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Farmer-citizen movement. Trump and Le Pen supported Dutch farmers, now they have caused an electoral shock.

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CNN: – In the Netherlands, a farmers’ protest party has caused a shock after winning state elections this week, just four years after it was founded. Could their rise have wider implications? The farmer-citizen movement, or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB), arose out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers use their … Read more

Israel complains. Lloyd Austin hits out at Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul as protesters block airport

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Tel Aviv, Israel CNN: – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary as protesters paralyzed two of Tel Aviv’s main tourist arteries on Thursday, fueling a nationwide movement against the controversial proposals. A CNN team at Ben Gurion Airport saw people walking with suitcases to Terminal 3 … Read more

The US ambassador to Japan says China’s “attacks” are uniting the region against Beijing

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Tokyo CNN: – China should not be surprised that Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties, given Beijing’s aggressive behavior toward many of its neighbors, the US ambassador to Japan said in an exclusive interview with CNN on Wednesday. “You look at India, the Philippines, Australia, the United States, Canada or Japan. … Read more

Amjad Yusef. The USA has imposed visa sanctions on the Syrian military because of the massacre that killed at least 41 unarmed civilians.

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CNN: – The US State Department on Monday imposed visa sanctions on a Syrian soldier it says killed at least 41 unarmed civilians in a Damascus neighborhood in April 2013. Amjad Youssef, a military intelligence officer for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and his immediate family will be barred from entering the United States, Secretary … Read more