Politics & environs 2022

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Senator Chris Murphy: ‘victory after victory’ is coming for US gun control

 

A decade after the Sandy Hook shooting, the Democrat believes the US is ready to embrace change around firearms

 

Joan E Greve in Washington

Sat 3 Dec 2022 07.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/03/us-gun-control-senator-chris-murphy-victory-after-victory
 

He is an idiot. He has people who are armed to protect him but doesn't want other people to be able to protect themselves. Typical elitist thinking. 

[umbertino]

Colombia police used torture and sexual harassment to quell protests – Amnesty

 

Police accused of gender-based rights violations against women and LGBTQ+ people as they cracked down on protests in 2021

 

Luke Taylor in Bogotá

Thu 1 Dec 2022 16.44 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/01/colombian-police-used-gender-based-violence-2021-protests-amnesty-report
 

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Shireen Abu Akleh documentary to raise pressure on Biden over inquiry

 

Film offers most detailed account yet of journalist’s killing by Israeli army, including video of moments surrounding shooting

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Sun 4 Dec 2022 09.00 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/shireen-abu-akleh-documentary-faultlines-israel-biden-palestine
 

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Greece in ‘preliminary’ talks with British Museum about Parthenon marbles

 

Officials say they have met with George Osborne, and are keen to see the masterpieces back in Athens

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Sat 3 Dec 2022 17.09 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/03/greece-in-preliminary-talks-with-british-museum-about-parthenon-marbles
 

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Closed labs, cancelled classes: inside the largest strike to hit US higher education

 

University of California campuses come to a standstill as 48,000 student workers strike for better pay

 

Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

Fri 2 Dec 2022 11.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/02/closed-labs-cancelled-classes-inside-us-higher-education-largest-strike
 

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Elnaz Rekabi: Family home of Iranian climber demolished

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63847173

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Just what does it take to be considered unequivocally British?

 

Readers discuss being asked ‘Where are you really from?’ after this week’s encounter between the black British charity boss Ngozi Fulani and the Buckingham Palace aide Susan Hussey

 

 

Fri 2 Dec 2022 17.12 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/02/just-what-does-it-take-to-be-considered-unequivocally-british

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Six months after Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were murdered, the Amazon remains unsafe for activists

 

Activists are cautiously hopeful that the incoming president will bring relief to Bolsonaro’s forest-wrecking administration

 

Tom Phillips in the Amazon

Mon 5 Dec 2022 10.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/six-months-after-dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira-were-murdered-the-amazon-remains-unsafe-for-activists
 

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Mississippi man pleads guilty to burning cross in yard to intimidate Black family

 

DoJ says Axel Cox ‘admitted he burned cross because of the victims’ race and because they were occupying a home next to his’

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Mon 5 Dec 2022 10.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/05/mississippi-man-pleads-guilty-cross-burning-intimidate-black-family
 

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‘Sweden has a poverty problem’: the social stores offering food at rock-bottom prices

 

Rising food and energy prices are being felt across Europe. In the first part of a new series, we look at the impacts on daily life

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Mon 5 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/sweden-has-a-poverty-problem-the-social-stores-offering-food-at-rock-bottom-prices
 

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My name is Brian: the prisoner whose treatment put Switzerland on trial

 

Swiss tabloids portray Brian Keller as a monster called ‘Carlos’. UN torture experts say he has been traumatised by isolation and systemic racism

 

Sean Williams

Tue 19 Jul 2022 10.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/brian-keller-switzerland-prisoner-isolation-racism
 

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Longtermism: how good intentions and the rich created a dangerous creed

 

Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?

 

Sun 4 Dec 2022 13.00 GMT

John Naughton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2022/dec/04/longtermism-rich-effective-altruism-tech-dangerous

Edited December 5, 2022 by umbertino

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Hunger has taken hold across Africa. We need a new approach to tackling its causes

 

This week’s African Union summit in Ivory Coast is an opportunity to work towards a holistic food security strategy

 

Mon 5 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT

President Alassane Ouattara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/commentisfree/2022/dec/05/africa-hunger-malnutrition-food-security-ivory-coast-summit

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Lula faces stiff challenge to fulfil vow to reverse Amazon deforestation in Brazil

 

President’s predecessor Bolsonaro unleashed record destruction and emboldened loggers, land grabbers and illegal miners

 

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 5 Dec 2022 10.05 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/lula-brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation
 

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Iranian protesters call for three-day strike as pressure on regime builds

 

State media distance themselves from claim ‘morality police’ have been shut down after Mahsa Amini death

 

Patrick Wintour and agencies

Sun 4 Dec 2022 16.52 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/iranian-protesters-call-for-three-day-strike-as-pressure-on-regime-builds
 

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Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera submits new evidence to ICC

 

Network files formal request against Israel over shooting of Palestinian-American journalist in West Bank

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Tue 6 Dec 2022 14.57 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/shireen-abu-akleh-al-jazeera-submits-new-evidence-to-icc
 

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Honduras partially suspends constitutional rights to tackle extortion

 

Plan will flood gang-infested neighbourhoods in two largest cities for next 30 days

 

Jeff Ernst in Tegucigalpa

Tue 6 Dec 2022 15.39 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/honduras-partially-suspends-constitutional-rights-extortion
 

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US man ‘trapped’ in Russian-controlled Donetsk despite release from prison

 

Exclusive: Suedi Murekezi, who was detained in Ukraine in June by occupying forces, says lack of ID papers means he cannot leave city

 

Pjotr Sauer

Tue 6 Dec 2022 14.52 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/american-donetsk-suedi-murekezi-russian-controlled-ukraine-prison
 

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Indonesia passes legislation banning sex outside marriage

 

Rights groups say amended criminal code underscores shift towards fundamentalism

 

Lorcan Lovett in Bangkok and Oliver Holmes

Tue 6 Dec 2022 14.17 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/indonesia-passes-legislation-banning-sex-outside-marriage


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Oil tankers queue up off Turkey as price cap on Russian crude begins

 

Turkish authorities demand that insurers prove that ships heading through straits are fully covered

 

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Tue 6 Dec 2022 10.38 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/06/oil-tanker-jam-turkey-price-cap-russian-crude
 

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Ex-congressman charged with money laundering over $50m Venezuela deal

 

Republican David Rivera, arrested over consulting contract, also charged with acting as unregistered agent of Maduro government

Guardian staff and agencies

Tue 6 Dec 2022 13.36 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/david-rivera-venezuela-money-laundering-agent
 

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US judge dismisses case against Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing

 

Judge says Mohammed bin Salman entitled to sovereign immunity despite ‘credible allegations’ of involvement in journalist’s murder

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Tue 6 Dec 2022 21.37 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/us-judge-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-khashoggi
 

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Argentina’s Cristina Fernández sentenced to six years in $1bn fraud case

 

Vice-president and former president also given lifelong ban on holding public office after being found guilty

 

Amy Booth in Buenos Aires

Tue 6 Dec 2022 21.21 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-argentina-sentenced-prison-fraud-case
 

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Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds

 

Twelve-person jury returns guilty verdict against former president’s company after being sent out on Monday to deliberate

 

Guardian staff

Tue 6 Dec 2022 21.02 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/trump-organization-guilty-verdict-tax-fraud
 

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German police raids target alleged far-right extremists seeking to overthrow state

 

Minor aristocrat, ex-paratrooper and AfD MP detained in operation against claimed Reichsbürger plot

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin and Philip Oltermann

Wed 7 Dec 2022 15.22 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/german-police-raids-target-far-right-reich-citizens-movement