Headlines: Republicans start to let go of Trump
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House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass (D), leads a partially virtual hearing to consider a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald Trump incapable of perform the functions of his office.
The Capitol in Washington, Tuesday January 12, 2021. AP - J. Scott Applewhite
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It is again American policy that makes the front page of the international press.
A week after the assault on the Capitol, and seven days before the end of his mandate, Donald Trump is facing his second impeachment procedure this Wednesday and is more isolated than ever within his own camp.
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Republicans are starting to let Trump go
" front page of the
New York Times
, "
They join the impeachment campaign
" headlines the
Washington Post,
which discusses at length what it calls
"
the historic decision
" of Republican Party figure in the House of Representatives MP Liz Cheney.
The daughter of former Vice President Richard Cheney created a stir yesterday by declaring that she will vote for the impeachment of the president.
According to his remarks reported by the
Washington Post
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There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution
."
A brutal breakup, which has its origin, explains
Washington Post,
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in a phone call from her father
", who watched on television the violence of pro-Trump supporters in Congress last week and who also warned his daughter that she was verbally attacked by the President.
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Donald Trump called for getting rid of Representative Liz Cheney, now she supports his indictment
" underlines
The
Washington Post
.
Another important defection is that of the powerful Senator Mitch McConnell.
The Republican Senate Majority Boss Backs Trump's Impeachment Explained The
New York Times,
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Because He Believes The Time Has Come To Turn The Page Trump He Blames For Losing The Senate To Republicans
".
McConnell's advisers are already speculating privately
that
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a dozen Republican senators could ultimately vote in favor of the president's impeachment
," the daily reports.
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It would take at least 17
" - nevertheless emphasizes
The New York Times
"in
order to find him guilty
".
Trump's eagerly awaited departure from Middle East
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Trump's erratic final days put Middle East on alert
" headline
The Haaretz
, the Tel Aviv daily, which estimates
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that the coming week will be anything but calm before Joe Biden takes office on January 20 next
”.
Until then, the Israeli newspaper emphasizes,
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Iran is still worried about a possible military strike ordered by the outgoing US president
."
And while such a scenario does not seem
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plausible
" in view of Israel, adds
Haaretz,
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Israeli defense chiefs nonetheless remain concerned about the possibility of a series of misunderstandings that could lead to an unplanned military conflagration - which would hit Israel.
".
The Tel Aviv daily, which recalls that even the patroness of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, recently asked the chief of staff of the armed forces to ensure
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that an unstable president (...) is not able to launch a nuclear attack during his last days in office
”.
Maxi-trial in Italy against the Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia
It's “
the trial that can revive Calabria
”, headlines
L'Espresso
.
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An extraordinary trial
" explains the Italian weekly which details
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325 defendants accused of mafia association, extortion, possession of weapons, drug trafficking, theft and attempted murders
".
With, at the center of the debate in front of the judges, "
the very powerful Mancuso family which reigns with its men on Calabria and which had no scruples
, relates
Espresso,
to kill the women of the family who had tried to cooperate with justice
”.
Alongside the mafiosi on the benches of the accused, "
business leaders, politicians and Freemasons
" adds the weekly which explains that the Ndrangheta in addition to drug trafficking, still controls a large part of the economic activities of the region "
from construction to commerce, catering to transport, food products to tourism
".
The trial which opens this Wednesday in Calabria, on the very land of the Mafiosi,
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may allow the State to regain control
" underlines
Espresso,
which believes that the
"
rebirth
"
of Calabria begins with this trial.
Packed lunch sparks outrage in Britain
Three small apples, two carrots, two potatoes, a loaf of bread and a tin can ... here is the photo of a meager food parcel sent to underprivileged families in Britain that appears on the front page of a large number of dailies across the Channel, and almost full page of the
Guardian
.
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It is an insult to dignity
" protested the daily
Metro
while the
Daily Mirror
wonders "
in whose pockets the money for free school meals goes
."
Huge outrage across the country and promise made to the
Guardian
that the government
"
will investigate the matter urgently
".
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