#BBCNews - US to ban Chinese tech in cars https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyegl8q80do The US is planning to ban certain hardware and software made in China and Russia from cars, trucks and buses in the US due to security risks... the plans were "targeted, proactive" steps to protect the US.
Human rights in Russia have “severely deteriorated” since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, culminating in a “systematic crackdown” on civil society, a UN report has found
#BBCNews - Four dead and dozens hurt in #Alabama mass shooting https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k9gl6g49o There have been more than 400 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.
'The long-awaited new line up of the French government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, marks a decisive shift to the right, even though a left-wing alliance won most parliamentary seats.'
One issue is the little discussed phenomenon of 'chemical submission' - drug-induced assault in the home.
Police were only able to identify 50 suspects out of 83 that appeared in Dominique #Pelicot 's videos.
"It demolishes the myth of the rapist who is a psychopath. They raped because they were sure of their impunity" - so Celine Piques of Osez le Feminisme. "One hundred percent of these people never made a phone call to stop this abuse"
French village of Mazan torn apart by horror of the Gisèle Pelicot trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvpd7zyprdo #GiselePelicot has declined her own legal right to privacy, and became a symbol of defiance for many French women. the police have already identified and detained 50 of the men whose images appeared on Dominique Pelicot’s hard drive, another 30 suspects – as yet unnamed and untraced – remain at large. (Cont.)
"So we know 30 out of 80 still haven’t been caught. There are tensions here because people don’t know if they can trust their neighbours. You ask yourself – is he one of the 30? What is your neighbour getting up to behind closed doors?” said Isabelle Liversain in a voice sharp with frustration.
Women's rights activists have recently painted slogans on walls around Avignon. One reads: “Ordinary men. Horrific crimes.”
"while many outside #Europe are pre-occupied only with the end of fighting, my position is that peace is not simply the absence of war. Peace is a settlement that makes war impossible and unnecessary. Therefore, we must put #Ukraine in the condition of negotiating such peace. And this is why the integration of Ukraine in our European Union is for us at the heart of our peace effort."
BBC #journalist, watches opposition in #Russia, FSU, E. Europe, Syria. Not a BBC spox, views my own, some humour 😵💫, migrant.Working on a radio programme, focusing on world news.Posts in unexpected languages, incl Hun, Ger, Ukr, Rus, Cz, Slo, dabbler in typos.Sharing #Ukraine war #news of the #BBCWorldService https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbcworldservice#TheGlobalJigsaw #podcast here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk/episodes/downloadsFan of #catsofmastodon#Fedi22