Ahead of the meeting of NATO Leaders in London to mark the Alliance’s 70th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday (29 November 2019) gave details of large increases in Allied defence spending. Mr. Stoltenberg announced that in 2019 defence spending across European Allies and Canada increased in real terms by 4.6 %, making this the fifth consecutive year of growth. He also revealed that by the end of 2020, those Allies will have invested $130 billion more since 2016.
Daily Archives: 29. November 2019
France to summon Turkey’s ambassador after Erdogan slams Macron‘s NATO comments
Erdogan repeated an expression Macron had used to describe NATO to hit back at the French leader over his criticism of fellow NATO member Turkey‘s intervention against Kurdish forces in Syria.
„This is not a statement, these are insults,“ an Élysee official said, adding: „The ambassador will be summoned to the ministry to explain things.“
Check your ‘brain death’ first, Erdoğan urges Macron on NATO
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has harshly slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over his criticisms of the Turkish military operation into Syria, while urging him to check his own “brain death” before talking about the status of NATO, in reference to the French president’s remarks that the alliance was suffering a “brain death.”
“The president of France, Mr. Macron, I am saying this to you from Turkey and I will say it at NATO as well. You should first check your own brain death,” Erdoğan said at a groundbreaking ceremony for a university complex in Istanbul on Nov. 29.
Hilfe auch ohne Krankenversicherung: Medi-Büro in Chemnitz gegründet
Als erstes geht es den beiden darum, das Medi-Büro bekannt zu machen, sowohl bei Ärzten als auch bei den potenziellen Patienten. Täger arbeitet als Flüchtlingssozialarbeiterin und hat darüber Kontakt mit möglichen Patienten. Sie setzt dabei auf Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda. „Sie sind erstaunlich gut in ihren Communities vernetzt“, sagt Täger. Ärzte ließen sich am besten mit konkreten Fällen von einer Kooperation überzeugen. Die erste Praxis hat sich bereits am Montagabend angeboten
Trump prepares to leave for NATO summit in London
Mr. Trump is expected to meet one-on-one with a handful of his counterparts, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German President Angela Merkel. But he is not currently scheduled to meet one-on-one with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is due for another election the week after hosting the NATO summit, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on Friday.
Trump to cut Nato funding days before London summit
(28.11.2019)
The administration sought to cut its contribution to Nato’s direct budget from 22 per cent to around 16 per cent, CNN reported, citing US defence officials.
It would bring its contribution closer to Germany, which pays 14.8 per cent. The UK pays 10 per cent.
An Unjust Society Is Far Costlier‘: AOC Says Beware the Deficit Scolds Who Only Complain About Paying for Stuff When It Benefits People
„I saw members voting YES without even a summary of the bill,“ said the congresswoman. „Nobody cared then how we‘d pay for it. Now ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students.“
Nach Jet-Absturz bei Zemmer Gift im Boden gefunden
Nach dem Absturz eines F16 Kampfjets der Airbase Spangdahlem bei Zemmer (Kreis Trier-Saarburg) ist in einer Bodenprobe der Giftstoff Hydrazin gefunden worden.
Trump auf US-Airbase Ramstein gelandet
Im Oktober war bereits der amerikanische Vize-Präsident Mike Pence in Ramstein. Dabei hatte er betont, wie wichtig die Airbase als Station für das US-Militär in Europa sei.
Mike Pence visits Marines in Beaufort
Pence visits Marines for Thanksgiving
Pompeo to visit ‘critical partner’ Morocco
Pompeo, the highest-level US visitor to Morocco since President Donald Trump’s election, will arrive in Rabat on December 4 and meet with King Mohammed VI, the State Department said.
For many years I ran a poets-in-the-schools organization for “inner-city” students. I fight for the children in overcrowded, under resourced schools, many of them homeless, almost all never given a real chance at a decent life. #IFightForThem
I fight for the average American who is afraid to go to the doctor while in terrible pain because they think it‘s an expensive condition that will bankrupt the family while getting terrible care anyway possibly dying, leaving the family with debt they cannot handle #IFightForThem
During Thanksgiving I heard 3 stories of our corrupt „health care“ system. They keep getting notices of lack of payment while the insurance tells them the company has paid. @BernieSanders will take the power away from this companies and bring peace to their lives. #IFightForThem
‚What Momentum Looks Like‘: Sanders Becomes Fastest Presidential Candidate in History to Reach 4 Million Individual Donations
(19.11.2019)
The fundraising milestone comes after Sanders received several major endorsements over the past week, including National Nurses United, United Teachers Los Angeles, and the California Young Democrats.
Sanders led all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in fundraising in the third quarter of 2019, raking in $25.3 million from an average donation of just $18. Teacher has been the most common profession of Sanders donors, while Amazon, Walmart, and Starbucks have been the top employers of Sanders contributors.
Netanyahu’s End: A Frightful Spectacle
Like an obstinate commander who refuses to internalize his terminal condition, he manufactures in his feverish mind divisions and squadrons and sends them to the front. The force commanders surrounding him, whether for fear of his wrath or out of empathy and pity, play along with him. They come and go, pretending to be doing things, pretending that as long as he’s there, there’s hope. He looks at their faces and wonders what’s going through their heads. Who will defect, who will betray. Who will rise against him. …
Vor der Zerreißprobe
Nicht nur wegen des Drucks aus den Vereinigten Staaten, sondern vor allem auch aufgrund der Bemühungen, die EU als Weltmacht neben den USA und China zu positionieren, hat nun aber inzwischen die Suche nach Optionen begonnen, die 5G-Netze in der EU ausschließlich mit Hilfe europäischer Firmen zu konstruieren. Der Sache nach geht es dabei um Nokia (Finnland) und Ericsson (Schweden). Beide liegen hinter Huawei zurück und sind zur Zeit außerdem auf Huawei-Patente angewiesen.
Report: Knesset speaker failed to form unity gov‘t under his leadership
According to the report, Edelstein planned to announce an agreed deal in a press conference on Wednesday, after receiving signatures supporting the move from Blue & White’s Benny Gantz, Yisrael Beiteinu’s Avigdor Liberman, and two-thirds of the Likud faction.
However, at the end of a five-day political maneuver, the Likud’s second on the Knesset list — preceded only by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — realized he does not have enough votes to push forth the idea,
Ayatollah Sistani warns of enemy plot seeking to create civil strife, bring back ‚era of dictatorship‘
„It is imperative on peaceful demonstrators that they separate their ranks from non-peaceful individuals and cooperate on shunning saboteurs – whoever they are – and not allow them to abuse peaceful protests to damage and attack the property of citizens,“ a representative of Ayatollah Sistani said as he delivered the top cleric‘s sermon.
„The enemies and their levers, in order to achieve their malicious goals, plan to spread chaos and plunge the country into internal strife and then return it to dictatorship, so everyone must work together to take away this opportunity from them,“ he added.
Iraqi Prime Minister Says He Will Resign After Shi‘ite Cleric‘s Leadership Challenge
Abdul Mahdi‘s decision came in response to a call for a change of leadership on Friday by Iraq‘s top Shi‘ite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the statement said.
„In response to this call, and in order to facilitate it as quickly as possible, I will present to parliament a demand (to accept) my resignation from the leadership of the current government,“ said the statement, signed by Abdul Mahdi.
This is House Democrats‘ big chance to bring in John Bolton
(26.11.2019)
While the committee has requested Bolton‘s testimony, it is not currently pursuing a subpoena in court.
Nach Foto-Pose: Polizei zieht Beamte von „Ende Gelände“-Einsatz ab
Die Polizei erklärte, man sei am Donnerstagabend auf das Foto in den sozialen Netzwerken aufmerksam geworden. Auf Twitter schrieb sie: „Das Foto geht natürlich nicht und wird ausgewertet werden. Wir sind zum Neutralitätsgebot verpflichtet und werden den Schutz der grundgesetzlich verankerte(n) Versammlungsfreiheit zum Großeinsatz in der Lausitz selbstverständlich gewährleisten.“ Man prüfe Disziplinarmaßnahmen.
Was ist eigentlich bei euch los, @PolizeiBB? #EndeGelaende
„Polizeiführung reagiert auf fragwürdiges Foto mit Polizisten“. Wie diese Polizisten sich evtl. Demonstranten gegenüber verhalten, kann man sich denken.
EU-Rüstungspolitik: Unbedingt angriffsbereit
Mehr Geld, mehr Koordination, mehr Krieg: Die Europäische Kommission erhält mit der »Generaldirektion Verteidigungsindustrie und Weltraum« eine eigene Rüstungsabteilung
French army helicopters that crashed in Mali were not under IS fire: general
“There has been no gunfire from jihadists on our helicopters,” French army chief of staff François Lecointre told French radio station RFI. The army has said the helicopters had crashed after colliding accidentally during a combat operation.
UK PM Johnson says UK will leave EU by January 31 at the latest
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that Britain would leave the European Union by Jan. 31 at the latest if his Conservative Party win a majority in the election in two weeks time.
Macron Says NATO Should Shift Its Focus Away From Russia
“Is our enemy today Russia? Or China? Is it the goal of NATO to designate them as enemies? I don’t believe so,” Macron said at a joint news conference in Paris alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Our common enemy today in NATO is terrorism, which has hit each of our countries.”
This Thanksgiving 500,000 Americans are homeless. I fight for them. 45 million are dealing with student debt and hundreds of thousands will skip college due to cost. I fight for them. 87 million are underinsured or have no health insurance at all. #IFightForThem.
Dubioses Telefonat: Justizminister weiter unter Druck
Die Landesregierung hielt die Aufklärung dieses vermeintlichen Angriffs wochenlang vor der Öffentlichkeit zurück, die Ministerin wurde zum Opfer stilisiert. Die Opposition wirft CDU und FDP Vertuschung und Verschleierung vor. Und dem Justizminister nun eine Lüge.
Konservativer siegt bei Präsidentenwahl in Uruguay
Beobachter gingen davon aus, dass er einen konfrontativeren Kurs gegen die sozialistische Regierung von Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela fahren und die Beziehungen zu den USA intensivieren wird.
Iran hosts Taliban for Afghan talks
A Taliban delegation headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy political chief and head of the political office of the Taliban in Qatar, held a meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif on Tuesday in Tehran. The Iranian minister pointed to Tehran’s readiness to help establish and boost intra-Afghan talks with the participation of the Afghan government and all other influential political groups.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
28. Nov. 2019
Trump makes surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan, says talks with Taliban ongoing
In his first trip to the site of America‘s longest war, Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time Thursday and spent 3½ hours on the ground, serving turkey, thanking the troops and sitting down with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani before leaving just after midnight.
Trump Visits Afghanistan and Says He Reopened Talks With Taliban
President Trump paid an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to American troops in Afghanistan on Thursday
US-Präsident will Friedensverhandlungen mit Taliban wieder aufnehmen
Trump hatte sein Privatanwesen Mar-A-Lago in Florida Politico zufolge im Geheimen in der Nacht zum Donnerstag amerikanischer Zeit verlassen.