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  2. Marek Hamsik likely had other things than crime on his mind as he pulled out of the Stadio San Paolo parking lot. An hour after Napoli's 0-0 draw with Sampdoria, the midfielder might still have been reliving the chance he could not quite take, a 74th-minute daisy-cutter that Sergio Romero pushed on to the post. Perhaps, like so many of his team-mates, he was reflecting on the atrocious state of his home stadium's pitch. But then someone stuck a pistol in his face. Hamsik had been waiting in traffic on Via Cinthia, preparing to join the Tangenziale bypass, when a scooter carrying three masked men reportedly pulled alongside his BMW. One man smashed the driver's window, before aiming a gun at Hamsik and demanding his watch – a Rolex Daytona worth upwards of €10,000 (£8,600). The player did as he was told and the scooter sped off. For Hamsik, this was not the first time. In December 2008 he was the victim of a similar theft while Christmas shopping. Then his car was a Mini and his assailants were two instead of three but otherwise the incident was almost identical – right down to the brand of watch that was stolen. It was widely reported in the wake of that first incident that Hamsik's watch had been returned, supposedly after the criminals realised who they had taken it from. Hamsik has denied this story. "That's what came out in the newspapers but it wasn't true," he told the Slovakian publication Pravda. "I was very sad about that watch, it was my favourite Rolex and it wasn't cheap." Both incidents have not been the limit of Hamsik's experience with crime in Naples. In 2011 his pregnant wife, Martina, had her car stolen at gunpoint. It was later recovered thanks to a satellite tracking device. Hamsik is yet to make any sort of public statement on Sunday's incident but his sister, Miska, made plain her feelings on Twitter. "This is the third time already," she wrote. "It's disgusting," Advertisement We shall have to wait and see if Napoli's owner, Aurelio De Laurentiis, feels moved to respond. A little over a year ago Yanina Screpante, the girlfriend of the then Napoli forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, used the same medium to define Naples as a "shit city" after having her own watch stolen. After reading her remarks, De Laurentiis issued a few choice words of his own, saying: "In a climate of recession I think you should not go around with a Rolex on your arm." He also suggested that Screpante was "not yet Neapolitan enough". Where the owner's relationship with Lavezzi was always tempestuous, Hamsik has been long viewed as a model player. Sixty-eight goals in five and a half seasons with the club represent a phenomenal return for a player who has shifted between roles in midfield and just behind the attack, and Hamsik's approach to his work has rarely been anything other than exemplary. He is beloved of the fans and under contract to 2016. Those supporters will hope this latest incident has not affected his feelings about staying. Despite flirtations with Milan in the past, Hamsik has always been enthusiastic about Napoli. Yet it is hard to believe that incidents such as the one that unfolded on Sunday would not become a factor in the player's feelings about the city. Other members of the team have also been targeted. Edinson Cavani relocated his family to a residential complex with armed security after their home was broken into. His wife had her watch stolen while out shopping, as did another Napoli player, Valon Behrami. Crime is not a uniquely Neapolitan phenomenon. Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto'o had their homes burgled in Milan, while Christian Vieri and Lucio were duped into handing over their car keys to fake valets. Juan, Gabriel Heinze and Christian Panucci have been robbed at different times in Rome. Leonardo Bonucci had a gun pointed at him in Turin earlier this season, though he responded by landing a series of punches on his assailant. Advertisement But it is one thing to be aware of crime affecting others and another to be confronted with it. Hamsik may yet shrug off this latest incident but if he were to feel unsettled then few could blame him. The player might be frustrated enough with the way things are going on the pitch after Napoli blew another chance to close the gap on Juventus at the top of Serie A. Walter Mazzarri's side had the chance to move within two points of the leaders with victory over Sampdoria but instead trail by four. It is not the first such opportunity they have passed up. On 3 November Juventus lost 3-1 to Inter but on 4 November Napoli conceded a late equaliser at home to Torino. On 17 November Juventus were held 0-0 against Lazio in a game that kicked off at 6pm, only for the Partenopei to be held by Milan at the Stadio San Paolo later the same evening. Napoli's players might reasonably protest that their home advantage is not as great this season as it would have been if the pitch were better maintained. In the early part of the campaign the playing surface came to resemble a poorly maintained beach, rogue tufts of grass protruding through the sand that covered most of the field after a fungus had laid waste to the rest. On Sunday the pitch appeared passable at kick-off but very quickly began tearing apart under the feet of the players. Large clods came away with each tackle, creating a surface that was sloppy and uneven. "It's a miracle we have this many points," protested Paolo Cannavaro. "This pitch penalises the more technically gifted team." That much may be true but Napoli still have only themselves to blame for a lethargic performance, Hamsik's strike against the woodwork represented one of few chances created. Mazzarri made eight changes to his starting XI following their Europa League humiliation by Viktoria Plzen but once again his side lacked impetus. Cavani, largely anonymous throughout, is without a goal in four games and the team's travails in that period highlight his importance. Napoli had not failed to score at home all season prior to this week but between Plzen and Sampdoria they did so twice in four days. That is a credit to those two opponents as well, of course, and Sampdoria have conceded only four goals in eight games since Delio Rossi took charge. The manager was banned on Sunday after showing Roma's Nicolás Burdisso his middle finger a week earlier, but his side continued their recent resurgence with another determined performance. Nevertheless, this was another disappointing week for Napoli. And another distressing one for Marek Hamsik.
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  3. An open letter to the Prime Minister has been signed by shadow industrial strategy minister Chi Onwurah, shadow minister for labour Jack Dromey, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities Dawn Butler, shadow arts and heritage minister Kevin Brennan and the head of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party, Jess Phillips. The letter describes the accusations against Mr Weinstein as "unacceptable and intolerable" and says keeping his honorary CBE in place risks "bringing the honours system into disrepute". It reads: "You must be aware of the recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein CBE. "Last week the New York Times reported eight allegations of sexual harassment brought to trial against Mr Weinstein which were settled out of court." The allegations mentioned in the letter include "a 100,000 settlement from Weinstein to Rose McGowan" and "a case with an unnamed assistant, whom he reportedly tried to convince to give him a massage while he stood naked in front of her at a hotel". The Labour letter refers to Mr Weinstein's apology released last week in which he said: "I came of age in the 60s and 70s, when all the rules about behaviour and workplaces were different. That was the culture then." The MPs say: "These actions are unacceptable and intolerable. They were unacceptable in the 1960s, they are unacceptable now and they may well be criminal under US and UK law. "These revelations prove that Mr Weinstein has fallen far short of the standards we expect from recipients of a CBE. His continued membership runs the risk of bringing the honours system into disrepute and, moreover, sending the deeply troubling signal that our Government does not take women's voices or allegations of sexual harassment seriously. "We are therefore calling upon your Government to act urgently and strip Mr Weinstein of his honorary CBE." Ms Onwurah said in a statement: "Everyone has the absolute right to work in whatever role their talents take them without being subject to sexual harassment - that is as true for the entertainment industry as any sector in the British economy. "These allegations of sexual harassment and assault need to be taken seriously and it is unacceptable that someone accused of these appalling and potentially criminal acts should retain the honour of a CBE. "The Government should act swiftly to start the process of stripping Weinstein's CBE from him, or it will send a profoundly worrying message about the value it places on women's voices, our safety, our working environment and as a consequence the UK economy. Britain's economic prosperity depends on everyone being able to contribute fully." On Monday, Labour MP Stella Creasy called for the removal of Mr Weinstein's CBE. She told the Press Association: "A CBE is an honour you get because you've done something that makes you someone our kids should look up to - not someone a woman should fear. "It takes real courage to speak out against someone in a position of such influence - removing the CBE from Harvey Weinstein would send a strong message to victims of sexual harassment around the world that we believe them, and that being in a position of power doesn't mean you can act without respect towards others."
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  4. A driver waiting for his electric car to be charged at a station in Beijing. Already the world’s largest maker and buyer of electric cars, China is forcing the rest of the auto industry toward a battery-powered future. Credit Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times SHENZHEN, China — There is a powerful reason that automakers worldwide are speeding up their efforts to develop electric vehicles — and that reason is China. Propelled by vast amounts of government money and visions of dominating next-generation technologies, China has become the world’s biggest supporter of electric cars. That is forcing automakers from Detroit to Yokohama and Seoul to Stuttgart to pick up the pace of transformation or risk being left behind in the world’s largest car market. Beijing has already called for one out of every five cars sold in China to run on alternative fuel by 2025. Last month, China issued new rules that would require the world’s carmakers to sell more alternative-energy cars here if they wanted to continue selling regular ones. A Chinese official recently said the country would eventually do away with the internal combustion engine in new cars. “We are seeing ourselves at a crossroads in the development of the automobile industry in this country, with a global scale in mind,” said Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen’s top executive for VW brand sales and marketing, during a visit to Shanghai. China has reshaped industries before — clothing, steel making, even lace — through a potent mix of government support and cheap labor. More recently it has transformed green-energy businesses like solar and wind power. If China succeeds — and there is no guarantee — Beijing’s policy makers will be front and center reimagining the global auto industry, a business that has helped define communities, industries and people’s aspirations for more than a century. It is a role that was almost inconceivable just a few decades ago, when China was more closely associated with a different type of green transportation: the black, classic Flying Pigeon bicycle. China feels it has little choice in pressing forward. While it is true that electric vehicles fit neatly into China’s plan to become the world leader in sci-fi technology like artificial intelligence, the country also fears a dark future — one where its cities remain cloaked in smog and it is beholden to foreign countries to sell it the oil it needs. Already, China is the world’s largest maker and seller of electric cars. Chinese buyers are on track to snap up almost 300,000 of them this year, three times the number expected to be sold in the United States and more than the rest of the world combined. The country’s market heft is considerable. China buys more General Motors-branded cars than Americans do. Even for Tesla, the still-small American maker of luxury electric sedans, China has become the second-largest market, even though China’s taxes on imported cars are 10 times as high as those in the United States. Tesla officials have said they are considering opening a factory in China. A week ago, G.M. and Ford unveiled plans to add a combined 33 electric models to their lineups. Global manufacturers like G.M. and Volkswagen are also moving much of their research, development and production of electric cars to China. China in turn is pressuring them to share that technology with their Chinese partners. Behind the scenes, China is recruiting some of the world’s best electrical engineering talent, even in the United States. China is also home to many smaller companies that make the parts essential to assembling electric cars. All this comes just as electric cars are finally starting to become competitive with gasoline- or diesel-powered cars on performance and cost. Electric cars are an increasingly common sight in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. For some drivers here, electric cars are all they know. “I don’t plan to buy a gasoline car, since I heard they are going to be banned for sale,” said Xiong Jianghuai, a lawyer based in Shanghai, who has bought two made by Chery, a Chinese automaker. He said he was delighted that the operating cost was less than one-fifth of the cost of buying gasoline, even if the initial purchase price was a little higher. “I think the future lies in electric cars,” Mr. Xiong said. Many outside China — including some members of President Trump’s administration — say China is using unfair government support to create national champions that could eclipse their rivals abroad. Chinese auto executives say their country is pursuing common-sense policies to develop cutting-edge industries. “In China, the entrepreneurs in the industrial sector are very lucky, because we have the foundation” from the government, said Li Bin, the founder and chairman of the NIO Company, a Chinese electric car manufacturer. “These opportunities are rare or impossible in any other country in the world.” China’s ability to dominate electric cars is not ensured. China’s auto manufacturing skills are considerable, but it has yet to create a single car model that has become po[CENSORED]r abroad. Even in China, most car buyers still prefer Fords, Chevrolets and Volkswagens largely made by government-mandated joint ventures between global and Chinese companies. When it comes to electric cars, most Chinese models are inexpensive and boxy, unlike the sleek lines and looming falcon-wing doors of Tesla’s latest models. Chinese officials have long called for electric cars to be practical, and not just luxuries. “The central government has made a lot of strategies for the development of new energy vehicles,” said Song Qiuling, a deputy director at China’s Finance Ministry. “That is why we have seen the progress and development of new energy vehicles.” Some players have already stumbled. Faraday Future, an electric car company based in the United States but owned by a Chinese company, scaled back after its parent hit hard financial times. China yanked electric-car subsidies away from a number of local companies after an investigation last year showed that many were overstating sales. The environmental benefits may be tough to realize any time soon. Nearly three-quarters of China’s power comes from coal, which emits more climate-changing gases than oil. Even on electricity, China’s cars are still burning dirty. China is also favoring battery electric technology that it can call its own. Foreign automakers already control much of the advanced technology behind fuel-sipping alternatives such as plug-in hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, which runs on both gasoline power and an electric battery. Still, electric cars make particular sense in China. China’s dense and crowded cities often mean shorter driving distances, while its extensive high-speed rail system reduces the need for long-distance road trips. Han Tao discovered the limits of electric cars the hard way. A 35-year-old stock investor in Beijing, he said he ran out of charge in July while driving to Shenzhen, 1,300 miles away. His Chinese-made BYD E6 electric sedan needed a tow. Still, he said, he and his wife prefer the E6 over the gasoline-powered Chevrolet Cruze they bought four years earlier. “It doesn’t have the oily smell and the noise from the engine,” Mr. Han said. “It accelerates way faster than gasoline cars. It feels like you are on a high-speed train.” China’s push for electric cars shows how its industrial ambitions can endure big political shifts. China named a former Audi engineer, Wan Gang, its minister of science and technology in 2007, and he has kept the position and maintained the push despite the emergence of a new slate of Chinese leaders. Wen Jiabao, China’s second-most-powerful official as premier from 2002-12, was an avid supporter of electric cars who came from Tianjin, the center of China’s battery industry. Mr. Wen’s successor as premier, Li Keqiang, has also turned government backing for high-tech industries into his signature accomplishment, while President Xi Jinping has strongly endorsed the effort. “The development of new energy vehicles,” said Xu Chaoqian, a top aide to Mr. Wan, “has received a lot of support from President Xi, Premier Li and others.”
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  6. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. attempts to deal with North Korea have failed for more than two decades. "Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North Korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars & getting nothing. Policy didn't work!" Trump said in a Twitter comment It was not clear exactly what Trump meant, but the comments seemed to suggest that he was referring to military action. Trump has engaged in weeks of taunts with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the United States would "totally destroy" North Korea if necessary to protect itself and its allies if Pyongyang attacks. North Korea has conducted numerous missile and nuclear tests, including launching rockets over Japan. ‘Treasured sword’ Pyongyang's state media quoted Kim as telling the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party over the weekend that North Korea's nuclear weapons program is a "treasured sword" to protect it against aggression. Kim said the nuclear warheads were a "powerful deterrent" guaranteeing the country's sovereignty against what he described as "protracted nuclear threats of the U.S. imperialists." guidance on nuclear weapons development in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, Sept. 3, 2017. But he acknowledged that North Korea's standoff with the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries over its nuclear weapons development was a "complicated international situation." Kim vowed to continue developing the country's economy as it advanced North Korea's weapons program in the face of stiffened United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang's export income. He said North Korea faces "ordeals" under a "stern" situation, but claimed its economy has grown. Barbed exchange Trump's threats drew the ire Sunday of one key U.S. lawmaker, Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who engaged in an exchange of barbed Twitter comments with the president. Corker told The New York Times that he sees Trump as treating his role as the U.S. leader like a reality television show with threats toward other countries that could put the United States "on the path to World War Three." "I don't think he appreciates that when the president of the United States speaks and says the things that he does, the impact that it has around the world, especially in the region that he's addressing," Corker said. Trump, in an earlier tweet, said Corker, who has announced his retirement, effective in early 2019, did not have the "guts" to run for re-election in 2018 for a third six-year term in the Senate.
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