Pedestrians in the Minhang district of Shanghai on Sunday. Authorities have told residents to prepare for unusually hot weather.Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
Dangerous heatwaves are engulfing parts of China,Europe, south-west and central US this week, as dozens of cities have found themselves dealing with soaring summer temperatures.
By Tuesday afternoon, at least 86 Chinese cities in eastern and southern parts of the country had issued heat alerts. Chinese meteorologists forecast temperatures in some cities would top 40C (104F) in the next 24 hours.
In Shanghai, China’s most populous city, the authorities have told its 25 million people to prepare for unusually hot weather. Since record-keeping began in 1873, Shanghai has…
Workers at the Saint James Tavern (SJT) in Brighton will be on strike for 20 days in July and August, including the weekend of Brighton Pride and the August bank holiday weekend, as part of their fight for better terms and conditions, and for respect in the workplace. The workers will be walking out of…
RMT executive will ‘consider’ new offer. Not hard to guess what the answer will be
The government’s wholly-owned subsidiary Network Rail has delivered a ‘revised’ pay offer to the RMT union.
The RMT has received an offer from Network Rail which our NEC will consider tomorrow morning It amounts to a real terms pay cut over the next two years and will involve cutting a third of all frontline maintenance roles and 50% of all scheduled maintenance work.
There will also be an expectation of unsocial hours and lower pay across the board.
Network Rail have offered high level managers in bands 1-3 a more than 40% hike in return for adopting modest flexibility in comparison to RMT members RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said:
“Our NEC will have to make a decision on this offer tomorrow.
“But Network Rail and the train operating companies need to understand that RMT has done deals with both London Underground and recently Merseyrail that were well in excess of what our members are being offered here.
“Our members have lost thousands of pounds in earnings due to a pay freeze in recent years and they refuse to be short-changed again.
We will not hesitate to call further strike action and seek to coordinate with Aslef and TSSA, if the rail industry will not seek a negotiated settlement with us.”
A this meeting afternoon With and the both train issues operating will be companies dealt with will by take our NEC place tomorrow.
Watch a rail worker explain the reality of what workers are striking for and against here.
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The company’s CEO has threatened to ax the largest plane in the 737 family unless Congress extends a deadline to let it fly under the old safety rules, which are due for an update in December.
But it was those lax old rules which may have caused the ‘corner cutting’ and deadly crashes of the planes.
Now Boeing is demanding, as a vital flagship US industry, that the new safety rules be waived in its case, or be delayed so it can qualify under the old rules.
The company believes the entire MAX family should be exempt from the latest safety standard.
11 de Julio 2022.. Miles de personas se acudieron a los funerales en Kobane de 4 personas más matados por Turquia.
Aparentemente, cada vez esta más cerca la posibilidad de un ataque turco a gran escala en el norte y el este de Siria. Después de que la Administración Autónoma del Norte y Este de Siria declarara el estado de emergencia el martes, el movimiento de mujeres Kongreya Star ahora hace un llamado al público mundial, recordándole que las fuerzas de defensa del norte y este de Siria salvaron al mundo del “Estado Islámico (ISIS)”.
Rîhan Temo alertó en rueda de prensa de la coordinación de Kongreya Star en Qamishlo sobre el próximo ataque y las ambiciones de Turquía de ocupar gran parte de las áreas de autogobierno.
“Turquía actúa en dependencia de EE.UU.”
La coordinación del movimiento de mujeres Kongra Star en Qamishlo llama a la comunidad internacional a actuar ante las amenazas turcas de ataque, afirmando que el espacio aéreo sobre la región debe cerrarse de inmediato.
Temo criticó a Estados Unidos en particular y dijo: “Los preparativos de política exterior e interior de Turquía dependen en gran medida de Estados Unidos.
El Estado turco quiere atacar la región, especialmente con miras a las elecciones presidenciales del próximo año, para expulsar a las poblaciones de la región, destruir la estabilidad, cambiar la estructura demográfica y movilizar de nuevo a las células del ISIS”.
Bilbo (Euskal Herria) stands up against the Turkish war against Kurdistan & the region. During a demonstration the latest agreement of NATO in Madrid was condemned, as it follows in coercion with the Turkish plans to annihilate the Kurdish people & destroy the women's revolution. pic.twitter.com/3Ursaj7cxa
— Kongra Star Women's Movement Rojava (@starrcongress) July 8, 2022
“Hay una amenaza de genocidio”
Temo continuó criticando a los “poderes garantes” internacionales del alto el fuego, ante todo Rusia y EE.UU.:
“Actúan como si no tuvieran responsabilidad, solo hacen declaraciones políticas y diplomáticas y protegen a Turquía. Todos los estados saben que el Las fuerzas del norte y este de Siria están protegiendo sus territorios del terror y no han representado una amenaza para la seguridad de Turquía ni un solo día. La gente del norte y este de Siria se enfrenta al genocidio”.
Apparently, the possibility of a large-scale Turkish attack in northern and eastern Syria is getting closer. After the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the Kongreya Star women’s movement now calls on the global public, reminding them that the defense forces of North and East Syria saved the world from “Islamic State (ISIS)”.
4 victims of Turkish terror were buried in massive funerals in Kobane, Rojava, AANES, Syria.
Rîhan Temo warned at a press conference of the Kongreya Star coordination in Qamishlo about the next attack and Turkey’s ambitions to occupy a large part of the self-governing areas.
Tel Rifaat town in the SDF defended enclave the Shehba Canton, where 170 thousand trapped refugees from Turkey’s genocide in Afrin await an announced new Turkish invadasion, and dozens of Turkish paid jihadi militias of the SNA gather on the border to loot, kill, destroy and rape again. Turkey has the okay from NATO to carry out this new crime against humanity, in exchange for lifting its veto on Finland and Sweden joining the military siege of Russia.
“Turkey acts in dependence on the US”
Temo criticized the United States in particular, saying: “Turkey’s foreign and domestic policy preparations depend to a large extent on the United States. The Turkish state wants to attack the region, especially with a view to the presidential elections next year, in order to expel the populations of the region, destroy stability, change the demographic structure and mobilize ISIS cells again.”
“There is a threat of genocide”
Temo went on to criticize the international “guarantor powers” of the ceasefire, first and foremost Russia and the US: “They act as if they have no responsibility, they only make political and diplomatic statements and protect Turkey. All states know that the Northern and Eastern Syrian forces are protecting their territories from terror and have not posed a threat to Turkey’s security for a single day. The people of Northern and Eastern Syria are facing genocide.”
The coordination of the women’s movement Kongra Star in Qamishlo calls on the international community to act in the face of Turkish threats of attack, stating that the airspace over the region must be closed immediately.
(Meaning that Russia should close the airspace to the Turkish Air Force based at NATO ‘s Incirlic base. Airpower granted by Russia was key to the genocidal Turkish takeover of Afrin in 2018).
“Stop the Ottoman Threat”
Rîhan Temo stated that the already occupied areas are safe havens for ISIS. Kongra Star’s representative appealed to international powers to stop the “Ottoman threat from AKP”. Temo pointed out the responsibility of the international community and called for the closure of airspace: “World citizens must fulfill their political and moral duty and protect those who saved the world from ISIS.”
Thousands of people joined a demonstration in Tel Rifaat town of the Shehba Canton on Sunday 10th Nov 2019 in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal practices in northern Syria. 40% of the population of Efrin (Afrin) now survive in a semi no-man’s land, defended by the multi-ethnic SDF of AANES, after expulsion by the Turkish invasion, plantation and Turkification of their homes and properties
Four martyrs buried in Kobanê and Manbij
Ferman Kobanê and Şervan Kobanê fell at Deir ez-Zor and Ain Issa.
YPJ soldier with freed girl after the epic battle to free Manbij from ISIS… Illustrating the inspiring change from medieval Sharia law to democracy and anarcha-feminism.
Two mass funerals took place in Manbij and Kobanê. SDF fighters Ferman Kobanê (Şêx Mihemed Şêxo) and Şervan Kobanê (Şervan Mistefa) were buried in Kobanê. Ferman Kobanê fell in a Turkish attack on the village of al-Hoshan (Hoşan), near Ain Issa, while Şervan Kobanê fell near Deir ez-Zor.
The two martyrs were buried in the Şehîd Dicle cemetery in Kobanê.
Fighter Faysal Şewax and an unidentified fighter from Suwar Idlib were buried in Manbij.
“Everyone must be prepared to defend our land”
Both ceremonies were attended by countless people. In Kobanê, Arif Bali, co-chair of the environment department of the Euphrates region administration, called for resistance: “Everyone must be ready to apply the principle of revolutionary people’s war, to organize against threats and attacks by the Turkish occupation and to support our military defense forces.
Macîda Hasûn, from the coordination of the Kongra Star women’s movement in the Euphrates region, expressed her condolences to the relatives of the fallen, saying “Just as the martyrs of the Kobanê resistance promised to liberate Kobanê and fulfilled their promise, we will fulfill ours to the martyrs”.
The Free 