Manfred Weber, lead candidate for the conservative European People’s Party in the upcoming European election, sees the right-wing populists as a significant threat as the campaign begins. But in Viktor Orbán, he has a populist firebrand in his own ranks.
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YouTube turns off comments for videos showing kids
Closing barn door too late – has little or no control over its product because it, like Facebook is focussed on profit before people! Online video platform YouTube has said it will disable user comments on almost all videos featuring children. The move comes after recent reports of pedophile activity targeting such content.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg marches with students in Hamburg

Greta Thunberg, the activist who began school strikes over climate change, marched with students in Hamburg. The movement has gained worldwide traction, with tens of thousands of students participating.
Why measles is so deadly and vaccination so important

Getting measles is not just a simple virus you catch as a child. An infection can be life-threatening for both children and adults.
Bernie Sanders Is Making Strategic Changes, but His Desire for Control Remains
His aides are urging him to talk more about himself. But Mr. Sanders charts his own course. Already there has been a dispute that led to the departure of top consultants.
Spain plans to grant residency to 400,000 Britons if there is a hard Brexit
The Spanish government will work to make things easier for British residents in Spain, even those without permanent residency status, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Donald Trump has a new fixer: House Republicans | Wajahat Ali
collective POS

How long will the Republican party continue to do Donald Trump’s bidding?
With Michael Cohen testifying in front of the House oversight and reform committee, congressional Republicans were gifted with another opportunity to sink lower in their moral abyss due to their self-immolating fealty to Donald Trump.
Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including campaign finance violations and lying to Congress, testified under oath to reveal details about his relationship with Trump, whom he has generously referred to as a “conman”, “cheat”, “racist” and “liar”.
US commits to aiding Philippines in South China Sea
Who’s the spider and who’s the fly? US backing killer President?

Mike Pompeo says US will defend Philippines against ‘armed attack’ by China
The US secretary of state has committed Washington to aiding the Philippines in the event of an “armed attack” on its vessels or aircraft in the disputed South China Sea, in what some see as a warning shot to China.
Speaking in Manila after meeting the president, Rodrigo Duterte, Mike Pompeo told the Philippines: “We have your back” and invoked the two countries’ mutual defence treaty.
We now know the great prize of Brexit: becoming Trump’s prey | Jonathan Freedland

The US would give us a great trade deal, we were told. This week the president has shown how volatile and untrustworthy he is
Shall we take a gentle amble down memory lane, a nostalgic trip back to the heady days of the referendum campaign of 2016? So many sweet promises were murmured into our ear, it can be hard to remember them all. No talk then of shelling out £33m to settle a legal case with Eurotunnel or ferry contracts for companies with no ferries, or spending billions to prepare for the cataclysm of a no-deal departure. No, back then it was all cash bonanzas of £350m a week and assurances that Brexit would be smooth and seamless – the Europeans needed us more than we needed them, after all – so that, by the time 23 June 2016 came around, voting leave seemed like a painless, risk-free option. Not only was there nothing to lose, there was so much to gain. And top of the list was a big, shiny trade deal with the United States of America.
“Within two years,” vowed the soon-to-be Brexit secretary, David Davis, a few short weeks after the vote, “we can negotiate a free trade area massively larger than the EU.” A deal with the US, along with China, would “give us a trade area almost twice the size of the EU”, he gushed, apparently unaware that, under European law, it was illegal for a Britain that had not formally exited the EU to so much as enter talks with those nations, let alone sign an agreement with them.
Donald Trump contradicts SDF, claims 100 percent of IS Syria territory retaken

The US President claims all IS territory in Syria has been retaken. However, the US-backed SDF alliance maintains it will take another week before a complete victory.
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