In the spotlight: deadly floods in Germany, two months before the Bundestag elections
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People move with their belongings in floodwaters in Iversheim, near Bad Muenstereifel, in western Germany, on July 16, 2021, following heavy rains and flooding.
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More than "
a hundred dead, and more than a thousand missing
", reports the daily
Bild
, Germany is "
in a state of shock in the face of bad weather
", headlines the Swiss daily
Le Temps
which, like from the global press from the
Chinese
Global Times
to the
New York Times, front page
displays images of destruction, houses gutted, swept away by floods, piling up of smashed cars.
"
It's a disaster
", headlines the
Suddeutsche Zeitung
, "
a climatic carnage
", estimates in A
La Repubblica
.
For the international press, there is no doubt that this is another alarming sign of "
climate change
".
"
After the deadly heat wave that hit the American West, the deluge that hit Central Europe has raised fears that global warming will lead to even more serious weather phenomena than expected
", explain climatologists. extremely concerned in the
Guardian
.
The climate emergency could shake up the German electoral campaign
Even if for the moment, "
the urgency is with the action on the ground
near the
affected populations
", recalls the German press like the
VolksStimme
which warns against any attempt of recovery "
the situation does not lend itself not to an apocalyptic controversy against an electoral backdrop
”.
"
All politicians have put their boots back on
", underlines for its part the
Suddeutsche Zeitung,
starting with the favorite of the polls "
the conservative Armin Laschet who heads the region of North Rhine-Westphalia
", one of the most affected by weathering.
The green candidate Annalena Baerbock is also "
back from vacation
".
"
Climate change has just imposed itself in the campaign
", analyzes for its part the Swiss daily
Le Temps
which notes that this occurs "
while the Greens had retreated in the polls after several scandals blamed on their candidate
".
For his part, Armin Laschet “
has been criticized for his regional energetic policy by pushing back the exploitation of coal mines and limiting the construction of wind turbines,
”
Le Temps points out
.
Lebanon sinks into crisis after Prime Minister Hariri resigns
Nine months just after his appointment, Saad Hariri gave up forming a government and threw in the towel by reporting "
insurmountable
"
disagreements
with President Aoun, explains
L'Orient-Le Jour
for whom "
the worsening of the crisis is inevitable
”. The Lebanese daily strongly denounces this new blow to Lebanon. While "
the country is collapsing, that the Bank of Lebanon is no longer able to finance the purchase of basic necessities
", the politicians "
will indulge in their favorite sport, find their favorite candidate for manage the economic crisis without upsetting their (own) achievements
”.
Feeling of anger shared by
El Pais
who underlines that during this time, "
the country remains in free fall, with more than half of the population living below the poverty line
".
The Spanish daily also recalls that "
the European Union is preparing new sanctions against certain Lebanese leaders
".
Putin allegedly conspired to promote Trump's election
This is the
Guardian
scoop
which claims to have been able to consult "
classified documents
" which suggest that the "
Russian president personally authorized a secret operation by his espionage services to support a Donald Trump deemed mentally unstable
" in the 2016 presidential election Objective of Moscow: "to
create social unrest in the United States and thus weaken the negotiating position of the American president
", explains the
Guardian
which puts in particular before the "
publication during the campaign of thousands of private e-mails d 'Hillary Clinton in an attempt to harm the Democratic candidate
'. Denial of the Kremlin which speaks of "
bad novel
". "
Fake news
”, thunders for his part the entourage of Donald Trump, still reports the
Guardian
.
The Covid continues to shake up the Tokyo Olympics
One week before the opening ceremony, while the epidemic worsens in Japan, the organizers of the Games are stepping up prevention measures, even if it means overturning all the rules of the sport.
Thus, reports the
Asahi Shimbun,
the athletes will have to be masked on the podium and they will also have to “
put their own medals around the neck
”, medals which will be “
brought to them on a previously disinfected tray
”, specifies the Japanese daily. stresses that the IOC also plans to broadcast "
an immersive sound system
" in stadiums empty of public. Clearly "
crowd noises recorded during previous Olympics
".
"
A way to support athletes
", According to the IOC.
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