Morocco's first female prime minister caught between the king, clerics, and feminists
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Will Fatima El Mansouri advance womenโs rights amid religious and political barriers?
In the wake of the weekend's violence, the political camps have been trading blame for the โchaosโ. The riots have played into the hands of the far-right National Rally - which has been quick to capitalise on the anger and fears over law and order. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr David Lees, Reader in French Studies at the University of Warwick, says that Marine Le Pen "is trying to use these events as a vehicle for pushing her popularity ahead of the elections next year".
In the wake of the weekend's violence, the political camps have been trading blame for the โchaosโ. The riots have played into the hands of the far-right National Rally - which has been quick to capitalise on the anger and fears over law and order. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr David Lees, Reader in French Studies at the University of Warwick, says that Marine Le Pen "is trying to use these events as a vehicle for pushing her popularity ahead of the elections next year".
A former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, a police spokesperson said on Monday. Rwandan authorities have been accused of assassinating opponents of President Paul Kagame, who has ruled the country with an iron fist since taking power in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide that claimed 800,000 lives, primarily among the Tutsi community. Robert Kabera, a former sergeant who fled...
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Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Andrew Smith, Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London. France's escalating social unrest has exposed a troubling disconnect between legitimate popular grievances and the government's increasingly security-focused response. Smith argues that the violence accompanying otherwise largely peaceful demonstrations reveals serious failures of policing, while President Emmanuel Macron's response offers "very little of substance." Drawing parallels with France's historic protest movements, Smith identifies a "convergence of causes" rooted in economic insecurity, educational inequalities and political paralysis. He warns that a repressive response risks deepening the crisis, calling instead for a renewed commitment to "participatory social democracy."
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Monday accused the "ultra-left movement" of seeking to "orchestrate deep unrest across the country" in the runup to next year's presidential election.ย FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley looks back at Lecornu's remarks in the wake of the violent protests that shook the country over the weekend.
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Candidatos ร presidรชncia da Repรบblica, Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva (PT) e Flรกvio Bolsonaro (PL) participaram neste domingo (18) de debate realizado pela TV Bandeirantes. O encontro foi marcado por provocaรงรตes entre os candidatos e, em alguns momentos, necessidade de intervenรงรฃo dos mediadores.ย Ainda no primeiro bloco, Lula questionou Flรกvio sobre os R$ 134 milhรตes recebidos do banqueiro Daniel Vorcaro e a defesa de acusado de assassinar uma crianรงa. Notรญcias relacionadas:Ato em apoio ร democracia e a Lula reรบne milhares no Rio e Brasรญlia.Campanha de Flรกvio Bolsonaro realiza manifestaรงรฃo na Paulista.Estudantes retomam protagonismo em momento decisivo no paรญs, diz UNE.O presidente tambรฉm dirigiu ao candidato do PL perguntas sobre proximidade de assassinos da vereadora Marielle Franco, posiรงรฃo contrรกria ร marcaรงรฃo numerรกria nas cรกpsulas de muniรงรตes e voto contra a ampliaรงรฃo da licenรงa-maternidade durante mandato na Assembleia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro (Alerj).ย Flรกvio nรฃo respondeu aos questionamentos e fez perguntas sobre o filho de Lula, Fรกbio Luรญs, investigado por participaรงรฃo em suposto esquema de trรกfico de influรชncia. Ele ainda acusou o governo Lula de responsabilidade por irregularidades no INSS, sem mencionar que os desvios comeรงaram no governo de Jair Bolsonaro e foram combatidos no atual governo, com ressarcimento pago aos aposentados.ย ย No debate de propostas, Flรกvio disse que pretende classificar facรงรตes criminosas como narcoterroristas. Tambรฉm afirmou que vai construir, caso eleito, 500 mil vagas no sistema penitenciรกrio. Jรก Lula reafirmou que criarรก o Ministรฉrio da Seguranรงa Pรบblica para definir os papรฉis de municรญpios, estados e Uniรฃo, combater a criminalidade e envolver o governo federal nas aรงรตes que hoje sรฃo de responsabilidade de prefeitos e governadores. SUS, seguranรงa e direitos trabalhistas Apรณs um primeiro bloco marcado por embates entre Lula e Flรกvio, o segundo bloco do debate na Band colocou as propostas no centro do palco. Em um questionamento dos mediadores sobre a importรขncia do Sistema รnico de Saรบde (SUS), Flรกvio respondeu que indicaria o mรฉdico Clรกudio Lottenberg, presidente do Hospital Albert Einstein, uma instituiรงรฃo privada, para o cargo de ministro da saรบde. Segundo ele, a ideia era instituir um "padrรฃo Einstein no SUS".ย Na sua vez de responder, Lula afirmou que o adversรกrio fala sobre o SUS sem jamais ter usado um serviรงo pรบblico de saรบde e questionou se Flรกvio tem o intuito de privatizar o sistema pรบblico. Lula tambรฉm lembrou da conduรงรฃo da pandemia, entre 2020 e 2022, citando os mais de 716 mil mortos pela "irresponsabilidade do governo" Bolsonaro, que atrasou a compra de vacinas.ย "Eles tiveram uma experiรชncia de quatro 4 anos. E foi o maior desastre da histรณria desse paรญs. Poderia ter evitado metade das mortes se ouvisse a ciรชncia, se acreditassem a ciรชncia. Eles nรฃo acreditavam", afirmou.ย Lula chegou a ser interrompido por Flรกvio, que nรฃo tinha direito de fala no momento, e foi preciso uma intervenรงรฃo da jornalista Adriana Araรบjo, uma das mediadoras do debate, junto com Eduardo Oinegue. Mais adiante, ao responder a crรญtica de Lula sobre a conduรงรฃo da pandemia, Flรกvio tentou defender o governo do pai. "Tivemos uma pandemia, dois anos de pandemia, isso รฉ uma coisa nova que ninguรฉm sabia direito como enfrentar, mas o Bolsonaro deu o seu melhor.โ Em outra rodada de perguntas, Flรกvio citou os assassinatos de Renata Teles, em dezembro de 2023, e do sargento da Polรญcia Militar em Minas Gerais, para criticar as saรญdas temporรกrias de presos, chamada de "saidinhas". Acusou Lula de priorizar os direitos dos condenados em detrimento das vรญtimas e questionou diretamente se o presidente รฉ favorรกvel ou contrรกrio ร manutenรงรฃo do benefรญcio. Em resposta, Lula defendeu a manutenรงรฃo da saรญda temporรกria para presos que apresentem bom comportamento e estejam em processo de recuperaรงรฃo, mas argumentou que casos condenados por estupro, violรชncia contra mulheres e crimes graves nรฃo deveriam receber o benefรญcio.ย O presidente acusou Flรกvio de defender um eventual indulto ao pai, Jair Bolsonaro, condenado por crimes de tentativa de golpe de Estado e organizaรงรฃo criminosa, alegando que essa medida teria consequรชncias mais amplas sobre outros condenados. Escala 6x1 Em outro momento do bloco, Flรกvio falou sobre o fim da escala 6x1, proposta defendida pelo governo Lula e recentemente aprovada pelo Congresso Nacional. Em uma clara mudanรงa de opiniรฃo, o candidato da oposiรงรฃo afirmou ter votado a favor da matรฉria, que antes era contra, apรณs ter ouvido a opiniรฃo de trabalhadores. "Eu sou uma pessoa que sei ouvir, eu sei escutar, eu sou uma pessoa que se for convencida posso melhorar a minha opiniรฃo, se isso for melhor tambรฉm para os cidadรฃos brasileiros", disse o candidato, cuja posiรงรฃo contra o fim da escala, que tem amplo apoio popular, acabou gerando desgaste nas รบltimas semanas. Em reaรงรฃo, Lula afirmou que o adversรกrio nรฃo conhece nem usa serviรงos pรบblicos. "O meu adversรกrio, ele conhece รดnibus por literatura, ele nunca entrou no รดnibus. Ele conhece trabalhador por literatura, porque ele nunca conversou com o trabalhador. Aliรกs, ele nunca trabalhou. Vocรช conhece o cidadรฃo que nunca trabalhou?", provocou o presidente. Quebra de sigilo No terceiro bloco, Lula subiu o tom contra Flรกvio e desafiou que ele e o adversรกrio apresentassem os sigilos bancรกrio e telefรดnico de ambos, incluindo os de seus familiares, para que fossem apuradas eventuais irregularidades antes das eleiรงรตes. Ao abordar o tema, o presidente propรดs que os dois entregassem seus documentos ร s autoridades competentes para que o eleitorado pudesse conhecer possรญveis casos de corrupรงรฃo. "Eu desafio vocรช. Amanhรฃ abrimos a nossa conta bancรกria, abrimos o nosso sigilo telefรดnico para que o povo brasileiro saiba quem รฉ ladrรฃo desse paรญs", afirmou Lula, que ainda pediu que documentos de familiares tambรฉm fossem encaminhados ร s autoridades: Flรกvio respondeu que nรฃo tinha nada a esconder, mas nรฃo confirmou expressamente que aceitaria a proposta nos termos apresentados por Lula. Em seguida, acusou, sem provas, o presidente de manter recursos fora de suas contas bancรกrias. No campo internacional, Lula questionou a relaรงรฃo de Flรกvio com os Estados Unidos e levantou preocupaรงรตes sobre a soberania brasileira na exploraรงรฃo de minerais crรญticos, matรฉria-prima de componentes para baterias de celulares e outros produtos tecnolรณgicos.ย O presidente tambรฉm acusou a famรญlia Bolsonaro de se subordinar aos interesses dos norte-americanos. Jรก o senador respondeu defendendo a cooperaรงรฃo internacional no combate ao crime organizado e negou ter trabalhado para impor tarifas contra empresas brasileiras, apesar dos apelos do irmรฃo, Eduardo Bolsonaro, autoexilado nos EUA, em favor da imposiรงรฃo de tarifas contra exportaรงรตes nacionais. No mesmo bloco do debate, Flรกvio Bolsonaro defendeu o endurecimento das polรญticas de seguranรงa pรบblica, com ampliaรงรฃo da vigilรขncia por cรขmeras de reconhecimento facial e todo o paรญs e maior rigor nas puniรงรตes, sem especificar. Lula rebateu citando medidas de seu governo, como o programa Celular Seguro, que bloqueia aparelhos roubados de forma imediata e criticou o adversรกrio por apresentar propostas repetidas e sem reconhecer aรงรตes jรก implementadas. Polรญcia acionada Ao final do debate, o Grupo de Aรงรตes Tรกticas Especiais da Polรญcia Militar de Sรฃo Paulo foi acionado para investigar uma suspeita de bomba em um carro no estacionamento da Band que pertenceria ร equipe de Flรกvio Bolsonaro.ย Durante a aรงรฃo policial, jornalistas e convidados foram impedidos de deixar a emissora. Apรณs varredura, nada foi encontrado e o local acabou liberado.
Lawmaker was struck by a car outside her office in what Prime Minister โ Anthony Albanese called a 'deliberate act'.
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Australian โ lawmaker Helen Haines was in a critical condition on Monday after being deliberately struck by a โcar outside her office in Wangaratta, northeast of Melbourne, police and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. โAll of our thoughts are with Helen, โ her family, her friends, her team, and โher community at this extremely difficult time. We are praying โfor her full recovery,โ Albanese told โ a news โ conference. Victoria Police said a 43-year-old suspect had โbeen arrested after Haines was...
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Brazil's president and his opponent lob a barrage of attacks on each other in debate a week before the October 25 vote.
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West Bengalโs first Durga Puja under the BJP government reflects a political shift, with changes in puja committee leadership, themes and a growing emphasis on religious traditions. Shiv Sahay Singh and Shrabana Chatterjee explore the festivities โ from debates over food and cultural identity to restrictions on public spaces โ to reveal how the new regime is reshaping the Stateโs political and cultural landscape