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'People twisted their ankles dancing and it was somehow deemed our fault' - Oktoberfest boss slams compo culture

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:36 PM PDT

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Festival: A waiter carries one-litre mugs of beer at Oktoberfest in Munich. Photo: Getty Images
'People twisted their ankles dancing and it was somehow deemed our fault' - Oktoberfest boss slams compo culture organisers of popular beer festival Oktoberfest slam some of the 'bizarre' personal injury claims
 
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Sam Clarke Kavanagh yesterday. Picture: Collins Shampoo aerosol in nightclub 'turned into a flame-thrower' Tim Healy A nurse has told the High Court how when she sprayed a dry shampoo in the toilet of a nightclub, the aerosol turned into a 'flame-thrower'
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid. Picture: AFP/Getty Where does Boris Johnson's cabinet stand on the Irish border question? Independent.ie Newsdesk 'There are so few firms that actually use that Border'
Pat and Kathy Kenny and an artist's impression of how the development will look as seen from their garden. 'Our privacy and security have been compromised' - Pat Kenny's fury about drone flight over his Dalkey home Gordon Deegan
Open Champion Shane Lowry with the Claret Jug. Photo: Sportsfile Ryder Cup tournament to cost taxpayer €50m but will 'be showcase for country' Hugh O'Connell Could generate promotional value

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Opinion
 
Pragmatic: But this has tended only to serve one end – Boris. Photo: REUTERS Michael Kelly: 'Johnson could claim victory and unite his party by accepting a backstop that only applies to the North' Michael Kelly Theresa May was only the latest victim in the civil war over Europe that has been tearing Britain's Conservative Party apart for decades. John Major famously used the 'b' word to describe his anti-EU cabinet colleagues and David Cameron only agreed to the referendum on EU membership to pacify the same instinct on his backbenches ahead of an election that he feared would see the rise of Ukip.
Stress: Students commuting huge distances, working long hours, or being sick or depressed due to poor housing miss out on much of the experience of third-level. Stock Image Rory Hearne: 'Students' futures at risk as housing crisis takes toll on education and mental health' Rory Hearne We are mid-summer but many students and their parents are already worrying about where they will get accommodation for the coming academic year.
Sheets across the country are being kicked off as the nation collectively tosses and turns and struggles to secure a restful night amid the street din wafting in through open windows. Stock Image: Getty Images/EyeEm Premium Rachel Dugan: 'It's just too hot... to be a whinger' Rachel Dugan I like to indulge in a little whinging as much as the next person, but this recent spell of good weather has convinced me that moaning is as integral to our national DNA as crisp sandwiches and red lemonade. The sight of the mercury rising last week is, on the face of it, something to be celebrated.
New line-up: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London. Photo: Aaron Chown via REUTERS John Downing: 'Backing down on the backstop is no easy fix - but appeasing bully-boy Boris won't work' John Downing So we are back to the backstop. Now, only supposing, if Ireland was to encourage the EU to do what Boris Johnson is determinedly demanding, and drop that backstop, would we all live happier ever after?
 
 
Style
 
Amy Campbell (L),Tabitha Furyk, Amy Mickelson, Elin Woods and Melissa Lehman (R) observe their country's national anthem during the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Ryder Cup at The K Club on September 21, 2006 in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) #TBT: Remembering the frankly iconic style at the 2006 Ryder Cup in Kildare Caitlin McBride A lot can change in 13 years.
Carrie Symonds (C), girlfriend of Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, waits for the prime minister's arrival with members of staff in Downing Street in London on July 24, 2019 The Carrie effect? Britain's 'first girlfriend' sparks a sell-out in chic high street dress Caitlin McBride If her first official appearance as Britain's 'first girlfriend' is anything to go by, Carrie Symonds' fashion journey will be quite the spectacle.
 
 
Sport
 
Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald has been praised by Brendan Cummins 'He makes sure you've enough food If you have a problem in your family' - Brendan Cummins' glowing tribute to Davy Fitzgerald Tony Considine Former Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins has highlighted Davy Fitzgerald's off-field work with the Wexford hurlers as being key to their success ahead of their clash with his native county on Sunday.
Final push: Tyrone pushed Dublin hard in Omagh last year but are unlikely to show their full hand against Jim Gavin's side next weekend. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Peter Canavan: 'Dubs clash is not a time for Tyrone to go hell for leather' Peter Canavan On Sky we had a debate about how Tyrone should approach their date with Dublin next weekend.
JP McManus and Major winner Tiger Woods are good friends. Photo: Matt Browne/SPORTSFILE Brian Keogh: 'Golf and tourism hit jackpot as McManus seals legacy after €100m investment' Brian Keogh JP McManus might be a billionaire with the touch of King Midas when it comes to backing winners.
 
 
Life
 
Tributes were paid to actress Nika McGuigan who starred in RTÉ's 'Can't Cope Won't Cope', written by Stefanie Preissner, and in which she appeared with Seána Kerslake  Photos: Steve humphreys True fighter: how Danika used her dad Barry McGuigan as inspiration in childhood cancer battle Stephanie Bell It was one of the bravest fights Barry McGuigan had ever witnessed — watching his only daughter Danika battle leukaemia at the age of 11.
 
 
Business
 
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: REUTERS ECB fires starting gun for September cut in interest rates David Chance The European Central Bank (ECB) has set the stage for an interest rate cut to below zero in September and the relaunch of its bond-buying programme, but there are mounting fears among experts that the extreme measures will not lift the ailing eurozone economy.
Expansion: Lidl Ireland's managing director JP Scally Every Lidl helps - Supermarket opens 200th store, plans 50 more Gordon Deegan The Managing Director of Lidl Ireland, JP Scally has confirmed plans for a further 50 Lidl stores across the island of Ireland.
 
 
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ترك برس - النشرة 26-07-2019

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:19 PM PDT

أكد الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان، يوم الخميس، على أهمية وحدة الأمة الإسلامية بالنسبة لبلاده، والسعي من أجل تعزيز قوة المسلمين والدفاع عن قضاياهم.

أعلن البنك المركزي التركي، يوم الخميس، تخفيض سعر الفائدة من 24 إلى 19.75 في المئة على عمليات إعادة الشراء (الريبو) لأجل أسبوع.

أشار مقال في صحيفة "سفوبودنايا بريسا" الروسية إلى احتمالية أن تقول أنقرة لموسكو بعد فترة أنها لم تعد بحاجة لأنظمة الدفاع الجوي الروسية.

تركيا.. مركز "بابا داغ" للقفز المظلي يتوقع تحقيق 200 ألف تحليق خلال 2019

أعلن القائمون على مركز "باباداغ" للقفز المظلي في قضاء فتحية بولاية موغلا جنوب غربي تركيا، أنهم يتوقعون أن تتجاوز القفزات المظلية في المركز، مستوى 200 ألف حتى نهاية عام 2019.

ياسين أقطاي

إن السياسة الإنسانية التي تقوم عليها تركيا إزاء المهاجرين والتي من خلالها نالت على تقدير العالم بأسره؛ لم تغيرّها ولا يمكن أن تغيّرها بعض المشاهد التي انتشرت مؤخرًا والتي هي بلا شك "غير لائقة ومخالفة"، ولقد أعلن السيد وزير الداخلية سليمان صويلو ذلك.

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Compare and contrast; Google's ad revenue growth; Mueller viewership falls flat; Trump's latest lies; NBC streaming update; weekend movie reviews

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 08:06 PM PDT

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EXEC SUMMARY: Here's the latest on Ebony's photo archive, Dan Le Batard's future at ESPN, Megan Rapinoe's book deal, Alphabet's earnings, News Emmy nominations, and more...

 

Trump's double standard for two men in detention


Sometimes the peculiar behavior of the president is best covered in compare-and-contrast format. For example: Contrast President Trump's interest in the A$AP Rocky case with his silence about the Francisco Galicia case.

Galicia is the U.S. citizen who was held in immigration detention in Texas for more than three weeks. His lawyer says Galicia was malnourished and filthy as a result of the ordeal. The case has been getting national news attention for the past two days. But the president hasn't said a word about it.

A$AP Rocky, on the other hand... Well, Trump has expressed support for the detained rapper several times, in part because, according to Trump, "many members of the African American community have called me -- friends of mine -- and said, 'Could you help?'"
 
On Thursday A$AP Rocky was charged with assault stemming from a June 30 confrontation in Stockholm. Trump, in turn, called out the Swedish Prime Minister and said "Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States."

"Let our African American Community down?"

Complex mag's Hannah Lifshutz wrote that Trump's advocacy for the rapper "seems to be an attempt to publicly distance himself from his unrepentant racism."

 

The power of the Dallas Morning News


I'm sure others have made this same observation, but Bill Kristol was the first person I saw making the point that Trump "seems far more concerned" about A$AP Rocky than Francisco Galicia, who was "wrongfully detained for a longer time and in worse conditions here in the U.S."

Galicia's story was first told by immigration reporter Obed Manuel in the Dallas Morning News on Monday evening. "Galicia was released less than 24 hours after The News broke the story," the paper's newest story notes.

Manuel, who's also a Report for America corps member, interviewed Galicia on Wednesday. Galicia said he lost 26 pounds during the ordeal. "He said he wasn't allowed to shower and his skin was dry and dirty," per Manuel's story. "It's one thing to see these conditions on TV and in the news. It's another to go through them," Galicia said.

The case is complicated -- since the government is saying Galicia "provided conflicting reports regarding status of citizenship." But the compare/contrast speaks volumes...

 

Trump's latest lies


"I'm just going to open it up to you to go wherever you want with this," Sean Hannity said at the beginning of his phone call with POTUS on Thursday night's "Hannity." Per Daniel Dale's must-follow Twitter feed, here are a few of the misrepresentations and outright lies:

 -- "'This was treason,' Trump falsely claims of the Mueller investigation..."

 -- "Trump refers again to 'Russian bloggers,' 'a lot of bloggers, bloggers in Russia,' who were discussed in the Mueller report. It was hackers. Russian hackers. No bloggers..."

 -- "Trump calls the Russia investigation an 'illegal takeover' and a 'coup attempt.' It was not illegal and was not a coup attempt..."
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE

 -- KFile's Thursday afternoon scoop: Trump's pick to be Treasury spokeswoman, Monica Crowley, "repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that suggested then-President Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim who was sympathetic to America's enemies..." (CNN)

 -- Soon after KFile's story about Crowley came out, GOP operative Arthur Schwartz surfaced 2011 tweets from CNN photo editor Mohammed Elshamy and said KFile should "look into the social media activities of your employees." Elshamy's "vicious tweets about Jews and Israel" included posts "apparently celebrating the deaths of 'Jewish pigs,'" Caleb Howe wrote... (Mediaite)

 -- On Thursday evening CNN PR said "the network has accepted the resignation of a photo editor, who joined CNN earlier this year, after anti-Semitic statements he'd made in 2011 came to light. CNN is committed to maintaining a workplace in which every employee feels safe, secure and free from discrimination regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion." (Twitter)
 
 

Google's ad revenue in Q2: $32.6 billion


"Any worries about slowing growth at Google parent Alphabet may have been premature, judging from its earnings for the last quarter," Clare Duffy writes. The company's stock is up almost 8% in after-hours trading.

 >> Key stat: Google ad revenue "grew 14% from the same period last year to $32.6 billion." Let that $$$ total sit with you for a minute.

 >> Axios' Sara Fischer with more context: "Investors have been bearish on Google's ability to grow its ads business ever since it reported a significant deceleration in the growth of its ad business last quarter. This new earnings report showed that Google's ad business is still growing slower than it used to, but it met investor expectations for how much it would slow..."

 >> CNBC's Lauren Feiner: CFO Ruth Porat "said YouTube's revenue was strong..."

 >> And here's Seth Fiegerman on the day's other tech earnings report: "Amazon's streak of record profits has come to an end..."
 
 

Lead of the day


Steve Lohr's latest for the NYT: "Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch. Now, he's huddling with regulators to explain why Facebook needs to be broken up."

The news is in the next graf: "In recent weeks, Mr. Hughes has joined two leading antitrust academics, Scott Hemphill of New York University and Tim Wu of Columbia University, in meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and state attorneys general. In those meetings, the three have laid out a potential antitrust case against Facebook..."

 --> Sally Hubbard's new Perspectives piece for CNN Business: "The Facebook fine won't work. A real solution is PAIN - Privacy regulation, Antitrust enforcement (that stops anticompetitive conduct and acquisitions), Interoperability and Non-discrimination." (CNN)
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO

 -- CNN is scheduling a Democratic presidential town hall "focused on the climate crisis" for September 4... (CNN)

 -- Also: MSNBC is the media partner for "Climate Forum 2020," a two-day forum later in the month... It will be live-streamed, and portions will air on "All In with Chris Hayes..." (Georgetown)

 -- Democrats have made more than 1,200 podcast appearances ahead of the 2020 election" according to data from Podchaser... (TheWrap)
 
 

Gabbard v. Google


Donie O'Sullivan emails: Tulsi Gabbard's campaign sued Google on Thursday after the company temporarily suspended her Google Ads account following last month's primary debate. Google says it was an error. Gabbard's campaign says the company has it in for the candidate.

The suit even cited alleged actions took against Breitbart as an purported example of the steps the company takes against its critics. Here's the Breitbart bit... And here's my full story...
 
 

Twitter allows vile conspiracy about Clintons to trend


Oliver Darcy emails: Twitter raised a lot of eyebrows on Thursday when it allowed the hashtag #ClintonBodyCount to trend. The hashtag was being used by conspiracy theorists who were baselessly suggesting that the Clinton family tried to harm Jeffrey Epstein in his jail cell because he might otherwise share damaging information on the Clintons. There is, of course, zero evidence of this.

But conspiracy theorists have for years peddled the unfounded notion that the Clinton family has killed people close to them who might possess harmful information. The conspiracy theory has been shared far and wide in right-wing circles. Fox News host Laura Ingraham's former website even created a video in 2016 tallying up the Clinton's "body count." (After I asked for comment back then, the video was mysteriously deleted.)

When I reached out to Twitter for comment, a company spokesperson told me that "trends are determined by velocity, not volume." The spokesperson pointed me to a rules page that said Twitter wants "trends to promote healthy discussions on Twitter" and that "at times" it "may prevent certain content from trending." But, in this case, it appears Twitter chose not to take action because the #ClintonBodyCount trend didn't violate any of Twitter's rules governing trending topics. Hmm…
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART THREE

 -- Penguin Press has acquired the rights to a book by Megan Rapinoe... It will come out in the fall of 2020... And she "has also signed on to do a middle-grade book with Razorbill, a division of Penguin Young Readers..." (NYT)

 -- "What makes a badass journalist?" That's the first question in this joint Q&A with Jane Mayer and Julie K. Brown... (InStyle)

 -- 🔌 for my better half: Jamie will be on "CBS This Morning" on Friday, talking about miscarriages and other fertility struggles... (Twitter)

 -- What I learned from Meghan McCain's interview with ELLE: She met her husband Ben Domenech via Twitter when he "slid into my DMs..." I met Jamie the same way 😃 (ELLE)
 


Ebony photo archive sells for $30 million

On July 16, the NYT's Julie Bosman wrote that the Ebony and Jet archives, "the most significant collection of photographs depicting African-American life in the 20th century," was about to be auctioned. Other outlets had previously written about the impending sale -- but it was Bosman's story that grabbed Darren Walker's attention.

Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, read the article on his phone, per Bosman's followup story. Soon he was in touch with Elizabeth Alexander, the president of the Mellon Foundation, who believed "they had to do something."

Now, barely a week later, Ford and Mellon and two other foundations have "banded together in a highly unusual effort and bought the archive for $30 million."

They have "agreed to donate the archive to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Getty Research Institute so that it would be widely accessible to researchers, scholars and the public," Bosman reports. Here's her followup story... And CNN.com has a full report here...
 
 

Tepid ratings for Mueller TV coverage


If the Dems were banking on massive viewership of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's televised testimony, they're likely feeling broke today. About 13 million viewers watched the hearing across the six major networks on Wednesday, according to Nielsen. Now, this is just the average of the audience that was watching at home on TV throughout the two hearings, which together lasted a total of seven hours. Not everyone watched the whole time, so the total "reach" was much higher. And not everyone watched on TV, either -- some tuned in to the hearings on radio, social media sites and streaming services. But with all those caveats aside, the Nielsen TV #'s are lower than many people expected.

I think it's a sign of Trump-related fatigue. For comparison's sake, back in June 2017, James Comey's explosive day of testimony drew about 20 million viewers. Here's my full story...
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART FOUR

 -- David French's column for TIME: "It was telling that in hours of testimony and sometimes acrimonious cross-examination, Mueller's critics did not undermine a single one of the report's material factual assertions..." (TIME)

 -- David A. Graham argues that many journalists are more comfortable with "theater criticism" and "odds-making" than the substance of Mueller's findings and answers... (The Atlantic)

 -- Following this stunning WaPo story that described how Trump spoke "in front of a presidential seal doctored to include a Russian symbol," an AV aide for Turning Point USA has been fired... (CNN)

 -- More: "Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump..." (WaPo)
 
 

Le Batard and Pitaro "aligned?"


That's the word from an ESPN source following network president Jimmy Pitaro's sit-down with host Dan Le Batard on Thursday. Le Batard condemned ESPN's no-pure-politics policy last week... And he's been walking on eggshells ever since... But the source said the two men had a "positive meeting" where "progress" was made... No word on the exact progress, but Le Batard remains at work and "there's alignment" between the two men, per the source...

 --> Jemele Hill's latest for The Atlantic: "ESPN Backs Itself Into a Corner." She writes that "sports take place in the real world, not an alternative universe where Trump's bigotry doesn't exist..."
 
 

New polling about Trump's racist tweets


Some newsworthy results from this new Fox News poll:

 -- 63% of Americans say Trump's racist tweets "crossed the line."
 -- 56% say saying "go back" is a racist thing to say to people of color.
-- Only 34% say Trump respects racial minorities.
 
 

Congrats to this year's News & Doc Emmy nominees


"As usual, PBS tops the nominations for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards by a mile, with an ever wider margin over the field than last year. But the big news is how close HBO came to overtaking perennial No. 2 noms-hoarder CBS," Deadline's Erik Pedersen wrote Thursday. Here's the full list of nominees. PBS racked up 47 nomations; CBS had 33; HBO had 32; and CNN's brands had 23...

 --> "Also among the nominees was Fox News Channel, which received its first-ever mention," THR notes, for Chris Wallace's exclusive interview with Vladimir Putin...
 


NBCUniversal plans streaming service launch in April


Frank Pallotta emails: "Our goal is to launch the service next April," NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke said during Comcast's earnings call on Thursday. "We have over 500 people working on the service at present."

Burke also talked about one of the service's biggest content additions: "The Office." He said "'The Office' was important to us because, according to Nielsen, the Office is the #1 show on Netflix. I think for competitive reasons, we believe we've got some ideas that are innovative and don't really want to share those until we get right close to launch but we're very pleased to have 'The Office' and very optimistic about our streaming plans at this point..."
 

"Mike Wallace is Here," in theaters


The film is opening in selected theaters on Friday...

Brian Lowry emails:
I'm not a big fan of the archive-only documentary, mostly because it precludes having contemporary voices to help put the material in context. So while I found "Mike Wallace is Here" to be an often-fascinating trip through the legendary CBS newsman's career and major interviews, it falls short in director Avi Belkin's stated mission -- namely, connecting the showbiz pizzazz and huge profits that "60 Minutes" generated with the excesses of broadcast journalism today. In one of the most telling sequences, for example, Bill O'Reilly at the height of his Fox News run draws a direct line from Wallace's success to his own. That's a matter worth further discussion, but it's sort of left dangling. Read on...
 

Which studio will land the 'Game of Thrones' creators?


Megan Thomas emails: I suspect this deal will blow all previous big-name creative partnerships out of the water, wherever they land. Variety's Elaine Low reports that "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are shopping "an overall global deal around town," and "the field has narrowed to Netflix, Amazon and Disney..."
 

Lowry's "Once Upon a Time..." review


Brian Lowry emails: Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" weds the writer-director's filmmaking gifts with his love of old Hollywood in this case, revisiting 1969 through a mix of fictional and real characters, whose paths intersect. It's an interesting but not wholly satisfying movie.

Tarantino has implored journalists to reveal little about the movie, which is both understandable and -- in terms of characterizing the project for anyone waffling about seeing it -- less than helpful. Then again, the extent to which "Once Upon a Time" works likely depends on one's appreciation of the period and level of enthusiasm regarding the prospect of another Tarantino film, sight unseen. The easiest form of recommendation thus becomes comparing this to the director's previous efforts -- a litmus test that finds his latest film less fresh, surprising and consistently tension-filled than his very best. More...
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART FIVE

By Lisa Respers France:

 -- Selma Blair's famous friends are helping her in MS battle including feeding her and her young son...

 -- Lil Nas X and RM of BTS have dropped a new "Old Town Road" remix titled "Seoul Town Road," virtually ensuring that the country rapper will break the Billboard's Hot 100 record that he recently tied...

 -- Even Beyoncé isn't a fan of the scale, but how she's dealt with her post-pregnancy weight is not sitting well with some people...
 
 

Interviewing Diamond and Horovitz


Marianne Garvey emails: I interviewed the two remaining Beastie Boys, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz, in Brooklyn about their new art exhibit and their new sneaker with Adidas. They talked about everything from the passing of Adam Yauch (MCA) to what they do all day now that the group is done. Surf, chill. I was completely starstruck having grown up on their music, but they were sweeter than a cherry pie with Reddi Whip topping. Read on...
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART SIX

 -- Here's the newly announced line-up for the Venice Film Festival... (Venice)

 -- Megan Thomas emails: Netflix's "The Laundromat," directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Meryl Streep, and "The Joker," directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, are among the Oscar-bait films competing in both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...

  -- The new "Zombieland: Double Tap" trailer is pretty wild... (CNN)

 -- Bella Swan's 'Twilight' home is now available for Airbnb rental at $330 a night... (USA Today)

 -- Janice Dickinson speaks out about her "epic" settlement from Bill Cosby's insurance company... (Yahoo)
 
 

"Will & Grace" coming to an end -- again


Sandra Gonzalez writes: "The cast and producers of the show on Thursday announced the series will be signing off NBC after its upcoming season, airing in 2020..."
 
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Europe is sizzling

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 04:00 PM PDT

TicToc Tonight
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Greetings, TicToc readers! Whatever your time zone, look back at the day's high points so you can move forward smarter. 

But first...

Europe's heat wave smashes records

The mercury climbed higher and higher in Europe's second heat wave of the summer, as Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom each logged record-breaking temperatures. Paris and parts of Germany reached 108.7° F (42.6° C), Utrecht, Netherlands recorded 104° F (40° C), and Cambridge, U.K. saw conditions of 100.6 F (38.1° C). In places where air conditioning was sparse, the heat triggered widespread air-quality alerts, halted public transit, and was directly responsible for at least several deaths, according to officials, who fear similar events will become the new normal.

Insights: 

  • Officials are particularly wary since a 2003 heat wave killed nearly 15,000 people. Still, countries are better prepared now
  • Homeless people are among the most vulnerable, so Red Cross volunteers are delivering water and food to them. 
  • Notre Dame's chief architect worries high temps in Paris could cause the fire-ravaged cathedral's vaulted ceilings to collapse

Highly quotable

"We owe it to the victims:" What the U.S. Justice Department said upon ordering the government to resume federal death row executions.

"Beginning of a new era:" How Puerto Rican protesters felt after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his intention to resign.

"45 is a puppet:" The phrase on a hoax presidential seal (also showing a two-headed eagle and golf clubs) projected at a Trump speech.

$ignificant figures 

1,746: The number of people who've died in Congo's Ebola outbreak over the past year. But this researcher says it can be contained within months.  

$4,570,000: How much a Chinese crypto entrepreneur paid for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett—before he canceled

14.2 billion: How many views YouTube's most popular channels— most of which are aimed at kids—racked up in one week this year. 

What's good

Skateboarding across the sky. Franky Zapata, the inventor of Flyboard, the jet-powered hoverboard that dazzled President Macron on Bastille Day, attempted to glide 22 miles through the air from France to England in 20 minutes. He crashed into the English Channel. Unharmed, he vowed to try again: "We won't give up until we succeed," Zapata said. 

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Turkey’s Tensions, Implications in Iraq, Preserving the Persian Gulf, and More

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:01 PM PDT

POLICY NOTE 66
Michael Herzog
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As the United States weighs its options for blocking and deterring Iran, Israel's experience could well offer valid lessons.
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Based on his own data, Washington Institute fellow David Pollock describes the process and findings of recent opinion polling in the Arab world.
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July 24, 2019
While much of the world is focused on the Strait of Hormuz, tensions are also mounting rapidly in the East Mediterranean.
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Legal ambiguities have led to disagreements over how vessels can use the Persian Gulf, so Washington should highlight them in any future talks with Iran.
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The future of the bilateral relationship looks bleak after years of strategic divergence on crises in Iraq and Syria.
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The military elite who decide much of Pakistan's foreign policy view Afghan stabilization efforts as a strategic opportunity for arch rival India.
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The United States is now designating politicians who place personal or Iranian interests above the needs of the Iraqi people, but these efforts could go awry.
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If the PKK is confirmed as the perpetrator, Ankara will likely launch retaliation in Iraq or Syria—and Washington will have little choice but to stand aside.
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Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:39 PM PDT

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الكشف عن وصية فاروق الفيشاوي بعد إعلان وفاته .. وهكذا علقت طليقته

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 01:54 AM PDT

توفي فجر اليوم الفنان فاروق الفيشاوي عن عمر يناهز 67 سنة بعد صراع مرير مع مرض السرطان.

وأعلن الفيشاوي بعد إصابته بالسرطان أنه أوصى نجله أحمد الفيشاوي بوصية معينة آملًا في تنفيذها.

قال الفيشاوي خلال ندوة تكريمه ضمن فعاليات مهرجان الإسكندرية السينمائي 
لدول البحر المتوسط في دورته الرابعة والثلاثين، إن هناك عملًا عن المطران 
كابوتشي كان يرغب في إنتاجه مع المخرج عمر عبد العزيز، وكان يقوم بإخراجه 
محسن زايد وهو عمل يؤكد الوحدة الوطنية.


وأشار إلى أنه ذهب إلى سوريا من أجل الحصول على دعم لهذا العمل ، مؤكدًا أن
الدعم كان كبيرًا ، لكنه ما إن عاد لمصر حتى تبخر الحلم بسبب عدم تعاون 
بعض الجهات هنا ، مؤكدًا أنه أوصى نجله أحمد باستكمال هذا الفيلم حال 
وفاته.

فيما علقت الفنانة سمية الألفي على وفاة طليقها الفنان فاروق الفيشاوي ، وذلك بشكل مس قلوب الناس . 

وكتبت سمية تغريدة عبر حسابها بـ"تويتر" قالت فيها: "فاروق راح عند ربنا هو احن عليه من اى حاجة". 

وكان الفيشاوي أصيب بسرطان في العظام قبل أشهر ، لكن خالته تدهورت في 
الفترة الأخيرة مما استدعى دخوله المستشفى قبل أن يلقى ربه فجر اليوم.

Warren’s radical plan

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:16 PM PDT

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U.S. stocks fell from record highs amid a torrent of corporate results, while the euro swung between gains and losses. European bond yields climbed from all-time lows after Mario Draghi didn't give markets more of a dovish signal. —Josh Petri

Here are today's top stories

The fallout from the global ban on Boeing's 737 Max deepened as American Airlines warned that profit this year would take a $400 million hit, and Southwest Airlines scratched the jet from its schedule into next year.

Elon Musk had a mixed day. Tesla shares plummeted as much as 13% after a worse-than expected loss, but Boring Co. raised $120 million in outside investment.

The Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur who postponed his charity lunch with Warren Buffett apologized for "excessively" promoting the event, noting it raised concerns among authorities. 

It's been two years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for a $500 billion megacity called "Neom." Construction is now underway.

Jewelry maker Alex and Ani was once the public example of a happy Bank of America customer. Now, it's suing the lender for more than $1 billion in damages and alleging discrimination.

Motorcycle manufacturers, anxious to find new audiences after a decade of declining sales, are embracing women-only rallies.

What's Sid Verma thinking about? The Bloomberg cross-asset reporter is processing Mario Draghi's press conference. The ECB president urged governments to ready their ammunition, saying monetary policy alone cannot combat a "significant worsening" of the economy.

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Elizabeth Warren's Radical Plan to Beat Trump

After a slow start, Elizabeth Warren has not only pulled herself into the top tier of Democratic hopefuls, but forced the other to follow her lead with a fusillade of aggressive proposals. The Massachusetts senator wants to break up big tech companies, abolish private health insurance, cancel student loan debt and establish free public college and universal health care. Her bold ideas could win back the Oval Office—or cost Democrats everything.

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BREAKING NEWS: House passes sweeping budget deal after late Trump push

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:15 PM PDT

The House passed a massive $2.7 trillion, two-year budget deal that boosts Pentagon and domestic spending, in a win for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump.

The deal, which also suspends the debt ceiling into 2021, now goes to the Senate, which is expected to easily pass it next week.

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Maxime Bernier wants fences at border for “irregular” border crossers

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:13 PM PDT

Twenty Years Under King Mohammed VI (PolicyWatch 3155)

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 01:57 PM PDT

TWENTY YEARS UNDER KING MOHAMMED VI (PART 1): DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS
by Sarah Feuer and Reda Ayadi

PolicyWatch 3155
July 25, 2019

America's oldest Arab ally has made significant economic progress since 1999, but grievances regarding social issues and political reform continue to pose a challenge.

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This PolicyWatch is the first in a two-part series assessing key developments during King Mohammed’s reign to date. Part 2 will examine foreign policy issues.

On July 30, Morocco’s fifty-five-year-old ruler Mohammed VI will commemorate twenty years on the throne. In 1999, he inherited a kingdom of twenty-eight million citizens facing considerable socioeconomic challenges, including a lack of basic necessities in rural areas, high poverty, a labor market and GDP too reliant on agriculture, and unemployment hovering around 14% nationally and nearly double that among youths. Moreover, his father’s four-decade reign had been marked by severe political repression and human rights abuses, albeit capped by a controlled opening of the political system and civil society shortly before succession.

In the twenty years since then, Morocco has made significant strides in several areas of economic and human development. At the same time, Mohammed has largely adopted his father’s preference for limited political openings, eschewing the deeper liberalization many hoped he would introduce. In the coming decades, Morocco’s ability to remain a stable exception to the chaotic regional rule will likely depend on the viability of this implied bargain.

SCHOOLS, SOLAR PANELS, AND SUFIS

Mohammed’s scorecard includes a number of noteworthy economic achievements. Morocco’s GDP rose from $42 billion in 1999 to $110 billion by 2017 (in 2017 U.S. dollars); economic growth, while still beholden to variable weather effects on agriculture, has averaged 3-4% annually, with the IMF recently predicting an improved economic outlook in the medium term; and the country now ranks second in the region after the United Arab Emirates on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. Signaling a shift from his father, Mohammed invested in Morocco’s long-neglected north early on, one result of which was Tanger Med, the largest port on the Mediterranean Sea and in all of Africa.

Additional bright spots have appeared in school enrollment, women’s advancement, and poverty reduction. In 1999, fully one-third of primary-age children were not attending school. Following a series of reforms, primary school enrollment now stands at 97%, with the biggest gains among young girls. In 2004, the monarchy reformed the code of family law (mudawanna), granting women the rights to divorce, child custody, and self-guardianship while raising the minimum marriage age to eighteen. Poverty has fallen substantially since 1999, when roughly 16% of the population and 30% of rural inhabitants were living at or below the poverty line; today those figures are 4% and 19%. Notwithstanding their higher poverty rates, nearly 100% of rural communities now have access to electricity, compared to only 18% in 1999.

Following the push toward mass electrification, Morocco embarked on a major renewable energy development project, partly to reduce its reliance on hydrocarbon imports and partly to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. One result has been the development of the Noor solar power plant, the largest such complex in the world and one that could ultimately make Morocco an energy exporter to Europe and Africa.

The kingdom is also a regional outlier in its approach to countering Islamist extremism. Four years into Mohammed’s reign, Morocco was rocked by the worst terrorist attack in its history, with twelve suicide bombers blowing themselves up at various tourist and Jewish sites in the capital, killing thirty-three civilians. The attack prompted the king—who as “Commander of the Faithful” is also the country’s chief religious authority—to launch comprehensive reforms such as bringing mosques and Islamic schools under tighter state control, stripping religious education curricula of extremist content, promoting Sufism and other streams of Islam believed to promote moderation, and establishing an imam training academy for students from North and West Africa and, increasingly, Europe.

These reforms have not immunized the kingdom from homegrown extremism, as attested by the estimated 2,000 Moroccans who joined the Islamic State and other jihadist groups in Syria between 2012 and 2016. Still, through a blend of heightened security measures and religious reforms, the country has evidently contained the threat of extremism better than most of its regional peers.

GRADUALISM OR GRIDLOCK?

If the Casablanca attack fueled a push to counter religious extremism, it also slowed the momentum toward political liberalization implied in Mohammed’s pledge to rule differently than his father had. After a series of early initiatives distributed approximately $185 million to over 16,000 victims of King Hassan II’s so-called “Years of Lead,” many expected civil liberties to expand under his son. But the 2003 bombings spurred a sweeping antiterrorism law that human rights groups condemned for enshrining an overly broad definition of terrorism and enabling the government to obstruct ostensibly peaceful political activity. Today, press freedom and other civil liberties remain restricted, and Morocco’s Freedom House ranking of “partly free” hasn’t budged in twenty years.

Frustration with the pace of reforms boiled over in 2011, against the backdrop of “Arab Spring” uprisings throughout the Middle East. In response to nationwide protests demanding greater political rights and an end to corruption and high unemployment, Mohammed organized a constitutional referendum and called for new elections. The main results of these initiatives were partial empowerment of the legislative branch, formal recognition of minority ethnic identities, and a new parliament dominated by the Justice and Development Party (PJD). This mildly Islamist party, with roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, had been active in Morocco’s political landscape for decades and had long since dropped its formal opposition to the monarchy. (The country’s other main Islamist organization, al-Adl wal-Ihsan, advocates eliminating the monarchy and is thus banned.)

At the same time, the 2011 constitution reserved considerable powers for the king, and his allies have since built new parties to counteract the PJD. The resulting dynamic largely reproduced the contours of a political system long familiar to Moroccans: a monarchy unwilling to cede much power governs alongside (or, rather, above) political parties that are unable to advance shared legislative goals. A decentralization program was initiated to grant more discretion and responsibility to regional governments, but the process has largely stalled. Meanwhile, corruption remains rampant; youth unemployment, a driving factor behind the 2011 protests, stands at 22% nationally and 43% in urban areas, a sobering figure given that nearly half of Morocco’s 34 million citizens are under age twenty-four; economic inequality, as reflected in annual measures of Morocco’s Gini coefficient, remains at pre-1999 levels or worse; and access to decent healthcare and education is limited.

Such conditions fueled a series of protest movements in the years following Morocco’s “Spring.” In 2016-2017, mass demonstrations broke out in the traditionally restive Rif region after a local fishmonger was crushed to death by a garbage truck as he sought to retrieve his confiscated catch. More than 150 protestors were arrested in the ensuing crackdown on the al-Hirak al-Shaabi movement, whose leaders are currently serving twenty-year jail sentences. In 2018, an unprecedented boycott targeted three of the kingdom’s leading companies in protest of longstanding links between business and political elites. Notably, two of the companies are run by individuals with known ties to the palace.

According to the latest Arab Barometer poll, 49% of Moroccans want rapid domestic change (the highest percentage of any Arab country polled), and 70% of adults under age thirty wish to emigrate. Adequately addressing the frustrations behind such figures will be a central challenge for Mohammed as he enters his third decade of rule.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR WASHINGTON

The United States has a clear interest in helping Morocco preserve its relative stability, particularly given the uncertainties gripping Algeria next door. That stability largely depends on Rabat’s ability to continue implementing reforms in a way that reduces the drivers of social unrest while avoiding the chaos and authoritarian regression seen elsewhere in the region. Washington can boost the kingdom’s chances of success by more actively engaging it in the development arena.

Targeted U.S. assistance has already yielded substantial results under Mohammed VI. For example, a five-year Millennium Challenge Corporation grant of $697 million in 2008-2013 reportedly facilitated Morocco’s poverty reduction efforts. A second MCC “compact” of $450 million went into effect in 2017, rightly targeting job creation and land productivity. But the Trump administration has repeatedly sought to reduce its annual aid package, perhaps reasoning that Morocco’s relative calm obviates the need for assistance. Given the kingdom’s ongoing economic woes and growing indicators of social frustration, the administration should reconsider this stance.

One area that warrants greater attention—and to which Rabat would be especially receptive—is investment in Morocco’s private sector. Specifically, the Trump administration should consider creating a Moroccan-American Enterprise Fund, based on the highly successful model established by previous administrations with various Eastern European allies. Such a fund would spur much-needed private-sector growth in the kingdom and could even create opportunities for joint business ventures with American firms.

Of course, any engagement with Morocco will be hampered to the extent that Washington’s diplomatic presence remains limited. Accordingly, sending an ambassador to Rabat remains an urgent priority.

Sarah Feuer is an associate fellow with The Washington Institute, where Reda Ayadi was a research assistant from 2018 to 2019.



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Corporate America’s very good, bad quarter

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 01:51 PM PDT

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Great Bad Quarter, Guys!

Is Corporate America telling us that things are good, or that they are bad? The answer is yes.

'Tis that quarterly season when public companies report on the previous three months, after lowering expectations enough that we can all say "Great quarter, guys!" when they beat them. So far most companies are clearing those lowered hurdles, despite a trade war and global economic worries so profound the Fed will probably cut interest rates next week. But not all is rosy. 

Facebook Inc., for example, raked in more revenue and new users in the quarter than Wall Street expected. But Shira Ovide notes the growth of both numbers keeps grinding lower, hinting Facebook's core app is in decline. Facebook is spending a kajillion dollars to find new growth sources before investor patience expires. There are also signs Facebook's many, many privacy controversies are biting, Shira writes in a second column.

Tesla Inc., meanwhile, sold a record number of electric cars in the latest quarter. Hooray! But it also lost a very large amount of money in the quarter. Boo! Losing money is fine when you're growing quickly, of course (see Amazon.com Inc.). But Tesla's growth is slowing, Liam Denning notes – not a great look for a company priced at 109 times earnings. And unlike Facebook, Tesla isn't exactly spending wildly to fuel new growth. Meanwhile, people may want to buy its cars, but they don't want to pay as much for them as they once did, Liam notes in a second column.

Unabashedly upbeat, 3M Co. bucked a grim quarter for industrials by beating profit expectations and not cutting its forecast for a bump in sales in the back half of the year. But Brooke Sutherland warns many good things must happen to make 3M's wishes come true, and other companies are warning those things won't happen. 

Further Earnings Reading: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. just made clear why it needs its megamerger with Celgene Corp. – Max Nisen 

More Mueller Reviews

Former special counsel Robert Mueller's congressional testimony yesterday continues to divide critics on the right and left. He brought damning facts about Russian election interference and President Donald Trump's involvement therewith, but he also "lacked a compelling musical number," as Adam Serwer put it. The joke there is that no musical number was necessary, and Cass Sunstein argues Mueller did exactly what he was supposed to do: stick to the facts and avoid partisanship. And Jonathan Bernstein argues Republicans embarrassed themselves by focusing purely on insane conspiracy theories while ignoring the central point of Mueller's probe: that American elections are still vulnerable to foreign interference. 

Trump's Empty White House, Threats

Mueller's performance was not enough to inspire Democrats to impeach Trump, who will likely remain president for at least another 18 months. He will be very lonely; his administration is filled with empty offices and loosely attached "acting" cabinet members. This is a disaster waiting to happen, and the rules make it far too easy for Trump to get away with this, Bloomberg's editorial board. With the time saved by not impeaching Trump, maybe Congress can tighten the rules. 

Trump will also likely spend the next 18 months continuing to chase away immigrants. This appeals to his base, but it could also turn Canada into a high-tech haven, writes Noah Smith. Trump's animosity toward foreigners is discouraging skilled Canadians from coming to the U.S., while chasing other skilled immigrants north of the border. 

Further Trump Consequences Reading: Trump's plan to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. is mostly failing. – Michael Schuman 

Time for Some Game Theory: Boris Johnson Edition

Across the pond, Boris Johnson – "Britain Trump," as America Trump calls him – has promised to drag the U.K. out of the European Union, "do or die." Mohamed El-Erian suggests Johnson's believable willingness to risk what could be a disastrous no-deal Brexit makes him likelier to succeed at wringing concessions from Europe than Theresa May was. After all, Europe would suffer too if Britain crashed out of the union. Lionel Laurent is skeptical, though; nobody in Europe much likes Johnson or wants to give him any breaks, and they see a no-deal Brexit as too self-destructive and difficult to jam through U.K. parliament. Lionel sees more Brexit delay and uncertainty ahead

Further BoJo Decision Reading: Iran is asking too much to release a British oil tanker. Johnson should resist. – Bobby Ghosh 

Telltale Charts

Mario Draghi was not nearly hawkish enough for markets today, writes Marcus Ashworth, raising the risk of European recession.

Further Reading

Before he retires, Draghi must explain the ECB's handling of Monte Paschi. – Elisa Martinuzzi

A cost study finds a new fish-oil-based heart drug might be dramatically, wait for it, underpriced. – Max Nisen 

Xi Jinping's China has a lot of problems. - George Magnus, Shuli Ren and John Authers

Moody's Corp. seems to realize climate risks aren't just reputational but physical and financial. – Leonid Bershidsky 

A Democratic bill to shore up Social Security by raising taxes has got it backwards. – Ramesh Ponnuru 

Space exploration needs the private sector. – Michael Strain 

ICYMI

Jeffrey Epstein was found injured in his cell.

Barclays CEO Jes Staley has an Epstein problem.

Mohammed bin Salman's $500 billion megacity project shudders back to life.

Kickers

Irish moon-landing stamp spells "moon" wrong. (h/t James Greiff)

Archaeologists discover proof of the 1099 siege of Jerusalem. (h/t Scott Kominers)

Undead tree stump kept alive by neighboring trees.

Baldness may soon be obsolete (for the rich).

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Fireworks, caviar, and a 10-tier cake! All the details of J. Lo’s ‘epic’ 50th birthday bash

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News Alert: Iran, other countries prepared to follow Russia's disinformation playbook in 2020, researchers say

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:45 PM PDT

Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's warning that Russia and "many more countries" were likely to target disinformation at U.S. voters in 2020 echoes the findings of a broad range of independent researchers, who see this potential from operations in Saudi Arabia, Israel, China, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Such campaigns may already have begun.
 
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World Alert: Paris soars to 108.7 degrees, smashing the city’s temperature record amid Europe's heat wave, says France’s weather agency

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:24 AM PDT

The stifling heat in Paris shattered the previous record of 104.7 degrees (40.4 Celsius), set in 1947, amid Europe's second historic heat wave this summer. National heat records were set in Belgium and the Netherlands on Wednesday and Thursday, while in Britain the temperature rose above 100 degrees for only the second time.
 
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Algerian student Zine Ghebouli details the potential outcomes for Algeria's transitional council, from quick elections to a longer transitional period. Between a disorganized popular opposition movement and a military eager to return to the status quo, Ghebouli outlines what must change in order for Algerian politics to develop substantive reforms, while warning that attempting superficial changes will ultimately lead to long-term instability.

Head of the Iraqi Advisory Council Farhad Alaaldin suggests that Iraq is the most viable candidate to mediate between Iran and the United States. Suggesting negotiations with a third party is the best option to avoid further escalation, Alaaldin notes that Iraq's recent diplomatic efforts and its longstanding ties with both countries make it a promising mediator.

Iraqi analyst Diliman Abdulkader describes the challenges that Yezidis continue to face in the aftermath of IS's attack on the community. Abdulkader explains that while Yezidis inside Iraq continues to struggle to regain their footing, a new community is building itself in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Syrian-Kurdish journalist Baz Bakkari highlights the complications developing from attempts to repatriate IS-affiliated prisoners with European citizenship from northeastern Syria. While some European leaders and the Kurdish Autonomous Authority have suggested establishing an international tribune to handle trials, the question of legitimizing the Autonomous Authority and its effect on relations with Turkey remains a sticking point.

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يتناول الطالب الجزائري زين العابدين غبولي، بالشرح والتفصيل المسارات المحتملة للمجلس الانتقالي الجزائري، منذ عقد الانتخابات التي تمت بشكل سريع وحتى بدء الفترة الانتقالية الطويلة. ففي وجود حركة شعبية معارضة وغير منظمة، وجيش متحمس للعودة إلى الوضع القائم، يحدد غبولي ما يجب أن يتغير من أجل تطوير السياسة الجزائرية لإجراء إصلاحات جوهرية، بينما يحذر من أن محاولات التغيير السطحية قد تؤدي في نهاية المطاف إلى حالة من عدم الاستقرار طويل الأجل.

يرى رئيس المجلس الاستشاري العراقي، فرهاد علاء الدين، أن العراق هو المرشح الأكثر قدرة على التوسط بين إيران والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. كما يشير إلى أن المفاوضات مع طرف ثالث هي أفضل خيار محتمل لتجنب المزيد من التصعيد. ومن ثم، يرى علاء الدين أن الجهود الدبلوماسية التي بذلها العراق في الفترة الأخيرة، أضف إلى ذلك علاقاته طويلة الأجل مع كلا البلدين، تجعل منه وسيطًا واعداً.

يصف المحلل العراقي ديليمان عبد القادر التحديات التي لا تزال تواجه الإيزيديين في أعقاب هجوم تنظيم "داعش" على مجتمعهم، حيث يرى انه في الوقت الذي يواصل فيه الإيزيديين الكفاح داخل العراق من أجل استعادة مكانتهم، فإن مجتمعًا جديدًا يبني نفسه في مدينة لينكولن في بولاية نيبراسكا.

يلقي الصحفي السوري الكردي باز بكاري الضوء على التعقيدات الناشئة عن محاولات إعادة الأسرى الأوربيين المنتمين لتنظيم "داعش" من شمال شرق سوريا. ففي حين يقترح بعض الزعماء الأوروبيين وسلطة الإدارة الذاتية الكردية إنشاء محكمة دولية للتعامل مع أزمة الأسرى، فإن مسألة إضفاء الشرعية على سلطة الإدارة الذاتية وأثرها على العلاقات مع تركيا تظل نقطة شائكة.

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