#Israel - The historic ICC arrest warrant marks the beginning of the end for Netanyahu: Marwan Bishara

21 November 2024

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.

It's also issued warrants for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif. Israel says he was killed in an airstrike in July. But that has not been confirmed. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, says it is time for the US government to penalise the ICC for its warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that the decision to issue these warrants was “not political”, and that the court’s decision should be “respected and implemented”. Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has praised the ICC’s decision to issue long-awaited arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.

#F1 - 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday "Solid Start in Las Vegas" Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

			Press Information 21 November 2024   F1: Session Report   2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday   Solid Start in Las Vegas The team opened the race weekend in Las Vegas by topping both Thursday practice sessions. F1 returns for the second Las Vegas Grand Prix, kicking off a triple header that culminates in the Abu Dhabi season finale. The cool conditions of the Nevada desert after sundown saw both ambient and track temperatures hovering in the low teens. The team's focus was therefore primarily on understanding the necessary tyre warm-up for the single lap and management for the long run. Both sessions saw the team run the Medium and Soft compound tyres on both cars, with Lewis setting the pace in both FP1 and FP2. George also featured near the top of the timing screens, ending FP1 in P2 and FP2 in P3 having encountered traffic on his likely best effort. The team return to the track tomorrow for FP3 and Qualifying around the 6.201km Las Vegas Strip Circuit. Driver FP1 FP2 Lewis Hamilton 26 Laps 1:35.001 P1 Medium, Medium, Soft 25 Laps 1:33.825 P1 Medium, Soft, Soft George Russell 29 Laps 1:35.397 P2 Medium, Medium, Soft 29 Laps 1:34.015 P3 Medium, Soft, Medium Lewis Hamilton I felt really good out there today. I think that is the first practice day this year that we've been consistently strong, and the car has felt quick throughout. I am really enjoying driving this track and it was nice to put together three good, competitive sectors over the lap.   Despite topping both sessions, it is difficult to know exactly where we are in the competitive order with everyone running different fuel loads and run plans. Our long run pace didn't look quite as good as our speed on the single lap. We therefore have work to do overnight to try and improve that without compromising our speed for qualifying. I'm hopeful we can still be in the mix tomorrow; I will get some good rest tonight and come back strong.   George Russell That was a really good day for us as a team. It is still only practice, but it is definitely encouraging. The car has been working from the off and I felt good behind the wheel. Lewis was on it from lap one and did a great job to top both sessions.   That said, it is a street track and quite a dirty circuit today. As it continues to both clean up and grip up, I am sure it will continue to evolve. It is likely that the times will be three seconds or so quicker come qualifying tomorrow. We will therefore pick through the data overnight to understand exactly why we were so strong and how we can continue to make improvements too. It is clear others will take a step forward so we will have to be at our best if we want to challenge at the front again on Friday.   Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director We've had a solid day here in Las Vegas. It's tricky with the very cold temperatures to get the tyres into the window but in relative terms, it looks like we were coping reasonably well. It was encouraging that all our laps on low fuel looked competitive in both practice sessions. The circuit is going to grip up significantly so we need to make sure we can track that with the setup, but so far it does look like we're in a better place than at most of the recent races. It's quite hard to work out where we sit on the long run. We saw a lot of degradation across the field, with cars that pushed harder early on looking poor later in the stint but it's clear that a bit of management is going to be required to look after the tyres on Saturday night. Preview Thursday Friday Saturday webmaster       John Nichols      @itcracing      @Linkedin

#F1 - Will Franco Colapinto be on the 2025 grid: The Inside Line

21 November 2024

The Argentine has been a revelation at Williams, the surprise of the year, since he was promoted to replace embattled American Logan Sargeant from the Italian Grand Prix.

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#F1 - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: 2024 #LasVegasGP Preview: The Inside Line

20 November 2024

Formula One’s arrival in the United States is timed to perfection, with the sport touching down in the aftermath of the US elections that determined Donald Trump will return to the White House in 2025. The 78-year-old is no stranger to the pinnacle of motorsport, with Trump having visited McLaren’s garage in Miami, where Lando Norris took the squad’s first win since 2021.

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#health - What experts say about who has the world's best health-care system | Opinion: Washington Post

17 June 2021

The U.S. health-care system is broken, but do other countries have it better? Seven leading health economists and public policy experts reflect on one of the hardest questions facing them — and us — today.

#investment #finance - Ben & Jerry's says parent Unilever silenced it over Gaza stance | REUTERS

 14 November 2024

In a latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever, the ice-cream maker has filed a lawsuit saying the parent company silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees.

#benjerrys #unilever #gaza #israelgazawar #middleeast #News #Reuters #Newsfeed

#Ukraine - First-Ever ATACMS Strike in Russia, Explained | WSJ

19 November 2024

Ukraine fired long-range U.S. missiles inside Russia for the first time despite Moscow’s threats of retaliation. The attack hit an ammunition storage facility near the Russian city of Karachev and is the first such assault to use long-range, NATO-made arms. WSJ’s Alistair MacDonald explains why the Kremlin sees this as a major escalation.

#Ukraine #Russia #WSJ

#MiddleEast - How Israel Won the West | The Big Picture

25 October 2024

The Big Picture: How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the creation of Israel and its ensuing occupation of the Palestinian territory.

Along the way, what is revealed is a process of transformation, of how Jews went from being despised by early Christians as "Christ killers" – seeding a vile anti-Judaism that would mutate into anti-Semitism – to being considered part of the white Western world, sharing a common Judeo-Christian heritage.

#israel #aljazeeraenglish #documentary