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This week, the guests gathered around Gavin LEE discuss the fragile ceasefire that was agreed between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah; how Donald Trump plans on launching a new tariff war with America’s neighbours; and what is happening in Sudan, where war is still raging, despite focus being displaced towards Ukraine and the Middle East. And as a Black Friday special deal, our set of experts also dive into Angela Merkel’s legacy book. Lebanon’s uneasy truce, Trumponomics, Merkel’s Memoir, Sudan ‘The Invisible Crisis’

Polls closed on Friday in Ireland’s general election amid a tight race between the incumbent coalition parties and the opposition party Sinn Fein. According to exit polls, Ireland’s three largest parties were projected to get roughly equal shares of the vote, with Sinn Fein slightly ahead on 21.1%, Fine Gael on 21% and Fianna Fail on 19.5%. If they stand, the exit polls would represent little change to the current make-up of the Irish parliament, meaning that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael would likely hold on to power in coalition with each other and a few smaller parties. The exit poll…

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg declared inadmissible the appeal presented by the lawyers of Sabrina Misseri and Cosima Serrano sentenced to life imprisonment in February 2017 for the death of Sarah Scazzi, the fifteen year old killed on 26 August 2010 in Avetrana, in province of Taranto. Sarah Scazzi, no from the Supreme Court to the premium permit for Sabrina Misseri: “Socially dangerous” 24 March 2022 The appeal was presented to the European Court in April 2018 and after more than six years the response arrived, expected as the last judicial basis to overturn the conviction. Murder…

Ireland’s main opposition party Sinn Fein are looking on course to narrowly win the most votes at a general election on Friday, but its two main center-right rivals will likely have enough seats to govern again without it, an exit poll showed. The exit poll put the left wing Sinn Fein on 21.1%, the center-right Fine Gael of Prime Minister Simon Harris on 21.0% and like-minded coalition partner Fianna Fail on 19.5%. Seek to form a coalition without Sinn Fein Fine Gael and Fianna Fail pledged ahead of the election to seek to form a coalition without Sinn Fein, just…

On October 16th, The assembly saw the election of Cecilia Dalman Eek from Sweden as the new President. the Chamber of Regions convened during the 47th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, marking a significant moment in regional governance. the position had been vacant for several months. As the new President, at a time of division across the continent, she will be filling a crucial vacancy in the leadership and poised with the job of uniting Europe on social level. Dalman Eek, a prominent figure in regional politics, has been a dedicated member of the regional council…

Political leaders will gather on Saturday to pay tribute to Alex Salmond at a public memorial service in Edinburgh. The former first minister died last month in North Macedonia at the age of 69. First Minister John Swinney, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are all expected to attend the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Former prime minister Gordon Brown is also believed to be attending. The service will be conducted by the Reverend George Whyte, with readings and tributes from Mr Salmond’s lifelong friend and Alba Party acting leader Kenny…

Ireland is ranked second highest in the EU in terms of people believing illegal drug use is a serious problem in their local community. A Eurobarometer survey shows 58% of Irish people surveyed said it was a serious problem in their area, second after Portugal at 67%, and way above the EU average (39%). The survey ranks Ireland in first or second position in respondents saying it was easy to get cocaine, MDMA (ecstacy), heroin, or synthetic opioids within 24 hours. The survey also highlights a significant trend among Irish people in their views on banning or legalising drugs, with…

In her early 20s, “in the village” in the far west of Kenya, Jacinta Nafula became pregnant by her boyfriend. The father of her son, named Richard, went to work in the capital. She joined him there and they got married. Then, one day, he disappeared. It wasn’t that he died; he just moved on. “He married another woman,” said this humble hair braider at a salon, who, due to unpaid rent, found herself homeless for a time. In the same tone, she added, “They live here, in Nairobi.” Once, just once, Nafula went to him for a little help,…

Paulette Brucale was shivering in her blue coat, but she didn’t complain she is from the older generation in France. They have seen of the second world war and live life with that dark memory etched into their lifestyle. Whilst she is waiting, she is patient subdued and quaint. Having arrived early, she was waiting in the long queue outside the café Le Saint-Louis, where Jordan Bardella was due to hold a book signing early in the evening on Friday, November 22, in the southern French coastal town of Sète. Brucale, an 87-year-old retiree, held the book by Bardella, the…