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They claim age and sex discrimination and say they were paid less than a male peer, which the BBC denies.

 

 

Workers, activists and others around the world took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro-Palestinian sentiments were also on display.

As May Day celebrations fill the streets with festive marches and labour union protests across French cities today, a darker truth boils below the surface. In a country often applauded for its strong labour protections, two workers die each day due to job-related accidents, according to the latest national health insurance figures. Many worried observers say the numbers don’t even come close to capturing the full extent of these fatal mishaps.    

The ex-president has grown more critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since leaving office

Former US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out withholding military aid to Israel to force an end to the war in Gaza if he is reelected. Once a stalwart defender of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump has argued that the Israeli leader and his military have bungled the war with Hamas.

In an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday, Trump stood by his insistence last month that Israel should “finish up [its] war” before it loses any more international support.

“I think that Israel has done one thing very badly: public relations,” Trump told the outlet, adding that he thinks the Israeli military shouldn’t “be sending out pictures every night of buildings falling down and being bombed.”

Asked whether he would rule out withholding or applying conditions to US military aid to Israel in order to bring the war to a conclusion, Trump replied “no,” before launching into a scathing critique of Netanyahu.

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Trump blames Biden for Iranian attack on Israel

“I had a bad experience with Bibi,” he said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. Trump recalled how Netanyahu allegedly promised to take part in the US airstrike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, before pulling out at the last minute.

“That was something I never forgot,” Trump told Time, adding that the incident “showed me something.”

Netanayhu, he said, “rightfully has been criticized for what took place on October 7,” referring to Hamas’ attack on Israel. “And I think it’s had a profound impact on him, despite everything. Because people said that shouldn’t have happened. 

Israel has “the most sophisticated equipment,” he continued. “Everything was there to stop that. And a lot of people knew about it, you know, thousands and thousands of people knew about it, but Israel didn’t know about it, and I think he’s being blamed for that very strongly.”

Trump is not the first person to allege that the Israeli military and government failed to respond to warnings of an impending attack by Hamas. According to Israeli media reports, multiple military and intelligence personnel tried to warn their superiors that an attack was in the works, while Egyptian officials told the Associated Press that they passed on warnings to their Israeli counterparts in the weeks leading up to October 7.

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Trump was a close ally of Netanyahu during his term in the White House, and described himself as “history’s most pro-Israel US president.” He imposed sanctions on Iran at Netanyahu’s request, moved the US embassy in Israel to West Jerusalem, and brokered the Abraham Accords, which saw Israel normalize relations with Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Sudan.

Asked whether he could work better with Netanyahu’s main political rival, Benny Gantz, if he were to return to the White House after the November presidential election, Trump did not give a straight answer. However, he remarked that “Gantz is good,” and that there are “some very good people I’ve gotten to know in Israel that could do a good job.”

Ambassador Oliver Owcza was forced to flee during a visit to a West Bank university

The German ambassador to the Palestinian Authority was hounded by an angry mob and forced to flee during a visit to Birzeit University in the West Bank. Media reports suggest students targeted the diplomat because of his country’s support for Israel in the war against Hamas.

A video of the incident posted on social media shows Ambassador Oliver Owcza walking quickly to his vehicle as protesters follow and heckle him on Tuesday. Another clip shows a mob surrounding and kicking Owcza’s car, ripping off a side mirror, and throwing objects as it drives away.

Owcza was among a group of European envoys who were “attacked” while attending a meeting at the Palestinian National Museum, located on the Birzeit University campus north of Ramallah, according to the Jerusalem Post. Several vehicles in the ambassadors’ cortege were damaged, including at least one that had the back window broken out.

🚨𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚:

German diplomatic envoy forced to FLEE West Bank after mob of Palestinians attempted to lynch him.

German Representative to Palestine Oliver Owcza fled to his armored vehicle which was then surrounded and attacked by a violent mob.

🎥 @NoyHilda pic.twitter.com/UGt164QyFq

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 30, 2024

The German ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, Oliver Owcza, was chased, and his vehicle was attacked by students at Birzeit University in Ramallah earlier today. pic.twitter.com/slm7qI0I5B

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) April 30, 2024

One diplomat told Reuters that a crowd appeared outside the meeting, demanding that the envoys leave. He said attempts at speaking with the protesters were unsuccessful, and the visitors had to flee. No one was injured or seriously threatened, he added.

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Germany cracks down on pro-Palestine protesters (VIDEO)

Germany has historically supported Israel politically and militarily. The Israeli military buys a large portion of its weaponry from Berlin. However, German leaders have been critical of Israeli policies and have given over €1 billion ($1.07 billion) in aid to the Palestinian Authority. They have advocated for the rights of Palestinians and pushed for a two-state peace deal.

Amr Kayed, a Birzeit University student, was quoted as saying the EU diplomats were forced to leave because “anyone complicit in genocide and the offensive on Gaza” is not welcome at the school.

Owcza downplayed the incident, saying in an X (formerly Twitter) post that “peaceful protest and dialogue always has its place.” He added, “We regret that today’s meeting of EU heads of missions at the National Museum in Birzeit was unduly interrupted by protesters. Nevertheless, we remain committed to constructively work with our Palestinian partners.”

More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war is on track to enter its seventh month next week. The fighting was triggered by the October 7 raid by Hamas into southern Israel, which left some 1,200 people dead and more than 200 captives taken to Gaza.

White House staffers have corrected the US president’s public statements nearly 150 times so far this year, the Daily Caller says

US President Joe Biden has made so many mistakes in his public statements this year alone that his aides have been forced to correct him at least 148 times, an analysis of White House transcripts has shown.

The review, conducted by conservative news website the Daily Caller and released on Monday, found that Biden has averaged more than one gaffe (1.3) per day in 2024. The analysis spanned 118 statements, speeches, and press encounters for which White House transcripts were issued and subsequently corrected by staff.

Revisions have ranged from correcting Biden’s factual errors to adding words that he should have included, to changing the meaning of his comments entirely, the Daily Caller said. 

For example, when Biden said “every American” voted against his American Rescue Plan, he should have said “every Republican.” In another case, he said a threat to democracy must be “defended,” when the correct word was “defeated.” The transcript for just one speech – Biden’s State of the Union address last month – had 13 corrections noted.

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Biden asks Americans to choose between freedom and democracy

Factual errors included claims that 720 million Americans – more than double the nation’s population – received Covid-19 vaccines. And when Biden referred to a Georgia woman who was killed by an illegal migrant, amid pressure from Republicans to “say her name,” he called her “Lincoln” rather than her correct name, Laken. He also referred to seniors with “disabilities” as seniors with “diabetes.”

The Daily Caller said it didn’t count many corrections that didn’t alter the meaning of Biden’s remarks, such as adding an ‘s’ at the end of a noun or adding a word that was necessary for clarity. It also didn’t include alternations that weren’t clearly marked in the transcripts or mistakes that were apparently covered up.

For instance, while giving a speech last week at a conference in Washington, Biden apparently read a teleprompter instruction out loud. “Imagine what we could do next,” he said, urging voters to reelect him in November. “Four more years, pause.” The original White House transcript did not include the word “pause,” the Daily Caller said. It was later updated to include the gaffe.

Biden’s frequent mental stumbles have raised questions about his fitness for office as he seeks a second four-year term. He already ranks as the oldest president in American history at 81, and he would be 86 at the end of a second term. A New York Times poll released last month showed that 72% of US voters, including over half of Democrats, agreed that Biden is too old to be an effective president.

The Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre was kicked out of the chamber after criticizing the Canadian PM’s drug policies

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre has been temporarily suspended from the country’s House of Commons for calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko” during a heated debate.

Poilievre grilled the prime minister over his decision last year to allow the province of British Columbia decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as fentanyl and heroin. The measure is a three-year experimental program aimed at curbing deaths from overdoses.

Poilievre blasted the program, calling on Trudeau to reverse his “extremist policies that have taken the lives of 2,500 British Columbians every single year.”

“When will we put an end to this wacko policy by this wacko prime minister?” Poilievre asked, prompting loud applause from his party, as well as an immediate reaction from Speaker Greg Fergus.

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Fergus called Poilievre’s choice of words “unacceptable” and repeatedly asked him to “withdraw that term, which is not considered parliamentary.” The chamber was last embroiled in scandal when offering generous applause to a WWII Ukrainian nazi.

Poilievre replied that he was ready to replace the word “wacko” with “extremist” or “radical” instead of just withdrawing the comment.

After a back-and-forth, Fergus ruled that Poilievre was “disregarding the authority of the chair” and instructed him to leave the chamber for the remainder of the session. The conservative leader left, followed by the majority of his party.

Poilievre blasted Fergus later that day on X (formerly Twitter), saying that “the Liberal speaker censored” him for “describing Trudeau’s hard drug policy as wacko.”

Speaker Fergus throws Pierre Poilievre out of the House of Commons after Poilievre calls Trudeau “wacko”.

This after Trudeau slandered Pierre Poilievre as an associate of white supremacists. (Trudeau was allowed to remain in the House)

Do you stand with Pierre? pic.twitter.com/t2j7FNVAll

— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) April 30, 2024

Many Conservative MPs defended their leader. “Liberal elites are more offended by the term ‘wacko’ than by skyrocketing overdoses and food bank usage,” MP Jamil Jivani wrote on X. “Trudeau’s policies are far more offensive than anything said in the House today.”

Chief Government Whip Steve MacKinnon backed the sanctioning of Poilievre, arguing that his behavior amounted to “disrespect for our institutions,” and involved “extreme language, sayings and slogans that we have never seen before.”

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A year into the experimental measures in British Columbia, the question of drug overdose deaths remains in the public eye. Health officials warn that the situation is worsening, given ever increasingly toxic drug supplies, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wrote on Tuesday.