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On the front page of the press, the continued crackdown in Iraq on protesters mobilized against corruption and unemployment.
After two days of demonstrations, which left at least nine dead, including eight demonstrators, a curfew was declared in the capital, Baghdad, and several cities "until further notice" - a provision that does not calm worries the Iraqi newspaper Al Madaa , alarmed to see "the places where the protesters turned into war zones" and the police force use live ammunition. "The police are firing live ammunition at protesters in Baghdad and elsewhere. 9 deaths: this is the record of the repression of the right of Iraqis to demonstrate, "indignant Azzaman , another Iraqi newspaper. The National evokes protests that constitute "a major challenge for the authority of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi", and violence that raises fears of a return to "political instability" in Iraq. The UAE newspaper recalls the country's difficulties in recovering from "several years of war, terrorism, sectarian conflict, institutionalized corruption and threats to its sovereignty".
He promised the United Kingdom to restore his sovereignty: Boris Johnson yesterday presented his plan for Brexit. Called "compromise" by the British Prime Minister, to avoid a Brexit without agreement on October 31, is this plan finally the right one? Is this the beginning of the end of membership of the European Union? The Daily Express , in any case, hopes for it very strongly, and presents the text of Boris Johnson as his "final plan to put an end to the blockage with the EU". But if the Prime Minister's plan "unites the Brexit supporters," he would have received, however, "a cold welcome in Brussels," according to The Financial Times . "Mr. Johnson has outlined a document he hopes will put an end to a three-year agony around Brexit, but this document, which states that Northern Ireland belongs to the same customs area as Britain while retaining the European regulations for an indefinite period, is controversial, "warns the newspaper. "Consternation in Brussels against the plan of Boris Johnson on the Brexit": according to The Guardian , the EU would have issued more than reserves, its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, having even delivered privately "a scathing analysis on the new proposals (by Boris Johnson) on the Irish border ", which he described as a" trap ".
The European Union, which is imposed new customs taxes by the United States, from 18 October. The World Trade Organization, the WTO, has just agreed to the United States, to increase by 10% taxes on new aircraft imported from the European Union and 25% taxes on other products, such as wine, cheese, coffee and olives - a decision called "great victory for the United States", by the American president: "Donald Trump attack, now the enemies, it is us", responds La Repubblica , in Italy, who assures that "the European Union is studying the measures it can adopt in retaliation". In parmesan country, the rise in US taxes is seen as "a step closer to the trade war" - hence the irony of Il Manifesto , which launches for the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo: "Cheese", as when asked to smile for a photo. $ 7.5 billion of European products soon taxed because of the litigation of European subsidies granted to Airbus to the detriment of American Boeing the United States will also tax French wines, according to the Huffington Post , which evokes "a a small setback to Emmanuel Macron, who was personally involved in the matter ".
France has appointed former Minister of Armies Sylvie Goulard to run for the post of European Commissioner for the Internal Market. According to Liberation , the former minister was "severely shaken" during his hearing yesterday by MEPs, both on the case of allegedly fictitious jobs of parliamentary assistants of the Modem, his political training and on the Some 350,000 euros that it received from an American think tank between 2013 and 2016. The European Parliament will decide today on its candidacy ...
Before you leave, I propose to throw an eyelash at the Guardian , who reports a parchment, discovered in 1752 on the site of Herculaneum, the city of ancient Rome destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79 - like Pompeii - that this roll of papyrus, which is not really in good condition, may still be able to be read. How, will you ask me? Thanks to an innovative approach, combining X-rays and artificial intelligence ...
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