Second day of fighting in Sudan
Rising tensions between rival factions of the Sudanese armed forces have explode in all-out battle. Warplanes fired missiles at Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, yesterday, and at the city’s airport civilian planes were bombed and frightened passengers cowered on the floors of homes ga. Fighting has also spread deep into the Darfur region.
More than 83 people were killed and more than 1,126 others were injured, and it is still unclear who was in control. See one battle map.
Just four years ago, the much hated president who had been in power for three decades, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, was overthrown by a popular uprising. But hopes for democracy were dashed 18 months ago when two of the most powerful generals — the army’s commander-in-chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan — seized power in a coup. Now they are fighting each other.
Sudan’s neighbors have sought to begin diplomatic efforts, with the African Union and a separate regional bloc convening emergency meetings yesterday, and Egypt and South Sudan offering to do so. mediator between rival factions. However, neither side has indicated a willingness to meet to negotiate.
Darfur: The area, where al-Bashir’s government oversaw a campaign of genocidal violence that began in 2003, is home to many heavily armed rebel groups that analysts fear could be caught up in. fight.
Poland and Hungary ban imports of Ukrainian grain
European Union criticized the ban of Poland and Hungary on the import of grain and other foodstuffs from Ukraine over the weekend. In general, EU trade policies can only be legally enacted by the bloc itself. A spokesman for the European Commission said: “Unilateral actions are unacceptable.
The bloc lifted tariffs on Ukrainian grain last year to help ship the grain to the rest of the world amid Russia’s aggression, but exports have led to a glut of product. in Europe. The current deal is crucial to alleviating global food shortages and limiting price increases – but farmers in Poland, Hungary and other countries have seen their incomes plummet .
Poland reached an agreement with Kyiv on Friday to severely limit and temporarily halt shipments of Ukrainian grain to Poland. That deal was expected to affect cereals, wheat, corn and some other products, but on Saturday Poland expanded the ban to include dozens of other foods.
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Conservative campaign against transgender rights
Social conservatives in the United States have long used same-sex marriage to galvanize mainstream supporters and major donors. The campaign to restrict transgender rights has since replaced that theme as a living matterstrengthen networks of conservative groups, increase fundraising, and set agendas in school boards and state legislatures.
The campaign, both organic and intentional, has picked up pace since Donald Trump, an ideological ally, left the White House. Since then, at least 20 Republican-controlled states have enacted legislation that goes beyond the initial debates about bathroom use, delving into medical treatments, sports participation, and more. even gender discussion policies in schools.
Matt Sharp, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that has provided strategic and legal advice to state legislators as they push for legislation attacking transgender rights, said: is a sense of urgency. The question, he argues, is “what can we do to protect children?”
By the numbers: Approximately 1.3 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States identify as transgender. These efforts have propelled them, at a time of increasing visibility and vulnerability, to the center of the nation’s latest battle over cultural issues.
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