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With China and Russia as its allies, the authoritarian regime is assembling a Middle Eastern coalition as Washington’s influence wanes he first of what may be many US-led air strikes on Iranian-backed Houthi Shia militants in Yemen marks another dismaying milestone on a long trail of western policy failures in the Middle East – the most pivotal and consequential of which remains the decades-old failure to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. The fact the US, backed by Britain, was obliged to use force in response to trade-strangling Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping reflects an unpalatable reality: Washington’s political leverage is waning, its diplomacy ineffectual, its authority scorned. Undaunted, the Houthis vowed attacks would continue.We’re committed to keeping our quality reporting open. By registering and providing us with insight into your preferences, you’re helping us to engage with you more deeply, and that allows us to keep our journalism free for all. You’ll always be able to control your own . https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/13/iran-is-thwith-china-and-russia-behind-it-iran-is-the-big-kid-on-the-block

Electric vehicle upstart VinFast unveiled a mid-size electric pickup truck concept at the 2024 CES technology show in Las Vegas that is named the VF Wild. Here's a look at the VF Wild as it appeared on the show floor at its unveiling on Tuesday, January 9. https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g46330781/vinfast-vf-wild-revealed-gallery/

Ce samedi 13 janvier, à partir de 17h50 sur TF1, Isabelle Ithurburu recevra Michèle Bernier dans 50' inside. L'occasion pour la journaliste de revenir sur le suicide de la mère de la comédienne. Derrière le grand sourire toujours affiché par Michèle Bernier, il est difficile d'imaginer les "grosses épreuves" qu'elle a traversées. Parmi ces "lourdes blessures", il y a la mort de sa mère, qui s'est suicidée. Un sujet qu'elle évoquera ce samedi 13 janvier à partir de 17h50 dans 50' inside sur TF1. "Vous aviez perdu votre maman, vous étiez jeune, vous aviez 28 ans. Elle était jeune elle aussi, elle avait 51 ans", a rappelé la journaliste Isabelle Ithurburu dans un extrait dévoilé en avant-première sur Instagram. Avant de lui demander : "Comment on surmonte un tel traumatisme ?" "Je ne sais pas", répond Michèle Bernier. Presque quarante ans après la disparition de sa mère, la comédienne de 67 ans n'a toujours pas de réponse. "Je me poserai toujours la question : pourquoi elle a voulu s'en aller ?", s'interroge encore l'actrice les larmes aux yeux. "Certainement que ça lui appartient", tente-t-elle d'expliquer quatre décennies après le suicide de sa mère, Odile Vaudelle, toujours inexpliqué. "On n'aurait jamais imaginé qu'elle puisse un jour faire ça, parce que c'était un soleil. C'était une femme incroyable", se remémore la fille du professeur Choron dans l'émission de TF1. "Je pense qu'elle me manquera toute ma vie, c'est comme ça", ajoute Michèle Bernier, qui explique avoir fait "un travail" sur elle-même. "C'est sûr que je me suis payé quelques années de psychanalyse pour ne pas sombrer, parce que je ne voulais pas non plus avoir cette fragilité qu'elle avait", révèle-t-elle. https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/michele-bernier-se-confie-sur-le-suicide-de-sa-mere-jai-paye-des-annees-de-psychanalyse-pour-ne-pas-sombrer_536202

Tree finches made famous by Charles Darwin’s visit to the Galápagos islands in the 19th century have gone out of tune because of parasitic infections that damage the birds’ beaks and nostrils. Researchers found that male finches that picked up the fly parasite had malformed beaks and enlarged nostrils that led to “subpar songs”, making it harder for the birds to find mates and reproduce. The infection is caused by the Philornis downsi fly, which is thought to have been introduced to the islands by accident in the 1960s. The fly’s larvae infest birds’ nests and feed on the blood and tissues of their young. Surveys on the Galápagos islands show that the larvae are now rife and kill more than half of all nestling finches. Those that survive can have badly damaged nasal cavities and nostrils, and their beaks can be deformed to the point that they no longer close properly. In new research, Sonia Kleindorfer at Flinders University in Adelaide and colleagues examined the impact of the parasitic infections on what are commonly known as Darwin’s finches. Observations, measurements and sound recordings of the birds revealed that those with deformed nostrils had more “vocal deviation” when they sang to attract mates and produced lower notes than unaffected birds. The result was off-putting to females, and out-of-tune males struggled to find mates. Writing in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers describe how critically endangered medium tree finches on the islands were so damaged by the parasites that they produced songs that sounded like other birds. The fly occurs on 13 of 15 islands surveyed to date and is considered the greatest risk to the survival of Galápagos land birds. Katharina Peters, a co-author on the study, said the work showed how even when not fatal, infestations of the fly larvae could disrupt the birds’ mating signals with “devastating effects” on po[CENSORED]tions. “This conclusion should be of particular cause for concern for the fate of Darwin’s finches,” the scientists write. Darwin collected many kinds of finches from the Galápagos during his voyage on the Beagle which set the stage for his ideas on evolution through natural selection. The birds are often credited as the inspiration for Darwin’s theory, but it was an ornithologist, John Gould, who realised that Darwin’s haul of finches were related. Darwin himself originally recorded the birds as members of different families. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/12/darwins-finches-sing-out-of-tune-mating-call-parasites-deform-beaks

Tommy Fleetwood registered a sensational eight-under round of 63 to storm to the top of the Dubai Invitational leaderboard on Saturday, sitting one shot ahead of Rory McIlory. Englishman Fleetwood sits on 15 under ahead of Sunday's fourth round, while McIlroy - who led after the opening two rounds - enjoyed a positive day too, posting a four-under round of 67, leaving him on 14 under for the tournament."I played very well, got off to the perfect start and was able to build some momentum," Fleetwood told Sky Sports. "I read the greens well, got that confidence going, that rhythm and that flow. You pick up that confidence when you start holing a few putts." Fleetwood hit four early birdies while world No 2 McIlroy's bogey on the fifth cancelled out his birdie on the previous hole, and the battle continued on the back nine with both players hitting three consecutive birdies. Sponsored Links Recommended byWhat is Outbrai Fleetwood had extended his lead thanks to a birdie on the 10th, but McIlroy pulled the gap back to one shot when he birdied the 16th to set up an exciting final round at the inaugural Dubai Invitational where the winner will take home $425,000. "I'm definitely well in it. I felt I did OK, had a bit of a slow start but got things going on the back nine to try and keep up with Tommy," McIlroy said. https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/13047323/dubai-invitational-tommy-fleetwood-sensationally-storms-into-lead-with-rory-mcilroy-a-shot-back

At a press briefing in Tel Aviv on Tuesday - after a day of meetings with Israeli leaders - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was surprisingly upbeat. Answering a question about the future of Gaza, he said he had just delivered a "new" and "very powerful" message to the Israelis - one that would end the cycle of violence in the Middle East once and for all. Blinken had spent the past four days travelling around the Middle East, with three objectives - persuading Israel to wind down its offensive, reducing tensions in the region, and easing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. As he concluded a trip which also took in Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, US-led air strikes were launched at Houthis in Yemen. While Blinken flew back across the Atlantic, the attacks will have left him wondering how his second objective can be met. But the news conference in Tel Aviv days before hinted at the possibility of progress on what lies ahead. Here was the offer: The Arab leaders would support regional integration, including normalised relations with Israel, in exchange for an end to the Gaza War, and Israel's acceptance of a "clear path" to Palestinian political rights and a unified Palestinian state, comprising the West Bank and Gaza. The plan, Blinken says, would have the additional benefit of isolating Iran and reducing what he said was its malign efforts to destablise the region through proxy actors like Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthi movement. The US secretary has acknowledged that adopting the American proposal would require some hard choices on the part of the Israelis, but he insisted that the promise of a durable regional peace was worth the effort. "The other path," Blinken said, "is to continue to see the terrorism, the nihilism, the destruction by Hamas, by the Houthis, by Hezbollah, all backed by Iran." A senior US State Department official, speaking on background, was even more blunt - Israel ultimately doesn't have a choice. At some point, the official told me, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israelis would have to face the reality that if they don't make concessions to their Arab neighbours, they will be left dealing with the chaos and devastation they created in Gaza on their own. The Arabs simply will not fund yet another rebuild, and no-one - including the Americans - has any interest in participating in the kind of multinational peacekeeping force that Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant suggested last week. "Other Arab countries will not contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza unless it is part of a bigger political settlement," says Kim Ghattas, a Lebanon-based Middle East expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Netanyahu doesn't seem to have grasped that yet." This, in essence, has become the American strategy for the Gaza War endgame. The carrot for the Israelis is normalisation and regional stability. The stick? Well, the stick is that there are no other carrots out there. Just a lot of bad options. The stick certainly isn't the threat of terminating, or even placing conditions on, US aid to the Israelis, which American officials, from President Joe Biden on down, have routinely ruled out. There are other components to the American plan, including pressuring the Palestinian Authority to enact political and judicial reforms - addressing corruption, increasing transparency and loosening media restrictions - that would position it to govern a unified Palestinian state. On Wednesday, Blinken's armoured motorcade rolled from Tel Aviv to Ramallah in the West Bank for a closed-door meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas - talks, the US secretary said, that resulted in a commitment to enact meaningful change. Dov Waxman, a professor of Israel studies at UCLA, is not certain such a commitment is solid, however. "Since the Palestinian Authority is now widely perceived by Palestinians to be illegitimate, it makes it very hard for its officials, including Abbas himself, to support democratising because doing so would jeopardise their own rule and even the Authority's continued existence," he said. If Blinken's trip was heavy on discussion of a seemingly distant future of regional peace, it was short on concrete details about how to get to that point. Israel, at least so far, has shown few signs of winding down its Gaza campaign - an essential first step before any grand American-brokered deal can begin to take shape. "The Biden administration is somehow still hoping it can put this on the table as an end goal to work towards, using the normalisation talks as lever or momentum, including to convince the Israelis to get on board the process," says Ghattas. "That's all fine in theory, but in practice it's going to be very hard." While the Americans have said Israel is on the verge of lowering the tempo of its campaign, in the south of Gaza, around the town of Khan Younis, Israel's efforts have been intensifying of late. Blinken did announce on Tuesday night that the Americans and Israelis had reached an agreement to allow a UN-led "assessment mission" to enter the northern part of the Gaza Strip to determine when Palestinian civilians can return to their homes. The plan was light on details, however, and the assessment is almost certain to be bleak. Blinken acknowledged that the effort won't achieve results "overnight". Much of Gaza City has been reduced to rubble, unexploded ordinance is a concern, and public services are limited at best. In fact, Gaza as a whole is teetering on the brink of a humanitarian abyss. Early in the trip, Blinken visited a World Food Programme warehouse in Amman, Jordan, that serves as a depot for aid to Gaza. Before his arrival, Sheri Ritsema-Anderson, UN resident coordinator at UN Jordan, painted a dire picture of the situation for Palestinian civilians. "In the last 15 years that I've been in the Middle East, I've not seen a situation like this," she told me. "This is catastrophic." It's not just food, she added. Power stations and wastewater facilities need fuel. Hospitals need supplies and equipment. The number of aid trucks entering Gaza, through circuitous routes from Jordan and elsewhere, are not nearly enough. Talking to reporters in Cairo before departing the region on Thursday, Blinken bristled at the suggestion that the Americans have been too focused on long-term planning instead of the more pressing humanitarian concerns. "We're very focused on this," he said. "It is vital that as long as this is going on, every effort is be made to make sure that civilians who are caught in the crossfire of Hamas's making don't continue to suffer." The numbers are what they are, however. The conflict has resulted in the death of more than 23,000 Palestinian civilians so far, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. And American - and Blinken's - attention is stretched thin, as was clearly demonstrated during his Middle East tour. Houthi rebel attacks on commercial shipping have virtually shut down the Red Sea. The clashes between Israeli and Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border appear to be intensifying. US forces in Syria and Iraq are under attack by Iran-backed militias. The situation was fraught when Blinken arrived in the region on Friday 5 January. It remains so as he concluded his fourth solo trip here since the war began. There is sure to be a fifth trip soon enough. And many more. "I think the Biden administration is desperately trying to do some damage-control over its continued support for the war and opposition to an immediate ceasefire," UCLA's Waxman said. The White House, he said, wants to assure Arab allies - and domestic critics within Biden's Democratic Party - that they understand Palestinian grievances and aren't giving Israel a green light for unconstrained warfare. With this latest seven-day, 10-stop diplomatic effort, the Americans appear determined to prove they are inexhaustable, if nothing else. And they seemed convinced that the effort, even if it appears to be short on results at the moment, is proof of continuing American power and influence. "The path is clearly there," Blinken said of a way to regional peace. "It's possible. We can see it." A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, as the saying goes. But the American secretary on this trip spent considerably more time talking about where the path ends than how it might start. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67949952

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2024 will start on January 13 at 12pm IST offering smartphones, smartwatches, truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, headphones, and Bluetooth speakers among others at discounted prices. Prime members will get exclusive early access to the sale starting at midnight on January 12. Ahead of the sale, the e-commerce platform has started teasing offers and discounts on several products. If you are looking to buy a smartwatch, Amazon has listed multiple wearables from po[CENSORED]r companies such as Boat, Fire-Boltt, and Noise with bigger displays, Bluetooth connectivity, and enhanced battery life at affordable price tags. Budget smartwatches such as Fire-Boltt Ring 3, Boat Extend, and Noise Pulse 2 Max are confirmed to receive price cuts during this year's Amazon Great Republic Day Sale. Amazfit's Pop 3S with 1.96-inch AMOLED display and Bluetooth calling support is teased to see a price cut during the sale. Similarly, Noise ColorFit Ultra 3 with Bluetooth calling feature will be available for a discounted price of Rs. 2,XXX, down from the original price tag of Rs. 7,999. Besides the normal discounts, Amazon is partnering with the State Bank of India (SBI) to offer an instant discount of up to 10 percent on purchases made using their credit cards and EMI transactions. Further, the online marketplace is offering cashback and around 2,200 welcome rewards on purchases made via Amazon Pay ICICI credit card. Interested buyers can also make use of exchange offers, EMI options, and coupon discounts. https://www.gadgets360.com/internet/features/amazon-great-republic-day-sale-2024-smartwatches-under-rs-5000-deal-discount-offers-4849140#pfrom=topstory Here's a list of the best smartwatch under Rs. 5,000 that will be available during Amazon's Great Republic Day Sale 2024. Amazon hasn't revealed the final sale prices yet, so these price tags may change once the sale goes live.

Lorsque vous êtes malades, votre organisme a été contaminé. Mais par quoi ? Un virus ou une bactérie ? Pour comprendre de quoi il s'agit, voici comment faire la différence entre les deux. Bactéries, virus ? Tous les mêmes, tous méchants ? Loin de là. S’ils appartiennent tous à la grande famille des microbes, qu’ils sont minuscules et qu’on les confond souvent, ils sont bien différents dans leur forme et les maladies qu’ils peuvent engendrer. Découvrir notre dernier podcast Dans le cas d'une infection ou de plusieurs infections, il convient donc de savoir quelle en est l'origine. Alors, pour ne pas se tromper, voici comment faire la différence entre un virus et une bactérie. Si certains d’entre eux sont encore plus petits que les bactéries, des virus XL ont été récemment découverts. Mais cette taille qui ne les rend pas pour autant indépendants. En effet, un virus n’est pas autonome comme une bactérie. Ils sont des agents infectieux qui ont besoin des cellules pour se reproduire. C’est ce qu’on appelle un parasite intercellulaire. Ils vont pénétrer une cellule pour se multiplier et ainsi en contaminer d’autres. Un virus est contagieux et se transmet d’un être à un autre en empruntant différentes voies : respiratoires, digestives, sexuelles ou encore par la peau. Tous les organismes vivants peuvent être victimes d’un virus : les humains, les animaux et les végétaux. Ils peuvent être responsables de nombreuses maladies et de divers degrés de gravité : rhume, grippe, chikungunya, SIDA, grippe aviaire, rougeole, polio… La liste est longue ! https://news.maxisciences.com/sante/maladies/virus-et-bacteries-quelle-est-la-difference_art41349.html?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=FR_L'Internaute+(CCM+Benchmark)_L'Internaute+%3A+A+la+Une&utm_content=Santé+%3A+quelle+est+la+différence+entre+un+virus+et+une+bactérie+%3F&utm_campaign=pmo_gts_article_desktop_desktop_test_geoloc_maxisciences&dicbo=v4-uLqTFhl-1080951072

Nous utilisons la version 6.7 d'Adobe Lightroom. Nous désactivons l'accélération GPU et effectuons des traitements d'export avec notamment une correction d'objectif. Le niveau de multithreading n'a pas beaucoup été amélioré par rapport à l'ancienne version que nous utilisions, nous continuons donc d'effectuer deux exports JPEG en parallèle de deux lots de 96 photos issues d'un Canon 5D Mark II.Lightroom profite peu des threads supplémentaires malgré le lancement de deux exports en parallèle. Les temps de traitement augmentent de 6% dans les deux cas face aux modèles X. Le gain générationnel important que nous avions noté la dernière fois permet au modeste 2600 de passer devant le 1800X. Nous utilisons la version 11.2 du logiciel Optics Pro de DxO. Nous traitons cette fois-ci 48 photos RAW issues d'un 5D Mark II auxquelles nous appliquons diverses retouches (compensation d'exposition, réduction du bruit, corrections optiques, etc). Nous réglons le nombre de photos à traiter en parallèle sur le nombre de coeurs physiques présents sur le processeur (le maximum autorisé par le logiciel).

Se lancer, échouer, prendre le temps d’élaborer une stratégie, repartir. Voilà la mécanique simplifiée de Howl, dernier né des studios Mi’pu’mi Games, sorti sur Switch et PC le 14 novembre 2023. Dans une ambiance digne du jeu du Loup-Garou , ce jeu au tour par tour nous propose de se creuser les méninges et de peaufiner les tactiques.Un mal nommé le « Howl » (ou « Hurlement ») ravage le royaume. Seule une prêtresse, sourde, résiste à cette « peste hurlante ». Le joueur l’incarne et doit tenter de trouver un remède pour sauver le monde. Pour ce faire, ce jeu indépendant se divise en quatre chapitres et soixante niveaux au total. Dans chacun d’eux, un défi au tour par tour. Pour l’emporter, la prêtresse doit se frayer un chemin à travers champs ou slalomer en forêt tout en évitant les bêtes. Chaque tour permet de se déplacer ou de se défendre contre les monstres, mais entraîne aussi leur déplacement. Lire aussi : Test Endless Dungeon : un fantastique Far West spatial où résilience et stratégie sont la clé À la manière d’un jeu d’échecs, vous devrez anticiper leurs mouvements et optimiser vos actions. Au fur et à mesure des niveaux, le jeu se complexifie lentement : nouveaux monstres aux déplacements plus dangereux, en parallèle de nouvelles capacités et armes pour les repousser. Pas de panique, un mode permet de matérialiser les effets de chaque décision et d’améliorer ses chances de réussite. Au bout de quelques niveaux, le processus de jeu semble toutefois assez répétitif. Les surprises sur la route permettent ponctuellement de casser le roulement qui s’installe. Pas de grand rebondissement mais le jeu est idéal pour développer son esprit tactique sans se prendre la tête. Howl est disponible sur Switch et PC (via Steam) pour 14,99 €. Une démo gratuite est disponible sur le Nintendo eShop pour les plus frileux. Il sortira sur PlayStation 5, Xbox et Epic Games Store le 23 janvier 2024. https://www.ouest-france.fr/gaming/tests/test-du-jeu-video-howl-un-conte-tactique-a-la-croisee-des-echecs-et-du-loup-garou-3edd43d2-846d-11ee-9b65-2282e6d4bdd9

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We’re committed to keeping our quality reporting open. By registering and providing us with insight into your preferences, you’re helping us to engage with you more deeply, and that allows us to keep our journalism free for all. You’ll always be able to control your own . Soldiers and police patrolling streets where witnesses say quiet has replaced looting and chaos that reportedly left at least 16 people dead https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/12/papua-new-guinea-under-14-day-state-of-emergency-after-deadly-riots

Dodge wasn't bashful about promoting the 710-hp 2021 Durango Hellcat SUV, telling potential customers they had only "one shot" at getting behind the wheel of the fastest team bus idling in the dropoff lane. Buyers were understandably frustrated when Dodge said last year that it would bring the Durango Hellcat back as a 2023 model. Seven original customers have now filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, asking for damages in excess of $5 million. A class-action lawsuit was filed last week against the idea of the 2023 Dodge Durango Hellcat. Okay, technically, the lawsuit alleges that Dodge used "false and deceptive advertising and marketing" back in 2020 when it told potential buyers that the 2021 Durango Hellcat would see the only year of production but then reversed course in late 2022 when it announced the 2023 Durango Hellcat with nearly identical specs. The lawsuit is asking for in excess of $5 million in damages, citing a few instances where Dodge representatives made claims that sounded like there wouldn't be any more after that year. The big one? Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis said in a Dodge promotional video that "the Hellcat Durango will be a single-model-year run. When we turn the order books over to the '22 model year, the Durango Hellcat will be gone. So you've only got one shot [to buy one]." https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43330189/2021-dodge-durango-hellcat-owners-mad/

Comme le rapporte Libération, le 15 décembre, Dominique de Villepin est très proche de sa fille aînée, puisqu’il vit avec elle dans une demeure ayant appartenu à un ancien célèbre coiffeur. Dominique de Villepin se faisait très discret ces dernières années, avant de sortir du silence après l’attaque du Hamas du 7 octobre, qui l’a poussé à s’exprimer publiquement dans les médias sur le conflit du groupe terroriste et d’Israël. L’occasion pour Libération de s’intéresser de plus près à l’ancien ministre de l’Intérieur de Jacques Chirac, dans son édition du 15 décembre dernier. L’homme politique semble très proche de sa fille aînée, Marie, âgée de 37 ans, qui l’accompagne souvent lors de ses interventions télévisées, comme le 23 novembre, sur le plateau de Quotidien. "Prenant soin l’un de l’autre", ils ont l’habitude de se faire escorter par un garde du corps et un chauffeur, dont les services sont assurés grâce aux années de Dominique de Villepin à Matignon. Nos confrères parlent même d’une "osmose" liant le père et sa fille (sœur de Victoire et d’Arthur). Il faut dire que le duo vit ensemble dans une demeure acquise il y a trois ans. Située au sein de l’avenue Foch de Paris, celle-ci appartenait auparavant au défunt coiffeur Jacques Dessange, emporté à 94 ans, le 7 janvier 2020. La société de conseil Villepin international est d’ailleurs domiciliée chez lui. Quant à la décoration d’intérieur choisie par l’homme politique et son aînée Marie, elle est composée des nombreux objets et œuvres d’art acquises au fil du temps. On y trouve notamment des masques et des statues africaines, des peintures signées Nicolas de Staël, Zao Wou-Ki, Maurice Mata, Ladislas Kijno, ou encore Anselm Kiefer. Pour son ami Philippe Faure, ex-ambassadeur au Mexique et au Maroc, le logement de Dominique de Villepin est "un véritable musée". Un ancien proche passé par le Quai d’Orsay a quant à lui fait part de son admiration : "C’est si beau qu’on a du mal à se concentrer." Et l’ex-Premier ministre sait comment mettre à l’aise ses invités, en leur offrant un moment privilégié lors de leur venue. Libération le précise, lors de ces tête-à-tête, du vin de qualité est servi à table, tout comme des plats raffinés préparés par le cuisinier particulier de la maison. Article écrit avec la collaboration de 6Medias https://actu.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/dominique-de-villepin-vit-avec-sa-fille-marie-il-a-rachete-la-demeure-dun-homme-celebre-a-paris_534665?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=FR_Voici+(Prisma+Presse)_Voici&utm_content=Dominique+de+Villepin+vit+avec+sa+fille+Marie+%3A+il+a+racheté+la+demeur&utm_campaign=pmo_GAL_article_desktop_desktop_test_geoloc_v2_normal&dicbo=v4-ElJNbaE-1079627536

Their bright green feathers and unmistakable squawk make ring-necked parakeets a striking addition to British park wildlife, but the question of how the tropical birds were first introduced has been a subject of contention. One urban legend traces their origin to a pair released by Jimi Hendrix on Carnaby Street in 1968; another suggests they arrived in 1951 when Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn visited London with various animals in tow to film The African Queen, set in the equatorial swamps of east Africa. Now the question has been subjected to a rigorous forensic analysis for the first time, in research that points to an entirely different explanation: pet owners around the country releasing the birds into the wild, possibly prompted by media coverage of fatal “parrot fever” outbreaks. Steven Le Comber, who led the research at Queen Mary University London, said: “The ring-necked parakeet has become a successful invasive species in 34 countries on five continents. The fun legends relating to the origins of the UK’s parakeets are probably not going to go away any time soon.” However, analysis by Le Comber and colleagues based on geographic profiling methods used to track down criminals concluded that Britain’s booming parakeet po[CENSORED]tion has grown from numerous small-scale accidental and intentional pet releases. The analysis tested other po[CENSORED]r theories, including that parakeets kept at Syon Park in west London escaped in the 1970s when debris from a plane crashed through the aviary roof, or that damage to aviaries during the Great Storm of 1987 was responsible. However, none of the suspect sites showed up prominently in the heatmap of more than 5,000 unique records dating from 1968 to 2018. The research, published in the Journal of Zoology, drew on sightings recorded in the National Biodiversity Network Atlas dating back to the 1960s. When this failed to produce an obvious hotspot of parrot activity, the researchers turned to newspaper archives, and a search turned up thousands of pages of news stories about parakeets written between 1804 and 2008. The team found numerous sensational accounts of human deaths due to so-called parrot fever, an infection called psittacosis, which has the potential to be passed from bird to human and which can be deadly. In 1932 the Middlesex County Times reported that parakeets had been spotted in Epping Forest and credited the “parrot disease scare” of 1931 for an increase in pet birds being released into the wild. A 1952 headline in London’s Daily Herald reported calls to “Stop import of danger parrots”, while a 1974 report in the Reading Evening Post described eight people falling sick after the death of a parrot. Sarah Elizabeth Cox, a postgraduate history student at Goldsmiths, said: “It is easy to imagine [these] headlines leading to a swift release of pets. If you were told you were at risk being near one, it would be much easier to let it out the window than to destroy it.” Steven Le Comber commented on the findings in August, when the research was submitted for publication. He died in September, aged 53. This article was amended on 13 December 2019. An earlier version referred to one of the theories being that parakeets kept at Syon Park in west London escaped in the 1970s when a plane crashed through the aviary roof. It was debris from a plane that damaged the aviary, not a plane itself. This has been corrected. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/12/hendrix-hepburn-study-busts-myths-about-origins-of-uks-parakeets

"I’ve not heard of any inquiries come directly into the club for him, and I’d be lying if I said they would be welcome. We want Jack here playing for a strong Sunderland team and trying to see out what we are trying to do this season. I’ve been super impressed by him." On the club's hunt for a striker, Beale added: "We are being linked with every no.9 that’s breathing. "We are looking for the right no.9 to come and fit in. He has to fit into our budget, and he has to be motivated to help us. We are also looking at a couple of other positions as well. We are busy in the background." Hibernian have taken Brazilian attacker Adryan to their Dubai training camp. The 29-year-old - who played for Leeds United on loan during the 2014/15 season - is out of contract after leaving Brescia last year. Head coach Nick Montgomery is assessing options to strengthen his squad this month, with the former Brazil U20 player getting a chance to impress. Tranmere Rovers have reached an agreement with Blackpool to extend the loan spell of Rob Apter until the end of the 2023/24 season. The 20-year-old has made a total of 21 appearances for Rovers so far this term, scoring five goals and assisting twice. Manager Nigel Adkins said: "We're delighted to have Robbie Apter back with Tranmere Rovers until the end of the season. "His efforts towards our performances in the first half of the season were huge, and we're very happy to have reached an agreement to extend his stay here at Prenton Park." https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/31771/12476234/transfer-centre-live-mikel-arteta-says-arsenal-signing-striker-in-january-does-not-look-realistic

Drone and rocket attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea have now prompted US and UK-led forces to stage air strikes on targets in the region. Western forces took action after vessels were attacked by the Houthis - an Iran-backed rebel group which controls a large part of Yemen. US President Joe Biden said the US and UK military had successfully launched strikes early on Friday against Houthi targets with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands. More than 12 sites, including in the capital, Sanaa, and Hudaydah, the Houthi Red Sea port stronghold, were hit. The Houthi targets in Yemen included logistical hubs, air defence systems and arms depots. Why have the Houthis attacked Red Sea ships? The attacks began after the start of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October. The Houthis declared their support for Hamas and said they would target any ship travelling to Israel. It is not clear that all of the ships attacked were actually heading there. In November they seized what they said was an Israeli cargo ship. They since have attacked several commercial vessels with drones and ballistic missiles. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have increased 500% between November and December. The threat has become so great that major shipping companies have ceased sailing in the region and insurance costs have risen 10-fold since early December. Major shipping firms including Mediterranean Shipping Company, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and the oil company BP have all said they are diverting vessels away from the Red Sea. The fear is that fuel prices will rise and supply chains will be damaged. Almost 15% of global seaborne trade passes through the Red Sea, which is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez canal and is the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. Washington has accused Iran of being "deeply involved" in planning operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis are an armed group from a sub-sect of Yemen's Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis. They take their name from the movement's founder, Hussein al Houthi. Formally known as the Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), the group was formed in the 1990s to combat what they saw as the corruption of the then president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. President Saleh, backed by Saudi Arabia's military, tried to eliminate the Houthi rebels in 2003, but the Houthis repelled them both. The Houthi rebels have been fighting a civil war since 2014 against Yemen's government. The government has been backed against the Houthis by a coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. By the start of 2022, the war had caused an estimated 377,000 deaths and displaced four million people, according to the UN. The Houthis declare themselves to be part of the Iranian-led "axis of resistance" against Israel, the US and the wider West - along with Hamas and Hezbollah. The Houthi rebels model themselves on the Shia armed group in Lebanon, Hezbollah. Hezbollah has been providing them with extensive military expertise and training since 2014, according to the US research institute, the Combating Terrorism Center. The Houthis also consider Iran as an ally, because Saudi Arabia is their common enemy. Iran is suspected of supplying the Houthi rebels with weapons, and the US says Iranian intelligence is critical to enabling them to target ships. "We know that Iran was deeply involved in planning the operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea," White House national security spokesperson Adrienne Watson said. "This is consistent with Iran's long-term material support and encouragement of the Houthis' destabilizing actions in the region." Iran denies involvement in attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea. The US and Saudi Arabia says Iran supplied the ballistic missiles which the Houthis fired at the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in 2017, but which were shot down. Iran 'supplied missile to Yemen rebels' Saudi Arabia also blamed Iran for supplying the cruise missiles and drones that the Houthis used to attack Saudi oil installations in 2019. The Houthis have fired ten of thousands of short-range missiles into Saudi Arabia, and have also attacked targets in the UAE. They have also fired ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel since the start of the war in Gaza. Supplying these weapons would breach a UN arms embargo. Iran has denied The official government of Yemen is the Presidential Leadership Council, to which President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi transferred his powers in April 2022. However, the government is based in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after Hadi fled there in 2015. Most of the Yemeni po[CENSORED]tion lives in areas under Houthi control. As well as Sanaa and the north of Yemen, the Houthi rebels control the Red Sea coastline. The group collects taxes and also prints money. The UN Security Council said that by 2010 the Houthis had between 100,000 and 120,000 followers, made up of armed troops and unarmed supporters. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911