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Khayelitsha: Cape Town police suspended for evicting naked man in South Africa
Their actions in a township were branded degrading and inhumane by South Africa's housing minister.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:26:43 GMT

Russia's Putin wins 'by landslide' to stay in power at least until 2036
The Kremlin has overwhelmingly won Wednesday’s vote on constitutional changes that would let Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, stay in power for 16 more years. Russia’s Central Election Commission on Thursday morning unveiled a full preliminary count of the vote, showing a staggering 78 percent backing the constitutional amendments. The turnout was reported at 65 percent. The overwhelming support for essentially allowing President Putin, 67, to rule for life stands in sharp contrast with recent opinion polls. Approval ratings for Mr Putin, the Russian leader of 20 years, have been declining for a few years before they hit an all-time low in May, indicating anything but a crushing victory at the polls to hand him a mandate to rule until he is 83. The vote on over 200 amendments that included vague pledges to improve health care, protect Russian children and heterosexual marriage does not fall under Russian election laws, which has given the Kremlin a free hand in vote-rigging, according to independent observers. Golos, one of Russia’s most respected election monitors’ groups, in a scathing statement on Thursday condemned the nationwide voting as something that “will go down in history of our country as an example of encroaching on the sovereignty of people.” “Rules that were deliberately designed by the amendments’ authors and organisers of the vote made it impossible to convey people’s free will,” Golos said.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:46:06 GMT

Chinese Communist Party celebrates 99th anniversary by praising coronavirus success
The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 99th anniversary on Wednesday by saying its success in containing Covid-19 proved its superiority and that of the country's socialist system.People's Daily, the party's official mouthpiece, said in an editorial: "This great struggle has fully demonstrated the clear political excellence of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and our socialist system."Under the resolute leadership of the party central with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China has fought a sound people's war ... the Chinese people united together to fight the pandemic, made heavy sacrifices, and achieved great strategic results."The disease, which first emerged in Wuhan in December, has now infected over 10 million people and killed more than 500,000 worldwide.Separately, Xi, the general secretary of the Communist Party, wrote to volunteers at Shanghai Fudan University urging them to help fulfil the party's mission.He was referring to the "two centenary goals" " turning China into a "comprehensively well-off society" by the end of this year and a "powerful socialist country" by 2050.Xi also presided over a study session with Politburo members on Tuesday emphasising the importance of the party's organisational work and learning from history.Founded on July 1, 1921, the Chinese Communist Party now has 91.9 million members " making it one of the biggest political parties in the world.Xi Jinping urged members to stay true to the party's mission. Photo: Xinhua alt=Xi Jinping urged members to stay true to the party's mission. Photo: Xinhua"The CCP is probably the only political party in the world now that still combines Marxist doctrine and Leninist-style organisation," said Zheng Yongnian, professor of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. "That's the key to explaining its power to get things done."Zheng also said that Xi's emphasis on delivering the centenary goals was because "the legitimacy of the CCP rule lies in these missions".He continued "It is what the party has promised the Chinese people, and it is the party's responsibility to deliver. That is very different from the West where parties can take turns to rule."Xi's call on party members to stay true to the party's principles came at a time when China and the US have clashed over a wide range of issues from security to trade and Hong Kong.Tian Feilong, an associate professor at Beihang University's Law School in Beijing, said Communist Party leaders were convinced that the continued spread of Covid-19 in the US and Washington's strained relationship with its allies meant that now was "perhaps the weakest moment of US global influence"."This gives Beijing the confidence to live with the pain [caused by threatened US sanctions on officials], focus on its own priorities and it will prevail in the end," Tian said.A Beijing-based political analyst who requested anonymity agreed that pressure from the US would only stiffen Chinese leaders' resolve."Some people who have liberal views may complain about the loss of [personal] freedom, but the success in containing Covid-19 has boosted the Communist Party's confidence and garnered greater people's support for the party," he said."Beijing has made great efforts to study the collapse of the Soviet Union and the key lesson is that besides foreign interference, the union fell apart because the Soviet Communist Party had abandoned its own beliefs."So Xi's call on Chinese Communist Party members to stand firm on their beliefs, strengthen the party's organisation and learn from history should be understood in that light."This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2020 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2020. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:30:00 GMT

Border tensions remain even as Chinese and Indian commanders continue negotiations
China says that its border troops' communication with India is making progress to ease their tensions, and that they will continue to talk out a solution to end the current stand-off.Major General Liu Lin, commander of China's South Xinjiang military region, and Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, commander of India's Leh-based 14 Corps, met in Chushul, Ladakh, on Tuesday for the third time in a month, and made some "positive progress" on taking effective measures to disengage and reduce tension on the border, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said."We hope the Indian side will implement the agreed consensus with practical actions, continue keeping close communications through military and diplomatic channels, and jointly promote a de-escalation of the situation on the border," said Zhao.Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid published by the Communist Party's People's Daily, reported that China and India agreed that border troops would disengage in "different batches".Activists shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in Jammu, India on Wednesday, a response to a border clash with China where 20 Indian soldiers died last month. Photo: AP alt=Activists shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in Jammu, India on Wednesday, a response to a border clash with China where 20 Indian soldiers died last month. Photo: APCiting an unnamed source on the Chinese border force, the report said that frank and in-depth discussions on Tuesday had led both sides to agree to take strong measures to alleviate tension.But Indian media reported that during the 12-hour marathon negotiations, the two sides had difficulties on how to "define the details of disengagement".At their last meeting on June 22, they agreed to disengage from friction points along the disputed border. That meeting was held a week after the deadliest skirmish in decades between the two nations in Galwan Valley on June 15; in all, 20 Indian soldiers were killed.Troops from the two neighbours first engaged in clashes in early May over the patrols along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian-administered Ladahk and Chinese-administered Aksai Chin. Tensions rose in the next two months, and extended into brawls at multiple locations along the 3,400km (2,100-mile) border.The two generals had their first meeting on June 6 and reached an agreement to disengage, but the implementation was disrupted by the Galwan Valley incident.For all their discussion, experts said, the negotiation between the frontline commanders does not seem to be producing any concrete result soon.The confrontation this time may well break the record of the Doklam stand-off in 2017, in which Chinese and Indian soldiers confronted each other for 73 days, from June to August, on the Doklam Plateau bordering Bhutan.The stalemate this time could well last until the Himalayan climate no longer allows it to continue, according to Lin Minwang, deputy director of Fudan University's Centre for South Asian Studies."There is no way to de-escalate right away, also no way to step back," he said. "The only thing possible for both sides to do is keep a posture for negotiation."A lack of trust and the gap in each other's understanding of the issue means the talks will be prolonged and the confrontation will drag on, said Sun Shihai, a researcher on China's relations with South Asia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.India has brought in troop reinforcements and air force sorties to back up its front line, and has urgently bought weapons from Russia. China has also strengthened positions near the LAC as shown on satellite images and increased deployments and exercises on the Tibetan Plateau."In an optimistic scenario, they will continue the current deadlock for some time; in a more pessimistic scenario, there are still possibilities of another fight," said Sun.At least on the political and diplomatic levels, he said, the two sides seem to have agreed that the incident must be solved through peaceful means. But it remains for the military commanders on the ground to settle the issue."Maybe they will have to meet repeatedly for many more times, but it's better they wrestle with words than fight with stones," he said.This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2020 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2020. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:30:00 GMT

Hachalu Hundessa: Mob violence in Ethiopia as protest singer buried
Popular Oromo musician Hachalu Hundessa is being buried as unrest over his death spreads.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:25:09 GMT

Report: Detainees at high virus risk in crowded Yemen jail

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:19:01 GMT

After vote extending his rule, Putin risks era of 'stagnation'
President Vladimir Putin urged Russians to envisage the country they wanted to leave behind for their children and grandchildren during a historic vote this week to extend his rule. It was just such an era of stagnation -- the infamous "period zastoya" between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s mainly under Leonid Brezhnev -- that precipitated the end of the Soviet Union and threw Russia into chaos for years. The president's cohort "strongly mistrusts" free and fair elections as a way to decide who may one day rule after Putin, he says.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:16:59 GMT

Russians back reforms to clear way for Putin to keep power until 2036
Russian President Vladimir Putin secured his political future on Wednesday after a wide majority of voters supported a controversial national referendum that paved the way for the former KGB agent to stay in power until 2036. The referendum proposed more than 200 constitutional amendments, one of which will see presidential term limits reset, allowing Putin to run for the job again in 2024 and in 2030 if he chooses. Official results, after 98 percent of ballots had been counted, showed that the former KGB officer who has ruled Russia for more than two decades as president or prime minister had easily won the right to run for two more six-year terms, Reuters reported.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:34:00 GMT

Russians back reforms to clear way for Putin to keep power until 2036
A referendum's result gives Putin the opportunity to be Russia’s longest-serving ruler since Peter the Great.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:34:00 GMT

Does wearing a mask pose any health risks?
Babies and toddlers should not wear masks because they could suffocate. The same goes for anyone who has trouble removing a mask without help. Others can wear masks without risking their health, according to experts, despite false rumors to the contrary.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:31:35 GMT

Russian officials: 78% of voters back extending Putin's rule
Almost 78% of voters in Russia have approved amendments to the country's constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, Russian election officials said Thursday after all the votes were counted. Kremlin critics said the vote was rigged. In the week-long balloting that concluded on Wednesday, 77.9% voted for the changes, and 21.3% voted against, with 100% of the precincts counted by Thursday morning, Russia's Central Election Commission said.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:30:57 GMT

Netanyahu Will Miss Trump, But Can Live With Biden
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Predictions are notoriously slippery, especially where U.S. elections are concerned. But there’s at least a strong possibility that after four years of a beautiful partnership Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could soon be facing life without Donald Trump.While many of the U.S.’s other allies might find that a cause for relief, for Bibi the reaction is likely to be more complicated. Trump has lavished priceless gifts on Bibi -- the Golan Heights, a U.S. embassy relocation to Jerusalem and a permission to wage covert war against Iran. Trump tore up the Iran nuclear deal at Netanyahu’s urging and adopted Netanyahu’s design for a Palestinian mini-state in the West Bank. He even named the plan after himself.In the last three Israeli electoral campaigns, Trump worked hard to keep Bibi in office. Now it is Trump who is running for re-election. The president fully expects Bibi to reciprocate.But loyalty and gratitude are not among Bibi’s virtues. Recent polls show Trump losing by a large margin. The often more reliable Vegas odds make him a three-to-two underdog. Israeli diplomats in Washington report talking with increasingly demoralized Republicans and excited Democrats.Yes, the odds were against Trump in 2016, too. But this time they are based less on his personality than on his failed performance in office. Trump has botched the corona crisis. His economic boom has melted down into the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression and a dramatic drop in GDP. He has responded to mass protests with bellicose law-and-order threats that have alienated even normally apolitical senior military officers. There is a hysterical tone his recent political ads; he no longer looks like a winner.A Biden victory would end the Bibi-Trump honeymoon, but it would not necessarily be a disaster for Netanyahu. Biden is a lifetime Zionist with a long senatorial record of support for Israel. During the nasty spat between Bibi and Obama over the Iran nuclear pact, the vice president managed to avoid a breach with Netanyahu, whom he has called a “great, great friend.” In that tense period, Bibi placed an emotional condolence call to Biden after the death of his son, Beau. Together they recalled their many moments during a “20-year friendship.”Biden is not only a friend, he is a centrist in a party whose progressive wing is not supportive of Israel. As president, he would not threaten military aid, as Democrat Bernie Sanders recently has. It is unlikely that he would reverse Trump’s recognition of Israel’s Golan annexation or return the U.S. embassy to Tel Aviv. There would be disagreement over how to deal with Iran and with the Palestinian issue, but it probably wouldn’t be disagreeable.No matter how weak Trump looks going into November, Bibi will not publicly break up with him before the election. Trump would see it as a betrayal and certainly seek to take revenge. Even in defeat, he would still have large number of supporters and Twitter follows. Most of them like Bibi. The last thing he wants is to be labelled a traitor or an ingrate by his offended ex-partner. If there is to be a separation, Netanyahu wants to keep it amicable.This will require some finesse. In the past, Trump has made televised campaign ads for Netanyahu, hosted him at high-profile Oval office meetings on the eve of elections and timed announcements of U.S. support to coincide with Bibi’s political needs.Bibi will not happily reciprocate. He will likely invoke the principle of strict neutrality in foreign elections, a principle every Israeli prime minister since Golda Meir has violated. He will use the Covid-19 crisis as an excuse for not paying a visit to the White House, and for discouraging a presidential trip to Jerusalem. In his communications with Republican evangelical Zionist leaders and American Jews, Bibi will decline to echo Trump’s charge, when it comes to Israel, Biden is the second coming of Obama.If Biden wins, Bibi will have three main goals: 1) to win substantial new economic support from Washington during what looks to be a serious Israeli recession; 2) the adoption by the new administration of his view that Iran is the implacable enemy of both Israel and the US; and 3) preservation of the Trump Peace Plan.He could get the first; there is still a lot of bipartisan support for Israel in Congress. He likely won’t get the second; appeasing Iran is a pillar of even moderate Democratic foreign policy. As for the third, it will require some rebranding. Trump’s Deal of the Century would likely be renamed a “realistic two-state solution” or something close. This is not far-fetched. Even the Palestinian leadership, which on Monday announced its willingness to reopen talks with Israel after six years, seems to be coming to that conclusion. Add a few new wrinkles and a new administration could call it “The Biden Plan.” It might even work.Netanyahu still wants Trump to win. That is like having himself in the White House. Breaking up is hard to do. But, in the words of a song Trump has often played at his rallies, “You can’t always get what you want.” But, if you play your cards right, you can get what you need.This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Zev Chafets is a journalist and author of 14 books. He was a senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the founding managing editor of the Jerusalem Report Magazine.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinionSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:30:22 GMT

'Incident' damages construction near Iran nuclear site
An “incident” damaged an under-construction building Thursday near Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though it did not affect its centrifuge operations or cause any release of radiation, a spokesman said. The affected building, described as an “industrial shed," was above ground and not part of the enrichment facility itself, said Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:08:43 GMT

Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 113 people
At least 113 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the government and rescue workers said, the latest in a series of deadly accidents at the sites in recent years. A statement from the Ministry of Information gave the death toll as 116, while Khin Maung Win, chairman of the Thingaha rescue group working at the site, said the number of the dead surpassed 113. Khin Maung Myint, a lawmaker from Hpakant, where the accident occurred, said 54 people were injured and sent to hospitals.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:02:59 GMT

Trump’s bond with veterans starts to fracture over Russian bounty plot
A series of military figures are lining up to condemn the president over his reported inaction after being briefed on the plotMilitary veterans helped sweep Donald Trump to power in 2016, turning out in swing states like Ohio and Florida as Trump vowed to spend vast sums on defense. They have largely stuck with him ever since, even as Trump has repeatedly attacked venerated military leaders.But as Trump grapples with the scandal over his reported inaction after being briefed on a Russian plot to pay bounties for the killing of US troops, cracks in the relationship are starting to show, with a series of military figures lining up to condemn the president.Even before news of Russian bounties broke, Trump’s bond with the military appeared to have become fractured. Some veterans and members of the military were horrified by Trump’s pledge to deploy active-duty military forces to anti-racism protests and demonstrations.“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try,” said marine general and Trump’s former defense secretary James Mattis in an extraordinary critique of the president in early June.“Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.”Since then, things have only gotten worse for Trump.The New York Times reported on Friday that the Trump administration had ignored intelligence about a Russian plot to offer bounties to Afghan militants to kill US troops. Trump has both called the report, aspects of which have been confirmed by other outlets, a hoax, and at the same time insisted he was not briefed on the Russian plan.Both the Times and CNN have since reported that the information was included in a daily intelligence briefing in February, although Trump is known to rarely read those briefings. The report of the plot, and Trump’s response, could prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back when it comes to the armed forces. Even Republicans were shocked by the allegations.“I’m not really sure he absorbs a lot of this stuff,” Representative Paul Cook, a Marine veteran, who represents several military installations, told Associated Press.“He’s probably thinking about the polls.”Cook, who is retiring from Congress at the end of his current term, added: “I’m not going to be an apologist for Trump. Trump is Trump.”As Trump’s response has oscillated between the threat not being credible and him not being made aware of it, some veterans have expressed alarm at the latter explanation – at a president who is not being given, or who is not reading, important briefing documents.“I think it’s even worse if he didn’t know,” Mikie Sherrill, a Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey, told NJ.com.“That speaks to a much broader crisis. What is he doing to fulfill his role as commander in chief? How is it that we were briefing allies on this and our own president didn’t know? I don’t have any theories on how that might happen. I can’t fathom it.”Sherrill added: “If you’re going to put your life on the line for country, you want to have leadership in place that’s going to value your life, and do what they can to protect you,” she says. “That’s the deal. So yeah, it’s very personal to me.”The sentiment was echoed by Erik Hendriks, whose son was killed in an attack in Afghanistan in April 2019. The attack has been linked to the Russian bounty effort, and Hendricks questioned what Trump and the military knew about the plot in advance.“When they sign up and they go – any soldier, a Marine, Navy, Air Force, Army – I’m sure they want to believe that the government is 100% in their corner,” Hendriks told Associated Press.“And if any of this is true, how could a soldier actually believe that anymore? How could this government let one soldier go on patrol out there knowing this is true?”Hendriks’ mother, Felicia Arculeo, and Shawn Gregoire, the mother of Michael Isaiah Nance, who was killed in the same attack, have demanded an investigation into the Russian bounty plot and the Trump administration, as pressure grows on the president to explain what happened.“I really want someone to get to the bottom of this,” Gregoire told CNBC. “Even if he was not briefed, what’s happening now?”Referring to Trump, Gregoire asked: “What are you doing now, now that you know?”Trump’s immediate response has been to post a series of distressed messages to Twitter, where – despite initially claiming he did not receive intelligence on the Russian plot – he has since attempted to dismiss the concept as a hoax.The administration is yet to announce action against Russia, which Trump has treated favorably since his election, yet the issue is unlikely to go away. On Wednesday Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, proposed sanctions on Vladimir Putin and other officials for offering bounties to kill US troops.Historically military members and veterans tend to favor Republican candidates, and Trump’s relationship with the military has so far endured his attacks on military families, and the venom Trump has directed at John McCain, even after the senator died.That support held in 2018, even as voters flocked to Democrats, when Trump’s Republican party still won 58% of the military vote, but with just four months to go, Trump has found himself immediately targeted over the Russian scandal.The Lincoln Project, a group of influential anti-Trump Republicans who plan to spend big money advertising against the president during the election campaign, quickly capitalized on Trump’s handling of the alleged bounty plot on Saturday.“Putin pays the Taliban cash to slaughter our men and women in uniform, and Trump is silent, weak, controlled,” the ad says.“When Trump tells you he stands by the troops, he’s right – just not our troops.”

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:00:45 GMT

Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution
“It’s the one incident that has affected my life the most,” said Ali. Sudan’s transitional authorities are expected to outlaw the procedure and set punishments of up to three years in prison and fines for those who carry out FGM, according to a draft bill obtained by The Associated Press.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:24:47 GMT

Long-shut factory helps COVID-struck Afghans breathe free
Seven years ago, Najibullah Seddiqi closed his oxygen factory, frustrated with power cuts and with rampant corruption that kept him from getting contracts with hospitals. Now relatives of Afghans ailing with COVID-19 line up at his factory in the capital city of Kabul for free refills that can keep their loved ones alive. Afghanistan has struggled with shortages of medical oxygen under the pandemic.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:18:09 GMT

Vladimir Putin Is Ready For His Next Act

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:11:23 GMT

Lives Lost: Brazilian toddler was saying her first words
Vitoria Gabrielle crawled all the time and was starting to walk this year with a little help, hanging on to her 4-year-old brother's arm while exploring her mother's small apartment on a cobblestone street in Rio de Janeiro's working-class Piety neighborhood. The girl with a constant smile celebrated her first birthday in February, slept and ate well and was enthusiastically saying her first words: “mamãe" and “vovó” (mama and grandma), said her mother, Andréa de Sousa. It was during an April hospital stay that de Sousa suspects her daughter was infected with the coronavirus that was just starting to circulate in Rio and Brazil.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:03:58 GMT

China is Not the Middle East’s High Roller

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:00:22 GMT

Weibo deletes Indian Prime Minister's social media account
Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, said it had deleted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's account at the request of the Indian embassy, as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer over a border skirmish. Since posting on Sina Weibo the first time in 2015 during a visit to China, Mr Modi has been an infrequent user of the Chinese social media platform. He had more than 200,000 followers and 100 posts before the account was shut. Sina Weibo announced the closure of the account late on Wednesday and the removal comes a few days after India banned dozens of Chinese apps, including Sina Weibo and ByteDance's TikTok, following the border clash between the two nations. The Indian embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment. Mr Modi was among a handful of foreign leaders with a Weibo account. Others include Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau of Canada, and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Notably, Mr Modi revealed the birth dates of both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang by wishing them "Happy Birthday" on Weibo. The discussion of senior leaders' private lives is extremely rare in China and the exact birth dates of most of them are not revealed publicly. In contrast, Chinese leaders are rarely active on social media. Foreign social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are blocked in China. READ MORE: China annexes 60sqkm of India in Ladakh as simmering tensions erupt between two superpowers

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:33:58 GMT

GOP candidate is latest linked to QAnon conspiracy theory
When Lauren Boebert was asked in May about QAnon, she didn't shy away from the far-right conspiracy theory, which advances unproven allegations about a so-called deep state plot against President Donald Trump that involves satanism and child sex trafficking. The GOP-leaning rural western Colorado district will likely support the party's nominee in the November general election. Boebert is part of a small but growing list of Republican candidates who have in some way expressed support for QAnon.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:11:26 GMT

Analysis: Trump fights to keep a job Dems say he isn't doing
President Donald Trump is asking Americans to let him keep his job. The questions have gotten louder in recent days following revelations Trump didn’t read at least two written intelligence briefings about Russia paying bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans in Afghanistan. “He is not doing his job,” said Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:08:02 GMT

Video: Florida police laugh about shooting rubber bullets

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:15:17 GMT

24 shot to death in attack on drug rehab center in Mexico
Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack occurred in the city of Irapuato. Apparently the attackers shot everyone at the rehab center.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 01:44:32 GMT

LAPD funding slashed by 0M, reducing number of officers
City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by 0 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America's reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice. About two-thirds of the funding was earmarked for police overtime and will be used to provide services and programs for communities of color, including a youth summer jobs program. The City Council’s 12-2 vote will drop the number of officers from 9,988 as of last month to 9,757 by next summer, abandoning a goal of 10,000 officers touted by political leaders and only reached in 2013.

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:34:57 GMT

Dreams’ PSVR addition is being used to show carbon footprint
The United Nations Environment Programme is behind the project

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:09:12 GMT

Hachalu Hundessa: 'Eighty-one killed' in protests over Ethiopian singer's death
Popular Oromo musician Hachalu Hundessa was shot dead on Monday night, sparking widespread unrest.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:31:49 GMT

GOP candidate is latest linked to QAnon conspiracy theory
When Lauren Boebert was asked in May about QAnon, she didn't shy away from the far-right conspiracy theory, which advances unproven allegations about a so-called deep state plot against President Donald Trump that involves satanism and child sex trafficking. The GOP-leaning rural western Colorado district will likely support the party's nominee in the November general election. Boebert is part of a small but growing list of Republican candidates who have in some way expressed support for QAnon.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:20:21 GMT

State-backed COVID-19 disinfo spreads faster and farther than local news outlets in 4 languages
Questionable stories on COVID-19 from state-backed outlets in Russia, China, Turkey and Iran are being shared more widely than reporting by major news organizations around the world, according to Oxford analysts. French, German, Spanish and English news sites see far less social engagement than these foreign-originated ones in their languages. The study is part of ongoing monitoring of COVID-19 disinformation campaigns by the Computational Propaganda Project.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:01:22 GMT

CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims
* Robert O’Brien condemned for deflecting blame on to briefer * Trump under pressure to explain why he did not act on reportThe US national security adviser said a CIA official tasked with briefing the president decided not to tell him about reports that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers because it was “unverified intelligence”.The claim from Robert O’Brien came as top members of the administration gave differing accounts on the status of intelligence reports on Russian bounty payments, and why Trump had not taken action in response, but had repeatedly pressed to re-admit Russia to the G7 club of nations.Trump himself continued to suggest that the allegations of Russia paying Taliban fighters to kill Americans were a “hoax”.It has been reported that the intelligence was included in the written presidential daily brief (PDB) given by the CIA. O’Brien appeared to suggest it had not been included in verbal briefings given to Trump.“The president’s career CIA briefer decided not to brief him because it was unverified intelligence,” O’Brien told Fox News, adding: “She made that call and, you know what, I think she made the right call, so I’m not going to criticize her. And knowing the facts that I know now, I stand behind that call.”O’Brien was severely criticised for putting the blame for a major policy issue on a relatively junior CIA official.“This is the same scapegoating play that the White House ran in the coronavirus context – blaming Trump’s intelligence briefer for something that is chiefly and fundamentally a failing of the White House staff,” said Ned Price, a former CIA analyst and national security spokesman.He added: “We now know that the information was included in Trump’s written PDB, which is how the intelligence community regularly flags items that the President needs to know. Nothing in the PDB is discretionary; everything in that short document is in there because – in the estimation of the intelligence community – the president needs to know it to fulfill his charge.”Intelligence experts have also pointed out that intelligence routinely briefed to the president is rarely “verified”, but presented with varying degrees of confidence.Trump continued to insist he had not been told, and questioned the veracity of the reports.“From what I hear, and I hear pretty good, the intelligence people – many of them – didn’t believe it happened at all,” the president told Fox News. “I think it’s a hoax. I think it’s a hoax by the newspapers and the Democrats.”Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, insisted that the Russian threat in Afghanistan was real and had been properly addressed, implying the president had been kept informed.“We took this seriously; we handle it appropriately,” Pompeo, a former CIA director, told reporters. “The president has been consistently aware of the challenges that Russia presents to us and he is aware of the risk in Afghanistan.“It’s why we have spent so much time over this past year at the president’s direction to reduce risk to our forces in Afghanistan in a way no previous administration has done.”Pompeo said it was up to the president whether to invite Russia to meetings of the G7 group of major industrialised democracies, but added: “I think it is wholly important and appropriate for the United States to continue to have dialogue with the Russians to convince them to change some of the activities that are inconsistent with what it is the United States needs to do to preserve security and freedom for its own people.”A former senior US official confirmed to the Guardian that reports of Russian bounties were circulating inside the White House before the summer of 2019, and raised concern, but at that point had not been fully corroborated.The official said that more detailed information had surfaced since then, but added it was likely that president had ignored the news as it conflicted with his desire to cultivate good relations with Vladimir Putin.“He doesn’t like hearing bad news about all kinds of things, unless he’s forced to,” the former senior official said.CNN cited former officials on Wednesday as saying Trump’s resistance to intelligence warnings about Russia led his national security team, including those who delivered the PDB to brief him verbally less often on Russia-related threats to the US.A former Taliban spokesman, Mullah Manan Niazi, told the Daily Beast: “The Taliban have been paid by Russian intelligence for attacks on US forces - and on Isis forces - in Afghanistan from 2014 up to the present.”

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:48:07 GMT

Florida felons seeking voting rights back face court setback
A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order issued Wednesday disappointed voting rights activists and could have national implications in November's presidential election. In May, a federal judge in Tallahassee ruled that Florida law can’t stop an estimated 774,000 disenfranchised felons from voting because they can’t pay back any legal fees and restitution they owe.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:07:12 GMT

Russian voters back reforms allowing Putin to stay until 2036
Russians overwhelmingly approved a package of constitutional changes in a nationwide vote, partial results showed Wednesday, allowing President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his two-decade rule until 2036. With just over 85 percent of ballots counted after the end of seven days of voting, 77.8 percent of voters had supported the reforms, according to election commission figures cited by Russian state agencies. There had been little doubt of voters backing the changes, which Putin announced earlier this year and critics denounced as a manoeuvre to allow him to stay in the Kremlin for life.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:46:48 GMT

Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana
Some 350 elephant carcasses have been spotted in Botswana's Okavango Delta since May.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:25:31 GMT

House approves .5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure
The Democratic-controlled House approved a .5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels. The bill also authorizes more than 0 billion to expand internet access for rural and low-income communities and billion to modernize the U.S. Postal Service’s infrastructure and operations, including a fleet of electric vehicles. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not attempted to schedule a floor debate and none appears forthcoming.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:25:12 GMT

UN chief tells Libya's Hifter there is no military solution
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the commander of Libya’s eastern-based forces Wednesday that there can be no military solution to the conflict he launched in April 2019 against the U.N.-supported government in the capital, Tripoli. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the commander, Khalifa Hifter, called the secretary-general and they discussed current developments in the oil-rich country, which saw his forces retreat from Tripoli last month.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:16:04 GMT

Pompeo insists US firm on Russia but leaves open door to Putin
President Donald Trump's administration insisted Wednesday it has been firm with Russia over Afghanistan but kept open the door to inviting President Vladimir Putin for a summit. Washington has been in uproar since newspapers reported that US intelligence believed a Russian unit paid bounties for Taliban-linked militants to kill US troops. Trump again denied reports that he had been briefed, saying the intelligence was not strong enough to warrant telling the president.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:05:22 GMT

Russian referendum allows Putin to remain in power until 2036

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:45:20 GMT

AP PHOTOS: NYC's restaurants get creative for street eating
Outdoor dining has bloomed around New York City in the last couple of weeks, as restaurants forced to close earlier this year because of the coronavirus try to find a way to get back onto their feet, even by a little bit. Outdoor dining started being allowed on June 22, as part of the second phase of reopening in New York City. Indoor dining is allowed in other parts of New York state.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:31:40 GMT

Analysis: Trump fights to keep a job Dems say he isn't doing
President Donald Trump is asking Americans to let him keep his job. The questions have gotten louder in recent days following revelations that Trump didn’t read at least two written intelligence briefings about Russia paying bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans in Afghanistan. “He is not doing his job,” said Michael Hayden, the former director of both the CIA and National Security Agency.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:53:51 GMT

Israeli lawmakers approve phone tracking of virus cases
Israel's parliament approved a law Wednesday granting the country's internal security agency limited authority to use phone surveillance to track coronavirus cases as the country struggles to contain a second outbreak. The Israeli government had authorized the Shin Bet to use the technology in March during the peak of the country's coronavirus outbreak, despite public outcry over privacy concerns. The Knesset, Israel's parliament, voted 51-38 in favor of granting the Shin Bet power to use phone surveillance to retrace the steps of people infected with COVID-19 and identify others who came in contact with them in the previous two weeks.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:24:42 GMT

Amid the COVID-19 crisis and the looming economic recession, the Force Sensors market worldwide will grow by a projected US1.7 Million, during the analysis period
Amid the COVID-19 crisis and the looming economic recession, the Force Sensors market worldwide will grow by a projected US1.7 Million, during the analysis period, driven by a revised compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8%. Capacitive, one of the segments analyzed and sized in this study, is forecast to grow at over 5.7% and reach a market size of US.1 Billion by the end of the analysis period. An unusual period in history, the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a series of unprecedented events affecting every industry. The Capacitive market will be reset to a new normal which going forwards in a post COVID-19 era will be continuously redefined and redesigned. Staying on top of trends and accurate analysis is paramount now more than ever to manage uncertainty, change and continuously adapt to new and evolving market conditions. Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05899530/?utm_source=PRN As part of the new emerging geographic scenario, the United States is forecast to readjust to a 3.7% CAGR. Within Europe, the region worst hit by the pandemic, Germany will add over US.4 Million to the region's size over the next 7 to 8 years. In addition, over US Million worth of projected demand in the region will come from Rest of European markets. In Japan, the Capacitive segment will reach a market size of US.7 Million by the close of the analysis period. Blamed for the pandemic, significant political and economic challenges confront China. Amid the growing push for decoupling and economic distancing, the changing relationship between China and the rest of the world will influence competition and opportunities in the Force Sensors market. Against this backdrop and the changing geopolitical, business and consumer sentiments, the world's second largest economy will grow at 8.2% over the next couple of years and add approximately US4.2 Million in terms of addressable market opportunity. Continuous monitoring for emerging signs of a possible new world order post-COVID-19 crisis is a must for aspiring businesses and their astute leaders seeking to find success in the now changing Force Sensors market landscape. All research viewpoints presented are based on validated engagements from influencers in the market, whose opinions supersede all other research methodologies. Competitors identified in this market include, among others, ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.; Custom Sensors & Technology; FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.; GE Measurement & Control; Infineon Technologies AG; Measurement Specialties, Inc.; Omron Corporation; Sensata Technologies, Inc.; Siemens AG; TE Connectivity Ltd.; Tekscan, Inc.; Texas Instruments, Inc.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05899530/?utm_source=PRN I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & REPORT SCOPE II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. MARKET OVERVIEW Global Competitor Market Shares Force Sensors Competitor Market Share Scenario Worldwide (in %): 2019 & 2025 Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession 2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS 3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS 4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE Table 1: Force Sensors Global Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 2: Force Sensors Global Retrospective Market Scenario in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 3: Force Sensors Market Share Shift across Key Geographies Worldwide: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 4: Capacitive (Product) World Market by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2020 to 2027 Table 5: Capacitive (Product) Historic Market Analysis by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2012 to 2019 Table 6: Capacitive (Product) Market Share Breakdown of Worldwide Sales by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 7: Piezoresistive (Product) Potential Growth Markets Worldwide in US$ Million: 2020 to 2027 Table 8: Piezoresistive (Product) Historic Market Perspective by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2012 to 2019 Table 9: Piezoresistive (Product) Market Sales Breakdown by Region/Country in Percentage: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 10: Piezoelectric (Product) Geographic Market Spread Worldwide in US$ Million: 2020 to 2027 Table 11: Piezoelectric (Product) Region Wise Breakdown of Global Historic Demand in US$ Million: 2012 to 2019 Table 12: Piezoelectric (Product) Market Share Distribution in Percentage by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 13: Strain Gauge (Product) World Market Estimates and Forecasts by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2020 to 2027 Table 14: Strain Gauge (Product) Market Historic Review by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2012 to 2019 Table 15: Strain Gauge (Product) Market Share Breakdown by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 16: Other Products (Product) World Market by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2020 to 2027 Table 17: Other Products (Product) Historic Market Analysis by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2012 to 2019 Table 18: Other Products (Product) Market Share Distribution in Percentage by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 19: Automotive (Application) Sales Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country for the Years 2020 through 2027 Table 20: Automotive (Application) Analysis of Historic Sales in US$ Million by Region/Country for the Years 2012 to 2019 Table 21: Automotive (Application) Global Market Share Distribution by Region/Country for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 22: Medical (Application) Global Opportunity Assessment in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 23: Medical (Application) Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 24: Medical (Application) Percentage Share Breakdown of Global Sales by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 25: Industrial (Application) Worldwide Sales in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 26: Industrial (Application) Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 27: Industrial (Application) Market Share Shift across Key Geographies: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 28: Packaging (Application) Global Market Estimates & Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 29: Packaging (Application) Retrospective Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 30: Packaging (Application) Market Share Breakdown by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 31: Aerospace & Defense (Application) Demand Potential Worldwide in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 32: Aerospace & Defense (Application) Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 33: Aerospace & Defense (Application) Share Breakdown Review by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 34: Other Applications (Application) Worldwide Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 35: Other Applications (Application) Global Historic Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019 Table 36: Other Applications (Application) Distribution of Global Sales by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 III. MARKET ANALYSIS GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ANALYSIS UNITED STATES Market Facts & Figures US Force Sensors Market Share (in %) by Company: 2019 & 2025 Market Analytics Table 37: United States Force Sensors Market Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 38: Force Sensors Market in the United States by Product: A Historic Review in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 39: United States Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 40: United States Force Sensors Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 41: Force Sensors Historic Demand Patterns in the United States by Application in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 42: Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown in the United States by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 CANADA Table 43: Canadian Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 44: Canadian Force Sensors Historic Market Review by Product in US$ Million: 2012-2019 Table 45: Force Sensors Market in Canada: Percentage Share Breakdown of Sales by Product for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 46: Canadian Force Sensors Market Quantitative Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 47: Force Sensors Market in Canada: Summarization of Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Application for 2012-2019 Table 48: Canadian Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 JAPAN Table 49: Japanese Market for Force Sensors: Annual Sales Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 50: Force Sensors Market in Japan: Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2012-2019 Table 51: Japanese Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 52: Japanese Demand Estimates and Forecasts for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 53: Japanese Force Sensors Market in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 54: Force Sensors Market Share Shift in Japan by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 CHINA Table 55: Chinese Force Sensors Market Growth Prospects in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 56: Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in China in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 57: Chinese Force Sensors Market by Product: Percentage Breakdown of Sales for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 58: Chinese Demand for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 59: Force Sensors Market Review in China in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 60: Chinese Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 EUROPE Market Facts & Figures European Force Sensors Market: Competitor Market Share Scenario (in %) for 2019 & 2025 Market Analytics Table 61: European Force Sensors Market Demand Scenario in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 62: Force Sensors Market in Europe: A Historic Market Perspective in US$ Million by Region/Country for the Period 2012-2019 Table 63: European Force Sensors Market Share Shift by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 64: European Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020-2027 Table 65: Force Sensors Market in Europe in US$ Million by Product: A Historic Review for the Period 2012-2019 Table 66: European Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 67: European Force Sensors Addressable Market Opportunity in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 68: Force Sensors Market in Europe: Summarization of Historic Demand in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2012-2019 Table 69: European Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 FRANCE Table 70: Force Sensors Market in France by Product: Estimates and Projections in US$ Million for the Period 2020-2027 Table 71: French Force Sensors Historic Market Scenario in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 72: French Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 73: Force Sensors Quantitative Demand Analysis in France in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 74: French Force Sensors Historic Market Review in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 75: French Force Sensors Market Share Analysis: A 17-Year Perspective by Application for 2012, 2020, and 2027 GERMANY Table 76: Force Sensors Market in Germany: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 77: German Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 78: German Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 79: Force Sensors Market in Germany: Annual Sales Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 80: German Force Sensors Market in Retrospect in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 81: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in Germany by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 ITALY Table 82: Italian Force Sensors Market Growth Prospects in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 83: Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in Italy in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 84: Italian Force Sensors Market by Product: Percentage Breakdown of Sales for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 85: Italian Demand for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 86: Force Sensors Market Review in Italy in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 87: Italian Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 UNITED KINGDOM Table 88: United Kingdom Market for Force Sensors: Annual Sales Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 89: Force Sensors Market in the United Kingdom: Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2012-2019 Table 90: United Kingdom Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 91: United Kingdom Demand Estimates and Forecasts for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 92: United Kingdom Force Sensors Market in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 93: Force Sensors Market Share Shift in the United Kingdom by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 SPAIN Table 94: Spanish Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 95: Spanish Force Sensors Historic Market Review by Product in US$ Million: 2012-2019 Table 96: Force Sensors Market in Spain: Percentage Share Breakdown of Sales by Product for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 97: Spanish Force Sensors Market Quantitative Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 98: Force Sensors Market in Spain: Summarization of Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Application for 2012-2019 Table 99: Spanish Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 RUSSIA Table 100: Russian Force Sensors Market Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 101: Force Sensors Market in Russia by Product: A Historic Review in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 102: Russian Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 103: Russian Force Sensors Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 104: Force Sensors Historic Demand Patterns in Russia by Application in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 105: Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown in Russia by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 REST OF EUROPE Table 106: Rest of Europe Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020-2027 Table 107: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Europe in US$ Million by Product: A Historic Review for the Period 2012-2019 Table 108: Rest of Europe Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 109: Rest of Europe Force Sensors Addressable Market Opportunity in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 110: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Europe: Summarization of Historic Demand in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2012-2019 Table 111: Rest of Europe Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 ASIA-PACIFIC Table 112: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 113: Force Sensors Market in Asia-Pacific: Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country for the Period 2012-2019 Table 114: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 115: Force Sensors Market in Asia-Pacific by Product: Estimates and Projections in US$ Million for the Period 2020-2027 Table 116: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Historic Market Scenario in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 117: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 118: Force Sensors Quantitative Demand Analysis in Asia-Pacific in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 119: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Historic Market Review in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 120: Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market Share Analysis: A 17-Year Perspective by Application for 2012, 2020, and 2027 AUSTRALIA Table 121: Force Sensors Market in Australia: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 122: Australian Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 123: Australian Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 124: Force Sensors Market in Australia: Annual Sales Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 125: Australian Force Sensors Market in Retrospect in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 126: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in Australia by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 INDIA Table 127: Indian Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 128: Indian Force Sensors Historic Market Review by Product in US$ Million: 2012-2019 Table 129: Force Sensors Market in India: Percentage Share Breakdown of Sales by Product for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 130: Indian Force Sensors Market Quantitative Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 131: Force Sensors Market in India: Summarization of Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Application for 2012-2019 Table 132: Indian Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 SOUTH KOREA Table 133: Force Sensors Market in South Korea: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 134: South Korean Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 135: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in South Korea by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 136: Force Sensors Market in South Korea: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 137: South Korean Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 138: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in South Korea by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC Table 139: Rest of Asia-Pacific Market for Force Sensors: Annual Sales Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 140: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Asia-Pacific: Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2012-2019 Table 141: Rest of Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 142: Rest of Asia-Pacific Demand Estimates and Forecasts for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 143: Rest of Asia-Pacific Force Sensors Market in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 144: Force Sensors Market Share Shift in Rest of Asia-Pacific by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 LATIN AMERICA Table 145: Latin American Force Sensors Market Trends by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2020-2027 Table 146: Force Sensors Market in Latin America in US$ Million by Region/Country: A Historic Perspective for the Period 2012-2019 Table 147: Latin American Force Sensors Market Percentage Breakdown of Sales by Region/Country: 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 148: Latin American Force Sensors Market Growth Prospects in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 149: Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in Latin America in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 150: Latin American Force Sensors Market by Product: Percentage Breakdown of Sales for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 151: Latin American Demand for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 152: Force Sensors Market Review in Latin America in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 153: Latin American Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 ARGENTINA Table 154: Argentinean Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020-2027 Table 155: Force Sensors Market in Argentina in US$ Million by Product: A Historic Review for the Period 2012-2019 Table 156: Argentinean Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 157: Argentinean Force Sensors Addressable Market Opportunity in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 158: Force Sensors Market in Argentina: Summarization of Historic Demand in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2012-2019 Table 159: Argentinean Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 BRAZIL Table 160: Force Sensors Market in Brazil by Product: Estimates and Projections in US$ Million for the Period 2020-2027 Table 161: Brazilian Force Sensors Historic Market Scenario in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 162: Brazilian Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 163: Force Sensors Quantitative Demand Analysis in Brazil in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 164: Brazilian Force Sensors Historic Market Review in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 165: Brazilian Force Sensors Market Share Analysis: A 17-Year Perspective by Application for 2012, 2020, and 2027 MEXICO Table 166: Force Sensors Market in Mexico: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 167: Mexican Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 168: Mexican Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 169: Force Sensors Market in Mexico: Annual Sales Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 170: Mexican Force Sensors Market in Retrospect in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 171: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in Mexico by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 REST OF LATIN AMERICA Table 172: Rest of Latin America Force Sensors Market Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 173: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Latin America by Product: A Historic Review in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 174: Rest of Latin America Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 175: Rest of Latin America Force Sensors Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 176: Force Sensors Historic Demand Patterns in Rest of Latin America by Application in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 177: Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown in Rest of Latin America by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 MIDDLE EAST Table 178: The Middle East Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027 Table 179: Force Sensors Market in the Middle East by Region/Country in US$ Million: 2012-2019 Table 180: The Middle East Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Region/Country: 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 181: The Middle East Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 182: The Middle East Force Sensors Historic Market by Product in US$ Million: 2012-2019 Table 183: Force Sensors Market in the Middle East: Percentage Share Breakdown of Sales by Product for 2012,2020, and 2027 Table 184: The Middle East Force Sensors Market Quantitative Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 185: Force Sensors Market in the Middle East: Summarization of Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Application for 2012-2019 Table 186: The Middle East Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 IRAN Table 187: Iranian Market for Force Sensors: Annual Sales Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 188: Force Sensors Market in Iran: Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2012-2019 Table 189: Iranian Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 190: Iranian Demand Estimates and Forecasts for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 191: Iranian Force Sensors Market in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 192: Force Sensors Market Share Shift in Iran by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 ISRAEL Table 193: Israeli Force Sensors Market Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Product: 2020-2027 Table 194: Force Sensors Market in Israel in US$ Million by Product: A Historic Review for the Period 2012-2019 Table 195: Israeli Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 196: Israeli Force Sensors Addressable Market Opportunity in US$ Million by Application: 2020-2027 Table 197: Force Sensors Market in Israel: Summarization of Historic Demand in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2012-2019 Table 198: Israeli Force Sensors Market Share Analysis by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 SAUDI ARABIA Table 199: Saudi Arabian Force Sensors Market Growth Prospects in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 200: Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in Saudi Arabia in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 201: Saudi Arabian Force Sensors Market by Product: Percentage Breakdown of Sales for 2012, 2020, and 2027 Table 202: Saudi Arabian Demand for Force Sensors in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 203: Force Sensors Market Review in Saudi Arabia in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 204: Saudi Arabian Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Table 205: Force Sensors Market in the United Arab Emirates: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 206: United Arab Emirates Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 207: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in United Arab Emirates by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 208: Force Sensors Market in the United Arab Emirates: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 209: United Arab Emirates Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 210: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in United Arab Emirates by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 REST OF MIDDLE EAST Table 211: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Middle East: Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis in US$ Million by Product for the Period 2020-2027 Table 212: Rest of Middle East Force Sensors Historic Market Analysis in US$ Million by Product: 2012-2019 Table 213: Rest of Middle East Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 214: Force Sensors Market in Rest of Middle East: Annual Sales Estimates and Forecasts in US$ Million by Application for the Period 2020-2027 Table 215: Rest of Middle East Force Sensors Market in Retrospect in US$ Million by Application: 2012-2019 Table 216: Force Sensors Market Share Distribution in Rest of Middle East by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 AFRICA Table 217: African Force Sensors Market Estimates and Projections in US$ Million by Product: 2020 to 2027 Table 218: Force Sensors Market in Africa by Product: A Historic Review in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 219: African Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown by Product: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 Table 220: African Force Sensors Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by Application: 2020 to 2027 Table 221: Force Sensors Historic Demand Patterns in Africa by Application in US$ Million for 2012-2019 Table 222: Force Sensors Market Share Breakdown in Africa by Application: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027 IV. 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Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:20:00 GMT

Ex-Bush officials launch super PAC backing Biden over Trump
A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in support of Biden over President Donald Trump. The group, 43 Alumni for Biden, has recruited at least 200 former White House officials, campaign aides and Cabinet secretaries who worked under Bush to join the push against the Republican incumbent. Kristopher Purcell, who worked in the Office of Communications in the White House and in the State Department during the Bush administration, said many of the members of the group still consider themselves Republicans but see the need to defeat Trump as beyond their personal politics.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:19:59 GMT

Trump at Rushmore: Jets and fireworks, but masks optional
When President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Rushmore national memorial before the first fireworks show there in years, he’ll stand before a crowd of thousands of people who won't be required to socially distance or wear masks despite the coronavirus pandemic. Friday night's event, with 7,500 tickets issued, will feature a patriotic display at a monument known as “the Shrine of Democracy" in a swath of country largely loyal to Trump. Public health experts say the lack of social distancing and enforced mask wearing could lead to a surge in the disease, while the fireworks risk setting the surrounding forest ablaze.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:18:05 GMT

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Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:09:37 GMT

Russian Bounties for Killing Americans Go Back Five Years, Ex-Taliban Claims
Taliban veterans like to laugh about the first time, according to their lore, that the Russians dumped a lot of American dollars on them. During the Taliban campaign to take over all of Afghanistan in 1995, they actually had a few fighter planes, and they used one to force a Russian cargo plane—a huge Ilyushin Il-76TD flying for a company called Airstan—to land in Kandahar. The Taliban held the Russian crew members prisoner for a year until, one day, they supposedly “escaped” and managed to take the plane with them. How many millions of dollars that took to arrange, the Taliban have never said, but after the long, bloody decade of the 1980s throwing off Soviet occupation, squeezing the Russians for money like that remains a source of amusement. Mullah Manan Niazi, who was the spokesman for Taliban leader Mullah Omar in those days, brought up the incident when The Daily Beast asked him about reports that the Russians have offered—and perhaps paid—bounties to Taliban who kill American soldiers.“The Russians paying U.S. dollars—it’s not odd for the Taliban,” he said, his voice fraught with irony over the encrypted phone call as he recalled the Airstan incident. As for the current situation, “The Taliban have been paid by Russian intelligence for attacks on U.S. forces—and on ISIS forces—in Afghanistan from 2014 up to the present.”In the world of intelligence gathering, such a statement from such a figure would be worth noting, and just the kind of thing that could lead to what the Trump White House has called “inconclusive” reporting the Russian offer of bounties to kill Americans. Mullah Manan Niazi was a very senior figure in the Taliban when they were in power, and also when they were driven into exile and underground after 2001. But since the death of Mullah Omar was made public in 2015, he has been a dissident and liable to be killed by the current Taliban leadership if it catches up with him. They have accused him of collaborating with the CIA and the Afghan government’s intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which he denies.So, Niazi speaks as someone who knows the organization and its top people very well, but who also has an agenda very different from theirs, with his own reasons for confirming the bounty story, and he does not offer further specifics on that. But he does offer details about what he says are the longstanding ties between the Taliban and the Russians as well as the Iranians, and U.S. officials have been tracking those developments.A U.S. intelligence report about Russian assistance to the Taliban has circulated on Capitol Hill and throughout the national security apparatus over the last several days. According to three individuals who have read or who are familiar with the report, the assessment is long and covers the span of several years, focusing generally on how Russia provides support, including financial assistance, to the Taliban. The report also touches on the Russian bounties first reported by The New York Times, though those who read the report say that data point is circumstantial and that the investigation is ongoing. Two individuals who spoke to The Daily Beast, though, said it is clear from the report that there’s an increased risk for U.S. troops in Afghanistan because of Russia’s behavior.In important ways, this classified report mirrors an unclassified document produced last month by the Congressional Research Service which offered a crisp summation: “In the past two years, multiple U.S. commanders have warned of increased levels of assistance, and perhaps even material support for the Taliban from Russia and Iran, both of which cite IS [Islamic State, ISIS] presence in Afghanistan to justify their activities. Both nations were opposed to the Taliban government of the late 1990s, but reportedly see the Taliban as a useful point of leverage vis-a-vis the United States.”“We introduced two Taliban to the Russians under cover as businessmen,” said Niazai looking back on operations when he was still part of the Taliban insurgent leadership. “They went to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. With Russian-supplied funds, we purchased oil, wheat and flour and imported it to Afghanistan and then sold it there. That’s how we converted Russians funds to cash in Afghanistan.”Both men, contacted by The Daily Beast, vehemently denied such activity. “I don’t want to comment—I don’t even want to talk about Niazi,” said one of them who, as a matter of fact, pays frequent visits to Moscow. “Niazi is our enemy and playing into the hands of the NDS.”Other monies come through the hawala system, which originated in India and is used throughout South Asia and, now, in many other parts of the world. The U.S. treasury notes hawala is distinguished by “trust and the extensive use of connections such as family relationships or regional affiliations. Unlike traditional banking ... hawala makes minimal (often no) use of any sort of negotiable instrument. Transfers of money take place based on communications between members of a network of hawaladars, or hawala dealers.”A senior Afghan security officer told The Daily Beast that he is “not aware of any Russians smuggling money,” but noted that the international Financial Action Task Force combating support for terrorism recently put pressure on the Afghan government to take “practical” action against suspect hawala dealers, “so the Afghan security forces raided some of the money changers.”Many sources, including Mullah Manan Niazi, note the Russian and Iranian role supporting the Taliban in the fight against the so-called Islamic State in Khorasan (a.k.a. ISIS-K or ISIL-K). Early on in the Trump administration, Gen. John Nicholson—then the commander of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan—warned Congress that Russia “has become more assertive over the past year” in Afghanistan and was “overtly lending legitimacy to the Taliban to undermine NATO efforts and bolster belligerents using the false narrative that only the Taliban are fighting ISIL-K.”Russia reportedly complemented its public rhetorical support for the Taliban with a covert supply program. The Washington Post reported that year that U.S. intelligence believed Russia had sent machine guns to the Taliban. An anonymous military source told the Post that the U.S. had found Russian-provided weapons areas where the group was waging war on coalition forces and ISIS’s Afghan affiliate had little presence. “We've had weapons brought to this headquarters and given to us by Afghan leaders [who] said, ‘this was given by the Russians to the Taliban,’” Nicholson said in a 2018 BBC interview. “We know that the Russians are involved.”Indeed. Various Taliban have told The Daily Beast they were quite proud of the guns they were given as gifts or rewards—whether for specific acts or simply to cement relationships—is unclear. In 2018, Russia denied reports that it sent any arms but Russian special envoy Zamir Kabulov admitted that Moscow had established contacts with the Taliban because it was “seriously worried about possible terror threats for the Russian mission and Russian citizens in Afghanistan." But in September 2019, Russia elevated its talks with the insurgents to a formal visit by a Taliban delegation in September.According to a well-placed Taliban source, after some of the group’s representatives made a trip to Moscow they were given 30 state-of-the-art guns, apparently large caliber sniper rifles powerful enough to shoot through walls. “I personally saw three of them in Helmand,” said the source. “They were still full of grease,” which is to say brand new out of the box.As military scholar David Kilcullen points out in his recent book The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West, the U.S. obsession with its “global war on terror” after 9/11 created an opportunity for Russia and other hostile powers. They were “exploiting our exclusive focus on terrorism, seeking to fill the geopolitical, economic, and security vacuum we had left as we became bogged down in the wars of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.”In the present day, it serves Russia’s interests to keep the United States bogged down there, despite official Russian statements to the contrary. Trump Officials Didn’t Want to Tell Him About the ‘Russian Bounties’GOP Deny, Downplay Questions About Russian Bounty Scandal What others call “hybrid warfare” Kilcullen defines somewhat differently as exploitation of situations in flux, which certainly is the case in Afghanistan with a U.S. president determined to declare he’s made a complete exit, even though there are only 8,600 U.S. troops left on the ground at the moment.“Things that are in limbo, transitioning, or on the periphery, that have ambiguous political, legal, and psychological status—or whose very existence is debated—are liminal,” write Kilcullen. “Liminal warfare exploits this character of ambiguity, operating in the blur, or as some Western military organizations put it, the ‘gray zone.’”That, precisely, is where the Russians have learned to thrive.—with additional reporting by Sam BrodeyRead more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. 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Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:04:40 GMT

Man charged with conspiring to hide kids' bodies in his yard
Prosecutors accused a man of conspiring with his new wife to keep the bodies of her children hidden on his rural Idaho property, adding to the charges he faces in the strange case that involves the couple's doomsday beliefs and the mysterious deaths of their former spouses. In new charges filed Tuesday evening, prosecutors say Chad Daybell conspired with wife Lori Vallow Daybell to keep hiding the bodies of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan because they knew the remains would likely be used as evidence in a court case. The children vanished in September and a search for them spanned months before their bodies were found last month in Chad Daybell's backyard.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:03:47 GMT

Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond's Monument Avenue
Work crews wielding a giant crane, harnesses and power tools wrested an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday, just hours after the mayor ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land. Mayor Levar Stoney's decree came weeks after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the removal of the most prominent and imposing statue along the avenue: that of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which sits on state land.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:45:52 GMT

Downing Street to assume some Cabinet Secretary duties in Whitehall shake-up
The role of Cabinet Secretary is expected to be diluted with Downing Street assuming some of its responsibilities, in the latest shake-up of Whitehall. Simon Case, permanent secretary in Number 10, would reportedly take on some of the responsibilities of Sir Mark Sedwill, the outgoing Cabinet Secretary, under plans understood to be favoured by Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief aide. While the Cabinet Secretary will continue to head the civil service, officials responsible for dealing with other government departments could report to Mr Case instead. Meanwhile a new “delivery unit” is expected to be set up in the Cabinet Office as part of Mr Cummings' drive to speed up policymaking. Sir Mark stepped down as Cabinet Secretary and National Security Advisor on Sunday, amid a continued government shake-up of Whitehall. David Frost, currently the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, will replace Sir Mark as National Security Adviser, while a new Cabinet Secretary is yet to be appointed. Mr Case, formerly Private Secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, was brought in to Number 10 as permanent secretary during the Covid crisis. Downing Street sources this week said Mr Case is expected to return to the Palace when he leaves Number 10. However a source told the Telegraph Mr Case may expand his role by taking on further control of the Cabinet Office from his current position in Number 10, under plans understood to be favoured by Mr Cummings. The source added that Michael Gove, the minister for the Cabinet Office, is also expected to play a key role in the restructuring of the department. Mr Gove sits on a new Domestic and Economic Strategy committee, alongside Rishi Sunak and the Prime Minister, who chairs it. The head of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, who currently reports to the Cabinet Secretary, would report to Mr Case instead, according to plans reported in the Spectator magazine. The new delivery unit would also report to Mr Case under the plans. Alex Thomas, programme director at the Institute for Government think tank and former civil servant, this week told the Telegraph the Cabinet Office currently includes a “series of particular units, like on delivering projects and experts on the constitution. What doesn’t exist is a powerful delivery unit that sits in the centre and holds departments to account to get things done.” The departure of Sir Mark as the country’s most senior civil servant followed rumours he had been sidelined by Boris Johnson and Mr Cummings. In a recent briefing with government aides, Mr Cummings reportedly detailed the shortcomings of the “incoherent” Cabinet Office. However he dismissed as “media inventions” reports that he wanted to centralise power in Number 10, instead saying the intention is to create a “smaller, more focused and more elite centre”. Asked earlier this week about Number 10 taking on some Cabinet Office responsibilities for Mr Case to oversee, a Downing Street source said such suggestions were “not true”.

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:16:47 GMT

Trump called May and Merkel 'losers' after their political setbacks, ex-officials say
Witnesses to Trump’s calls say he has a weakness for leaders with absolute power and contempt for allies seeking favors Donald Trump described Theresa May and Angela Merkel as “losers” after they suffered political setbacks, and was repeatedly rude to them, without any of the deference he showed to authoritarian rulers, according to former officials and diplomats.Those who have witnessed the president’s phone calls and meetings with foreign leaders said he had a weakness for monarchs and leaders with absolute power, because that is how he would ideally like to govern. He could be contemptuous of democratic allies, on the other hand, if they had done poorly in elections or opinion polls, and generally viewed them as supplicants asking for personal favours. “Catch Trump at the wrong moment, when he has a fresh grievance (ie most days) and he can be pretty charmless,” a former European official said.Trump’s attitude towards May changed after the British prime minister miscalculated her support and called a snap election in June 2017, in which she lost her parliamentary majority. He repeatedly told aides that Merkel had been the strongest leader in Europe until she had allowed more than a million Syrian refugees to settle in Germany, which temporarily affected her popularity.“I heard myself Trump saying they were ‘losers’,” a former European diplomat said.A former US official said: “With May, he was perfectly normal with her until she blew it with that election – and then he saw her as a dead woman walking.”However, the former official denied a CNN report this week that Trump had told Merkel directly that she was “stupid” and told May she was “weak and lacked courage”.“I’ve never heard him say that on the phone,” the former official said, describing Trump’s style with May, Merkel and also the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as “rude and brusque” but stopping short of being “abusive”.“He can be rude when he thinks that he can get away with it, with no consequences to it,” the ex-official said. “When he senses the person wants something in the phone call, there is a vulnerability. Macron was always calling asking for something.”Trump was also irritated when May asked for a strong US response against Moscow for the poisoning of the former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, using the nerve agent novichok, in Salisbury, England, in March 2018. A British woman, Dawn Sturgess, died in July of that year after coming in contact with novichok.“He was angry about Skripal,” a former US official recalled. “It was like – why is everybody always asking me – me personally – to do things? Why isn’t anyone else doing something?”The Trump administration did respond robustly to the Skripal attack, expelling 60 Russian diplomats deemed to be intelligence officers. But it was later reported that the president complained he had been misled by his own officials and had not intended such a severe response.Trump’s aggressive phone manner with democratic allies is in marked contrast to his consistently deferential approach to authoritarian rulers. In the view of one former Trump aide, China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had something to offer Trump. He thought his stature was enhanced by being seen as getting along with them.“It’s not that it’s like a fascination with Putin and Russia per se. It’s the image of the person itself, and what they stand for,” the former aide said. “He wants to be seen as somebody who can completely have his own way. And he wants to be seen in the company of people who he sees that reflected in. People with ultimate authority, swagger.”“It was the same with MBS [Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman],” the former official added. “And he’s super deferential to the Queen – unbelievably deferential and obsequious to the Queen.”One significant exception to the general rule is Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Israel’s democratically elected prime minister who frequently sought support from Trump, but succeeded in doing so without enraging him.“It’s because of Bibi’s style,” the former official said. “Bibi – and Erdoğan is the same way, have a way of asking for things. It makes him seem powerful because ‘only you, the great master, can do this’.”

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:05:20 GMT

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