In the spotlight: the worst “millennium” floods in China
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Images have poured into Chinese social media showing dramatic rescues of pedestrians in Zhengzhou after torrents hit the streets.
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Terrible floods in China devastated the city of Zhengzhou in central Henan, killing at least 33 people.
The images of this disaster made the front page of a large part of the international press: streets transformed into a veritable river where smashed cars piled up, families, men, women and children trying to escape the waves by holding onto a rope.
"
Terrifying floods
", headlines the
Washington Post
which, like all the American and Chinese press - reports on the "
stupor of the people of Zhengzhou
", drowned under record bad weather "
he fell in 3 days the equivalent of a year of rain
”, and giving rise to dramatic scenes.
The press reports how the passengers of line 5 of the metro were trapped, "
with water up to their necks
", specifies the
South China Morning Post
which also recounts "
the anguished phone calls to rescuers
" for them. some, while others "
bade their last farewell to their families
."
Blamed, of course, "
the impact of global warming
", explains the
Global Times,
which refers to "
the worst floods of the millennium
", while stressing that it is to be expected that "
these disasters now occur more often
".
Failing to be able to prevent them, believes the Chinese nationalist daily, "
the most important thing is to put in place a whole logistics, and a coordination of emergencies and help in order to reduce or even avoid deaths
".
Orban's Hungary hardens its standoff with the European Union
With the announcement of a referendum on its anti-LGBT law. A bill already "
described as shameful and discriminatory last month by the European Commission
", recalls the
Guardian
, for which the announcement of this referendum by "
the Hungarian Prime Minister of the extreme right
", is part of its political strategy.
Viktor Orban "
targets LGBT people to strengthen support for his Fidesz party
", while he is due to face an "
opposition coalition
next spring
which could give rise to a close race
", underlines the British daily. For
El Pais
, "
the homophobic drift
" of the Hungarian Prime Minister is effectively part of "
his desire to consolidate his position
", before the next electoral deadlines, by bringing into play the nationalist and populist fiber "
placing himself as a defender of traditional Christian values.
", And slanging"
the pressures exerted by the EU
".
Orban will undoubtedly still "
intensify his provocations
", estimates for its part the
Suddeutsche Zeitung
which advocates the need for Europe to "
retain as long as possible the 7 billion euros of aid of the Hungarian recovery plan
", but also to step up its “
support for the Hungarian opposition forces
”.
Because the elections next spring "
could be the last for Hungary for a long time,
" warns the German daily.
Liverpool stripped of its place as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
An extremely rare and final eviction from Unesco, which is, explains the
Times
, the result of "
plans to redevelop the port including very high buildings and a future new football stadium
", which according to the United Nations body have caused "
an irreversible loss
" of the historic value of the famous Victorian docks.
"
The threat had hovered over Liverpool for almost 10 years,
" said the
Guardian
for
its part,
for whom "
with each new building, crane or construction that appeared on the historic seafront, it was increasingly inevitable that the city would be deprived of its precious world heritage status
”.
"
It is a humiliating moment for Great Britain and the British government
", estimates the columnist of the daily newspaper which underlines that it is indeed with the government that it falls "
the ultimate responsibility for the conservation of its 32 sites World Heritage List
”, and warns about the protection of the Stonehenge site, the Palace of Westminster, and the city of Bath.
Heatwave in the United Kingdom, college students banned from shorts ... put on skirts
More than 30 degrees in London and in Wales too, where - we learn from the
Independent
, college students have decided to put on skirts "
to protest against the ban on wearing shorts at school
". The students, explains the daily, simply "
exploited a loophole in the school uniform guide, which allows students to wear skirts, but does not specify the gender of the wearer
."
The students who all demand "
a little more flexibility in terms of school uniforms
", further notes the
Independent
which also specifies "
that the girls were allowed to wear pants at school, only after celebrities and deputies supported their petition
”.
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