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Ranike. were responsible for the 1984 Ravinder Brahmpura as Akali chairman of Punjab Technical SAD, led by Sukhbir Badal, region, Brahmpura declared and Bikram Singh Majithia “Khaira himself is a Sikh massacres,” they asked. candidate for Khadoor Sahib Education Board with a shown the door to three party that the name of the new party had grabbed the control of hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Congress tout, and by joining “It is surprising that the by-poll after the seat was vacat- Cabinet rank. “Brahmpura stalwarts from Majha — sitting and the future course of action party and put their family Son Sunday said that expelled hands with him, the expelled expelled ‘tigri’ is trying to ed by Ramandeep Sikki on the himself, who had earlier even MP from Khadoor Sahib Ranjit regarding the impending par- interests above the interests of Akali leaders were playing into leaders have also proved to be befool the people by stating that grave issue of sacrilege of Guru shifted to the SAD (Amritsar) Singh Brahampura, former MP liamentary polls would be the people and Punjab...The the hands of the Congress Congress stooges who are ever they were fighting ‘parivar- Granth Sahib. in an earlier opportunistic Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala, former announced on December 14 — Badal and Majithia families party by forming a front at the ready to do what their new vad’ in the Akali Dal. If this is “Similarly, Sekhwan did move, had lost 2012 assembly minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan, the day when the SAD was sold the interests of Sikh com- instance of the latter to weak- political masters order,” they so, why were sons of all three have any qualms to make his polls pathetically when SAD the trio has declared to form a constituted way back in 1920 as munity to Congress which is en the SAD and the Sikh panth. said. SAD leaders said that the expelled leaders sitting in the politically immature son chair- won the second assembly elec- “real” Akali Dal “based on the the principal representative of responsible for the attack on Sri “The latest announcement expelled Akalis were fond of press conference? Isn’t it true man of the Kahnuwan Market tion on the trot. Even then, he original constitution of 1920” the Sikh community. Harmandir Sahib and Akal of expelled leaders Ranjit extolling their panthic creden- that the sons of the expelled Committee instead of giving pressurised the party presi- with the required modifica- “The new party will be Takht in 1984”. Brahmpura, Sewa Sekhwan tials. “How could any panthic leaders are running the politi- this post to a Taksali worker. dent and was able to secure tions. based on the original constitu- Mincing no words, and Rattan Ajnala that they leader ever shake hands with cal affairs of their fathers and Why did both leaders ignore 2014 Lok Sabha ticket after The trio of Sekhwan, tion of Akali Dal, on which it Brahmpura said: “Sukhbir and would reach out to Sukhpal the likes of Sukhpal Khaira who have been openly designated as Taksali workers to benefit their denying the nomination to fel- Ajnala and Brahmpura — pow- was constituted in 1920. Majithia run the drug, land, Khaira was proof that the new had spent 19, out of his 22-year their heirs?” they said. sons?” they asked. Highlighting low rebel Rattan Ajnala,” they erhouse in Majha region — had Though, that will be slightly mining and transport mafias outfit, being planned by the political life, in the Indira Taking on Brahmpura, their not-so-impressive “polit- said. also called upon the non-Akali tweaked to comply with the and ruined the party and parties, including the various present circumstances and the Punjab.” “When Badal and Sikh organisations, expelled prevailing situation,” said Majithia family saw the power Dera followers,” he said. Sikhs who were protesting against the anti-panthic activ- er to seek their support and SGPC, while not speaking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Brahmpura while addressing is slipping out of their hand, Intensifying his attack, against sacrilege at Bargari ities of the Badal family” even revive the spirit of true Akali even word against the senior Sukhpal Singh Khiara, and the the media in Amritsar, along they took the shelter of Dera Brahmpura alleged that the where two innocent youth though they raised issues in Dal. Badal. Bains brothers, to join hands — with Sekhwan and Dr Ajnala. Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Badal and Majithia families were killed in the police fir- the party forums. The trio has been vocal They, revolting against indicating at the possible amal- The trio declared that all Ram Rahim Singh who was challenged the principles of ing”. “Our conscience pricked about their stand against the party a day after veteran gamation of disgruntled or other parties, “who believe in excommunicated from the Akal Takht, the temporal seat At the same time, us and we dared to stand for Sukhbir and Majithia ques- leader and Rajya Sabha MP unhappy leaders from all polit- 1920 constitution, are welcome Sikh panth. The Badals influ- of Sikhs, and “allowed sacri- Brahmpura and other rebel the Sikh cause,” said tioning their working style Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa had ical outfits into one. to join this new Akali Dal enced the Akal Takht to exon- lege of Guru Grnath Sahib by leaders present, apologised Brahmpura while stating that while accusing them of resigned on September 30, The taksalis blamed the front”. erate Dera Chief so that he can followers of Dera chief and from the Sikh community they would go to each and “destroying” the reputation declared that “all was not well SAD president Sukhbir Badal Brahmpura said that the help them to garner votes of ordered police firing on the “for not speaking in public every Akali leader and work- of SAD, Akal Takht and the within the party".  $      ) 
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If Sidhu mistake that he should resign. of Atal Behari Vajpayee, LK comprised – Baldev Singh, Tejinder Singh, a farmer from thronged by farmers on the sec- ing an interaction with the Rehabilitation Minister doubts Capt Amarinder's lead- He has already said that Capt Advani, Narendra Modi, Arun Managing Director Amar Mohali. ond day. With multifarious media in Hyderabad, when Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, ership, his ability, then it sahib (Amarinder) is a father- Jaitley. Agricultural Machinery Group; Other farmers raised their companies, both domestic and asked about going to Pakistan Sports Minister Rana Gurmeet becomes his moral duty to figure to him. If outside Punjab, He used to ridicule (for- Harminder S Sidhu, a pro- concerns about the machinery international, bringing along a to attend the groundbreaking Singh Sodhi, and Forests resign,” he said. he said Rahul is the captain, mer Prime Minister) gressive farmer; Manmohan provided of not being at par variety of technological ceremony for the Kartarpur Minister Sadhu Singh “The speed at which he is what is wrong on that? Manmohan Singh by terming Kalia, Joint Director Agri-engi- with international standards, advancements, the farmers corridor despite Chief Minister Dharamsot — had called for going may cause an accident,” He has not called him ‘Mouni Baba’. neering, Punjab; Vikram costs going up on using addi- seemed much inquisitive about Capt Amarinder Singh’s disap- Sidhu's resignation from the said Bajwa, adding that he (Narendra) Modi his captain. He is a man of U-turns. It Ahuja, owner Zamindara tional tools, lack of information their benefits and how to proval. “Rahul Gandhi is my State Cabinet, maintaining that wanted to request Sidhu that he He is only calling Rahul his seems his lust for power would Farmsolutions Pvt. Ltd., and on decomposing the stubble, deploy such solutions. captain. It is he who sent me to if Sidhu didn't consider Capt should apologise to the Chief captain. And Capt Sahib's end with accepting Pakistan Arshdeep Singh from Punjab and information on schemes Electrostatic sprayer, Artificial Pakistan. Rahul Gandhi is the Amarinder his captain, he Minister “and matter will end”. (Amarinder's) captain too,” Prime Minister Imran Khan as Agricultural University (PAU). not reaching them. Intelligence, E-apps, Drones, captain of the captain should quit the Chief Minister's Sources said that the issue said Dr Navjot Kaur, a his Captain,” said BJP nation- Talking about the subsidies Vikram Ahuja brought Rain gauge, Android App, (Amarinder Singh) also,” he team. might come up during the Congress leader. al secretary Tarun Chugh, given by the Punjab State forth the point of rising prices farm-management products, had said. Dharamsot on Sunday State Cabinet meeting on “Since Navjot and I joined while maintaining that Sidhu Government on purchase of of machinery as and when the weather management services, A day after four Cabinet demanded Sidhu to apologise Monday. the Congress, we always should be “sacked immediate- machinery to cut the straw and subsidy is announced. “The among other things were show- Ministers asked Sidhu to resign to the Chief Minister, while The row over Sidhu’s Pak showed full respect towards ly”. manage it, Manmohan Kalia, farmers should be made aware cased. from the State Cabinet, anoth- reminding him that he was not visit escalated in the S]state Capt Sahib (Amarinder)," she Union Minister and senior emphasized working in groups of the solutions available for The Indian Institute of er Minister Aruna Chaudhary, running a comedy show. even as Sidhu backtracked on said. BJP leader from Punjab Vijay of 8-10 farmers was beneficial. straw management and given Technology (IIT), Ropar, has besides some party leaders, on “It seems Sidhu sahib has his claim that Congress presi- Meanwhile, the BJP too Sampla said that Sidhu has “lost “The farmers should use some time to handle the issue put up on display many prod- Sunday condemned Sidhu for forgotten that he is a minister. dent Rahul Gandhi was took potshots at Sidhu, dubbing mental balance” and wanted to machines like happy seeder, over the next 3-4 years,” said he. ucts, one of which was -‘Smart his statement, while demand- He should know he is not run- involved in his decision to him a “man of U-turns”. remain in news with such combine with super SMS, Arshdeep Singh, from integrated irrigation and ener- ing him to apologise to the ning a comedy show here. He attend the ceremony. “When Sidhu was in the remarks. ploughers, bailers etc to man- PAU, discussed various in- gy management system’, which Chief Minister. must learn how to respect the “Get your facts right before age straw and mix it in the house means on how to tackle helps convert extra power from Saying that Sidhu's remark elders and apologize to the you distort them, Rahul 8    fields,” he suggested. the straw and mix it into the solar to AC through an invert- was “unfortunate” and Chief Minister,” Dharamsot Gandhi ji never asked me to go !   48 Farmers present from var- fields. er and the farmer can save up “uncalled for”, the state’s said. to Pakistan.    ious districts of Sangrur, Baldev Singh and to 7,560 units of power per Women and Child Continuing his attack on The whole world knows I Mohali, Ludhiana, Patiala etc, Harminder S Sidhu, also year, and earn a good amount Development and Transport Sunday, Tript Rajinder Singh went to Pakistan on the Prime 9 :$  said that they should not be addressed the issues of the of money, if he decides to sell Minister Aruna Chaudhary Bajwa said that Sidhu’s tone Minister Imran Khan's per- 4)   6  pressurized to adopt only one farmers and suggested forma- this power. said: “What Navjot Singh Sidhu and the body language towards sonal invite,” Sidhu had tweet- %   said about Capt Amarinder the Chief Minister was not ed on Saturday. 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Tscheme meant for 55 vil- ly laid foundation has come some intake wells. lages of Ganjam block and 92 under scanner. However, the moot question that remains to be answered is the sustainability of the project as the proposed place is vulnerable to saline contamination since the location is hardly 2 km from the Rushikulya mouth with sea which is under the influence of high tide. Experts are of the view that even heavily drawn water from the underground intake wells may lead to salinity. Notably, very recently some people raised voice that half km above the upstream of the present project site, there is a large water body called ‘Kansariganda’ which is a natural water body located between two hills, which can be utilised to create a localised stor- age or reservoir to feed the underground source as well as to tap the surplus water to meet the drinking water needs of the region. 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A CEC of the !  )  1; lines to prevent the deep sea Salim, exposing how foreign admitted to the Court that it fore this Court, the procedure petitioner approached the High Election Commission can have loot by more than 1,000 foreign trawlers were taking the sea didn't have the statistics on adopted was not transparent Court again pointing out that a tenure of six years or hold he retired as secretary of the tions as a bureaucrat, includ- fishing trawlers by just paying wealth to abroad in ships these foreign trawlers allowed enough to ensure proper the Ministry has not yet moved office till the age of 65 years, Information and Broadcasting ing as information and broad- 10,000 per year for getting parked in deep sea. During the to fish in the Exclusive accounting of the sea wealth an inch on this regard. The whichever is earlier. The con- Ministry in April 2016. casting secretary, secretary in permit. hearing, the CBI also filed its Economic Zone even as the e that was being caught by Indian Petitioner alleged that the vention is to appoint the Talking about the impact the Ministry of skill develop- In June 2017, expressing report about their probes and Coast Guard's report pointed vessels having LOP. The fact Centre was not acting due to the senior-most election commis- of social media on elections, ment and entrepreneurship shock on the Centre's apathy in found that many fishing com- out that they had frequently that Government of India had pressure from many lobbies sioner as Chief Election the CEC said the Committee and chairman and managing keeping an eye on these foreign panies were registered as for- found that these trawlers trans- decided to withdraw the LOP involved in the deep sea trawl- Commissioner. set up by EC to review Section director of Indian Airlines. trawlers, the High Court eign though the owners were shipped the fish to foreign scheme by itself proves that the ing and ignoring the Court's Upon taking charge as the 126 of R P Act, headed by He has worked as CMD of ordered that the Department actually Indians. The petition- vessels waiting in deep sea. fact that they system of LOP order and not yet even appoint- new CEC, Arora, addressing senior Deputy Election Indian Airlines for five years. should conduct and expert er also pointed out that many Thousands of tones of sea Scheme was not successful," ed a study committee on the the media, said his priority is Commissioner Umesh Sinha, With a career as a bureau- study and publish the study of these fishing trawlers were wealth were looted by these said the Judgment by Justices "deep sea loot." Initiating con- to carry forward preparations will submit its report by crat that spans over almost four report on the Ministry's web- patronised by power full politi- fishing trawlers by just paying AM Shaffique and Anu tempt of court procedures, the for Lok Sabha polls 2019, December end. decades, Arora has dabbled in site. The High Court order cians in South India and 10,000 per year for past Sivaraman. High Court has now asked the which started some time ago, Arora will have a nearly areas of aviation, economy came on the public interest lit- Western India. decades. The High Court ordered Ministry of Agriculture to covering facets like electoral two-and-a-half-year tenure as and sports among others. For igation filed by an activist MK Interestingly, the Centre During the arguments, the that Ministry of Agriculture appear before it on December 5. register, EVMs, voter educa- CEC. Under his supervision, his peers, with his versatile tion etc. the Commission will conduct experience across domains, Arora also sought cooper- Lok Sabha polls next year. Arora illustrates the ability of ation from all stakeholders, Assembly elections in Jammu IAS officers to seamlessly move 3=0 5 , --  political parties, media, civil and Kashmir, Maharashtra, from one sphere to another. society organisations and peo- Odisha, Haryana, Sikkim and Back in his home State, ple at large — "in making our Arunachal Pradesh also have Arora was one of the most  !  elections totally free, fair, to be held in 2019. trusted officers of Vasundhara       peaceful, accessible and ethi- Arora's name was earlier Raje during her earlier term as cal." Arora was appointed an cleared by the Centre and sent Rajasthan Chief Minister. He election commissioner in to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was her principal secretary      New Delhi: India's first loco- September 2017 — a year after has served in several key posi- from 2005 to 2008. motive-less less train, known as Train 18, breached the 180  

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told the Parliament this year that march from Haridwar to Delhi from 130 among 180 countries. It cate- This forced them to sell their land and, enjoy wider support among between April 2014 and December September 23 to October 2. The Delhi gorised India as “mostly unfree”. But thus, a fall in their economic position. Mumbaikars. 2017, Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have police had to use tear gas shells and our country apparently is nowhere It is a vortex which leads to more debt In the end, cities will no longer be written off loans worth 2,72,558 even charged water cannons to man- near the Western norms. burden. able to sustain for long if villages con- crore. In the same period, they man- age the crowd. Issues were identical. The political system of the sup- The Supreme Court’s order to the tinue to collapse. Government ser- aged to recover only 29,343 crore — Last year, too, the nation was sur- posedly “despised” Congress contin- West Bengal Government to return vants, who feel secured with a pay a mere 10.7 per cent — of the loans prised to see farmers marching in per- ues, including the failed acquired Singur land to the farmers packet, may feel the pinch soon.    !8 $ %0% that had been written off in that three- fect order from Nashik to Mumbai Manmohanomics, often referred to as lay fore the fact that Punjab too had Urban India may soon fall under new      ) year period. This should have put the without disturbing the Mumbaikars. the New Delhi consensus. Socialism acquired huge tracts of land in pressures. This can lead to severe gov- lections and competitive farmers in a comfortable situation. Farmer suicides, too, have not had at least ushered in green revolu- Barnala and even after 10 years they ernance issues if not chaos. Innovative &    A    promises for loan-waivers to Why then are they marching to the abated. According to the National tion and helped the farmers to a cer- remained unused. Land for roads may and equitable governance calls for a       Efarmers are inseparable. Parliament, demanding a special ses- Crime Reports Bureau, 296,438 farm- tain extent. But industrialist-centric give one-time bounty but they dis- churning in political thinking. The  1      + However, such promises have not sion to press for a discussion on agrar- ers have committed suicide since liberalism robbed the farmers of place farmers. The mesh of roads apathy is palpable, howsoever, polit- #  O     ended in alleviating farm distress. ian crisis? 1995. Distress is growing in rural areas their land for roads, industry, real causes desertification in fertile areas. ical parties couch it in jargons. If  A    O 
Even if not on a warpath, lakhs of dis- Their demands also include a 21- as the percentage contribution of agri- estate, et al. Tolls on roads are making the socialism had kept industrialists in tressed farmers have been marching day special session of Parliament to culture in GDP has come down to Farmer and rural destitution has farmers alien in their own villages. shackles of licences, the new “econ-    " = in Delhi, Mumbai and elsewhere for enact two laws: The Farmers’ about 14 per cent from over 50 per been growing. The urban sector has Large industrialists are making forays omy” has put many more controls. &       some succour. A number of States, like Freedom From Indebtedness Bill, cent. Though a section of economists not only seen a corresponding expan- into the farmland, thereby further But liberal FDI has its complexities           Punjab, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, 2018, and The Farmers’ Right to has welcomed the trend, suggesting sion but has been growing at a much impoverishing the farmer. And this is too. Repatriation of profits is high and !  O A %  Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Guaranteed Remunerative Minimum that industry and services are grow- faster pace than the agrarian econo- what the latter are protesting against. farm land is nothing but an invest-       Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Support Prices for Agricultural ing and contributing in a major way my. Nothing wrong with that but this It is a battle for survival for them. ment for the real estate. Puducherry have given loan-waivers Commodities Bill, 2018. to “improve” the national economy, development has come at the cost of There is a consensus on this among A national policy on land acqui-       K to farmers in the past three years. Now Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh the economic changes have led to an the rural and farm economy. The 1991 the Kisan Sabha and Rightist sition is a must, along with a deep A O      more promises are being made by Samiti, encompassing 207 organisa- increase in disparity. consensus crushed the farm econo- Bharatiya Kisan Sangh as also understanding on ending rural     K  almost all political parties. But the fact tions, the banner that is leading the The economic liberalisation of my, exploited it, impoverished it and Swadeshi Jagaran Manch. The char- indebtedness and multiplying farm      is that such assurances have only farmers to the Ramlila Maidan, has 1991 led to more Government con- corrections have not been in order. acter of the State, irrespective of incomes. Else, today’s Gandhian agi-      forced the farmers to stop repaying ostensible support of the Leftist Kisan trols. A US think-tank, Heritage Indebtedness among farmers is high political parties, has not changed. The tation may turn into a violent Maoist their loans. Sabha. Earlier too, the Bharatiya Foundation, in its report, Index of — around 86 per cent. Almost half the Mumbai long march showed that movement.     " The Narendra Modi Government Kisan Union had organised a similar Economic Freedom, ranked India at farm creditors are harassed to repay. farmers and agricultural labourers (The writer is a senior journalist)     ()  ( *+ ,-./  *7

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Mumbai: A labour contractor, continued influx of north- criminals from Uttar Pradesh migrate to other state should go season, officials said on Sunday. JD(U) - the students wing of PUSU polls are slated for From the ABVPs side, its who was absconding following Indians into Mumbai, MNS and Bihar have proved to be to the local police register their Reviewing the mulberry Chief Minister Nitish Kumars December 5 and the incident members including nominee an explosion near a Central chief Raj Thackeray said here headache for the Mumbai name, mentioning the state they plantation works in Jammu party. that took place on Friday after- for vice-presidents post Anjani Ammunition Depot (CAD) in on Sunday night that he would police. Most of the people had come, the purpose they had division here, Director sericul- BJP MLC Sanjay Paswan noon was seen as an example Singh, have alleged that the Maharashtra's Wardha district, not tolerate such migrants stay- come here and commit crimes come for, who had given them ture Gulzar Ahmad said action and MLAs Sanjeev Chaurasia, of fierce campus rivalry, with pro-BJP student outfit had has been arrested, police said. ing in the metropolis and other and go back to places in UP, a job and the locality where they plans have been formulated Arun Sinha and Nitin Nabin cross FIRs being lodged by taken exception to eve-teasing Shankar Chandak (40), parts of Maharashtra after 1995 Bihar, Jharkand and border would settle”. and anticipatory measures came out with a joint statement Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi by Chhatra JD(U) leaders. resident of Pulgaon, was arrest- who insulted or misbehaved areas of Arunachal Pradesh”. The MNS chief, who spoke taken for the urban plantation ed late Saturday night near the with Maharashtrian women, “Similarly, we do not wit- in Hindi for the first time at a drive's successful launch in all Old Collector Office in Wardha committed crimes and engi- ness riots in places where public meeting, said that he was major towns of the state, town, an official said. neered riots in the state. Marathi Muslims live. The riots merely reiterating his stand including the twin capital cities Chandak had allegedly sup- Making a distinction take place in such places where on north-Indian migrants that of Jammu and Srinagar. plied labourers for disposal of between the north-Indian migrant Muslim live. For a riot he had taken while speaking in The state will provide free ammunition at the CAD at migrants who had come and took place at Azad Maidan a Marathi and he ws doing so in delivery of mulberry plants to Pulgaon in Wardha district, settled in Mumbai and other few years. Ninety to 95 per cent Hindi. the doorstep of individuals as said inspector Shankar Thakur parts of the state before and people of people behind the Recalling that his party’s part of the drive, Ahmad said. of Deoli police station. after 1995, Raj said: “The situ- riots were migrants from stand-off with north-Indians The drive will be taken up at An explosion during ation in Mumbai and other north-India,” the MNS chief began some years ago during vacant land sites, road-sides and unloading of ammunition boxes parts in the state is now than it said. the agitation over jobs in rail- government office premises. killed six persons and injured 12 was before 1995. After 1995 Contesting the criticism he ways, Raj said: “The trouble Under the first phase, as on November 20. Among the when the government faced over his party’s stand began during the agitation over many as 50,000 improved vari- deceased, five were contractu- announced a scheme of giving against influx of people from railway jobs. The Railways had eties of mulberry plants would al workers. The police official free hutments for slum north India into India most of put out advertisements in be sowed in the municipal said that probe revealed that the dwellers, the situation changed his critics had not read the Marathi or other local news- limits of the cities and major workers provided by Chandok drastically. We have no issue Inter-state Migrant Workmen papers seeking applications for towns with active support of were unskilled, and inappro- with people who are working Act, 1979, Raj said that his party jobs which were actually meant concerned municipal corpora- priate handling of ammunition and living people here peace- functioned within the ambit of for Maharashtrians. The adver- tions, development authori- boxes led to the mishap. fully. However, I will not tol- the Indian Constitution. “People tisements had been published ties, municipalities and other A case under IPC section erate such people (north say that MNS workers insult the in newspapers of UP and Bihar. departments, he said. 304 (culpable homicide not Indians) who insult or misbe- Indian Constitution (by speak- The job seekers came in hordes He said the planting of such amounting to murder) was reg- have with our women. ing and acting against north- to Mumbai to appear for job improved varieties with high istered against Chandok on the Especially we will not tolerate Indians) which promises every- examinations. 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But with only a single "We require deep transfor- on the Paris goals may not be the European Climate Donald Trump said Saturday ed barbs. for "maintaining vigorous gathered Sunday in Poland to degree Celsius of warming so mations of our economies and enough to prevent runaway Foundation and a main archi- he hoped to organise a second The two leaders signed a enforcement of existing sanc- firm up their plan to prevent far, the world has already seen societies." In Katowice, nations global warming, as a series of tect of the Paris deal. summit with North Korean vaguely worded document on tions to ensure the DPRK catastrophic climate change. a crescendo of deadly wildfires, must agree to a rulebook palat- major climate reports have Brazil's strongman presi- leader Kim Jong Un in early denuclearisation of the penin- understands that denucleari- The UN climate summit heatwaves and hurricanes able to all 183 states who have outlined. dent-elect Jair Bolsonaro, for 2019, perhaps as soon as sula, but progress since has sation is the only path," Sanders comes at a crucial juncture in made more destructive by ris- ratified the Paris deal. Just this week, the UN's one, has promised to follow the January or February. stalled as Washington and said, using the North's official mankind's response to plane- ing seas. This is far from a given: the environment programme said American lead during his cam- Trump told reporters trav- Pyongyang spar over the mean- name, the Democratic People's tary warming. In a rare intervention, pres- dust is still settling from US the voluntary national contri- paign. elling home to Washington ing of the document. Republic of Korea. The smaller, poorer nations idents of previous UN climate President Donald Trump's butions agreed in Paris would Even the most strident cli- with him aboard Air Force One North Korea has taken few But differences have that will bare its devastating summits issued a joint state- decision to ditch the Paris have to triple if the world was mate warnings -- spiralling from Argentina that "three concrete steps to abandon its emerged between Washington brunt are pushing for richer ment as the talks got underway accord. G20 leaders on to cap global warming below temperatures, global sea-level sites" were in consideration nuclear and ballistic missile and Seoul on how to proceed states to make good on the in the Polish mining city of Saturday agreed a final com- 2C. For 1.5C, they must rises, mass crop failures -- are for the meeting, a follow-up to programs. with Kim, as the dovish Moon promises they made in the Katowice, calling on states to munique after their summit in increase fivefold. While the something that many devel- their historic summit in US Secretary of State Mike has long favoured engagement 2015 Paris agreement. take "decisive action... To tack- Buenos Aires, declaring that data are clear, a global political oped nations will only have to Singapore in June. Pompeo was due to meet with with the North. In Paris three years ago, le these urgent threats". the Paris Agreement was "irre- consensus over how to tackle tackle in future. When asked about a future a top North Korean official in North and South Korea countries committed to limit "The impacts of climate versible". climate change remains elusive. AFP meeting, Trump said: "I think early November, but the meet- have begun to remove land- we're going to do one fairly ing was abruptly put off, with mines and destroy military (soon) — into January, North Korea insisting that bunkers at parts of their com- February, I think." Trump had Washington ease sanctions. mon border as part of efforts to     B    been in Buenos Aires for the On Friday, Trump dis- improve long-strained rela- Group of 20 summit. cussed the situation with South tions.     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Lopez Obrador vowed a "deep ruption. point, yeah." commitment to achieve the Despite the warming ties, and radical" change in Mexico But not everyone is per- In June, Trump and Kim final, fully verified denucleari- it remains unclear whether as he assumed the country's suaded: critics say the sharp- opened up dialogue on denu- sation" of North Korea, Kim will make his first-ever presidency Saturday, five tongued, silver-haired leader clearisation of the Korean Trump's spokeswoman Sarah visit to the South this year, as months after winning a land- has a radical and authoritarian peninsula after months of trad- Sanders said. Seoul is hoping. AFP slide election victory. streak. 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