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Sabtu, 03 Juli 2021

Fury as female soldiers in Ukraine made to march in heels - Metro.co.uk

‘Sexist’ pictures of female soldiers in Ukraine rehearsing for a military parade wearing heels have sparked outrage.

Ukraine’s defence ministry came under fire after releasing official photographs of personnel wearing military fatigues apparently accessorised with black court shoes instead of combat boots.

Officials have been accused of making a ‘mockery’ of women with the images, branded ‘harmful’ and ‘misogynistic’.

The pictures, published on the ministry’s Facebook page, show female military college students preparing to take part in a parade to mark 30 years of independence in August, following the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Now defence minister, Andriy Taran, 66, is facing calls to wear heels to the event.

Around 31,000 women currently serve in Ukraine’s armed forces.

Cadet Ivanna Medvid reportedly said: ‘Today, for the first time, training takes place in heeled shoes.

‘It is slightly harder than in army boots but we are trying,’ she was quoted as saying by defence ministry site, ArmiaInform.

Pictures of the rehearsal, in Ukrainian capital, Kiev, have sparked fury (Picture: Ukrainian Defence ministry press/AFP via Getty Images)

The practice session took place in Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Friday.

Inna Sovsun, a member of the Golos party, said Ukraine’s women soldiers were risking their lives and ‘do not deserve to be mocked’.

‘It is hard to imagine a more idiotic, harmful idea,’ she said.

Meanwhile deputy speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Olena Kondratyuk slammed the pictures as ‘humiliating’ and is now demanding an investigation.

The women are risking their lives and ‘do not deserve to be mocked’, said Ukranian MP Inna Sovsun (Picture: Ukrainian Defence ministry press/AFP via Getty Images)

The photos have prompted calls for defence minister, Andriy Taran, to wear heels to the event. (Picture: Ukrainian Defence ministry press/AFP via Getty Images)

Another critic said high heels were ‘a mockery of women imposed by the beauty industry’.

More than 13,000 women have fought in the Ukranian conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country, she said.

The bloodshed, which began seven years ago, has claimed thousands of lives.

The pictures prompted some Ukrainian officials to bring pairs of shoes into parliament in protest – as they backed calls for Mr Taran to wear heels to the parade.

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‘Mockery’: Backlash after Ukraine women troops march in heels - Al Jazeera English

Defence ministry images showing women soldiers practising for parade in heels prompt a torrent of criticism.

Ukrainian authorities have been slammed after official pictures showed women soldiers practising for next month’s military parade in heels.

Ukraine is preparing to stage the parade to mark 30 years of independence following the Soviet Union’s breakup, and the defence ministry on Thursday released photographs of fatigue-clad women soldiers marching in mid-heel black pumps.

“Today, for the first time, training takes place in heeled shoes,” cadet Ivanna Medvid was quoted as saying by the defence ministry’s information site ArmiaInform.

“It is slightly harder than in army boots but we are trying,” Medvid said.

The choice of footwear sparked a torrent of criticism on social media and in parliament, and led to accusations that women soldiers had been sexualised.

“The story of a parade in heels is a real disgrace,” commentator Vitaly Portnikov said on Facebook, arguing that some Ukrainian officials had a “medieval” mindset.

‘Sexism and misogyny’

Another commentator, Maria Shapranova, accused the defence ministry of “sexism and misogyny”.

“High heels is a mockery of women imposed by the beauty industry,” she said.

Several Ukrainian lawmakers close to Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko showed up in parliament with pairs of shoes and encouraged the defence minister to wear high heels to the parade.

“It is hard to imagine a more idiotic, harmful idea,” said Inna Sovsun, a member of the Golos party, pointing to health risks.

She also said that Ukraine’s women soldiers – like men – were risking their lives and “do not deserve to be mocked”.

Ukraine has been battling Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east, in a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people since 2014.

Olena Kondratyuk, deputy speaker of the legislature, said authorities should publicly apologise for “humiliating” women and conduct an inquiry.

Kondratyuk said that more than 13,500 women had fought in the current conflict.

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More than 31,000 women serve in the Ukrainian armed forces, including more than 4,000 of whom are officers.

Defence Minister Andriy Taran met a group of women cadets and listened to their issues with the footwear and promised them a new model, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

“The new, improved footwear should be better, more ergonomic and made in the shortest possible time,” the minister was quoted as saying.

The ministry’s statement did not include an apology, but expressed regret at the use of the footwear problem “by some political forces for banal politicking and self-publicity”.

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2021-07-03 15:46:57Z
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Miami building collapse: Remainder of destroyed apartment block to be demolished as two more bodies found - Sky News

The remainder of the 12-storey apartment block that collapsed in Miami will be demolished on Sunday, city officials have said.

It comes as authorities announced that two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble in Florida, bringing the number of people that have died in the collapse to 24.

There have been concerns over the last few days that the building, which partially collapsed on 24 June, could come down on its own, putting at risk the fire and rescue crews who are searching for victims.

During a morning briefing on Saturday, families of the missing were told that demolition crews would roll in and bring down the building "as soon as possible - first thing tomorrow".

Meetings are being held to finalise the details of the demolition, which will involve experts going into the remaining structure to install explosives.

Searches around the building have been affected by worries the rest of the building could collapse, with shifts picked up by monitors on Thursday meaning that teams had to stop work for 15 hours until engineers deemed it safe to carry on.

Fire Rescue assistant fire chief Raide Jadallah said that the remnants of the demolished building will need to be removed immediately, with the intention of giving search teams access to parts of the garage for the first time, which has been a focus of the operation.

It is hoped that the rescue operation would only be halted for a short time following the demolition.

Tropical Storm Elsa is also barrelling towards Florida from the Caribbean Sea, raising further concerns that strong winds could destabilise the remaining section of the building.

The number of missing had been revised down from 145 to 126 by officials, after duplicate names were taken off the list and some residents reported being safe.

Families have been told they will not be allowed to return to the building to retrieve personal belongings.

Overnight into Saturday, the body of a seven-year-old girl was pulled from the wreckage in Miami - the third child to have been recovered from the rubble.

President Joe Biden visited the site earlier in the week, telling a news conference "hope springs eternal".

He added: "The whole nation is mourning with these families."

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2021-07-03 17:18:48Z
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Europe migrant crisis: Boat sinks off Tunisia drowning 43 - BBC News

Tunisian navy vessel rescues migrants on 27 June, 2021

Forty-three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Tunisia, the Tunisian Red Crescent says.

The migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.

A further 84 were rescued by the Tunisian navy, said the head of Tunisia's Red Crescent head Mongi Slim.

Summer weather has seen an increase in migrants trying to reach Europe from north Africa.

The boat, which set sail on Monday night, was carrying people from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh, the Red Crescent said. The vessel capsized after its engine broke down.

Those rescued, off the Tunisian fishing port of Zarzis, were aged between three and 40, according to Tunisia's defence ministry.

The Tunisian Red Crescent gave them food and drink while looking for space to house them for the required Covid isolation period, local media radio reported.

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Libya has been a key transit point for migrants from many countries trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.

But Tunisia has also become a major hub and has called on the European Union to deal with migration by helping fight poverty in Africa.

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2021-07-03 15:04:43Z
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Japan landslide: 20 missing in Atami city - BBC News

Twenty people are missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city following heavy rainfall.

Video on social media showed a torrent of black mud plummeting down from a mountain top and on through the city towards the sea. Several houses were destroyed or buried.

Two bodies have been found by the coast guard, the local governor said.

A resident said he heard a "horrible sound" and fled as the landslide engulfed everything in its path.

Atami, a popular hot-spring resort in the prefecture of Shizuoka, has had more rainfall in the first three days of July than it usually sees in the whole month.

The weather has been similar in neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.

Japan is a very mountainous and densely populated country and landslides are not unusual, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.

But there is growing evidence that climate change is making these sorts of extreme weather events more frequent and more destructive, our correspondent adds.

The mudslide struck at 10:30 local time on Saturday (01:30 GMT), according to a local resident.

黄瀬川大橋、崩壊。
熱海で大規模土砂崩れ。
車も家も流される事態に。#豪雨　 #拡散希望 pic.twitter.com/HX5mKb34zj
— 炎上動画・面白ネタ拡散バード🇯🇵 (@enjou_kakusan) July 3, 2021

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A witness told national broadcaster NHK: "I heard a horrible sound and saw a mudslide flowing downwards as rescue workers were urging people to evacuate. So I ran to higher ground."

Another resident, Chieko Oki, told AFP news agency: "The big electricity pylons here were shaking all over the place and no sooner had I wondered what was going on than the mudslides were already there."

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has put together a task force to respond to the disaster and the wider emergency caused by heavy rainfall on the Pacific coastline.

Police, firefighters and members of Japan's military are involved in a search operation.

Atami's Mayor Sakae Saito told local media that up to 300 homes had been affected by the landslide.

Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of residents in three prefectures - Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Chiba - have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low-lying areas.

Last July dozens were killed in flooding. More than 200 died in 2018 when parts of western Japan were inundated.

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2021-07-03 13:08:50Z
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Japan landslide: 20 missing in Atami city - BBC News

Twenty people are missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city following heavy rainfall.

Video on social media showed a torrent of black mud plummeting down from a mountain top and on through the city towards the sea. Several houses were destroyed or buried.

Kyodo news agency reports that the bodies of what appear to be two victims have been found in the port district.

A witness described a "horrible sound" before he fled to higher ground.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has put together a task force to respond to the disaster and the wider emergency caused by heavy rainfall on the Pacific coastline.

Atami, a popular hot-spring resort in the prefecture of Shizuoka, has had more rainfall in the first three days of July than it usually sees in the whole month. The weather has been similar in neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.

A witness told national broadcaster NHK: "I heard a horrible sound and saw a mudslide flowing downwards as rescue workers were urging people to evacuate. So I ran to higher ground."

黄瀬川大橋、崩壊。
熱海で大規模土砂崩れ。
車も家も流される事態に。#豪雨　 #拡散希望 pic.twitter.com/HX5mKb34zj
— 炎上動画・面白ネタ拡散バード🇯🇵 (@enjou_kakusan) July 3, 2021

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

The mudslide struck at 10:30 local time (01:30 GMT), according to a local resident.

Police, firefighters and members of Japan's military are involved in a search operation.

Residents in parts of three prefectures - Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Chiba - have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low-lying areas.

Japan is prone to mudslides and flooding during its rainy season. Dozens were killed in flooding in July last year, and more than 200 died in 2018 when parts of western Japan were inundated.

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Japan mudslide: At least 19 people missing after disaster in town of Atami west of Tokyo - Sky News

At least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in the town of Atami, west of Tokyo, Japanese authorities said.

Disaster management officials in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, say the mudslide occurred on Saturday morning in the town, known for its hot springs.

Prefectural disaster management official Takamichi Sugiyama said dozens of homes may have been buried and rescue workers are searching for at least 19 people.

He added that the number of those missing may grow.

Mr Sugiyama also said the mudslide occurred in area called Izusan and said some people in the area are believed to have been evacuated. No further details were immediately known.

He said it had been raining hard in the area all morning.

Television footage showed a wave of black mud slide down a mountainside, knocking down and crushing houses in its way as helpless neighbours watched in horror, some recording on their phones.

Footage from the Japanese broadcaster NHK shows part of a bridge had collapsed.

Heavy rain has been lashing across Japan since earlier this week, causing rivers to swell in central and the Tokyo region.

Experts said dirt had been loosened, increasing landslide risks in a country filled with valleys and mountains.

Evacuation warnings were issued for a wide area.

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2021-07-03 08:56:53Z
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