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      From FRANCE- A devastating mudslide and floods moved through the Nepal and Tibet regions destroying many villages and killing hundreds- many countries have sent aid and rescue teams. Leela Jacinto talks about the geology of the region and the melting glaciers that triggered the events- glaciers are melting at record levels around the planet, largely a result of climate warming. Parts of Central America are experiencing extreme drought, exacerbated by the changing weather patterns brought on by an unusual El Nino. Noga Tarnopolsky talks about how the upcoming Israeli elections are influencing extremist settler attacks in the occupied West Bank- also Israeli Minister of National Security Ben-Gvir called for the wanton killing of  30-40 Palestinians each night in Gaza to raise the level of terror and keep Netanyahu in power.

 

       From JAPAN- The Japanese government says it supports International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane after the US announced sanctions against her- a group of Parliamentarians condemned the move by Donald Trump. The UN and the IIRC are urging countries to regulate lethal autonomous AI weapon systems. Parts of Japan have been experiencing extreme heat. China and other countries expressed displeasure after the US said it would ratchet up its sanctions on anyone doing business with Iran.

 

      From CUBA- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the new one year extension of the US blockade on the island- more than 7000 cargo containers with international aid remain stranded in Caribbean ports in fear of the US sanctions. The Pentagon announced that it has renewed its strikes on boats in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean allegedly transporting drugs to the US- at least 223 people have been killed in the bombings- the US DEA says the killings have had no effect on supplies of cocaine in the US. The UN, Canada, and Australia said it was shameful that Israel will not investigate the killing of a convoy from the World Food Kitchen in Gaza- 186 aid workers were killed last year in Gaza. While the US is actively deporting permitted Haitians to the island, scores of civilians are being killed by gangs.

 

 

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"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus."

--Turkish Proverb

 

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       From JAPAN- The South Korean military drill with the US was shortened at the request of Trump. Campaigns for the Brazilian presidential elections kicked off last Sunday, with the vote coming in October. The UK Sunday Times quoted the Ukraine military saying British made drones are used for attacking oil refineries deep inside Russia. Israeli strikes on Gaza on Wednesday killed 10 Palestinians. The Trump administration is escalating its attack on the International Criminal Court, imposing sanctions on the President Tomoko Akane and others in the Courts leadership.

 

      From FRANCE- More in-depth reporting on the US attack on the International Criminal Court- there is a broader attack on the organization stemming from fear that the Americans might be charged with war crimes. Volodmyr Zelensky is being challenged in a call for a new presidential election, the first since 2019, by Mykhailo Federov recently fired Defense Minister.

 

       From CUBA- Trump claimed the strait of Hormuz as US territory- Iran insists it will keep the waterway closed until the US acts within the Memorandum of understanding and releases Iranian assets. Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that the Trump administration is discussing using tactical nuclear weapons in the war on Iran- NBC reported a similar story from a Pentagon official. Netanyahu called Britain an Islamic republic because of its media coverage of the war in Palestine and new policies banning products from illegal Israeli settlements.

 

      From GERMANY- The rate of environmental damage from current global warming in Europe is alarming- it is at a stage formerly predicting to not be reached until 2050.

 

 

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"The sheep will spend its entire life fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the shepherd."

--African Proverb

 

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This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan.

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       From GERMANY- There is a movement in the UK to impose an annual 2 percent wealth tax on families with more than 10 million pounds in assets. Stephen Kinsella is a former EU antitrust lawyer and a founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK. The report talks about the level of poverty in the UK and how a the tax would be a huge boost to social services and not actually cause a loss of assets for the wealthiest- who would never be able to spend all their money in the lifetimes anyway.

 

      From FRANCE- Greenland issued a warning to a US oil company to not drill on its territory after they already unloaded drilling equipment onshore. The Texas based company connected to Donald Trump had purchased the rights from a UK company called 80 Mile- they had obtained the drilling license before the Greenland government stopped issuing them in 2021. In an interview with Lukas Wahden from George Washington University, Trumps motives in Greenland are also discussed. The new right-wing Colombian president Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella was sworn in, promising a crackdown on armed cocaine producing guerrillas with the assistance of the US and Israeli militaries.

 

       From CUBA- The new Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has joined the US as the only two countries recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a Syrian territory. A retired Israeli General says Gaza should remain destroyed for generations, and that Israel should retain the Yellow Line  which marks the military territory. China has called on the US not to slander relations between countries, and reiterated its support of Cuban self-defense.

 

      From JAPAN- The Japanese PM spoke with the Iranian president on the Hormuz situation and the Houthi vessel attacks in Yemen. Trump wrote an executive order placing a new 15 percent tariff on polysilicon products such as solar panels. Ukraine continues to attack oil refineries in Russia with subsequent unburned carbon pouring into the atmosphere, along with human collateral deaths.

 

 

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"Because we cannot save ourselves without contesting oligarchic control, the fight for democracy and justice and the fight against environmental breakdown are one and the same. Do not allow those who have caused this crisis to define the limits of political action. Do not allow those whose magical thinking got us into this mess to tell us what can and cannot be done."

--George Monbiot

 

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       From GERMANY- In Gaza there was a funeral for 112 members of 2 clans that were buried under the rubble of a building Israel had flattened. Israel continues to bomb daily in Gaza despite a ceasefire- 150 Gazans were killed in July alone. Dr. Moustapha Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative is interviewed about the significance of the funeral, and the agreement with Hamas put forward by Trump's so-called Board of Peace.  He also talks of 2 Gaza families, speaks about the collective punishment, Israel blocking all foreign journalists from entry into Gaza, and the fallacy of a ceasefire. He brings up settler attacks in the West Bank. Netanyahu announced that even if there is disarmament he will never withdraw from Gaza. Dr. Barghouti says Palestinians have little influence on the Board of Peace, but that there will be democratic elections for a new parliament.

 

      From JAPAN- The Japanese Defense Ministry presented its annual report with a focus on drones, AI, and exporting some weapons. Hiroshima held its annual Peace Ceremony with leaders talking about the importance of immediately abolishing nuclear weapons. Mitsubishi is racing to develop next generation small modular nuclear reactors as is Canada and the US.

 

       From CUBA- Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez denounced the power outages made much worse by the US sanctions and blockade of fuel to the island. RHC was down for 3 days this week. Trump is interfering in the Brazil presidential election in October as he has in recent polls in Argentina, Honduras, and Colombia. Oil company profits are soaring because of the US Israel war on Iran. The heatwave in Europe continued, with wildfires and drought in many areas. Iran and Oman appear to be nearing a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz.

 

 

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"We are asleep with compasses in our hands."

--W.S. Merwin

 

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       From GERMANY- The wildfires in France, Spain, and Italy have been the major topic in European news. A few notes. A hectare is about 2.5 acres and 40 degrees centigrade is 104 fahrenheit. First a brief summary of the situation in France and Spain. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez  directly blamed human induced global warming for the climate emergency. Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. An excerpts of an interview with Jan-Phillip Scholz a correspondent in Valencia Spain. Then excerpts of an interview with Stephan Pyne, an American fire historian. He discusses whether these fires are unprecedented and as climate change worsens will the fires get worse. He argues that humanity has created a new age of fire, a pyrocene era. He points out how we could mitigate the increasing danger, mainly to stop warming the planet and how we are living on the land. Much of the world that is burning now has always been in fire prone areas. He talks about the living nature of fire.

 

      From FRANCE- Last week I covered the huge confrontation by east Indian youth who call themselves the Cockroach movement- they have called a truce after the minister of education resigned. Trump pardoned former rightwing president Juan Orlando Hernandez in December for allowing shipments of 400 tons of cocaine to the US- he returned to Honduras this week. The death toll in Venezuela from massive earthquakes a month ago has risen to 5500, with many thousands of people unaccounted for.

 

       From CUBA- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel thanked the Mexican people for their support of Cuba as it struggles under US blockades and sanctions. In the occupied West Bank Israeli settlers torched 2 mosques during recent attacks which included the detention of 70 and the killing of 4 Palestinians. The US House of Representatives  passed a $1.5 trillion budget for the Department of War- the bill includes a permanent integration of the US and Israeli militaries defense technologies and future defense cooperation.

 

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"We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."

--Mary Catherine Bateson

 

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       From FRANCE- The French Parliament voted into law a ban on the use of most social media for children under 15 years old. The negative effects of social platforms were widely debated in the country with the vast majority agreeing that young people were potentially damaged by its use. France is the first European country to impose a ban starting in September.

 

      From JAPAN- Trump announced he will impose an additional 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods imported to the US. The US has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia on peaceful development of nuclear technology- this led to concern in Japan where there have been calls for a taboo-free nuclear debate amid increasing nuclear weapon development in France, China, and Russia.

 

       From GERMANY- Massive youth protests emerged this week in India. A new political party, called the cockroach janta, is led by gen-Z members. Their name stems from a comment the top Indian judge made about the unemployed youth. They reacted to scandals about the education system, with 50,000 having a peaceful sit in in Delhi. Police charged into the crowd beating people with batons and sending many to the hospital. Youth from across the country have gathered in Delhi, and are expressing their concerns with aging politicians, the environment, and now police brutality. The movement is becoming international. An interview with  Rumela Sen, a lecturer at Columbia University.

 

       From CUBA- The Cuban Foreign Ministry has rejected the new US State Department campaign against the island, as well as Americans perceived to be politically left of the administration- the announcer reads the statement the Cuban Foreign Ministry published this week. The Spanish organization Open Arms sailed to Cuba bringing aid that included a solar electrical system for a pediatric hospital in Havana- power blackouts continued in the country this week, due to the US blockade of fuel. The Israeli military has continued offensive strikes in Lebanon, bringing the death toll to more than 4,300.

 

 

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"If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth."

--Vaclav Haval

 

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       From JAPAN- Sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in the past 6 months in Japan due to generous government subsidies.  The journal Nature published research warning that climate change threatens 30% of edible and medicinal plants used by indigenous people in the Amazon. Last month was the hottest ever recorded in western Europe. On Wednesday the US continued destroying infrastructure in Iran, with Trump threatening war crimes next week. Rescuers in Venezuela are still finding some survivors from the earthquakes, but the known death toll is over 4500.

 

      From FRANCE- Excerpts from a report and analysis of a NYT story that Marco Rubio is running Venezuela, becoming the de facto Viceroy of the country. France 24 spoke with Frasier Jackson and Christopher Sabatini about the effect this is having on the country and what the US is doing with the $8 billion it received for selling its petroleum.

 

       From CUBA- The US added 10 new sanctions to the list making life even harder in Cuba. The Cuban FM Rodriguez met with the UN Secretary General Guterres at the UN General Assembly debate on ending the US embargoes on Cuba. Mexican President Sheinbaum called for criminal investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexicans in the US during the ICE crackdown. Israel has continued heavy bombing in Lebanon. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new plans to dismantle the International Criminal Court.

 

       From GERMANY- Excerpts from a report called “Growing Anger Over Germany’s Military Buildup.”  A report on the sudden increase in weapons manufacturing in the country and public opposition to it. Nina Haase explains the controversy over the former pacifist state converting high tech factories into bomb making plants, which some say will be good for the economy. 

 

 

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"People have a good reason to be afraid of tear gas, considering it's a banned agent of war under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Here's the catch - there's a clause in the treaty that includes an exception for domestic use. Yes, it's illegal for the U.S. military to use tear gas against ISIS, but cool to use against American citizens."

--Abby Martin

 

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       From FRANCE- Some press reviews on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, from both American and European sources. One of the side effects of the heat waves that are sweeping through Europe is the melting of the Alpine glaciers that are essential for drinking water, farming, and hydroelectric power plants. River beds in much of France have gone completely dry and efforts are being made to preserve the fish. Press reviews on a United Nations report that since the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, an average of one young Palestinian has been killed every day by Israeli forces. The US launched a major attack on Iran on Wednesday and Thursday, taking out civilian infrastructure, air defense systems and nearly hitting a nuclear power plant. Trump railed again that Greenland should belong to the US despite the people living there being strongly opposed to the idea.

 

      From JAPAN- Indian President Modi is visiting Australia to deepen ties on economics, security, and defense- including exports of uranium to India. Hamas says it has dissolved its government in Gaza. Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank is expanding, with 103 new settlements approved by the Israeli government, with another 100 coming soon- NHK spoke with settlers and with the Palestinians being moved out.

 

       From CUBA- The US government was unsuccessful at blocking a debate at the UN on the effect its economic and energy blockades against Cuba- Cuba said there is no evidence that it is planning an attack on the US. Iran says it fired missiles on a Qatari and Saudi ships in the strait of Hormuz because they were avoiding the Iranian controlled waters. Belgium is preparing to recognize the state of Palestine, joining 157 other countries that already consider it a sovereign state.

 

 

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"I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again."

--Dennis Kucinich

 

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       From GERMANY- Clearly one of the major topics in Europe this week was the all time record breaking heat in many countries. All the reports I heard directly attributed the heat to human induced climate change, primarily due to fossil fuels. Europe is warming at twice the rate of the global average- and as I record this record temperatures are expected for many parts of the US. The report is an excerpted interview with Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society in the UK. This week German courts charged a Ukrainian member of the armed forces with being involved in bombing the Nord Stream pipeline in September 2022 which ended Russian supplied gas to Germany through the Baltic Sea. The court then went on to accuse the Ukrainian government with involvement in the sabotage which was vehemently denied by Zelensky when the attack occurred. Then there was a DW special called "How the US shapes the world- 250 years of power and policy." It is an historical viewpoint on the US celebration of 250 years since signing the declaration of Independence. In this excerpted version the questions of American isolation, diplomacy, and wars are considered. Most of the founding fathers were opposed to getting too involved in foreign conflicts. Researchers counted 500 US foreign interventions globally, a third of them in Latin America, and a new one every year since 1974. The US has also built one of the largest diplomatic networks in the world to maintain ties with other governments. In recent times China has become the biggest diplomatic player in the world. In recent years the US global image has declined in 45 out of 48 countries surveyed.

 

       From CUBA- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced a request for a UN session next Tuesday to address the US economic and now energy blockade, and its multi-dimensional aggression against Cuba. In Peru Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former disgraced dictator of the country, appears to have won the Presidential election, with overseas voters giving her the victory. Israel has continued to attack Lebanon raising fears that Tel Aviv wants to wreck the peace deal with Iran. Israeli attacks continued in Gaza while the so-called Board of Peace is planning a sweeping grant of immunity for itself, and the ability to obtain public property free of charge.

 

 

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"Man proposes; nature disposes. We are seldom more vulnerable than when we feel insulated."

--George Monbiot

 

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This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.

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       From GERMANY- A great deal of international news focused on the record breaking heatwaves in parts of Europe. UN Secretary-General Guterres called for immediate action to reduce greenhouse gases and not allow data centers unless self powered by renewable energy. An excerpted interview with Samantha Burgess of the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service.  She describes what is causing the current heat wave, whether these events will continue to get worse, and why Europe is heating up twice as fast as most of the world.

 

       From FRANCE- First a press review about Kier Starmer's resignation as the UK Prime Minister. Press reviews on the UN report on Israeli genocide of Palestinian children- the press stated the case of 21,000 dead children, but also emphasized that anyone under 18 is considered a child and many of those fighting the Israeli troops were young. There were two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and it is feared that thousands are dead. 

 

       From CUBA- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez criticized and corrected recent pronouncements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about Cuban incompetence and changes in government structure. A Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro spoke with a Mexican newspaper about the discussions that have been taking place between Cuba and the US, which she reports have not reached any significant progress- she says the US wants to dictate changes and keeps adding aggressive sanctions. The Bolivian right-wing President Paz has declared a state of emergency, using the military to end weeks of indigenous and union led protests calling for an end to austerity measures. More details about the 88 page United Nations report stating that Israel was committing genocide war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Lebanon reports that Israel has killed nearly 4000 citizens. 

 

       From JAPAN-  Many Japanese politicians are calling for preparations for a new era of warfare and reconsidering the principle of not allowing nuclear weapons into Japan. A new opinion poll found that worldwide 76% of people surveyed have no confidence in president Trump. Zelensky announced more drone attacks on petroleum facilities in Russia far from the border. Netanyahu announced military actions will continue in Palestine.

 

 

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"Our climate is always changing. I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it."

--Marco Rubio

 

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