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OF THE JON BON JOVI IN Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Muslim English parliament passes the Act of Suprem- International Radiotelegraph Soviet Union launches Sputnik
DAY HISTORY caliph, is injured in an assassination at- acy making Henry VIII and all subsequent Conference in Berlin selects “SOS” 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a
tempt in Medina by Lu’lu, an enslaved monarchs the Head of the Church of England (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal as the mostly Siberian Husky, the first
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News in brief Japan urges 200,000 C AP TAIN’ S CORNER

u The leak of a document
from Germany’s hawkish finance people to evacuate TOP Holistic hoarding
minister demanding immediate ‘Where to go?’
economic reforms has threatened to 4 policies needed
further inflame tensions in Chancellor due to heavy rain
Olaf Scholz’s mutinous coalition TWEETS
government. With the clock ticking for SMEs
down on parliamentary elections 01
in September 2025, the three Germany’s
ideologically disparate parties have openly coalition faces fresh
traded barbs as they enter campaign mode.
Leaked to the press on Friday, the 18-page tensions: reports In east Lebanon, Israeli strikes displace thousands
document by Christian Lindner of the
free-marketeer Free Democrats (FDP) urges AFP | Deir Al-Ahmar, Lebanon
measures to jumpstart Germany’s stuttering said.
economy at odds with its coalition partners the Greens and Social Democratic More than 78,000 people
Party. In particular, Lindner called for Germany to abandon climate targets more n the Christian town of have been displaced from their orldwide, an esti- CAPTAIN MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD
ambitious than those set by the European Union, as well as the scrapping of a Deir al-Ahmar, Hassan homes in the district, accord- Wmated 9 out of 10
number of reforms including the introduction of two weeks’ paternity leave. INoun has pitched his tent ing to the International Organ- murders of journalists go
u The United States said yesterday that it “strongly condemns” Russia’s in a church courtyard after ization for Migration. unpunished. Impunity he personality of a city is often seen in
fleeing Israeli air strikes in
breeds further violence.
its public media –w the advertisements
conviction and sentencing of a former employee of the US consulate in the Far the eastern Lebanese region Sleeping rough This must change. I call Tand “public space events” it makes
US Eastern city of Vladivostok. Robert Shonov, who worked of Baalbek. Deir al-Ahmar and the sur- on governments to take room for. Often photographs in newspapers
condemns Russia for the consulate for more than 25 years, was sentenced “We need shelter -- soon rounding villages initially host- urgent steps to protect contrast the giant hoarding for a luxury brand
to four years and 10 months in prison for “secret
sentencing of collaboration with a foreign state,” Russian agencies Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) picture shows a wave crashing over a there will be snow and rain. ed 12,000 displaced, mainly journalists, investigate with silhouettes of the struggling citizen,
former consular said Friday. The US State Department, in a sharply sea wall as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared the coast in Taitung. Where will these children find settled “in homes, church an- crimes against them, and portraying the ground reality of how that
worker worded statement Saturday, said the “conviction on Forecasters warned that refuge?” said the grey-bearded nexes and some still on the prosecute perpetrators – city’s homeless are being treated. Or else, as
everywhere.
father of five.
roads”, said Rabih Saade, a
happens even in our Bahrain during elections,
meritless allegations is an egregious injustice.” The AFP | Tokyo, Japan landslides and floods could Uprooted from Baalbek, he member of the local emergen- @antonioguterres the vibrant democratic political culture is
allegations were “entirely fictitious and without merit,” affect western Japan on Sat- is one of around 30,000 people cy committee. emphasized with candidate hoardings and
said the statement from spokesman Matthew Miller. early 200,000 people in urday and eastern Japan on seeking safety in and around This week when Israel in- 02 political messages. (Sometimes, we get to see
Shonov worked for the consulate until 2021, when Nwestern Japan were urged Sunday. Deir al-Ahmar, one of the tensified its strikes on Baalbek, the ugly underbelly of the community also,
Moscow imposed restrictions on local staff working for to evacuate on Saturday as au- Due to rain, Shinkansen Christian towns so far spared a “second wave of displaced when hoardings are vandalized!)
foreign missions.
thorities warned of landslides bullet trains were briefly sus- from the Israeli bombing of people” arrived: 20,000 peo- In May 2024, a dust storm brought down
u The UK’s battle- and floods, while the remnants pended between Tokyo and Hezbollah strongholds, which ple, “the majority of whom a giant illegal hoarding in a Mumbai suburb,
scarred Conservatives yesterday elected “anti-woke” UK’s battered of a tropical storm trickle over southern Fukuoka region in are predominantly in tradi- slept in public places”, he killing 17 persons and injuring 70. That was an
candidate Kemi Badenoch as its new head, making Tory party elects the country. the morning before resuming tionally Shiite Muslim areas. said. eye-opening disaster because even in Bahrain,
her the first black leader of a major UK party. The Badenoch as new The Japan Meteorological on a delayed schedule. “We gather in front of He called on the state “to although we do not have such huge illegal
combative former equalities minister replaces Rishi leader Agency said “warm, moist air... Kong-rey smashed into Tai- churches and schools, which continue supporting us: we esterday, had a pro- structures – this was apparently a 250 tonnes
Sunak and now faces the daunting task of reuniting was causing heavy rainfall wan on Thursday as one of the no longer have the capacity to don’t know if the crisis will end Yductive conversation structure – we do see hoarding crashes dur-
a divided and weakened party emphatically ousted with thunderstorms in west- biggest storms to hit the island accommodate us,” Noun said, in a week or two or in three or with PM @kmitsotakis, ing heavy
from power in July after 14 years in charge. Badenoch, ern Japan” partly due to Kong- in decades. referring to schools now serv- four months”. reaffirming our shared winds .
44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former rey, which was downgraded to It claimed at least three lives ing as shelters. In a schoolyard, women commitment to strength- Particular- Now, Bahrain’s
immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 an extratropical low-pressure and injured 690 people, ac- Behind him on an old church mostly dressed in black and ening the India-Greece ly vulnera-
percent of the votes of party members. She said it system from a typhoon. cording to the National Fire bench, his family placed their People walk past a destroyed building in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted Baalbek’s al-Charawneh neighborhoud in Lebanon’s children basked in the sun. The Strategic Partnership. To- ble are the Minister of
was an “enormous honour” to assume the role, but The city of Matsuyama “is- Agency, which added a mi- teapot and kitchen utensils. A eastern Bekaa valley shouts of the youths echoed in gether, we aim to deepen lamp-post
that “the task that stands before us is tough.” “We sued the top-level warning, grant worker death to the toll plastic mat was spread on the dry, draped over a wall or hung Fatima, 17, fled her village of the teen, her face framed by a medicine,” she said. the hallways. our collaboration across hoardings Municipalities
have to be honest about the fact we made mistakes” and “let standards slip,” said urging 189,552 residents in its on Saturday. stone floor. from ropes strung between the Chaath “because of the bom- black headscarf. Since September 23, Israeli “We left our homes. We trade, defence, shipping which are Affairs and
Badenoch. “It is time to get down to business, it is time to renew,” she added. 10 districts to evacuate and im- The storm knocked out pow- Everywhere, the thin foam church columns. bardments”. “We are losing our school strikes have killed more than don’t know where to go, we and connectivity. Greece not as se-
mediately secure safety”, a city er to 957,061 households, 27,781 mattresses used by the dis- Inside a minibus, the few At school in Bechouat, near year. We can’t study because 1,900 people in Lebanon, ac- don’t know what to do,” said is a valued partner for In- cure. Agriculture
official told AFP. of which were still in the dark placed were set aside, some possessions of a family were Deir al-Ahmar, her family of the war.” cording to an AFP tally based a woman who wanted to re- dia within the EU as well. N o w ,
SPOTLIGHT While the evacuation was as of Saturday. propped up against the door piled up on worn leather seats camps under an improvised Randa Amhaz expressed on figures from Lebanon’s main nameless, sitting on the @narendramodi Bahrain’s has introduced
not mandatory, Japan’s high- Scientists say human-driven of the church perched atop a -- more mattresses, water tent -- several desks pushed gratitude to the school for health ministry. floor by the bed of her elderly Minister
Serbia to demolish ‘German’ est-level warning is typically climate change is intensifying hill overlooking Bekaa Valley bottles and backpacks stuffed together and topped with blan- opening its doors, but she also were killed in Israeli strikes on Due to lack of space, she lay of Munic- a new decree
On Friday alone, 52 people mother.
issued when it is extremely the risk posed by heavy rains
ipalities
kets for a semblance of privacy. had her concerns.
farms.
with belongings.
bridge amid outcry likely that some kind of disas- because a warmer atmosphere Towels and sweatshirts “There’s no heating, we “Children need warm the Baalbek-Hermel region of on a foam mattress in a passage 03 Affairs that puts
ter has already occurred. holds more water. dried alongside other laun- ‘No heating’ don’t have warm clothes,” said clothes, and the elderly need eastern Lebanon, the ministry between two doors. and Agri-
culture has people’s safety
introduced first and
a new de-
Harris, Trump go toe to toe in frenzied final campaign weekend cree that specifies the
puts peo-
am announcing $425 ple’s safe- requirements,
I million in assistance ty firs t
AFP | Washington, United States under previous draw- and spec- standards, and
ly unstable, obsessed with revenge, “the thrill of a lifetime.” downs in support of ifies the
amala Harris and Donald consumed with grievance -- and the “And now we want to take that Ukraine’s defense. We r equir e - procedures
KTrump enter the final weekend man is out for unchecked power,” thrill and turn it into ‘let’s do busi- will continue to surge ments ,
of the most tense US presidential she told supporters in Little Chute, ness,’ right?” security assistance to standards, for street
AFP | Belgrade, Serbia Days ahead of its closure, campaign of modern times with a Wisconsin. Harris, the nation’s first Black and Ukraine and provide its and pro-
hundreds protested the razing. flurry of swing-state rallies that will first Asian-American vice president, forces the support they cedur es advertisements.
World War II-era bridge “We will enter a traffic col- test their stamina –- and ability to ‘Thrill of a lifetime’ meanwhile has sought to harness ce- need for success on the for street
A built by the Nazis was lapse,” said Djordje Miketic, persuade the country’s last unde- Trump, meanwhile, has doubled lebrity star power like Beyonce and battlefield. advertise-
formally closed in the Serbi- one of the protest organisers. down on his already extreme rhet- Bruce Springsteen in the campaign’s @SecBlinken ments. Any
an capital Belgrade Saturday On Saturday, the bridge was oric in hopes of firing up his loyal waning days. street-side
ahead of its demolition, amid closed to traffic, machinery base to turn out in massive numbers. Jennifer Lopez, a pop icon of advert that
an outcry from the public cit- was in place, and the city traf- BETTER “Kamala’s closing message to Puerto Rican heritage, joined Harris 04 poses a
ing both history and concerns fic office said preparations for America is that she hates you,” onstage Thursday, amid a firestorm risk to life
over traffic. the dismantling had started. Trump fumed on Friday night in triggered by a Trump rally warm-up or proper-
The Old Sava Bridge -- nick- Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar KNOW Warren, Michigan, where he trashed speaker branding the US territory a ty shall be removed at the cost of the
named the “German Bridge” --  Sapic, who is believed to be the economy under Biden and Har- “floating island of garbage.” advertiser.
was built in 1942 by Nazi forces instrumental in the bridge’s ris as a disaster -- which economists Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B By the same token, I would like the author-
occupying Serbia. The bridge closing -- said a new “Serbian” One interesting fact about say it clearly is not -- and warned appeared with the candidate Friday ities to take a holistic approach to supporting
is just one of four crossings bridge would replace the ram- that “a 1929-style economic depres- night, asking the crowd in Milwau- SMEs in Bahrain and loosen their grip when
over the Sava River that is used shackle structure. U.S. presidential elections Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a sion” would ensue if Harris were kee, “Are we ready to make history?” it comes to outdoor advertising on restricted
for vehicle traffic in the busy According to historical is that the Electoral College speaks at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin “When We Vote We Win” rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center in West elected. With the election just days away he go v ernment property such as the business’s own property
central city area of the capital. sources, the Sava Bridge is ultimately decides the winner, Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Citing her hawkish foreign policy -- and Trump refusing to say wheth- Tshould leave people windows and walls and cars and commercial
The demolition of the bridge one of the few river crossings not the popular vote. Each cided voters. trade wars to promote his policy of Election Day is Tuesday but old Democratic rival fighting hard to views, Trump earlier had conjured er he would accept its results if he and their animals alone vehicles. Just like a recent plea to rationalize
touches on multiple fault lines that was not destroyed during state is allocated a certain Harris, bidding to become the “America first.” Americans have been voting early peel off even slivers of support from the image of former Republican rep- loses -- businesses in the capital @elonmusk fines for SMEs so that they face less harsh
in the Balkan country, where the Nazi’s hurried retreat from number of electors based on country’s first woman president, The 78-year-old, who rallied in for weeks, with more than 70 mil- one another’s camps. resentative turned Harris supporter Washington have begun boarding up slaps for Bahrainisation violations, the gov-
issues surrounding the Sec- southeast Europe in the war’s its representation in Congress will use rallies in Georgia, North Milwaukee, Wisconsin late Fri- lion ballots already cast -- including Harris, currently President Joe Liz Cheney being shot. shop fronts as city authorities warn ernment would do well to allow SMEs to ad-
ond World War continue to be last year. (Senators + Representatives). Carolina and Michigan to drive day just miles from Harris’s event a record four million in Georgia, Biden’s vice president, is doing that “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s of a “fluid, unpredictable security vertise their business on their own property,
both political and emotional During the Nazi pullout To win, a candidate must secure home her message that Trump is a there, will all but cross paths with where Democrats seek to pull out by appealing to centrist voters and put her with a rifle standing there environment” in the days after the movable and immovable, without municipal
flashpoints. from Belgrade on October 20, a majority of the 538 electoral threat to US democracy. her again as Trump makes whis- all the stops to keep the state in their propelling her base to the polls with with nine barrels shooting at her, polls close. costs. This will help SMEs to boost awareness
Belgrade also remains one 1944 with explosives in place votes—at least 270. This has led Trump -- seeking a sensational tle-stops in North Carolina, Virginia, column. a robust ground game and get-out- OK? Let’s see how she feels about it, Trump is already alleging fraud of their business and make headway towards
of the few major European cit- and the fuse lit, local teach- to instances where a candidate return to the White House after los- Pennsylvania and Georgia. Opinion polls continue to show a the-vote effort. you know, when the guns are trained and cheating in swing states such success.

ies without an underground er Miladin Zaric intervened, won the popular vote but lost the ing in 2020 and then becoming the Their frenetic schedule will run tied race, particularly in the seven And by painting Trump as a toxic on her face,” Trump said. as Pennsylvania, laying the ground- Disclaimer: (Views expressed
mass transit system, raising cutting the cables and saving election due to fewer electoral first presidential nominee to have right into Monday, culminating with battleground states likely to deter- authoritarian, she is also encourag- Despite the rhetoric, Trump work for what many fear will be by columnists are personal and (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in-Chief
fresh questions about why the the bridge, according to widely votes, as happened in 2000 and been convicted of crimes -- prom- late-night rallies -- in Grand Rapids, mine the result in the US electoral ing voters to “finally turn the page” waxed nostalgic on Friday about more unrest, following the violence need not necessarily reflect our of The Daily Tribune and the President of the Arab-
bridge is being closed before a shared historical accounts in 2016. ises a radical right-wing makeover Michigan, for Trump and Philadel- college system, leaving the Repub- on the former president. how his experience campaigning that erupted at the US Capitol in the editorial stance) African Unity Organisation for Relief, Human Rights and
new crossing can take its place. Serbia. of the government and aggressive phia, Pennsylvania, for Harris. lican businessman and his 60-year- “He is someone who is increasing- over the past nine years has been wake of the 2020 vote. Counterterrorism)
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