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Tove Gravdal
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Norwegian journalist and author. UN affairs, US and European politics, global issues.
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FN er i dyp krise, selv om det har vært mange kriser i de 80 årene organisasjonen har eksistert. FNs garantist, USA, er nå helt uinteressert i FNs virksomhet og i å betale 1,5 milliard dollar i gjeld til FN. Jeg snakker om dette og mer til i podkasten Kriseklubben: www.human.no/podkast/kris...?
Kriseklubben Ep. 7: FN under press med Tove Gravdal
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Despite what men like Sarkozy, Trump, and Bolsonaro may insist, prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do.
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
Also in the Middle East: Syrian refugees returning to their home country from Lebanon.
That moment when you witness more than 160 Syrian refugees gathered at dawn in northern Lebanon, preparing to return to Syria.
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29 September 1916 | An Austrian Jew, Hans Reichwald, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to Norway.

In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
Tre år yngre enn min mor, som fortsatt lever. Et av de norske barna som ble drept av nazistene.
28 September 1931 | Norwegian Jewish girl, Manja Malke Bodd, was born in Trondheim.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz

Read: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Listen: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Ramaphosa: "Climate change is an existential threat". Trump: "Climate change is a con job and a scam".
After the rambling of Trump in the UN General Assembly Hall, it is a relief to hear a thoughtful state leader, like South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa: "Trade is now being used as a weapon against a number of countries around the world". He asks for the trade embargo against Cuba to be lifted.
Trump spoke for 56 minutes, attacking green policy and president Biden. No harsh words for Putin or Netanyahu, who are both committing war crimes.
He keeps reeling off script, looking more and more like Fidel Castro who kept rambling on for 4,5 hours in the longest speech to date in the UN General Assembly (1960). He has been going on for 50 minutes, while time limit is 15 minutes.
President Trump spending most of his UN speech lashing out against allies in Europe, saying "your countries are going to hell", while Russia is killing Ukrainians, Israel is killing Palestinians, committing war crimes. He also boast about himself of course: "I am right about everything".
The Norwegian delegation sitting on the first row at the UN General Assembly, while president Trump is boasting about settling 7 wars, saying he deserves the Nobel peace prize: It will not grant him the Nobel Peace Prize.
General Assembly president Annalena Baerbock: "We have to do better". "When the UN Charter is violated, is it the fault of the UN?" "No, the Charter has not failed, and the UN as an institution has not failed". "Imagine how much worse the world would have been without the UN".
UN Secretary general Antonio Guterres opening the UN general debate now: "The UN was established 80 years ago as a practical strategy for the survival of humanity". And: "The UN is more than a meeting place, it is a moral compass".
Ganske usmakelig at @aftenposten.no fremstiller en smilende leder av reaksjonære Islam Net som talsperson for "norske muslimer". I 2015 var han en av dem som "unnskyldte" terrorangrepet mot Charlie Hebdo - det var liksom tegnernes egen skyld. www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...