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His supporters have dubbed Marwan Barghouti the “Palestinian Nelson Mandela” in the hope that after more than two decades behind bars, he can emulate the late South African leader and make the journey from prisoner to national unifier. At that time, Palestinian militants carried out deadly suicide bombings and shootings inside both Israel and the Palestinian territories, targeting buses, restaurants and hotels. “He’s someone who creates something out of nothing, and he believes in education for the Palestinian people,” Arab Barghouti added. Palestinian protesters wave flags and placards bearing portraits of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in 2015. “Ami Ayalon and others have said Marwan Barghouti may be the one leader who can be an effective partner for peace,” he said.

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☆ Huw Edwards: Former BBC presenter gets suspended prison sentence for having indecent images of children
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years by a London court for having indecent images of children, according to PA Media. Edwards, who was the BBC’s highest-paid journalist, pleaded guilty in July to having 41 indecent images of children. The adult man who sent Edwards the images is a convicted pedophile, the court heard on Monday. Edwards sent him hundreds of pounds “apparently off the back of (him) sending pornographic images,” prosecutor Ian Hope said. No more illegal images were sent after that message, the court heard, but the pair were said to continue exchanging legal pornographic images until April 2022.

Persons: Huw Edwards, Edwards, Paul Goldspring, Ian Hope, Philip Evans KC, “, Evans, Edwards “, ” Evans, BBC Edwards, Queen Elizabeth II, Lisa Nandy, CNN’s Jessie Gretener Organizations: London CNN —, BBC, PA Media, Crown, Service of, BBC’s, BBC News Locations: London, tatters, Service of England, Wales

☆ How the makers of Catan: New Energies reworked the board game to address the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This is, says Kowert, because “games reflect culture.”Adding climate crisis elements to games can also make the topic more accessible, Kowert says. On the side of the Catan: New Energies board, a little black marker tracks the level of greenhouse gasses in the current game. It can also trigger the early end of the game, in which case the player with the most renewable power plants wins. Players can add green discs to the bag — which can give players using renewable energy bonuses — by building renewable power plants. When development on New Energies started in 2011 there were three renewable energy sources: wind, water and solar.

Persons: ” Rachel Kowert, “, Catan, Erik Assadourian, ”, Benjamin Teuber, Klaus Teuber, Teuber, Assadourian, Kelli Schmitz, playtesters Organizations: CNN, Storm, ”, Catan, Worldwatch Institute, Catan GmbH, Development, Brand Development Locations: Springs, United States

☆ Paris Fashion Week: What we saw at the Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Samantha Tse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Paris CNN —The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence, Givenchy’s first collection since Matthew Williams’ departure and the runway debut of fashion company 032c. Je T’imbsParis fell hard for Timberland’s iconic six-inch yellow boots last week, in what is the heritage American brand’s 50th anniversary year. They look Black, they look Native American.”Shoes as armorIn many collections this season, sneakers were swapped for more formal footwear options. Models at Balmain Homme wore shiny black block-heeled boots encrusted with crystal detailing or monochrome square-toed wingtip boots with loose-cut trousers in bold colors. Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev provided inspiration from the ground up for Kim Jones' Dior Homme collection.

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☆ Opinion | I Fought for the I.D.F. in Gaza. It Made Me Fight for Peace.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Benzion Sanders | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

On June 12 of that year, Hamas kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teenagers; soon after, Israelis murdered a Palestinian teenager. The horrific exchange escalated into a larger conflict; ultimately some 70 Israelis and 2,250 Palestinians were killed over seven weeks. I wrote that some members of my team had been tallying the number of soldiers killed and discussing whether this operation was worth the losses. In the years since, Hamas has only grown stronger, despite our sacrifices and despite the death and destruction we had wrought on Gaza. My friend not only fought against Hamas during his final moments to protect his friends and family; he also fought against Hamas during years of activism against the occupation.

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☆ A former Israeli soldier says serving in the last Gaza invasion made him an 'antiwar' activist
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A veteran of the Israel Defense Forces says serving in the 2014 Gaza war made him a peace activist. Benzion Sanders, writing in The New York Times, said he was shocked at the civilian death toll. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . When he took part in the ground invasion, however, he encountered a different reality, helping turn him into an "antiwar" activist. "We were told Palestinian civilians had fled," Sanders wrote.

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☆ Verstappen puts Red Bull back on top in final practice
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada - June 17, 2023 Red Bull's Max Verstappen in action during the final practice session REUTERS/Evan BuhlerMONTREAL, June 17 (Reuters) - Championship leader Max Verstappen lapped fastest in a rain-hit final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday as normal service returned to Formula One with Red Bull back on top of the time sheets. After Lewis Hamilton and George Russell put Mercedes top of the time sheets in an extended second practice session on Friday it was a miserable day for the two Britons. Alpine's Pierre Gasly was sixth best followed by Canadian hope Lance Stroll in the other Aston Martin in seventh. Yuki Tsunoda had a wild session, twice spinning, but on both occasions he managed to keep his AlphaTauri out of the barriers to place eighth. Reporting by Steve Keating in Montreal, Editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ NATO reaches back to Cold War past with first major defense plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Sabine Siebold | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/6] The Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer listens during an interview in Tallinn, Estonia September 16, 2022. By outlining what it calls its regional plans, NATO will also give nations guidance on how to upgrade their forces and logistics. Finland's accession last month has alone doubled NATO's border with Russia to some 2,500 km, forcing a more flexible approach to deployments than in the past, when Germany was seen as the main battlezone. "We don't envision the type of war that the Cold War was, where allied forces ... would be hit simultaneous with large-scale Warsaw Pact attacks," he said, pointing rather to regionalised conflicts that needed to be contained by quick force deployments. NATO agreed in 2022 to put 300,000 troops on high alert, up from 40,000 in the past.

☆ NATO reaches back to Cold War past with first major defence plans in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Sabine Siebold | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Most Western embassies in Sudan were evacuated a week into the fighting, leaving many Sudanese visa applicants without their travel documents and in legal limbo. Several Sudanese citizens told CNN they cannot flee the conflict-ridden country because their passports are held at evacuated Western embassies. These are passports of Sudanese passport holders who have applied for a short-stay Schengen visa or an MVV (provisional residence permit). But unfortunately the ICRC cannot issue emergency travel documents for people to leave their own country,” they told CNN in a statement. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters“I am now an obstacle for my family since they cannot travel and leave me,” she told CNN.

☆ Thanksgiving used to be a movie feast. This year? Slim pickings
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN Business —Thanksgiving weekend has historically offered a cornucopia of films, letting moviegoers get out of the house and kick back after eating copious amounts of turkey, mashed potatoes and pie. The North American box office has few new films this weekend that are likely to draw tons of moviegoers. Another Disney film, Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is now in its second week and is set to win the holiday weekend with around $40 million domestically. For example, films like “Creed,” “Moana,” and “Knives Out” opened on Thanksgiving weekends and did well. As for Thanksgiving, Dergarabedian hopes that as the theater industry normalizes, the holiday will make a comeback.

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