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In the spotlight: the dread in the United States after the carnage of Buffalo, perpetrated by a white supremacist
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People march at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. AP - Matt Rourke
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A new racist massacre, which last Saturday killed 10 mostly African-Americans, coldly slaughtered "
by a young white supremacist, inspired by the theory of the" great replacement
", explains the
Washington Post
which, like the all of the international press is worried about “
the rise of racial violence in the United States
”, as the
Guardian
title , “
this absolute evil
” of white nationalist violence, comments
Die Welt
for its part .
“
This great replacement theory once confined to white nationalist sites has become widespread
, ”
explains the
New York Times .
with this fear of an America in which whites will no longer be the numerical majority tomorrow
”, this racist theory “
has become a powerful force in the media and in the discourse of conservatives
”, underlines the American daily.
It has truly transformed "
white nationalism into an international call to arms
" even estimates the
Washington Post
, which reports "
that one in three Americans say they are extremely concerned that native Americans are losing their economic, political and cultural influence in the United States, due to the increase in the immigrant population
".
A fear exploited "
by marginal racists but also by a number of elected Republicans
“, further accuses the
Post
, which recalls how “
Donald Trump filled his speeches with this incendiary rhetoric against immigrants
”, how just yesterday the Republican senator from Arizona Wendy Rogers who believes “
that Americans are replaced and invaded
”, has even suggested yesterday that the Buffalo massacre had in fact “
been perpetrated by federal agents
”.
Joe Biden will travel to Buffalo tomorrow to denounce "
these hate crimes
" again.
NATO welcomes Finland and Sweden with open arms
"
The decision of Finland and Sweden to abandon their military neutrality demonstrates how profound the change is in Europe in the face of Russia's aggressiveness and territorial ambition
", explains the
New York Times
for which "
the invasion of Ukraine ended an era of European illusions about Moscow
”.
"
With his militaristic adventurism, Putin has become the best recruiter for NATO
", ironically
El Pais
, the Spanish daily, which is delighted that the Alliance has thus been "
resuscitated
" after being diagnosed as being "
in good brain death
” by French President Emmanuel Macron.
"
NATO is going to offer the 2 Nordic countries a process of rapid membership
", notes
El Pais
, which sweeps away Turkey's reluctance, threatening to veto this dual membership "
because of the support of these countries to Kurdish militant groups. present in their territories
.
A Turkish threat taken more seriously by the German press, the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
fears "
a real embarrassment for the West, if the dispute with Turkey is slow to be resolved
".
“
It will probably be necessary to make morally dubious offers to Turkey
”, to lift its veto, comments the German daily.
NATO convinced of "Ukraine's victory" against Russia
After nearly three months of conflict, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana believes “
that Ukraine can win the war, thanks to the courage of its soldiers and the help of the Atlantic alliance
” reports
Die Welt
.
"
In this war of attrition, time plays in favor of the Ukrainians
", also believes a military specialist in
Le Temps
who notes "
that the progress of Russian forces in the Donbass is very slow, and that in the face of Ukrainian resistance, the Russian army could soon run out of men and equipment
".
According to British intelligence, "
Russia may already have lost a third of its ground troops since the launch of the
“, underlines the
Guardian
.
With the recapture of the city of Kharkiv, "
the counter-offensive by Ukrainian forces in the north-east could mark a turning point in the conflict
", believes
La Repubblica
"
by thus compromising the advance of the Russians further south , between Mariupol and Odessa
”.
Marina Ovsyannikova sued by her ex-husband in Russia
The Russian journalist who had courageously challenged Putin live on television and who now works for the German daily Die Welt, "
is sued by her ex-husband, a journalist from Russia Today
", who threatens "
to take away her custody of her 2 children
,” reports the
Guardian
.
In an interview on the dissident Russian site
Holod
, Marina Ovsyannikova reveals in particular that her eldest son of 17 years “
considers her a traitor who ruined the life of the whole family
”.
The journalist who continues to denounce the war in Ukraine currently lives in Berlin and has just produced “
a major report on the situation in Moldova
“, also in the sights of Putin.
She says she still receives “
messages of insults from Russians but also from Ukrainians who accuse her of being a Russian propagandist
” every day.
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