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Senin, 27 Desember 2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu to lie in state as memorial services announced - Sky News

A week of memorial services has been planned to pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The 90-year-old anti-apartheid veteran died at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town on Boxing Day.

His funeral is set to take place in Cape Town on Saturday 1 January but plans are still in their "infancy", a statement from the Archbishop Tutu IP Trust and the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said.

Queen praises Archbishop's 'great warmth and humour' after his death aged 90

What will the week of memorial services include?

From 27 to 31 December, the bells of St George's Cathedral in South Africa's capital will ring for 10 minutes starting at midday in tribute to Mr Tutu, with Archbishop Thabo Makgoba asking all those who hear it to pause and remember him.

On Wednesday 29 December, a memorial service will be held in the city but more details are yet to be announced.

Following that, an "intimate evening" for Archibishop Tutu's friends and his wife will be held on Thursday, the statement continued.

His body will then lie in state at St George's Cathedral on Friday to allow people to pay their respects before Archbishop Makgoba leads a funeral service on Saturday.

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A Nobel Peace Prize, a 'rainbow nation' and the first black bishop of Johannesburg

During his lifetime, Archbishop Tutu was an outspoken critic of South Africa's previous brutal system of oppression against the country's black majority, was the first black bishop of Johannesburg, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his human rights work.

In the same year, he celebrated South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, calling the country's multi-racial society a "rainbow nation".

Mr Tutu also campaigned for LGBT+ rights and same-sex marriage, saying in 2013: "I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.

"I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say, 'Sorry, I would much rather go to the other place'."

Launching a campaign for LGBT+ rights in Cape Town, he said he was "as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level".

In the 1990s, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had been hospitalised several times in recent years to treat infections associated with his cancer treatment.

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World leaders pay tribute to 'critical figure' and 'moral compass'

Several world leaders paid tribute to Mr Tutu, including the Queen who said the whole Royal Family was "deeply saddened" by his death.

"I remember with fondness my meetings with him and his great warmth and humour," she said.

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden said they were "heartbroken" to discover Mr Tutu had died.

They said in a statement: "We were blessed to spend time with him on several occasions over the past many years.

"His courage and moral clarity helped inspire our commitment to change American policy toward the repressive Apartheid regime in South Africa."

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Former US president Barack Obama tweeted: "Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me and so many others. A universal spirit, Archbishop Tutu was grounded in the struggle for liberation and justice in his own country, but also concerned with injustice everywhere.

"He never lost his impish sense of humor and willingness to find humanity in his adversaries, and Michelle and I will miss him dearly."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson also tweeted: "I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

"He was a critical figure in the fight against apartheid and in the struggle to create a new South Africa - and will be remembered for his spiritual leadership and irrepressible good humour."

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Minggu, 26 Desember 2021

Dozens of villagers killed and Save the Children workers missing in Myanmar - ITV News

Two members of charity Save the Children are missing after Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, before fatally shooting more than 30 of them and burning the bodies.

Photos of the aftermath of the purported Christmas Eve massacre in eastern Mo So village, where refugees were sheltering from an army offensive, spread on social media in the country and fuelled outrage against the military that took power in February.

The accounts could not be independently verified.

The photos showed the charred bodies of over 30 people in three burned-out vehicles.

On Sunday, the US Embassy in Myanmar said it was appalled by the “barbaric attack in Kayah state that killed at least 35 civilians, including women and children.”

“We will continue to press for accountability for the perpetrators of the ongoing campaign of violence against the people of Burma,” it said in a statement.

Smoke and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, on Friday Credit: Karenni Nationalities Defense Force via AP

Save the Children said it was suspending operations in the region.

A villager who said he went to the scene said the victims had fled the fighting between armed resistance groups and Myanmar’s army near Koi Ngan village, which is just beside Mo So, on Friday.

He said they were killed after being arrested by troops while heading to refugee camps in the western part of the township.

Save the Children said two of its staff who were travelling home for the holidays after conducting humanitarian response work in a nearby community were “caught up in the incident and remain missing.”

“We have confirmation that their private vehicle was attacked and burned out,” the group added in a statement. “The military reportedly forced people from their cars, arrested some, killed others and burned their bodies.”

Destroyed vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar Credit: Karenni Nationalities Defence Force via AP

The government has not commented on the allegations, but a report in the state-run Myanma Alinn daily newspaper on Saturday said the fighting near Mo So broke out on Friday.

It reports members of ethnic guerrilla forces, known as the Karenni National Progressive Party, and those opposed to the military drove in “suspicious” vehicles and attacked security forces after refusing to stop.

The newspaper report said they included new members who were going to attend training to fight the army, and that the seven vehicles they were travelling in were destroyed in a fire. It gave no further details about the killings.

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2021-12-26 17:00:33Z
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Russian gas flows via Yamal-Europe pipeline reversed for 6th day - Reuters

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FRANKFURT/PRAGUE, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The Yamal-Europe pipeline that usually delivers Russian gas to Western Europe was sending the fuel back to Poland for a sixth straight day on Sunday, according to data from German network operator Gascade.

Data showed that flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German-Polish border were going east into Poland at an hourly volume of nearly 1.2 million kilowatt hours (kWh/h) on Sunday.

Auction results showed Russian gas exporter Gazprom had not booked gas transit capacity for exports via the Yamal-Europe pipeline for Monday.

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Gascade, which gets Russian gas and transports it within Germany, is owned by WIGA, a joint venture of Gazprom and oil and gas company Wintershall DEA (WINT.UL). Wintershall DEA is co-owned by German chemicals group BASF (BASFn.DE) and Russia's LetterOne.

Russia said this week the flow reversal was not a political move, though it coincides with rising tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine and has pushed gas prices to record highs. read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Germany was reselling Russian gas to Poland and Ukraine rather than relieving an overheated market, putting blame for the reversal, and rocketing prices, on German gas importers.

The German Economy Ministry has declined comment on Putin's allegation. Gas importers have not responded to Reuters' requests for comment.

Data from Slovak pipeline operator Eustream showed capacity nominations for Sunday's Russian gas flows from Ukraine to Slovakia via the Velke Kapusany border point were at 739,826 megawatt hours (MWh), slightly down from Saturday's 747,031 MWh and below levels in recent weeks.

The recent drop was being balanced by higher nominations for flows from the Czech Republic to Slovakia, meaning that nominations for flows from Slovakia to Austrian hub Baumgarten were roughly stable compared with levels in past days and weeks.

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2021-12-26 16:32:00Z
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How Bruce's Beach became a beacon in fight against racist policies that stripped black families of land - Sky News

When Duane "Yellow Feather" Shepard was a child, his mother would point out Bruce's Beach and tell him: "That used to be our people's land."

Decades later that small slice of land, nestled next to the Pacific Ocean in the glittering city of Manhattan Beach in California, is finally being returned to his family's ownership.

And the story of Bruce's Beach has become a beacon in the fight for justice for generations of black families who were deprived of land and property because of racist policies.

Dozens of families have now come forward to call for similar reparations.

"The scale is massive," said Kavon Ward, the co-founder of Where Is My Land, which campaigned for Bruce's Beach to be returned to the descendants of its original owners.

"They left because they were threatened, their lives were threatened, their children's lives were threatened, and this country has done nothing about that. It's time now."

When Willa and Charles Bruce bought the land in Manhattan Beach in 1912, it began a remarkable transformation into a resort that was one of the few places where black families were able to swim in the ocean.

After resisting years of threats and harassment from locals, the Bruce family saw the land seized by the city.

A campaign led to the passage of a bill, signed into law by California governor Gavin Newsom in September, confirming the seizure was racially motivated and unlawful and ordering its return.

Mr Shepard, a descendant of the Bruce family and chief of the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation, said his feelings were mixed.

"First of all, it's one of anger at what happened to my people at that time. They were traumatised by terrorists who just didn't want them to be at peace, only for the colour of their skin.

"Now I'm elated that people stepped up, they saw the wrong that was done and overwhelmingly supported our people because this was an injustice that should not have been done."

It is a view shared by historian Alison Rose Jefferson.

"This particular event is something makes me have optimism, but you can't have significant movement to change unless there is a systemic thing that goes on and we won't be able to tell that overnight," she said.

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She points to the fact that today in Manhattan Beach, home to Bruce's Beach and one of the wealthiest and exclusive cities in America, black residents make up less than 1% of the population.

As for how many similar cases could emerge, Kavon Ward says it is impossible to know. "If you have legal unjust practices in nearly every state, I would have you think about it, really think about it, what do you think that number would be?"

Even now the landmark decision to return Bruce's Beach to the family is facing a legal challenge.

It comes as no surprise to Duane Yellow Feather Shepard. "That's the story of America, isn't it?"

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Desmond Tutu: Archbishop and anti-apartheid veteran dies aged 90 - Sky News

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, has died at the age of 90, the President's Office has said.

He was an outspoken critic of the country's previous brutal system of oppression against the country's Black majority.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his campaign of non-violent opposition to South Africa's white minority rule.

"The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa," President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

"From the pavements of resistance in South Africa to the pulpits of the world's great cathedrals and places of worship, and the prestigious setting of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, the Arch distinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights."

Mr Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and has been hospitalised several times in recent years to treat infections associated with his cancer treatment.

"Ultimately, at the age of 90, he died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning," Dr Ramphela Mamphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust and coordinator of the Office of the Archbishop, said in a statement on behalf of the Tutu family.

Ms Mamphele did not give details on the cause of death.

The statement described Mr Tutu as a man who "turned his own misfortune into a teaching opportunity to raise awareness and reduce the suffering of others."

It said: "He wanted the world to know that he had prostate cancer, and that the sooner it is detected the better the chance of managing it."

The statement added: "Courageous, gracious, and concerned for the welfare of others to the very end.

"As Mrs Tutu says, although he was not physically imposing, he had the inner strength of a lion."

A statement from the Nelson Mandela Foundation said the loss of the archbishop was "immeasurable".

It said: "He was larger than life, and for so many in South Africa and around the world his life has been a blessing.

"His contributions to struggles against injustice, locally and globally, are matched only by the depth of his thinking about the making of liberatory futures for human societies.

"He was an extraordinary human being. A thinker. A leader. A shepherd. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this most difficult time."

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2021-12-26 07:33:27Z
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Sabtu, 25 Desember 2021

La Palma volcano: Eruption has officially ended, authorities say - Sky News

A volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma that began in September has officially ended, authorities on the island have declared.

The announcement was made on Christmas Day after authorities on the Canary Island confirmed they had observed no lava flow, seismic activity or significant sulphur dioxide emissions from the volcano for 10 days.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the eruption's end "the best Christmas present".

But a representative from the Canaries' volcanic emergency committee has warned that while the news is a relief, the scale of the destruction on the island means that the emergency in La Palma is not yet over.

Lava flows and molten rock that spewed from the Cumbre Vieja volcano destroyed 3,000 of La Palma's buildings and ruined vital roads, irrigation systems and farmland.

The eruption is estimated to have caused over £760m of damage to the island's infrastructure.

Authorities say that no deaths or injuries have been linked to the eruption, which started on 19 September.

Black ash caused covered homes and plantations as it continued to flare throughout October and November.

The volcano's activity levels fluctuated in the 85 days it erupted, with periods of reduced activity followed by reignition.

But hopes that it could be over were raised when the Cumbre Vieja fell silent on the evening of 14 December.

Volcanologists confirmed the eruption was exhausted on Saturday after monitoring gas, lava and tremors for the 10 days that followed.

The eruption is La Palma's longest on record.

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2021-12-25 18:54:49Z
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ITV wrongly announce Pope's death on Christmas Day in awkward live blunder - Daily Record

A newsreader was left red faced today after wrongly saying while live on air that the Pope had died.

Presenter Kylie Pentelow accidentally said Pope Francis had passed away as she discussed the religious leader's annual Christmas address.

The ITV News journalist was reporting on the Pope's vaccination pleas when she made the blunder.

She said: "He said that vaccines should be made available to those most in need.

"His death was announced ... eh, excuse me."

As reported by our sister title The Mirror, viewers took to Twitter to comment on the blunder.

One said: "Someone get this newsreader a drink STAT. We all make mistakes."

Another added: "The news reporter on ITV News announced the death of The Pope by accident, then swiftly moved on before she finished the announcement.

"Straight faced and all."

A third said: "If the pope dies in the next six hours, the police will knocking on ITV News' door.

And a fourth posted: "Just to check, the Pope is all ok, isn't he?!"

The Pope - who is 85-years-old - was speaking from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, as he urged people to unite in both personal and professional relationships.

He said: "Our capacity for social relationships is sorely tried; there is a growing tendency to withdraw, to do it all by ourselves, to stop making an effort to encounter others and do things together.

"On the international level, too, there is the risk of avoiding dialogue; the risk that this complex crisis will lead to taking shortcuts rather than setting out on the longer paths of dialogue.

"Yet only those paths can lead to the resolution of conflicts and to lasting benefits for all."

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Pope Francis also discussed the "great number of conflicts, crises and disagreements" in the world.

He said: "We continue to witness a great number of conflicts, crises and disagreements.

"These never seem to end; by now we hardly even notice them.

"We have become so used to them that immense tragedies are now being passed over in silence, we risk not hearing the cry of pain and distress of so many of our brothers and sisters."

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