Daily Archives: 7. September 2020


07.09.2020 - 21:44 [ Haaretz ]

Police Harassment

Artist Ze’ev Engelmayer was arrested Saturday at an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem while dressed as his nude comics character Shoshke.

07.09.2020 - 21:29 [ Glenn Greenwald / Intercept ]

Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean Its Opposite

Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term.

07.09.2020 - 21:25 [ theHill.com ]

The Atlantic‘s Trump report: We should know the sources of a story this important

The headline over the bombshell story in The Atlantic magazine exploded on the media and political worlds like a grenade going off in a battle — the kind of headline that would certainly give the president’s detractors yet one more reason to detest the man.

“Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’”

07.09.2020 - 21:20 [ ORF.at ]

Syrien: Russland macht Front gegen US-Sanktionen

Lawrow erklärte, das Land benötige beim Wiederaufbau internationale Hilfe.

07.09.2020 - 21:15 [ Hessenschau.de ]

Vorwürfe im Lübcke-Prozess: Ernsts Ex-Verteidiger soll Teile des zweiten Geständnisses erfunden haben

Ernst hat seit seiner Verhaftung drei Geständnisse mit unterschiedlichem Inhalt abgelegt. In seinem dritten und jüngsten Geständnis Anfang August übernahm Ernst wiederum die Verantwortung für den tödlichen Schuss auf Lübcke.

Vor Gericht geht es momentan darum, wie die drei Geständnisse zustande gekommen sind.

07.09.2020 - 21:08 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Kreml-Kritiker in Berliner Charité: Nawalny aus Koma erwacht und ansprechbar

ie Bundesregierung erklärte in der vergangenen Woche, dass Nawalny „zweifelsfrei“ mit einem chemischen Nervenkampfstoff aus der sogenannten Nowitschok-Gruppe vergiftet worden sei. Ein Spezial-Labor der Bundeswehr habe den Stoff untersucht.

07.09.2020 - 11:10 [ Wikileaks ]

Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing

Hearing Resumes: September 2020

September 7, 2020

07.09.2020 - 11:05 [ ORF.at ]

Assange-Prozess: Anhörung zu Auslieferungsantrag

Assange war 2012 aus Angst vor einer Auslieferung an die USA in die ecuadorianische Botschaft in London geflüchtet. Damals lag gegen ihn ein europäischer Haftbefehl wegen Vergewaltigungsvorwürfen in Schweden vor. Die Ermittlungen wurden eingestellt. Die britische Polizei verhaftete Assange im April 2019, da er mit der Flucht in die Botschaft gegen Kautionsauflagen verstoßen hatte. Er wurde zu einem knappen Jahr Haft verurteilt.

07.09.2020 - 10:53 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

‚Julian will be put on a show trial – then they‘ll bury him‘: Mother of Assange‘s two children tearfully warns of the WikiLeaks founder‘s fate as the US begins its Old Bailey extradition bid

The Mail on Sunday revealed in April that Ms Morris, 37, is the mother of two children fathered by Assange while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. She believes he will face a show trial in the US if he is extradited.

‘It is heartbreaking to think that if Julian is extradited and put in a US supermax prison, the boys will never get to know their father and he will never see them grow up,’ she said. ‘It’s not Julian in the prison. It’s the kids that are being deprived of their father. It’s me that’s being deprived.’

07.09.2020 - 10:42 [ the Times ]

Julian Assange’s fiancée, Stella Moris, on their secret family

The WikiLeaks founder secretly fathered two children while holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy. Now he is in prison fighting extradition to the US and the hearing that will decide his fate resumes on Monday. His fiancée tells Kirsty Lang their extraordinary love story

07.09.2020 - 10:35 [ Amnesty International ]

UK: Assange extradition hearing will be a key test for UK and US justice

The fact that Assange was the target of a negative public campaign by US officials at the highest levels undermines his right to be presumed innocent and puts him at risk of an unfair trial.

“The UK must abide by its obligations under international human rights law, which forbid the transfer of individuals to another country where they would face serious human rights violations,” said Nils Muižnieks.

07.09.2020 - 10:12 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

EU will have just 38 days to strike a Brexit deal, warns Boris Johnson

The UK ‚cannot compromise on the fundamentals of what it means to be an independent country‘

07.09.2020 - 10:03 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Five weeks to seal Brexit… or we walk: Boris Johnson threatens to TEAR UP Withdrawal Agreement and remove Irish customs pledge as he insists No Deal would be ‚good outcome‘

– Boris Johnson says there is ‚no sense‘ in faltering trade talks after October 15
– He says he won‘t compromise on UK‘s freedom to set own laws and fish in waters
– Mr Johnson insists a No Deal departure would still be a ‚good outcome‘
– Is is also reported today the UK could tear up parts of the Withdrawal Agreement
– Such a move could be seen as ‚bad faith‘ by the EU, lowering chances of a deal

07.09.2020 - 10:01 [ ZDF ]

Brexit-Handelsabkommen – Johnson droht mit „No Deal“

Der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson fordert von der EU bis 15. Oktober ein Brexit-Handelsabkommen. Er könne sich sonst auch einen harten wirtschaftlichen Bruch vorstellen.

07.09.2020 - 05:45 [ Japan Today ]

Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds on southwest Japan

yphoon Haishen drew closer to Japan‘s southern mainland on Sunday, cutting power and prompting authorities to recommend evacuation and warn of potentially record rainfall, unprecedented wind, high tides and large ocean swells.

Authorities urged early evacuation for more than 100,000 households in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa and in Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Nagasaki on Kyushu, Japan‘s main southern island, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).