Headlines: explosive revelations about the attack on the US Capitol
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A crowd of pro-Trump protesters clash with members of the police force as they invade the Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington.
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Really surprising revelations where we learn that in the midst of an insurrection on January 6, "
Donald Trump Junior asked his father to prevent the attack on the Capitol, as did Fox News hosts
" , headlines the
South China Morning Post
, the Hong Kong newspaper, which like the world press details these revelations from the American Congressional Commission of Inquiry which published on Monday evening dozens of text messages sent on the day of the riot in Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and which are truly edifying: “
It has gone too far. It has become uncontrollable,
”warns Donald Trump's son, who begs Meadows to intercede with his father to "
stop this madness
".
"
The president must stop this as soon as possible and tell people to go home
," pleads a Fox News reporter.
"
Settle it now
", intends an elected Republican, so many messages which make "
the effect of a bomb
", comments the
Washington Post
, and which prove "
that Donald Trump was the catalyst of the riot
".
"
We now know that for 187 minutes, while the riot lasted, President Trump refused to act,
" said The
New York Times
, which also echoed the comments of the commission of inquiry.
While Mark Meadows now incurs "
prosecution after his refusal to testify before Congress
", Donald Trump continues to deny everything altogether, explains the
Süddeutche Zeitung
: a few days ago, the former president thus assured that 'there was "a
lot of love in the air
" on January 6 in Washington.
Historic first in the United States: a woman to lead NYPD
It is "
never seen in 176 years of history of the NYPD
", the New York police force: it is a woman, a black woman, who will take the "
direction of the 35,000
police officers
" that counts the largest city in the United States, reports the
New York Times
. Her name is Keechant Sewell, she is 49 years old including "
25 years of career on the clock
", reports the
HuffPost,
which salutes the "
strong
"
gesture
of the future mayor of New York Eric Adams, himself a former police officer, for this nomination.
Trained with the FBI, Chief Sewell, who will take up her post at the beginning of next January, "
grew up in Queens and worked in the anti-narcotics units and as a negotiator in hostage cases
," the
New York Times
, which underlines that it wishes to make “
the fight against violent crime its number one priority
”.
Belarus: Lukashenko continues its fierce repression of opponents
Yesterday's sentence to 18 years in prison of blogger and activist Sergei Tsikhanousky, husband of Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tsikanouskaïa, made the headlines of the European press, which like
Frankfurter Rundschau
condemns "
the Lukashenko revenge campaign
" against all its opponents.
"
Tsikhanouski must be annihilated for having dared to challenge Loukachenko
", also comments for its part the
Badische Zeitung
, which establishes a link "
with the fate reserved for Alexei Navalny, imprisoned by Vladimir Poutine in Russia
".
"
More than 35,000
people were arbitrarily detained in Belarus last year
," reports
El País
,
who underlines that while his country "
accumulates Western sanctions, Lukashenko accentuates the repression against the opposition but also civil organizations and the media
".
"
It is truly the end of civil society in Belarus,
" said the president of the Youth Committee in
Die Welt
, while her association "
was also dissolved without warning
".
Malta, first EU country to legalize cannabis
For marijuana enthusiasts, it's a bit early Christmas in Malta, comments
La Repubblica
, as "
the smallest state in the Union has just legalized recreational cannabis
", narrowly winning on Luxembourg, which has "
adopted but not yet promulgated similar legislation
", and perhaps before Germany "
where the brand new government pushed by the Greens
" is also thinking about it, specifies the Italian daily.
A consumption which will remain "
very supervised in Malta
", underlines for its part
El País
, "
the law authorizes only 7 grams per adult, prohibition of consumption in public and in front of a minor of less than 18 years
", the whole accompanied by 'dissuasive fines of “
100 to 500 euros
”. If "
Malta is at the forefront of the legalization of drugs, the very Catholic former British colony is lagging behind in many other areas,
" notes
La Repubblica
, "
she only approved the divorce. 2011 and remains the only European country to totally ban abortion
”.
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