The Austrian chancellor is set to meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Russian president’s first face-to-face meeting with an EU leader since ordering an invasion of Ukraine amid warnings of new attacks and bombings in the east. Karl Nehammer said the meeting would take place in Moscow and that Austria had a “clear position on the Russian offensive”, calling for humanitarian corridors, a ceasefire and a full investigation into war crimes. Jake Sullivan, a national security adviser in Washington, has warned that the appointment of a new general in charge of Russia’s military campaign could launch a new round of “crimes and atrocities” against civilians. Alexander Dvornikov, 60, became known as the commander-in-chief of Russian troops in Syria in 2015-16, when there was a fierce bombardment of rebel-held areas, including civilians, in Aleppo.
What can Russia do next? The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense warned on Monday morning that Russian forces may resort to the use of phosphorus weapons in Mariupol, as fighting for the city intensifies. He cited the previous use of ammunition by Russian troops in Donetsk. What else is happening? See what we know on the 47th day of the invasion.
Liz Cheney disputes January 6 commission split report on Trump’s criminal prosecution
Liz Cheney. Photo: J Scott Applewhite / AP A key Republican in the Jan. 6 House committee disputed a report that said the committee was divided over whether to refer Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal charges over his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, which led to the at the Capitol. “There is no real disagreement in the committee,” Wyoming spokeswoman Liz Cheney told CNN’s State of the Union. The New York Times reported differently on Sunday, in a report titled: “The Jan. 6 commission has evidence of Trump’s criminal prosecution, but is divided over the mission.” “The debate focuses on whether the referral – a largely symbolic act – would politically deter it by distorting the Justice Department’s expanded investigation into the January 6 attack and what led to it,” the paper said. Citing “members and aides,” the Times reported that such sources were reluctant to support a referral because it would give the impression that Democrats had asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Trump.
What did Cheney say? “We have not made a decision on referrals to the committee. [but] it’s really clear that what President Trump had to do with, what a lot of people around him did, that they knew was awful. That they did it anyway. “
France faces second round after Macron and Le Pen’s top votes in the first round
The predicted results in the first part of the presidential race raise Macron (pictured) to 27.6% and his far-right opponent, Lepen, to 23.4%. Photo: Alfonso Jimenez / Rex / Shutterstock France is facing a violent two-week campaign for the country’s future as incumbent President Emanuel Macron confronts the far-right Marine Le Pen for the presidency, positioning himself as a pro-European “progressive” against what he calls anti-government. Muslim, nationalist program and “complacency” for Putin. Macron topped the first round of Sunday’s French presidential election with 27.6% of the vote, up from 23.4% for Le Pen, according to Ipsos’ initial forecast for France Télévisions. He scored higher than he did in the first round five years ago and clearly gained support in the final hours of the campaign after his harsh warnings to voters to hold back the far right and protect France’s position on the international diplomatic scene during the war. in Ukraine. But Le Pen’s score was higher than five years ago.
Why is Lepen doing better this time? It had steadily gained support after a tough campaign on the cost of living crisis and inflation, which had become the biggest concerns of voters. What did Macron say? He told reporters: “When the far right, in all its forms, represents so much in France, you can not assume that things are going well, so you have to go out and convince people with a lot of humility and respect for them. who was not on our side in this first round “.
In other news…
Spokeswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump during a rally in Commerce, Georgia last month. Photo: Alyssa Pointer / Reuters
A federal judge has said he will be allowed to make an effort to stop far-right Republican MP Marjorie Taylor Green from running for re-election. The provocation by a group of Georgia voters says Green should be excluded because she supported insurgents on January 6, 2021. After dozens of misguided, apparently painful lethal injections in recent years, detainees in at least 10 states have made a surreal argument: they would prefer the executive quote. As the most “technological” methods have proved horrible, some states are considering shooting prisoners. Elon Musk made a turn on Twitter’s board, despite becoming the largest shareholder in the social networking company with a 9.2% stake. He was due to join the board on Saturday, but Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said Monday morning that Musk had turned down the offer. The British Chancellor, Risi Sunak, sent a letter to the Prime Minister requesting an investigation into his own cases after days of criticism of his wife’s tax status as “homeless”. Sunak has also been criticized for his decision to keep his US green card for months while he was chancellor.
Don’t miss it: What happens when a group of Fox News viewers watch CNN for a month?
A study that paid viewers of the right-wing cable network to change shed light on the influence of the media on people’s views. Photo: Nick Ansell / PA In an unusual labor-intensive project, two political scientists paid a group of regular Fox News viewers to watch CNN for a month. At the end of the period, the researchers found amazing results. Some Fox News observers had changed their minds on a number of key issues, including the U.S. response to the coronavirus and the Democrats’ attitude toward police. The findings suggest that the political landscape may change – but it also reveals the influence of partisan media on viewers’ ideology, writes Adam Gabat.
Or this: Jack White on the White Stripes, bar fights and fame
Jack White… “The Seven Nation Army may be the greatest multicultural success of all time.” Photo: Paige Sara Halfway through the White Stripes, the Detroit musician conquered the world. His supercharged garage rock duo was a global phenomenon and has hardly stopped. He starred in Raconteurs and played drums on Dead Weather, worked with country singer Loretta Lynn and was a producer and video creator, while his selective action in Third Man includes everything from record labels and record labels to publishing. After a busy lockdown, he returned with two new solo albums.
Climate control: Putin’s war shows authoritarianism and fossil fuels go hand in hand. See how to deal with both
“Emperors are often the direct result of fossil fuels.” Composite: Rita Liu / The Guardian / Getty Images The world of money is at least as unbalanced and unjust as the world of political power – but in ways that can make it a little easier for climate supporters to make progress. Putin’s grotesque war may be where some of these strands come together. It highlights the ways in which fossil fuels build authoritarianism and the power that control over infrequent supplies gives to authoritarians. But we have years, not decades, to bring the climate crisis under some kind of control. We will not have other such moments.
One last thing: Connecticut engineer finds millions worth of works in trash in abandoned barn
Francis Hines attends the opening of the SLAG Gallery on June 12, 2008 in New York. Photo: Patrick McMullan / Getty Images Paintings and other works of art found in an abandoned barn in Connecticut have proved to be worth millions of dollars. Informed by a contractor, Jared Whipple, an engineer from Waterbury, took the dirt-covered pieces from a trash can containing materials from a barn in Watertown. Whipple later discovered that the works belonged to Francis Hines, an abstract expressionist who died in 2016 at the age of 96 and had stored his work in the barn, Hearst Connecticut Media Group reported.
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