Politics & environs articles 2019

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Irish border checks risk creating a 'depressing, jobless' region

 

Survey reveals devastating emotional impact as people in area fear return of hard border

 

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Tue 15 Oct 2019 13.15 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/15/irish-border-checks-risk-creating-depressing-jobless-region

 

 

 

 

Russian troops patrol between Turkish and Syrian forces on border

 

Soldiers’ presence underlines Moscow’s role as power broker after evacuation of US personnel

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Tue 15 Oct 2019 15.04 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/russian-troops-patrol-between-turkish-and-syrian-forces-on-border

 

 

 

 

Catalan independence leaders accused of 'totalitarian attitude'

 

Spain’s foreign minister says regional government excludes views of people who do not back independence

 

Sam Jones in Madrid and Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Tue 15 Oct 2019 10.22 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/new-catalan-vote-on-independence-is-inevitable-says-jailed-leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 years after communism, eastern Europe divided on democracy's impact

 

Pew research reveals very different views on whether countries are better off today

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Tue 15 Oct 2019 15.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/30-years-after-communism-east-europeans-divided-over-democracys-impact

 

 

 

 

'Failing' food system leaves millions of children malnourished or overweight

 

Unicef report finds poorest children at greatest risk, while price of healthy food in rich nations drives food poverty

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Tue 15 Oct 2019 14.26 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/15/failing-food-sy

 

 

 

 

US nuclear bombs at Turkish airbase complicate rift over Syria invasion

 

US officials said to be looking at moving nuclear devices as Congress plans sanctions

 

Julian Borger in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Mon 14 Oct 2019 19.40 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/us-bombs-at-turkish-airbase-complicate-rift-over-syria-invasion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemns mass raids

 

Searches appears to be attempt to disrupt work of Kremlin’s most prominent critic

 

Shaun Walker

Tue 15 Oct 2019 16.56 BST First published on Tue 15 Oct 2019 09.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/mass-raids-target-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Macron discovered the soft power of the working class

 

The French president has realised that those who have been ignored for too long are the ones pulling populists’ strings

 

Tue 15 Oct 2019 12.29 BST Last modified on Tue 15 Oct 2019 17.16 BST

Christophe Guilluy

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/15/macron-soft-power-working-class-france

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi ambassador accuses Turkey of causing chaos in Syria

 

New envoy to UK also says Riyadh is losing confidence in Donald Trump

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Tue 15 Oct 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/saudi-ambassador-accuses-turkey-of-causing-chaos-in-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kurds have faced their own ‘endless war’. And this is a dark new chapter

 

Since 1984 nearly 50,000 Kurds have been killed in the conflict with Turkey. And yet Erdoğan’s latest offensive was avoidable

 

Mon 14 Oct 2019 18.14 BST Last modified on Tue 15 Oct 2019 09.59 BST

By Giran Ozcan ( Peoples’ Democratic party representative to the USA )

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/14/kurds-endless-war-turkey-erdogan

 

 

 

 

 

Tunisia election: 'Robocop' Kais Saied wins presidential runoff

 

Thousands take to streets after exit polls give conservative academic more than 70% of the vote

 

Michael Safi in Amman and agencies

Mon 14 Oct 2019 07.52 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/tunisia-election-exit-polls-point-to-landslide-win-for-robocop-kais-saied

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Damascus to stave off assault

 

Agreement to hand over border towns comes after more than 700 Isis affiliates escape camp

 

Bethan McKernan in Akçakale

Mon 14 Oct 2019 08.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/13/kurds-reach-deal-with-damascus-in-face-of-turkish-offensive

 

 

 

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Indigenous-led protests force Ecuador to reverse fuel subsidy cuts ordered by IMF

 

October 15, 2019 12:17 PM CDT By Matthew Trinder

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/indigenous-led-protests-force-ecuador-to-restore-fuel-subsidy-cuts-ordered-by-imf/

 

 

 

 

 

 

'They were sent to the slaughter': Mexico mourns 13 police killed in cartel ambush

 

Ambush the latest in string of brazen attacks by Mexico’s drug cartels, as President Amlo defends strategy to halt the violence

 

Jo Tuckman in Morelia

Tue 15 Oct 2019 23.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/mexico-police-officers-killed-cartel-ambush-michoacan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan’s calamitous Syrian blunder has finally broken his spell over Turkey

 

The belligerent president has forgotten that his country is a democracy, not a dictatorship. It is time for him to go

 

Tue 15 Oct 2019 17.41 BST Last modified on Tue 15 Oct 2019 21.50 BST

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/15/erdogan-syria-turkey-democracy-dictatorship

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Global economy faces $19tn corporate debt timebomb, warns IMF

 

Update on markets lists eight leading countries, including US, China and UK, as vulnerable

 

Larry Elliott in Washington

Wed 16 Oct 2019 13.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/16/global-economy-faces-19tn-corporate-debt-timebomb-warns-imf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today we pledge to give the climate crisis the attention it demands

 

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief explains why support from our readers is crucial in enabling us to produce fearless, independent reporting that addresses the climate emergency

 

Wed 16 Oct 2019 09.11 BST Last modified on Wed 16 Oct 2019 16.45 BST

Katharine Viner

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/16/today-we-pledge-to-give-the-climate-crisis-the-attention-it-demands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At first, I accepted Brexit. Now it’s become clear that we must not leave the EU

 

The lesson of the past three years is that the referendum dream that voters were sold simply can’t be delivered

 

Wed 16 Oct 2019 15.47 BST Last modified on Wed 16 Oct 2019 16.06 BST

By  Martin Kettle

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/at-first-accepted-brexit-now-clear-must-not-leave-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe can’t keep shutting its eyes to the disaster in Syria

 

We have to break out of our narrow navel-gazing: this is the Spanish civil war of our times

 

Wed 16 Oct 2019 11.30 BST Last modified on Wed 16 Oct 2019 15.58 BST

Natalie Nougayrède

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/europe-shutting-eyes-disaster-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

The EU praises ‘the common good’, but its words ring hollow

 

The chaos of the Brexit process has lent the European Union a veneer of calm and wisdom. Don’t be fooled

 

Wed 16 Oct 2019 12.36 BST Last modified on Wed 16 Oct 2019 13.05 BST

Lea Ypi

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/eu-common-good-brexit-process-european-union

 

 

 

 

 

 

How do we feed the world without destroying the planet?

 

Hunger and the climate crisis are inextricably linked - the challenge is how to solve one while not exacerbating the other

 

Wed 16 Oct 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 16 Oct 2019 11.53 BST

By Bob Geldof  ( Musician, Live Aid Organizer)

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/16/how-do-we-feed-the-world-without-destroying-the-planet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump holds press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella

 

Published 8 min ago

Kevin Breuninger

 

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/16/watch-trump-holds-press-conference-with-italian-president.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pence and Erdoğan agree on ceasefire plan but Kurds reject 'occupation'

 

• Mike Pence strikes deal with Turkish president in Ankara
• Agreement appears to cement key Turkish objectives

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul and Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 17 Oct 2019 21.38 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/us-delegation-seeks-syria-ceasefire-after-trump-undercuts-mission-turkey-mike-pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shifting frontlines intensify Syria's humanitarian crisis

 

Aid agencies struggle to respond as 300,000 people are displaced from their homes

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Thu 17 Oct 2019 18.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/shifting-frontlines-syria-leave-aid-agencies-struggling-respond

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chaos in Hong Kong chamber over violent attack on activist

 

Carrie Lam abandons chamber again after lawmakers decry assault on protest leader

 

Associated Press in Hong Kong

Thu 17 Oct 2019 08.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/hong-kong-chamber-attack-activist-carrie-lam-protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses

 

Documents seen by Guardian show fresh attack on university debate under the guise of prohibiting antisemitism

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Thu 17 Oct 2019 07.01 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/16/conservative-activists-want-to-outlaw-antisemitism-in-public-education-why-is-that-a-bad-thing

 

 

 

 

‘Democracy in Bolivia has two faces’: ambivalence as Evo Morales seeks fourth term

 

Government has invested in infrastructure and social programs, but critics fear ‘the end of democracy’ if Morales wins

 

Linda Farthing in La Paz

Thu 17 Oct 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/bolivia-election-evo-morales-seeks-fourth-term

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budapest's new mayor: my win proves there's more to Hungary than Orbán

 

Gergely Karácsony was elected on Sunday, beating far-right prime minister’s candidate

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Thu 17 Oct 2019 12.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/gergely-karacsony-mayor-budapest-eu-hungary-liberal-viktor-orban

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A better version of ‘remain’ is possible – and Labour should negotiate it

 

Johnson’s deal threatens the breakup of the UK. Instead, leave voters’ anxieties should be addressed from within the EU

 

Thu 17 Oct 2019 17.35 BST Last modified on Thu 17 Oct 2019 18.55 BST

Gordon Brown  ( UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 )

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/17/remain-labour-boris-johnson-breakup-uk-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fighting continues on Syria-Turkey border as war crimes alleged

 

Artillery fire and ground clashes reported in violation of US-brokered five-day truce

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul and Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 18 Oct 2019 15.27 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/fighting-continues-on-syria-turkey-border-despite-ceasefire

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing may have ‘unknowingly’ misled regulators about crash-linked software

 

Boeing failed to turn over documents about MCAS program, linked to two fatal crashes of 737 Max airliners, to the FAA for four months

 

Guardian staff and Reuters

Fri 18 Oct 2019 20.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/18/boeing-may-have-unknowingly-misled-regulators-about-crash-linked-software

 

 

 

 

 

 

An appeal to Europe – stop the massacre of Kurds

 

Roberto Saviano, Salman Rushdie, Elena Ferrante, Marc Augé, Hanif Kureishi and others call on Europe to show unity against Turkey’s Syria offensive

 

Letters

Fri 18 Oct 2019 17.57 BST Last modified on Fri 18 Oct 2019 17.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/an-appeal-to-europe-stop-the-massacre-of-kurds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violence erupts after pro-Catalan general strike in Barcelona

 

Protesters set fire to bins and chant ‘The streets will always be ours’ in fifth night of rioting

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and Sam Jones in Madrid

Fri 18 Oct 2019 18.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/catalonia-general-strike-protests-independence

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Erdoğan threatens to 'crush the heads' of Kurdish fighters refusing to withdraw

 

Turkey-US deal asks Kurdish forces to vacate designated ‘safe zone’ in northern Syria during five-day ceasefire

 

Agencies

Sat 19 Oct 2019 16.35 BST Last modified on Sat 19 Oct 2019 17.07 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/19/erdogan-threatens-to-crush-the-heads-of-kurdish-fighters-refusing-to-withdraw

 

 

Bastard dictator...I hope they ( whoever) get rid of him FOR GOOD....The man IS evil

 

Hitler-Jews.....Erdogan-Kurds...Same ole same ole......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boris Johnson implores MPs to 'get Brexit done' in crucial Saturday vote

 

PM appears to accept he would have to request delay if MPs pass amendment to avoid no deal

 

Heather Stewartand Kate Proctor

Sat 19 Oct 2019 13.46 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/19/boris-johnson-implores-mps-to-get-brexit-done-in-super-saturday-session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brother of Honduras president found guilty in vast drug conspiracy case

 

Prosecutors said the president, Juan Orlando Hernández, enabled his brother’s trafficking

 

Staff and agencies in New York

Fri 18 Oct 2019 18.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/brother-of-honduras-president-found-guilty-in-vast-drug-conspiracy-case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘We Syrians are being used as political tools... yet again’

 

Despite last week’s US-brokered truce, fighting continues on the Turkish-Syrian border

 

Bethan McKernan in Akçakale and Gaziantep

Sat 19 Oct 2019 17.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/19/fighting-continues-on-syrian-turkish-border-despite-us-ceasefire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's Turkey deal hands power to Ankara and leaves Syrian Kurds for dead

 

Trump hails ceasefire and ‘safe zone’ on Turkey-Syria border as ‘great day for civilization’ but few believe it

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 18 Oct 2019 01.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/trumps-turkey-deal-hands-power-to-ankara-and-leaves-syrian-kurds-for-dead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kurdish fighters leave Syrian border town, giving Turkey control

 

Evacuation part of US-brokered ceasefire, as Nancy Pelosi leads congressional visit to region

 

Michael Safi in Amman

Sun 20 Oct 2019 18.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/20/nancy-pelosi-visits-jordan-to-discuss-turkish-syria-incursion

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Franco's remains to be exhumed on Thursday after long court battle

 

Dictator’s remains will be reinterred in mausoleum near Madrid with those of his widow

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Mon 21 Oct 2019 10.30 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/remains-francisco-franco-exhumed-thursday-spain

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

 

Another bastard dictator who certainly didn't deserve to die in his bed

 

 

 

 

 

Slovakia: four people charged over murder of investigative journalist

 

Prosecutor files charges over 2018 killing of Ján Kuciak and fiancee that led to mass protests

 

Reuters in Bratislava

Mon 21 Oct 2019 14.29 BST First published on Mon 21 Oct 2019 12.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/slovakia-four-people-charged-murder-investigative-journalist-jan-kuciak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why are South African cities still so segregated 25 years after apartheid?

 

After 1994, the architecture of apartheid – the separation of rich and poor, black and white – was to be eradicated with creative and determined urban planning. It has not quite happened

 

Justice Malala in Johannesburg

Mon 21 Oct 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/21/why-are-south-african-cities-still-segregated-after-apartheid

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bercow denies Boris Johnson second vote on Brexit deal

 

Speaker rules it would be ‘repetitive and disorderly’ for MPs to vote again on deal

 

Heather Stewart Political editor

Mon 21 Oct 2019 16.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/21/john-bercow-denies-boris-johnson-second-vote-on-brexit-deal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost all 10-year-olds in world's poorest countries struggle to read

 

World Bank targets ‘learning poverty’ as research shows major shortfall in basic reading skills among least privileged children

 

Lucy Lamble

Fri 18 Oct 2019 06.01 BST Last modified on Fri 18 Oct 2019 17.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/18/up-to-90-of-10-year-olds-in-worlds-poorest-countries-struggle-to-read

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The spectre of Syria silenced Arab protest. But now it’s finding its voice

 

Dissent in the face of rampant corruption is no longer being dampened by pointing to the failures of the Arab spring

 

Mon 21 Oct 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Mon 21 Oct 2019 11.18 BST

Nesrine Malik

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/21/syria-arab-spring-egypt-sudan-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2019 by umbertino

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“We Want Democracy to Be Restored”: Protesters in Chile Decry Inequality Amid Military Crackdown

 

October 21, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/21/chile_metro_fare_hike_nationwide_protests

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Erdoğan threatens to ramp up assault on Kurds in Syria 'safe zone'

 

Turkish leader says he will act ‘even more strongly’ as end of US-brokered ceasefire looms

 

Bethan McKernan Turkey and Middle East correspondent

Tue 22 Oct 2019 12.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/erdogan-threatens-ramp-up-assault-kurds-syria-safe-zone-ceasefire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson threatens to scrap Brexit bill and seek election before Christmas

 

PM faces down MPs pushing for concessions to prevent no deal before agreeing to timetable

 

Peter Walker and Rowena Mason

Tue 22 Oct 2019 18.09 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/22/soft-brexit-tories-might-back-deal-if-wto-loophole-closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'They smashed me in the head': anger at Piñera as Chile's bloodied protesters allege brutality

 

Death toll rises to 15 in worst unrest Chile has faced since Pinochet, as armed men in masks prowl Santiago firing at defiant protesters

 

 

Tue 22 Oct 2019 15.33 BST

by Jonathan Franklin in Santiago

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/santiago-protesters-pinera-chile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kurdish female fighters are once again pawns in a bigger political game

 

They have fought Isis with unparalleled bravery. But their fate lies in a power struggle between Putin, Trump and Erdoğan

 

Tue 22 Oct 2019 13.59 BST Last modified on Tue 22 Oct 2019 17.20 BST

Ece Temelkuran

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/22/kurdish-women-ypg-isis-turkey-trump-erdogan-putin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Whistles, warnings, kaboom!': a day with a landmine clearance team

 

Aki Ra was a child soldier for Pol Pot, laying mines around Siem Reap. Now he is using his expertise to clear land in rural Cambodia and make it safe again

 

Jamie Fullerton

Tue 22 Oct 2019 06.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/22/whistles-warnings-kaboom-a-day-with-a-landmine-clearance-team-cambodia

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justin Trudeau's victory is a death knell for Canada's fledgling far-right

 

Canada’s 43rd election campaign capped a particularly bruising year for Trudeau, but in the end his right-leaning rivals fared worse

 

Martin Patriquin in Montreal

Tue 22 Oct 2019 07.17 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/justin-trudeaus-victory-is-a-death-knell-for-canadas-fledgling-far-right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'It's where we come from': the River People in Mexico left without a river

 

The loss of the Colorado River has destroyed the social fabric of the Cucapá tribe and is partly to blame for its population decline

 

 

Tue 22 Oct 2019 11.00 BST

by Nina Lakhani in El Mayor, Baja California Norte

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/22/mexico-colorado-river-people-left-without-river

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilians rally to clean beaches amid outrage at Bolsonaro's oil spill inaction

 

• Mystery surrounds origin of pollution in north-east
• President suggests ‘criminal act’ aims to scupper rights tender

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 22 Oct 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/brazil-oil-spill-beaches-bolsonaro-volunteers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israeli president he cannot form government

 

Opposition leader Benny Gantz will have 28 days to build coalition or risk fresh election

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 21 Oct 2019 18.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/israels-benjamin-netanyahu-fails-to-form-government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon's mass revolt against corruption and poverty continues

 

Dissent gains momentum with country’s largest protests since Cedar revolution of 2005

 

Martin Chulov in Beirut

Sun 20 Oct 2019 18.35 BST

 

 

Protesters in front of the Muhammad al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday

Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/20/lebanons-mass-revolt-against-corruption-and-poverty-continues

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The American Dark Money Behind Europe’s Far Right

 

Mary Fitzgerald and Claire Provost

 

 

 

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/10/the-american-dark-money-behind-europes-far-right/

 

 

 

 

 

Konstantin Malofeev

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Malofeev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A major Russian financing scandal connects to America’s Christian fundamentalists

 

After an explosive revelation in Italy, new questions surface about the World Congress of Families

 

Casey Michel Jul 12, 2019, 8:00 am

 

 

https://banned site link - malware reported.org/world-congress-of-families-anti-lgbtq-russian-far-right-financing-f9a3d4de4a90/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious Right’s Russian ‘Pro-Family’ Ally May Be Helping Fund Pro-Putin Propaganda

 

By Miranda Blue | November 23, 2015 4:19 pm

 

 

 

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-rights-russian-pro-family-ally-may-be-helping-fund-pro-putin-propaganda/

 

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Russia steps up its presence in north-east Syria after Turkey deal

 

More Russian troops arrive in border region as Donald Trump hails situation as a ‘big success’

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Wed 23 Oct 2019 15.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/russia-steps-up-presence-north-east-syria-after-turkey-deal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benny Gantz to be tasked with forming Israeli government

 

Ex-military chief expected to have 28 days to forge coalition and avoid third election in year

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 23 Oct 2019 13.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/israeli-opposition-leader-benny-gantz-to-be-asked-to-form-government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chilean leader tries to calm unrest with wage rises and taxes on rich

 

Sebastián Piñera announces plans after riot police use teargas to disperse protesters

 

Associated Press in Santiago

Wed 23 Oct 2019 11.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/chile-unrest-president-sebastian-pinera-wage-rises-taxes-on-rich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mohamed Ali: Egyptian exile who sparked protests in shock at mass arrests

 

In interview in Spain, businessman says he is in fear of contract killing and that he has new plan to topple President Sisi

 

Wed 23 Oct 2019 12.29 BST First published on Wed 23 Oct 2019 12.11 BST

Patrick Wintour in Barcelona

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/mohamed-ali-egyptian-exile-in-shock-over-street-protest-arrests

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two-thirds of British people see overseas aid as 'a major priority'

 

Survey of EU citizens reveals overwhelming belief in importance of helping people in poorer countries

 

Lucy Lamble

Wed 23 Oct 2019 13.15 BST Last modified on Wed 23 Oct 2019 13.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/23/two-thirds-of-british-people-see-overseas-aid-as-a-major-priority-eurobarometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cyntoia Brown: trafficked, enslaved, jailed for life at 16 – and fighting back

 

She was still a teenager when she was sold into sexual slavery and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Now Cyntoia Brown-Long hopes her new memoir will highlight the flaws in the US justice system that failed her so badly

 

Kate Hodal

Wed 23 Oct 2019 11.30 BST Last modified on Wed 23 Oct 2019 14.21 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/23/cyntoia-brown-long-trafficked-enslaved-jailed-for-life-at-16-and-fighting-back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China 'draws up plan to replace Carrie Lam' as Hong Kong protests drag on

 

Speculation over Hong Kong chief executive’s future comes as man whose murder case prompted the extradition bill is released from prison

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Wed 23 Oct 2019 08.25 BST First published on Wed 23 Oct 2019 00.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/china-draws-up-plan-to-replace-carrie-lam-as-hong-kong-protests-drag-on-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia has been playing a canny game in the Middle East, but can it continue?

 

Putin’s deal with Turkey is the latest in a smart power-broking strategy that will soon be tested to its limits

 

Wed 23 Oct 2019 15.47 BST Last modified on Wed 23 Oct 2019 15.57 BST

Olga Oliker

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/23/putin-middle-east-russia-turkey-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish state repression in Catalonia may be shocking – but it’s nothing new

 

As we learned in the Basque country, true democracy requires there to be peace on both sides

 

Wed 23 Oct 2019 13.06 BST

Arnaldo Otegi  ( leader of the Basque independence party EH Bildu )

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/23/spanish-state-repression-catalonia-democracy-basque

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Does everyone deserve to have their basic needs met?

 

October 10, 2019 9:43 AM CDT By Tim Libretti

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/does-everyone-deserve-to-have-their-basic-needs-met

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zucked: Early Facebook Investor Roger McNamee on How the Company Became a Threat to Democracy

 

October 23, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/23/roger_mcnamee_zucked_facebook_mark_zuckerberg

 

 

Edited October 23, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

'Be afraid': one woman’s fight to hold Liberia’s warlords to account

 

Faced by a ‘rising chorus of voices’, not least that of legislator Rustonlyn Dennis, President George Weah is considering setting up a long-awaited tribunal into decades-old war crimes

 

Ruth Maclean and Tecee Boley in Monrovia

Wed 23 Oct 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/23/the-time-to-be-afraid-is-over-the-quest-for-justice-and-healing-in-liberia-war-crimes

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia

[umbertino]

Turkey accused of using threats and deception to deport Syrian refugees

 

Amnesty claims people bussed out in handcuffs were beaten or signed ‘voluntary return’ forms in belief they would get blankets

 

Peter Beaumont

Fri 25 Oct 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/25/turkey-accused-of-using-threats-and-deception-to-deport-syrian-refugees

 

Erdogan, Al-Sisi, Bolsonaro, Bashar Al-Assad, Orban, Salvini etc .....As the YES song goes : I've seen all good People NOT......Horrible in the least.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I watched Fox News every day for 44 months – here's what I learned

 

As a media critic, I’ve had an intimate look at the channel’s morning show – and how it poisons the national conversation

 

Bobby Lewis

Fri 25 Oct 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/25/fox-news-watching-what-i-learned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The real reason some scientists downplay the risks of climate change

 

Climate deniers often accuse scientists of exaggerating the threats associated with the climate crisis, but if anything they’re often too conservative

 

Dale Jamieson, Michael Oppenheimer and Naomi Oreskes

Fri 25 Oct 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/the-real-reason-some-scientists-downplay-the-risks-of-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

US plans to send tanks to Syria oil fields, reversing Trump troop withdrawal – reports

 

• Tanks to come from units already in Middle East, report says
• Trump has said US ‘secured oil’ despite withdrawal

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 25 Oct 2019 02.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/24/us-military-syria-tanks-oil-fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At last Franco is properly buried. This victory belongs to the people of Spain

 

The dictator has laid in his pharaonic mausoleum for 44 years. Now the last great symbol of the dictatorship has gone

 

Thu 24 Oct 2019 18.44 BST

Irene Lozano

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/24/franco-victory-people-spain-mausoleum-dictatorship

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make no mistake: Medicare for All would cut taxes for most Americans

 

Not only would universal healthcare reduce taxes for most people, it would also lead to the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation for most workers

 

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

Fri 25 Oct 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/medicare-for-all-taxes-saez-zucman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'

 

Forecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 23 Oct 2019 17.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/23/amazon-rainforest-close-to-irreversible-tipping-point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK man who fought Isis found guilty of terror offence in retrial

 

Aidan James, 28, is first Briton to stand trial for travelling to Syria to join battle against Isis

 

PA Media

Thu 24 Oct 2019 17.29 BST Last modified on Thu 24 Oct 2019 17.46 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/24/uk-man-who-fought-isis-found-guilty-of-terror-offence-in-retrial

 

WTF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syrian regime inflicts 72 forms of torture on prisoners, report finds

 

More than 14,000 people thought to have been tortured to death by regime during war

• Warning: graphic information in this report may upset some readers

 

Michael Safi in Amman

Wed 23 Oct 2019 18.10 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/syrian-regime-inflicts-72-forms-of-torture-on-prisoners-report-finds

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Ex-Nazi camp guard admits seeing people taken to gas chamber

 

Bruno Dey, 93, tells trial he heard screaming but did not know killings were taking place

 

Associated Press in Berlin

Fri 25 Oct 2019 17.55 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/25/former-nazi-camp-guard-admits-seeing-people-being-led-into-gas-chamber

 

WTF......Yeah Sure.....

 

 

 

 

The Guardian view on General Franco’s exhumation: a Spanish lesson in memory

 

Eighty years after the civil war, Spain has faced up to the delicate but necessary task of ending its official veneration of the country’s fascist leader

 

Fri 25 Oct 2019 18.30 BST

Editorial

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/the-guardian-view-on-general-francos-exhumation-a-spanish-lesson-in-memory

 

Just another bastard who hurt a lot of People and certainly did not deserve to die in his bed...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chilean congress evacuated as police use teargas on protesters

 

• Staff hurry out of legislative building in port city of Valparaíso
• Truck drivers and public transport workers on strike in Santiago

 

Associated Press in Santiago

Fri 25 Oct 2019 22.52 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/25/chile-protests-congress-valparaiso-police

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mass graves found in Argentina – archive, 1982

 

25 October 1982: Estimates suggest that between 6,000 and 15,000 people disappeared during the country’s “dirty war”

 

Jeremy Morgan

Fri 25 Oct 2019 05.00 BST Last modified on Fri 25 Oct 2019 11.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/25/mass-graves-found-in-argentina-archive-1982

 

Generals Videla & Galtieri ( and many more) be damned!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan urged to stop imprisoning women for defying the wishes of men

 

Amnesty calls for end to detentions under male ‘guardianship’ system

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Thu 24 Oct 2019 09.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/24/jordan-urged-to-stop-imprisoning-women-for-defying-the-wishes-of-men

[umbertino]

Syria: videos of Turkey-backed militias show 'potential war crimes'

 

Arab forces have allegedly been filmed torturing Kurdish fighters and mutilating bodies

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Sat 26 Oct 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/26/syria-turkey-arab-videos-torture-kurdish-bodies-militia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About 41% of the world’s people are under 24. And they’re angry…

 

From Hong Kong to Chile, young people are rising up to fight injustice and inequality. Their elders should be grateful

 

Sat 26 Oct 2019 15.29 BST First published on Sat 26 Oct 2019 14.05 BST

Simon Tisdall

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/26/young-people-predisposed-shake-up-established-order-protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pentagon awards $10bn cloud computing deal to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon

 

Donald Trump said in August his administration would ‘take a very long look’ at contract, after public swipes at Amazon

 

Agencies

Sat 26 Oct 2019 07.12 BST Last modified on Sat 26 Oct 2019 07.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/oct/26/pentagon-awards-10bn-cloud-computing-deal-to-microsoft-snubbing-amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Europe: letters from JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Mary Beard and more

 

From Paris to Berlin, fado to football, boat trains to pen friends … public figures reflect on their lifelong relationship with Europe

 

JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Mary Beard, Jeffrey Boakye, Shami Chakrabarti, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Alan Hollinghurst, Michel Faber, Sandi Toksvig and Tony Robinson

Sat 26 Oct 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/26/dear-europe-letters-from-jk-rowling-neil-gaiman-may-beard-and-more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central African Republic considers hosting Russian military base

 

Kremlin denies discussion at Russia-Africa summit but CAR president says countries’ defence ministries were reviewing idea

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Fri 25 Oct 2019 12.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/25/central-african-republic-russia-military-base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Russians never surrender': Maria Butina arrives back in Moscow

 

Graduate student linked to NRA and Republicans served most of 18-month sentence for conspiring to act as a foreign agent

 

Reuters in Moscow

Sat 26 Oct 2019 15.29 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/26/maria-butina-moscow-nra-russia

 

 

 

 

‘It makes elections fair’: New York to vote on system that may curb polarized politics

 

Advocates see ranked-choice voting as effective way to ensure winning candidate received true majority of electorate’s support

 

Lauren Aratani in New York

Sat 26 Oct 2019 12.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/26/new-york-city-ranked-choice-voting-how-it-works

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ‘risk to democracy’ in Chile isn’t from protesters. It’s from Piñera and the 1%

 

Protest criminalised, direct action equated with terrorism: it’s starting to feel like the bad old days of Pinochet

 

Thu 24 Oct 2019 16.03 BST Last modified on Fri 25 Oct 2019 05.29 BST

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/24/democracy-chile-protesters-pinera-pinochet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US raid, says Donald Trump - latest updates

 

US president says jihadist leader detonated suicide vest in US raid in north-west Syria

 

Frances Perraudin

Sun 27 Oct 2019 14.13 GMT First published on Sun 27 Oct 2019 10.26 GMT

 

Key events

 

• 1h ago Baghdadi is dead, says Trump

Live feed

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/oct/27/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-islamic-state-leader-trump-syria

 

Good

 

[umbertino]

Hundreds shot and beaten as Chile takes to the streets

 

Doctors say they don’t have supplies to treat wounded and accuse authorities of under-reporting injuries

 

Jonathan Franklin in Santiago

Sun 27 Oct 2019 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/chile-hundreds-shot-and-beaten-street-protests

 

I thought the bastard Pinochet regime was over since 1990.......

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet

 

 

 

 

 

Protesters form human chain across Lebanon

 

Anti-government grassroots movement says it wants to foster feeling of national unity

 

Agence France-Presse in Beirut

Sun 27 Oct 2019 12.02 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/lebanon-protesters-form-human-chain-across-entire-country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish police clash with thousands of Catalan protesters in Barcelona

 

Police charge 10,000-strong crowd as pro-independence demonstration turns violent

 

Agencies

Sun 27 Oct 2019 04.13 GMT Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2019 04.21 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/spanish-police-clash-with-thousands-of-catalan-protestors-in-barcelona

 

Barcelona is a beautiful city....The local police ( "Mossos de esquadra" in Catalan) are/ were long-known  for their brutality  ( maybe a remain of dictator Franco times)

 

 

 

 

 

Rescued at sea: how did refugees’ lives in Europe turn out?

 

In June 2018, Italian photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi joined the last ship patrolling the Mediterranean to save refugees. Then, over many months, he tracked them down to their new homes

 

Sun 27 Oct 2019 10.15 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/27/refugees-rescued-at-sea-how-lives-turned-out-nicolo-lanfranchi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We were indifferent to the horror': Nazi camp inmate to give testimony at trial

 

Polish resistance fighter who escaped Stutthof will face Bruno Dey, accused of being accessory to murder of 5,230 people

 

Philip Oltermann in Hamburg

Sun 27 Oct 2019 12.17 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/indifferent-horror-nazi-reistance-fighter-bruno-dey-stutthof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria’s Kurds dreamt of a ‘Rojava revolution’. Assad will snuff this out

 

A brave social experiment looks doomed at the hands of Syria’s dictator

 

Sun 27 Oct 2019 07.13 GMT Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2019 10.43 GMT

Kenan Malik

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/27/syria-kurds-dreamt-of-rojava-revolution-assad-will-snuff-this-out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No wonder Wall Street fears Warren and Sanders – they speak for the people

 

Donald Trump’s victory showed right v left is irrelevant but he made anti-establishment fury work for those in charge

 

Sun 27 Oct 2019 05.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2019 05.02 GMT

Robert Reich  ( a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US )

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/27/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-joe-biden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death comes as new order takes shape in Middle East

 

In aftermath of Isis’s tremendous chaos and toxic mantra of intolerance, new spheres of influence are being demarcated

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Sun 27 Oct 2019 15.55 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/abu-bakr-al-baghdadis-death-comes-as-new-order-takes-shape-in-middle-east

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Donald Trump booed and greeted with 'lock him up' chants at World Series

 

• President attended Sunday’s baseball game in Washington DC
• Crowd booed when Trump appeared on video screen
•  

Tom Lutz

Mon 28 Oct 2019 02.32 GMT First published on Mon 28 Oct 2019 02.22 GMT

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/27/donald-trump-booed-world-series-lock-him-up-chants-baseball

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Bolsonaro says he's fighting corruption. So why is he surrounded by scandal?

 

Brazil’s president and his family are subsumed by multiple corruption scandals suggesting serious criminality

 

Mon 28 Oct 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 28 Oct 2019 10.02 GMT

David Miranda

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-br

 

The man is a self-proclaimed fascist and proud to be....To him, Brazil's best period was the 20 year plus military dictatorship...Hmmmm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship_in_Brazil

 

 

 

 

The lost "Rambos" of Papua New Guinea

 

 

Tribal fighting has long been present in the Papua New Guinea highlands, but the influx of modern automatic weaponry in the 1990s turned local disputes into lethal exchanges

 

October 2019

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2019/oct/28/the-lost-rambos-of-papua-new-guinea-how-weapons-and-hollywood-changed-tribal-disputes-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police arrest 84-year-old man over gun and arson attack at French mosque

 

Suspect in incident in Bayonne, south-west France, once stood as candidate for far-right Front National in local election

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Mon 28 Oct 2019 17.41 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/28/two-injured-in-arson-and-gun-attack-at-french-mosque

 

 

 

 

Lorry deaths tragedy should lead us to change views on migrants

 

Jackie Fearnley calls for a more humane asylum process, Jane Ghosh reminds us of the west’s previous actions, and Marie Jenkins suggests offering an amnesty to migrants detained in the UK

 

Letters

Mon 28 Oct 2019 17.41 GMT Last modified on Mon 28 Oct 2019 17.44 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/28/lorry-deaths-tragedy-should-lead-us-to-change-views-on-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vatican's Secret Archives no longer officially secret after renaming

 

Pope says new name for trove of priceless papers will be the Vatican Apostolic Archives

 

Reuters in Vatican City

Mon 28 Oct 2019 16.23 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/28/vatican-secret-archives-no-longer-officially-secret-renaming-pope-francis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe is failing to stand up to the bullies who threaten democracy

 

From Brexit to the Balkans to the plight of the Kurds, EU leaders have refused to defend multilateralism

 

Mon 28 Oct 2019 08.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 28 Oct 2019 17.42 GMT

Luke Cooper

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/28/europe-bullies-threaten-democracy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Far-right AfD surges to second place in German state election

 

Leftwing Die Linke leads in state of Thuringia, but political landscape is fragmented

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Sun 27 Oct 2019 19.03 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/far-right-afd-surges-to-second-place-in-german-state-elections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivia election protests block roads and shutter shops in capital

 

• Contested result gave President Evo Morales razor-thin win
• Strike in biggest city Santa Cruz enters sixth day

 

Reuters in La Paz

Mon 28 Oct 2019 15.57 GMT Last modified on Mon 28 Oct 2019 16.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/28/bolivian-election-protests-santa-cruz-block-roads-la-paz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina election: Macri out as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to office as VP

 

Victory of Alberto Fernández’s presidential campaign puts an end to the pro-business economic policies of Macri’s administration

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

Mon 28 Oct 2019 08.46 GMT

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/28/argentina-election-macri-out-as-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-returns-to-office-as-vp

 

 

 

 

 

Libya orders arrest of alleged trafficker who attended Italy migration talks

 

Arrest warrant issued for Abd al-Rahman Milad, suspected of drowning dozens of people

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Mon 28 Oct 2019 16.28 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/28/libya-orders-arrest-of-trafficker-who-attended-italy-migration-talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

“People Have Reached the Limit”: Lebanon Joins Wave of Anti-Government Protests Across Middle East

 

October 28, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/28/lebanon_human_chain_mass_protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Million Take to Streets of Chile in the “Largest Mobilization Since the End of Dictatorship”

 

October 28, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/28/chile_massive_protests_sebastian_pinera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History falsified as Europe says Nazis and communists are the same

 

October 23, 2019 12:41 PM CDT By Phil Katz

 

 

 

Soviet army veterans talk are accosted by ultra-right activists at the Soviet-era monument to Red Army General NIkolai Vatutin in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 13, 2018. Activists of the Right Sector group splashed red paint on the monument to Vatutin, who died in defending Ukraine from the Nazis during WWII. Efforts are now underway in Europe to equate Nazis and communists. | Efrem Lukatsky / AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/history-falsified-as-europe-says-nazis-and-communists-are-the-same/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With conviction of president’s brother, protest in Honduras reaches boiling point

 

October 24, 2019 1:13 PM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/with-conviction-of-presidents-brother-protest-in-honduras-reaches-boiling-point/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Lebanon PM Saad Hariri resigns amid mass protests

 

Hariri says he intends to make ‘positive shock’ to country gripped by mass protests

 

Martin Chulov in Beirut

Tue 29 Oct 2019 14.16 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/29/lebanons-pm-saad-hariri-resigns-amid-angry-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study

 

Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate

 

Jonathan Watts

Tue 29 Oct 2019 16.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 29 Oct 2019 16.38 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/rising-sea-levels-pose-threat-to-homes-of-300m-people-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany charges two Syrians with crimes against humanity

 

Alleged former secret service officers arrested in February over torture of prisoners

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin and Emma Graham-Harrison

Tue 29 Oct 2019 10.51 GMT

 

 

 

A Syrian man shows marks of torture after he was released from regime forces in Aleppo in 2012

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/oct/29/germany-charges-two-syrians-with-crimes-against-humanity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m the dad who took on Boris Johnson over the NHS. I can’t stand by as he runs it down

I confronted him about funding at Whipps Cross hospital. His reassurances since are utterly unconvincing

 

Tue 29 Oct 2019 15.11 GMT Last modified on Tue 29 Oct 2019 15.37 GMT

Omar Salem

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/29/nhs-saved-daughter-deliberately-run-down-whipps-cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong's reluctant police officer: 'It’s not for us to deliver punishment'

 

The battle with protesters is splitting the police force between those seeking power and others protecting freedoms

 

Verna Yu in Hong Kong

Tue 29 Oct 2019 00.00 GMT

 

 

Many pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/29/hong-kongs-reluctant-policeman-its-not-for-us-to-deliver-punishment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'They see us as slaves': Kenyan women head for the Gulf despite abuse fears

 

Kenyan government reforms promise to make domestic work safer in a region notorious for labour trafficking – but are they working?

 

Jillian Keenan and Njeri Rugene

Tue 29 Oct 2019 12.06 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/29/kenyan-women-gulf-despite-abuse-fears-domestic-workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make yourselves at home: the meaning of hospitality in a divided world

 

The act of welcoming and feeding strangers can transcend borders. Priya Basil discovers the power of unconditional hospitality

 

Tue 29 Oct 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/oct/29/make-yourselves-at-home-the-meaning-of-hospitality-in-a-divided-world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Armenian genocide resolution moves for final vote

(Updated with new information on the resolution)

 

 

Ahval

Oct 29 2019

 

 

https://ahval.me/armenian-genocide/armenian-genocide-resolution-moves-final-vote#

 

The genocide was operated by the Turks ....Turkey has always denied the massacre and still today keeps denying

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

 

 

 

 

 

 

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm, accusing it of hacking activists' phones

 

NSO Group’s spyware allegedly used in cyber-attacks on lawyers and journalists

 

Nick Hopkins and Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Tue 29 Oct 2019 21.49 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/29/whatsapp-sues-israeli-firm-accusing-it-of-hacking-activists-phones

 

 

 

 

German left wins Oct. 27 vote but far right makes big gains

 

October 29, 2019 3:15 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/german-left-wins-oct-27-vote-but-far-right-makes-big-gains/

 

 

 

 

Sanders: Use U.S. aid to force Israeli bargaining with Palestinians

 

October 29, 2019 10:08 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-use-u-s-aid-to-force-israeli-government-to-bargain-with-palestinians/

 

 

[umbertino]

How Pinochet's economic model led to the current crisis engulfing Chile

 

President Sebastián Piñera has chance to lay foundation of a real welfare state as protests reflect country’s discontent with inequalities

 

Kirsten Sehnbruch

Wed 30 Oct 2019 09.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/30/pinochet-economic-model-current-crisis-chile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If we’re serious about changing the world, we need a better kind of economics to do it

 

The pursuit of rapid growth won’t solve the huge challenges we face. A more honest, humane approach is the answer

 

Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee   ( joint winners of the 2019 Nobel prize in economic sciences )

Wed 30 Oct 2019 06.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/30/changing-world-better-economics-honest-humane

 

 

 

 

60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett and TV crew detained in Kiribati

 

Australian Channel Nine crew held at a hotel with officials stationed outside their rooms after being denied a filming permit

 

Kate Lyons and Amanda Meade

Wed 30 Oct 2019 04.24 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/30/60-minutes-reporter-liam-bartlett-and-crew-detained-in-kiribati

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why it’s not easy being a young lefty in eastern Europe

 

Many in the former eastern bloc are looking to socialism for answers. But the old labels are problematic

 

Wed 30 Oct 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 30 Oct 2019 11.08 GMT

Paula Erizanu

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/30/young-lefty-eastern-europe-socialism

 

 

 

 

Russia-backed Syria constitution talks begin in Geneva

 

150-strong committee meets to chart political settlement and negotiate end to civil war

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/30/russia-backed-syria-constitution-talks-begin-in-geneva

 

 

Edited October 30, 2019 by umbertino