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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu justice plans
TEL AVIV, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations on Saturday against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government that protesters say will threaten democratic checks and balances on ministers by the courts.
The plans, which the government says are needed to curb overreach by activist judges, have drawn fierce opposition from groups including lawyers, and raised concerns among business leaders, widening already deep political divisions in Israeli society.
“They want to turn us into a dictatorship, they want to destroy democracy,” the head of the Israeli Bar Association, Avi Chimi said. “They want to destroy judicial authority, there is no democratic country without a judicial authority.”
Netanyahu has dismissed the protests, now in their third week, as a refusal by leftist opponents to accept the results of last November’s election, which produced one of the most right-wing governments in Israel’s history.
The protesters say the future of Israeli democracy is at stake if the government succeeds in pushing through the plans, which would tighten political control over judicial appointments and limit the Supreme Court’s powers to overturn government decisions or Knesset laws.
As well as threatening the independence of judges and weakening oversight of the government and parliament, they say the plans will undermine the rights of minorities and open the door to more corruption.
[1/5] Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
“We are fighting for democracy,” said Amnon Miller, 64, among crowds of protesters, many bearing white and blue Israeli flags. “We fought in this country in the army for 30 years for our freedom and we won’t let this government take our freedom.”
Saturday’s protests, which Israeli media said were expected to draw more than 100,000 people to central Tel Aviv, come days after the Supreme Court ordered Netanyahu to fire Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, who leads the religious Shas party, over a recent tax conviction.
The new government, which took office this month, is an alliance between Netanyahu’s Likud party and a clutch of smaller religious and hard-right nationalist parties which say they have a mandate for sweeping change.
Netanyahu, who is himself on trial on corruption charges which he denies, has defended the judicial reform plans, which are currently being examined by a parliamentary committee, saying they will restore a proper balance between the three branches of government.
Likud politicians have long accused the Supreme Court of being dominated by leftist judges who they say encroach on areas outside their authority for political reasons. The court’s defenders say it plays a vital role in holding the government to account in a country that has no formal constitution.
A survey released by the Israel Democracy Institute last week showed trust in the Supreme Court was markedly higher among left-wing Israelis than among those on the right, but that there was no overall support for weakening the court’s powers.
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Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict
VATICAN CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) – A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead of his funeral this week.
Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics who yearned for a return to a more traditional Church, died on Saturday at the age of 95 in the secluded Vatican monastery where he had lived since 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to resign.
“I feel like he was a grandfather to us,” Veronica Siegal, 16, a Catholic high school student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is in Rome for a programme of religious study, told Reuters in St. Peter’s Square after viewing the body.
She said she had read one of Benedict’s books on Jesus for one of her courses.
“I know that he is in a better place because he was a holy man and he led so well,” said her classmate, Molly Foley, also 16, from Atlanta, Georgia. A third girl in the group wore an American flag on her back.
Security was tight, with visitors going through several check points before entering the basilica. Many stopped to pray after viewing the body or stayed to attend Mass in side chapels.
Vatican police said that 65,000 people had filed past on the first day.
Benedict’s body, dressed in red and gold liturgical vestments and placed on a simple dais, was moved in a procession just before dawn through the Vatican Gardens from the monastery to a spot in front of the main altar of Christendom’s largest Church.
Two Swiss Guards stood at attention on either side of the body, which bore no papal insignia or regalia, such as a crosier, the silver staff with a crucifix, or a pallium, a band of cloth worn around the neck worn by archdiocesan bishops.
Both were on Pope John Paul’s body when it lay in state in 2005.
[1/17] Faithful pay homage to former Pope Benedict, as his body lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
It was not clear if the pastoral cross or any other items he used will be buried with him but the decision not to have them during the public viewing appeared to have been decided to underscore that he no longer was pope when he died.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Benedict will be buried according to his wishes in the same spot in the crypts under St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope John Paul II was originally interred in 2005 before his body was moved up to a chapel in the basilica in 2011.
ITALY’S LEADERS PAY RESPECTS
Before the Church was opened to the public, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Georgia Meloni were the first outsiders to pay their respects.
Benedict’s closest aide, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, sat in the first pew to the side of the body along with Benedict’s household and medics who looked after him in his final days.
After a few hours, they rose to pray before the body. Ganswein stayed behind to receive condolences from visitors.
“I had to come,” Sri, a woman visiting from Jakarta, Indonesia, told Reuters. “He was the pope and I am a Catholic,” she said, declining to give her surname.
Benedict will lie in state until Wednesday evening. His funeral will be held on Thursday in St Peter’s Square and be presided over by Pope Francis. The Vatican has said it will be a simple, solemn and sober ceremony in keeping with Benedict’s wishes.
The Vatican has painstakingly elaborate rituals for what happens after a reigning pope dies but none for a former pope, so what happens in the next few days could become the template for future ex-popes.
Bruni said the details of the funeral Mass were not yet completed.
While the number of visitors was large, there were no signs of the huge crowds who came to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II, when millions waited for hours to enter the basilica.
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Massive 6.4 earthquake rocks California leaving tens of thousands without power
Massive 6.4 earthquake rocks California leaving tens of thousands without power: Epicentre is seven miles south west of Ferndale and comes days after 3.6 quake shook San Francisco
- A massive 6.4 earthquake has rocked California, US Geological Survey said
- The earthquake was at a depth of 16.1km, and struck west-southwest of Ferndale
- At least 60,000 customers in Humboldt County are experiencing power outages
A massive 6.4 earthquake has rocked California leaving tens of thousands of people without power, with its epicentre 130miles north of San Francisco, three days after 3.6 quake shook the Bay Area.
The strong earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday at 2.34am, United States Geological Survey said.
The earthquake was at a depth of 16.1km, USGS said, adding that it struck 12km west-southwest of Ferndale, California and southwest of the port city of Eureka.
One resident in Chico, northern California, said they felt the quake and described it as a ‘rolling feeling’.
Ferndale journalist Caroline Titus shared a video clip on Twitter of her home after the quake, describing it as ‘a mess’ following the shaking
An emergency alert was issued by USGS urging people to ‘drop, cover, hold on’
It is understood that many areas in northern California are now experiencing power outages, with at least 60,000 customers in Humboldt County impacted by 3.30 am, poweroutage.us reported.
Gas leaks are also being reported to the fire service in Fortuna and the town of Rio Dell following a reported structural collapse on Pacific Avenue.
It is understood that one person may be unaccounted for in Rio Dell.
Ferndale journalist Caroline Titus shared a video clip on Twitter of her home after the quake, describing it as ‘a mess’ following the shaking.
Items were strewn across the floor as she said that they were experiencing a power outage.
Ferndale journalist Caroline Titus shared footage of her home after the quake
The strong earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday
California Highway Patrol in Humboldt County responded to reported cracks in the Ferndale Bridge and closed it to traffic, journalist Andy Clausen said on Twitter.
‘It’s the main bridge over the Eel River in and out of Ferndale, next closest one is significantly further south off 101. Report came in slightly after the earthquake,’ he wrote.
‘Power is out across the county. Do not call 911 unless you are experiencing an immediate emergency,’ Humboldt Country Office of Emergency Services tweeted.
Around a dozen small aftershocks were reported in the area, USGS said.
The town has a population of around 15,000 people. It is 261 miles north of San Francisco and 19.6 miles south of Eureka, California.
A tsunami warning has not been issued following the seismic movement.
A map showing the location of the seismic event on Tuesday
An emergency alert was issued USGS, which read: ‘Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold On. Protect Yourself.’
It follows a 3.6 quake on Saturday morning which hit the San Francisco Bay Area at around 3.39am.
The USGS said that it had a depth of 3.6 miles and was centered close to El Cerrito.
Maps from the moment showed some weak shaking across the region.
California is regularly shaken by tremors and seismologists say a quake capable of causing widespread destruction is almost certain to hit the state in the next 30 years.
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake in 1994 in Northridge, northwest of Los Angeles, left at least 60 people dead and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage, while a 6.9 quake in San Francisco in 1989 claimed the lives of 67 people.
The epicentre of the seismic activity was 130miles north of San Francisco
Another map of the quake showing its epicentre in California
Elon Musk fired Twitter execs including CEO Parag Agrawal ‘for cause’ in a bid to avoid paying out tens of millions in severance, report says
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Elon Musk fired top Twitter execs “for cause” to avoid severance payments, The Information reported.
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He fired CEO Parag Agrawal and three other executives on Thursday as he completed his takeover.
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The execs are in line to receive up to $122 million in payouts, researchers Equilar told Reuters.
Elon Musk fired top Twitter executives “for cause” in an attempt to avoid hefty severance payouts in the wake of his takeover of Twitter, The Information reported on Saturday.
Musk removed Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, legal chief Vijaya Gadde, and general counsel Sean Edgett on Thursday after closing his $44 billion deal.
A person familiar with the matter told The Information that Musk dismissed the executives “for cause” to try to avoid severance payouts and unvested stock awards, suggesting he had justification for their termination. Two people with knowledge of the subject told The New York Times the executives were now considering their options.
The former executives were in line for payouts totalling almost $90 million, with Agrawal set for $38.7 million, largely due to shares vested since his departure. Research firm Equilar told Reuters the payouts could go as high as $122 million.
Equilar’s research director, Courtney Yu, told Reuters on Friday that the executives “should be getting these payments unless Elon Musk had cause for termination, with cause in these cases usually being that they broke the law or violated company policy.”
Musk repeatedly lambasted Twitter’s operations and their executives in the months before closing his deal over the number of fake accounts. His relationship with Agrawal in particular quickly soured, with the pair trading blows on Twitter and over text messages.
The Tesla CEO has wasted no time in reforming Twitter. Insider reported on Saturday that team leaders and VPs had begun drawing up lists of who to keep on based on performance reviews.
The new owner of Twitter, who is naming himself as CEO on internal company files, per Insider, also had to deny reports that he was planning to lay off 75% of the workforce.
Musk is expected to make more layoffs quickly because of a November 1 deadline when employees are scheduled to receive stock grants as part of their compensation in mind, per The New York Times. These are a significant proportion of most Twitter employees’ compensation, the newspaper reported.
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Tens of thousands march in Berlin in support of Iran protests
BERLIN/DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in a show of support for protesters in Iran where unrest ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody entered a sixth week despite a deadly state crackdown.
The protests have posed one of the boldest challenges to Iran’s clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution, even if they do not appear close to toppling a government that has deployed its powerful security apparatus to quell the unrest.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in the custody of morality police after being detained for “improper attire”. Protests erupted at her funeral on Sept. 17 in the Kurdish town of Saqez before spreading across Iran. Rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed in the crackdown.
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Women have played a prominent part, waving and burning veils. The deaths of several teenaged girls reportedly killed during protests have fuelled more anger.
In Berlin, police estimated 80,000 people joined the march, with protesters waving Iranian flags and holding banners saying “Woman, Life, Freedom”. Organisers said Iranians had travelled from the United States, Canada and all over the European Union.
“From Zahedan to Tehran, I sacrifice my life for Iran,” human rights activist Fariba Balouch said after giving a speech at the Berlin gathering, referring to Iranian cities swept up in the protests. The crowd responded with “Death to Khamenei”, referring to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Anti-government activists said the Berlin march was the largest ever demonstration against the Islamic Republic by Iranians abroad.
“I feel very good, because we are here to (say) ‘We are with you, with all Iranian people’. I am Mahsa Amini’s voice,” said a protester who gave her name as Maru.
Videos posted on social media – which Reuters could not independently verify – showed protests continuing in Iran at several cities including Tehran, northeastern Mashhad, northwestern Mahabad, Dezful in the southwest and a number of universities across the country.
Videos showed protesters chanting in Tehran’s western Sadeghieh neighbourhood and lighting fires in the streets of the capital’s Lalehzar district. Another showed cars in Mashhad honking their horns and demonstrators chanting “Death to the dictator”.
Social media videos said to be from Dezful showed youths chanting “Freedom, freedom, freedom” as they confronted police in the predominantly ethnic Arab, oil-rich province of Khuzestan on the Iraqi border.
‘THE LAST WARNING’
Khamenei has warned nobody should dare think they can uproot the Islamic Republic, accusing its adversaries of fomenting the unrest. State TV has reported the deaths of at least 26 members of the security forces.
Some of the deadliest unrest has been in areas home to ethnic minorities with long-standing grievances against the state. These include the Sistan-Baluchistan province in the southeast and its provincial capital Zahedan.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday accused a leading Sunni cleric of agitating against the Islamic Republic and warned it may cost him dearly after he held officials including Khamenei responsible for dozens killed in Zahedan last month.
Amnesty International has said security forces killed at least 66 people in a crackdown after Friday prayers in Zahedan, on Sept. 30.
Molavi Abdolhamid, Zahedan’s leading Sunni cleric, said during his Friday sermon that officials including Khamenei, head of the Shi’ite-dominated state, were “responsible before God” for the Sept. 30 killings. He described the killing as a massacre, saying bullets had been fired at heads and chests.
A short statement on Sepah News, the Revolutionary Guards’ official news site, said: “Mr. Abdolhamid, encouraging and agitating youths against the sacred Islamic Republic of Iran may cost you dearly! This is the last warning!”
State media said at the time of the Sept. 30 violence that “unidentified armed individuals” opened fire on a police station, prompting security forces to return fire.
The Revolutionary Guards said five members of its forces and the volunteer Basij militia were killed during the Sept. 30 violence. Authorities blamed a Baluchi militant group. Neither that group nor any other faction claimed a role.
Protests had been fuelled by allegations of the rape of a local teenaged girl by a police officer. Officials have said the case was being investigated.
After protests erupted in Zahedan again on Friday, deputy interior minister for security, Majid Mir Ahmadi, said calm had returned, official news agency IRNA reported.
He said 150 “thugs attacked public property and even those shops belonging to Sunnis”.
Rights groups say the government has long discriminated against ethnic minorities including the Kurds.
The state denies accusations of discrimination.
In Iran’s Kurdish region on Saturday, videos posted online showed shopkeepers on strike in several cities in the northwestern Kurdish region, including Sanandaj, Saqez and Bukan.
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Astounding new Webb image reveals tens of thousands of young stars
Enlarge / Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to provide astronomers with unprecedented views of the Universe.
On Tuesday, the space agency released a mosaic image that shows a panorama of star formation stretching across a staggering 340 light years. Astronomers call the main feature in this image 30 Doradus, but it has a catchier nickname—the Tarantula Nebula—due to its long, dusty filaments.
This stellar nursery is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own Milky Way at a distance of 160,000 light years. The Tarantula Nebula was already a pretty spectacular feature in telescopes because it’s the biggest and brightest stellar nebula in the local neighborhood of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
But Webb brings the nebula into stunning clarity because the telescope observes light in the infrared portion of the spectrum, which is light with a slightly longer wavelength than is visible to the human eye. This allows the telescope to capture light from distant objects that might otherwise be blocked by cosmic dust particles, which are more likely to interfere with light at a shorter wavelength.
As a result, Webb’s imaging of the Tarantula Nebula is rather beautiful, revealing tens of thousands of young stars that were previously blocked by cosmic dust.
Astronomers are keen to better understand the process by which stars are formed, which is foundational to grasping the physics of the Universe. Webb’s better images and data will provide new insight into this process and show why there is such a multiplicity of different sized stars, with widely variable properties, in our galaxy and beyond.