國際時事政治選舉集中理性討論區(三)

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2018-03-15 18:19:06
2018-03-15 18:39:21
Brexit: Government 'paranoia' over secret business agreements

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-government-paranoia-over-secret-business-agreements-11290344

Sky News has established the Government has been signing a series of secret agreements with companies and industry groups over highly controversial outcomes of the Brexit process for Britain's trade border.

The attempt to enforce silence about outside discussions on the changes urgently required to the border after Brexit has raised eyebrows across industry.

A series of non-disclosure agreements have been forced into the process of consultation with the logistics companies that actually operate the UK border, with one industry source calculating that "many dozens" have been signed.

The development was described by Meg Hillier MP, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, as "extremely unusual" and "a sign of Government paranoia".

Reports based on anonymised data from this exercise, calculating likely difficulties and delays caused by border checks, have been fed back into the Border Planning Group, a cross Whitehall committee of senior officials.

But in recent weeks the requirement to sign non-disclosure agreements has also spread to more arcane technical committees on the future of the border.

Some have refused to sign them, citing concern about Brexit secrecy curtailing political debate about the economic consequences of the Government's red lines and suggesting the "bizarre, Secret Society" agreements were preventing trade bodies from discussing their Brexit approach internally.
2018-03-15 21:30:36
France, Germany, UK, US blame Moscow for ex-spy chemical attack - joint declaration

http://www.dw.com/en/france-germany-uk-us-blame-moscow-for-ex-spy-chemical-attack-joint-declaration/a-42990115

The leaders of France, Germany, the US and the UK jointly demanded "complete disclosure" from Russia over the Novichok nerve agent used in the attack on former spy Sergei Skripal.

The four governments said they "abhor" the poisoning that took place in the southern English town of Salisbury on March 4.

"This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War," they said in a statement on Thursday

The four nations described the incident as "an assault on UK sovereignty" that threatened "the security of us all."

Berlin, Washington and Paris all agreed with the British government's belief that there was "no plausible alternative" to Russia being linked with the attack.

The document also called on Moscow to provide information on its nerve poison to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
2018-03-15 22:03:41
佢都返重投金將軍懷抱唧
2018-03-16 03:49:24
BREAKING NEWS: 'Multiple deaths' as 950-ton pedestrian bridge collapses on top of cars and people on Florida college campus just days after it was installed

•Pedestrian bridge linking two parts of Florida International University campus collapsed on Thursday
•The 950-ton bridge was installed last Saturday and had not yet been open to pedestrian traffic
•Police say there are 'multiple deaths' as well as a number of cars and motorists trapped underneath the rubble

2018-03-16 04:15:34
今次好睇了
無論係Putin自導自演,還是政敵做佢,都要頭痕了
用化武黎玩,係咪好似有個警長都中埋招
2018-03-16 11:37:42
House 基本上民主黨贏梗
Senate 因為GOP太多safe seat 所以應該hold 到
跟著又進入ungovernable 既狀態
2018-03-16 11:49:49
alabama 曾經都係最safe 嗰幾個seat 之一
2018-03-16 17:18:24
Special counsel Robert Mueller issues subpoena to Trump Organization

http://www.dw.com/en/special-counsel-robert-mueller-issues-subpoena-to-trump-organization/a-42998463

US special counsel Robert Mueller delivered a subpoena to the Trump Organization requesting material related to President Donald Trump's businesses, including any related to Russia.

The White House said the Trump administration is cooperating with the special counsel's requests. The story was first reported by The New York Times newspaper on Thursday.

The request by Mueller — who is investigating claims of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election as well as possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia — was the first to specifically target the president's business dealings.

The subpoena is the first indication that the special counsel is methodically approaching the issue of the president's business dealings, something Trump has previously said would be a "red line" for him. The president did not, however, say what would happen should the special counsel cross that line.
2018-03-16 17:19:28
Gibraltar warns it could rescind citizens rights if Spain uses veto on Brexit deal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/gibraltar-warns-it-could-rescind-citizens-rights-if-spain-uses-veto-on-brexit-deal

The government of Gibraltar has warned that it could rescind the rights and protections enjoyed by Spanish and other EU nationals living and working in the territory if Madrid uses its veto to exclude the Rock from any Brexit deal between the EU and the UK.

According to EU negotiation guidelines issued in April last year, Gibraltar will find itself outside any future trade deal with the UK unless an agreement is reached in advance with Spain over its status, effectively giving Madrid a veto.

Gibraltar’s deputy chief minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, described the veto clause as illegal and said its use would be challenged in court.

He said that its invocation could prompt his government to review the status of EU nationals and also to revisit an agreement guaranteeing the payment of pensions to Spaniards who worked in Gibraltar before Franco closed the border in 1969.

“We said at the very beginning – before the UK had spoken about guaranteeing citizens’ rights – that we would honour citizens’ rights already and acquired rights in particular,” he said.
2018-03-16 17:20:30
US accuses Russia of cyber-attack on energy sector and imposes new sanctions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/15/russia-sanctions-energy-sector-cyber-attack-us-election-interference

The US has accused Russia of a wide-ranging cyber-assault on its energy grid and other key parts of its infrastructure, as it stepped up sanctions on Russian intelligence for its interference in the 2016 elections.

US officials said that malware had been found in the operating systems of several organisations and companies in the US energy, nuclear, water and “critical manufacturing” sector, and the malware as well as other form of cyber-attacks had been traced back to Moscow.

At the same time, the US treasury announced new sanctions against Russian individuals and entities, including the FSB and GRU intelligence agencies, as well as the Internet Research Agency in St Petersburg, for interference in the 2016 elections.

As a result of Russia’s election interference, officials said that thousands of Russian-planted stories reached “millions of people online” during the US presidential campaign.

The new sanctions represent the broadest set of US punitive measures against Russia since the start of the Trump administration, and many of their targets are the same as those identified by an indictment by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.
2018-03-16 17:25:38
Alabama GOP推咗個咁有問題的Moore (R),未出事前已經唔算領先好多,Jones (D) 又打一個中性的選戰,咁先贏到。

Mid-Term Senate,Dem要保太多seat,未必一家有進帳,如果佢地House可以搵到Lamb (D) 咁樣中性的候選人,未必唔可以攞到GOP的議席,不過如果有好多呢一類人,House Mahority Leader會唔會仲係Pelosi 呢
2018-03-16 19:38:02
TOMORROW : SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE ELECTION


Newspoll
Liberal 34%
Labor 31%
Nick Xenophon's SA BEST 17%
Green 8%
Others 10%

2 PARTY PREFERRED VOTE CANNOT BE CALCULATED


要點幾多日票
2018-03-16 20:52:06
US-North Korea meeting: N Korean Minister in surprise Sweden visit

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43425740

North Korea's foreign minister has attended talks in Stockholm with Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, ahead of a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.

Pyongyang said Ri Yong-ho's trip was for "bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern". Sweden has a long history of mediating between Washington and Pyongyang.

Sweden's foreign ministry said their discussions would focus on tensions between the two Koreas, and Sweden's diplomatic work on behalf of the US in North Korea.

The agenda of the talks has broadened, the news site says. One topic is said to be confidence-building measures with the US, including the release of US citizens from North Korean detention.
2018-03-16 20:52:57
Horst Seehofer: Islam does not belong to Germany, says new minister

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43422770

Horst Seehofer set out a range of immigration policies as he took up his role at the heart of the new coalition.

He has long been a vocal critic of Mrs Merkel's refugee policies.

His comments are seen as an effort to win back voters from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Mr Seehofer, who heads Mrs Merkel's Bavarian sister party the CSU, also vowed to increase deportations of rejected asylum-seekers.
2018-03-17 08:43:35
Turkey claims to have encircled Afrin, besieging up to 200,000

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/turkey-claims-to-have-encircled-afrin-besieging-up-to-200000

Turkey claims to have encircled Afrin in northern Syria, besieging up to 200,000 civilians, many of whom were attempting to flee what they fear will be an imminent blockade and bombardment of the majority Kurdish city.

The advances marked a significant moment in more than two months of clashes between Kurdish groups and Turkish-led forces and raised fresh questions about Ankara’s plans for the ethnically mixed area, which has rapidly become a focal point of Syria’s civil war and an exemplar of tensions between Arabs, Turks and Kurds more generally.

Turkey’s gains also continue to showcase friction between Ankara and Washington, which has used Kurdish groups as proxies to fight Islamic State in north-east Syria must to the chagrin of Turkish leaders. The US has not intervened since the campaign began on 20 January, claiming it was committed to the defence of its allies only in areas in which it had a presence.
2018-03-17 14:47:48
2018-03-17 17:54:52
Donald Trump signs Taiwan Travel Act, drawing China's ire

http://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-signs-taiwan-travel-act-drawing-chinas-ire/a-43018787

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation promoting contacts between Washington officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, angering China, which considers Taiwan as part of its territory.

The Taiwan Travel Act will allow unrestricted two-way travel for officials from the United States and Taiwan, thus restoring direct official US contacts with the self-ruled island, which were cut in 1979 when Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.

The White House said the bill, which was passed unanimously by Congress, would go into effect on Saturday morning even without the president's signature.

China has reacted angrily to the bill, with the Chinese embassy saying in a statement that certain clauses of the legislation "severely violate the one-China principle, the political foundation of the China-US relationship."
2018-03-17 18:03:48
Russia to expel 23 British diplomats in spy-poisoning row

http://www.dw.com/en/russia-to-expel-23-british-diplomats-in-spy-poisoning-row/a-43018882

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it would expel 23 British diplomats from the country in retaliation for Britain's expulsion of 23 Russians over a nerve-agent attack on British soil.

It said that it would also close the British Council in Russia, and reserved the right to take further measures against Britain in the event of further "hostile steps" from London.
2018-03-17 18:05:07
日媒踢爆:自殺公務員生前留下紀錄,篡改文件是「上級指示」

http://www.storm.mg/article/411842

大阪「森友學園」去年3月爆出賤價購買一塊大阪市國有土地,安倍首相及其夫人安倍昭惠皆被捲入其中。日本財務省最近又被爆出在相關文件上「動手腳」,最後不堪輿論壓力而在12日公布報告書,承認竄改。安倍迫於局勢,當晚也不能不出面道歉。位於風暴核心的財務大臣麻生太郎16日在國會雖然否認施壓,但共同社採訪相關人士獲悉,7日上吊自殺的財務省公務員確實曾留下「接到指示」的紀錄。

根據麻生太郎12日的說明,財務省之所以對14份相關文件,總計310處進行竄改。包括安倍夫人安倍昭惠、前產業經濟大臣平沼赳夫、前防災擔當大臣鴻池祥肇等人的名字全被抹去,是因為避免與前理財局長、已辭去國稅廳長官職務的佐川宣壽的國會答辯之間出現誤解而進行。麻生表示佐川才是最終責任人,自己是11日才知道篡改一事,自己不會辭職。

不過共同社指出,自殺的財務省近畿財務局公務員留下記錄,表示是「在上級的指示下被要求改寫」。相關人士透露,本月7日該職員在神戶市家中上吊死亡。去年秋季前後該職員身體欠佳,經常缺勤。據其親屬稱,去年夏季他曾在電話中透露「三觀盡碎」、「無法調職,很痛苦」。
2018-03-17 18:12:33
ABC : LIBERAL Majority in South Australia
2018-03-17 18:15:43
日本爆史上最大政治醜聞 安倍政權不退場不行了!

https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2018-03-14/117384

這是日本政治史上破天荒的大醜聞,日本最菁英的第一部會的財務省,居然為了掩飾幫安倍夫妻圖利思想同右傾的森友學園近乎免費拿到價值8億日圓以上的國有地,而對國會提出了曾經篡改過300多處的公文的報告,故意刪除涉案關說的安倍夫人昭惠、財務大臣麻生太郎等等,以及安倍跟麻生等支持的日本最大的改憲團體「日本會議」等,還有15頁是完全刪除決定要把森友當「特例」的處理,甚至有實際負責的底層公務員在7日自殺,但是現在安倍以及自民黨還想把責任推給當時的理財局長佐川宣壽,但是國民都知道背後就是有安倍夫妻等巨頭的髒手在,看來安倍至少今年9月要連任自民黨總裁美夢泡湯了,甚至還可能提前退陣。不僅森友案如此,現在已經有許多報導指出,安倍提供給安友友加計學園的數百億日圓弊案,也是有類似的篡改文件問題,將可能繼續爆發。

森友案不僅篡改14件公文的310以上的地方,而且還因此逼死一位承辦的近畿財務局的底層官員在7日自殺,而且安倍昭惠身邊曾去關說的女秘書也被外派到外國去,讓媒體以及檢方等找不到,國會無法傳證,此外還因為佐川在國會答辯時說謊說沒有公文的存在,幫安倍等掩護,其後也因此升官為國稅局長,國民看就是因為幫安倍作弊才升大官,發起拒絕繳稅運動,因此佐川從上任之後沒有一天開記者或公開露面,躲在飯店裡,而且出門時還要出動類似的數量黑色大座車來掩護他不讓媒體接近,但佐川在9日辭職,讓安倍等人可以把責任推在他身上。

這次其實是財務省內部有人把篡改的文件交給朝日新聞,朝日新聞因為去年處理加計學園案報導時,曾經不畏安倍勢力而爆出前文部省次官前川喜平證言安倍給好友特權,讓想爆料的人對朝日有信賴感,朝日報導篡改前原本存在以及部份內容,其後每日新聞也稍微拿到一部份。
2018-03-17 21:13:49
Indonesia open to idea of Australia as full Asean member

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-wants-australia-as-full-asean-member

SYDNEY (AFP) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants Australia to become a full member of Asean, signalling on Friday (March 16) he is keen on Canberra playing a bigger regional role in defence, trade and security matters.

His comments come with Australia hosting a special summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders in Sydney, as China increasingly flexes its muscle and the threat of violent extremism grows.

Australia has been a dialogue partner of Asean, which groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, since 1974.

They began biennial leaders' summits in 2016, with the first in Vientiane.

In a report last month, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute argued that Canberra should aim for Asean membership by 2024 - its 50th anniversary of being a partner - and use the Sydney summit as a launch pad.
2018-03-18 01:21:58
但係就算去到咁大嘅政治醜聞,都好似未必改變到自民黨嘅主導地位
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