US presidential election: Harris invites Obama and Springsteen to Atlanta. During a campaign meeting on Thursday evening, the Democratic candidate invited these two “icons in the hope of electrifying the public and, above all, mobilizing voters”, In “the final stretch of the race” at the White House, summarizes The Washington Post. The former president and the singer heated up the room and called on Georgia voters to support the Democrat. At the same time Donald Trump concluded a speech in Arizona, another state which will be decisive for this election scrutinized by the whole world. “We are a dump. We are like the trash of the world,” launched the 78-year-old Republican, who continues to harden his migratory rhetoric, meeting after meeting. He added, regarding his Democratic rival and her management of immigration: “A person responsible for such bloodshed on our soil cannot be allowed to become President of the United States.” The two candidates are focusing their efforts on the seven pivotal states in which neither has managed to widen the gap beyond the margin of error: Georgia and Arizona, therefore, but also Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina , Michigan and Wisconsin.
Climate: without a reduction in emissions, the 1.5°C target “will soon be dead”, warns the UN. The new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), published less than a month before COP29 in Azerbaijan, shows that a “a year after world leaders made a historic vow to move away from fossil fuels, countries have made almost no progress in reducing emissions,” underlines The New York Times. For the UN, the emissions reduction policies currently implemented by countries would lead to global warming “catastrophic” by 3.1°C over the century compared to the pre-industrial era. Even taking into account all the promises to do better, global temperatures would rise by 2.6°C, with a series of “tipping points” irreversible. “We need global mobilization on a scale and pace never seen before, now, or the 1.5°C target will soon be dead”warned Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.
Venezuela, which wanted to integrate the Brics, denounces Brazil’s veto. Caracas castigated Thursday a “assault” from Brasilia during the summit in Kazan, Russia. With the exception of Brazil, Venezuela had “had the support and support of the countries participating in this summit for the formalization of its entry”, explained the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. “Brazil’s refusal was categorical, and its Brics partners chose to respect the limits imposed by Lula’s government,” precise The Globe. Relations between the two countries have become strained in recent weeks, following the contested re-election in July of President Nicolás Maduro, with the opposition claiming fraud and claiming victory. Asked about the dispute between Brasilia and Caracas in Kazan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, a close ally of Maduro, said “hope that the situation will be resolved”, insisting, however, that a consensus was essential for a new country to be admitted to the Brics.
In Austria, a far-right figure at the head of Parliament. Walter Rosenkranz, 62, received 100 votes out of 162 cast on Thursday. This criminal lawyer, former presidential candidate, “arouses strong criticism” in Austria, recalls Delivery man. This member of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), a party which has just won the legislative elections, has been part of a far-right corporation since 1981 (Fraternity), freedom, many of whose members were participants in the Nazi extermination machine in Austria annexed by Adolf Hitler. The outgoing chancellor, Karl Nehammer, justified this vote by “use” and the “tradition”, who wants the position to go to the party that wins the elections. But other MPs said they wanted “follow their conscience”, evoking their “unwavering anti-fascism” to vote against a “europhobe”, came from a party “more and more close to those with identities”.
Canada is drastically reducing its immigration quotas. Traditionally seen as a welcoming land for immigrants, the country announced on Thursday a drop “considerable” of 21% of the quota of permanent residents that it will welcome from next year, reflecting a change of direction in the face of public opinion increasingly reluctant to immigration. “Immigration is essential for the future of Canada, but it must be controlled and sustainable,” declared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, emphasizing that this reduction “will result in a pause in population growth over the next two years”. “The pressure on temporary immigrants will be very real”, underline several experts interviewed by the Canadian daily Duty. “Hundreds of thousands of immigrants will leave Canada if we really want to achieve the new targets,” explains in particular Catherine Xhardez, political scientist at the University of Montreal.
