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トランプ支持者、議会に乱入で騒然

No: 3198 USA-ELECTION/PROTESTS-UPDATE-CHAOS Chaos at U.S. Capitol as Trump supporters clash with police STORY: Chaos erupted at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday (January 06) as a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters clashed with police and then stormed the building in a violent scene that's been likened to an attempted coup or an insurrection. Lawmakers were evacuated as the rioters breached the barricades, interrupting the certification the results of the presidential election. Thousands of protesters, waving "Don't Tread on Me" flags and shouting "stop the steal," flooded Capitol Hill and paraded through National Statuary Hall, creating a tense standoff with law enforcement that dissolved into violence. Tear gas was reportedly deployed in the Rotunda and shots were fired. Earlier protesters had massed outside the Capitol building, with police using teargas and pepper spray to keep them back. Medics could be seen giving CPR to one injured protester. CNN reported that a woman was in critical condition after being shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds. On MSNBC, a person covered in blood was seen been wheeled away from the building on a stretcher. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer issued a statement calling on Trump to call off the protesters. Later on Wednesday Trump posted a video calling on protesters to go home, and saying "we have to have peace." The governors of Maryland and Virginia said they would dispatch the state troopers and activate the National Guard to help quell the violence. Kayleigh McEnany, the president's press secretary, also said that federal officers and National Guard would be deployed. Images from inside the House chamber showed police with their guns drawn as protesters banged on the doors. Video images showed the demonstrators smashing windows and climbing into the building. Igor Bobic, a reporter for HuffPost, tweeted that the president's supporters eventually entered the chamber, with one taking the dais to yell, "Trump won that election!" Capitol Police have asked for additional law enforcement assistance, while D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a citywide curfew beginning at 6 p.m. The protesters were heeding the calls of President Trump, who has falsely claimed that the Nov. 3 presidential election was thrown to his Democratic challenger Biden by widespread voter fraud. His claims have lacked evidence and have suffered one legal setback after another. In an address to the nation, President-Elect Joe Biden called on Trump to speak out and "demand an end to this siege." Before the protests escalated, thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to take part in what has been billed as the Save America Rally held on the National Mall. The president addressed the cheering crowd shortly before Congress met to certify the results. "We will never give up. We will never concede," Trump said. Spurred on by his bellicose rhetoric, a typically ceremonial counting of the electoral votes submitted by each state was overshadowed and marred by clashes between protesters and police. Even before protesters flooded the Capitol, the vote certification had become unusually contentious. Republicans issued objections to certifying Arizona's electoral votes, which closed the joint session and kicked off debate in both chambers over whether or not there were election irregularities that would nullify Biden's victory in the state.

日付：2021年6月6日

RM 152340519

Navalny's supporters protest outside Moscow airport

Date:JANUARY 17, 2021 Supporters of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Sunday (January 17) staged a protest at Moscow's Vnukovo airport where he was due to arrive from Germany. But Navalny's plane from Berlin was diverted to Sheremetyevo airport instead at the last minute for a technical reason in an apparent effort by authorities to thwart journalists and the supporters awaiting him. Police detained some supporters at Vnukovo where the crowd chanted Navalny's name. Navalny himself was detained by Russian police at passport control late on Sunday after flying back to Russia from Germany for the first time since being poisoned last summer, a Reuters witness said. Russia's FSIN prison authority confirmed that officers had detained the prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, the Interfax news agency reported. The move, which could see Navalny jailed for 3.5 years for allegedly flouting the terms of a suspended prison sentence, may reignite political pressure on the West to tighten sanctions on Russia, especially against an $11.6 billion project to build a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. (Production: Anton Derbenev, Mikhail Antonov) (Caption:7110WD-RUSSIA-POLITICS_NAVALNY_SUPPORTERS_O_)

日付：2021年1月17日

RM 152340475

Amid intense security, anti-government protesters gather at Michigan state capitol

Date:JANUARY 17, 2021 Law enforcement officials battened down statehouses across the country on Sunday in anticipation of potentially violent protests by Trump supporters who believe the baseless claim that electoral fraud robbed the president of a second term. More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Security officials have eyed Sunday as the first major flashpoint, as that is when the anti-government "boogaloo" movement made plans weeks ago to hold rallies in all 50 states. Capitals in battleground states, where Trump has directed his accusations of voter fraud, were on especially high alert. But by midday, only a few demonstrators had taken to the streets alongside hundreds of law enforcement officers and media personnel. Four protesters with long rifles stood outside Michigan's capitol in Lansing on Sunday, one wearing fatigue pants, a brown tactical vest, and a blue Hawaiian shirt, and another wearing a Trump t-shirt and fatigue pants as he held a "Don't tread on me" flag. One of them was Duncan Lemp, a cook from Michigan who is involved with the boogaloo boys movement and was wearing an American flag face mask. He said he believed the election was fraudulent, but he had not come on Sunday to start a fight. Instead, he said he wanted to encourage a peaceful, unified anti-government stance and to stand up for his right to bear arms. "The idea of today, we've been planning this rally since long before the 6th, long before the 6th. The 6th changed everything for us. It made us really worried about coming out here. Obviously, you see the fences," Lemp said. "They were really worried--the FBI stopped by my work three days ago to talk to me about coming out here. And it changed a lot. We were coming out here for unity, trying to get Antifa, Proud Boys, BLM, the militias all together just to have a conversation. We don't have to come out and fight every time we come out. We can just talk." Lemp's fellow Boogaloo member Timothy Teagan, who said he was neither for President-elect Joe Biden or President Trump, said it was important to show up to disprove reports that their intention was violence. Nearby, crews had blocked off streets and office buildings in Lansing had boarded up their windows in anticipation of potential violence. In addition to increasing police presence, some states, including Pennsylvania, Texas, and Kentucky, have taken the further step of closing their capitol grounds to the public. It is just days until Wednesday's Inauguration Day, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president amid extraordinary security efforts in Washington, D.C. The nationwide security scramble followed the attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington by a mix of extremists and Trump supporters, some of whom called for the death of Vice President Mike Pence as he presided over the certification of Biden's election victory. (Production: Nathan Frandino) (Caption:7105WD-USA-TRUMP_PROTESTS_MICHIGAN_O_)

日付：2021年1月17日

RM 152340339

Gunmen kill female judges in Afghan capital

Date:JANUARY 17, 2021 Unknown gunmen shot and killed two female judges and wounded their driver in the Afghan capital on Sunday (January 17), police said, although no one has claimed responsibility for the early morning ambush. Local media said the women who work for the supreme court were on their way to their office when they were attacked. Targeted killings of journalists, government officials, and rights activists, have increased rapidly in recent months as violence surges in Afghanistan despite peace talks between the government and the Taliban. International donors and governments have also expressed apprehension about a possible reversal of progress on women's rights over the last two decades if the Taliban return to any sort of power with the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country next year. (Production: Samargul Zwak, Sayed Hassib, Hameed Farzad) (Caption:7006AS-AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK__O_)

日付：2021年1月17日

RM 152260803

Protesters march against French national security bill

Date:JANUARY 16, 2021 Thousands of protesters opposed to a new French security bill took to the streets in Paris on Saturday (January 16) despite cold weather and snow in the capital. France has been hit by a wave of street protests taking aim at the proposed bill intended to combat what the government describes as "Islamic radicalism" after the murder last October of a French teacher who had used caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson. The government introduced the security bill to increase its surveillance capabilities and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media and online. Opponents say the plans would restrict civil liberties. Tens of protests were held on Saturday across France, part of a string of protests which have sometimes turned violent in the past three months. Heavy police presence escorted the march in Paris which ended peacefully. The bill is part of French President Emmanuel Macron's drive to get tougher on law and order ahead of elections in 2022. His government has also said the police needs to be better protected from online hate. (Production: Yonathan Van der Voort, Lucien Libert) (Caption:6099WD-FRANCE-SECURITY_PROTEST_O_)

日付：2021年1月16日

RM 152260800

Protesters march against French national security bill

Date:JANUARY 16, 2021 Thousands of protesters opposed to a new French security bill took to the streets in Paris on Saturday (January 16) despite cold weather and snow in the capital. France has been hit by a wave of street protests taking aim at the proposed bill intended to combat what the government describes as "Islamic radicalism" after the murder last October of a French teacher who had used caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson. The government introduced the security bill to increase its surveillance capabilities and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media and online. Opponents say the plans would restrict civil liberties. Tens of protests were held on Saturday across France, part of a string of protests which have sometimes turned violent in the past three months. Heavy police presence escorted the march in Paris which ended peacefully. The bill is part of French President Emmanuel Macron's drive to get tougher on law and order ahead of elections in 2022. His government has also said the police needs to be better protected from online hate. (Production: Yonathan Van der Voort, Lucien Libert) (Caption:6099WD-FRANCE-SECURITY_PROTEST_O_)

日付：2021年1月16日

RM 152260763

Anti-government protesters face down water cannon, tear gas in Chile

Date:JANUARY 15, 2021 Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Santiago, Chile on Friday (January 15), facing down police in riot gear, blasts from a water cannon and tear gas. Protests in Chile began over a year ago to call for reforms to the pension, healthcare and education systems. Every Friday protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against stark inequality in one of Latin America's most developed countries. Chileans poured into the country's main squares late last October after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country's Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new charter drafted by citizens. (Production: Esteban Medel, Paul Vieira) (Caption:6039LA-CHILE-PROTESTS__O_)

日付：2021年1月15日

RM 152260762

Anti-government protesters face down water cannon, tear gas in Chile

Date:JANUARY 15, 2021 Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Santiago, Chile on Friday (January 15), facing down police in riot gear, blasts from a water cannon and tear gas. Protests in Chile began over a year ago to call for reforms to the pension, healthcare and education systems. Every Friday protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against stark inequality in one of Latin America's most developed countries. Chileans poured into the country's main squares late last October after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country's Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new charter drafted by citizens. (Production: Esteban Medel, Paul Vieira) (Caption:6039LA-CHILE-PROTESTS__O_)

日付：2021年1月15日

RM 152260761

Anti-government protesters face down water cannon, tear gas in Chile

Date:JANUARY 15, 2021 Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Santiago, Chile on Friday (January 15), facing down police in riot gear, blasts from a water cannon and tear gas. Protests in Chile began over a year ago to call for reforms to the pension, healthcare and education systems. Every Friday protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against stark inequality in one of Latin America's most developed countries. Chileans poured into the country's main squares late last October after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country's Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new charter drafted by citizens. (Production: Esteban Medel, Paul Vieira) (Caption:6039LA-CHILE-PROTESTS__O_)

日付：2021年1月15日

RM 152205150

Libya releases bodies found in mass graves for burial

Date:JANUARY 15, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT Libyan authorities on Friday (January 15) released two bodies found in mass graves in the city of Tarhouna after the Tripoli government retook it in June from Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA). They are among the first to be identified since the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) began exhuming scores of bodies from numerous sites in and around Tarhouna. Last week Human Rights Watch said hundreds of Tarhouna residents were abducted or reported missing after the local Kaniyat militia took control there in 2015. The Kaniyat, headed by members of the al-Kani family, was allied to the LNA and helped it mount a failed 14-month assault on Tripoli that began in April 2019. The GNA has issued arrest warrants for leaders of the Kaniyat who are believed to be in LNA-held eastern territory. The Tohami and al-Saadi families took the bodies of their relatives back to Tarhouna for burial at a funeral attended by a large crowd of mourners later on Friday. Men crouched by the graveside and embraced as the two bodies, wrapped in white shrouds, lay ready for burial. Mahmoud Saadi was abducted by the militia in December 2019, said his brother Ali Saadi, who was also held by them. He said the militia commander questioned them both about people involved in political activism. "I told him I didn't know them. Then he asked me to leave. He shot two bullets into my brother," he said. On Sunday (January 17), more families will try to identify their relatives using belongings found by the authorities' forensic science department. (Production: Hazem Ahmed, Mai Shams El-Din, Marissa Davison) (Caption:5170WD-LIBYA-SECURITY_TARHOUNA_O_)

日付：2021年1月15日

RM 152204809

Yemenis fear remittances, import cuts with U.S. Houthi blacklisting

Date:JANUARY 14, 2021 Yemenis fear a U.S. decision to blacklist the Houthi movement could further isolate them from the global financial system, depriving the war-battered country of vital remittances and hampering the flow of imports. Yemen's war and the ensuing economic collapse has left 80% of the population reliant on aid. On Thursday (January 14), the United Nations' aid chief warned that U.S. sanctions would push the country into a famine on a scale not seen for nearly 40 years. The World Bank estimates one in 10 Yemenis rely on remittances, already down sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic. Severe inflation has put many basic goods out of reach, foreign reserves have dwindled and a divided central bank has struggled to pay public-sector salaries. There was no sign of people rushing to stock up on goods at markets and shops in Sanaa visited by Reuters on Thursday ahead of the designation of the Iran-aligned Houthi group as a foreign terrorist organisation going into effect on Jan. 19. But many traders, including supermarket owner Hamod al-Odini, fear trade and commercial operations will be paralysed in a country that imports 90% of its food. Foreign banks were wary of dealing with Yemen before this designation, which penalises institutions with links to the United States should they deal with Houthi entities. Washington sees the Houthis, who ousted the internationally recognised government from power in Sanaa in late 2014 and now hold Yemen's most populated areas, as an extension of Iranian influence in the region. The Houthis deny being puppets of Tehran and say they are fighting a corrupt system. The U.N. and NGOs are lobbying Washington to reverse the designation. Neither aid groups nor importers have been informed officially about details of the sanctions or planned measures to ensure essential imports and aid flows. The humanitarian response plan for 2020 received half of the $3.38 billion needed and cash-strapped aid agencies fear the designation may further discourage donors. The head of the World Food Programme warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the Houthi designation "is going to be a death sentence to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people in Yemen". (Production: Adel Al Khader, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4186WD-YEMEN-SECURITY__O_)

日付：2021年1月14日

RM 152204419

Security upped near Vice President Pence's house

Date:JANUARY 13, 2021 Temporary fencing surrounded the U.S. Naval Observatory on Wednesday (January 13), encircling the property on which the vice presidential residence sits, a week after thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the nation's capitol building. Five people were killed as the rioters clashed with undermanned police officers and vandalized the building, leading to stepped up security measures in Washington, D.C. As many as 15,000 National Guard troops, including some armed members, have been ordered to Washington, to secure the city before U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, with new fencing and other security measures engulfing the U.S. Capitol area. Some congressional leaders have also called for insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol to be placed on no-fly lists. (Production: Julio Cesar-Chavez, Catherine Koppel) (Caption:3213WD-USA-TRUMP_SECURITY_PENCE_O_)

日付：2021年1月13日

RM 152260782

古都奈良も雪化粧　鹿や五重塔と「競演」　シャッターチャンス狙う姿

低気圧の発達で列島各地で雪模様となった12日、奈良県内平野部でも広い範囲で積雪が見られた。奈良地方気象台によると、奈良市で午前9時に4センチ、天川村で同10時に13センチを記録。市内で4センチ以上の積雪を記録したのは、2014年2月以来約7年ぶり。【撮影・小宅洋介】2021年1月12日公開

日付：2021年1月12日

RM 152204684

Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin

Date:JANUARY 13, 2021, JANUARY 12, 2021, RECENT, FILE Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled "from the land of Israel" will soon be available for sale in the United Arab Emirates, settler business leaders said. Palestinians have condemned the export deal, saying settlements are illegal under international law, a view shared by many countries but disputed by Israel. After forging official relations with the UAE last year under a U.S.-brokered deal that enraged Palestinians, bottles from Tura Winery in the Rehelim settlement are now in stock in the UAE, an alcohol retailer there said, although they did not appear to be on shelves yet. The winery owner, Vered Ben-Sa'adon, told Reuters the exports showed that new Israel-UAE ties also extended to settlements, on West Bank land captured in a 1967 war and that Palestinians seek for a state. "It's very exciting for (people in the UAE) to feel the peace process, to be a part of it. When you sit in a hotel in Abu Dhabi, and drink a glass of Tura, it's to be a part of history," said 44-year-old Ben-Sa'adon, 44. Tura, which also produces and has sent olive oil to the UAE, places labels on its wine bottles that include the line: "WINE FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL". Tura said the term referred to an area that includes Israel and the West Bank, where settlers stake a biblical claim to land they refer to as Judea and Samaria. But under guidelines issued by outgoing President Donald Trump's administration last year, the United States, Israel's closest ally, said its imports from settlements should be marked "Made in Israel" or "Product of Israel". U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has been critical of Israel's settlements, but has not said if he would change the Trump administration's labelling guidelines. "It breaks your heart to see your Muslim brothers (in the UAE) support your enemy at your expense," said Nizam Abdul Razzaq, 57, a Palestinian olive and bee farmer in Yasouf, a village two km (1.2 miles) from Rehelim. Israel disputes that its settlements are illegal, citing biblical, historical and political connections to the land, as well as security needs. Around 440,000 settlers live in the West Bank among some 3 million Palestinians. (Production: Rami Amichay, Ismael Khader, Adel Abu Nemeh, Abdelhaid Ramahi, Ammar Awad, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) (Caption:4122WD-ISRAEL-EMIRATES_SETTLEMENTS_PALESTINIANS_O_)

日付：2021年1月12日

RM 152204688

Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin

Date:JANUARY 13, 2021, JANUARY 12, 2021, RECENT, FILE Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled "from the land of Israel" will soon be available for sale in the United Arab Emirates, settler business leaders said. Palestinians have condemned the export deal, saying settlements are illegal under international law, a view shared by many countries but disputed by Israel. After forging official relations with the UAE last year under a U.S.-brokered deal that enraged Palestinians, bottles from Tura Winery in the Rehelim settlement are now in stock in the UAE, an alcohol retailer there said, although they did not appear to be on shelves yet. The winery owner, Vered Ben-Sa'adon, told Reuters the exports showed that new Israel-UAE ties also extended to settlements, on West Bank land captured in a 1967 war and that Palestinians seek for a state. "It's very exciting for (people in the UAE) to feel the peace process, to be a part of it. When you sit in a hotel in Abu Dhabi, and drink a glass of Tura, it's to be a part of history," said 44-year-old Ben-Sa'adon, 44. Tura, which also produces and has sent olive oil to the UAE, places labels on its wine bottles that include the line: "WINE FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL". Tura said the term referred to an area that includes Israel and the West Bank, where settlers stake a biblical claim to land they refer to as Judea and Samaria. But under guidelines issued by outgoing President Donald Trump's administration last year, the United States, Israel's closest ally, said its imports from settlements should be marked "Made in Israel" or "Product of Israel". U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has been critical of Israel's settlements, but has not said if he would change the Trump administration's labelling guidelines. "It breaks your heart to see your Muslim brothers (in the UAE) support your enemy at your expense," said Nizam Abdul Razzaq, 57, a Palestinian olive and bee farmer in Yasouf, a village two km (1.2 miles) from Rehelim. Israel disputes that its settlements are illegal, citing biblical, historical and political connections to the land, as well as security needs. Around 440,000 settlers live in the West Bank among some 3 million Palestinians. (Production: Rami Amichay, Ismael Khader, Adel Abu Nemeh, Abdelhaid Ramahi, Ammar Awad, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) (Caption:4122WD-ISRAEL-EMIRATES_SETTLEMENTS_PALESTINIANS_O_)

日付：2021年1月12日

RM 152204695

Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin

Date:JANUARY 13, 2021, JANUARY 12, 2021, RECENT, FILE Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled "from the land of Israel" will soon be available for sale in the United Arab Emirates, settler business leaders said. Palestinians have condemned the export deal, saying settlements are illegal under international law, a view shared by many countries but disputed by Israel. After forging official relations with the UAE last year under a U.S.-brokered deal that enraged Palestinians, bottles from Tura Winery in the Rehelim settlement are now in stock in the UAE, an alcohol retailer there said, although they did not appear to be on shelves yet. The winery owner, Vered Ben-Sa'adon, told Reuters the exports showed that new Israel-UAE ties also extended to settlements, on West Bank land captured in a 1967 war and that Palestinians seek for a state. "It's very exciting for (people in the UAE) to feel the peace process, to be a part of it. When you sit in a hotel in Abu Dhabi, and drink a glass of Tura, it's to be a part of history," said 44-year-old Ben-Sa'adon, 44. Tura, which also produces and has sent olive oil to the UAE, places labels on its wine bottles that include the line: "WINE FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL". Tura said the term referred to an area that includes Israel and the West Bank, where settlers stake a biblical claim to land they refer to as Judea and Samaria. But under guidelines issued by outgoing President Donald Trump's administration last year, the United States, Israel's closest ally, said its imports from settlements should be marked "Made in Israel" or "Product of Israel". U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has been critical of Israel's settlements, but has not said if he would change the Trump administration's labelling guidelines. "It breaks your heart to see your Muslim brothers (in the UAE) support your enemy at your expense," said Nizam Abdul Razzaq, 57, a Palestinian olive and bee farmer in Yasouf, a village two km (1.2 miles) from Rehelim. Israel disputes that its settlements are illegal, citing biblical, historical and political connections to the land, as well as security needs. Around 440,000 settlers live in the West Bank among some 3 million Palestinians. (Production: Rami Amichay, Ismael Khader, Adel Abu Nemeh, Abdelhaid Ramahi, Ammar Awad, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) (Caption:4122WD-ISRAEL-EMIRATES_SETTLEMENTS_PALESTINIANS_O_)

日付：2021年1月12日

RM 151971320

'Hurry up and impeach Trump' - New Yorkers weigh in on Capitol attack

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 New Yorkers weighed in on Monday (January 11) as the U.S. House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of Donald Trump on Wednesday (January 13), after the president was formally accused of inciting insurrection ahead of last week's storming of the Capitol. "If this isn't an impeachable offense, then I don't really know what is," Merrill Berkowitch said, while walking her sister's dog through Washington Square Park. "What is going on right now is the same thing that happened in Italy in the early '20s. That's how fascism was born," Gino Musso said. "He should be removed from power, because he's a dangerous man. I think he's crazy." "Hurry up and impeach him," Angela Solomon said. "When I saw the storming of the Capitol building, I was horrified and I was scared out of my mind," Susie Szeto Price said. "I have kids. I was worried about the kind of future my kids would be growing up in. And I also thought that the rioters were very, very poorly brought up. I mean, how could they not view the Capitol building as sacred? How could they destroy it?" House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told his fellow Democrats the chamber would start the impeachment proceedings on Wednesday if Vice President Mike Pence does not respond to a request to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove Trump from office, a House aide said. Passage would make Trump, a Republican, the only U.S. president ever to be impeached twice. Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the seat of Congress last week, forcing lawmakers who were certifying Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's election victory into hiding in a harrowing assault on the heart of American democracy that left five dead. The violence occurred shortly after Trump urged supporters to march on the Capitol during a rally where he repeated false claims that his resounding defeat in the Nov. 3 election was illegitimate. Many House Democrats and a handful of Republicans say Trump should not be trusted to serve out his term, which ends on Jan. 20. (Production: Andrew Hofstetter, Roselle Chen) (Caption:1197WD-USA-TRUMP_CAPITOL_NEW_YORK_VOICES_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971278

Armenia says issue of prisoners of war over Nagorno-Karabakh still unresolved

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, after talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (January 11), said that they had yet to resolve issues related to exchanges of prisoners of war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. He also said that Armenia was ready to discuss the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan populated mostly by ethnic Armenians. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the first time since a war last year over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in an effort to resolve problems that risk undermining the deal that ended the conflict. A Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement in November halted the six-week conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces, locking in territorial gains for Azerbaijan. But tensions persist, with low-level sporadic violence, prisoners of war still held by both sides, and ambiguity about how a prospective transport corridor through the region will work. (Production: Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:1028WD-ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN_RUSSIA_PUTIN_PRISONERS__O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971277

German, French and Jordanian foreign ministers discuss Mideast peace process in Cairo

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Germany and Jordan met on Monday (January 11) in Cairo to discuss means of advancing the Middle East Peace Process. The ministers discussed their latest contact with Palestinian and Israeli authorities, reflecting their commitment to achieving peace despite the difficulties posed by the coronavirus pandemic. "The resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution is an indispensable requirement to comprehensive peace in the region," read a joint statement, stressing the "role of the United States" in facilitating the process. Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers Sameh Shoukry and Ayman al-Safadi welcomed European and American contributions to negotiations. German foreign minster, Heiko Maas, added that countries which recently normalised relations with Israel are welcome to play active roles in achieving peace and stability in the region. A number of Arab countries have signed peace accords with Israel, including the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco, hailing the prospect of more immediate economic and diplomatic ties with Israel as groundbreaking. Early last year, the European Union rejected parts of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Middle East, with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell saying steps by Israel to annex Palestinian territory "if implemented, could not pass unchallenged." (Production: Sayed Sheasha, Charlotte Bruneau, Nadeen Ebrahim) (Caption:1127WD-EGYPT-DIPLOMACY__O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971276

In Trump's final days, Netanyahu orders more settler homes built

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered construction plans advanced on Monday (January 11) for some 800 Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank, anchoring the projects in the final days of the pro-settlement Trump administration. Palestinians condemned such construction as illegal. The timing of the move appeared to be an attempt to set Israel's blueprint in indelible ink before Joe Biden, who has been critical of its settlement policies, becomes U.S. president on Jan. 20. Moving ahead with the projects could help shore up support for Netanyahu from settlers and their backers in a March 23 election, Israel's fourth in two years, in which the conservative leader faces new challenges from the right. An announcement by Netanyahu's office said about 800 homes would be built in the settlements of Beit El and Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem, and in Tal Menashe, Rehelim, Shavei Shomron, Barkan and Karnei Shomron in the northern West Bank. It gave no starting date for construction. "It is an attempt to race against time and benefit from the last days of the current U.S. administration," Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Reuters. The Donald Trump administration has effectively backed Israel's right to build West Bank settlements by abandoning a long-held U.S. position that they break international law. Trump has also delighted Israeli leaders and angered Palestinians by recognising contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving the U.S. Embassy there. Gayil Talshir, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, said Netanyahu wants the settlement move "to be set in stone before the Biden administration comes into office, and maybe changes Israeli-American tacit understandings on settlements that existed under Trump." Netanyahu also wants to tell voters he is "the only leader who can stand up to Biden and make sure he doesn't dictate our policy in the (Palestinian) territories," Talshir said. Palestinians seek to establish a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital, all land captured by Israel in a 1967 war. Most countries view Israeli settlements as violating international law. Israel disputes this, citing historical, political and biblical links to the West Bank, where more than 440,000 Israeli settlers now live among 3 million Palestinians who have limited self rule under Israeli occupation. As vice president under Barack Obama, Biden was put in an uncomfortable position during a visit to Israel in 2010 when Israel announced plans for a settlement in a West Bank area annexed to Jerusalem. Arriving 90 minutes late for dinner with Netanyahu, Biden condemned the decision as undermining U.S.-Israeli trust. (Production: Rami Amichay, Dedi Hayun, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Ismael Khader) (Caption:1170WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_SETTLEMENT_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971213

Aid groups, Yemenis fear more misery with US designation of Houthis

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Global aid groups and ordinary Yemenis fear that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement will only heap more misery on a country blighted by death, disease and poverty due to war. The majority of the population lives in northern Yemen under control of the Iran-aligned group which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday (10, January) the State Department intended to designate as a foreign terrorist organisation. In the capital Sanaa, where pictures of Houthi leaders line the streets and members of the movement carry automatic weapons, Ahmad al-Wali frets the conflict will never end. "Yemenis have suffered six years of war and hunger and this (U.S.) decision will extend the war and will be catastrophic for Yemenis," Wali, a journalist, told Reuters. The United Nations says Yemen is the world's largest humanitarian crisis and has warned that the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula nation was in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades. "This is going to add one more layer of misery," Oxfam America's humanitarian policy lead Scott Paul told Reuters, adding that the best case scenario now was for President-elect Joe Biden to revoke the designation. He said Pompeo's announcement was likely to "spook" businesses and banks working with Yemeni companies. Pockets of famine-like conditions have reappeared for the first time in two years and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, recent U.N. data shows, as COVID-19, reduced remittances and underfunding of the 2020 aid response exacerbated matters. (Production: Adel al-Khader, Abdulrahman Ansi, Nuha Sharaf, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:1126WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_USA_REACTION_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971212

Aid groups, Yemenis fear more misery with US designation of Houthis

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Global aid groups and ordinary Yemenis fear that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement will only heap more misery on a country blighted by death, disease and poverty due to war. The majority of the population lives in northern Yemen under control of the Iran-aligned group which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday (10, January) the State Department intended to designate as a foreign terrorist organisation. In the capital Sanaa, where pictures of Houthi leaders line the streets and members of the movement carry automatic weapons, Ahmad al-Wali frets the conflict will never end. "Yemenis have suffered six years of war and hunger and this (U.S.) decision will extend the war and will be catastrophic for Yemenis," Wali, a journalist, told Reuters. The United Nations says Yemen is the world's largest humanitarian crisis and has warned that the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula nation was in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades. "This is going to add one more layer of misery," Oxfam America's humanitarian policy lead Scott Paul told Reuters, adding that the best case scenario now was for President-elect Joe Biden to revoke the designation. He said Pompeo's announcement was likely to "spook" businesses and banks working with Yemeni companies. Pockets of famine-like conditions have reappeared for the first time in two years and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, recent U.N. data shows, as COVID-19, reduced remittances and underfunding of the 2020 aid response exacerbated matters. (Production: Adel al-Khader, Abdulrahman Ansi, Nuha Sharaf, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:1126WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_USA_REACTION_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971209

Aid groups, Yemenis fear more misery with US designation of Houthis

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Global aid groups and ordinary Yemenis fear that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement will only heap more misery on a country blighted by death, disease and poverty due to war. The majority of the population lives in northern Yemen under control of the Iran-aligned group which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday (10, January) the State Department intended to designate as a foreign terrorist organisation. In the capital Sanaa, where pictures of Houthi leaders line the streets and members of the movement carry automatic weapons, Ahmad al-Wali frets the conflict will never end. "Yemenis have suffered six years of war and hunger and this (U.S.) decision will extend the war and will be catastrophic for Yemenis," Wali, a journalist, told Reuters. The United Nations says Yemen is the world's largest humanitarian crisis and has warned that the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula nation was in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades. "This is going to add one more layer of misery," Oxfam America's humanitarian policy lead Scott Paul told Reuters, adding that the best case scenario now was for President-elect Joe Biden to revoke the designation. He said Pompeo's announcement was likely to "spook" businesses and banks working with Yemeni companies. Pockets of famine-like conditions have reappeared for the first time in two years and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, recent U.N. data shows, as COVID-19, reduced remittances and underfunding of the 2020 aid response exacerbated matters. (Production: Adel al-Khader, Abdulrahman Ansi, Nuha Sharaf, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:1126WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_USA_REACTION_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971208

Aid groups, Yemenis fear more misery with US designation of Houthis

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Global aid groups and ordinary Yemenis fear that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement will only heap more misery on a country blighted by death, disease and poverty due to war. The majority of the population lives in northern Yemen under control of the Iran-aligned group which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday (10, January) the State Department intended to designate as a foreign terrorist organisation. In the capital Sanaa, where pictures of Houthi leaders line the streets and members of the movement carry automatic weapons, Ahmad al-Wali frets the conflict will never end. "Yemenis have suffered six years of war and hunger and this (U.S.) decision will extend the war and will be catastrophic for Yemenis," Wali, a journalist, told Reuters. The United Nations says Yemen is the world's largest humanitarian crisis and has warned that the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula nation was in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades. "This is going to add one more layer of misery," Oxfam America's humanitarian policy lead Scott Paul told Reuters, adding that the best case scenario now was for President-elect Joe Biden to revoke the designation. He said Pompeo's announcement was likely to "spook" businesses and banks working with Yemeni companies. Pockets of famine-like conditions have reappeared for the first time in two years and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, recent U.N. data shows, as COVID-19, reduced remittances and underfunding of the 2020 aid response exacerbated matters. (Production: Adel al-Khader, Abdulrahman Ansi, Nuha Sharaf, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:1126WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_USA_REACTION_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151971191

Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia meet in Kremlin over Nagorno-Karabakh

Date:JANUARY 11, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (January 11) that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh region remains calm. Putin met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Kremlin to discuss the situation in the region, which suffered from the recent military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. During the fighting over 5,000 soldiers died and more than 100,000 people were displaced Moscow has deployed peacekeepers to police the ceasefire in November, but skirmishes have nonetheless been reported. Under the deal, several ethnically Armenian provinces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Armenians call Artsakh, were surrendered to Azerbaijan in November and December. (Production: Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:1024WD-ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN_RUSSIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月11日

RM 151810022

Indonesian cleric release 'frustrates' Australian rugby club that lost six in Bali bombings

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021, FILE Eleven members of the Coogee Dolphins Amateur Rugby League Team went on an end of season trip to Bali, Indonesia, but only five came home. Team members Clint Nathan Thompson, Adam L Howard, David Mavroudis, Shane John Foley, Gerard Michael Yeo, and Joshua Ives Iliffe were among the 88 Australians that lost their lives in Bali bomb attacks on October 12, 2002. Coogee Dolphins club spokesperson Albert Talarico said it was frustrating to see Indonesia release the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, from prison on Friday (January 8). Talarico was president of the club in 2003 and 2004 following the death of then-president Thompson in the bombings. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Although Indonesian police and Western intelligence agencies say Bashir was linked to the Bali attacks that killed 202 people and a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, he was never convicted for them and denied those ties. (Production: Jill Gralow) (Caption:5015AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_AUSTRALIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 151810021

Indonesian cleric release 'frustrates' Australian rugby club that lost six in Bali bombings

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021, FILE Eleven members of the Coogee Dolphins Amateur Rugby League Team went on an end of season trip to Bali, Indonesia, but only five came home. Team members Clint Nathan Thompson, Adam L Howard, David Mavroudis, Shane John Foley, Gerard Michael Yeo, and Joshua Ives Iliffe were among the 88 Australians that lost their lives in Bali bomb attacks on October 12, 2002. Coogee Dolphins club spokesperson Albert Talarico said it was frustrating to see Indonesia release the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, from prison on Friday (January 8). Talarico was president of the club in 2003 and 2004 following the death of then-president Thompson in the bombings. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Although Indonesian police and Western intelligence agencies say Bashir was linked to the Bali attacks that killed 202 people and a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, he was never convicted for them and denied those ties. (Production: Jill Gralow) (Caption:5015AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_AUSTRALIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 151810020

Indonesian cleric release 'frustrates' Australian rugby club that lost six in Bali bombings

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021, FILE Eleven members of the Coogee Dolphins Amateur Rugby League Team went on an end of season trip to Bali, Indonesia, but only five came home. Team members Clint Nathan Thompson, Adam L Howard, David Mavroudis, Shane John Foley, Gerard Michael Yeo, and Joshua Ives Iliffe were among the 88 Australians that lost their lives in Bali bomb attacks on October 12, 2002. Coogee Dolphins club spokesperson Albert Talarico said it was frustrating to see Indonesia release the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, from prison on Friday (January 8). Talarico was president of the club in 2003 and 2004 following the death of then-president Thompson in the bombings. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Although Indonesian police and Western intelligence agencies say Bashir was linked to the Bali attacks that killed 202 people and a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, he was never convicted for them and denied those ties. (Production: Jill Gralow) (Caption:5015AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_AUSTRALIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 151810019

Indonesian cleric release 'frustrates' Australian rugby club that lost six in Bali bombings

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021, FILE Eleven members of the Coogee Dolphins Amateur Rugby League Team went on an end of season trip to Bali, Indonesia, but only five came home. Team members Clint Nathan Thompson, Adam L Howard, David Mavroudis, Shane John Foley, Gerard Michael Yeo, and Joshua Ives Iliffe were among the 88 Australians that lost their lives in Bali bomb attacks on October 12, 2002. Coogee Dolphins club spokesperson Albert Talarico said it was frustrating to see Indonesia release the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, from prison on Friday (January 8). Talarico was president of the club in 2003 and 2004 following the death of then-president Thompson in the bombings. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Although Indonesian police and Western intelligence agencies say Bashir was linked to the Bali attacks that killed 202 people and a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, he was never convicted for them and denied those ties. (Production: Jill Gralow) (Caption:5015AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_AUSTRALIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 151810018

Indonesian cleric release 'frustrates' Australian rugby club that lost six in Bali bombings

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021, FILE Eleven members of the Coogee Dolphins Amateur Rugby League Team went on an end of season trip to Bali, Indonesia, but only five came home. Team members Clint Nathan Thompson, Adam L Howard, David Mavroudis, Shane John Foley, Gerard Michael Yeo, and Joshua Ives Iliffe were among the 88 Australians that lost their lives in Bali bomb attacks on October 12, 2002. Coogee Dolphins club spokesperson Albert Talarico said it was frustrating to see Indonesia release the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, from prison on Friday (January 8). Talarico was president of the club in 2003 and 2004 following the death of then-president Thompson in the bombings. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Although Indonesian police and Western intelligence agencies say Bashir was linked to the Bali attacks that killed 202 people and a 2003 attack on the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, he was never convicted for them and denied those ties. (Production: Jill Gralow) (Caption:5015AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_AUSTRALIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 151809989

Indonesian radical cleric leaves prison

Date:JANUARY 8, 2021 Indonesia released from prison on Friday (January 8) Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, as authorities said the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings would enter a deradicalisation programme amid concerns over his continued influence in extremist circles. Bashir was picked up by his family at 5:30 a.m. local time (2200 GMT) and was being driven to his home in central Java, said a spokeswoman for the corrections directorate general at the law and human rights ministry. Bashir, 82, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a jihadist network with ties to al Qaeda, was imprisoned in 2011 for 15 years for his links to a militant training camp in Aceh province. After receiving periodic reductions in his jail term, he served 10 years in prison. Eddy Hartono of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency said Bashir would now undergo a deradicalization programme. (Production: Heru Asprihanto, Angie Teo) (Caption:5005AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_BASHIR_O_)

日付：2021年1月8日

RM 152204163

Food deliveries halted, refugees flee amid Central African Republic fighting

Date:JANUARY 7, 2021 Every day at dawn, Polycarpe Fodjo gets up from a makeshift bed under his truck and waits. He should have delivered a load of rice from Cameroon to the Central African Republic over three weeks ago, but a violent rebellion across the border has halted trade. With checkpoints closed, he and about 830 other truck drivers line up for breakfast provided by the transport union, while some perishable goods rot in the tropical heat. The lack of deliveries is being felt in the markets of the capital Bangui where food is scarce and prices have risen, another blow to the impoverished nation long wracked by unrest and corruption. Central African Republic (CAR) has experienced a wave of violence linked to a disputed Dec. 27 election won by President Faustin-Archange Touadera. Armed groups opposing Touadera have attacked a series of towns and threatened to storm Bangui, sucking in CAR's army as well as French, Russian, Rwandan, and U.N. forces. "We were made to understand that after the elections the crisis could be resolved," said Fodjo who is transporting rice for the World Food Programme. The violence has forced over 30,000 to flee to neighbouring countries, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Over 4,400 have gone to Cameroon, mostly to the border town of Garoua-Boulai where Fodjo waits with his rice delivery. CAR has had five coups and numerous rebellions since independence from France in 1960. It has been hit by militia violence since a 2013 rebellion ousted former president Francois Bozize. Despite peace accords, arms embargoes, and sanctions on militia leaders, peace has been elusive in the gold and diamond-rich nation of 4.7 million. In Bangui's PK5 district, a commercial hub, traders and customers are worried. Trucks are scarce, storefronts are emptying out, and the price of goods is rising. For others, the disruption to their lives has become unbearable Many of them - like Benedicte Beika - are fleeing for the second time in eight years and do not intend to return to his country. "In 2013 I lost everything and fled to Cameroon. Once again here I am in Cameroon after losing again," said Beika who left her hometown of Bozoum for Bouar after a rebel offensive, but was forced to flee again after another attack in Bouar. "Because of this I have no intention of returning to the country, besides, because I'm sick, it is out of the question for me to go back and increase my suffering further," she said. Others plan to seek asylum in Cameroon where they hope to rebuild a new life. (Caption:3065AD-CENTRALAFRICA-SECURITY_CAMEROON_O_)

日付：2021年1月7日

RM 151809762

米国会議事堂で抗議するトランプ支持者、メディアのカメラ機器を破壊＝アメリカ

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY THROUGHOUT EDITOR'S PLEASE NOTE: REUTERS VIDEO NEWS EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED AND LOST IN THE EVENTS SEEN IN THIS EDIT Angry pro-Trump protesters turned their ire on members of the media, destroying their equipment as hundreds of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday (January 6) in a bid to overturn Trump's election defeat. Some protesters cursed at media members, threw items, sprayed liquids, and spat towards journalists covering the events at the U.S. Capitol. Protesters were seen stomping on expensive cameras, and making piles of frail electronics as journalists moved away from their positions, leaving the cumbersome gear behind. (Production: Kevin Fogarty, Don Pessin) (Caption:4111WD-USA-ELECTION_PROTESTS_MEDIA_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809638

Germany's Maas says Iran uranium enrichment a 'massive violation'

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said on Wednesday (January 6) that Iran's decision to restart uranium enrichment at 20% is a "massive and unacceptable violation" of their nuclear deal with major powers. Tehran said earlier this week it was pressing ahead with 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact. Iran has broken many of the deal's limits on its nuclear activities in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal and the reimposition of U.S. sanctions against Tehran that the deal lifted. Tehran often says it can quickly reverse its breaches if U.S. sanctions are removed. But Maas said there was a new opportunity for a deal with Iran and that President-elect Joe Biden "has so far proved to be open to (the idea) the United States might join the deal once more. In the coming weeks, after January, it will very soon be about exploring the possibilities in that sense, what the expectations of the United States are," he added. Maas met foreign ministers from Jordan and Sweden in Amman as part of the Stockholm initiative on nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation treaty. The Stockholm Initiative aims at reversing the global trend towards global nuclear rearmament. (Production: Muath Freij, Jehad Abu Shalbak) (Caption:3158WD-JORDAN-NUCLEAR_DISARMAMENT_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809636

Germany's Maas says Iran uranium enrichment a 'massive violation'

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said on Wednesday (January 6) that Iran's decision to restart uranium enrichment at 20% is a "massive and unacceptable violation" of their nuclear deal with major powers. Tehran said earlier this week it was pressing ahead with 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact. Iran has broken many of the deal's limits on its nuclear activities in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal and the reimposition of U.S. sanctions against Tehran that the deal lifted. Tehran often says it can quickly reverse its breaches if U.S. sanctions are removed. But Maas said there was a new opportunity for a deal with Iran and that President-elect Joe Biden "has so far proved to be open to (the idea) the United States might join the deal once more. In the coming weeks, after January, it will very soon be about exploring the possibilities in that sense, what the expectations of the United States are," he added. Maas met foreign ministers from Jordan and Sweden in Amman as part of the Stockholm initiative on nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation treaty. The Stockholm Initiative aims at reversing the global trend towards global nuclear rearmament. (Production: Muath Freij, Jehad Abu Shalbak) (Caption:3158WD-JORDAN-NUCLEAR_DISARMAMENT_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809635

Germany's Maas says Iran uranium enrichment a 'massive violation'

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said on Wednesday (January 6) that Iran's decision to restart uranium enrichment at 20% is a "massive and unacceptable violation" of their nuclear deal with major powers. Tehran said earlier this week it was pressing ahead with 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact. Iran has broken many of the deal's limits on its nuclear activities in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal and the reimposition of U.S. sanctions against Tehran that the deal lifted. Tehran often says it can quickly reverse its breaches if U.S. sanctions are removed. But Maas said there was a new opportunity for a deal with Iran and that President-elect Joe Biden "has so far proved to be open to (the idea) the United States might join the deal once more. In the coming weeks, after January, it will very soon be about exploring the possibilities in that sense, what the expectations of the United States are," he added. Maas met foreign ministers from Jordan and Sweden in Amman as part of the Stockholm initiative on nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation treaty. The Stockholm Initiative aims at reversing the global trend towards global nuclear rearmament. (Production: Muath Freij, Jehad Abu Shalbak) (Caption:3158WD-JORDAN-NUCLEAR_DISARMAMENT_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809633

Germany's Maas says Iran uranium enrichment a 'massive violation'

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said on Wednesday (January 6) that Iran's decision to restart uranium enrichment at 20% is a "massive and unacceptable violation" of their nuclear deal with major powers. Tehran said earlier this week it was pressing ahead with 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact. Iran has broken many of the deal's limits on its nuclear activities in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal and the reimposition of U.S. sanctions against Tehran that the deal lifted. Tehran often says it can quickly reverse its breaches if U.S. sanctions are removed. But Maas said there was a new opportunity for a deal with Iran and that President-elect Joe Biden "has so far proved to be open to (the idea) the United States might join the deal once more. In the coming weeks, after January, it will very soon be about exploring the possibilities in that sense, what the expectations of the United States are," he added. Maas met foreign ministers from Jordan and Sweden in Amman as part of the Stockholm initiative on nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation treaty. The Stockholm Initiative aims at reversing the global trend towards global nuclear rearmament. (Production: Muath Freij, Jehad Abu Shalbak) (Caption:3158WD-JORDAN-NUCLEAR_DISARMAMENT_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809571

Protests continue over Erdogan-appointed university rector

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT Hundreds of students at Istanbul's Bogazici University continued to protest on Wednesday (January 6) against the swearing-in of a new rector appointed by President Tayyip Erdogan. Students and about two dozen faculty members say the appointment of Melih Bulu at the leading Turkish college was undemocratic. Such demonstrations are rare and little tolerated in Turkey, especially since a failed coup in 2016. On the third day of the demonstrations, Bulu walked out of his office and met protesting students who chanted slogans against him. Students clashed with police on Monday at the entrance to the university and officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Police on Tuesday raided 24 homes and detained 17 people including two Bogazici students, the Istanbul governor's office said. (Production: Bulent Usta) (Caption:3135WD-TURKEY-SECURITY_BOGAZICI_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809433

Hong Kong police say 53 arrested on suspicion of undermining government

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 Hong Kong police said on Wednesday (January 6) 53 people were arrested in a swoop on pro-democracy activists on suspicion of undermining the government in the biggest crackdown yet on the Chinese-ruled city's opposition camp. Earlier, authorities arrested prominent pro-democracy advocates tied to an unofficial, independently organized vote in July 2020 to select opposition candidates for a since-postponed legislative election. Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of police under the national security department, told a news briefing that campaigning to win a majority in Hong Kong's 70-seat legislature with the purpose of blocking government proposals to increase pressure for democratic reforms could be seen as subversive. Police cited a rule that if the legislature fails to pass the annual budget twice, the city's chief executive must step down. The national security law prohibits disrupting and interfering with the city's administration. The legislative election was due in September last year but was postponed, with authorities citing coronavirus risks. It is unclear who could run for the opposition in any future polls following the mass arrests. (Production: Joyce Zhou) (Caption:3011AS-HONGKONG-SECURITY_POLICE_NEWSER_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151809407

Hong Kong residents shocked by mass arrests

Date:JANUARY 6, 2021 Hong Kong residents on Wednesday (January 6) expressed shock over police arrests of dozens of leading democratic activists on suspicion of violating the city's controversial security law. The early morning arrests represent the biggest crackdown yet against the opposition camp since Beijing imposed the law in 2020. According to the Hong Kong Democratic Party, the dawn swoop was tied to an unofficial, independently organised vote in July 2020 to select opposition candidates for a since-postponed legislative election. "So I think what I'm thinking right now is, I should just leave Hong Kong and move to another country," said 30-year-old Jay Lam. The crackdown since the June 2020 imposition of the new security law, which critics say crushes wide-ranging freedoms, places China further on a collision course with the United States just as Joe Biden prepares to take over the presidency. (Production: Aleksander Solum, Yoyo Chow) (Caption:3009AS-HONGKONG-SECURITY_REAX_O_)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151571270

トランプ支持者、議会前に終結＝米・ワシントンD.C

3182 v2 USA-ELECTION/CONGRESS-PROUD BOYS "Who's streets? Our streets!" Far-right group rallies outside Capitol against Biden PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT INCLUDES PROFANITY IN SHOT #3 VIDEO SHOWS: GROUP ARRIVING TO RALLY AGAINST AGAINST CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY, MAN SHOUTS 'PROUD BOYS' OVER MEGAPHONE, CHANTING RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT STORY: A far-right group, many flashing white nationalist hand gestures and one shouting 'Proud Boys!' joined a rally outside the Capitol on Wednesday (January 6) to protest against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. The group arrived at the event dressed in black and shouting various slogans. They joined a rally already in progress as, inside the Capitol, legislators began the process of certifying Biden's win. On Tuesday (January 5) Washington DC police banned the leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, from the city. Tarrio was arrested on Monday (January 4) for destruction of property and possession of a firearm magazine. He was released on bail and ordered to stay away from the city, according to a police affidavit. (Production: Kevin Fogarty, Kristin Neubauer)

日付：2021年1月6日

RM 151571273

トランプ支持者、議会議事堂前に終結

Flashbangs, chaos as police, Trump supporters face off at U.S. Capitol EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY STORY: Police used flashbangs to disperse supporters of U.S. President Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday (January 6) in a bid to overturn his election defeat, forcing Congress to postpone a session that would have certified President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Police declared the Capitol building secure shortly after 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT), more than three hours after it was breached. The chaotic scenes unfolded after Trump, who before the election refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost, addressed thousands of protesters, repeating unfounded claims that the contest was stolen from him due to widespread election fraud and irregularities. It was the most damaging attack on the iconic building since the British army burned it in 1814, according to the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.（3209 USA-ELECTION/PROTESTS-CROWDS）

日付：2021年1月6日

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【映像】米空母「ニミッツ」撤退せず　米国防長官代行が命令撤回

ペルシャ湾、１月５日（AP）― 2021年の元旦にペルシャ湾からの撤退を命じられた米海軍の原子力航空母艦｢ニミッツ｣は、引き続き同海域にとどまることになった。米国防総省が４日、発表した。 　クリストファー･ミラー米国防長官代行は１日、同空母をペルシャ湾から撤退させると発表したばかりだ。しかし、イランとの緊張関係が高まる中、軍幹部の強硬な反対論の前に、３日夜になって撤退命令を撤回した。 　命令撤回について、同長官代行は｢トランプ大統領と米政府高官に対するイラン指導部による最近の脅威｣と説明しているが、脅威の内容については言及していない。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2021年1月5日

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Israeli officer shoots dead alleged Palestinian assailant in West Bank

Date:JANUARY 5, 2021 An Israeli security officer shot a Palestinian who threw a knife towards him in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday (January 5), Israel's military said, and Palestinian officials said the man had been killed. The incident occurred at a road junction situated near a cluster of Israeli settlements southwest of the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, the military said in a statement. "(A) community security officer spotted a suspect approaching the junction. Following the suspicion, the security officer and an IDF (Israeli military) soldier operated to stop the suspect by firing into the air," the statement said. "The suspect threw a knife at the officer, who responded with fire and neutralised the suspect," the statement added. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the man's death, but said it did not have details of his identity. Israel captured and occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East War. Palestinians seek the territory for a future state that would include the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem (Production: Dedi Hayun, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:2150WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_O_)

日付：2021年1月5日

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米空母「ニミッツ」撤退せず　米国防長官代行が命令撤回

Title:AT SEA USS NIMITZ US carrier to stay in Mideast amid Iran tensions The Pentagon has reversed its decision to withdraw the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier from the Middle East. The acting U.S. secretary of defense, Christopher Milller, announced Sunday night that he had changed his mind about sending the Nimitz home. Just last week, Miller said the Nimitz would be leaving, a decision that had been opposed by senior military officers, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. In reversing himself, Miller cited "recent threats issued by Iranian leaders against President Trump and other U.S. government officials." He did not elaborate, and the Pentagon did not respond to questions.

日付：2021年1月4日

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Police use water cannon to disperse students protesting Erdogan-appointed university head

Date:JANUARY 4, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT Riot police used tear gas and water cannon on Monday (January 4) to quell students protesting against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a new rector at one of the country's top universities, saying the process was undemocratic. In a decree published on Saturday, Erdogan appointed Melih Bulu, who has a doctorate in business management, as rector of Bogazici University in Istanbul. The move led to protests by students and academics, and footage on social media showed hundreds of students carrying signs calling for Bulu's resignation. They chanted slogans including "Melih Bulu is not our rector." Some students who were able to enter the campus sealed one of the university's buildings. Later footage showed students clashing and scuffling with security forces at the entrance to the campus. Istanbul police did not immediately comment. Bulu, who Turkish media say applied to be a candidate for Erdogan's ruling AK Party in a 2015 parliamentary election, was the first rector chosen from outside a university since a military coup in Turkey in 1980, Bogazici faculty members said. (Production: Yesim Dikmen) (Caption:1131EZ-TURKEY-SECURITY_BOGAZICI_UGC_O_)

日付：2021年1月4日

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Israel's defence minister favours buying one more F-35 squadron for now

Date:JANUARY 4, 2021, FILE Israel's defence minister said on Monday (January 4) that he wants the country to buy a third squadron of stealth F-35 warplanes from the United States, and that he hoped a deal could be clinched before President Donald Trump steps down on Jan. 20. Israel has been in talks with Washington on how to preserve its military advantage after the Trump administration approved a possible F-35 sale to the United Arab Emirates last year. The plane was previously available only to Israel in the region. "Without doubt, we need to expand the F-35 array. Right now we have two squadrons. I reckon we will expand that. That is what I requested of the Americans," Defence Minister Benny Gantz told Ynet TV. "I would buy another F-35 squadron and then examine what to do with the balance - continuing to expand the F-35 (procurement), going for F-15s?" Gantz did not specify the number of F-35s in the proposed new squadron. Defence officials have said the two squadrons already ordered by Israel consist of 50 planes. Gantz's coalition government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell apart last month, triggering a March 23 ballot. Both men remain in their posts until a new government is formed after the ballot. Asked if Israel might complete a defence procurement deal with the United States before Trump steps down, he said: "I hope so. I think the defence budget needs to be handled properly, to be safeguarded. It is a kind of active insurance policy." The F-35 is made by Lockheed Martin Corp and the F-15 by Boeing Co. (Production: Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) (Caption:1110WD-ISRAEL-USA_DEFENCE_F35_O_)

日付：2021年1月4日

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Iraqis chanting anti-US slogans mark year since Soleimani killing

Date:JANUARY 3, 2021 Tens of thousands of Iraqis chanting anti-American slogans streamed to Baghdad's central square on Sunday (January 3) to mark the anniversary of the U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The gathering coincided with increasing tensions between Iran and the United States in the last days of President Donald Trump's administration, and many in the crowd demanded revenge. Soleimani, leader of an elite overseas unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed on Jan. 3, 2020, in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport, an attack that took U.S.-Iranian hostilities into uncharted waters and stoked concern about a major conflagration. Washington had accused Soleimani of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region. Demonstrators gathering at Tahrir square in response to calls by an assortment of militia groups known collectively as the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), which are mostly backed and trained by Iran, waved the Iraqi flag and chanted anti-American slogans such as "America is the Great Satan". (Production: Haider Kadhim, Maher Nazeh, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) (Caption:7052WD-IRAQ-IRAN_SOLEIMANI_PROTEST_O_)

日付：2021年1月3日

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イランのソレイマニ司令官とイラク民兵組織指導者アルムハンディス殺害から1年 アメリカに報復するよう要求するデモ集会＝バグダッド

It's been a year since Iran's general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a U.S. military drone strike on January 3. Thousands of people gathered at Tahrir Square in Baghdad to hold a memorial rally. Participants chanted "No, no to America!", and demanded retaliation against the United States. (Original Title: Iraq: Memorial Rally In Baghdad For Iranian General Soleimani)

日付：2021年1月3日

人物：アブ・マフディ・アル・ムハンディス, ガセム・ソレイマニ

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ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナのリパ難民キャンプ破壊でビハチ市長は受け入れ拒否 宿泊先を要求する難民たち

After the fire that was on December 23, destroyed the Lipa refugee camp outside the city of Bihac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, several hundred migrants have been left homeless and are now waiting to be relocated. The migrants were supposed to be relocated to an old military site in the nearby city of Bihac, but Bihac’s mayor has refused to accommodate them. A video posted on social media shows migrants are protesting and demanding better accommodation. (Original Title: Bosnia And Herzegovina: Migrants In Lipa Refugee Camp Demand Accommodation)

日付：2021年1月3日

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ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナのリパ難民キャンプを支援する軍隊到着

Bangladesh, stranded in freezing weather at a temporary camp in village Lipa near Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the fire that was on December 23, destroyed the Lipa refugee camp outside the city of Bihac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, several hundred migrants have been left homeless and are now waiting to be relocated. A video posted on social media shows armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina arriving in Lipa to put up tents for migrants and refugees. (Original Title: Bosnia And Herzegovina: Armed Force Arrives To Support Migrants At Lipa Refugee Camp)

日付：2021年1月1日

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Three ICRC staff killed in Aden's airport attack while in transit

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 Three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff members who were killed during an attack in Aden's airport on Wednesday, were three of the organisation's calibers, a top ICRC official said. Sara al-Zawqari, ICRC spokeswoman for the Near and Middle East, said a dozen staff members were heading from Sanaa to Djibouti and transiting for a short period in Aden airport when the attack took place. "We're still in shock and trying to process everything that has happened since yesterday," Zawqari said. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack, which took place just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A second attack was made on the Maasheq palace, where they had been taken to safety. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging the attack on Aden's airport and a second one on the presidential palace. Aden has been mired in violence because of the rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, which has been based there after being driven from Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4107WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_ATTACKS_ICRC_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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Three ICRC staff killed in Aden's airport attack while in transit

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 Three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff members who were killed during an attack in Aden's airport on Wednesday, were three of the organisation's calibers, a top ICRC official said. Sara al-Zawqari, ICRC spokeswoman for the Near and Middle East, said a dozen staff members were heading from Sanaa to Djibouti and transiting for a short period in Aden airport when the attack took place. "We're still in shock and trying to process everything that has happened since yesterday," Zawqari said. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack, which took place just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A second attack was made on the Maasheq palace, where they had been taken to safety. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging the attack on Aden's airport and a second one on the presidential palace. Aden has been mired in violence because of the rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, which has been based there after being driven from Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4107WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_ATTACKS_ICRC_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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Three ICRC staff killed in Aden's airport attack while in transit

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 Three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff members who were killed during an attack in Aden's airport on Wednesday, were three of the organisation's calibers, a top ICRC official said. Sara al-Zawqari, ICRC spokeswoman for the Near and Middle East, said a dozen staff members were heading from Sanaa to Djibouti and transiting for a short period in Aden airport when the attack took place. "We're still in shock and trying to process everything that has happened since yesterday," Zawqari said. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack, which took place just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A second attack was made on the Maasheq palace, where they had been taken to safety. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging the attack on Aden's airport and a second one on the presidential palace. Aden has been mired in violence because of the rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, which has been based there after being driven from Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4107WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_ATTACKS_ICRC_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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Three ICRC staff killed in Aden's airport attack while in transit

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 Three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff members who were killed during an attack in Aden's airport on Wednesday, were three of the organisation's calibers, a top ICRC official said. Sara al-Zawqari, ICRC spokeswoman for the Near and Middle East, said a dozen staff members were heading from Sanaa to Djibouti and transiting for a short period in Aden airport when the attack took place. "We're still in shock and trying to process everything that has happened since yesterday," Zawqari said. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack, which took place just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A second attack was made on the Maasheq palace, where they had been taken to safety. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging the attack on Aden's airport and a second one on the presidential palace. Aden has been mired in violence because of the rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, which has been based there after being driven from Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4107WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_ATTACKS_ICRC_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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MSF hospital treats Aden airport attack victims

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 Médecins Sans Frontières Aden hospital received 19 patients with injuries from Wednesday's (December 30) airport attack, which killed at least 22. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack, which took place just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A second attack was made on the Maasheq palace, where they had been taken to safety. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging the attack on Aden's airport and a second one on the presidential palace. Most of the patients at the MSF hospital were wounded by shrapnel. The medical staff showed steel bolts that had been removed from some of the victims. Aden has been mired in violence because of the rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, which has been based there after being driven from Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014. The Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seeks independence for south Yemen, declared self-rule in Aden in April, triggering clashes with Hadi's forces and complicating United Nations efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in the overall conflict. Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said all members of the cabinet were "fine" and will remain in Aden despite the attack. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Abdulrahman Ansi, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:4108WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_ATTACKS_HOSPITAL_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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Hindus protest against attack on temple in northwestern Pakistan

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2020 About two hundred men and women from Pakistan's Hindu community staged a protest outside Supreme Court Registry office in the southern city of Karachi on Thursday (December 31), against the attack on a temple. A mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a century-old Hindu temple on Wednesday (December 30), officials said, prompting condemnations from the Muslim-majority country's Hindu community. Holding banners and placards, the protesters demanded justice and punishment for the attackers. Local Muslim clerics had organised what they told police would be a peaceful protest against the alleged expansion of the temple, located in a town in Karak district, in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said a police officer in the town, Rahmatullah Wazir. He added that clerics leading the protest started "provocative speeches", following which the crowd attacked the temple. The temple was first built in the early 1900s as a shrine, but the local Hindu community left in 1947 and by 1997 the site had been taken over by local Muslims. In 2015, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered it be handed back to the Hindu community and the shrine rebuilt, on condition that it would not be expanded in the future. (Production: Shahabuddin Shahab, Waseem Sattar) (Caption:4013AS-PAKISTAN-ATTACK_TEMPLE_O_)

日付：2020年12月31日

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イエメン暫定政権狙い爆発テロで13名死亡_Yemen airport blasts kill 13 as new government arrives

At least 13 people were killed as explosions rocked Yemen's Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a "cowardly" attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources told AFP in the southern city, with the casuality toll feared likely to rise. ATTN CLIENTS: IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES IMAGES TO COMPLETE WITH VIDI8XX6QF/8XX6A6/8XX6C6

日付：2020年12月30日

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Thirteen die in attack on Aden airport moments after new Yemen cabinet lands

Date:DECEMBER 30, 2020 At least 13 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday (December 30) moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden's Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, had been taken to safely, residents and local media said. In the airport attack, loud blasts and gunfire were heard shortly after the plane arrived from Riyadh, witnesses said. A local security source said three mortar shells had landed on the airport's hall. Two security sources gave the casualty figure. Medecins Sans Frontieres aid group said 17 people had been treated for wounds at its hospital in Aden. There was no claim of responsibility. The new cabinet unites the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi with southern separatists, intended to fulfil a Saudi aim of ending a feud among Riyadh's allies. The two groups are the main Yemeni factions in a southern-based, Saudi-backed alliance fighting against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls the north, including the capital Sanaa. TV footage from Saudi-owned Al Arabiya channel showed dozens of people leaving the airplane when a first blast hit the airport's hall. Heavy gunfire from armoured vehicles followed with plumes of white and black smoke rising from the scene. The southern port city of Aden has been mired in violence because of a rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, based there after being driven from the capital by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:3156WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_UPDATE_O_)

日付：2020年12月30日

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Thirteen die in attack on Aden airport moments after new Yemen cabinet lands

Date:DECEMBER 30, 2020 At least 13 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday (December 30) moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden's Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, had been taken to safely, residents and local media said. In the airport attack, loud blasts and gunfire were heard shortly after the plane arrived from Riyadh, witnesses said. A local security source said three mortar shells had landed on the airport's hall. Two security sources gave the casualty figure. Medecins Sans Frontieres aid group said 17 people had been treated for wounds at its hospital in Aden. There was no claim of responsibility. The new cabinet unites the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi with southern separatists, intended to fulfil a Saudi aim of ending a feud among Riyadh's allies. The two groups are the main Yemeni factions in a southern-based, Saudi-backed alliance fighting against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls the north, including the capital Sanaa. TV footage from Saudi-owned Al Arabiya channel showed dozens of people leaving the airplane when a first blast hit the airport's hall. Heavy gunfire from armoured vehicles followed with plumes of white and black smoke rising from the scene. The southern port city of Aden has been mired in violence because of a rift between the separatists and Hadi's government, based there after being driven from the capital by the Houthis in 2014. (Production: Wael Qubbaty, Tarek Fahmy) (Caption:3156WD-YEMEN-SECURITY_UPDATE_O_)

日付：2020年12月30日

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Kapitalismus als Pandemie - Linke Demonstranten ziehen durch Berlin

Date:30.12.2020 Dutzende Demonstranten sind am Mittwoch durch die Berliner Innenstadt gezogen, um unter anderem gegen das kapitalistische Wirtschaftssystem wie auch den konkreten Umgang mit der Corona-Pandemie zu protestieren, aber auch gegen die sogenannte Querdenker-Bewegung. Sie trugen Banner mit Aufschriften wie "Corona ist das Virus, Kapitalismus die Pandemie" oder "Coronapolitik ist Klassenkampf". Die Polizei sprach für den Demonstrationszug unter dem Motto "FCK 2020 - Für ein besseres Morgen" in einer Zwischenbilanz von rund 350 Teilnehmern, diese bewegten sich aus Berlin-Wedding zum Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, wo eine Kundgebung mit 500 Personen angemeldet war. Zudem waren weitere Proteste für den Tag vor Silvester angekündigt worden, darunter eine im Vorfeld untersagte "Querdenker"-Demonstration. Polizeisprecherin Anja Dierschke sagte Reuters TV am Mittwochvormittag: "Heute ist die Polizei Berlin mit rund 2.000 Einsatzkräften unterwegs, um eben auch hier die Einhaltung dieses Versammlungsverbotes zu kontrollieren, Menschen die Möglichkeit zu nehmen, sich trotz Verbotes zusammenzufinden und parallel diverse Veranstaltungen, die stattfinden können, zu gewährleisten. Denn Versammlungsfreiheit ist nach wie vor ein hohes Gut, wird von Polizei geschützt. Und so tun wir das auch heute." Nach Polizeiangaben kam es bei der linkspolitisch orientierten Demonstration keine größeren, sicherheitsrelevanten Vorfälle, auch an die Corona-Schutzvorgaben hätten sich die Protestierenden nach ersten Erkenntnissen gehalten, hieß es. Der Berliner Innensenator Andreas Geisel (SPD) hatte am Morgen in einem Radiointerview gesagt, er rechne im Rahmen der angekündigten Kundgebungen mit vereinzelten Ausschreitungen. (Caption:3034GE-DEUTSCHLAND-CORONA_DEMONSTRATION)

日付：2020年12月30日

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紛争の犠牲で危機的状況にあるイエメン・リビア・イラクの遺産建造物保護_MEEX MEA Heritage 2020 Timeline

Region's historical sites left neglected in 2020

日付：2020年12月30日

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イエメン新政権閣僚ら到着直後に空港爆発の瞬間_Yemen Airport Explosions

Two explosions heard at Yemen's Aden airport

日付：2020年12月30日

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イエメン新政権閣僚ら到着直後に空港爆発_Yemen Airport Explosions Aftermath

Aftermath of deadly attack at Aden airport

日付：2020年12月30日

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Explosions Hit Aden Airport As Newly-Formed Yemeni Government Arrives, Sparking Chaotic Scenes

Three explosions hit Aden airport as the newly-formed Yemeni government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, December 30, the Saudi owned Al-Arabiya reported. The cabinet members, including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, were transferred safely to the city's presidential palace, Reuters said. Footage shared by the Yemeni journalist Murad Saeed shows chaotic scenes at the airport after the explosions. Credit: Murad Saeed via Storyful ( Original Title: Explosions Hit Aden Airport As Newly-Formed Yemeni Government Arrives, Sparking Chaotic Scenes )

日付：2020年12月30日

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Deadly Explosions Hit Aden Airport As Newly-Formed Yemeni Government Arrives

Three explosions hit Aden airport as the newly-formed Yemeni government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, December 30, the Saudi owned Al-Arabiya reported. A Yemeni government spokesperson said 27 people were killed and dozens injured in the explosion. Storyful cannot independently confirm this toll. The cabinet members, including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, were transferred safely to the city's presidential palace, Reuters said. Footage shared by the Yemen Today TV shows their correspondent reporting from the airport at the moment an explosion hits. Credit: Yemen Today TV via Storyful ( Original Title: Deadly Explosions Hit Aden Airport As Newly-Formed Yemeni Government Arrives )

日付：2020年12月30日

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Armed Palestinian factions conduct a military drill in Gaza

Date:DECEMBER 29, 2020 An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip on Tuesday (December 29) at the start of what they called their first-ever joint exercise, which Israeli media described as a show of force organised by Iran. Gaza is run by Hamas and also home to other militant groups, including Islamic Jihad. The exercise was announced on behalf of a joint command set up by the groups in 2018. Eight rockets streaked through a cloudless sky in Gaza towards the Mediterranean after Abu Hamza, spokesman for Islamic Jihad, delivered a speech launching the drill. It will include land and coastal exercises described by the groups as a test of their preparedness for any future confrontation with Israel. Israeli media said the drill was organised by the militants' sponsors in Tehran to demonstrate risks Israel could face if Iran comes under U.S. or Israeli attack in the waning days of the Trump administration. On the eve of the exercise, a large portrait of Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed last January in a U.S. attack in Iraq, was erected along Gaza's main coastal road. Tensions between Iran and Israel have risen since the Nov. 27 assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Iran has blamed Israel for his death; Israel has neither confirmed nor denied a role. Tuesday's Gaza missile display did not trigger any sirens in Israel, whose drones keep a close eye on Gaza and which employs a sophisticated missile interception system. Due to last 24 hours, the exercise included fighters from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and smaller armed groups. (Production: Nuha Sharaf, Mohammad Shana, Fadi Shana, Arafat Barbakh) (Caption:2030WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_GAZA_DRILL_O_)

日付：2020年12月29日

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Thousands march against Nepal PM's dissolution of parliament

Date:DECEMBER 29, 2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING Thousands of opponents of Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli marched through the streets of Kathmandu on Tuesday (December 29) urging him to withdraw his decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections. The protesters, who say his decision on Dec. 20 was unconstitutional, rallied outside his office despite coronavirus curbs on gatherings. Oli says internal squabbling and a lack of cooperation from his party has paralyzed decision-making, forcing him to seek a fresh popular mandate. Police officials overseeing security said at least 10,000 people were on the streets to participate in the march, one of the most intense protests the country has witnessed since Oli dissolved parliament. (Production: Sagar Adhikari, Yubaraj Sharma) (Caption:2013AS-NEPAL-POLITICS_PARLIAMENT_O_)

日付：2020年12月29日

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2020年 シリア/イエメン/リビアの壊滅的な戦争・紛争を振り返る_MEEX Mideast Fighting 2020

In 2020, fighting continued in Syria, Yemen, Libya

日付：2020年12月29日

RM 151239164

Kabul bomb targets minibus, one dead, 13 injured

Date:DECEMBER 28, 2020 A blast targetting a minibus carrying Afghan civil servants killed at least one person and wounded 13 others in Kabul on Monday (December 28), Afghan security officials said. An eyewitness and police said that a bomber on a bicycle struck the minibus, which was carrying employees of the National Statistic and Information Authority. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The bicycle bomb was the second explosion to have rocked Kabul on Monday. A magnetic bomb struck a security force vehicle in the morning but caused no casualties, police said in media reports. Afghanistan continues to be hit by violence even as the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban have been holding meetings since September to discuss an end to the 19-year war. Western countries have begun a sharp troop drawdown. There has been a rising number of killings by small, magnetic bombs placed under vehicles in recent weeks, mostly in the capital, Kabul, many blamed on the Taliban. (Production: Aziz Mohammad, Sayed Hassib, Hameed Farzad) (Caption:1082AS-AFGHANISTAN-BLAST__O_)

日付：2020年12月28日

RM 151049750

空襲警報が鳴り響くパレスチナ

Air raid sirens sounded around the Gaza Strip on Christmas day. According to report, the Israel Defense Forces system intercepted rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in Palestine on December 25 night. (Original Title: Palestine: Israel Defense Forces Intercepts Rockets Fired From Gaza Strip)

日付：2020年12月26日

RM 150700970

【映像】日本海上空をパトロール飛行　中ロの戦略爆撃機が合同で

モスクワ、ロシア、12月23日（AP）― ロシアと中国の戦略爆撃機が12月22日、日本海と東シナ海の公海上空をパトロール飛行した。両国国防省が発表した。 　ロシアからはTu-95戦略爆撃機が２機。また、中国からはH-6爆撃機が２機、合同パトロールに参加した。中ロ軍機がこの空域で合同パトロール飛行するのは、昨年７月以降これが２回目となる。 　ロシア国防省は、合同パトロールは｢ロシアと中国の包括的パートナーシップを発展、深化させ、両軍間の協力レベルをより高め、共同行動の能力を拡大し、戦略的安定の強化」を目的とするもので、｢特定の第三国に対するものではない｣と指摘している。 　ロシアのウラジーミル･プーチン大統領は昨年10月、｢将来ロシアと中国の軍事同盟という考えを否定することはできない｣と述べており、今回の合同パトロールが、対米関係で緊張が高まる中、モスクワと北京の軍事協力が深まっていることのシグナルとの見方もある。 　ロシアは、ウクライナのクリミア半島併合、2016年の米大統領選挙への干渉に対する米国による非難など、西側との関係が急速に冷え込んだため、中国との関係強化に努めている。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2020年12月23日

RM 150709759

イスラエルとモロッコ 連絡事務所再開の調印式_Israeli and Moroccan delegations hold signing agreement ceremony at Royal Palace

Israeli and Moroccan delegations hold a signing agreement ceremony in the presence of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner,at Morocco's Royal Palace. The first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight landed in the North African kingdom of Morocco to mark the latest US-brokered diplomatic normalisation deal between the Jewish state and an Arab country. IMAGES

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 150709756

イスラエルとモロッコ 連絡事務所再開の調印式_Moroccan FM and Kushner hold press conference at Royal Palace

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner and Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita hold a press conference at the Royal Palace of Rabat. SOUNDBITE - Nasser Bourita,Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs - Jared Kushner,Special Advisor to US President Trump

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085033

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085032

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085031

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085030

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085029

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085028

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 151085027

After a suspicious murder, a Lebanese village looks for answers

Date:DECEMBER 22, 2020 They ambushed him outside his home. In a Lebanese mountain village, two hooded men with a silenced gun shot Joe Bejjany as he was getting ready to take his two daughters to preschool. Then they ran away. The killing on Monday (December 21) morning, caught on surveillance camera, shocked not just the village of Kahaleh but also a country on edge. Residents of Kahaleh, some 13 km from Beirut, want a swift investigation into the murder of Bejjany, a 36-year-old telecoms employee and freelance photographer. They believe it was a planned operation though no clear motive has so far surfaced. "This is has shocked the village...Because today it's Joe, tomorrow it's someone else," Jean Bejjany, the head of the municipal council and a distant relative, said on Tuesday (December 22). "We're on a descent and I don't know where we're headed." Lebanon's unprecedented financial meltdown has triggered fears of instability and warnings of rising crime. Hardship has deepened since a huge stockpile of chemicals, stored unsafely at the port for years, detonated in August. The explosion killed 200 people and ravaged swathes of the capital. Still, nearly five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, victims are still waiting for answers. A series of murky deaths have since sparked speculation in Lebanon about links to the blast, even though security officials say they have no evidence of a connection so far. Earlier this month, authorities pledged to probe the death of a retired customs officer who was found dead in his home northeast of Beirut. Still, many Lebanese have little faith in investigations in a country where justice often remains elusive. Jean, Kahaleh's municipal chief, said none of Joe's friends or family were aware of any threats or enemies. He said the attackers took Joe's phone. His daughters, aged two and four, found the body minutes later. Mounir Bejjany, Joe's godfather, described it as "an assassination" that happened stealthily and within minutes. Two security sources said the murder was clearly carried out in a professional manner but there was no motive yet. The caretaker interior minister has vowed to find the culprits. At the funeral on Tuesday, neighbours wept and threw rice as men in suits carried the white coffin through the streets to the church. Joe's cousin, Gaby Feghali, said he had been planning to leave Lebanon with his family, like many others as the crisis fuels migration. He said Joe got approval to emigrate to Canada only one week ago. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Ahmed al-Kerdi) (Caption:2186WD-LEBANON-CRISIS_VILLAGE_KILLING_O_)

日付：2020年12月22日

RM 150776592

Man killed in Jerusalem's Old City after firing weapon - Israeli police

Date:DECEMBER 21,2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Israeli police shot dead an unidentified man who had fired a gun towards officers in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday (December 21), a police spokeswoman said. The man fired towards a group of officers at a security post, the spokeswoman said in a statement. Police chased the man on foot "while firing at him and (he) was neutralized", the statement said. One officer was injured after falling during the chase, the statement said. There were no other injuries. The incident occurred near one of the entrances to the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. (Production: Roleen Tafakji/Dedi Hayoun/Ammar Awad) (Caption:1201WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_JERUSALEM_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

RM 150776591

Man killed in Jerusalem's Old City after firing weapon - Israeli police

Date:DECEMBER 21,2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Israeli police shot dead an unidentified man who had fired a gun towards officers in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday (December 21), a police spokeswoman said. The man fired towards a group of officers at a security post, the spokeswoman said in a statement. Police chased the man on foot "while firing at him and (he) was neutralized", the statement said. One officer was injured after falling during the chase, the statement said. There were no other injuries. The incident occurred near one of the entrances to the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. (Production: Roleen Tafakji/Dedi Hayoun/Ammar Awad) (Caption:1201WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_JERUSALEM_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

RM 150776590

Man killed in Jerusalem's Old City after firing weapon - Israeli police

Date:DECEMBER 21,2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Israeli police shot dead an unidentified man who had fired a gun towards officers in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday (December 21), a police spokeswoman said. The man fired towards a group of officers at a security post, the spokeswoman said in a statement. Police chased the man on foot "while firing at him and (he) was neutralized", the statement said. One officer was injured after falling during the chase, the statement said. There were no other injuries. The incident occurred near one of the entrances to the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. (Production: Roleen Tafakji/Dedi Hayoun/Ammar Awad) (Caption:1201WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_JERUSALEM_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

RM 150776589

Man killed in Jerusalem's Old City after firing weapon - Israeli police

Date:DECEMBER 21,2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Israeli police shot dead an unidentified man who had fired a gun towards officers in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday (December 21), a police spokeswoman said. The man fired towards a group of officers at a security post, the spokeswoman said in a statement. Police chased the man on foot "while firing at him and (he) was neutralized", the statement said. One officer was injured after falling during the chase, the statement said. There were no other injuries. The incident occurred near one of the entrances to the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. (Production: Roleen Tafakji/Dedi Hayoun/Ammar Awad) (Caption:1201WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_JERUSALEM_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

RM 150776588

Man killed in Jerusalem's Old City after firing weapon - Israeli police

Date:DECEMBER 21,2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Israeli police shot dead an unidentified man who had fired a gun towards officers in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday (December 21), a police spokeswoman said. The man fired towards a group of officers at a security post, the spokeswoman said in a statement. Police chased the man on foot "while firing at him and (he) was neutralized", the statement said. One officer was injured after falling during the chase, the statement said. There were no other injuries. The incident occurred near one of the entrances to the Old City's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. (Production: Roleen Tafakji/Dedi Hayoun/Ammar Awad) (Caption:1201WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_JERUSALEM_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

RM 150596755

アフガニスタン全土で爆発 逃げる民間人

There were multiple deadly bomb explosions over the weekend across Afghanistan. 28 people were killed and 47 were injured due to the blasts. The first bomb took place in Kabul. And another roadside bomb hit a police van in Jalalabad city. Badakhshan province, Balkh province, and Ghazni province also reported bomb explosions. (Original Title: Afghanistan: Footage Shows Civilians Fleeing After Roadside Bomb Explosion In Jalalabad City)

日付：2020年12月20日

RM 150695637

'You will die in the forest' - Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal

Date:DECEMBER 19, 2020 Safely back at home, dressed in a turquoise kaftan and smiling broadly while playing football with friends, 16-year-old Annas Shuaibu was able to recount the tribulation of a mass abduction in northwest Nigeria that stoked anger about the widespread insecurity in the country. Shuaibu, 16, was among 344 students who were kidnapped from their school in northwest Nigeria and were rescued after six days by security services from Rugu forest. The boys awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by armed men who burst into the Government Science Secondary School, an all-boys boarding school, in a night time raid on Dec. 11. They were rounded up and forcibly marched out of the school and into a nearby forest. After several hours trekking through woodland, the gunmen ordered them to stop walking and warned them not to try to flee, Shuaibu said. "They said even if you tried to escape, or we allowed you to run, you will go nowhere. Rather, you will die in the forest," he said, speaking softly and often looking at the ground as he described walking through the forest and the boys being beaten by their captors. Shuaibu said the boys received little food, sometimes resorting to eating leaves and drinking from pools of water in the forest. He did not know how many people held them. The boys were held for six days before security services rescued them on Thursday (December 17) from Rugu forest, a vast woodland area that spans four of Nigeria's 36 states. But the raid made parents fearful. Shuaibu's father, who previously told Reuters his son was 13, said he would not send the boy back to the school unless there was "proper security". The joy of being free has not worn off for 14-year-old Muhammed Bello. "Now that I returned back home, I'll continue playing and do what I like," he said, with a broad grin. "I'm very happy." Many details surrounding the incident remain unclear, including who was responsible, whether ransom was paid and how the release was secured. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it was responsible for the abductions but there was no confirmation of this. Katsina Governor Aminu Bello Masari has said security will be strengthened at schools across the state. Widespread insecurity has gripped many parts of Africa's most populous country, and evoked memories of Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeastern town of Chibok. ENDS. (Production Credit: Seun Sanni, Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile) (Caption:7054WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_BOYS_O_)

日付：2020年12月19日

RM 150776548

Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020, DECEMBER 19, 2020 Thousands of Indian farmers camping on the outskirts of New Delhi have vowed to press on with their protests against agricultural reform laws despite the cold weather. Farmers fear the laws could pave the way for ending state procurement of crops, while helping big retail buyers. Protesters from the northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and the desert state of Rajasthan have camped on key national highways for weeks, withstanding temperatures dropping to 2 degrees Celsius. Demonstrators, including a large number of elderly, said they would endure the bitter winter sweeping through northern India, including the capital New Delhi, in an effort to put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration to repeal the laws introduced in September. More than 30 protesters have died in recent weeks, mainly due to the cold as they were sleeping in the open, braving the cold weather, farmers' leaders said. Modi's government is urging farmers to engage in further talks to end the deadlock. The protests have blocked roads connecting the national capital with neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, hitting public transport and the supply of fruit and vegetables. Leaders called on their supporters to skip one meal on Wednesday (December 23), in solidarity with the protests against new laws, approved by parliament without much debate. Modi has defended the laws saying these would help increase farmers' income as it would encourage more private investments in cold-stores, procurement and distribution. Farmers' leaders also called upon their supporters to boycott Modi's monthly radio address. (Production: Emmanouil Papavasileiou, Liliana Ciobanu) (Caption:1168WD-INDIA-FARMS_PROTESTS_COLDWAVE_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150776533

Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Date:DECEMBER 18, +19, 2020 Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their around-the-clock sit-ins despite cold weather that has already led to some deaths among them. Farmers from the northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and the desert state of Rajasthan have camped on key national highways for weeks demanding a repeal of the laws, withstanding temperatures dropping to 2-3 degree Celsius (35.6-37.4 Fahrenheit). The farmers, including a large number of older people, said they would endure the bitter winter sweeping northern India, including the capital New Delhi, to force Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration to rescind the laws introduced in September. "I don't care how cold it gets; I am not scared of cold, neither am I scared of Modi. We will keep sitting here," said farmer Surminder Singh. "Our struggle will continue until the laws are withdrawn," he added. Since late November, when thousands of farmers arrived in trucks and tractors to camp out on the borders of New Delhi, nearly 30 people have died, several of them as a result of freezing weather, farmers said. About ten people have been killed in road accidents near the protest sites, they said. As temperatures dropped, one of the main protest sites turned into a sea of small tents and tarpaulin-covered tractor trolleys. But some demonstrators have to spend the night sleeping in the open air. (Caption:1046SC-INDIA-FARMS_PROTESTS_COLDWAVE)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150695648

Yemeni conjoined twins await surgery amid poor medical resources, siege

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 A separation surgery is crucial to save the lives of Yemeni conjoined new-born Mohamed and Ahmed, medics at Sanaa's Al Sabeen Maternal Hospital said. They were born late on Thursday (December 17), conjoined by the rib cage and stomach, and further examinations are needed to determine whether they are conjoined in other organs. With the country's ailing health system after years of war between the Saudi-led alliance and Iran-supported Houthis, Yemenis continue to struggle with an acute funding shortage for health, sanitation and nutrition services. A nurse in the hospital where the conjoined twins were born says there are no resources available to carry out a surgery to separate them in Sanaa, given the lack of medical equipment with the closure of the capital's airport. They need to be flown out of the country where they can receive proper medical support, she added. Their father, Yassir Ahmed al-Bakhiety, is a 37-year-old daily labourer who lives in Sanaa with his wife and four other children. He says he barely earns enough to support his family. King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre announced on Twitter on Friday (December 18) that the organisation is ready to have their case examined by doctors and see if the surgery is possible. (Production: Adel Khadher, Abdulrahman al-Ansi, Abdelhadi Ramahi, Mai Shams El-Din) (Caption:7073ME-YEMEN-SECURITY_CONJOINED_TWINS_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150598269

Parents await reunion with freed Nigerian schoolboys

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 A group of parents eagerly waited to be reunited with their children in a camp car park in Katsina, north-western Nigeria on Friday (December 18), after they were rescued from kidnappers. The freed schoolboys are to be handed back to their families later on Friday, with those whose parents not around to be lodged at the overnight camp until they are able to be picked up. A week earlier, gunmen on motorbikes raided the boys' boarding school in the town of Kankara in Katsina state and marched hundreds of them into a vast forest that spans four states. Security services rescued them on Thursday (December 17), authorities said. However, many details surrounding the incident remain unclear, including who was responsible, whether a ransom was paid, how the boys' release was secured and whether all of them are now safe. The mass kidnapping has piled pressure on the government to deal with militants in the north of the country. (Production: Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile, Chiara Rodriquez, Marissa Davison) (Caption:5163WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_PARENTS_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150512111

Tears of joy as parents hug freed Nigerian schoolboys

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 Parents waited in queues to be reunited with their children on Friday (December 18) in Nigeria, a week after 344 boys were kidnapped by gunmen on motorbikes. The gunmen raided the boys' boarding school in the town of Kankara in Katsina state on December 11 and marched hundreds of them into a vast forest that spans four states. Authorities said security services rescued them on Thursday (December 17). The army said it had acted on "credible intelligence" and freed all 344 kidnapped boys. One of those rescued, Usman Lawal, said the boys did not sleep for two days after they were taken initially had to eat leaves. "After two days without food we were given fresh potatoes and pieces of groundnut cake," he said. Many details surrounding the incident remain unclear, including who was responsible, why they kidnapped the boys, whether ransom was paid and how the release was secured. The abduction gripped a country already incensed by widespread insecurity, and evoked memories of Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeastern town of Chibok. (Production: Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile) (Caption:5186WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_REUNION_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150512107

Tunisian protest marks 10th anniversary of Arab Spring uprising

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 Hundreds of Tunisians protested outside parliament on Friday (December 18), a day after the 10-year anniversary of the revolution. Around 500 people stood with banners and flags, chanting and holding signs that said "stop the bloodshed" and "wake up and speak". Ten years ago, fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman about where he had put his cart. Word of his fatal act of defiance quickly spread, sparking nationwide protests that eventually toppled Tunisia's long-serving leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and helped inspire similar uprisings across the region - known as the 'Arab Spring'. During the uprisings huge demonstrations broke out in Egypt and Bahrain, governments fell and civil war engulfed Libya, Syria and Yemen. Protesters marking the anniversary said that while some freedoms have since been granted in Tunisia, social and economic issues still pose great problems for the average citizen. Protests have flared again in recent weeks across Tunisia's poorer southern towns against joblessness, poor state services, inequality and shortages. (Production: Jihed Abidellaoui, Nadeen Ebrahim, Chiara Rodriquez, Angus Randall) (Caption:5175WD-TUNISIA-UPRISING_ANNIVERSARY_PROTESTS_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150512040

Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home with tales of hunger

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 Nigerian schoolboys rescued from kidnappers in the northwestern part of the country arrived back home on Friday (December 18) where one reported the abductors fed them very little. The boy said the captors had taken moved them from their first location after seeing a government fighter jet overhead. Hundreds who were abducted last week from the Government Science Secondary School in the town of Kankara arrived by bus at a government building in Katsina to meet officials before their planned return to their families. (Production: Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile) (Caption:5159WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_CHILDREN_UPDATE_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150512003

Nigerian official thanks security forces for rescuing kidnapped boys

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 A Nigerian state governor on Friday (December 18) praised and thanked security forces after they rescued hundreds of kidnapped schoolboys. Authorities said security services rescued them in an operation on Thursday, although it was not clear if all of them had been freed. Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari said 344 students from the Kankara government science secondary school in the northwest of the country had been released. The boys, dressed in dusty clothes and some in light green uniforms, looked weary but otherwise well when they arrived by bus at a government building in Katsina. They sat while Masari thanked "the efforts made by the entire security apparatus of the state" during a news conference. A week earlier, gunmen on motorbikes raided the boys' boarding school in the nearby town of Kankara and marched hundreds of them into the vast Rugu forest. (Production: Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile, Paul Warren, Angus Randall) (Caption:5027WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_ARRIVAL_MORE_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150512001

Supporters of hardline Indonesian cleric clash with police in Jakarta

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 Supporters of firebrand Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab clashed with police during a demonstration in Jakarta on Friday (December 18), after demanding their spiritual figurehead be released from police detention. Several hundred protesters, some dressed in white Islamic garb, had gathered in the capital of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, with scuffles breaking out after police told the group large gatherings were prohibited amid the pandemic. Indonesia is grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia, averaging more than 6,000 new cases per day this week. Police deployed thousands on the streets of Jakarta on Friday to guard the protest, with a new requirement for people to present a negative rapid COVID-19 test to enter the capital likely thwarting some supporters from joining the rally. Rizieq, the controversial leader of the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) was arrested last weekend for allegedly violating coronavirus protocols after his recent return to Indonesia following three years in self-exile was marked with events attended by thousands. The calls for his release also come after six of the cleric's bodyguards were shot dead following a clash with police on a highway. The FPI, once notorious for raiding bars and brothels, has become more politically influential in recent years, particularly after helping orchestrate mass rallies against Jakarta's former Christian governor in 2016 that were the largest in decades. (Production: Tommy Ardiansyah, Adi Kurniawan, Heru Asprihanto) (Caption:5005AS-INDONESIA-SECURITY_ISLAMIST_PROTEST_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150511970

Tired but smiling, freed Nigerian schoolboys arrive back home

Date:DECEMBER 18, 2020 Dozens of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria arrived back home on Friday (December 18), many of them barefoot and clutching blankets. The boys, dressed in dusty clothes and some in light green uniforms, looked weary but otherwise well, getting off buses in the city of Katsina and walking to a government building. A group of their parents waited to be reunited with them in another part of town. A week earlier, gunmen on motorbikes raided the boys' boarding school in the nearby town of Kankara and marched hundreds of them into the vast Rugu forest. Authorities said security services rescued them on Thursday, although it was not clear if all of them had been recovered. The abduction evoked memories of Islamist militant group Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeastern town of Chibok. Six years on, only about half the girls have been found or freed. Others were married off to fighters, while some are assumed to be dead. Hours before the rescue of the boys was announced, a video started circulating online purportedly showing Boko Haram militants with some of the boys. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the footage or who released it. (Production: Paul Warren, Angus Randall) (Caption:5024WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_ARRIVAL_O_)

日付：2020年12月18日

RM 150511820

Anger grows over insecurity in Northern Nigeria after kidnappings

Date:DECEMBER 17, 2020, DECEMBER 13, 2020 Protesters marched in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday (December 17) under a banner reading #BringBackOurBoys as pressure mounted on the government to improve security in the region and secure the release of more than 300 kidnapped boys. Parents fear time is running out to bring the boys home. The Islamist group Boko Haram, which said in an unverified audio message that it was behind their abduction from a school on Dec. 11, has a history of turning captives into jihadist fighters. Dozens of people attended a march through the city of Katsina in response to The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), a civil society body that focuses on the welfare of northern Nigerians. Some chanted "Bring back our boys". The hashtag #BringBackOurBoys has been trending on Twitter in recent days and echoes a campaign that was launched to bring home more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014. CNG's national coordinator, Balarabe Ruffin, said during a news conference that Northern Nigeria had been abandoned "at the mercy of vicious insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers, rapists and an assortment of hardened criminals". Around 320 boys are still missing, the Katsina state government has said. If Boko Haram's claim of responsibility is confirmed, it would mark an expansion beyond its northeastern base. (Production Credit: Ismail Abba, Nneka Chile) (Caption:4024WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPINGS_O_)

日付：2020年12月17日

RM 150511459

Families of kidnapped Nigerian boys fear time running out

Date:DECEMBER 16, 2020 Families of more than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys worried that time was running out to find the children, as security forces continued the hunt on Wednesday (December 16) for armed captors possibly from the jihadist Boko Haram movement. According to an unverified audio clip, the Islamist group - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - was responsible for last week's raid on the all-boys school in Kankara town in northwestern Katsina state. If the audio recording is genuine, last week's attack marks a significant widening of the group's influence beyond its northeastern base, security experts say. The parent of two abducted children, Abubakar Lawal, said he did not believe Boko Haram's claim and would wait with patience and prayers. "The government has to do diplomacy in a way to rescue these people in a good manner and to come back safely," he said, standing outside the school building. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed the Government Science secondary school on Friday (December 11) night and marched their victims off into a forest, according to pupils who managed to escape kidnap. An aide to Katsina's state governor said there was a large presence of soldiers and intelligence officers in a dense forest searching for the missing boys. (Production Credit: Afolabi Sotunde, Nneka Chile) (Caption:3186WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPING_O_)

日付：2020年12月16日