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Amir: US visit an important milestone

QNA & THE PENINSULA countries have witnessed a great DOHA progress recently through bilateral strategic dialogue Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin meetings between the two Hamad Al Thani said in a tweet Today we concluded our visit to the U.S., which friendly countries. yesterday at the conclusion of marked an important milestone of the #QatarUSA H H the Amir had talks with his visit to the United States that partnership. It was a pleasure and an honor to meet with the Secretary of State of the it marked an important mile- all our friends in DC. United States, Mike Pompeo, on stone of the Qatar-US part- Wednesday, at H H the Amir’s nership. relations and the strategic part- the signing of an agreement residence in Washington, DC. The “Today we concluded our nership between the two coun- between Qatar Petroleum and meeting reviewed the strategic visit to the US, which marked an tries in various fields for the Chevron Phillips for the devel- bilateral relations and ways of important milestone of the benefit of the two friendly opment of an international petro- enhancing the partnership #QatarUSA partnership. It was peoples. chemical complex in the Gulf Coast between the two countries in a pleasure and an honour to During his successful official of the United States, and an various fields. meet all our friends in DC,” H H visit, H H the Amir and President agreement between Qatar Airways, H H the Amir also met with the Amir tweeted on Thursday Donald Trump discussed the and each of General Electric (GE) US Secretary of Commerce evening. strong bilateral strategic coop- and Boeing for the purchase of five Wilbur Ross and his accompa- H H the Amir left Washington eration relations and ways of Boeing 777 cargo planes and Gulf- nying delegation, Senator at the DC, after a four-day official visit promoting and enhancing them stream Aviation. United States Congress, Lindsey to the United States, yesterday. in various fields. On July 8, H H the Amir and Graham, Acting Secretary of H H the Amir sent a cable to Pres- The US President underlined the US President attended a Defence, Mark T Esper, Speaker ident of the US Donald Trump, that H H the Amir is a real leader dinner banquet hosted by the of the House of Representatives, expressing deep thanks and who is highly respected in an Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Nancy Pelosi, Director of the appreciation for the hospitality important part of the world. The in honour of the Amir and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the honour accorded to him US President highlighted the role accompanying delegation. In the Gina Haspel, Chairman of the US and the accompanying dele- of Al Udeid Air Base and its stra- dinner, President Trump praised House Committee on Foreign gation during the visit. tegic importance in the Middle the friendship with H H the Amir. Affairs, Eliot Engel; Chair of the H H the Amir also expressed East, tapping it as one of the “Tamim, you’ve been a friend of US Senate Committee on Foreign satisfaction with his talks with biggest military bases in the mine for a long time, before I did Relations, Senator James Risch; US President and senior officials, world. this presidential thing, and we feel Chairman of the Armed Services which provided an opportunity H H the Amir and the US Pres- very comfortable with each other,” Committee of the US Senate, for exchanging views on the ident also witnessed the signing Trump said. Senator Jim Inhofe; Chairman of most important regional and of agreements and memoranda In turn, H H the Amir thanked the US House Permanent Select international issues of common of understanding (MoUs) between President Trump and Treasury Committee on Intelligence, Adam concern and also contributed to the two countries, at the White Secretary, stressing that the stra- Schiff among other high ranking the consolidation of bilateral House. The two leaders witnessed tegic relations between the two US officials. Qatar Cultural and Literature Festival ends on a high note US House votes to curb Trump THE PENINSULA engaging session on ‘Making a Aathem and Doha-based artist Question Associates Pvt. Ltd. organising team were of the DOHA Nation Read.’ Rashmi Agarwal, to name a few. Festival Director and award- same view, lauding the great powers to start Among the key features of “I am very excited to see this winning author Anamika Mishra, support extended to them in Qatar Cultural and Literature the two-day festival held at combination of two such rich who was in Doha for the first Doha. Iran war Festival concluded on a high note Katara Cultural Village were cul- cultures on the same platform. time, said she had fallen in love ‘The people of Doha are yesterday with the participation tural performances, panel dis- We did not just have speakers with the city and its people. really friendly and supportive. AFP/WASHINGTON of prominent luminaries such as cussions and book launches. from India but we also had “I felt privileged to direct this We didn’t face any problem famous Indian singer Mika Singh Organised in line with Qatar- speakers from Doha. Seeing festival as we got to see an inter- despite having different lan- The US House of Representa- and bestselling author Chetan India 2019 Year of Culture, the them having a conversation on esting amalgamation of two dif- guages and culture. I believe our tives voted yesterday to restrict Bhagat. festival brought the two coun- various important issues was ferent cultures on our platform. festival was all about the same. President Donald Trump’s ability The festival launched on tries closer through art and very interesting. We all are one It also feels great to see such a We come from diverse back- to attack Iran, voicing fear that Thursday with a concert by Singh culture with speakers coming at heart and with this festival we positive response from the grounds but that didn’t stop us his hawkish policies are pushing who enthralled the audience at from both countries including have shared our feelings and our people of Qatar for our show. We in communicating and towards a needless war. Katara Drama Theatre per- Bollywood actor Vindu Dara rich cultures with each other and had an amazing event with a exchanging ideas. With this fes- The Democratic-led House forming some of his hit songs Singh, acid attack survivor and got to know each other in a lovely audience from Doha,” said tival, we created a benchmark,” approved an amendment on a while Bhagat opened the second motivational speaker Laxmi better way,” said Ruhi Ganguly, Mishra. said Festival Producer Ankit broad defence bill that would day of the event with an Agarwal, Qatari artist Amal Al Festival Producer and CEO of Other members of the Satija. `P3 prohibit funding for military operations against Iran unless they are in self-defence or explicitly approved by Congress. Russian S-400 defence But a similar measure failed in the Senate, where Trump’s Republican Party holds the components arrive in Turkey majority. The two chambers will have to negotiate over the REUTERS against the dollar, before recovering language as they finalise the ISTANBUL somewhat, after the ministry announced defence bill. the arrival of the S-400 consignment. The Representative Ro Khanna, Turkey began taking delivery of an main Istanbul share index fell 2.13%. the Democrat who led the advanced Russian missile defence system Turkish broadcasters showed amendment, said the measure yesterday, a move expected to trigger US footage of huge Russian Air Force showed that the United States sanctions against a Nato ally and drive a AN-124 cargo planes offloading was fed up with war. “Frankly, wedge into the heart of the Western equipment at the air base. “Today three what it will prevent is what this military alliance. cargo planes arrived,” Defence Minister president promised to the The first parts of the S-400 air defence Hulusi Akar told state-owned Anadolu American people not to do — to system were flown to the Murted military news agency, adding that deliveries get into another endless, costly air base northwest of Ankara, the Turkish would continue in coming days. war in the Middle East,” he said Defence Ministry said, sealing Turkey’s deal A second delivery by air will take on the House floor. with Russia which Washington had place soon, Russia’s TASS news agency Trump, who walked out of a A Russian military cargo plane carrying S-400 missile defence system is seen at the struggled for months to prevent. quoted an unnamed military-diplomatic nuclear accord with Iran and Murted military airbase, also known as Akincilar millitary airbase in Ankara, yesterday. In the first comments from Wash- source as saying. A third delivery - of 120 instead slapped sweeping sanc- ington, acting Defence Secretary Mark guided missiles - will be carried out by tions, last month authorized a Esper said the US position on the issue ship at the end of the summer, the source “There will be more to follow after that United States did not plan to impose strike on the Islamic republic has not changed. The United States has said. Twenty Turkish servicemen received conversation,” he said. Turkey says the sanctions on Ankara for buying the after it shot down a US spy drone threatened to impose sanctions on Ankara, training from Russia in May-June and 80 system is a strategic defence requirement, S-400s. Trump said Turkey had not been — but called it off at the last saying Russian military hardware is not more Turkish servicemen will receive particularly to secure its southern borders treated fairly but did not rule out sanc- minute. Trump has said he compatible with Nato systems and that training to use the S-400 system, the with Syria and Iraq. It says that when it tions, and U.S. officials said last week the believes he has the legal right the acquisition may lead to Turkey’s source was quoted as saying. made the deal with Russia for the S-400s, administration still plans to act. Under to attack Iran. US administra- expulsion from an F-35 fighter jet “We are aware of Turkey taking the United States and Europe had not pre- legislation known as Countering Amer- tions have used an authori- programme. delivery of the S-400, our position sented a viable alternative. ica’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act zation of force passed by Con- Investors in Turkey have been regarding the F-35 has not changed and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said (CAATSA), which targets purchases of mil- gress after the September 11, unsettled by the deal. The Turkish lira I will speak with my Turkish counterpart after meeting President Donald Trump itary equipment from Russia, Trump 2001 attacks to justify a slew of weakened as much as 1.6% to 5.7780 Minister Akar this afternoon,” Esper said. at a G20 summit last month that the should select five of 12 possible measures. operations around the world. 02 HOME SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019

PRAYER TIMINGS OFFICIAL NEWS FAJR 03. 24 AM UCL Qatar supports country’s budding SHOROOK 04. 52 AM cultural experts to improve their skills Qatar condemns ZUHR 11. 40 AM MAGHRIB 06. 29 PM blast in Benghazi THE PENINSULA ASR 03.04 PM ISHA 07. 59 PM they have learnt at UCL Qatar and how the London-based institution. DOHA that shaped their experience at these Ignacio Zamora Sanz, a student on DOHA: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned prestigious organisations. I look forward the Museum and Gallery Practice MA WEATHER TODAY UCL Qatar students have recently to seeing how this combined knowledge Programme, was based in Australia for the explosion that took returned from placements at some of the will influence their work and contri- his placement. He worked closely with place in Eastern Libya’s city top cultural institutions in the world, as bution to Qatar’s growing cultural the Urban Art Project’s Curatorial Team of Benghazi, killing and part of the university’s commitment to sector.” in Brisbane, learning about the creative injuring several people. develop Qatar’s future workforce in the Six students completed their processes behind the conception of In a statement issued yes- fields of cultural heritage and knowledge placement at the British Library, mainly public art master plans. Zamora stated: terday, the Ministry of management. working with the Qatar Digital Library, “This trip will certainly have a positive Foreign Affairs reiterated Students from the Library and Infor- a product of the partnership between impact on my academic and professional the State of Qatar’s firm mation Studies MA Programme and from Qatar National Library and the British practice as I enter the workforce. I am stance rejecting violence the Museum and Gallery Practice MA Library. Students were involved in truly thankful for UCL Qatar for the and terrorism, regardless of Programme completed their placements archival research from the Arab Gulf and unbelievable support in helping me com- motives and reasons. over the summer at organisations worked across multiple departments at plete the module.” The statement expressed including: Urban Art Projects (UAP) in Precious Mubiana, who did her the condolences of the Brisbane, Australia, the British Library Students from the Library placement at the Seychelles’ National State of Qatar to the in London, UK, The German National and Information Studies MA Museum of History, told the Seychelles victims’ families, the Gov- Library of Science and Technology in Programme and from the Nation newspaper, UCL Qatar offers the ernment and people of Hannover, Germany and the National opportunity to choose which country we Afghanistan, wishing the Museum of History, Seychelles. Museum and Gallery Practice want to do our placement in. I have heard injured a speedy recov- Through working with global experts, MA Programme completed about Seychelles being a tourist desti- ery. QNA students can apply the knowledge their placements over the nation and I wanted to see how museums gathered in the classroom in a practical summer at organisations function here” Qatar condemns work environment. Work placements Zainab Idriss completed her are a central part of students’ growth and including: Urban Art placement at the German National blast at wedding o o development, helping prepare them to Projects (UAP) in Brisbane, Library of Science and Technology of ceremony in 34 C 44 C become future leaders in the cultural Australia, the British Hannover, Germany and has mentioned, Afghanistan heritage and knowledge management Library in London, UK, The “The internship provided me with Minimum Maximum sector in Qatar. immense knowledge, exposure and net- Dr Sam Evans, Director of UCL German National Library of working experience that is needed to DOHA: The State of Qatar Qatar, said that the placements put to Science and Technology in enhance my educational, social and psy- has strongly condemned Hot daytime with slight dust to blowing test the knowledge gained at UCL Qatar Hannover, Germany and the chological development. The practical the suicide bombing that dust at some places. and Education City and apply it to a dif- aspect of this internship exceeded my targeted a wedding cere-

ferent environment, “Every year, we hear National Museum of History, expectations, which undeniably reflected mony in Afghanistan, killing

HIGH TIDE 00:11–15:30 LOW TIDE 08:16 – 22:22 incredible testimonials from students Seychelles. the theoretical framework learnt in and injuring several people. Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department that really showcase the depth of what class.” In a statement issued yes- terday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated the State of Qatar’s firm Application centre for visas to Ukraine opens in Qatar stance rejecting violence and terrorism, regardless of THE PENINSULA Government of Ukraine since motives and reasons. DOHA 2017 and presently serves appli- The statement expressed cants through a network of 57 the condolences of the The citizens and expatriates of Visa Application Centres across State of Qatar to the Qatar can apply for visas to 34 countries. victims’ families, the Gov- Ukraine at the new Visa Appli- Vinay Malhotra, Regional ernment and people of cation Centre jointly launched Group COO for Middle East, Afghanistan, wishing the by the Embassy of Ukraine in South Asia & China, VFS Global, injured a speedy recov- Qatar and VFS Global centre in said, “Today’s event reflects the ery. QNA Doha. Ukraine government’s faith in With the launch of the centre, our abilities and our com- applicants no longer need to visit mitment to providing unparal- Ministry notifies the Embassy (except for addi- leled quality of services to visa tional interview as per the applicants in Qatar. The new Visa 97 companies for request of the Consul in each Application Centre is now open personal case) in Qatar and in the context of promoting violating summer instead need to submit their visa tourism to Ukraine and it is a tes- work timings applications at the VFS Global tament to the keenness of VFS centre in Doha. Global to strengthen ties with QNA The Visa Application Centre government entities worldwide.” DOHA provides outbound travellers Vasyl Bodnar (second left), Charge d’Affairs of Ukraine in Qatar, inaugurates the visa application Managed by professionals from Qatar a very convenient centre at the VFS Global centre in Doha. trained to provide secure The Ministry of Administrative visa application platform, services in an efficient manner, Development, Labour and ensuring enhanced quality of the centres also offer optional Social Affairs represented by services and seamless proce- mission. towards advancement of travel the efforts of MFA of Ukraine to Premium Lounge services to visa the Labour Inspection dures. It should be noted that During the official inaugu- between the Ukraine and Qatar. modernize existing visa proce- applicants for a more person- Department has intensified Visa Centre will only provide ration of the Visa Application Our collaboration is also part of dures according to the best world alized service as well as doorstep inspection campaign to ensure applicants with pre and post Centre recently, Vasyl Bodner, a more global plan to promote standards and is a step forward delivery of passports. Visa Appli- that companies are complying decision-making services, the Charge d’Affairs of Ukraine Ukraine as an upcoming desti- in Ukraine’s goal to serve appli- cants in the Qatar could visit 3rd with summer work timings. however, the decisions on visa in Qatar, said: “We are pleased nation for tourism and business. cants more efficiently.” Floor (301) Jaidah Square, Al According to the Ministerial issues will continue to be carried to partner with the VFS Global The launch of the Visa Appli- VFS Global has been asso- Matar Street (Airport Road), Decision No. 16 of 2007 out only by Ukrainian diplomatic and accelerate the journey cation Centre comes in line with ciated with the Client Doha. working under the sun or open places is prohibited from 11:30am to 3pm from June 15 to August 31. HBKU student honoured by ISSSCR The inspectors of occupa- tional safety and security inspected the work sites during for amazing research on diabetes the hours when work was pro- THE PENINSULA Bushra Memon was honoured with the ISSCR hibited. A total of 97 companies DOHA Abstract Merit Award. Her research examines from different sectors including construction, agricultural and A student at the College of Health how human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)- industrial were caught for vio- and Life Sciences (CHLS) at Hamad derived pancreatic beta cell progenitors present lating the summer timings. The Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) has a promising alternative to traditional means of owners were notified to received recognition from the shutdown work-sites for three International Society for Stem Cell treatment for diabetes. days for violating the provisions Research (ISSSCR) for her of the ministerial decision. outstanding research on diabetes. The research was conducted studying human pancreatic beta The Ministry called on all Bushra Memon, currently under the guidance of Dr Essam cell development. Commenting Bushra Memon, who was honoured with the ISSCR Abstract Merit companies in different sectors pursuing her PhD in Biological M. Abdelalim, an assistant pro- on the achievement, Memon, Award, shares a light moment. to abide by the ministerial and Biomedical Sciences, was fessor at CHLS and a scientist at said, “I am grateful to Dr Abde- decision and to stop work in honoured with the ISSCR the Diabetes Research Center at lalim whose guidance and open places or under direct Abstract Merit Award during the Qatar Biomedical Research support as my adviser not only and precision medicine, enriching are committed to promoting a sunlight during prohibited time. 2019 ISSCR Conference in Los Institute (QBRI) – part of HBKU. gave me confidence in my its students with knowledge and deeper understanding of the The action was taken under Angeles, United States. Her Through her research, the HBKU research endeavor, but also hands-on experience in basic, illness so that we may be better the framework of the keenness research examines how human student discovered that these ensured I had access to a state- clinical and translational research equipped to formulate advanced of the State of Qatar to ensure pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)- novel hPSC-derived beta cell of-the-art laboratory and was approaches. means of diagnosis and treatment. the safety of the workers and derived pancreatic beta cell pro- precursors can be used as a able to tap into his expertise.” Dr Abdelalim, said, “Diabetes It is a proud moment for all of us, the working environment. In genitors present a promising promising alternative source of CHLS delivers graduate pro- is a prevalent illness in the region to have the work of one of our stu- this regard, many national labor alternative to traditional means insulin-secreting cells for cell grams in biomedical and bio- and a key medical challenge for dents recognized and honored on legislation were issued for the of treatment for diabetes. therapy for diabetes and logical sciences, and in genomics Qatar. Through our research, we a global stage.” welfare of workers. QRCS sends medical convoy to cover Syrian refugees in Turkey THE PENINSULA medical convoy programme, services are inadequate due to convoy program. More than 132 surgeries at Sevgi Hospital in several missions in Bangladesh, DOHA done in partnership with Hamad the war. The five-day mission patients have been examined Reyhanlı Town, which hosts the Afghanistan, Jordan, Gaza, Medical Corporation (HMC). will cost a total of QR143,000, using all the necessary radiog- surgeries and post-surgical Turkey, just to name a few. In coordination with the funded mainly from the dona- raphy and physiological tests. medical care. According to Dr. This reflects QRCS’s focus on Qatar Red Crescent Society Turkish government, the convoy tions of benevolent Qataris. It is Based on the results of examina- Al-Naimi, the surgeries have had this life-saving form of relief (QRCS) has sent a medical will cover poor Syrian patients headed by Dr. Abdullah Rashid tions, 13 urology, pediatric, and a success rate of 100%. Medical intervention, which has a direct convoy to perform vital surgeries in Turkey, as well as some Al-Naimi, board member of ENT surgeries have been per- convoys is a strategic medical and effective impact on the lives for Syrian refugees in Turkey. injuries from northern Syria, QRCS, Urologist at HMC, and formed. Throughout the mission, programme of QRCS that has of the victims of disease, poverty, This is part of QRCS’s annual where secondary health care general supervisor of the medical it is estimated to perform 40 recently been expanded, with and war. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 HOME 03 Jordanian heritage experts share best practices at QNL

THE PENINSULA were able to learn about the professional development to DOHA methods and procedures for the specialists working in this field. preservation and conservation Stephane Ipert, Preservation The Qatar National Library (QNL) of manuscripts and heritage and Conservation Manager at the hosted a group of five specialists items. Library, said, “We were delighted in the field of heritage conser- A series of lectures addressed to host experts from Jordan in vation from Jordan in its role as risk management and our role as the IFLA Regional the IFLA Regional Center for assessment in libraries, while Preservation and Conservation Preservation and Conservation other topics included the theo- Center, which is part of our for Arab Countries and the retical and practical preservation efforts to preserve the heritage Middle East, recently. methods for long-term digitised of Qatar and the region. The The participants represented materials to make them available library’s world-class in-house Jordan’s Ministry of Culture, the to researchers. Attendees also resources allows us to extend National Library of Jordan, the learned about the technology these opportunities to raise Documentation and Manuscript used to set up the Qatar Digital awareness of the best practices Center at the University of Library and how it helps in in maintaining rare books, doc- Jordan, and the Royal Jordanian achieving the objectives of the uments and manuscripts.” Ikhlas Hashemite Documentation Library in the preservation of Aal Khawaldh, National Program Center. digital heritage. Officer at Unesco office in The three-day capacity Ahmad Khraisat, Director of Jordan, said: “As part of Unesco’s building programme was the Department of Technical goals of preserving documentary organised by Unesco office in Services at the Documentation heritage, including digital her- Amman, Unesco office in Doha and Manuscript Center at the itage, we were thrilled at the Experts discuss various heritage preservation methods at the capacity-building programme organised and the IFLA Regional Preser- University of Jordan, said, “This opportunity to learn more about by Qatar National Library. vation and Conservation Center is my first visit to Qatar and its the practices at QNL. The pro- at the Library. It comprised national library, a pearl in the gramme has served to hone the workshops, tours of the Library desert. I was impressed by the collecting manuscripts related support of the preservation of Unesco focuses on identifying skills of the five specialists from facilities and digitisation centre, facilities and the international to the history of the Arab and documentary heritage in the documentary heritage in Arab Jordan on the best methods of and lectures from the library’s experience of the staff, and espe- Islamic world.” The library is Arab region. An 18-month long countries and offers support in conserving and preserving doc- specialists, where participants cially with their dedication to undertaking several projects to project in collaboration with capacity building and umentary heritage.” GU-Q students in Spain as part of ZCZP programme HMC expert receives

THE PENINSULA DOHA international breast

A group of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students recently health certification travelled to the Basque Country, an autonomous community in THE PENINSULA Spain, to study the causes of DOHA conflict and the complexity of resolution, as part of the award Dr Mohammed Ilyas Khan winning Zones of Conflict, Zones (pictured), Breastfeeding of Peace ( ZCZP) programme the Specialist, Obstetrics and Gyne- university offers to their students cology Department at Hamad of international affairs. Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Al The trip was the capstone of Khor Hospital has been certified a ZCZP 3-credit course that as a MammaCare Specialist by examined the Spain–Euskadi Ta the US-based MammaCare Askatasuna (ETA) conflict, an Foundation. Dr Khan is thought armed political struggle that GU-Q students in Spain as part of the award winning Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace programme. to be the first specialist in Qatar began in 1959 between the gov- to hold the international certifi- ernment and the Basques, an story, not as a way of justifying trip to Spain complements the classes and trips is the way in cation which is considered the indigenous ethnic group. They any or both of them, but as a way history and theories learned in which they bridge theory and gold standard for performing also studied peace-building strat- of understanding the challenge class, but they also have a real practice, showing students that and teaching clinical breast egies used to overcome 40 years of peace-building that lies ahead and personal impact on the stu- these are real people with real examinations. “The training and of violence in the region. for Basque society,” said Asso- dents, said Naila Sherman, stories, and what they study technology provided to Dr. Khan Dr Khan is thought to “The objective was to offer ciate Professor of Government Director of Student Life at GU-Q. actually matters outside of the will enable him to make an even be the first specialist students the two ‘sides’ of the Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger. The “I think the real value of these classroom in the world.” greater contribution to women’s in Qatar to hold health throughout Qatar and the the international region,” said Dr H.S. Pennypacker, President of the certification which QNTC backs Doha Workers Cricket Cup 2019 MammaCare Corporation. is considered the MammaCare began in 1974 gold standard for THE PENINSULA / DOHA ceremony taking place on July as a research project endorsed performing and 26. The winning team will win a by the National Cancer Institute. With the International Cricket cash prize of QR15,000 with The original research goal was teaching clinical Cup (ICC) reaching its conclusion medals and the tournament to develop a training program to breast examinations. in the UK, fans in Qatar can catch trophy and there are over teach effective and thorough live action at the Doha Workers QR20,000 worth of cash prizes ways of examining breast tissue with additional skills that I will Cricket Cup 2019, on until July and trophies for players of dif- as part of a larger strategy to add to my years of experience in 26 at the MIC Cricket Ground in ferent categories throughout the support the early detection of order to give our patients the Mesaieed. tournament. small breast cancer tumors. best possible care and health The T-12 tournament is part Ghanim Al Mohannadi, Vice- Commenting on the significance outcome,” said Dr Khan. of the Summer in Qatar activ- Chairman of QSports, said: “It is of the certification, Dr Khan said Breast cancer is the leading ities organised by QSports and a unique tournament in Qatar. the training he received will help cause of cancer deaths in women Qatar National Tourism Council In its second edition, this is the him empower patients to worldwide and Dr Khan said it (QNTC). Mashal Shahbik from first year it is being supported perform breast self-exams and is essential for women to take QNTC, commented, “Qatar rec- and sponsored by the National to be their own health advocate. responsibility for their own ognises the power of sport to Tourism Council. Targeting lab- “Early detection of breast breast health and to be diligent bring people together, and we orers at companies around the cancer leads to better treatment about not only getting regular A click during the ongoing Doha Workers Cricket Cup 2019. have ensured that this summer country to enjoy a professional outcomes. Mammograms are an breast exams but also conducting features e-sports through the tournament with the highest important resource for our their own self-exams. competitions at Virtuocity as 2019 is part of a packed calendar three group matches with eight standards, the Cricket Cup fea- patients, but clinical breast As a graduate of the Mam- well as a cricket cup, through of events this Summer in Qatar.” teams reaching in the playoffs. tures total prize money in excess exams are crucial to help detect maCare Specialist Course, Dr which we pay tribute to the The Doha Workers Cricket The matches will be played on of QR40,000. We hope that the tumors or breast tissue changes Khan is now qualified to serve Qatar-India Year of Culture. Cup is a T-12 tournament with Thursday, Friday and Saturday tournament will expand to in between mammogram as a breast health educator and Promising live action right here, 16 teams playing in 4 groups. at 5.30pm and 7.20pm, with the include more teams in the screenings. The MammaCare to instruct healthcare profes- the Doha Workers Cricket Cup Each team will play minimum final match and awards future.” certification has provided me sionals and patients.

Qatar Cultural and Literature Festival ends on high note FROM PAGE 1 ‘Being a coordinator of this fes- tival, at first I thought I would have a hard time in coordinating because we were working from India but I was surprised to see the level of support that we got from Doha. People who connected with us from Doha had made it easier for me to work for the event. I am humbled to see the response and excitement in both the nations,” said Festival Coordinator Deepali Verma. Among the other highlights of the festival were a poetry per- formance by actor, singer and poet Piyush Mishra, a musical theatre and panel discussions that delved into significant topics including Corniche Road illuminated ‘Empower Women, Empower Indian singer Mika Singh performs at the opening of Qatar Cultural Society,’ ‘Impact of Culture on Illuminated palm trees on the Doha Corniche road as part of the ongoing ‘Summer in Qatar’ programme. and Literature Festival at Katara Drama Theatre on Thursday. Writing Books’ and ‘Cinema and PIC: SALIM MATRAMKOT /THE PENINSULA PIC: ABDUL BASIT / THE PENINSULA Cultural Difference.’ 04 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 UK sends second warship to Gulf after tanker standoff

AFP “We are talking with United States. HMS Duncan is an LONDON/TEHRAN the US about building air defence destroyer that carries on our presence in a set of heavy Harpoon anti-ship Britain said yesterday it was the face of recent missiles and a crew in excess of sending a second warship to the 280. Gulf and raising the alert level in threats to shipping The BBC reported that it had the region as tensions spike after in the area,” Prime reached Turkey’s Bosphorus Iranian gunboats threatened a UK Minister Theresa Strait as it makes its way from the supertanker. May’s spokeswoman, Black Sea through the Suez Canal The decision was disclosed as to the Gulf. HMS Montrose was US President Donald Trump Alison Donnelly, told forced to warn off three fast stepped up his war of words with reporters. Iranian gunboats on Wednesday the Islamic republic over its that UK officials said were trying nuclear programme. “Iran better pre-planned rotation and meant to “impede” the progress of a be careful,” Trump told reporters to ensure a continued British British supertanker through the outside the White House. “They’re naval presence in one of the most Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf. treading on very dangerous ter- important but volatile oil Iranian officials have denied ritory. Iran, if you’re listening, you shipment routes in the world. the incident ever happened. better be careful.” But a source said the The Strait of Hormuz episode The UK is in talks with the US switchover was brought forward occurred a week after UK Royal British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan (D37) sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean and other allies about beefing up by several days and should see Marines helped the Gibraltar Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. their military presence in the Gulf two of Britain’s most advanced authorities detain an Iranian to deal with the rising threat to warships jointly navigating the tanker that US officials believe government decided at the start unpredictable. “We want to do “These important decisions shipping posed by Iran. waters off Iran for a period that was trying to deliver oil to Syria of the week to raise the alert everything we can to make sure about breaches of our laws were “We are talking with the US might last a number of weeks. in violation of separate sets of EU level for ships travelling through that we don’t have an unin- certainly not decisions taken at about building on our presence A government spokesman and US sanctions. Iranian waters to three on a tended escalation which could the political behest or instruction in the face of recent threats to said the HMS Duncan was Iran has bristled at the arrest three-point scale. be very dangerous for the of any other state or of any third shipping in the area,” Prime Min- “deploying to the region to ensure and issued a series of increasingly The decision means that world,” Hunt said. party,” Gibraltar’s Chief Minister ister Theresa May’s spokes- we maintain a continuous mar- ominous warnings to both the Britain views the security threat The authorities of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo said. woman, Alison Donnelly, told itime security presence while United States and Britain about in Iranian waters for commercial —a British overseas territory on The Gibraltar police on reporters yesterday. “We have a HMS Montrose comes off task for its right to take unspecified actions ships as “critical”. Spain’s southern tip — said that Thursday announced the arrest number of military assets already pre-planned maintenance and in reprisal. “If the enemy had made But UK Foreign Secretary the Iranian supertanker was car- of the Iranian tanker’s Indian in the region” and the US is dis- crew changeover”. the smallest assessment they Jeremy Hunt called on Friday for rying 2.1 million barrels of light captain and officer. cussing “with a number of coun- Sky News television reported wouldn’t have done this act,” Iran’s “cool heads” to prevail as threats crude oil. They also insisted that Yesterday, they detained two tries — including ourselves — how that HMS Duncan would not be Revolutionary Guards deputy com- mount and Iran’s response to its they had asked British Naval more Indian crew members as we might build on this.” part of the international military mander Ali Fadavi said on growing isolation — and eco- Marines to help with the Iranian part of an “investigation of the British officials said the naval escort team for vessels in the Gulf Thursday. nomic suffering from US sanc- tanker’s arrest without any suspected export of crude oil to deployment was part of a proposed on Thursday by the A source said the British tions—becomes increasingly outside political pressure. the Banyas refinery in Syria”. Sudan military, protesters set Palestinian drones ‘tactical Libya demands to sign political deal today explanation over threat’ to Israel: Experts French missiles AP/KHARTOUM ANATOLIA/TRIPOLI ANATOLIA Anadolu Agency. can pose a real threat if they are A transition agreement between Sudan’s ruling military council and JERUSALEM He said two types of drones used by the Palestinians instead Libya’s UN-recognised a pro-democracy coalition was scheduled to be signed Saturday, a are now being sent into Israeli of arson balloons to reach further government yesterday called top African Union diplomat said, just hours after the military claimed Unmanned drones used by territory. “The first one is the distances. for answers after Paris admitted it thwarted an attempted coup by a group of officers. Palestinian resistance factions commercial drones which can “The Israeli army usually the presence of missiles in the The AU’s Mohammed el-Hassan Labat made the announcement in the Gaza Strip are becoming be used to collect information bombs military posts for Pales- Libyan territory, which were yesterday. The transition agreement sets up a joint Sovereign Council a “tactical threat” to Israel in any and photos or for surveillance tinian resistance factions in found at a base used by that will rule for a little over three years while elections are organized. future conflict, analysts believe. during war,” he said. response to these drones,” he commander of rival forces Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Dirir, who has been involved in On Sunday, the Israeli army “It can also be used to carry said. Israel is a world leader in Khalifa Haftar. mediating between the two sides, told reporters that the political said it shot down a drone flying out attacks by arming them with drone technologies and has used Libya’s Foreign Minister declaration will be “debated on, discussed and signed at the same over the buffer zone in the an explosive charge of between the UAVs extensively during mil- Mohamed Siala has asked his time.” The deal is meant to break the political deadlock that has northern Gaza Strip. 10-15 kg,” he said. According to itary conflicts. French counterpart Jean-Yves Le gripped the country following the overthrow of autocratic Pres- The army said the drone’s Erekat, the second type is the Following the 2014 Israeli Drian to explain as to when and ident Omar al-Bashir in April. remnants were collected and fixed-wing UAVs. war on Gaza, Israel’s Institute for in what quantity the arms were Lt. Gen. Gamal Omar, a member of Sudan’s military council, transferred for further exami- “This type of drones can fly National Security Studies (INSS) sent to Libya and how they said the coup attempt took place late Thursday, just days after the nation in order to determine its at high altitudes and for long identified the UAVs as “enemy reached Haftar forces, according military and the pro-democracy coalition had agreed to the joint origins and type. periods and they can be armed guerrillas”. to Libya’s Foreign Ministry. sovereign council. “Resistance movements in with guided missiles with a load In an article published in July According to media reports In a statement, Omar said at least 16 active and retired military Gaza have managed to develop of more than 200 kg,” he said. 2018, Alex Fishman, a military on Wednesday, the forces of officers were arrested. Security forces were pursuing the group’s some 10 types of UAVs The drone Israel downed on commentator in Israeli daily Libya’s UN-recognised Gov- leader and additional officers who took part in plotting the coup [unmanned aerial vehicles] in the Sunday was reportedly of the Yedioth Ahronoth, warned that ernment of National Accord attempt, he said, but the council did not reveal the name of the past five years,” Wasef Erekat, a commercial type. the UAVs pose a major threat to (GNA) based in capital Tripoli attempted leader, his rank or other details. Palestinian military expert, told Erekat believes that drones Israel in any future conflict. had seized four French missiles when it overran a camp of Haftar forces in northwestern city of Garyan in June. UN chief makes climate change plea in cyclone-hit Mozambique Responding to the reports, the French Defence Ministry AFP calling for further emergency said the anti-tank Javelin mis- BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE food assistance as 433,000 fam- siles were intended for the ilies had had their farming land “self-protection” of French UN Secretary-General Antonio destroyed. forces deployed for counterter- Guterres yesterday issued a “The cyclones and flooding rorism, confirming the presence strong plea for action on climate are proof that climate change of French forces on Libyan ter- change as he visited Beira in hurts the poorest, the most,” the ritory. However, the ministry central Mozambique, which was statement added. denied providing missiles to devastated by a cyclone in The UN said that humani- forces loyal to Haftar. March. tarian relief operations had Libya has remained beset “Mozambique’s case must be reached 1.8 million people since by turmoil since 2011 when a a clear example to the world,” he Cyclone Idai stuck, with 1,000 bloody Nato-backed uprising told reporters. “The larger aid workers deployed across the led to the ouster and death of nations must assume strong impact zone. long-serving President positions against global But it added that less than Muammar Gaddafi after more warming. half of the $282m required to than four decades in power. “It’s urgent to stop funding complete the recovery work had fossil fuels.” been raised. Toll in migrant Cyclone Idia, followed by “I was impressed with the Cyclone Kenneth, smashed into capacity of Mozambicans to ship disaster off Mozambique in March and April recover from disasters,” Guterres Tunisia rises to 72 2019, hitting the centre and north said. of the country just six weeks “Everywhere I saw people REUTERS/TUNIS apart in an unprecedented busy rebuilding their lives. I’ve weather pattern. launched major appeals to the More bodies were found from More than two million world to mobilise aid to a ship packed with migrants people were affected and about Mozambique but we still need that sank off the Tunisian coast 650 died. more. last week, bringing the official The UN has said Mozam- “There’s recent research death toll to 72 in a disaster United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greets people at the Mandruzi Resettlement area bique is highly vulnerable to indicating that Mozambique is feared to have killed more than in Dondo District, yesterday as part of his visit to assess recovery efforts from two cyclones earlier extreme weather and rising sea- the second country worldwide 80 people, the Tunisian Red this year in Mozambique. levels caused by climate change. most vulnerable to climate Crescent said. Rising sea levels increase the change effects. The boat capsized after strength of storm surges and cyclone,” Marta Muchanga, the braid hair to survive and feed my their children. Over the course “Mozambique’s contribution setting off for Europe from drive more powerful waves mother of two children, said, children.” of time, some have been re- to global warm is zero, so the neighboring Libya. Four sur- towards the shore. adding that her house and all her Jonas Chicote, a local leader united,” he said. bigger nations that most con- vivors have been rescued, who Four months after Cyclone belongings had been swept in the Mandruzi resettlement One survivor said the dis- tribute to global warming must told Tunisian coast guards the Idai, Guterres visited a camp away. camp, said that many families placed families in the camp were assist it. ship was carrying around 86 where 480 families have shel- “We do not know if he died had been split up. short of food. “I don’t want to see our people. The coast of western tered in tents since the storm. because his body was never “The rescue process priori- Aid agencies Save the money financing destruction like Libya is one of the main “My husband has disap- found. I live here with my two tised the rescue of children in the Children, CARE and Oxfam on what happened in departure points for African peared since the night of the children and I have no job. I first place and many parents lost Friday issued a joint-statement Mozambique.” migrants hoping to reach Europe. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 ASIA 05 SC orders status quo on Karnataka rebel MLAs issue till Tuesday IANS A defiant Karnataka Chief NEW DELHI/BENGALURU Minister H D Kumaraswamy The Supreme Court yesterday ordered status said he was ready to seek trust quo with regard to the plea of the 10 Congress vote to prove that his JD-S- MLAs of Karnataka who approached it Congress coalition government against the Assembly Speaker for not had majority in the Assembly. accepting their resignations. After high-decibel arguments between advocates of the rebel legislators and the to take a decision on issue of resignations Speaker, a bench, headed by Chief Justice within a day. Ranjan Gogoi, said the matter required a The Chief Justice asked the counsels: “Is detailed hearing and listed it for Tuesday. the Speaker challenging the authority of this Till then, there would be status quo on court?...and is the Speaker saying Supreme the issue, the bench ruled. Court should keep its hands off?” “Various issues of interpretation of the To this, senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, constitutional provisions arise in this case... appearing for the Karnataka Speaker, Question of judicial interference also comes replied, “No.. He isn’t saying that.” up. It also needs to be examined if the Singhvi submitted before the court that Interim relief Speaker needs to decide disqualification (of the Speaker is a very senior member of the Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi (centre), comes out of the Metropolitan Court premises in Ahmedabad the rebel MLAs) first,” the court said. Assembly and he will decide on the disqual- yesterday. Ahmedabad court granted bail to Rahul Gandhi in the defamation suit filed against him by the During the course of the hearing, a high- ification first, as he is duty-bound. District Cooperative Bank. decibel argument broke out in the courtroom. “The Speaker cannot be maligned and Mealwhile, a defiant Karnataka Chief lampooned like this. He is a senior member Minister H D Kumaraswamy said he was and knows the Constitutional law,” con- ready to seek trust vote to prove that his JD- tended Singhvi. He also told the court that S-Congress coalition government had MLAs did not try to meet him earlier, and IndiGo executives served majority in the Assembly. this information was not presented before “I am ready to seek a trust vote to prove the court. Rohatgi said the Speaker had my government has majority. I request you earlier accepted resignation of one MLA show-cause over safety lapses fix a date and time to move it in the House,” even though disqualification proceedings Kumaraswamy told state Assembly Speaker were pending. IANS the training department as required Safety Management System, aircrew K.R. Ramesh Kumar as the 10-day Monsoon Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, NEW DELHI by aviation rules. training, flight operations and air- session of the legislature began here. appearing for Karnataka Chief Minister H D “The corrective action actions worthiness. The show-cause notice Appearing for the rebel MLAs, senior Kumaraswamy, described the plea filed by Aviation regulator Directorate taken are inconsistent and not com- has also been sent to senior airline advocate Mukul Rohatgi said the Speaker the MLAs as “an overtly political petition” General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) mensurate with the severity of the executives Rakesh Srivastava, could be given a day or two to decide, but and denied the allegations made against the yesterday issued a show-cause notice FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Ashim Mitra and Hemant Kumar. he couldn’t challenge the authority of the CM in the petition by the MLAs.A to executives of top private carrier Assurance) events,” DGCA Director The DGCA has asked the four apex court. Dhavan asked what exactly the MLAs IndiGo over safety-related lapses. (air safety) Maneesh Kumar said in airline executives why action should He contended that the top court should wanted the court to do? The regulator carried out sur- the notice to IndiGo’s Head of not be taken against them in view issue a contempt notice against the Speaker, “They claim that the government has veillance on the airline and found Training Sanjiv Bhalla. The DGCA of the lapses and violation of the as he was deliberately delaying the decision failed, and now, they want it fail to further. it had not taken corrective steps in audit focussed on the area of occur- regulatory requirements. It has on the resignation of the MLAs despite its They have simply dragged the top court into the area of training. The safety rence reporting, FOQA monitoring given 15 days’ time to the executives order. The court yesterday asked the Speaker this political battle,” he said. action group (SAG) was also not in and analysis, implementation of to respond.

Student members slam SFI unit in India prepares to land rover on moon in global space race AP Chandrayaan-2 mission will demonstrated the country’s south pole by 2024. In April, an confirm the presence of water. Kerala college NEW DELHI analyze minerals, map the capacity as a space power unmanned Israeli craft crashed In 2013-14, India put a satellite as ‘fascist’ moon’s surface and search for alongside the United States, Russia into the moon in a failed attempt into orbit around Mars in the India is looking to take a giant water. and China. India also plans to send at the first privately funded lunar nation’s first interplanetary IANS/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM leap in its space programme and It will “boldly go where no humans into space by 2022, landing. mission. solidify its place among the country has ever gone before,” becoming only the fourth nation Decades of space research Some have questioned the In a first public outburst by world’s spacefaring nations with ISRO said in a statement.With to do so. have allowed India to develop expense in a country of 1.3 billion Students’ Federation of India its second unmanned mission to India poised to become the The country’s ambitions are satellite, communications and people with widespread poverty (SFI) members, angry students the moon, this one aimed at world’s fifth-largest economy, playing out amid a resurgent remote sensing technologies that and one of the world’s highest at the University College here landing a rover near the unex- the ardently nationalist gov- space race. are helping solve everyday child mortality rates. But author yesterday slammed the func- plored south pole. ernment of Prime Minister The US —which is marking problems at home, from fore- and economic commentator tioning of the SFI unit at the The Indian Space Research Narendra Modi is eager to show the 50th anniversary this month casting fish migration to pre- Gurcharan Das said that the cost college, forcing the union’s Organization plans to launch a off the country’s prowess in of the Apollo 11 mission that dicting storms and floods. of the second moonshot is small national president to disband spacecraft using homegrown security and technology. made Neil Armstrong and Buzz India’s first lunar mission, compared with India’s overall the college unit. technology on Monday, and it is India successfully test-fired Aldrin the first humans on the Chandrayaan-1, whose name is budget and that the project could This turn of events followed scheduled to touch down on the an anti-satellite weapon in moon - is working to send a Sanskrit for “moon craft,” orbited have a multiplier effect on the the stabbing of BA Final Year moon Sept. 6 or 7. The $141m March, which Modi said manned spacecraft to the lunar the moon in 2008 and helped economy. student Akhil, and injuries to two other students, in a fight at the college between the SFI unit Man teaches members and other students. Water express delivers Akhil and the other two injured 3-year-old son to students have been admitted to emergency supplies to load gun in viral the Medical College hospital. “We are all supporters of drought-hit Indian city video the SFI, but today the 13 unit members in the college are AFP/CHENNAI be taken to a water treatment AFP/NEW DELHI acting like fascists. None can centre, and then distributed in freely move around the college A special 50-wagon train carrying trucks to different parts of the A viral video of an Indian man and if we sit around a tree or 2.5 million litres of water arrived metropolis on Saturday. teaching his three-year-old son sing songs, we are abused in the Indian city of Chennai Chennai has seen only a to load a gun sparked a police beaten and chased away,” one yesterday, as the southern hub fraction of the rain it usually investigation yesterday. of the protesting students said. reels under one of its worst receives during June and July. The clip shows the boy “There is total disarray and shortages in decades. The city of 4.9 million being shown how to load bullets we are forced to speak against The wagons were hauled by people also needed trains to into the revolver. The man then SFI, to whom we all belong,” he a special locomotive, decorated bring water in when it suffered Labourers connect pipes to collect water from a special train of hands the gun to his son with added. Reacting quickly to the with flowers and with a a similar crisis in 2001. 50 wagons carrying litres of water at Villivakkam railway station the barrel pointed towards the situation, SFI President V P “Drinking Water for Chennai” The bustling capital of in Chennai, yesterday. boy. Police said that the man Sanu, told the media that it has banner on its front. Tamil Nadu state normally who runs a school for poor been decided to dismiss the SFI Four special trains a day requires at least 825 million have run dry and other water offices have asked staff to work children in the western state of unit of the University College. have been called up to bring litres of water a day, but author- sources are dwindling further from home. The city’s economy Maharashtra has a permit for the Following the stabbing, water to Chennai — India’s sixth ities are currently only able to each day. has also taken a hit as some weapon. “It’s a licensed pistol and angry students of the college most populous city— from supply 60 percent of that. The Chennai metro has hotels and restaurants shut shop he has sent us the relevant doc- protested by blocking the main Vellore, some 125km away, to With temperatures regu- turned off its air conditioning, temporarily, and there have uments,” police inspector B. road, forcing the police to act. help battle the drought. larly hitting 40 degrees Celsius farmers have been forced to been reports of fights breaking Pandhare said, adding that the This college is regarded as The first consignment will (104 Fahrenheit), reservoirs stop watering their crops, and out as people queue for water. questioning would continue. an SFI bastion and is located a stone’s throw from the state secretariat. The SFI is affiliated Lalu gets bail in to the Communist Party of Police raid rights groups over fund misuse charge fodder scam case India-Marxist (CPI-M), which is the lead alliance partner of AFP receiving foreign funding, international funding, the CBI advocacy for human rights, per- IANS/RANCHI the ruling Left Democratic NEW DELHI accusing some of using the funds said in a statement. turbs the political establishment Front (LDF). for “anti-national activities”. The agency was acting on a of the day.” The Jharkhand High Court “Akhil was sitting under a A legal rights group run by two The Central Bureau of Inves- complaint from the home min- Opposition lawmakers called yesterday granted bail to RJD tree and singing a song. Soon of India’s top lawyers yesterday tigation (CBI) said it had found istry that the NGO had conspired the CBI action the “latest in a chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder the unit members came and accused authorities of trying to “certain incriminating docu- “with an intent to cheat the gov- long line of coercion and intim- scam case related to fraudulent started to beat him badly. The intimidate and silence them after ments” during a search of offices ernment of India” by siphoning idation” against Jaising and withdrawal of funds from the unit members know that police raided their offices for belonging to the non-profit off money it received from Grover. Deoghar treasury, however, he whatever they do, they will get alleged foreign funding viola- Lawyers Collective in New Delhi abroad. The group is the latest to face will remain in jail in two other the necessary support from the tions. and Mumbai on Thursday. Lawyers Collective said the action after Modi’s nationalist cases related to the scam. He CPI-M. What happened to a Since 2014 Prime Minister The group— which is headed raids were “nothing but a vicious government launched a will remain in jail in two more probe when a girl tried to Narendra Modi’s government by top lawyers Anand Grover means to humiliate, intimidate crackdown against foreign non- fodder scam cases in which he commit suicide?” another pro- has suspended or barred nearly and Indira Jaising— had received and silence its trustees... whose government organisations in was awarded five years and 14 testing student asked. 10,000 non-profit groups from and misused $4.7m in fierce independence and 2014 when they assumed power. years imprisonment. 06 ASIA SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019

Pakistan joins Pakistan rejects India’s request to open airspace US-led call for INTERNEWS Aviation Secretary Pakistan. “Pakistani flights from Samar Rafiq, briefed the com- Federal Minister Ghulam Afghan truce ISLAMABAD Shahrukh Nusrat said Thailand have not been restored mittee regarding two inquiries Sarwar Khan said the investi- Indian officials have since the closure of the Indian conducted in the matter. gation into the matter was and dialogue Pakistan has turned down India’s been told that Indian airspace. Pakistan International She said a commission, incomplete while vowing to request to lift the restriction on Airlines (PIA) flights for Malaysia headed by Justice Shamsul Malik, ensure that no one was given AFP the use of its airspace with the airbases are still laden also remain suspended,” the CAA investigated the allegations, and special treatment. “We will bring WASHINGTON Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with fighter jets and DG informed the committee. added that the inquiry report sub- all those involved to book,” he subjecting the use of its airspace Pakistan will not allow He further apprised the com- mitted by the Federal Investigation said, adding that he was personally Pakistan, which supported to the removal of fighter planes resumption of flight mittee that Indian officials have Agency (FIA) had not proved any holding an inquiry into the matter Afghanistan’s former Taliban from Indian airbases. contacted Pakistan requesting it financial irregularities. as he believed that the con- regime, yesterday joined the Aviation Secretary Shahrukh operations from India to lift the airspace restriction. “However, the investigation struction of the airport suffered United States, Russia and China Nusrat, who is also the Director- until their removal. “However, Indian officials have agency has identified some tech- from financial irregularities at the in a call on the insurgents to General of the CAA, informed the been told that Indian airbases are nical glitches in the financial hands of CAA officials. agree to a ceasefire and nego- Senate Standing Committee on shut down its airspace after esca- still laden with fighter jets and records.” The standing com- He requested the committee tiations with Kabul. Aviation that his department has lation of tensions between the Pakistan will not allow resumption mittee expressed its dissatis- to give eight weeks to complete Pakistan joined the three intimated Indian officials that two countries in February this of flight operations from India faction with the briefing pro- the inquiry, which the committee powers in talks in Beijing that Pakistani airspace would remain year which remain intact to date. until their removal,” said Nusrat. vided by the CAA while observing accepted. During the session, come as the United States unavailable for use by India until After the restrictions, India The CAA officials also briefed that the authority had been pro- PIA’s Chief Executive Officer Air moves closer to an agreement war jets are removed from has been diverting all of its pas- the committee regarding inves- viding conflicting statements. Marshal Arshad Malik presented with the Taliban to pull troops Indian airbases. senger flights to alternative tigation into financial irregular- The committee maintained a briefing over the performance from Afghanistan and end its The session, chaired by routes. The CAA official also con- ities during the construction of that one of the earlier reports of the national carrier and longest-ever war. Senator Mushahidullah Khan, tested India’s claim that Delhi Islamabad airport. The director had established corruption while observed that the institution was The four countries was informed that Pakistan had had opened its airspace for of human resources of the CAA, the other stated the opposite. showing improvements. “encouraged all parties to take steps to reduce violence leading to a comprehensive and per- manent ceasefire that starts PM Imran to outline with intra-Afghan negotia- tions,” said a joint statement issued by the United States. his vision of ‘Naya They called for direct nego- tiations involving the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani’s gov- Pakistan’ in US ernment and other Afghans to “produce a peace framework INTERNEWS to discuss matters of mutual as soon as possible.” Members ISLAMABAD and regional concerns, sources of the Taliban and government said. The embassy here has not met earlier this week in Qatar, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah shared any details of the a breakthrough even though Mahmood Qureshi will stay back meetings so far. participants were said to be in the US for at least four more However, the Foreign there in a personal capacity. days after Prime Minister Imran Office has released a statement Amid talk of a US troop with- Khan’s visit is over. highlighting that the prime drawal, US envoy to Afghanistan Prime Minister Imran Khan minister will also be meeting Zalmay Khalilzad said that will meet President Donald prominent members of the US America is not “cutting and Trump on July 22. Congress, corporate leaders running” from its longest war and The White House confirmed and opinion makers as well as that women will continue to have on Wednesday that both leaders members of the Pakistani seats in peace talks to end nearly will focus on strengthening diaspora. 18 years of fighting. cooperation between the two The visit will contribute The Washington event was countries to bring peace, sta- towards building a broad-based, Heavy rainfall in Dhaka heavily focused on raising the bility, and economic prosperity long-term and enduring part- voices of women who fear any A Bangladeshi driver makes his way through heavy rainfall at a water-logged street during the and will also discuss a range of nership between the two coun- peace accord with the Taliban monsoon season in Dhaka yesterday. issues, including counterter- tries on the basis of mutual will rollback gains they’ve made rorism, defence, energy, and interest and mutual benefit, and return them to the days of trade, “with the goal of creating according to the Foreign Office. repressive Taliban rule. “We conditions for a peaceful South “During his various would like to leave a very pos- Asia and an enduring part- engagements in Washington, Islamabad High Court requests govt to itive legacy here,” said the US nership between our two the Prime Minister will outline envoy, who was born in countries”. his vision of “Naya Pakistan” remove judge after video controversy Afghanistan. “We are not Clearly, the focus will be and underscore the importance cutting and running. We’re not regional situation, especially Pakistan attaches to a broader INTERNEWS contents of the video and termed Malik was interrogated about looking for a withdrawal when US desperately wants to and multi-faceted relationship ISLAMABAD them as edited, fabricated, aimed meeting PML-N’s Butt and agreement. We’re looking for a reach a peace deal with the with the United States. to defame him, sources said. others, however, he failed to peace agreement. And we’re Taliban so it could withdraw In the regional context, the The Islamabad High Court (IHC) According to an IHC spokes- satisfy the Chief Justice Farooq looking for a long-term rela- from Afghanistan. Prime inister will underscore yesterday requested the law person, acting IHC Chief Justice with his answers. tionship and partnership with Imran Khan is scheduled to Pakistan’s commitment to peace ministry to remove accounta- Amir Farooq received judge Judge Malik is currently Afghanistan.” stay for three days in Wash- and stability and the importance bility court judge Arshad Malik Malik’s letter and then decided hearing the fake accounts case ington along with his cabinet of constructive engagement to over the video controversy. to request the law ministry to against former president Asif Ali members including the foreign promote a political solution in Earlier in the day, judge remove him from the post. Zardari, rental power case Six dead in minister, adviser on finance, Afghanistan. Malik had written a letter to the The spokesperson further against former prime minister adviser on investment and He will also highlight Paki- IHC refuting Pakistan Muslim said, on the order of Chief Justice Raja Pervez Ashraf and refer- suicide blast commerce. stan’s policy of “peaceful League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Farooq, judge Malik’s affidavit ences against former prime min- The Foreign Minister, as neighbourhood” aimed at Maryam Nawaz’s allegations and and letter has been made part of ister Shaukat Aziz. at wedding part of the delegation, will resolving disputes through dia- the video purportedly showing Nawaz Sharif’s acquittal plea. The judge is also hearing accompany the Prime Minister logue and promoting the vision the judge admitting to lack of Sources said, the IHC chief several National Accountability AFP but will remain in Washington of peace, progress and pros- evidence against former Prime justice had summoned judge Bureau references as well. Last JALALABAD for four more days to meet offi- perity in South Asia and Minister Nawaz Sharif. Malik two to three times and week, the PML-N had released cials, US dignitaries, and law- beyond,” the Foreign Office In an affidavit submitted to interrogated him regarding the a video clip of the judge allegedly At least six people were killed makers and other stakeholders statement said. the IHC, Malik denied the controversy. Sources said, judge embroiling Malik. and 14 wounded yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan. AI miracle cure coming The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate later claimed responsibility for the to Pakistan soon bombing in Nangarhar province INTERNEWS health science during the close to the Pakistan border, KARACHI current fiscal year. where a host of insurgent Commenting on the project, organisations operate. Artificial Intelligence (AI) could Dr Attaur Rahman, who heads “This morning at 8am (0330 soon be playing an important the PM’s task force for the GMT), a suicide bomber deto- role at hospitals across Pakistan, knowledge economy, said: nated himself at a wedding cer- performing important diagnostic “The first phase of the project emony... in Pachiragam dis- tests and even surgeries with will focus on Artificial Intelli- trict,” Attaullah Khogyani, the greater precision than surgeons. gence in health science. Work Nangarhar governor’s Such medical advances are on the project will commence spokesman, said. expected under the federal gov- within two months of the He said six people had been ernment’s first Artificial Intelli- release of funds.” killed and 14 wounded, a gence project. The AI project is expected to change from an earlier toll of Approved last week by the cover human resource training five dead and 40 wounded. “All Central Development Working for various health fields, the villagers were gathered for Wall clocks made of seashells Party (CDWP), Artificial Intelli- including medical diagnostics a wedding ceremony,” said gence (AI) is among 35 projects related to MRI, X-Ray and CT witness Saleem Jan, who was Wall clocks decorated with seashells of various shapes and colours are put up for sale along Clifton planned by the prime minister’s scan. The technology will allow himself a guest and who was beach in Karachi. Task Force on Technology diagnostic testing through wounded in the blast. Driven Knowledge Economy. robotic examination. Speaking to a witness from To promote AI, the CDWP In addition, the AI project hospital, he described con- Sri Lanka seeks fresh trial over student massacre will set up a Postgraduate Center will also assist in the automation fusion as the bomb exploded for AI in agriculture and health of medical record-keeping, and people began running. AFP de Livera ordered police to trace eastern port of Trincomalee. sciences at the International remote supervision of surgical “I didn’t know what hap- COLOMBO three key witnesses to the 2006 Medical records showed that Center for Chemical and Bio- procedures and robotic surgery pened,” he said. “When I killings that drew international the students were shot dead. But logical Sciences (ICCBS) at the for cancer and other diseases. turned my face I saw dozens Sri Lanka’s state prosecutor is to condemnation, his spokes- the STF said one of them was University of Karachi. According to the CDWP of people were wounded, lying seek a fresh trial over the noto- woman Nishara Jayaratne said. carrying a hand grenade which The ICCBS will function working paper, the facilities on the ground.” rious murder of five students The move came after a mag- exploded and killed them. under the Ministry of Science proposed for AI in the health Nangarhar regional hos- during the country’s Tamil sep- istrate this month discharged 13 The so-called “Trinco 5” case and Technology for the devel- sector include applications for pital spokesman Zahir Adil aratist war after a magistrate security personnel, including 12 figured at UN Human Rights opment of AI project, which is AI-driven monitoring as well said that two bodies and 11 dismissed a case against security Special Task Force (STF) com- Council sessions with calls for expected to cost Rs525.68m. as an application for surgical injured victims had been forces, a spokeswoman said. mandos, accused of gunning Sri Lanka to bring the perpe- About 75 per cent of the project’s operations through automated taken to the hospital in central Attorney-General Dappula down the Tamil students in the trators to justice. funds will be dedicated to AI in devices. Nangarhar city. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 ASIA 07 Japan, South Korea fail to mend dispute

REUTERS Neither side greeted But complicating the matter SEOUL/TOKYO the other and, in are Japanese media reports that front of television some quantity of hydrogen flu- Japan and South Korea failed to cameras, they faced oride was shipped to North mend a dispute that could Korea after being exported to the threaten global supplies of each other in stony South. Hydrogen fluoride can be microchips and smartphone dis- silence. South Korean used in chemical weapons. plays after officials met in Tokyo media reported there Kim You-geun, South Korea’s yesterday for a more than five- was a “cold reception” deputy director of national hour briefing that drew media security, has said South Korea has attention for its frosty start. for their officials, and fully enforced UN sanctions on Japan has tightened restric- that the meeting took North Korea and international tions on the export of three place in a room that export control regimes on sen- materials used in high-tech sitive materials and dual-use tech- equipment, officially citing what looked like a “garage”. nology. “We express deep regret Japan has called “inadequate that senior Japanese officials management” of sensitive items reception” for their officials, and have been recently making irre- exported to South Korea, as well that the meeting took place in a sponsible comments without as a lack of consultations about room that looked like a “garage”. presenting a clear basis for them, export controls. Japan told South Korea that suggesting our government was Twisty puzzle However, the dispute also its trade controls system was violating export controls and not A competitor races to finish the puzzle in the pyraminx event at the World Cube Association (WCA) appears to be rooted in a vulnerable, the Japanese official enforcing sanctions,” Kim said. World Championships being held in Melbourne yesterday. The World Championships are held every decades-old wartime disa- told reporters after the meeting. Relations between Washing- greement. It comes amid deep South Korea said it has proposed ton’s two Asian allies have long two years and have attracted 905 competitors from around the world competing in 18 different frustration in Japan over what is more talks with Japan by July 24. been plagued by memories of events. The most famous twisty puzzle is the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, invented by Professor Rubik from seen as Seoul’s failure to act in Japan did not say whether it Japan’s 1910-45 colonisation of the Hungary in 1974. response to a South Korean court would accept the request for peninsula and the war, including ruling ordering a Japanese more talks, made at a meeting the matter of “comfort women”, company to compensate former in Tokyo, Lee Ho-hyeon, a a euphemism for girls and women forced labourers. director at South Korea’s trade forced to work in Japanese Four Britons arrested in China The briefing in Tokyo got off ministry, told a briefing in Seoul. wartime military brothels. to an uncomfortable start when The dispute between the US The dispute over wartime AFP Those arrested included whether the arrests were related two South Korean bureaucrats allies could disrupt supplies of forced labour worsened last year SHANGHAI seven foreign teachers and nine to the drugs case. were ushered into a narrow chips and displays from South after a South Korean court foreign students, police said. Swiss-based Education room in the Japanese trade min- Korea’s tech giants Samsung ordered Japanese firms to com- Four Britons have been arrested Police gave no other details on First, which operates a chain istry, where their Japanese coun- Electronics and SK Hynix, which pensate former conscripted in an eastern China province, the specific nationalities or facts of of language schools in China, terparts were already seated. count Apple Inc and other smart- labourers. Japan says the matter British embassy said yesterday, the case. released a statement acknowl- Neither side greeted the phone makers as customers. was settled by the 1965 treaty two days after Chinese police “We are in contact with the edging the involvement of other and, in front of television Japan has said the curbs on and by demanding compen- announced a drug bust there Chinese authorities following the seven of its teachers in the sus- cameras, they faced each other exports of the materials — which sation, South Korea is violating involving 16 foreigners. arrest of four British people in pected drugs case at one of its in stony silence. A Japanese include hydrogen fluoride and international law. Many Jap- Police in the city of Xuzhou Jiangsu province, and are pro- branches in Xuzhou. official later explained that the etching gas used to make chips anese resent being urged to in Jiangsu province said on viding consular assistance,” a The alleged offences “were bureaucrats had earlier met and — were not retaliation in the atone for wartime deeds of seven Wednesday that a total of 19 spokeswoman with the British limited to seven of our teachers exchanged greetings. South feud over compensation for decades ago, while many in people were arrested in a drugs embassy in Beijing said. and did not take place during Korean media, however, South Koreans forced to work South Korea doubt the sincerity case centring on a local branch The spokeswoman said the working hours or impact any reported there was a “cold for Japanese firms. of Japan’s past apologies. of a language school. embassy could not confirm students. Canadian accused New North Korea statute of abuse freed Duterte mocks Iceland over from jail in Jakarta calls Kim head of state AFP UN vote on drugs war REUTERS becoming the president of North JAKARTA SEOUL Korea and he effectively made it REUTERS come true,” said Kim Dong-yup, A Canadian teacher jailed in MANILA Kim Jong Un has been formally a professor at Kyungnam Univer- Indonesia after being convicted named head of state of North sity’s Far East Institute in Seoul. of child sexual assault has been Philippine President Rodrigo Korea and commander-in-chief “He has long sought to shake freed and returned home after Duterte took a swipe at Iceland of the military in a new consti- off the abnormal military-first being granted a presidential yesterday for spearheading a tution observers said was pos- policy the country has stuck to pardon, an official said. U..resolution to investigate his sibly aimed at preparing for a for a long time.” Kim shifted his Neil Bantleman, who also war on drugs, saying it was a peace treaty with the US. focus to the economy last year, holds a British passport, was nation made entirely of ice, with North Korea has also long launched nuclear talks with the released from Cipinang prison no understanding of his coun- called for a peace deal with the United States and moved to in Jakarta on June 21 and try’s problems. United States to normalise rela- revamp his image as a world returned to Canada later that “What is the problem of tions and end the technical state leader via summits with South month. “He was granted a Iceland? - Ice only. That is your of war that has existed since the Korea, China and Russia. clemency from the president problem. You have too much ice 1950-1953 Korean War con- Hong Min, a senior researcher and his sentence was reduced and there is no clear day and cluded with an armistice rather of the Korea Institute for National from 11 years to five years and night there,” he said in a ram- than a peace treaty. Unification in Seoul, said the title one month,” justice ministry bling speech to corrections The new constitution, change was also aimed at pre- spokesman Ade Kusmanto said. department officials. “So you can Tinay Palabay (centre), of Karapatan, an alliance for the advancement unveiled on the Naenara state paring for a potential peace treaty Bantleman, 50, was also understand why there is no of people’s rights, speaks in Manila, a day after the UNHRC approved portal site on Thursday, said that with the United States. ordered to pay Rp100m ($7,000) crime, no policeman either, and a resolution mandating a comprehensive international review of Kim as chairman of the State “The amendment may well as part of his original conviction, they just go about eating ice. the drug war in the Philippines. Affairs Commission (SAC), a top be a chance to establish Kim’s Kusmanto said. He was sen- They don’t understand the social, governing body created in 2016, status as the signer of a peace tenced in 2015 — along with economic, political problems of there may have been as many as a resolution “based on false was “the supreme represent- treaty when it comes, while pro- Indonesian teaching assistant the Philippines.” 27,000 drug-related killings. information, bogus news”, and ative of all the Korean people”, jecting the image of the country Ferdinand Tjiong — to 10 years The resolution on the Philip- Human rights groups say relied on narratives of Duterte’s which means head of state, and as a normal state,” Hong said. for abusing students in Jakarta, pines, led by Iceland, was adopted there is a pattern of executions, opponents and biased media. “commander-in-chief”. Washington had baulked at in a legal process criticised as by the UN Human Rights Council planted evidence and falsified He told news channel ANC A previous constitution signing a comprehensive peace fraught with irregularities. on Thursday by a vote of 18 coun- reports, and a state unwilling to that Duterte would permit simply called Kim “supreme treaty before North Korea takes tries in favour and 14 against, with investigate widespread allega- United Nations investigators to leader” who commands the coun- substantial steps toward denu- Thai man sentenced 15 abstentions. The exact number tions of systematic abuses by conduct a probe in his country try’s “overall military force”. Pre- clearisation, but US officials of dead in Duterte’s war on drugs police during the three-year-old “if he finds the purpose legit- viously, North Korea’s official have signalled they may be to death for German is impossible to independently crackdown. The government imate”. Duterte defended his head of state was the president willing to conclude a more tourist’s murder verify. Police say they have killed rejects that as lies. crackdown and said something of the titular parliament, known limited agreement to reduce 6,600 who were armed and Duterte’s spokesman, Sal- had to be done because millions as the Presidium of the Supreme tensions, open liaison offices, AFP fought back during attempts to vador Panelo, said yesterday that of Filipinos were “slaves to a People’s Assembly. and move toward normalising BANGKOK arrest them, but activists say Iceland had introduced drug called shabu”. “Kim had dreamed of relations.

A Thai garbage collector has been sentenced to death for the grisly rape and murder of a China to impose sanctions on US firms in Taiwan arms sale German tourist holidaying on a beach island. AFP of weapons to Taiwan,” he said. expressing “strong dissatisfaction threatened sanctions following a Though diplomatic relations Ronnakorn Romruen was BEIJING The planned weapons sale, and resolute opposition” at the planned US arms sale to Taiwan. are strained over a number of arrested in April, hours after the the first transfer of big-ticket potential weapons sale, which In 2010, the US approved a issues, China’s sanctions threat is bloodied body of a 27-year-old China yesterday said that it United States military gear to includes battle tanks and anti- package of Patriot missiles, Black indicative of a “broad downward German woman was found buried would impose sanctions on US democratically-governed aircraft missiles. Hawk helicopters, and other mil- trend,” and not necessarily a sig- under dried leaves and rocks on companies involved in a Taiwan in decades, comes as ties China on Tuesday had also itary hardware totalling $6.4bn. nificant “downturn in bilateral the picturesque island of Koh potential arms sale worth $2.2bn between Washington and Beijing demanded that the US “imme- The planned deal drew an relations,” said Roy Kamphausen, Sichang in the Gulf of Thailand. to self-ruled Taiwan — a move are already strained by their diately cancel” the $2.2bn angry response from Beijing, senior vice president for research A Thai court announced the that has infuriated Beijing. trade war. potential arms sale. The US later which cut off military and at the US-based National Bureau verdict and sentenced the “The US arms sale to Taiwan China views Taiwan as part shrugged off China’s complaints, security contracts with Wash- of Asian Research. 24-year-old garbage collector has severely violated the basic of its territory and has vowed to responding that the equipment ington and threatened to impose With the US currently to death on Wednesday. norms of international law and one day seize it, by force if nec- would contribute to “peace and sanctions on the firms involved engaged in a trade war with Ronnakorn was under the international relations,” Chinese essary. It bristles at any countries stability” in Asia. in the transaction. Still, the latest China, relations between Taipei influence of methampheta- foreign ministry spokesman that might lend Taiwan diplo- Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs move marks “a significant esca- and Washington have warmed mines when he raped the Geng Shuang said in an online matic support or legitimacy. Council said yesterday that Taipei lation on the part of the Chinese considerably. Unlike the last victim, the court said. When she statement. “In order to safeguard Earlier this week, the Chinese would “continue our self-defence government” said Steve Tsang, three American presidents, who attempted to escape, he used a national interests, China will foreign ministry said Beijing had to counter the threats and chal- a China-Taiwan relations expert were wary of angering Beijing, rock to repeatedly batter her impose sanctions on US enter- lodged formal complaints lenges” from Beijing. It is not the at the School of Oriental and Donald Trump has ramped up head and face. prises participating in this sale through diplomatic channels first time that Beijing has African Studies in London. relations with Taiwan. 08 VIEWS SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 Two years after Mosul’s liberation, ESTABLISHED IN 1996 damaged bridges frustrate residents

CHAIRMAN SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected] TESSA FOX AL JAZEERA ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED t’s a blistering 45C, and tempers [email protected] are running hot as gridlocked vehicles inch their way over the I“Old Bridge” — the only fully DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR functioning bridge in Mosul. MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI Eighteen-year-old Shaymaa Al [email protected] Saffar is among the legions of frus- trated commuters. A second-year medical student at Mosul University, she carpools with five other girls to travel to and from her home on the afternoon rush hour so it flows told it would take REFAATO another Mosul’s battle-ravaged west side to eastward, where most people live — two and half years to restore the her classes on the east side of the city. makes residents of the Old City Fourth and Fifth bridges to full service. EDITORIAL “Of course it affects my life here,” reluctant to venture across the river He said that though he under- Al Saffar told. During rush hour, it can unless it is absolutely necessary. stands why people are frustrated with take Al Saffar up to 30 minutes to Beyond the inconvenience, the Old the slow pace of progress, “those cross from one side of the Old Bridge Bridge can’t accommodate large bridges are delayed because of the Education for sustainability — also called the First Bridge — to the trucks — a fact that hinders efforts to slow release and shortage of the other. “In the morning, sometimes I rebuild the devasted western parts of funding”. Nevertheless, the delays and atar has taken many significant steps in enriching need to run to my classes because I the city. the lengthy timelines for restoring biodiversity demonstrating that the country attaches have a teacher who doesn’t like us to Mosul’s five bridges were named Mosul’s bridges have raised some Qgreat importance to the protection and preservation be late,” she said. numerically according to when they eyebrows. of biological diversity. An estimated 7.6 billion people Bridges are a defining feature of were built. Before the war against ISIS, Fifty-one-year-old Muhammed, live on the planet and it could swell to 9.9 billion by Mosul. The city boasts five of them that Al Saffar preferred to travel over the who asked Al Jazeera to withhold his 2050, according to the report of the Population Reference stretch across the Tigris River, con- Fourth Bridge — the closest one to her surname to protect his privacy, owns a Bureau. It grows at an alarming rate. To the woes, the existing necting the eastern part of the city to home on the west bank of the Tigris. construction company that won the natural resources are not sufficient enough to feed them. its western side. But the war to drive But the Fourth Bridge is only par- contract to rebuild a bridge between Reading the above lines will make one understand how the Islamic State of Iraq and the tially fixed, and crossing it in heavy Mosul and the city of Erbil. The bridge important is to live sustainably. Sustainable living and devel- Levant (ISIL) from the city has left this traffic can take up to three hours. spans 70 metres and has two-lane opment are not possible by a population which is unedu- vital infrastructure largely crippled. “It didn’t take any time before the traffic each way. cated and this is the sole reason why there is a growing inter- Coalition air strikes designed to war,” said Al Saffar. “It was just open Muhammed told Al Jazeera it took national recognition for ‘Education for Sustainable Devel- corner ISIL in the western part of and you got on it. It was maybe half an him only 10 months to finish the job. opment’ (ESD). ESD is developed by the United Nations and Mosul partially damaged all five of the hour from my home to the university.” “If they want to work, they can, but it calls for change in the way people think and motivates city’s bridges. ISIL then completely Donors have pledged upward of they don’t want to,” said Muhammed, them to work towards a sustainable future. destroyed two of then in an ultimately $30bn towards Iraq’s reconstruction. who added that he believes the delays Qatar is always at the forefront with world nations for futile effort to But nailing down how much of that have nothing to do with a lack of addressing any challenge and it contributes significantly for stop the Iraqi money has been received and ear- funding or a shortage of qualified con- coming up with a solution. Qatar’s contribution for sus- army from marked for Mosul’s bridges — and how tractors to carry out repairs. tainable development is also noteworthy as it emphasises advancing on its much has been spent so far on actual “Everyone wants to take the the need for education to be interconnected with every aspect stronghold. rebuilding — is difficult to determine. money and put it into their own of sustainable development. Bridges are a defining But two The Iraqi government established pockets,” he said. Recently, the Vice-Chair- feature of Mosul. years after the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Ahmad said the Iraqi government person and CEO of Qatar Foun- The city boasts five Mosul’s liber- Affected by Terrorist Operations provides financial support for recon- dation (QF), H E Sheikha Hind bint of them that stretch ation, rebuilding (REFAATO) to plan and coordinate struction, but that much of it disap- Hamad Al Thani, outlined, at the the city’s Iraq’s recovery and reconstruction - pears when it reaches Mosul. UN High-Level Political Forum, across the Tigris bridges has including the repair of damaged A brief published this year by the Qatar’s contribution how fostering human devel- River, connecting the proven to be bridges and the construction of new Middle East Research Institute noted for sustainable opment through education is at eastern part of the painfully slow, ones. REFAATO publishes no data that during a policy debate in Feb- development is the core of Qatar’s vision for a city to its western bringing misery about funding or how much money ruary, Iraq’s Minister of Housing and also noteworthy sustainable future and nationwide and frustration has been spent on Mosul’s bridges. Al Reconstruction, Bangen Rekani, efforts to realise this vision. side. But the war to to daily routines Jazeera asked the project manager for “stressed that no pledge from the as it emphasises Qatar’s support for the cause drive ISIL from the and disrupting the Nineveh Governorate, Salim donors has materialised so far, and the the need for reflects its commitment to city has left this vital efforts to recon- Othman, to count the cost. While Iraqi government has failed to suffi- Othman confirmed he was responsible ciently address its own structural and education to be inclusive education, ensuring that infrastructure largely struct the city interconnected everyone has the opportunity to and return it to for managing the funding for Nineveh functional weaknesses, including drive positive social change, and crippled. business as (an area that includes Mosul), he said corruption”. with every aspect nurturing a new generation of usual. he could only provide rough figures. While reconstruction drags on, of sustainable leaders and role models who The glacial According to Othman, the Old some Mosul residents find comfort by development. have integral roles in Qatar’s pace of rehabilitating Mosul’s bridges Bridge — currently Mosul’s smallest putting their frustrations in a per- development journey. is brutal for those living west of the and only fully functioning bridge — spective that few outsiders can even Going by the words of Tigris in the Old City, which was deci- cost between $2.5m and $2.7m to imagine. H E Sheikha Hind, education has to evolve in line with indi- mated during the war to root out ISIL. rebuild. The Fourth Bridge, which is “Because everything happening vidual and societal needs, reflect a world where disruption Once filled with shops, schools, only partially repaired, has cost now is better than living with ISIS,” is a way of life, and retain its fundamental principles while hospitals and hundreds of thousands REFAATO $1.7m so far. The Second said Ahmad, “I can withstand hours in not reducing its scope to try new things. of homes, much of the Old City is still Bridge, which is under repair, will cost crowded traffic rather than living with H E Sheikha Hind explained how QF’s unique model of in ruins, forcing those who live there the fund $8m, while the Third Bridge ISIS.” quality, inclusive education interconnects with all sectors in to cross a bridge to either go to work, will cost about $15m to bring back into Qatar, enabling young people to see and follow a direct get to school, or perform other routine full service. The author is a freelance journalist pathway into fields from which they can contribute to the functions of daily life. The Fifth Bridge was returned to focusing on conflict areas, indigenous nation’s sustainable development vision while also achieving But the bridge traffic — which is partial service by the Iraqi military, affairs, gender issues and the their personal goals. often restricted by the military during which performed repairs. But Othman environment. It aims to improve access to quality education on sus- tainable development at all levels to transform societies. It calls for reorientation of education and also by helping people to develop the required knowledge, skills, values, behaviors It’s time to treat tech platforms like publishers for sustainable development. Qatar has got a clear vision on sustainable devel- THE WASHINGTON POST stop. Once we’re ignored or forums where all ideologies freely for this to be true. There opment, which is backed by sheer determination and dismissed long enough, con- have a voice. is now ample reason to believe arrant willpower. The model which Qatar showcased to y now, most con- servatives seem to just shrug However, fighting back the market’s normal corrective the world for sustainable development is really a ray of servatives are con- our collective shoulders and against private companies powers are being blocked by hope for the world plagued by population rise and natural vinced that our accept defeat. It’s this type of with governmental action is a anti-competitive forces. resources’ depletion. voices are being passivity that has allowed politically and ideologically Many reputable econo- B fraught idea for those of us on shadow-banned, throttled, progressives to dominate film mists and business execu- muted and outright censored and television, universities the right. Why? Because the tives have already made online. In fact, amid protesta- and large swaths of the main- last thing we want is more compelling arguments that tions by groups including the stream news media. How did government regulation these companies should be Internet Association, which they accomplish that? By against private businesses. considered monopolies and QUOTE OF THE DAY claims Facebook, Google and fighting tooth and nail for Regulation often helps Big are unfairly stifling compe- Twitter are bias free, it’s an what they believe in every Industry remain entrenched tition. Jeremy Stoppelman, open fact that Big Tech is run vertical. in power. The burdensome the co-founder of Yelp, con- UNICEF is saddened predominantly by those on I founded Turning Point costs of complying with any cluded start-ups similar to and shocked at the ideological left. Face- USA to take the fight for ideo- new regulation would be a his firm would no longer be the killing of three book’s founder Mark Zuck- logical diversity directly to a rounding error for the likes of successful today since “that erberg and Twitter’s chief progressive stronghold: the Facebook and Google, but it opportunity has been closed children as a result executive Jack Dorsey even nation’s leading colleges and might completely destroy a off by Google and their of an attack in the admitted this before Con- universities. Now, with promising start-up poised to approach.” Consider that border town of gress, and footage of Google’s Trump’s Social Media Summit challenge their dominance. Google alone controls more Afrin north of Syria leadership consoling one on Thursday, we have an Conservatives by and large than 90 percent of all online another after President opportunity to challenge believe in the corrective searches, and its monopo- yesterday. Trump’s victory in 2016 indi- another progressive power of the free market listic power comes into cates the same is true for hegemony, this time in Big above all. If we don’t like how frightening focus. The Geert Cappelaere them. Tech. If we don’t yet know private companies are doing European Union even levied UNICEF Regional Director Many on the right have the exact solution to the business, we should just start a $2.7billion fine against for Middle East and complained loudly and often problem, Thursday’s summit our own to compete, right? Google, claiming the North Africa of anti-conservative bias is an important step in There is one glaring company manipulated online. Unfortunately, all too fighting to ensure social problem with this: The free search results to suppress often this is where our efforts media platforms remain market must be functioning competitors. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 OPINION 09 On migration, Europe can’t claim the moral high ground

o some in Europe, the past a moral responsibility to rescue the anger was also directed at their own Migration, which is almost two two weeks may have echoed migrants, many of whom have government and the European Union times higher than it was a year ago the agitation and confusion of escaped conflicts in sub-Saharan in a broader sense. during the same period. As condi- T2015, when more than a Africa that include ethnic warfare and Many supporters of private sea tions in Libya are deteriorating, million refugees and migrants arrived persecution. rescue groups see the woes of the past more migrants may risk crossing on the continent’s shores. Again, The European Union has effec- two weeks as symptomatic of a under conditions that have deliber- RICK NOACK migrants have become a front-page tively sided with the critics in recent flawed EU migration strategy in North ately been made more dangerous THE WASHINGTON POST topic from Rome to Berlin after Italy’s years, scaling back governmental Africa and the Mediterranean, with a with EU backing. populist government shut its ports to rescue programs. Private groups have deadly fallout that can no longer be That’s why some critics of them, recalling the Balkan and central tried to fill the void, but have faced ignored. At the center of their anger is Europe’s immigration policies are European countries that closed their growing resistance, too. an EU-backed deal with the Libyan comparing the EU migration borders in 2015 and 2016. When German Capt. Carola government, struck in 2017. In return approach to President Trump’s But this time, Europe isn’t dealing Rackete ignored Italy’s orders to stay for preventing North African migrants efforts to keep South American with an influx of millions. Instead, away from its waters in late June and from being able to embark on or com- migrants out of the United States. Europeans are fiercely debating over steered her Sea-Watch 3 vessel into plete the sea route to Europe, the “It’s easy to criticise Washing- about 40,000 migrant arrivals in 2019 the port of Lampedusa, she was Libyan coast guard was promised ton’s migration policies as in a bloc of more than 500 million. swiftly arrested by Italian authorities. partial funding and training. inhumane,” German magazine Even though the number of To Rackete’s supporters, her sub- From the beginning, human rights Der Spiegel’s Mathieu von Rohr migrants crossing the Mediterranean sequent release barely offered much groups were stunned by the move and wrote in a recent editorial, “but Sea has dropped significantly since consolation, as more showdowns warned that Europe was backing the approach taken by the 2015, Europe’s right-wingers and lib- appear likely. Italy’s populists are authorities in a war-torn country, European Union is even more erals are once again sounding alarms unlikely to give in to their foreign and where they had no oversight and no outrageous. Politicians in the EU - although in very different ways. One domestic critics, as their recent rows influence to prevent human rights outsource the horrors and wash side wants to preserve Europe as the with private rescue NGOs have violations. their hands of any guilt.” Even though fortress it has become, fenced off by allowed them to again rally their Their worst-case scenarios soon For Europeans opposed to the number of the Mediterranean Sea. The other side voters behind an issue that otherwise appeared to be justified. When such practices, finding a more migrants crossing is asking: At what ethical price? would have largely disappeared from Human Rights Watch visited several humane solution might turn out the Mediterranean Europe’s resurgent migration public consciousness. migration centers last summer, the to be even more difficult than debate has largely been triggered by Unlike Salvini and his allies are organization found “inhumane condi- for Democrats in the United Sea has dropped Italy’s populist government and far- suggesting, there is no actual migrant tions that included severe over- States. While Democrats theo- significantly since right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, crisis in Italy. Of the very few migrants crowding, unsanitary conditions, poor retically have to elect only one 2015, Europe’s right- who has banned private rescue ships who still arrive, many are transferred quality food and water that has led to president, liberal Europeans are wingers and liberals with migrants aboard from entering to other EU member states, where malnutrition, lack of adequate health fighting 28 battles in 28 separate Italian ports and waters. The opera- support for private sea rescue groups care, and disturbing accounts of vio- EU member states. But some are once again tions, Italy’s hard-liners and other has remained higher. lence by guards, including beatings, leaders don’t think that’s enough sounding alarms critics say, provide incentives for In Germany, for instance, thou- whippings, and use of electric of an excuse. - although in very migrants to risk the treacherous sea sands took to the streets in several shocks.” “Saving human lives is a duty different ways. journey to Europe. Supporters of cities last weekend to express support Under the EU-backed and can never be an offence or a those missions argue that Europe has for the rescue missions. But protesters’ arrangement, more than 10,000 crime; not to save them, on the migrants have been returned to the contrary, is one,” Luxembourg controversial detention centers in Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn Libya after they unsuccessfully tried wrote. to cross the Mediterranean, my col- league Sudarsan Raghavan reported The author currently covers inter- from Tripoli. Many more migrants national news from The Wash- never made it to the coastline. ington Post’s Berlin bureau. Previ- “What horrible thing has to ously, he worked for The Post from happen next before these people who Washington as an Arthur F. Burns remain locked in cells, without any Fellow and from Britain, Australia ability to flee from the fighting, are and New Zealand. evacuated out of the country to safety?” asked Craig Kenzie, the Tripoli project coordinator for Doctors Without Borders. The EU has defended its strategy, saying that its policy has stopped migrants from drowning in the Medi- D-RING ROAD terranean. But it has not stopped all POST BOX: 3488 from coming — and those who still DOHA - QATAR risk the journey are now more likely [email protected] to die than before. The estimated death rate among migrants trying to reach Italy or Malta EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICE A file photo showing an overcrowded boat with migrants from different African countries is pictured off the Libyan stands at 10 percent, according to the TEL: 4455 7741 / 767 coast in the Mediterranean Sea. International Organization for FAX: +974 4455 7758

MANAGING EDITOR fforts to prepare Pakistani “I see no loss of human life this The last significant previous lake TEL: 4462 7505 mountain communities time as a positive. It shows our outburst was in 2010, said Mir, who threatened by the collapse of training has been a success,” said worked with the UNDP pilot project to DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR TEL: 4455 7769 glacial lakes, as climate Amanullah Khan, assistant country reduce disaster risk in the area. E As part of flood preparations, resi- change brings faster glacier melt, paid director for the UN Development Pro- LOCAL NEWS SECTION off this week as a flood ravaged five gramme (UNDP), which helped dents in at-risk areas are seeing TEL: 4455 7743 villages in Chitral district but establish flood protection systems in weather monitoring stations and river ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM appeared to cost no lives, Pakistan the area starting in 2011. discharge sensors installed, as well as BUSINESS NEWS SECTION REUTERS and international officials said. That pilot project now is being new small-scale drainage systems TEL: 4462 7535 expanded, using $37 million from the and mini-dams according to UNDP. Green Climate Fund, to 15 other They are also learning new skills - SPORT NEWS SECTION mountain districts in Pakistan that are including simple first-aid tips, as TEL: 4455 7745 vulnerable to glacial outburst floods, emergency help often takes time to As glacial lake bursts, with the aim of reaching more than 7 arrive. ONLINE SECTION million people at risk. Rashid Ul Ghafoor, who works TEL: 4462 7501 Still, the latest flood caused wide- with the district disaster management [email protected] preparation saves spread displacement and losses, unit, under the Chitral District Com- according to residents in the valley. missioner, acknowledged his PUBLIC RELATIONS “I don’t even have a matchstick to department had “limited capacity” to TEL: 4455 7613 lives in Pakistan light a candle with. Everything I prepare for and respond to calamities. [email protected] owned has been taken away by the Problems include a lack of heavy machinery for debris removal, dif- deluge,” said an emotional Abdul ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT The flood in the Golain valley Rauf, 35, speaking by phone from a ficult terrain, and a failure to ensure TEL: 4455 7837 / 780 swept away roads and bridges, and camp where he and his family of 10 roads and bridges are built with flood FAX: 4455 7870 damaged homes, irrigation channels took refuge after the dis-aster. risks in mind, he said. [email protected] and crops, according to residents and He said they escaped “just in time” “The building codes ignore the ini-tial assessments carried out by the because they heard a glacial lake had disaster risk,” he said. The first to CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT district commissioner’s office. burst in the upper reaches of the arrive at the scene of the latest TEL: 4455 7857 “Our standing crops (and) apple valley. flooding was a team of 70 volun-teers [email protected] and apricot orchards have been com- Rauf was among over 150 people from the Al-Khidmat Foundation, pletely destroyed,” said Safdar Ali, brought down from flood-hit villages Rauf said. SUBSCRIPTION & whose shop in the valley was heavily by rescuers. Many others were still The team, which took seven hours DISTRIBUTION damaged. stranded, officials said, with bridges to reach the first affected village after TEL: 4455 7809 / 839 As well, “there has been huge loss and roads washed away and travel by setting off from Chitral, brought along FAX: 44557819 of livestock, the stored grain has been foot difficult in the steep terrain. bamboo ladders to help cross rivers [email protected] swept away (and) our irrigation The area is “highly disaster prone” where bridges were washed away, The flood in the channels and small village-level due to “difficult topography”, a gov- and to climb steep sections of terrain, Golain valley micro hydro-power plants have also ernment report on the flood noted. said Fazle Ali Jan, a spokesman for the been ruined,” he told the Thomson The Golain valley, in Khyber foundation. All thoughts and views swept away roads Reuters Foundation by telephone. Pakhtunkhwa province, has more The government is now working and bridges, But none of the more than 4,000 than 50 glaciers and nine glacial to restore 4 km (2.5 miles) of road and expressed in these columns and damaged people living in the affected villages lakes, some of which overspill to bridges that once linked the affected are those of the writers, homes, irrigation appears to have been killed, in part provide water for communities valley and Chitral but were washed not of the newspaper. because the communities received downstream. away in the flooding, Ghafoor said. channels and early warning of the approaching But since the late 1980s the area But rescuers from Al-Khidmat crops, according to flood from a shepherd upstream, who also has seen an accelerating said they were running out of flood, All correspondence residents and ini-tial alerted those in the water’s path, offi- drumbeat of glacial lake floods, which tents, and medicine for families they regarding Views and assessments carried cials said. happen when a natural dam of rock had rescued. Opinion pages should be The warning gave communities in or other material holding back water “We will be able to access the next sent to editor-in-chief out by the district the lower part of the valley up to an gives way as a lake overfills, said two villages after my men repair the commissioner’s hour and a half to evacuate and try to Hamid Mir, an environmental analyst bridge by the end of the day, but how office or mailed to the office. protect some of their animals and at the province’s planning and devel- will we feed them and where will we [email protected] belongings, residents said. opment department. put them up?” Jan said by telephone. 10 EUROPE SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019

Albanian police Sweden not to sign UN nuclear ban treaty arrest Russian

AP In a statement, the Swedish Foreign Ministry world for a nuclear-free world.” There are believed to be man over IS links COPENHAGEN said a conference in 2020 to review the UN In a statement, the Swedish about 15,000 nuclear weapons Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Foreign Ministry said a con- in the world today. Amid rising REUTERS/TIRANA Sweden said yesterday that it “needs to lead to concrete disarmament ference in 2020 to review the UN tensions over Iran and North will refrain from signing a United Treaty on the Prohibition of Korea’s nuclear and missile tests, A Russian national accused of Nations convention on nuclear pledges from nuclear-weapon states”. Nuclear Weapons “needs to lead the United Nations says the fighting for the IS militant group weapons, with the foreign to concrete disarmament pledges threat of a nuclear attack is at its against Syrian government minister arguing that the treaty The country’s two-party, but doesn’t believe it can be from nuclear-weapon states. If highest level since the end of the forces was arrested in Albania “in its current form is not ready.” center-left minority needs the achieved by imposing a ban this does not happen, the security Cold War. and will be extradited to Russia, Foreign Minister Margot backing of a majority to sign it. through the United Nations policy situation will be Under the UN treaty’s terms, Albanian police said yesterday. Wallstrom said the text has “no The Social-Democratic-led convention. worsened.” non-nuclear nations agreed not Police said the 34-year-old clear definition of nuclear government of Sweden, which Wallstrom added the gov- It said Sweden considers to pursue nukes in exchange for man, identified as RM, who was weapons and there are a is not a Nato member, has been ernment will continue “its nuclear disarmament “a key pri- a commitment by the five born in and a resident of Norilsk number of issues that must be internally divided over the issue, nuclear disarmament efforts” ority” and that “the threat posed original nuclear powers — the in Russia, entered Albania ille- answered.” with some saying it could find its and will continue “to work for a by nuclear weapons is greater US, Russia, Britain, France and gally after a court in Russia’s Wallstrom told a news con- cooperative relationship with the ban on nuclear weapons” as an now than for several decades. A China — to move toward nuclear Chechen Republic ruled in April ference that there is no majority alliance weakened if it endorses observer. number of states are modern- disarmament and to guarantee 2015 he should be arrested for in Sweden’s parliament, the the UN convention. Wallstrom said “the goal of izing their arsenals, and the lack other states’ access to peaceful being part of a terrorist group. Riksdagen, to sign the Nato supports the idea of a the government’s work is clear: of trust between states is an nuclear technology for pro- “In June 2013, this citizen convention. world without nuclear weapons, Sweden is a strong voice in the urgent problem.” ducing energy. left Russia for Syria, joined the illegal armed group named ‘IS’ and was an active participant in fighting against government France launches new forces in Syria,” a police nuclear-powered statement said. Man arrested in attack submarine London double AFP been in service since the 1980s. CHERBOURG The vast billion-euro stealth homicide probe vessel, whose sides were draped President Emmanuel Macron with the French flag, dwarfed a REUTERS yesterday launched the first of a 700-strong crowd of interna- LONDON new fleet of nuclear-powered tional delegates who looked on attack submarines that aims to as Macron officially launched the Detectives investigating the ensure French naval superiority Suffren by simply pulling down double homicide of a pregnant in the coming decades. a lever. woman and her baby arrested The first French submarine French Defence Minister a 25-year old male on suspicion to be launched in a decade, the Florence Parly was there of murder, Britain’s Metro- Suffren is the frontrunner for a alongside her Australian coun- politan police said. new line of Barracuda attack- terpart Linda Reynolds, whose Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, class vessels, 12 of which have country inked a deal in February who was eight months already been ordered by to buy 12 conventionally- pregnant, was found stabbed Australia. powered attack-class subma- French President Emmanuel Macron attends the official launch ceremony of the new French nuclear to death in a house in Croydon, A vast, 99 metre behemoth rines from Naval Group. submarine “Suffren” in Cherbourg, north-western France, yesterday. south London, last month. Her of black steel, the Suffren was “With the Suffren, a hunter baby boy Riley, who was launched at a dry-dock cer- is born today, not a vessel which this month, then it will be trialled equipped with ballistic missiles 9.1-billion-euro programme. delivered after the attack, was emony in the northern port of is going to hide in the depths of at sea. It will be formally (SSBNs) but also to track enemy The Barracuda also has other taken to a hospital in a critical Cherbourg. the ocean,” Admiral Christophe delivered to the French navy at vessels and to gather capabilities, including a long- condition and later died. Built by French shipbuilder Prazuck, the French navy’s chief the southern port of Toulon near intelligence. range, 1,000km strike with a “The male has been taken Naval Group for the French navy, of staff, said. “This is a vessel Marseille by summer 2020. “This puts us in the top cruise missile, and a mini sub- to a central London police the Suffren is a Barracuda-class which has been fashioned to The SSN’s mission is to division,” said Naval Group’s marine for special forces which station where he remains at this nuclear attack submarine fight... to face down enemies.” protect strategic vessels such as chief executive Herve Guillou of is housed in a dry-deck shelter time,” the Metropolitan Police designed to replace the Rubis- The dock where the Suffren aircraft carriers and nuclear- the vessel, which took 10 years fitted on the hull. said in a statement, adding that class submarines which have is standing will be flooded later powered submarines which are to develop and build as part of a It can also lay mines. enquiries would continue. French minister vows to stay despite lobster scandal British Premier takes

AFP parliament speaker. giving up” when “you’re attacked essentially social gatherings PARIS Piling on the pressure, Medi- morning, noon and night,” he hosted by his wife, a journalist swipe at Boris Johnson apart published a new report said, close to tears in an interview. with the people magazine Gala, A senior French Cabinet minister saying that Rugy rented a council But he added: “I won’t do and funded by taxpayer. AP defiantly vowed yesterday to flat with subsidised rent in that because I’m very angry Rugy has not denied the LONDON stay in his job despite fresh western France, even though his when I read an article which existence of the dinners but claims he used the public purse salary was “far higher” than the claims I live in a council house.” insisted they were linked to his Outgoing British Prime Minster to fund an extravagant lifestyle maximum allowed for such aid. Mediapart said that the work, defending the gatherings Theresa May (pictured) has including lobster feasts. But Rugy, who also holds the dinners hosted by Rugy included as “informal working dinners”. leveled a thinly disguised swipe Environment Minister portfolio of minister of state luxuries like lobster, champagne In another blow, French at Conservative Party front- Francois de Rugy has endured a which makes him the gov- and vintage wines from parlia- daily Le Parisien reported yes- runner Boris Johnson as she torrid week after the Mediapart ernment number two after Prime ment’s cellar. terdaythat Rugy’s wife used underscored the necessity of investigative website said he Minister Edouard Philippe — Most damagingly, it alleged public money to buy herself a character in taking on the coun- hosted lavish dinners — allegedly insisted he was not shifting. that the dinners had little con- golden hairdryer worth 561$. He try’s top post. for friends — while serving as “Of course, you feel like nection to his function and were said the claim was a “lie”. May told the Daily Mail in an interview published yesterday that the job of prime minister is Six kids among not about power but about opponents on Brexit are those public service. Though she didn’t now backing Johnson. 10 dead in Russia mention Johnson by name, he She added it’s unlikely that car accident has made a career out of being her successor will negotiate the biggest personality in the further Brexit concessions from AFP room. the EU. MOSCOW “All too often, those who see “I had assumed mistakenly it as a position of power see it as that the tough bit of the negoti- Six children were among the about themselves and not about ation was with the EU, that Par- ten people killed when an all- the people they are serving,” she liament would accept the vote terrain vehicle capsized while said. “There is a real difference.” of the British people and just crossing a remote Siberian May stepped down from want to get it done, that people river, authorities said being Conservative Party leader who’d spent their lives cam- yesterday. after her failure to get Par- paigning for Brexit would vote Apparently members of two liament to approve a plan for to get us out on March 29 and families, they are thought to Britain’s departure from the May 27,” she said. “But they have drowned in the Siberian European Union. didn’t.” region of Tyva bordering Mon- Johnson and Foreign Sec- May, who will return to Par- golia, the head of the region retary Jeremy Hunt are in a liament as a lawmaker, also took said. runoff for that post, which will issue with those who chided her “Ten people died as they also make the winner Britain’s for becoming emotional as she attempted to cross the Shui next prime minister. The runoff announced her departure from river in their UAZ-469,” vote will be announced July 23. the post. “If a male prime min- Sholban Kara-ool said in a post May underscored she had ister’s voice had broken up, it on Facebook, referring to an done all she possibly could to try would have been said “what offroad light utility vehicle that Lithuania’s new President sworn in to get her Brexit deal approved great patriotism, they really love seats up to seven people. and did nothing to conceal her their country.” But if a female Lithuania’s President-elect, Gitanas Nauseda and his predecessor Dalia Grybauskaite during the In a separate statement, frustration with the fact that prime minister does it, it is ‘Why handover ceremony at the Presidential Palace, in Vilnius, yesterday. investigators said locals found some of her most strident is she crying?’” she said. ten bodies in a vehicle that appeared to have capsized in the water. Russia’s Investigative Com- Eritrean cleared of being trafficking kingpin in mistaken identity case mittee, which probes serious incidents, said that it has AFP telling the truth when he claimed trafficking networks, but after a But the Palermo court immediately set free, having opened a criminal probe into a PALERMO it was a case of mistaken identity. 21-month trial the court ruled accepted his argument that this spent more than three years possible violation of traffic Carpenter Medhanie Tes- that police had the wrong man. was a case of mistaken identity. behind bars already. safety rules. An Italian court ruled that an famariam Berhe was arrested in Behre was accused of being It did however give him a Behre quietly thanked and Road accidents are Eritrean accused of being a Sudan in 2016 on suspicion of Medhanie Yehdego Mered, five-year prison sentence for shook hands with his interpreter. common in Russia, where many human trafficking kingpin being at the heart of one of the known as “the General”, and was aiding illegal immigration. He was then taken by police van people ignore traffic rules. known as “the General” was world’s largest migrant extradited to Italy. The judge ordered he be to prison to collect his belongings. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 EUROPE / AMERICAS 11 SPD lists von der Leyen’s policy failures in paper

REUTERS In its paper, the SPD their horse-trading over top highlighting a scandal over the stay in the coalition for another still “in a shabby state”. BERLIN dissected what it posts. awarding of contracts, her alien- two years. Under a sub-heading Less than half Germany’s presented as von der Merkel said on Thursday the ation of the army top brass and “Lack of support in the Bun- Eurofighter and Tornado fighter Germany’s Social Democrats coalition’s situation “is not easy”. gaps in the military. deswehr”, the SPD took aim at jets and none of its six subma- have circulated a damning paper Leyen’s policy and She was the only EU leader to “From the very beginning, von der Leyen’s 2017 attack on rines were ready for combat in to their European political group leadership failures abstain in a vote last week on an she ... overestimated herself,” “weak leadership” in the armed 2018, a parliamentary report said in which they call Ursula von der as defence minister, EU top jobs package after she read the document, written in forces (Bundeswehr) after an in January. Leyen an “inadequate and inap- highlighting a scandal consulted the SPD, which English. officer was arrested on suspicion The SPD paper also pointed propriate candidate” to lead the rejected the deal. The paper is sure to inflame of planning a racist attack to to a “cost explosion” in the refur- European Commission ahead of over the awarding Von der Leyen is currently tensions in the coalition, already frame refugees. bishment of a military training a vote on her nomination next of contracts, her lobbying lawmakers in the running high after former SPD “Soldiers of higher ranks ship, for which it said: “Ursula week. alienation of the army European Parliament to leader Sigmar Gabriel suggested were horrified,” the paper read. von der Leyen has political The European Parliament is top brass and gaps in confirm her as Commission the party could quit the ruling “It took weeks to calm the responsibility.” due to vote next Tuesday on chief. The Socialist grouping alliance over von der Leyen’s internal critics. Nevertheless, Martin Schulz, another whether von der Leyen, Ger- the military. to which the SPD belongs has nomination as European Com- there is still talk of alienation former SPD leader, has called many’s defence minister and a 154 of the assembly’s total 751 mission chief. between the minister and the von der Leyen “our weakest min- conservative ally of Chancellor by EU leaders has infuriated the seats, not enough alone to The SPD is plumbing new Bundeswehr.” ister.” But Katarina Barley, who Angela Merkel, should succeed Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel’s block her. post-war depths in polls as a Of her efforts to fix gaps in led the SPD’s campaign for elec- Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude coalition partners, who feel In its paper, the SPD dis- result of its decision, deeply military readiness, the SPD said tions to the EU Parliament in Juncker as head of the EU aggrieved that the leaders sected what it presented as von unpopular with supporters, to von der Leyen had failed to May, has said the coalition will executive. ignored the lead candidates from der Leyen’s policy and leadership prop up Merkel’s government make significant improvements not collapse over her Von der Leyen’s nomination the main parliamentary blocs in failures as defence minister, and is divided over whether to and that the Bundeswehr was nomination. Dutch PM to hold talks with Trump

AP that Nato allies gave him no firm and the Horn of Africa. THE HAGUE commitments that they will par- Dunford said the Pentagon ticipate in a global effort to has developed a specific plan, Prime Minister Mark Rutte is secure international waterways and that he believes it will be visiting US President Donald against threats from Iran. clear within a couple of weeks Trump next week, the Dutch Since then, Dutch media, which nations are willing to join government announced citing unnamed sources, have the effort. yesterday, amid reports that the reported that the government in The Dutch government said Netherlands is considering an The Hague is considering that during the prime minister’s American request to help protect sending a frigate to the Gulf. visit to the White House, the shipping in the Gulf. The chairman of the US Joint owners of an American flag that Rutte will visit Trump at the Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen was flown on the stern of the White House next Thursday to Joseph Dunford, said on Tuesday boat that led the first US troops discuss bilateral relations, inter- that Washington will move onto Utah Beach on D-Day will national trade and defence and ahead with plans to build a coa- present it ceremonially to the security cooperation, the gov- lition of nations to monitor and American people. ernment said in a statement. deter Iranian threats against Dutch businessman and art Last month, acting US commercial shipping in the Gulf collector Bert Kreuk bought the Defence Secretary Mark Esper area and in a busy waterway flag for $514,000 at an auction said after a meeting in Brussels between the Arabian Peninsula in Dallas in 2016. Google launches review after A plume of smoke spreads across the sky during a wildfire in Kihei, in Maui, Hawaii, yesterday. UK authorities leak of audio conversations to file charges Wildfire in Maui Island forces evacuations AFP smart speakers and other SAN FRANCISCO Google devices in Belgium and against climate REUTERS going to send any firefighters the west Maui coastal commu- Netherlands. KIHEI into harm’s way.” nities of Maalaea and Kihei. But Google said it was conducting The leak appeared to be change activists A National Weather Service three shelters housed about 500 an internal review after it from one of the language Thousands of residents and satellite photo showing smoke people late Thursday, media discovered confidential audio experts Google uses around the AP visitors on Hawaii’s Maui Island hanging over the island was reports said. had been leaked by a contractor world to help it refine its LONDON were ordered to evacuate two posted on local media and social The Maui High School of private conversations with programme. communities as a spreading media sites. housed about 200 cats and dogs its digital assistant. “We just learned that one British authorities are charging wildfire sent smoke billowing The brush fire was reported moved from a local animal The US Internet giant of these language reviewers has hundreds of climate change high into the sky, officials and about 10:30am, local time, and shelter, the Honolulu Star- acknowledged “misconduct” in violated our data security pol- protesters with public order local media said. steady winds of up to 20 mph Advertiser reported. the leak of the Dutch language icies by leaking confidential offences in hearings that will The 3,000 acre brush fire in fanned the flames, officials said. Kahului Airport was briefly conversations by one of its lan- Dutch audio data,” Google take weeks to process. Maui’s central valley was uncon- It jumped a highway and spread closed and flights were diverted guage experts contracted to product manager David Two courtrooms are being trolled on Thursday night, Maui across fallow fields and more because of the smoke, which help refine its Google Assistant, Monsees said in a blog post. set aside for one day each week Mayor Mike Victorino told a brush. also forced the closure of two the artificial intelligence- “Our security and privacy for 19 weeks to deal with news conference. Two helicopters from the major roads. But operations powered system for voice response teams have been acti- Extinction Rebellion He said that firefighters fire department also dropped were back to normal around 7 interactions. vated on this issue, are investi- defendants, who range in age would monitor it overnight but water on the blaze to try to pm local time, media reported. Google made the gating, and we will take action. from 20 to 76. that it was too dangerous to contain it. No injuries or damage to announcement following a We are conducting a full review The Metropolitan Police are battle the blaze in the dark. While thousands were structures were reported, but report by Belgian broadcaster of our safeguards in this space pushing for the 1,151 people “We can’t fight the fire ordered evacuated, it was some farm equipment burned, VRT that it could access frag- to prevent misconduct like this arrested to face charges after tonight,” he said. “We’re not unclear how many people fled HawaiiNewsNow reported. ments of conversations from from happening again.” demonstrations brought parts of central London to a stand- still in April. Dozens of climate change protesters appeared Venezuela govt, opposition agree to pursue crisis talks yesterday. The youngest defendant AFP comment on the result. continuous and efficient manner receiving the support of more man Diosdado Cabello on pleaded guilty to a public order CARACAS The Barbados talks were an to reach an agreed-upon solution than 50 countries. Wednesday ruled out early offence relating to Waterloo extension of the first round of within the framework of the The oil-rich, cash-poor elections. Bridge on 17 April. Venezuela’s government and negotiations in Oslo in May, Constitution.” country has been in a deep “They say: the government’s Many of the cases involve opposition have agreed to set up which ended with no concrete Late Wednesday, Maduro’s recession for five years. going to Barbados because there an alleged failure to comply a platform for ongoing negotia- advances. chief negotiator, Communica- Shortages of food and medicine are going to be presidential elec- with a police order to remain tions to resolve the country’s “We announce that the rep- tions Minister Jorge Rodriguez, are frequent, and public services tions in I don’t know how long in an allocated area to minimise simmering political crisis after resentatives of the main political said there had been “a successful are progressively failing. and the candidates are X and Y,” disruption three days of talks in Barbados, actors in Venezuela are con- exchange” and thanked Bar- Guaido and the opposition he said. “Here there are no pres- Extinction Rebellion said mediator nation Norway said. tinuing the negotiations that bados Prime Minister Mia accused Maduro of having rigged idential elections, here the pres- activists are pleased to have a Representatives of Pres- were initiated in Oslo,” Norway’s Mottley for hosting the talks. the 2018 poll that saw him re- ident’s name is Nicolas Maduro,” day in court but “the burden this ident Nicolas Maduro and Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Crisis-wracked Venezuela elected, and they describe the said Cabello, who heads the pro- tsunami of cases will place on opposition leader Juan Guaido Soreide said in a statement. has been mired in a political socialist leader as a “usurper.” regime Constituent Assembly the courts is unprecedented.” met from Monday to “As part of this process, a impasse since January when They want him to stand and is considered the country’s A number of trials were Wednesday in the Caribbean negotiation table has been estab- Guaido proclaimed himself down so new elections can be second most powerful scheduled for September and island nation, but have yet to lished that will work in a acting president, quickly held.But Maduro’s right-hand politician. October. Shops looted in France after Algeria football win

AFP gloves and even bikes, a witness said. a security official said. PARIS Police used tear gas to disperse The 21-year-old man was driving at thousands of people who had gathered high speed in the Mosson neigh- Shops in central Paris were looted and in Paris. The same measures were used bourhood, the official said. The driver a woman was killed in a high-speed car to scatter crowds in Marseille. was taken into police custody. crash in southern France in what the “The damage and incidents last The woman was walking with her government slammed yesterday as night on the sidelines of the celebra- one-year-old baby and 17-year-old “unacceptable” unrest following a key tions... are unacceptable,” Interior Min- daughter when the accident victory for Algeria’s national football ister Christophe Castaner said in a tweet. happened. team. “I hail the actions of the security The baby suffered traumatic injuries Fans of the Algerian team flocked forces in Paris and across the country and was rushed to hospital. The 17-year- to the Champs-Elysees in central Paris to maintain order and contain the old had a slight ankle injury. and the Vieux Port area in Marseille late excesses,” he added. Algeria, the favourites in this year’s Thursday after their side defeated Ivory In total, 43 people were detained. Africa Cup of Nations, defeated the Ivory Coast on penalties to reach the semi In the southern city of Montpellier, Coast 4-3 on penalties in the Egyptian finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. an Algerian football supporter cele- city of Suez to set up a semi-final Two stores near the Champs-Elysees brating his team’s win lost control of his showdown with Nigeria. A broken window seen on the Grande Armee street, near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris were looted, including a motor- car and ran over a family, killing a Paris and Marseille are home to large in Paris, yesterday. cycle shop where people took helmets, woman and seriously injuring her baby, minority communities of Algerian origin. 12 AMERICAS / CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 Trump confirms Democrat says separation policy can damage kids AP migration raids WASHINGTON A Democratic House committee chairman said the Trump administration’s now-aban- set for weekend doned policy of separating migrant children from their families as they crossed the Trump said the raids have to leave. US-Mexico border was a tactic to discourage would also target The ICE raids are expected future immigrants but could damage the “people that came to take place in 10 major cities, children for their entire lives. into our country, not pursuing people for whom Maryland Rep Elijah Cummings made the courts have already issued remarks yesterday as his House Oversight and through a process, removal orders, according to Reform Committee opened a hearing on the that just walked over media reports. treatment of apprehended children and con- a line. They have to They could potentially target ditions in border detention centres. leave. families who have been inside Four Democratic freshmen including the United States for many years, New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with homes, businesses and reported seeing horrid conditions at AFP US-born children, the reports detention centres during a recent visit and WASHINGTON said. are testifying, as are four border state Migrant communities and Republicans. US President Donald Trump immigration and rights activists The panel’s top Republican is Ohio’s Jim Immigration activists gather to protest President Trump’s immigration policy in front confirmed yesterday that agents around the country were girding Jordan, who said President Donald Trump’s of the US Customs and Border Protection Headquarters in Washington, DC, yesterday. of the Immigration and Customs for the raids. hard-line immigration policies are about pro- Enforcement (ICE) agency will Migrants were being told to tecting the border, not about politics. their parents and held up to a half-year. It by Trump. The Republican president said his launch raids across the country not open their doors to ICE Democrats accuse Trump of seeking to says at least 241 children were held in Border immigration policies are meant to keep the this weekend to round up thou- agents if they do not have search satisfy his conservative base with harsh Patrol stations beyond the 72-hour legal limit. country safe. sands of undocumented or arrest warrants, to record policies. They’re then supposed to be transferred to Yesterday’s House Oversight and Reform migrants for deportation. their encounters with agents, A study by House Democrats provides government-run shelters. Committee session comes as partisan and “They came in illegally,” he and to call immigration new detail on nearly 2,700 migrant children The report added that some families were internal Democratic tensions near a boil over told reporters at the White attorneys for help. taken from their families last year when they broken up even though the parents ended Trump’s immigration policies. Surging House. “They are going to take Democrats warned the were detained at the US-Mexico border. up not being prosecuted. It says at least 30 numbers of families, children and other people out and they are going to Trump administration on The House Oversight and Reform Com- children remain separated. migrants entering the US from Mexico have send them back to their Thursday about breaking up mittee report said federal figures show at The Democrats call separating children overwhelmed the government’s capacity to country.” long-resident families with least 18 children under age 2 were taken from “a deliberate, unnecessary and cruel choice” house them adequately. Trump said ICE would focus members who are inside the mainly on people with convic- country legally. tions, including gang members, House leader Nancy Pelosi Judges spar with Trump lawyer over subpoena on finance records but also others. called the ICE plan “heartless” REUTERS House of Representatives Over- legislation relating to presi- from his business holdings, as “It starts on Sunday and and said Sundays are when WASHINGTON sight Committee subpoena. dential conflicts of interest and previous presidents have done. they’re going to take people out many Hispanic immigrant fam- The three judges on the government ethics, and sug- But Consovoy urged the and they’re going to bring them ilies are in church. A US appeals court yesterday panel did not say how or when gested that the financial records judges to look at the “totality of back to their countries,” Trump “These families are hard- appeared unlikely to grant Pres- they would rule. But they requested from Mazars are rea- the evidence,” including media said. “Or they’re going to take working members of our com- ident Donald Trump’s request repeatedly sparred with Trump’s sonably related to that effort. reports that House Speaker criminals out, put them in munities and our country. This that it block a congressional personal lawyer William Con- “These bills have passed the Nancy Pelosi told fellow Dem- prison, or put them in prison in brutal action will terrorise subpoena for his financial sovoy over his central argument House and are directly related ocrats that she wants to see the countries they came from.” children and tear families apart.” records. that the subpoena is unconsti- to the subject of this subpoena,” Trump in prison. While the focus will be on According to the Pew The US Court of Appeals for tutional because it is “law Tatel said. Consovoy said Pelosi’s removing criminals, Trump said Research Center, there are about the District of Columbia Circuit enforcement” that would not The House Oversight Com- remark makes clear that Con- the raids would also target 10.5 million undocumented heard oral arguments in a further Congress’ main task of mittee has also said it needs gress’ real objective with the “people that came into our migrants in the US, and two- lawsuit Trump filed arguing his enacting laws. Trump’s financial records to Mazars subpoena is to investigate country, not through a process, thirds have been in the country accounting firm, Mazars LLP, Judge David Tatel said the examine whether he broke the Trump so it can make him look that just walked over a line. They more than 10 years. does not need to comply with a House is already working on law by not disentangling himself bad and score political points.

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ANATOLIA qualified” to serve in Wash- ANKARA ington, Spanish daily El Peri- odico reported yesterday. Brazil’s president said he is Eduardo Bolsonaro also said considering appointing his son that he would accept “any as ambassador to the US, in line mission” offered by his father, with Brasilia’s stronger ties with adding that no formal requests Washington under his presi- have yet been made for him to dency. take the helm of the embassy in Pen.Mag Far-right leader Jair Bol- Washington. policy adviser to the president, sonaro said that his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, who is following would have to resign from the Every Sunday To Thursday (pictured) could be “a suitable” in his father’s ideological foot- Chamber of Deputies if he person and is “perfectly steps and is an informal foreign accepts the position. BUSINESS SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 13 PAGE | 14 PAGE | 15 Powell does not Chinese conglomerate veer from signal considers $940m that rate cuts rescue of Thomas are coming Cook

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Cryptocurrency VW to invest in hack: Japan firm says Ford-backed $32m missing

AFP Argo AI at $7bn TOKYO:

A Tokyo-based cryptocurrency valuation exchange said yesterday it had halted all services after losing cryptocurrency worth more BLOOMBERG VW will invest $2.6bn than $32m in the latest FRANKFURTMICHIGAN in Ford’s autonomous- apparent hack involving virtual car partner Argo AI money. Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Remixpoint said its sub- Co. will cooperate on electric and in a deal that values sidiary BITPoint Japan dis- self-driving car technology, the operation at more covered overnight that about sharing costs on a global scale to than $7bn, the two 3.5 billion yen ($32.3m) in take a major step forward in the various digital currencies had industry’s disruptive transfor- manufacturers said gone missing from its mation. yesterday in a joint management. VW will invest $2.6bn in statement in New The apparent hack was dis- Ford’s autonomous-car partner York. covered after an error Argo AI in a deal that values the appeared in the firm’s outgoing operation at more than $7bn, the funds transfer system on two manufacturers said yes- “It took a while to get this Thursday night. terday in a joint statement in New deal done, but it’s because we 100th anniversary of ABI It said the cryptocurrency York. This includes $1bn in actually sorted out a lot of the Italy’s Economy Minister Giovanni Tria (centre) arrives to attend the 100th anniversary of the Italian went missing from a so-called funding and VW contributing its hard problems,” Bryan Salesky, Banking Association (ABI) in Milan, yesterday. “hot wallet”, which is con- Audi $1.6bn Autonomous Intel- Argo AI’s co-founder and CEO, nected to the internet, but that ligent Driving unit. said in an interview. “We have a currency held in “cold wallets” “While Ford and Volkswagen clear line of sight to production, that are offline was not remain independent and fiercely vehicle supply and we have clear affected. competitive in the marketplace, line of sight to where we want to BITPoint Japan handles teaming up and working with go to market and how.” Besides Singapore cautions wealth managers various virtual currencies, Argo AI on this important tech- sharing costs for the devel- including bitcoin, ethereum nology allows us to deliver opment of self-driving cars, Ford on aggressively courting HK business and ripple. unmatched capability, scale and will use VW’s electric-car under- Remixpoint said the firm geographic reach,” Ford Chief pinnings that form to backbone REUTERS Some tycoons in the managing director, Ravi was still analysing the loss and Executive Officer Jim Hackett of the most aggressive rollout of SINGAPORE/HONG KONG Chinese-controlled Menon, that there were no offered no further details. (pictured) said. electric cars in the industry with territory have moved signs of “any significant shift of It said it would compensate Unprecedented shifts facing Volkswagen spending some Singapore has cautioned business or funds” from Hong customers for the losses. the auto industry are forcing €30bn ($34bn). Adding more wealth managers against funds, or considered Kong to Singapore. Around 2.5 billion yen worth players to consider new partner- vehicles to production lines aggressively marketing their doing so, given He had said that any of the missing currency was ships and potential consolidation. would help gain scale and save services or making other provisions in the upheaval in Hong Kong could customer funds, with the rest VW, the world’s top automaker, costs, and offer Ford a platform efforts to woo clients to the city bill that would have actually be negative for owned by the firm. offers the industry’s most ambi- to better comply with tougher state by capitalising on rival Singapore. Remixpoint shares plunged tious roll-out of electric models, rules on carbon-dioxide emis- Hong Kong’s political turmoil, allowed China to It was not immediately 18.6 percent following the while Ford, also in the top 10, is sions in Europe. people with knowledge of the potentially freeze clear how many banks had announcement. developing advanced self-driving Ford will build at least one matter said. funds or other assets received the MAS guidance. The incident is the latest in technology with Argo. mass-market battery car in Officials from the Monetary in the city. Private banks routinely and a string of similar cases at Jap- For VW, the Argo investment Europe starting in 2023 and Authority of Singapore (MAS) legally help clients to move and anese cryptocurrency offers an opportunity to poten- deliver more than 600,000 made the request last month manage their assets in different exchanges. tially catch up with Alphabet Inc.’s European vehicles based on to wealth managers, including sparking demonstrations that parts of the world. In 2018, Japan-based Waymo, and General Motors Co.’s VW’s platform, dubbed MEB, DBS and a unit of Oversea- attracted at least a million “The message was that we exchange Coincheck sus- Cruise unit. Road tests and accu- over six years. A second electric Chinese Banking Corp, the protesters. shouldn’t be taking undue pended deposits and with- mulating huge amounts of data model for Europe is “under dis- people said, declining to be Some tycoons in the advantage of what’s going on drawals for virtual currencies are critical for the further devel- cussion,” it said. Teaming up identified given the sensitivity Chinese-controlled territory in Hong Kong,” a senior after it was hacked, resulting opment of self-driving cars, and with its US peer is one of the key of the matter. have moved funds, or con- banking source said on con- in a loss worth half a billion few apart from Waymo are initiatives of VW Chief Executive The central bank told sidered doing so, given provi- dition of anonymity. dollars at the time. equipped to do it alone. Officer Herbert Diess to bankers it wanted to ensure sions in the bill that would have “We have to act responsibly And the Tokyo-based overhaul the German industrial wealth managers in Singapore allowed China to potentially and not launch campaigns to MtGox exchange, which at one giant. Both sides reiterated on were sensitive to the situation freeze funds or other assets in convince clients that this is a time handled nearly 80 Friday the tie-up does not in Hong Kong and did not the city. good time for them to move percent of all global bitcoin include entering equity ties design campaigns specifically The unrest has also their assets,” he said, adding he transactions, was shut down between Ford and VW. targeting business from Hong encouraged some wealth was not aware of any banks in 2014 after 850,000 bitcoins For Ford, a deal with VW fits Kong, the people said. managers to choose to set up making a big push to get (worth half a billion dollars at with CEO Jim Hackett’s $11bn The move comes as Hong in Singapore after also consid- business from Hong Kong in the time) disappeared from its overhaul of the company, which Kong has been thrown into ering Hong Kong, the main the current climate. virtual vaults. includes exiting the slow-selling turmoil by a proposed extra- offshore hubs for wealth man- “We are getting a lot of The hacks have prompted sedan market in the US, shifting dition bill - declared dead this agement in Asia, Reuters has enquiries. What can we do if greater oversight of crypto to focus on commercial vehicles week by its CEO Carrie Lam - reported. clients are looking to moving exchanges by Japan’s in Europe and investing in that for the first time would When asked for a comment money here? We can’t stop the Financial Services Agency but electric-truck startup Rivian have allowed China to seek for this story, MAS referred to flows,” the Singapore-based critics says security gaps Automotive Inc. extraditions from the city, comments last month by its banking source added. remain. Oil prices firm on tropical storm and geopolitical tensions

REUTERS months. Opec also predicted on Thursday Brennock, analyst at PVM Oil Associates. least 74 mph (119 kmh). LONDON the return of a surplus next year despite “The oil cartel has led from the front in Warren Patterson (pictured), ING’s an Opec-led pact to restrain supplies. curbing supply since the start of 2019, head of commodity strategy, said that Oil prices edged higher yesterday and Brent crude futures were up 36 cents yet it has failed to quash stubborn over- concerns will soon grow around the were on track for a weekly gain as US oil at $66.88 a barrel by 1315 GMT after supply.” US crude oil inventories have amount of refining capacity at risk. producers in the Gulf of Mexico cut more hitting a session high of $67.29. declined for four weeks and prices were “Disruption to refining operations as than half their output because of a US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) also supported by oil companies in the a result of the storm would likely prove tropical storm and as tensions continued crude futures were up 6 cents at $60.26 Gulf of Mexico cutting production supportive for product cracks, and given to simmer in the Middle East. after touching a high of $60.74. because of Tropical Storm Barry. Com- the growing importance of the United However, an International Energy Brent prices have climbed 4.1 percent panies cut more than 1 million barrels States as a refined product exporter, this Agency (IEA) forecast for a global oil this week while WTI has gained 4.9 per day (bpd) of output -- 53 percent of strength would likely be felt in other surplus capped the gains. The agency percent. Both registered declines last the region’s production -- as the storm regional markets as well,” he said. last week’s seizure of an Iranian tanker yesterday predicted that surging US oil week. headed for possible landfall on the Lou- The market remained on edge as ten- on suspicion it was breaking European output will outpace sluggish global “It is fair to say that Opec’s best-laid isiana coast today. sions intensified between Iran and the sanctions by taking oil to Syria. “As things demand and lead to a large stocks build plans to rebalance the oil market have, The storm was forecast to become a West. Tehran yesterday said that Britain stands, market players are clearly not around the world in the next nine so far this year, fallen flat,” said Stephen category one hurricane with winds of at was playing a “dangerous game” after envisaging a supply shock in the region. 14 BUSINESS SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 Italy wants to enlist France, Spain in push to change EU fiscal rules

REUTERS France has not shown much ROME public enthusiasm for Italy’s cause. On Friday, a French Italy wants France and Spain finance ministry source said the to support its campaign to EU rules must be respected change the European Union’s before members set about fiscal rules and focus them changing them. more on growth in the face of “Before the rules can be a regional and global economic changed, they must be slowdown, Economy Minister respected,” the source said, Giovanni Tria (pictured) said adding that Paris was open “to Taking stock of economy in remarks published on any theoretical discussion”. Friday. France has embarked on its Russia’s President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin (right), Italy’s ruling coalition, own new budget spending and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (second right)), Governor of Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina forged a year ago by the anti- tax cuts, unveiling last year a (left), Kremlin aide Andrei Belousov (second left) and head of the Kremlin administration Anton establishment 5 Star Movement package worth more than Vaino in Moscow, Russia and the right-wing League, has including major new welfare €10bn ($11.3bn) in response to always been critical of the EU measures. prolonged street protests. Fiscal Compact treaty, which in In an interview with Italian The European Commission 2013 introduced stricter budget daily La Stampa, Tria said EU pulled back from a debt pro- Irish economy expands by 8.2% in 2018 rules. states should review their pri- cedure against Italy last week, League leader and deputy orities and denied that Italy was a sign of Rome’s willingness to AFP /DUBLIN companies. But gross national percent. The size of the Irish prime minister Matteo Salvini isolated in its push for a compromise but also of product (GNP) - which excludes economy was measured at blames them for impoverishing revision of the rules. Brussels’ lenient interpretation Ireland’s economy expanded by the profits of Irish-based multi- €324bn ($365bn) last year using the country by forcing it to “Italy is certainly standing of EU fiscal rules. a stellar 8.2 percent in 2018, nationals - grew by 6.5 percent, GDP. adopt austerity when more next to France and Spain and This week, euro zone according to official gross the Central Statistics Office Using GNI, an measure expansive fiscal policy is partially to Germany. There are finance ministers agreed by domestic product figures out said. intended to strip out the retained required. the prerequisites for changing “broad consensus” to keep the Thursday that showed a strong The CSO said the surprising earnings of international firms Italy has the euro zone’s EU economic policies,” said zone’s fiscal stance unchanged jump in the export of goods and performance was due to an headquartered in Dublin, it stood second biggest debt burden Tria, a technocrat who is con- at neutral for 2020, an services. increase of more than 10 percent at €197bn. after Greece, proportionally, at sidered a moderate voice inside approach that encourages Ireland’s GDP figures are in the export of goods and Preliminary first quarter more than 130 percent of eco- the government. heavily indebted states such as often treated with caution due services. results for 2019 showed a 2.4 nomic output, and has twice in “Relaunching a debate over Italy to strengthen their to the distorting effects of the Meanwhile personal con- percent increase in GDP com- six months narrowly avoided the Fiscal Compact is possible,” finances and those nations in business flows and accounting sumption of goods and services, pared with the last quarter of EU disciplinary action after he added. “We need to discuss stronger fiscal positions to practices of multinational firms a key measure of domestic eco- 2018, while GNP was up 2.1 pursuing budget stimulus, how to change these rules.” spend more. based in Ireland, especially US nomic activity, grew by 3.4 percent. India-US trade talks end Powell does not veer from Indonesia looks east to without major progress signal that rate cuts are coming REUTERS of the senior Indian officials expand trade NEW DELHI involved in the talks in New Delhi that went on for a little REUTERS colleagues on the FOMC have REUTERS US and Indian trade negotiators over three hours. He declined to NEW YORK come to the view that a SYDNEY ended talks yesterday without make any further comment. somewhat more accommo- making major progress on a Two other Indian officials Federal Reserve Chair Jerome dative monetary policy may be Indonesia will establish diplo- range of disputes over tariffs and said they hoped that some of the Powell (pictured) indicated appropriate,” Powell said. matic relations with the Pacific other protectionist measures issues will be resolved when again that an interest rate cut Powell held his ground that states of Niue and Cook Islands imposed by both sides that are Goyal goes to Washington. from the US central bank is soft inflation, which has per- while pursuing trade deals with straining bilateral ties, according Friday’s talks were more likely at its next meeting later sistently failed to rise to the Fiji and Papua New Guinea, to officials with knowledge of about understanding each this month as businesses slow Fed’s 2% target, presents a sig- Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi the discussions. other’s positions in various dis- investment due to trade nificant risk the Fed must guard said yesterday, as the country Many of the toughest ques- putes, they said. disputes and a global growth against. moves to strengthen regional tions on agricultural commod- There was no official slowdown. Earlier on Thursday, the ties. ities, e-commerce, and steel and statement issued by either In the second day of semi- government reported that As Chinese influence grows, aluminum, have been put off country by early yesterday annual testimony on Capitol The economy remains gen- underlying consumer price the region is increasingly until Indian Commerce and evening. The two sides resumed Hill, Powell did not veer from erally in “a good place,” he said, inflation ticked up at its briskest becoming the focus of Industry Minister Piyush Goyal talks after US President Donald the line he took a day earlier and consumer spending pace in nearly a year and a half diplomacy, aid and military (pictured) goes to Washington Trump and Prime Minister before the House Financial remains robust. But the uncer- last month and the labor investment by Western powers, for talks with United States Narendra Modi met on the side- Services Committee, when he tainty stirred by the Trump market shows no signs of including the United States and Trade Representative Robert lines of the G20 summit in June pledged the Fed would “act as administration’s multi-fronted weakening. Australia. Lighthizer next month. The dates where they agreed to seek to appropriate” to defend the trade disputes is weighing on The Fed, however, tracks a Indonesia has also sought for that trip are yet to be settled. deepen the two countries’ economy. That appearance the outlook. different measure of price pres- to increase its involvement. “No breakthrough,” said one relationship. served to cement financial “Business are beginning to sures, and that has drifted well “We are connecting the dots Trump said at that summit market expectations for hold back on investment, for below target. between the 17,000 Indonesian that there would be a “very big benchmark lending rates to be example,” Powell said in Financial markets took islands and the thousands of trade deal” with India, though lowered at the conclusion of response to a question from Powell’s two days of congres- Pacific islands, Australia and he set no timeline, and has only the Federal Open Market Com- Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina sional testimony as a signal that New Zealand,” Marsudi said in this week used Twitter to attack mittee’s July 30-31 meeting. Republican. “We see business when policymakers next gather Auckland at a trade and tourism what he says are high Indian This time addressing investment having weakened in about three weeks, the Fed conference Indonesia hosted as tariffs on American goods as members of the Senate Banking after having been quite strong would cut rates for the first part of its engagement efforts. “unacceptable”. Committee, Powell repeated in ‘17 and most of ‘18.” “Business time since the financial crisis. “One of the steps that we The US sought the rollback his litany that three main risks investment is critical. It has The Fed’s policy rate is cur- are taking to connect is by of Indian tariffs imposed on threaten what is now a record- really slowed down here, and rently in a range of 2.25-2.50%, opening diplomatic relation- some agricultural products, such long U.S. economic expansion: one of the reasons is uncer- and the bank’s last rate increase ships with Cook Islands and as almonds, when the two sides trade uncertainty, slowing tainty around trade and global occurred in December, a hike Niue,” she said, according to a met on Friday, said one of the growth abroad and stubbornly growth,” Powell continued. that has been fiercely criticized copy of her speech seen by Indian government sources. low inflation. “I think many of my by President Donald Trump. Reuters. Traders dump hedges as currency volatility eases

BLOOMBERG “When vol is low, markets futures contracts, or forwards -- Reserve turned dovish this year Whatever the cause, the LONDON/NEW YORK become more vulnerable as are much higher in the US than and the dollar started to weaken retreat of volatility doesn’t mean market participants tend to take in Europe and Japan. That raises against its major peers, it wasn’t the market is now risk free, as The $5 trillion-a-day market for more risk,” said Nikolaos Pan- the cost of shorting the greenback, long before policy shifted in evidenced by a series of mini- foreign exchange is a calm place igirtzoglou, strategist at a key hedge for investors in places like Frankfurt, Sydney and flash crashes. In January the Jap- these days. Perhaps a little too JPMorgan Chase & Co. “We see dollar-denominated assets. Tokyo. “Whenever something anese yen surged nearly 4 percent calm. this right now in implied vola- The evidence is anecdotal but starts to move, someone else is against the dollar in a span of In an era of almost unprece- tilities embedding very little persuasive. Most notably, Jap- whacking on it,” said Thomas minutes. Closely connected to dented low volatility for cur- premium over realized volatil- anese insurers have been open Stolper, former chief currency that move were positions in Tur- rencies, there’s increasing evi- ities.” As JPMorgan’s Global FX about a reduction in hedging. strategist at Goldman Sachs key’s lira, an emerging-market dence traders are taking out less Volatility Index hovers near a Prior to the start of it most recent Group Inc., now head of his own currency notorious for sudden big protection against big moves. record low, the ratio of expected fiscal year, Nippon Life Insurance firm Embankment Currency moves. That risks losses if the market price swings to those which Co. said that it planned to boost Research. “There are very, very That kind of thing hasn’t turns against them, and poten- actually occur -- a proxy for holdings of foreign bonds without rare moments now when cur- discouraged even traders of tially a cascade effect to other hedging activity -- is well below currency hedges because of the rencies really move with per- developing-nation assets from asset classes if they’ve made its historical average, according dollar is well below the five-year high cost of protection. sistence.” Stolper also cites the eschewing hedges, though. unhedged investments. to Panigirtzoglou. Put another average. A measure of expected Dead Calm There is no end lack of major asset allocation Philippos Kassimatis (pic- It’s the latest reason for worry way: Because price moves have price swings over the next 12 of theories to explain the disap- shifts in recent years. It means tured), co-founder of Maven in global foreign exchange, where become so subdued, traders feel months dropped to a record low pearance of volatility across cur- there are less fundamental flows Global, a London-based price swings have evaporated this less need to guard against future this week. rencies. Chief among them is the which he says reduce the hedging advisory firm, said year even as volatility surged in turbulence. Sky-high hedging costs are competing policies of central potential for currencies over- traders who used to protect the rates market. The big concern It’s on show for the world’s another part of the equation. banks, who want to keep shooting. For others, such as themselves against moves in is that the perceived structural most-traded currency pair, too. Despite recent rates moves, exchange rates in check in a Panigirtzoglu, a dearth of macro currencies like the Mexican nature of the decline could be The implied-to-realized volatility short-term interest rates -- which world of weak growth and tepid surprises is the main reason for peso or Brazilian real are no breeding complacency. ratio for the euro against the determine the price of currency inflation. When the Federal the tranquility. longer doing so. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 BUSINESS 15

US producer prices Chinese conglomerate up slightly, point to moderate considers $940m inflation

REUTERS rescue of Thomas Cook WASHINGTON US producer prices rose slightly in June BLOOMBERG financial adviser Houlihan Lokey as the cost of energy and other goods HONG KONG/ FRANKFURT Inc. and law firm Milbank. dropped for a second straight month, “Fosun is hoping Thomas resulting in the smallest annual increase Cook’s brand name and global in producer inflation in nearly 2-1/2 Thomas Cook Group Plc’s bonds reach will expand its business years. rallied but its shares fell after among wealthy Chinese The report from the Labor China’s Fosun Group said it may tourists,” said Andrew Collier, Department yesterday also showed a help fund a £750m ($940m) managing director at Orient slowdown in underlying producer prices rescue of the ailing British travel Capital Research. last month, a sign that overall inflation firm that would heavily dilute its Fosun already owns about could continue to rise moderately despite stock. 18 percent of Thomas Cook, and strong gains in prices of some consumer The deal will give Cook’s protecting that stake may also goods and services in June. biggest investor control of the have prompted its owner, Guo Low inflation and growing risks to UK company’s tour operations Guangchang, to agree to the the economy from a trade war between and a minority stake in its airline, rescue, said Brock Silvers, man- the United States and China, and cooling the sale of which will be put on to reinvest alongside Fosun. aging director at Kaiyuan Capital global growth are likely to see the hold, while swapping debt for Cook’s bonds jumped 18 in Hong Kong. Investment in an Federal Reserve cutting interest rates equity and issuing new shares, percent on the news, gaining as unprofitable business in a this month for the first time in a decade. Fosun Tourism Group said in a much as 6 cents on the euro to declining sector is otherwise Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on statement yesterday. 40 cents. Its shares fell as much “puzzling.” The refunding plan Wednesday told lawmakers the US The talks are advanced, with as 50 percent, the most since means the mooted sale Cook’s central bank would “act as appropriate” the money set to provide 2011, to a record low. They were airline business has been to protect the economy against these liquidity through the tradi- trading down 46 percent as of “paused,” according to the com- risks. tionally slow winter season, 12:35 p.m. in London, taking pany’s statement, though The producer price index for final according to London-based declines this year to 77 percent Fankhauser said it may be demand edged up 0.1 percent last month Thomas Cook. A takeover of a and valuing the company at resumed. A number of carriers after a similar gain in May. In the 12 tour operator with roots dating £109m. had looked at the assets, though months through June, the PPI rose 1.7 to 1841 would mirror the Asian Margins at Thomas Cook none indicated that they would percent, the smallest gain since January insurance-to-drugs conglomer- have been shrinking amid a bid. 2017, slowing further from a 1.8 percent ate’s acquisition of Club Med, the sluggish European vacation Sanford C. Bernstein Richard increase in May. French resort chain it bought in market as more people holiday Clarke and Harry Martin said in Economists polled by Reuters had 2015 and has boosted by at home following last summer’s a note that the recapitalization forecast the PPI unchanged in June and bringing in more Chinese heatwave. Uncertainty over the “effectively admits failure in the increasing 1.6 percent on a year-on-year tourists. economic impact of Brexit has process to sell the airline,” basis. Excluding the volatile food, energy “This plan will put the also weighed on demand, with leaving an intervention from and trade services components, pro- company on a totally different tour operator bookings down 9 Fosun “the only option to save ducer prices were unchanged in June financial footing with a massive percent this summer and airline the business.” Creditors had been after rising 0.4% for two straight months. reduction of debt,” Thomas Cook sales 3 percent, leading the seeking to exit loans on concern The so-called core PPI increased 2.1 Chief Executive Officer Peter company to predict lower that Cook’s declining per- percent in the 12 months through June Fankhauser (pictured) said on second-half operating profit. formance would weaken its after advancing 2.3 percent in May. a call. “While this is not the A deal would require ability to repay debt that totaled The dollar was little changed against outcome any of us wanted for agreement from stakeholders £1.9bn as of March 31, according a basket of currencies, while US Treasury our shareholders, this proposal and regulators, Cook said, to data compiled by Bloomberg. prices rose. US stock index futures were is a pragmatic and responsible adding that its main lenders are In May, S&P Global ratings trading higher. solution.” He added that while supportive of a recapitalization. and Fitch Ratings pushed the The Fed, which has a 2 percent existing stockholders face having A group of bondholders is in company’s credit score deeper inflation target, tracks the core personal their stakes diluted under the “constructive dialogue” with the into junk territory, citing high consumption expenditures (PCE) price plan, they have an opportunity company, according to their indebtedness. index for monetary policy.

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Circuit TODAY’S Serena, Halep chase milestones in final

REUTERS FACTBOX: WILLIAMS VS HALEP LONDON SERENA WILLIAMS Serena Williams no longer wants to Age: 37 obsess about elusive Grand Slam WTA Ranking: 10 (Highest ranking: 1) “number 24” and Simona Halep is Grand Slam titles: 23 (Australian Open 2003, desperate to win Wimbledon more than 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017; French Open to stop the American reaching that 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, milestone but there will be no place for 2012, 2015, 2016; U.S. Open 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, either to hide in today’s final. 2013, 2014) No matter who wins the title 2018 Wimbledon performance: Runner-up decider on Centre Court, the one thing Best Wimbledon performance: Winner (2002, for certain is that it will be a historic 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) occasion. Sets dropped at Wimbledon 2019: 2 The 37-year-old Williams is chasing Since winning her last Grand Slam title in Australia an eighth All England Club singles in 2017, Williams has reached two more major finals -- at crown which would see her match Aus- tralian Margaret Court’s all-time record Wimbledon and the U.S. Open -- and failed in her quest to of 24 major singles titles. win a record-equalling 24th major singles crown. National pride will be at stake for However, she goes into Saturday’s Wimbledon Halep as she bids to become the first final with a stellar record against Halep, having lost to the Romanian to win a singles title at the Romanian only once in 10 meetings between the pair spiritual home of grasscourt tennis. back in 2014. Halep said if she dwelt on Williams’ Simona Halep Serena Williams records over the past 21 years it might SIMONA HALEP be game over before she stepped on Age: 27 court for a contest compatriot and gym- WTA Ranking: 7 (Highest ranking: 1) nastics great Nadia Comaneci said ready for what could be one of the most has more than just an A-game in her and won 83 percent of her service Grand Slam titles: 1 (French Open 2018) would be “watched by every Romanian memorable days in the history of repertoire. games. 2018 Wimbledon performance: Third round alive on the planet”. women’s tennis? “I have a better game these days. I Playing mixed doubles with Andy Best Wimbledon performance: Final (2019) “I will focus on myself. I’m not “The biggest key with our matches can play everywhere, against anyone. Murray, albeit in a losing cause this Sets dropped at Wimbledon 2019: 1 thinking about her record. Her records is the (6-0 6-2) loss that I had. I never When I go on court... I know how to week, has also helped her to sharpen her Halep has yet to win a title in 2019 but has been are huge already. It’s nothing about forgot it,” said the 11th seed, who is also change some things when (other things) volleys - an ominous sight for anyone on that. It’s just a tennis match, big chal- bidding to become the first mother to don’t work very well,” said the 2018 the opposite side of the net. in menacing form at Wimbledon, even though grass is not lenge, a great match. So I will try just triumph at Wimbledon since Australian French Open champion. Williams has already had two failed her favourite surface. to give my best,” said Halep, who has Evonne Goolagong beat American Chris “Now, I believe that I have my attempts in finals to win that 24th major The counter-puncher has stuck to her clay-court lost just one set so far. Evert in 1980. chance to win against her. I respect a - after contesting last year’s Wimbledon strengths on the grass and dictated play from the base- A quick study of their rivalry would “She played unbelievable. That lot what she has done and what she’s and US Open showpiece matches - and, line to reach her first Grand Slam final since winning the also suggest Williams will probably be makes me know that... she can get there doing. But I feel mentally stronger regardless of what she says, everyone French Open last year. the one holding aloft the Venus Rose- again. So I have to be better than that. facing her.” knows the American wants that record. HEAD-TO-HEAD: WILLIAMS LEADS 9-1 water dish considering she has won “There’s so many impressive things A ‘Plan B’ or even ‘Plan C’ could “I just trained and I trained and I Last five meetings nine of their previous 10 meetings. about her. Obviously her tenacity, her come in handy for Halep as Williams trained to get physically more fit. So 2019 Williams d Halep 6-1 4-6 6-4 (Australian The 27-year-old Halep’s only ability to find power. Can’t underes- was at her devastating best in a I’m definitely at a different place,” said Open, hard) victory over Williams was almost five timate her. She’s like a little power- 59-minute destruction of unseeded Williams. 2016 Williams d Halep 6-2 4-6 6-3 (US Open, hard) years ago, while the American has won house. I feel like she’s back. She wants Czech Barbora Strycova in the semi- “It’s really not about 24 or 23 or 25. 2016 Williams d Halep 6-4 6-3 (Indian Wells, hard) all three of their Grand Slam clashes, to prove that she can do it again.” finals. Moving as smoothly and It’s really just about going out there and 2015 Williams d Halep 6-3 7-6(5) (Cincinnati, hard)

including at Wimbledon in 2011. Halep will also take heart from their striking the ball as crisply and as pow- giving my best effort no matter what. 2015 Williams d Halep 6-2 4-6 7-5 (Miami, hard) So which memory from those battle at this year’s Australian Open erfully as at any time in her career, the No matter what I do, I will always have tussles will Williams rely on as she gets being a close one and the fact that she American has so far unleashed 45 aces a great career.” Bottas leads Groenewegen wins Tour Stage 7 Hamilton in as Ciccone retains yellow jersey British GP REUTERS seconds off the pace, is expected CHALON SUR SAONE to try and regain the yellow practice jersey on a hilly course in central Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen France. REUTERS put his nightmare of a Tour de Riding in the yellow “I know that the terrain will SILVERSTONE France start behind him when jersey through France is suit him well and that six he won the seventh stage in a such a special feeling: seconds is nothing,” said Valtteri Bottas kept Mercedes bunch sprint after a pancake-flat Giulio Ciccone Ciccone, nicknamed Il Gekko for team-mate Lewis Hamilton off 230 km ride from Belfort his fast climbing abilities. the top of the timesheets in yesterday. “Riding in the yellow jersey practice for the Formula One The Jumbo-Visma rider, who stage in Brussels to don the through France is such a special leader’s home British Grand Prix crashed heavily in the opening yellow jersey, told a news feeling and I could really enjoy yesterday, with Ferrari emerging Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas stage in Brussels, beat Australian conference. it because the first 200 kilo- as best of the rest. during practice, yesterday. Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) and “Today we did a very good metres were taken at a slow The Finn, 31 points behind the Slovak Peter Sagan (Bora Hans- job as a team. I was a bit boxed pace.” five times world champion after grohe) into second and third, in with 500 metres to go and I On the longest stage of the nine races, lapped the former air- Verstappen, winner of the Sainz was eighth. Romain respectively. asked Mike (Teunissen) to make race, Frenchmen Yoann Offredo field in one minute 26.732 previous race in Austria to end Grosjean provided a talking point It was Groenewegen’s fourth space for me and he put his life and Stephane Rossetto formed seconds on soft tyres. Mercedes’ run of 10 successive of the morning when he crashed stage win on the Tour, two years on the line to do it.” the day’s breakaway with vir- Crowd favourite Hamilton wins, was third fastest in the his Haas in the pit lane, smashing after his first came in the pres- Italian Giulio Ciccone (Trek tually no chance of going all the was 0.069 slower with Ferrari’s morning. the car’s front wing and leaving tigious final ride on the Champs Segafredo), who extended his way against a peloton working Charles Leclerc third in 1:26.929. Red Bull team boss Christian debris on track after exiting. Elysees in Paris. contract with Trek-Segafredo by towards a bunch sprint finish. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, Horner suggested earlier in the Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raik- “The start of the race what two years until 2021, retained Ireland’s Nicolas Roche lost winner at Silverstone last year but week that the pressure of trying konen stopped on track, bringing not what I’d expected but in the the overall lead. focus and fell off his bike without yet to triumph in 2019, was fourth to match Verstappen was getting out a red flag. past days I tried to recover to be Today’s eighth stage is a 200 any injuries while American but had an off-track excursion at to Gasly and he should just focus Williams are determined to ready for today,” Groenewegen, km ride from Macon to St Tejay van Garderen, once a Tour Becketts. on his driving and ignore social keep British Formula One rookie whose team and room-mate Etienne, where France’s Julian overall contender, suffered Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly was media. George Russell for the long term Mike Teunissen won the first Alaphilippe, second overall six damages in a crash early on. quicker than team-mate Max The Frenchman was lapped and have no plans to replace Verstappen in both sessions, by his team mate in Austria and Polish driver Robert Kubica this Netherlands’ Dylan Groenewegen (centre) fastest overall on an overcast and his seat has been under season, deputy principal Claire celebrates as he wins Stage 7, yesterday. changeable morning and then increasing scrutiny. Williams said at the British GP. fifth in the afternoon. Hamilton has won four of the Addressing rumours swirling Bottas had been top for most last five British Grands Prix and around the former champions of that first session, however, is chasing a fifth successive pole who have fallen far from their until Gasly went quicker right at position in front of what is likely glorious past, Williams also dis- the end when conditions to be a record crowd and well in missed speculation the team improved and a light drizzle excess of 140,000 tomorrow. could switch from Mercedes to ended. Renault raised their hopes Renault engines. with Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel “We haven’t had any conver- Hamilton has won four Ricciardo seventh and eighth in sations about George potentially of the last five British the morning but they dropped leaving the team in the short Grands Prix and is down to 14th and 15th after term because he’s on a long-term chasing a fifth successive lunch, with the Australian ahead contract with us,” she told pole position in front of his German team mate. reporters. McLaren’s Lando Norris was “Personally I feel he is world of what is likely to be a sixth in the second session, champion material and why record crowd and well another impressive performance would I want to lose George from in excess of 140,000 from a 19-year-old fast becoming our team? I would do everything tomorrow. a fan favourite. in my power to keep George Spanish team mate Carlos Russell at Williams.” 18 SPORT SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 New Zealand England must block out ‘noise’ ready for long ahead of Lord’s final: Bayliss night, says coach Stead

AFP AFP LONDON “I think it shows the LONDON passion Jason has got for the There is going to be game, and it is such a big game New Zealand coach Gary Stead believes England head coach Trevor as well, when he was on the sports fans across the rugby-mad country Bayliss knows his side must a lot of noise around verge of scoring a hundred,” will be pulling an all-nighter in front of their shut out the noise of an ‘you guys are now the England head coach said. television sets when his side face tournament expectant nation as they the favourites’, and “He will learn from that and hosts England in the World Cup final. prepare for a first World Cup all this type of thing go on to bigger and better Neither side have won the World Cup final in 27 years. things, I am sure.” before, although tomorrow’s showpiece The host nation produced -- we can’t listen to The Surrey batsman is match at Lord’s will be New Zealand’s second an inspired display to complete any of that: Bayliss expected to be in contention successive appearance in the final after they an eight-wicket victory over for a place in the Ashes squad finished runners-up to Australia four years Australia at Edgbaston on but Bayliss was giving little ago. Thursday and will meet New now the favourites’, and all this away, keeping his focus on the In Britain, an agreement between rights- Zealand at Lord’s tomorrow. type of thing -- we can’t listen one-day format. holders Sky and Channel 4 will see the match With the showpiece event to any of that. Bayliss said the return of screened on free to air television in the hope also being broadcast on a free- “We have just got to con- live international cricket to tra- that millions of new followers will tune in to to-air platform following an centrate on the way we have ditional free-to-air television watch an England side captained by Eoin agreement between rights gone about our cricket over the for the first time since the Morgan go one better than their predecessors holders Sky and Channel 4, past four years and what has 2005 Ashes was “an oppor- of 1979, 1987 and 1992 by winning the final. expectations will be elevated got us to this point and go tunity to influence another Stead believes it will be a similar story even further. through our process.” generation of young back home as his team look to emulate New Australian Bayliss, though, After Australia were all out cricketers”. Zealand’s rugby union All Blacks by being has called for calm as England for 223 in 49 overs, England The 56-year-old is set to crowned world champions. look to go one better than they opener Jason Roy struck a step down at the end of his “My understanding is it’s on free to air did in their last World Cup final superb 85 from 65 balls as he current deal in September, no back home also, which is awesome,” Stead appearance in 1992, when put on yet another big stand matter what the summer told reporters at Lord’s yesterday. they lost against Imran Khan’s with Jonny Bairstow to break brings. “Many people will stay up late and I know Pakistan in Melbourne. the back of the run chase. “I have always been a a lot of them will be spending some late “We had a chat in the Roy was fined for showing believer that four or five years hours. Monday might be a public holiday back changing room (at Edgbaston) dissent at the umpire’s decision is long enough, whether you home because most of New Zealand will be afterwards and realised we after he was wrongly given out are doing well or not,” he said. staying up watching the game.” have not won anything yet,” caught behind. “It is time for a new voice for “We’ve had a lot of supportive messages England’s head coach Trevor Bayliss Bayliss told BBC radio. Bayliss, though, feels the the boys, to hopefully take and we’re really excited about what’s ahead,” attends a training session at Edgbaston “There is going to be a lot 28-year-old can soon put the them to another level,” said the added Stead. of noise around ‘you guys are incident behind him. coach. in Birmingham on Wednesday. England thrashed New Zealand by 119 runs in the teams’ final group match but the Black Caps put that disappointment behind them with an upset 18-run semi-final win Dharmasena over India. to stand in Australia back to drawing board final despite with 2023 World Cup on radar Roy row REUTERS World Cup in 2015, just five AFP LONDON made the initial 15-man LONDON squad for the tournament Australia’s eight-wicket with only wicketkeeper Alex Sri Lankan umpire Kumar mauling by England in the Carey making a significant Dharmasena has been World Cup semi-final could contribution in England. appointed to stand in the World see an overhaul of the squad, It is also debatable how Cup final between England and tactics and selection policy much of the current squad New Zealand at Lord’s for the five-times champions will be around in four years’ tomorrow despite finding as they plan for the 2023 time, with most, likely to be himself involved in a contro- tournament in India. approaching, or in their mid Gary Stead versial incident with home The comprehensive loss 30s in 2023. batsman Jason Roy. to a rampant England side Finch added that Aus- Australian captain The opener had made 85 to was the first time Australia tralia, like other countries, Aaron Finch reacts set hosts on their way to an had made the last four of the would undergo a debrief as Rashid named eventual 8-wicket win against competition and not during semi-final they plan for India but it was Australia in Thursday’s semi- advanced to the final. against England too early if they would follow final at Edgbaston, when he was England now face New on Thursday. England’s blueprint of Afghanistan given out caught behind down Zealand in the final at Lord’s starting from scratch and the legside by Dharmasena. tomorrow. before they lost to South emulate England’s all-out building over four years. Roy requested a review but Despite a mixed buildup Africa at Old Trafford in their attacking approach by “I think that after a World captain for all England had already used their after they won just three of 18 last game before the selecting power-hitting Cup you always start looking lone review of the innings. Roy, matches in last 14 months until semi-final. Twenty20 players like D’Arcy and you have one eye formats his arms spread wide, clearly March this year, Aaron Finch’s Much of their success at Short and Chris Lynn at the towards the next one,” he believed Dharmasena should team entered the tournament the tournament was built on top. said. AFP have signalled a wide delivery as one of the favourites having a patient approach from their Short and Lynn, however, “I think that as a man- KABUL instead and the audibly furious beaten India and Pakistan in opening batsmen with the were victims of a rotational agement, senior players, I’m batsman had to be ushered away away series. pair of David Warner and selection policy with sure over the next couple of The Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) named leg from the crease by square-leg They stretched their Finch both assessing condi- numerous changes to the months or so we will sit down spinner Rashid Khan captain across all the umpire Marais Erasmus. winning streak to 10 matches tions expertly to score over team personnel over the last and start talking about that and major formats yesterday, despite a disap- Replays suggested he did until their 36-run loss to India 500 runs in the four years, ostensibly to rest start planning how we think pointing World Cup for the Twenty20 not touch the ball. The England at The Oval in the pool phase tournament. senior players for Test that we can best plan and sensation. star, 28, was fined 30 percent of the tournament. It was a far cry from the matches. prepare and improve over the Asghar Afghan was also appointed vice- of his match fee for showing Finch’s men then won tactics favoured until earlier Of the 27 players given next four years to get us to go, captain, the ACB said in a statement dissent. another five in succession this year when they tried to ODI debuts since the last well two steps further.” announcing the decision. Khan came into the World Cup as cricket’s hottest property after catching the eye with his leg spinners for minnows Afghanistan. But the Twenty20 star, who played a De Villiers defends offer to play for Proteas leading role for many sides in franchise cricket across the globe, claimed only six wickets in nine games as the Afghans REUTERS announcement. That led to accusa- cannot be distracted, I would like to In a phone-call to long-time returned home without notching up a single CAPE TOWN tions that De Villiers, one of the best respond to unjustified criticism of me friend Du Plessis during this year’s win. batsmen in the limited overs cricket, during the tournament,” De Villiers Indian Premier League, he repeated At a news conference announcing his AB de Villiers (pictured) said he did had been selfish in trying to force his said in a statement yesterday. the door was open for South Africa new role, Khan acknowledged the respon- not expect to be included in South way back into the squad. “I announced my retirement from “if I was needed”. sibility on his shoulders and expressed hopes Africa’s squad for the World Cupup afterafter HeHe said,said, hhowever,owever, he was international cricket in May 2018 “I had been in decent form during for the team’s future. telling captain Faf du Plessis thathat he onlyonly reiteratinreiteratingg what he because I wanted to reduce my the Indian Premier League and cas- “We all play as one team and play only was available, as he clarifieded hhisis hhadad totoldld an unnameunnamedd workload and spend more time with ually repeated what I had said when for the country. Whatever I am today, is role in a selection drama that bblewlew CricketCricket South AfricaAfrica my wife and young sons. Some have asked a year earlier, that I was because of this country and this team,” Khan up in England. officialofficial a year earearlierlier upon insisted I was motivated purely by available if required... but only if said, according to the ACB. South Africa endured a mmis-is- his retiretirement.rement. money. They are wrong. required. Gulbadin Naib, who skippered Afghan- erable tournament, exiting withh onlonlyy “Now“Now thethe Proteas’Proteas’ “In truth, I have turned down “I made absolutely no demands istan for the World Cup, defended his premier three wins from their ninene poopooll WorldWorld Cup campaign many lucrative offers to play around at all. I certainly did not try to force spinner after their final loss to West Indies, matches. is over,over, and the the world, and have cut the time my way into the World Cup squad on saying “he gives 100 percent”. Their cause was not helpedd teamt eam spent away from home each year the eve of the tournament, and did The 20-year-old Rashid, who is number when it was reported that Dee from eight months to just over three not expect to be included.” one in the T20 rankings, set the cricket world Villiers, who had retired from months.” De Villiers said the story was abuzz when he became the fastest bowler to international cricket in May De Villiers said that immediately leaked to the media after South take 100 ODI wickets, in 44 matches. 2018, had spoken to Du after his retirement he was asked if Africa’s loss to India, their third in a Afghanistan is one of the fairytale stories Plessis about making himself the door was open for a return to the row at the World Cup, as a way of of modern sport, with cricket introduced to available on the eve of the team, and he confirmed he would deflecting attention away from the the war-torn country by returning refugees team’s squad consider it. team’s troubles. who had learnt about the game in camps in neighbouring Pakistan. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 SPORT 19

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse FIVB World Tour: Cherif, and Ahmed Tijan react during their round-3 match of the 20th Swatch Gstaad Major, another stop in the Tijan finish fifth in Gstaad FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, in Gstaad, THE PENINSULA Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs 2-0 Switzerland, DOHA (26-24, 21-19). yesterday. In the pool stage, the reigning Asian cham- Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan pions beat their Chilean counterparts before finished fifth in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World clinching their second win in Group C against Tour Swatch Major Gstaad after going down to Russia’s Ilya Leshukov and Konstantin their Brazilian counterparts in Round 3 Semenov. yesterday. Today, Oliveira Júnior and Schmidt, seeded In yesterday’s second match in the main 7th in Gstaad and ranked 4th in the FIVB Tour, draw, Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior and will meet Anders Mol and Christian Sorum of Bruno Oscar Schmidt beat the Qatari pair 2-1 Norway in the first semi-final. (20-22, 23-21, 15-10) in a keen tuscle to make it The second semi-final match will feature to the semi-finals of the $600,000 five-star two teams that shared the Rio 2016 Olympic event in Gstaad, Switzerland. podium as 21st-seeded Alexander Brouwer and Finishing fifth in the tournament also earned Robert Meeuwsen of The Netherlands challenge Cherif and Tijan a prize cheque for $12,000. 12th-seeded Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai of Earlier yesterday, Cherif and Tijan defeated Italy. Barcelona sign Griezmann in $135m deal

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Africa Cup of Nations: Tunisia end Indonesian court jails six in first trial Madagascar’s dream run to reach semis over match fixing REUTERS Former skipper of Qatar’s Al Duhail SC, Youssef Msakni (top left) REUTERS CAIRO scoring Tunisia’s second goal during the Africa Cup of Nations JAKARTA quarter-final match against Madagascar, on Thursday. Tunisia ended Madagascar’s remarkable Africa Cup of Nations run An Indonesian court has handed down jail when they beat the rank outsiders 3-0 sentences to six people, including a former in their quarter-final on Thursday, referee and members of the national soccer asso- notching their first win of the tour- ciation, in the country’s first trial over match- nament in the process. fixing, according to a statement on the court’s Madagascar, a country with little website. football tradition and who had not The three-month trial at the Banjarnegara dis- been expected to progress beyond the trict court on Java island was connected to a game group stage on their first appearance in Indonesia’s third tier league between Persibara at the finals, held out until the second Banjarnegara and PSIP Pemalang in 2018. half when they were undone by Pemalang had won the game 1-0, but the Pers- Ferjani Sassi’s deflected shot. ibara manager later reported to authorities sus- Youssef Msakni added a second picions of match-fixing, resulting in a police on the hour for the Carthage Eagles, investigation ranked 25th in the world against Congo on penalties in the previous drive from 25 metres. Khazri had a was powerless when Msakni collected The suspects were charged under the coun- Madagascar’s 107th, and substitute round but it was always going to be goal disallowed for offside at the start the rebound, slipped past a defender try’s fraud statute that can result in a maximum Naim Sliti finished it off on the break different proposition against of the second half but it was not long and planted the ball in the bottom jail term of three years. in stoppage time to earn them a semi- streetwise, if uninspiring, Tunisia. before Tunisia went ahead, although corner. The six, who had already been banned for life final against Senegal tomorrow. Tunisia began to take control it was very tough on Madagascar. After that, Tunisia decided to sit from working in soccer in Indonesia, received Tunisia had drawn their previous towards halftime, however, and Sassi’s shot in the 52nd minute back on their lead and Madagascar sentences of up to three years in jail as well as four matches at the tournament, Madagascar goalkeeper Melvin appeared to offer no real threat to never looked like mounting a fight fines. beating Ghana on penalties in the last Adrien twice had to dive at the feet Adrien until it took a wicked back. Although they kept pushing A lawyer for Tjan Ling Eng, a former exec- 16. of the marauding Tunisian forwards deflection off Thomas Fontaine to forward, their remarkable campaign utive committee member of Indonesian soccer’s The Indian Ocean islanders had and then parried Wahbi Khazri’s leave the hapless goalkeeper com- ended with something of a whimper governing body (PSSI), said his client would decide beaten Nigeria on their way to curling free kick around the post. pletely wrongfooted. with Sliti’s breakaway goal in next week whether to appeal his 21-month jail winning their group and then He was then called into action Eight minutes later, Tunisia struck stoppage time rubbing salt into the sentence. knocked out Democratic Republic of again to save Ghaylen Chaalali’s low again. Adrien saved Khazri’s shot but wounds. SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019 20

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Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and his French navigator Matthieu Baumel in action during the 6th stage of the 2019 Silk Way Rally between Mandalgovi and Dalanzadgad in Mongolia, yesterday. It was the Qatari driver's sixth successive stage win in the rally. The win also extended their outright lead in the Silk Way Rally to 40:33 minutes. RIGHT: Al Attiyah gestures after winning the stage.

Federer holds off Nadal to set up Djokovic final

AFP cut out tomorrow if he is to secure Federer, the oldest semi-finalist Roger Federer reaches his LONDON a 21st major title as he trails 15-time in a Grand Slam semi-final since 12th Wimbledon final with Slam winner Djokovic 25-22 in Jimmy Connors at the 1991 US Open, a 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Roger Federer reached his 12th career meetings. broke Nadal for the first time in the win over his Spanish rival Wimbledon final yesterday, Yesterday’s semi-final was fourth game of the third set. Rafael Nadal, in a match defeating old rival Rafael Nadal, 11 never likely to match the knife-edge He then fought off three break widely regarded as the years after the Spaniard triumphed theatrics of the 2008 final although points for a key 4-1 lead, coming in their epic 2008 title showdown Federer needed five match points out on top in a 23-shot rally and greatest ever played. at the All England Club, a match to secure victory. then a 25-stroke exchange. widely regarded as the greatest ever Federer will not mind with his There was no respite for Nadal, The 37-year-old eight- played. win coming just a month after an 18-time Slam winner, who time champion - the third The 37-year-old eight-time Nadal handed him his worst loss at slipped a break down at 2-1 in the oldest Grand Slam finalist champion won 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 6-3, a Slam in 11 years in the Roland fourth. in the modern era - will be 6-4 in the pair’s 40th career Garros semi-finals. Nadal saved two match points meeting to move into his 31st Grand In a tight 51-minute opener, in the ninth game and two more in appearing in his 31st final Slam final where he will face Nadal managed to save the only the 10th but a loose return sealed at the majors. defending champion Novak break point in the eighth game his fate. Djokovic. before surrendering the advantage Federer finished with 14 aces It is the first time the Swiss Top seed and four-time winner of an early mini-break in the tie- and 51 winners. legend has beaten Nadal Djokovic reached his sixth Wim- breaker which Federer claimed Djokovic, meanwhile, will be in a Grand Slam semi-final bledon final, and 25th at the majors, thanks to five points in a row. looking to add another Wimbledon with a nervy 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 The Spaniard finally carved out title to the Australian and US Open having lost all four of their triumph over Spain’s 23rd seed the first break of the semi-final in crowns he already holds. previous encounters, most Roberto Bautista Agut. the fourth game of the second set, “This has been a remarkable recently at this year's Federer is the third oldest man backing it up with a hold for 4-1. tournament for me and to be in French Open. ever to play in a Grand Slam final Nadal then broke again for 5-1 another final is a dream come true,” after 39-year-old Ken Rosewall as Federer suffered a sudden and said the top seed. featured in the 1974 Wimbledon severe power outage with the two- “I had to dig deep, Roberto was level the semi-final at 6-4 off a for- and US Open finals. time champion comfortable lev- playing his first semi-final at a tuitous net cord. However, he will have his work elling the contest. Grand Slam and he was not really Djokovic, increasingly irritated overwhelmed. by a restless crowd, broke for 4-2 “It was a really close opening in the third set and held for 5-2 off four to five games of the third set the back of a lung-busting 45-shot that could have gone either way -- rally. thankfully it went mine.” The set was secured, ironically Serbia’s Novak Djokovic swept through the first off another net cord which fell this Djokovic set with breaks in the second and time in the Serb’s favour. reacts after eighth games. Bautista Agut, who had scoring a point It seemed certain that Djokovic planned to be in Ibiza this week against Spain’s was going to spend a lot less time for his stag party, fought off break Roberto on court in this semi-final com- points in the opening game of the Bautista Agut pared to 12 months ago when he fourth set. during their needed five sets and five hours and But Djokovic was relentless and Switzerland’s Roger Federer in action during his Wimbledon men’s singles 15 minutes to beat Nadal. tightened his grip, breaking twice men’s singles semi-final match against Spain’s Rafael Nadal semi-final However, Bautista Agut, who for a 4-1 lead, and eventually match, had already defeated the Serb twice claimed victory on a fifth match at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, yesterday. this year, eventually settled and point. Britain, yesterday. broke for 2-1 in the second set. Djokovic fought off two break points, via a 23-shot rally, in the fifth game. But the 31-year-old Bautista Agut held his nerve to eventually

Defending champion Djokovic beats Bautista Agut in four sets as Spanish 23rd-seed forces Serb to dig deep.

The semi-final win is Serbian world number 1's 12th victory in his last 13 Grand Slam semi-finals.

Djokovic is now one win away from his fifth title at Wimbledon and 16th Grand Spain’s Rafael Nadal (right) greets Roger Federer after Slam singles crown. the Swiss star advanced to the men’s singles final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, yesterday.