Daily Archives: 18. Juli 2022


18.07.2022 - 18:36 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Blocked Billionaire Friend‘s Donation to Peres Center, Witness Says

Hadas Klein told Jerusalem District Court that Packer „wanted to donate $3 million to the Peres Center for Peace and had promised Shimon Peres he would do it.” The center was founded by the former president and prime minister in 1996, in order to further peace and cooperation between Arabs and Jews and Israelis and Palestinians.

Klein is testifying in Case 1000, in which Netanyahu is accused of improperly receiving expensive gifts in exchange for favors. Both Packer and Milchan are at the center of the affair.

18.07.2022 - 18:12 [ ORF.at ]

Regierungskrise in Rom: Draghi unterzieht sich Vertrauensvotum

Das teilte der Präsident der Abgeordnetenkammer, Roberto Fico, heute mit. Es könnte mit Draghi als Regierungschef weitergehen oder zu einer vorgezogenen Wahl kommen.

Auslöser der politischen Krise war die Enthaltung der Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung bei einem Vertrauensvotum im Senat. Die Fünf Sterne sind die stärkste Einzelpartei im italienischen Parlament.

18.07.2022 - 17:45 [ New York Times ]

Report on Uvalde Shooting Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ in Police Response

After the report came out, the mayor of Uvalde, Don McLaughlin, said the acting chief during the shooting, Lt. Mariano Pargas, had been placed on administrative leave and that the city had begun its own internal investigation. The city released body camera footage documenting the actions of the Uvalde officers at the scene.

The facts laid out in the report also made clear that neither existing gun laws, nor expanded background checks passed by Congress in response to the shooting, would have prevented the gunman, Salvador Ramos, from obtaining the weapon he used.

18.07.2022 - 17:22 [ ConservativeHome.com ]

The complete run-offs from our Next Tory Leader survey. Badenoch first, Truss second, Sunak third, Mordaunt fourth, Tugendhat fifth.

The run-off scores from our latest Next Tory Leader survey for all five candidates are as follows –

18.07.2022 - 17:15 [ Sky News ]

Sky News cancels Conservative leadership debate after Sunak and Truss refuse to take part

Sky News has cancelled its Conservative leadership debate after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss refused to take part.

The debate was due to be hosted by Kay Burley tomorrow evening.

Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of the party, exposing disagreements and splits.

18.07.2022 - 17:10 [ Express.co.uk ]

Boris lashes out at Truss on tax as Tory leadership tensions explode in bloodbath contest

His comments came despite Ms Truss being seen as the „Boris Johnson continuity candidate“ with a number of his supporters backing her in a bid to stop Mr Suank entering No10.

Her attack on the former Chancellor‘s record last night was one of a number of punches swung as the Tory leadership contest gets increasingly bitter.

18.07.2022 - 16:50 [ Ulrich Thiele, Volontär Cicero Magazin / Nitter.net ]

„Die Politik will das aussitzen und die Öffentlichkeit mürbe machen“, sagt @FabioDeMasi. Das Interview über den Geheimdienstskandal #Wirecard und das politische Netzwerk dahinter ist nun auch in der Printausgabe des @cicero_online. Es fallen viele interessante Namen. Z.B.: (1/2)

(25. Mai 2022)

18.07.2022 - 15:05 [ Klaus-D. Sedlacek / Nitter ]

Ukraine: Viele Überläufer in Sicherheitsbehörden

18.07.2022 - 14:53 [ Natasha Bertrand, @CNN reporter covering the White House and national security / Nitter ]

President Zelensky announces he has fired Iryna Venediktova – the Prosecutor General – and Ivan Bakanov, head of the powerful SBU, or State Security Service. Zelensky said many officials within both of those departments were suspected of treason.

via @TimListerCNN