Politics & environs 2023

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Outrage over alleged Nazi homeschooling group in Ohio

 

Telegram channel reportedly distributed lessons plans which included writing exercises based on Hitler quotes

 

Adam Gabbatt

Wed 1 Feb 2023 15.48 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/01/nazi-homeschooling-group-ohio-condemned
 

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California police kill double amputee who was fleeing: ‘Scared for his life’

 

Anthony Lowe’s family says they want to see Huntington Park police prosecuted: ‘I’m heartbroken and filled with rage’

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Wed 1 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/anthony-lowe-police-killing-amputee-huntington-park
 

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Exiled Bolsonaro lives it up in Florida as legal woes grow back home

 

Ex-Brazilian president faces criminal inquiries, including an investigation into his alleged role in the Brasília uprising

 

Richard Luscombe in Kissimmee and Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 1 Feb 2023 10.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/bolsonaro-exile-florida-legal-woes-grow-brazil
 

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The Guardian view on violence in Israel-Palestine: the risk of a third intifada

 

Domestic political failures require others to step up, but tepid calls for calm from the US are not remotely sufficient

 

Tue 31 Jan 2023 19.15 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/31/the-guardian-view-on-violence-in-israel-palestine-the-risk-of-a-third-intifada

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‘These women saved lives’: the film inspired by surviving Rwanda’s genocide

 

As a child, Jo Ingabire Moys saw the slaughter of her family. Thirty years on, her film Bazigaga, about a shaman heroine of the genocide, is shortlisted for a Bafta

 

Wed 1 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT

Sarah Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/01/bazigaga-film-rwanda-genocide-jo-ingabire-moys-bafta

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Citizens’ assemblies: are they the future of democracy?

 

A look at the surge in popularity of randomly selected councils that offer an alternative to politics as we know it

 

Eva Talmadge

Wed 1 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/01/citizens-assemblies-are-they-the-future-of-democracy
 

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Rate of executions in Saudi Arabia almost doubles under Mohammed bin Salman

 

Last six years among bloodiest in kingdom’s modern history despite push to modernise

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Wed 1 Feb 2023 19.11 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/executions-in-saudi-arabia-almost-double-under-mohammed-bin-salman
 

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Nearly 14,000 Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating impact of pollution

 

People from Niger delta areas of Ogale and Bille seeking justice in London’s high court

 

Sandra Laville

Thu 2 Feb 2023 06.01 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/02/nearly-14000-nigerians-take-shell-to-court-over-devastating-impact-of-pollution
 

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Inside Villa Somalia: 72 hours with the president of ‘the most dangerous country in the world’

 

Fri 3 Feb 2023 07.00 GMT

Tom Gardner in Mogadishu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/03/hassan-sheikh-mohamud-interview-somalia

 

 

Fmr. Italian colony ( along with Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea) during fascism....

 

 

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Netanyahu is an existential threat to Israel. He can be resisted – but only with Palestinian support

 

The Israeli prime minister’s latest power grab should prompt his opponents to turn to an unlikely ally

 

Fri 3 Feb 2023 16.26 GMT

Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/03/benjamin-netanyahu-palestinian-israel-prime-minister

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US secretary of state postpones China visit after spy balloon flies over Montana

 

Antony Blinken delays trip, as China claims balloon was for ‘meteorological’ purposes and was blown off course

 

Julian Borger in Washington and Helen Davidson in Taipei

Fri 3 Feb 2023 16.46 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/china-spy-balloon-secretary-of-state-trip-postponed
 

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Bolsonaro attended meeting about plot to keep him in power, senator says

 

Senator says he was asked to get justice to make compromising comments on tape as Bolsonaro ‘sat in silence’

 

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 2 Feb 2023 18.52 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/02/bolsonaro-allegedly-attended-meetings-coup-plot-senator
 

 

 

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Descendants of Namibia’s genocide victims call on Germany to ‘stop hiding’

 

Herero and Nama people demand direct talks and take Namibian government to court for accepting reparations on their behalf for 1904-1908 killings

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Fri 3 Feb 2023 06.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/03/namibia-genocide-victims-herero-nama-germany-reparations
 

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VP Harris: Tyre Nichols was murdered by police charged with keeping him safe

 

February 3, 2023 9:46 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/vp-harris-tyre-nichols-was-murdered-by-police-charged-with-keeping-him-safe/

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Myanmar military rulers extend state of emergency for another six months

 

February 3, 2023 10:20 AM CST By Roger McKenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/myanmar-military-rulers-extend-state-of-emergency-for-another-six-months/

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Oil refineries are polluting U.S. waterways – and too often, legally

 

February 3, 2023 10:32 AM CST By Blanca Begert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/oil-refineries-are-polluting-u-s-waterways-and-too-often-legally/

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US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

 

Balloon was downed over the North Carolina coast, with the goal of recovering the remnants before they sink into the ocean

 

Julian Borger

Sat 4 Feb 2023 20.09 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/04/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down-us
 

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Haiti garment workers share $1m payout a year after factory closure

 

More than 1,100 workers who were left destitute to be compensated by owner of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein

 

Sarah Butler

Sun 5 Feb 2023 15.28 GMT














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/haiti-garment-workers-share-1m-payout-a-year-after-factory-closure
 

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Iran’s supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners

 

Some arrested in recent anti-government protests included in pardons, according to state media

 

Reuters

Sun 5 Feb 2023 14.44 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/irans-supreme-leader-pardons-tens-of-thousands-of-prisoners
 

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Britain was sick before Brexit. Until the left accepts that, the likes of Liz Truss won’t give up

 

Brexit was the wrong answer to a perfectly valid question. In order to win now, Keir Starmer must steer clear of the status quo

 

Sun 5 Feb 2023 13.02 GMT

Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/britain-brexit-liz-truss-keir-starmer

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Israel protests: thousands rally for fifth week against government’s legal reforms

 

Protests were held in 20 cities across Israel, with demonstrators also decrying proposed settlement expansion in the West Bank

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 5 Feb 2023 01.06 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/israel-protests-thousands-rally-for-fifth-week-against-governments-legal-reforms

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‘Can you spell lynching?’: lawyer’s shocking note in Texas execution case

 

Appeals court submission exposes racial toxicity in case of Black man John Balentine, sentenced to death for 1999 triple murder

 

Ed Pilkington

Sun 5 Feb 2023 07.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/texas-john-balentine-death-penalty-case-execution
 

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World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack

 

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund threatens to vote against boards on firms it holds investments with over lax climate and social targets

 

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Fri 3 Feb 2023 12.46 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/03/worlds-biggest-investment-fund-warns-directors-to-tackle-climate-crisis-or-face-sack
 

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Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball

 

President Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile stance towards Nato and democratic principles can no longer go unpunished

 

Sun 5 Feb 2023 08.00 GMT

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/turkeys-two-faced-sultan-is-no-friend-of-the-west-its-time-to-play-hardball

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‘My city is destroying itself’: Juliaca under siege as death toll rises in Peru’s uprising

 

Two months on, there’s no solution in sight as authorities use force to try to subdue protests calling for political change

 

Tom Phillips in Juliaca

Sun 5 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/juliaca-under-siege-as-death-toll-rises-in-uprising-against-perus-government