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Woman blows Merkel to step herself up in down in 2021 central Tunis Berlin London Cabinet reviews ermany’s Angela Merkel woman suicide bomber Ghas said she will step Ablew herself up in cen- down as chancellor in 2021, tre of the Tunisian capital following recent election yesterday. setbacks. The Tunisian Interior “I will not be seeking any Ministry said nine people political post after my term were injured when she det- ends,” she told a news con- onated the bomb near police austerity steps ference in Berlin. vehicles in Tunis. She also said she would Police cordoned off the All ministries, govt departments directed to submit reports on spending cuts not seek re-election as lead- central Habib Bourguiba er of the centre-right CDU Avenue near the landmark Cabinet Secretary-General, Dr party in December. She has Municipal Theatre and a The Cabinet hailed Yasser Al Nasser, said. held the post since 2000. shopping centre. • The session hailed the GDA The CDU was severely Several ambulances and the broad international International Downstream Con- weakened in Sunday’s poll security personnel rushed participation in the 14th ference and Exhibition (GDA in the state of Hesse, the to the scene. IISS Manama Dialogue, Conference 2018), held recently latest in a series of setbacks. Images from the scene noting that it reflects under the auspices of HRH the showed the bomber’s body Prime Minister and opened on lying on the pavement. Bahrain’s weight and his behalf by Deputy Premier, The attack is the latest positive interaction Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khal- in the country where ex- with the International ifa. tremists have targeted the Community in facing The Cabinet highlighted security forces and tourism the importance of the event in industry in recent years. security challenges transferring sciences and new and maintaining technologies, keeping abreast of global stability. HRH the Premier chairs the Cabinet in the presence of HRH the Crown Prince. the latest developments in the Saudi, Turkish refining and petrochemical in- Manama the government’s achievements ment expenditure. dustries, exchanging expertise prosecutors meet in reducing expenditure and Among other things, the Cab- and experiences, as well as in I will not be seeking Istanbul increasing public revenues. inet lauded the outcomes of the marketing. any political post or he Cabinet chaired by In this regard, the session Government Forum 2018, held The session praised the 14th re-elections after he Saudi public pros- His Royal Highness reviewed, through a presenta- recently under the patronage IISS Regional Security Summit my term ends. of HRH Tecutor heading the TPrime Minister Prince tion by Minister of Works, Mu- the Prime Minister, at -the Manama Dialogue, describ- MERKEL investigation into the kill- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa nicipalities Affairs and Urban the initiative of HRH the Crown ing it as a platform for exchanging of journalist Jamal in the presence of His Royal Planning, the achievements of Prince, stressing the importance ing ideas and views on various Both the CDU and its na- Khashoggi met Istanbul’s Highness Prince Salman bin his Ministry regarding the im- of the Forum’s results in en - security and political issues and tional coalition partners, chief prosecutor yesterday, Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown plementation of the Cabinet’s hancing government action, in challenges in order to reach a the Social Democrats, were state-owned Anadolu news Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- resolution to reduce govern- terms of goals, priorities and common understanding on 10 percentage points down agency said. mander and First Deputy Pre- achievements. them and to develop common on the previous poll there. President Tayyip Erdo- mier instructed all ministries It commended the efforts ex- visions for future global coop- The election comes just gan said on Saturday Tur- and government departments erted to organise and ensure the eration on them. weeks after Mrs Merkel’s key values the outcome of to submit reports to the Min- success of the Forum in devel- The Cabinet hailed the broad Bavarian sister party, the the talks between the two isterial Committee for Finan- The session oping government work in ac- international participation in CSU, suffered huge losses in prosecutors. cial Affairs and Rationalisa - commended the cordance with the best practic- the 14th IISS Manama Dialogue, a state parliament vote. Turkey believes Saudi tion of Expenditure on their efforts exerted es, envisioning the Government noting that it reflects Bahrain’s Parties like the left-lean- and Turkish prosecutors achievements regarding their to organise and Action Plan and improving the weight and positive interaction ing Greens and the far-right, sharing information on programmes to reduce in the ensure the success quality of government servic- with the International Com- anti-immigration AfD have the investigation into the short and medium terms. of the Government es to meet the satisfaction of munity in facing security chal- grown in national support fol- killing of journalist Jamal The reports will be included Forum. the citizens, the ultimate goal lenges and maintaining global lowing the 2017 general elec- Khashoggi is useful, For- in a unified in a unified and in- of every government action, a stability. tion, as backing for the major eign Minister Mevlut Ca- tegrated report on the results of DR AL NASSER post-session statement by the Contd on Page 2 centre parties has waned. vusoglu said, adding that the cooperation should continue. LEAVING SYMBOL Flight crash horror New 50p coin in honour of Brexit

London producing coins in order to commemorate historic mo- DON’T MISS IT ritain will issue a new ments,” the Treasury finance 50-pence coin to mark ministry said in a statement. Bits departure from the “In line with this tradition, European Union next year, the Royal Mint will produce a the government said yester- coin to commemorate the UK Polls to warm day in an announcement that leaving the European Union. 03 up winter was quickly mocked on social This coin will be available in media. Spring 2019,” it said. Emotional “The Royal Mint has a Britain is due to leave the EU support best long-established tradition of at the end of March next year. An image on the Royal Mint 04 medicine for website showed a coin with cancer patients, the words “Peace, prosperity say experts and friendship with all na - tions.” The words echo a famous 14 terrorists quote from the first inaugural lose appeals in address of Thomas Jefferson, 05 police officers’ a driving force behind Amer- ican independence and the murder case third president of the United States. He listed as an essential A team collecting debris yesterday after the Lion Air flight crashed off West Java in a photo made available by Basarnas, An image of the coin with the words principle for his government: Indonesia’s search and rescue agency. Lion Air flight JT 610 was carrying 189 people, including three children, when it “Peace, prosperity and friendship” “Peace, commerce, and honest disappeared from radar just 13 minutes after takeoff. The plane, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was bound for Pangkal Pinang Full report on page 6 with all nations. friendship with all nations.” on the Indonesian island of Bangka. Six bodies were recovered from sea until press time. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 02

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received at Safriyah Palace yesterday the Royal Court Special Envoy Samira Rajab, who presented him with a copy of her new book that casts light on challenges to the Arab region amid geopolitical, regional and international changes. HM the King thanked her, lauding the efforts made in compiling the book which is considered as a new addition to the national library and an important reference for researchers concerned His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed sons and grandsons of the late HH Shaikh Attiyatallah bin with Arab and regional issues. He also Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, who visited HM the King to pay respect yesterday. HM the King highlighted the significance praised her efforts and contribution in of the social intercourse and cohesion and maintaining the genuine Bahraini values and traditions. The sons and the press and media fields, pointing out grandsons of the late HH Shaikh Attiyatallah bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa expressed appreciation of HM the King’s the key issues raised in her articles to keenness to communicate and reach out to citizens on various occasions. They wished HM the King abundant good defend the national interests and serve health and happiness to continue leading the progress and prosperity march. Arab issues. Bahrain hub for international events Global events boosting Kingdom’s image across the world

Contd from page 1 The session • he Cabinet session ex- approved 17 agreements, pressed its satisfaction memoranda of Twith the increasing num- understanding and ber of international events host- executive programmes ed by the Kingdom, including the 3rd FAI World Cup of Indoor signed with a number Skydiving 2018 held at Gravity. of brotherly countries, The council commended the including four with the role of this tournament in en- UAE and 13 with Egypt. hancing Bahrain’s position and fame in this sport worldwide, The Cabinet extended paying tribute to Shaikh Mo - • hammed bin Rashid Al Khali- sincere congratulations fa, the Chairman of the Higher to the UAE President, Committee of tournament, for government and people his role in attracting such an important event to Bahrain. It on the successful launch also extended congratulations of first UAE-made to the winners. The session in progress. satellite, KhalifaSat, The Cabinet lauded the suc- to outer space. cess of Saudi Arabia’s Future ference in which the kingdom el delegation, led by HRH the development, joint exhibitions, Investment Initiative (FII) con- participated with a high-lev- Crown Prince. parliament, the establishment The session praised Bah- of a joint committee for consular rain’s effective participation affairs, environmental protec- in the world event, and ex- tion, education, transportation tended congratulations to 100 and standardisation, agricul- sisterly Saudi Arabia on its per cent ownership ture and livestock. They will be outstanding success. will be allowed for Thai signed during the 10th session The massive participation nationals to invest in of the Joint Bahraini-Egyptian in the conference and the Dragon City. Committee, due to be held next agreements and memoran- week. da of understanding signed The Cabinet agreed to allow on its sidelines reflect Saudi Thai nationals to carry out com- Arabia’s economic weight, It also expressed Bahrain’s mercial activities by 100 per cent and FII’s global importance, solidarity with Indonesia in the ownership in the Dragon City the council said. face of such a tragic disaster. mall, based a proposal by the The Cabinet extended sin- The session condemned the Minister of Industry, Commerce cere congratulations to the shooting incident which had tar- and Tourism. UAE President, government geted a Jewish synagogue in the The request, which was ap- and people on the success- city of Pittsburgh, USA, killing proved by the Bahrain Chamber ful launch of first UAE-made and wounding several people. of Commerce and Industry, was satellite, KhalifaSat, to outer The council of ministers ex- submitted by the Diyar Al Mu- space. tended sincere sympathy and harraq Company. The session described the condolences to the American The Cabinet’s approval of the UAE satellite launch as a sci- government and people, as well request is based on the strong entific milestone that adds to as the families of the victims. partnership between Bahrain its achievements in the field The Cabinet described the and Thailand, and aims to proof space science, expressing incident as a heinous and in - mote Bahrain’s status as a cen- pride in the fact that the land- human crime that reflects an tre for storing, marketing and mark achievement was 100 extremist and racist ideology, distributing the Thai products percent developed by Emirati reiterating Bahrain’s principled in the region. expertise. stance against all crimes of ter- The session approved allow- The session extended sin- rorism and hatred, whatever ing 100pc ownership of foreign cere condolences and sympa- their forms or motives are. companies and investors in the thy to brotherly Jordan over The session approved 17 oil spill treatment services, in the victims of the floods that agreements, memoranda of un- the light of a memorandum sub- hit the Dead Sea region. It derstanding and executive pro- mitted by the Minister of In - affirmed Bahrain’s solidarity grammes signed with a number dustry, Commerce and Tourism, with the Jordanian govern- of brotherly countries, including and based on a proposal by the ment and people, praying to four with the UAE and 13 with Minister of Oil. Allah the Almighty to rest the Egypt. The Cabinet discussed two souls of victims of the painful Covering tourism, urban com- bills on amending Article (9) of incident in eternal peace, and munity’s development, environ- Law 18/2006 on Social Insur- to bless the wounded with ment protection, and climate af- ance, and on adding a new article speedy recovery. fairs, the draft agreements with (Article 9 biz) to Law 60/2014 on The Cabinet expressed the UAE will be signed during IT Crimes, drafted on proposals regret and sadness over the the eighth meeting of the Joint by the Council of Represent- Indonesian passenger plane Bahraini-UAE Committee. atives and the Shura Council, crash, and extended deepest The agreements and MoUs respectively. condolences and sympathy with Egypt cover customs is - The two bills were referred to to friendly Indonesia -Pres- sues, mutual exemption of visas the Council of Representatives, ident, government and peo- for holders of diplomatic and along with a memorandum in- ple- over the victims of the special passports, earthquakes, cluding the government’s opin- incident. culture, antiquities, exportation ion on each of them. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 03 Polls to warm up winter Independents and youth dominate candidates in the upcoming elections to parliament and municipal councils

be running for the 2018 elec - Two of the three tions. • The number of candidates has 2014 women MPs, Dr increased by 56 per cent when Jameela Al Sammak compared to last elections while and Fatima Al Asfoor 15 current municipal council will not be running for members have joined the par- liamentary race. the 2018 elections. The highest number of candidates per constituency is 17 The Northern in the Northern Governorate’s Governorate• has fourth constituency. Ghazi Al maximum candidates Rahma is the constituency’s current MP. (107), which is There are 79 new candidates followed by Southern in the Southern Governorate Governorate (96), with no former political expe- Capital Governorate rience running for elections and they comprise the majority (73) and Muharraq while majority of the candidates Governorate (58). in the governorate are men. “Nearly 70pc of the candi- TDT | Manama dates in the Southern Gover- norate are youth and 30 can - he Kingdom is all set Justice Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa during his visit to one of the electoral centres to review preparations for polls. didates have appealed to the to hold its elections to court against the rejection of Tthe parliament and mu- has opened doors to more inde- the highest on record. their candidacies,” Citizens for nicipal councils as doors have pendents and youth to explore Twelve incumbent MPs are Bahrain said. closed for the candidacy. their chances of walking into not contesting elections this The voters’ lists will be hand- The elections will be held be- the 2018 parliament far away time. The list includes Parlia- ed over to the candidates on ginning November 24. from sectarian politics and boy- ment Speaker Ahmed Al Mul- 42 November 7, it is learnt. This year’s elections is one cotts, Citizens for Bahrain, a la and his two deputies Ali Al women candidates The Northern Governorate to be observed closely as the collective to uphold democratic Aradi and Al Asalah Society’s have filed their has maximum candidates (107), nominations to contest country’s priorities have shifted values, said in a press release Abdulhalim Murad. in the upcoming which is followed by Southern during the past four years and issued. Two of the three 2014 women elections. Governorate (96), Capital Gov- with many political societies Among the registered candi- MPs, Dr Jameela Al Sammak ernorate (73) and Muharraq being completely absent, this dates, 42 are women, which is and Fatima Al Asfoor will not Governorate (58). TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 04 Emotional support best medicine for cancer patients, say experts Researches have proved positive impact of emotional and social support on cancer patients

Good support If patients do Millions of system is most not have a good stories of cancer important for support network survivors are cancer patients, they should be posted on social other than integrated into media, serving a medicines. support groups. great inspiration. DR MARIAM MR ALI MS NOURA

TDT | Manama the positive impact of emotional and all the associations for making the De- are integrated into support groups and “Moreover, social media presents a Harpreet Kaur social support on cancer patients,” Dr serve Health Breast Cancer Awareness referred to psychologists and psychia- huge number of experts of many and Mariam pointed out. event a success as this event on this very trists for additional support.” different sectors making your search- motional and social support and The event was organised in collabo- important topic where each speaker Noura Alzabie, Project Manager of ing period shorter and faster by asking better care offered to cancer pa- ration with the Bahrain Cancer Socie- delivered very valuable information and SMC Bahrain, further highlighted the them directly all your questions. Etients has a link to the mortality ty, UNDP Bahrain, Think Pink Bahrain, helpful resources, where my lecture was importance of social media sites in “Perhaps the most unique advantage rate, a leading psychologist said. Dime Global, Afkarech and Happy Life on ‘The Effects Of Social and Emotional terms of searching for information and on this subject is that it is the easiest Dr Mariam Alammadi, who is also the Coaching under the banner ‘#Deserve Support During Cancer Treatment’.” finding resources. way to get inspired by breast cancer founder of Afkarech, was speaking at Health’ with an aim to raise awareness “Many researches have showed a She pointed out that over 3.4 billion fighters and survivors. an event organised by the Social Media on identifying cancer symptoms and very positive link between a good sup- users on social media networks have “One of the most inspiring stories Club to raise awareness on breast cancer. treatment options. port system and mortality rates among shared over 400 million stories on these related to this was trending on social “Good support system is most im- Ali Sabkar Co-founder and Presi- patients. Hence, we need to ensure platforms on a daily basis, which pres- media by the Egyptian actress Jasmine portant for cancer patients. Many re- dent of Social Media Club, Bahrain, that if a patient does not have a good ent a great source of data and experi- Ghaith talking to the millions about searches across the world have proved told Tribune, “I would like to thank support network around them they ences. her story.” Airport modernisation Largest ever US team to programme to be in focus TDT | Manama take part in Airshow ahrain Airport Company TDT | Manama ship between Bahrain and the will showcase the Air- The BAC is looking US, including a free trade agree- Bport Modernisation Pro- forward to he Organising Commit- ment between the two coun- gramme’s (AMP) latest develop- tee of the Bahrain Inter- tries, the US companies looking ments in front of the global aero- networking with national Airshow (BIAS) to do business in the region with top international T 35 space community at the Bahrain 2018 has announced details of US companies from across Bahrain as their base have many International Airshow (BIAS) airlines and logistics the largest ever US participation, the aerospace and defence compelling reasons to do so, 2018, which is the biggest to date. companies during the including the visit of Apollo 15 sectors will be joining the and our airshow will serve as The BAC is a Gold Sponsor of airshow. Command Module Pilot, Col Al inaugural Partnership an ideal platform to engage with USAF Pavilion. the commercially-focused bien- MR AL BINFALAH Worden, -Ret, who will be potential partners and explore nial airshow, which brings to- visiting Bahrain for the first time possible opportunities.” gether leading civil and military as a goodwill ambassador for the Justin H Siberell, US Ambas- aviation companies and senior Representatives from re- and logistics companies during US aerospace industry. terprises supporting a broad sador to the Kingdom of Bahrain government figures from around nowned local, regional, and in- the airshow and exploring po- A total of 35 US companies range of military and commer- said, “Bahrain’s aviation sec- the world to conduct business ternational companies will sign tential channels of cooperation from across the aerospace and cial equipment, components, tor is growing rapidly, and the and explore potential partner- the agreements alongside the that will bring us closer to our defence sectors will be joining technologies and services. Kingdom offers many potential ships. Minister of Transportation and goals, which include develop- the inaugural Partnership Pavil- Speaking about the newly in- opportunities for US companies This year’s BIAS marks a mile- Telecommunications, Kamal ing new routes out of BIA, trans- ion, which is being organised by troduced USA Partnership Pa- in the defence and commercial stone for the AMP with a number Ahmed, and BAC Chief Execu- forming air cargo into one of the show’s new US representa- vilion, Kamal Ahmed said, “We sectors. The US-Bahrain security of agreements for strategic pro- tive Officer, Mohamed Yousif Al Bahrain’s primary industries, tive, Kallman Worldwide. are extremely pleased to see this partnership is one of the oldest jects and key concessions at the Binfalah. and increasing the aviation sec- Pavilion participants include large interest from US compa- in the region, with the US Naval new Passenger Terminal Build- Mr Al Binfalah said: “The BAC tor’s contribution to the national Harris Corp, Northrop Grum- nies operating in aerospace and Forces Central Command and ing set to be awarded during the is looking forward to networking economy in line with Bahrain’s man, and Pratt and Whitney to defence to attend BIAS 2018. the US Navy Fifth Fleet based event. with top international airlines Vision 2030.” small-and-medium-sized en- With our longstanding relation- in the country.”

Top honour for ISCA Bahrain Chapter TDT | Manama Harpreet Kaur

SACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) Bahrain Chapter won the ‘Most IInnovative Chapter Award’ for the year 2018, from ISACA International, US. Speaking to Tribune, Dr Adel Al Alawi, Presi- dent of ISACA Bahrain Chapter, said, “The award ceremony was held in Chicago, as part of the Global Leadership Summit. Over 600 participants globally attended this prestigious occasion; who represent the ISACA chapters’ leadership. This award recognises the outstanding outcomes that were achieved by a programme implemented within an ISACA chapter; demonstrating innovative approaches for members’ engagement, continuing education, or community outreach.” ISACA is an independent, nonprofit, global association that engages in the development, adoption and use of globally accepted, industry-leading knowledge and practices for information systems. The Bahrain Chapter members after receiving the award.

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Vote for the best candidates, 14 terrorists lose appeals in says BCCI chairman TDT | Manama police officers’ murder case Ali Tarif n light of the forthcoming Iparliamentary elections, chairman of the Bahrain 14 men convicted of murdering two police officers in Sitra Chamber of Commerce and TDT | Manama Industry (BCCI) Sameer Nass Ali Tarif asserted the chamber’s read- iness to work closely with the parliament candidates he High Appeals Court has particularly in identifying rejected the appeals of 14 the needs of the national Tmen convicted of murder- economy and deliberating ing two police officers in Sitra. 24 about measures to foster the The appellants were among men were charged in stability and resilience of the 22 Bahraini nationals held guilty the case and 22 were national economy. in connection with an explosion convicted. In a press release issued, that targeted a police bus in Sitra Mr Nass stressed, “There is on July 28, 2015, killing officers a significant correlation be- Hamed Rasool Aref and Naweed tween politics and econom- Ahmed Nazer. qi branch of Hizbollah before he ic development, hence the Two of them were handed recruited others to the cell. pivotal role of the Council of down death penalty for orches- He planted the explosive de- Representatives in shaping trating the attack, while five oth- vice with the help of his co-de- the future of the Kingdom ers have been sentenced to life fendants and remotely exploded of Bahrain and the vigour behind bars for premeditated the bomb. of its development.” murder, joining a terrorist group Prosecutors previously de- Mr Nass encouraged the and detonating a bomb. scribed the role of each defend- people of Bahrain to ex - Another six, including former ant in the attack, as meticulously ercise their constitutional MP Hassan Marzooq, were jailed planned. right by actively participat- for 10 years each for being part of They also revealed that doing in the elections process the terror cell responsible for the The explosion targeted a police bus in Sitra. nations of up to BD8,000 every and playing an active part bombing outside Gurnata Prima- month were distributed to violent in consolidating the demo- ry School for Girls. defendants received six months Out of the 24 charged in the received the death penalty is said opposition factions in Bahrain. cratic gains. One man was jailed for five in jail for their role in the attack. case, only 14 appealed the initial to have received militia train- Eight of the defendants also He also reinstated the years, two were sentenced to However, the court acquitted verdicts because the rest are at ing in camps belonging to the had their citizenship revoked importance of electing the three years in prison, another two two men of all charges due to large and were tried in absentia. Islamic Revolutionary Guard under the anti-terrorism legis- most competent candi - were jailed for two years, and four lack of proof. The first man of the two who Corps (IRGC) in Iran and the Ira- lation. dates. Bombing cell members sentenced Teen jailed for taking

tween 13 and 35 years. during questioning that he had part in illegal protest While five defendants They were also fined amounts contacted the first defendant TDT | Manama threatened me. • between BD500 and BD1,000. and asked him to provide him Ali Tarif “He gave me a mask, while are in police custody, While five defendants are in One time he asked shelter when he learned that he firebombs were distributed the remaining two police custody, the remaining me to receive a was providing assistance to the he Lower Criminal to other demonstrators to are in Iran. two are in Iran. bag carrying two wanted persons and fugitives Court has acquitted a attack police officers. According to court data, the bombs. He asked in Bahrain. TBahraini teenager of “Suddenly, we were told Prosecutors defendants in Iran were issuing me to plant them. “I told him that police were possessing Molotov cocktails, that police officers were • orders to terror cell members chasing me. He agreed to help but held him guilty of taking coming to the area. I tried charged the first and in the Kingdom to carry out THIRD DEFENDANT me and asked me to rent a flat part in an illegal demonstra- to hide inside a farm but I second defendants for bombings. below BD180. He was paying me tion. was arrested,” the defendant forming the cell and the A team of police dismantled identified the five and arrested by hiding the money in different As a result, he was hand - said. remaining for joining it. the cell after receiving infor- them. places,” the third suspect said. ed down three years behind The Bahraini suspect was mation, which revealed that the The third defendant is said “One time he asked me to re- bars. According to court files, accused of taking part in an two fugitives in Iran had recruit- to have guided police officers ceive a bag carrying two bombs. the defendant was arrested illegal gathering as well as TDT | Manama ed several terrorists to target to a place, where metal balls, He asked me to plant them,” he after he took part in an illegal possessing firebombs. Ali Tarif police officers and their patrols. nails, white powder and paste; added. protest with more than 40 However, the Lower Crim- The five are said to have items that are known to be used Prosecutors charged the unknown people in Duraz. inal Court said that there even defendants who were planted several improvised ex- in making improvised bombs, first and second defendants for “I participated in the wasn’t sufficient evidence to part of a bombing cell have plosives on roads used by police were stored. forming the cell and the remain- event after I was requested hold the defendant guilty of Sreceived sentences be- patrols. Police investigations The third suspect confessed ing for joining it. by a masked person and he this crime.

Breast cancer awareness event

The Bahrain Airport Services Company (BAS) organised an awareness event about breast cancer. At the company’s headquarters, Dr Suheir Al Saad gave a lecture about breast cancer. The representatives of Ibn Al Nafis Hospital also provided early detection services. BAS also participated in the annual Walkathon organised by the Bahrain Cancer Society. 06 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 world Deadly plane crash Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 passengers, crew, lost contact en route to Pangkal Pinang city

There were 178 adult passengers,• one child, two infants, two pilots and six cabin crew on board flight JT 610

The pilot and co- pilot• had more than 11,000 hours of flying time between them

Authorities are still• searching for the remains of the plane A Lion Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the Mutiara Sis Al Jufri airport in Palu

Jakarta, Indonesia

ll 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed AIndonesian Lion Air jet were “likely” killed in the accident, the search and rescue Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport agency said yesterday, as it announced it had found human remains. The Boeing-737 MAX, which Worst aviation disasters went into service just months ago, vanished from radar 13 Northern Sumatra minutes after taking off from Jakarta, plunging into the Java Indonesia’s National Search And Rescue Agency of Indonesia (BASARNAS) shows he worst disaster in Indonesia’s aviation history left 234 dead in 1997. An Airbus A-300B4 Sea moments after it had asked rescue personnel searching the waters for wreckage from Lion Air flight JT 610 Toperated by national carrier Garuda Indonesia crashed in a smog-shrouded ravine in North to be allowed to return to the Sumatra, just short of Medan’s airport. In 1991, an Air Force plane crashed in East Jakarta minutes Indonesian capital. after take off when an engine caught fire, killing 135 people according to reports. Those who died Websites that display flight included 121 airmen, 12 crew data showed the plane speeding up as it suddenly lost altitude in the minutes before it disap- Military families New Year’s Day crash Medan disaster peared. “My prediction is that nobody n June 2015 an Indonesian n Adam Air plane Mandala Airlines domes- survived because the victims Imilitary plane crashed Aplunged into the sea Atic flight crashed shortly that we found, their bodies were shortly after takeoff, also off Sulawesi island on New after take-off in 2005 into a no longer intact and it’s been coming down in a residential Year’s Day 2007, killing all 102 densely populated suburb in hours so it is likely 189 people area in Medan, killing around people on board. The airline Medan, killing at least 150 in- have died,” search and rescue 122 people on board, many of was later banned from flying. cluding passengers, crew and agency operational director them servicemen and women Indonesian authorities said people on the ground. Bambang Suryo Aji told report- and their families. Around 20 the pilots lost control after ers. people were also killed on the becoming preoccupied with Some 40 divers are part of Members of a rescue team bring personal items and wreckage ashore at the port ground and several housing malfunctioning navigational River crash about 150 personnel at the scene, blocks torn apart. equipment. authorities said, with the plane that the jet had previously been Indonesia’s National Trans- n 1997, a Silk Air flight in water about 30 to 40 metres grounded for unspecified re- portation Safety Committee Icrashed into a river near deep. pairs. (NTSC) said there were 178 adult Air Force fire the Indonesian city of Earlier, video footage appar- The plane had been en route passengers, one child, two in- n 1991, an Air Force plane crashed in East Jakarta minutes Palembang while on its way ently filmed at the scene of the to Pangkal Pinang city, a jump- fants, two pilots and six cabin Iafter take off when an engine caught fire, killing 135 people to Singapore from Jakarta. All crash showed a slick of fuel on ing off point for beach-and-sun crew on board flight JT 610. according to reports. Those who died included 121 airmen, 12 104 passengers and crew were the surface of the water and pic- seeking tourists on nearby Be- The transport ministry had crew and two people on the ground. One passenger survived. killed tures showed what appeared to litung island, when it dropped initially said there was a total of be an emergency slide and bits out of contact around 6.30 am 188 people on board. of wreckage bearing Lion Air’s (2330 GMT). The finance ministry said Java n 2014, an AirAsia plane plunged into the Java Sea during stormy weather, killing 162 peo- logo. It was not yet known if there around 20 of its employees were Sea Iple. The Malaysian airline was flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. The carrier acknowledged were any foreigners on board. on the plane.

Crisis turns violent in Sri Lanka Lion slashes girl’s face in Russian circus Colombo, Sri Lanka Moscow, Russia sacked premier and the head show in Uspenskoye village in face up to six years in prison. osti news agency that the lion arliament speaker Karu of state. circus lion pounced on a Krasnodar region some 1,250 Video footage showed only did not bite the girl but lashed PJayasuriya warned that Sri “We should settle this Afour-year-old girl, ripping kilometres (775 miles) south of loose netting protecting the au- her with its paw. Lanka’s political crisis could through parliament, but if we its claws into her face, during Moscow. dience. The images also showed Russian media named the cir- turn into a “bloodbath” as the take it out to the streets, there a show in southern Russia that Amateur footage broadcast on the girl standing near the ring, cus involved as Mondial, based ousted prime minister said will be a huge bloodbath,” was intended for young chil- television showed the animal, apparently with her back to the in the southern city of Rostov- the country faced a dangerous Jayasuriya told reporters. dren, officials said yesterday. held on a lead by a lion tamer, lioness. on-Don. power vacuum. He urged Sirisena, whose The girl has been hospitalised pouncing suddenly on the child. Officials said the girl was tak- During a circus show in Sibe- Jayasuriya said he asked shock dismissal of Prime Min- for treatment of her injuries, The Investigative Committee en to a children’s hospital in the ria in 2016, a leopard broke free President Maithripala Sirise- ister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the Investigative Commit- launched a probe into safety regional capital of Krasnodar and bit a woman. na to revoke his suspension unleashed a political crisis and tee, which is probing Sunday’s breaches at a performance in- with lacerations to her face and In 2012, a cheetah gored a sev- of parliament and allow law- clashes that claimed one life, incident. tended for young children, and other injuries. en-year-old boy in the face and makers to resolve an alarming to let the premier prove his The incident occurred at a detained its director, who could A local official told RIA Nov- neck in the Moscow region. power struggle between the majority through a vote. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 07 Taking the bull by the horns

A A bull wrestler throwing a bull to the ground during a show

A bull wrestler throwing a bull to the ground

A bull wrestler Huang Feilong wrestling a bull during a show at an arena in Jiaxing, China’s Zhejiang province.

A traditional sport of China’s Muslim Hui ethnic minority, the practice has come under fire from critics in China who say it constitutes animal cruelty.

A bull wrestler crashing into a barrier AFP | Jiaxing, China tling at the Haihua Martial Arts the centre of a faux Roman am- 23-year-old from China’s eastern sily, shrug off their attackers or Centre, about 100 kilometres (62 phitheatre where performances province of Anhui. dash for the nearest exit. hen 21-year-old Chi- miles) southwest of Shanghai. are put on for Chinese tourists. “Once you get to know them Han wants to spread bull wres- nese martial artist Li A traditional sport of China’s A muscular martial artist riles they are actually quite gentle tling further through annual Zhen first stepped Muslim Hui ethnic minority, up the animal by pushing its Our bull wrestling is and well-behaved,” he added. competitions that he says al - W not bloody or cruel. into the ring to wrestle an the practice has come under fire head from side to side before The years of hard martial arts ready attract more than a hun- adult bull he was naturally in- from critics in China who say it handing it over to the challenger. We use our deep training become clear as the dred athletes from diverse com- timidated. constitutes animal cruelty. “We use our deep knowledge knowledge of Wushu young men grapple with the bat disciplines like mixed mar- “I was pretty scared. It’s a bull, The centre’s master Han Hai- of Wushu and its techniques to and its techniques to bulls by their horns, muscles tial arts, judo and taekwondo. after all,” he said. hua disagrees. throw the bull down without throw the bull down popping as they strain against His ultimate hope is for the He risked having a leg snapped “Our bull wrestling is not hurting it,” said Han. without hurting it,” the powerful bovines’ necks sport to break into the Olympics. under the animal’s weight, being bloody or cruel,” the burly In matches, points are scored while deftly avoiding being “Bull wrestling reflects a per- gored, or trampled. 65-year-old said, comparing it by forcing the bulls off-balance stomped in a kind of drunken son’s wisdom and technique, and But Li’s training got him over favourably to Spanish bullfight- and pushing them to the ground. dance. of course promotes strength and HAN HAIHUA those fears and he is now one of ing’s ritualised killing of the an- “The difficult thing about it is The bulls appear at times tests courage. It would be great a group of Wushu, or kung fu, imals. that people and bulls are not the disinterested, perplexed, or an- if it could be an Olympic sport,” athletes who train in bull wres- The docile creatures are led to same weight,” said Li Bo, a hefty noyed as they tumble over clum- he said. Tributes, mourning as Leicester’s boss killed in helicopter crash Leicester, United Kingdom be opened at the stadium from Tuesday and the team has post- eicester City’s Thai billion- poned its upcoming League Cup 5,000-1 odds Laire boss was among five fixture against Southampton. people killed when his helicop- “Everyone at the Club has ichai bought Leicester tom of the table for most of ter crashed and burst into flames been truly touched by the re - VCity in 2010 and moved to the 2014/15 season, the Foxes, in the Premier League side’s sta- markable response of the foot- chairman the following Febru- as the team are nicknamed, dium car park moments after ball family, whose thoughtful ary, pouring millions into the then engineered what fans now taking off from the pitch, the messages of support and soli- team and becoming a beloved fondly refer to as the “Great Es- club said on Sunday. darity have been deeply appre- figure in the club and the city cape”, winning seven of their A stream of fans already ciated at this difficult time,” the -- a feat rarely achieved by the last nine matches. They ended fearing the worst had laid out statement said. foreign owners. up finishing 14th, securing an- flowers, football scarves and Police named the four other It was under Vichai’s own- other season in Europe’s rich- Buddhist prayers outside the victims as Nursara Suknamai ership that Leicester crafted est league in 2015/16. But not club’s King Power stadium after and Kaveporn Punpare, two one of the biggest fairytales even their most devout fans Saturday’s accident in tribute to members of Vichai’s staff, pilot in English football by winning could have imagined what hap- Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha -- the Eric Swaffer and passenger Iz- the 2015/16 Premier League, pened next. Vardy scored in 11 man they credit for an against- abela Roza Lechowicz. having started the season as consecutive matches, propel- all-odds Premier League victory Vichai, 60, the owner of Thai- 5,000-1 outsiders for the title. ling them to a title without par- in 2016. land’s King Power duty-free Languishing at the very bot- allel in Premier League history. “The world has lost a great empire, was a regular at match- man,” the club said in a state- es who used to fly to and from ment. “Leicester City was a fam- home games. The blue chopper in its rear propeller shortly after Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, ily under his leadership. It is as took off from the middle of the takeoff. one of the heroes of that success, a family that we will grieve his pitch once the stadium had emp- “Struggling to find the right posted on Instagram. passing and maintain the pursuit tied after Saturday’s 1-1 draw words....but to me you are leg- “Thank you for everything you of a vision for the club that is with West Ham. Eyewitnesses A portrait of Leicester City Football Club’s Thai chairman Vichai end, an incredible man who did for me, my family and our now his legacy,” it said. said the helicopter appeared to Srivaddhanaprabha is seen amid flowers and tributes outside the King Power had the biggest heart, the soul club. I will truly miss you.... may A book of condolence will develop a mechanical problem Stadium in Leicester of Leicester City Football Club,” you rest in peace... #theboss” THOUGHT IS THE WIND, TODAY 1864 1888 1920 1925 QUOTE KNOWLEDGE THE SAIL, AND DAY IN OF THE MANKIND THE VESSEL. The Treaty of Vienna is signed, The Rudd Concession is granted The Communist Party of John Logie Baird creates Britain’s DAY HISTORY by which Denmark relinquishes by Matabeleland to agents of Australia is founded in Sydney. first television transmitter. AUGUSTUS HARE one province each to Prussia Cecil Rhodes. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 and Austria.

Soros, Robert de Niro... Bren- Iran and others — leaving aside Now Trump is exploiting as the “enemy of the people” it nan had been spitefully stripped Israel’s warheads. terrorist attacks encour- is inevitable that hardcore sup- of his security clearance after As well as taking the world aged by his own words to porters take him seriously. All Trump took exception to his closer to nuclear Armageddon (if mobilise his supporters attacks against journalists must Prominent public comments. the planet doesn’t boil first due be condemned, including the TOP Leading up to the mid-term to Trump’s climate-denying pull- against liberals targeted by killing of Jamal Khashoggi. As BARIA ALAMUDDIN elections Trump has ramped out from the Paris Accord!) this this bombing campaign. violence against journalists be- up his racist rhetoric. He ludi- drags us toward worldwide anar- comes normalised in America TWEETS4 onald Trump has spent crously claimed that convoys of chy: For the past seven decades and elsewhere, a 2020 Trump US liberals the past three years in- migrants supposedly heading the earth has been profoundly victory could mean that this is Dciting his supporters through Latin America toward bound together by international just the beginning. against the media and his oppo- the US border had been infiltrat- treaties and legal systems gov- Democrats had looked ready 01 nents. Last week he almost got ed by Middle Eastern terrorists. erning trade, the environment, to storm the House of Repre - his wish. Just hours after letter The President is known for his human rights, international jus- sentatives in November’s mid- bombs were intercepted targeting unfamiliarity with the truth, but tice and multilateral defence. terms. The Kavanaugh furor and targeted by figures such as Barack Obama and with elections on the horizon Trump has taken a sledgeham- Trump’s fearmongering about Hillary Clinton, along with TV his falsehoods have escalated to mer to every one of these legal mass-immigration changed the network CNN, the President was a whole new level, whipping up regimes, not just absolving the US dynamic by galvanising the Re- already blaming the media for a frenzy of panic against all for- of its international obligations, million Uighur Muslims are cast publican base. Now the President here is GREAT danger these attacks, accusing TV outlets eigners approaching America’s but also allowing rogue states to into immense “re-education” is exploiting terrorist attacks en- Tin dismissing these of “purposely false and inaccurate borders. behave similarly. internment camps as part of a couraged by his own words to shooters as “fringe ac- terrorism reporting” while his media allies Although experts warn that In the Philippines, thousands Chinese experiment in cultural mobilise his supporters against tors” or an “insane” few. claimed that the whole thing was the biggest terrorism threat cur- have been caught in the crossfire extermination. liberals targeted by this bombing Dismissing the problem a hoax. rently comes from right-wing in President Duterte’s brutal war After the Second World War, campaign. enables it to expand. These letter-bomb incidents have Trump’s public rallies are ter- extremists who absorbed the against drug barons, yet Trump while Europe still lay in ruins, it If we fail to shake off the cur- The Pittsburgh, Ken- rifying things to behold, with President’s denunciations and showers him with praise. Kim was the US which spearheaded rent mood of shell-shocked apa- tucky & Florida culprits unsettling precursors in previous their star performer demonising conspiracy theories and acted Jong-un represses and starves and bankrolled this UN-centered thy to halt this wilful dismantling are emblematic of soci- the media and leading chants of upon his words, Trump appears his long-suffering nation, but rules-based system in which of the international system of etal ills. They are pre- attacks, such as the 2016 murder of “lock her up” against Clinton. to recognise terrorists only if they because he agreed to a photo we were reared. The US lead- laws and rights, there will be no dictable actors that arise Having spoken to journalist col- are brown-faced Muslims. He opportunity in Singapore earlier er is now hell-bent on tearing escape from this dystopia where from neglected problems. British MP Jo Cox leagues who covered such rallies, likewise refused to condemn the this year, he is now the Pres - this up. For those such as John the media has been terrorised @KhaledBeydoun being in the press pit with thou- Nazis who assembled in Char- incidents have unsettling pre- ing nationalist tendencies. hamstringing immigrants from ar arms treaty with Russia and ident’s best friend. Putin vio - Bolton, this is the culmination into silence and nuclear or en- sands of rabid Trump supporters lottesville last year, during which cursors in previous attacks, such Trump’s forcing-through of enjoying their democratic rights, promised to accelerate the US’s lates all international norms but, of decades of polemic against vironmental apocalypse lie just 02 baying for your blood is chilling. courageous liberal protesters as the 2016 murder of British MP conservative judges into the Su- and other pending legal rulings production of new nuclear weap- for reasons which Trump alone multilateralism. For Trump this a step away. The targets of these letter were injured and one was killed Jo Cox, known for her advocacy preme Court – despite allega- taking the US closer to being a ons. This will almost certainly understands, the occupant of mindless vandalism wins him (Baria Alamuddin is an award-win- bomb attacks reads like a Mafia by a murderous thug in a car. for Syrian refugees, whose death tions of sexual assault against one-party state. prompt Moscow and Beijing to the White House is incapable cheap applause from xenophobic ning journalist and broadcaster in the hit-list of people Trump has de- The President’s words and ac- occurred immediately before the Judge Brett Kavanaugh – con- Hoping to rouse his grassroots follow suit while making it far of offering a word of criticism. supporters. Middle East and the UK. She is editor nounced most vociferously; Clin- tions embolden white suprema- fateful British referendum for tinues this lurch toward the pop- voters ahead of the midterm more difficult for America to Meanwhile the genocide of the Trump recently praised a sen- of the Media Services Syndicate and ton, Obama, Joe Biden, ex-CIA cist tendencies across the West- quitting the EU; this decision it- ulist right by turning the clock elections, the President has an- take the moral high-ground in its Rohingya people proceeds with- ator for assaulting a journalist. has interviewed numerous heads of director John Brennan, George ern world. These letter-bomb self was the product of disturb- back on progressive reforms, nulled the landmark 1987 nucle- negotiations with North Korea, out any prospect of justice, and a When he denounces the media state.) am so sick of those Iwho want to blame this president for everything. ‘He didn’t express sym- Tribute to journalists pathy or express it fast enough’. STOP IT.There Dark times are coming for my country is a deep sickness taking root in this country and it is spread here. Twitter has become a white van In the late 1960s, the military dictatorship in Brazil arrested and imprisoned many artists and intellectuals for their political beliefs. I was one of them. covered in despicable bumper stickers. @glennbeck sician and capoeira master, over The major news outlets in thefts or drug selling. Those a political disagreement in the have tended to minimise sounds have never left my mind. state of Bahia. His death left the Some say that Bolsonaro’s most 03 city of Salvador in mourning and the dangers, working in brutal statements are just postur- indignation. fact for Bolsonaro by de- ing. Indeed, he sounds very much Recently, I’ve found myself scribing the situation as a like many ordinary Brazilians; CAETANO VELOSO thinking about the 1980s. I was confrontation between two he is openly demonstrating the making records and playing to extremes. superficial brutality many men razil is not for begin- sold-out crowds, but I knew what think they have to hide. The num- ners,” Antonio Car- needed to change in my country. ber of women who vote for him is, rdogan announces Is- “Blos Jobim used to say. Back then, we Brazilians were in every poll, far smaller than the Etanbul’s new mega air- Jobim, who wrote “The Girl From fighting for free elections after number of men. To govern Brazil, port to be named: Istanbul Ipanema,” was one of Brazil’s most some 20 years of military dic - he will have to face the Congress, Airport (ending rumors important musicians, one whom tatorship. If someone had told the Supreme Court and the fact its name would be Erdo- we can thank for the fact that me then that some day we would that polls show that a greater ma- gan)--This airport will music lovers everywhere have to elect to the presidency people like jority than ever of Brazilians say gradually replace Ataturk think twice before pigeonholing Fernando Henrique Cardoso and democracy is the best political over next few months. The Brazilian pop as “world music.” then Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it system of all. opening comes on Turkish When I told an American would have sounded like wishful As a public figure in Brazil, I I quoted Jobim’s line — “Brazil Republic’s 95 b-day w/its friend about the maestro’s line, thinking. Then it happened. Car- have a duty to try to clarify these is not for beginners” — to bring founding leader Ataturk he retorted, “No country is.” My doso’s election in 1994 and then facts. I am an old man now, but I a touch of funny colour to my losing namesake. American friend had a point. In da Silva’s in 2002 carried huge was young in the ‘60s and ‘70s, view of our hard times. The great @Istanbultelaviv some ways, perhaps Brazil isn’t symbolic weight. They showed and I remember. So I have to composer was being ironic, but he Many thousands more I am deeply troubled by the so special. that we were a democracy, and speak out. spoke to a truth and underlined have been attacked, growing number of attacks and 04 Right now, my country is prov- they changed the shape of our In the late ‘60s, the military the peculiarities of our country, a harassed, detained or the culture of impunity. ing it’s a nation among others. society by helping millions escape junta imprisoned and arrested gigantic country in the Southern I call on Governments and Like other countries around the poverty. Brazilian society gained many artists and intellectuals for Hemisphere, racially mixed, the imprisoned on spurious the international community to world, Brazil is facing a threat more self-respect. their political beliefs. I was one of only country with Portuguese as charges, without due protect journalists and create from the far right, a storm of But despite all the progress and them, along with my friend and its official language in the Amer- ANTÓNIO GUTERRES process. the conditions they need to do populist conservatism. Our new the country’s apparent maturity, colleague Gilberto Gil. icas. I love Brazil and believe it their work. political phenomenon, Jair Bol- Brazil, the fourth-largest democ- Gilberto and I spent a week can bring new colours to civili- n just over a decade, more On this day, I pay tribute to sonaro, is a former army captain racy in the world, is far from sol- each in a dirty cell. Then, with no sation; I believe most Brazilians than a thousand journalists journalists who do their jobs hat the ruling party who admires Donald Trump but id. Dark forces, from within and explanation, we were transferred love it, too. Ihave been killed while carry- every day despite intimidation TPresident so blatant- seems more like Rodrigo Duterte, from without, now seem to be to another military prison for two Many people here say they are ing out their indispensable work. and threats. ly ridicules the Supreme the Philippines’ strongman. Bol- forcing us backward and down. months. After that, four months planning to live abroad if the cap- Nine out of ten cases are un- Their work – and that of their Court judgement is in sonaro champions the unrestrict- Political life here has been in of house arrest until, finally, exile, tain wins. I never wanted to live resolved, with no one held ac- fallen colleagues -- reminds us keeping with the RSS- ed sale of firearms, proposes a decline for a while — starting Many artists, musicians, film- erode religious and moral prin- The major news outlets have press willfully ignore the fact that where we stayed for two and a in any country other than Brazil. countable. that truth never dies. BJP’s contempt for the presumption of self-defence if a with an economic slump, then makers and thinkers saw them- ciples, or simply by indoctrinat- tended to minimise the dangers, da Silva respected the democrat- half years. Other students, writ- And I don’t want to now. I was Female journalists are often at Neither must our commitment Constitution and the Su- policeman kills a “suspect” and a series of protests in 2013, the selves in an environment where ing people in brutality through working in fact for Bolsonaro by ic rules and that Bolsonaro has ers and journalists were impris- forced into exile once. It won’t greater risk of being targeted not to the fundamental right to free- preme Court. declares that a dead son is pref- impeachment of president Dil- reactionary ideologues, who the systematic use of derogatory describing the situation as a con- repeatedly defended the military oned in the cells where we were, happen again. I want my music, only for their reporting but also dom of expression. @SitaramYechury erable to a gay one. ma Rousseff in 2016 and a huge — through books, websites and language. The rise of Bolsonaro frontation between two extremes: dictatorship of the 1960s and ‘70s. but none was tortured. During my presence, to be a permanent because of their gender, includ- tained or imprisoned on spuri- Reporting is not a crime. Since Bolsonaro has won the corruption scandal that put many news articles — have been deni- as a mythical figure fulfills the the Workers’ Party potentially In fact, in August 2016, while cast- the night, though, we could hear resistance to whatever anti-dem- ing through the threat of sexual ous charges, without due pro- Together, let us stand up for election, Brazilians can expect a politicians, including da Silva, grating any attempt to overcome expectations created by that kind leading us to a Communist au- ing his vote to impeach Rousseff, people’s screams. They were ei- ocratic feature may come out of a violence. cess. This is outrageous. This journalists, for truth and for Disclaimer: (Views expressed wave of fear and hatred. Indeed, in jail. Cardoso’s and da Silva’s inequality by linking socially proof intellectual attack. It’s not an thoritarian regime, while Bol- Bolsonaro made a public show of ther political prisoners who the probable Bolsonaro government. This year alone, at least 88 should not become the new justice. by columnists are personal and we’ve already seen blood. On Oct parties were seriously wounded, gressive policies to a Venezue- exchange of arguments: Those sonaro would fight corruption dedicating his action to Carlos military thought were linked to journalists have been killed. normal. need not necessarily reflect our 7, a Bolsonaro supporter stabbed and the far right found an oppor- lan-type of nightmare, generating who don’t believe in democracy and make the economy market Alberto Brilhante Ustra, who ran armed resistance groups or poor (Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian compos- Many thousands more have When journalists are targeted, (António Guterres is the Secre- editorial stances) er, singer, writer and political activist.) tary-General of the United Nations.) my friend Moa do Katendê, a mu- tunity. fear that minorities’ rights will work in insidious ways. friendly. Many in the mainstream a torture centre in the 1970s. youngsters who were caught been attacked, harassed, de- societies as a whole pay a price.

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Iran and others — leaving aside Now Trump is exploiting as the “enemy of the people” it Israel’s warheads. terrorist attacks encour- is inevitable that hardcore sup- As well as taking the world aged by his own words to porters take him seriously. All closer to nuclear Armageddon (if attacks against journalists must the planet doesn’t boil first due mobilise his supporters be condemned, including the TOP to Trump’s climate-denying pull- against liberals targeted by killing of Jamal Khashoggi. As out from the Paris Accord!) this this bombing campaign. violence against journalists be- drags us toward worldwide anar- comes normalised in America TWEETS4 chy: For the past seven decades and elsewhere, a 2020 Trump the earth has been profoundly victory could mean that this is bound together by international just the beginning. treaties and legal systems gov- Democrats had looked ready 01 erning trade, the environment, to storm the House of Repre - human rights, international jus- sentatives in November’s mid- tice and multilateral defence. terms. The Kavanaugh furor and Trump has taken a sledgeham- Trump’s fearmongering about mer to every one of these legal mass-immigration changed the regimes, not just absolving the US dynamic by galvanising the Re- of its international obligations, million Uighur Muslims are cast publican base. Now the President here is GREAT danger but also allowing rogue states to into immense “re-education” is exploiting terrorist attacks en- Tin dismissing these behave similarly. internment camps as part of a couraged by his own words to shooters as “fringe ac- In the Philippines, thousands Chinese experiment in cultural mobilise his supporters against tors” or an “insane” few. have been caught in the crossfire extermination. liberals targeted by this bombing Dismissing the problem in President Duterte’s brutal war After the Second World War, campaign. enables it to expand. against drug barons, yet Trump while Europe still lay in ruins, it If we fail to shake off the cur- The Pittsburgh, Ken- showers him with praise. Kim was the US which spearheaded rent mood of shell-shocked apa- tucky & Florida culprits Jong-un represses and starves and bankrolled this UN-centered thy to halt this wilful dismantling are emblematic of soci- his long-suffering nation, but rules-based system in which of the international system of etal ills. They are pre- because he agreed to a photo we were reared. The US lead- laws and rights, there will be no dictable actors that arise opportunity in Singapore earlier er is now hell-bent on tearing escape from this dystopia where from neglected problems. this year, he is now the Pres - this up. For those such as John the media has been terrorised @KhaledBeydoun ing nationalist tendencies. hamstringing immigrants from ar arms treaty with Russia and ident’s best friend. Putin vio - Bolton, this is the culmination into silence and nuclear or en- Trump’s forcing-through of enjoying their democratic rights, promised to accelerate the US’s lates all international norms but, of decades of polemic against vironmental apocalypse lie just 02 conservative judges into the Su- and other pending legal rulings production of new nuclear weap- for reasons which Trump alone multilateralism. For Trump this a step away. preme Court – despite allega- taking the US closer to being a ons. This will almost certainly understands, the occupant of mindless vandalism wins him (Baria Alamuddin is an award-win- tions of sexual assault against one-party state. prompt Moscow and Beijing to the White House is incapable cheap applause from xenophobic ning journalist and broadcaster in the Judge Brett Kavanaugh – con- Hoping to rouse his grassroots follow suit while making it far of offering a word of criticism. supporters. Middle East and the UK. She is editor tinues this lurch toward the pop- voters ahead of the midterm more difficult for America to Meanwhile the genocide of the Trump recently praised a sen- of the Media Services Syndicate and ulist right by turning the clock elections, the President has an- take the moral high-ground in its Rohingya people proceeds with- ator for assaulting a journalist. has interviewed numerous heads of back on progressive reforms, nulled the landmark 1987 nucle- negotiations with North Korea, out any prospect of justice, and a When he denounces the media state.) am so sick of those Iwho want to blame this president for everything. ‘He didn’t express sym- Tribute to journalists pathy or express it fast enough’. STOP IT.There Dark times are coming for my country is a deep sickness taking root in this country and it is spread here. Twitter has become a white van In the late 1960s, the military dictatorship in Brazil arrested and imprisoned many artists and intellectuals for their political beliefs. I was one of them. covered in despicable bumper stickers. @glennbeck The major news outlets in thefts or drug selling. Those have tended to minimise sounds have never left my mind. Some say that Bolsonaro’s most 03 the dangers, working in brutal statements are just postur- fact for Bolsonaro by de- ing. Indeed, he sounds very much scribing the situation as a like many ordinary Brazilians; confrontation between two he is openly demonstrating the extremes. superficial brutality many men think they have to hide. The number of women who vote for him is, rdogan announces Is- in every poll, far smaller than the Etanbul’s new mega air- number of men. To govern Brazil, port to be named: Istanbul he will have to face the Congress, Airport (ending rumors the Supreme Court and the fact its name would be Erdo- that polls show that a greater ma- gan)--This airport will jority than ever of Brazilians say gradually replace Ataturk democracy is the best political over next few months. The system of all. opening comes on Turkish As a public figure in Brazil, I I quoted Jobim’s line — “Brazil Republic’s 95 b-day w/its have a duty to try to clarify these is not for beginners” — to bring founding leader Ataturk facts. I am an old man now, but I a touch of funny colour to my losing namesake. was young in the ‘60s and ‘70s, view of our hard times. The great @Istanbultelaviv and I remember. So I have to composer was being ironic, but he Many thousands more I am deeply troubled by the speak out. spoke to a truth and underlined have been attacked, growing number of attacks and 04 In the late ‘60s, the military the peculiarities of our country, a harassed, detained or the culture of impunity. junta imprisoned and arrested gigantic country in the Southern I call on Governments and many artists and intellectuals for Hemisphere, racially mixed, the imprisoned on spurious the international community to their political beliefs. I was one of only country with Portuguese as charges, without due protect journalists and create them, along with my friend and its official language in the Amer- ANTÓNIO GUTERRES process. the conditions they need to do colleague Gilberto Gil. icas. I love Brazil and believe it their work. Gilberto and I spent a week can bring new colours to civili- n just over a decade, more On this day, I pay tribute to each in a dirty cell. Then, with no sation; I believe most Brazilians than a thousand journalists journalists who do their jobs hat the ruling party explanation, we were transferred love it, too. Ihave been killed while carry- every day despite intimidation TPresident so blatant- to another military prison for two Many people here say they are ing out their indispensable work. and threats. ly ridicules the Supreme months. After that, four months planning to live abroad if the cap- Nine out of ten cases are un- Their work – and that of their Court judgement is in of house arrest until, finally, exile, tain wins. I never wanted to live resolved, with no one held ac- fallen colleagues -- reminds us keeping with the RSS- where we stayed for two and a in any country other than Brazil. countable. that truth never dies. BJP’s contempt for the half years. Other students, writ- And I don’t want to now. I was Female journalists are often at Neither must our commitment Constitution and the Su- ers and journalists were impris- forced into exile once. It won’t greater risk of being targeted not to the fundamental right to free- preme Court. oned in the cells where we were, happen again. I want my music, only for their reporting but also dom of expression. @SitaramYechury but none was tortured. During my presence, to be a permanent because of their gender, includ- tained or imprisoned on spuri- Reporting is not a crime. the night, though, we could hear resistance to whatever anti-dem- ing through the threat of sexual ous charges, without due pro- Together, let us stand up for people’s screams. They were ei- ocratic feature may come out of a violence. cess. This is outrageous. This journalists, for truth and for Disclaimer: (Views expressed ther political prisoners who the probable Bolsonaro government. This year alone, at least 88 should not become the new justice. by columnists are personal and military thought were linked to journalists have been killed. normal. need not necessarily reflect our armed resistance groups or poor (Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian compos- Many thousands more have When journalists are targeted, (António Guterres is the Secre- editorial stances) er, singer, writer and political activist.) tary-General of the United Nations.) youngsters who were caught been attacked, harassed, de- societies as a whole pay a price.

CBB shows green Alba, Fluorsid secure light to APM IPO TDT | Manama ever, made clear that the “no objection granted in relation he Central Bank of Bahrain to APM Terminals’ IPO does not long-term supply deal T(CBB) has given approval indicate a recommendation by to the Initial Public Offering the CBB nor an investment ad- TDT | Manama (IPO) of APM Terminals Bah- vice to subscribe in the shares rain. The IPO is for 18,000,000 of APM Terminals.” luminium Bahrain (Alba) existing shares, equivalent to The statement said that CBB said it has secured a 20 per cent of APM Terminals’ “has not in any way considered Along-term agreement issued share capital. the merits of APM Terminals’ with Fluorsid, a leading pro - “Approval was given to the equity securities being offered ducer of fluorochemicals based registration of the prospectus for investment.” in Italy, for the supply of smelt- in relation to the offering and CBB also warned that the er grade Aluminium Fluoride listing of the shares of APM contents of the prospectus (ALF3). Terminals,” a CBB statement should not be treated by an The agreement comes as part said. investor as an investment, tax, of Alba’s Line 6 Expansion Plan, In the statement, CBB, how- or legal advice. which will make it the world’s largest smelter with a total production of 1.5 million metric tonnes with the ramp-up of Line Britain raises growth forecast 6. Commenting on the agreement, Alba’s Chief Executive London, United Kingdom budget before Brexit. Address- Officer Tim Murray said: “We ritain’s economy will ing parliament, the chancellor are pleased to know that Fluor- From left, Fluorsid Managing Director, Lior Metzinger and Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray signing the deal Bgrow 1.6 per cent next of the exchequersaid British sid is establishing its regional year, when the country exits GDP growth would expand by warehouse in Bahrain and clos- Metzinger, Managing Director as well as the establishment of resent an important milestone the European Union, finance 1.6pc in 2019, up from an offi- er to Alba plant.” of Fluorsid said: “The signa - our logistic centre in Bahrain in the historical cooperation minister Philip Hammond said cial prediction of 1.3pc made Adding further, Lior ture of this agreement with Alba through Simplis Logistics rep- between Alba and Fluorsid.” as he delivered his last annual seven months ago.

Dr Mirza to patronize HRM Spanish hotel booking conference app ‘Byhours’ is here TDT | Manama TDT | Manama lectricity and Water Af- Efairs Minister Dr Abdul- yhours, an online hotel hussain Mirza will patron- Bbooking platform and ise the 7th Annual Human mobile-app, has officially Resources Management launched in Manama yester- (HRM) Conference, 2018, day, enabling users to select organised by Roshcom, on the desired check-in time to November 27 and 28 at the hotel rooms at any time during Diplomatic Radisson Blu the day. Hotel. The platform allows users The conference will fo- to book hotel rooms in sets Guillermo Gaspart cus on the development of of three, six, or twelve hour market powered by time flex- The minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Alzayani receiving in his office the Chairman of the human resources, the ap- timeslots in more than 3000 ibility for customers and hotel Board of Directors of Alayam Newspaper Najeeb Al Hamer, Editor in Chief Isa Alshayji and Alayam Board Member and plication of international hotels in 25 countries across owners. Editor-in-Chief of online newspaper Rashid Al Hamer. During the meeting, the Minister expressed Government’s support best practices specifically Europe, Latin America, and Byhours said it has already to media, praising the role played by Alayam to achieve Kingdom’s vision especially in the economic field. designed for the Middle the GCC region. secured partnerships with East markets. It will include This innovative start-up is more than 30 premium hotels three interactive work- the first to introduce the con- across the Kingdom of Bahrain shops on important strate- cept of micro-stays and a pay- and the GCC region gies in the field of human per-use finance scheme in the The company recently re- resources. international travel and hospi- leased a remastered version New Istanbul Airport opened, Senior human resources tality industry. of its mobile app, which is free experts and decision mak- Founded in 2012 by Guill- and available for download on ers from several countries ermo Gaspart and Christian iOS and Android, currently planned to be world’s largest as well as several major or- Rodriguez, the Company ap- enjoying a growing customer ganisations are expected to plies the concept of pay-per- base of 300,000 users world- Istanbul, Turkey attend. use payment to the hospitality wide.

urkish President Recep TTayyip Erdogan opened Istanbul’s new international airport, which his government says will eventually become the world’s largest, with great fan- fare yesterday. “I hope that Istanbul Airport will benefit our region and the world,” Erdogan said at the lav- ish opening ceremony featuring numerous world leaders. The inauguration is largely symbolic as the airport will not be fully open until the end of the year. Erdogan has championed the Air hostesses walk during the opening ceremony of Istanbul’s third airport 10.5 billion euro ($12 billion) project in his bid to make Istan- expected to handle up to 90 Atlanta. The first flight from the bul a global travel hub linking million passengers a year, rising as-yet unnamed airport will be Europe, Asia and Africa and to 200 million when all facili- to Ankara on Thursday. turn flag carrier Turkish Air- ties are completed in 2028. The inauguration for the new lines into an aviation giant. That would be nearly dou- facility, which will replace Is- Participants during the first district level PR workshop for Toastmasters members and non-members on 12 October However the airport will only ble the number of passengers tanbul’s ageing Ataturk Airport, in the Kingdom. The workshop was held in the presence of District 20 PR Manager Naseema Khan, during which Nada offer flights to five destinations moving through the world’s takes place on the 95th anniver- Qamber gave a live demonstration on how to design and follow essential branding guidelines. Ahmed Asif and Khalifa until an expanded opening on current busiest airport, Harts- sary of modern Turkey’s found- Ahmed talked about branding guidelines in English and Arabic, respectively. Toastmasters, District 20 comprises of December 29, from when it is field-Jackson in the US city of ing by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Bahrain and Kuwait TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 11

Top experts to speak at BAB banking forum Carmakers drive recovery Manama London, United Kingdom Key figures around 1330 GMT op experts from Bahrain New York - Dow:  1.0 pc at 24,927.83 points hares in the automakers TAssociation of Banks helped European and US London - FTSE 100:  1.9 pc at 7,073.91 (BAB) announced a high Sstocks push higher, with Frankfurt - DAX 30:  2.0 pc at 11,420.61 level line of speakers for investors also reacting yester- its Annual Banking Forum, Paris - CAC 40:  1.1 pc at 5,091.35 day to political developments in which this year focuses on eurozone big-hitters Germany Milan - FTSE MIB:  2.4 pc at 19,132.19 “FinTech: Opportunities and Italy. EURO STOXX 50:  1.3 pc at 3,175.77 & Challenges” in Bahrain’s Investors in London mean- banking industry. Tokyo - Nikkei 225:  0.2 pcat 21,149.80 (close) while eyed a key British budget Held under the patronage announcement heading into Hong Kong - Hang Seng:  0.4 pcat 24,812.04 (close) of the Central Bank of Bah- Brexit, while Asian stock mar- Shanghai - Composite:  2.2 pc at 2,542.10 (close) rain, the Forum will take kets fluctuated with traders Euro/dollar:  $1.1377 from $1.1400 at 2100 GMT Friday place on 31 October 2018 at remaining on edge after last the Gulf Hotel and expects week’s global equities rout. Pound/dollar:  at $1.2820 from $1.2800 to attract more than 500 “European equities are rally- Dollar/yen:  at 112.43 from 111.83 yen senior representatives from ing broadly in afternoon action, among BAB’s 52 members, with the auto sector leading the Traders work the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the regulators and executives of way following a report suggest- New York Stock Exchange ing a Bloomberg report that Shares in Asia-focused bank monetary funds from Bah- ing China will cut its tax on car China, the world’s biggest auto HSBC surged 5.3pc after the rain & internationally. purchases by 50pc, while Ital- market, may slash purchase tax London-headquartered lender The Forum will be kicked ian stocks are rallying amid re- she will not seek re-election of gela Merkel’s decision to step on many vehicles in a bid to posted bumper quarterly profits. off by BAB Chairman Adnan lief as Standard & Poor’s (S&P) her party’s chair and signaled down as the leader of the CDU juice sales. On Wall Street, the major indi- Ahmed Yousif and two on- held off on downgrading the that this may be her last term as grabbing the headlines ahead In Frankfurt, German giant ces moved higher at the opening stage keynote interviews nation’s credit rating, even as Chancellor,” they added. of Philip Hammond’s pre-Brex- Volkswagen jumped 5.5pc, while bell, with the Dow rising 1.0pc. with senior industry leaders it cut its outlook,” analysts at Merkel announced yesterday it budget,” said Joshua Maho- high-end carmaker BMW added But shares in IBM fell 3.3pc conducted by Nuha Al Ali, Charles Schwab wrote in a note she will step down as German ny, market analyst at IG trading 3.9pc and Mercedes-Benz maker after the firm announced the the prominent CNBC An- to clients. chancellor at the end of her group. London’s FTSE 100 index Daimler climbed 4.9pc. acquisition of cloud computing chor. The first will feature Milan’s FTSE Mib was up 2.4pc term, after voters again pun- was up 1.9pc ahead of the 1530 In Milan, Italy’s Fiat rose firm Red Hat for a staggering Rasheed Al Maraj, Gover- in afternoon trading. ished her fragile coalition in a GMT unveiling of the budget that 3.6pc, while in Paris, Peugeot $34 billion in cash. S&P Global nor of the Central Bank of “The markets are shrugging regional poll. could nevertheless be scuppered maker PSA climbed 4.2pc and Ratings cut the grade for IBM by Bahrain, and the second off flared-up political uncer- Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index was by Brexit next year. Renault added 3.4pc one notch, saying the transac- with Meliksah Utku, Gen- tainty in Germany after Chan- 2.0pc higher. “Today is a tale of Shares in car firms were In the US, Ford shares shot up tion would increase IBM’s debt eral Manager and CEO of cellor Angela Merkel announced the two chancellors, with An- among the top gainers follow- 5.8pc and GM rose 4.6pc. level. Albaraka Turk, which has made significant inroads in FinTech innovation. The agenda follows with four plenary sessions ad- China permits trade dressing pressing issues KFH updates Jazeel app for the industry covering: The Relationship Between TDT | Manama of rhino, tiger goods Banks and FinTechs, Fos- an apprenticeship programme tering a Better FinTech uwait Finance House – for jewellery design, which will Ecosystem, Addressing the KBahrain has launched a commence in December. Human Capital Gap and new update to its Jazeel appli- This initiative grants the top Legal & Regulatory Con- cation which will offer new and three winners of the programme siderations. unique features as community cash prizes and an opportunity banking services, KFH said in a to work fulltime at Devji Aurum statement. jewellery. The services provided On this occasion, Depu - Tourists at sea as through the Jazeel application ty Head of Retail Banking will be free of charge and in- at KFH-Bahrain, Subah Ab- floods sweep Venice clude the launch of the Bahraini Subah Al Zayani dul-Latif Al Zayani said, “Our Venice, Italy talent development programme digital strategy supports the ‘Bahrain Talent’ for the first with Devji Aurum jewellers and efforts exerted by the Kingdom ain-soaked tourists in The trade of rhinos, tigers, and their related products will be allowed (file) time in November. the National Institute for De- of Bahrain in developing and RVenice were barred In its first version, KFH-Bah- sign (NID) from India to select further energising the FinTech from an inundated St. Beijing, China rain will work in partnership 20 participants to take part in sector.” healing”. The newly sanc - Mark’s Square, as fierce tioned areas of trade will be winds and rains lash - hina yesterday announced highly regulated. ing much of the country Cit was authorising the Only doctors at hospitals drenched the floating city. trade of rhinoceros and tiger recognised by the State Ad- As local authorities said Britain to target online giants with new tax parts for scientific, medical ministration of Traditional the “acqua alta” (high wa- Reuters | London and cultural purposes, a move Chinese Medicine will be alter) peaked at 156 centi - paying tax here in respect of wildlife conservationists fear lowed to use powdered forms metres (61 inches) by early ritain said it would tax the that business,” finance minister could have “devastating con- of rhino horn and tiger bones. afternoon. Families carried Brevenues of online plat- Philip Hammond said in his sequences” globally. Tourism and cultural herit- children on their shoulders forms like Google, Facebook annual budget yesterday. The trade of rhinos, tigers, age authorities will also have through the surrounding and Amazon to create a fairer The tax will be designed to and their related products to sign off on any rhino and streets. While some tourists tax system that had not kept ensure established tech giants, will be allowed under “spe- tiger products that are used donned thigh-high wellies, pace with changing digital busi- rather than start-ups, shoulder cial” circumstances, the State for “temporary cultural ex- others had opted to take ness models. the burden, Hammond said. Council, or cabinet, said in a change”. Trade volume will be off their shoes and wade “It’s clearly not sustainable, Profitable companies would statement. “strictly controlled”, the State through the water. The wa- or fair, that digital platform be taxed 2 per cent on the mon- Those include scientific re- Council said, with any trade ters have only topped 150 businesses can generate sub- ey they make from UK users search, sales of cultural relics, outside of authorised use cases centimetres five times in stantial value in the UK without from April 2020. Philip Hammond and “medical research or in to remain banned. recorded history. AFS, Ahli United Bank in deal for merchant acquiring solutions TDT | Manama FinTech payment options in- Abdulla Al-Raeesi, Deputy rab Financial Services (AFS), cluding contactless cards, NFC, Group CEO-Retail Banking, AUB Aa payment solutions provid- QR and bwallet. said that the move is in line with er and FinTech enabler in the At the agreement signing cer- the national objective of increas- Middle East and Africa region, emony, AFS Chairman Sael Al ing the quantum of e-payments and Ahli United Bank (AUB) have Waary commented: “The launch & e-services by promoting cash- signed a strategic partnership of AFS’ merchant acquiring busi- less payment transactions. agreement whereby AFS will ness represents an important “This is an exciting journey provide innovative merchant milestone as we bring mar - that we are embarking on and acquiring solutions to AUB. ket-leading technology to the yet another step by AFS to sup- As part of this partnership, Bahrain market.” port the Kingdom’s vision of be- AFS will introduce world-class AFS will launch the latest An- coming a digital economy, added payment acceptance solutions to droid POS devices to the market, AFS Chief Executive Officer B the market. This will be enabled over the coming months. This is Chandrasekhar. through Android POS devices alongside the various support AFS is owned by 39 banks and that support international and and value-added services that financial institutions and regu- domestic payment schemes and AFS will provide AUB. AFS and Ahli United Bank officials during the signing ceremony lated by the CBB. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 12

Merkel to give up CDU chair after 18 years: source Saudi extends gain Berlin, Germany hancellor Angela Closing Bell CMerkel will not stand again as leader of her Zain Saudi jumps SAUDI p 0.6pc » 7,848 points. • centre-right CDU, a party after profit rises DUBAI q 0.4pc » 2,715 points. source said, a clear sign ABU DHABI q 0.5pc » 4,872 points. that the German leader is Saudi’s Al Khaleej preparing for her eventual QATAR p 0.5pc » 10,192 points. surges• on contract win succession after a series of KUWAIT q 0.02pc » 5,217 points. regional vote defeats. Abu Dhabi pares some BAHRAIN q 0.3pc » 1,315 points. National news agency DPA said she planned to remain • OMAN q 0.6pc » 4,429 points. losses after hitting 2-month low chancellor even as she gives EGYPT p 0.7pc » 13,074 points. up the top party job. Reuters “She will not stand again for the chairmanship of audi Arabia’s stock index closed Real estate company Rak Properties her party” when it meets higher yesterday, aided by strong Kuwaiti traders follow the stock market at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) in Kuwait City shed 3.4pc after posting a loss compared at a congress in Decem - Scorporate earnings, while Abu Dha- Oct. 11, Arqaam Capital said in a note rose 3.4pc after a 41.1pc surge in quarterly with a year-ago profit in its third quarter. ber to elect a new lead - bi recovered some of its losses after open- yesterday. The research note said recent profit after tax to 319m riyals ($85.05m). The Dubai index recorded a 0.4pc loss, er, said the source within ing at its lowest in two months. events were unlikely to derail an upgrade Al Khaleej Training and Education Co as real estate stocks Emaar Properties the Christian Democratic Stock exchange data on Sunday of the stock market by index providers recorded its biggest intra-day gain since lost 2.5pc and second-tier real estate Union. showed that foreigners sold a net 2.34 FTSE Russell and MSCI. 2011, closing 9.9pc higher after winning developer Deyaar fell 2.2pc. Merkel has chaired the billion riyals ($623.85 million) in the The Saudi stock exchange data also a 18 million riyals project. The Egyptian blue-chip bourse gained CDU for 18 years and has Saudi stock market for the week ending indicated that foreign selling had slowed Qatar’s blue-chip index was up 0.5pc, 0.7pc, led by a 2.1pc rise in tobacco firm until now insisted that the Oct. 25, but the bourse was supported from the previous week. The main index erasing earlier losses, buoyed by gains Eastern Co. presidency of the party by local institutions, which bought 8.06 rose 0.6pc, supported by gains in real across bank stocks. Raya Holding for Financial Invest- went hand in hand with the billion riyals worth of shares. estate and petrochemical shares. Mo- The Abu Dhabi index fell 0.5pc, after ment, which is not part of the index, chancellorship post. Foreign ownership is now down to bile telecommunication firm Zain Saudi touching a two-month low earlier in the surged 9.9pc after Egyptian regulator In power as chancellor for 1.65 per cent, after stripping out strate- jumped 6.9pc after reporting a rise in its session. A 1.4pc drop in First Abu Dhabi mandated its Chairman and related 13 years, Merkel has become gic shareholders, from 1.94pc the week quarterly profit. Bank and a 9.9pc slide in National Corp group to make a buyout offer for the greatly weakened since last before and 2.17pc in the week ending Saudi Industrial Investment Group for Tourism and Hotels led the decline. company. year’s general election. Japan, India sign Oil prices fall as concern World’s largest World’s largest amphibious aircraft deepens over outlook China’s new AG600 can make round trips without refuelling from the amphibiousisland province of Hainan to James Shoal aircraft (Zengmu Ansha), claimed by new projects Reuters | London economic growth from esca- Beijing as the southernmost point of its territory lating trade tensions, as well AVIC AG600: Search and rescue, Engines: Four Dongan Crew: 3 il prices dropped yester- as a stronger dollar. transport, anti-submarine missions WJ-6 turboprops Length: 36.9m Oday as concern over the Fund managers have cut Max speed: 500km/h global economy put crude on their bullish positions in crude Range: 4,500km track for its biggest monthly futures and options for four fall since mid-2016. weeks in a row to their lowest Firefighting: Can scoop Brent crude oil futures had since July 2017 up 12 tonnes of water fallen 58 cents to $77.04 a bar- Data from the InterConti- within 20 seconds Nine-Dash Line: Territory claimed by China rel by 1423 GMT. U.S. crude nental Exchange and the U.S. futures were down 63 cents at Commodity Futures Trading CHINA TAIWAN $66.96 a barrel. Commission shows combined SOUTH CHINA SEA PACIFIC Even with U.S. sanctions on bullish holdings of Brent and LAOS OCEAN Iranian exports due to come U.S. crude futures and options HAINAN Modi (L) and J Shinzo Abe hold signed documents into force in under a week, have fallen by a third in four Sanya Air Base oil has lost nearly 7 percent in weeks, to around 572 million terpart Shinzo Abe, senior value this month, the largest barrels. THAILAND Paracel Islands PHILIPPINES Tokyo, Japan ministers, and local business percentage decline since July This position was equivalent leaders. “Strong relations be- 2016. Industrial commodi- to nearly 1.2 billion barrels in CAMBODIA apan and India agreed yes- tween Japan and India are the ties such as January. Spratly Islands Jterday to upgrade diplo- foundation that will sustain crude and On the supply matic and military ties, with the region,” Abe said in a joint copper have side, Iran has VIETNAM Tokyo also offering low-inter- press statement with Modi af- been rattled started selling est loans as the two countries ter talks in Tokyo. by hefty loss- crude to private James seek closer ties to balance Chi- He said the two sides would es in global companies via Shoal na’s weight in the region. launch a new ministerial-level equities due $77.04 a domestic ex- MALAYSIA (Zengmu was the price of Brent Ansha) The plans were announced security dialogue and strength- to concern crude oil futures by 1432 change for the as India’s Prime Minister en exchanges between army over corpo- GMT first time, the MALAYSIA Narendra Modi rounded out and naval forces, and he of - rate earnings, Oil Ministry’s 400km BRUNEI a three-day trip to Tokyo for fered low-interest loans worth and fears over news website 250 miles INDONESIA talks with his Japanese coun- 316.4 billion yen ($2.8 billion). the impact to reported. Sources: The Aviationist, Flight Global, The Diplomat © GRAPHIC NEWS Graphic News the South China Sea, where China, Vietnam, Malaysia, hina’s new AG600 can the Philippines, Taiwan and Cmake round trips without Brunei all have overlapping Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidential vote refuelling from the island prov- claims. About the same size Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ince of Hainan to James Shoal as an Airbus A320, the AG600 ed the streets in front of his (Zengmu Ansha), claimed by has roles as search and rescue, home in the neighborhood of Beijing as the southernmost transport, firefighting and anar-right former army captain Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Ja - point of its territory. ti-submarine warfare. FJair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s neiro, waving Brazilian flags The world’s largest flying Powered by four Dongan presidential election Sunday, and lighting up the sky with boat, the AVIC AG600, has been WJ-6 turboprops, and with a according to official results that fireworks. described by China’s Xinhua range of 4,500km, the AG600 gave him 55.7 percent of the vote “All these people here are out- KNOW WHAT news agency as the “protector has received 17 orders so far with more than 88 percent of raged, upset about corruption spirit of the sea, islands and from Chinese government de- the ballots counted. and crime, and we are with Bol- reefs” — a direct reference to partments and companies. His victory over leftist candi- sonaro. The people have spoken. date Fernando Haddad marks For the first time I feel repre- Brazil is the world’s a lunge to the right for Latin sented,” said Andre Luiz Lobo, fifth largest coun- America’s largest country, af- 38, a businessman who -- not HSBC Q3 profit surges to $5.9 bn ter a divisive campaign marked incidentally, given accusations try by both popula- by widespread outrage at the of racism against his candidate tion (approximate- London, United Kingdom revenue growth that was part- political class -- but also fears -- is black. ly 210 million) and ly offset by a rise in operating over Bolsonaro’s denigrating Bolsonaro, 63, a long-time geographical area anking giant HSBC yester- expenses, the bank said. remarks about women, gays and congressman, will take office (3,287,597 square Bday said its pre-tax profit The underlying figure beat blacks. on January 1. miles). jumped 28 per cent to $5.92 analysts’ consensus estimate Haddad, a former mayor of The election came on the Jair Bolsonaro billion in the third quarter on of $5.73 billion, according to Sao Paulo, took 44.3 percent of heels of Brazil’s worst-ever re- “strong revenue growth”. Bloomberg News. Adjusted the vote, according to the results cession, a staggering multi-bil- Haddad was standing as a Brazil through the boom years Adjusted pre-tax profit for revenue climbed almost nine released by the Supreme Elec- lion-dollar corruption scandal surrogate for popular -- but im- of 2003 to 2010, before both the the London-headquartered percent to $13.84 billion in Ju- toral Tribunal. and a year of record-setting vi- prisoned -- ex-president Luiz country and his left-wing politi- lender climbed 16pc year-only-September compared with Bolsonaro supporters flood- olent crime. Inacio Lula da Silva, who led cal project went bust. year to $6.2 billion, reflecting the third quarter of 2017. 13 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018

HUNTER KILLER JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 3.00 + 7.15 + 11.30 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) NEW SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM + 11.45 PM GERARD BUTLER, COMMON A STAR IS BORN Brad Pitt won’t JUFFAIR DAILY AT (ATMOS): 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 VENOM (15+) (DRAMA/ROMANTIC/MUSICAL) + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) LADY GAGA, SAM ELLIOTT DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + TOM HARDY, RIZ AHMED 11.00 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) THE KING OF THIEVES date another DAILY AT (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + (PG-15) (CRIME/DRAMA) NEW + 9.30 PM +12.00 MN, DAILY AT VIP (I): 11.00 AM + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM, WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + MICHAEL CAINE, MICHAEL GAMBON DAILY AT VIP (II): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 8.30 + 11.00 PM + 11.30 PM JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 12.30 + 1.45 + 3.00 + celebrity (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) BOARDING SCHOOL 4.15 + 5.30 + 6.45 + 8.00 + 9.15 + 10.30 + 11.45 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO (18+) (THRILLER/CRIME) NEW IANS | Los Angeles Quentin Tarantino’s “Once SAAR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + 5.15 + LUKE PRAEL, STERLING JERINS 8.30 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) Upon a Time in Hollywood”, 7.15 + 9.15 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + ctor Brad Pitt is not likely to has been “hanging out” with a CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM + (12.45 MN THURS/ date another celebrity again few women over the past few FRI) HALLOWEEN HOT DOG in the near future, says his months. (18+) (ACTION/COMEDY) NEW A (18+) (THRILLER/HORROR) NEW close associate. But he is working to keep SMALL FOOT TIL SCHWEIGER, ANNE SCHAFER Pitt’s marriages to Jennifer Anis- things private after having JAMIE LEE CURTIS, NICK CASTLE (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) ton and Angelina Jolie have ended had so many very public CHANNING TATUM, JAMES CORDEN SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM in divorce. relationships over the + 11.45 PM JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + He has started dating again, but years, with women CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM ANA AND BRUNO wants to keep his love life low-key, as Gwyneth Pal- 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM THURS/ FRI) (PG-13)ANIMAITON/DRAMA) NEW reports pagesix.com. trow, Juliette NIGHT SCHOOL DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 +4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 DAMIAN ALCAZAR, SCHWEIGHOFER “I can’t see Brad dating someone Lewis and SEEF (I) (PG-15) (COMEDY) + 11.30 PM KEVIN HART, TIFFANY HADDISH SEEF (II )DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 2.30 + 6.30 + 10.30 super famous again, I can definite- Aniston, to SEEF (II) DAILY AT: (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) ly see him dating someone with a whom he was CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + VENOM SAAR DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM lower profile,” said someone who married from 8.45 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) has worked closely with the actor. 2000 to 2005. WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN TOM HARDY, MICHELLE WILLIAMS + 9.00 + 11.15 PM According to other sources, Pitt, The spotlight can (PG-13) (ADVENTURE/COMEDY/FANTASY) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + who is currently filming director be a “challenge” for people HELL FEST CHRIS PARNELL WENDI MCLEN 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN who aren’t used to it, said the (18+) (HORROR) NEW CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN source who has worked with Pitt. 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM “There’s all this gossip and sud- AMY FORSYTH, REIGN EDWARDS (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) denly this person becomes a public JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + SMALL FOOT ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN I can’t see Brad character.” (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 5.45 + dating someone CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM According to a friend, Pitt is “fo- 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM +(12.30 MN THURS/FRI) CHANNING TATUM, ZENDAYA cused on his children, his work and super famous again, SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + BADHAAI HO wanting to have some sense of nor- Brad Pitt I can definitely see 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM (PG-15) (HINDI/COMEDY/DRAMA/ROMANTIC) malcy. He’s dating casually but, him dating someone SAAR DAILY AT: 11.00 + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 4.30 + 8.30 PM SANYA MALHOTRA with a lower profile for the foreseeable future, 9.00 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) everything is about the WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + BADHAAI HO SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + kids.” 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM (PG-15) (HINDI/COMEDY/DRAMA/ROMANTIC) 9.15 + 11.45 PM SANYA MALHOTRA, AYUSHMANN 5 WEDDINGS DEAD TRIGGER (PG-15) (HINDI/ROMANTIC/ COMEDY) NEW CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + (15+) (ACTION/HORROR) 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM RAJKUMMAR RAO, BO DEREK DOLPH LUNDGREN, AUTUMN REESER JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM FIRST MAN SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + Dwayne Johnson reflects on fatherhood 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 (PG-13) (DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN RYAN GOSLING, CLAIRE FOY IANS | Los Angeles son powered through, remembering the KAYAKULAM KOCHUNNI SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15 + 3.15 + 5.15 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 4.15 + 9.00 PM (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) sweet side of Jasmine’s antics. 7.15 + 9.15 + 11.15 PM NIVIN PAULY, MOHANLAL, PRIYA ANAND ctor Dwayne Johnson says he doesn’t “Tired as all hell, but thought there’s go- SAAR DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.00 + (10.45 PM THURS/FRI) EL BADLAH Amind his daughter Jasmine waking him ing to come a time, years from now, when WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM up to play after he has had an exhausting jumping in my arms is the last thing 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI day at work. she wants to do and ain’t going to be AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 3.00 & 9.00 PM The actor took to Instagram to reflect cool anymore,” he reflected. BAAZAAR CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM (15+) (HINDI/THRILLER/DRAMA) NEW JARUGANDI on the ups and downs of fatherhood on “So I’ll always take these mo- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT Saturday, reports accessonline.com. ments while I can,” added the SAIF ALI KHAN, RADHIKA APTE (PG-15) (TAMIL) NEW (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) JAI, REBA MONICA JOHN “Working late and had only three hours father of three. JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + TOM CRUISE, HENRY CAVILL, VING RHAMES sleep when this tornado busts in our bed- He also shared a photograph 11.30 PM AL HAMRA FROM FRIDAY 26TH: 12.00 NOON room, jumps on me and pleads with of the father-daughter CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM MANDHARAM me to get up and take her to my moment. Johnson + 11.45 PM (PG-13) (MALAYALAM) NEW closet (she keeps toys in my closet) can be seen cradling SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + THE EQUALIZER- 2 11.15 PM ASIF ALI, ANARKALI MARIKAR to play,” he wrote. Jasmine, two, in his (15+) (ACTION/CRIME/THRILLER) SAAR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 3.15 + 8.00 PM “We get there and then -- sur- arms as she pursed DENZEL WASHINGTON, PEDRO PASCAL AL HAMRA DAILY AT: 6.00 PM WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.30 + 5.15 + prise -- she refuses to play and just her lips. 8.00 + 10.45 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + CHALAKKUDIKKARAN CHANGATHI wants me to hold her while she 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW makes fart noises.” FIRST LOVE Dwayne (FILIPINO/ROMANTIC/DRAMA) NEW THE MEG RAJAMANI, DHARMAJAN, HONEY ROSE Despite his exhaustion, John- Johnson AGA MUHLACH, BEA ALONZO (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) AL HAMRA DAILY AT: (12.00 MN THURS/FRI) JASON STATHAM, RUBY ROSE, BINGBING LI

Working on ‘Homecoming’ was CHANGE OF NAME challenging: Julia Roberts I, NAGATH BIJU Father I, SUDEESH KUMAR AMMU I, MOHAMMED HAROON I, ANWAR MOIDEEN of VISHNU NAGATH BIJU JALAYAM, S/O MADHAVAN JUNAID, S/O MOHAMMED KAMMALI KANAKATH, IANS | Los Angeles an” Roberts is entering the HARIDAS, holding Indian CHERUKUTTY, holding Indian SHAHBUDDIN JUNAID, S/O MOIDEEN, holding world of the small screen with Passport No. M4525871, issued at Passport No. J4382480, dated holding Indian Passport No. Indian Passport No. J4378417 13.03.2011 issued at BAHRAIN, L3417582 dated 20/02/2014 dated 19/01/2011 issued at ctress Julia Roberts says Amazon Prime Original series BAHRAIN on 17.02.2015 having having permanent residence issued at BAHRAIN having BAHRAIN having permanent working on the thriller “Homecoming”, adapted from permanent resident of (full postal A at (full address in India) permanent residence at (full residence at (full address “Homecoming” was a chal- a podcast with the same name. address in India to be given) KACHERI KANDIYIL HOUSE, SUBIKSHA (THADATHIL) address in India) PLOT NO. 9, in India) KAMMALI lenge, and feels the show can “I was really taken with the KIZHUR PO., MELADI (VIA), SERENE ENCLAVE JANA KANAKATH, KALADI POST, be renamed “No Easy Days”. podcast,” said Roberts in a P.O CHORODE, BADAGARA, KOZHIKODE DIST, KERALA KOZHIKODE DISTRICT, CHAITANYA COLONY, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, Hollywood’s “Pretty Wom- statement to IANS. – 673106 and presently residing KERALA – 673522. Presently PHASE 2, RAJENDRANAGAR, KERALA-679582, presently at (full postal address in Bahrain) residing at (full address in K V RANGAREDDY, residing at FLAT 1, BULDING FLAT NO. 1, BUILDING 585, Bahrain) FLAT 22, BUILDING TELANGANA-500048, presently 1608, ROAD 2118, BLOCK 321 ROAD 5619, BLOCK 356, 415, ROAD 908, BLOCK 109, residing at Flat 1, Building 235, MANAMA, BAHRAIN will TENDER NOTICE SALHIYA, BAHRAIN do HIDD will henceforth be known Block 335, Um Al Hassam, henceforth be known as (Given hereby change my son name as as (Given name) SUDEESH Bahrain will henceforth be known name) ANWAR (Surname) The Embassy of India, Bahrain invites bids/quotations for (given name) VISHNU NAGATH KUMAR (Surname) AMMU as (Given name) MOHAMMED MOIDEEN KAMMALI Cleaning Services at its Chancery cum residential complex. (surname) BIJU HARIDAS JALAYAM Objection(s) if any, HAROON (surname) JUNAID. KANAKATH. Objection(s) For details please check the Tenders page of the Embassy’s Objection(s) if any, may be may be forwarded to Embassy of Objection(s) if any may be if any may be forwarded to India, P.O Box 26106, Bldg 1090, forwarded to Embassy of India, Embassy of India, P.O Box 26106, website at http://eoi.gov.in/bahrain or send forwarded to Embassy of India, P.O Box 26106, Al Seef, Kingdom Road 2819, Block 428, Al Seef, P.O Box 26106, Al Seef, Kingdom Al Seef, Kingdom of Bahrain. email to [email protected] of Bahrain. Kingdom of Bahrain. of Bahrain. 14 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 sports

Bahrain begin Shine Tennis Championship Shaikha Fatima excels on negative note in Indoor Skydiving

TDT | Manama

haikha Fatima bint Ahmed Al Khalifa scored the first Splace at the Gulf level and the 10th in the world in the third Fédération Aéronautique In- ternationale (FAI) World Cup of Indoor Skydiving, hosted in Bahrain. Shaikha Fatima confirmed that her first place victory reflects the vision of His Majesty Ellie Aldrich in action during her match King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to develop the youth and sport TDT | Manama beating him 6-0, 6-0 too. strategies, expressing her grat- Furthermore, Elliot Arnarp itude for the leadership contin- ahrain’s national tennis of Switzerland defeated Bah- ued support and for the great Bteam players had a day to rain’s Ali Al Sharif 6-0, 6-0, interest they attach to sport and forget yesterday after losing and Maya Bseisu faced the athletes. all their respective matches in same fate against her Esto - Nayef Al Somaim won the sec- the 1st Shine Bahrain Super Se- nian opponent Aurelia Riga, ond position and Ebrahim Al ries ITF Junior Championship, losing 6-0, 6-0. It was Bahrain Awadhi won the third position being held in Bahrain Tennis versus Egypt in the last three in the category. Shaikha Fatima Al Khalifa (C) who won the first position in the GCC Cup of Indoor Skydiving for Freestyle, stands on the Federation (BDF) premises in matches of the days, but the Indoor Skydiving World Cup, podium along with Nayef Al Somaim (L) who won the second position and Ebrahim Al Awadhi who won the third Isa Town. Kingdom’s players lost all of that witnessed a tough compe- Bahrain’s ten players com- them. tition between 300 competitors won the third position the second position and the Ital- ble success in hosting the World peting all the events were Karim Ibrahim of Egypt from 25 countries concluded Air Devils team became the ian team came third. Cup. He highlighted the success trashed in straight sets, with stunned his Bahraini counter- yesterday evening at Gravity first in the FS Junior, followed USA team became the top win- of the competition represents Yousif Dhaif producing the part Mohammed Al Khan 6-2, Indoor Skydiving. by the French team in the sec- ner of the Solo Freestyle Junior the capability of the Kingdom best performance among his 6-1. Hassan Al Qattan lost to In the Dynamic 2 Way Open ond position and the Czech followed by the Singaporean to host world cups and inter- teammates on the day after Omar Morsy 6-0, 6-1 and Mar- category, the Singaporean team team in the third position. In team in the second position and national championships and it losing 6-4, 6-3 to Taras Pa - yam Isa lost to Lama Nabil 6-1, won the first position, French the FS Female category, the UK the Polish team in the third po- is considered as a motivation to kharenko of Ukraine. 6-1. In other matches, UK’s El- team 1 won the second position team topped other teams and sition. continue efforts to attract more Meanwhile, Ridah Nay- lie Aldrich defeated Egyptian and the French team 2 won the the French team and Swedish Chairman of the Supreme competitions to reinforce the eemullaj lost to Hanna smith Roula Elmalah 6-2, 6-1. third position. team for winning the second Committee of the 3rd FAI World leading position of Bahrain in of UK 6-0, 6-0, and Saudi’s Moreover, her teammate USA team topped the VFS and third position respectively. Cup of Indoor Skydiving, Shai- the sports sectors. Saud Al Haqbani had any easy Amy Leather has withdrawn Open category, while the Rus- In the FS Open category, the kh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Shaikh Mohammed distribut- ride against his Bahraini oppo- against Russian Anastasiia sian team scored the second French team topped the other Khalifa expressed his pride and ed the prizes among the winners nent Mohammed Al Shehabi, Kovalevskaia. position and the Italian team teams and the Belgian team won gratitude for Bahrain’s remarka- in all categories.

Ayyad only Bahraini athlete at Brave 18 Mehmosh sets record for fastest finish

TDT | Manama a part of the Bahrain National TDT | Manama Amateur MMA Team. ahrain’s IMMAF medalist Brave 18 takes place during ehmosh Raza made his BHussian Ayyad will return the Brave International Com- Mpromotional debut at to Brave Combat Federation bat Week 2018 which marks Brave Combat Federation dur- to compete his third bout on the largest combat sports event ing Brave 17 hosted in Pakistan. 16th November. Ayyad is the held in Asia. The bout is critical The featherweight from Paki- only professional fighter from for the Bahraini prospect as stan faced Arben Escayo from Bahrain to be competing in the flyweight division is con- Philippines in the undercard. Brave 18. stantly expanding with Brave Training at Dragon Gym in The IMMAF Medalist from Hussian Ayyad CF introducing the inaugural Shanghai, Raza had a profes- Bahrain is the second profes- championship for the division sional record of 8 wins and 2 Mehmosh Raza sional fighter to fight out of Ayyad has his preparations during Brave 18. losses as he entered the fight. Bahrain after Hamza Kooheji. underway at the KHK MMA The division features prom- Raza didn’t hold back as soon as with Escayo tapping out to the was crowned the champion at He will be competing after his Gym in Bahrain under the Head inent athletes and veterans the bell rang in the first round. submission. The win marked Brave 16 hosted in Abu Dhabi. first loss in the promotion at Coach and lightweight fighter, including Sean Santella, Veli- The featherweight from Pa- the 5th in a row for the feath- The division is home to some the hands of Cris Corton from Eldar Eldarov. Ayyad is one of murad Alkhasov, Marcel Adur, kistan charged against Escayo erweight from Pakistan. Raza of the best submission special- Team Lakay. In his return he the earliest members of KHK Bruno Malfacine and so on. A to engage and took the opening will be joining the expanding ists and wrestlers in the pro- will face Mohamed Abo Ali MMA Fight Team and had had win is critical for the Bahraini to lock a guillotine choke on his featherweight division of the motion including Gabriel Fly, from Egypt in the flyweight won medals after representing flyweight to bounce back in his opponent. Brave CF which is currently Marat Magomedov and Elias division. Bahrain around the world as professional career. In 23 seconds the bout ended reigned by Bubba Jenkins who Boudegzdame. Cricket Australia criticised in culture review AFP | Melbourne prevent individuals being identified, the wake of the controversy and also included complaints from those then-captain Steve Smith, deputy scathing review has blamed Aus- involved in the sport that there was a David Warner and batsman Cameron Atralian cricket’s ball-tampering bullying culture in elite men’s cricket. Bancroft received lengthy bans. scandal on an “arrogant” and “con- “Responsibility for that larger pic- The scandal also claimed the scalps trolling” culture overseen by the ture lies with CA and not just the of CA chief executive James Suther- game’s national governing body that players held directly responsible for land and team performance boss Pat led to players cheating in pursuit of the appalling incident at Newlands,” Howard. victory. said the review, which was released “The broad consensus amongst The independent review by the yesterday. stakeholders is that CA does not con- Sydney-based Ethics Centre accused The scandal involved Australi - sistently ‘live’ its values and princi- Cricket Australia (CA) of only paying an players using sandpaper to alter ples,” the review said. at Seef District too lip service to spirit of the game, leav- the flight of the ball in a Test match “CA is perceived to say one thing ing players without moral guidance. against South Africa last March at and do another. The most common Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 The review, which CA commis- Cape Town’s Newlands Stadium. description of CA is as ‘arrogant’ and sioned and was partially redacted to Coach Darren Lehmann quit in ‘controlling’.” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 15 Rampant Suarez proud of thrashing Lopetegui set for sack Real without Messi as Real target Conte

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ulen Lopetegui’s brief and inglorious reign as Real JMadrid coach could come to an end yesterday with the defending European champions tipped to appoint Antonio Conte as his replacement. Madrid were thrashed 5-1 by great rivals Barcelona on Sun- day as Luis Suarez scored a hat- trick, surely sealing Lopetegui’s fate. Real Madrid’s Casemiro (C) and Sergio Ramos (R) in action against FC According to Spanish media, Barcelona’s Luis Suarez (L) during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real directors are set to meet FC Barcelona and Real Madrid later, when Lopetegui’s sacking could be confirmed. Reuters | Barcelona champions. He was named coach only “Madrid went out to win the 139 days ago, with his decision arcelona’s hat-trick hero game in the second half and to accept the post costing him BLuis Suarez said they de- they had chances but we did the chance to lead Spain at the serve extra credit for humili- a great job, we all ran a lot and World Cup. ating Real Madrid 5-1 in Sun- they left space, and we took ad- But Madrid’s dreadful recent day’s ‘Clasico’ as they did it vantage on the counter-attack run showed no sign of abating Arturo Vidal of Barcelona scores his sides fifth goal past Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid during the La Liga match without the help of talisman and killed the game off,” add- at the Camp Nou. They have between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid Lionel Messi, who missed the ed Suarez, who rounded off a now managed one win in their game with a broken arm. memorable week in which he last seven matches, sit ninth in hand. The finger of blame is not only three-man defence was hailed “It’s better for Messi to play also became a father for the La Liga and earlier this month Zinedine Zidane and Lo - being pointed at Lopetegui, with as a brilliant, and decisive, stra- as he is the best in the world third time. went more than eight hours petegui have both been keen Perez also being criticised for tegic move. and he gives you a boost but “Nights like these are unfor- without a goal. to afford freedom to the play- his failure to sign a replacement But they finished fifth in his we should be very proud as a gettable. After a special week Sports daily AS called the de- ers while Conte is seen as a for Cristiano Ronaldo after the second year, when the Italian team, as we showed that we for becoming a father again feat a “lethal rout” on its front demanding coach, meticulous Portuguese superstar departed grew increasingly agitated and are a great team without Mes- these three goals taste even page yesterday, and it is a far in his tactical preparation and for Juventus. fractious. He criticised the si and we have a great coach better,” he added after the Liga cry from Sergio Ramos hoisting unrelenting when it comes to “It is not just Julen’s fault”, club’s transfer policy and fell (Ernesto Valverde),” Suarez leaders opened a seven-point a third consecutive Champions defensive organisation. read the headline on the front out with Diego Costa, who was said. gap on their arch-rivals. League trophy in May. “I’ve always had a good re- page of Marca, Spain’s biggest eventually sold to Atletico Ma- The Uruguayan doubled Sunday’s thumping win over After Sunday’s game, Ramos lationship with all the coach- selling daily. drid. Barca’s lead from the penalty Real followed a convincing 2-0 pointedly stated that manag- es,” Ramos said. “Respect is Conte would be taking over a spot after Philippe Coutinho’s victory over Inter Milan in ing the dressing room at Real earned, it isn’t imposed. Those Fractious Madrid team that is now seven early opener and then made it the Champions League group is more important than techni- are the coaches with whom Conte is available after be- points behind Barcelona, who 3-1 in the second half, extin- stage, in which Barca were also cal knowledge. Some now be- we’ve won titles. Managing the ing sacked by Chelsea in July. returned to the top of the table guishing any hope of a Real re- without captain Messi, who lieve, perhaps club president dressing room is more impor- He had led them to the Pre- after their emphatic win. Ramos vival after Marcelo had pulled broke his arm against Sevilla Florentino Perez included, tant than the knowledge of a mier League title in 2017 in his insisted, though, the title is not a goal back for the European last Saturday. that the team needs a firmer coach.” first season, when a switch to a lost yet.

Mourinho believes penny has ‘I was no longer indispensable’ at finally dropped for Martial Real Madrid, says Ronaldo AFP | Paris what made w a k e the Ballon d’Or this year, and me think Cristiano of that in doing so would pass Lionel ristiano Ronaldo has said about leav- Ronaldo game, Messi by taking the award for a Che decided to leave Real ing.” some- sixth time. Madrid for Juventus after The thing The winner of the prize, sensing that the Spanish club’s 33-year-old which awarded by France Football, president, Florentino Perez, no Portuguese Ronal- will be announced in early De- longer saw him as being “indis- superstar joined do admits cember. pensable”. Juventus in a 100 mil- confirmed to But while Ronaldo continues “I felt within the club, espe- lion-euro ($115 million) him that it might be to enjoy great success on the cially from the president, that deal in July, ending a time to move on. field, scoring twice for Juven- I was no longer considered in glorious nine-year asso- “My decision to tus at the weekend, he remains the same way as I was at the ciation with Real. leave was not based embroiled in off-pitch problems Manchester United’s French striker Anthony Martial (C) is tripped in the area beginning,” Ronaldo said in an His last act with the on him going. That after being accused of rape in by Everton’s Senegalese midfielder Idrissa Gueye (R) conceding a penalty interview with France Football Spanish club was to said, it was one of the the United States. magazine. participate in them little details that con- A former American model Reuters | Manchester, England “He has the same natural “For the first four or five winning the Champi- firmed to me what I Kathryn Mayorga, 34, of Las talents he had one or two years, I felt like Cristiano Ron- ons League for a third had been thinking Vegas, accused Ronaldo in a 32- anchester United man- years ago but he is improving aldo. Less so after. consecutive season by about the situation page complaint filed last month Mager Jose Mourinho said the way he thinks of football “The president looked at me beating Liverpool in at the club,” Ronaldo with a district court in Nevada, his French winger Anthony and improving his role in the in a way that suggested I was the final in May. said. of raping her in June 2009, just Martial is finally understand- team. I am happy with boys no longer indispensable, if you But Zinedine Zidane He added that he before he joined Madrid from ing exactly what is required who are improving,” said know what I mean. That is departed as coach in the would “deserve” to win Manchester United. from him after he delivered Mourinho. an outstanding performance in “He took quite a long time Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League to understand what we want, win over Everton. quite a long time for his brain Martial had a hand in Paul and body to be ready for how Players to blame for Real “disaster”: Casemiro Pogba’s opening goal, scored we want him to play. a superb second with a low “At the moment, he is play- Reuters | Barcelona “We aren’t playing well and about tactics or attitude, it’s October,” said Lopetegui, who curler into the bottom corner ing very well. Even if he hadn’t we can’t blame the coach, as the everything. The players have to was fired as Spain coach on the and was a threat throughout scored, to create what he is eal Madrid’s players should players are the ones who have to run more and fight more.” eve of the World Cup for nego- with his speed and directness creating, it is a solid perfor- Rtake the bulk of responsibil- perform on the pitch,” the Bra- Lopetegui cut a downbeat fig- tiating his move to Real behind on the left flank. mance for the team.” ity for the team’s “disaster” of zilian told reporters following a ure after the game while say- the federation’s back. But what pleased his man- Martial dug in to help out a season, not under-fire coach third consecutive league defeat ing he still believed he and his “Everything can be reversed ager the most was that Martial defensively in the final stages, Julen Lopetegui, midfielder Ca- for Real which looks set to see players could turn their terrible in the time we have left in the now appears to have taken on dropping deeper to assist left semiro said after the European Lopetegui sacked. season around. season and because of the con- board the instructions that he back Luke Shaw, but Mourin- champions hit a new low with “This result is a reflection “I feel sad and so do the play- fidence I have in the team. The should adjust his positioning ho said his improvement was Sunday’s humiliating 5-1 loss at of our entire season, which ers, it’s a very tough blow but team still has life for the rest of off the ball in order to help out about more than just tracking Barcelona. has been a disaster. It’s not I still feel strong, we’re only in the season.” his defence. back. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 16 Sharma ton helps India win AFP | Mumbai, India to lead the five-match series 2-1. mauling of Hong Kong the next Paceman Khaleel Ahmed and year. pening batsman Rohit left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep The day belonged to Sharma Sharma slammed a dom- Yadav took three wickets each. who took apart the West Indies Oinant 162 to set up India’s Skipper Jason Holder hit an bowling, hitting 20 fours and 4 crushing 224-run victory over unbeaten 54 for West Indies af- sixes during his 137-ball stay at West Indies in the fourth one- ter they were reduced to 101-8 the crease. day international yesterday. and staring at the prospect of Sharma - the only ODI bats- Sharma’s 211-run third wicket suffering their biggest ever ODI man to hit three double centu- stand with Ambati Rayudu, who loss. They lost to South Africa by ries - took control after the hosts made 100, powered India to 377- 257 runs in 2015. lost their in-form captain Virat 5 after electing to bat first at It was India’s third-biggest Kohli for 16. Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium. victory margin after their 257- Sharma put on 71 runs with The hosts then bowled out the run triumph over Bermuda in opening partner Shikhar Dha- West Indies for 153 in 36.2 overs 2007 followed by the 256-run wan, who was the first to go off pace bowler Keemo Paul for 38. Kohli, who came into the game India at the back of three successive R. Sharma c Hemraj b Nurse 162 centuries, was caught behind off S. Dhawan c K. Powell b Paul 38 paceman Kemar Roach. He has V. Kohli c Hope b Roach 16 accumulated 420 runs in his four A. Rayudu run out (Allen) 100 innings of the series so far. M.S. Dhoni c Hemraj b Roach 23 Sharma, who made an unbeat- K. Jadhav not out 16 en 152 in India’s opening win, R. Jadeja not out 7 got to his 21st century in just 98 Extras (b6, lb1, w7, nb1) 15 deliveries and went on to regis- Total (5 wickets, 50 overs) 377 ter his seventh 150 plus score in Bowling: Roach 10-0-74-2, Holder 9-0-62-0 (w3), Nurse 8-0-57-1 (w2), Paul 10-0-88-1 192 ODIs. (w2), R. Powell 4-0-23-0, Allen 8-0-52-0, Samuels 1-0-14-0 Off-spinner Ashley Nurse fi- West Indies (target 378) nally got Sharma’s wicket as the C. Hemraj c Rayudu b Kumar 14 batsman sliced the ball to short K. Powell run out (Kohli) 4 third-man and Chandrapaul S. Hope run out (Yadav) 0 Hemraj took an excellent catch. M. Samuels c Rohit b Ahmed 18 Rayudu kept up the pace at S. Hetmyer lbw b Ahmed 13 one end to get to his third ODI R. Powell b Ahmed 1 century but was run out soon J. Holder not out 54 after reaching the three-figure F. Allen c Sharma b Yadav 10 mark. A. Nurse c Sharma b Yadav 8 In reply, West Indies lost three K. Paul st Dhoni b Jadeja 19 of their top batsmen for just 20 K. Roach b Yadav 6 runs including two run outs that Extras (lb4, w2) 6 spelt disaster for the tourists’ Total (all out, 36.2 overs) 153 chase. Bowling: Kumar 5-1-30-1 (w2), Bumrah 8-1-25-0, Ahmed 5-0-13-3, Jadeja 10-1-39-1, The 20-year-old Ahmed then Yadav 8.2-0-42-3 rattled the opposition mid - Toss: India dle-order with his left-arm pace Result: India won by 224 runs bowling as he returned figures Series: India lead the five-match series 2-1 of 3-13 from his five overs in just India cricketer Rohit Sharma plays a shot his 5th ODI.

Vettel wants strong Hamilton fends off ‘greatest’ talk Hamilton back to fight The Briton says ‘genius’ Schumacher is man to catch after winning a fifth title AFP | Mexico City I congratulated him, and told him to keep pushing for next AFP | Mexico City about more than just winning ebastian Vettel congratu- year, as I need him good to races.” Slated Lewis Hamilton and fight him again. ewis Hamilton yesterday de- He added that Hamilton, de- told him to come back ready “He deserves it. He did the Lflected all suggestions that spite some criticism of his pri- for another battle next season best job this year. he might be the greatest Formu- vate lifestyle, had risen without after the Briton clinched his “This is an absolutely hor- la One driver of all time, saying any such negativity. fifth world title on Sunday. rible moment -- you put a lot that seven-time champion Mi- “You can like, or not, the way The four-time champion of work in. I did pay atten - chael Schumacher remains the he is in life, but there’s noth - German, who finished second tion in maths so I knew the man who most deserves that ing nasty or negative with it. behind Red Bull’s Max Ver- numbers! label. There’s nothing nasty towards stappen in the Mexican Grand “Three times in my life I The 33-year-old Briton, his opponents. There’s respect. Prix, said he wanted to win have had that disappointment who on Sunday clinched his “There’s no question mark on another title by beating the when you realise you can’t win fifth drivers’ title when he fin- ‘Is he cheating or not? Has he best opposition. the world championship and ished fourth for Mercedes in been dirty?’ That makes a big “I congratulated him, he those are not happy days. the Mexican Grand Prix, re - difference.” drove superb all year, and he “You reflect on the work that jected consideration of himself Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the World Championship was better all year,” Vettel told goes on from last year to now. as the greatest in history, cit- Rosberg tips Hamilton for reporters after Hamilton, who “We had some chances, we ing his father Anthony’s man- ahead in race wins so you have more finished fourth in the race, had used some and did not use tra to “do your talking on the to say he is still the GOAT (great- Hamilton’s former Mercedes clinched his fifth title. some. In the end we were not track.” est of all time).” team-mate 2016 world cham- “Number five is incredible. good enough.” Hamilton’s achievement drew Discussion of Hamilton’s pion Nico Rosberg, who has him level with the sport’s ‘god- Michael’s still standing in the exclusive club known him since the pair were father’ Juan Manuel Fangio on quite far ahead in of the sport’s multiple champi- junior karting team-mates, five titles with only German race wins so you ons had started in earnest before said he believed he can go on Schumacher ahead on seven. have to say he he overcame chronic tyre-wear to break all of Schumacher’s Schumacher, with 91, also has is still the GOAT problems to secure his fifth title records. more race victories, another tar- (greatest of all at the Autodromo Hermanos “He can seriously go for Schu- get for Hamilton during the two time) Rodriguez. macher’s records now,” he said. remaining years of his current Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, “He’s got two more years on the Mercedes contract. LEWIS HAMILTON the 1997 champion, said that he contract and ‘Schumi’ is only But the Englishman put such felt the way in which Hamil - two titles and 20 race wins away. statistical ambitions into a dis- ton had succeeded throughout That’s possible in two years. tant perspective when he adopt- his career put him way “miles” Amazing. ed a modest role on his own old -- he said ‘do your talking on clear of Schumacher in the eval- “He can really try and statis- triumphant career. the track’. uation of the greats. tically become the best of all “Firstly, I could never per- “So I just try to let my results Villeneuve said that Schu- time, which is unreal, but it is sonally classify myself as the and the results from the things macher’s career had been ac- a possibility. So I’m sure he’s best,” said Hamilton. “Obvious- that I do outside of my sport, companied by “too many neg- going to be motivated by that.” ly, within myself, I know my hopefully, also contribute to ative stories – too many ques- Hamilton signed a contract abilities and where I stand, but that. So people can hopefully tion marks on how some races extension earlier this year that ultimately, as my dad always create a decent opinion. or championships were won. will keep him with Mercedes Ferrari’s Germany driver Sebastian Vettel walks on the paddock during the told me since I was eight years “But Michael’s still quite far And being a great champion is until the end of 2020. first free practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix