'Missile passing': Japan wakes to ominous warning about North Korean launch
Sirens blared out, trains stopped and residents took cover as a ballistic missile fired by North Korea it soared over Japanese territory for two minutes
It’s pretty clear that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan doesn’t like cartoonists. In 2005, a cartoonist at the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet named Musa Kart was taken to court and ultimately fined 5,000 Turkish pounds (equivalent to roughly €2,300) after he portrayed Erdogan as a cat. In 2016, Kart and his colleagues at Cumhuriyet were accused of assisting terrorist groups. Kart was detained for nine months before being released on July 29.
Against a backdrop of growing curtailment of freedom of expression within Turkey, this small but dedicated group of cartoonists continue to call out the government for its abuses and celebrate the few movements of resistance. The FRANCE 24 Observers spoke with three young cartoonists, each with his or her own distinctive style, about the anxieties and hopes that come part and parcel with this profession under threat.
Sirens blared out, trains stopped and residents took cover as a ballistic missile fired by North Korea it soared over Japanese territory for two minutes
Millions of Japanese awoke to ominous text messages on Tuesday warning them to take cover as a North Korean missile flew overhead, with one train operator bluntly explaining its halted service as “Reason: Ballistic missile launch.”
Sirens blared out in northern communities that were on the flight path of the ballistic missile as it soared over Japanese territory for two minutes before crashing into the Pacific.
“Missile passing. Missile passing.” warned an official text message sent to people across the north of Japan.
“A short time ago, a missile apparently passed above this area.
British volunteer fighting against Isis in Raqqa says it is a 'matter of time' before Islamic State falls
Exclusive: Macer Gifford, 30, says he will lay down weapons once group's de-facto capital is retaken
“Fighting Isis was the only thing that was ever going to get me to pick up a rifle,” says Macer Gifford*, a 30-year-old former finance worker.
“A group that kills women and children, butchers gay people by throwing them off buildings and does the most horrible and unspeakable things ... I had to fight them.”
Mr Gifford, who uses a pseudonym to protect his identity, is speaking to The Independent from the frontline of the battle for Raqqa, Isis’ de-facto capital and largest remaining stronghold in Syria.
In Turkey, cartoonists are calling out the government despite harsh censorship laws
Cem Dinlenmiş
Despite strict censorship in Turkey, young Turkish political cartoonists are taking a brave stand by creating work about the government’s veer toward authoritarianism in recent years. Using humour and poetry, they try to resist censorship and threats from the government, and create a space for free speech online.It’s pretty clear that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan doesn’t like cartoonists. In 2005, a cartoonist at the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet named Musa Kart was taken to court and ultimately fined 5,000 Turkish pounds (equivalent to roughly €2,300) after he portrayed Erdogan as a cat. In 2016, Kart and his colleagues at Cumhuriyet were accused of assisting terrorist groups. Kart was detained for nine months before being released on July 29.
Against a backdrop of growing curtailment of freedom of expression within Turkey, this small but dedicated group of cartoonists continue to call out the government for its abuses and celebrate the few movements of resistance. The FRANCE 24 Observers spoke with three young cartoonists, each with his or her own distinctive style, about the anxieties and hopes that come part and parcel with this profession under threat.
GOV. JERRY BROWN’S DRAFT “SANCTUARY” BILL CREATES NEW ROUTES FOR ICE IN CALIFORNIA
AFTER DONALD TRUMP’S election, California Gov. Jerry Brown pledged to lead the resistance to the president’s anti-immigrant policies. “You don’t want to mess with California,” he said in March, when Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if California became the first “sanctuary state.” “I’m not going to just turn over our police department to become agents of the federal government as they deport women and children and people who are contributing to the economic well-being of our state, which they are.”
Now, California is moving toward “sanctuary state” status. Senate Bill 54 — designed to bar local law enforcement from using resources to aid federal immigration agents — is moving through the legislature. But a draft of amendments to the bill authored by Brown’s office and obtained by The Intercept indicate that the hope of defending California’s immigrant population, the largest in the nation, from Trump’s long reach may be in danger.
Harvey, Already a ‘Landmark Event,’ Threatens Round Two
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At least three deaths in Texas have been blamed on Hurricane Harvey — and the storm system is expected to make landfall again sometime this week, forecasters said as torrents of water continued to cripple the region.
"This is a landmark event for Texas," said Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "Texas has never seen an event like this."
The Weather Channel warned that "localized storm-total rain amounts of up to 50 inches are not out of the question" by later this week. "This may end up being one of the worst flood disasters in U.S. history," it added.
Brazil lawsuit accuses Jagath Jayasuriya of war crimes
Lawyers seek to expel Jagath Jayasuriya, ambassador to Brazil, over abuses in final phase of offensive against LTTE.
Human rights groups in South America have filed war crimes lawsuits against a former Sri Lankan general who is now his country's ambassador to Brazil.
The lawsuits against Jagath Jayasuriya allege he oversaw military units that attacked hospitals and killed, disappeared and tortured thousands of people in the final phase of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.
Jayasuriya has diplomatic immunity in Brazil and five other countries where he is ambassador - Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Suriname.
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