Headlines: Washington under tension before Biden's inauguration Audio 04:48 National Guard soldiers in Washington. © REUTERS / Edudardo Munoz By: Véronique Rigolet Follow 10 mins Publicity On the front page of the international press, Washington, transformed into an entrenched camp, on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden. Many dailies show in front page almost disturbing images of the

Headlines: Washington under tension before Biden's inauguration

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National Guard soldiers in Washington.

By: Véronique Rigolet Follow

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On the front page of the international press, Washington, transformed into an entrenched camp, on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden.

Many dailies show in front page almost disturbing images of the American capital under siege, emptied, barricaded, looking like a besieged fortress with the deployment of 25,000 over-armed soldiers of the National Guard.

Fear of the city

" headlines the

Times of India

, "

Washington is shielding itself

" in the face of threats from far-right groups, underlines for its part the Spanish daily

El Pais

evoking a capital "

on edge

" on the eve of the inauguration by Joe Biden.

I have the impression of being visiting Baghdad

" confides an American deputy to the

Wall Street Journal

while another admits not to travel without his "

anti-bear bomb

Are we in total paranoia

?

»Asks the correspondent of the Swiss daily

Le Temps

in the United States, before acknowledging that the concern has been very real since the attack on the Capitol.

A double concern: that of pro-Trump demonstrators "

including extremists, white supremacists and other Qanonists convinced of having attended a

" rigged ballot "", and then there is also the fear of "

the enemy of the 'inside

', with this question which haunts the FBI, on "

possible complicity within the security forces

Soldiers under Pentagon and FBI controls

It is on the front page of the entire American press, on the one hand the Pentagon, the Department of the Armed Forces "is

stepping up its efforts to try to flush out extremists

" in its ranks, on the other the FBI, federal investigators are still seeking to determine "

how many soldiers and veterans participated in the assault on the Capitol

According to the

New York Times

, the thousands of soldiers who arrive in the capital to secure the inauguration ceremony go

through

severe control

And those who find themselves "

close to President Biden will be entitled to an even more thorough investigation

The daily reports that all the soldiers are already subjected to investigations "

on their antecedents

", but also to "

physical examinations

", and in particular "

an evaluation of their tattoo

Coronavirus: new restrictions expected in Germany

Faced with the spread of the virus "

confinement is becoming more and more brutal

", headlines the

Suddeustche Zeïtung

The German daily details the curfews and other confinements that are on the increase in Europe, and the expected announcement today of new restrictions in Germany.

Among the avenues considered: traffic restrictions, the compulsory wearing of medical masks and a strong exhortation to telework.

For its part, the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeïtung

highlights the need to promote individual tests "

everyone should be able to test themselves quickly

", estimates the daily, which would allow not only "

citizens to participate in the control of the pandemic

" but also can -being to escape the rules imposed on all.

In Britain, a call to prioritize vaccines to ethnic groups

This is the front page of the

Guardian

Public health experts and MPs call for "

better protection of black, Asian and ethnic minority communities

Communities which "

are the most likely to be affected by the virus, but also the least likely to accept to be vaccinated

" explains a professor of the Royal College.

According to research "

72% of the black population

" in Great Britain would reject any idea of a vaccine mainly because of "

misinformation

" points out the

Guardian

on the fact that the vaccine is not halal or that it could cause a DNA modification

”.

So many myths that must be debunked

" as soon as possible, the London daily which reports that "

the death rate from the coronavirus was 5 times higher among black African and Bangland men than among whites during the 1st wave of the pandemic

”.

3 months hidden in a Chicago airport, for fear of the virus

As a remake of the film with Tom Hanks point out the American media, which tells the story of Aditya Singh 36 years old a Californian of Indian origin.

He allegedly landed in Chicago last October and then hid in a secure area of the airport for 3 months, undetected.

He was said to have lived off the money on food given to him by passengers.

He was finally arrested last weekend and confessed "

that he was just too afraid to go home, because of the Covid

He will be tried at the end of January, not sure whether he will be allowed to take the plane back to California.

International press review - Headlines: Washington under tension before Biden's inauguration

Headlines: Washington under tension before Biden's inauguration

Soldiers under Pentagon and FBI controls

Coronavirus: new restrictions expected in Germany

In Britain, a call to prioritize vaccines to ethnic groups

3 months hidden in a Chicago airport, for fear of the virus

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