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PHOTO OF THE DAY The problems with polygamy

Local Spotlight

By Muna Al-Fuzai [email protected]

Polygamy can be found in Arab societies, and in other non-Islamic societies too. Regardless of the social and familial effects of this phenomenon, some men still prac- tice it and some women agree with it. But it remains con- troversial, and many women and men do not support the idea, although its debate is provocative for women and exciting for men! Polygamy raises the question: Can a married man who remarries be truly equitable and just to all his wives? Is he ever thinking of their welfare or only aiming to satisfy his desires? This article seeks to shed light over this case based on two incidents. Newspapers recently published a report A popular mural in Souq Al-Mubarakiya in Kuwait City. — Photo by Jaber Abdukhaleq / KUNA from Saudi Arabia that police arrested a woman who poured boiling oil on her husband after he married anoth- er woman. The husband appeared in a video wailing with selves, if we dare to self-reflect. But then I became sad again, pain after his entire back was scalded. The video circulat- because most of us do not self-reflect. We would much rather ed on social media and it was said that the attack was by Un(Social) media stay in our cocoons where our families and relatives reside. his first wife as a punishment. This incident caused a lot of What is upsetting though is that sometimes our families and controversy and created fear in some polygamous men. relatives are not aligned with love. The second incident happened a few days ago. I was watching a program on an Arabic channel, and the ques- Myanmar is just another example of ideological vindication: tion was asked to some women if they would accept their Vigilantes avenging the acts of a few. As Gandhi warned us husbands taking other wives. Most of the women refused though: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. We pray for the Rohingya Muslims who are being massacred and By Nejoud Al-Yagout forced into exile, but we also pray for all those from other reli- He will be cheered [email protected] gions who face the same fate at the hands of Muslims. We by other men who pray for all of us who are suffering, whether because of reli- Recently, a woman I know posted a photograph of a collapsed gion or not. fear the reaction Buddhist temple in Myanmar and she added a caption praising We do not only suffer for those who share our ideologies God. As a Muslim, she was so outraged by what is happening and skin color, but for all our brothers and sisters around the of their wives to the Rohingya, that she must have forgotten her innocent world who are hurting. If we are Muslims, let us stand up for Buddhist brothers and sisters - who have nothing to do with Christians. If we are Christians, let us stand up for Jews. If we the acts of fundamentalists - in her moments of fury. No are Buddhists, we can praise Sikhs. If we are Hindus, let us speak highly of Jains. If we are believers, let us speak highly of to answer directly, except for one old woman who said human being, regardless of whether they are Muslim or not, her husband had already remarried several times. can watch the persecution of the Rohingya without feeling those deemed unbelievers. Let us praise whom we deem the The problem here is that when a man wants to marry heartbroken; but, if we only support victims who share our other, until we realize there is no other. again, he typically raises the argument that Islam allows own religion, we are only perpetuating intolerance. Intolerance Side-note: I will not un-friend the lady who posted the polygamy, so he can marry four women without being pun- breeds phobia. Intolerance makes us gloat at the misery of messages of divisiveness, because I know she is a victim of ished by the law. He will be cheered by other men who fear others. When will we understand that a shared doctrine is not brainwashing, as we all are in varying degrees and in dif- the reaction of their wives. But these men don’t admit that a precursor to love - which is all-encompassing? ferent ways. Islam has set terms and conditions to the process and even Imagine a Buddhist showing a photograph of a desecrated reasons, especially as this entails risks and harm to women mosque and praising Buddha for punishing the Muslims who and their children and their future, in addition to the possi- live in that country for the act of extremists. People of all reli- bility of violation of their human and financial rights. The most prominent condition in Islam for polygamy is gions across the world are suffering and people of all religions the ability to do justice between the wives and their chil- (and no religion, for that matter) are inflicting suffering on oth- dren in terms of providing them with all equally with ade- ers. And though Muslims are being persecuted, many non- quate housing, provisions and all that they need, which is Muslims are being persecuted in the world, especially in almost impossible for many men today, who are struggling Muslim countries. And many of these non-Muslims are with loans, housing debts and schools fees, in addition to defending the plight of the Rohingya around the world, the feeding one wife, let alone four! same way many Muslims are praying for the victims of hurri- It is unfortunate that some men try to exploit the sub- canes and earthquakes globally; the same way many people of ject as a solution to the large number of unmarried girls in various religions come together in tragedy. the society, but there is nothing to ensure the rights of the This is not about religion. If we are only defending people new wife, because it will depend on the personality of the that inhabit our thought matrices, something is inherently man and his behavior, so marrying a married man can be wrong with us. How ignorant are we that we cannot see the risky. The justice that is urged by Islam will be exercised irony of all this? The victim and persecutor are one in all cases from the perspective of the man and not what Islam - when it comes down to labels. Why does the mind keep demands in order to preserve the dignity of women and maintenance of their future. objecting to this very obvious fact? When we finally acknowl- Polygamy is still socially unacceptable, although it is edge that everyone from all over the world plays both these religiously accepted, and is a common responsibility roles, regardless, we can break free from the realm of divisive- between men and women. I personally don’t support this ness and polarization. type of marriage and I think that the decision remains in A week later, this same woman posted a popular quote the hands of women. Therefore, I advise women, especial- which states that if your religion requires you to hate, then you ly non-Muslim ones, who may agree to marry married should change your religion. She captioned it as a note to men, that they need to think twice as there are no guaran- Buddhists in Myanmar. The irony of the quote was certainly, tees of protection for them and their children, and they most certainly, lost on her. And for a brief millisecond I actually may not be the last ones. giggled, thinking to myself how insane we are and how we use quotes for others that really may just as well apply to our-

4 Friday Local Friday, October 20, 2017 The disappearance of 1980s Kuwait

Partially demolished Kuwait Airways building in Kuwait City.

By Athoob Al-Shuaibi ago, in order to preserve its symbolic val- ue, which dates back to the late 1970s. Whether you’re a Kuwaiti or an expat, if Bayt Lothan, once a popular incuba- you lived here in the golden era of the tor nurturing talent of all kinds, stands 1980s (actually late 1970s until the 1990 empty and abandoned. Salam Building Iraqi invasion) you will recognize most if was replaced by Al-Salam mall in not all of these buildings and many of Salmiya and many fear Bayt Lothan will them may inevitably mean something to follow Salam’s destiny though no one you. Salam Building, Bayt Lothan, Kuwait know when. The sad state of the 38- Airways Building, Al-Sawaber and Pearl hectare complex in central Kuwait Al- Marzouq ring through our ears like sweet Sawaber is testimony of the failure of an memories of our youth. entire generation of hopes and dreams The common evoking factor of these and aspirations. iconic edifices is the close link to people’s The country’s development is a memories and hearts. Plus, they’re also a demand for equality with other nations testimony to the era of the cultural and that preceded it in modernization. But this social openness in Kuwait. Most of these should not be accompanied by blurring buildings and many others besides have the glimpses of the past. I wonder what either been demolished are or now facing will remain to the future generation from demolition. Luckily, the Pearl Marzouq the past? How will we remember our his- Pearl Marzouq in Ras Salmiya. complex has been renovated two years tory if it keeps disappearing?

Community center Bayt Lothan was closed in 2016. Rumors circulated at the time that the iconic building in Salmiya would be demolished to Al-Sawaber complex, where residents have been evicted by the make room for yet another ‘food mall’. — Photos by Athoob Al-Shuaibi government in preparation for plans to demolish the complex.

Friday 7 Local Friday, October 20, 2017 Public works ministry hotline proves effective

By Nawara Fattahova A few months ago this reporter called the hotline and reported a huge pothole on Jahra Road in Industrial There are a growing number of government service ‘hotlines’ Shuwaikh. Engineers visited the reported site within a day and in Kuwait where residents can call to inform government investigated the problem. Within a week, the hole was fixed. offices of problems with roadworks, violations and other mat- Continuing with the investigation, Kuwait Times called a sec- ters. Kuwait Times recently investigated the responsiveness of ond time to report a problem on a main road in Salmiya off the Municipality hotline, finding it to be variable at best. Twice Salem Al-Mubarak Street. Again engineers from the ministry Kuwait Times made complaints about debris and waste left on visited the site within a day, and this time, the problem was the roadside in Salwa and Salmiya. Both complaints have yet fixed within a month. to be dealt with and the waste/debris remain. Kuwait Times reported a third pothole in Salmiya The call center of the Ministry of Public Works, howev- near Hamad Al-Mubarak Street. As in previous cases, er, was very responsive to caller complaints. The Ministry the call center agent sent the complaint immediately to of Public Works is responsible for fixing problems on site engineers, who then followed up with a call to this Kuwait’s roads including potholes, obstructions of view reporter to get the exact location. The complaint was and other related matters. Anyone can call the hotline 150 dealt with in a timely manner and the pothole fixed to file a complaint. Kuwait Times reported three different within two weeks. The swift response contrasts positive- problems, one in the Capital and two in the Hawally gover- ly with the slow, oftentimes nonexistent response from norates, for resolution. other ministries.

CRIMES

Neighbor killed MP Tabtabaei proposes over unpaid debt

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: A 28-year-old citizen turned himself in yester- exit visa for expatriates day after stabbing his 38-year-old Kuwaiti neighbor to death. Security sources said initial investigations showed that the motive for the murder was an unpaid debt the victim had borrowed from the murderer. Oil minister ready to face grilling

By B Izzak cannot leave without a permit from the government department employing them. KUWAIT: MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei yesterday pro- Tabtabaei’s proposal is the latest in a series of posed imposing exit visas for expatriates to be able to actions and calls against expatriates that have so far leave the country, as both lawmakers and the govern- included increasing charges of water, electricity and ment continue to introduce or propose measures hos- health services, and many more appear to be coming. tile to the three million expatriates living in Kuwait. Several MPs led by Safa Al-Hashem have called for The lawmaker submitted a draft law to amend existing imposing wide-ranging taxes on expatriates including laws requiring that expatriates a five-percent tax on their working in the private sector remittances and a KD 1,200 must obtain a special permit annual fee on those who from the public manpower have a driving license. authority to be able to leave Proposal latest in Meanwhile, Oil Minister the country. Essam Al-Marzouq said The permit can be given series of actions and yesterday he was prepared Bloodstains are seen at the scene of the murder. only after the approval of the calls against expats to refute charges against expatriates’ sponsors, giving him in any grilling that these sponsors an additional could be submitted in the weapon to further consolidate coming term opening on their control over their expatri- Oct 24. The minister said oil Smuggling bid foiled ate employees. Saudi Arabia projects underway will not and Qatar are the only states in the Gulf that require be affected by any future grilling, adding that oil proj- Kuwait International Airport custom inspectors foiled an exit visas from their expatriate community. Kuwait is ects are being implemented in accordance with the oil attempt to smuggle in illicit pills hidden within a shipment one of the most liberal states in the Gulf over the free- sector strategy which is not influenced by political of learning boards for children, said security sources. A dom of travel of expatriates. developments. A number of lawmakers have threat- case was filed and further investigations are in progress In the past, sponsors ened to grill the oil minister over alleged financial and to identify the recipient. used to seize the passports administrative violations that include violations in of their expatriate employ- appointments to senior positions at oil companies. MP ees, but following a series of Faisal Al-Kandari yesterday threatened to grill the oil rulings by the court, author- minister if he does not reform the situation in the oil Road closure ities issued strict regula- sector, alleging that the volume of corruption has tions banning employers increased. In collaboration with the ministry of public works, the from keeping the passports In the meantime, MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani and general traffic department announced part of Fahaheel of their expatriate staff. Abdulkarim Al-Kandari yesterday supplied State Expressway opposite Mahboula will be closed for six Tabtabaei proposed that the Minister for Cabinet Affairs and acting Information hours from dawn today (Friday, Oct 20, 2017) to mount a exit visa measure should Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah pedestrian bridge. The department added that precau- apply to expatriates in the with fresh explanations about their grilling, which the tionary measures had been taken to guide motorists to a private sector and domestic minister has requested. Adasani warned that if any temporary detour. The department also urged motorists helpers. Expatriates working points of the grilling against the ministers were to drive carefully on this segment of the highway. MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei in the government already removed, he will file to grill the prime minister himself. 8 Friday Local Friday, October 20, 2017 Kuwaiti youth can contribute to development: KUNA chief Local media recognized for its integrity and credibility

KUWAIT: Kuwait News Agency’s Board He said the training program launched by them about the latest techniques, tools and Chairman and Director General Sheikh KUNA four years ago has achieved great approaches in the field. Working in media and Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah success. “I hope the program will be honed in journalism professions require personal skills, called on Kuwaiti youth to shoulder their the coming years to serve a larger number of which could be maximized by training to pre- national responsibilities and contribute to the students and specialties needed by Kuwait,” pare them for the job market, he said. state building and development. “We are very he concluded. In a similar speech, KUNA Meanwhile, Director of Kuwait University confident in the competence of the people of Deputy Director-General for the Editorial Dr Hussein Al-Ansari said that media is a Kuwait and their ability to impressively and Sector Saad Al-Ali lauded the trainees’ keen- double-edged sword. “The challenge is to boundlessly contribute to various domains,” ness to learn and enhance their journalistic create a successful and constructive media KUNA chief Sheikh Mubarak said in a speech skills. The reports written by the trainees dur- that disseminates knowledge and raise people at the graduation ceremony of trainees of ing the course showed promising talents of awareness,” he said. He added that the KUNA’s Fourth Journalism Training Program youth, he said, noting that these reports have Kuwait University is attempting to partner for university students at KUNA headquar- been greatly received by local press and with various bodies to train university stu- KUNA Chairman and Director General ters Wednesday. social media. “Media has become a prime dents and equip them with the required prac- Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al- He stressed that: “youth are the real wealth source of information,” he said, noting that tical skills to enter a highly competitive labor Sabah. — KUNA of Kuwait”. He pointed out that the journalism the Kuwaiti media is internationally recog- market. “Investment in capacity building is training program is a collaborative work car- nized by its integrity and credibility. He urged one of the main pillars of Kuwait’s develop- ried out to support of the government plans the trainees to be the best ambassadors for ment plan,” he clarified. trainees, Aisha Al-Kanderi expressed gladness and relentless efforts for comprehensive this media in the world. He expressed pleasure to attend the gradu- to attend the KUNA training course. “The development. Sheikh Mubarak thanked the For his part, KUNA Deputy Board ation ceremony of a new batch of trainees of training program has offered us a great oppor- professors of Kuwait University and the Gulf Chairman Adnan Al-Rashed stressed in a Kuwait University’s mass communication stu- tunity to meet several leading media figures University for Science and Technology for speech the need to keep pace with rapid dents. He lauded KUNA’s remarkable efforts who educated us about creativity, discipline their cooperation in preparing for this year’s developments in the media domain through and contributions to harness the skills of those and hard work and how to improve our skills edition of the program. fostering skills of students and educating students. On behalf of her fellow graduating and get the best out of us,” she said.— KUNA

CRIMES New-look UAE Prostitute arrested

A European woman was arrested and referred to the cabinet named deportation department for prostitution. Security sources said the suspect confessed she had come to after reshuffle Kuwait on a visit visa and was making KD 1,500 daily by charging her clients KD 300 an hour. Omar Al-Ulama, Mariam Al-Mahiri DUBAI: UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum announced a cabinet reshuffle yesterday, according to WAM. The new-look line-up Iqama forgers held was co-ordinated with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Shaikh Mohammed bin Two expats were arrested for forging a residency visa Zayed Al-Nahyan. stamp, said security sources. Case papers indicate that Omar bin Sultan Al-Ulama has been appointed as Minister of an expat was stopped at the airport before departing State for Artificial Intelligence. The 27-year old minister, who is in as his residency visa had expired. The man insisted charge of the UAE Artificial Intelligence Strategy, succeeded in organizing the World Government Summit in the UAE. Sara Al- that it was renewed, and on checking the stamp on the Amiri, 30, takes over as Minister of State for Advanced Sciences. Sara Al-Amiri Nasser Al-Hamli passport, it was found to be fake. The man confessed She is also in charge of the UAE Scientific Council and the UAE that he had paid KD 250 to two people he named to Mars 2117 project. renew it. The suspects were arrested and they con- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced the appointment of Social Development, Nahyan bin Mubarak has been appointed as fessed to faking the residency stamp, taking advantage Mariam Al-Mahiri as Minister of State for Food Security. Minister Minister of Tolerance and Zaki Nusaibah takes over as Minister of of the man’s illiteracy. of State for Higher Educational Affairs Dr Ahmed Belhoul Al- State. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid also announced the Falasi will be in charge of the portfolio of advanced skills. He will appointment of Noora Al-Kaabi as Minister of Culture and also preside over the UAE Federal Human Resources Knowledge Development. “The new cabinet is a government of Development Authority. Nasser bin Thani Al-Hamli takes over the transition to the new UAE centenary to develop knowledge, sup- No jail for fake doc portfolio of Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization. port sciences and research and engage the young generation in Hessa bint Isa Bouhameed was given the portfolio of Minister of leading the national march,” said Sheikh Mohammed. — Agencies Following up the case of a citizen who was arrested at Amiri Hospital for impersonating a doctor and a ruling family member, the court of appeal annulled a first the German capital upon an invitation from the German- instance rule sentencing him to five years in prison and Arab Friendship Association (DAFG). The speech featured made him sign an affidavit to show good conduct. Security chief on a galaxy of Arab top diplomats in Berlin, including Lebanese Ambassador Mustafa Adib, Saudi Ambassador Prince Khaled bin Bandar Al-Saud, Egypt’s Envoy Badr security challenges Abdel-Ati, UAE’s Envoy Ali Al-Ahmad, as well as ambassa- Bank fraud dors of Bahrain, Iraq, Palestine, Morocco and the Arab League. At the end of the event, Sheikh Thamer received a A ‘VIP’ reported that an unidentified person had in Middle East certificate of honorary membership of DAFG, as Kuwait is hacked her bank account and stolen KD 30,000 from considered the first Arab country to join the association. it. Enquiring with the bank, she was told that the sum BERLIN: Head of the Kuwait National Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer and his accompanying delegation also vis- had been used for online purchases. A case was filed Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah gave a speech on security ited headquarters of the German interior ministry. During and further investigations are in progress. challenges in the Middle East region on Wednesday. This the visit, mutual relations and issues of common concern — Translated from the Arabic press comes within the framework of a visit by Sheikh Thamer to were discussed.—KUNA Friday 9 Local Friday, October 20, 2017

Kuwait trade surplus with Japan soars Qatar and Kuwait discuss

TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan soared 158.5 percent from a year earlier to •50.0 billion ($444 million) in September, efforts to resolve crisis up for the ninth month on strong exports, the Japanese Finance Ministry said yesterday. Kuwaiti overall exports to Japan surged 59.7 percent year-on-year to •61.7 billion ($548 million) for the DOHA: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- ninth consecutive month of expansion, the ministry said in a pre- Thani discussed yesterday with Kuwaiti First liminary report. Imports from Japan plunged 39.3 percent to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign •11.7 billion ($104 million) for the fourth straight monthly fall. As Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- a result, Kuwait maintained its monthly black ink with Japan for Sabah the latest developments regarding the nine years and eight months, it said. Kuwaiti mediation to resolve the Gulf crisis. The Middle East’s trade surplus with Japan jumped 39.8 per- Qatari News Agency (QNA) said the Qatari cent to •375.7 billion ($3.3 billion) last month, with Japan-bound emir and Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, along with the exports from the region growing 14.9 percent from a year earli- accompanying delegation, examined the close er. Crude oil, refined products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and and brotherly relations between the two coun- other natural resources, which accounted for 94.9 percent of the tries and regional and international issues. Sheikh region’s total exports to Japan, expanded 14.0 percent. The Sabah Al-Khaled, in the beginning of his audi- region’s overall imports from Japan declined 12.5 percent, chiefly ence with the Qatari emir, conveyed greetings due to weak shipments of automobile, machinery and steel. and good wishes from HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah DOHA: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani The world’s third-biggest economy logged a global surplus Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the emir and his meets Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and of •670.2 billion ($6.0 billion) in September, marking the people. Sheikh Tamim asked Sheikh Sabah Al- Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled fourth consecutive month of black ink, thanks to a rise in ship- Khaled to relay his tributes and good wishes to Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday. — KUNA ments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and auto- HH the Amir and the Kuwaiti people. — KUNA mobile engines to the US. Overall exports gained 14.1 percent from the year before, while imports grew 12.0 percent, with value of crude oil jumping 15.0 percent. China remained 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly, Saint Japan’s biggest trade partner, followed by the US. The trade Amir commends Petersburg, Russia. In a cable, the Amir emphasized data are measured on a customs-cleared basis before adjust- Ghanem’s firm remarks against the Israeli Knesset delegation ment for seasonal factors. — KUNA Ghanem for IPU at the concluding session of the assembly, demanding them to leave the meeting room due to the issue of Palestinian MPs in Israeli prisons. Palestinian stance HH the Amir lauded the honorable stance that was highly Kuwait reiterates appreciated by representatives of Arab and sister peace-loving nations, embodying Kuwait’s unwavering position in support of KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- “Palestinian brothers” until they restore their legitimate rights its support for the Sabah yesterday praised National Assembly Speaker and secure victory for their just cause. The Amir wished Palestinian cause Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem for his pro-Palestinian stance at the Ghanem further success for serving dear Kuwait. — KUNA Education minister visits Washington cultural office

WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s Education Minister Mohammad Al- Faris visited Kuwait’s Cultural Office in Washington to check on its services provided to Kuwaiti students in the US. During the visit late Wednesday, Faris discussed conditions of Kuwaiti students with head of the office Aseel Al-Awadhi. In a state- ment to KUNA, the minister said he learned of students’ activ- WASHINGTON: Kuwaiti Education Minister NEW YORK: Kuwait’s Permanent Representative ities, procedures on scholarships and difficulties facing the Mohammad Al-Faris meets head of the to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi speaks during a office in executing its tasks. He noted that the ministry is Washington office Aseel Al-Awadhi. — KUNA UN Security Council meeting. — KUNA seeking to develop an online system to connect all cultural offices directly with the Ministry of Higher Education to tackle Tuesday to discuss the education ministry’s national program to different issues and develop the work scheme. develop education, launched in 2015 in cooperation with the NEW YORK: Kuwait reiterated its continued support of the Awadhi said the main problem facing the Washington office bank. Meanwhile, the minister also visited the Massachusetts Palestinian cause and to exert pressure on the Israeli occupa- is a lack of employees and the increasing numbers of students. Institute of Technology in Boston to discuss the possibility of tion forces to cease their practices and policies that violate Faris’ visit is part of his meetings with the World Bank Group on using their systems in training teachers online. — KUNA international resolutions. Kuwait would like to emphasize the importance of achieving tangible progress on the Palestinian case led by relevant international bodies and the Security Council, particularly the five permanent members as well as issues,” he told the European groups were formed to boost bilateral the Quartet and international partners, said Kuwait’s GCC official Parliament’s committee on international relations. “One of the instruments that we Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour trade Wednesday evening. used was the FTA negotiations. We put Al-Otaibi in a speech to the UN Security Council meeting on calls for He addressed a conference on “trade all our eggs in that basket for a while. We Wednesday to discuss developments in the Middle East. and economic relations between the EU forgot about other things. That led to a These efforts should be focused on setting a clear time- and the GCC countries” held in the stagnation in developing the tools that frame for the completion of negotiations between Palestine strengthening European Parliament in Brussels. “Today we need,” he said. FTA negotiations and Israel to reach a two-state solution that will lead to the we can work on many issues together. between the 6-member GCC and the 28- establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its EU cooperation We can try to unlock the deadlock on member EU has been on hold for a num- capital, he said. Since more than 50 years, the Israeli occupa- the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) but we ber of years. “We believe that the FTA is tion of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East BRUSSELS: The Assistant Secretary- can also try other things that we think an excellent work. We have agreement Jerusalem, witnessed only a continuous series of violations of General of the Gulf Cooperation Council can yield immediate results. One is to on nearly every issue. We also agreed the most basic rules of international law, he added. (GCC) Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg has strengthen the EU-GCC political and on the political points,” he said. The Otaibi said the illegal Israeli policies and plans aimed at underlined the importance of boosting security dialogue, which includes fight- GCC official noted that there was one Judaizing the holy city and destroying its Arab identity as well cooperation between the GCC and the ing terrorism, fighting human trafficking point of dispute, which was the export as disrupting its population structure and isolating it from its EU in many fields including security and and illegal migration. duties. Have we been able to solve it, we Palestinian surroundings are still going on. The violations come political issues. “The EU is still the num- These are goals that we both share,” would have signed the agreement long despite all the resolutions of the Security Council over the ber one trading partner for the GCC, still said the top GCC official. Aluwaisheg time ago. How did we allow a theoretical past years, which in their contents condemned the Israeli the source of technical support that we noted that the EU-GCC cooperation issue like export duties to affect the practices and affirmed their illegality and illegitimacy, specially get and we have been cooperating more agreement of 1988 established a frame- progress. We think we can overcome the latest resolution no. 2334. — KUNA and more on political and security work for cooperation and 15 working that difficulty,” he said. — KUNA InternationalFriday FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017

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MADRID: A man holds a copy of the letter sent by Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday. Catalan leader says that he hasn’t declared independence in Catalonia but he might do in case that Spanish government suspended the regional autonomy. — AFP Spain, Catalonia political crisis worsens

PM threatens to trigger Article 155

MADRID: Spain said yesterday it will seize Catalan lawmakers could vote to declare Divided region ‘Collective suicide’ some of the Catalan regional government’s secession unilaterally if Madrid triggers Catalonia’s 7.5 million residents are fiercely Catalonia’s La Vanguardia daily-Spain’s powers after its leader warned he could Article 155. “If the central government per- attached to their own language and culture second biggest newspaper-had urged declare independence, escalating the coun- sists in preventing dialogue and continuing but are divided on whether to break away Puigdemont in an editorial earlier to back try’s worst political crisis in decades. The repression, Catalonia’s parliament could from the rest of Spain. Puigdemont says his down and call elections. “There’s no dignity in central government in Madrid had given proceed... to vote for a formal declaration of regional administration has a mandate to collective suicide, even less so when it’s decid- separatist leader Carles Puigdemont until independence,” he wrote in a letter to Rajoy, declare independence from what he says was ed by one person and everyone suffers,” it 10:00 am yesterday to say whether or not adding that a cryptic “suspended” inde- a 90-percent “Yes” vote on October 1, marred said in an editorial. On the streets of Madrid, he was declaring a breakaway state in the pendence declaration he issued last week by a heavy-handed police crackdown on vot- residents were warily eyeing the prospect of semi-autonomous region following a chaotic did not amount to breaking away. ers. But turnout was given as only 43 percent. Spain entering uncharted waters with Article referendum on October 1. Prime Minister The government hit back by saying it Many voters who oppose independence 155. “The 155 scares me,” said Jorge Arias, a Mariano Rajoy had warned he would trigger intends to push on with triggering Article 155 stayed away from a referendum that had been 32-year-old librarian who wants Catalonia to Article 155 of Spain’s constitution-a never- - a process that would take several days-to declared illegal by Spain’s Constitutional stay in Spain but backs voters’ right to have a before-used measure allowing it to impose “restore legality” in the region. It called an Court. Madrid had on Wednesday offered the say on the matter. “It’s an extreme measure of direct rule over the wealthy northeastern emergency cabinet meeting for Saturday to separatists a potential last-minute way out by Rajoy’s government and it won’t solve any- region-unless Puigdemont backed down. specify how it will take control over the proposing fresh regional elections sanctioned thing.” But Alfons Fernandez, a retired engi- There are fears that such a move, allow- region. The Catalonia crisis has prompted a by the central government. A government neer, said Rajoy had no choice. “There is no ing Madrid to potentially suspend series of huge street rallies, worried investors source told AFP that would allow the region to other way out than Article 155 - if one person Puigdemont’s government and take over its and added to the woes of a European Union “return to legality”. But Joan Tarda, wants to talk but doesn’t respect the law, then police force, could spark unrest in a region already grappling with Brexit. Rajoy was spokesman from the leftist ERC party which is you can’t talk,” he said. Pro-independence where even Catalans who oppose independ- heading to Brussels for a summit with other part of Puigdemont’s coalition, told lawmakers protesters were due to stage a rally outside ence cherish their autonomy highly. EU leaders, where the Catalonia crisis was in Madrid: “The Catalan government will not central government offices in Barcelona at Puigdemont responded yesterday that likely to come up for discussion. call elections.” 1600 GMT. — AFP Friday 11 International Friday, October 20, 2017 100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover

Fear of sectarian reprisals driving out Kurds

ERBIL: About 100,000 Kurds have fled Hemin Hawrami, a top aide to KRG President Kirkuk for fear of sectarian reprisals since Masoud Barzani, tweeted that people had fled Iraqi government forces took over the city “looting and sectarian oppression” inflicted after a Kurdish independence referendum by Popular Mobilization militia. “Where is condemned by Baghdad, regional Kurdish @UNIraq @UNHCRIraq?,” Hawrami said in officials said yesterday. Baghdad’s forces another tweet, suggesting UN humanitarian swept into the multi-ethnic city of more than 1 agencies were doing little to help newly dis- million people, hub of a major oil-producing placed people. area, largely unopposed on Monday after Lisa Grande, the UN humanitarian coordi- most Kurdish Peshmerga forces withdrew nator in Iraq, had urged all parties on rather than fight. Wednesday to do their utmost “to shield and Iraqi forces also took back control of protect all civilians impacted by the current Kirkuk oilfields, effec- situation”. Iraqi Prime tively halving the Minister Haider Al- amount of output Abadi said on under the direct con- Iraq orders Wednesday that KIRKUK: A member of the Iraqi government forces’ stands guard trol of the autonomous security was being at a humvee turret while guarding the Bai Hassan oil field, west Kurdistan Regional arrest of maintained in Kirkuk of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. — AFP Government (KRG) in Kurdish Vice by local police backed a serious blow to the by the elite Counter Kurds’ independence President Rasul Terrorism Service, Kirkuk. KRG Peshmerga forces deployed into With the referendum having given Abadi a quest. Baghdad’s trained and equipped Kirkuk in 2014 when Iraqi government forces political opening to regain contested land and recapture of Kirkuk, by the United States fell apart in the face of an offensive by Islamic shift the balance of power in his favor, it may situated just outside mainly to fight Islamic State insurgents, preventing the oilfields from prove a gamble that makes the KRG’s quest the KRG’s official boundaries on disputed State militants. “All other armed group should falling into jihadist hands. for statehood more elusive. KRG Foreign land claimed by Kurds, ethnic Turkmen and not be allowed to stay,” Abadi said. Sunni An Iraqi military statement on Wednesday Minister Fala Mustafa Bakir told broadcaster Arabs, put the city’s Kurds in fear of attack by Muslim Kurds comprise the largest communi- said government forces had also taken control CNN that his side never meant to engage in Shiite Muslim paramilitaries, known as ty in Kirkuk followed by Shiite Turkmen, of Kurdish-held areas of Nineveh province, war with the Iraqi army. He said there was a Popular Mobilization, assisting government Sunni Arabs and Christians, according to the including the Mosul hydro-electric dam, after need for dialogue between the KRG and Iraq forces’ operations in the region. Iraqi Planning Ministry in Baghdad. the Peshmerga pulled back. Iran and Turkey to enable a common understanding. The dis- Nawzad Hadi, governor of Erbil, the KRG joined the Baghdad government in condemn- pute, he added, was not about oil or the capital, told reporters that around 18,000 Iraq orders arrest ing the Iraqi Kurds’ Sept 25 referendum, wor- national flag but the future of two nations. families from Kirkuk and the town of Tuz In another sign of rising tensions, Iraq’s ried it could worsen regional instability and Crude oil flows through the KRG pipeline to Khurmato to the southeast had taken refuge Supreme Justice Council ordered the arrest of conflict by encouraging their own Kurdish the Turkish port of Ceyhan have been dis- in Erbil and Sulaimaniya, inside KRG territo- Kurdistan Regional Government Vice populations to push for homelands. The rupted by a gap between incoming and out- ry. A Hadi aide told Reuters the total number President Kosrat Rasul for allegedly saying Kurds’ long-time big power ally, the United going personnel since Baghdad’s retaking of of displaced people was about 100,000. Iraqi troops were “occupying forces” in States, also opposed the vote. Kirkuk. — Reuters

on Sunday as Iraqi forces entered the city. In establish a land route from Iraq through Syria, Balance of power three days and with barely any resistance More conflicts all the way to Israel’s borders. Washington and from Kurdish peshmerga fighters, Iraqi forces Israel are wary of this expansion, and Israel shifts in Iraq’s took control of the whole of the oil-rich loom after IS has warned it will not tolerate a continued province of Kirkuk, whose ownership has Iranian military presence in Syria. long been disputed between Baghdad and the This terrain is about to get increasingly multi-ethnic autonomous Kurdish region in the north. For defeat in Raqqa muddied. With the fall of Raqqa, the US- fear of violence on Sunday, Abu Sima and his backed Kurdish-led militia known as the Kirkuk wife joined thousands of other families, most- BEIRUT: The Middle East may have turned a Syrian Democratic Forces will turn its atten- ly Kurds, in fleeing the city. But like most oth- page with the defeat of the Islamic State group tion to Deir El-Zour province, where the race KIRKUK: With the return of Kirkuk to Iraqi ers, they have returned. in its self-declared capital of Raqqa, but the is on for control of its vital oil deposits and the control, the balance of power appears to have future is looking even more tangled, and border with Iraq. The Kurdish fighters have shifted between the ethnic communities in the ‘We had to come back’ potentially as violent. The downfall of a com- battled IS in the northeastern part of Deir el- Kurdish-majority city, to the delight of its “We had to come back because we, the mon enemy could open up cracks in temporary Zour, gaining control of at least four oil fields Turkmen residents. “Before we couldn’t Kurds, are the majority, we were the original alliances created to fight the extremists, and and one natural gas installation. The rival proudly declare that we are Turkmen, now residents of Kirkuk,” he said. In his fabrics rivalries for influence are now likely to take forces are currently positioned at nearly the our flag is flying over Kirkuk’s citadel again,” store at the heart of the market in the shadow center stage. Already, a multitude of players in same distance from the largest oil field, al- said Omar Najat, 23. Three weeks before, the of the Ottoman-era citadel, Omar Najat the crowded theaters of Iraq and Syria are Omar, which is still controlled by IS. Assad has disputed city’s Kurds were gleefully taking couldn’t agree less with that historical assess- racing for the spoils of war. And while the meanwhile vowed to retake control of Raqqa part in a Kurdish independence referendum ment. “That there (the citadel) is Ottoman, group fights its last battles in what remains of at some point. For now, the city is to be in open defiance of Baghdad. Turkish, and Kirkuk is Iraqi Turkmen,” he its self-styled caliphate, world powers and administered by a local civil council supported Today, the election posters have been torn insisted. “Now that Baghdad is in charge, we smaller players alike are vying to create new by the US-backed SDF. down, as well as those of the September 25 have security, not like before when we had facts on the ground. Starting as a small self-defense unit in north- referendum’s chief advocate, Iraqi Kurdish another power in place,” said the young man ern Syria, the main Kurdish-led militia has leader Massud Barzani. Huge Iraqi flags have in skinny jeans and slim-fitting shirt. Syrian army and allies become Washington’s primary partner in Syria been strung from palm trees and across He was referring to Kirkuk’s governor With the pivotal capture of east Aleppo in and is now a multi-ethnic force of Kurdish, Arab buildings, although Kurdish flags have been Najm Eddine Karim who was fired by late 2016, President Bashar Assad’s govern- and Assyrian troops that boasts thousands of left flying from lampposts. In the Kurdish Baghdad for bringing the referendum to the ment effectively neutralized its most threaten- fighters. This alliance was cemented by the neighborhood of Rahimawa, business has province but refused to step down, until Iraqi ing armed opposition, allowing it to train its full common goal of fighting IS, which at one point been slow for the few shops that have security forces seized control of his office on attention on IS. The priority was oil-rich east- charged into Kurdish-dominated areas. The reopened such as tyre salesman Abu Sima, Monday. He had previously gone on televi- ern Syria, close to the Iraqi border, and with increasing US presence in the area also provid- 36, as he awaits a return to normality. sion to urge Kurdish residents to take up the backing of Russia and Iranian-sponsored ed the Kurdish militia with international cover His nephews and nieces had to wait for arms to resist the entry of Iraqi forces into Shiite militias, the Syrian army has made signif- to push for their project of a federal system that schools to reopen in the wake of the upheaval the city. — AFP icant advances in the area. Tehran wants to would give them more autonomy. — AP 12 Friday International Friday, October 20, 2017 Dozens killed; Taleban launches fresh assaults on Afghan bases

At least 43 Afghan soldiers die; nine wounded

KANDAHAR: Militants launched two separate used in the attack which was condemned by attacks on Afghan security installations killing President Ashraf Ghani. They said the assault may dozens of soldiers yesterday, the latest in a series have been carried out with insider help. The Taleban of devastating assaults this week that have left claimed the ambush in a message to journalists that more than 120 people dead and underscored spi- said all 60 security personnel on the base were raling insecurity. At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed. “We have sent a delegation to assess the sit- killed and nine wounded in a Taleban-claimed uation. The base is under ANA (Afghan National assault on a military base in southern Afghanistan Army) control,” Waziri added. which saw the insurgents blast their way into the Separately yesterday, militants besieged a police compound with at least one explosives-laden headquarters in the southeastern province of Humvee, the defense Ghazni, attacking it for the ministry said. A security second time this week. source in Kandahar put Airstrikes were called in to the toll at 50 dead and Assaults support embattled police 20 wounded. But the in the ongoing assault, real figure is likely to be underscore which has killed two secu- higher because Afghan spiraling rity forces so far, Ghazni officials habitually provincial police chief understate the actual insecurity Mohammad Zaman told number of casualties. AFP. The strikes were not The militants razed immediately confirmed by the base in the Chashmo area of Maiwand district in US Forces. Officials said the earlier assault on the Kandahar province to the ground, according to the headquarters, which took place on Tuesday, left 20 ministry. “Unfortunately there is nothing left inside people dead and 46 wounded. Yesterday’s attacks KABUL: Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers march during a military the camp. They have burned down everything they take the number of major suicide and gun assaults exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) on the outskirts found inside,” defense ministry spokesman Dawlat on security installations this week to four and of Kabul. —AFP Waziri said. Just two soldiers were known to have increases the total death toll to more than 120, survived unscathed, with six unaccounted for, the including soldiers, police and civilians. In three out Kabul government, that they cannot scare us with leapt by 35 percent in 2016, with 6,800 soldiers ministry said, underscoring the shocking casualties of the four assaults this week the Taleban used a their new so-called strategy”. “We are fighting back and police killed, according to US watchdog that Afghan security forces have faced in their Humvee vehicle as a bomb to blast their way into and winning on every front, Inshallah (God willing),” SIGAR. The insurgents have carried out more struggle to beat back the insurgents. their targets. spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi said. “The enemy complex attacks against security forces in 2017, Ten militants were killed, it added. US planes who thought they had scared us with the new with SIGAR describing troop casualties in the ear- carried out an airstrike during a counter-terror Security forces under siege Trump strategy have now been given a lesson.” ly part of the year as “shockingly high”. The attacks operation in Maiwand yesterday, a spokesman for US President Donald Trump vowed earlier this Beleaguered Afghan security forces have faced included assaults on a military hospital in Kabul in US Forces in Kabul said, though he did not specify year to stay the course in Afghanistan, America’s soaring casualties in their attempts to hold back March which may have killed up to 100 people, whether the target was insurgents at the base. longest war. But the Taleban said the recent assaults the insurgents since NATO combat forces pulled and on a base in Mazar-i-Sharif in April which left Provincial officials said two Humvee vehicles were were a “clear message to the Americans and the out of the country at the end of 2014. Casualties 144 people dead. —AFP

Union, Russia and the United Nations. “If Hamas is presentation to foreign media on Wednesday. Palestinians to play any role in a Palestinian government, it must Pakistan border “There will not be an inch of international accept these basic requirements,” Greenblatt said. border (in South Waziristan) which shall not The statement was also similar to the Israeli govern- remain under our observation.” urged to disarm ment’s response this week in which it vowed not to fence to keep Pakistan’s military has so far fenced off negotiate with a Palestinian unity government that about 43 km of the frontier, starting with the includes Hamas unless the Islamist group agrees to a militants out most violence-prone areas in FATA, and is Hamas, recognize list of demands. expected to recruit tens of thousands of new The demands included recognizing Israel and troops to man the border. It is not clear how Israel renouncing violence, but also returning the remains ANGOOR ADDA: Pakistan is betting that a long it will take to fence the entire boundary. of two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, among other pair of nine-foot chain-link fences topped But Pakistan’s plans have also drawn criticism conditions. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim con- with barbed wire will stop incursions by from across the border. Gulab Mangal, gover- Islamist militants from Afghanistan, which JERUSALEM: A top aide to US President Donald demned Greenblatt’s statement and accused the nor of the eastern Afghan province of opposes Islamabad’s plans for a barrier along Trump said yesterday that an emerging Palestinian United States of adopting Israeli Prime Minister Nangarhar, told Reuters the wall will create the disputed frontier. Pakistan plans to fence unity government must recognize Israel and disarm Benjamin Netanyahu’s positions. “This is blatant “more hatred and resentment” between two up most of the 2,500 km frontier despite Hamas, Washington’s first detailed response to a interference in Palestinian affairs because it is the neighbors and will do neither country any Kabul’s protests that the barrier would divide landmark reconciliation deal signed last week. A right of our people to choose its government good. “The fence will definitely create a lot of families and friends along the Pashtun tribal Hamas official immediately rejected the comments according to their supreme strategic interests,” trouble for the people along the border on belt straddling the colonial-era Durand Line as “blatant interference” in Palestinian affairs, but did Naim said. “This statement comes under pressure both sides but no wall or fence can separate drawn up by the British in 1893. Pakistan’s not say directly whether the Islamist group planned from the extreme right-wing Netanyahu govern- these tribes,” he said. military estimates that it will need about 56 to comply with any of the demands. ment and is in line with the Netanyahu statement “I urge the tribes to stand against this billion rupees ($532 million) for the project, Trump’s special representative for international from two days ago.” action.” Pakistan has blamed Pakistani while there are also plans to build 750 border negotiations Jason Greenblatt, who has repeatedly Taleban militants it says are based on Afghan forts and employ high-tech surveillance sys- visited the region to seek ways to restart peace Gaza humanitarian crisis soil for a spate of attacks at home over the tems to prevent militants crossing. talks, laid out a series of conditions. “Any Palestinian Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah past year, urging Kabul to eradicate “sanctu- In the rolling hills of the Angoor Adda vil- government must unambiguously and explicitly movement signed a reconciliation deal with Hamas aries” for militants. Afghanistan, in turn, lage in South Waziristan, part of Pakistan’s commit to nonviolence, recognize the state of Israel, in Cairo a week ago aimed at ending a bitter 10-year accuses Islamabad of sheltering the leader- restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas accept previous agreements and obligations split. The Abbas-led Palestine Liberation ship of the Afghan Taleban militants who are (FATA), three rolls of barbed wire are sand- between the parties-including to disarm terrorists- Organization has recognized Israel, but Hamas has battling the Western-backed government in wiched in the six-foot gap between the and commit to peaceful negotiations,” Greenblatt not and is blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Kabul. Both countries deny aiding militants, chain-link fences. “(The fence) is a paradigm said in a statement. the United States and the European Union. but relations between the two have soured in change. It is an epoch shift in the border con- The US conditions were roughly in line with Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since recent years. In May, the tension rose when trol management,” said a Pakistani army offi- principles previously set out by the Quartet for 2008, and the Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli 10 people were killed in two border villages cer in command of South Waziristan during a Middle East peace-the United States, the European blockade for more than a decade.—AFP in Baluchistan region. —Reuters Friday 13 International Friday, October 20, 2017

Fire destroys landmark hotel in ‘Murderous Myanmar largest city; one dead repression’ in Anglophone

Authorities launch investigation YAOUNDE: Cameroon must urgently rethink a policy of “murderous repression” in its restive English-speaking YANGON: One person was killed yesterday in regions or risk the crisis spiraling into an armed uprising, a massive fire that destroyed one of Yangon’s the International Crisis Group (ICG) warned yesterday. In best-known hotels, sending dark smoke bil- a report on the political crisis in the west African nation, lowing over the centre of Myanmar’s largest the NGO said the government’s crackdown on the anglo- city and triggering an hours-long battle to put phone minority had failed and had only served to fuel a out the flames. It was not immediately clear clamor for independence. what caused the fire, which broke out around French-speaking Cameroon has a large anglophone 3:20 am at the teak-and-stone Kandawgyi minority which comprises around a fifth of its population of Palace Hotel overlooking a picturesque inner- 22 million. Gathered mainly in two regions, many English- city lake, authorities told Reuters. An unidenti- speakers say the suffer inequality and discrimination. fied body was found in a guest room and two Simmering resentment has fuelled a breakaway movement people were injured, said Htay Lwin, a that on October 1 issued a symbolic declaration of inde- spokesman of hotel owner Htoo Group. pendence for the putative state of Ambazonia, prompting a Authorities were investigating the cause of the crackdown by a government firmly opposed to secession. fire and the cost of the damage was not imme- In the face of mounting protests in the runup to the diately clear, he added. declaration, the security forces “responded with dispro- The fire had been mostly extinguished by 7 portionate force, leading to at least 40 deaths and over a.m., and more than 140 guests were shifted to 100 injured protesters between September 28 and 2 nearby hotels. Htoo Group is chaired by busi- October,” the ICG said. It pointed to the use of live rounds ness tycoon Tay Za, who, until last year, was on and excessive use of teargas. “Due to such murderous the list of United States sanctions for his close repression, secessionist ranks are growing by the day, and links to Myanmar’s former military regime. some are more firmly evoking the idea of an armed strug- Myanmar’s civilian-led government, helmed by gle or ‘self defense’,” it said. Cameroon’s President Paul Nobel laureate and former dissident Aung San Biya, 84, must act swiftly to find a serious political solution Suu Kyi, is grappling with the aftermath of a YANGON: A firefighter extinguishes a fire at Kandawgyi Palace hotel to the crisis, and it was also crucial that the international harsh military crackdown that has driven out in Yangon yesterday. One person died in a pre-dawn blaze that tore community speak out firmly against such state violence, more than 500,000 of the country’s Rohingya through a teakwood hotel. — AFP the ICG said. — AFP Muslim minority. — Reuters 14 Friday International Friday, October 20, 2017 Trying to unblock Brexit impasse, UK PM makes offer to EU citizens

Move on EU citizens’ rights changes focus before summit

BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May, rights in the coming weeks.” seeking to unblock stalled talks on Brexit, promised Offering concessions, May will say that EU citi- yesterday to make it as easy as possible for zens settling in Britain will no longer need to have European Union citizens living in Britain to stay Comprehensive Sickness Insurance, as they cur- after it leaves the bloc. Weakened by losing her rently require under EU rules. A senior government Conservative Party’s majority in a June election and official said the aim was to get clear commitments failing to rally support at an ill-fated party confer- to “swift progress on both sides for an ambitious ence, May had initially hoped she would regain her plan to be set out for what should be achieved in footing by persuading EU leaders at a two-day the weeks ahead and particularly a shared urgency summit which started yesterday to let Brexit talks in ... reaching an agreement on citizens’ rights.” EU move beyond matters of the divorce. negotiators have, however, so far been wary of But EU leaders have ruled that out, saying British offers that London refuses to back up by London must agree to pay more as part of an exit giving people a right to turn to the EU court to settlement than May has said is acceptable. So, enforce if British courts do not. changing the focus, she will offer greater conces- sions for those EU citizens anxious about their Change of tack rights in Britain post-Brexit. This is unlikely to alter The offer is a change of tack by the British the outcome of the Brussels summit. Continental leader, who is under increasing pressure from leaders have assumed Conservative Brexit cam- for weeks that a deal can paigners to pull out of the be struck on this issue. talks which hit deadlock But it indicates British last week. EU leaders are officials are pursuing a Britain’s May expected to say at the BRUSSELS: Britain Prime Minister Theresa May gestures as she talks with Luxembourg Prime minister in Brussels yesterday during a sum- new course - adopting a offers greater summit the talks have not mit of European Union (EU) leaders. —AFP softer approach to try to yet made sufficient win over the bloc’s concessions progress for them to open negotiators, if not all its the post-Brexit trade ture” and to recognize concessions May offered If May offers more than the around 20 billion governments. negotiations that May in a speech in Italy last month by telling EU staff euros she outlined in her Florence speech, she risks May will say: “We are wants. In an open letter to to prepare for talks on a transition period needed angering some in her party, which, according to two in touching distance of agreement” of securing the May, pro-Brexit politicians and business people to ease uncertainty for business. “We have to sources, is getting ready to line up a successor. A rights of the around 3 million people from other EU said that unless the EU agreed to trade talks, Britain work really hard between October and December senior British government official said she would countries in Britain. “I couldn’t be clearer: EU citi- should signal it was ready to be subject to World to finalize this so-called first phase and to start not change position on the financial settlement and zens living lawfully in the UK today will be able to Trade Organization (WTO) rules from March 30, negotiating on our future relationship with the instead would focus on the deal on EU citizen rights stay,” she wrote on her Facebook page, adding she 2019, when Brexit takes effect. Meanwhile, the UK,” Donald Tusk, the chairman of EU leaders, - an issue that the EU says must be resolved before would set up a group of those affected and experts leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, said on Wednesday. Some EU officials said the talks can move on. The official said the change to make sure the process is smooth. “I know both Jeremy Corbyn, arrived in Brussels yesterday to Britain could unlock the talks by putting a higher of focus was not to try to save face at the summit, at sides will consider each other’s proposals for finaliz- meet EU lawmakers to try to break “the Brexit log- figure for the divorce bill on the desk of chief which she will present her case over a dinner. She ing the agreement with an open mind. And with jam” created by what he called government negotiator Michel Barnier, something May says will then be excluded from the other 27 EU mem- flexibility and creativity on both sides, I am confi- “bungling”. she cannot do until she has an understanding of bers’ discussions on Friday about Britain’s planned dent that we can conclude discussions on citizens’ The EU leaders are expected to make a “ges- the shape of future ties. departure from the wealthy bloc. —Reuters

“So when you inevitably have to use your gun ‘Murder insurance’ to defend yourself from this threat around every Barack Obama corner, you have insurance to protect you.” Carry Guard insurance was launched this past or protection in US spring by the NRA. Rates range from $13.95 a returns to the month for up to $250,000 in civil protection and self-defense cases? $50,000 in criminal defense to a “gold plus” pol- icy that costs $49.95 a month and provides up to political arena $1.5 million in civil protection and $250,000 in criminal defense. The NRA isn’t the only gun lob- ATLANTA: The National Rifle Association is RICHMOND: Barack Obama is returning to the bying group offering such insurance. offering insurance for people who shoot some- political arena for the first time in months after The United States Concealed Carry one, stirring criticism from gun-control advo- keeping a low profile and avoiding direct con- Association has been in the business much cates who say it could foster more violence and frontation with his White House successor. The longer and provides up to $2 million in civil give gun owners a false sense of security to 56-year-old former president is scheduled to costs and $250,000 for criminal defense. But shoot first and ask questions later. Some are attend campaign rallies in New Jersey and Virginia the NRA is the most prominent gun-rights Former United States’ President Barack Obama. calling it “murder insurance,” and say that rather on Thursday to support Democratic party candi- group in the country and it offered similar than promoting personal responsibility and pro- dates for governor. Voters in both states will insurance previously. And Carry Guard is more tection, it encourages gun owners to take action decide the gubernatorial contests on November 7, comprehensive and being marketed more since leaving office on January 20, in keeping with and not worry about the consequences. one year after Donald Trump defeated Democrat aggressively than it has been previously. It’s presidential tradition. And, they say, it’s being marketed in a way Hillary Clinton and stormed into the White House drawing attention to a type of policy that was Trump has meanwhile used his first nine that feeds on the nation’s racial divisions. Guns on a wave of anti-establishment fury. relatively obscure until now. months in the White House to methodically Down, a gun-control group formed last year, is The races are a potential indicator of voter sen- Guns Down’s advertising campaign casts a demolish key Obama administration policies. After running an ad campaign to criticize the NRA’s timent ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, which spotlight on the policies and asks the two insur- three months of vacation Obama began writing new insurance. It’s just the latest group to take will be a major test for Trump and his Republican ance companies involved with it - Lockton his memoirs. He has said little in public and grant- aim at the NRA’s offering. “The reason I call it party. “There are only two big elections this year, Affinity, which administers it, and Chubb, the ed almost no interviews. The few times Obama murder insurance is because if you look at the for governor in NJ and VA,” political science pro- underwriter to drop it. The campaign includes a broke his silence was to comment on issues of way this is marketed, it’s really sold in the context fessor Larry Sabato said. “What’s at stake is brag- video message from Sybrina Fulton, mother of national importance, such as immigration, health of ‘There’s a threat around every corner, dear ging rights headed into the 2018 midterm elec- Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen shot and killed care and climate change. But the 44th president mostly-white NRA member,’ and that threat is tions,” Sabato said. It is unclear what Obama’s in 2012 by a neighborhood watch volunteer may be tempted yesterday to take aim at Trump, either a black man or a brown man or some other message will be. The former US leader has George Zimmerman whose case drew nation- who has frequently and publicly excoriated his kind of person of color,” said Guns Down direc- remained largely detached from the political debate tor Igor Volsky. wide notoriety. —AP predecessor. —AFP Friday 15 International Friday, October 20, 2017 ‘We’re not Catalonia’: Italy separatists treading softly

Lombardy region to hold referendum on Sunday

MILAN: As nervous investors retreat from requests yet from Catalan firms.” Catalonia, afraid the wealthy region may Maroni is a leading member of Lega Nord, secede from Spain, another European region which began in the 1990s to campaign for an whose politicians once campaigned for inde- independent state of Padania, stretching pendence is looking to attract some of them - across Italy’s north, roughly following the Po by talking of autonomy, not secession. The river from around Lombardy in the west to Italian region of Lombardy, the country’s Venice in the east. Lega Nord no longer industrial engine and home to its financial actively campaigns for secession but as the capital Milan, is holding a referendum on ruling party in Lombardy and in the Veneto Sunday for more autonomy, an outcome its region around Venice, it is holding referen- once-proudly secessionist leader hopes will dums in both for greater autonomy, including lure more investment. That could come at the a better financial deal from the central gov- expense of Catalonia, which is a rival to ernment. Lombardy in the race to attract employers fleeing another painful European divorce, Money matters Brexit. The two regions are competing to host A ‘yes’ vote would not be binding on Rome, Europe’s drugs regula- but Maroni said it would tor which must leave give him a strong man- the UK and find a new date to negotiate a bet- home inside the ter deal. “It’s obvious European Union. Vote that the more negotiat- “We are not fuels ing power I have, the LOMBARDY: A giant poster announcing a referendum in Italy’s northern region of Catalonia,” said more money I can man- Lombardy to request more autonomy from central government is seen on a Lombardy President tensions age to bring home,” he building in Milan. —AFP Roberto Maroni, over- said. Rome says the ref- looking Milan from his erendum is unnecessary, ters to other regions of Spain since an Oct 1 tax holidays to attract big international firms. glass-walled office on though permitted under independence referendum there, Lombardy’s For example, he said, he could tell big multina- the 36th floor of the region’s recently built head- Italy’s constitution, which allows regions to boss is taking a softer line and using his autono- tionals looking to invest in Europe: “You know quarters. “We remain inside the Italian nation open talks for more autonomy. Italy’s ruling my push as an investment pitch. Maroni says that if you come to Milan, for two or three with more autonomy while Catalonia wants to Democratic Party is also neutral on the issue, Lombardy pays 54 billion euros ($64 billion) years I won’t make you pay taxes.” Rome, become the 29th state of the European Union. though at least one of the party’s mayors in more in taxes to Rome each year than it though, is in no position to allow its most eco- We, no. Not for now.” He speaks of Catalonia as Lombardy is calling for a “yes” vote. Like receives from the centre. He wants to reduce nomically powerful region such a windfall with- a competitor in some respects but says he is not Catalonia, Lombardy makes up a fifth of the that difference by half. out risking economic collapse in the already- deliberately courting its firms. “We are not national economy and complains that the centre Maroni says he would spend some of that poor south, experts say. “It’s a zero-sum game,” cheering because firms are fleeing Catalonia. We is draining its finances. But unlike Catalonia, money on research and development, nurturing said Professor Luca Ricolfi, an expert on feder- will see what happens but I haven’t had any where hundreds of firms have shifted headquar- family-owned businesses and start-ups — and alism at the University of Turin.—Reuters

Malta rattled by shocking murder Key players in VALLETTA: The shocking assassination of an influential anti-corrup- tion blogger has brought to a head the public frustration at Malta’s stagnating institutions, bubbling away for years beneath the Catalan crisis Mediterranean holiday island image. Academics, lawyers, friends of Daphne Caruana Galizia and mourners alike tell a common tale of fail- MADRID: Spain is taking steps to suspend all or part of ing confidence in the tiny country’s politicians, police, business culture Catalonia’s regional powers as Catalan leaders refuse to and justice system. back down on demands for independence, escalating the Monday’s fatal car bomb attack has left the country asking itself: if VALLETTA: Flowers and tributes lay at the foot of the Great country’s worst political crisis in decades. Here is a look at Siege monument in Valletta, Malta yesterday which has the most prominent critic of Malta’s institutions has been silenced in the positions of the two leading adversaries in this crisis: such a brutal way, who now will speak up? “Who is responsible? been turned into a temporary shrine for Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. —AFP Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalan separatist leader Frankly, we all are. The whole country,” said Andrew Borg Cardona, a Carles Puigdemont. prominent veteran lawyer who is in practice with Caruana Galizia’s here, it’s something we’ve come to live with,” Matthew Demarco, 30, a husband. “We’ve become not lawless, but the government has given Mariano Rajoy the impression that you can virtually do what you like around here designer, said of the country’s practices. He was among mourners who gathered at the growing floral tributes laid to the slain journalist in the The 62-year-old leader of the conservative Popular Party and get away with it,” he said. (PP) has served as Spain’s prime minister since December 2011. “The big fish do exactly as they please: build the buildings they heart of the capital Valletta. Professor Andrew Azzopardi, dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta, said the killing With a reputation as a political survivor, Rajoy is known for his want to build, launder the money they want to launder.” The attack strategy of playing for time to wear down his foes. He began a has thrown a spotlight on Malta’s recent economic boom, fuelled by had brought matters to a head and the country now faced a turning point. “The moral panic it has created is phenomenal. People are second term in office last November after allowing the left to online gambling, offshore companies and a passports-for-investment tear itself apart during 10 months in which Spain remained scheme. A 4.6-percent growth rate, near-full employment and a budg- uncomfortable,” the academic said. “We are at a crossroads in terms of our political dialogue. It will be an opportunity or we could be messing without a government following inconclusive elections. He now et in surplus helped comfortably return Labor Prime Minister Joseph heads a minority government backed by centrists Ciudadanos, Muscat to power in a June snap election-a vote he called after things up further. “When you are targeting Daphne, it isn’t just targeting her; it is much more than that.” who were founded in Catalonia as an anti-independence party. Caruana Galizia made detailed allegations of corruption against his The premier’s detractors accuse him of failing to stop separatist inner circle, some based on the Panama Papers data leak. He described the situation as a terrible wake-up call. “The political class have let down the people by not engaging with the issues at hand. sentiment from surging in Catalonia. Some say he even encour- They have allowed this sense of statelessness to creep in. There is a aged it after his party successfully pushed for a partial annul- Maltese at crossroads sense that the state is not protecting us,” he said. “The institutions are ment of a 2006 statute of Catalan autonomy. —AFP “To the outside, Malta looks like a holiday island. To people who live under threat. All of this is creating a sense of internal instability.” —AFP 16 Friday International Friday, October 20, 2017 G7 focusing on foreign fighter fallout from Islamic State rout

Fighters seek revenge for destruction of ‘caliphate’

ISCHIA: The threat of fresh attacks on the return, security experts have warned of West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen renewed possibilities of strikes as the pressure Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa is set to on IS intensifies. “With an Islamic military dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in defeat in Iraq and Syria we could find our- Italy. The two-day gathering, which kicked off selves facing a return diaspora of foreign yesterday on the Italian island of Ischia, comes fighters,” Italy’s Interior Minister Marco just days after US-backed forces took full Minniti told a parliamentary committee last control of the jihadists’ week. “There are an de facto Syrian capital. estimated 25,000 to Most foreign fighters 30,000 foreign fighters are believed to have from 100 countries. fled over the past few G7 interior Some of them have months. been killed of course, Experts say those ministers but... it’s possible some who stayed are now meet in Italy of the others will try to likely to head for return home, to north- Turkey in the hope of ern Africa and Europe,” CAMPANIA, Italy: Police patrol in the port of Italian island Ischia yesterday before the start travelling on to Europe he said. of the G7 summit of Interior Ministers with European Union representatives and members to seek revenge for the of the private sector as Google, Facebook, microsoft and Twitter. —AFP destruction of the “caliphate”. Tens of thou- Catching boats to Europe sands of citizens from Western countries trav- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, elled to Syria and Iraq to fight for the group a Britain-based monitor of the war, said a possibility of turning them over to face prose- with returners. Minniti warned fighters could between 2014 and 2016, including extremists group of 130-150 foreign fighters, including cution. But captured fighters could prove a take advantage of the confusion and “use the who then returned home and staged attacks Europeans, had turned themselves in before legal headache, with questions raised over human trafficking routes” to return home-rais- that claimed dozens of lives. France, whose the end of the battle in Raqqa. Other reports what evidence, collected by whom, would be ing the specter of extremists embarking on the some 1,000 nationals were among the biggest suggested a convoy of foreign fighters had used in a domestic court. Jihadists also migrant boats which regularly head to Italy. It contingent of overseas recruits to join IS, stat- been able to escape the city towards IS-held become security risks in jails for their potential meant controversial efforts currently spear- ed frankly this weekend that it would be “for territory, a claim denied categorically by to radicalize. headed by Italy to close the land and sea traf- the best” if jihadists die fighting. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) officials. The French European lawmaker Arnaud Danjean ficking routes which cross Africa into Libya While border crossings have since tight- SDF is expected to contact the home countries said Wednesday there would be “negotiations and on across the central Mediterranean sea to ened making it more difficult for fighters to of any foreign fighters it holds, to discuss the with the countries concerned” over what to do Europe were “essential”, he added. —AFP

Refugees in ‘deadlock’ on Mexicans pick up Greek islands the pieces month SAMOS: Dozens of tents stud a hillside surrounded by olive after earthquake trees, while children in flimsy sandals-the lucky ones wearing socks-play on mounds of stinking garbage as the sun rises on SAMOS, Greece: Young refugee children fish MEXICO CITY: One month after the earthquake that jolted the Greek island of Samos. Almost two years since more than from rocks on the Greek island of Samos. —AFP Mexico on September 19, flattening dozens of buildings across a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe, thou- Mexico City and leaving 369 dead, many people are only just sands are still living in squalor after risking their lives cross- starting to pick up the pieces. Here is a look at the recovery ing the Aegean sea. “We arrived last night. 42 of us on a small ‘We are in deadlock’ effort in four snapshots. boat,” said Naween Rahimi, an Afghan from Kabul, who is A hundred meters away from the makeshift camp, travelling with his wife. “Some Chinese sold me a tent for 10 barbed wire surrounds the official reception centre of Looking the part euros,” he said, adding that he had worked as an interpreter Samos which is overflowing with people. There are just How do you keep going to work if your only clothes are the for the American military. 700 places for more than 2,500 migrants, and journalists ones you were wearing when your home collapsed? In Roma, a Nearly 300 Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis and Africans from are banned from entering without permission. “No toi- trendy neighborhood devastated by the quake, a group of various countries live in this makeshift camp-just a small lets, no water, and the food is not good for the youngest,” friends came up with an original idea to help people in that situa- fraction of a recent surge in migrants arriving from Turkey. said Saura, an Iraqi woman outside, pointing to her three tion. They transformed an art gallery into a “boutique with a According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), shivering children, aged two to 10 years old. New arrivals cause” that gives away crisp business clothes to those who lost 5,000 migrants arrived on Greek islands in September, an travel to the centre each day to try to each get a 1.5-litre everything but their jobs. “My building was condemned,” said increase of 35 percent from the same period a year earlier, bottle of water and a portion of food, she said. They were Eduardo Dominguez, 31, an employee at a bookstore that spe- according to AFP calculations. That is putting extra pressure registered in early October, but their first interview with cializes in medical texts. “It’s a very awkward, hopeless situa- on already overcrowded sites at a time when aid agencies are the Greek asylum service is not until January 3. tion,” he said with a pained look as he tried on jackets, barely reducing their engagement on the ground. As well as Samos, 11,722 refugees are staying in able to talk about his ordeal. The boutique receives about 20 The September figure compares to a total of 13,320 reception centers on four other Greek islands (Lesbos, “customers” a day. “They’re usually reluctant to come, but arrivals from January to 20 August, according to the Kos, Chios and Leros), well beyond the total official they’re always smiling when they leave,” said a volunteer at the International Organization for Migration. The resurgence of capacity of just 5,576. “We are in deadlock. They have shop, Jeni Tapia. migrants making the journey to Europe comes despite the to move the refugees to the Greek mainland,” said Manos In Condesa, the bohemian neighborhood next door, another EU deal with Turkey in March 2016, which drastically Logothetis, a medical coordinator at the Hellenic Centre association has set up a library with 2,000 books rescued from reduced the number of arrivals, and amid political tensions for Disease Control and Prevention (Keelpno), while also the rubble. The library is located in an old colonial house that the between Ankara and Brussels. “I told the authorities I don’t emphasizing the need to respect the asylum procedure. association set up as a refuge for exiled writers and journalists want to stay here. I want to go to London, my uncle is there,” On Monday, the Greek authorities started to transfer from around the world. The books “were out in the rain for days, said Naween, looking for a second T-shirt to ward off the some of the most vulnerable categories of asylum seek- under the rubble. They have bad mold. —AFP chill October air. “It’s so cold here. No shower. The situation ers from Samos and other islands to camps or apartments is too bad.” on the mainland. —AFP Friday 17 International Friday, October 20, 2017 New Delhi braces for pollution ‘airpocalypse’ as smog looms

Hindus celebrate Diwali; firecrackers banned

SONIPAT: As Hindus across India celebrate harmful but what can we do?” Devi, who only Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on fire- gave her last name said on her farm in crackers and other emergency anti-pollution Sonipat just 60 kilometers from Delhi. measures deployed by authorities may not be “We also need to make money for our enough to prevent a repeat of last year’s “air- families,” she said, stoking the smouldering pocalypse” in Delhi. Each year, as winter stubble and defending the practice for being descends on the Indian capital, a perfect cost effective and quicker than other methods storm of seasonal crop stubble burning, dense to clear her less than an acre farmland. The cloud cover and smoke generated by millions sharp reek of burning stubble marks the of firecrackers used in onset of the pollution Diwali celebrations season in Delhi as air turns Delhi’s skies a contaminants soar to putrid yellow. Chronic Lung dangerous levels. A Last year’s NASA satellite image unprecedented pollu- cancer, heart taken early October tion disaster saw disease on showed widespread heavy smog hover fires across India’s above the capital for the rise northern breadbasket, SONIPAT, India: Photo shows paddy crop stubble smoldering in weeks, forcing schools with a thick grey haze a field in Sonipat in the northern Indian state of Haryana. As to shut as authorities streaking toward Delhi Hindus across India celebrate Diwali this week, scientists fear scrambled to contain and its 20 million a ban on firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution the crisis. This time they are taking few inhabitants. Nearly 35 million tons of post- measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to pre- chances, as India’s environmental watchdog harvest stubble is burnt annually in Haryana vent a repeat of last year’s ‘airpocalypse’ in Delhi. — AFP shut down a coal-fired power plant on and Punjab, two predominantly rural states Wednesday and banned the use of diesel near Delhi, despite a nationwide ban on the generators in Delhi. practice since 2015. and Research. Government-led efforts-from 500 are classified as “hazardous”, while any- On Delhi’s outskirts however, farmers are shutting brick kilns to limiting cars on the thing over 500 is beyond the official index. “If busy burning crop remnants to clear their Fight for clean air road-have failed to tackle air pollution, which there are no remedies, we might see a repeat land before replanting, and the acrid smoke But farmers protest that they alone are not a US study in February found kills one million of last year’s situation,” Beig said. Yesterday, has already begun to drift south, casting a responsible for Delhi’s atrocious air, and say people prematurely in India every year. Last levels of PM2.5 pollutants in Delhi were hov- pall over the world’s most polluted capital and they need more support to shift to a different year, levels of PM2.5 - the fine particles ering around 200 still eight times the World leaving millions gasping for breath. The illegal method of farming. “The farm fires in northern linked to higher rates of chronic bronchitis, Health Organization’s safe limit of 25. In the practice shows no signs of ending, as low- India certainly worsen the pollution situation, lung cancer and heart disease-soared to 778 run-up to Diwali, the government banned a income farmers like Devi say they have no but we need alternatives for it to end,” said in the days that followed Diwali, prompting host of older diesel vehicles, temporarily alternative, even if it harms city dwellers miles Gufran Beig, chief scientist at state-run the Supreme Court to warn of a public health closed some polluting industries and prohib- away. “We have to burn it. We know this is System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting emergency. Levels of PM2.5 between 301 and ited the burning of waste material. — AFP

twice in the 1990s, sent a representative radicalization happen online,” said Italy’s Marco Anti-graft court while he tends to his ailing wife in Britain as G7 to put squeeze Minniti, who is hosting the summit on the vol- she undergoes cancer treatment. Maryam canic island off Naples. indicts ousted said in the court that the charges were on Internet giants unfounded and baseless. “This will go down ‘Wake up’ in history as a travesty of justice,” she said. In June, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Pakistani PM Outside the court, Maryam again hinted at at terrorism talks YouTube announced the launch of an anti-terror military interference in the judicial process partnership, the “Global Internet Forum to ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-corruption by saying the trial was “a repeat of 1999”, ISCHIA: Tech giants including Google, Facebook Counter Terrorism”, aimed at thwarting the court yesterday indicted ousted Prime the year her father was toppled in a military and Twitter will come under pressure in Italy this spread of extremist content online. Facebook has Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter coup led by former army chief Pervez week to go further and faster in helping G7 pow- launched campaigns in Belgium, Britain, France over allegations linked to ownership of Musharraf. ers tackle the ever-greater threat of extremists and Germany to develop “best practices”. And in London properties, opening a trial that It is not clear if she was comparing the online. A two-day meet of Group of Seven interi- September, Twitter touted victories in the battle could see the former leader jailed. The trial to the coup, or subsequent corruption or ministers, which kicks off on the Italian island against tweets promoting extremist violence, Sharifs have called the corruption proceed- accusations and investigations that of Ischia yesterday, comes just days after US- saying it has been vanquishing those kinds of ings against them a conspiracy, hinting at Musharraf ordered into Sharif. Sharif’s dis- backed forces took full control of Raqa in Syria, accounts before governments even ask. But last intervention by the powerful military, but qualification stemmed from the Panama which had become a byword for atrocities car- month top Western counter-terror chiefs said opponents have hailed it as a rare example Papers leaks in 2016 that appeared to show ried out by the Islamic State group. Despite the they need more support from social media com- of the rich and powerful being held that his daughter and two sons owned off- breakthrough in the battle against IS, the head of panies to detect potential threats, particularly accountable. shore holding companies registered in the Britain’s domestic intelligence service said with jihadist attacks increasingly being carried Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the British Virgin Islands and used them to buy Wednesday that the UK was facing its most out by home-grown “lone wolves”. Supreme Court disqualified him from hold- posh flats in London. The Supreme Court severe terrorist threat ever, particularly due to Tough privacy laws and protections enjoyed ing office over an undeclared source of initially declined to dismiss Sharif but the spread of jihadist material online. by the largely US-based web giants are imped- income, but the veteran leader maintains his ordered an investigation into his family’s MI5 head Andrew Parker said attacks could ing authorities, they said. Some firms are using grip on the ruling Pakistan Muslim League- wealth. now accelerate rapidly from inception to action, software aimed at helping them quickly find and Nawaz (PML-N) party. Judge Bashir Ahmad A separate Supreme Court-appointed and “this pace, together with the way extremists eliminate extremist content, developed by of the court that tries cases registered and panel said the family’s wealth did not match can exploit safe spaces online, can make threats Dartmouth College computer science professor investigated by an anti-graft body, National its income, and accused Maryam and her harder to detect”. In a first for a G7 meet, repre- Hany Farid, a senior advisor to the US Counter Accountability Bureau (NAB), indicted brothers of signing forged documents to sentatives from Google, Microsoft, Facebook Extremism Project. But Farid told AFP it was Sharif, his daughter Maryam Sharif and her obscure ownership of offshore companies and Twitter will take part in the talks between unclear how broadly it was being deployed and husband, Muhammad Safdar. They all used to buy the London flats. After the the seven ministers from Britain, Canada, France, urged the G7 to “give serious consideration to pleaded not guilty. probe, the top court disqualified Sharif and Germany, Italy, Japan and the United legislative relief” if the giants fail to “wake up Maryam and Safdar were present in ordered the NAB to investigate and conduct States.”The internet plays a decisive role in radi- and respond more aggressively” to abuses of a trial. — Reuters court, but Sharif, who was prime minister calization. Over 80 percent of conversations and their systems. — AFP 18 Friday International Friday, October 20, 2017 Nowhere to hide: N Korea missiles spur anxiety in Japan fishing town

Abe deploys anti-missile batteries around Japan

ERIMO: Ever since North Korea lobbed two could land here just moments later,” she said. missiles far above this windswept fishing town “There’s nowhere to hide.” Abe’s rhetoric has on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, sea- grown harsher as North Korea has threat- weed farmer Mitsuyo Kawamura says she’s ened to “sink” Japan and seems intent on been on edge. “Now when I hear a loud developing nuclear warheads that can reach sound, I look outside, I look out at the ocean,” the US mainland. He has repeatedly backed 68-year-old Kawamura said from her seaside US President Donald Trump’s “all-options- cottage in Erimo, where she lays out long on-the-table” stance and says now is not the dark strands of kombu seaweed on stones to time for dialogue. dry in the sun. “I feel anxious, like I never “They promised in 1994 and again in 2005 know when it will that they would aban- come again.” don their nuclear pro- As Japan prepares gram. But they have to vote in Sunday’s N Korea’s missile broken their word and national election, developed nuclear Prime Minister Shinzo tests key issue in devices and missiles,” Abe has called North Sunday election Abe said at a cam- Korea’s escalating paign rally last week. threats-it also con- “We’re not going to ducted a sixth nuclear be deceived any- test last month- a more.” To protect “national crisis” that only he can lead Japan itself, Japan has deployed 34 Patriot PAC-3 through. Yet the missiles that flew over Erimo anti-missile batteries around the country, on Aug. 29 and Sept 15 created an eerie including one in Hokkaido, and Aegis defense PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (center) visits the Ryuwon Footwear threat: No one saw or heard them. They systems on several destroyers. U.S. forces in Factory in Pyongyang.—AFP streaked by several hundred kilometers above Japan also have ballistic missile defense land, too high to see with the naked eye, equipment that can-if all goes well-take out a before splashing into the Pacific more than missile in mid-flight. into vats of ice water, strong support for Abe and safety.” But Haruki Suminoya, head of 1,000 kilometers to the east. Warnings of the was mixed with worries that he’s too strident, Erimo’s fishing union, cautioned that being missiles spread through sirens and govern- ‘Fire one back’ putting Japan at risk. overly aggressive could provoke North Korea ment-issued “J-alerts” on millions of cell The rockets thrust tiny Erimo, population “Right now, no one’s better than Abe,” said into lashing out. “Abe’s approach is too phones throughout Japan, jolting some out of 4,850, into the global spotlight. Maps on TV Satoru Narita, a 72-year-old fisherman. If strong, too hardline,” he said. “A more sleep. Kawamura has since stocked up on broadcasts showed the missiles’ flight paths anything, Japan has been too passive, said 23- restrained approach is better.” The recent extra food and keeps the radio on to listen for over nearby Cape Erimo, a jagged point that year-old Ryosuke Kinoshita, who supports war of words between Trump and North more warnings. Like many residents here-and juts into the Pacific where seals frolic. At the Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. “Next Korea unsettled many residents, who pointed across Japan-she feels helpless, unsure of town’s docks, where fishermen sorted through time they launch one, I’d almost like to see us out they were a much closer target than the how to protect herself. “When it’s launched, it the morning’s haul of salmon, tossing them fire one back,” he said. “We can’t live in peace United States. —Reuters

Marawi: City destroyed in North Korean cloud the longest has silver lining for urban war South’s arms makers

MARAWI: At first glance, the endless SEOUL: The constant missile and nuclear threats from rows of devastated buildings could be South Korea’s belligerent northern neighbor have the aftermath of a great earthquake. But racked regional tensions sky-high, but they are a boon the punctured, bullet-riddled walls tell for the country’s burgeoning defense industry. South the true story of the Philippines’ longest Korea has been one of the world’s largest importers of urban war. “No one wanted this to hap- military equipment and technology for decades-mostly pen,” President Rodrigo Duterte said on from the US-but in recent years its domestic sector has Tuesday as he declared Marawi city grown rapidly. “liberated from the terrorists’ influence” Arms exports have soared tenfold in a decade, from after a nearly five-month battle with MARAWI, Philippines: A Philippine soldier walks past damaged buildings in just $253 million in 2006 to $2.5 billion last year, gunmen loyal to the Islamic State group. Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao. — AFP according to government data. The country’s missiles, A day earlier troops had tracked down howitzers, submarines and warplanes are especially and killed the Islamic State “emir” for popular in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and South Southeast Asia-Isnilon Hapilon, leader save it from gunmen it says are intent on like Aleppo and Mosul. America. Once a largely agricultural backwater devas- of the militants. carving out territory for a Southeast tated by war, South Korea now has companies that have The battle for the southern city, the Asian caliphate. An AFP team saw metal New urban warfare become world leaders in fields ranging from shipbuild- Islamic capital of the mainly Catholic shutters and walls pockmarked with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ing to smartphones, and its arms manufacturers are Philippines, lasted more than four times bullet holes, pavements piled high with estimates the government will need $1.1 starting to follow suit. Analysts say having nuclear- longer than the US-led campaign to lib- twisted metal and cannibalized cars, and billion to rebuild the city. On the ground armed North Korea on its doorstep has focused inter- erate Manila from Japanese World War streets strewn with machine-gun slugs. floor of some buildings, soldiers peered national military attention on Seoul’s forces and the II occupation forces. In the process the The scenes evoked pictures of destruc- warily at the street through holes just big equipment they use. — AFP military literally destroyed Marawi to tion in war-torn Middle Eastern cities enough for men to crawl through.—AFP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 www.kuwaittimes.net

An Indian child watches fireworks at the Madan Mohan Malviya stadium during Diwali Festival in Allahabad. — AFP

Syrian-American musicians raise voices as their homeland suffers Page 23 20 Friday Lifestyle Friday, October 20, 2017 Arab tradition glitters in Colombia

View of a silver filigree bracelet, in Mompox.

With strong yet delicate hands, Daniel Alfonso Garrido master- Caribbean coast, 250 kilometers away, has helped Mompox fully manipulates fragile threads of gold to craft fine jewelry, preserve its culture over the years and become a jewel of perpetuating an ancient Arabic art handed down by generations Colombian architecture. “I love the drawing of their filigree of Colombian goldsmiths. Lacy spindles of silver and gold have pieces,” said Viviana Devia, 42, a visitor from the capital been used to make jewelry in the isolated northern Colombian Bogota. “When we go to the workshop, we realize the work that town of Mompox since the time of the Spanish conquest. this represents and it has a real value.” Built on an island on the wide Magdalena river, the town’s The “Tito” workshop is classically styled with a patio blend- colonial beauty inspired Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the ing wooden beams and wrought iron, reminiscent of an era Colombian magic-realist partly setting his “General in his when the conquistador’s gold was first hauled into the town. The Labyrinth” there. However, tourists make their way here- share to be shipped back to the Spanish crown was then calcu- four hours upriver by boat, an hour’s droning by small air- lated in the river port of Mompox. craft-for the magic realism of hand- Although its goldsmiths are world crafted jewels. famous, Mompox is not located in a gold “It’s an Arab tradition, and the The skill has been mining area. The locals got their skills Arabs taught it to the Spaniards who, with precious metals from its impor- when they conquered us, brought this handed down tance as a coin-minting center. art to America, and especially to Mompox,” the gray-haired Garrido here through Tradition and patience said. Here, at a counter in his work- the generations “Our added value is the tradition, the shop, the 53-year-old goldsmith cre- time, the fragility in our hands, the ates jewels mostly inspired by nature, patience we have to put in,” said weaving filigree animals and flowers Garrido. “Because if a silversmith is not from precious metals as his father and patient, it does not work.” A piece of fili- grandfather did before him. gree jewelry can sell here at anything up to several hundred dollars, and Mompox “yields a total of close to 2.5 million pesos ‘Art in our blood’ (around 867,000 dollars) a year to the 23 jeweler workshops The skill has been handed down here through the genera- here,” Iculture director Lucy Espinosa Diaz told AFP. tions, as is the case with several families across Mompox, and The creation of a filigree piece takes anywhere between half the town boasts 170 goldsmiths working in 13 jewelries, accord- a day and two weeks, depending on the size and complexity of ing to the Institute of Culture and Tourism of the Department of the design, says Jaime Florez, 27. After first defining the style of Bolivar (Iculture). “We have goldsmithing in our blood,” said the bracelet he wanted to create, and then calculating its Garrido, the best known goldsmith here, with a hint of pride. weight, he melted a chunk of silver and started at dawn to craft The filigree graces the windows of the 23 jewelers of a bracelet that he hoped to finish before sunset. In Mompox, Mompox, a city founded in 1540 and listed as a World Heritage aloof from the tourist hordes, the blows of a hammer mingle Site by UNESCO in 1995 for its traditions and colonial style. Its with the noise of the silversmith’s welding, while the great wide relatively isolated location far from the densely populated waters of the Magdalena murmur in the distance. — AFP A goldsmith works in the creation of silver filigree.

A goldsmith works in the creation of silver filigree jewelry. A woman arranges silver filigree earrings for sale. Friday 21 Lifestyle Friday, October 20, 2017 You decide the plot: Social media shows shake up TV drama

Cliffhanger endings where television audiences utives at the MIPCOM gathering in Cannes are left holding their breath for the next on the French Riviera. episode may never be the same again. A new The trend comes as Facebook announced generation of social media-driven dramas are that it would be showing an English version of giving viewers the power to decide whether another social network-savy Nordic hit, their favorite characters live or die as well as a “Skam” (Shame), on its new video platform, big say on plots. In “If I Were You”, a huge new Watch. Simon Fuller, the man who brought hit show in Spain, viewers vote on Facebook at the Spice Girls and the “Pop Idol” franchise to the end of each open-ended 10-minute the world, is working on an international ver- episode on the next turn in the teen story. sion of the show where the lives of a group of They are given the choice of two scenarios teenagers is continually updated on their for the following week, with scriptwriters tak- Twitter and Instagram accounts. ing the one with the most likes. Producers The series has already become a social cast an Instagram star as the lead character of media phenomenon, blurring the lines the series, which “massively advances a con- between fiction and reality, with fans far cept of audience beyond Norway interaction first pio- interacting with the neered by the New Viewers have stars online. Zealand show the power to Facebook’s creative ‘Reservoir Hill’,” said strategy chief Ricky analyst Virginia decide whether Van Veen told Mouseler of research characters reporters at MIPCOM A new generation of social media-driven dramas are giving viewers the power to decide group The Wit. that “Shame” was “the whether their favorite characters live or die as well as a big say on plots. — AFP That ground- live or die perfect show for breaking show won a Facebook and for Digital Emmy in 2010 Watch”, which murdering her boyfriend while he slept. But ing the number one show in the US for ABC. by driving the plot of its “Twilight” meets launched in the US six weeks ago. He said she cannot remember what she did. Viewers And the biggest hit this year in Turkey, “Twin Peaks” storyline with suggestions sent they want to expand “Shame” into other lan- can investigate the murder themselves, or whose homegrown dramas also have a vast in by text. The Norwegian TV show “Where guages as the Silicon Valley giant starts mak- speculate on her innocence or guilt, through global fan base, was another South Korean is Thea?”, where a young woman desperate ing its own shows in a bid to rival Amazon her social media threads and those of her remake, “Tales of Innocence”, Mouseler said. searches for her missing friend, has become a and Apple. It has already put its toe in the dead lover. Snapchat versions of big US shows like “The smash in Scandinavia by crossing dramas’ water with “Make or Break Up”, where cou- South Korea, whose dramas top the rat- Voice” and “The Bachelor” are also drawing usual boundaries. ples in crisis ask Facebook users whether ings well beyond Asia, has not been slow to teenagers back to their sofas to watch the they should stay together. tap the social media trend. It has teased ele- original TV ones, according to Sean Mills of Facebook gets into TV ments of its latest K-TV blockbuster, “While mobile content specialists Snap Inc. It teases episodes online with five-minute Kids tempted off mobiles You Were Sleeping”, to fans of its fantasy- Former NBC veteran Lauren Anderson, videos of Thea’s friend directly appealing for But for the moment it is traditional broad- tinged fare worldwide. American audiences who now also works for the firm, told dele- help to find her, and in-character posts casters who are leading the line. In the new are the latest to fall for Korean series’ soft- gates in Cannes that the smartphone social updating fans on her search. “They have gone Portugese series “Amnesia”-one of a wave of edged appeal, with a remake of “The Good media trend is a boon for showrunners and viral, and it’s really quite impressive,” high-end dramas that turn on the condition-a Doctor” about an awkward young surgeon writers trying to reach “kids who live Mouseler told some the world’s top TV exec- young blogger called Joana is accused of with autism and almost perfect recall becom- through their mobile”. — AFP

Gimmick or game-changer: Is VR the future of film?

Virtual Reality will change the face of cinema public perception and expectations of cinema. in the next decade-but only if content keeps “We’re really building the future,” he said. But up with the advances in technology, industry revolutions in cinema do not always play out; experts at the Busan International Film despite their early hype, 3D movies have Festival predict. VR is already being heavily struggled to rival traditional film consumption. promoted by the tech giants, with Facebook IMAX has scaled back its 3D screenings, and Microsoft launching new headsets they while box office figures in the US show declin- hope will ensure the format goes mainstream. ing audience interest, according to the Motion Studios and film-makers are also poised to Picture Association of America. capitalize, as cinema industry reports esti- But proponents of VR insist this time, it is mate VR could generate as much as US$75 different, and the format is likely to succeed billion a year in revenues by 2021. because it fully immerses viewers in the imag- Earlier this year, the IMAX chain opened inary environment. BIFF programmer Park Jin, its first VR cinema in Los Angeles, while the who organised the event’s VR section, which South Korean President Moon Jae-In (R) wears a virtual reality (VR) headset during a VR leading film festivals-including Cannes, comprises more than 30 features, documen- event at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Busan. — AFP Venice, and Tribeca-now have sections dedi- taries and animations, described VR as the cated to recognising ground-breaking work “future of cinema”. in the medium. take in a retrospective of legendary Korean still don’t really know how far it will take us “Facebook and Apple are pouring billions ‘A strange game’ actor Shin Seong-il but had been lured over and the audience.” of dollars into this industry and these hard- In Busan there has been a huge buzz to the VR show by her daughter. Chung conceded the industry needs to ware developments are key but it will all come around the VR program, with constant Experts say therein lies the catch-the tread carefully-going to the movies will not down to content and we are excited by the queues to experience what is on offer-both “computer game” feel to some shows can be be the same social experience if everyone is way that is developing,” explained Korean- individual booths and a cinema are showcas- a little off-putting. “We need to find some in their own world wearing headsets. “We American filmmaker Eugene Chung, whose ing films. “It feels a bit strange at first, a bit emotion and how to engage the viewer in think the impact of this medium is going to be production “Arden’s Wake” won the Best like a game, but once I got used to the equip- that,” said filmmaker Che Min-Hyuk, a pro- incredibly powerful,” he said, admitting that it Virtual Reality award at Venice in September. ment it was quite exciting,” said 60-year-old ducer at the VR Lab run by Korean media would be a voyage into the unknown in terms Chung insisted the format is going to shift Kim Young-min, who had come to BIFF to industry giants CJ. “As filmmakers with VR we of social impact. — AFP 22 Friday Lifestyle Friday, October 20, 2017

French film legend Yves Saint Laurent Danielle Darrieux museum opens dies aged 100 in Marrakech The Yves Saint Laurent museum opened its doors to the pub- the museum, visitors bought tickets yesterday next to a red lic yesterday in Marrakech, the sunny, bustling, gritty facade of Tetuan brick and granite, which Dahlstrom said “fits Moroccan city beloved by the late French designer. The high- perfectly in the urban environment of Marrakech.” ly-anticipated opening comes less than three weeks since the Berge, who died earlier this year and was also Saint inauguration of a museum dedicated to the fashion pioneer in Laurent’s business partner, “often came to the construction his home city of Paris. site to see its progress,” said Sanaa El Younsi, a member of The Marrakech museum, designed by the French architec- the museum team. “What a pity he’s not here to attend the tural firm Studio KO, sprawls across opening.” The Majorelle Garden, next 4,000 square meters near the to the museum, has a special signifi- Majorelle Garden, which Yves Saint cance for Saint Laurent, who would Laurent and his late partner Pierre often design his collections in the Berge bought in 1980. It features a shade of the city’s dappled terracotta permanent exhibit on the work of the Fits perfectly in the buildings with the scent of flowers in prolific French couturier who died in urban environment the air. Today, the Majorelle Garden is 2008, and includes an exhibit hall, an one of the most visited tourist sites in auditorium, a library, a bookshop and of Marrakech the city. a restaurant. The museum was inaugu- Saint Laurent would come here “as rated Oct. 14 by the wife of Moroccan soon as “he finished a collection, to King Mohammed VI, Lalla Salma, alongside actresses rest and prepare a new collection” said Majorelle Garden Catherine Deneuve and Marisa Berenson. Foundation head Quito Fierro. “The garden was closed to the “This project finds its genesis in the temporary exhibition public between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to allow Yves Saint organized in the Majorelle Garden, which was called ‘Yves Laurent to walk without meeting people,” he remembered. Saint Laurent and Morocco,’” explained Museum Director “Almost all the collections were drawn on a white sheet in Bjorn Dahlstrom. “(That) exhibition was so enthusiastically Marrakech.” — AP welcomed that Berge decided to create here, in Marrakech, a museum dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent.” At the entrance to This file photo taken in the 30s shows French actress Danielle Darrieux posing with a dog during a photo session. — AFP

Danielle Darrieux, one of France’s most enduring and glamorous film stars despite her wartime collaboration with the Germans, has died aged 100 at her home near Paris, her partner said yesterday. She became unwell “recently after a little fall”, Jacques Jenvrin told AFP. With her smoldering good looks and sulky pout, Darrieux became a huge international star in the 1930s, playing opposite Douglas Fairbanks Jr in the Hollywood romance “The Rage of Paris” in 1938. But her decision to keep working after the Nazis occupied France, and to star in movies made by the studio set up by their propa- ganda chief Joseph Goebbels, saw her branded as a col- laborationist. However, Darrieux later said that she was forced to take part in a notorious publicity tour to Berlin in 1942 so she could free her husband, the playboy and diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa, who had been interned by the Nazis as a spy. She left the German-backed studio after he was Dresses are displayed in the Yves Saint Laurent museum, freed and went into hiding under a false name. Three A man checks the books at the new Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakesh. — AP photos years after the war ended she returned to great acclaim museum. in a string of striking roles in Max Ophuls’ “La Ronde”, “Madame de” (“The Earrings of Madame de”) and play- ing the Queen of Spain in “Ruy Blas” by Jean Cocteau. Whatever doubts that lingered about her wartime activities were brushed aside by her searing perform- ance in the title role of “Marie-Octobre”, a 1959 thriller about the survivors of a French Resistance network who try to discover who betrayed their murdered leader. Darrieux-who died on Tuesday-was still working at 99, and lent her voice for the grandmother in Marjane Satrapi’s 2007 animated hit “Persepolis”. “I went to the studio like one goes to school, I was lazy and I remained so,” she once said of a life spent on set, which began in the comedy “Le Bal” when she was only 14. She was far from lazy, however, going on to act in more than 140 films and television dramas over the next eight decades. They including some of the best-loved French postwar films, and she struck up a particular rap- port with Jacques Demy, appearing in his “Les Demoiselles de Rochefort” as the mother and “Une chambre en ville” in 1982. — AFP Tourists visit the new Yves Saint Laurent museum. Visitors walk by the Yves Saint Laurent museum as it opens its doors to the public. Friday 23 Lifestyle Friday, October 20, 2017 Syrian-American musicians raise voices as their homeland suffers

When Samer Saem Eldahr finished university, he was ready to While he describes his art as expressionistic, he believes spread his wings and start his career. He planned a month it incorporates “a certain sentiment of longing.” It’s a theme away from home to discover and pursue his craft. It’s a similar within his album, “Toyour,” inspired by a book called “The story to many college graduates, with a notable exception: Conference of the Birds” by 12th century Sufi poet Farid ud- There would be no realistic option to return from Lebanon to Din Attar. “Birds symbolize lots of stuff - freedom of expres- his home in Aleppo, Syria, which was descending into war. He sion, freedom of movement,” he said. “I believe that kind of left behind his music and art studio containing most of his relates to our destiny as Syrians. ... We have big questions equipment and paintings. right now.” Five years on, Eldahr has been rebuilding his life and art as In performance, he uses synthesizers, not traditional Arab This image released by Andrew Cagle shows electronic artist and a permanent US resident, living in Minneapolis with his wife instruments, but manipulates them to provide the “micro- musician Samer Saem Eldahr, better known as Hello Psychaleppo, in and a child on the way. Under the tones” - pitches between those found Minneapolis. — AP name Hello Psychaleppo, he recently in Western scales and common in completed an album and is playing Sharing music and Middle Eastern music - by using an influences. “Our music is very multi-faceted,” he said. “It’s just shows, including one Friday at the effects machine called a “talk box.” like my own identity is a blend of my Syrian heritage and my Arab American National Museum in messages as the “I’m trying to find the link between Midwestern roots.” the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. conflict rages on our music memory back home and the Offendum , a Syrian who was born in Saudi Arabia and Hello Psychaleppo is among several new modern tools and what can came to the US in the mid-1980s as a young boy, also feels Syrian-American acts on the road, adapt,” he said. deeply connected to his parents’ birthplace. However, he said, sharing music and messages about Bassel Almadani is a first-genera- the crisis should concern everybody: Some 5 million Syrians their homeland as the conflict rages on. tion Syrian-American, born and raised have fled their homeland since conflict there erupted in 2011, The Arab museum on Monday will in Ohio and now living in Chicago. The including his relatives. On his new song, “Years,” he intones, host Amplify Peace, a national tour Bassel & The Supernaturals frontman “Speaking about my people and what six years cost presented by the Syrian American Medical Society. The con- helped organize the Amplify Peace tour, whose other stops them/Syrian bodies strewn ashore/families who’ve lost them.” cert, which aims to raise money for Syrian relief efforts, have included Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., and New “This is the world’s problem, it’s not just a Syrian problem,” includes rapper/poet Omar Offendum, funk and soul outfit York. He wanted to support the medical society, which he said he said, adding that the tour aims to connect cultures and he’s Bassel & The Supernaturals and others. is doing “substantial” humanitarian work and can help rebuild proud to be “using hip-hop, rock-and-roll and even traditional Syria’s infrastructure. music to bridge that gap, make it more relatable for people - Traditional artistic forms more real.” Hello Psychaleppo’s Eldahr knows art can only go Eldahr combines styles just as he does worlds. He War hits home so far to help Syria. Still, he’s proud to represent it and raise describes his sound as “electro-tarab,” blending electronic For Almadani, the war has hit home: A cousin died on a bus awareness of a place to which he longs to return. “I believe music with the ethos of “tarab,” an Arabic word describing a militant fired upon and many relatives have lost their homes. artists ... want to reach places that people don’t reach,” he music’s emotional, ecstatic effect often associated with tradi- The conflict also has drawn him closer to his heritage: His said. “Sometimes, we just dream big.” — AP tional artistic forms. “I tried my best to separate those two band has a new song called “Aleppo,” a soulful celebration of worlds, my music and life ... but a certain point they do meet,” his ancestral homeland. He’s proud of the 5,000-year-old city, he said. once a cultural and artistic center with many kinds of musical Jeff Bridges: In the line of fire onscreen and off

There is a grim irony in the timing of Jeff Bridges’ latest movie, the story of a firefighting crew that perished in one of the deadliest wildfires in US history. When the veteran actor sat down with AFP in Beverly Hills to discuss “Only the Brave,” he could not have known California was about to suffer its own worst week for blazes, leaving at least 42 dead. But it is a hazard never far from his mind, the 67-year-old Oscar-winner revealed, as he has been losing property to destructive infer- nos since the early 1990s. “I lost my house to a fire in Malibu, it burned down. I was doing a movie called ‘Blown Away’ and heard the news... and, sure enough, it got my house,” he told AFP. “And then my wife, US actors Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, and John Goodman attending “The Big Lebowski” Blu-ray release in Sue, has evacuated our house in Santa Barbara three times New York City. — AFP while I’ve been out making movies, all by herself. That’s a huge thing, taking everything out. We lived right up next to all this threatening the town of Yarnell. recognizable and consistently bankable stars-part of an brush and everything’s very crisp now.” By the end of the day, all but one of the 20-man Granite acting dynasty that includes his parents Dorothy and Lloyd Bridges also lost 400 acres (160 hectares) of his ranch in Mountain Hotshots elite firefighting squad were dead. It as well as brother Beau. Montana to a fire around five years ago, and even found him- was the largest loss of life among American firefighters He has earned a total of seven Oscar nominations since his self fighting to save a friend’s property, armed with a shovel, in since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and the first role as “infant at train station” in John Cromwell’s 1951 another fire a decade or so earlier. “With this climate change, deadliest US wildfire in more than 20 years. Bridges stars drama “The Company She Keeps.” He won best actor for things are getting crispier and crispier. We’re going to be see- alongside Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller as “Crazy Heart” (2009), demonstrating his skill as a musician to ing more fires, I think, and thank God we’ve got these guys Prescott Wildland Fire Chief Duane Steinbrink, a cowboy play the alcoholic Bad Blake, a man struggling with demons as whose job and passion is to fight them,” he said. whose unpolished dignity and battle-hardened wisdom he battles to recapture his glory days. Born on December 4, make him a mentor for the firefighters. 1949, Bridges’s career took off with his performance in Peter Ferocious blaze “In this case there’s a certain tragic aspect to our story Bogdanovich’s masterful 1971 film, “The Last Picture Show,” “Only the Brave,” which hits US theaters on Friday, tells the but the movie doesn’t center on that,” he said. “It’s really, which earned his first Oscar nod.—AFP real-life story of a group of such men, sent out on a blistering who are these guys who risk their lives like this, and what June morning in Arizona in 2013 to battle a ferocious blaze makes those guys?” Bridges is one of Hollywood’s most 24 Friday Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 20, 2017 Ginger Tea is a soothing drink

By Sara Moulton that gnarly gingerroot. In fact, it’s not necessary. Just rinse it well and slice off any bruised spots, then chop it and pile all the chunks into a small saucepan. With the arrival of the cold-and-cough season, you may be thinking about The more finely it’s chopped, the better - but half-inch chunks are good cooking up a big batch of chicken soup as a cure for what ails us. I love the enough. Cover the gingerroot with 1 inch of cold water, then bring the tea to a stuff, too, but I suggest you stock up on some fresh gingerroot instead. Ginger, boil. (Starting with cold water pulls out more of the ginger flavor than starting of course, is one of the many flavors to be found in a stir-fry Asian dish or with hot water.) Indian curry. But used in larger quantities than specified for those recipes, it The longer you simmer it, the stronger it becomes. So take a sip after 15 can become quite spicy. Of all the home remedies out there, I have found tea, minutes or so and, if you approve, strain out the liquid. You can drink it straight prepared with fresh ginger, to be the most effective. up or embellished with honey and lemon - or even a pinch of cayenne. If one Ginger Tea is easy to make (and is much cheaper than chicken soup). pot of the tea doesn’t entirely vanquish your cold, you can return the chunks Essentially, there’s nothing to do but chop up some fresh gingerroot, combine to the saucepan, add fresh water and repeat the process. A single crop of it with water and let it simmer. When you’re done, you’re looking at a potent, chopped ginger can keep a pot going all day. clean-out-your-sinuses beverage that’s ready to sip. I’ve provided a recipe below, but there’s no need to be so formal. You can wing it and you’ll be fine. When making the tea, you might imagine that the first task would be to peel

Ingredients Preparation Start to finish: 25 minutes (10 hands-on) Rinse the ginger, cut off any bruised spots and cut it into Nutrition information per serving: Servings: 4 (roughly) 1/2-inch pieces. In a medium saucepan, combine the 47 calories; 2 calories from fat; 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g 4 ounces fresh gingerroot ginger with 4 cups cold water and bring the mixture to a boil. trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 4 mg sodium; 12 g carbohydrate; 1 1/2 tablespoons honey, divided, or to taste Reduce to a simmer, cover partially and simmer for 15 minutes. 1 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 1 g protein. 4 lemon wedges Taste, and if strong enough, strain and pour into mugs. Add 1 teaspoon honey or more if desired to each portion and serve with a wedge of lemon. Friday 25 Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 20, 2017 Red lentil and chicken soup make for a cozy fall meal

By Katie Workman was going to seem pretty weird. They were pretty wrong. The 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes ladle was passed from person to person, heavy-duty paper Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste I am a Football Mom. A New York City Football Mom, so cups were filled, and not a drop was left. The soup thickens 1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley Football Moms from, say, Texas or California might smirk at upon sitting, and if you refrigerate it and heat it up the next me a little. That’s OK. I recognize the difference. But no matter day, you may want to add more broth or water. And I would Preparation how competitive the league, there is always food involved - definitely add the fresh parsley at the end. The football game In a large (5-quart or more) slow cooker, combine the onion, for the kids before and after games, and at the game itself for is purely optional. garlic, fennel, carrots, lentils, cumin, coriander, chicken, broth parents and friends who show up no matter the weather. And and tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on high for what could be more welcome in any of these situations than a Ingredients 4 hours. Stir in another cup or two of broth toward the end if robust, hot, rib-sticking soup? Start to finish: 4 1/2 hours it’s thicker than you want it to be. Taste and adjust the season- This soup has tailgating or sidelines or post-game meal Serves 12 ings as needed. Stir in the parsley and serve. Sprinkle servings written all over it. It’s thick from the lentils, and fragrant with 2 onions, chopped with additional parsley if desired. cumin and coriander. If you are familiar with Indian food, it 3 cloves garlic, minced might remind you of a soupy version of dal, with satisfying 1 large fennel bulb, cored and chopped (about 1 1/2 cups) small cubes of chicken nestled throughout. And it’s made in a 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped (about 1 cup) Nutrition information per serving: slow cooker, which means that if you are serving it after you 1/2 pound dried red lentils 207 calories; 24 calories from fat; 3 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g come home, it’s right there waiting for you, like a warm hug. 1 teaspoon ground cumin trans fats); 55 mg cholesterol; 288 mg sodium; 21 g carbohy- Last year was the first time I made this soup, lugging it in 1 teaspoon ground coriander drate; 5 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 25 g protein. the slow cooker to the game. My family thought I had gone 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced small one step too far - that setting up a vat of soup on the sidelines 5 cups less-sodium chicken broth, plus more if needed 26 Friday Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 20, 2017

COOKING ON DEADLINE: Cauliflower with Sesame Drizzle

By Katie Workman

Food writers (and I include myself) are often talking about what new things you can do with that package of chicken breasts or that pound of ground beef to get out of the same- old, same-old cooking rut. But we might not spend enough time talking about what to do with that head of cauliflower or broccoli. We can all feel as uninspired looking at those stoic spheres as we do with our proteins, right? So off we go, on the hunt for a new and simple side dish. This is definitely one to keep in mind when you’re making a stir fry or other Asian-influenced dish. It’s especially useful since you can make the drizzle ahead of time, pop the veg- etable in the oven, and get to work at the stove making the rest of the meal. The cauliflower or broccoli needs no atten- tion as it roasts, only the sound of the buzzer to remind you to take it out of the oven.

Ingredients Start to finish: 30 to 35 minutes Serves 4 1 large (1 3/4 pound) head cauliflower 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons untoasted sesame seeds (optional) Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce

Preparation Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the cauliflower into florets. Place the cauliflower on a rimmed baking sheet and drizzle with the olive oil. Toss well, and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for about 25 minutes, until crisp-tender and browned at the edges. Meanwhile, if you are using the sesame seeds, heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the sesame seeds and stir frequently for about 1 or 2 minutes, until they start to become golden; don’t let them get too brown. Transfer them to a plate. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, honey and Sriracha sauce. When the cauliflower is roasted, transfer it to a serving platter and drizzle the sauce over it (or pass the sauce on the side for everyone to drizzle over their own por- tion). Sprinkle the top with sesame seeds, if desired, and serve hot or warm.

Nutrition information per serving: 145 calories; 87 calories from fat; 10 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 490 mg sodium; 12 g carbohy- drate; 4 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 5 g protein. Friday 27 Lifestyle | MixTape Friday, October 20, 2017 Another one bites the dust: EA, Visceral and gaming’s dire straits

By Aakash Bakaya

This week’s piece was supposed to be about something com- pletely different but I felt this recent event had to be addressed. On Tuesday night, EA announced the closure of Visceral Games, adding yet another beloved game-maker to EA’s discard pile. Visceral Games was the studio behind ‘Dead Space’, ‘Road Rash’ and ‘Battlefield: Hardline’ but it’s their new work on an unannounced ‘Star Wars’ title that has left the gaming world shaking their head in disbelief with this rash decision. Visceral has being working on the title for over 5 years now and this year’s E3 even had a video update on it. My infuriation on this topic (and I am quite distraught) has little to do with Visceral actually closing down - but with EA’s tone-deaf response that personifies mainstream gaming’s cor- porate, behind-closed-doors culture. On a bland, all white webpage, they apologetically speak about the “changes” to their upcoming Star Wars title while only indirectly speaking about Visceral staff being “moved” to other projects. I’m not asking for EA to celebrate yet another failure on their part that has led to yet another studio closure but maybe an acknowledgment of the studio’s work or a show of thanks would be a pleasant change for once. They leave those responses entirely to the media and the fans and then they wonder where the outrage comes from. So what is the long-winding reason for this change to the Star Wars project? To quote EA’s document itself they say - “In its current form, it was shaping up to be a story-based, ‘Dead Space’ was a beloved Visceral Games property published by EA. linear adventure game. Throughout the development process, we have been testing the game concept with players, listening approach is mind boggling but that is the reality of modern tioned are only a minuscule example of just how well some of to the feedback about what and how they want to play, and gaming. The success of MOBAs, multiplayer shooters and now these titles are doing financially. Store-fronts like Steam and closely tracking fundamental shifts in the marketplace. It has battle-royal games are making big publishers push their high- GOG are main source for finding these games and they’re become clear that to deliver an experience that players will ly experienced and successful talents into creative ruts that some of the best gaming deals you’ll ever find. want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come, we appeal only to profit margins than any long-lasting artistic needed to pivot the design.” What they are basically saying is appeal. Murdered potential their moving away from a purely single-player experience and I applaud any of those talents who jumped the “AAA” ship EA might applaud their own “independent” division every moving towards making the game appeal to a wider “market- a long time ago because except for a handful of publishers, E3 but after the curtains are drawn - all the lights on these place” IE yet another soulless, cosmetic micro-transaction the larger companies have seemingly lost their way. It’s funny projects go off as well. You would think they would at least driven multiplayer game. to see so many gamers shunning these “blockbuster” titles as attempt to market them but apart from a few pre-release off late because the indie and mid-tier scene is doing better updates, they are quickly swept under the rug to make way for Sad reality than ever before. Titles like ‘Stardew Valley’, ‘Rocket League’, their premier showpieces. EA has always had the potential for It’s hard to look at it any other way. The game director ‘Darkest Dungeon’, ‘Hollow Knight’ and ‘Cuphead’ have built an amazing mid-tier lineup. Maxis and Westwood studios from the ‘Uncharted’ series was leading the project and her fan bases on top of universal critical acclaim and none of were the talent behind ‘SimCity’ and ‘Command and Conquer’ departure surely nails whatever original approach they were those titles are sold for more than 20 dollars - 1/3rd of the franchises and both of those studios have been brutally shot in going for. Even saying a “linear adventure game” is an original standard retail price for major releases. The titles I’ve men- the head by EA’s unforgiving corporate hands. Recent titles in those respective lineups have ranged from mediocre to down-right broken (the less said about the ‘SimCity’ reboot the better) but reasons for those failures are evident. “C&C” barely tried to innovate the struggling RTS genre while the online implementation in ‘SimCity’ (a beloved single player city builder game) was one of the worst decisions in gaming history. Except for scaling back or reiterating on those decisions for future titles in their respected series - they were swiftly abandoned and now potentially lost forever. Just another childhood defining series of games left to rot by EA. Visceral Games will be missed by fans and non-fans alike. It is an all too familiar scenario whenever EA decides enough is enough. One of the biggest names in the industry is also one of the most universally hated and that honor can only be seen in the consistently moronic games industry. As the dust begins to settle on another studio closure, one can only wonder which beloved game developer is next to find itself in EA’s crosshairs. On that I say - if I was working for ‘Bioware’ right now, I’ll be updating my CV.

The faith of Visceral’s ‘Star Wars’ project remains unknown. 28 Friday Lifestyle Friday, October 20, 2017

DID YOU KNOW?

Mars, or the ‘Red Planet’ as it is sometimes known, has a dusty, rocky surface and a thin atmosphere. Its relatively calm conditions and close proximity to earth make it the most likely destination for future planet exploration by humans. It has already been visited by a number of Mars Rovers in successful (and unsuccessful) robotic missions. These highly advanced robots gather samples and record important scien- tific data for scientists back on Earth to study. Mars is nicknamed the red planet because it is covered with rust-like dust. Even the atmosphere is a pink- ish red, colored by tiny particles of Recipe dust thrown up from the surface. Mars experiences violent dust storms which continually change its surface. Mars has many massive volcanoes Pizzadillas and is home to Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system, it with red sauce stands 21km high and is 600km across the base. What you need: Mars has a very thin atmosphere 4 whole-wheat tortillas made mostly of carbon dioxide. It is 2/3 cup fresh or frozen spinach, finely not thick enough to trap the sun’s chopped heat like Venus, so the planet is very 2/3 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shred- cold. Temperatures range from -120 ded Degrees Celsius on winter nights to 1 cup marinara sauce (store-bought or home- 25 Degrees Celsius in the summer. made) Mars has many channels, plains Cooking spray and canyons on the surface which What to do: could have been caused by water erosion in the past. Lay 2 tortillas on a flat surface. Divide spinach Mars has very weak gravity which and cheese between the tortillas. cannot hold onto the atmosphere Top with remaining 2 tortillas. well. The polar ice caps consist of Place skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat frozen Co2 (dry ice) which lies pan with cooking spray. over a layer of ice. Gently slide 1 pizzadilla into the pan and cook until light golden brown on one side (about 1- 2 minutes). until cheese is fully melted. Serve with marinara sauce for dipping. Using a thin spatula, gently flip over the piz- Remove pizzadilla and cut into triangles. You can wrap and refrigerate leftovers to take zadilla and cook for 30-60 seconds more or Repeat with remaining pizzadilla. to school for lunch. Friday 29 Lifestyle | Kids Friday, October 20, 2017

Q: Knock, knock——Who’s There?——Ashe——Ashe who? A: Bless you! Q: Knock, knock——Who’s there?——Nobel——Nobel who? A: No bell, that’s why I knocked! Q: Knock, knock——Who’s there?——Leaf——Leaf who? A: Leaf me alone! Q: Knock, knock——Who’s There?——lettuce——lettuce who? A: Lettuce in and you’ll find out! Q: Knock-knock——Who’s there?——Aaron——Aaron who? A: Why Aaron you opening the door? Q: Knock, knock——Who’s There?——Tank——Tank Who? A: You’re welcome! Q: Knock, knock——Who’s there?——Hawaii——Hawaii who? A: I’m fine, Hawaii you? Q: Knock, knock——Who’s there?——Orange——Orange who? A: Orange you even going to open the door! Q: Knock-knock——Who’s there?——Gray Z——Gray Z who? A: Gray Z mixed up kid. Q: Knock, knock——Who’s There?——Who— —Who Who? A: Is there an owl in there? 30 Friday Lifestyle | Kids Friday, October 20, 2017

5 Reasons to Pack Your Lunch

Most schools are trying hard to upgrade their find when you get to the front that you don’t pita bread; or some crisp, farm-stand apples. lunch, or hit the vending machine or corner lunch programs and offer the best food they like what they’re serving? So you reach for store for chocolate and a soda! Put the mon- can. But not every school cafeteria provides pizza again. A healthy packed lunch lets you Energy ey you save on such snacks aside. appealing, healthy lunch choices. Educate avoid the lunch line (and any temptations). If you have a big game or activity after yourself when it comes to what your cafeteria Bringing your own lunch also lets you control school, plan a lunch and snacks that combine That warm and fuzzy feeling has to offer. exactly what goes into the food you eat. lean proteins with carbohydrates to give you Remember when your mom or dad used to Even if your school provides healthy lasting energy and keep you going through pack your lunch? Pack yourself a retro lunch options, it can be too easy to give in to temp- Variety the late afternoon. Some ideas: your own featuring healthy versions of your old faves - tation and pick a less healthy choice when It doesn’t hurt to cave in and enjoy the “trail” mix of dried fruit and nuts or sunflower such as PB&J on whole-wheat bread. you’re feeling really hungry. How do you take occasional serving of pizza and hot dogs. But if seeds, whole-grain pretzels and low-fat Whether you pack or eat in the cafeteria, control? Take a packed lunch to school! you’re eating these foods all the time, your cheese, or a bagful of baby carrots and what’s important is that you make healthy Here are the top 5 reasons to pack your body probably feels ready for a change. A yogurt dip. choices. If you’re concerned that your cafete- lunch - and snacks - at least twice a week: packed lunch a couple of times a week means ria doesn’t offer enough healthy options, get you can enjoy some favorites that you might Cold hard cash involved in trying to make changes. Ask a Control not find at every school - like a piping hot ther- Pack healthy snacks so you don’t feel teacher or someone in food service for advice Do you ever wait in the lunch line only to mos of your mom’s chicken soup; hummus and tempted to step off campus for a fast-food on how to get started.

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Kardashians 16:45 The Net 17:00 The First 48 20:20 Kids Do The Craziest Destiny 12:17 How Do They Do It? 21:00 Keeping Up With The 18:40 The Legend Of Zorro 18:00 Crimes That Shook Things 18:20 Bizaardvark 12:47 Street Outlaws Kardashians 20:50 Savage Dog Australia 20:45 Kids Do The Craziest 18:45 Best Friends Whenever 13:37 Carspotting 22:00 Famously Single 22:25 Swordfish 19:00 It Takes A Killer Things 19:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 14:27 Misfit Garage 23:00 E! News 19:30 It Takes A Killer 21:10 The Carbonaro Effect 19:15 Liv And Maddie 15:17 Street Customs Berlin 23:15 Famously Single 20:00 Homicide Hunter 21:35 The Carbonaro Effect 19:40 Elena Of Avalor 16:07 Street Customs Berlin 21:00 Crime Stories 22:00 Guinness World Records 20:05 Jessie 16:57 Street Customs Berlin 22:00 Monster In My Family Smashed New Zealand 20:30 Cracke 17:47 Street Customs 2008 23:00 50 Ways To Kill Your 22:25 Guinness World Records 20:35 K.C. Undercover 18:32 Street Customs 2008 Lover Smashed New Zealand 21:25 Miraculous Tales Of 19:17 Garage Gold 00:45 Treehouse Masters 23:30 It Takes A Killer 22:50 Ultimate Survival Ladybug... 19:42 Garage Gold 00:00 Siba’s Table 01:40 Rugged Justice 23:40 Storm Chasers 21:50 Sunny Bunnies 20:07 How Do They Do It? 00:30 Siba’s Table 02:35 Escape To Chimp Eden 21:55 Miraculous Tales Of 20:33 How Do They Do It? 01:00 Jenny And Reza’s Fabulous 03:00 Escape To Chimp Eden Ladybug... 21:00 Street Outlaws Food Academy 03:25 Whale Wars 22:20 Alex & Co. 21:50 Carspotting 01:30 Jenny And Reza’s Fabulous 04:15 Whale Wars 00:05 Lip Sync Battle 22:45 Lolirock 22:40 Misfit Garage Food Academy 05:02 Wildest Islands 00:30 South Park 23:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 23:30 Deadliest Catch 02:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And 05:49 Lone Star Law 00:55 Another Period 23:10 Sabrina Secrets Of A Dives 06:36 Night 01:20 The Half Hour 00:30 Ghost Asylum Teenage Witch 02:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And 07:00 Night 01:45 Inside Amy Schumer 01:20 I Am Homicide 23:35 Binny And The Ghost Dives 07:25 Escape To Chimp Eden 02:10 Another Period 02:10 The Perfect Murder 03:00 Man Fire Food 07:50 Escape To Chimp Eden 02:35 South Park 03:00 Disappeared 03:30 Man Fire Food 08:15 Treehouse Masters 03:00 The Daily Show With 03:48 Disappeared 06:00 Disney11 04:00 Chopped 09:10 Rugged Justice Trevor Noah 04:36 California Investigator 06:25 Supa Strikas 05:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 10:05 Wildest Islands 03:25 Hannibal Buress: Animal 05:01 California Investigator 06:50 Marvel’s Spider-Man 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back 11:00 Escape To Chimp Eden Furnace 05:24 I Almost Got Away With It 00:00 Henry Hugglemonster 07:15 Right NOW Kapow To Basics 11:28 Escape To Chimp Eden 04:15 Urban Tarzan 06:12 Southern Fried Homicide 00:15 Calimero 07:40 Mech-X4 06:25 Barefoot Contessa: Back 11:55 Whale Wars 04:40 Framework 07:00 Disappeared 00:30 Art Attack 08:05 Star Wars: The Freemaker To Basics 12:50 Whale Wars 05:30 Coaching Bad 07:50 California Investigator 00:55 Henry Hugglemonster Adventures 06:50 Anna Olson: Fresh 13:45 Rugged Justice 06:20 Disaster Date 08:15 California Investigator 01:05 Loopdidoo 08:10 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 07:15 The Kitchen 14:40 Wildest Islands 06:50 Disaster Date 08:40 I Almost Got Away With It 01:20 Henry Hugglemonster Much Everything 08:05 The Pioneer Woman 15:35 Lone Star Law 07:15 Disaster Date 09:30 Southern Fried Homicide 01:35 Calimero 08:35 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 16:30 Treehouse Masters 07:40 Disaster Date 10:20 Obsession: Dark Desires 01:50 Henry Hugglemonster Much Everything 08:55 Siba’s Table 17:25 Cats 101 08:05 Disaster Date 11:10 Murder Calls 02:05 Art Attack 09:00 Supa Strikas 09:25 Siba’s Table 18:20 Dogs 101: New Tricks 08:30 Tosh.0 12:00 Disappeared 02:30 Henry Hugglemonster 09:25 Supa Strikas 09:55 Cooking For Real 18:48 Dogs 101: New Tricks 08:55 Tosh.0 12:50 California Investigator 02:40 Loopdidoo 09:50 Walk The Prank 10:25 Cooking For Real 19:15 Rugged Justice 09:20 Tosh.0 13:15 California Investigator 02:55 Henry Hugglemonster 10:20 Walk The Prank 10:55 The Kitchen 20:10 Escape To Chimp Eden 09:45 Tosh.0 13:40 I Almost Got Away With It 03:10 Art Attack 10:45 Gravity Falls 11:45 Bake With Anna Olson 20:38 Escape To Chimp Eden 10:10 Tosh.0 14:30 Southern Fried Homicide 03:35 Loopdidoo 11:10 Gravity Falls 12:10 The Pioneer Woman 21:05 Cats 101 10:35 Kroll Show 15:20 Obsession: Dark Desires 03:50 Calimero 11:35 Lab Rats 12:35 The Pioneer Woman 22:00 Dogs 101: New Tricks 11:00 Kroll Show 16:10 Reasonable Doubt 04:05 Art Attack 12:00 Lab Rats 13:00 Siba’s Table 22:28 Dogs 101: New Tricks 11:25 Kroll Show 17:00 Disappeared 04:30 Henry Hugglemonster 12:30 Phineas And Ferb 13:30 Siba’s Table 22:55 Wildest Islands 11:50 Kroll Show 17:50 California Investigator 05:00 Art Attack 12:55 Phineas And Ferb 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And 23:50 Lone Star Law 12:15 Kroll Show 18:15 California Investigator 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster 13:20 Zeke And Luther Dives 12:40 Impractical Jokers VII 18:40 I Almost Got Away With It 05:45 Loopdidoo 13:45 Zeke And Luther 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Special - Practically Live! 19:30 Southern Fried Homicide 06:00 Henry Hugglemonster 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse Dives 13:30 Catch A Contractor 20:20 Obsession: Dark Desires 06:15 Calimero 14:15 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 15:00 Chopped 14:20 Ridiculousness Arabia 21:10 Blood Relatives 06:30 Loopdidoo Much Everything 16:00 The Kitchen 14:45 Ridiculousness Arabia 22:00 American Monster 06:45 Henry Hugglemonster 14:40 Gravity Falls 17:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 15:10 Ridiculousness Arabia 22:50 Evil Lives Here 07:00 Sofia The First 15:05 Lab Rats 17:30 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 00:10 Holby City 15:35 Framework 23:40 Ghost Asylum 07:30 Puppy Dog Pals 15:30 Milo Murphy’s Law 18:00 Chopped 01:05 Uncle 16:30 Lip Sync Battle 08:00 Mickey And The Roadster 15:55 Right NOW Kapow 19:00 Halloween Baking 01:35 Agatha Raisin 16:55 Lip Sync Battle Racers 16:25 Walk The Prank Championship 02:25 Benidorm 17:20 Impractical Jokers 08:30 Doc McStuffins 16:50 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 20:00 Extreme Cake Wars 03:15 New Tricks 17:45 Impractical Jokers 09:00 PJ Masks 17:15 Mech-X4 21:00 Paul Hollywood - City 04:10 Doctors 19:25 Ridiculousness Arabia 09:30 Miles From Tomorrow 17:40 Marvel’s Spider-Man Bakes 04:40 EastEnders 19:50 Detroiters 10:00 Goldie & Bear 18:05 Supa Strikas 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And 05:10 Agatha Raisin 20:12 Workaholics 10:30 Mickey And The Roadster 18:30 Star Wars: The Freemaker Dives 06:00 Doctors 20:35 Ridiculousness Arabia Racers Adventures 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And 06:30 EastEnders 21:00 The Daily Show With 00:00 Hank Zipzer 11:00 PJ Masks 18:35 Disney11 Dives 07:00 Casualty Trevor Noah 00:25 Alex & Co. 11:30 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 19:00 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 23:00 Chopped 07:50 Holby City 21:30 South Park 00:45 The Hive 12:00 Puppy Dog Pals 19:25 Right NOW Kapow 08:45 Doctors 22:00 Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex 00:50 Evermoor Chronicles 12:30 Sofia The First 19:50 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 09:15 Doctors Stuff 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 13:00 Jake And The Never Land 19:55 Mech-X4 09:45 Doctors 22:50 The President Show Teenage Witch Pirates 20:20 Walk The Prank 10:15 Doctors 23:15 Ridiculousness Arabia 01:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 13:30 PJ Masks 20:45 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 10:45 Doctors 23:40 The Daily Show With Teenage Witch 14:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh Much Everything 00:10 Guess This House 11:15 Casualty Trevor Noah 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 14:30 Doc McStuffins Toy 21:10 Gravity Falls 01:00 Emmerdale 12:10 Holby City 02:55 Hank Zipzer Hospital 21:35 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 01:30 Coronation Street 13:00 EastEnders 03:15 The Hive 15:00 Puppy Dog Pals 21:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:30 The Chase 13:35 EastEnders 03:20 Hank Zipzer 15:30 Mickey And The Roadster 21:45 Lab Rats Elite Force 03:25 Jekyll And Hyde 14:05 EastEnders 03:45 Alex & Co. Racers 22:10 Lab Rats Elite Force 04:20 Jekyll And Hyde 14:35 EastEnders 04:35 Sabrina Secrets Of A 16:00 Sofia The First 22:35 Phineas & Ferb 05:15 Couples Come Dine With 15:10 Casualty 00:30 Lost & Found With Mike & Teenage Witch 16:30 Doc McStuffins Toy 23:00 Programmes Start At Me 16:00 Doctors Jesse 05:00 Sabrina Secrets Of A Hospital 6:00am KSA 06:10 Guess This House 16:30 Doctors 01:20 Weather Gone Viral Teenage Witch 17:00 PJ Masks 07:05 The Chase 17:00 Doctors 02:10 Wild Mexico 05:25 Binny And The Ghost 17:25 Puppy Dog Pals 08:00 Jekyll And Hyde 17:30 Doctors 03:00 Ultimate Survival 05:45 The Hive 17:55 Sofia The First 09:00 Jekyll And Hyde 18:00 Doctors 03:50 Kids Do The Craziest 05:50 Rolling With The Ronks S1 18:25 Mickey And The Roadster 10:00 Couples Come Dine With 18:35 Casualty Things Splits Racers Me 19:30 I Want My Wife Back 04:15 Kids Do The Craziest 06:00 Jessie 18:55 PJ Masks 00:10 Botched 10:55 Guess This House 20:00 Top Of The Lake Things 06:25 Liv And Maddie 19:25 The Lion Guard 01:00 Botched 11:50 The Chase 21:00 Top Of The Lake 04:40 How It’s Made 06:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 19:55 Doc McStuffins Toy 01:50 E! News 12:45 Emmerdale 22:05 Benidorm 05:05 How It’s Made 06:55 The Zhuzhus S1 Hospital 02:50 Celebrity Style Story 13:45 Coronation Street 22:55 Uncle 05:30 Lost & Found With Mike & 07:20 Elena Of Avalor 20:25 Doc McStuffins 03:20 Celebrity Style Story 14:15 Guess This House 23:25 Carters Get Rich Jesse 07:45 Bunk’d 20:45 Jake And The Never Land 03:50 Botched 15:10 The Chase 23:55 Doctors 06:20 Mythbusters 08:10 Stuck In The Middle Pirates 04:40 Botched 16:00 Britain’s Spending Secrets 07:00 Lost & Found With Mike & 08:35 Miraculous Tales Of 21:15 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 05:30 Celebrity Style Story 17:00 It’s Not Rocket Science Jesse Ladybug... 21:45 Doc McStuffins Toy 06:00 Hollywood Medium With 17:50 Couples Come Dine With 07:50 Storm Chasers 09:00 Miraculous Tales Of Hospital Tyler Henry Me 08:40 How It’s Made Ladybug... 06:55 E! News 18:45 Emmerdale 09:05 How It’s Made 09:25 Lolirock 07:10 Hollywood Medium With 19:15 Emmerdale 09:30 Mythbusters 10:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Tyler Henry 19:45 Coronation Street 00:00 The First 48 10:20 Ultimate Survival Teenage Witch 08:10 E! News: Daily Pop 20:10 The Chase 01:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos 11:10 The Carbonaro Effect 10:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 10:10 Botched 21:00 Britain’s Spending Secrets 02:00 Fred Dineage: Murder 11:35 The Carbonaro Effect Teenage Witch 00:20 Street Customs 2008 11:05 Botched 22:00 It’s Not Rocket Science Casebook 12:00 Guinness World Records 11:05 Hank Zipzer 01:05 What On Earth? 12:00 E! News 22:50 Emmerdale 03:00 Homicide: Hours To Kill Smashed New Zealand 11:30 Alex & Co. 01:50 So You Think You’d 12:15 Life Of Kylie 23:40 Coronation Street 04:00 The First 48 Survive? Friday 33 TV LISTINGS Friday, October 20, 2017

16:45 Eat Street 07:24 Rabbids Invasion 15:44 Max & Ruby 17:15 Dog Whisperer 07:48 Get Blake 16:06 The Day Henry Met 18:10 Cesar To The Rescue 08:12 Harvey Beaks 16:11 Nella The Princess Knight 19:05 Street Food Around The 08:36 Sanjay And Craig 16:35 Shimmer And Shine 01:00 Black Snake Moan World 09:00 Rank The Prank 16:59 Wallykazam! 03:00 Forces Of Nature 00:00 America: The Story Of The 19:30 Street Food Around The 09:24 Henry Danger 17:21 Zack & Quack 04:50 Confessions Of A Teenage 00:20 Say Yes To The Dress UK U.S. World 09:48 100 Things To Do Before 17:32 The Day Henry Met Drama Queen 00:42 Say Yes To The Dress UK 01:00 Patton 360 20:00 Carnival Eats High School 17:38 Blaze And The Monster 06:25 When A Man Loves A 01:05 90 Day Fianc?: Happily 02:00 The Universe: Ancient 20:30 Eat Street 10:12 Game Shakers Machines Woman Ever After? Mysteries Solved 21:00 Dog Whisperer 10:36 Regal Academy 18:00 Rusty Rivets 08:35 Max 01:50 Say Yes To The Dress: The 02:50 Ancient Aliens 22:00 Cesar To The Rescue 11:00 Winx Club 18:13 Paw Patrol 10:30 Finding Forrester Big Day 03:40 Cities Of The Underworld 22:55 Places We Go 11:24 Best Player 18:37 Dora The Explorer 12:50 Forces Of Nature 02:35 Oprah: Where Are They 04:30 Pirate Treasure Of The 23:20 Places We Go 13:00 Breadwinners 19:00 Zack & Quack 14:40 Norbit Now? Knights Templar 23:50 Home Strange Home 13:24 Sanjay And Craig 19:21 Bubble Guppies 16:25 Valentine’s Day 03:20 Little People, Big World 05:20 America: The Story Of The 13:48 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & 19:44 Blaze And The Monster 18:30 Bridge Of Spies 04:05 Toddlers & Tiaras U.S. Dawn Machines 20:55 This Means War 04:50 Ultimate Shopper 06:10 The Universe 14:12 School Of Rock 20:07 Paw Patrol 22:35 St. Elmo’s Fire 05:35 Say Yes To The Dress: 07:00 Patton 360 14:36 100 Things To Do Before 20:30 Shimmer And Shine Bridesmaids 08:00 The Universe: Ancient High School 20:53 Nella The Princess Knight 06:00 Little People, Big World Mysteries Solved 15:00 Hunter Street 21:15 The Day Henry Met 06:45 Little People, Big World 09:00 Ancient Aliens 00:10 Mega Factories 15:24 Breadwinners 21:22 Paw Patrol 07:30 Little People, Big World 10:00 Cities Of The Underworld 01:00 Nazi Megastructures 15:48 Henry Danger 21:45 Rusty Rivets 08:15 Outdaughtered: Busby 11:00 Engineering Disasters 02:00 Locked Up Abroad 16:12 Henry Danger 21:57 Wallykazam! Quints 12:00 America: The Story Of The Compilations 16:36 Henry Danger 22:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 00:30 How Do They Do It? 09:00 Say Yes To The Dress: U.S. 03:00 Innovation Nation 17:00 Henry Danger 22:42 Zack & Quack 00:55 Food Factory Bridesmaids 13:00 Patton 360 03:30 Innovation Nation 17:24 Henry Danger 22:52 Team Umizoomi 01:20 Evil Knows! In The Name 09:25 Obsessive Compulsive 14:00 The Universe: Ancient 04:00 Mega Factories 17:48 Game Shakers 23:15 Shimmer And Shine Of Science Cleaners Mysteries Solved 05:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 19:48 The Thundermans 02:10 Rise Of The Machines 10:10 Obsessive Compulsive 15:00 Ancient Aliens 06:00 The Food Files 20:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 03:00 Da Vinci’s Machines Cleaners 16:00 Cities Of The Underworld 06:30 The Food Files 20:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja 03:48 Mythbusters 10:55 Love At First Swipe 17:00 The Universe 07:00 I Am Rebel Turtles 11:17 Love At First Swipe 18:00 America: The Story Of The 04:36 How Do They Do It? 08:00 Seconds From Disaster 21:00 The Loud House 05:00 Food Factory 11:40 Love At First Swipe U.S. 08:30 Seconds From Disaster 21:24 Sanjay And Craig 12:02 Love At First Swipe 19:00 Patton 360 05:24 Mythbusters: The Search 09:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 21:48 Rabbids Invasion 00:05 Alice In Wonderland 06:12 Rise Of The Machines 12:25 Love At First Swipe 20:00 The Universe: Ancient 10:00 Locked Up Abroad 22:12 Breadwinners 01:55 Pirates Of The Caribbean: 07:00 How Do They Do It? 12:47 Love At First Swipe Mysteries Solved Compilations 22:36 Harvey Beaks On Stranger Tides 13:10 Oprah: Where Are They 21:00 Ancient Aliens 07:26 Da Vinci’s Machines 11:00 Hard Time 23:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 04:15 Turbo: A Power Rangers Now? 22:00 Warriors 12:00 Future China 2049 23:24 SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 08:14 Mythbusters 13:55 Oprah: Where Are They 23:00 Pirate Treasure Of The 13:00 The Food Files 23:48 Teenage Mutant Ninja 06:00 Underdog 09:02 Rise Of The Machines Now? Knights Templar 13:30 The Food Files Turtles 07:25 Finding Nemo 09:50 How Do They Do It? 14:40 Cake Boss 14:00 Seconds From Disaster 09:10 Further Adventures Of 10:14 Food Factory 15:02 Cake Boss 14:30 Seconds From Disaster Professor Branestawn 10:38 Mythbusters: The Search 15:25 Cake Boss 15:00 I Am Rebel 10:15 Alice In Wonderland 11:26 Da Vinci’s Machines 15:47 Cake Boss 16:00 Locked Up Abroad 12:05 Underdog 12:14 Mythbusters 16:10 Cake Boss Compilations 13:30 Mars Needs Moms 13:02 How Do They Do It? 16:35 Cake Boss 17:00 Hard Time 00:01 Max & Ruby 15:00 Brave 13:26 Food Factory 17:00 7 Little Johnstons 00:20 The Warfighters 18:00 Taboo Compilations 00:25 Ben & Holly’s Little 16:40 Pan 01:10 Mystery Pickers 13:50 Rise Of The Machines 17:50 The Undateables 19:00 I Am Rebel Kingdom 18:35 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: 18:50 Outdaughtered: Busby 02:00 Mountain Men 20:00 Locked Up Abroad 00:36 Ben & Holly’s Little Rodrick Rules 14:38 Da Vinci’s Machines 02:45 Pawn Stars 15:26 Mythbusters: The Search Quints Compilations Kingdom 20:25 The Princess Diaries 2: 19:40 Cake Boss 03:15 American Pickers 16:14 Mythbusters 20:50 Hard Time 00:47 The Day Henry Met Royal Engagement 20:10 Say Yes To The Dress: 04:05 Pawn Stars 21:40 Taboo Compilations 00:52 The Day Henry Met 22:25 Mars Needs Moms 17:02 Rise Of The Machines 04:30 Pawn Stars Bridesmaids 22:30 I Am Rebel 00:57 Blaze And The Monster 17:50 Da Vinci’s Machines 20:35 Say Yes To The Dress: 05:00 Swamp People 23:20 The Food Files Machines 18:40 Mythbusters 06:00 Hunting Hitler Bridesmaids 23:45 The Food Files 01:19 Blaze And The Monster 19:30 You Have Been Warned 21:00 Outdaughtered: Busby 06:50 Time Team Machines 07:40 101 People Who Made The 20:20 How Do They Do It? Quints 01:41 Zack & Quack 20:45 Food Factory 21:50 Sister Wives 20th Century 02:03 Shimmer And Shine 08:30 Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 21:10 Rise Of The Machines 22:40 Diagnose Me 02:25 Olive The Ostrich 01:35 She’s Funny That Way 22:00 You Have Been Warned 23:30 Return To Amish American Hustle 02:30 Olive The Ostrich 03:15 Clifford 09:20 Swamp People 02:35 Paw Patrol 04:50 Joe Somebody 22:50 Da Vinci’s Machines 10:10 Ax Men 00:20 Hyena Coast 02:58 Little Charmers 06:30 Down With Love 23:40 Mythbusters 11:00 American Pickers 01:10 Safari Brothers 03:10 Ben & Holly’s Little 08:20 Yoga Hosers 11:50 Mystery Pickers 02:00 Tiger On The Run Kingdom 09:50 Clifford 12:40 American Restoration 02:50 Wild 24 03:22 Dora The Explorer 11:25 Joe Somebody 13:30 Pawn Stars South Africa 03:45 Wild Case Files 03:44 Max & Ruby 13:05 Down With Love 14:20 Pawn Stars 00:00 Ghost Hunters 04:40 Animals Gone Wild 04:06 The Day Henry Met 14:55 Breaking The Bank International 15:10 Counting Cars 05:35 Tiger On The Run 16:50 Dad’s Army 04:11 Nella The Princess Knight 01:45 Simon Birch 01:00 Mysteries At The Museum 16:00 Alone: Lost And Found 06:30 Wild 24 04:35 Shimmer And Shine 18:35 Liberal Arts 03:45 King Arthur 02:00 Mysteries At The Castle 16:50 Alone 07:25 Wild Case Files 04:59 Wallykazam! 20:20 The Last Shot 05:45 First Snow 03:00 Mysteries At The Museum 18:30 Leepu And Pitbull 08:20 Animals Gone Wild 05:21 Zack & Quack 22:00 Road Trip: Beer Pong 07:30 The Talented Mr. Ripley 04:00 When Ghosts Attack 19:20 Counting Cars 09:15 Snakes In The City 05:32 The Day Henry Met 23:40 Art School Confidential 09:45 Gone In Sixty Seconds 19:45 Counting Cars 10:10 Wild Thailand (2015) 05:38 Blaze And The Monster 05:00 Most Terrifying Places In 21:00 American Pickers 11:05 The Last Orangutan Eden Machines 11:40 Still Alice America 21:50 Pawn Stars 12:00 Why Sharks Attack 06:00 Rusty Rivets 13:25 Simon Birch 06:00 Mysteries At The Museum 22:15 Storage Wars 12:55 Lion Gangland 06:13 Paw Patrol 15:15 Gangs Of New York 07:00 House Hunters 22:40 Forged In Fire 13:50 Wild 24 06:37 Dora The Explorer 18:00 The Art Of War International 23:30 JFK Declassified: Hunting 14:45 Wild Case Files 07:00 Zack & Quack 01:45 Some Like It Hot 20:00 Melancholia 07:30 House Hunters Oswald 15:40 Animals Gone Wild 07:21 Bubble Guppies 03:55 Far From Men 22:30 Mrs. Miracle International 16:35 Snakes In The City 07:44 Blaze And The Monster 05:50 Not Without My Daughter 08:00 House Hunters 17:30 Wild Indochina Machines 08:00 Rushmore International 18:25 Lion Ranger 08:07 Paw Patrol 09:45 Some Like It Hot 08:30 House Hunters 19:20 Wild Case Files 08:30 Shimmer And Shine 11:55 I Am Bolt International 20:10 Animals Gone Wild 08:53 Nella The Princess Knight 13:55 East Side Sushi 09:00 The Treehouse Guys 00:45 Route Awakening 21:00 Snakes In The City 09:15 The Day Henry Met 16:00 The Apartment 10:00 Hotel Impossible 01:10 Places We Go 00:00 The Fashion Fund 11:00 Mysteries At The Museum 21:50 Wild Indochina 09:22 Paw Patrol 18:15 The Yellow Handkerchief 01:00 The Fashion Fund 01:40 Places We Go 22:40 Lion Ranger 09:45 Rusty Rivets 20:00 And Justice For All 12:00 Expedition Unknown 02:05 Places We Go 02:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker Special 23:30 Why Sharks Attack 09:57 Wallykazam! 22:00 Taxi Driver 02:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker 02:35 Home Strange Home 10:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 13:00 House Hunters 03:00 Fashion Star 03:30 Home Strange Home 10:42 Zack & Quack International 04:25 Around The World In 80 10:52 Team Umizoomi 04:00 Project Accessory 13:30 House Hunters Dishes 11:15 Shimmer And Shine 05:00 MAFS: The First Year International 05:20 Carnival Eats 11:39 Shimmer And Shine 06:00 The Fashion Fund 14:00 House Hunters 05:45 Eat Street 00:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja 12:01 Max & Ruby 00:10 Ozzy 07:00 The Fashion Fund International 06:15 Dog Whisperer Turtles 12:25 Ben & Holly’s Little 01:55 American Girl: Grace Stirs 08:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker 14:30 House Hunters 07:10 Places We Go 00:36 Rabbids Invasion Kingdom Up Success 08:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker International 07:35 Places We Go 01:00 Rabbids Invasion 12:36 Ben & Holly’s Little 03:40 Free Birds 09:00 Fashion Star 15:00 Big Time RV 08:05 Home Strange Home 01:24 Sanjay And Craig Kingdom 05:10 Zodiac: The Race Begins 10:00 Project Accessory 16:00 The Treehouse Guys 09:00 Home Strange Home 01:48 Sanjay And Craig 12:47 The Day Henry Met 06:50 Mickey, Donald, Goofy: 11:00 MAFS: The First Year 17:00 Hotel Impossible 09:55 Around The World In 80 02:12 Winx Club 12:52 The Day Henry Met The 3 Musketeers 12:00 The Fashion Fund 18:00 Bizarre Foods America Dishes 02:36 Winx Club 12:57 Blaze And The Monster 08:05 Quest For A Heart 13:00 The Fashion Fund 19:00 House Hunters 10:50 Carnival Eats 03:00 Harvey Beaks Machines 09:35 The Emperor’s Secret 14:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker International 11:15 Eat Street 03:24 Harvey Beaks 13:19 Blaze And The Monster 11:10 Legend Of The Sea 19:30 House Hunters 11:45 Dog Whisperer 14:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker 03:48 The Loud House Machines 12:35 American Girl: Grace Stirs 15:00 Fashion Star International 12:40 Places We Go 04:12 The Loud House 13:41 Zack & Quack Up Success 20:00 House Hunters 13:05 Places We Go 16:00 Project Accessory 04:36 Breadwinners 14:03 Shimmer And Shine 14:20 Free Birds 17:00 Mistresses International 13:35 Home Strange Home 05:00 Breadwinners 14:25 Olive The Ostrich 15:50 Amila’s Secret 20:30 House Hunters 14:30 Home Strange Home 18:00 Project Runway 05:24 Get Blake 14:30 Olive The Ostrich 17:05 The Emperor’s Secret 19:00 Project Runway International 15:25 Street Food Around The 21:00 Salvage Dawgs 05:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 14:35 Paw Patrol 18:40 Bunny Tales 20:00 Fashion StartUp World 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 14:58 Little Charmers 20:00 Moomin And Midsummer 21:30 Salvage Dawgs 15:50 Street Food Around The 06:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja 15:10 Ben & Holly’s Little Madness 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 Building Alaska World Turtles Kingdom 21:20 Amila’s Secret 22:00 Grey’s Anatomy 23:00 Ghost Hunters 16:20 Carnival Eats 07:00 The Loud House 15:22 Dora The Explorer 22:35 Quest For A Heart 23:00 Grey’s Anatomy International 34 Friday Comic Friday, October 20, 2017

Word Search DOWN CROSSWORD 1740 1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it. 2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates. 3. A young pig. 4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 5. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation. 6. Being five more than one hundred. 7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. 8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 10. 100 avos equal 1 pataca. 11. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled. 12. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense. 13. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis. 14. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean. 19. A type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century. 21. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956). 24. Of or relating to apnea. 25. The cry made by sheep. 28. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance. 29. A public promotion of some product or service. 31. Gracefully slender. 33. A state in midwestern United States. 34. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. 35. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit. 37. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work. 38. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 39. Informal terms for a mother. 42. The skin that covers the top of the head. ACROSS 45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can 1. An associate degree in applied science. solve problems creatively. 4. (geology) Used of the earliest known rocks. 47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms. 12. To make a mistake or be incorrect. 50. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side. 15. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours). 52. Speaking a Slavic language. 16. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton. 54. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter. 17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos 56. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium. and Thailand. 58. United States astronomer (1835-1909). 18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has 61. A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship. Yesterday’s Solution an edible pulp called monkey bread. 63. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs. 20. American frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo 65. Mix up or confuse. (1786-1836). 66. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant 22. Using speech rather than writing. green flowers. 23. A small cake leavened with yeast. 69. Uttering in an irritated tone. 26. Industrial city of Belarus southeast of Minsk. 70. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1. 27. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 72. Characteristic of false pride. 30. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 73. Very dark black. 32. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers. 74. A native or inhabitant of Denmark. 36. Gracefully slender. 77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 78. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people. 40. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 41. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993). Yesterdayʼs Solution 43. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue. 44. Type genus of the Majidae. 46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 48. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 49. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule. 51. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instruc- tions hard coded into the cpu chip. 53. A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed. 55. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude. 57. A local computer network for communication between computers. 59. English essayist (1775-1834). 60. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline). 62. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia. 64. 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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution Friday 35 Health Friday, October 20, 2017 The planet’s deepest lake is in peril, scientists warn

MOSCOW: Lake Baikal is undergoing its Local fishery biologist Anatoly Mamontov gravest crisis in recent history, experts say, as said the decrease is likely caused by uncon- the government bans the catching of a signa- trollable fish poaching, with extra pressure ture fish that has lived in the world’s deepest coming from the climate. “Baikal water stock lake for centuries but is now under threat. is tied to climate,” he said. “Now there is a Holding one-fifth of the world’s unfrozen drought, rivers grow shallow, there are less fresh water, Baikal in Russia’s Siberia is a nat- nutrients. Baikal’s surface heats up and omul ural wonder of “exceptional value to evolu- does not like warm water.” tionary science” meriting its listing as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ‘Significant stress’ Baikal’s high biodiversity includes over UNESCO last month “noted with concern 3,600 plant and animal species, most of which that the ecosystem of the lake is reported to are endemic to the lake. Over the past several be under significant stress” and a decrease in years, however, the lake, a major international fish stocks is just one observable effect. The tourist attraction, has been crippled by a Baikal omul, a well-known specialty, was for series of detrimental phenomena, some of centuries the main local source of food, eaten which remain a mys- salted or smoked, and tery to scientists. especially important They include the dis- given the region has no appearance of the farming. A handout picture provided by the Limnological Institute in Irkutsk, omul fish, rapid Another peril to the shows Spirogyra algae in the waters of Lake Baikal. — AFP growth of putrid Baikal’s surface heats lake’s ecosystem is the algae and the death up and omul does explosion of algal Fifteen years ago, some of the lake’s pictur- trails, camping and spectacular scenery. of endemic species of blooms unnatural to esque villages had only two hours of electric- Timoshkin has travelled the length of Baikal sponges across its not like warm water Baikal with thick mats ity a day, but now improved power access testing for Spirogyra prevalence and said that vast 3.2 million- of rotting Spirogyra means that “every babushka rents out rooms in three critical zones near populated areas “the hectare (7.9 million- algae blanketing pris- and has a washing machine,” he said. bottom does not look like Baikal anymore” and acre) area. tine sandy beaches, algae is pushing out oxygen-loving molluscs Starting in October, the government intro- which some scientists say indicates that the ‘Not Baikal anymore’ and crustaceans. Near the town of Listvyanka, duced a ban on all commercial fishing of lake can no longer absorb human pollution Indeed the lake, which is 1,700 meters the tourist hub closest to regional centre omul, a species of the salmon family only without consequence. deep, and its tourism now provide a livelihood Irkutsk, “there used to be underwater forests of found in Baikal, fearing “irreversible conse- “I am 150 percent sure that the reason is for many residents to replace fishing. Foreign sponges 15 years ago, now they are all dead,” quences for its population”, the Russian fish- the wastewater runoff” from towns without visitors often spend time at Baikal while Timoshkin said. Last year, Timoshkin tested 170 eries agency told AFP. “The total biomass of proper sewage treatment, particularly of doing a trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway types of sponges throughout Baikal’s coast, and omul in Baikal has more than halved since 15 phosphate-containing detergents, said Oleg and in recent years more Chinese have been “only 11 percent looked healthy,” he said. years ago” from 25 million tons to just 10 mil- Timoshkin, biologist at the Russian Academy coming as Russia eased visa requirements. “When you take a dead sponge to the surface it lion, the agency said. of Sciences’ Limnological Institute in Irkutsk. Russians love the area, too, for its hiking smells like a corpse.” — AFP ClassifiedEstablished 1961 Friday, October 20, 2017

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Warning for China as US hails China’s central bank warns of Minsky Scandal-hit Nissan suspends 39 India partnership 40 moment as economy powers ahead 41 production for Japan market

SHANGHAI: In this photo, Chinese women walk by a Carrefour multinational retailer building featuring a mural depicting a lively Parisian neighborhood, in Shanghai, China. —AP Saudi needs Aramco billions as recession slows austerity drive Riyadh plans to abolish deficit by 2020

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s plans to sell state economic reforms announced by Crown impact on economic momentum-each stage private placement could prove too attractive assets - including a stake in energy giant Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who wants to becomes even harder,” said Monica Malik, to turn down,” Eurasia said. An Aramco Saudi Aramco - are becoming even more boost private sector growth and develop chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial spokesman said a range of options for a pub- important to its finances as a recession slows non-oil industries. So the government has Bank. “If oil stays at $50 to $60 a barrel, we lic listing of Aramco remained under active Riyadh’s effort to close a budget deficit delayed further austerity steps that could hurt expect to see deficits way beyond 2020.” The review. “No decision has been made and the caused by low oil prices. Last December, businesses or consumers. government faces a chicken-and-egg prob- IPO process remains on track,” the Riyadh released a plan to abolish the deficit Riyadh is reconsidering the speed at which lem: it needs to spend more to boost growth, spokesman said without elaborating. by 2020, cutting it from $79 billion or 12.3 it imposes austerity to avoid pushing up but finding more funds to spend is hard when percent of gross domestic product in 2016 unemployment, the International Monetary growth is low. By obtaining tens of billions of Deficit via steps such as domestic energy price hikes Fund said this month. Finance Minister dollars in funds from abroad, the privatization Many economists expect the government and tax rises. The plan eased investor fears Mohammed al-Jadaan told Bloomberg televi- program could be a way out of this dilemma, to hit its deficit target of $53 billion or rough- about Saudi Arabia’s fiscal stability and sion in Washington last week that the govern- Malik said. ly 8 percent of GDP this year, helped by high- reduced pressure on its currency. ment would not rush to lift domestic energy Sources told Reuters this month that China er oil prices. Shrinking the gap further will be But in recent weeks, it has become clear prices further. The result may be a fresh was offering to buy up to 5 percent of a slow and painful process, however, they say. from official statistics that the 2020 target is emphasis on raising money from the Aramco Aramco directly. Consultancy Eurasia Group One austerity step, imposing a 5 percent val- much too optimistic, economists said. sale and other privatization exercises, until said it would be tempting for Riyadh to ue-added tax, looks likely to go ahead in Austerity measures so far have pushed the the economy recovers enough to let Riyadh accept such a proposal in advance of a public January; an IMF official said official prepara- economy into recession, with GDP shrinking proceed at full speed with austerity, econo- offer and international listing of Aramco tions for it were proceeding well. VAT may for a second straight quarter in the April-June mists in the region said. shares, which could occur in late 2018 or raise around $13 billion in annual revenues, period. The slump is a threat to ambitious “The austerity measures have a cumulative 2019. “An immediate cash injection through a the IMF has estimated. —Reuters 38 Friday Business Friday, October 20, 2017 Stocks stumble off all-time highs, kiwi takes a dive

European shares take biggest tumble in two months

LONDON: World stocks set a fresh record high Spanish stocks dropped as much as 1 percent as before stalling in Europe yesterday, as the longest volatility gauges woke from their recent slumber winning streak for Japanese stocks since 1998 and while Madrid’s government bonds also sold off, but the first close above 23,000 for Wall Street’s Dow like the euro, they rebounded again. index helped to offset nerves about Spain. Traders “Everyone is watching this with great interest were marking 30 years to the day since the 1987 but it just looks like a standoff,” said Saxo Bank FX Black Monday stock market crash but there could- strategist John Hardy, saying the situation was n’t have been a greater contrast as equity markets something of a ‘catch-22’ for Catalonia. A declara- continued to clock up milestone after milestone. tion of independence would see it lose its prized The Nikkei enjoyed its 13th straight daily rise, autonomy, while calling a regional election could helping the MSCI index of global stock markets - mobilize Catalan voters who would prefer to stay now up 17.6 percent for part of Spain. “But the the year - add to its long market is not expressing list of 2017 record highs. any real fear over this and It wasn’t all one-way traf- I think that is justified,” fic, though. European Third-quarter Hardy added. shares took their biggest The other big curren- tumble in almost two results bring cy market move came months after a batch of disappointments from the New Zealand third-quarter results dollar. It was sent skid- SEOUL: A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price brought some disap- ding to its lowest since Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room in pointments, notably from May after the left-leaning Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. —AP Anglo-Dutch consumer goods titan Unilever, French Labor Party won the support of the minor nation- advertising group Publicis and Germany’s Kion. alist New Zealand First party to form a ruling China focus bled 6.5 percent after it warned current-quarter They then took another lurch lower as oil hit the coalition. This ended weeks of political guessing Wall Street was expected to restart around 0.5 profit could miss estimates. Among the other head- skids and signals emerged from Spain that Madrid games but fanned concerns that the Labor Party’s percent in red. The Dow Jones closed above 23,000 lines overnight, China’s economic growth cooled was gearing up to invoke a never-before-used hardline policies on immigration and foreign own- for the first time on Wednesday, driven by a jump in slightly to 6.8 percent in the third quarter from a clause to re-impose central rule over the restive ership could hurt investor sentiment. The Kiwi slid IBM after it hinted at a return to revenue growth. But year earlier, from the second quarter’s 6.9 percent. A region of Catalonia. That was enough to pull the as much as 1.9 percent to $0.7017, which as well as the mood was dimmed yesterday by a 1.7 percent modest loss of momentum had been expected as the euro briefly into negative territory though it later the 4-1/2 month low was also the biggest percent- pre-market slide in Apple on concerns about government reins in the heated property market and recovered to hit a 1-week high on the dollar. age decline since August 2015. demand for its new iPhone models and as eBay tum- cracks down on riskier lending. —Reuters

The euro also gained on the day, and London Stock Spanish bonds was up 0.2 percent by 0715 GMT. The yield on Spain’s 10-year government bond was 1.5 basis points lower at 1.62 Exchange CEO outperform as percent in early trade, while other Southern European bond yields were flat to step down investors look for to a touch lower. Analysts pointed out, however, that this outperformance only comes after two weeks of selling. The LONDON: London Stock Exchange Group said Catalan stability gap between Spanish and German 10- yesterday that its chief executive, French national LONDON: This file photo shows Chief Executive year borrowing costs, at 122 basis points, Xavier Rolet, would leave the company by the end of the London Stock Exchange.—AFP is now 23 basis points wider than at this of 2018 after almost a decade in charge. It gave no LONDON: Spanish government bonds point a month ago. reason for Rolet’s move, which will precede Britain’s outperformed the rest of the market In what promises to be a more com- this year with Germany’s Deutsche Boerse. The EU planned formal departure from the European Union ahead of a key deadline yesterday morn- prehensive test of investor sentiment, in March blocked a proposed blockbuster tie-up scheduled for March 2019. “The board is now initi- ing as investors greeted Madrid’s decisive Spain is scheduled to sell 4-5 billion euros ating a process to find a successor and will work of the London and Frankfurt stock markets owing stance towards Catalonia’s secessionist of bonds of various maturities in an auc- closely with Xavier to ensure a smooth transition to competition concerns and fallout from Brexit. leadership with a measure of relief. In an tion at 0830 GMT; half an hour after process as the group continues to execute on its unprecedented move since Spain returned successful growth strategy,” a statement said. Rolet’s Brexit warning Catalonia’s deadline. “There is potential to democracy in the late 1970s, Prime for some volatility as these auctions take Rolet joined LSEG in 2009 and since then, the Speaking on Wednesday, Rolet warned that Minister Mariano Rajoy will impose direct more British firms would move business to EU place and if political headlines hit the company’s market value has rocketed to nearly £14 rule in Catalonia unless the region’s leader countries should Britain fail to hammer out a post- screens as well,” said Lenz of DZ Bank. billion from £800 million, it added. Rolet said he Carles Puigdemont retracts by 10 am an was “extremely proud” to have helped “turn LSEG Brexit transition deal by the end of the year. “In the Most euro zone bond yields edged lower ambiguous declaration of independence into a truly global financial market infrastructure absence of certainty in the next few months, the yesterday, as the “blackout” period began group”. Shares in LSEG, which also operates Borsa businesses, the CEOs, the boards the executive he made last week. ahead of next week’s key European Italiana, were down 1.2 percent at £38.75 in early committees of many companies that are based Political tensions have pushed Spain’s Central Bank meeting, when policymakers deals on London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index, here will have to start acting on worst case scenar- borrowing costs sharply higher in recent are expected to provide detail on the which was 0.4 percent lower overall. In a separate ios,” the 57 year-old said in a speech made at weeks, and though tensions are sure to unwinding of monetary stimulus. announcement, LSEG said that group revenues Britain’s parliament. ratchet up as yesterday’s deadline passes, Most yields have dropped in recent jumped by 18 percent to £442.7 million in the three British Prime Minister Theresa May has backed investors are hoping Rajoy’s uncompro- sessions on expectations that the ECB will months to September, compared with the third a two-year transition period to ease the impact on mising stance will bring some stability to continue asset purchases for longer than quarter of 2016. Under Rolet’s stewardship, the the UK economy, but she is beset by divisions the region. “Investors are taking the view many expected, albeit at a lower level. company bought US asset manager Russell for within her own Conservative party and talks with that if Spain takes control of Catalonia Germany’s 10-year government bond $2.7 billion to diversify and boost its business in Brussels are stalled over the size of the country’s today, it is better to have some stability yield, the benchmark for the bloc, was a exit bill. Rolet became chief executive of LSEG in the United States. It additionally bought LCH. than the uncertainty of a potential inde- touch lower at 0.39 percent; well off the May 2009, replacing Dutchwoman Clara Furse Clearnet, the British clearing house. But also on his pendence bid,” said DZ Bank strategist 0.50 percent it was yielding at the start of watch, the LSEG failed in separate attempts to who had begun the process of steering the group Daniel Lenz. the month.—Reuters merge with the Toronto stock exchange and earlier through the global financial crisis. —AFP Friday 39 Business Friday, October 20, 2017 Warning for China as US hails India partnership

Tillerson promises ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific

WASHINGTON: The United States vowed Wednesday to work ners with growing strategic convergence,” he said. “Indians and with India in preference to China over the next century to pro- Americans don’t just share an affinity for democracy. We share a mote a “free and open” Asia-Pacific region led by prosperous vision of the future,” he said, projecting the relationship into the democracies. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered his unex- next 100 years. Promising greater prosperity and security in a pectedly sharp message to Beijing on the same day President Xi “free and open Indo-Pacific,” Tillerson did push India-which has Jinping opened the Communist Party congress. His upbeat speech its own range of protectionist laws-to open up its borders to was designed to set the stage for a visit next week to China’s main more regional and US trade. But his harshest words were for Asian rival India, and to lay out a vision for a 100-year “strategic China, the Asian economic behemoth and the nearest rival to partnership” between Washington and New Delhi. India’s huge population or to the United States’ still world-lead- But President Donald Trump’s chief ing economy. “China, while rising along- diplomat also took the opportunity to side India, has done so less responsibly, compare the United States and India-the at times undermining the international, world’s “two greatest democracies” with rules-based order,” Tillerson chided. China, which he said was undermining India, US to set “China’s provocative actions in the the “rules-based international order.” South China Sea directly challenge the WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Coming on the day Xi opened a party standards for international law and norms that the answers questions at the Center for Strategic and congress designed to further secure his trade and security United States and India both stand for.” International Studies in Washington, DC.—AFP long-term control of what is already one The senior US official, briefing reporters of the most powerful Chinese presiden- to flesh out the themes of the speech, cies in history, Tillerson’s address will be said the idea of a “New Pacific” is a pri- better ties with Delhi’s foe Pakistan. Tillerson did not directly seen as provocative. After the speech, ority for both Trump and Tillerson. address August’s stand-off on the Doklam plateau in the reporters asked a senior State Department official whether it had In more concrete terms this would mean a four-way arrange- Himalayas, which is claimed by both China and Bhutan, an ally of been intended as a warning or a rebuke to China. “It’s a speech ment of Australia, India, Japan and the United States to “anchor” India. But he vowed that Washington “won’t shrink from China’s that was designed for many audiences,” he said, smiling. “The fact the huge region and set standards for trade and security. challenges to the rules-based order, or where China subverts the that he mentioned China is obviously built into the speech,” he Implicitly, this would exclude China. As it has slowly emerged as sovereignty of neighboring countries.” And he approvingly cited said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “But this is a speech, a powerful, economy India has avoided entangling alliances, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ declaration “that the world’s obviously, that we hope all countries in the Indo-Pacific region preferring to maintain cautious relations with both Washington two greatest democracies should have the two greatest mili- will take to heart.” Washington and Delhi have been building and Beijing, but Trump has built warm relations with Prime taries.” Tillerson noted the Indian navy now flies the American P- stronger ties for some time, but Tillerson made one of the clearest Minister Narendra Modi. 8 surveillance aircraft alongside US forces, and promised to help cases that the “shared values” underpinning the relationship make India in developing a carrier-born strike force. India and the United States ideal partners. As such, the speech Greatest democracies The secretary was speaking to guests of the Center for also amounted to a warning to great power rival China that “The secretary of state spends a lot of time dealing with prob- Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He is due in Washington will build regional alliances to counter its ever-grow- lems. India is an opportunity,” the senior official said. Last month, New Delhi next week for talks with Indian leaders. Trump is also ing power, while promoting free trade and open sea lanes. the chief of India’s army warned that China had been “testing our due in Asia next month, including a stop in Beijing where he will limits” in a recent border stand-off and warned that Delhi’s forces try to build on an early rapport he has developed with Xi and Provocative actions must be ready for conflict. India and China went to war in 1962 push for action to contain North Korea’s nuclear threat-a task “The United States and India are increasingly global part- over the state of Arunachal Pradesh and China has maintained that may be made harder by the Indian outreach.—AFP

port this transition with its clean and affordable energy, proximity to raw Thirty years Sweden to get materials, and a strong industrial tradi- tion deep in its DNA,” he said. Sweden’s economy minister Mikael ago this week, Europe’s car Damberg said it was “a great day, not just for the two chosen cities but also Wall Street slid for Sweden and for Europe”. battery factory Construction of the factory is to start in the second half of 2018, and it is into abyss STOCKHOLM: Start-up company expected to raise production progres- NEW YORK: Trader Gordon Charlop works on Northvolt said yesterday it had sively between 2020 and 2023. the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.—AP NEW YORK: Thirty years ago, before heading to picked its home country Sweden to Once fully operational, the site is to work at the New York Stock Exchange, Peter build Europe’s biggest factory for produce lithium-ion batteries totaling Kenny left his home in lower Manhattan and made 20.5 percent on Black Monday, equal to a drop of electric car batteries, rivalling Tesla’s 32 Gigawatt hours (GWh) per year. a detour to the nearby Our Lady of Victory church over 520 points today, and the Nasdaq dropped American “Gigafactory”. The compa- The project requires an investment of to pray to St. Jude, the Roman Catholic patron saint 11.4 percent, comparable to a drop of about 750 ny said it had selected Skelleftea, a four billion euros over six years for of desperate and lost causes. The reason was the points. coastal town in the country’s indus- which financing is already covered. stock market crash known as “Black Monday” on In 1987 US stock prices had climbed steadily all trial north-east, for the site which The factory comes in response to October 19, 1987. “Blessed mother get me through year, as they have in 2017, with each of the three will employ up to 2,500 people. Tesla founder Elon Musk’s this,” he prayed. Kenny, now senior market strate- major US indexes hitting record highs in late Sweden’s main nickel, cobalt, lithi- “Gigafactory” in the US state of gist at Global Markets August. But September turned into a difficult um and graphite deposits are nearby. Nevada where production debuted in Advisory Group in New York, was a newly mint- month, with each index falling more than 2.0 per- An associated research centre January and which Tesla hopes to ed member of the New York Stock Exchange, hav- cent, though not by enough to raise alarm bells employing 300 to 400 people will be eventually ramp up to 150 GWhs. In ing joined the exchange in February that year. He among investors. But as the calendar flipped to located in Vasteras, some 150 kilome- addition, Tesla is mulling plans for was stunned by the events that unfolded the previ- October, the selling in US equity markets intensi- ters west of Stockholm and the origi- another such factory, this time in ous day, the worst trading day in US history. “I fied. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P nal headquarters of Swedish-Swiss Europe, with several countries happy don’t think anyone was prepared for what actually 500 fell more than 9.0 percent in the week before ABB, which has partnered up with to have it, including Sweden and transpired in the overseas markets, which led to the Black Monday. Northvolt for the project. France. Northvolt’s factory will be bloodbath on Monday,” said Kenny. On the morning of Monday, October 19, 1987, “Europe is rapidly moving towards aimed not only at electric cars and When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Art Hogan, then a floor broker at the Boston Stock electrification,” said Peter Carlsson, other vehicles, but also at renewable Average had lost 22.6 percent in one day, equiva- Exchange, expected a possible rebound for stock Northvolt’s founder and CEO. “Sweden energy producers looking for elec- lent to a drop of about 5,200 points in the index prices. Nothing had prepared him for what was to has a unique position to establish tricity storage, as well as industrial today. The benchmark US S&P 500 index plunged unfold. —Reuters large-scale battery production to sup- companies.—AFP 40 Friday Business Friday, October 20, 2017 China’s central bank warns of Minsky moment as economy powers ahead

Efforts to curb financial risks beginning to weigh

BEIJING: China’s central bank chief yester- doubt they really think China is in for a day issued a stark warning about asset bub- Minsky Moment, but maybe he is tying to bles in the world’s second-largest economy, impress (other leaders in Beijing) on the need which looks set to clock its first acceleration to start reining in credit growth,” said Louis in annual growth since 2010, driven by public Kuijs, head of Asia economics at Oxford spending and record bank lending. Speaking Economics in Hong Kong. “It’s not really up to on the sidelines of the closely-watched, (the central bank)... We would have to look at twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, what the leadership says about these things.” People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Recent efforts to curb financial risks and Xiaochuan spoke of the risks of a “Minsky cool the property market are beginning to moment” in the econ- weigh. While the omy, referring to a economy grew a solid sudden collapse in 6.8 percent from the asset prices after long previous year in the periods of growth, China credit third quarter as sparked by debt or expected, growth in currency pressures. bubble threatening new construction Zhou’s comments global economy slowed and property refer to a theory on sales dropped for the prices derived by first time in more than American economist two-and-half years in BEIJING: Zhou Xiaochuan, center, governor of the People’s Bank of China, attends a Hyman Minsky and September. In all, discussion group meeting held on the sidelines of China’s 19th Party Congress at the follow official data that showed China’s eco- growth was still on track to comfortably beat Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday.—AP nomic growth slowed in the third quarter the government’s target of around 6.5 percent from a year earlier, as expected, but remained for this year and 2016’s rate of 6.7 percent, on track to post the first full-year pickup in which was a 26-year low. for a smaller percentage of total new loans, tor has paid dividends as factory output beat seven years. Coming on the 30th anniversary Urgent reform needed their value jumped more than 10 percent to expectations, while strong fiscal spending and of the Black Monday Wall Street crash, the Analysts and global economic bodies such 734.9 billion yuan last month from August, sustained public investment helped boost comments from the governor, who is likely to as the International Monetary Fund warn according to Reuters calculations. domestic demand. retire soon, echo concerns expressed in the Beijing is stimulating credit too heavily in its “China’s high debt burden is an area where The economy slowed slightly from 6.9 per- past by international economic bodies about aim to meet fixed growth targets. Rating reform is most urgently needed but progress cent in the second quarter, however, and ana- relative levels of corporate and household agencies estimate the overall debt burden at has been the slowest,” said Chi Lo, senior lysts say it could ease further due to an debt in the economy. almost three times economic output. Data on economist at BNP Paribas Asset expected softening in property investment But while hedge funds sometimes refer to Saturday showed Chinese banks extended Management. There are, however, signs that and construction as more cities try to cool Minsky in warnings about a China credit bub- more loans than expected in September, policymakers are making needed changes in housing prices, while a government campaign ble threatening the global economy, China has backed by demand from home buyers and other parts of the economy. Beijing’s push to against riskier lending pushes up borrowing so far proven doomsayers wrong. “I would companies. While household loans accounted consolidate and restructure its industrial sec- costs. —Reuters

accelerating.” Importantly, national and provincial authorities are also moving faster Mexico China biotech’s to agree payments for innovative drugs, albeit after negotiating price discounts in many cas- es. Yet amid the euphoria it is easy to lose lawmakers to ‘coming out sight of the fact that China still has far to go. It contributes just 4 percent of global drug propose raising innovation - as measured by the number of party’ masks products in development and recent launches - against 50 percent from the United States, 2018 budget according to an October 2016 report from long road ahead four Chinese pharmaceutical associations. MEXICO CITY: A committee in Mexico’s “It is very apparent they are trying to lower house will propose changing a draft of LONDON: Investors are betting on China’s transition to being more of a novel drug next year’s government budget by raising potential to feed the global pharmaceutical development environment and bring in more forecasts for oil prices and the exchange rate pipeline, putting a multi-billion-dollar price innovative research,” Scott Gottlieb, head of to help pay for reconstruction after recent tag on a handful of stocks, even as the coun- the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), earthquakes, a Mexican newspaper reported try struggles to close a huge R&D gap with said. “I think it’s going to be a long transition on Wednesday. The finance committee in the the West. Shares in firms such as Chi-Med, ... we built up an ecosystem in this country lower house of Congress agreed to suggest MEXICO CITY: Rodrigo Diaz Mejia climbs Beigene and Zai Lab have soared on interna- over decades and decades.” raising oil price assumptions in the fiscal plan over a crushed car into what was a tional markets this year, fuelled by hopes for China’s traditional strengths lie in generic to$48.50 per barrel from $46 and the second-storey apartment at 517 Tokio their drugs and recent reforms to China’s reg- drugs and the bulk production of active phar- exchange rate to 18.4 pesosper dollar from street, felled by the earthquake almost ulatory system that should speed up maceutical ingredients that are found in pills 18.1 in the draft budget, according to La one month ago in the Portales Norte approvals. in pharmacies worldwide. The shift in focus to Jornada. neighborhood of Mexico City.—AP “It’s almost a coming out party for China original research is a change in mindset, A spokeswoman for the finance ministry biotech,” said Christian Hogg, chief executive although it builds on the success of contract confirmed that the committee had made the of Hutchison China MediTech or Chi-Med, research and manufacturing company WuXi changes to the draft. The changes were aimed draft by the executive branch, will have to be which presented promising data at a global Biologics, which does much of the legwork at increasing the budget to help with recon- approved by the lower house of Congress, medical congress this week on a lung cancer for China’s budding biotechs. struction efforts from recent natural disasters, then pass to the Senate. Mexico’s President drug it discovered in China and is developing Bi Jingquan, the reformist bureaucrat who including two large earthquakes in September Enrique Pena Nieto said in September that with AstraZeneca. “China is in vogue because has led China’s drugs watchdog the CFDA that killed more than 460 people and causing funds would need to be reassigned from other of the positive moves on the regulatory side, since 2015, views innovative - and affordable around $2 billion worth of damage. The com- areas of the government towards reconstruc- as well as advances at companies. It’s a big, - drugs as the key to meeting the country’s mittee’s budget proposal, which amends a tion efforts next year.—Reuters big change versus 10 years ago and it is growing clinical demands. —Reuters Friday 41 Business Friday, October 13, 2017 Scandal-hit Nissan suspends production for Japan market

Investigator finds misconduct at three Japanese plants

YOKOHAMA: Nissan said yesterday it million vehicles produced and sold in was suspending all production destined Japan between 2014 and 2017 for re- for the local market, as Japan’s number- inspection, after government officials two automaker grapples with a mounting found some final inspections were being inspection scandal that has already seen it done by staff not certified to do them. recall some 1.2 million vehicles. The Nissan produced 1.015 million vehicles in announcement comes weeks after the Japan in its last fiscal year to March, with company admitted that staff without about 400,000 units sold locally. proper authorization had conducted final inspections on some vehicles intended for Violated their trust the domestic market before they were “Those customers who trusted the shipped to dealers. measures that we took and purchased Yesterday, it said our vehicles, we vio- a third-party investi- lated their trust,” gator found the mis- Saikawa said. “This conduct had contin- What they is a serious prob- ued at three of its lem.” Saikawa, who six Japanese plants thought was took over the top even after it took OK was in position from Carlos steps to end the cri- Ghosn earlier this sis, something its fact bad year, has said the YOKOHAMA: Nissan Motors CEO Hiroto Saikawa bows at the end of a press president blamed on crisis was likely to conference regarding the recent inspection issue in the Japanese market at “old habits”. “You cost the firm around its headquarters in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture yesterday. —AFP might say it would be easy to stop people 25 billion yen. “We are trying to change who are not supposed to inspect from what has become a part of a routine,” he inspecting,” Nissan president Hiroto told reporters, adding that the suspen- Nissan’s original announcement in early were the latest in a string of negative Saikawa told a press briefing yesterday. sion would likely be in force for about October came just days before Japan’s headlines for the country’s firms, once the “But we are having to take (new meas- two weeks. Kobe Steel found itself embroiled in a envy of the world. Airbag maker Takata ures) in order to stop old habits that had He insisted that the issue did not scandal as it admitted to falsifying quali- went bankrupt this year after spending been part of our routine operations at the affect the quality of Nissan’s vehicles. ty data in products shipped to about years dealing with defective products that factories.” “What is necessary is to make “Rather than whether we are building 500 clients-including Toyota and the were linked to 16 deaths and scores of our people realize that what they thought good and safe vehicles, this is about country’s iconic bullet trains. injuries worldwide. And Mitsubishi was OK was in fact bad.” This month, whether steps that were supposed to be The back-to-back scandals tarnished Motors last year admitted that it had been Nissan said it was calling back around 1.2 followed were followed,” he added. Japan Inc’s reputation for quality and falsifying mileage tests for years. —AFP

“For a manufacturer, quality control is the Japan carmakers vouch for safety most important thing and they were cheating for many years. This was a shock to their cus- tomers, who can no longer trust Kobe Steel,” of Kobe Steel’s aluminum parts the executive, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. This was the view of UK retail sales drop TOKYO: Four Japanese automakers yesterday Automakers are still making checks on other Japanese industry leaders, even though no said they found no safety issues with alu- parts, including those that they received safety issues have so far been identified, the as Brexit-fuelled minum parts supplied by Kobe Steel Ltd, through their parts suppliers. executive said. allaying some concerns that falsified quality “We confirmed that the materials satisfy Kobe Steel customers will seek compen- inflation bites data on products from the steelmaker had applicable statutory standards, and our own sation for the cost of replacements and compromised their vehicles. Kobe Steel shares internal standard, for key safety and durability checks but “I do not think they are leaning LONDON: British retail sales fell more than surged after the car makers’ statements, but requirements for vehicles,” Toyota said in a toward lawsuits,” he said, adding that as far expected in September, official data showed the steelmaker still has to contend with a US statement. Toyota, one of the world’s largest as he had heard there will be no recalls. yesterday, against a backdrop of rising prices Justice Department probe, while checks con- automakers, identified aluminum plates sup- Overseas customers, especially those in the largely caused by a Brexit-hit pound. tinue at hundreds of companies involved in plied by Kobe Steel for the hoods and rear United States, present more of a threat “September’s retail sales saw a monthly decline complex supply chains spanning the globe. hatches of Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles. though, in light of the Justice Department of 0.8 percent, reversing August’s growth,” said Japan’s third-biggest steelmaker admitted Though outside the automaker’s specifica- investigation. “I would think there will Kate Davies, senior statistician at the Office for earlier this month it falsified specifications on tions, they were still safe to use. While Subaru demands for quite a bit of compensation National Statistics. “However, there is a continu- the strength and durability of aluminum, cop- and other carmakers said they were still inves- (from US companies),” he said. In Europe, ation of the underlying trend of steady growth per and steel products, along with materials tigating the issue, the announcements by aviation safety authorities earlier this week in sales volumes following a weak start to the for optical disks. The falsifications stretch Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda suggest issued a directive advising aircraft manufac- year, and a background of generally rising back for more than 10 years, a senior execu- that Kobe Steel’s cheating scandal may have a turers to avoid using Kobe Steel products if prices,” she added. tive told Reuters this week. Since then, global limited impact on product safety. they can until checks are completed. Analysts’ consensus forecast had been for a automakers, aircraft companies and other There was no manual providing guidance to 0.1-percent drop in retail sales in September fol- manufacturers have scrambled to identify Serious situation staff on cheating product specifications, a sen- lowing an increase of 0.9 percent in August. potential hazards in their products. Nonetheless, the company’s fate hangs in ior Kobe Steel executive told reporters, on British inflation has picked up sharply in recent Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co, the balance while checks are being carried out. condition of anonymity. Japanese media months as a Brexit-hit pound raised import costs. Nissan Motor Co and Mazda Motor Co said It must report to Japan’s industry ministry by reported that staff used such a document, but That, in turn, has increased the likelihood of the that hoods and other exterior parts used in around the end of next week on any safety the executive said he did not know whether Bank of England raising interest rates next month, their cars which were made from aluminum concerns and provide a more extensive account memos were passed around among staff. Some according to analysts. “Five-year high inflation directly supplied by Kobe Steel were safe. of the problems a fortnight later. Industry lead- of the data tampering was an abuse of an combined with slow wage growth has consumers Kobe Steel shares ended the day nearly 7 per- ers have reached a consensus that Kobe Steel is industry practice known as “tokusai”, a kind of feeling the pinch,” said UFX.com analyst Dennis cent higher but are still down by more than a in a “serious situation,” a senior Japanese man- special waiver, that is agreed between buyer de Jong. —AFP third since it announced the data falsification. ufacturing executive told Reuters. and supplier, the executive said. —Reuters 42 Friday Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 De Villiers finds sweet spot on South Africa return

It’s a huge privilege to play for my team

PAARL: AB de Villiers feels he is hitting the watched all the games the guys played and ball as sweetly as he ever following his recent I’ve been in contact with them. It felt like I break from the South African side, an omi- never really left, but I did miss being on the nous sign for bowlers ahead of a busy season park and playing. “It’s great to be back. It’s a across all three formats. huge privilege to play for my team and my South Africa were given a glimpse of what country. For the last few months, I’ve been they have been missing as De Villiers flayed working really hard on my game and all I Bangladesh’s attack with stunning ease on his wanted to do was get back into the side.” De way to a career-best one-day international Villiers hinted in the past that he may retire score on Wednesday. from test cricket to He smashed 176 concentrate on the from 104 balls, includ- limited-overs game, ing seven towering but appears to have sixes, as South Africa I’m hitting performed an about- sealed the three- turn and is now hope- match series with a the ball as ful of a return to the game to spare follow- well as ever longest format for the ing a 104-run victory. first time since January “I’m hitting the ball as 2016. “If selected, I well as ever and it felt will be there but I that way out there, I can’t accept that I am could feel the ball coming off really well,” he going to be in the squad,” he said. “I have told reporters. “It’s just nice to contribute.” been out of the squad for a while and guys De Villiers had been on a self-imposed that have come in have done well. exile from the side, but announced last month “You don’t just walk into the test team. I he would be available again in all three for- am going to have to work my way back. I am mats as South Africa prepare to welcome prepared to do the hard work.” South Africa India and Australia for respective test series host Zimbabwe in an inaugural four-day test PAARL: South Africa’s AB de Villiers plays a shot during the second one day inter- in the coming months. starting on Boxing Day, before three matches national (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and Bangladesh at Boland Park “I just needed a couple of months away against India in January and four versus tour- in Paarl.— AFP with the family, which I got,” he said. “I ing Australia in March. — Reuters

Spinner Hafeez England plot revenge reported for in women’s Ashes bowling action MELBOURNE: England’s women will hope to build on the DUBAI: Pakistan off-spinner success of their World Cup triumph and wrest back the Mohammad Hafeez has been reported Ashes from an Australian side shorn of talismanic captain for a suspect bowling action during the Meg Lanning. third one-day international against Sri The all-formats tournament kicks off with a one-day Lanka in Abu Dhabi, the International international in Brisbane on Sunday and promises to be Cricket Council said yesterday. more than a curtain-raiser for the five-test men’s series The ICC said the match officials’ that begins in November. report, which was handed over to the England, captained by Heather Knight, are seeking Pakistan team management, cited con- revenge after being humbled on home soil in the previous cerns about the legality of the 37-year- series in 2015, while Australia are desperate to make old’s bowling action during the match on amends for their surprise World Cup semi-final exit in July. Wednesday. “We’ve got over (the World Cup) now,” Australia pace “Hafeez’s bowling action will now be bowler Megan Schutt told reporters this week. “We’ve scrutinised further under the ICC illegal Mohammad Hafeez learnt from the mistakes that were made over there and bowling action regulations. He is dealt with the personal issues that came with that. required to undergo testing within 14 “We’ve really worked hard at getting over that speed days, and, during this period, Hafeez is July 2015. Shabbir Ahmed, as well as spinners bump.” Rachael Haynes has been named skipper of permitted to continue bowling in inter- On 17 November 2016, Hafeez Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi and Bilal Asif Australia in place of Lanning and will be under pressure to national cricket until the results of the underwent a reassessment of his bowl- all reported in the past. Ajmal’s career get the better of Knight, who replaced Charlotte Edwards assessments are known,” said an ICC ing action at the National Cricket ended after he failed to achieve the last year and was a cool head during the World Cup on release. This is the third time that his Centre in Brisbane and was allowed to same success with a remodelled action home soil. Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry again looms as action has been reported as suspect. He resume bowling after his action was in 2015 while Bilal’s action was cleared a huge threat to England’s hopes of victory after being was first suspended from bowling in found to be legal. after reassessment. Under the new ICC player of the series in the past two Ashes campaigns. December 2014 before he was cleared Hafeez bowled eight overs and took regulations, all bowlers are allowed to She enters the tournament off the back of an outstand- the following April. His action was one for 39 in the match which Pakistan bend their arm by 15 degrees-beyond ing World Cup where she amassed 404 runs and took nine reported for a second time in June 2015 won by seven wickets to secure an which the action is deemed illegal. wickets. England will lean on their formidable attack of and as this was his second suspension unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match Hafeez has claimed 136 wickets in 193 seamers Anya Shrubsole, Katherine Brunt and young spin- within 24 months of the initial suspen- series. Pakistan has a history of prob- one-day internationals, also taking 52 ner Sophie Ecclestone to thwart Perry and the Australian sion, he was suspended from bowling in lems with illegal bowling actions with Test scalps and 46 wickets in Twenty20 batswomen.—Reuters international cricket for 12 months from quick bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and internationals. —AFP Friday 43 Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 Yankees blank Astros, move one win from World Series Wood gives up 3 homers as Dodgers lose to Cubs in NLCS

NEW YORK: Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven The Yankees scored their first postseason outstanding innings and the New York run off Keuchel with two outs in the second. Yankees scored four runs against Dallas After Starlin Castro doubled to deep left, Bird Keuchel in a 5-0 victory over the Houston lined a single to right field. New York took a Astros in Game 5 of the American League 2-0 lead with one out in the third as Brett Championship Series on Wednesday. Gardner raced home from first and executed a The Yankees lead the best-of-seven series headfirst slide into the plate on Judge’s double 3-2. They are one win from their 41st pennant down the left field line. and the first since beating the Los Angeles The Yankees extended it to 3-0 with two Angels in 2009. Game 6 is today in Houston. outs in the fifth. After a walk to Judge that Tanaka (1-1) posted his second postseason put runners at first and second, Sanchez lined win by allowing three hits and working out of a single to left field and Chase Headley a few minor threats. He struck out eight and scored. The lead grew to 4-0 when Gregorius walked one in a 103- placed a single up the pitch outing as New middle just under Jose York improved to 6-0 Altuve as the second at home in the post- baseman attempted to season. Keuchel (1-1) Javier Baez make a diving stop. took a 13-inning post- Sanchez capped the season scoreless hit two scoring with a long streak against the home runs homer into the left- Yankees into the game field seats. In between NEW YORK: New York Yankees’ Gary Sanchez hits a home run during the sev- and it lasted one more runs, Tanaka escaped a enth inning of Game 5 of baseball’s American League Championship Series inning before Greg few times. With the against the Houston Astros Wednesday, in New York. —AP Bird hit an RBI single. game still scoreless, Aaron Judge drove in his 10th run of the Yuli Gurriel was on third with two outs in the postseason with a double in the third before second, but Tanaka retired Carlos Beltran and Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius added RBI Marwin Gonzalez on groundouts. staved off elimination with a victory over Los solo home runs for the Dodgers. The loss singles in the fifth. Three innings later, the Astros put two on Angeles in Game 4 of the National League snapped a six-game postseason win streak for New York’s final run scored on Sanchez’s with one out, but Tanaka struck out George Championship Series. Willson Contreras also Los Angeles, which remains one victory shy of third postseason homer in the seventh. Springer and Josh Reddick, keeping Altuve hit a solo home run for the Cubs, who trimmed reaching the World Series for the first time Keuchel lost for the first time in five postsea- and Carlos Correa from coming up with run- their series deficit to 3-1. Jake Arrieta (1-0) since 1988. son starts. He allowed four runs and seven ners on. allowed one run on three hits in 6 2/3 innings The Dodgers’ Alex Wood (0-1) allowed hits in 4-2/3 innings, getting knocked out ear- in what may have been the soon-to-be free three solo home runs and a single in 4 2/3 ly after holding the Yankees to one hit in seven CUBS 3, DODGERS 2 agent’s final appearance with Chicago. innings in his first career postseason scoreless innings during Game 1 last Friday. Javier Baez hit two home runs, and Chicago Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner each hit start. —Reuters

pass off the boards created a 2-on-1 with Schwartz has Schwartz and Sammy Blais. Schwartz complet- ed the hat trick with an empty-net goal. hat-trick in MAPLE LEAFS 6, RED WINGS 3 Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves in his season debut and Toronto scored four times in Blues’ 5-2 the first period in the victory over Detroit. Starting in place of Frederik Andersen, victory over McElhinney stopped 15 shots in the third period to hold off the Red Wings. Nazem Kadri, Zach Hyman, Auston Matthews, Connor Blackhawks Brown, Morgan Rielly and William Nylander scored to help Toronto improve to an NHL- best 6-1-0. The Maple Leafs were coming off a 2 -0 victory at Washington on Tuesday ST LOUIS: Jaden Schwartz had his third night. Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar, career hat trick to help the St. Louis Blues beat Jonathan Ericsson scored for the Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Wednesday and Nick Jensen had three assists. Jimmy night. Schwartz has four goals and six assists Howard gave up three goals on four shots this season and has at least one point in six of before getting yanked in favor of Petr Mrazek the Blues’ first seven games. It was his 51st late in the first period. Toronto scored on its career multi-point game and fourth this sea- first two shots and four of its first five. son. Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist, Kyle Brodziak also scored, and Jake KINGS 5, CANADIENS 1 Allen made 22 saves. The Blues snapped a Adrian Kempe had his first career hat trick two-game losing streak Duncan Keith and to lead Los Angeles over Montreal. Michael Ryan Hartman had late goals for Blackhawks, Cammalleri scored the other two goals for the and Corey Crawford made 28 saves. Schwartz Kings, who have opened their season with opened the scoring at 4:46 of the first period, their best six-game start (5-0-1) in franchise tucking in a backhander off Tarasenko’s feed. history. Montreal (1-5-1) still hasn’t won in Schwartz left the game eight minutes later regulation this season. Jonathan Quick made after going awkwardly head-first into the 36 saves for the Kings. The 21-year-old Kempe boards after getting tangled with Richard scored the go-ahead goal on a 2-on-1 break- ST LOUIS: Joel Edmundson #6, Colton Parayko No 55, Sammy Blais No 64, Panik on a partial short-handed break. away for the Kings at 7:34 in the third period. Ivan Barbashev No 49, and Jake Allen No 34 of the St Louis Blues defend the Schwartz returned in the second period, and He scored again at 16:42 and added another at goal against Patrick Sharp No 10 and Artem Anisimov No 15 of the Chicago gave the Blues a 2-0 lead at 5:59. Allen’s outlet 18:24 as hats were thrown onto the ice. —AP Blackhawks in the third period at the Scottrade Center. —AFP 44 Friday Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 Hanyu, Medvedeva start road to Pyeongchang in Moscow Skaters compete in two assignments with top six in each discipline

PARIS: Japanese figure skating golden boy she explained. “But I was touched by the ly from an injury,” the 25-year-old from Yuzuru Hanyu and two-time world champion image of Anna Karenina and the music from Saint Petersburg said. Evgenia Medvedeva headline the Cup of the film of the same name. “Of course we’re not ready yet to perform Russia starting today, the first of the six-leg “And I believe this programme will go very at our top but we work hard day by day and Grand Prix series in this Olympic season. With well with the Olympic season. I already tested hope to gain our top form for the Olympics.” Pyeongchang looming large on the horizon it in the Japan Open and I think that my per- After Russia the Grand Prix series moves on Olympic champion formance there proved to Skate Canada at the end of the month, then Hanyu and the rest of that it has been the China, Japan, France and Skate America at the ice rink stars will be right decision.” Other Lake Placid in November. out to lay down mark- It was a bit stars on view in Russia Skaters compete in two assignments each ers for the February 9- this weekend are two- with the top six in each discipline qualifying Evgenia Medvedeva 25 Winter Games. risky to change time world ice dance for the ISU Grand Prix Final from December Hanyu underlined medallists Maia and 7-10 in Nagoya, Japan. That will be the last his status as favourite free programme Alex Shibutani, the chance for skaters from Europe, Asia and ver medallist Shoma Uno. China’s Helsinki to defend his 2014 American brother and North America to rub shoulders before gold medallists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong Sochi crown in South sister act and Russia’s Pyeongchang. and France’s two-time ice dance world Korea next year when European champions Moscow hosts the European champi- champions Gabriella Papadakis and claiming his second world title in Helsinki in Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. onships in mid-January, with the season Guillaume Cizeron are set to light up the April. Medvedeva also returned from Finland Another home grown hope is Ksenia ending in Milan for the 2018 world champi- third Grand Prix leg in Beijing. with gold after defending her 2016 Boston title, Stolbova, who won team gold in Sochi and a onships in March. The October 27-29 Skate Four Continents champion Mai Mihara and will be debuting a new routine in Moscow. silver in the pairs with Fedor Klimov. “We Canada in Regina will feature Canada’s of Japan and Spain’s two-time world “It was a bit risky to change the free pro- started to practice in full strength just a three-time world champion Patrick Chan, sil- champion Javier Fernandez are also in the gramme as the season has already started,” month ago after Fedor recovered complete- ver medallist at Sochi, and Japan’s world sil- Beijing mix. —AFP

No doubting Thomas after Dovizioso has sizzling 63 in Marquez in South Korea title sights at JEJU: World number four Justin Thomas brushed off a shaky start to fire a superb Phillip Island nine-under par 63 and take a three-shot lead after the first round of the CJ Cup PHILLIP ISLAND: Andrea Dovizioso is yesterday. US PGA Championship winner looking to make further gains on Marc Thomas is three strokes clear of five play- Marquez’s world championship lead in ers on six-under 66 — Malaysia’s Gavin Sunday’s Australian MotoGP at the demand- Green, the US trio of Chez Reavie, Scott ing Phillip Island circuit where he historically Brown and Patrick Reed, and Australia’s struggles. Dovizioso powered to his fifth win Marc Leishman. Thomas came up short in of the year at rain-swept Motegi last week- his bid for a hat-trick of wins at the CIMB JEJU ISLAND: Justin Thomas of United States watches his shot on the forth end in a pulsating final corner duel with Classic in Malaysia last week, finishing tied hole during the first round of the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, as the first official Marquez to reduce the world champion’s 17th, and he bounced back from an early PGA Tour in South Korea, on Jeju Island, South Korea, yesterday. —AP lead to 11 points with just three rounds left in wobble at the Nine Bridges course in the the championship. Marquez’s second place first US PGA Tour event ever to be played Hit two really bad wedge shots and got were super respectful and enjoy golf,” was his 100th career podium from 165 starts in South Korea. away with them to steal two bogeys,” said Reavie. “When you make birdies and he is the youngest rider at 24 to achieve He dropped a shot “really badly” on his admitted Thomas. His second nine was they cheer and they were rooting all of us the milestone. Marquez’s consistency has opening hole, the 10th, but got it back with almost boring by comparison featuring on, it’s great.” Thomas’s group was fol- made him the benchmark rider of this sea- interest by eagling the par-five 12th. That three birdies and another bogey at the lowed by the biggest galleries as it con- son’s world championship but Italy’s was the start of a run of eight-under par seventh to finish at nine-under par. tained the returning Korean hero Bae Dovizioso has doggedly kept in touch on his for seven holes comprising four birdies Sang-Moon who shot 71 in only his third Ducati and Phillip Island looms as the pivotal and another eagle at the 18th to reach the ‘SUPER-RESPECTFUL’ KOREANS event since military service, and last race of this year’s fight for the title. turn in a scintillating seven-under par 29. Reavie had a bogey-free day with a bal- week’s winner in Malaysia, Pat Perez, who “For sure Phillip Island is one of Marquez’s “It was a weird day,” said 23-year-old anced card of three birdies on each nine to carded 69. “It was awesome out there,” favourite tracks and the situation will proba- FedEx Cup champion Thomas, who has get into the five-way tie for second. said Thomas. “I said to Bae you probably bly be a bit more difficult for us,” Dovizioso been in sizzling form since winning his first “It was fun tying to figure out a new got the best crowds out here. He’s a great said. “But last year we did a good race and major in August and was recently voted so we must try and work in the best possible course” said the 35-year-old, who fin- guy and great player and it’s good to PGA Tour player of the Year for 2017. way throughout the weekend. ished tied 17th alongside Thomas at TPC have him back.” “It started off with a really badly played “There are now just three rounds left Kuala Lumpur. “My routes are going to Players Championship winner and bogey and then I went on a seven-hole until the end and on paper we are not be different to these long bombers but world number 41 Kim Si-Woo went one stretch where I kind of went unconscious favourites for the win in Australia but we’ll the greens were great.” Whee Kim shot a stroke better than Bae with a 70, but and that was was pretty much most of my be fighting as hard as ever.” Marquez has four-under 68 to be the highest placed of admitted the pressure of playing in front round.” two victories around Phillip Island-in the the 17-strong Korean contingent, who all of his home fans in such a high-class field Thomas holed a bunker shot at 15 for 125cc class in 2010 and the 2015 Australian received enthusiastic home support at the had affected him. “I felt more nervous the second of four birdies in a row and MotoGP-along with two podium finishes inaugural $9.25 million, 78-player event than when I played in the Masters,” said chipped in from off the fringe at 16 for and four pole positions. —AFP on the southern Jeju Island. “The fans the 22-year-old. —AFP another. “That’s kind of how my day was. Friday 45 Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 Kuwaiti shooter Saad Lafi Al-Mutairi crowned champion

Crown Prince annual shooting tournament

Saudi Arabia’s shooter Mohammad Al- Shooters taking their positions during the event. — Photos by Abdellatif Sharaa UAE shooter Dhaher Al-Aryan. Shareeda.

By Abdellatif Sharaa season particularly that it carries the name of Meanwhile, UAE shooter Dhaher Al-Aryan organizing such events contributes clearly to HH the Crown Prince, who has given a lot to lauded Kuwait shooting and that Kuwait discovering new “shooting start”. KUWAIT: Kuwait shooter Saad Lafi Al- the sport of shooting. He said competition champions placed, the name of their country Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s shooter Mutairi was crowned champion of the Double was strong from the onset. on the honor boards in various champi- Mohammad Al-Shareeda said Kuwait shoot- Trap event, being held during HH the Crown Al-Mutairi thanked chairman and members onships around the world. ing has a prominent place around the world Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- of the board at Kuwait Shooting Sport Club He said Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic due to the great achievements. He said partic- Sabah annual shooting tournament. for their efforts to maintain its outstanding Shooting Complex is among one of the best ipating in tournaments with Kuwaiti shooters Shooter Ahmad Mohammad Al-Afasi was presence and continue its achievements. Al- around the world and has all that is necessary is highly beneficial due to their high technical second while Mishal Sanat Al-Dhafiri took Mutairi added that he is preparing from now for the shooters to excel. standards. The events to be held today, Friday third place. Saad Lafi Al-Mutairi said he was for HH the Amir International Grand Prix to He said it was obvious that organization of will include trap, skeet, pistol and rifle, happy for winning the event at the start of the be held next January. the tournament is at its best, adding that besides Olympic archer.

Dellavedova scored 15 points, hitting a 3-pointer Bradley had 15, and Henry Ellenson added 13 with 45 seconds left after the Celtics cut the lead points for Detroit. Reggie Jackson had 13 points James Harden leads Rockets past to two points. Kyrie Irving scored 17 points on 7- and eight assists. for-25 shooting in his Boston debut. WIZARDS 120, 76ERS 115. Kings for second victory SPURS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 99 John Wall scored 28 points, Bradley Beal LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 10 rebounded from a rough start to add 25 and SACRAMENTO: James Harden had 27 points The 48-point rout exceeded Phoenix’s previous rebounds, and San Antonio held o beat Washington beat Philadelphia to spoil the NBA and nine assists, and the Houston Rockets made record, a 44-point loss to Seattle (151-107) on Minnesota while opening the season without debuts of top picks Ben Simmons and Markelle it a perfect two-game road trip to start the sea- April 2, 1988. The Blazers dominated even leading scorer Kawhi Leonard. The Spurs were Fultz. The Sixers cut their deficit to two in the son despite playing this one without Chris Paul, though they were without one of their best play- without Leonard and Tony Parker, but had final minute. A pair of Philadelphia turnovers beating the Sacramento Kings 105-100 on ers, guard C.J. McCollum, who was suspended enough to hold off the revamped Timberwolves. and a 3-1 point miss by J.J. Redick allowed the Wednesday night. While he didn’t shoot espe- one game for leaving the bench area during a Minnesota bolstered its young lineup with the Wizards to hold on. Wall shot 10 of 28 from the cially well, Harden hit a trio of dagger 3-point- tussle involving Phoenix’s Alex Len and Caleb addition of veterans Jimmy Butler, Jamal floor and had eight assists. Beal, who started 1 ers with 8:13, 6:00 and 5:13 left - the second of Swanigan in a preseason game a week ago. Crawford, Taj Gibson and Jeff Teague. The of 5 with a dunk, was 12 of 16 from the free which put Houston ahead 89-79. He also had a Portland led 60-35 at the half and outscored the quartet helped the Wolves rally from a 10-point throw line. Simmons, the 2016 No. 1 pick who key left-handed layup late and finished 8 for 21 Suns 64-41 in the second. deficit in the fourth quarter, but the missed all last season with a foot injury, had 18 and 4 of 14 from 3-point range. Sacramento Timberwolves only managed two field goals points and 10 rebounds. Fultz, the 2017 No. 1 forced the Rockets into a shot-clock violation BUCKS 108, CELTICS 100 after taking a 92-91 lead with 5:02 remaining. pick, came off the bench to score 10 points. and the Kings got the ball back with just less Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 16 of his 37 Sixers forward Robert Covington had 29 points. than a minute remaining and down 96-92. Willie points in the fourth quarter, and the Milwaukee PISTONS 102, HORNETS 90 He was 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Cauley-Stein made one of two free throws with Bucks opened their season with a victory over Tobias Harris scored 17 of his 27 points in 41 seconds left and Harden found Clint Capela Boston to spoil the homecoming of a Celtics the first quarter, helping Detroit celebrate its PACERS 140, NETS 131 for an alley-oop dunk moments later. team coming off a late and emotional season return downtown with the victory over Victor Oladipo scored 22 points in his opener. One night after a gruesome broken ankle Charlotte. The Pistons and Hornets opened the Indiana debut, Darren Collison added 21 points TRAIL BLAZERS 124, SUNS 76 just six minutes into the season cost Boston top season in Little Caesars Arena, a new facility and 11 assists in his return to Indianapolis, and Damian Lillard scored 27 points and free agent Gordon Hayward - perhaps for the that brought them back to the city for the first the Pacers held off Brooklyn. The Pacers, in their Portland opened the season by handing entire season - the Celtics fell to 0-2 by giving up time in nearly four decades. Eminem made a first game since trading All-Star Paul George, Phoenix the most one-sided loss in the fran- an 11-1 run that left Milwaukee with a 97-90 lead surprise appearance, grabbing the microphone had their highest point total since a 144-point chise’s 49-year history. Pat Connaughton added and under three minutes to play. Antetokounmpo to fire up the crowd just before tipoff. Kid game against Denver on Nov. 9, 2010. Myles a career-high 24 points, making 4 of 6 3-point- added 13 rebounds, Rookie of the Year Malcolm Rock, another Motor City musical artist, sat in a Turner had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and ers. The Trail Blazers outshot, outrebounded Brogdon scored 19 points and Khris Middleton baseline seat near Detroit’s bench. Reserve Thaddeus Young added 17 points and 11 and outhustled the Suns from the opening tip. had 15 points and nine rebounds. Matthew Langston Galloway scored 16 points, Avery rebounds. —AP 46 Friday Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 Pep’s breathtaking City out to make it 11 in a row

Guardiola lavished with praise for his side’s brilliance

LONDON: It would appear to be difficult for recognises that visiting a stadium where City any team to find a more daunting examination have won their last three league games by in European football at present than a visit to five-goal margins is the acid test. the Etihad Stadium where Pep Guardiola’s Guardiola was lavished with praise for his Manchester City have come into full bloom. side’s brilliance last weekend as his old rival City’s kaleidoscopic movement and rare Jose Mourinho, in contrast, suffered some skill executed at breakneck speed have made equally familiar criticism for his safety-first Guardiola’s latest creation a familiar delight approach in Manchester United’s goalless to behold but a night- draw at Liverpool. mare to play against Not that Mourinho as Burnley may ever appears to worry become the latest Tottenham and about such barbs but Premier League side tomorrow he will to discover this week- Liverpool meet expect his men to get end. City’s 7-2 demoli- at Wembley back to being flat- tion of Stoke City last track bullies against a Saturday to move struggling them two points clear Huddersfield Town of neighbours who are without a win Manchester United was followed by in six matches. Guardiola’s delight at seeing off “one of Europe’s best teams” Napoli in the WEMBLEY WOBBLES MANCHESTER: File photo shows Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder David Silva Champions League in midweek. The match of the weekend sees Tottenham talks with Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola after having his That was City’s 10th successive win in all Hotspur and Liverpool meet at Wembley on head bandaged during the UEFA Champions League match. — AFP competitions and now to complete their per- Sunday with both sides buoyed by superb fect week at the Etihad tomorrow, they are away-days in the Champions League-Spurs out to add to the 22 goals they have scored earning a draw at champions Real Madrid knows his eighth-placed Liverpool cannot ionable Hornets surged into the top four last there in six matches in all competitions this while the Reds put seven past Maribor. afford to drift further behind in the title race. weekend with a win over Arsenal. Stung by term. Burnley themselves have progressed There feels a lot riding on the match with Neither can champions Chelsea, currently their loss to rock-bottom Crystal Palace, admirably under manager Sean Dyche, having Spurs yet to convince their fans they are over nine points adrift of Man City, as they seek to Chelsea will be grateful for the return of their gone six league matches unbeaten, but he their Wembley wobbles while Juergen Klopp bring Watford down to earth after the unfash- striking ace Alvaro Morata.—Reuters

Villas-Boas under pressure English FA bosses after Shanghai loss face calls to quit over SHANGHAI: Chinese media piled pres- contract with the club.” Urawa’s 1-0 sure on Shanghai SIPG coach Andre second-leg win in Saitama late on Villas-Boas yesterday after their sting- Wednesday deepened the problems of Sampson affair ing defeat to Urawa Red Diamonds in the ex-Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea the AFC Champions League semi-finals. boss, who has been in the crosshairs of The Portuguese coach promised silver- both the Chinese Football Association LONDON: English Football Association bosses were fac- ware in his debut season but after and the Asian Football Confederation. ing growing calls to quit yesterday over their “shambolic” Urawa’s 2-1 aggregate win, his best The AFC fined him $14,000 for handling of the Mark Sampson affair following a damaging remaining hope seems to be next “offensive” comments following SIPG’s grilling from lawmakers. Wednesday’s session opened with month’s CFA Cup final against city rivals victory over Evergrande in the the publication of a reopened investigation into Chelsea Shanghai Shenhua. Champions League quarter-finals, and player Eni Aluko’s claims of bullying and discrimination SIPG spent big this year, hiring he received an eight-match touchline against the former England women’s manager. Brazilian midfielder Oscar for an Asian- ban from the CFA after complaining Unlike a flawed internal FA review and an earlier inquiry record 60 million euros, but they look about a referee. He was also criticised by barrister Katharine Newton, the third attempt at uncov- unlikely to overhaul holders Guangzhou yesterday by some fans posting on ering the truth found that Sampson had made racist Evergrande at the top of the Chinese social media, who said he relies too remarks to Aluko in 2014 and team-mate Drew Spence in Super League. Oriental Sports Daily much on foreign players and that his 2015. FA chairman Greg Clarke, chief executive Martin quoted well-known CCTV news anchor brushes with authority were affecting Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth and human Bai Yansong as saying: “It is time for the team. resources director Rachel Brace were interrogated by the Villas-Boas to leave. He is has been sus- Villas-Boas said he was bitterly dis- lawmakers on the digital, culture, media and sport commit- Andre Villas-Boas pended again and again... If he leaves, it appointed to miss out on becoming the tee for two hours. could be a relief for him.” And the second Chinese team to win the AFC From what checks were made on Sampson before he Shanghai Observer said: “It seems Champions League, following “My players did everything, so I con- became England women’s manager, to why the FA was Villas-Boas is planning for SIPG’s next Evergrande in 2013 and 2015. “We are gratulate them for their effort and we withholding half of an £80,000 ($105,000) settlement season but if the Portuguese coach making the right steps going forward, still have the Chinese FA Cup final to from whistleblower Aluko, the MPs pulled apart the gov- wants to realise his aspirations, he has but we would have preferred to play in look forward to. Our dreams are still erning body’s handling of the bullying, racism and sex alle- to win the CFA CUP. the final-it was our dream to do so-and alive for a trophy this season, but unfor- gations that led to Sampson’s dismissal last month. “After all, winning a championship so we are very disappointed,” he said, tunately we have missed out on the big Black former Arsenal and England forward Ian Wright was a hard target when he signed his according to the AFC website. one this year.” — AFP tweeted yesterday: “Rome is burning @FA! You know where I am. If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem! I don’t want to feel like that.”—AFP Friday 47 Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 Atletico in unusual spot after winless Champions League run

Atletico will depend on other results to qualify in the group

MADRID: Atletico Madrid is on unfamiliar Porto. The following year, it got 13 points to ground in the Champions League. After thriv- win a group which also had eventual runner- ing in the European competition for the last up Juventus and Olympiakos. Atletico also four seasons, Diego Simeone’s team is sud- won 13 points in 2015-16, finishing ahead of denly facing elimination in the group stage. Benfica and Galatasaray. Last season, it end- The scoreless draw at newcomer Qarabag ed with 15 points, ahead of Bayern Munich. on Wednesday left Atletico with only two Atletico can reach only 11 points this season. points after three matches in Group C, and “We know it’s difficult,” midfielder Saul needing to win its three remaining games to Niguez said. “But we are capable of getting it advance without done. We need to win depending on other the last three games. results. It trails Roma There is no other by three points and I have faith option.” Atletico start- leader Chelsea by five ed with a positive draw points. It hosts in this group against Roma in Italy, Qarabag and Roma in where it played well the next two rounds, of players and had chances to then closes group win. Then it struggled play at Chelsea in against Chelsea at December. Another home, where it was setback in any of outplayed. It scored these matches will mean Atletico will depend first but wasn’t able to hold on to the lead and on other results to earn one of the two quali- conceded a last-minute winner. fying spots in the group. Atletico had difficulties imposing its BAKU: Atletico Madrid’s Yannick Carrasco, right, struggles for the ball with Qarabag’s Badavi “I have faith in this group of players,” game against Qarabag, the Azerbaijan team Guseynov during the Champions League, group C, soccer match between Qarabag FK and Simeone said. “I’m staying optimistic and I which is making its Champions League Atletico Madrid at the Baku Oliympiy stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday. — AP think that we can overcome this situation.” debut. It had most of the significant scoring Atletico made it to the Champions League chances in Baku but wasn’t able to find the final in 2014 and 2016, and was a semifinalist net despite playing more than 15 minutes for us to score.” Atletico has 14 in 11 matches, matches in all competitions. It was coming off last season and a quarterfinalist in 2015. It with an extra man. its biggest victory 5-1 at Las Palmas in its two consecutive draws in the Spanish league, cruised through the group stage every time, Simeone and his players have blamed poor second match. “We have to work harder in at Leganes and against Barcelona. Atletico’s always advancing as the group winner. finishing for the bad results recently. “We the attack so we can start scoring more,” for- next game is at Celta Vigo on Sunday. It is It earned 16 points in 2013-14 in a group need to be calm in front of the goal, and we ward Antoine Griezmann said. fourth in the league standings, six points that included Zenit St. Petersburg and FC haven’t been,” Niguez said. “It’s been difficult Atletico hasn’t won in four consecutive behind leader Barcelona. —AP

Marcelino igniting hopes at Valencia English clubs

BARCELONA: Valencia have been the butt of many jokes in bite back in La Liga in the past few seasons as they veered from one crisis to the next, but they could have the last laugh this campaign as they serve up exciting, swashbuckling football while Champions League remaining unbeaten. Highly respected Spanish coach Marcelino has given the team a radical makeover which has LONDON: After several years in the doldrums, English clubs seen them shoot up to second in the standings with four con- have returned to the fore in the Champions League with a suc- secutive wins. Their explosive form has reignited hopes they cession of attention-grabbing performances. Manchester can return to the Champions League next season but they SEVILLE: File photo shows Valencia’s Spanish coach United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham face a test of their mettle tomorrow against Sevilla, who have Marcelino Garcia Toral gives instructions to players dur- Hotspur top their respective pools at the group phase’s reached Europe’s elite competition two years in a row. ing the Spanish league football match. — AFP halfway point and all are currently unbeaten. Barcelona, who are four points above Valencia at the top of It is five years since Chelsea last brought the European the standings, host basement club Malaga on Saturday while Cup back to England, but the early show of force has sparked champions Real Madrid host Eibar on Sunday. Atletico they conceded three goals in the space of five minutes and hope of an enduring resurgence. “It’s not too early to say the Madrid will be looking to snap a run of four games without a risked blowing their lead, but instead scored twice more at the tide is changing,” said Phil Neville, a European champion with win when they visit Celta Vigo. end to rise to second. United in 1999, on BBC Radio 5 Live. “The performances Marcelino, who enjoyed consistent success with Villarreal “We have to avoid scares like this because the coach is too alone are saying that. We could get two or three clubs into the until falling out with the board and leaving last year, was old for it,” Marcelino said after a game newspaper El Mundo quarters or semi-finals. expected to bring some badly needed organisation to a team described as “blessed madness”. The dramatic encounter at “I think the fear factor is coming back. We’re taking control reeling from their worst defensive record ever after shipping Betis followed successive 3-2 wins, over Athletic Bilbao and of games and I think the whole of Europe are starting to think 65 goals last season. then Real Sociedad where Marcelino injured a calf muscle English teams are powerful again.” Between 2005 and 2012, He got off to a positive start in keeping two clean sheets in celebrating Simone Zaza’s late winning goal. England produced eight Champions League finalists and three his first three games but in the last month his team have trans- Marcelino is the club’s 10th coach since 2012, when they champions in Liverpool (2005), Manchester United (2008) formed into an adventurous attacking outfit which has com- parted ways with Unai Emery after consistently finishing in and Chelsea (2012). In 2007, 2008 and 2009, three of the four pensated for their still rusty defence. the top four. They have only returned to the Champions semi-finalists hailed from the Premier League. But since Only Liga leaders Barcelona have scored more than their League once since then as they followed a bizarre recruitment Chelsea’s backs-to-the-wall triumph over Bayern Munich in 21 goals in eight games. Last week they won 6-3 at Real Betis process that saw disastrous appointments such as Gary 2012, only two English teams have reached the last four- in a magnificently chaotic game. Valencia went 4-0 up after 73 Neville, who had no club coaching experience, and Cesare Chelsea in 2014 and Manchester City in 2016.—AFP minutes but their old propensity for disaster reared its head as Prandelli, who resigned after two months in charge.— Reuters