Putin says it's necessary to update procedures and frameworks to ensure military success in Ukraine
From CNN's Anna Chernova
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday stressed that it was necessary to update the procedures and regulatory frameworks to ensure the success of what Moscow calls a “special operation” in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Kremlin.
“It is necessary to update the procedures and regulatory frameworks and the economy as a whole, and individual industries, and to ensure the special operation,” Putin said, speaking at the first meeting of the newly-formed Coordination Council.
“The issues of updating and improving administrative procedures have been discussed many times, but the situation is such that all this work needs to be looked at again,” Putin added.
Failure to investigate UK imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court told
World Uyghur Forum brings high court challenge against government agencies over Xinjiang cotton imports
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
UK government agencies have broken the law by not investigating the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced Uyghur labourers in China, the high court has heard.
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is challenging the home secretary, HM Revenue and Customs and the National Crime Agency (NCA), claiming a failure or refusal to investigate imports from Xinjiang, allegedly home to 380 internment camps, was unlawful.
In London on Tuesday, Jenni Richards KC and Tom Forster KC, for the congress, said there were reasonable grounds to suspect breaches of both criminal and civil law under the Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897 and the Proceeds of Crime Act (Poca) 2002, which concerns money laundering.
France-Germany tensions 'hamstring EU's capacity to act'
The French-German relationship is in crisis again and this time, the spat seems more serious than usual. It also comes at a critical time, as it undermines the EU's ability to act in a crisis.
A recent announcement that a Franco-German ministerial meeting is being pushed back to next January appears to have revealed a deepening rift between the two countries. The alliance between Germany and France is often described as "the engine" of the European Union and analysts say the current spat is undermining the EU's capacity to act.
The Elysee Palace was quick to put the move down to scheduling difficulties for several ministers and a lack of time to prepare the meeting. "The delay does in no way give an indication of the current state of the Franco-German relationship," a spokeswoman told press last week, adding that it was indeed just a delay and not a cancellation.
But her statement — and then the hastily scheduled visit by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Paris this Wednesday — failed to convince analysts.
Black South Africans break into once White-only wine industry
Winemaking is a profession their South African parents couldn't have envisioned for them; yet Black South Africans are starting to smash the barriers in the country's renowned industry, transforming a landscape that was historically White.
‘Putin is using ethnic minorities to fight in Ukraine’: Activist
Russian minorities are much more likely to die in Ukraine, the Free Buryatia Foundation tells Al Jazeera.
On October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his partial mobilisation order was to conclude by the end of the month.
In his words, 222,000 people had been drafted out of the target of 300,000 and there were no plans for further recruitment.
Soon after September 21, when he declared the draft, the chaotic mobilisation process provoked nationwide protests and drew criticism from politicians and public figures close to the Kremlin, revealing tensions within the Russian political elite.
Hu Jintao: Fresh China congress footage deepens mystery over exit
Fresh footage has emerged showing more of what happened before China's former leader Hu Jintao was dramatically led out of a session during last week's Communist Party Congress in Beijing.
It shows in greater detail how outgoing Politburo member Li Zhanshu, to Mr Hu's left, takes a file away and speaks to him.
Then China's current leader Xi Jinping gives lengthy instructions to another man who subsequently attempts to persuade Mr Hu to leave.
The unexpected moment led to intense speculation, with some arguing that it was a deliberate power play by Mr Xi to show that the more consensus-driven Hu era was definitively over while others suggested it could have been because of Mr Hu's poor health.
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