内容摘要：Trump’s recent broadside against the EU was prompted by the White House’s belief that negotiations with the bloc are not progressing fast enough. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!” Trump

Trump’s recent broadside against the EU was prompted by the White House’s belief that negotiations with the bloc are not progressing fast enough. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!” Trump

“Just hours before a farcical election with no guarantees of any kind, the regime has reactivated an operation of political repression,” Gonzalezon social media, in reaction to the recent spate of arrests.

He argued that the detention of Guanipa and others was a means of ensuring “nothing will go off script” during Sunday’s vote.“They harass political, social, and community leaders. They persecute those who influence public opinion. They intend to shut down all alternative information spaces and ensure a narrative monopoly,” Gonzalez wrote.“To the international community: This is not an election. It’s an authoritarian device to shield the power they’ve usurped.”

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation are outnumbered by more than 40,000 forces deployed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region.Raipur, Chhattisgarh –

Indian security forces have launched an all-out war against Maoist fighters in Chhattisgarh state, as the federal government aims to “wipe out” long-running armed rebellions in the mineral-rich tribal region of the country.

The Karrigatta hills forest, which straddles across Chhattisgarh and Telangana states, has turned into a “warzone” with more than 10,000 Indian soldiers deployed in the anti-Maoist operation – dubbed “Operation Zero or Kagar”.Urging Aaden to contact them if he heard from Damaal, they said goodbye.

It would not be long before they spoke again.It was Christmas Eve last year when the Somali Swedish mechanical engineer, now in his mid-60s, first invited Al Jazeera into the family’s spacious apartment overlooking an expanse of snow-covered forest.

He prepared an elaborate selection of cakes and desserts, cups of Turkish tea and very strong coffee.Exuding a nervous energy, he fidgeted with the sofa cushions as he rushed to and from the kitchen to grab a sugar bowl, even though it was not needed.