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Mohammed bin Salman at Sakhir Air Base His Majesty holds talks with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the presence of HRH the Premier and HRH the Crown Prince. Manama Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin part of his regional tour. During the were played. Ahmed Al Khalifa said the visit “high- visit Mohammed bin Salman met with is Majesty King Hamad bin Isa HM the King and HRH Saudi Crown lights the two Kingdoms’ approach Vice President and Prime Minister of Al Khalifa yesterday welcomed Prince inspected the Guards of Honour based on continuous communication the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh HHRH Prince Mohammed bin lined up to salute them. and coordination at all levels regarding Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown A mission of honour chaired by For- all issues and in various forums”. on the sidelines of the 10th Abu Dhabi Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and De- eign Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid bin He said: “The visit confirms that Sau- Grand Prix. fence Minister of Saudi Arabia, and the Ahmed Al Khalifa was formed to ac- di Arabia will remain, as it has always The Saudi Crown Prince, his UAE accompanying delegation at the Sakhir company HRH the Saudi Crown Prince. been, supportive of Bahrain’s efforts counterpart and Shaikh Maktoum at- Air Base. The Saudi delegation also comprised towards achieving further accomplish- tended and oversaw the final round of HRH Prime Minister Prince Khali- Royal Court Advisor HRH Prince Turki ments and development in all areas.” the 2018 Grand Prix season, which was fa bin Salman Al Khalifa, HRH Prince bi Mohammed bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz, He reiterated, “Bahrain’s support to attended by several officials, dignitaries Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Minister of Interior HRH Prince Abdu- Saudi Arabia to continue its pioneering and heads of states from a number of Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander laziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, role in defending the issues of the Arab countries. and First Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Commerce and investment and Islamic nations and reinforcing On the sidelines of the major inter- senior officials were also present. Dr Majid Al Qassabi, Minister of Foreign regional and international peace and national event, Mohammed bin Salman An official reception ceremony was HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman embraces a Affairs Adel Jubeir, Minister of Informa- security.” also met with King Juan Carlos I, the held at the Sakhir Palace where the child who greeted him upon his arrival at Sakhir tion Dr Awad Al Awad and General In- Before arriving in the Kingdom, HRH former King of Spain and Chechen lead- national anthems of the Kingdom of Air Base. telligence Director Khalid Al Humaidan. Saudi Crown Prince was in the UAE as er Ramzan Kadyrov.

CR fees from Dec 1 Manama Bahrainis abroad to vote in second round tomorrow

he Ministry of Industry, TCommerce and Tour- ism announced to all owners of companies and private commercial establishments registered with the ministry that the commercial activities fees will be applied from December 1, 2018. The new rate of fees will Adel Al Assomi (First Isa Al Kooheji (Fourth Hisham Al Asheeri Fatima Abbas Abdulnabi Salman Ahmed Al Ansari Fawzia Zainal Mohammed Al Sisi Isa Al Dossary be BD100 for up to three Constituency, Constituency, (Sixth Constituency, (Second Constituency, (Sixth Constituency, (Third Constituency, (Fifth Constituency, (Eighth Constituency, (Tenth Constituency, activities, while additional Capital Governorate) Muharraq Muharraq Northern Northern Southern Southern Southern Southern business activities will be Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) Governorate) charged BD100 each. The ministry said it will not ond round of the parliamentary the Ministry of Foreign Affairs charge any activities fees im- The committee elections tomorrow. and Bahrain’s diplomatic mis- posed by other government • The second round will be held sions abroad, preparations have agencies. said the voting process Preparations have for candidates for the Council of 3,600 been made to ensure that cit- abroad would be held been made to ensure Representatives of 31 constitu- Bahrainis cast their izens eligible for voting listed from 8am-8pm. that citizens abroad encies, as nine candidates won votes abroad in the in the voter register to exercise exercise their the first round, the Executive first round of polls their voting right, in case of their TDT | Manama right without any Committee stated. to parliament and presence abroad on polling day. hindrances. The committee said the voting municipal councils. The number of citizens who process abroad would be held cast their votes abroad in the he 2018 Election Execu- ELECTIONS COMMITTEE from 8am-8pm depending on the first round reached 3,600 Bah- DON’T MISS IT tive Committee announced lates and diplomatic missions of local time of the city where the mission is located. rainis. Tthat 29 embassies, consu- the Kingdom would host the sec- embassy, consulate or diplomatic It said, in coordination with See pages 4-5 Strong 02 brotherly ties Rain chaos Showers disrupted Nation marching traffic in many places across the 03 ahead Kingdom yesterday. The Meteorological Second round Directorate forecasts of polls in 31 an unsettled weather 04 with scattered rain parliament seats showers for today. Amidst scattered rains in the KIngdom, authorities yesterday urged citizens and expatriates to avoid rain-related accidents. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 02 Strong brotherly ties

His Majesty, HRH the Premier and HRH the Crown Prince with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His Majesty with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman inspect the Guard of Honour.

His Majesty, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman receive members of the Bahrain Cabinet. His Majesty, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman receive envoys to the Kingdom.

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everything that would serve the The Prime Minister development efforts and benefit • the citizens. made the statements I would like to say The Prime Minister stressed while receiving, at thank you to the people that everyone should continue the Gudaibiya Palace of Bahrain from the working dedicatedly and with yesterday, senior bottom of my heart a positive spirit for the best in- terests of Bahrain, emphasising officials, intellectuals, for their stances and the importance of unity in facing cultural figures support for their everything aimed at disturbing and journalists. country under all society. circumstances. “Bahrain is the land of good The Prime Minister HRH THE PREMIER and love. We are one people, and • I pray to Allah the Almighty to expressed hope that to the people of Bahrain from guide all of us on the right path the new MPs will the bottom of my heart for their to enhance Bahrain’s progress in succeed in serving their stances and support for their various fields,” he added. country and in living country under all circumstances. HRH Premier hailed the Bah- Indeed, Bahrainis have always raini youth’s unwavering keen- up to the expectations done the same, and we hope that ness to preserve their country’s of the citizens who HRH the Premier receives senior officials, intellectuals and journalists. every new phase is better than security and stability, highlight- elected them to the previous one. We hope that ing the government’s constant achieve what they leadership and the people, the them to be their representatives dia personnel and scores of cit- the next phase will be richer, desire to provide opportunities future is promising and a land- in the “House of the People” and izens, with whom he reviewed brighter and safer for Bahrain for Bahraini male and female hope for on all levels. mark achievements lie ahead. by an unprecedented popular local and international issues. and its people,” he said. citizens to contribute effectively HRH the Prime Minister participation. HRH the Premier praised The Prime Minister expressed to building a better present and Manama stressed that cooperation has al- HRH Premier called for the the democratic atmosphere in hope that the new MPs will suc- future for the nation. ways characterised the govern- need to always be united, and to which the first round of the ceed in serving their country and The Prime Minister stressed is Royal Highness Prime ment’s relations with the Leg- avoid division through removing parliamentary and municipal in living up to the expectations the need to unify stances in or- Minister Prince Khalifa islative Branch, noting that the its causes, including the misuse elections took place, hailing the of the citizens who elected them der to carry on the kingdom’s de- Hbin Salman Al Khalifa Executive-Legislature partner- of social media networks. Bahraini people’s great keenness to achieve what they hope for on velopment, renewing his warn- has asserted that every phase ship will certainly deepen with The Prime Minister made the to vote, which, he said, reflects all levels. ing against the danger of the in Bahrain’s national march is the new Council of Represent- statements while receiving, at the extent of the Bahraini citi- HRH Premier affirmed that misuse of social media networks laden with achievements and atives as its members enjoy the the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday, zens’ awareness and loyalty to the government has been and and its role in disseminating fake gains, adding that thanks to the confidence of the government senior officials, intellectuals, the homeland. will remain keen to cooperate and misleading news and infor- determination and resolve of the and the citizens who elected cultural figures, journalist, me- “I would like to say thank you with the Legislative Branch in mation.

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www.mg-bahrain.com MG SHOWROOM & SERVICE CENTRE @mg_bah Ma’ameer: +973 17 703 703 Arad: +973 17 465 533 @mg_bahrain /mg.bahrain MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 04 Second round of polls in 31 parliament seats Second round of elections for the undecided parliamentary and municipal seats will take place on Dec 1 Manama second round will be held for the first, sixth, seventh, ninth second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and he Minister of Justice, Islamic eight constituencies. Municipal elections Affairs and Endowments Shaikh In the Northern Governorate, the TKhalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, Head second and sixth constituencies were In the Muharraq Governorate, the of the High Committee Overseeing the won by Fatima Abbass Mohammed second, sixth and eighth constituencies Integrity of the Elections, yesterday Qassim and Abdulnabi Salman Ahmed were won by Hassan Farouq Hassan Al announced the final results of the first Nasser, respectively. A second round Douy, Fadhil Abbass Hassan Ahmed round parliamentary and municipal will be held for the first, third, fourth, Al Oud and Abdulaziz Thamir Khalifa elections conducted on Saturday all fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, elev- Hazza Al Kaabi. A second round will be over the Kingdom’s governorates. enth and twelfth constituencies. held in the first, third, fourth, fifth and In the Capital Governorate, the first In the Southern Governorate, the seventh constituencies. parliament constituency was won by third, eighth and tenth constituencies In the Northern Governorate, the sec- Adel Abdulrahman Assoumi. A second were won by Ahmed Yousef Mohamed ond constituency was won by Badriya round will be held in the second, third, Abdulqader Al Ansari,Fowzia Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Mohammed Abdel- fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, Yousef Zainal, Mohamed Ibrahim Ali hussain. A second round will be held ninth and tenth constituencies. Mohanna Al Seesi Al Buainain, Issa for the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, In the Muharraq Governorate, the Yousef Abdullah Mohammed Al Dosari, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh fourth constituency was won by Issa respectively. A second round will be and twelfth constituencies. Abduljabbar Mahmoud Alkooheji. A held for the first, second, fourth, fifth, In the Southern Governorate: the sev- Counting in progress at one of the electoral committee offices.

VAT Seminar 4PM News in association with ‘eGo Smart Solutions’ held a Seminar on ‘VAT Law and Muharraq Governorate its Implications on SMEs in Bahrain’. The Daily Tribune Director and CEO Abdul Jaleel Abdulla and Consultant Chartered Accountant Riyas Parat from Alchemist Consultants explained the possible impacts of VAT on small and medium-sized businesses in the Kingdom. VAT is scheduled to be implemented First Constituency: Hamad Al Kooheji, Mohammed Second Constituency: Ibrahim Al Nafeei, Ibrahim Al in Bahrain from January 1, Al Hussaini Hammadi 2019. The SMEs including small cold stores and cafeterias also will become a taxable entity. The aim of the seminar was to create awareness and clarify loads of confusion.

Third Constituency: Mohammed Isa, Mohammed Fifth Constituency: Mahmood Al Mahmood, Khalid Jassim Al Olaiwi Buanq

Seventh Constituency: Ammar Qambar, Yousif Eighth Constituency: Yousif Al Thawadi, Abdulghaffar Abulrahman Bu Ali

US envoy visits temple Southern Governorate

First Constituency: Ahmed Al Amer, Nasreen Second Constituency: Isa Al Qadhi, Mohammed Al Maarouf Ahmed Justin H Siberell, US Ambassador to Bahrain, visited the Shri Krishna (Hindu) Temple in Manama on Saturday. He was accompanied by his wife and mother as well as other guests, including Shaikha Hessa, Serendipity Chairman Yousuf Salahuddin and Ajoor Textiles Proprietor Nabeel Ajoor. They were received by Honorary Chairman Sushil Muljimal and other committee members, and accorded a ceremonial welcome with ‘tilak’ and flower garlands. The guests were briefed about the temple background, festival celebrations, VIP visitors and charitable activities conducted by the Temple Managing Committee and the support for #TeamBahrain vision of HRH the Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Gaja relief Fourth Constituency: Ali Ahmed Zayed, Mohammed Sixth Constituency: Abdulrazzaq Al Hattab, Al Maarifi Mohammed Darwish

Bahrain Tamils, a non-profit organisation involved in many social activities in the Kingdom, has sent relief materials to the cyclone-hit areas of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Cyclone Gaja, which ripped through South India last week claimed 45 lives. The relief materials were well packed in 85 cartons and sent to Chennai. Arrangements have been done for the relief materials to reach each and every Seventh Constituency: Ali Al Noaimi, Ahmed Al Ninth Constituency: Nawar Al Mutawwa, Bader Al village in the affected delta region using small vehicles. Tamimi Dossary MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 05 Second round of polls in 31 parliament seats In all, 430 candidates stood for the elections; 293 for the House of Representatives and 137 for municipal councils enth, eighth and tenth constituencies were The relative proportion of younger vot- won by Abdullah Ahmed Ibrahim Bubshit, ers taking part in the elections also showed Badr Saleh Abdulaziz Al Draib Al Tameemi a significant increase, with more than and Hezzam Ibrahim Mufrej Al Dosari. 50,000 young men and women eligible to A second round will be held for the first, vote for the first time. second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth In all, 430 candidates stood for the elec- constituencies. 231 tions – 293 for the House of Representa- Shaikh Khalid congratulated His Maj- observers from four tives, and 137 for municipal councils. esty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His civil society associations The polling – and the count – were mon- Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Sal- monitored the polls. itored by 231 observers from four civil soci- man Al Khalifa the Prime Minister and ety associations in addition to the National His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Institute for Human Rights. Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Full judicial supervision of all stages Supreme Commander and First Deputy undecided parliamentary and municipal of the electoral process has guaranteed Prime Minister, and the Bahraini people on seats will take place on Saturday, Decem- its integrity, according to Justice, Islamic the success of the national parliamentary ber 1. Affairs and Endowments Ministry sources. and municipal elections first round, with The 2018 elections have seen a record The parliament has significant powers to a participation rate of 67 per cent for the number of women candidates, with 39 hold the government to account. These in- parliamentary polls and almost 70pc for women filing nominations for the elections clude the right to approve the State Budget the municipal polls. to the House of representatives and eight and the upcoming Government Action The second round of elections for the for municipal councils. Plan. SECOND ROUND CANDIDATES Capital Governorate Jordan lauds Bahrain polls Amman

ordan has welcomed the successful parliamentary and municipal elections Second Constituency: Sawsan Kamal, Faisal Bin J Third Constituency: Mahdi Sharar, Mamdouh Al Fourth Constituency: Ammar Al Bannai, held in Bahrain on Saturday. Rajab 67 Saleh Abdulrahman Bumjaid Jordan’s Minister of State per cent was the turnout for Media Affairs, and Govern- in the polls held to ment Spokesperson, Jumana elect parliamentarians Ghunaimat, congratulated the and municipal council government and the people members. of Bahrain on the success of the democratic process, which, she said, achieved the highest voter turnout in the history of tiated by HM the King through elections in Bahrain. the National Action Charter. Fifth Constituency: Ahmed Al Saloom, Nasser Al Sixth Constituency: Ali Al Atish, Dr Masooma Seventh Constituency: Zainab Abdulamir, Afaf Al The popular participation in He hailed the high turn- Qaseer Abdulrahim Mousawi the elections indicates an im- out which marked the polls portant political phase in the on November 24 across Bah- future of Bahrain, Ghunaimat rain under judicial oversight, said, expressing hope for fur- commending judges for their ther progress and prosperity keenness on enabling voters for the Kingdom of Bahrain to exercise their constitutional and its people. right. HM King Hamad bin Isa Al His Royal Highness Prime Khalifa yesterday received a Minister Prince Khalifa bin cable of congratulations from Salman Al Khalifa received a Eighth Constituency: Fadhel Abbas, Mohammed Ninth Constituency: Ammar Hussain, Dr Zahra Tenth Constituency: Ali Ishaqi, Eman Showaiter HH the Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh cable of congratulations from Ashoor Haram Sabah Al Jabir Al Sabah, mark- Bahrain Chamber of Com- ing the success of the 2018 merce and Industry (BCCI) on parliamentary and municipal the success of the 2018 parlia- Northern Governorate elections. mentary and municipal elec- HH the Amir of Kuwait ex- tions. tended utmost congratulations On behalf of BCCI board and to HM the King and people the trading and industrial com- of Bahrain on the success of munity, he extended deepest democratic elections that wit- congratulations to HRH the nessed an unprecedented vot- Premier on the success of the ers’ turnout. Which reflected democratic polls which were their adherence to their demo- held yesterday. The BCCI chief cratic experience in the service hailed the positive atmosphere of their homeland. and massive turnout which re- First Constituency: Kaltham Al Haiki, Habib Shabib Third Constituency: Abdulla Al Dossary, Hafedh Al Fourth Constituency: Ghazi Al Rahmah, Nedhal A He wished the Kingdom of flected the spirit of citizen- Dossary Shomali Bahrain further progress and ship and allegiance to HM the prosperity under the royal King’s leadership and the na- leadership and government. tion’s march of development His Majesty received a con- and reform. gratulatory cable from Justice, HRH Prince Salman bin Ham- Islamic Affairs and Endow- ad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, ments Minister, and Chair- Deputy Supreme Commander man of the High Committee and First Deputy Prime Min- to Oversee the Integrity of the ister, received a cable of con- Elections, Shaikh Khalid bin gratulations from Chairman Fifth Constituency: Ahmed Yousif Ghuloom, Sayed Seventh Constituency: Munir Soroor, Ahmed Al Eighth Constituency: Abdullah Al Thawadi, Ali Al Khalifa on the success of Bahrain Chamber of Com- Falah Hashem Damistani Abdulrahman Al Najdi of the 2018 parliamentary and merce and Industry ( BCCI), municipal elections. Sameer Nass, on the success The minister extended deep- of the 2018 parliamentary and est congratulations to HM the municipal elections. King on the landmark success The BCCI Chairman, on be- of the parliamentary and mu- half of trade and commerce nicipal elections, paying trib- community, extended congrat- ute to citizens who answered ulations marking the success of the call of duty, thus embody- the 2018 elections, which em- ing their awareness of the land- bodied the spirit of citizenship Ninth Constituency: Abbas Al Omani, Tenth Constituency: Mohammed Al Eleventh Constituency: Mohammed Twelfth Constituency: Mahmood Al mark achievements under the and loyalty to HM the King and Yousif Zainal Ammadi, Bassim Al Maliki Buhamood, Ali Al Fadhli Bahrani, Maryam Madan reform project, which was ini- homeland. 06 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 world

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welve people have been Tkilled in a suspected Islamist militant attack in opening delayed northern Mozambique, with thousands of villagers fleeing into neighbouring The zone was reopened in 2015, but was sealed off shortly Tanzania, police sources A Syrian girl receives treatment at a hospital in the regime controlled Aleppo said yesterday. Hardline Islamists have launched several attacks in Around 100 Syrians Earlier this week, the majority -Muslim prov- • ince during the last year, Iraqi authorities stoking unrest just as Ma- struggle to breathe began removing puto pushes ahead with oil concrete barriers and gas development in the after ‘toxic’ attack region. AFP | Baghdad, Iraq Early Friday, “there was Damascus, Syria an attack in Nangade dis- was a “probable” chlorine at- trict, where there are no round 100 Syrians have tack. On Saturday, men, wom- he partial reopening of security patrols. The attack- Abeen hospitalised with en and children were treated at Baghdad’s high-security ers killed 12 people, mostly breathing difficulties in Alep- an Aleppo hospital for breath- TGreen Zone to through women and children,” a po- po, state media and a monitor ing difficulties. traffic, planned for yesterday, lice source in Cabo Delgado said Sunday, after allegations Some were sitting, while has been postponed for several province, who asked not to rebels fired “toxic gas” on the others lay down, breathing days, a government official said. be named, said. regime-held city the previous through with oxygen masks. The enclave has been home to The attack took place day. The regime controls Alep- Iraq’s parliament, government in the village of Chicuaia A rebel alliance in nearby po city, but rebels and jihad- offices, United Nations agencies Velha, just a few kilometres Idlib denied any involvement ists are present to the west of and western embassies since (miles) from Tanzania, forc- in the alleged attack. the city in the country’s last the US-led invasion that top- One of the entrances to Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone ing several thousand people State news agency SANA re- major opposition bastion of pled dictator Saddam Hussein to seek safety cross the bor- ported “107 cases of breathing Idlib. in 2003. Earlier this week, Ira- and into other parts of Baghdad. goes ahead, Baghdad residents der, police said. difficulties” in an updated toll But a rebel coalition qi authorities began removing Authorities say allowing would not be able to access the on Sunday. there on Sunday denied concrete barriers to ease access through traffic would ease con- rest of the zone by car or on The Syrian Observatory for involvement. to a key route that cuts across gestion in other parts of the city. foot. Abdel Mahdi, who was Human Rights, a Britain-based Other groups in the area in- the enclave, ahead of a planned But on either side of the route appointed premier in October, Ghosn denies monitor, said a total of 94 peo- clude the jihadist-dominated opening on Sunday, reportedly lie the offices and homes of Ira- is keen to portray Iraq as fully ple were hospitalised, but most Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance at the orders of Prime Minister qi officials and international secured, nearly a year after the allegations: media had been discharged and the and the Al-Qaeda-linked Hur- Adel Abdel-Mahdi. diplomats. Islamic State group was ousted Tokyo, Japan 31 cases that remained were ras al-Deen group, neither of But yesterday morning, a The UK embassy and the UN from its last urban strongholds. not critical. whom have commented on the government official said that informed staff members they Previous prime minister Hai- issan’s former chair- Late Saturday, state media alleged attack. “the reopening will not take were implementing tougher dar al-Abadi had also ordered Nman Carlos Ghosn has accused rebels of launching an The conflict has killed more place before the next two days, safety measures inside the zone the zone reopened in 2015, but denied allegations of finan- attack with “toxic gas” on the than 360,000 people and dis- or perhaps by the end of the from Sunday, citing an “elevat- it was sealed off again after only cial misconduct, claiming northern city in what health placed millions, according to week”. ed threat level.” a few days. he had no intention of mak- official Ziad Hajj Taha said the Observatory. “An important thoroughfare The US embassy has de - It was rumoured at the time ing false reports, Japanese will be opened, but we must clined to comment on the that objections by the US em- media said yesterday. secure its surroundings and reopening. bassy -- which has the tight- The Brazil-born tycoon, seal access to perpendicular The Green Zone, ringed by est security regulations of all who has not spoken publicly streets,” the official said on con- blast walls topped with barbed in the Green Zone -- were the since he was arrested last Ion flies with no moving parts dition of anonymity. wire and guarded by Iraqi secu- reason. Monday, told prosecutors Graphic News The road leads from the rity forces, remains inaccessible On Saturday, Baghdad’s res- he did not intend to under- The MIT airplane has a series banks of the Tigris River north- for most Iraqi citizens. idents voiced scepticism that state his income on financial team of scientists at the of thin wires at the front that west through the Green Zone Even if the planned opening this time would be different. reports, public broadcaster AMassachusetts Institute of generate a powerful electric NHK said. Technology have successfully field. The field strips electrons Without exercising his flown the first aircraft with no from air molecules, turning right to remain silent, moving parts. The model plane the molecules into positively Ghosn advocated his view uses “ionic wind” propulsion charged particles called ions. to prosecutors, NHK said, that creates no emissions. Those ions flow toward neg- quoting unnamed sources. The flow of ions is produced atively charged parts of the “Not in my lifetime” Ghosn was sacked as Nis- aboard the plane and gener- plane, colliding with ordinary san chairman Thursday, a ates enough thrust to propel air molecules and transferring spectacular fall from grace the planeFirst over flight a sustained, of aircraft energy with to them.ion drive That produces Sri Lanka President vows never to reappoint ousted premier for the once-revered boss A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have steadysuccessfully flight, flown according the first aircraft to witha wind no moving that provides parts. The thrust model for whose arrest and ouster engineers.plane uses “ionic wind” propulsionthe that plane. creates no emissions AFP | Colombo, Sri Lanka down. But the country officially have stunned the business HOW PLANE FLIES: Scientists used bungee cords to launch aircraft, has no prime minister, height- world. with ionic wind technology powering rest of flight resident Maithripala Sirise- ening international fears about Positive electrode Research Pna yesterday reignited the Sri Lanka's stability and loom- Series of thin wires Ten test flights made power struggle that has crip- ing foreign debt repayments. strung beneath wing inside MIT sports hall, each flight covering pled Sri Lanka's government Sirisena told foreign corre- Ukraine says Russia about 55m for more than a month, vow- spondents at his official res- ing never to reappoint arch-ri- idence that he will appoint a rams navy tugboat val Ranil Wickremesinghe as commission to investigate cor- off Crimea Wingspan: 5m prime minister. ruption under Wickremesinghe Electrical power Aircraft weight: 2.45kg Kiev, Ukraine Stack of lithium-polymer Speed: 4.8m per second Wickremesinghe's party has Wickremesinghe, Sirisena since January 2015. batteries supply 40,000 a majority in parliament and "He is corrupt. His economic volts via lightweight Negative electrode power converter Thin airfoil towards back of wing Sirisena's bid to bring back the "Not in my lifetime," he add- policies are not good for lo - kraine’s navy said that country's former strongman ed. Sirisena dismissed Wick- cal industries. He pursed an URussia’s border guards Wires charged to 20,000 volts, Nitrogen ions moving between spurring atmospheric nitrogen electrodes collide millions of Mahinda Rajapakse has already remesinghe following a host extremely liberal form of gov- rammed one of its tugboats molecules1 to lose electrons and times2 with neutral air molecules, failed. But Sirisena choked back of personality and political ernment that is not compatible in the Black Sea off Mos - become positively charged transferring energy to them tears in a meeting with foreign clashes since they formed a with our culture." cow-annexed Crimea on Wire Airfoil Neutral air molecule correspondents as he accused coalition in 2015. He named Sirisena fought back tears Sunday in “openly aggres- Wickremesinghe, who he Rajapakse as new premier and as he recalled how he asked sive actions.” sacked on October 26, of being tried to dissolve parliament but Wickremesinghe to step down Ukraine said the inci - "highly corrupt". the Supreme Court and legis- in February when their respec- dent took place as three "Even if the UNP has the ma- lators blocked the president's tive parties were beaten in local of its ships including Positive nitrogen ion jority I told them not to bring moves. council elections. two small warships were Electric field Aircraft movement Ionic wind Ranil Wickremesinghe before Wickremesinghe, who oc- "I told him that we lost the heading for the port of Airfoil, which is negatively Neutral air molecules stream out me, I will not make him prime cupies the prime minister's election because his economic Mariupol in the Sea of charged to 20,000 volts, attracts behind plane, generating thrust minister," he said, referring to residence, and Rajapakse, who policies had failed. I told Ranil Azov, an area of height - positive nitrogen ions that creates forward flight Wickremesinghe's United Na- has the premier's official offic- in this very room to step down, ened tensions between the Sources: Associated Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) © GRAPHIC NEWS tional Party. es, have both refused to back but he refused," Sirisena said. countries. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 07

More rain expected Uganda party boat in Saudi Arabia capsizes killing 30 Picture courtesy of Arab News Arab News | Riyadh thing was wrong yesterday be- The vessel cause she always updated her he General Directorate • WhatsApp and Facebook with Tof Civil Defense has carred close to a selfies but last night she didn’t,” urged citizens and expatri- hundred revellers Serunjogi said. ates to take utmost precau- Serunjogi said that, like many tions in view of the warning overloading and Ugandans, his sister did not about the continued inclem- bad• weather were know how to swim. ent weather, heavy rain and James Matovo, a 26-year- flash floods that are expect- likely to blame old youth leader at the Buzin- ed to hit different regions of dere fish landing site who saw the Kingdom. First responders the boat capsize on Saturday Intermittent rains have were• among the victims evening, said it had been “cold been lashing the capital and very windy” when the boat city since the early hours of Lake Victoria pitched over. Thursday while weather ex- • He said that rescue services perts have predicted more is the site of many were slow to respond. rain for the next few days. boat disasters. “If people had help earlier so Prof. Mansour Almaz- many more people would have roui, director of the Center AFP | Mutima, Uganda survived,” Matovo said. of Excellence for Climate Instead, local fishermen went Change Research at the Jed- to help. dah-based King Abdul Aziz hirty people drowned and “We rushed to help but the University (KAU) told Arab more than 60 were feared passengers couldn’t swim and News that light to heavy Tdead after a pleasure boat when we got beside them with rains would continue to oc- sank in Lake Victoria, Ugandan our boats they grabbed us,” he cur in the Kingdom includ- police said Sunday, in the latest Ugandan Navy personnel and local fishermen collect bodies of victims by capsized cruise boat on lake Victoria said. ing the capital city. such incident on Africa’s largest Matovo said some of the res- He said the current rain- body of water. Mugenyi, director of operations Saturday in the latest deadly in- Boat rides, with drinking, cuers also drowned as a result. fall system is likely to pre- “Thirty bodies have been re- for the Uganda police. cident to affect passenger boats dancing and music, are popular “People kept coming on the vail over Saudi Arabia until covered and 27 people rescued,” Witnesses claimed the vessel on Africa’s largest lake. on the lake. fishing boats and (one man) was Nov. 26, 2018, and is expect- said police spokesperson Zura may have been rushed back into Lawn games at the Mutima “It’s a big party,” said Wash- overwhelmed. He was pulled ed to unleash rain and thun- Ganyana, adding the boat had service following a renovation Country Resort, close to the ington Serunjogi, whose sister down and he drowned,” he said. derstorms in some places of sunk 150 metres (yards) from in order to take advantage of capital Kampala, were pushed Justine Namayanja was missing “I’ve seen a lot of accidents central, northeastern, east- the lakeshore. the profitable end-of-year party aside Sunday to make way for an after taking the cruise on Sat- but nothing as bad as this,” said ern and some southwest- “According to one of the sur- season. open-air morgue where police urday. Matovo, who -- along with other ern parts of the Kingdom vivors there were more than 90 The boat carrying nearly 100 collected the bloated bodies of “Justine had been on three witnesses -- had recently seen including Kuwait, Bahrain people on board,” said Asuman revellers sank in bad weather on victims. cruises before and I knew some- the boat being fixed up. and the UAE.

Morocco navy finds fifteen Swiss vote on bid to preserve cow horns migrants dead in stranded boat Geneva, Switzerland cow horns following an upstart Rabat, Morocco en, were taken to the port of witzerland was voting yes- campaign that began with few Nador. Sterday on an eclectic range of resources and no political sup- orocco’s navy on Satur- Increasing numbers of measures including a proposed port. Mday found the bodies of Moroccans and sub-Saharan constitutional amendment to The proposal does not call for 15 migrants from sub-Saharan migrants are seeking to en - preserve cow horns spear - a ban on dehorning. Instead, it Africa on board a boat strand- ter Spain, either by sea or by headed by a livestock farmer seeks a constitutional amended at sea for days and rescued smuggling themselves into the who was inspired by talking to ment that would create incen- 53 survivors, a military source Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and his herd. tives for farmers to let horns said. Melilla, which are in Morocco Also on the ballot, which is grow. Coastguards recovered “15 and are the only European ter- part of Switzerland's direct de- Capaul has maintained that lifeless corpses” from the ves- ritories in Africa. mocracy system, are controver- despite attention heaped on sel in the Mediterranean Sea The International Organi- sial legal revisions that define Swiss farmer Armin Capaul poses with one of his cows ahead of the nationwide him after he defied the odds after it was left drifting for four zation for Migration says that the ways insurance companies vote on his initiative on cow horns, near Perrefitte, northern Switzerland. and secured the more than days following engine failure some 51,000 migrants have ar- are allowed to spy on suspected Swiss judges supremacy over tion has been centred on farmer 100,000 signatures needed to on its way to Spain, the source rived in Spain by sea this year, welfare cheats as well as a right- world courts. Armin Capaul, who forced a force a national vote, he is not said. The 53 other survivors on and that over 630 have died or wing proposal that would give But much of the public atten- national vote on safeguarding the story. board, including eight wom- gone missing trying. Indian police face-off with tribe in American missionary killing Port Blair, India and customs remain a mystery kill an outsider,” the police chief to outsiders. added. “We are trying to under- ndian officers had a nervous Fishermen who took Chau to stand the group psychology.” Ilong-distance face-off with We are studying North Sentinel -- which is one Though Chau’s death is offi- the tribe who killed an American the 2006 case. of the Andaman and Nicobar cially a murder case, anthropol- missionary, in their latest bid We are asking islands in the Bay of Bengal -- ogists say it may be impossible to locate his body on a remote said they saw the tribe burying to retrieve the American’s body island, police said yesterday. anthropologists what the body on the beach. and that no charges will be made The police team, who took they do when they kill The Sentinelese normally against the protected tribe. a boat just off Indian-owned an outsider. We are attack anyone who goes to the Seven people, including six North Sentinel island on Sat- trying to understand island and Pathak said police fishermen who were involved in urday, spotted men from the the group psychology. are monitoring to see if there is ferrying Chau to North Sentinel, Sentinelese tribe on the beach a repeat of an incident after two have been arrested. where John Allen Chau was last DEPENDRA PATHAK fishermen who strayed onto the The fishermen have ac - POLICE CHIEF seen, the region’s police chief island were killed in 2006. companied the police teams Dependra Pathak said. Sentinelese shot arrows at the Coast Guard chopper which tried to retrieve One week after their deaths, to the island to help efforts Using binoculars, officers -- in bodies of 2 fishermen in 2006 (Courtesy of Indian coast guard) the bodies of the two Indians to pinpoint where Chau was a police boat about 400 metres at them. were hooked on bamboo stakes killed. Anthropologists and from the shore -- saw the men “They stared at us and we were efforts to avoid any disruption to The death of the 27-year-old facing out to sea. “It was a kind tribal welfare experts who armed with bows and arrows, looking at them,” said Pathak. the Sentinelese -- a pre-neolithic on November 17 has cast a new of scarecrow,” Pathak said. have had the previous rare con- the weapons reportedly used by The boat withdrew to avoid any tribe whose island is off-limits to spotlight on efforts to protect “We are studying the 2006 tacts with the Sentinelese have the isolated tribe to kill Chau as chance of a confrontation. outsiders -- as they seek Chau’s one of the world’s last “uncon- case. We are asking anthropol- been heavily involved with the he shouted Christian phrases Police are taking painstaking body. tacted” tribes whose language ogists what they do when they inquiry. SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SHADE TODAY BECAUSE TODAY 1986 1986 1990 1991 QUOTE DAY IN OF THE SOMEONE PLANTED A TREE A Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused The Delta II rocket National Assembly of Azerbaijanabolishes DAY LONG TIME AGO. HISTORY Ronald Reagan announces the mem- of committing war crimes as a guard makes its maiden flight. the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh WARREN BUFFETT bers of what will become known as at the Nazi Treblinka extermination Autonomous Oblastof Azerbaijan and renames MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 the Tower Commission. camp, starts in Jerusalem. several cities back to their original names.

Recent days have seen an ac- describing Palestine’s diaspora Real peace is only attained signed off by leaders; it must find celeration of anti-Palestinian as “refugees who never spent a when nations receive sympathy with the peoples them- measures by Israel’s Supreme day of their lives in Israel.” justice and recognition of selves: Israelis, Palestinians and Israel’s Court, including rejecting an ap- This steady grind of eviction Arabs. We cannot fault Oman’s peal against eviction by Palestin- and dispossession looks set to their rights. Real peace is motivations in seeking dialogue, TOP ian residents of East Jerusalem’s continue. This is how Netanyahu not just something signed yet such unilateral initiatives le- BARIA ALAMUDDIN Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, has consistently behaved while off by leaders; it must find gitimise Netanyahu’s efforts to and rejection of a petition against in office, and when Israeli elec- sympathy with the peoples murder the Palestinian cause. TWEETS4 Cabinet week is a long time in measures by a settler organisations eventually do take place Moderate US Jews fear that the themselves: Israelis, Pales- Israeli politics. First, De- tion to evict some 700 Palestini- next November, he is poised to tinians and Arabs. current trajectory is disastrously Afence Minister Avigdor ans from their homes. cling to power for a fifth term. A shortsighted, exacerbating re- Lieberman resigned over Prime A commentary in Israeli fresh democratic mandate would gional tensions for cheap polit- 01 lurches Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newspaper Haaretz called these afford him a thin claim to immu- ical gain. They are also appalled truce with the Palestinian faction measures a “rubber stamp for nity from prosecution, given the by the surge in anti-Semitism Hamas in Gaza. Then Israeli Ed- injustice,” saying such measures perfect storm of corruption cases fuelled by Trump’s xenopho - ucation Minister Naftali Bennett represent the conclusion of Jus- encircling him. bic policies, exemplified by the unsuccessfully demanded the tice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s This includes large kickbacks Pennsylvania synagogue mass even further post of defence minister, which “conservative and reactionary” allegedly received by close aides shooting by a far-right extremist. Netanyahu insisted on taking for revolution of Israel’s legal sys- in a $2 billion submarine deal. whatever financial sweeteners After unsustainably handing Ne- he courts in India himself. tem. Netanyahu’s minister responsi- and outright bribes are offered tanyahu everything he demands, Tcan quickly address To discourage Bennett and Also last week, bulldozers ble for law enforcement, Aryeh (with Arab Gulf states expected they fear a post-Trump backlash. minor matters like reg- rightward others from jumping ship, Net- destroyed a street of shops in Deri, has been indicted on fraud to pay the bill), this is a vision for The Arab world must play the ulating fireworks on anyahu has pledged to shift his Shuafat refugee camp in East and money-laundering charges. “peace” through dispossession. central role in seeking peace, but Diwali, but Ram Jan- Cabinet even further rightward, Jerusalem, depriving dozens Astonishingly, Deri’s previous We know that Kushner’s plan only by standing firm on Pales- mabhoomi, the most knowing that new elections of families of their livelihoods. term as interior minister ended will hand East Jerusalem and tinian rights. Whether on East prominent court case The Arab world must play the would imperil the continued Shuafat was established before with him receiving a three-year perhaps the Golan to Israel, abol- Jerusalem, the Golan, refugees in modern India, is still existence of the most rightwing Israel’s 1967 occupation, yet in jail sentence in 2000 for similar ish the right of return and legiti- or land thefts, Netanyahu and subject to delay after central role in seeking peace, governing coalition in Israel’s 50 years not a single building offences, yet Netanyahu allows mise sprawling settlement blocs Trump must understand that by decades. Does any oth- history. permit has been issued for the this incorrigible and unrepentant that dice the West Bank into rib- tossing such tasty morsels of raw er judiciary in the world but only by standing firm on This renewed lurch to the right camp, leaving the area vulnerable criminal to remain in his post. bons. The plan will feature glossy meat to insatiable extreme-right ignore or postpone such is bad news for the region. There to frequent Israeli demolitions. I have always vocally support- language about offering the Pal- allies, this dismemberment of the crucial cases? Palestinian rights are indications that Netanyahu This new demolition is under- Nikki Haley, recently changed lion registered Palestinian refu- ians have been caught up in the tire lives have been put uselessly ed peace efforts, yet in today’s estinians a lasting peace, yet this Palestinian nation can never be @davidfrawleyved is envisaging a bloody series of stood to be the largest since the America’s traditional position of gees supported by the UN Relief horrors of the war. on hold. climate there is no peace to be is akin to the “eternal peace” of- wrapped up and sold to the Arab incursions into Palestinian ter- camp’s establishment. abstaining in an annual UN vote and Works Agency ( UNRWA). In 1948, it made political sense Netanyahu and his US allies had. If senior Trump adviser fered to a terminally ill patient world as a recipe for peace. ritories. There has been a flurry Furthermore, Netanyahu has on the Golan’s status. Haley im- Palestinians in refugee camps in for Palestinians in these states to now seek to abolish their right Jared Kushner’s peace plan sees when the doctor finally turns off 02 (Baria Alamuddin is an of evictions of Palestinians and his eyes on Syria’s occupied Go- plied that atrocities by the Syri- Lebanon and elsewhere endure a remain apart, in readiness for a to return to their homeland by the light of day, America will pile the life-support machine. award-winning journalist and broad- demolitions of East Jerusalem lan Heights, lobbying US Presi- an regime justified handing the miserable existence in crammed, return to their homeland. But it denying that these refugees even pressure on the Arab world to Real peace is only attained caster in the Middle East and the UK. homes, with renewed momen- dent Donald Trump to recognise territory to Israel in perpetuity. unsanitary conditions, prevented is a scandal to find them frozen exist. The US ambassador to Isra- compel the Palestinians to accept when nations receive justice She is editor of the Media Services tum for legalisation of West Bank Israel’s annexation of the region. Netanyahu coaxed Trump into from working or integrating. In in the same miserable limbo 70 el, David Friedman, is at the fore- whatever scraps are scornful- and recognition of their rights. Syndicate and has interviewed nu- land seizures. The US ambassador to the UN, eliminating funding for 5.5 mil- Syria, huge numbers of Palestin- years later — a nation whose en- front of this denial campaign, ly tossed in their direction. Yet Real peace is not just something merous heads of state.)

ould be very WSMART if Mexi- co would stop the Car- CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE avans long before they get to our Southern Australia: Wealthy but still second rate Border, or if originat- ing countries would Election success reflects patriotism not let them form (it is a way they get cer- insecurity. A series of real estate But if we are to provide which we think ourselves less- tain people out of their booms have disproportionate- leadership to other er than the grander cultures of country and dump in ly excluded the young and less elsewhere. I am not saying the U.S. No longer). Dems wealthy. This insecurity is fed by countries, we need to let go country where I have gladly cho- created this problem. political leaders who, in the Aus- of the fantasies of the past, sen to spend my life should be No crossings! tralian vernacular, are obliged face our new reality, grow more like the United States, or @realDonaldTrump LISA PRYOR to indulge even the propertied up, be serious, be brave and more like Britain. I have much ne of the most quoted and privileged in the cognitive demand leaders who are higher hopes for my country lines about Australia goes dissonance that they are “doing not less than this. than that. 03 Oas follows: “Australia is it tough.” We are better than our govern- a lucky country run mainly by For all our good fortune, there ment, and better than our worst second-rate people who share is a sense in the country that impulses. If we can shake off the its luck. It lives on other people’s these times, the best of times, small thinking of our leaders, we ideas, and, although its ordinary have not brought out the best can provide a model of a way people are adaptable, most of in us. They have certainly not forward for other countries, at For all our its leaders (in all fields) so lack brought out the best in our po- a time when the world is strug- curiosity about the events that litical leaders and policymak- gling with political volatility, ex- e’re not just good fortune, surround them that they are of- ers. More than ever, we have tremism and a sense that worse Wtackling crime. ten taken by surprise.” the sense that our country is to fall.” is to come. We’re tackling its root there is a These words, published in run by second-rate people, with Recent years have been ones Beyond the current malaise, causes. That’s why we 1964 by the Australian journalist second-rate ideas. of good luck, but also thwarted our system has much to recom- set up the Violence sense in the and intellectual Donald Horne This year, we have a new opportunity. We have become a mend it. We have compulsory Reduction Unit. in his seminal book “The Lucky prime minister, as we often do. Ponzi scheme of a nation where voting — on paper ballots, on a @MayorofLondon country that Country,” still ring true more In the last decade, Australia has every problem can be solved by Saturday — which we treat as than five decades later. Even changed leaders as if it were a ever rising property prices — a community event as much as these times, more so in the current moment, game of musical chairs — or Ita- that’s how we build personal an administrative task. We have 04 the best of as Australia has grown from a ly. The new prime minister, Scott wealth and accumulate tax rev- universal health care, in which lucky country to perhaps the Morrison, deposed the previous enue, which is then fed back access to coverage is not linked times, have luckiest. prime minister from his own into the system to further inflate to employment, so people are Australia recently passed Swit- party in August, for reasons that prices. freer to change jobs and start not brought zerland to become home to the remain unclear. We have become a funny sort their own businesses without wealthiest people in the world, if Morrison’s leadership style of wealthy. A country wealthy worrying about their health. out the considered on the basis of medi- has been marked by an appeal to enough to offer corporate tax Our crime rates are low, and we an adult wealth, one of the better a fictional idea of Australia that cuts and subsidies to the coal have strict gun laws, which were ike a great come- best in us measures of wealth among the is far from our multicultural and In October, Morrison floated the condemning “the deplorable tinations on a Royal Australian industry, but not wealthy enough introduced by a conservative Ldian once said, general populace. Foods once highly urbanised reality. His is idea of moving the Australian rise of anti-white racism.” This Air Force VIP jet. to afford action on climate leader and are embraced by al- America is the only reserved for dinner parties — an Australia of white blokes who Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv vote was later explained away A recent survey of Australians change or high-quality care for most all. early 68 per cent of the didates in turn fostering the more accountable and dynamic. country where people salmon, avocado, raspberries — love their footy (rugby) and their to Jerusalem (“other people’s as an “administrative process by the Australian National Uni- the elderly. A country where But if we are to provide lead- voters came to poll- democratic process. Parliamentarians should be stampede each other are now found in our children’s beer, who still use archaic col- ideas” — in this case, President failure.” versity captures the declining those living in poverty on unem- ership to other countries, we Ning booths to exercise It is a matter of fact that a aware that their jobs are not in a mall just one day lunchboxes. More Australians loquialisms like “fair dinkum,” Donald Trump’s) and was tak- Morrison spent early Novem- confidence in our political lead- ployment benefits get too much, need to let go of the fantasies their democratic rights on the large number of voters were un- mere jobs, but an act of service after giving thanks are travelling overseas than ever (a phrase used to emphasise en aback when it angered our ber undertaking a fair dinkum ers, a disease that is not unique but those with investments in of the past, face our new reality, elections day. This shows the happy with the previous term through which they should aim for what they already before, choosing destinations that what the speaker is saying near neighbour and close trading bus tour of the northern state to Australia of course. The Aus- real estate and stocks are still grow up, be serious, be brave and seriousness a large number of lawmakers, simply because at bringing prosperity and wel- have. such as the ski fields of Japan is genuine and unvarnished), partner Indonesia (“taken by of Queensland, with copious tralian Values Study released in “doing it tough,” and should not demand leaders who are not less citizens attach to the democrat- they failed to address or attend fare to the society. @RobNelsonABC7 because they are cheaper than whose highest aspirations in surprise”). photo opportunities of him fair October notes, “Although Aus- lose their tax breaks, because than this. ic process. to the issues faced by the voters I wish all the winners the skiing closer to home. We are a life are cheap electricity and tax Not long after, senators from dinkum eating meat pies and tralians remain supportive of that would be “the politics of Or perhaps we will have to These successful elections in their constituencies. very best to carry out their du- nation of people pretending we breaks on multiple investment his party voted in favour of a drinking beer. During the tour the concept of democracy and envy.” leave that job to New Zealand. will undoubtedly add one more I hope it won’t happen this ties in turn bringing smiles in Disclaimer: (Views expressed are not wealthy, with leaders properties. motion by a far-right politician it became apparent that rather broadly satisfied with how the Still lucky, still second rate. feather to Bahrain’s cap. I am time. With many youthful and the faces of people, who voted by columnists are personal and who indulge us in this fantasy. The first months of his leader- stating that it is “OK to be white,” than travelling on the tour bus political system is operating, What I am saying should not (Lisa Pryor, a medical doctor, is the pretty sure that the country will women faces among the win- for them, after bestowing huge need not necessarily reflect our author, most recently, of “A Small But our growing wealth is dis- ship have been an embodiment a meme popular with white su- plastered with his likeness, he their confidence in specific po- be mistaken for cultural cringe, Book About Drugs” and a contributing see more success in terms of ners, the fresh blood infused trust. editorial stances) tributed in a way that has fed of Donald Horne’s worst fears. premacists on the Internet, and was in fact flying between des- litical organisations continues another Australian disease in opinion writer.) voters and participating can- into the parliament will make it Yasmin Khureshi

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describing Palestine’s diaspora Real peace is only attained signed off by leaders; it must find as “refugees who never spent a when nations receive sympathy with the peoples them- day of their lives in Israel.” selves: Israelis, Palestinians and This steady grind of eviction justice and recognition of Arabs. We cannot fault Oman’s and dispossession looks set to their rights. Real peace is motivations in seeking dialogue, TOP continue. This is how Netanyahu not just something signed yet such unilateral initiatives le- has consistently behaved while off by leaders; it must find gitimise Netanyahu’s efforts to in office, and when Israeli elec- sympathy with the peoples murder the Palestinian cause. TWEETS4 tions eventually do take place themselves: Israelis, Pales- Moderate US Jews fear that the next November, he is poised to tinians and Arabs. current trajectory is disastrously cling to power for a fifth term. A shortsighted, exacerbating re- fresh democratic mandate would gional tensions for cheap polit- 01 afford him a thin claim to immu- ical gain. They are also appalled nity from prosecution, given the by the surge in anti-Semitism perfect storm of corruption cases fuelled by Trump’s xenopho - encircling him. bic policies, exemplified by the This includes large kickbacks Pennsylvania synagogue mass allegedly received by close aides shooting by a far-right extremist. in a $2 billion submarine deal. whatever financial sweeteners After unsustainably handing Ne- he courts in India Netanyahu’s minister responsi- and outright bribes are offered tanyahu everything he demands, Tcan quickly address ble for law enforcement, Aryeh (with Arab Gulf states expected they fear a post-Trump backlash. minor matters like reg- Deri, has been indicted on fraud to pay the bill), this is a vision for The Arab world must play the ulating fireworks on and money-laundering charges. “peace” through dispossession. central role in seeking peace, but Diwali, but Ram Jan- Astonishingly, Deri’s previous We know that Kushner’s plan only by standing firm on Pales- mabhoomi, the most term as interior minister ended will hand East Jerusalem and tinian rights. Whether on East prominent court case with him receiving a three-year perhaps the Golan to Israel, abol- Jerusalem, the Golan, refugees in modern India, is still jail sentence in 2000 for similar ish the right of return and legiti- or land thefts, Netanyahu and subject to delay after offences, yet Netanyahu allows mise sprawling settlement blocs Trump must understand that by decades. Does any oth- this incorrigible and unrepentant that dice the West Bank into rib- tossing such tasty morsels of raw er judiciary in the world criminal to remain in his post. bons. The plan will feature glossy meat to insatiable extreme-right ignore or postpone such I have always vocally support- language about offering the Pal- allies, this dismemberment of the crucial cases? ians have been caught up in the tire lives have been put uselessly ed peace efforts, yet in today’s estinians a lasting peace, yet this Palestinian nation can never be @davidfrawleyved horrors of the war. on hold. climate there is no peace to be is akin to the “eternal peace” of- wrapped up and sold to the Arab In 1948, it made political sense Netanyahu and his US allies had. If senior Trump adviser fered to a terminally ill patient world as a recipe for peace. for Palestinians in these states to now seek to abolish their right Jared Kushner’s peace plan sees when the doctor finally turns off 02 (Baria Alamuddin is an remain apart, in readiness for a to return to their homeland by the light of day, America will pile the life-support machine. award-winning journalist and broad- return to their homeland. But it denying that these refugees even pressure on the Arab world to Real peace is only attained caster in the Middle East and the UK. is a scandal to find them frozen exist. The US ambassador to Isra- compel the Palestinians to accept when nations receive justice She is editor of the Media Services in the same miserable limbo 70 el, David Friedman, is at the fore- whatever scraps are scornful- and recognition of their rights. Syndicate and has interviewed nu- years later — a nation whose en- front of this denial campaign, ly tossed in their direction. Yet Real peace is not just something merous heads of state.)

Baton now in the hands• of May, says EU

UK’s May faces a major• battle to get the agreement through

Arrangements made for• a 21-month post- Brexit transition phase

Brussels, Belgium

uropean Union leaders yesterday approved a his- Etoric Brexit deal, handing the baton to British Prime Min- ister Theresa May who must now convince her sceptical party and country to support it. President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (C) kisses EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (R) Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (L) and her husband Philip John May (R) European Commission Presi- next to European Council President Donald Tusk (L) at the end of a press conference following a special meeting of the laugh together outside the door of 10 Downing Street in central London (file) dent Jean-Claude Juncker said European Council to endorse the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement and to approve the draft political declaration on future EU-UK relations Brexit was a “tragedy”, but he and other leaders meeting in it happens, but he said the terms Brussels warned the withdrawal agreed would “reduce the risks terms were now set. and losses”. “This is the best deal possible European Parliament presi- for Britain, this is the best deal dent Antonio Tajani said a “large possible for Europe,” Junck- majority” of MEPs were in favour er said, after a special summit of the deal. meeting to sign off on the agree- But in London, eurosceptics ment. in May’s Conservative party and “This is the only deal possi- their Northern Irish allies argue ble,” he said, adding a warning: the agreement keeps Britain too “Those who think by rejecting close to the EU and have vowed the deal, will have a better deal, Overall, I think this is This is the best deal It is important that This is a historic day to oppose it. will be disappointed in the few the max that we can all possible for Britain, everyone in the UK is that evokes ambivalent “To do that we need to get on seconds after rejecting the deal.” do, both Theresa May this is the best deal aware that the result feelings. It is tragic with Brexit now by getting be- May faces a major battle to and her government as possible for Europe that is now available is that Great Britain hind this deal,” she said. get the agreement through the leaves the EU after 45 well as the European the result Tensions on fishing House of Commons before Brex- Union years it day on March 29, with MPs of The summit risked being de- ANGELA MERKEL all parties -- including her own MARK RUTTE JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR railed by a late objection to the GERMANY CHANCELLOR -- saying they will oppose it and DUTCH PRIME MINISTER EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN KURZ deal by Spain over the British try to negotiate a better deal. territory of Gibraltar. “It is important that everyone The impasse was resolved in the UK is aware that the result this is the max that we can all Britain... leave the EU is not a she said. “It is tragic that Great later joined her EU colleagues when Britain promised to con- that is now availawble is the re- do, both Theresa May and her moment of joy nor of celebra- Britain leaves the EU after for the highly symbolic moment. tinue bilateral talks with Madrid sult,” said Austrian Chancellor government as well as the Eu- tion, it’s a sad moment and it’s a 45 years.” Forged during 17 months of after Brexit . Sebastian Kurz, whose country ropean Union. tragedy,” he said. The leaders gathered in Brus- tough negotiations, the with- There are concerns in EU cap- holds the rotating EU presidency. “No victors here today, no - Germany’s Chancellor Ange- sels on Sunday morning to sign drawal agreement covers finan- itals about fishing rights and “It will certainly not be re - body winning, we’re all losing la Merkel hailed the deal as a off the terms of Britain’s with- cial matters, citizens’ rights, commercial rules Britain must negotiated and there will be no -- but given that context, this is “piece of diplomatic art” but drawal and an outline political Northern Ireland and arrange- follow to maintain access to the further room for manoeuvre.” acceptable.” admitted that it left her with declaration on the future rela- ments for a 21-month post-Brex- bloc’s markets. Juncker, head of the bloc’s ex- sadness. tionship. it transition phase. A diplomatic source said the ‘Sad day’ ecutive arm, earlier said it was a “This is a historic sum- May, who arrived in Brussels Tusk said on the eve of the minutes of Sunday’s summit Dutch Prime Minister Mark “sad day”. mit and also historic day that on Saturday evening for final summit that “no-one will have meeting of the 27 leaders would Rutte added: “Overall, I think “To see a country like Great evokes ambivalent feelings,” talks with Tusk and Juncker, reasons to be happy” when Brex- record those concerns.

UAE’s long-term visa scheme Reuters | Dubai will be provided to foreigners he United Arab Emirates with investments in the UAE Twill offer long-term visas of at least 10 million dirhams, to property investors, senior if non-real estate assets ac- scientists and entrepreneurs. count for at least 60 per cent Detailed rules approved of the total. Investors can bring by the cabinet offer five-year spouses and children into the residency to owners of UAE country. Other rules offer five- real estate worth at least $1.4 year visas to entrepreneurs million, as long as ownership is and 10-year visas for scien - not based on loans, state news tists and researchers with top Participants of a seminar hosted by Bahrain Economic Development Board celebrating Bahraini women day during a group photo session. The event, attended by agency WAM reported. qualifications. Outstanding over 100 from the public and the private sector, was held at the Arcapita building in Bahrain Bay. Renewable 10-year visas students can stay for five years. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 11

Italy PM ‘confident’ to avoid sanctions Rome, Italy talian Prime Minister IGiuseppe Conte said he was “confident” Rome Hi-tech Singapore could avoid unprecedented EU sanctions over its big-spending budget, reject- ed by Brussels. Rome’s coalition government insists its 2019 budget will help kickstart growth in the eurozone’s third largest economy and reduce debt, bets big on drones EU but the says the country risks “sleepwalking into instability” and increasing Companies have already started testing the devices specially designed by the govt for commercial use its already massive debt burden. AFP | Singapore, Singapore ST Aerospace. At its command centre, i-tech Singapore is plan- screens show a simulated secu- ning to roll out a swarm rity breach in a fence. A black Ministry to start collecting Hof drones for tasks that drone is deployed, which chases Activities fees include delivering parcels, in- an intruder while transmitting TDT | Manama specting buildings and provid- live images that direct security ing security, but safety and pri- officers towards him to make vacy concerns mean the initia- an arrest. ahrain will start collect- tive may hit turbulence. Tests have also been carried Bing commercial activi- Companies have already start- out for drone parcel delivery ties fees from 1 December ed testing the devices for com- while a hospital operator plans 2018, the Ministry of Indus- mercial use, mainly in an area to use the devices to transport try, Commerce & Tourism of over 200 hectares (500 acres) blood samples and specimens announced. dotted with high-rise buildings between its hospitals and cen- The new fees will be and shopping malls, specially tral laboratory. “BD100 for up to three ac- designated by the government But transforming the futuris- tivities, while additional for the trials. tic vision into reality faces hur- business activities will be It is part of the affluent city’s dles. The prospect of having a charged BD100 each”. drive to embrace technological drone suddenly whizz by your The statement also said innovation, as well as an effort apartment or office has sparked it will not charge any activ- to tackle a manpower shortage privacy concerns in the land- ities fees imposed by other in a country of just 5.6 million, Staff members of Singapore technology firm H3 Dynamics preparing to fly a drone to inspect a building facade in scarce city. government agencies. which relies on foreign migrant Singapore Angry Singaporeans called for The new mandate is valid workers in many low-paying tential for drones “to transform “Today’s existing building in- ropes. police to investigate after a video for all commercial compa- sectors. mobility and logistics”, and is spection process is extremely The new system will see circulated on social media in nies and individual insti- Commercial use of unmanned working with industry players slow, expensive, tedious, prone high-resolution images taken September showing a recrea- tutions registered with the aerial vehicles is already taking as it seeks to shape regulations to accidents, fatigue and human by drones and analysed to check tional drone flying close to a Ministry of Industry, Com- off around the world, in areas for the sector. error,” said Shawn Koo, chief for defects, with inspections tak- residential building, while some merce and Tourism. as diverse as crop-spraying and During recent tests, a drone technical officer of H3 Zoom, a ing a few days rather than a few private condos have banned the surveying for insurance claims, buzzed through the air, snap- unit of the firm H3 Dynamics, weeks, as they do at the moment. devices. but Singapore’s push represents ping pictures of a tower block’s which is behind the tests. H3 Zoom hopes to fully launch Koo from H3 Zoom conced- a particularly ambitious bet on facade, trials for a system that Such inspections are typical- the inspections next year. ed that many people still had Register for “Mastering the technology. could see laborious human in- ly carried out by workers from “misconceptions” about drones: eCommerce Masterclass” Robotic guards Singapore’s civil aviation au- spections of the city’s ubiquitous South or Southeast Asia, who “Some might view it as a spy- TDT | Manama thority has got behind the pro- high-rises replaced by automat- hang precariously outside build- Drones are also being tested ing vehicle, others might think ject, saying it recognises the po- ed checks. ings on platforms suspended by as robotic guards by local firm drones are out there to do harm.” egistration has opened Rfor the second batch of “Mastering eCommerce Masterclass” which will be Electricity and Water Affairs Minister held from 3 to 6 December Dr Abdulhussain Mirza receiving a 2018. The course launched delegation from New Link Company in early November is held specialized in the implementation of by the Ministry of Industry, projects in various fields, including renewable energy. The company Commerce and Tourism in owned by Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hakbani cooperation with Thinks- Group expressed their desire to mart and supported by cooperate in the fields of renewable Tamkeen. energy and raising the efficiency of Under the initiative of the energy in Bahrain by offering modern Bahrain eCommerce Acade- technologies in energy efficiency. The my, the Training course will meeting was attended by Alexander highlight the basic skills of Al Samahiji, Acting Director of the eCommerce, concepts need- Sustainable Energy Unit. ed to manage eBusiness, and benefits of eCommerce ap- plications for businesses.

A delegation of teachers from the United States during a visit to the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) held in coordination with the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce. The delegation was headed by Lucy Graham and Mohammed Rashid Mohammed, the winner of a four-wheel drive vehicle in the final draw of National Bank of Bahrain’s included representatives from 10 American educational institutions and officials from the American Arab Chamber of (NBB) Mastercard promotion campaign which ran from May-August 2018. The keys were presented to him by Abdulaziz Commerce. The visitors were received by GPIC Corporate Support General Manager Fadel Al Ansari and members of the Al Ahmad, the Chief Executive – Retail, Commercial & SMEs at NBB. The prize was unveiled during an event held to executive management. celebrate the winner’s birthday at the Four Seasons Hotel in the presence of NBB officials. MONDAY, NOVEBMER 26, 2018 12

Aston Martin to more than double production by 2025: 'Green fuel': Bananas to CEO Reuters | Abu Dhabi

uxury carmaker Aston LMartin, has not yet seen a slowdown in its key markets and aims to more than help wean Angola off oil double the number of cars it makes by 2025, its chief executive said yesterday. The British automaker, whose sports cars feature Stamped “From in James Bond films, is on target to produce 6,400 Angola, with vehicles this year despite the pressures of slow - love”, the fruit ing Chinese demand and worries over the impact of is shipped to Brexit. The company is looking consumers to manufacture 14,000 cars by 2025 with the size of the 6,000 company growing four-fold from what it was in 2014, kilometres said CEO Andy Palmer. (3,700 miles) It will also become a very A banana farm close to the town of Caxito, set up by Angolan agro-livestock Edwin Campos, packing state supervisor talks in a banana farm run by Angolan profitable company, he said. away and group Novagrolider, in Bengo Province, about 60Km from the Capital, Luanda agro-livestock group Novagrolider, talks in his office in a banana farm In 2017, Aston Martin made a pre-tax profit of 87 are part of million pounds ($111 million), its first annual pre-tax Luanda’s drive profit since 2010. Palmer dismissed the no- to diversify its tion that there was a slowdown in key markets. In the economy and year-to-date the company saw turnover grow 185 per- wean itself from cent in the U.S; 133 percent growth in Asia-Pacific and its dependence 118 percent growth in Chi- na, he said. on oil. “The retail part is not in dispute. China was slow, but AFP | Caxito, Angola not for us,” he said.

oxes of still-green bananas were shifted one-by- Packed bananas are seen in a banana farm close to the town of Caxito A worker tends to young plants in a banana farm close to the town of Caxito, set Bone from a towering stack up by Angolan agro-livestock group Novagrolide Malaysia says of crates into a refrigerated ship- The best-looking fruit is ear- office in Luanda. ping container. marked for dispatch to foreign ment revenues. But he warned the road to former PM Najib’s Stamped "From Angola, with markets with the rest kept for Bananas, our ’green fuel’ But the slump in the price of prosperity will be long and office ordered love", the fruit is shipped to sale locally. "Despite competition from crude in 2014 shook the eco - winding. consumers 6,000 kilometres "We have two grades -- do - South America, the quality of nomic model of the country, "We need foreign assistance changes to 1MDB (3,700 miles) away and are part mestic and export," said supervi- our products nonetheless allows which is one of the poorest in because we lack the capi - audit report of Luanda's drive to diversify its sor Edwin Andres Luis Campos us to sell in Portugal and Spain. Africa, locking it into a vicious tal, technology and a trained economy and wean itself from as he watches the production And that's not all." cycle of economic contraction. workforce," said Rosado de Reuters | Kuala Lumpur its dependence on oil. line closely. Macedo hopes to double pro- Unbridled inflation, recession, Carvalho. Novagrolider, a private - "Domestic will be sold here in duction to 170,000 tonnes an- soaring debt and mass unem- "They also have to persuade he office of former Ma- ly-owned company, produces Angolan supermarkets in about nually and establish a foot-hold ployment all followed. Angolans themselves to invest Tlaysian premier Najib several dozen tonnes of banan- four or five days. Export will be in the lucrative South African 'Persuade Angolans them- in their agriculture. And for Razak ordered changes as every week to be shipped to shipped to Europe in refriger- market. selves' that, they'll absolutely have to to a 2016 audit report of Portugal. ated containers that will arrive Back in Caxito, the province's President Joao Lourenco sort out the problem of property scandal-plagued state fund The firm, founded 10 years in Europe in between 20 and top agriculture official shares vowed to revive the economy ownership." 1MDB, including removing ago with Portuguese investment, 25 days." Macedo's enthusiasm. when he took power one year Currently the law states that mention of financier Low has become a poster child for Novagrolider's output has "We're financially encourag- ago. all land is the property of the Taek Jho’s presence at a the economic transformation grown exponentially in recent ing small-scale farmers to in- Lourenco targeted expanding state, a legacy of the country's board meeting, authorities that the Angolan government years and its parent company, crease the size of the areas they the agricultural sector, which post-independence Marx- said. is seeking. Grupolider, which has inter- cultivate," said Eliseo Mateos. could provide many Angolans ist-Leninist system. Financier Low has been At Novagrolider's Caxito ests in transport and property "Until now they've mostly with employment. While oil "It took me three or four years described as a central player 600-hectare (1,500-acre) plan- as well, employs 3,500 people. used their production for sub- had brought in revenue for to find land," said Novagrolider's in the alleged corruption tation 60 kilometres northwest It grows mangoes, pineapples sistence, but now we want them the government, it did not cre- Macedo. and money laundering at of Luanda, the banana plants, and watermelons as well as ba- to grow more so they can sell ate many jobs or widespread "Until now, we haven't had 1MDB, according to Ma - protected with blue plastic bags, nanas on its four fruit farms in their crops at market. wealth. any state assistance. If we had laysian and US authorities bend under the weight of their Angola. "Bananas are our 'green fuel' And by producing more at help with fuel, exports or train- investigating the fund. He fruit. After a cautious start, compa- -- here we have one possible way home, the country would need ing, we'd develop much faster." had no official role in 1MDB, In a nearby hangar with a ny boss Joao Macedo's appetite of diversifying the economy." to use less foreign currency to Despite the hurdles, he is but advised on investments corrugated iron roof, two staff and ambition grew rapidly. In the decade that followed import food products. convinced of farming's poten- and negotiated deals for the delicately dip the freshly-picked "Two years ago we started the bloody 27-year civil war that Legislation to lure foreign in- tial. fund, the authorities have bunches into vast washing pools. exporting to the neighbouring ended in 2002, Angola enjoyed vestors has won plaudits from "With government support said. The bananas are meticulously Democratic Republic of Congo strong double-digit growth observers including Carlos and organisation, the agricul- Najib, ousted in a May 9 sorted after being washed and -- but that wasn't viable because fuelled by oil, which accounts Rosado de Carvalho, the editor tural sector could be the driving election by Prime Minis- weighed with as many as 4,000 of the state of the roads," said for 90 percent of Angola's ex- of the leading Expansao eco - force of this country's develop- ter Mahathir Mohamad, is boxes prepared daily. Macedo in his air-conditioned ports and 70 percent of govern- nomic magazine. ment". facing multiple charges of graft, abuse of power and criminal breach of trust related to 1MDB. In a statement dated Saturday, Malaysia’s audi- ABB, Siemens CEOs to visit Saudi for conference tor-general Madinah Mo- Reuters | Zurich hamad said “several” find- Tuesday. During his trip Spiess- act as a responsible employer situation said Spiesshofer was ings from the audit report hofer will visit an ABB factory to our workforce. Therefore, only taking part in the opening submitted in February 2016 he chief executives of ABB in Dammam, and will also meet our CEO will meet some 200 ceremony, and would not be a to Najib had been “dropped Tand Siemens are travelling representatives from Saudi Ar- employees at our plant in Dam- speaker or a panelist. and amended”. to Saudi Arabia to attend a sup- amco, one of ABB’s most impor- mam during his trip to Saudi Siemens confirmed the at- “The former prime min- plier conference. tant customers in the region. Arabia,” ABB said in a statement tendance of Kaeser. ister ordered the deletion ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer Among other attendees at the yesterday. “This is a business trip to the of the paragraph containing and Joe Kaeser from Siemens IKTVA event are Paal Kibsgaard “In addition, the CEO will also Middle East where Mr. Kaeser two versions of the 1 MDB will travel to Dammam for an from Schlumberger and Jeff be meeting one of our most im- will visit customers and busi- financial statement for the event organised by Saudi Ara- Miller, CEO of oilfield services portant customers in the region ness partners in the United year ended 2014 and direct- mco called In-Kingdom Total company Halliburton. in order to foster further dia- Arab Emirates and Saudi Ara- ed an investigation to be Value Add (IKTVA) which is due “Alongside being a responsible logue with them.” bia among others,” a Siemens carried out by the enforce- to take place on Monday and Ulrich Spiesshofer partner to our customers, we A person familiar with the spokesman said. ment authorities,” she said. 13 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018

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Munn 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM + (12.30 MN The pilot, Adam J. Liston who was Munn who reciprocated a SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 SHABAB SHAYAB THURS/FRI) + 11.00 PM excited about Munn being on the few moments later wrote, “I (PG) (ARABIC/COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 3.45 + 7.45 plane, started chatting about it to this would’ve taken the pic, but + 11.45 PM IKARUS ISLAND SAAD EL FARAJ, SALLOUM HADDAD, wife. Despite his wife telling him to he never asked. ??????? Tell (PG) (ARABIC/COMEDY) NEW HUNTER KILLER go and click a picture with her, Liston your husband I said thanks OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM JARRAH ALONAN, MOHAMMED BASH, being his paranoid self, missed his for flying us safely and Happy CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + (12.30 MN GERARD BUTLER, GARY OLDMAN, SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 PM chance. Thanksgiving”. THURS/FRI) Bono felt ‘emasculated’ when he lost his voice Sophie Ellis-Bextor “It wasn’t laryngitis. That’s what made people alarmed. It was some al - flaunts her baby bump lergic reaction and it just IANS | London turned it off. Turned The singer, 39, showed off Feeling bassist Richard Jones off the voice,” added her seven-month baby bump in 2005 and are parents to sons Bono. inger Sophie El- in a sparkling deep purple mini Sonny, 14, Kit, nine, Ray, six, Despite the group’s Slis-Bextor flaunt- dress as she posed up, before and Jesse, two. years of success, the ed her baby bump in a taking to the stage. 58-year-old singer thinks sparkling purple mini The sparkling sequin it’s taken him until now to dress. gown revealed the star’s be as “great” as the rest She is expecting her blooming stomach while of the band. fifth baby in less than also drawing the eye to her He said: “I shouldn’t two months, reports toned legs. tell you this but the dailymail.co.uk. She teamed the dress band played some Ellis-Bextor was with sheer tights and add- New York show every inch the glow- ed height with black and Bono in Madison ing mother-to-be gold heels. Her tresses were Square Garden as she attended styled sleek and straight IANS | London that he struggled due to the (this year). And I Amazon’s Home while her pretty features smoke in the arena and people looked around of Black Friday were enhanced with smoky inger Bono admitted that he around him were “alarmed”, and I went, ‘Oh event, here on shadow, fluttery lashes and Sfelt “emasculated” when he reports femalefirstco.uk. my, this is the Friday, reports a scarlet lipstick. lost his voice during his Sep- “It was emasculating. I didn’t most potent dailymail. The “Murder On The tember show in Berlin. know quite what it was. I had this band co.uk. Dancefloor” hitmaker who In an interview to Q maga- nothing wrong with my voice has ever is due to give birth on zine, the The U2 frontman said before the show. been.” Sophie Ellis-Bextor January 11, married The 14 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 sports King Kohli steers Pakistan post big total Haris Sohail, Babar Azam• notch hundreds in second Test against India to victory New Zealand AFP | Dubai Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 61 helped the tourists to draw series career-best hundred from AHaris Sohail and a maiden century from Babar Azam helped Pakistan post a big total to boost their chances of a series-levelling win against New Zealand in the second Test in Dubai yesterday. Sohail knocked a snail-paced Pakistani batsman Babar Azam (R) plays a shot as New Zealand wicketkeeper 147 in nine hours and 34 min- BJ Watling looks on utes while Azam made an unbeaten 127 to steer Pakistan to With the Dubai stadium pitch Australia at the same venue last an imposing 418-5 declared on starting to turn ace leg-spinner month while Azam passed his day two at Dubai stadium. Yasir Shah could be the key to previous best of 99, against Aus- New Zealand negotiated nine Pakistan gaining a big first in- tralia in Abu Dhabi last month. overs without losing a wick- nings lead. He added an invaluable 186 et for 24 under lights in over- New Zealand, who lead the runs for the fifth wicket with cast conditions before umpires series 1-0 after a narrow four- Azam as the two frustrated the called off the day with two run win in the first Test in Abu New Zealand’s attack in the overs remaining. Dhabi last week, still trail by first two sessions. Opener Jeet Raval was un- 394 runs with all ten wickets The Pakistani batsmen add- beaten on 17 with three bound- intact. ed 82 between lunch and tea, aries while Tom Latham was Sohail improved on his pre- scoring faster than in any of the India’s batsman Virat Kohli plays a shot five not out. vious best of 110 scored against pervious sessions. wan trouble but they took apart Set 165 to win off Nathan Coulter-Nile at the oth- their• 20 overs, India er end, each cracking a huge six ISB student wins CBSE in plundering 29 runs off his Bassali ease past Awan badminton event made 168-4 with There were a few first two overs. two balls to spare nervous moments Their confidence was soaring TDT | Manama and lift the wining Trophy. in between, but and the strokes were majestic as AFP | Sydney (for me) it’s always they hammered 22 off Marcus DS Bassali defeated Awan Brief Score: BDS Bassali Stoinis’ opening over. BCC by 4 wickets in CBA Di- 183/6 in 19 overs (Asif 68, Sa- easy when the guys Finch brought Starc back in vision B T20 Final. qib 48, Bilal 3/31) beat Awan aptain Virat Kohli at the top do what desperation and he delivered, Awan won the toss and CC 182/9 in 20 overs (Faisal smashed an unbeaten 61 they do trapping Dhawan lbw for a elected to bat first. Faisal (60) 60, Yasir 54, Rafi 3/43) by 4 Cto steer India to victo- VIRAT KOHLI highly-entertaining 41 off 22 and Yasir (54) put a hundred wickets ry with two balls to spare in balls. run partnership for the second the third and final Twenty20 (for me) it’s always easy when wicket which helped Awan to Other Awards against Australia yesterday, the guys at the top do what they India put a big target of 183 at the Winners: BDS Bassali ensuring the series ended all do.” R. Sharma b Zampa 23 end of 20 overs. Runners up: Awan CC Rachel Jacob Cherickal square. After losing the toss and S. Dhawan lbw Starc 41 Rafi took three wickets for Man of the Match Final – TDT | Manama The prolific batsmen lived being told to bowl, India re - V. Kohli not out 61 Bassali, chasing the target Asif –BDS Bassali up to his reputation, coming in stricted Australia to 164-6, with KL.Rahul c Couler-Nile b Maxwell 14 BDS Bassali opener went for Best Batsman of the Tour- ndian School student when the two openers fell in all-rounder Krunal Pandya R. Pant c Carey b Tye 0 cheap runs, in middle order nament – Zaheer – BDS Bassali IRachel Jacob Cherickal quick succession after an en- taking four wickets and D’Arcy D. Karthik not out 22 Asif (68) and Saqib (48) took Best Bowler of the Tourna- has won gold medal in the tertaining 68-run partnership Short top-scoring on 33. Extras (lb1, w6) 7 the responsibility and played a ment – Rafi – BDS Bassali mixed doubles category of to prevent Australia earning Despite losing, Australian Total (four wickets, 19.4 overs) 168 match winning knock. Basaali Best All-Rounder of the the CBSE National Badmin- bragging rights ahead of their captain Aaron Finch said he reached the target in 19th over Tournament – Satya – Strikers ton Championships held in four Test series starting next was proud of the team. Australia Vadodara in Gujrat. month. “The way we fought was out- D. Short lbw Pandya 33 The 17-year-old is the first The home team won a standing,” he said. “Still fair bit A. Finch c Pandya b Yadav 28 girl from Bahrain to win a nail-biting and rain-affected of work to do but we’re going G. Maxwell c Sharma b Pandya 13 gold medal in the CBSE Na- first match in Brisbane by four in the right direction which B. McDermott lbw b Pandya 0 tional Badminton Cham- runs, with the second in Mel- is nice. Feeling good for the A. Carey c Kohli b Pandya 27 pionship. Rachel Jacob is bourne abandoned due to per- Tests.” C. Lynn run out (Bumrah) 13 Grade XII student at the ISB sistent showers. Australia were boosted by M. Stoinis not out 25 IsaTown Campus. “I thought overall skill-wise strike bowler Mitchell Starc N. Coulter-Nile not out 13 Rachel had won gold we were better today,” said being back for his first T20 in- Extras (b1, lb2, w9) 12 medals in the Badminton Kohli. “When out openers get ternational in two years, replac- Total (six wickets, 20 overs) 164 Doubles category of various into the zone they are difficult ing Jason Behrendorff. Result: India won by six wickets. Series events organised inside and to stop. There were a few nerv- He caused opening batsmen drawn 1-1 CBA DIV B T20 winners and Runners up pose for a group photo outside Bahrain. ous moments in between, but Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dha- Abdulrazzaq claims BTA junior title

TDT | Manama dulrazzaq defeated Ahmed Al Sayed. In the play-off for bdulrazzaq Al Henabi third place Ahmed Al Sayed Aclaimed the title in the was successful in overcom- 10-and-under category of ing Ali. Then, in the final the BTA Junior Tennis Tour- match, Abdulrazzaq claimed nament, organised by Bah- the title over Ahmed Al Ri- rain Tennis Academy (BTA), yaan in a tight encounter at the Dilmun Club, Saar. that ended 7-1, 6-7, 7-4. The preliminary rounds of In the 12-and-under-cat- the 12-and-under category egory, players took part in also took place during the a round-robin format com- at Seef District too event. 12-and-under competitors with Tournament Director, Dan Barrie petition in two groups. At In the 10-and-under cate- Al Ahmed, Ahmed Riyaan, through to the semi final the conclusion of the group Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 gory, eight players returned Abdulrazzaq Al Henabi round in which Ali over - stage, four players had for the quarter-finals. Ali and Ahmed Al Sayed won came Ahmed Riyaan and Ab- earned place in semi-finals. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 15

Brazilian fighter inspired Brave 18 paves path for by Khabib’s remark TDT | Manama to be a part of the KHK MMA Fight Team in Bahrain, entered elipe Efrain fought one of the cage to congratulate the Fthe highly acclaimed bouts fighters. Efrain is the young- expansion of MMA at Brave 18 which is a clear est fighter from Brazil at 23 front runner for the fight of the years of age to contest for the TDT | Manama night. UFC lightweight cham- bantamweight world champi- pion, Khabib Nurmagomedov onship at Brave CF. rave Combat Federation was among the dignitaries “It was a remarkable ex - announced that following who praised the contender for perience when Khabib Nur- Bup on the success of Brave his performance against Ste- magomedov spoke about my 18 hosted in Bahrain, expansion phen Loman, the iconic world fight at Brave 18. Not only did plans for specific regions will be champion from Philippines. he say that the bout was one carried out in 2019. Efrain battled the fighter among the most exciting to Brave 18 marked the biggest from Team Lakay in a back watch but also detailed about event by the fastest growing and forth bout which lasted the game plan. He pointed out mixed martial arts organisation all the five rounds. Efrain, who that I should have gone for the in the world for 2018. Three trains under the veteran coach, volume of strikes which is one championship titles were con- Diego Lima at Chute Boxe has of my strengths but be careful tested in the fight night which confirmed that he will return about my opponent’s wrestling was attended by some of the strong after his disappointing at the same time. It was mind biggest names in the sport in- quest for the world champion- blowing to learn that Khabib cluding Khabib Nurmagomedov ship title. was a part of the KHK MMA and Sean O’Malley. Soon after the bout Khabib fight team and the team works Nurmagomedov, who was closely with Khabib Nurmago- one among the first fighters medov”, said Efrain.

HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa alongside Khabib Nurmagomedov at Brave 18 KNOW WHAT Derivative projects will be sors and the critical and com- that redefined the capabilities carried out in the coming years mercial success of the initiative of sports initiatives. The mag- The popularity in locations around the world to which is found by HH Shaikh nitude of success is staggering and demand for cater to the growing demand for Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa that the initiative is on track of the sport. The popularity and has also brought global atten- constant expansion and to deliv- the sport already demand for the sport already tion to the Kingdom of Bahrain. er results bigger and better than prompted Brave prompted Brave Combat Feder- Brave CF was able to gain global ever before. The organisation CF to announce an ation to announce its initiative sponsors and partners to sup- will close the year strong and event in Philippines to host an event in Philippines port its initiatives and to expand this will be a statement,” said in 2019 in 2019. to various global destinations. Mohammed Shahid, President HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Stephen Loman, Felipe Efrain and The growing number of spon- “Brave 18 was an iconic event of Brave Combat Federation. Khabib Nurmagomedov at Brave 18

Monfaredi claims jiu-jitsu bronze Neymar, Mbappe Bahraini triathlete runner up could be fit to face Liverpool in African-Arab championship AFP | Paris

TDT | Manama aris Saint-Germain Pcoach Thomas Tuchel ahraini triathlete Moham- said his two star forwards in Bmed Al Ghais won the sec- Neymar and Kylian Mbappe ond place of the 2018 Luxor could be fit to face Liverpool ATU Duathlon African Cham- in the Champions League. pionships and Pan Arab Cham- The pair were injured pionships, which saw the par- on international duty and ticipation of 400 triathletes of missed PSG’s 1-0 league Ali Monfaredi celebrates after winning the event both genders and age groups, victory over Toulouse but TDT | Manama cil for Youth and Sports and representing 44 African and Tuchel said Saturday that President of Bahrain Athlet- Arab nations. he is hopeful they can both ahrain’s Ali Monfaredi ics Association, President of Al Ghais showed strong per- feature in what could prove Bwon a bronze medal in the Bahrain Athletics Association formance from the first stage of to be a must-win tie for the 77-kilogram class during the and Honourary President of the race, swimming, and short- French club against the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts ened the distance between him Mohammed Al Ghais celebrates on the podium Reds on Wednesday. which took place in Sweden Federation (BMMAF) also con- and the athletes in the lead. “They’re getting better recently. gratulated the board mem- He scored a record timing in the rest of the contenders was fa, Representative of HM the every day, we have time HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham- bers of the BMMAF on the the cycling stage and advanced strong. Most of the participants King for Charity and Youth before now and Wednes- ad Al Khalifa applauded the occasion. more on the ranking. In the previously took part in historic Affairs, President of the Su - day. It’s good for us. I think extraordinary performance HH Shaikh Khalid confirmed running stage, the final stage, Al international races and have preme Council for Youth and they’ll be able to play,” the shown by the Bahraini fight- that this honourable result in Ghais scored a good timing that good experience. This made Sports and President of Bah- German told television pro- er during this international this contest reflects the inter- qualified him to win the second my mission more difficult, but rain Olympic Committee for gramme Telefoot on TF1. event, which evidenced the est and concern of HM King position of the championship. I gave all my energy at the three his endless support that re - Kingdom’s youth’s abilities Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Commenting on the big stages of the race and finally sulted in achieving an ad - and potentials. King of the Kingdom of Bah- achievement, Al Ghais said: made it to the podium.” vanced position in such a well- The First Deputy Presi - rain, in developing sports in “The race was very difficult Al Ghais thanked HH Shaikh known championship in the Sane salutes dent of the Supreme Coun - Bahrain. and the competition shown by Nasser bin Hamad Al Khali - region. ‘unbelievable’ Sterling AFP | London

First-ever GT4 season finale set for GT Festival at BIC eroy Sane hailed Ra - TDT | Manama Lheem Sterling as “un- rapid growth in recent seasons, The two-day event format believable” on Saturday nly a few days remain before with domestic and internation- will see a pair of free practice after the England wing - Othe Bapco Bahrain GT Festi- al championships featuring in- sessions take place on Friday, er inspired Manchester val takes Bahrain International creasingly competitive grids. allowing competitors more than City to a 4-0 rout of West Circuit (BIC) by storm, and for This led to calls for a standalone two and a half hours to learn the Ham. those competing in the first-ev- event that drew GT4 entrants BIC track and optimise set-ups Sterling was unstoppa- er GT4 International Cup, the from around the world and the for the evening’s sessions. ble at the London Stadium event is set to mark a spectacular resulting GT4 International Cup These will set the grids for as Premier League leaders end to their 2018 racing season. has been well received. a pair of 60-minute qualifying City racked up their eighth Organised and promoted by A field of 21 cars made up of races, with the first staged on successive win in all com- SRO Motorsports Group, the two-driver crews will contest Saturday morning and a second petitions. newly created event to be held the inaugural race, with class in the afternoon. The results of He set up the opening this Friday and Saturday will GT4 cars in action during a race honours at stake in the Pro-Am these will establish the starting goal for David Silva and bring together an impressive across the globe, making for a category. (Gold-Bronze), Silver Cup (Sil- order for the final showdown: a tapped in the second him- group of teams and drivers cur- fitting conclusion to what has Launched by SRO in 2006, ver-Silver) and Am (Bronze- 60-minute main race under the self with a cool finish from rently competing in GT4 series been a landmark year for the the GT4 concept has enjoyed Bronze) categories. lights on Saturday evening. Sane’s cross. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 16

Cilic beats Pouille to win Davis Cup for Croatia Hami vrooms ahead as AFP | Lille, France

arin Cilic beat MFrance’s Lucas Pouille in straight sets yesterday to give Croatia an unassaila- Alonso waves goodbye ble lead in the Davis Cup final. Cilic won 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, Formula One world champion finishes season in style as he secures victory at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 6-3, to dethrone defending champions France and secure Croatia’s second Da- Mercedes-GP driver vis Cup, 13 years after their • first. claims fourth victory at Pouille took Cilic to a Yas Marina Circuit and tie-break in the first set but his 11th win of the season KNOW WHAT could not mount a challenge in the next two, losing in Hulkenberg suffered two hours, 19 minutes. • F1 waved goodbye to Croatia won all three sin- horror crash in first lap Fernando Alonso, who gles matches in straight sets. raced for the final time “It’s just a dream week- AFP | Abu Dhabi before moving on to end, we all dreamed of playing as well all weekend,” ew five-time Formula pastures new said Cilic. “We did not even One champion Lewis atre that included flag-waving concede a service (in sin- NHamilton kept his cool Hollywood star Will Smith, the gles).” in a incident-filled final Grand engines out-roared the hype as It was the last final in the Prix of the season yesterday to Hamilton made a perfect start traditional format before a claim his 11th win of the cam- from his 11th pole of the season radical reorganisation of the paign in Abu Dhabi. Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to draw clear of Bottas. venerable competition. The 33-year-old Briton, who Drama then intervened when “Yes, that makes it spe- started from his 83rd pole po- Hamilton’s win came after a going to come back stronger.” tas in the second Mercedes. Hulkenberg tangled with Gros- cial,” said Cilic. sition, came home 2.5 seconds race that began with an horrific Vettel responded generously. Carlos Sainz came home jean and was sent into an air- The victory gives Croatia ahead of his main title rival, opening lap crash from which “He deserves to be champion,” sixth for Renault ahead of Fer- borne roll that saw him crash some revenge for their foot- four-time champion Sebastian Nico Hulkenberg escaped un- Vettel said. “It’s been a tough rari-bound Charles Leclerc of violently into the barriers as ball team’s defeat by France Vettel of Ferrari, on the day Fer- hurt despite his Renault car year and I tried until the last Sauber, Sergio Perez of Force flames erupted. in the World Cup final in nando Alonso bade farewell to catching ablaze and barrel-roll- lap.” India, Romain Grosjean, who “Get me out,” pleaded the July. F1. ing into the track-side barriers. Dutchman Max Verstappen had tangled with Hulkenberg German in his burning vehicle. “We can’t wait to be in Retirement-bound Alonso Hamilton’s victory completed finished nearly 13 seconds back on the opening lap, and his Haas “There’s fire. There’s fire.” Zagreb, like the football- finished just outside the points a season of total dominance for in third, ahead of his team-mate team-mate Kevin Magnussen. He was unhurt and climbed ers when they came back positions for McLaren as the the Englishman. “I am so happy Daniel Ricciardo -- who is mov- On a hot evening at the Yas out after his car was manually from the World Cup,” said two-time champion taking 11th right now,” he said, before prais- ing to Renault after 100th race Marina Circuit, after a series rolled back by the marshals, who Zeljko Krajan, the Croatia in his 311th and final GP. ing Vettel. “I know next year he’s for Red Bull -- and Valtteri Bot- of farewells and pre-race the- extinguished the blaze. captain.

England close in on Aubameyang winner extends Arsenal’s unbeaten run whitewash win over Lanka AFP | Bournemouth ierre-Emerick Aubameyang Pextended Arsenal’s unbeaten run to 17 matches with the 17 goal that sealed a 2-1 win at matches have been Bournemouth yesterday. played by Arsenal Unai Emery’s side took the without facing defeat lead through Jefferson Lerma’s this season bizarre own goal before Josh King equalised on the stroke of half-time at Dean Court. 30th minute when Lerma acci- Aubameyang netted his dently volleyed Sead Kolasinac’s eighth league goal of the season cross past Bournemouth goal- midway through the second half keeper Asmir Begovic as he to lift the fifth placed Gunners stretched in a failed attempt within a point of the top four to clear. Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick (R) scores their second goal England’s wicketkeeper Ben Foakes (R) celebrates after dismissing Sri in the battle to qualify for next Iwobi drew a smart stop out Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne (L) season’s Champions League. of Begovic as the visitors looked English Premier League The north Londoners have to double their advantage before AFP | Colombo been revitalised since Emery the break, but instead their run Bournemouth 1 2 Arsenal England 1st innings 336 replaced Arsene Wenger in the of not leading at half-time this Wolverhampton 0 2 Huddersfield Town n a day of sublime and ri- Sri Lanka 1st innings 240 close-season and this was an- season continued. England 2nd innings (overnight 3-0) diculous cricket, Jos Buttler other test passed by the Span- Cardiff are the only other top- I R. Burns lbw b D. Perera 7 English Championship halted a batting collapse while iard. flight side yet to hold a half-time K. Jennings lbw b D. Perera 1 Aston Villa 4 2 Birmingham City Moeen Ali claimed key wick- J. Bairstow c K. Silva (sub) b D. Perera 15 After three successive home lead in the league this season ets yesterday to keep England J. Root (c) c and b Pushpakumara 7 draws against Liverpool, Sport- and King’s smart finish with on track for victory in the B. Stokes c Pushpakumara b D. Perera 42 ing Lisbon and Wolves, it was the last meaningful kick of the Italian Serie A third and final Test against essential Arsenal got back to opening 45 minutes ensured J. Buttler st Dickwella b Sandakan 64 Parma 2 1 Sassuolo Sri Lanka. Moeen Ali c D. de Silva b Sandakan 22 winning ways. Bournemouth went in level. The home side were reeling B. Foakes not out 36 Emery left German playmaker When Aubameyang spurned Bologna 0 0 Fiorentina at 53-4 at the close of the third Rashid c Dickwella b Pushpakumara 24 Mesut Ozil on the bench and a good chance after Henrikh Empoli 3 2 Atalanta day as they chased an unlike- S. Broad c K. Mendis b Pushpakumara 1 was without French striker Al- Mkhitaryan had rolled in his Napoli 0 0 Chievo ly 327 to avoid suffering only J. Leach c Dickwella b D. Perera 0 exandre Lacazette due to a groin team-mate, Arsenal fans began their third whitewash series Extras (b3, lb4, w1, nb3) 11 injury. to call for the introduction of Lazio 0 0 Milan defeat on home territory. Total 230 (69.5 overs) 230 But Arsenal were still strong Ozil. But the supporters who Dilruwan Perera took Ke- Sri Lanka 2nd innings enough to consign Bourne - made the trip to the south coast German Bundesliga aton Jennings lbw with the D. Gunathilaka c Stokes b Moeen 6 mouth to a third successive were celebrating the lead in the first ball of the third day to D. Karunaratne b Moeen 23 defeat as Emery’s decision to 67th minute. Sport-Club Freiburg 1 1 SV Werder Bremen shake England who at one D. de Silva lbw b Leach 0 switch to a back three for the Aubameyang made amends Monchengladbach 2 1 Hannover 96 stage looked in trouble on 39-4 K. Mendis not out 15 first time paid dividends. for his earlier miss, sliding in to A. Mathews c Broad b Stokes 5 after more failures by their Bournemouth thought they score from six yards after anoth- Spanish La Liga top-order batsmen. L. Sandakan not out 1 were ahead early on, but David er Kolasinac cross. Extras (w3) 3 But after the scare, spinner Brooks was flagged offside as Ryan Fraser shot straight Athletic Club 1 1 Getafe Total (4 wkts, 17 overs) 53 Lakshan Sandakan made basic he slotted home King’s through into the arms of Bernd Leno as Sevilla 1 0 Real Valladolid blunders that set the tone for ball. Bournemouth chased a second Espanyol 0 2 Girona England to score 230 and set overstepped the bowling line Arsenal went up the other equaliser. their sights on a third straight on each occasion. end and Lucas Torreira rattled Lerma almost atoned for his win. Stokes had to be called back the foot of the post with a fierce own goal but struck a post with French Ligue 1 The left-arm spinner had from his march to the pavilion shot, with Alex Iwobi only able his low drive before Leno had to Montpellier 2 2 Rennes Stokes caught at cover on 22, both times. He shook his head to lash the rebound high and be alert to push the ball behind Nice 2 0 Lille then at slip on 32, only for re- in disbelief as he walked off wide. after it looped towards goal off plays to show Sandakan had for lunch. Arsenal took the lead in the the foot of Sokratis. *Scores as of closing