Politics & environs 2022

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US mass shootings are getting deadlier and more common, analysis shows

 

The last five years have seen more mass shootings than any other comparable time span dating back to 1966, with 31 massacres from 2017 through 2021, compared with 24 from 2012 through 2016

 

Anastasia Valeeva, Wendy Ruderman, Katie Park for the Marshall Project

Wed 6 Jul 2022 07.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/06/us-mass-shootings-deadlier-more-common
 

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Turkey should face international court over Yazidi genocide, report says

 

Exclusive: Investigation by group of prominent human rights lawyers also criticises Syria and Iraq

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 6 Jul 2022 00.01 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/05/turkey-should-face-international-court-over-yazidi-genocide-report-says-helena-kennedy
 

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The public saw Boris Johnson as warmly authentic, then devious and corrupt

 

He faced phenomenal challenges but had a disrespect for parliament and the public that finally caught up with him

 

Thu 7 Jul 2022 13.58 BST

Simon Jenkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-warmly-authentic-devious-and-corrupt

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The Tories should hang their heads in shame: Boris Johnson is the worst leader we have known

 

The party created a monster. It should not underestimate how hard it will be to stop him, even after he is prised from power

 

Thu 7 Jul 2022 11.55 BST

Gaby Hinsliff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-conservatives-resign-leadership

 

 

 

 

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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, dies after being shot

 

Longest-serving PM, known for his ‘Abenomics’ policy, shot while making campaign speech in Nara

 

Justin McCurry in Nara

Fri 8 Jul 2022 13.52 BST





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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-japans-former-prime-minister-dies-after-being-shot
 

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Lavrov walks out of G20 talks after denying Russia is causing food crisis

 

Russian foreign minister accuses the west of frenzied criticism over his country’s invasion of Ukraine

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 8 Jul 2022 12.13 BST






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/lavrov-leaves-g20-talks-early-denying-russia-causing-food-crisis
 

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Brazil: Boris Johnson’s fall met with hope and humour by foes of Bolsonaro

 

UK prime minister’s fellow populist is facing a tough re-election fight in October against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Fri 8 Jul 2022 14.40 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/brazil-boris-johnson-jair-bolsonaro
 

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Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos dies aged 79

 

Dos Santos’s near-four-decade rule was marked by brutal civil war lasting almost three decades

 

Reuters in Luanda

Fri 8 Jul 2022 13.45 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/angolas-former-president-jose-eduardo-dos-santos-dies-aged-79
 

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‘Children were hunted by armed men’: Malians seek safety in Mauritania

 

Thousands have exchanged fighting between government forces, jihadists and mercenaries linked to Russia, for the meagre security of border camps

 

Nick Roll in M’bera, Mauritania. Photographs by Guy Peterson/The Guardian

Fri 8 Jul 2022 07.15 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/08/mali-refugee-camps-mauritania-wagner-conflict-drives-thousands-across-border
 

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Growing ‘culture of extremism’ among UK and European police forces, report warns

 

Officers are sharing racist content online, with some wearing the ‘thin blue line’ avatar, associated with white nationalism among US police

 

Mark Townsend

Sun 10 Jul 2022 09.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/10/growing-culture-of-extremism-among-uk-and-european-police-forces-report-warns

 

Same happens here in Italy

Edited July 10, 2022 by umbertino

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Policing Right-Wing Dictatorships: Some preliminary comparisons of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Franco’s Spain

 

Jonathan Dunnage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://journals.openedition.org/chs/200?lang=en

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Sri Lanka: president agrees to resign amid unrest

 

Beleaguered Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will step down on 13 July, following turmoil in Colombo

 

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Devana Senanayake in Colombo

Sat 9 Jul 2022 18.11 BST






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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/sri-lanka-protests-thousands-storm-presidents-residence-colombo
 

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It’s not only Britain. The west needs honest, trustworthy leaders to deter autocrats

 

A critical showdown is looming with Russia and China, but public confidence and belief in democratic politicians and institutions are waning

 

Sun 10 Jul 2022 11.00 BST

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/10/britain-west-needs-honest-trustworthy-leaders-to-deter-autocrats-boris-johnson

 

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Jenin violence rages two months after death of Al Jazeera journalist

 

Amid row over fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh, refugee camp is still subject to near-nightly raids by Israel Defence Forces

 

Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Jenin

Mon 11 Jul 2022 12.53 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/jenin-violence-continues-two-months-after-death-of-al-jazeera-journalist












 

‘An oasis of hope’ – how football is a cause for optimism in Palestine

 

Despite all the difficulties the national team has qualified for the 2023 Asian Cup, their third consecutive appearance

 

John Duerden

Mon 11 Jul 2022 08.00 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/11/an-oasis-of-hope-how-football-is-a-cause-for-optimism-in-palestine
 

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Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa fails in effort to flee country

 

Airport staff reportedly block departing president from using VIP lane to board flight to Dubai

 

Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

Tue 12 Jul 2022 13.57 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/12/sri-lanka-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-fails-attempt-flee-airport
 

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Detroit to reform cash bail system to end practices that jail people ‘too poor to purchase their freedom’

 

Overhaul is the result of a lawsuit and is intended to challenge two-tier system where low-income people are jailed for lack of funds

 

Coral Murphy Marcos

Wed 13 Jul 2022 11.00 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/13/cash-bail-reform-detroit-michigan-court
 

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Sudan woman faces death by stoning for adultery in first case for a decade

 

Campaigners say sentence amounts to torture amid fears that country’s new regime is rolling back women’s rights

 

Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Wed 13 Jul 2022 11.23 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/13/sudan-woman-faces-death-by-stoning-for-adultery-in-first-case-for-a-decade

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UK: Farah case highlights fate of less famous victims of trafficking

 

Home Office accused of prioritising exceptional cases in immigration decisions

 

Emily Dugan and Diane Taylor

Thu 14 Jul 2022 14.09 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/14/mo-farah-case-less-famous-trafficking-victims-samet
 

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Let’s rebuild the US microchip industry – not give it a $50bn-plus check

 

If private companies are going to benefit from taxpayer subsidies, the financial gains made by these companies must be shared with the American people

 

Thu 14 Jul 2022 15.03 BST

Bernie Sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/14/us-microchip-industry-bernie-sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing, GM, FedEx: these are as complicit as the far right in threatening US democracy

 

Corporations are underwriting the thuggery of Trump and his allies – all because they want to pay as little tax as possible

 

Thu 14 Jul 2022 11.20 BST

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/14/uber-democracy-trump-capitol-attack-january-6

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Man charged with rape of 10-year-old who had abortion after rightwing media called story ‘not true’

 

Police say Ohio man confessed to raping a girl who went to Indiana for abortion, following the right’s attempts to discredit story

 

Adam Gabbatt and agencies

Thu 14 Jul 2022 15.03 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/14/man-charged-10-year-old-abortion-rightwing-media-indiana-ohio
 

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Average UK household £8,800 a year worse off than those in France or Germany

 

Thinktank blames inequality and poor productivity as CBI calls for investment policies to fuel growth

 

Larry Elliott

Wed 13 Jul 2022 00.01 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/13/average-uk-household-8800-a-year-worse-off-than-those-in-france-or-germany
 

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50 years of racism -- why silence isn’t the answer | James A. White Sr.

 

 

 

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Brazil: killing of Lula’s party treasurer raises fears of violent run-up to election

 

Marcelo de Arruda was shot at his birthday party by a supporter of President Bolsonaro

 

Andrew Downie

Fri 15 Jul 2022 05.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/15/killing-of-lulas-party-treasurer-by-bolsonaro-supporter-raises-fears-of-violent-runup-to-brazils-election
 

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IVF may be in jeopardy in states where embryos are granted personhood

 

People hoping to conceive with in vitro fertilization consider moving stored embryos to states where abortion is protected

 

Chabeli Carranza and Jennifer Gerson

Sat 16 Jul 2022 13.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/16/ivf-anti-abortion-states-embryos-personhood

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Fist bumps as Joe Biden arrives to reset ties with ‘pariah’ Saudi Arabia

 

Oil markets top of the agenda for US president who receives subdued welcome three years after Jamal Khashoggi comments

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Sat 16 Jul 2022 00.00 BST








Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/15/fist-bumps-as-joe-biden-arrives-to-reset-ties-with-pariah-saudi-arabia