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Merkel in last ditch bid to boost would-be successor's campaign ahead of tomorrow's German election - Daily Mail

Angela Merkel makes last ditch plea to voters in desperate bid to boost her would-be successor Armin Laschet's beleaguered campaign as tomorrow's German election remains too close to call

Germans will vote tomorrow in the most unpredictable election in recent years
Chancellor Merkel is stepping down and leaving politics after 16 years in power
Merkel's would-be successor Armin Laschet, 60, has been trailing in the polls
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has consistently beaten him on popularity
However, the latest polls show the two men are almost neck and neck
Today, Merkel is travelling to Aachen, Laschet's hometown to drum up support
She has also appeared at other campaign events this week, urging stability

By Charlotte Mitchell For Mailonline and Wires

Published: 09:15 BST, 25 September 2021 | Updated: 09:59 BST, 25 September 2021

Angela Merkel has made a last-ditch effort to boost support for her would-be successor's beleaguered campaign ahead of an election deemed too close to call.

Merkel is travelling to Aachen, the hometown of Armin Laschet today, just 24 hours before Germans head to the polls to choose their new leader.

Laschet, 60, has been trailing his Social Democrat challenger Olaf Scholz in the race for the chancellery, although final polls put the gap between them within the margin of error, making the vote one of the most unpredictable in recent years.

Merkel had planned to keep a low profile in the election battle as she prepares to bow out of politics after 16 years in power.

But she has found herself dragged into the frantic campaign schedule of the unpopular chairman of her party, Laschet.

In the last week of the campaign, Merkel took Laschet to her constituency by the Baltic coast, and on Friday headlined the closing rally gathering the conservatives' bigwigs in Munich.

Merkel tugged at the heartstrings of Germany's predominantly older electorate on Friday, calling them to keep her conservatives in power for the sake of stability - a trademark of Germany.

Angela Merkel (left) has made a last-ditch effort to boost support for her would-be successor Armin Laschet (right)'s beleaguered campaign ahead of an election deemed too close to call

'To keep Germany stable, Armin Laschet must become chancellor, and the CDU and CSU must be the strongest force,' she said, referring to the alliance between the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union parties.

Today, she is accompanying Laschet to his constituency Aachen, a spa city near Germany's western border with Belgium and the Netherlands, where he was born and still lives.

At the other end of the country, Scholz will be holding 'dialogues on the future' with voters in his constituency of Potsdam - a city on the outskirts of Berlin famous for its palaces that once housed Prussian kings.

Scholz, currently finance minister from Merkel's junior coalition partners SPD, has avoided making mistakes on the campaign trail, and largely won backing as he sold himself as the 'continuity candidate' after Merkel in place of Laschet.

Laschet's party had enjoyed a substantial lead ahead of the SPD heading into the summer but he was seen chuckling behind President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as he paid tribute to victims of deadly floods in July, an image that would drastically turn the mood against him and his party. Pictured: Laschet holds a cookie that reads 'Chancellor for Germany'

Also on the campaign trail on Friday, Scholz demanded a 'fresh start for Germany' and 'a change of government' after 16 years under Merkel.

Described as capable but boring, Scholz has consistently beat Laschet by wide margins when it comes to popularity.

But with the clock ticking down to election day, Laschet's conservatives were closing the gap, with one poll even putting them just one percentage point behind the SPD's 26 percent.

Laschet had gone into the race for the chancellery badly bruised by a tough battle for the conservatives' chancellor candidate nomination.

Nevertheless, his party had enjoyed a substantial lead ahead of the SPD heading into the summer.

But Laschet was seen chuckling behind President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as he paid tribute to victims of deadly floods in July, an image that would drastically turn the mood against him and his party.

Two leading polls suggested the Social Democrats had lost their lead over the CDU, with one carried out by Civey showing the SPD to be on 25 per cent, with the CDU at 23 per cent.

Social Democrat challenger Olaf Scholz (centre) is described as capable but boring, and has consistently beat Laschet by wide margins when it comes to popularity

Another poll, from the polling institute Allensbach, showed the SPD on 26 per cent and the CDU on 25 per cent.

The race for the runner-up is just as tight and could be key to determining future policy, with a coalition considered all but inevitable.

With the conservatives running scared as polls showed the race widening for the SPD, they have turned to their greatest asset - the still widely popular Merkel.

Yet roping in the chancellor is not without risks, said political analyst Oskar Niedermayer of Berlin's Free University.

'Merkel is still the most well-liked politician. But the joint appearances can become a problem for Laschet because they are then immediately being compared to each other,' he said.

'And it could therefore backfire because people could then think that Merkel is more suitable than Laschet.'

The election is expected to end in a coalition government that could include a three-way alliance for the first time on a national level.

Weeks, and possibly months, of negotiations over the make-up of a new government are expected once the final results are in.

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Jumat, 24 September 2021

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou freed after reaching deal with US prosecutors - Financial Times

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer, walked free on Friday after reaching a deal with US prosecutors to resolve criminal fraud charges that led to her detention in Vancouver for nearly three years and deepened a diplomatic rift between China and the US and Canada.

A Canadian judge ordered Meng’s release on Friday, just hours after US prosecutors announced a deferred prosecution agreement with her during a federal court hearing in Brooklyn before US Judge Ann Donnelly. Meng, 49, attended the US hearing by video.

If Meng complies with the terms of the US agreement — in which she acknowledged misleading HSBC about Huawei’s relationship with a Hong Kong-based company called Skycom that operated in Iran — the charges against her will be dismissed by December 2022, US prosecutors said.

Meng’s release in Vancouver came after the US justice department rescinded its request for her extradition. US prosecutors said they will continue to prepare for a trial on related charges against Huawei. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver airport and has since been living in her mansion in the city under electronic surveillance.

In a statement outside the courthouse in Vancouver on Friday, Meng said: “Over the past three years my life has been turned upside down. It was a disruptive time for me as a mother, a wife and a company executive.

She added: “But I believe every cloud has a silver lining. It really was an invaluable experience in my life.”

US authorities had sought to extradite Meng from Canada to face charges of bank and wire fraud, alleging she misled banks into processing transactions for Huawei that breached US sanctions on Iran. She pleaded not guilty to the charges during Friday’s hearing.

Meng admitted to misleading HSBC during a PowerPoint presentation in Hong Kong in 2013, saying Huawei’s relationship with Skycom was “normal and controllable business co-operation”, according to court documents.

She described Skycom, which Huawei controlled until at least 2014, as a “business partner” and “third party Huawei works with” in Iran. While Meng claimed the Chinese company had sold its shares in Skycom, the stock had actually been acquired by an entity controlled by Huawei, prosecutors said.

“In entering into the deferred prosecution agreement, Meng has taken responsibility for her principal role in perpetrating a scheme to defraud a global financial institution,” said Nicole Boeckmann, acting US attorney for the eastern district of New York.

Court documents also said Huawei “caused Skycom to conduct” approximately $100m in transactions via HSBC that cleared through the US, some of which supported work in Iran. This included payments worth $7.5m to a UK staffing company for providing engineers in Iran to support Skycom.

Alan Kohler, assistant director at the FBI’s counter-intelligence division, described Meng’s admissions as “evidence of a consistent pattern of deception to violate US law”.

“We fully expect the indictment will be dismissed with prejudice after fourteen months. Now, she will be free to return home to be with her family,” a lawyer for Meng, William Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder, said in a statement.

Meng’s detention triggered a rift between Canada and China and became a flashpoint in efforts by then-US president Donald Trump to challenge Huawei’s growing sway in 5G mobile technologies. US authorities have claimed Beijing can use Huawei equipment to spy on the west.

The Department of Justice Canada said the withdrawal of the US extradition request meant Meng was “free to leave Canada,” adding: “Canada is a rule of law country. Meng Wanzhou was afforded a fair process before the courts in accordance with Canadian law. This speaks to the independence of Canada’s judicial system.”

After her arrest, Beijing detained two Canadian citizens — known as the “two Michaels” — for more than two years, in cases viewed by Canada as retaliations for Meng’s arrest in Vancouver.

Michael Spavor, who ran cultural exchanges with North Korea from China, was sentenced in August to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of illegally providing state secrets to foreigners. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, has also been detained, reportedly accused of aiding Spavor in spying.

Spavor’s sentencing decision came a day after a Chinese court upheld a death sentence for Robert Schellenberg, another Canadian citizen, who had been found guilty of planning to send 225kg of methamphetamine to Australia. Schellenberg denies the charges.

Beijing maintains that the trials of Schellenberg, Spavor and Kovrig have been handled in accordance with Chinese law.

Progress in the three cases has often matched developments in Meng’s extradition hearings, prompting human rights groups and former Canadian diplomats to accuse Beijing of “hostage diplomacy”.

There was no mention in Friday’s proceedings about the fate of the detained men.

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2021-09-24 22:12:09Z
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Flights cancelled after new Canary Islands volcanic eruption - Al Jazeera English

Fresh evacuations ordered as explosions and new openings are reported from La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano.

Planes have been grounded on the island of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands due to a fresh volcanic eruption, in the first cancellation of flights since the Cumbre Vieja volcano came to life this week.

New evacuations were also ordered on Friday as large explosions and new openings were reported at the volcano, which spewed a large cloud of thick, black ash into the air.

There were seven flights scheduled for Friday operated by Binter, Canaryfly and the national carrier, Iberia, but all were scrapped.

“It is not yet possible to say when we can resume flights,” Spanish carrier Binter said on Twitter.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque, reporting from La Palma, described the scene as “a giant smouldering cauldron”.

“No one knows what scenario comes next … The cloud of ash shoots up, cancelling all flights in the area … When the second crater erupted, we heard a sonic boom, windows shutter, a real sense of fear of what is to come,” he said.

Authorities also ordered new evacuations, adding to the 6,100 people already forced to leave the area this week following Sunday’s eruption.

The compulsory evacuation order was issued in parts of La Palma island “given the increased risk for the population due to the current eruptive episode”, the regional government said.

Video footage from the civil guard showed a garden in the area completely covered in thick ash.

The speed of the lava flowing from the mouth of the volcano has steadily slowed its pace in recent days, and experts are hoping it will not reach the coast.

If the molten lava reaches the sea, experts fear it will generate clouds of toxic gas into the air, which will also affect the marine environment.

Authorities set up a no-go zone this week to head off curious onlookers.

Estimated damage

Hundreds of homes and large swaths of land have been destroyed by the eruption, and regional authorities estimate the damage to be more than 400 million euros ($470m).

No casualties have been reported so far.

The Spanish government plans to designate the island a disaster zone and to draw up a comprehensive reconstruction plan, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday.

The eruption on the island of La Palma, home to about 85,000 people, was the first in 50 years.

The last eruption was in 1971 when another part of the same volcanic range – a vent known as Teneguia – erupted on the southern side of the island. More than 20 years earlier, the Nambroque vent erupted in 1949.

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2021-09-24 19:31:23Z
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Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou reaches deal that paves way for release - Financial Times

US prosecutors have struck a deal with Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, to resolve fraud charges against her in a deal that could pave the way for her release from detention in Vancouver.

The deferred prosecution agreement, which could ease tensions between China and both the US and Canada, was announced during a federal court hearing in Brooklyn before US Judge Ann Donnelly, which Meng attended by video.

If Meng complies with the agreement’s terms, the charges against her will ultimately be dismissed by December 2022, US prosecutors said. Once the agreement is approved, the US justice department will notify Canada that it is rescinding its request for her extradition.

Meng was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver airport and has since been living in her mansion in the city under electronic surveillance. US authorities have sought to extradite her from Canada to face charges of bank and wire fraud, alleging she misled banks into processing transactions for Huawei that breached US sanctions on Iran. She pleaded not guilty to the charges.

US authorities have accused Huawei of making “untrue representations” to HSBC in a PowerPoint presentation in Hong Kong in 2013 which denied that the company controlled Skycom, an Iran-linked group. US prosecutors allege Huawei controlled Skycom’s operations in Iran until at least 2014. The Chinese company has said there was “no misrepresentation” in the presentation.

After her arrest, Beijing detained two Canadian citizens — known as the “two Michaels” — for more than two years, in cases viewed by Canada as retaliations for Meng’s arrest in Vancouver.

Beijing maintains that the trials of Schellenberg, Spavor and Kovrig have been handled in accordance with Chinese law.

Progress in the three cases has often matched developments in Meng’s extradition hearings, prompting human rights groups and former Canadian diplomats to accuse Beijing of “hostage diplomacy”.

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2021-09-24 18:29:10Z
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La Palma volcano: What caused it to explode and how long could the eruption last? - Sky News

A volcano that erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands is continuing to explode and spew out lava five days after it erupted.

Unstoppable lava flows have destroyed nearly 400 buildings on the western side of the volcanic island of 85,000 people and the authorities have warned of new dangers including toxic gases, volcanic ash and acid rain.

Where is the volcano in La Palma?

The volcano erupted along the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge in La Palma, one of eight volcanic islands in Spain's Canary Islands archipelago, which sit off the northwestern coast of Africa.

The Canary Islands are popular with European tourists and the nearby island of Tenerife has one of the world's tallest volcanoes, Mount Teide.

La Palma island itself is made up of two main volcanic complexes: a large one to the north and a smaller one to the south, which erupted on Sunday. The island last saw an eruption in 1971.

How did scientists know the eruption was coming?

Scientists had been monitoring a build-up of underground magma beneath La Palma for a week before the eruption and were able to warn of a possible eruption, allowing nearly 7,000 people to evacuate.

They had detected more than 20,000 earthquakes in an "earthquake swarm" which can indicate a coming eruption.

What caused the volcano to erupt?

Three days before the volcano erupted, the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute reported that 11 million cubic metres (388 million cubic feet) of molten rock had been pushed into the volcano.

Professor David Pyle, a volcanologist at the University of Oxford, told Sky News: "Magma is generated within Earth's mantle and below La Palma that magma is probably being generated continuously at depths of 100km or so. Every now and then those magmas will collect and break through, pushing up into the shallow parts of the Earth's crust.

"When the latest swarm of earthquakes started a week before the eruption began, scientists recognised they were happening at a shallower depth than they had seen in previous years.

"They were able to look at satellite images which showed deformation of the surface and they were very confident that from these they could recognise the movement of magma towards the surface."

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded before the eruption, which saw two fissures open up and bright red magma bubble up into the air.

How has the eruption developed?

Earthquakes have continued and a new fissure opened on Monday following a 3.8-magnitude quake. Scientists have warned that new lava vents and cracks could emerge, putting new areas at risk.

Prof Pyle said scientists will now be measuring the amount of gas escaping from the volcano, checking whether the composition of magma changes over time and measuring the quantity of material that is being expelled to see how quickly the volcano is erupting.

"With these they will be forming an expert judgement in terms of what the trajectory is looking like in terms of the eruption, whether it is waxing or waning," he said.

"In this crisis they are deploying all the tools they can to try and work out what is changing during the eruption. And that will give them the clues in terms of whether or not to expect the activity to last for days, or weeks, or months."

Officials in La Palma have recorded 1,130 tremors in the area over the past week as the volcano blasted molten lava into the air.

The explosions have propelled ash almost 15,000ft into the air, according to the Guardia Civil police force. Two rivers of lava have flowed slowly down the hillside, consuming houses, banana farms and infrastructure.

How long could the eruption last?

Scientists are unclear about how long the eruption could last, with estimates ranging between weeks and even months.

The previous eruption in 1971 lasted for just over three weeks. The last eruption in the Canary Islands happened underwater off the coast of El Hierro island in 2011 and lasted for five months.

Professor Mike Burton, a volcanologist at the University of Manchester, told Sky News that while scientists were able to predict the eruption, knowing how long it could last was "the tricky bit".

"It's great that we can see when something like this is coming, but once it has started it is quite hard to be clear about how it is going to evolve.

"I think the best thing we can do is watch and look for signs of waxing and waning, increasing and decreasing activity.

"The last eruption went on for about three months, but every eruption is different. This one appears to have started with a higher lava eruption rate than the 1971 eruption, so already it seems to be more powerfully supplied.

"That might mean it goes on much longer, but you have to be cautious about making any deterministic predictions. We really need to wait and see what nature does."

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2021-09-24 16:52:30Z
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La Palma volcano: Three more towns evacuated and firefighters forced to retreat amid intensifying volcanic explosions - Sky News

Three more towns have been evacuated and firefighters have been forced to retreat amid intensifying volcanic explosions on the island of the Palma in the Canaries.

Authorities ordered the evacuation of the towns of Tajuya, Tacande de Abajo and the part of Tacande de Arriba that
had not already been evacuated due to a volcanic eruption.

Residents there were initially told to stay indoors but emergency services said they decided to take more serious precautions due to increased volcanic activity.

Firefighters also retreated from the town of Todoque due to the growing intensity of volcanic explosions and a "high presence of ash", the fire service said on Twitter.

Crews had been leading clean-up efforts in the area when a new vent opened up in the flank of the volcano, with videos on social media showing a massive shockwave emanating from the site of the eruption.

"The volcano is in a newly explosive phase... firefighters will not operate anymore today," the Tenerife fire service said.

The volcano erupted five days ago and has since destroyed almost 400 buildings, including many homes, on the western side of the island of 85,000 people.

Almost 7,000 people have had to flee their homes amid loud explosions, a large cloud of ash and a cracked fissure that has spewed out more lava.

The ash cloud, which rose four miles into the sky, forced regional airline Binter to cancel flights.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he and ministers plan to declare La Palma a "catastrophic zone" and provide aid to those affected.

No casualties have been yet been reported, which some say is due to the speed of the evacuations.

Spain's National Geographic Institute recorded 1,130 earthquakes in the area over the past week - but said it had not registered any in the past 24 hours.

In a more positive sign, the advance of the main river of lava towards the sea slowed to one metre per hour.

EYEWITNESS BY ASHNA HURYNAG, CORRESPONDENT

The airspace is shut. The ferries are booked up and it’s near impossible to get a hotel room for tonight.

La Palma’s volcano is bubbling and bringing a renewed sense of threat to the island.

It’s pulsing and thrusting molten rock from its mouth, viciously attacking the atmosphere.

In response, many people are getting off the island. Not just those whose homes are under threat, but also those who are keen to just get out.

With news the airspace has significantly tightened and flights grounded, we met people desperately searching for other means of transport to leave.

Queues of people waited to board one of the last ferries to the island of Tenerife.

Many had flights booked, only to find them cancelled at the last minute as the volcano jolted into fervent action.

The fully booked ferry departs the terminal with Canary Island firefighters too, as they arrived on board having completed a mammoth rescue stint - passengers applauded their work.

Their incredible efforts haven’t gone unnoticed - but whilst they are exhausted from tackling the lava for nearly a week - hundreds are left behind to continue the fight.

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2021-09-24 16:07:30Z
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Haitians at Texas border urged to give up amid 'inhumane' deportations by US - Sky News

Authorities in Mexico are urging Haitians at the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up.

They encouraged them to instead return to Mexico's border with Guatemala and request asylum there.

Up to 14,000 people, mostly Haitians, have been camped north of the Rio Grande river this month, though hundreds have turned back to Mexico after the US began deporting planes full of people back to Haiti.

The Caribbean nation is reeling from the assassination of its president, natural disasters, the coronavirus pandemic and gang violence.

It follows outrage at images of a US border guard on horseback brandishing a whip against Haitian migrants near their camp.

Pressure is growing on US President Joe Biden after the US special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest at his administration's deportations.

Mr Biden's administration has used a policy enacted by Donald Trump's administration in March 2020 to restrict immigration in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Last week a federal judge ruled the restriction was improper and gave the government two weeks to cease, but Mr Biden's administration has appealed.

Daniel Foote, the US special envoy to Haiti, said he was resigning over the "inhumane" expulsions of Haitian migrants.

In his letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, he said he was stepping down immediately "with deep disappointment and apologies to those seeking crucial changes."

"I will not be associated with the United States inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are confined to secure compounds because of the danger posed by armed gangs to daily life," he wrote.

"Our policy approach to Haiti remains deeply flawed, and my policy recommendations have been ignored and dismissed, when not edited to project a narrative different from my own."

So far nearly 2,000 migrants have been returned to Haiti, while almost 4,000 people have been taken into custody, the Department of Homeland security (DHS) said on Thursday.

Some 3,000 people remain in the camp in the Del Rio area of Texas, opposite Ciudad Acuna, the DHS added.

Some Haitians will be allowed to remain in the US temporarily while they seek asylum or under another claim of residency.

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2021-09-24 09:41:52Z
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Sabtu, 25 September 2021

Angela Merkel makes last ditch plea to voters in desperate bid to boost her would-be successor Armin Laschet's beleaguered campaign as tomorrow's German election remains too close to call

Jumat, 24 September 2021

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