Yanis Varoufakis on Angela Merkel’s Legacy, European Politics & the “Sordid Arms Race ” on the Seas

Democracy Now!Sep 29, 2021
The center-left Social Democratic Party in Germany has narrowly claimed victory in an election that marks an end to the 16-year era of Angela Merkel’s conservative chancellorship. We look at what this means for Europe and the world with Yanis Varoufakis, a member of the Greek Parliament and the former finance minister of Greece. The SDP’s narrow victory should be viewed critically, says Varoufakis, noting that the party “ruthlessly” practiced austerity in 2008 and 2009. “Not much has changed,” Varoufakis says. “It’s not as if an opposition party won.”

Sons of Mocímboa: Mozambique’s terrorism crisis – BBC Africa Eye documentary

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BBC Africa Eye tracks secretive and brutal insurgents in Mozambique.

Abductions, beheadings, and the burning of homes and businesses have become the calling cards of a secretive and brutal group of insurgents in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. Since 2017, they have carried out hundreds of raids, causing an unknown number of deaths and forcing more than 700,000 people to flee for their lives. Little is known about the real reasons for the insurgency. Who are these men and what do they want? By tracking the insurgents’ movements on the ground and online, Africa Eye investigates how and why Mozambique has become southern Africa’s latest terrorism hotspot.

Rudy Giuliani, Under Oath, Reveals Baseless Origins Of Trump Big Lie Claims

MSNBCSep 30, 2021
Rachel Maddow reads excerpts from the transcript of a deposition, under oath, of Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in which he explains that he can’t remember but thinks some of the conspiracy theories he pushed about the 2020 election came from social media and he didn’t bother to check the truthfulness of the claims from his bombshell source who claimed the election was stolen.

‘Pandora Papers’ reveal hidden wealth of world leaders, celebrities, billionaires • FRANCE 24

FRANCE 24 EnglishOct 3, 2021
More than a dozen heads of state and government, including the King of Jordan and the Czech prime minister, have amassed millions in secret offshore assets, according to an investigation published Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Live: Spanish volcano gets ‘intense’ as new fissures erupt

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Live from La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands as rivers of lava continue to flow toward the sea. On October 1, the #volcano blew open two more fissures on its cone that belched forth lava, with authorities reporting “intense” activity in the area and scientists recording several earthquakes overnight. The eruption began on September 19 and has destroyed or partially destroyed more than 1,000 buildings so far.

BBC World Service – The Compass, Sugar-coated World, Getting granular

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The Compass Sugar-coated World

Humans have always been delighted by sweetness. In this three part series Lainy Malkani explores how sugar forged the modern world, from its role in the slave trade and the European colonisation of the Americas, to the consequences of our dependency on it today. For some countries, their past is built on it; for others, their futures depend on it. Across Britain, the USA and Thailand, Lainy digs into the past, present and future of sugar.

Beginning in London, Lainy samples sweet treats in Brick Lane with the food writer Ruby Tandoh, examines sugar cane in the tropical Palm House at Kew Gardens with botanist Dr Maria Vorontsova, and traces sugar’s journey from luxury to necessity centuries ago with the historian James Walvin. She visits the West India Docks on the River Thames where sugar – harvested by slaves in the Caribbean – arrived for refining in the early 1800s, and considers how sugar has shaped the city today.

(Photo: Spoonful of sugar added to coffee)

BBC World Service – The Compass, Sugar-coated World, 06/10/2021 GMT

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The Compass Sugar-coated World

Humans have always been delighted by sweetness, but its sticky hold on us is taking its toll. In this three part series for The Compass, Lainy Malkani explores how sugar forged the modern world, from its role in the slave trade and the European colonization of the Americas, to the consequences of our dependency on it today. For some countries, their past is built on it; for others, their futures depend on it. Across three continents – in Britain, the USA and Thailand, Lainy, the descendent of indentured Indian labourers in the sugar plantations of Guyana, digs into the past, present and future of sugar.

BBC World Service – The Compass, Sugar-coated World, USA: Plantations and plains

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The Compass Sugar-coated World

Lainy Malkani focuses on the story of sugar in the USA. From one of the oldest confectionery shops in New Orleans where the local delicacy of pecan nut pralines are made every day, to a former sugar plantation along the Mississippi river, she hears about the role of sugar in the history of Louisiana.

She speaks to Khalil Gibran Mohammed about the legacy of sugar and slavery in the region, and hears from the manager of the Whitney plantation about what remains there today. From there to the sugar beet plains of the mid-West, Lainy looks at how sugar has influenced government policy over time, and how the commodity has become central to American culture, its diet and economy today.

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