Politics & environs 2022

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The Guardian view on Sweden’s election: enter the radical right

 

Mainstream parties have allowed the Sweden Democrats to shape the political agenda and are now paying the price

 

Fri 16 Sep 2022 18.25 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/16/the-guardian-view-on-swedens-election-enter-the-radical-right

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Biden vows to combat ‘venom and violence’ of white supremacy

 

President also urges Congress to do more to force social media companies to address spread of hate through their platforms

 

Joan E Greve and Maanvi Singh in New York and agencies

Fri 16 Sep 2022 00.55 BST








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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/biden-united-we-stand-summit-innitiatives
 

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‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight

The new Unicef goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for climate crisis

 

Sat 17 Sep 2022 08.09 BST

by Nina Lakhani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/17/vanessa-nakate-climate-activist-africa-cop27

 

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‘Olê, olá, Lula!’ Brazil’s voters sing for a heroic comeback to banish Bolsonaro

 

Polls show former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is on course for a return to power

 

Tom Phillips in Nova Iguaçu

Sun 18 Sep 2022 14.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/lula-presidential-return-brazil-polls-banish-bolsonaro

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California’s fast-food industry calls for referendum on new labor legislation

 

Law provides for councils to represent workers, but opponents claim menu prices will increase and restaurants will close

 

Michael Sainato

Sun 18 Sep 2022 10.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/18/california-labor-law-fast-food-industry-referendum
 

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Laughing all the way to the West Bank: the blind Palestinian comedian tearing down barriers

 

Joke by joke, standup sensation Sherihan El Hadwa is challenging lazy stereotypes about victimhood

 

Bethan McKernan in Tulkarm, West Bank

Sun 18 Sep 2022 10.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/blind-palestinian-standup-comedian-sheriahan-el-hadwa-stereotypes
 

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Joe Biden again says US forces would defend Taiwan from Chinese attack

 

White House confirms US policy has not changed after president’s remarks on 60 Minutes show

 

Vincent Ni and agencies

Mon 19 Sep 2022 09.26 BST










Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/joe-biden-repeats-claim-that-us-forces-would-defend-taiwan-if-china-attacked
 

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Iran protests enter third day after Kurdish woman’s death in custody

 

Protesters demand explanation for death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was accused of breaking strict hijab rules

 

Weronika Strzyżyńska and agencies

Mon 19 Sep 2022 15.21 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/mahsa-amini-iran-protests-enter-third-day-after-kurdish-womans-death-in-custody

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Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’

 

Document of 23 pages shows the lengths to which the far-right group goes to prepare for potentially violent encounters and exposes the militaristic structure and language it has adopted

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Mon 19 Sep 2022 07.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/proud-boys-document-jan-6-violence
 

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Iran president rules out meeting with Biden, saying it won’t be beneficial

 

Ebrahim Raisi says he sees no ‘changes in reality’ from Trump administration as hopes to revive nuclear talks dampen

 

Julian Borger in New York

Sun 18 Sep 2022 20.38 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-joe-biden-unga
 

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Jair Bolsonaro uses visit to London for Queen’s funeral as ‘election soapbox’

 

Speaking from the balcony of his ambassador’s home, Brazilian president rounds on leftists, abortion and ‘gender ideology’

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 18 Sep 2022 18.34 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/bolsonaro-uses-visit-to-london-for-queens-funeral-as-election-soapbox
 

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Under our monarchy, a deeply unequal world flourished

 

Readers respond to Afua Hirsch’s article calling for Britain to confront the painful truth of its colonial past

 

Letters

Sun 18 Sep 2022 17.46 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/under-our-monarchy-a-deeply-unequal-world-flourished
 

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Iranians demand end of morality police after death of Mahsa Amini

 

Tehran officials claim conspiracy amid fourth day of protests over 22-year-old woman’s death in custody

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tue 20 Sep 2022 14.08 BST










Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/iran-death-mahsa-amini-protests-morality-police
 

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This nine-year-old was enslaved in the US. Her story could help stop a chemical plant

 

The life stories of enslaved people are crucial to a legal battle over a Louisiana petrochemical facility that could triple residents’ exposure to carcinogens

 

Tue 20 Sep 2022 10.30 BST

by Geoff Dembicki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/20/formosa-sunshine-project-louisiana-rachel-buena-vista-plantation-taiwan

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‘We need more females on the frontline’: the women reducing gun violence in California

 

Elana Bolds, Tina Padilla and Claudia Bracho are leaders in the gang violence intervention field – from active shooter drills with children in Richmond to bringing in gang members to help with food distribution in Los Angeles. The Guardian follows their work in the community

 

Rosa Amanda Tuirán Grobet, Abené Clayton, Brandon Yadegari, Alex Healey Tom Silverstone Katie Lamborn, Source: The Guardian

Tue 20 Sep 2022 15.05 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2022/sep/20/women-reducing-gun-violence-california

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Venezuela intelligence agencies guilty of crimes against humanity – UN report

 

United Nations mission says President Nicolás Maduro and others ordered ‘grave crimes’ including torture to stifle opposition

 

AFP in Geneva

Tue 20 Sep 2022 15.20 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/venezuela-crimes-against-humanity-un-report-maduro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metro police handcuff peaceful anti-Bolsonaro protester to delight of Brazil’s far right

 

Police accused of unnecessary force as president’s son shares video of detention to show Britons ‘don’t like communists either’

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and Vivian Ho in London

Tue 20 Sep 2022 10.00 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/20/met-handcuff-peaceful-anti-bolsonaro-protester-to-delight-of-brazils-far-right
 

 

Police accused of unnecessary force as president’s son shares video of detention to show Britons ‘don’t like communists either’

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Iran sends police to end protests as rights groups say six killed

 

Police reportedly use teargas to disperse crowds as protests spread following death of Mahsa Amini

 

Patrick Wintour in New York

Wed 21 Sep 2022 15.16 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/iran-sends-police-end-protests-rights-groups-mahsa-amini
 

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Bolsonaro tries red scare tactics in Brazil election by raising spectre of Nicaragua

 

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 21 Sep 2022 11.00 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/bolsonaro-nicaragua-lula-brazil-election
 

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Syrian refugees mass in convoy on Turkish border to walk into Greece

 

Tens of thousands of people are planning to enter EU country together, after alleged racist attacks and rising tensions

 

Jessie Williams

Wed 21 Sep 2022 10.26 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/21/syrian-refugees-mass-in-convoy-on-turkish-border-to-walk-into-greece
 

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‘It’s going to explode’: young Palestinians look to the gun amid Israeli offensive

 

Israel’s Operation Breakwater aims to reduce the enemy’s ability to attack, but seems to be galvanising a new generation of fighters

 

Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Nablus, West Bank

Wed 21 Sep 2022 05.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/its-going-to-explode-young-palestinians-look-to-the-gun-amid-israeli-offensive
 

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Volunteers extend a hand to migrants from Texas: ‘We welcome them’

 

Mass bussing has been called a political stunt, but New York non-profit groups have mobilized to offer a sense of humanity

 

Gloria Oladipo in New York

Wed 21 Sep 2022 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/21/migrants-texas-new-york-asylum-seekers















 

 

 

 

‘You feel like you’re part of America’: California’s historic Little Arabia finally recognized

 

After decades of activism, the neighborhood becomes the first Arab American enclave to get an official designation

 

Yusra Farzan in Anaheim, California

Wed 21 Sep 2022 08.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/21/little-arabia-anaheim-arab-americans

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‘There’s a path towards death that people travel’: how hunger destroys lives and communities

 

With malnutrition reaching record levels, we look at its devastating effects on the body and mind and the urgent need for aid to prevent the suffering

 

Isabel Choat

Wed 21 Sep 2022 06.00 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/21/theres-a-path-towards-death-that-people-travel-how-hunger-destroys-lives-and-communities
 

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Cambodia court rejects genocide appeal of last surviving Khmer Rouge leader

 

Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, in what is likely to be UN-backed court’s last judgment

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Thu 22 Sep 2022 09.26 BST


Between 1.5 million and 2 million people were killed under the Khmer Rouge through a combination of mass executions, starvation and labour camps, in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. By the time the regime was ousted in 1979, about 25% of Cambodia’s population had died






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/khmer-rouge-tribunal-cambodia-court-rule-genocide-appeal-last-surviving-leader-khieu-samphan











 

‘Fat Leonard’, fugitive contractor in US navy’s worst corruption scandal, arrested in Venezuela

 

Malaysian defence contractor fled before sentencing in US over bribery scheme that lasted more than a decade and involved dozens of US navy officers

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Thu 22 Sep 2022 06.33 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/fat-leonard-fugitive-contractor-in-us-navys-worst-corruption-scandal-arrested-in-venezuela

 

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‘I’d rather leave than fight’: Russians react to Putin’s draft

 

President’s decision to mobilise citizens to bolster Ukraine invasion stirs feelings of fear and patriotism

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Wed 21 Sep 2022 18.29 BST







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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/21/russians-react-to-vladimir-putin-military-draft-russia-partial-mobilisation
 

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Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

 

Social media platforms have also been cut off in areas of Tehran and Kurdistan as videos of dissent go viral

 

Weronika Strzyżyńska and agencies

Thu 22 Sep 2022 13.08 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/iran-blocks-capitals-internet-access-as-amini-protests-grow