civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal. The Gaza health ministry said at least 22 had died as a result of the strike. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said he was worried about escalation between Israel and Lebanon. Sullivan, speaking with reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, said yesterday that he still sees a path to a ceasefire in Gaza but that the US is “not at a point right now where we’re prepared to put something on the table”. Attacks on Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, calling on western countries to take “deterrent steps” against Israel’s actions. Erdoğan told a press conference that Israel’s war in Gaza will top the agenda of his speech at the UN general assembly on Tuesday. “It is time for all countries with the mission of protecting world peace to come up with solutions that will stop Israel,” Erdoğan said. Iran unveiled its “jihad” single-stage liquid-fuel ballistic missile with a high-explosive detachable warhead and a range of 1,000km, according to state TV. The missiles were displayed on Saturday, along with other military hardware, during a parade marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 war with Iraq. At least 41,391 Palestinians have been killed and 95,760 injured in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday. Gaza’s ministry of health does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its count. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, postponed his trip to the US by a day due to the security situation in the country’s north. Netanyahu was due to travel to New York on 24 September, during which he is expected to address the annual UN general assembly. He issued a short statement after the Beirut airstrike, saying: “Our goals are clear, and our actions speak for themselves.” |
The Guardian;Germany: exit polls show Olaf Scholz’s party narrowly beating far-right AfD in key state election – Europe live;https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/22/germany-brandenburg-state-election-afd-spd-exit-poll-latest-live-news-updates;2024-09-22T18:09:23Z | And here are the latest ARD projections: The latest projections from ZDF put the SPD at 31.3% and the AfD at 29.5%. Alexander Clarkson, a lecturer for German and European Studies at King’s College London, said the projected results show “that however much BSW and AfD are expanding across the former GDR, there are big differences in local history, culture and economic structures between East German Länder that political analysis of Germany must take into account.” Here are the latest images from Brandenburg’s election night. And the updated projections from ARD: In this projection, the SPD is at 31.2% and the AfD at 29.9%. Here are updated projections from ZDF. The SPD is at 31.8%, and the AfD at 29.2%. Initial reactions are filtering in from party leaders after exit polls in Brandenburg show the Social Democrats in a narrow lead ahead of the far-right AfD. At the Brandenburg SPD’s election gathering at the Old Post, a restaurant near the state parliament in Potsdam, there were jubilant cries as the news came in. One reporter on the scene called the response ‘cathartic’, after weeks of a nail biting campaign in which it looked like the party would lose to the AfD for the first time. Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg’s leader, who had gambled his future on the result, saying he would resign if his SPD lost to the AfD, took to the floor around 6.15pm telling supporters he was relieved, ‘considering the starting position we were in”. “We said we’d take on this battle and we said our goal at the outset was to ensure our land didn’t get a big brown stamp on it,” he said. But he urged SPD members to “put on the euphoria brakes” as the final result was not fully clear. The far right AfD has called its performance in Brandenburg a huge success, thanking its campaigners and voters. A second exit poll, from ZDF, also gives the SPD a narrow lead: Social Democratic party (SPD): 32% Alternative für Deutschland (AfD): 29% Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW): 12% Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 11.5% Greens: 4.5% Voting has ended in Brandenburg. Here’s a first exit poll, from ARD: Social Democratic party (SPD): 31% Alternative für Deutschland (AfD): 30% Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 12% Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW): 12% Greens: 5% A so-called ‘firewall’ has been put up by the established parties, meaning they will not form a coalition with the AfD. Polls will close in Brandenburg in 10 minutes. Stay tuned for exit poll data. Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg’s popular state leader from the SPD, who has been incumbent for 14 years, has upped the ante by pledging to resign if the AfD wins on Sunday. He has even excluded Olaf Scholz from his election campaign – despite the fact he and his wife live in the state capital, Potsdam – fearing the negative impact of his presence. The personalised campaign around Woidke, including a picture-driven fireside interview in which he talked about his pets and his playlist, has the cheeky campaign slogan: “Wenn Glatze, dann Woidke” (If you want a skinhead, choose Woidke) – a cryptic reference to his bald head and the most physical of Nazi trademarks. He has repeatedly attempted to push voters’ attention towards the state’s economic successes. In Cottbus, about 75 miles (120km) south of Berlin, this includes the gleaming new teaching hospital, and plans to transform an old gravel pit into a huge lakeside leisure complex, both a result of multibillion euro funds to help east Germany’s largest coal-producing region to exit from fossil fuels. As people seek answers as to why the AfD has managed to secure such a prominent position in German politics since its foundation in 2013, the question was put to author Jenny Erpenbeck at a reading of her widely acclaimed International Booker prize winning novel Kairos – set in the final days of the East German regime – at the Potsdam literary festival LIT:Potsdam on Saturday night. Erpenbeck, who was born in communist-run east Berlin in 1967, stressed she was no apologist for, or supporter of the AfD. But to understand something of the party’s success, one only had to recognise the level of lingering discontentment which existed in eastern Germany today, over the way in which the reunification was carried out, she said, after 40 years of the GDR. Even 34 years since reunification, eastern Germans often felt greatly under-represented in Germany. “Forty years are 40 years,” she said. “And I think the transition was difficult. You just need to look at the numbers: Only 2% of the management positions in companies, in universities, in the media are in eastern German hands. Let me put it this way: I think that easterners are also quite capable of being able to run a western newspaper. “I think that there is simply a feeling people have that they are not really represented, that they are not heard. The east German-born theatre director, Frank Castorf, coined this beautiful expression: ‘the AfD is the revenge of the East’, and I believe that it really is like that. “There was such a long wait to really be noticed, and not just to be welcomed, but actually to be recognised as capable of taking on positions of responsibility.” It remained a particularly sore point, she said, that the pensions of eastern Germans still remained below the level of those western Germans receive, “which I think is hugely absurd. There has been a lot of injustice like this.” These experiences had not been properly dealt with, or discussed, she said. “There’s no complaints office, as it were. And this has led to a lot of dissatisfaction and unfortunately it’s pretty late in the day now.” LIT:Potsdam’s moderator Denis Scheck was quick to point out the deep irony that a party “as thoroughly West German as the AfD” – having started its life in 2013 as a group mainly made up of western German professors and business people, and most of whose leaders now are western Germans – had so successful managed to “hijack this discontent”. Erpenbeck responded: “Yes, it’s an interesting and strange fact that the most prominent AfD politicians come from the West. I don’t have much to say about this, other than that I’m not voting for the AfD”. Ahead of today’s election in Brandenburg, polling showed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and the Social Democratic party (SPD) neck-and-neck for first place. On what has been a gloriously sunny autumn day in Brandenburg, voter turnout is thought to have been high. By 2pm local time, 46.1% of voters - 2.1 million are eligible, including 100,000 new voters, after the voting age was lowered to 16 - had cast their ballot, according to the state election registrar. At the same time on the last election day five years ago, 31.3% had been to the polling booth. Polling stations opened at 8am and will close at 6pm local time. Voters in the northern German state of Brandenburg are today deciding not only on the future make up of the regional parliament but holding what is being seen as the equivalent of a referendum on the future of the embattled coalition government of Olaf Scholz. His Social Democrats have ruled in Brandenburg, the state that surrounds Berlin like a doughnut, since reunification in 1990. All eyes are on the state, as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was leading in the final pre-election polls with 28%, ahead of the Social Democratic party (SPD), and could be about to win the state for the first time. However, in what is being described as a neck and neck race, the SPD has considerably narrowed the gap in recent days, and in final polls was just a single percentage point behind the AfD, with 27%. The SPD’s incumbent leader, Dietmar Woidke, has effectively gambled his party’s success in the vote on his own popularity ratings, pledging to resign if the AfD beats his party. The AfD has called for the resignation of Chancellor Scholz in the event of its winning the state. In what has become an increasingly fractured political landscape in recent years (the AfD came into being 11 years ago), the newcomers, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a left-wing, conservative grouping which broke away from the far-left Die Linke and has been in existence since January, has a good chance of entering government. It was polling around 13% in final surveys. A so-called ‘firewall’ has been put up by the established parties, meaning they will not form a coalition with the AfD. This has the potential to make the BSW a kingmaker in any powerbroking. The Greens and pro-business FDP - the junior partners in Scholz’s government, are at risk of failing to reach the 5% hurdle needed to get into parliament. Three weeks ago the AfD upended the status quo by winning the state election in Thuringia with 33% - the first time a far-right force had won a state election in post-war Germany - accompanied by a strong second place in neighbouring Saxony with more than 30%. Here are some images from election day in Brandenburg. About 2.5 million Brandenburgers are eligible to vote today in what may be one of the smallest German states population-wise, comprising a belt of rural, and suburban settlements surrounding Berlin. Yet, with its predicted boost for the far-right party, the race is drawing a huge amount of attention that belies the state’s size. Three weeks ago, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) upended the status quo with its win in Thuringia – the first time a far-right force had won a state election in post-war Germany – accompanied by a strong second place in neighbouring Saxony with more than 30%. Marianne Spring-Räumschüssel, an AfD representative on Cottbus city council, predicted a “glorious” victory for the AfD, which has been leading the polls in the state for more than a year. “You can smell it in the air.” As the only state in eastern Germany where the Social Democrats have ruled continuously since German reunification in 1990, Brandenburg’s vote is seen as a particular test for the embattled coalition government of the SPD chancellor, Olaf Scholz, which, according to a poll this week, only 3% of Germans are convinced is good for the country. With Brandenburg’s vote being viewed as a referendum on Scholz’s government, defeat for the SPD would be of deep symbolic significance, particularly before next autumn’s Bundestag election. Read the full story here. Good afternoon and welcome to a special edition of the Europe live blog, focused on the state election in Brandenburg. Send thoughts and tips to lili.bayer@theguardian.com. |
The Guardian;No clear winner if Hezbollah and Israel escalate to ground war;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/no-clear-winner-if-hezbollah-and-israel-escalate-to-ground-war;2024-09-22T17:49:09Z | So serious were the exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah this weekend, it is hard to be sure that the two sides have not already crossed the threshold of “all-out” war. Israel’s air force said it had struck 290 targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least three. Hezbollah responded by launching 150 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel overnight, the deepest attack since violent hostilities broke out when the Iran-aligned group began launching rocket attacks in support of Hamas after 7 October. Missiles reached the suburbs of Israel’s northern city of Haifa, and while casualties were modest – rescue teams treated a number of wounded – residential buildings were hit in Kiryat Bialik. Thousands of civilians were forced to seek shelter. Hezbollah said it had used short-range Fadi 1 and 2 missiles for the first time, weapons said to have a range of 50 and 65 miles respectively. They were aimed, the militant group said, at Israel’s Ramat David airbase, 15 miles south-east of Haifa, though their impact on military operations appears slight. Though the number of missiles fired was said to be small, and mostly intercepted, images of the damage to homes suggest that some nevertheless breached Israel’s much-vaunted air defences – a troubling sign. It has been five long days since the extraordinary plot to blow up pagers and then walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, killing 42 and wounding more than 3,000, an attack for which Israel is widely believed to have been responsible. On Friday, an Israeli airstrike killed the veteran Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut and 37 others. The growing intensity of the Israeli attacks appears to suggest that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is willing to accept whatever Hezbollah does in response. “If Hezbollah didn’t get the message, I promise you – it will get the message,” the prime minister said on Sunday after the latest exchanges. It is dangerous thinking to rely on the belief that Israel will decisively come out on top if the fighting escalates. But it also comes as Israel’s leaders have decided that months of tit-for-tat responses to Hezbollah attacks across the northern border have not brought about peace. About 65,000 Israeli civilians remain displaced from their homes (similar numbers are also displaced from southern Lebanon) as Hezbollah attacks have continued on a daily basis. An escalation of some sort from Hezbollah in response to the pager plot and the Beirut strike was inevitable, and was always likely to see the group reach into its arsenal of anywhere between 120,000 and 200,000 unguided missiles and rockets. On Sunday, Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general, said that the group had entered a new phase in its struggle with Israel – ominously described by him as an “open-ended battle of reckoning”. If the rhetoric is anything to go by, neither side appears willing to back down, raising the question of where the higher tempo of cross-border bombing will lead. A Hezbollah missile that causes a significant number of civilian casualties in Israel, whether deliberately or through a miscalculation, would probably prompt an even more intense Israeli response, and risks more civilian casualties in Lebanon in return. The hope is that both sides want to avoid an even more deadly ground war, though such is the environment that even that cannot be certain. Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, said on Sunday that when Aqil was killed, he and other leaders from Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit were discussing a surprise cross-border attack into Israel – “the same horrific, horrendous attack that we had on 7 October by Hamas”. Though the Israel Defense Forces has been engaged in nearly a year of constant fighting against Hamas in Gaza, the conflict is not as intense as it once was. Last week Israel redeployed its 98th Division from Gaza to the north, and the country’s leaders may yet reach the conclusion the only way to halt the missile and rocket attacks is to enter southern Lebanon, though that is fraught with risk. Even allowing for the exploding pager attack, Hezbollah is estimated to have between 30,000 and 50,000 fighters available and a similar number in reserve. It is a larger and more capable military force than Hamas, which is still fighting on despite nearly a year of bombardment in response to the assault of 7 October. |
The Guardian;Fake UK news sites ‘spreading false stories’ about western firms in Ukraine;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/fake-uk-news-sites-spreading-false-stories-about-western-firms-in-ukraine;2024-09-22T15:44:33Z | Fake news websites registered in the UK and made to resemble trusted British outlets are allegedly spreading disinformation about western companies operating in Ukraine. The suspected Russian propaganda operation has prompted calls by parliamentarians for a change in the law to force UK-registered news websites to reveal their ownership, as happens in the EU. While the sites – londoninsider.co.uk and talk-finance.co.uk – are in English and have been registered in the UK, their output has been picked up and disseminated in Ukraine, where the UK’s media has a reputation for reliability and trustworthiness. The use of the sites has been highlighted by a US firm, Sarn, which is working in Ukraine in the energy and military hardware sectors. It said articles on the two sites had falsely accused it of arms trafficking, judicial fraud and embezzlement. Content on the sites appears to be AI-generated, while an analysis by a linguist engaged by Sarn suggested that the original text had been created by a Russian speaker. The name of an actual UK journalist appeared as a byline on the stories, but he has said in an affidavit that he did not know anything about the story he was supposed to have written for londoninsider.co.uk. A Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, said: “It is extremely concerning that London’s reputation as a media and financial hub is being used by the Russian propaganda machine to damage western companies operating in Ukraine.” Lord Wallace added that transparency of ownership to enable the public to know who controls the media was more important than ever before and said all news outlets, regardless of their size, should have to publish information about their owners in a national database. “This important move to protect the media from political or economic interference was brought into law across the European Union in March and it’s high time it was introduced here.” Armen Agas, Sarn’s deputy chair, said the company categorically rejected “baseless and entirely fake news” that it said was “propagated” by the sites under the headline: Weapons, Money and Sarn: How the Czech-American Group Embezzled Ukraine. “We believe we’ve been targeted because of our economic development work in Ukraine during the conflict,” they added. Sarn said it had engaged cybersecurity experts and lawyers and that one of the sites – talk-finance.co.uk – responded to a legal “cease-and-desist letter” by demanding money. The other site continues to publish the article. A request for comment was sent by the Guardian to the only contact details provided by talk-finance.co.uk, a Hotmail address. There was a swift reply from an unnamed person, who said they were ready to meet in Calais’ “tent city”, the name given to an area where asylum seekers and immigrants planning to cross the channel to the UK have been living. A request for comment was also sent to an email address on the londoninsider.co.uk website, where the site is described as “a leading digital magazine covering the latest political, business, sport and showbiz news”. There was a response from a person named Thomas Henwell, who said the site published “fact-based news” and suggested Sarn was attempting to intimidate it. They insisted it had published many other stories that were “not positive” for the Russian government. But they declined to say who owned the site and, in a further email, described it as a “private owned enterprise” relying on advertising revenue. They declined to speak on the phone or by Zoom. The cases of the fake UK news websites come amid an explosion in online disinformation campaigns from Russia, before and after its invasion of Ukraine. NewsGuard, a company that aims to counter misinformation by studying and rating news websites, has found that false narratives about Ukraine and its allies were already proliferating online before the February 2022 invasion. The company said it had debunked more than 250 false narratives related to the Russia-Ukraine war, and identified 627 sites spreading those myths. The false narratives have ranged from propaganda claims that reports of massacres by Russian forces in locations such as Bucha were “staged” to assertions that Nazi ideology is driving Ukraine’s political leadership. |
The Guardian;UN chief calls on Sudanese paramilitary leader to end siege of North Darfur city;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/un-chief-calls-on-sudanese-paramilitary-leader-to-end-siege-north-darfur-city-al-fashir;2024-09-22T15:04:22Z | The UN secretary general, António Guterres, is “gravely alarmed” at reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and has called on its leader to halt the attack immediately, according to Guterres’ spokesperson. “It is unconscionable that the warring parties have repeatedly ignored calls for a cessation of hostilities,” Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. In a sign that the crisis is belatedly rising up the diplomatic agenda at the UN general assembly in New York, similar fears were expressed by Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, who said the 27-member bloc would not bear witness to another genocide. “Belligerent parties, their affiliated militias and their regional supporters must adhere to international humanitarian law, by protecting civilians from conflict, provide unhindered humanitarian access and allow civilians to move in and out of Zamzam camp,” said Borrell, referring to the camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur, the region of which al-Fashir is capital. The assault by the RSF in North Darfur comes amid fresh evidence that RSF is being armed by the United Arab Emirates. The attack also threatens to derail an economic cooperation summit between Joe Biden and his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the White House on Monday. The meeting had previously been billed as the culmination of efforts to restore relations between the two countries. In advance of the meeting, however, US national security officials leaked details, which were published in the New York Times, claiming the UEA was playing “a double game” by using airbases in neighbouring Chad not only to fly in aid but also to launch drones that passed on battlefield information and to escort weapons shipments to the RSF. The UAE denies it is providing weapons or any other form of support to the RSF, which is accused of numerous war crimes and evolved from the Janjaweed militias. Lana Nusseibeh, the country’s assistant minister for political affairs, recently wrote in a letter to the Economist magazine: “The UAE is not providing weapons or any other support to the Rapid Support Forces or any of the warring parties in Sudan. We believe that the only way to achieve peace is through effective diplomacy where the warring parties must reach a full nationwide ceasefire.” The growing diplomatic attention is belated for a war that has displaced 10 million people and left as many as 25 million, half the population, facing acute hunger. There is a recognition that the issue has been neglected by top diplomats as they have focused on Gaza and Ukraine. The UN imposed an arms embargo on Sudan two decades ago, but it has been widely flouted by both sides. The UAE insists it has “played a constructive role” in helping to establish a mediation format it says has “unlocked critical routes for aid deliveries, secured further commitments to protect civilians and developed a proposal for a compliance mechanism to ensure implementation of the Jeddah declaration, with the objective to secure a ceasefire”. In his statement on Saturday, Guterres called on the head of the RSF, Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, to “act responsibly and immediately order a halt to the RSF attack”. |
The Guardian;‘Equivalent of Tasmanian tiger for bird watchers’ discovered in Western Australia desert;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/23/night-parrot-found-great-sandy-desert-australia;2024-09-22T15:00:13Z | The largest known population of one of Australia’s rarest birds has been found living in Western Australia’s Great Sandy desert. A team of Ngururrpa rangers and scientists detected the stronghold of up to 50 night parrots - a critically endangered species once feared extinct - living on Indigenous-managed land, according to a study published in Wildlife Research. Dr Rachel Paltridge, an ecologist with the Indigenous Desert Alliance and co-author of the study, said night parrots were notoriously elusive birds. “Very few people have seen them,” she said. “But on a recent field trip the Ngururrpa rangers were lucky enough to have one fly in and land in their camp and saw its beautiful green and yellow feathers in the camp light.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email During the daytime, night parrots hid inside old-growth spinifex hummocks, called “lanu lanu” in the local Kukatja language, only coming out at night. The program combined Indigenous knowledge and science, Paltridge said. Ngururrpa ranger Cindy Gibson said it was good to go out on country looking for night parrots. The rangers recently found a breeding area for the first time. “We saw nests and the eggs and we saw feathers of the night parrot,” she said. Aided by songmeters (a type of sound recorder) and camera traps, the researchers surveyed 31 sites within the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area between 2020 and 2023, finding night parrots at 17 locations. Dr Steve Murphy and Dr Nick Leseberg developed the technique for detecting night parrot calls, which was embraced with success by Ngururrpa rangers. Leseberg, an ecologist and co-author of the study, said night parrots used a variety of different calls. One sounded like a telephone - “didly dip, didly dip” - while another went “dink dink” like a bell. The night parrot and New Zealand’s kākāpō were the only two nocturnal parrot species, he said, and that wasn’t the only thing the birds had in common. They both behaved in a similar way in the company of predators. “When you startle a night parrot, it just freezes, and it just sort of sits there and pretends like you can’t see it.” Baby night parrots were particularly vulnerable to feral cats, Leseberg said. After leaving their spinifex nests, the fledglings spent a few weeks “flopping around on the ground” making a lot of noise. With fewer than 20 recorded in Queensland, the night parrots found living in the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area was the “largest known population by a margin”, he said. Paltridge said the study confirmed the importance of having people on country managing fire and feral animals. Lightning-ignited wildfires were a more significant threat to night parrot roosting habitat in Western Australia than in south-west Queensland, she said. Ngururrpa rangers combined traditional ground burning techniques with aerial burning to break up fuel loads to help stop the spread of hot summer wildfires started by lightning. She said it was also “good news” that dingoes in the area ate feral cats and deterred them from hanging around night parrot habitat. Prof James Watson, a University of Queensland conservation scientist and night parrot recovery team member, who was not involved in the recent study, said they were considered one of the world’s most enigmatic species. Night parrots were effectively lost for a century, apart from occasional unconfirmed sightings, which gave them an almost mythical aura, he said. “It’s the equivalent of the Tasmanian tiger for bird watchers.” Watson said the research demonstrated the clear benefits of Indigenous managed land for threatened species. Murphy, an ornithologist who led early research into night parrots in Queensland, agreed. “We know how to find them and monitor them,” he said, and “passionate and committed” Indigenous rangers were being supported to become really proficient land managers on Indigenous Protected Areas. The recent discovery of hotspots in Western Australia showed numerous birds were hanging on despite all the pressures, he said. “It’s an absolute fairytale in terms of conservation”. |
The Guardian;Lammy urges ‘guts’ in ongoing US talks over Ukraine using missiles in Russia;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/lammy-urges-fortitude-over-ukraine-using-storm-shadow-missiles-in-russia;2024-09-22T13:13:09Z | The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has indicated that delicate negotiations with the White House to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia are ongoing, arguing it was a time for “nerve and guts”. The apparent encouragement to Joe Biden comes just over a week after Lammy and Keir Starmer visited the US president in the White House but failed to resolve the sticking point between two countries. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Lammy said the hardship and challenges of the war in Ukraine would get “deeper and harsher”, particularly heading into “the back end of 2025 into 2026” and beyond. “So this is a critical time for nerve and guts and patience and for fortitude on behalf of allies who stand with Ukraine,” he said in comments that appeared directed at a hesitant White House, concerned about the risks of allowing Storm Shadow missiles to be used to attack Russia. Lammy emphasised that Ukraine and its western allies were discussing “what more might be necessary” to help Kyiv on the battlefield beyond trying to hold the frontline, which is under acute pressure in the east. “I am not going to as foreign secretary, of course, comment on operational details, because that can only aid Putin,” Lammy said, in an apparent reference to Storm Shadow missiles. “But there is a very real-time discussion across allies about how we can support Ukraine as we head into winter.” Ukraine’s President Voldymyr Zelenskyy called on Biden again on Saturday to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes inside Russia. His plea came before a critical meeting between the two on Thursday at the UN general assembly in New York. The issue, he added, remained unresolved despite Starmer lobbying Biden in person nine days ago. Zelenskyy wants to be able to use British, French and Italian Storm Shadow missiles, as well as US-made Atacms to hit airbases and other military targets inside Russia. He has argued that the Kremlin could be motivated to seek peace if it was clear that Ukraine could strike targets closer to Moscow. The UK has donated Storm Shadow missiles from its stocks, but its European partners and the US need to give their permission for Ukraine use them on Russian soil. The weapons also rely on a US guidance system to evade Russian jamming, without which they risk being ineffective if launched. Starmer’s White House meeting with Biden, where they discussed the issue, the wider Ukraine war, the Middle East and China, was deliberately low key. No announcement about Storm Shadow had been expected, but the absence of a briefing after the summit suggested no breakthrough had been achieved. Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK and the country’s former top military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, was also present at the Labour conference fringe event, which was organised by the Tony Blair Institute. Zaluzhnyi said Ukraine was “still serious about winning this war” and listed a series of requests to help it do so. “First of all we need to have enough modern weapons,” he said. “Long-range air and ground facilities are critically important. Lifting restrictions of using the weapons military targets in Russia is critical. These would help protect civilians from Russian missiles and glide bombs.” The ambassador also called for further tightening of sanctions against Russia, future Nato membership for Kyiv, and notably “a political decision” to allow western allies “to shoot down drones and missiles above western Ukraine” with their own fighter jets and air-defence systems. The US, UK and other countries in the Middle East came to Israel’s aid in April when Iran launched a major missile and drone attack against it. That prompted Zelenskyy to ask why such support could not be provided to Kyiv, which would free up some of the country’s military to fight on the frontlines in the south and east. |
The Guardian;Far-right AfD eyes further electoral gains in key German state of Brandenburg;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/far-right-afd-eyes-further-electoral-gains-in-key-german-state-of-brandenburg;2024-09-22T10:39:22Z | The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is hoping to come top in an election in the German state of Brandenburg on Sunday, three weeks after making historic gains in two other regions. The AfD, which has been classified as rightwing extremist in several states by domestic intelligence agencies, is running almost neck and neck with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) in the state, a belt of urban and rural communities that surrounds the capital, Berlin. Final polls showed the AfD to have a very slight lead on 28%, with the SPD having considerably narrowed the gap in the last days of campaigning to reach 27%. The conservative CDU was polling at 14% and the new leftist conservative Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) at 13%. The Greens and the pro-business FDP, junior partners in Scholz’s increasingly fractious three-way coalition, will struggle to win the 5% needed to enter the state parliament, as will the leftwing Die Linke, according to polls. About 2.1 million people, including 100,000 first-time voters, are registered to vote, after the voting age was reduced to 16. The ballot is being seen as a referendum on the federal government – the popularity ratings of which are at a record low – and a harbinger of the outcome of next autumn’s federal election. The SPD has ruled in the state since reunification 34 years ago, and was the party of all three of the leaders who have governed in that time. The SPD’s Dietmar Woidke, who has led Brandenburg for 14 years, has pledged to resign if the AfD beats his party, in what has been interpreted as a high-stakes gamble based on his own popularity as “father of the state”. The AfD has also called for Scholz to resign. In a humiliating gesture towards Germany’s leader, Woidke has not only criticised the federal government in his campaign, he has also completely excluded Scholz from it. The most unpopular chancellor on record has been barred from appearing at SPD rallies in the state, even though he and his wife, Britta Ernst, live in its capital, Potsdam. Although it is one of Germany’s smallest states by population, the vote is considered significant for the whole country, and the results are being awaited with suspense across the continent. On 1 September, the AfD became the strongest party in a state election for the first time in the eastern state of Thuringia, where it secured about 33% of the vote. In neighbouring Saxony, it emerged in second place, at about 30%, narrowly beaten by the governing centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The campaign has focused on issues of immigration, energy transition, fears of economic recession and Germany’s support for Ukraine, all of which are hot button issues in the former communist-run eastern Germany in particular, with the AfD proving itself to be especially adept at tuning into voters’ concerns. Even if the AfD wins, it is unlikely to be able to rule the state, because it will lack a majority. The other parties have put up a so-called “firewall” and have refused to work with it. The BSW of Wagenknecht, a nine-month old breakaway group from the far-left Die Linke, is therefore likely to be a powerful element in any post-election power-broking. Critics say the firewall is going to prove to be increasingly hard to maintain if the AfD continues to perform strongly in elections. Nationally, all three parties in Scholz’s coalition are together polling less than the opposition CDU under Friedrich Merz, who this month was formally appointed as the party’s chancellor candidate for the federal election in September 2025. |
The Guardian;Bolivia: protest march by ex-president’s supporters reflects split at heart of left;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/bolivia-evo-morales-protest-luis-arce;2024-09-22T10:00:07Z | The last time Evo Morales led a cross-country march, it was to defend the government of Luis Arce, his old ally from the Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas). Three years later, Bolivia’s former president is leading another such protest – but this time his aim is to “save” the country from the same man, who has become his bitter rival. Thousands of Morales’s supporters have been making the 190km (120-mile) march from the town of Caracollo to La Paz, the political capital, where they are due to arrive on Monday. Clashes broke out earlier this week as counterprotesters tried to stop them with rocks and tear gas. Roughly 40 people have been injured. The march reflects an existential split in the heart of one of Latin America’s most successful leftwing parties, as the two men fight to be its candidate in the 2025 presidential election. The rift goes back to the 2019 election, when Morales ran for an unconstitutional third consecutive term. He won the election, but allegations of fraud triggered massive protests. Under pressure from the army, Morales resigned and fled the country. When fresh elections were held in 2020, Morales picked Arce, his former finance minister, as the Mas candidate. The party swept back into power, and Morales returned to Bolivia. But it soon became clear that both Arce and Morales wanted to be the candidate of Mas, the country’s dominant political party, in 2025. Arce accused Morales of putting people at risk for his personal ambitions. “I’m here, Evo, and I won’t run away,” he said, alluding to Morales’s flight to Mexico in 2019. “If you want to solve a problem you have with me because I was not willing to be your puppet, then come. I’m waiting.” Morales’s followers have presented the government with a list of demands that includes their rejection of any measure that seeks to disqualify Morales from the 2025 election. In December 2023, the constitutional court put out a ruling that Arce’s supporters insist rules Morales out of contention, though many experts disagree. Arce is now seeking a referendum on the issue. Morales has tried to expel Arce from Mas. However, as Arce controls the official leaderships of the social organisations that form the backbone of Mas, the party has been paralysed, unable to take such decisions. Though Morales has a hard core of support among the working class, particularly in the coca-growing tropics of Cochabamba where he lives, he also has seen high levels of rejection among broad swathes of society put off by his desire to hold on to power. By contrast, Arce has never had a popular base of his own – and his reputation for sound economic management has taken a battering in recent months, causing his popularity to slump. Dollars have become scarce, widening the gap between the official and black market rates. This has complicated imports, causing increasingly severe fuel shortages. Inflation is rising despite subsidies. Arce’s economic model is essentially a continuation of the one from Morales’s governments, but Morales is criticising Arce’s management and billing himself as a return to the good times. “People think: ‘With this government there are no dollars, no gasoline, no diesel. With Evo there was money, and perhaps it would be better with him again,’” said Wilmer Machaca, a political analyst in El Alto. “People aren’t looking for structural explanations. They want practical solutions.” Roughly $1bn of loans from development banks that would provide temporary relief are snarled up in the legislative assembly, where both the opposition and Mas legislators loyal to Morales are refusing to vote them through. A longer-term fix may involve a bigger loan from the International Monetary Fund, but that would be politically poisonous for Mas, which is still officially ruling such a move out. The rising sense of crisis created space for an inept coup attempt by a disgruntled general in June, when Arce and Morales downed weapons for a few hours until the danger had passed. Morales then claimed the coup had been set up by Arce to boost his popularity. It’s too soon to say who will come out on top. “Evo is a political animal,” said Machaca. “But Arce has the state.” “Bolivians have been through so many crises,” he added. “Now people are thinking about how it will happen this time – and preparing for it.” |
The Guardian;Nick Cave, Christianity and the search for meaning | Letters;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/cave-christianity-and-the-search-for-meaning;2024-09-20T16:25:10Z | John Harris refers to a fan’s surprise that Nick Cave found “solace in Christianity” in his search for meaning (I’m a devout agnostic. But, like Nick Cave, I hunger for meaning in our chaotic world, 15 September). It is sad that the church fails to communicate the Christian faith attractively to today’s agnostic seekers. This is hindered by those “culture warriors” whose purpose for “Christian revival” is their loathing of Islam, and those who marginalise gay people and women. However, Sunday worship is the only place where one can give thanks, confess to failure, offer prayers of solidarity for the suffering, and hear an exposition on the scriptures. Last Sunday’s reading from James warned readers of the poison of the tongue. Our elderly preacher observed that was true, although today there is the poison of the fingers, hovering over “Send” on a keyboard. The older congregation included some recent refugees who show great enthusiasm for Christianity, surprising those to whom it had become rather a habit. Today’s churches are more diverse, in age, ethnicity and formulation of the faith. They offer a sense of community hard to find elsewhere, and sit lighter to traditional forms of expression. Ultimately, Christianity is about following Jesus; much doctrine piled on top is debatable. Churches do exist where there is both hunger and meaning. Rev David Haslam Evesham, Worcestershire • A big thank you to John Harris for expressing, in such a personal and honest way, thoughts and feelings that are no longer a part of the usual public discourse in mainstream British society. He describes well the current state of things in our society. For me personally, being part of the non‑creedal Society of Friends (Quakers) and, on a Sunday morning, spending an hour in silence with others, feeling their solidarity and companionship and hearing, from time to time, their deep reflections or hesitant insights, answers the need that he describes. Joining a choir that sings beautiful and deeply charged religious works, whose sometimes‑to-me-untenable assertions are softened by the medium of Latin, can add something glorious to the mix. Diana Francis Bath • I much appreciated the article by John Harris for its honesty and thoughtfulness. I, too, am an agnostic, but became a Quaker in my 50s, then, in my 70s, also a Buddhist. I remain a Quaker by religion and a Buddhist by philosophy. So now I am a member of two communities, where agnosticism is accepted. Initially, I found myself searching for meaning. Then for a system of values that I could respect and aspire to. Recently, I have found many people, like John, searching “for meaning”. Some have come to Quakerism or other traditions that are not necessarily theistic. We don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Kate Allen Guisborough, North Yorkshire • Having listened recently to the four horsemen of evangelical atheism – Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris – I found John Harris’s article fascinating and compelling. Sceptical questioning or rejection of church doctrine need not involve a denial of the transcendent and the numinous in pursuit of ruthless rationalism. Philip Larkin, that devout agnostic, puts the case superbly in Church Going. Ian Barge Ludlow, Shropshire • John Harris should look no further than the Unitarian movement in his search for meaning and a spiritual path. Aptly described by a friend as “pick and mix”, I’m sure Mr Harris will be assisted in any quest he has by exploration of this open, rational and welcoming movement. Roslyn Connolly St Helens, Merseyside • John Harris states “I’m a devout agnostic. But, like Nick Cave, I hunger for meaning in our chaotic world”. As an intelligent, cognisant species, human beings seek certainty in the uncertain world in which we find ourselves. Religious belief gives dogmatic certainty to those fundamental uncertainties. The scientific method is essentially a philosophy of empirically verifiable knowing, where conclusions are based on degrees of probability. I personally am content to live with the meaning of scientific uncertainty, rather than with the questionable comfort of unscientific certainty. John Stone Thames Ditton, Surrey • As a footnote to John Harris’s sincere article, may I simply add that the proposals of the founder of Christianity differ in many cases from their formal interpretations by would-be practitioners, yet these would be of considerable use in the world today, undiluted. He proposed that we should love one another, love our neighbours and – why not give it a try? – love our enemies. Similar suggestions are to be found in most other religions. Today, however, what we must love most of all is, of course, money – however this may be obtained, hoarded, fought for, and denied to others in need. Dr Ian Flintoff Oxford • Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section. |
NPR;Third-party voters face a tough choice in a tight election;https://www.npr.org/2024/09/22/nx-s1-5113108/third-party-voters;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:37:19 -0400 | Single-issue voters dissatisfied with Trump and Harris consider third party candidates in tight election |
NPR;Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard;https://www.npr.org/2024/09/22/nx-s1-5122448/sri-lanka-election-marxist-lawmaker-anura-dissanayake;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:19:39 -0400 | The election was crucial as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. |
NPR;In one key swing state, both parties are courting Black men;https://www.npr.org/2024/09/21/nx-s1-4855917/black-men-voters-2024-election-swing-state-north-carolina;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 08:01:00 -0400 | With North Carolina now a toss-up this presidential election, both parties are making appeals to Black men. An older farmer and a younger restaurant owner share what's driving their votes. |
NPR;The human cost of ghost networks;https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/21/nx-s1-5087899/ghost-network-mental-health-insurance-audio;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:15:00 -0400 | He tried to find a therapist who would take his insurance. He did not succeed. |
NPR;Up against a 'ghost network' for mental health care? Here's what you can do;https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5118420/mental-health-insurance-guide-ghost-network;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0400 | Insurers’ failures to update their provider directories have led to dire consequences for people seeking mental health care. Here's how you can navigate these challenges to find treatment. |
NPR;'I Don’t Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network;https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/21/nx-s1-5120543/mental-health-care-parity-insurance-ghost-network;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0400 | Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would give him access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist. |
NPR;Money for cutting-edge climate technology could dry up in a second Trump term;https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5091939/energy-innovation-climate-change-renewable-energy-fossil-fuels;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0400 | A hydrogen plant in Utah could offer a new path to slash fossil-fuel pollution. But federal funding that was critical for projects like this one could dry up if Donald Trump is reelected. |
Al Jazeera;What’s happening between Israel, Hezbollah as war on Gaza nears one year?;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/what-is-happening-between-israel-hezbollah-as-war-on-gaza-nears-one-year?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:52:50 +0000 | Alarm is spreading among observers who fear the two sides may have finally pushed things too far. |
Al Jazeera;Classes resume at Bangladesh university at heart of anti-Hasina protests;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/classes-resume-at-bangladesh-university-at-heart-of-anti-hasina-protests?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:24:37 +0000 | Dhaka University is full again, weeks after authorities shuttered campus following deadly antigovernment demonstrations. |
Al Jazeera;Lando Norris wins Singapore GP to narrow F1 title race with Max Verstappen;https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/9/22/lando-norris-wins-singapore-gp-to-narrow-f1-title-race-with-max-verstappen?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:16:27 +0000 | McLaren's Norris completed his third career win to cut into Red Bull driver Verstappen's lead on top of the F1 table. |
Al Jazeera;Press groups condemn Israel closing Al Jazeera office in Ramallah;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/press-groups-condemn-israel-closing-al-jazeera-office-in-ramallah?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:52:28 +0000 | Committee to Protect Journalists says it is 'deeply alarmed' by the raid and calls for protection of press freedom. |
Al Jazeera;USC: The university of lockdown;https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/22/usc-the-university-of-lockdown?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:59:32 +0000 | Here is an inside look at the University of Southern California's repressive laboratory. |
Al Jazeera;Sri Lanka elects Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/sri-lanka-elects-marxist-leaning-dissanayake-as-president-to-fix-economy?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:52:40 +0000 | Anura Kumara Dissanayake picked to fight corruption and bolster fragile economy after worst financial crisis in decades. |
Al Jazeera;Bastianini wins Emilia-Romagna MotoGP, Martin extends championship lead;https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/9/22/bastianini-wins-emilia-romagna-motogp-martin-extends-championship-lead?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:25:19 +0000 | Jorge Martin extended his lead in the championship standings thanks Francesco Bagnaia crashing out. |
Al Jazeera;Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/israel-orders-closure-of-al-jazeera-office-in-ramallah?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:02:23 +0000 | Armed Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s bureau in the occupied West Bank and imposed a 45-day closure order. |
Al Jazeera;Fact check: Did Harris exaggerate scale of Trump’s pre-career inheritance?;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-exaggerate-scale-of-trumps-pre-career-inheritance?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:59:05 +0000 | Harris claimed Trump started out in business with '$400m on a silver platter' from his father. But is that accurate? |
Al Jazeera;Seven killed as Israel strikes Gaza school sheltering displaced again;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/seven-killed-as-israel-strikes-gaza-school-sheltering-displaced-again?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:58:29 +0000 | Attack on Kafr Qasim School in Shati refugee camp comes a day after 22 people were killed in another school attack. |
Al Jazeera;Al Jazeera obtains video of Israeli drone killing in Gaza;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/al-jazeera-obtains-video-of-israeli-drone-killing-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:42:58 +0000 | Al Jazeera has obtained video showing an Israeli military drone killing a wounded and immobile Palestinian man in Gaza. |
Al Jazeera;‘Criminal act’: Al Jazeera denounces Israeli raid on Ramallah office;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/criminal-act-al-jazeera-denounces-israeli-raid-on-ramallah-office?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:30:20 +0000 | The network vows to continue its coverage of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. |
Al Jazeera;Bodies of coal miners retrieved using mine carts after Iran explosion;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/bodies-of-coal-miners-retrieved-using-mine-carts-after-iran-explosion?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:11:49 +0000 | Mine carts are being used to retrieve bodies of dozens of workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran. |
Al Jazeera;Kim Sajet on US presidential portraits and leadership evolution;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/talk-to-al-jazeera/2024/9/22/kim-sajet-on-us-presidential-portraits-and-leadership-evolution?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:45:00 +0000 | As the 2024 election nears, Kim Sajet explores how presidential portraits reflect US governance evolution. |
Al Jazeera;Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera bureau in occupied West Bank;https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/9/22/israeli-forces-storm-al-jazeera-bureau-in-ramallah-shut-down-operations?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:27:30 +0000 | Israeli troops order Al Jazeera's shutdown aimed at silencing network's coverage of Gaza war. |
Al Jazeera;The surfer and tribal chief fighting to save a 550km South African coast;https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/22/the-surfer-and-tribal-chief-fighting-to-save-a-550km-south-african-coast?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:04:43 +0000 | A motley crew of surfers, academics and fishers fight back against mining companies pillaging the country's West Coast. |
Al Jazeera;Qatar art installation sheds light on Gaza’s children killed by Israel;https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/9/22/qatar-art-installation-sheds-light-on-gazas-children-killed-by-israel?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:02:15 +0000 | More than 15,000 teddy bear sculptures, each representing a Gaza child’s killing by Israel, unveiled in Doha. |
Al Jazeera;Sri Lanka election results: Second count to decide presidential winner;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/sri-lanka-election-results-second-count-to-decide-presidential-winner?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:41:52 +0000 | Marxist-leaning politician Dissanayake leads as second round of counting under way to decide the presidential winner. |
Al Jazeera;Japan orders thousands to evacuate flooded prefecture amid heavy rain;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/japan-orders-thousands-to-evacuate-flooded-prefecture-amid-heavy-rain?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:32:02 +0000 | Floods prompt Japan to order tens of thousands of people in Ishikawa prefecture to leave. |
Al Jazeera;Dozens killed in Mexico as rivals fight for control of Sinaloa cartel;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/dozens-killed-in-mexico-as-rivals-fight-for-control-of-sinaloa-cartel?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:31:48 +0000 | At least 10 more people reported killed as the government deploys 600 soldiers to reinforce security amid gang violence. |
Al Jazeera;Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/israels-attempted-silencing-of-al-jazeeras-coverage-of-the-occupation?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:56:26 +0000 | Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi recorded this message in case Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah. |
Al Jazeera;German police chase and detain boy at pro-Palestine rally;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/22/german-police-chase-and-detain-boy-at-pro-palestine-rally?traffic_source=rss;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:13:27 +0000 | Video shows German police chasing a 10-year-old boy carrying a Palestinian flag, before he was taken into custody. |
BBC News;Rayner defends using donor's New York flat for holiday;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8vmv1mpggo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:20:02 GMT | The deputy PM says she was "transparent" in declaring her use of the New York apartment for a holiday. |
BBC News;Israel and Hezbollah urged to step back as UN warns of 'catastrophe';https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd393llg7o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:06:28 GMT | Israel says it will continue military action, as UN chief raises the risk of Lebanon becoming "another Gaza". |
BBC News;'I hate Trump, she likes him - we both think he staged assassination attempts';https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglm0rjy2go;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:02:04 GMT | A pro-Trump wellness influencer and a suburban Democrat share a conspiracy theory - how did it spread so far? |
BBC News;Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election in political paradigm shift;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:54:04 GMT | Anura Kumara Dissanayake beat his rivals after a historic second round of vote counting. |
BBC News;CPS twice did not prosecute Fayed over sex abuse claims;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k9ggjdjdo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:21:44 GMT | Evidence was presented by police in 2009 and 2015 over sex abuse claims against Mohammed Al Fayed. |
BBC News;Acne and asthma sufferers to be cleared to join army;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lw1z0lej8o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:00:32 GMT | Defence Secretary John Healey says he wants to scrap "outdated" rules to tackle a recruitment crisis. |
BBC News;Germany's chancellor Scholz escapes far-right win in home state - exit polls;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24315lrv18o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:27:06 GMT | The chancellor's hopes of a second term are bolstered as his SPD is set to defeat the far right in Brandenburg. |
BBC News;Rayner wants 'fairer' Right to Buy scheme for taxpayer;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d54514269o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:16:53 GMT | Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa calls for the "damaging" policy to be axed altogether. |
BBC News;Warnings of heavy rain as thunderstorms hit parts of the UK;https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cz6w1x85469o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:50:11 GMT | Further heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected across England and Wales on Sunday and Monday. |
BBC News;Four dead and 18 hurt in Alabama mass shooting;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k9gl6g49o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:55:29 GMT | Police say multiple gunmen fired on a group of people outside on a street in the city of Birmingham. |
BBC News;Sri Lanka's new president: Political outsider makes remarkable turnaround;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wp1p32endo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:04:04 GMT | The newly-elected president signals a pivot away from the unpopular old political order. |
BBC News;Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois: What next for former world champion?;https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/articles/clylrxz01jlo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:21:25 GMT | Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is at a crossroads after a humbling defeat at the hands of fellow Briton Daniel Dubois at Wembley on Saturday. |
BBC News;Peter Jay: the life of 'the cleverest young man in England';https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2g8rmm80yo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:28:41 GMT | Economist and broadcaster who controversially became the UK ambassador to Washington and launched TV-am. |
BBC News;Forgotten story of escape from Nazis found at auction;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqnlynqpr7o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 05:21:24 GMT | Pte Ray Bailey wrote 80,000 words about his escape and it has been turned in a published book. |
BBC News;At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine explosion;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm24jn02j0qo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:43:13 GMT | At least 51 people are reported to have been killed after a gas leak sparked a blast in eastern Iran. |
BBC News;Sandi Toksvig officiates wedding of Abba's Björn Ulvaeus;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clylrrdjg78o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:52:32 GMT | The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family. |
BBC News;Watch highlights of stunning Dubois victory against Joshua;https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/videos/cwyegep2q5do;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:36:16 GMT | Watch highlights of Daniel Dubois' victory against Anthony Joshua as he retains his IBF heavyweight title at Wembley Stadium. |
BBC News;Can Labour Get Control At Conference?;https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js3f9y;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:39:00 GMT | Deputy PM Angela Rayner says she broke no donation rules. |
BBC News;Norris takes dominant Singapore win from Verstappen;https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/c79n8dzl2zqo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:15:26 GMT | McLaren’s Lando Norris wins the Singapore Grand Prix to take a further chunk out of Max Verstappen’s advantage in the championship. |
BBC News;Horschel beats McIlroy with eagle putt in PGA play-off;https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/videos/cn5z2xx35wdo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:56:34 GMT | Watch as Billy Horschel beats Rory McIlroy with a superb eagle putt in a thrilling play-off to clinch the PGA Championship title at Wentworth. |
BBC News;What next for Joshua after humbling Dubois defeat?;https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/articles/clylrxz01jlo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:21:25 GMT | Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is at a crossroads after a humbling defeat at the hands of fellow Briton Daniel Dubois at Wembley on Saturday. |
BBC News;Thunderstorms and floods force evacuations;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20md7e7rn8o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:43:39 GMT | Power cuts are reported in10 areas in the region and flood warnings are in place in Staffordshire. |
BBC News;Labour warns of gloomy reality for economy;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33v7enekg6o;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:00:57 GMT | The Scottish Secretary tells the BBC his party inherted the "worst economic and public service finances situation since the Second World War". |
BBC News;Cardiff City sack manager after dismal start to season;https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvgw152jg2lo;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:49:54 GMT | Manager Erol Bulut is fired after Cardiff City's worst start to a season for 94 years, with one goal and one point. |
Le Monde;Guillaume Kasbarian, un libéral revendiqué au ministère de la fonction publique;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/22/guillaume-kasbarian-un-liberal-revendique-au-ministere-de-la-fonction-publique_6328780_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:17:44 +0200 | L’ancien ministre du logement succède à Stanislas Guerini à la tête du ministère de la fonction publique, de la simplification et de la transformation publique. |
Le Monde;Clara Chappaz, une spécialiste de la French Tech missionnée sur l’IA;https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/09/22/clara-chappaz-une-specialiste-de-la-french-tech-missionnee-sur-l-ia_6328747_3234.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:51:00 +0200 | La nouvelle secrétaire d’Etat chargée de l’intelligence artificielle et du numérique était, avant sa nomination, responsable de la mission de soutien aux start-up françaises. |
Le Monde;Avec la nomination de la députée Marie-Agnès Poussier-Winsback, l’économie sociale et solidaire retrouve un ministère spécifique;https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/09/22/avec-la-nomination-de-la-deputee-marie-agnes-poussier-winsback-l-economie-sociale-et-solidaire-retrouve-un-ministere-dedie_6328713_3234.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:24:45 +0200 | Députée de la 9ᵉ circonscription de Seine-Maritime depuis 2022, elle a été réélue face à un candidat Rassemblement national, en juillet. En mal de reconnaissance, l’économie sociale et solidaire, qui prône un autre partage des richesses, pèse 14,9 % de l’emploi privé en France. |
Le Monde;Les cinq infos à retenir du week-end : annonce du nouveau gouvernement, affrontements entre Israël et le Hezbollah…;https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/09/22/le-gouvernement-annonce-affrontements-entre-israel-et-le-hezbollah-les-cinq-infos-a-retenir-du-week-end_6328613_4355770.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:45:09 +0200 | Vous n’avez pas suivi l’actualité samedi 21 et dimanche 22 septembre ? Voici ce qu’il s’est passé pendant ces dernières quarante-huit heures. |
Le Monde;En direct : « Je ne vais pas alourdir encore l’impôt sur l’ensemble des Français », assure Michel Barnier;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2024/09/22/en-direct-notre-travail-c-est-de-faciliter-la-tache-des-entreprises-declare-antoine-armand-le-ministre-de-l-economie-lors-de-la-passation-de-pouvoirs-a-bercy_6325006_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:52:12 +0200 | Au lendemain de l’annonce de son gouvernement, le premier ministre est l’invité du JT de France 2 dimanche soir. |
Le Monde;Formule 1 : Lando Norris remporte le Grand Prix de Singapour et amenuise encore l’écart avec Max Verstappen;https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/09/22/formule-1-lando-norris-remporte-le-grand-prix-de-singapour-et-amenuise-encore-l-ecart-avec-max-verstappen_6328580_3242.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:18:40 +0200 | Le pilote britannique de l’écurie McLaren signe sa troisième victoire de la saison, et se rapproche du leader du championnat, Max Verstappen (Red Bull), deuxième dimanche. |
Le Monde;La stratégie du RN pour mettre le gouvernement Barnier au service de ses idées;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/22/la-strategie-du-rn-pour-mettre-le-gouvernement-barnier-au-service-de-ses-idees_6328578_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:03:12 +0200 | En capacité de censurer à tout moment le nouveau gouvernement, Marine Le Pen veut en profiter pour arracher quelques victoires, même symboliques, à un premier ministre qui ne devra son sursis qu’aux concessions faites à l’extrême droite. |
Le Monde;Au Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, marxiste repenti, remporte l’élection présidentielle;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/09/22/au-sri-lanka-anura-kumara-dissanayaka-marxiste-repenti-remporte-l-election-presidentielle_6328577_3210.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:01:47 +0200 | Le chef de la coalition de gauche a été proclamé vainqueur de l’élection présidentielle, avec 42,3 % des suffrages, dimanche, devançant nettement le chef de l’opposition au Parlement Sajith Premadasa et le président sortant Ranil Wickremesinghe. |
Le Monde;« Le meilleur moyen de prolonger le plaisir des JO » : à la braderie des Jeux, on s’arrache les souvenirs de Paris 2024;https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/09/22/le-meilleur-moyen-de-prolonger-le-plaisir-des-jo-a-la-braderie-des-jeux-on-s-arrache-les-souvenirs-de-paris-2024_6328541_3242.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:54:33 +0200 | Certains sont arrivés dans la nuit pour s’assurer de pouvoir acheter l’un des vêtements et objets des Jeux olympiques, mis en vente, dimanche à Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), dans l’une des braderies mise en place par Paris 2024. |
Le Monde;Gouvernement Barnier : Agnès Canayer, ministre déléguée à la famille et à la petite enfance, face à des chantiers urgents;https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/09/22/gouvernement-barnier-agnes-canayer-ministre-deleguee-a-la-famille-et-a-la-petite-enfance-face-a-des-chantiers-urgents_6328508_3224.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:41:53 +0200 | Familles monoparentales, aide sociale à l’enfance, secteur de la petite enfance… De nombreux dossiers sont en suspens et nécessiteront des réponses rapides de la part de cette sénatrice LR de Seine-Maritime. |
Le Monde;Gouvernement Barnier : Catherine Vautrin passe de la « vie quotidienne » aux collectivités territoriales;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/22/gouvernement-barnier-catherine-vautrin-passe-de-la-vie-quotidienne-aux-collectivites-territoriales_6328442_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:02:40 +0200 | Auparavant à la tête du « super ministère » du travail, de la santé et des solidarités, la chiraquienne a été maintenue au gouvernement en tant que ministre du partenariat avec les territoires et de la décentralisation. |
Le Monde;Eric Ciotti annonce quitter Les Républicains;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/22/eric-ciotti-annonce-quitter-les-republicains-apres-plusieurs-mois-de-bataille-juridique-pour-rester-a-sa-presidence_6328406_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:51:08 +0200 | Celui qui était encore président du parti de droite, contesté depuis son alliance avec le Rassemblement national dit, dans un entretien au « Figaro », constater « la dissolution de l’état-major des Républicains dans la Macronie ». |
Le Monde;Création d’un congé maternité, minimums salariaux… le basket féminin français se dote d’une convention collective « historique »;https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/09/22/creation-d-un-conge-maternite-minima-salariaux-le-basket-feminin-francais-se-dote-d-une-convention-collective-historique_6328373_3242.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:06:15 +0200 | La Ligue féminine de basket a annoncé, samedi, la mise en place d’un accord collectif après plusieurs années de négociations, offrant un cadre et des protections aux deux premières divisions du basket tricolore. |
Le Monde;Le corps d’une étudiante retrouvé enterré au bois de Boulogne;https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/09/22/le-corps-d-une-etudiante-retrouve-enterre-au-bois-de-boulogne_6328340_3224.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:35:19 +0200 | La victime, une étudiante à l’université Paris-Dauphine âgée de 19 ans, était portée disparue depuis vendredi. Son corps a été retrouvé samedi lors d’une battue et a été formellement identifié. |
Le Monde;En direct, guerre au Proche-Orient : une frappe israélienne sur une école du nord de la bande de Gaza fait sept morts, dont un membre du gouvernement du Hamas;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2024/09/22/en-direct-guerre-au-proche-orient-une-frappe-israelienne-sur-une-ecole-du-nord-de-la-bande-de-gaza-fait-sept-morts-dont-un-membre-du-gouvernement-du-hamas_6321740_3210.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:12:41 +0200 | Le ministère de la santé libanais fait de son côté état de trois morts dans des « frappes israéliennes » dans le sud du pays, alors que la tension s’accroît dans la région après l’explosion d’appareils de communication et la frappe israélienne sur Beyrouth, vendredi, qui a tué au moins 45 personnes. |
Le Monde;En direct, guerre en Ukraine : la Russie a lancé « plus de 900 bombes aériennes guidées, environ 400 drones et 30 missiles » au cours de la semaine;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2024/09/22/en-direct-guerre-en-ukraine-la-russie-a-lance-plus-de-900-bombes-aeriennes-guidees-environ-400-drones-et-30-missiles-au-cours-de-la-semaine_6327490_3210.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:07:43 +0200 | Une attaque russe nocturne contre des immeubles résidentiels de Kharkiv a fait 21 blessés samedi soir, ont annoncé dimanche les autorités. |
Le Monde;Le Gard et l’Hérault placés en vigilance orange en raison du risque de fortes pluies orageuses;https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2024/09/22/le-gard-et-l-herault-places-en-vigilance-orange-en-raison-du-risque-de-fortes-pluies-orageuses_6328271_3244.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:51:50 +0200 | La vigilance entrera en vigueur partir de 18 heures. De fortes pluies pourraient entraîner « des phénomènes de ruissellement intense » notamment dans « les zones de plaines entre Montpellier et Nîmes », met en garde Météo-France. |
Le Monde;Thierry Breton revient sur son départ de la Commission européenne;https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/22/en-direct-thierry-breton-invite-de-l-emission-questions-politiques_6328117_823448.html;Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:45:01 +0200 | « Une espèce de discussion » et une « gouvernance douteuse » l’ont poussé à quitter l’équipe exécutive européenne, a-t-il expliqué quelques jours après sa démission, le 16 septembre. |
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