Rabu, 30 Juni 2021
Kim Jong-un berates top North Korea officials over Covid 'crisis' - BBC News - BBC News
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Dozens dead as Canada heatwave shatters temperature records - BBC News - BBC News
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2021-06-30 12:57:34Z
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China and Argentina join forces to bully Britain over Falkland Islands – ‘Colonialist!’ - Daily Express
PMQs: Johnson slams opposition benches over Falklands reaction
Geng Shuang, Beijing’s permanent representative to the UN, delivered a speech at the UN's special committee on decolonisation. He urged Britain to “start dialogue and negotiations” with Argentina, which could see the islands handed over.
In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falklands, which it calls the Islas Malvinas, and nearby South Georgia.
The UK fought back, recapturing both territories in a war which left nearly 1,000 people dead.
Relations between Beijing and London have dramatically worsened over the past couple of years, with the two powers clashing over trade, Hong Kong and human rights.
Mr Shuang said: “China has always maintained that territorial disputes between countries should be resolved through peaceful negotiations in line with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
“We hope Britain will actively respond to Argentina's request, start dialogue and negotiations as soon as possible with a view to finding a peaceful, just and lasting solution in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.”
In 1965, the UN general assembly adopted resolution 2065, which claimed the Falkland Islands dispute is a colonial situation.
The UK’s claim to the islands is backed up by its 3,000 inhabitants, who overwhelmingly want to remain British.
In 2013, 99.8 percent of Falkland Islanders who voted backed their status as a British overseas territory.
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The Global Times, a tabloid newspaper controlled by China’s ruling communist party, published a piece accusing some UK politicians of being “mired in the colonial era”.
Author Lin Lan wrote: “Once also a victim of colonialism, China understands well the hardship of anti-colonial struggles.
“Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, on Thursday expounded China's position on the Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falklands Islands, and called for international efforts to put an end to colonialism there one and for all.
“In today's 21st century, long gone are the days when Western colonialists had free rein.
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“However, the UK still insists on its colonial mentality and policies which are inconsistent with the times.”
Ms Lan also claimed London could strengthen its hold over the islands post-Brexit.
She said: “After Brexit, Britain may take risky actions such as increasing the number of troops stationed on the Malvinas Islands, or making provocative moves against Argentina, so Argentina must keep vigilant.”
The Chinese move comes against the backdrop of growing tensions with Britain.
Falklands: Former Argentine senator calls for fresh talks with UK
In April, the UK parliament passed a bill describing China’s oppression of its Uyghur community as a “genocide”.
Around one million Uyghurs, and other Muslim minorities, have reportedly been detained in re-education camps in western China.
There are allegations of torture, forced labour and forced sterilisations taking place within the facilities; which Beijing denies.
The UK is also furious with China for stripping Hong Kong of most of its autonomy in 2020, violating an agreement with London.
Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997 in return for assurances about political and media freedoms.
In response, the UK has said Hong Kong residents born before 1997, and their families, are now eligible to move to Britain.
Additional reporting by Maria Ortega.
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2021-06-30 11:36:01Z
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What is a heat dome? Record-breaking weather system hits US and Canada - Sky News
Record high temperatures are being recorded across North America, with more than 100 deaths reported so far in Canada and states in the north-western US, caused by a so-called "heat dome".
A heat dome is a weather phenomenon in which high-pressure atmospheric conditions have trapped air coming in from the Pacific Ocean, heating the air column while compressing it down, like a lid on a saucepan.
This area of atmospheric pressure has created a blocking pattern, sandwiching the high pressure between areas of low pressure, pushing cooler air away from the heat dome.
Usually winds can move a heat dome around, creating a heatwave, but because this dome stretches high into the atmosphere, the high pressure system isn't easy to move and appears to be stationary.
Although it is difficult to attribute single incidents of extreme weather to climate change, which is based on a much longer-term analysis, extremely rare events such as this are expected to become more common due to the general increase in global temperatures.
On Tuesday 29 June, Canada experienced its highest ever recorded temperature at 121F (49.6C) - making it the third consecutive day in which records had been broken.
The record heat has also led to record drops in temperature overnight in some places, such as Portland, Oregon, dropping from 116F (46C) to 64F (17C).
The US National Weather Service has warned that the "dangerously hot conditions" could last until Thursday, with Washington State and Oregon having both seen temperatures well above 104F (40C) since Friday.
Canada saw 103 heat records broken on Monday across the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
To cope with the severe heat, dry ice is being used to cool water, people have been sleeping in "cooling shelters", and a swimming pool in Seattle was closed because the surrounding deck area was "dangerously" hot.
Police in British Columbia said they had responded to 65 sudden death callouts since the heatwave began in the region on Friday.
"Vancouver has never experienced heat like this, and sadly dozens of people are dying because of it," Sergeant Steve Addison of Vancouver Police said.
Commenting on the crisis in Canada, British Columbia's premier John Horgan said that it served as a "big lesson that the climate crisis is not a fiction".
"This is not a British Columbia problem, it's not a Canada problem, it is a global challenge," he said.
"And we all need to have citizens of the world coming together as we have, quite frankly, to address a global pandemic."
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2021-06-30 09:34:21Z
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VIDEO: Moment shark bites parasailer's foot in Red Sea - Daily Mail
Moment shark leaps out of the water and tears a chunk out of paraglider’s foot in the Red Sea
- A Jordanian man was parasailing in the Red Sea when he was attacked by a shark
- The man had several tendons in his foot severed as well as a badly torn muscle
- The shark also bit off a section of the man's foot after leaping up from the sea
- The victim was rushed to the Prince Hashem Military Hospital for treatment
This is the shocking moment a shark leapt out of the water and bit off part of a man’s foot as he parasailed in the Red Sea.
The footage which was shot on Friday, shows the tandem parasailer, a 37-year-old Jordanian man, hovering above the water in Aqaba when the shark suddenly emerges and bites him on the leg.
The man lost part of the back of his foot in the attack which also severed tendons, tore muscles and broke several bones.
He was taken to the Prince Hashem Military Hospital, in the port city, where he had an operation on his right foot. His condition was described as stable.
This is the shocking moment a man parasailing off the coast of Jordan was bitten by a shark
The 37-year-old man lost part of his foot and had several tendons severed when the shark lunged out of the sea and bit him near the port city of Aqaba on Friday
Mohammad Qatawneh from the Aqaba International Dive Centre told local media that although shocking, attacks by sharks in the Gulf of Aqaba are rare.
He told Jordan News: 'The shark attack garnered a lot of media attention. Truthfully, it scared a lot of people, but this is something that can take place anywhere.
'In Karak, for example, there are snakes and scorpions, but in the end, they're not dangerous enough to scare people away.
'I've been diving for 20 years and this is the first time I've heard of a shark attack.'
He added: 'There are many types of sharks. We have reef sharks, guitar sharks, and many other types but none are dangerous.'
Mohammed Khalil Al Zabada of the College of Marine Sciences told Gulf News: 'Sharks are found in all the seas of the world, and in the Red Sea there are many types of sharks, but their presence in the Aqaba region is very rare.'
He said sharks are not normally found in shallow water off the Jordanian coast.
The victim was para sailing on a boat outside the port of Aqaba, Jordan. The shark jumped and grabbed the man's foot before he was lifted into the air by the powerboat
The man lost part of his foot after being attacked by an unidentified shark. Pictured here is an Oceanic white-tip shark. This species of shark has been linked to previous attacks in the Red Sea
The man was attacked in the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba by an unidentified shark
Nayef Al Bakhit of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority said an investigation into the incident has been launched.
He added: 'The committee will issue a detailed statement about what happened as soon as they complete the investigation.'
Several other people have been attacked in the Red Sea by sharks within the past year, although those incidents were further south, off the Egyptian coast.
In October 2020, a 12-year-old Ukrainian boy and an Egyptian tour guide were attacked by a shark at the Ras Mohammed national park in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The boy lost an arm while the guide had a leg amputated when they were savaged by an Oceanic Whitetip shark.
Two months later a 42-year-old German woman was bitten by a whitetip shark near Marsa Alam in Egypt.
Local tourist officials in Aqaba said that shark sightings in the area are incredibly rare
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2021-06-30 09:00:36Z
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Selasa, 29 Juni 2021
Ethiopia Tigray conflict: Rebels build on capture of capital - BBC News
Rebel fighters in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are continuing to gain ground after recapturing the regional capital Mekelle from government forces.
The rebels have now entered the town of Shire, about 140km (90 miles) to the north-west, according to UN officials.
Eritrean troops backing the Ethiopian army had earlier abandoned the city.
The government has declared a ceasefire in the eight-month conflict, but the rebels have vowed to drive their "enemies" from Tigray.
The fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and government forces has left thousands of people dead.
More than two million have been displaced and 350,000 pushed towards famine.
The fighting began in November, when rebels rejected political reforms and captured army bases. Government forces captured Mekelle later that month.
There were scenes of jubilation in the streets of the capital on Tuesday, a day after the rebels retook the city following a rapid offensive. The central government has called a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the region.
Rebel spokesman Getachew Reda told Reuters news agency that Tigrayan fighters would "destroy the enemy" by entering Eritrea and the Ethiopian region of Amhara - whose militias have also supported government forces.
"We have to ensure that the enemy... doesn't have the capability to threaten the security of our people anymore," he said.
The status of Eritrean troops remains unclear, although one resident in Shire told Reuters the Eritreans appeared to be moving north, towards the border.
The rebels are now in control of most of the region, the research organisation International Crisis Group said.
A turning point?
Vivienne Nunis, BBC News, Nairobi
With rebels seizing back control of Mekelle, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appears to have had few options left when he unilaterally declared a ceasefire.
But by framing the decision as a "humanitarian" one, the government in Addis Ababa is attempting to save face.
So what now? The rebels have so far ignored the ceasefire saying they are intent on driving out all so-called "invading enemies".
The international community will be watching to see whether the ceasefire is a turning point, and in particular, whether humanitarian groups can now travel freely in the region to deliver supplies to the millions of people in desperate need of food.
Tigray - the basics
- Ethiopia is divided into 10 regional states defined on ethnic grounds and described as largely autonomous, but with central institutions
- In 2018, following anti-government protests, Abiy Ahmed took over as PM and introduced reforms
- Powerful politicians from Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost state, accused Mr Abiy of trying to increase federal power
- Relations worsened and, after the government accused Tigrayan rebels of attacking military bases, the Ethiopian army moved in in November
- Mr Abiy declared the conflict over in late November, but fighting continued and increased ahead of national elections on 21 June
All sides in the conflict have been accused of mass killings and human rights violations.
On Tuesday senior US state department official Robert Godec said Washington would not stand by in the face of the "horrifying atrocities" being committed in Tigray.
The UN has said there was a situation of famine in northern Ethiopia - a claim Ethiopia's government denies.
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2021-06-29 20:07:14Z
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Russia accused of threatening Dutch warship on patrol with Britain's HMS Defender - Sky News
Dutch authorities say Russian fighter jets armed with air-to-surface missiles threatened one of their navy ships in the Black Sea.
The Dutch Defence Ministry said Russian fighter jets repeatedly flew low over the ship and carried out "mock attacks" off the coast of Crimea last week.
The Dutch ship Evertsen had been patrolling the area alongside HMS Defender.
Russia said the British ship was forced to flee the area last week after their warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs.
Britain has denied that account and insisted the ship wasn't fired upon.
Dutch defence minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten called the Russian actions against the Evertsen "irresponsible."
"Evertsen has every right to sail there," she said. "There is no justification whatsoever for this kind of aggressive act, which also unnecessarily increases the chance of accidents."
She said the Netherlands would speak to Russia about the incident.
The ministry said that the Russian jets, armed with bombs and air-to-surface rockets, flew past the frigate between 3.30pm and 8.30pm on Thursday and were followed by "disruptions to the Evertsen's electronic equipment".
Russia's defence ministry said its fighter jets and bombers flew safely near the Dutch ship, according to state agency Interfax.
The HMS Defender incident last Wednesday prompted a political war of words.
Boris Johnson insisted the Royal Navy was sailing legally in Ukrainian waters and that Russia did not any fire warning shots.
But Russia accused the UK of "barefaced lies" and said it would respond robustly to any future incursions into what it says are Russian waters.
Meanwhile, sensitive defence documents containing details about the ship and the military have reportedly been found by a member of the public at a bus stop in Kent.
Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014 - a move not recognized by most countries.
Russia has criticised NATO warships visiting the region and in April it declared a broader area off Crimea closed to foreign naval ships.
In April, Russia imposed restrictions on foreign naval movements near Crimea until November in a move that drew strong complaints from Ukraine and the West.
Russia rejected the criticism and noted the restrictions wouldn't interfere with commercial shipping.
Earlier this year, Russia also bolstered its troops near the border with Ukraine and warned Kyiv against using force to reclaim control of the country's eastern industrial heartland, where a conflict with Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 14,000 people in seven years.
Moscow withdrew some of its forces after manoeuvres, but Ukrainian officials say many of them remain.
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2021-06-29 19:17:13Z
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