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“Unpleasantly surprised” and, above all, very disappointed: the resigning government of the Netherlands deplored ” at the highest point “ Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to move its head office and fiscal location from The Hague to London. The announcement, made Monday, November 15 in the morning, is accompanied by what the Dutch equate to a stab: the oil and gas giant will officially become Shell Plc, by waiving the qualifiers « royal » and « dutch » (” Dutch “). The CEO and CFO will also be relocating to the British capital.
The company explains above all its action by a desire to simplify its organization, in order to better redistribute its profits to shareholders. Shell will in fact have only one class of shares, whereas there are currently “class A” and “class B” categories. « [Cela] will make it possible to organize more share buybacks ”, provides leadership.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Shell and ExxonMobil firmly called to order over climate policy
The obligation for Shell to submit to the constraints of the energy transition and achieve carbon neutrality is another reason for this transfer. On Wednesday May 26, the district court in The Hague had forced the group to reduce its emissions faster than expected. Environmental organizations and some 17,000 citizens had won a lawsuit requiring the company to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, in order to comply with the Paris climate agreement of 2015.
Taxation projects
Shell has appealed but is expected, pending this judgment, to comply with the judgment issued at first instance. The management ensures that his move does not change anything in the trial and the appeal in progress. The Friends of the Earth association, one of the complainants, agrees. “The legal proceedings remain before the Dutch courts of justice”, explains Peer de Rijk, coordinator of the complaint.
The move to London is also linked to tax issues and the taxation of dividends. In 2018, public opinion was shocked by the fact that Shell had not paid taxes when its profit had risen to 1.3 billion euros the previous year. In the process, the government of Liberal Mark Rutte tried to correct the image of a kingdom ranked fourth in the world ranking of tax havens for large companies, according to data from the International Network for Tax Justice.
He therefore introduced a plan to tax the profits of tax-exempt groups, even if their head office is established in the kingdom. Until then, Shell could accumulate the losses of its subsidiaries and deduct them – just like its investments abroad – from its profits in the Netherlands. Its taxes had therefore been reduced to almost nil over the past decade. Mr. Rutte had previously defended a plan to abolish the 15% tax on dividends paid to shareholders, which would have saved Shell 7 billion euros.
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The company explains above all its action by a desire to simplify its organization, in order to better redistribute its profits to shareholders. Shell will in fact have only one class of shares, whereas there are currently “class A” and “class B” categories. « [Cela] will make it possible to organize more share buybacks ”, provides leadership.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Shell and ExxonMobil firmly called to order over climate policy
The obligation for Shell to submit to the constraints of the energy transition and achieve carbon neutrality is another reason for this transfer. On Wednesday May 26, the district court in The Hague had forced the group to reduce its emissions faster than expected. Environmental organizations and some 17,000 citizens had won a lawsuit requiring the company to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, in order to comply with the Paris climate agreement of 2015.
Taxation projects
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The move to London is also linked to tax issues and the taxation of dividends. In 2018, public opinion was shocked by the fact that Shell had not paid taxes when its profit had risen to 1.3 billion euros the previous year. In the process, the government of Liberal Mark Rutte tried to correct the image of a kingdom ranked fourth in the world ranking of tax havens for large companies, according to data from the International Network for Tax Justice.
He therefore introduced a plan to tax the profits of tax-exempt groups, even if their head office is established in the kingdom. Until then, Shell could accumulate the losses of its subsidiaries and deduct them – just like its investments abroad – from its profits in the Netherlands. Its taxes had therefore been reduced to almost nil over the past decade. Mr. Rutte had previously defended a plan to abolish the 15% tax on dividends paid to shareholders, which would have saved Shell 7 billion euros.
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37-year-old Danny Fenster, here in 2020, who works for Frontier Myanmar magazine, was arrested on May 24 at Yangon International Airport as he tried to leave the country. AP
After one hundred and seventy-six days in prison, the American journalist Danny Fenster will return to the United States. He was released and was due to be expelled from the country, said on Monday (November 15th).to Agence France-Presse (AFP) a Burmese government source.
Mr. Fenster was pardoned “For humanitarian reasons” after negotiations with former US diplomat Bill Richardson and two Japanese envoys, the junta’s communications service said in a statement.
Mr Richardson says he negotiated the release during a visit to Burma, during which he had one-on-one talks with General Min Aung Hlaing, the military leader who overthrew Aung’s elected government San Suu Kyi. The two men discussed the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and medical supplies.
Bill Richardson and Danny Fenster to return to the United States “Via Qatar, over the next day and a half”, said the Richardson Center. A photo posted on Twitter by Bill Richardson shows him next to Danny Fenster standing in shorts and flip flops in front of a small plane, on the tarmac in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma.
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The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, welcomed this release. “We are happy that Danny will be with his family soon and we continue to call for the release of others who are still unjustly imprisoned in Burma”, underlined the Secretary of State in a press release.
Sentenced to eleven years in prison
37-year-old journalist, who works for the magazine Frontier Myanmar, was arrested on May 24 at Yangon international airport while trying to leave the country, and was being held near Rangoon, the economic capital, in Insein prison with many political prisoners. He was the first Western journalist to be detained for years in Burma. Other foreign journalists held by the junta were held for shorter periods, including American Nathan Maung, who was released in June, two weeks after Danny Fenster’s arrest. Beaten and deprived of water for several days during his interrogation, Mr. Maung believes American diplomacy allowed his release.
Friday, November 12, Mr. Fenster was sentenced to eleven years in prison ” for incitement to dissent, illegal association and violation of visa law ”, his lawyer, Than Zaw, told AFP. He was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for terrorism and sedition, and for doing so faced life imprisonment.
The UN and the United States called on the Burmese junta to release him without delay. “Journalists have been attacked since 1is February, with the military leaders who are clearly trying to prevent them from reporting on the serious human rights violations perpetrated throughout Burma, but also on the extent of opposition to the regime ”, denounced, on Friday, Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, asking the junta to “Release immediately” Danny Fenster. American diplomacy had also demanded his release, believing that “Today’s verdict represents an unjust conviction of an innocent person”.
Burma has sunk into chaos since the military putsch of 1is February which ended a ten-year democratic parenthesis. The regime continues a bloody crackdown on its opponents with more than 1,200 civilians killed and more than 7,000 in detention, according to the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners. This local NGO reports cases of torture, rape and extrajudicial executions.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers The ruling junta in the face of the “Burmese revolution”
The press is muzzled by the junta, which tries to strengthen its control of information, limiting access to the Internet and canceling media licenses. More than 100 journalists have been arrested since the putsch, according to Reporting Asean, an association for the defense of rights, which points out that 31 of them are still in detention.
“This is fantastic news for Danny and his family”Burma specialist Richard Horsey told the NGO International Crisis Group, according to whom “He had done nothing wrong and should never have suffered this hell”. “It is also important at this time to remember the many Burmese journalists who are unfairly detained, and who must also be released”, he added.
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After one hundred and seventy-six days in prison, the American journalist Danny Fenster will return to the United States. He was released and was due to be expelled from the country, said on Monday (November 15th).to Agence France-Presse (AFP) a Burmese government source.
Mr. Fenster was pardoned “For humanitarian reasons” after negotiations with former US diplomat Bill Richardson and two Japanese envoys, the junta’s communications service said in a statement.
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Bill Richardson and Danny Fenster to return to the United States “Via Qatar, over the next day and a half”, said the Richardson Center. A photo posted on Twitter by Bill Richardson shows him next to Danny Fenster standing in shorts and flip flops in front of a small plane, on the tarmac in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma.
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Sentenced to eleven years in prison
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The UN and the United States called on the Burmese junta to release him without delay. “Journalists have been attacked since 1is February, with the military leaders who are clearly trying to prevent them from reporting on the serious human rights violations perpetrated throughout Burma, but also on the extent of opposition to the regime ”, denounced, on Friday, Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, asking the junta to “Release immediately” Danny Fenster. American diplomacy had also demanded his release, believing that “Today’s verdict represents an unjust conviction of an innocent person”.
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Read also Article reserved for our subscribers The ruling junta in the face of the “Burmese revolution”
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“This is fantastic news for Danny and his family”Burma specialist Richard Horsey told the NGO International Crisis Group, according to whom “He had done nothing wrong and should never have suffered this hell”. “It is also important at this time to remember the many Burmese journalists who are unfairly detained, and who must also be released”, he added.
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At least 19 gendarmes and a civilian were killed Sunday (November 14) in an attack by suspected jihadists in Inata, northern Burkina Faso, the army and government said. “Around 5:30 am, the gendarmerie detachment from Inata […] was the subject of a terrorist attack ”, indicated the staff of the armies in a press release. “We have as a provisional assessment 20 deceased, including a civilian”, said the Minister of Security, Maxime Koné, on national radio.
The minister said that the gendarmes attacked “Resisted and fought bravely” and “Survivors have been found”. “The operations are still in progress and the research work” any other survivors and assailants continued on Sunday night, he added.
Episode 1 Judges “overwhelmed” by jihadist violence
According to a security source, the attack, which occurred in Soum province (Sahel region), was carried out by “A significant number of armed individuals” circulating “Aboard several pick-ups and motorcycles”. He evoked “Long exchanges of fire” between the attackers and the gendarmes. This attack is one of the deadliest against the Burkinabe defense and security forces since the country faced jihadist actions six years ago.
Another attack took place on Sunday morning in Kelbo, a town in the same province of Soum, said communication minister and government spokesman Ousséni Tamboura. “Fortunately, this attack was repelled by the soldiers, helped by the Volunteers for the defense of the homeland [VDP, des supplétifs civils engagés dans la lutte antidjihadiste aux côtés des forces de défense et de sécurité], without making a victim ”, he said.
Seven police officers killed on Friday in Alkoma
A local elected official joined by AFP mentioned helicopter overflights in the area “Since Sunday morning”, claiming that the day before “Two civilians were killed by an explosive device” in the province of Soum. On Friday, seven police officers were killed and five wounded in an attack in Alkoma, in the neighboring province of Séno (northeast), according to the general direction of the police.
Burkina Faso has been facing regular and deadly jihadist attacks since 2015, particularly in the northern and eastern regions, in the so-called “three borders” area, on the borders of Mali and Niger, two countries also facing terrorist operations. The violence, sometimes mixed with intercommunal clashes, has left around 2,000 dead and forced 1.4 million people to flee their homes.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers These displaced people who we do not want to see or count in Burkina Faso
On Tuesday, the Burkinabe opposition demanded “Urgent measures” in front of the “Deterioration of the security situation” after the upsurge in jihadist attacks, threatening to take to the streets to demand the “Immediate resignation of the head of state”, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The president had put the fight againstterrorismat the heart of the campaign for his re-election for a second five-year term at the end of 2020.
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The minister said that the gendarmes attacked “Resisted and fought bravely” and “Survivors have been found”. “The operations are still in progress and the research work” any other survivors and assailants continued on Sunday night, he added.
Episode 1 Judges “overwhelmed” by jihadist violence
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Seven police officers killed on Friday in Alkoma
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Read also Article reserved for our subscribers These displaced people who we do not want to see or count in Burkina Faso
On Tuesday, the Burkinabe opposition demanded “Urgent measures” in front of the “Deterioration of the security situation” after the upsurge in jihadist attacks, threatening to take to the streets to demand the “Immediate resignation of the head of state”, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The president had put the fight againstterrorismat the heart of the campaign for his re-election for a second five-year term at the end of 2020.
To not miss anything on African news, subscribe to the newsletter of World Africa from this link. Every Saturday at 6 a.m., find a week of current events and debates treated by the editorial staff of World Africa.
The World with AFP
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This means that Herzog will be out of the World Cup this season and, because of the qualification procedure, also for the upcoming European and World Championships. Austria’s sportswoman of the year 2019 still has a small hope for the Olympic Games in February.
Intensive therapy will take place until the turn of the year, after which the situation will be reassessed. “If the signs improve that this intervertebral disc no longer presses on the nerve root, the intervertebral disc regresses, then we would try a shot at the Olympics,” said husband, coach and manager Thomas Herzog of the APA. Training for the 500 and 1,000 m at the Beijing Games would then start in mid-January.
“We have to deal with it now”
The prerequisite for this would be that the times achieved by Herzog over the two sprint routes in the course of the season so far are sufficient for qualification. This is what the dukes assume. But that’s still a long way off at the moment. “It was a bit of a shock because I didn’t expect it, because the pain is much less than the first time,” said Vanessa Herzog. “We have to deal with it now and tomorrow we will do the whole therapy plan at the Carinthia Olympic Center.”
The Duke’s approach the hoped-for goal of Olympia cautiously
If it goes purely according to the medical assessment, the Olympic champion and fifth of 2018 in Pyeongchang would only have to work regeneratively for six months, the herniated disc would only be completely healed in a year. The ex-world champion is encouraged by the fact that her constitution is extremely good. “We did a lot this year,” said the Tyrolean. “My core muscles are much better than before. I didn’t have that much muscles in my back then. “
Five weekly sessions
The scarring of the new herniated disc has already started, but it was good and very fast in training last, which shows the good physical condition, said Herzog. From now on, five times a week units with physio, osteopath and sports scientist are on the program. The goal is for Herzog to continue to be like a board, especially in the deep abdominal muscles, explained Thomas Herzog: “Normally we need ten weeks of therapy. But we don’t have that anymore. “
After about seven weeks, a decision has to be made as to whether it could make sense with the Olympics. “Around the New Year I have to go on the ice at the latest so that I can see whether it works or not and that I still have a chance,” explained Vanessa Herzog. “I have to test, positionally – on the gliding board or on dry land. We have to feel our way. “On Tuesday she drove very well in training, really fast. That’s why it’s an extra shame. “
Tight schedule
Thomas Herzog calculated that it usually takes a month of ice training for his wife to be fully competitive. Therefore, January 15th is targeted for the Inzell training. The 500 m Olympic race is scheduled for February 13th, the 1,000 m race for February 17th. By then, ten ice days in Europe and five in Beijing are planned. Thomas Herzog estimates the chance of the Olympic plan to succeed in the lower percentage range.
“It is now five past twelve – it is no longer normal,” he saw the matter realistically. “If it weren’t for the Olympic season, we would of course end the season because I don’t want to turn Vanessa into a sports cripple. Because the next option is surgery and permanent damage. Vanessa’s health is my top priority. We only start at the Olympics if Vanessa can run in the top five. Otherwise we leave it. “
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This means that Herzog will be out of the World Cup this season and, because of the qualification procedure, also for the upcoming European and World Championships. Austria’s sportswoman of the year 2019 still has a small hope for the Olympic Games in February.
Intensive therapy will take place until the turn of the year, after which the situation will be reassessed. “If the signs improve that this intervertebral disc no longer presses on the nerve root, the intervertebral disc regresses, then we would try a shot at the Olympics,” said husband, coach and manager Thomas Herzog of the APA. Training for the 500 and 1,000 m at the Beijing Games would then start in mid-January.
“We have to deal with it now”
The prerequisite for this would be that the times achieved by Herzog over the two sprint routes in the course of the season so far are sufficient for qualification. This is what the dukes assume. But that’s still a long way off at the moment. “It was a bit of a shock because I didn’t expect it, because the pain is much less than the first time,” said Vanessa Herzog. “We have to deal with it now and tomorrow we will do the whole therapy plan at the Carinthia Olympic Center.”
The Duke’s approach the hoped-for goal of Olympia cautiously
If it goes purely according to the medical assessment, the Olympic champion and fifth of 2018 in Pyeongchang would only have to work regeneratively for six months, the herniated disc would only be completely healed in a year. The ex-world champion is encouraged by the fact that her constitution is extremely good. “We did a lot this year,” said the Tyrolean. “My core muscles are much better than before. I didn’t have that much muscles in my back then. “
Five weekly sessions
The scarring of the new herniated disc has already started, but it was good and very fast in training last, which shows the good physical condition, said Herzog. From now on, five times a week units with physio, osteopath and sports scientist are on the program. The goal is for Herzog to continue to be like a board, especially in the deep abdominal muscles, explained Thomas Herzog: “Normally we need ten weeks of therapy. But we don’t have that anymore. “
After about seven weeks, a decision has to be made as to whether it could make sense with the Olympics. “Around the New Year I have to go on the ice at the latest so that I can see whether it works or not and that I still have a chance,” explained Vanessa Herzog. “I have to test, positionally – on the gliding board or on dry land. We have to feel our way. “On Tuesday she drove very well in training, really fast. That’s why it’s an extra shame. “
Tight schedule
Thomas Herzog calculated that it usually takes a month of ice training for his wife to be fully competitive. Therefore, January 15th is targeted for the Inzell training. The 500 m Olympic race is scheduled for February 13th, the 1,000 m race for February 17th. By then, ten ice days in Europe and five in Beijing are planned. Thomas Herzog estimates the chance of the Olympic plan to succeed in the lower percentage range.
“It is now five past twelve – it is no longer normal,” he saw the matter realistically. “If it weren’t for the Olympic season, we would of course end the season because I don’t want to turn Vanessa into a sports cripple. Because the next option is surgery and permanent damage. Vanessa’s health is my top priority. We only start at the Olympics if Vanessa can run in the top five. Otherwise we leave it. “
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And not only that: “If a nanoparticle is located in water, it collides with water molecules that move in arbitrary directions due to thermal energy. These collisions cause the nanoparticle to move randomly. This Brownian motion can now also be detected,” the experts adds. “So far, it has been impossible for an optical resonator to trackthe motion of a nanoparticle in space. It was only possible to state whether or not the particle is located in the light field,” Kohler explains. In the novel fiber-based Fabry-Pérot resonator, highly reflecting mirrors are located on the ends of glass fibers. It allows us to derive the hydrodynamic radius of the particle, that is the thickness of the water surrounding the particle, from its three-dimensional movement. This is important, because this thickness changes the properties of the nanoparticle. “As a result of the hydrate shell, it is possible to detect nanoparticles that would have been too small without it,” Kohler says. Moreover, the hydrate shell around proteins or other biological nanoparticles might have an impact on biological processes.
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is trying to put a record in the Guinness Book. Saturday, November 13, 12,000 young people and as many musical instruments were gathered in the courtyard of the Military Academy, in Caracas, for “The biggest concert in the world”. The previous record was held by Russia which, in 2019, had gathered 8,097 musicians.
“Nothing is impossible for Venezuelan youth”, launches Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who gives a short speech just before the mega-concert. President Nicolas Maduro is not here. Mme Rodriguez evokes the memory of Libertador Simon Bolivar, hero of Latin American independence exactly two hundred years ago, and that of «Teacher José Abreu», the founder of the System, who died in 2018. In Venezuela, the System with a capital s is the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras (National System of Child and Youth Orchestras and Choirs), a program created in 1975 to make music education accessible to all children, including the poorest.
“Gift to humanity”
Cameras and drones film the tight rows of musicians in white shirts. The grandiose images are displayed on the dozen giant screens that line the walls of the military establishment and on all the country’s televisions. The Vice-President continues: “All Venezuelans, including our migrant brothers, are proud of their nation today. “ Fleeing the crisis that has devastated their country since 2015, some six million Venezuelans have taken the path of exile.
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Sunday is the time for national emotion. “Music and peace are Venezuela’s gift to humanity”, enthuses the presenter of the Telesur television channel. And remember that Mr. Abreu’s System has been replicated in seventy countries around the world. Behind their mask, the musicians have a smile. The youngest are just 8 years old.
When the first notes of the Marche slave of Tchaikovsky, many Venezuelans wipe away a tear and tell it on Twitter. Others denounce the political recovery of the spectacle by power and refuse to give in to the emotion “So as not to play Maduro’s dictatorship’s game”.“The System is 46 years old, it owes nothing to Chavez”, recalls a surfer. The leader of the Bolivarian revolution, Hugo Chavez, ruled the country from 1999 to 2013.
Prevent from “going badly”
“Abreu founded the system, but it was Chavez who made it massive”, retorts a young music teacher in front of Telesur’s cameras. The conductors, men or women, who follow one another on the podium look like kids. The national anthem resonates in the dark.
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“Nothing is impossible for Venezuelan youth”, launches Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who gives a short speech just before the mega-concert. President Nicolas Maduro is not here. Mme Rodriguez evokes the memory of Libertador Simon Bolivar, hero of Latin American independence exactly two hundred years ago, and that of «Teacher José Abreu», the founder of the System, who died in 2018. In Venezuela, the System with a capital s is the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras (National System of Child and Youth Orchestras and Choirs), a program created in 1975 to make music education accessible to all children, including the poorest.
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On Rutland Avenue where the passenger in the taxi, which then exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital, was picked up on November 15, 2021. PAUL ELLIS / AFP
The explosion of a taxi, Sunday, November 14, in front of a women’s hospital in Liverpool (northern England), was qualified “Terrorist incident” by the anti-terrorism police in charge of the investigation.As part of the investigation, three men, aged 29, 26 and 21, were arrested in Liverpool’s Kensington area under the Terrorism Act, police said on Sunday evening.
At a press conference, Russ Jackson, in charge of the region’s counterterrorism police, added that a fourth man, aged 20, was arrested on Monday, and that the homemade bomb that had exploded in the taxi , setting it on fire, had been “Manufactured” and brought into the vehicle by the passenger.
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Injured in the explosion, the taxi driver was described as “Hero” by politicians and tabloids who claimed it had averted deaths. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday during a visit to a London medical center:
“This is an ongoing investigation, so I cannot comment on the details or say exactly what type of incident it is (…) but it appears that the taxi driver in question behaved with incredible presence of mind and bravery. “
According to The Daily Mail, the driver noticed that his passenger looked « suspect » and locked him in the taxi, before escaping. He was injured in the explosion and the passenger, who has not been formally identified, is dead, police said.
“The taxi driver, in his heroic efforts, managed to avoid what could have been an absolutely horrific disaster at the hospital”Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson explained to the BBC on Monday, confirming he had “Locked the doors” of the vehicle.
“The threat of terrorism has not disappeared”
For the President of the Conservative Party, Oliver Dowden, ” that [nous] recalls that the threat of terrorism has not disappeared ”. Referring to the actions of the taxi driver reported by the press, Mr. Dowden pointed out, on SkyNews, “The contrast between the cowardice of the terrorist attack and the bravery of ordinary Britons across the country, who put the lives of others before theirs”. “It is clear that we have to see exactly what happened, but if so, it is yet another example of true bravery and courage.”, he added.
The counterterrorism police are in charge of the investigation with, according to the BBC, the support of the intelligence service MI5. The police explained that they were alerted around 11 a.m. and immediately intervened and urged the population to “Stay calm but vigilant”. Images posted on local media websites showed large gray smoke billowing from the scene of the incident and a charred vehicle.
“Until now, we understand that the car involved was a taxi which stopped at the hospital shortly before the explosion”, had specified the police Sunday afternoon, adding that the “Work is still in progress to establish what happened”.
“A large cord” policeman remained in place Monday morning on Rutland Avenue in Liverpool and “A small number of homes were evacuated as a precaution” as part of the ongoing investigation, Greater Manchester Police said. Boris Johnson transmitted his thoughts on Sunday evening “To all those affected by the terrible incident in Liverpool”.
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According to The Daily Mail, the driver noticed that his passenger looked « suspect » and locked him in the taxi, before escaping. He was injured in the explosion and the passenger, who has not been formally identified, is dead, police said.
“The taxi driver, in his heroic efforts, managed to avoid what could have been an absolutely horrific disaster at the hospital”Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson explained to the BBC on Monday, confirming he had “Locked the doors” of the vehicle.
“The threat of terrorism has not disappeared”
For the President of the Conservative Party, Oliver Dowden, ” that [nous] recalls that the threat of terrorism has not disappeared ”. Referring to the actions of the taxi driver reported by the press, Mr. Dowden pointed out, on SkyNews, “The contrast between the cowardice of the terrorist attack and the bravery of ordinary Britons across the country, who put the lives of others before theirs”. “It is clear that we have to see exactly what happened, but if so, it is yet another example of true bravery and courage.”, he added.
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Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Climate: COP26 gives birth to a mixed agreement
It was undoubtedly the most spectacular of the missed appointments of this long-awaited world conference on the climate, but we will especially remember the persistence of the deep North-South divide. The solidarity of developed countries towards the most vulnerable, who are not responsible for climate change but are often on the front line, has not been up to the challenge: rich countries have admittedly agreed to double the funds devoted to adaptation to global warming, but they refused specific funding for irreversible damage to which it is no longer possible to adapt.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Simon Stiell: “While the powerful countries continue to deliberate, the sea continues to rise and we continue to struggle”
Among the positive steps, we must welcome the desire to keep alive the objective of not exceeding 1.5 ° C of warming compared to the pre-industrial era, the most ambitious limit set by the Paris agreement. on the climate in 2015. But if he is kept alive, warned Alok Sharma, “His pulse is weak and he will only survive if our commitments are quickly translated into action”.
More announcements than transparency
Raising the climate objectives, currently insufficient, from next year, is also an indisputable step forward, as is the mention, for the first time in a climate negotiation text, of the start of an exit from coal and support for energy. fossils, responsible for 90% of greenhouse gas emissions. But here too, the ambition is short, since the new climate objectives would, if they are met, lead to a 14% increase in emissions by 2030 compared to 2010, when they should be reduced by 45%. % to hope to limit the warming to 1.5 ° C.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers At the end of COP26, global warming still far from being contained at 1.5 ° C
We are therefore still heading for 2.7 ° C warming at the end of the century. The action was postponed until next year. The renunciation of coal shows that it will be difficult to get out of this energy, the most polluting, in time. Thus, despite the provision of 8.5 billion dollars (7.4 billion euros) announced by France, Germany, the European Union and the United States to help it in its energy transition, South Africa has spoken out against any mention of an exit from coal in the Glasgow climate pact. The countries of the South recalled that they were also entitled to take advantage of fossil fuels to develop, as the countries of the North did before them: when the rich talk about energy transition, the poor simply ask for it. ‘access to energy.
Finally, among the unresolved problems are those of the credibility and transparency of the promises made. There is no mechanism to verify the validity and strength of the announcements with which this COP26 has been rich, any more than carbon neutrality commitments. Australia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Turkey and Russia have pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, 2053 or 2060, but without setting realistic emission reduction targets for 2030. At COP27, which Egypt will host in 2022, states will have to do better. Procrastinating is no longer an option.
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Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Climate: COP26 gives birth to a mixed agreement
It was undoubtedly the most spectacular of the missed appointments of this long-awaited world conference on the climate, but we will especially remember the persistence of the deep North-South divide. The solidarity of developed countries towards the most vulnerable, who are not responsible for climate change but are often on the front line, has not been up to the challenge: rich countries have admittedly agreed to double the funds devoted to adaptation to global warming, but they refused specific funding for irreversible damage to which it is no longer possible to adapt.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Simon Stiell: “While the powerful countries continue to deliberate, the sea continues to rise and we continue to struggle”
Among the positive steps, we must welcome the desire to keep alive the objective of not exceeding 1.5 ° C of warming compared to the pre-industrial era, the most ambitious limit set by the Paris agreement. on the climate in 2015. But if he is kept alive, warned Alok Sharma, “His pulse is weak and he will only survive if our commitments are quickly translated into action”.
More announcements than transparency
Raising the climate objectives, currently insufficient, from next year, is also an indisputable step forward, as is the mention, for the first time in a climate negotiation text, of the start of an exit from coal and support for energy. fossils, responsible for 90% of greenhouse gas emissions. But here too, the ambition is short, since the new climate objectives would, if they are met, lead to a 14% increase in emissions by 2030 compared to 2010, when they should be reduced by 45%. % to hope to limit the warming to 1.5 ° C.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers At the end of COP26, global warming still far from being contained at 1.5 ° C
We are therefore still heading for 2.7 ° C warming at the end of the century. The action was postponed until next year. The renunciation of coal shows that it will be difficult to get out of this energy, the most polluting, in time. Thus, despite the provision of 8.5 billion dollars (7.4 billion euros) announced by France, Germany, the European Union and the United States to help it in its energy transition, South Africa has spoken out against any mention of an exit from coal in the Glasgow climate pact. The countries of the South recalled that they were also entitled to take advantage of fossil fuels to develop, as the countries of the North did before them: when the rich talk about energy transition, the poor simply ask for it. ‘access to energy.
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The foreign ministers of the EU countries have decided on a new sanction instrument against those involved in the smuggling of migrants to Belarus. The European Union will now be able to target people and institutions who help the Belarusian regime to instrumentalize people for political purposes, the Council of Member States announced on Monday.
The leadership of the ex-Soviet republic of Belarus is accused of deliberately bringing migrants into the country in order to then bring them to the border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia for onward travel to the EU. It is believed that the ruler Alexander Lukashenko wants to avenge himself for the sanctions that the EU has imposed because of the repression of civil society and the democratic opposition.
The new sanction instrument is to be used against the state-owned Belarusian airline Belavia, among others. In the future, this should no longer be allowed to use machines from European companies that lease aircraft. The aim is that Belavia will then no longer be able to fly as many people from poor or conflict-ridden countries to Belarus to be smuggled on to the EU.
Aircraft leasing companies that have leased machines to Belavia include Danish company Nordic Aviation Capital and Irish company AerCap. According to information from EU circles, Belavia recently only leased significantly more than half of the aircraft it used.
According to diplomats, the new sanctions instrument is intended to target several dozen people and companies as a first step. In addition to Belavia, this should also include tour operators and members of the government apparatus in Belarus who were involved in the smuggling.
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Lukashenko had previously announced that Belarus was campaigning for the repatriation of migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border to their home countries.
“Active work is being done to convince people to please return home. But nobody wants to return, ”said Lukashenko on Monday, according to the state news agency Belta. Belarus also wants “no border conflict” with Poland.
At the same time, he said Belarus could accept an offer from the city of Munich to fly the refugees to Germany with Belavia if Poland did not provide a “humanitarian corridor”. “We will send them to Munich with our own planes, if necessary.” Organizing a “refugee movement” through Belarus would be more expensive for his country, he has no intention of doing this.
Poland and the Federal Foreign Office had previously countered rumors that Germany was planning a transit for the more than 4,000 stuck migrants this Monday. “Whoever spreads these lies puts people in great danger,” the ministry said on Twitter on Sunday.
Poland sent text messages to the people. “That is a lie and nonsense! Poland will continue to protect its border with Belarus. ”The SMS in English would be received by everyone whose cell phones were in the border area within range of the Polish cell phone, wrote Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski on Twitter.
According to the government in Warsaw, the night from Sunday to Monday passed without any special incidents. The storm of large groups of migrants expected by the border guards did not materialize, said the spokesman for the secret service coordinator, Stanislaw Zaryn, on Polish radio on Monday. “Nothing happened that our people hadn’t already dealt with.”
On Sunday evening, the Polish border guards accused the security forces in Belarus of preparing the migrants stuck at the common border to break through the barrier. At the border town of Kuznica, many tents had disappeared in the camp on the Belarusian side, the border guards wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “The foreigners get instructions, tools and tear gas from the Belarusian security forces.”
The Ministry of Defense said the refugees had gathered branches from the forest. In addition, many Belarusian media are present. The Polish police warned the migrants via loudspeaker announcements in English: “If you do not follow the instructions, violence will be used.”
Opposition Belarusian Telegram channels posted videos on Sunday afternoon allegedly showing larger groups of migrants approaching the Polish border. “There are more and more migrants”, it was said about the medium Nexta.
This information could not be verified independently because Poland has declared a state of emergency in the border region. Journalists and helpers are not allowed in. This also applies to the border area on the Belarusian side.
According to video recordings from the Polish authorities, a large group of refugees gathered on Monday at a closed border crossing between Poland and Belarus. “More and more groups of migrants are being brought to the Kuznica border crossing by Belarusian troops,” said the Polish Ministry of Defense on Monday via Twitter. Videos of the Polish border troops and the military apparently showed hundreds of migrants in front of rows of Polish police officers and soldiers.
In the end, larger groups tried several times to break through the fence in the direction of Poland. On Sunday alone, Poland’s border guards registered 118 attempts. According to Zaryn, more than 4,000 people are currently waiting in several large camps on the Belarusian side of the border. One of them is located near the border town of Kuznica.
The migrants stay in makeshift camps in the forest when the temperature is below zero. The Belarusian state news agency Belta published photos of people warming themselves around campfires in makeshift camps on Monday.
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The Turkish government had already banned people from Syria, Iraq and Yemen from traveling to Belarus days ago. The private Syrian airline Cham Wings had also suspended its flights.
In response to the EU threat, the Belarusian airline Belavia also imposed a flight ban on the route from Dubai to Belarus for people from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen on Sunday. Belavia announced that the move was made at the request of the United Arab Emirates.
Iraq plans to bring refugees back on Thursday
The Iraqi government had already stopped flights to the Belarusian capital Minsk in August to limit the number of refugees. However, these traveled via other airports. Among other things, machines continue to regularly go to Minsk from the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Iraq plans to bring Iraqi refugees from Belarus back to their home country on Thursday with a first special flight. The return is voluntary, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad told Iraqi state television on Sunday evening.
His government knew of around 750 Iraqis who were stuck on the Belarusian border in difficult weather conditions. However, there are other Iraqi refugees there who are difficult to reach in the forests on the long border.
The government in Baghdad is also trying to prevent further Iraqis from traveling to Belarus, the Foreign Ministry spokesman assured him. For example, the work of the Belarusian consul in Baghdad and in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil has been stopped so that visas are no longer issued. According to reports, a particularly high number of Kurds from northern Iraq are among the refugees in Belarus who want to join the EU. (dpa, AFP)
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The foreign ministers of the EU countries have decided on a new sanction instrument against those involved in the smuggling of migrants to Belarus. The European Union will now be able to target people and institutions who help the Belarusian regime to instrumentalize people for political purposes, the Council of Member States announced on Monday.
The leadership of the ex-Soviet republic of Belarus is accused of deliberately bringing migrants into the country in order to then bring them to the border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia for onward travel to the EU. It is believed that the ruler Alexander Lukashenko wants to avenge himself for the sanctions that the EU has imposed because of the repression of civil society and the democratic opposition.
The new sanction instrument is to be used against the state-owned Belarusian airline Belavia, among others. In the future, this should no longer be allowed to use machines from European companies that lease aircraft. The aim is that Belavia will then no longer be able to fly as many people from poor or conflict-ridden countries to Belarus to be smuggled on to the EU.
Aircraft leasing companies that have leased machines to Belavia include Danish company Nordic Aviation Capital and Irish company AerCap. According to information from EU circles, Belavia recently only leased significantly more than half of the aircraft it used.
According to diplomats, the new sanctions instrument is intended to target several dozen people and companies as a first step. In addition to Belavia, this should also include tour operators and members of the government apparatus in Belarus who were involved in the smuggling.
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Lukashenko had previously announced that Belarus was campaigning for the repatriation of migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border to their home countries.
“Active work is being done to convince people to please return home. But nobody wants to return, ”said Lukashenko on Monday, according to the state news agency Belta. Belarus also wants “no border conflict” with Poland.
At the same time, he said Belarus could accept an offer from the city of Munich to fly the refugees to Germany with Belavia if Poland did not provide a “humanitarian corridor”. “We will send them to Munich with our own planes, if necessary.” Organizing a “refugee movement” through Belarus would be more expensive for his country, he has no intention of doing this.
Poland and the Federal Foreign Office had previously countered rumors that Germany was planning a transit for the more than 4,000 stuck migrants this Monday. “Whoever spreads these lies puts people in great danger,” the ministry said on Twitter on Sunday.
Poland sent text messages to the people. “That is a lie and nonsense! Poland will continue to protect its border with Belarus. ”The SMS in English would be received by everyone whose cell phones were in the border area within range of the Polish cell phone, wrote Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski on Twitter.
According to the government in Warsaw, the night from Sunday to Monday passed without any special incidents. The storm of large groups of migrants expected by the border guards did not materialize, said the spokesman for the secret service coordinator, Stanislaw Zaryn, on Polish radio on Monday. “Nothing happened that our people hadn’t already dealt with.”
On Sunday evening, the Polish border guards accused the security forces in Belarus of preparing the migrants stuck at the common border to break through the barrier. At the border town of Kuznica, many tents had disappeared in the camp on the Belarusian side, the border guards wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “The foreigners get instructions, tools and tear gas from the Belarusian security forces.”
The Ministry of Defense said the refugees had gathered branches from the forest. In addition, many Belarusian media are present. The Polish police warned the migrants via loudspeaker announcements in English: “If you do not follow the instructions, violence will be used.”
Opposition Belarusian Telegram channels posted videos on Sunday afternoon allegedly showing larger groups of migrants approaching the Polish border. “There are more and more migrants”, it was said about the medium Nexta.
This information could not be verified independently because Poland has declared a state of emergency in the border region. Journalists and helpers are not allowed in. This also applies to the border area on the Belarusian side.
According to video recordings from the Polish authorities, a large group of refugees gathered on Monday at a closed border crossing between Poland and Belarus. “More and more groups of migrants are being brought to the Kuznica border crossing by Belarusian troops,” said the Polish Ministry of Defense on Monday via Twitter. Videos of the Polish border troops and the military apparently showed hundreds of migrants in front of rows of Polish police officers and soldiers.
In the end, larger groups tried several times to break through the fence in the direction of Poland. On Sunday alone, Poland’s border guards registered 118 attempts. According to Zaryn, more than 4,000 people are currently waiting in several large camps on the Belarusian side of the border. One of them is located near the border town of Kuznica.
The migrants stay in makeshift camps in the forest when the temperature is below zero. The Belarusian state news agency Belta published photos of people warming themselves around campfires in makeshift camps on Monday.
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The Turkish government had already banned people from Syria, Iraq and Yemen from traveling to Belarus days ago. The private Syrian airline Cham Wings had also suspended its flights.
In response to the EU threat, the Belarusian airline Belavia also imposed a flight ban on the route from Dubai to Belarus for people from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen on Sunday. Belavia announced that the move was made at the request of the United Arab Emirates.
Iraq plans to bring refugees back on Thursday
The Iraqi government had already stopped flights to the Belarusian capital Minsk in August to limit the number of refugees. However, these traveled via other airports. Among other things, machines continue to regularly go to Minsk from the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Iraq plans to bring Iraqi refugees from Belarus back to their home country on Thursday with a first special flight. The return is voluntary, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad told Iraqi state television on Sunday evening.
His government knew of around 750 Iraqis who were stuck on the Belarusian border in difficult weather conditions. However, there are other Iraqi refugees there who are difficult to reach in the forests on the long border.
The government in Baghdad is also trying to prevent further Iraqis from traveling to Belarus, the Foreign Ministry spokesman assured him. For example, the work of the Belarusian consul in Baghdad and in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil has been stopped so that visas are no longer issued. According to reports, a particularly high number of Kurds from northern Iraq are among the refugees in Belarus who want to join the EU. (dpa, AFP)
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