A seven minute-silence for peace to Dua Lipa achieving her dreams: here’s what you missed from Glastonbury 2024 so far – ABC News

The crowd goes silent for seven minutes

If there’s one thing the Glastonbury Festival doesn’t do well, it’s silence.

But that changed on Friday evening when performance artist Marina Abramovic led a seven-minute silence from the festival’s main stage.

A woman with black hair wearing a white long-sleeved turtle neck.

Maria Abramovic successfully made the people at her performance be silent for seven minutes.(Reuters: Dylan Martinez)

The 420 seconds of silence was conceived as a “public intervention” to reflect on conflict, violence and peace.

“There are wars, there is famine, there is protest, there is killing,” Abramovic said.

“Here, we will try to do something different.

“We can all together give unconditional love to each other. [It is] the only way to change the world.”

Thousands of festival goers were asked to close their eyes and put their hands on a neighbour’s shoulder.

A man wearing a black t-shirt and a hat, places his hand on another man in a black t-shirt.

Festival goers who attended Maria Abramovic’s perfomance closed their eyes and held each other in silence.(Reuters: Dylan Martinez)

On stage, 77-year-old Abramovic stretched out her arms to reveal a dress designed in the shape of the CND symbol.

CND stands for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Source: A seven minute-silence for peace to Dua Lipa achieving her dreams: here’s what you missed from Glastonbury 2024 so far – ABC News

Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor | Bolivia | The Guardian

A Bolivian former army chief accused of leading a failed coup attempt has been given six months “preventive detention”, a top prosecutor said on Friday, as the president again denied the attack was a “self-coup” designed to boost his flagging popularity.

General Juan José Zúñiga Macías has been handed charges of terrorism and armed uprising, state prosecutor Cesar Siles said. Zúñiga has said he was following an order from the president, Luis Arce, following Wednesday’s fleeting insurrection in La Paz. In the moments before he was detained, the ex-army chief claimed: “The president told me the situation was fucked and that he needed something to boost his popularity.”.

If Zúñiga is found guilty, the terrorism charge can be punished by 15-20 years in prison, and five to 15 years for armed uprising.

Source: Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor | Bolivia | The Guardian

Thomas Goff Sums Up the Debate Best: Have We Gone Completely Nuts? | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Reader Thomas Goff posted this wise comment:

Yes, we live in a different world, one in which the decent man who holds our highest office is, in effect, now being asked to hand over the White House to a convicted criminal who will abandon Ukraine, kowtow to Putin, trash our environmental regulations, strip away the rights of women, BIPOC and LGBTQ people, and establish a right-wing dictatorship. Have we gone completely nuts?

Source: Thomas Goff Sums Up the Debate Best: Have We Gone Completely Nuts? | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Steve Bannon must go to jail after Supreme Court rejects emergency bid – UPI.com

Conservative commentator Steve Bannon served for seven months in Donald Trump's White House in 2017. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI Conservative commentator Steve Bannon served for seven months in Donald Trump’s White House in 2017. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon‘s last-ditch effort to avoid prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.

The high court’s decision means Bannon must begin his four-month prison sentence Monday.

Source: Steve Bannon must go to jail after Supreme Court rejects emergency bid – UPI.com

Biden comes out swinging in first speech after presidential debate with Trump | Joe Biden | The Guardian

In what several supporters described as a “night and day” difference from his performance in last night’s debate, President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to keep fighting against what he framed as an existential threat to America.

In his first campaign stop following the debate, Biden showed off a louder and more dynamic voice at the North Carolina state fairgrounds in Raleigh.

“I know what millions of Americans know,” Biden said. “When you get knocked down, you get back up.”

During the 15-minute speech in a sweltering building that saw at least one person faint, Biden ran through a list of issues from high-speed internet to border security, but spent a good deal of his time denouncing Donald Trump’s honesty and integrity.

Source: Biden comes out swinging in first speech after presidential debate with Trump | Joe Biden | The Guardian