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In the spotlight: Boris Johnson asks his government to turn the page
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons in London, this Wednesday, May 25, 2022. AP - Jessica Taylor
By: Anne Cantener Follow
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These parties organized in his offices in full confinement may end up costing him his job.
Boris Johnson may have escaped mistrust yesterday in parliament, he lost the support of 148 elected Conservatives.
An untenable position for the
Times
: "
Boris Johnson faces a greater level of rejection than any Conservative leader has ever faced and survived
".
“
He should recognize it,
recommends the newspaper this Tuesday morning
and seek an honorable exit
”.
In Spain,
El Pais
comments: “
Under normal conditions, the fact that almost half of the parliamentary group expressed their rejection of the leader of the party would have made Boris Johnson the living dead
[...]
but Johnson belongs to his own world and he quickly turned the result to present it as a liberating victory
".
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The Independent
makes the same observation:
you cannot continue after receiving such a blow.
But the British daily adds:
Boris Johnson will probably try anyway
.
The Conservative Party is not immune to criticism either.
The Guardian
holds the whole party responsible and summarizes: “
What the Tories are now offering Britain: a lame duck and a sideways party
”.
The newspaper recalls the similar vote which had finally pushed Theresa May to resign, in particular under the influence of Boris Johnson who denounced with others the Brexit agreement.
Theresa May who also wore a gala dress last night.
And it did not escape the press.
But this time it's different, writes
The Guardian,
"
the vote last night was driven primarily by extreme embarrassment over Johnson's personal behavior, and the objection is not so much to a specific policy as to a chaotic absence." of policies
”.
The Guardian
also relays complaints from Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine
The newspaper relies on videos shared by Russian soldiers to describe the cold, the hunger.
But also the lack of medical support and the lack of reaction from the leaders to the mental problems that emerge in the ranks
. on the conditions of the battlefield, and even
, specifies the
Guardian
,
to know if their deployments are indeed legal
”.
The newspaper has been able to contact a soldier at the front since the start of the war more than three months ago.
First in kyiv, then Kharkiv and now in the East.
"
It's exhausting
, says the young man,
my whole unit wants to take a break, but our leaders told us that they could not replace us for the moment
”.
The New York Times
visited the Orthodox monastery bombarded by Russian aircraft
In Sviatohirsk, one of the five most sacred sites for the Orthodox, under the blue and golden domes, some of the white buildings built into the rock are ripped open.
Four monks were killed.
And yet, the survivors remain loyal to Russia.
"
They're probably just following orders
,” says Sister Ionna, injured in the head by a brick.
A monk hesitates to answer about the Russian army: “
I
don't know who is shooting.
They shoot from afar, I don't see them
.
The New York Times
explains this apparent contradiction: since the start of the conflict in Donbass in 2014, Orthodox monks have been considered traitors by Ukrainian nationalists, who accuse them of having chosen their religious freedom rather than loyalty to their country.
Tension continues to rise between India and many Muslim countries
The daily
The Hindu Times
returns to these statements by two officials of the ruling party in India, comments about the Prophet Muhammad and the age of his wife.
They shocked a lot not only in India but also abroad.
The Emirates, Pakistan, the Taliban of Afghanistan, Jordan protested yesterday, after Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran the day before.
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation goes further, it considers that these remarks are part of a context of escalating hatred in India and systematic restrictions imposed on Muslims.
This is also the opinion of Pakistan's oldest daily,
Dawn,
which writes:
the words of Indian officials "
were not a mere slip.
They are the result of decades of anti-Muslim poison spewed by the hard right in India.
Today,
the Pakistani newspaper continues,
anti-Islamic discourse has become widespread and those in power feel free to attack revered figures of other religions to satisfy their enraged electorate
.
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