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US soldier arrested in North Korea after crossing border from South<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//31//north-korean-spy-satellite-crashes-into-the-sea-after-failed-launch/">North Korean spy satellite crashes into the sea after failed launch <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//12//north-korea-fires-icbm-in-protest-over-alleged-us-spy-plane-presence/">North Korea fires ICBM in protest over alleged US spy plane presence<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re closely monitoring and investigating the situation,\u201d US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told a Pentagon news conference, noting he was foremost concerned about the troop\u2019s well-being. \u201cThis will develop in the next several days and hours, and we\u2019ll keep you posted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t known whether and how the US and North Korea, which have no diplomatic relations, would hold talks. In the past, Sweden, which has an embassy in Pyongyang, provided consular services for other Americans detained in North Korea. But its embassy\u2019s Swedish diplomatic staff reportedly haven't returned to North Korea since the country imposed a COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 and ordered out all foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>Some observers say North Korea and the US could still communicate via Panmunjom or the North Korean mission at the UN in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea to avoid political oppression and economic difficulties since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>Tae Yongho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, said North Korea is likely pleased to have \u201can opportunity to get the US to lose its face\u201d because King's crossing happened on the same day a US submarine arrived in South Korea. Tae, now a South Korean lawmaker, said North Korea won't likely return King because he is a soldier from a nation technically at war with North Korea who voluntarily surrendered to the North.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//17//18//808x539_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg/" alt=\"Ahn Young-joon/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_323fa903-bcbc-508d-a005-0f5974a3609f-7761718.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Barricades are placed near the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, July 19, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ahn Young-joon/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Panmunjom, located inside the 248-kilometres-long Demilitarized Zone, has been jointly overseen by the UN Command and North Korea since its creation at the close of the Korean War. The bloodshed has occasionally occurred there but has also been a venue for diplomacy and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its blue huts straddling concrete slabs that form the demarcation line, Panmunjom draws visitors from both sides who want to see the Cold War\u2019s last frontier. No civilians live at Panmunjom. North and South Korean soldiers face off while tourists on both sides snap photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Tours to the southern side of the village reportedly drew around 100,000 visitors a year before the coronavirus pandemic, when South Korea restricted gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19. The tours resumed fully last year.<\/p>\n<p>A small number of US soldiers went to North Korea during the Cold War, including Charles Jenkins, who deserted his army post in South Korea in 1965 and fled across the DMZ. He appeared in North Korean propaganda films and married a Japanese nursing student who had been abducted from Japan by North Korean agents. He died in Japan in 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//17//18//808x539_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg/" alt=\"Manuel Balce Ceneta/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0d8ec66c-283c-59fc-9ce1-5c3b422e39e1-7761718.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, July 18,<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Manuel Balce Ceneta/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent years, some American civilians have been arrested in North Korea for alleged espionage, subversion and other anti-state acts, but were released after the US sent high-profile missions to secure their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, North Korea released three American detainees who returned to the United States on a plane with then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a short period of warm relations. Later in 2018, North Korea said it expelled American Bruce Byron Lowrance. Since his ouster, there have been no reports of other Americans detained in North Korea before Tuesday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n<p>Their freedoms were a striking contrast to the fate of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died in 2017 days after he was released by North Korea in a coma after 17 months in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, South Korea and others have accused North Korea of using foreign detainees to wrest diplomatic concessions. Some foreigners have said after their release that their declarations of guilt were coerced while in North Korean custody.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Timmons, a managing partner at the Tully Rinckey law firm, which specializes in military legal cases, said if King is trying to present himself as a legitimate defector fleeing either political oppression or persecution, he would be dependent on North Korea\u2019s leadership to decide if he can stay.<\/p>\n<p>He said it will likely be up to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to decide King\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be up to the whims of their leadership, what they want to do,\u201d Timmons said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689706587,"publishedAt":1689743188,"updatedAt":1689756846,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/19\/north-korea-silent-about-its-apparent-detention-of-the-us-soldier-who-bolted-across-the-bo","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/17\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1d70768e-c8ca-5df5-b066-a20854e7f9a1-7761732.jpg","altText":"A North Korean military guard post, rear, and South Korea post, bottom, are seen in Paju near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. 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officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man is said to have been on a tour to the Korean border village of Panmunjom and crossed into the North without authorisation.<\/p>\n<p>He is believed to be held in North Korean custody and the United Nations Command is working with North Korean officials to resolve the incident.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1681241668622888960\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It comes amid increased tension between North Korea and the United States who deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea on Tuesday for the first time in four decades.<\/p>\n<p>Allies have warned North Korea that any use of nuclear weapons in combat would result in the end of its regime.<\/p>\n<p>However, periodic visits by US nuclear ballistic missile-capable submarines to South Korea were among several agreements reached by the two countries in April in response to North Korea's expanding nuclear threat.<\/p>\n<p>Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea to avoid political oppression and economic difficulties since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>Panmunjom, located inside the 248km Demilitarised Zone, was created at the end of the Korean War.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there but it has also been a venue for numerous talks and a popular tourist spot.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689677423,"publishedAt":1689687276,"updatedAt":1690145380,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/18\/american-arrested-in-north-korea-after-crossing-border-from-south","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/03\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3615d8a0-c296-50d9-8b18-96627850b999-7760370.jpg","altText":"North Korea Border","caption":"North Korea Border","captionCredit":"Kim Hong-Ji\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"churm","title":"Philip Andrew Churm","twitter":"@TheChurm"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11582,"slug":"north-korea-nuclear-war-threats","urlSafeValue":"north-korea-nuclear-war-threats","title":"North Korea nuclear war threats","titleRaw":"North Korea nuclear war 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rulers put the hijab at the core of Iranian society? \n\n\n","leadin":"Iran's morality police have resumed street patrols to ensure women wear hijabs, nearly a year since Mahsa Amini died in police custody. Protests have since diminished but authorities are now threatening to arrest any woman flouting Islamic headscarf rules. ","summary":"Iran's morality police have resumed street patrols to ensure women wear hijabs, nearly a year since Mahsa Amini died in police custody. Protests have since diminished but authorities are now threatening to arrest any woman flouting Islamic headscarf rules. ","url":"explained-why-is-the-hijab-significant-in-iranian-society","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Last year saw Iranian women burning their hijabs amid mass anti-government protests.\u00a0 \n\nPublic anger was sparked by the death of 22-year-old\u00a0Mahsa Amini in September after she was arrested\u00a0for allegedly not covering her hair properly and wearing skinny jeans.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nThe massive national protests that erupted led Iranian police to stop enforcing the country's strict Islamic dress codes, with women now commonly seen on the streets without their hijabs.\u00a0 \n\nThat's now set to change, after state media announced on Sunday that the so-called morality police will return to ensure women obey the law.\u00a0 \n\nBut what is the significance of the hijab in Iranian society?\u00a0 \n\nA (brief) history of the hijab in Iran \n\nIt became compulsory for women to cover their in Iran, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. \n\nThe government draws on parts of the Quran (Islam\u2019s holy book) and the Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Mohammad) to justify the policy, though Muslim religious writing is not entirely clear on whether women should veil. \n\nIslamic dress codes are strictly enforced by Iran's morality police, who prowl the streets in vans detaining those with \"inappropriate\" clothing. They are known as gasht-e ershad (guidance patrols). \n\nDespite the threat of arrest, millions of Iranian women actively oppose the hijab, wearing it loosely around their heads or on their shoulders.\u00a0 \n\nResistance to the compulsory hijab was almost immediate inside Iran.\u00a0 \n\nAfter Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini - the revolution's figurehead - said women should observe Islamic dress codes in 1979 there were fiery protests, leading the government to say his comments were only a recommendation.\u00a0 \n\nThey became law in 1983.\u00a0 \n\nProtests against the hijab have continued sporadically ever since, culminating in the women burning their headscarves and dancing in the streets seen last year.\u00a0 \n\n'Symbol of oppression' \n\nBefore the revolution, when Iran was ruled by a secular king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, many Iranian women actively wore the hijab. They did so for a variety of reasons, be it because of tradition, identity, religious expression or family pressure. \n\nHowever, according to Iranian poet and journalist Asieh Amini, the main problem today is that women are forced to veil, pointing out they can be lashed or imprisoned for defying the rules. \n\n\u201cUnfortunately, this has led many people to hate it,\u201d she told Euronews Culture. \u201cWomen experience so much oppression. They can't stand this domination and want their rights.\" \n\n\"Police say they are there to advise,\"\u00a0Amini added. \"But, in reality, every single day, in all of Iran's cities, they are controlling women's bodies, their dress, everything.\" \n\n\"Hijab is a symbol of this oppression.\"\u00a0 \n\nHowever, Amini - herself once arrested by the morality police - said the demonstrations that rocked Iran were about much more than dress codes.\u00a0 \n\n\"The demands of people are not limited to the hijab,\" she said. \"They want freedom. They want democracy. They want to be free of this Islamic Republic.\" \n\nMahsa Amini's death unleashed pent-up fury over issues including personal freedoms in the Islamic Republic and an economy reeling from sanctions.\u00a0 \n\nThe protests were eventually crushed by the regime, amid a sea of violence and oppression. But dissent has continued in other ways, with women openly defying hijab laws.\u00a0 \n\nIn March, five Iranian teenage girls were arrested over a TikTok video of them dancing to a Selena Gomez song without covering their hair.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to one Iranian activist, who wished to remain anonymous, another issue with the\u00a0current hijab policy is that does not respect the different forms of dress worn by Iran's various ethnic and religious groups.\u00a0 \n\nInstead, the authorities promote the black chador, a large piece of cloth, which leaves only the face exposed. \n\n\u201cThe Islamic government is not even approving of the other types of hijab and traditional clothing in other ethnic groups,\u201d they said. \u201cThey even oppress those people who are actually practising their religion.\u201d \n\nIran is a very mixed society, containing Persians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Lurs, Gilakis, Arabs, Balochi and Turkmens. Each has its own traditional clothing and wears the hijab in different ways, switching colours, patterns and styles. \n\nHowever, Amini was quick to point out that the hijab in Iran is not a cultural matter. \n\n\"Whenever we talk about women's dress code and their rights in Iran, the government always answers that this is Iranian culture,\" she said. \"This is not culture, it is force.\" \n\n\u201cWe need to talk about law, punishment, how many women have been arrested just because of their outfit, not culture,\" she said.\u00a0 \n\nLike Amini, the unnamed Iranian activist pointed out the oppressive, involuntary nature of the hijab in Iran, claiming it was counter-productive.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cAs a human being whenever you are forced to do something you always want to reject it,\u201d they said. \u201cIt is human nature.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt's [the hijab] has been forced on us for so many years that we don't know who\u2019s wearing it because of their choice or because they are forced to.\u201d \n\nLooking to the future, the activist said they were \"trying to be hopeful.\" \n\n\u201cIt is really hard to talk about hijab at the moment,\u201d they said. \"This looks like one of the biggest feminist uprisings that has happened in Iran since the revolution. Both men and women are coming to the streets together to fight for change.\" \n\n\"By killing Mahsa they opened the gates of anger.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Last year saw Iranian women burning their hijabs amid mass anti-government protests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Public anger was sparked by the death of 22-year-old\u00a0Mahsa Amini in September after she was arrested\u00a0for allegedly not covering her hair properly and wearing skinny jeans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The massive national protests that erupted led Iranian police to stop enforcing the country's strict Islamic dress codes, with women now commonly seen on the streets without their hijabs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That's now set to change, after state media announced on Sunday that the so-called morality police will return to ensure women obey the law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what is the significance of the hijab in Iranian society?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A (brief) history of the hijab in Iran<\/h2><p>It became compulsory for women to cover their in Iran, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The government draws on parts of the Quran (Islam\u2019s holy book) and the Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Mohammad) to justify the policy, though Muslim religious writing is not entirely clear on whether women should veil.<\/p>\n<p>Islamic dress codes are strictly enforced by Iran's morality police, who prowl the streets in vans detaining those with \"inappropriate\" clothing. They are known as <em>gasht-e ershad<\/em> (guidance patrols).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the threat of arrest, millions of Iranian women actively oppose the hijab, wearing it loosely around their heads or on their shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Resistance to the compulsory hijab was almost immediate inside Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini - the revolution's figurehead - said women should observe Islamic dress codes in 1979 there were fiery protests, leading the government to say his comments were only a recommendation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They became law in 1983.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protests against the hijab have continued sporadically ever since, culminating in the women burning their headscarves and dancing in the streets seen last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1572295695037796353\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Symbol of oppression'<\/h2><p>Before the revolution, when Iran was ruled by a secular king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, many Iranian women actively wore the hijab. They did so for a variety of reasons, be it because of tradition, identity, religious expression or family pressure.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Iranian poet and journalist Asieh Amini, the main problem today is that women are forced to veil, pointing out they can be lashed or imprisoned for defying the rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, this has led many people to hate it,\u201d she told Euronews Culture. \u201cWomen experience so much oppression. They can't stand this domination and want their rights.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Police say they are there to advise,\"\u00a0Amini added. \"But, in reality, every single day, in all of Iran's cities, they are controlling women's bodies, their dress, everything.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6730216\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//05//26//what-happens-when-a-country-criminalises-music/">What happened when Iran criminalised music after the 1979 Islamic Revolution?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Hijab is a symbol of this oppression.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Amini - herself once arrested by the morality police - said the demonstrations that rocked Iran were about much more than dress codes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The demands of people are not limited to the hijab,\" she said. \"They want freedom. They want democracy. They want to be free of this Islamic Republic.\"<\/p>\n<p>Mahsa Amini's death unleashed pent-up fury over issues including personal freedoms in the Islamic Republic and an economy reeling from sanctions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protests were eventually crushed by the regime, amid a sea of violence and oppression. But dissent has continued in other ways, with women openly defying hijab laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In March, five Iranian teenage girls were arrested over a TikTok video of them dancing to a Selena Gomez song without covering their hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2229512/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1638545123737849858\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to one Iranian activist, who wished to remain anonymous, another issue with the\u00a0current hijab policy is that does not respect the different forms of dress worn by Iran's various ethnic and religious groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the authorities promote the black chador, a large piece of cloth, which leaves only the face exposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Islamic government is not even approving of the other types of hijab and traditional clothing in other ethnic groups,\u201d they said. \u201cThey even oppress those people who are actually practising their religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran is a very mixed society, containing Persians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Lurs, Gilakis, Arabs, Balochi and Turkmens. Each has its own traditional clothing and wears the hijab in different ways, switching colours, patterns and styles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6572265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//03//27//70//808x532_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg/" alt=\"Safin Hamed/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/384x252_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/640x421_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/750x493_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/828x544_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/1080x710_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/1200x789_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/1920x1262_cmsv2_d79b7b13-e17b-5e2e-b43e-06c7b7d3184f-7032770.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Iranian Kurdish women perform a traditional dance as they celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, March 2016.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Safin Hamed/AFP or licensors<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, Amini was quick to point out that the hijab in Iran is not a cultural matter.<\/p>\n<p>\"Whenever we talk about women's dress code and their rights in Iran, the government always answers that this is Iranian culture,\" she said. \"This is not culture, it is force.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to talk about law, punishment, how many women have been arrested just because of their outfit, not culture,\" she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like Amini, the unnamed Iranian activist pointed out the oppressive, involuntary nature of the hijab in Iran, claiming it was counter-productive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a human being whenever you are forced to do something you always want to reject it,\u201d they said. \u201cIt is human nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's [the hijab] has been forced on us for so many years that we don't know who\u2019s wearing it because of their choice or because they are forced to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the future, the activist said they were \"trying to be hopeful.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really hard to talk about hijab at the moment,\u201d they said. \"This looks like one of the biggest feminist uprisings that has happened in Iran since the revolution. Both men and women are coming to the streets together to fight for change.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"By killing Mahsa they opened the gates of anger.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1663773534,"publishedAt":1689663674,"updatedAt":1689664204,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/07\/18\/explained-why-is-the-hijab-significant-in-iranian-society","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/03\/27\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e08a490b-9790-5c70-b807-99f13dcc4d45-7032770.jpg","altText":"A veiled Iranian woman walks past an anti U.S painting on the wall of the former U.S Embassy in Tehran, Saturday, July 2, 2005. ","caption":"A veiled Iranian woman walks past an anti U.S painting on the wall of the former U.S Embassy in Tehran, Saturday, July 2, 2005. 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If it hadn't been for a single individual, Tariq and his siblings would have continued this perpetual cycle of poverty. \n\n\"We owe our success and achievements to Master Ayub,\" Tariq tells SCENES, \"I could have ended up like many others in society who have developed bad habits if he had not brought us to this school and taught us.\" \n\nBreaking the cycle of poverty \n\nTariq was five years old when he and his family came across Mohammad Ayub Khan, who teaches impoverished children for free. Following the curriculum of the Federal Board of Pakistan, he provides formal education in an informal setting - a neighbourhood park. Within that location, students gather, select their spot on the ground and start studying. In a short span of time, the area became aptly known as Master Ayub's Park School. \n\n\"Master Ayub worked tirelessly to ensure that children had access to education. Whenever he saw an uneducated child, he would offer that child a place in his school,\" says Tariq, who considers Master Ayub his mentor after being under his pupillage for ten years. \n\nEducation for all \n\nThe plight of an orphan boy kickstarted Master Ayub's mission to educate the nation's children. The young boy used to wash cars in the streets in order to feed his five brothers and three sisters. \n\n\"I asked him, 'Why do you wash cars instead of studying?' He replied, 'Who is going to pay for my fees and books? Your father?' His sad reply shocked me to my core,\" Master Ayub recalls. \n\nThis encounter opened Master Ayub's eyes to the number of children missing out on their right to education in Pakistan due to poverty. \n\n\"I realised that a number of poor children were stranded throughout the streets of the city. Some were wandering. Some were petty thieves. Some were victims of domestic assaults. I decided to help them through education,\" Master Ayub says. \n\nThe following day, Master Ayub bought some books and pencils to teach the boy. That fruitful day changed everything; he has provided thousands of children with primary education since then. The plight of the children didn't stop there. Most didn't even have a notebook or a pencil to write with. For this, he turned to scrap paper dealers. \n\n\"The notebooks are partially used, so I created new ones out of them by joining the unused papers,\" Master Ayub says. Help is also at hand at his home \"My wife helps the children by making notebook covers, stitching school bags for them and more.\" Master Ayub continued. \n\nPaying it forward \n\nMaster Ayub and his wife's efforts have a lasting and life-altering impact on the students. Like Tariq Arif, many former students of the school go on to pursue higher education or secure respectable careers. Some decide to pay it forward and teach for free alongside Master Ayub. \n\n\"I used to work as a labourer in the market, but now I am a teacher. I could not even fathom that I could afford to go to school. I was working in sand and gravel every day. Master Ayub made me believe that I could get an education, and his efforts were fruitful,\" Muhammad Rukhsar explains. \n\nA chance for upward mobility \n\nMuhammad Rukhsar aspires to motivate individuals who, like him, did not think going to school was feasible. Additionally, he aims to give underprivileged children a chance for upward mobility through education. \n\n\"Education not only informs us, but it teaches us to be compassionate and to be an upstanding member of society. Education is how you can unlock better opportunities for yourself and your family,\" Tariq tells SCENES. \n\nWhen it comes to children out of school, Pakistan exhibits alarming statistics. But Master Ayub is determined to bridge the gap and to level the playing field through free education. He hopes the children he helps will make something of themselves and contribute to the country he loves. \n\n","htmlText":"<p><strong>SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short films will inspire and amaze, as these young change-makers tell their remarkable stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At first glance, Tariq Arif's life seems to follow an ordinary course. He went to school, pursued a bachelor's degree, and upon graduating, secured a job. Nevertheless, it's not something he took for granted because in Pakistan, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.adb.org//documents//pakistan-school-education-sector-assessment/">23 million children<\/a> cannot afford to go to school, and Tariq was one of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tariq's parents moved to the country's capital, Islamabad, in the 1980s but struggled to find employment due to their lack of education. As a result, they were unable to pay for his studies. If it hadn't been for a single individual, Tariq and his siblings would have continued this perpetual cycle of poverty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//34//10//808x454_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg/" alt=\"Basit Ali\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8eb8d939-191b-5f22-a49b-0e5fd30a6539-7743410.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">"We owe our success and achievements to Master Ayub."<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Basit Ali<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We owe our success and achievements to Master Ayub,\" Tariq tells SCENES, \"I could have ended up like many others in society who have developed bad habits if he had not brought us to this school and taught us.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Breaking the cycle of poverty<\/h2><p>Tariq was five years old when he and his family came across Mohammad Ayub Khan, who teaches impoverished children for free. Following the curriculum of the Federal Board of Pakistan, he provides formal education in an informal setting - a neighbourhood park. Within that location, students gather, select their spot on the ground and start studying. In a short span of time, the area became aptly known as Master Ayub's Park School.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//34//10//808x454_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg/" alt=\"Basit Ali\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ea7ea728-b73f-54a2-9f06-1862b44ebb37-7743410.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Underprivileged children gather to study at a local neighbourhood park<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Basit Ali<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Master Ayub worked tirelessly to ensure that children had access to education. Whenever he saw an uneducated child, he would offer that child a place in his school,\" says Tariq, who considers Master Ayub his mentor after being under his pupillage for ten years.<\/p>\n<h2>Education for all<\/h2><p>The plight of an orphan boy kickstarted Master Ayub's mission to educate the nation's children. The young boy used to wash cars in the streets in order to feed his five brothers and three sisters.<\/p>\n<p>\"I asked him, 'Why do you wash cars instead of studying?' He replied, 'Who is going to pay for my fees and books? Your father?' His sad reply shocked me to my core,\" Master Ayub recalls.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7684724,7672222,7531322\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//26//meet-the-mexican-siblings-who-run-a-centre-for-genius-children/">Meet the Mexican siblings who run a centre for genius children<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//19//meet-the-refugees-improving-the-lives-of-fellow-refugees-in-kenya/">Meet the refugees improving the lives of fellow refugees in Kenya<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//24//meet-the-ugandan-woman-cooking-up-a-feast-for-homeless-children-during-ramadan/">Meet the Ugandan woman who cooked up a feast for homeless children during Ramadan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This encounter opened Master Ayub's eyes to the number of children missing out on their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.unesco.org//en//articles//what-you-need-know-about-right-education#:~:text=The%20Universal%20Declaration%20of%20Human,Convention%20against%20Discrimination%20in%20Education.\">right to education<\/a> in Pakistan due to poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\"I realised that a number of poor children were stranded throughout the streets of the city. Some were wandering. Some were petty thieves. Some were victims of domestic assaults. I decided to help them through education,\" Master Ayub says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//34//10//808x454_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg/" alt=\"Basit Ali\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d13c2dec-bc29-5309-9390-442523416dcc-7743410.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Master Ayub provides study material to his students by making notebooks out of scrap paper<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Basit Ali<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The following day, Master Ayub bought some books and pencils to teach the boy. That fruitful day changed everything; he has provided thousands of children with primary education since then. The plight of the children didn't stop there. Most didn't even have a notebook or a pencil to write with. For this, he turned to scrap paper dealers.<\/p>\n<p>\"The notebooks are partially used, so I created new ones out of them by joining the unused papers,\" Master Ayub says. Help is also at hand at his home \"My wife helps the children by making notebook covers, stitching school bags for them and more.\" Master Ayub continued.<\/p>\n<h2>Paying it forward<\/h2><p>Master Ayub and his wife's efforts have a lasting and life-altering impact on the students. Like Tariq Arif, many former students of the school go on to pursue higher education or secure respectable careers. Some decide to pay it forward and teach for free alongside Master Ayub.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//34//10//808x454_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg/" alt=\"Basit Ali\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7b2c7878-5cf1-5db2-abf2-7a5e9d9f194e-7743410.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">With millions of children out of school, Pakistan has a literacy rate of about 60%.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Basit Ali<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I used to work as a labourer in the market, but now I am a teacher. I could not even fathom that I could afford to go to school. I was working in sand and gravel every day. Master Ayub made me believe that I could get an education, and his efforts were fruitful,\" Muhammad Rukhsar explains.<\/p>\n<h2>A chance for upward mobility<\/h2><p>Muhammad Rukhsar aspires to motivate individuals who, like him, did not think going to school was feasible. Additionally, he aims to give underprivileged children a chance for upward mobility through education.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//34//10//808x454_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg/" alt=\"Basit Ali\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/34\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d9c6cd57-607c-52a9-ba6b-e579e5e14ae1-7743410.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">For many, education offers a chance to break the cycle of poverty<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Basit Ali<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Education not only informs us, but it teaches us to be compassionate and to be an upstanding member of society. 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behaved tourists prompt Bali to consider a mountain-climbing ban","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Naked tourists prompt mountain-climbing ban in Bali","titleListing2":"Badly behaved tourists prompt Bali to consider a mountain-climbing ban","leadin":"The popular Indonesian island is cracking down on badly behaved tourists.","summary":"The popular Indonesian island is cracking down on badly behaved tourists.","url":"badly-behaved-tourists-prompt-bali-to-consider-a-mountain-climbing-ban","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Bali has proposed a ban on mountain climbing in its latest crackdown on badly behaved tourists. \n\nThe Indonesian island is famed for its volcanic peaks and lush rice paddies. But visitors could now be denied access to sunrise hikes on the popular Mount Batur, and 21 other mountains, after a series of disrespectful incidents - typically involving nudity. \n\nLast year, a Russian influencer was deported from the country after posing naked on an ancient sacred tree. In March, another tourist was ousted after a semi-nude photo of him on Mount Agung went viral. \n\nThe proposed ban is part of Bali governor Wayan Koster\u2019s plan to curb indecent behaviour on the island. \n\nIs Bali\u2019s mountain-climbing ban being enforced? \n\nAt a news conference on 31 May, Koster announced the mountain-climbing ban with \u201cimmediate effect\u201d, according to news channel CNN. The ban would reportedly apply to locals as well as tourists - except during religious ceremonies. \n\nHowever, tourism minister Sandiaga Unoi later said the proposal was still in discussion and would need to be approved by the local parliament, UK newspaper The Independent reports. \n\nA mountain trekking tour operator told National Geographic in June that they had not yet seen any changes on the ground. \n\nWhat other rules and regulations is Bali introducing? \n\nTourists visiting Bali could soon be issued with advice on dressing modestly and acting appropriately in holy places under Koster\u2019s plan. \n\nThe island has already introduced other measures to curb dangerous and disrespectful tourist behaviour. \n\nEarlier this year, authorities banned tourists from renting motorbikes after a series of traffic offences by foreigners. Visitors are now encouraged to rent cars instead. \n\nControversial plans to ban extramarital sex in Indonesia will not apply to tourists, however. \n\nWhile Indonesia is a majority Muslim country, Balinese Hinduism is the main religion in Bali. \n\nThe island is home to Hindu temples and sacred sites including Mount Agung, an active volcano revered as the home of the gods. It is one of four sacred mountains, along with Batur, Batukao and Abang. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bali has proposed a ban on mountain climbing in its latest crackdown on badly behaved tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The Indonesian island is famed for its volcanic peaks and lush rice paddies. But visitors could now be denied access to sunrise hikes on the popular Mount Batur, and 21 other mountains, after a series of disrespectful incidents - typically involving nudity.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a Russian influencer was deported from the country after posing naked on an ancient sacred tree. In March, another tourist was ousted after a semi-nude photo of him on Mount Agung went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed ban is part of Bali governor Wayan Koster\u2019s plan to curb indecent behaviour on the island.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Bali\u2019s mountain-climbing ban being enforced?<\/h2><p>At a news conference on 31 May, Koster announced the mountain-climbing ban with \u201cimmediate effect\u201d, according to news channel CNN. The ban would reportedly apply to locals as well as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//14//santiago-de-compostela-wants-to-introduce-tourist-tax-to-prevent-uncontrolled-tourism/">tourists - except during religious ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//23//overtourism-at-the-acropolis-how-is-greece-handling-booming-visitors-numbers/">tourism minister Sandiaga Unoi later said the proposal was still in discussion and would need to be approved by the local parliament, UK newspaper The Independent reports.<\/p>\n<p>A mountain <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//31//the-10-best-european-hiking-destinations-where-you-can-reconnect-with-nature/">trekking tour operator told National Geographic in June that they had not yet seen any changes on the ground.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7732972,7583704\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//05//machu-picchu-french-and-swiss-tourists-thrown-out-of-inca-citadel-for-taking-nude-photos/">Machu Picchu: French and Swiss tourists thrown out of Inca citadel for taking nude photos<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//06//travel-warning-playing-music-on-the-beach-could-land-you-with-a-36000-fine-in-this-country/">Travel warning: Playing music on the beach could land you with a \u20ac36,000 fine in this country<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What other rules and regulations is Bali introducing?<\/h2><p>Tourists visiting Bali could soon be issued with advice on dressing modestly and acting appropriately in holy places under Koster\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n<p>The island has already introduced other measures to curb dangerous and disrespectful tourist behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, authorities banned tourists from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//15//bali-is-banning-tourists-from-renting-motorbikes-to-crack-down-on-bad-behaviour/">renting motorbikes<\/strong><\/a> after a series of traffic offences by foreigners. Visitors are now encouraged to rent cars instead.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial plans to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//09//heres-what-balis-digital-nomads-think-of-new-law-banning-sex-before-marriage/">ban extramarital sex<\/strong><\/a> in Indonesia will not apply to tourists, however.<\/p>\n<p>While Indonesia is a majority Muslim country, Balinese Hinduism is the main religion in Bali.<\/p>\n<p>The island is home to Hindu temples and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//24//overtourism-basque-locals-lament-disastrous-impact-of-game-of-thrones-fame/">sacred sites<\/strong><\/a> including Mount Agung, an active volcano revered as the home of the gods. It is one of four sacred mountains, along with Batur, Batukao and Abang.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689605724,"publishedAt":1689606559,"updatedAt":1689675236,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/07\/17\/badly-behaved-tourists-prompt-bali-to-consider-a-mountain-climbing-ban","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/75\/83\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_393fe9f6-46a6-5fee-8ead-fc2acb7d6bb8-7758338.jpg","altText":"Tourists could soon be banned from climbing Bali's mountains.","caption":"Tourists could soon be banned from climbing Bali's mountains.","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"symons","title":"Angela Symons","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12818,"slug":"bali","urlSafeValue":"bali","title":"Bali","titleRaw":"Bali"},{"id":16058,"slug":"islands","urlSafeValue":"islands","title":"Islands","titleRaw":"Islands"},{"id":24440,"slug":"hiking","urlSafeValue":"hiking","title":"hiking","titleRaw":"hiking"},{"id":13344,"slug":"mountain","urlSafeValue":"mountain","title":"Mountain","titleRaw":"Mountain"},{"id":16000,"slug":"yasaklama","urlSafeValue":"yasaklama","title":"ban","titleRaw":"ban"},{"id":24710,"slug":"travel-restrictions","urlSafeValue":"travel-restrictions","title":"Travel restrictions","titleRaw":"Travel restrictions"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":149,"urlSafeValue":"indonesia","title":"Indonesia","url":"\/news\/asia\/indonesia"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_travel','gs_science_geography','gs_science','gs_society','gs_travel_locations','gs_travel_locations_asia','neg_facebook_q4','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_nespresso','gs_society_religion','gs_travel_holidays','neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','gb_adult_high_med','gb_adult_high_med_low','gb_adult_news-ent','gv_adult','neg_bucherer','gt_negative','gt_negative_fear'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/travel\/2023\/07\/17\/badly-behaved-tourists-prompt-bali-to-consider-a-mountain-climbing-ban","lastModified":1689675236},{"id":2319352,"cid":7744166,"versionId":6,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230713_NWSU_52380769","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What future for the Iran-EU nuclear deal?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Europe's nuclear deal hindered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleListing2":"Eight years after its landmark 2015 nuclear deal - in the midst of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine - the European Union\u2019s relationship with Iran is fraught. ","leadin":"How much of an impact has the outbreak of the war in Ukraine had on Europe\u2019s already weak nuclear deal with Iran? And what kind of future agreement could be on the cards for Europe and Iran?","summary":"How much of an impact has the outbreak of the war in Ukraine had on Europe\u2019s already weak nuclear deal with Iran? And what kind of future agreement could be on the cards for Europe and Iran?","url":"what-future-for-the-iran-eus-nuclear-deal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Eight years after its landmark 2015 nuclear deal the European Union\u2019s relationship with Iran remains fraught.\u00a0 \n\nAt various points during Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU slapped sanctions on Iran, including for supplying hundreds of drones to Russia. And it also placed tariffs relating to human rights violations\u00a0- linked to the repression of protesters and the kidnapping of European hostages . \n\nHowever, Europe is attempting to build bridges - through recent informal talks with Iran - which seek to reinstate some form of nuclear deal.\u00a0 \n\nYet, Europe must decide if it will break its side of the 2015 agreement for the first time - by retaining ballistic missile sanctions on Iran - which were set to expire in October. If the bloc lets them expire, Iran will, effectively, be open to supplying more deadly drones - or other weapons - to Russia. \n\nSo, how much of an impact has the outbreak of the war in Ukraine had on Europe\u2019s already-weak nuclear deal with Iran?\u00a0And what kind of future deal could be on the cards for Europe and Iran? \n\nBackground: The collapse of the initial deal \n\nFollowing the US's withdrawal from the deal in 2018, former President Donald Trump implemented crippling economic sanctions on Iran under its\u00a0 maximum pressure strategy.\u00a0Tehran has since escalated its nuclear programme -\u00a0producing uranium enriched to 60% purity. This is a level which goes beyond civilian use - with weapons-grade purity standing at 90%.\u00a0 \n\nIt's a cause for concern for the EU, which must also decide whether it will maintain ballistic missile sanctions, months after Iran launched its new ballistic missile \u00a0dubbed the \u201cKhorramshahr-4\u201d and the \u201cKhaybar.\u201d This has sparked fears that Iran will transfer these missiles to Russia, following on from its transfers of hundreds of drones. \n\nSanctions relating to Iran's production of ballistic missiles were set to expire in October 2023, under one of the 2015 deal's 'sunset clauses'. These expiration dates planned to allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment activities, in exchange for it respecting the provisions of the deal.\u00a0 \n\nBoth Iran and the US have since violated the terms of the deal. \n\nRestarting negotiations \n\nDespite the breakdown of the official deal in 2018, Europe relaunched formal negotiations with Iran in Vienna from April 2021.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cEurope showed that it really wants to broker a deal. We take our commitments seriously. But there has been naivety regarding Iran's intentions for far too long\u201d, European MEP Bart Groothuis , Vice-Chair of the EU delegation for relations with Iran, told Euronews. \n\nThe talks were subject to months-long periods of deadlock, with tensions further heightened by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cEven after the Iranians raised multiple new negotiating parameters one of the big hurdles was the switch in the Russian position and the pausing of the priority of nuclear diplomacy\u201d, Behnam Ben Taleblu , Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Euronews. \n\nAs one of the UN Security Council's five permanent members, Russia was a key signatory of the original 2015 nuclear deal.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cMany had thought there would be a deal coming in early February 2022 - a deal that was weaker than the 2015 agreement - but that was ultimately put on ice by the invasion of Ukraine\u201d, Behnam Ben Taleblu added.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, experts have also concluded that Iran's ill-informed judgement impacted its decision to side with Russia. \n\n\"If the war in Ukraine had not happened, there would have been a better chance of restoring the nuclear deal. It led to an Iranian miscalculation that the Europeans would need Iran's energy resources, that Iran would have more leverage in the negotiations. And I think they overplayed their hand\",\u00a0 Ali Vaez , Crisis Group's Iran Project Director, told Euronews. \n\nThe talks eventually broke down in August 2022, with European High Representative Josep Borrell tweeting \u00a0\"what can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it's now in a final text.\" \n\nA new attempt at reaching a deal \n\nInformal, behind-closed-doors meetings have carried on since the stalemate on official negotiations. As recently as June, 2023, European Union mediator Enrique Mora met with Iranian representatives in Qatar.\u00a0 \n\nThey have been working to sketch out steps that could curb Iran's escalating nuclear programme, as as well as drafting policy relating to freeing US and European detainees held in Iran. The prospect of unfreezing some Iranian assets abroad has also been discussed. \n\nIn parallel, United States and Iranian officials have been holding indirect talks in Oman.\u00a0However, though dialogue is open, clashes are still rife. The United States and its Western allies confronted Russia and Iran about Tehran\u2019s advances in uranium enrichment and its supply of combat drones to Moscow at a UN Security Council session in early July. \n\nBritain\u2019s UN ambassador, Barbara Wood, condemned Iran for the transfer of hundreds of drones used to \"kill civilians and illegally target civilian infrastructure\" in Russia. The US, Britain, France and Ukraine urged UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to send investigators to examine debris from Russian drone attacks. \n\nRussia\u2019s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Britain - which holds the rotating Council presidency - of seeking to hold \u201can openly-politicised show\u201d by inviting Ukraine to participate in the meeting, despite it not being a party to the JCPOA. \n\nWhat future for a deal? \n\nAlthough experts agree that a future deal is still on the cards, it amounts to a watered-down version of the initial 2015 JCPOA agreement. The focus revolves around preventing further escalation through\u00a0ensuring that Iran does not enrich uranium purity levels beyond the 60% threshold. \n\n\"It really does not amount to dismantling centrifuges or to rolling back any of Iran's nuclear activities, but it is more or less to keep things where they are\u2019\" Ali Vaez says.\u00a0However, Europe's role in negotiations remains limited by the US.\u00a0 \n\n\"Europe has not imposed nuclear-related sanctions, which they can lift as an incentive to Iran. And they would not be able to do much as long as US sanctions are in place because of the chilling effect that those sanctions have on European companies calculations\", adds Vaez. \n\nIndeed, Europe's commitment to the deal was not enough to incentivise Iran to stick to its conditions back in 2018.\u00a0\u201cAt the end of the day, it is the US that determines the status of Iran's relations with the West\u201d, states Vaez. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Eight years after its landmark 2015 nuclear deal the European Union\u2019s relationship with Iran remains fraught.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At various points during Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU slapped sanctions on Iran, including for supplying hundreds of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.google.com//search?q=eu%2Bsanctions%2Biran%2Bdrones%2Beuronews&client=avast-a-1&sxsrf=AB5stBhfjqyvYjzqRi_Pf7780AZNh9MP_g%3A1689319214616&ei=LvewZJqlJZGfhbIPyKC4uAs&ved=0ahUKEwia9Mu91I2AAxWRT0EAHUgQDrcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=eu%2Bsanctions%2Biran%2Bdrones%2Beuronews&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIWV1IHNhbmN0aW9ucyBpcmFuIGRyb25lcyBldXJvbmV3c0ijBVAAWMcEcAB4AZABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBA8gBAPgBAeIDBBgAIEGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp\%22>drones<\/strong><\/a> to Russia. And it also placed tariffs relating to human rights violations\u00a0- linked to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//12//20//iran-protests-what-caused-them-who-is-generation-z-will-the-unrest-lead-to-revolution/">repression of protesters<\/strong><\/a> and the kidnapping of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//16//european-hostages-in-iran-used-as-political-bargaining-chips#:~:text=Some%2015%20European%20citizens%20are,who%20are%20imprisoned%20in%20Iran.\"><strong>European hostages<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Europe is attempting to build bridges - through recent informal talks with Iran - which seek to reinstate some form of nuclear deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5596514745308311\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//41//66//808x451_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/384x215_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/640x358_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/750x420_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/828x463_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1080x604_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1200x672_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1920x1075_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">What is the JCPOA?<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet, Europe must decide if it will break its side of the 2015 agreement for the first time - by retaining ballistic missile sanctions on Iran - which were set to expire in October. If the bloc lets them expire, Iran will, effectively, be open to supplying more deadly drones - or other weapons - to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>So, how much of an impact has the outbreak of the war in Ukraine had on Europe\u2019s already-weak nuclear deal with Iran?\u00a0And what kind of future deal could be on the cards for Europe and Iran?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background: The collapse of the initial deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the US's withdrawal from the deal in 2018, former President Donald Trump implemented crippling economic sanctions on Iran under its\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//09//12//us-still-pursuing-maximum-pressure-against-iran-treasurys-mnuchin/">maximum pressure<\/strong><\/a> strategy.\u00a0Tehran has since escalated its nuclear programme -\u00a0producing uranium enriched to 60% purity. This is a level which goes beyond civilian use - with weapons-grade purity standing at 90%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It's a cause for concern for the EU, which must also decide whether it will maintain ballistic missile sanctions, months after Iran launched its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//05//25//iran-unveils-its-latest-ballistic-missile-that-it-says-has-a-range-of-2000km/">new ballistic missile<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0dubbed the \u201cKhorramshahr-4\u201d and the \u201cKhaybar.\u201d This has sparked fears that Iran will transfer these missiles to Russia, following on from its transfers of hundreds of drones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//41//66//808x539_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg/" alt=\"AP/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location, Iran, Iranian Defence Ministry on Thursday, May 25, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sanctions relating to Iran's production of ballistic missiles were set to expire in October 2023, under one of the 2015 deal's 'sunset clauses'. These expiration dates planned to allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment activities, in exchange for it respecting the provisions of the deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Iran and the US have since violated the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restarting negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the breakdown of the official deal in 2018, Europe <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//04//07//vienna-talks-offer-hope-for-survival-of-iran-nuclear-deal/">relaunched formal negotiations with Iran in Vienna from April 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope showed that it really wants to broker a deal. We take our commitments seriously. But there has been naivety regarding Iran's intentions for far too long\u201d, European MEP <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//bgroothuis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\%22>Bart Groothuis<\/strong><\/a>, Vice-Chair of the EU delegation for relations with Iran, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>The talks were subject to months-long periods of deadlock, with tensions further heightened by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7580872011251758\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//90//18//14//808x612_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg/" alt=\"AP/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/384x291_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/640x485_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/750x569_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/828x628_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/1080x819_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/1200x910_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/90\/18\/14\/1920x1456_cmsv2_9b0a4077-c69b-5a6b-9bc2-c91b71ab8bb6-6901814.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rafael Grossi from the International Atomic Energy Agency with Iran representative.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven after the Iranians raised multiple new negotiating parameters one of the big hurdles was the switch in the Russian position and the pausing of the priority of nuclear diplomacy\u201d, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.fdd.org//team//behnam-ben-taleblu///">Behnam Ben Taleblu<\/strong><\/a>, Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the UN Security Council's five permanent members, Russia was a key signatory of the original 2015 nuclear deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany had thought there would be a deal coming in early February 2022 - a deal that was weaker than the 2015 agreement - but that was ultimately put on ice by the invasion of Ukraine\u201d, Behnam Ben Taleblu added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, experts have also concluded that Iran's ill-informed judgement impacted its decision to side with Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667955160417472\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//57//16//78//808x539_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg/" alt=\"Stephanie Lecocq/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/640x427_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/750x500_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/828x552_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/1080x720_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/1200x800_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/57\/16\/78\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d98d8e96-3e4b-5b1c-ac1e-6255326662b6-6571678.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Stephanie Lecocq/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"If the war in Ukraine had not happened, there would have been a better chance of restoring the nuclear deal. It led to an Iranian miscalculation that the Europeans would need Iran's energy resources, that Iran would have more leverage in the negotiations. And I think they overplayed their hand\",\u00a0<strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//AliVaez/">Ali Vaez<\/a><\/strong>, Crisis Group's Iran Project Director, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>The talks eventually broke down in August 2022, with European High Representative Josep Borrell <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////%3Cblockquote class=%22twitter-tweet%22%3E%3Cp lang=%22en%22 dir=%22ltr%22%3EWhat can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it’s now in a final text. %3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EHowever, behind every technical issue and every paragraph lies a political decision that needs to be taken in the capitals. %3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EIf these answers are positive, then we can sign this deal.%3C//p%3E&mdash; Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) %3Ca href=%22%5Bhttps:////twitter.com//JosepBorrellF//status//1556669265616539648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\%22>tweeting<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\%22what can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it's now in a final text.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1556669265616539648\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>A new attempt at reaching a deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Informal, behind-closed-doors meetings have carried on since the stalemate on official negotiations. As recently as June, 2023, European Union mediator Enrique Mora met with Iranian representatives in Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have been working to sketch out steps that could curb Iran's escalating nuclear programme, as as well as drafting policy relating to freeing US and European detainees held in Iran. The prospect of unfreezing some Iranian assets abroad has also been discussed.<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, United States and Iranian officials have been holding indirect talks in Oman.\u00a0However, though dialogue is open, clashes are still rife. The United States and its Western allies confronted Russia and Iran about Tehran\u2019s advances in uranium enrichment and its supply of combat drones to Moscow at a UN Security Council session in early July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//41//66//808x539_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg/" alt=\"AP/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8d9ab2a0-6814-51bb-995d-a6e9af019875-7744166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian Army on Thursday, April 20, 2023, Iran-made drones are displayed in a ceremony marking to provide to the nation<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Britain\u2019s UN ambassador, Barbara Wood, condemned Iran for the transfer of hundreds of drones used to \"kill civilians and illegally target civilian infrastructure\" in Russia. The US, Britain, France and Ukraine urged UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to send investigators to examine debris from Russian drone attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Britain - which holds the rotating Council presidency - of seeking to hold \u201can openly-politicised show\u201d by inviting Ukraine to participate in the meeting, despite it not being a party to the JCPOA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What future for a deal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although experts agree that a future deal is still on the cards, it amounts to a watered-down version of the initial 2015 JCPOA agreement. The focus revolves around preventing further escalation through\u00a0ensuring that Iran does not enrich uranium purity levels beyond the 60% threshold.<\/p>\n<p>\"It really does not amount to dismantling centrifuges or to rolling back any of Iran's nuclear activities, but it is more or less to keep things where they are\u2019\" Ali Vaez says.\u00a0However, Europe's role in negotiations remains limited by the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Europe has not imposed nuclear-related sanctions, which they can lift as an incentive to Iran. And they would not be able to do much as long as US sanctions are in place because of the chilling effect that those sanctions have on European companies calculations\", adds Vaez.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Europe's commitment to the deal was not enough to incentivise Iran to stick to its conditions back in 2018.\u00a0\u201cAt the end of the day, it is the US that determines the status of Iran's relations with the West\u201d, states Vaez.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689081730,"publishedAt":1689596680,"updatedAt":1689622595,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/17\/what-future-for-the-iran-eus-nuclear-deal","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_79506c68-1c78-5b43-a7fc-99002c5b7ded-7744162.jpg","altText":"Iranian power station","caption":"Iranian power station","captionCredit":"Agency image","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":800,"height":448},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c7883419-8a24-58ab-8366-a3dc4d760eb7-7744166.jpg","altText":"What is the JCPOA?","caption":"What is the JCPOA?","captionCredit":"Euronews","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1492,"height":835},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/41\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eafd8e29-020e-5fb4-8ed7-9139777b4acc-7744166.jpg","altText":"In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, May 25, 2023, Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location, Iran. 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morality police back on the streets to impose strict Islamic dress code","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran puts morality police back on the streets in dress code crackdown","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Iran's morality police are back on the streets looking for women without headscarves breaking strict Islamic dress codes.","leadin":"The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September.","summary":"The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September.","url":"irans-morality-police-back-on-the-streets-to-impose-strict-islamic-dress-codes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, with morality police returning to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. \n\nThe morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for over four decades. \n\nThe protests largely died down earlier this year following a heavy crackdown in which over 500 protesters were killed and nearly 20,000 detained. But many women continued to flout the official dress code, especially in the capital, Tehran, and other cities. \n\nThe morality police were only rarely seen patrolling the streets, and in December, there were even some reports \u2014 later denied \u2014 that they had been disbanded. \n\nAuthorities insisted throughout the crisis that the rules had not changed. Iran's clerical rulers view the hijab as a key pillar of the Islamic revolution that brought them to power, and consider more casual dress a sign of Western decadence. \n\nOn Sunday, Gen. Saeed Montazerolmahdi, a police spokesman, said the morality police would resume notifying and then detaining women not wearing hijab in public.\u00a0 In Tehran, men and women of the morality police could be seen patrolling the streets in marked vans. \n\nLate Saturday, police arrested Mohammed Sadeghi, a young and relatively unknown actor, in a raid on his home that he appears to have broadcast on social media. Earlier, he had posted a video in response to another online video showing a woman being detained by the morality police. \u201cBelieve me, if I see such a scene, I might commit murder,\u201d he said. \n\nThe website of the semi-official Hamshahri daily, which is affiliated with the Tehran municipality, said he was arrested for encouraging people to use weapons against the police. \n\nThe battle over the hijab became a powerful rallying cry last autumn, with women playing a leading role in the protests. The demonstrations quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical rulers, whom the mostly young protesters accuse of being corrupt, repressive and out of touch.\u00a0 \n\nIran's government blamed the protests on a foreign conspiracy, without providing evidence. \n\nSeveral Iranian celebrities joined the protests, including prominent directors and actors from the country's celebrated film industry. Several Iranian actresses were detained after appearing in public without the hijab or expressing support for the protests. \n\nIn a recent case, actress Azadeh Samadi was barred from social media and ordered by a court to seek psychological treatment for \"antisocial personality disorder\" after appearing at a funeral two months ago wearing a cap on her head. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, with morality police returning to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for over four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The protests largely died down earlier this year following a heavy crackdown in which over 500 protesters were killed and nearly 20,000 detained. But many women continued to flout the official dress code, especially in the capital, Tehran, and other cities.<\/p>\n<p>The morality police were only rarely seen patrolling the streets, and in December, there were even some reports \u2014 later denied \u2014 that they had been disbanded.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities insisted throughout the crisis that the rules had not changed. Iran's clerical rulers view the hijab as a key pillar of the Islamic revolution that brought them to power, and consider more casual dress a sign of Western decadence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1578418624976617472\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Gen. Saeed Montazerolmahdi, a police spokesman, said the morality police would resume notifying and then detaining women not wearing hijab in public.\u00a0In Tehran, men and women of the morality police could be seen patrolling the streets in marked vans.<\/p>\n<p>Late Saturday, police arrested Mohammed Sadeghi, a young and relatively unknown actor, in a raid on his home that he appears to have broadcast on social media. Earlier, he had posted a video in response to another online video showing a woman being detained by the morality police. \u201cBelieve me, if I see such a scene, I might commit murder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The website of the semi-official Hamshahri daily, which is affiliated with the Tehran municipality, said he was arrested for encouraging people to use weapons against the police.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1574356997658615810\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The battle over the hijab became a powerful rallying cry last autumn, with women playing a leading role in the protests. The demonstrations quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical rulers, whom the mostly young protesters accuse of being corrupt, repressive and out of touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran's government blamed the protests on a foreign conspiracy, without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Several Iranian celebrities joined the protests, including prominent directors and actors from the country's celebrated film industry. Several Iranian actresses were detained after appearing in public without the hijab or expressing support for the protests.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent case, actress Azadeh Samadi was barred from social media and ordered by a court to seek psychological treatment for \"antisocial personality disorder\" after appearing at a funeral two months ago wearing a cap on her head.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689589924,"publishedAt":1689593702,"updatedAt":1689598263,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/17\/irans-morality-police-back-on-the-streets-to-impose-strict-islamic-dress-codes","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/75\/74\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bfd728a4-e54a-5856-b311-97170f2383e7-7757406.jpg","altText":"FILE - Iranian women make their way along a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. ","caption":"FILE - Iranian women make their way along a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. 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The extreme weather has stoked concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.\u00a0 \n\nThe target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5\u00b0C is moving out of reach, climate experts say. \n\nProlonged bouts of high temperatures in China have challenged power grids and crops, and concerns are mounting of a possible repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years. \n\nIn April, Thailand hit a record high of 45\u00b0C. Vietnam was forced to ration electricity in May as temperatures of over 44\u00b0C led to soaring\u00a0demand for air conditioning.\u00a0 \n\nLast month, a searing heatwave in two of India 's most populous states hospitalised hundreds and killing nearly 170 people. \n\nSouth Korea faced deadly floods over the weekend after heatwave warnings were issued earlier in the month. \n\nChina faces worsening weather extremes \n\nChina is no stranger to dramatic swings in temperatures across the seasons but the swings are getting wider. \n\nOn 22 January, temperatures in Mohe, a city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, plunged to minus 53\u00b0C, according to the local weather bureau, smashing China's previous all-time low of minus 52.3\u00b0C set in 1969. \n\nSince then, the heaviest rains in a decade have hit central China, ravaging wheat fields in an area known as the country's granary. \n\nThis week, the United States and China are looking to rekindle efforts to fight global warming , with US special climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing holding talks with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>China recorded a record-breaking temperature of 52.2\u00b0C on Sunday 16 July.<\/p>\n<p>The searing heat hit the\u00a0remote northwest township of\u00a0Sanbao\u00a0in Xinjiang's Turpan Depression, state-run newspaper Xinjiang Daily reported.<\/p>\n<p>The previous high of\u00a050.3\u00b0C was recorded in 2015 in\u00a0Ayding, also in Turpan - a vast basin of sand dunes and dried-up lakes more than 150 metres below sea level.<\/p>\n<p>Record heat is expected to persist in the region for at least another five days.<\/p>\n<h2>Asia is struggling through record-breaking heatwaves<\/h2><p>Since April, countries across Asia have been hit by several rounds of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//03//only-going-to-get-worse-asias-record-shattering-heatwaves-raise-fears-over-climate-change/">record-breaking heat<\/strong><\/a>. The extreme weather has stoked concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5\u00b0C is moving out of reach, climate experts say.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7742016,7749002\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//10//japan-sees-heaviest-rain-ever-is-climate-change-making-downpours-more-extreme/">Japan sees \u2018heaviest rain ever: Is climate change making downpours more extreme?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//19//cerberus-heatwave-why-is-it-so-hot-in-europe-and-how-long-will-it-last/">Charon heatwave: Why is it so hot in Europe and how long will it last?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prolonged bouts of high temperatures in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//26//new-zealand-pm-criticised-for-bringing-back-up-jet-on-trip-to-china/">China have challenged power grids and crops, and concerns are mounting of a possible repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Thailand hit a record high of 45\u00b0C. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//15//extreme-weather-is-making-coffee-cost-more-and-taste-worse-report-warns/">Vietnam was forced to ration electricity in May as temperatures of over 44\u00b0C led to soaring\u00a0demand for air conditioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a searing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//12//price-of-tomatoes-soars-400-in-india-as-heatwaves-and-flooding-hit-crops/">heatwave in two of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//morgues-full-and-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-indias-heatwave-death-toll-hits-170/">India's most populous states hospitalised hundreds and killing nearly 170 people.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea faced deadly floods over the weekend after heatwave warnings were issued earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<h2>China faces worsening weather extremes<\/h2><p>China is no stranger to dramatic swings in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather/">temperatures across the seasons but the swings are getting wider.<\/p>\n<p>On 22 January, temperatures in Mohe, a city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, plunged to minus 53\u00b0C, according to the local weather bureau, smashing China's previous all-time low of minus 52.3\u00b0C set in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the heaviest <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//10//22//china-s-sponge-cities-are-a-revolutionary-rethink-to-prevent-flooding/">rains in a decade have hit central China, ravaging wheat fields in an area known as the country's granary.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the United States and China are looking to rekindle efforts to fight <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//11//no-city-is-truly-prepared-for-the-heatwaves-that-lay-ahead-heres-what-can-be-done-about-it/">global warming<\/strong><\/a>, with US special climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing holding talks with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689588097,"publishedAt":1689590683,"updatedAt":1689595119,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/07\/17\/record-breaking-522c-temperature-hit-china-on-sunday-stoking-fears-of-drought","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/75\/72\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_44b643d6-b208-5815-b24e-12026683f693-7757286.jpg","altText":"People walk on a street on a sweltering day in Beijing, 6 July 2023. 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This paradise island promises healing through horses","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"This island paradise is now home to an equine spa retreat","titleListing2":"What is equine therapy? This paradise island promises healing through horses","leadin":"\u2018Horses, in our experience, simply speed things up, a little bit like how an art therapist uses their paint.\u2019","summary":"\u2018Horses, in our experience, simply speed things up, a little bit like how an art therapist uses their paint.\u2019","url":"what-is-equine-therapy-this-paradise-island-promises-healing-through-horses","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Indonesian island of Sumba is home to pristine wilderness and stunning beaches. There you\u2019ll find Nihi Sumba, a hotel that\u2019s won all sorts of awards, including being voted the Number One Hotel in the World in Travel + Leisure\u2019s 2016 and 2017 World\u2019s Best Awards. \n\nSituated on the island\u2019s south coast, the beach is home to a herd of semi wild horses. \n\n\u201cThis is probably as close as you can get to horses in their natural habitat,\u201d says Dr Andreas Liefooghe, a psychologist and therapist specialising in equine assisted psychotherapy . \n\nThis is why he chose it as the perfect spot to found Retreat and Conquer, a four night retreat helping people to reconnect with themselves through horses. \n\nGlobally there\u2019s a rising trend in horse-related travel and wellness activities, from cowboy ranches to horse-sleigh rides and horseback safaris. Here\u2019s why combining an equine retreat with your next beach holiday might be for you (even if you don\u2019t love horses). \n\nAre horses a good means of therapy? \n\n\u201cWhy horses? Horses, in our experience, simply speed things up,\u201d Andreas explains, \u201ca little bit like how an art therapist uses their paint.\u201d \n\nSome theorise that it\u2019s to do with connecting with a living creature but with the comfort of knowing they can\u2019t tell anyone your secrets. \n\nBut don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t have to be a pro-rider in order to take part. In fact, there\u2019s no experience required and you don\u2019t even have to ride a horse if you don\u2019t want to. \n\nThrough two daily interactions with the horses, participants learn how to better understand themselves and those around them. Activities include swimming with the horses and playing football on the beach. \n\n\u201cIt's always useful to see who people identify with. Do they identify with the rugged little guy or with the injured noble sort of thoroughbreds who've done the racing and all of that?,\u201d says Andreas. \n\n\u201cIn those choices, we get a lot of information about what people actually bring. Where do they see themselves in the horse? How are they reflected back at themselves through their choice of partner to work with?\u201d \n\nThe retreat welcomes small groups of people at a time. The activities are a range of one-to-ones and group work. \n\nAs well as this, there are more traditional wellness activities such as yoga and massages. And the group often spends evenings on the beach . \n\nWho can benefit from an equine retreat? \n\n\u201cWhen you arrive at the top of this hill and you see this sweeping beach in front of you, it's a real heart stopping moment,\u201d says Andreas. \n\nThe island\u2019s remote nature teamed with the long journey to get there make up part of the experience. Andreas thinks this helps people to feel so far away from their normal reality that it readies them to open up. \n\n\u201cOur business is not to change people, but to help people get a deeper understanding,\u201d he adds. \n\nRetreat and Conquer is for anyone who feels stuck or wants help dealing with change in their life. \n\n\u201cWe have people who have been stuck because of very complex losses that they've experienced, like losses of parents , life changes and couples who split up . \n\n\u201cAnd we have had people who have had children leave home and felt that all of a sudden they don't have a purpose anymore and they're wanting to find a purpose around that. \n\n\u201cWe've had people who've been made redundant at work who again feel that there's this loss. And ultimately, every change has a loss at its heart because you have to leave something behind before you get into something new.\u201d \n\nWhere do Retreat and Conquer\u2019s horses come from? \n\nThe horses at Nihi Sumba are a combination of Sumbanese sandalwood ponies that are semi wild and were first brought to the island in the 13th and 14th centuries as well as some rescued ex-race horses. \n\n\u201cThe racing industry churns out quite a lot of horses and then there are some horses who don't make the grade. And typically that don't really have a lot of options,\u201d explains Andreas. \n\nNihi has adopted a whole herd of them from neighbouring islands and has retrained them. They live at the Sandalwood Stables at the hotel where each morning they are let free to gallop along the beach. \n\nThe next Retreat and Conquer will take place 25 - 29 November. Prices start from \u20ac8,936 all inclusive excluding flights and transfers. \n\nWatch the video above to learn more about Retreat and Concur. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Indonesian island of Sumba is home to pristine wilderness and stunning beaches. There you\u2019ll find Nihi Sumba, a hotel that\u2019s won all sorts of awards, including being voted the Number One Hotel in the World in Travel + Leisure\u2019s 2016 and 2017 World\u2019s Best Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Situated on the island\u2019s south coast, the beach is home to a herd of semi wild horses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably as close as you can get to horses in their natural habitat,\u201d says Dr Andreas Liefooghe, a psychologist and therapist specialising in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//03//31//not-horsing-around-meet-dounka-the-spanish-mare-bringing-good-vibes-to-the-elderly/">equine assisted psychotherapy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is why he chose it as the perfect spot to found Retreat and Conquer, a four night <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//05//14//never-been-on-a-retreat-it-might-be-more-down-to-earth-than-you-think/">retreat helping people to reconnect with themselves through horses.<\/p>\n<p>Globally there\u2019s a rising trend in horse-related travel and wellness activities, from cowboy ranches to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//16//watch-horse-drawn-sleighs-glide-across-this-magical-turkish-lake/">horse-sleigh rides<\/strong><\/a> and horseback safaris. Here\u2019s why combining an equine retreat with your next beach holiday might be for you (even if you don\u2019t love horses).<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7681768\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//17//keen-to-try-a-cbd-spa-heres-where-to-get-a-dose-of-relaxation-in-europe/">Keen to try a CBD spa? Here\u2019s where to get a dose of relaxation in Europe<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Are horses a good means of therapy?<\/h2><p>\u201cWhy horses? Horses, in our experience, simply speed things up,\u201d Andreas explains, \u201ca little bit like how an art therapist uses their paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some theorise that it\u2019s to do with connecting with a living creature but with the comfort of knowing they can\u2019t tell anyone your secrets.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t have to be a pro-rider in order to take part. In fact, there\u2019s no experience required and you don\u2019t even have to ride a horse if you don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n<p>Through two daily interactions with the horses, participants learn how to better understand themselves and those around them. Activities include <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//13//swimming-with-whales-under-the-midnight-sun/">swimming with the horses and playing football on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's always useful to see who people identify with. Do they identify with the rugged little guy or with the injured noble sort of thoroughbreds who've done the racing and all of that?,\u201d says Andreas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those choices, we get a lot of information about what people actually bring. Where do they see themselves in the horse? How are they reflected back at themselves through their choice of partner to work with?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retreat welcomes small groups of people at a time. The activities are a range of one-to-ones and group work.<\/p>\n<p>As well as this, there are more traditional wellness activities such as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//20//underwater-yoga-new-travel-activity-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of/">yoga and massages. And the group often spends evenings on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//27//cheap-day-at-the-beach-here-are-europes-most-affordable-seaside-destinations/">beach./n
France/u2019s first beer spa: Meet the couple behind this unusual self-care experience<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//31//moving-meditation-learn-hope-to-cope-with-stress-at-a-tai-chi-retreat-in-china/">'Moving meditation\u2019: Learn hope to cope with stress at a Tai Chi retreat in China<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Who can benefit from an equine retreat?<\/h2><p>\u201cWhen you arrive at the top of this hill and you see this sweeping beach in front of you, it's a real heart stopping moment,\u201d says Andreas.<\/p>\n<p>The island\u2019s remote nature teamed with the long journey to get there make up part of the experience. Andreas thinks this helps people to feel so far away from their normal reality that it readies them to open up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur business is not to change people, but to help people get a deeper understanding,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Retreat and Conquer is for anyone who feels stuck or wants help dealing with change in their life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have people who have been stuck because of very complex losses that they've experienced, like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//04//01//how-a-life-changing-trip-to-china-helped-me-grieve-the-loss-of-a-loved-one/">losses of parents<\/strong><\/a>, life changes and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//03//31//heartbreak-hotel-this-three-day-retreat-is-helping-women-to-heal-from-bad-breakups/">couples who split up<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we have had people who have had children leave home and felt that all of a sudden they don't have a purpose anymore and they're wanting to find a purpose around that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe've had people who've been made redundant at work who again feel that there's this loss. 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Chandrayaan-3 has started its journey towards the moon,\u201d India Space Research Organisation (ISRO)dra director Sreedhara Panicker Somanath said shortly after the launch. \n\nIndia\u2019s prime minister Narendra Modi called the spacecraft \u201ca new chapter in India's space odyssey.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt soars high, elevating the dreams and ambitions of every Indian,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThis momentous achievement is a testament to our scientists' relentless dedication. I salute their spirit and ingenuity!\u201d \n\nChandrayaan-3 is set to embark on a journey that should last slightly over a month before landing on the moon\u2019s surface later in August. \n\n\nThe mission is intended to bring back precious data to the scientific community about the properties of lunar soil and rocks, including their chemical and elemental compositions, according to Dr. Jitendra Singh, India\u2019s junior minister for Science and Technology. \n\nIf the spacecraft manages to land safely on the moon, India would become the fourth country to reach the satellite, after the US, the Soviet Union, and China. \n\nISRO director Somanath said that the mission is focused on a safe and soft landing to the moon, adding that while the Indian space agency has perfected the art of reaching up to the moon, \u201cit is the landing that the agency is working on.\u201d \n\nThe mission cost a staggering \u20ac66.5 million and is expected to last a total of 14 days.\u00a0 Modi had earlier said on Twitter that the moon mission\u00a0 \u201c will carry the hopes and dreams of our nation. \u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>An Indian <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//06//ariane-5-europes-workhorse-rocket-successfully-launches-on-final-mission-after-27-years-in/">spacecraft bound for the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//25//japans-ispace-is-set-to-become-the-first-private-company-to-land-on-the-moon/">moon successfully launched from Sriharikota, off the country\u2019s east coast, on Friday, following a similar mission that failed nearly four years ago. <\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, India launched a robotic spacecraft near the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//16//phosphorus-discovery-on-saturns-moon-provides-best-chance-to-look-for-extraterrestrial-lif/">moon/u2019s little-explored south pole, which ended in a crash.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster was said to have been caused by a software glitch as the lander was making its final descent to deploy a rover on the moon\u2019s craters.<\/p>\n<p>Now India is giving it another shot with its new spacecraft, the Chandrayaan-3 - the word for \u201cmoon craft\u201d in Sanskrit - which took off amidst cheering and clapping on Friday afternoon, with an orbiter, a lander, and a rover.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7731664\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//06//ariane-5-europes-workhorse-rocket-successfully-launches-on-final-mission-after-27-years-in/">Ariane 5: Europe's workhorse rocket successfully launches on final mission after 27 years in service<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations India. Chandrayaan-3 has started its journey towards the moon,\u201d India Space Research Organisation (ISRO)dra director Sreedhara Panicker Somanath said shortly after the launch.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s prime minister Narendra Modi called the spacecraft \u201ca new chapter in India's space odyssey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt soars high, elevating the dreams and ambitions of every Indian,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThis momentous achievement is a testament to our scientists' relentless dedication. 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Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film 'How Do You Live?' released in Japan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film released in Japan","titleListing2":"Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film released in Japan","leadin":"Hayao Miyazaki has returned from retirement for his final film, 'How Do You Live?'\n","summary":"Hayao Miyazaki has returned from retirement for his final film, 'How Do You Live?'\n","url":"hayao-miyazakis-mysterious-final-studio-ghibli-film-how-do-you-live-released-in-japan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hayao Miyazaki is the co-founder of one of Japan\u2019s most commercially and critically successful animation companies, Studio Ghibli . Founded in 1985, Miyazaki has directed many genre-defining films including My Neighbour Totoro , Princess Mononoke , and Howl\u2019s Moving Castle . \n\nIn 2001, his film Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Despite his successes, in 2013 he went into retirement after the release of the World War II film The Wind Also Rises . \n\nNow, the 82-year-old animator and filmmaker has returned with what is purported to be his final film. How Do You Live? was released in Japan today to crowds of adoring Ghibli fans. \n\nProduction lasted several years and was kept a complete secret. The film has also received no promotion besides the release of a poster. Before its release, there was absolutely no information available about the plot of the film. \n\nAll that was known could be gleaned from sparse details. The poster, designed by Miyazaki himself, features a bird-like creature with an eye under a beak. The film was also purported to be loosely based on the 1937 Japanese novel \u2018How Do You Live?\u2019 However, it\u2019s now been shown that although the book is referenced in the film, Miyazaki has entirely rethought the plot. \n\n\u201cIt really was a typical Ghibli film,\u201d enthuses Eisaku Kimura, a student who came to attend a morning screening in Shibuya, a trendy district of Tokyo. \u201cI saw a lot of Miyazaki in this film, it was great.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt's a crazy mix of all the Ghibli films I've watched so far,\u201d says Valeriia Matveeva, a Russian English teacher on leaving the cinema. \n\n\u201cIt was a bit scary at times, but magical too. As there was no promotion, I had no idea what to make of it, but it was great,\u201d she adds. \n\nWe can now confirm some details of the plot. Stop reading here if you want to avoid any spoilers. \n\nThe story takes place in Japan during the Second World War. A boy named Mahito Maki leaves Tokyo with his father and moves to the countryside after the tragic death of his mother during an air raid. \n\nThere, he meets a grey heron who takes him into a fantasy world where he gradually uncovers the mystery of his mother's death and his family history. \n\nHow Do You Live? doesn\u2019t have official international release dates yet. However, there are rumours that it will have its international debut at the Venice Film Festival at the beginning of September. \n\nDespite film festival rules usually requiring screened films to be on their international debut, there are known exceptions made for some Japanese releases. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hayao Miyazaki is the co-founder of one of Japan\u2019s most commercially and critically successful animation companies, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//07//03//walking-in-movie-scenes-studio-ghiblis-3d-world-opens-exhibition-in-bangkok/">Studio Ghibli<\/strong><\/a>. Founded in 1985, Miyazaki has directed many genre-defining films including <em>My Neighbour Totoro<\/em>, <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em>, and <em>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, his film <em>Spirited Away<\/em> won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Despite his successes, in 2013 he went into retirement after the release of the World War II film <em>The Wind Also Rises<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the 82-year-old animator and filmmaker has returned with what is purported to be his final film. <em>How Do You Live?<\/em> was released in Japan today to crowds of adoring Ghibli fans.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7109762,7534850\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//10//12//take-a-sneak-peek-inside-japans-upcoming-studio-ghibli-theme-park/">Take a sneak peek inside Japan's upcoming Studio Ghibli theme park<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//14//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-suzume/">Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Suzume'<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Production lasted several years and was kept a complete secret. The film has also received no promotion besides the release of a poster. Before its release, there was absolutely no information available about the plot of the film.<\/p>\n<p>All that was known could be gleaned from sparse details. The poster, designed by Miyazaki himself, features a bird-like creature with an eye under a beak. The film was also purported to be loosely based on the 1937 Japanese novel \u2018How Do You Live?\u2019 However, it\u2019s now been shown that although the book is referenced in the film, Miyazaki has entirely rethought the plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//75//16//70//808x539_cmsv2_469f34d8-97d7-5bb4-9599-5851ecbefaf0-7751670.jpg/" alt=\"RICHARD A. 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Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand. \n\n\"The land is charred because of the fires,\" said Mahto, 22, illegally scavenging amid the flames on the edge of a vast commercial opencast mine for the dirty fossil fuel. \"We live in fear every day\". \n\nUnderground fires, which scientists believe started in a mine accident in 1916, create sinkholes that swallow people and homes. Coal pickers and activists report hundreds of people have died over the decades. \n\n\"Accidents have happened before, and they keep on happening because the land is sinking,\" Mahto told AFP, as she tended a stack of burning rocks to produce coking coal, a more stable fuel sold for cooking and firing brick kilns. \n\n\"It is dangerous to live here,\" said Mahto, who dreams of being a nurse. \"The houses can collapse anytime.\" \n\nCoal consumption in India - the world's most populous nation and fifth-biggest economy - has doubled in the last decade, powering nearly 70 per cent of the electricity grid. \n\nHalf of India's greenhouse gas emissions come from burning coal, and only China burns more. \n\nThe fires, raging in pockets across opencast mines spread over nearly 300 square kilometres, have burned millions of tonnes of CO2-belching coal, experts say. \n\nGhostly glowing fires and sulphurous clouds create an apocalyptic feel. \n\n\"We have a responsibility towards the society as far as this environment is concerned,\" said Samiran Dutta, head of the commercial mine operator Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India. \n\nDutta, saying BCCL was not responsible for those entering the mines illegally, added that the company was \"procuring various gadgets\" including mist sprinklers hoping to dampen air pollution. \n\nBut efforts to extinguish the fires, including using liquid nitrogen and cutting trenches as firebreaks, have largely failed. \n\n\"The air is heavily polluted,\" Mahto said, tightening a scarf over her soot-blackened face, saying the constant exposure to poisonous gases burns her eyes and chokes her lungs. \n\nThe coal pickers work in brutal conditions, but India's appetite for the fuel is huge. \n\n\"Coal is the lifeline of Jharkhand,\" said A. K. Jha, a local trade union leader, claiming at current production that the mines could last for 200 years, with much of the coal used in the steel industry. \"There will never be an end to coal.\" \n\nPower demands are growing in India - the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the United States - with a growing middle class buying energy-hungry air conditioners and refrigerators. \n\nBarely one degree Celsius of warming to date has made extreme weather more destructive and deadly, and UN climate experts warn the world could breach 1.5C above the preindustrial benchmark within a decade. \n\nIndia, with 1.4 billion people, points out its per capita emissions are below the global average - and has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. \n\nState authorities began relocating people from the mines in 2008, but many say leaving means losing their livelihood. \n\nSushila Devi, whose 15-year-old daughter Chanda Kumari died when the land collapsed four years ago while picking coal, said she must stay. \n\n\"I am always scared that I might meet the same fate, but I am helpless,\" said Devi, who earns around six dollars from a day's hard labour. \"If I don't work, what will I eat?\" \n\nJha, the trade unionist, says that without other options, illegal coal picking will continue. \n\n\"The key question is of livelihood,\" Jha said. \"If the government is unable (to provide jobs), then people will have to make do with what nature has given\". \n\nBut vegetable seller Arjun Kumar, 32, whose home collapsed due to subsidence, said his \"life will be like hell\" if he is not relocated because he will \"be forced to live on the streets like a beggar\". \n\nFor those who stay, Pinaki Roy, 55, founder of the Coalfield Children Classes charity, is offering young coal pickers lessons in English, computers and the arts. \n\nTheir last classroom was destroyed by mine blasting, and the replacement looks likely to collapse soon, with Roy pointing out huge cracks in its walls. \n\n\"They don't know anything apart from coal,\" Roy said, as a group of girls practised a dance routine. \"We want to show them that there are a lot of other things in the world.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India's Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand.<\/p>\n<p>\"The land is charred because of the fires,\" said Mahto, 22, illegally scavenging amid the flames on the edge of a vast commercial opencast mine for the dirty fossil fuel. \"We live in fear every day\".<\/p>\n<p>Underground fires, which scientists believe started in a mine accident in 1916, create sinkholes that swallow people and homes. Coal pickers and activists report hundreds of people have died over the decades.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Accidents have happened before, and they keep on happening because the land is sinking.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Savitri Mahtos\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Scavenges amid the flames\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Accidents have happened before, and they keep on happening because the land is sinking,\" Mahto told AFP, as she tended a stack of burning rocks to produce coking coal, a more stable fuel sold for cooking and firing brick kilns.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is dangerous to live here,\" said Mahto, who dreams of being a nurse. \"The houses can collapse anytime.\"<\/p>\n<p>Coal consumption in India - the world's most populous nation and fifth-biggest economy - has doubled in the last decade, powering nearly 70 per cent of the electricity grid.<\/p>\n<p>Half of India's greenhouse gas emissions come from burning coal, and only China burns more.<\/p>\n<p>The fires, raging in pockets across opencast mines spread over nearly 300 square kilometres, have burned millions of tonnes of CO2-belching coal, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Ghostly glowing fires and sulphurous clouds create an apocalyptic feel.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have a responsibility towards the society as far as this environment is concerned,\" said Samiran Dutta, head of the commercial mine operator Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India.<\/p>\n<p>Dutta, saying BCCL was not responsible for those entering the mines illegally, added that the company was \"procuring various gadgets\" including mist sprinklers hoping to dampen air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>But efforts to extinguish the fires, including using liquid nitrogen and cutting trenches as firebreaks, have largely failed.<\/p>\n<p>\"The air is heavily polluted,\" Mahto said, tightening a scarf over her soot-blackened face, saying the constant exposure to poisonous gases burns her eyes and chokes her lungs.<\/p>\n<p>The coal pickers work in brutal conditions, but India's appetite for the fuel is huge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Coal is the lifeline of Jharkhand. There will never be an end to coal.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n A. K. Jha\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n local trade union leader\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Coal is the lifeline of Jharkhand,\" said A. K. Jha, a local trade union leader, claiming at current production that the mines could last for 200 years, with much of the coal used in the steel industry. \"There will never be an end to coal.\"<\/p>\n<p>Power demands are growing in India - the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the United States - with a growing middle class buying energy-hungry air conditioners and refrigerators.<\/p>\n<p>Barely one degree Celsius of warming to date has made extreme weather more destructive and deadly, and UN climate experts warn the world could breach 1.5C above the preindustrial benchmark within a decade.<\/p>\n<p>India, with 1.4 billion people, points out its per capita emissions are below the global average - and has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.<\/p>\n<p>State authorities began relocating people from the mines in 2008, but many say leaving means losing their livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>Sushila Devi, whose 15-year-old daughter Chanda Kumari died when the land collapsed four years ago while picking coal, said she must stay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">I am always scared that I might meet the same fate, but I am helpless. If I don't work, what will I eat?<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Sushila Devi\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Her 15-year-old daughter Chanda Kumari died when land collapsed\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I am always scared that I might meet the same fate, but I am helpless,\" said Devi, who earns around six dollars from a day's hard labour. \"If I don't work, what will I eat?\"<\/p>\n<p>Jha, the trade unionist, says that without other options, illegal coal picking will continue.<\/p>\n<p>\"The key question is of livelihood,\" Jha said. \"If the government is unable (to provide jobs), then people will have to make do with what nature has given\".<\/p>\n<p>But vegetable seller Arjun Kumar, 32, whose home collapsed due to subsidence, said his \"life will be like hell\" if he is not relocated because he will \"be forced to live on the streets like a 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president reveals plan for \u2018brutally honest\u2019 UN climate summit: What else do we know so far?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"COP28 president reveals climate action plan for UN summit","titleListing2":"COP28 president reveals plan for \u2018brutally honest\u2019 UN climate summit: What else do we know so far?","leadin":"COP28 is due to take place in November in Dubai and some decisions around the climate conference have already caused controversy. ","summary":"COP28 is due to take place in November in Dubai and some decisions around the climate conference have already caused controversy. ","url":"fossil-fuel-bosses-controversial-invites-and-mixed-messages-heres-how-cop28-is-shaping-up-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It's only a few months until the UN\u2019s annual climate summit takes place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). \n\nPresident of COP28, Sultan Al Jaber has just laid out his long-awaited plan of action at a meeting in Brussels. But his leadership of the event hasn't been without controversy.\u00a0 \n\nAs the UN chief\u00a0Antonio Guterres warns that climate change is now \"out of control\" , many are hoping for a paradigm shift at the summit. Experts say measures to mitigate and adapt to our warming world can't be delayed any longer.\u00a0 \n\nSo what do we know so far about COP28? Here\u2019s a look at the biggest stories. \n\nCOP28 president lays out plan of action for a 'brutally honest' summit \n\nAt a meeting of climate ministers and officials in Brussels this week, Sultan Al Jaber finally shared his plan of action for the UN climate summit.\u00a0 \n\nGuided by the \"single north star\" of keeping strict Paris Agreement targets of 1.5C of warming within reach, it covers all of the main areas of climate change.\u00a0 \n\nAl Jaber has split these into four pillars: fast-tracking the energy transition, fixing climate finance, focusing on people's lives and livelihoods and full inclusivity. \n\n\nHe called on countries to engage in \"brutally honest\" negotiations at COP28 in November. \n\nAl Jaber also emphasised that the plan would include the \"phase down of fossil fuels\" which he said was \"inevitable and essential\".\u00a0 \n\nThis is significant as the COP28 president had been criticised for saying a \"phase out of fossil fuel emissions\" instead.\u00a0 Some took this to mean that companies could continue extracting fossil fuels as long as carbon emissions were somehow captured.\u00a0 \n\nThe phrasing of \"phase down\" is still likely to disappoint many including more than 80 countries who are hoping to secure a pledge to completely phase out of fossil fuels at COP28.\u00a0 \n\nAl Jaber also said that he wants to ensure that the\u00a0$100 billion (\u20ac89 billion) a year in climate finance promised by rich countries for poor nations is actually delivered. This was supposed to be delivered in 2020 but has yet to materialise.\u00a0 \n\nHe also said that fulfilling the agreement to set up a fund for loss and damage that was made at COP27 last year was \"absolutely imperative\".\u00a0 \n\nFossil fuel boss picked as president of the climate conference \n\nIn January, the UAE confirmed that Sultan Al Jaber had been appointed as the president of COP28 . Jaber is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). the biggest oil producer in the country and the 12th biggest in the world.\u00a0 \n\nHis appointment hasn\u2019t come without controversy. Climate leaders and campaigners have voiced a number of concerns calling it a \u201cblatant conflict of interest\u201d. \n\n\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t invite arms dealers to lead peace talks. So why let oil executives lead climate talks?\u201d Alice Harrison, fossil fuel campaign leader at Global Witness, said at the time. \n\nAl Jaber says he is approaching COP28 with a \u201cstrong sense of responsibility and the highest possible level of ambition.\u201d \n\n\n\nSyrian President Assad invited to COP28 \n\nThe UAE has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the United Nations climate summit. \n\nA post from the embassy in Damascus said that the President has received an invitation to attend from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi. \n\nIf he goes, it will be the first global summit he has attended since the start of Syria\u2019s civil war in 2011 which has killed more than 300,000 people and displaced half of the population from their homes. \n\nAssad\u2019s attendance could also cause tensions with countries that have placed sanctions on Syria. The invitation was branded as a \u201csick joke\u201d by human rights campaigners Amnesty International. \n\nRepresentatives of COP28 have told the press that they are \u201ccommitted to an inclusive COP process that produces transformational solutions.\u201d \n\nAdding that, \u201cThis can only happen if we have everyone in the room.\u201d \n\nWhat are the EU\u2019s biggest priorities at COP28? \n\nBack in March, EU nations agreed to push for the phase-out of fossil fuels at the climate conference. The bloc's climate chief Frans Timmermans reiterated this pledge in July, saying that he hopes to push for the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels \u201cwell ahead of 2050\u201d. \n\nBut, expecting a backlash to fossil fuel-based pledges, the EU is also looking at renewable energy pledges. The second part of Timmermans's proposed pledge includes tripling the annual deployment of new renewable energy between now and 2030.\u00a0 \n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also joined the call for countries to set worldwide renewables targets and there has been support from the International Renewable Energy Agency too. \n\nVon der Leyen said these targets could be developed in time for COP28 in November. \n\nTimmermans also outlined the third prong of the pledge which involves doubling the rate at which energy efficiency is improving compared to the last decade.\u00a0 \n\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It's only a few months until the UN\u2019s annual climate summit takes place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p>President of COP28, Sultan Al Jaber has just laid out his long-awaited plan of action at a meeting in Brussels. But his leadership of the event hasn't been without controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the UN chief\u00a0Antonio Guterres warns that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//climate-change-is-out-of-control-warns-un-chief-as-earth-suffers-hottest-week-on-record#:~:text=Scientists%20say%20climate%20change%20is,and%20causing%20life%2Dthreatening%20temperatures.\"><strong>climate change is now \"out of control\"<\/strong><\/a>, many are hoping for a paradigm shift at the summit. Experts say measures to mitigate and adapt to our warming world can't be delayed any longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So what do we know so far about COP28? Here\u2019s a look at the biggest stories.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7749852,7749884\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//13//turning-green-earths-oceans-are-changing-colour-due-to-climate-change/">Turning green: Earth\u2019s oceans are changing colour due to climate change<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//13//eu-to-push-for-fossil-fuel-phaseout-well-ahead-of-2050-at-cop28-climate-summit/">EU to push for fossil fuel phaseout \u2018well ahead\u2019 of 2050 at COP28 climate summit<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>COP28 president lays out plan of action for a 'brutally honest' summit<\/h2><p>At a meeting of climate ministers and officials in Brussels this week, Sultan Al Jaber finally shared his plan of action for the UN climate summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guided by the \"single north star\" of keeping strict Paris Agreement targets of 1.5C of warming within reach, it covers all of the main areas of climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Al Jaber has split these into four pillars: fast-tracking the energy transition, fixing climate finance, focusing on people's lives and livelihoods and full inclusivity. <\/p>\n<p>He called on countries to engage in \"brutally honest\" negotiations at COP28 in November.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jaber also emphasised that the plan would include the \"phase down of fossil fuels\" which he said was \"inevitable and essential\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is significant as the COP28 president had been criticised for saying a \"phase out of fossil fuel emissions\" instead.\u00a0Some took this to mean that companies could continue extracting fossil fuels as long as carbon emissions were somehow captured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The phrasing of \"phase down\" is still likely to disappoint many including more than 80 countries who are hoping to secure a pledge to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//13//eu-to-push-for-fossil-fuel-phaseout-well-ahead-of-2050-at-cop28-climate-summit/">completely phase out of fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a> at COP28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Al Jaber also said that he wants to ensure that the\u00a0$100 billion (\u20ac89 billion) a year in climate finance promised by rich countries for poor nations is actually delivered. This was supposed to be delivered in 2020 but has yet to materialise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also said that fulfilling the agreement to set up a fund for loss and damage that was made at COP27 last year was \"absolutely imperative\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Fossil fuel boss picked as president of the climate conference<\/h2><p>In January, the UAE confirmed that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//12//uae-names-oil-boss-as-cop28-president-critics-say-it-could-torpedo-climate-talks/">Sultan Al Jaber had been appointed as the president of COP28<\/strong><\/a>. Jaber is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). the biggest oil producer in the country and the 12th biggest in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His appointment hasn\u2019t come without controversy. Climate leaders and campaigners have voiced a number of concerns calling it a \u201cblatant conflict of interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//67//08//808x539_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/67\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ca2483e6-9b19-5696-b6d6-36a7147c35b4-7596708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sultan Al-Jaber is the United Arab Emirates' pick to lead the upcoming COP28 climate talks.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><\/h2><p>\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t invite arms dealers to lead peace talks. So why let oil executives lead climate talks?\u201d Alice Harrison, fossil fuel campaign leader at Global Witness, said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jaber says he is approaching COP28 with a \u201cstrong sense of responsibility and the highest possible level of ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7746472,7709198\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//12//anthropocene-this-lake-in-canada-could-prove-weve-entered-a-new-chapter-in-earths-history/">Anthropocene: This lake in Canada could prove we\u2019ve entered a new chapter in Earth\u2019s history<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//26//wrong-direction-fossil-fuels-still-dominate-despite-growth-in-renewables-report-reveals/">'Wrong direction': Fossil fuels still dominate despite growth in renewables, report reveals<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Syrian President Assad invited to COP28<\/h2><p>The UAE has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the United Nations climate summit.<\/p>\n<p>A post from the embassy in Damascus said that the President has received an invitation to attend from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>If he goes, it will be the first global summit he has attended since the start of Syria\u2019s civil war in 2011 which has killed more than 300,000 people and displaced half of the population from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Assad\u2019s attendance could also cause tensions with countries that have placed sanctions on Syria. The invitation was branded as a \u201csick joke\u201d by human rights campaigners Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of COP28 have told the press that they are \u201ccommitted to an inclusive COP process that produces transformational solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding that, \u201cThis can only happen if we have everyone in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6885\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//38//84//808x557_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg/" alt=\"SANA via AP, File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/384x264_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/640x441_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/750x516_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/828x570_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/1080x744_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/1200x826_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/38\/84\/1920x1322_cmsv2_7ebcb0d1-2444-573f-86e9-246cd40ecbf8-7613884.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Syrian President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">SANA via AP, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What are the EU\u2019s biggest priorities at COP28?<\/h2><p>Back in March, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//10//eu-agrees-to-push-for-worldwide-phaseout-of-fossil-fuels-at-cop28/">EU nations agreed to push for the phase-out of fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a> at the climate conference. The bloc's climate chief Frans Timmermans reiterated this pledge in July, saying that he hopes to push for the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels \u201cwell ahead of 2050\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But, expecting a backlash to fossil fuel-based pledges, the EU is also looking at renewable energy pledges. The second part of Timmermans's proposed pledge includes tripling the annual deployment of new renewable energy between now and 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also joined the call for countries to set worldwide renewables targets and there has been support from the International Renewable Energy Agency too.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen said these targets could be developed in time for COP28 in November.<\/p>\n<p>Timmermans also outlined the third prong of the pledge which involves doubling the rate at which energy efficiency is improving compared to the last 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in India causes flooding","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least 66 dead as extreme monsoon rains in India causes flooding","titleListing2":"At least 66 dead as extreme monsoon rains in India causes flooding","leadin":"Experts say climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of India's annual monsoon rains, bringing much destruction.","summary":"Experts say climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of India's annual monsoon rains, bringing much destruction.","url":"at-least-66-dead-as-extreme-monsoon-rains-in-india-causes-flooding","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least 66 people have died after days of relentless monsoon rains in India, government officials said Wednesday. \n\nPolice says rescue teams were mobilised to assist 40 foreign travellers, including 14 Russians and 12 Malaysians, stranded at tourist destinations together with several hundred Indian nationals. \n\nFlooding and landslides are common and cause widespread devastation during India's monsoon season, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and severity. \n\nTorrential downpours have washed away vehicles, demolished buildings, and torn down bridges in Himachal Pradesh, the worst-affected state. \n\nIn the capital, New Delhi, the Yamuna River swelled inundating key roads and submerging historic quarters near the Red Fort and in the old city. \n\n","htmlText":"<p><strong>At least 66 people have died after days of relentless monsoon rains in India, government officials said Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police says rescue teams were mobilised to assist 40 foreign travellers, including 14 Russians and 12 Malaysians, stranded at tourist destinations together with several hundred Indian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding and landslides are common and cause widespread devastation during India's monsoon season, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and severity.<\/p>\n<p>Torrential downpours have washed away vehicles, demolished 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In partnership with Media City Qatar.","summary":"There is renewed optimism in the air for football clubs around Europe as a new season is on the horizon. In partnership with Media City Qatar.","url":"how-will-football-clubs-handle-promotion-to-the-top-leagues","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"There is renewed optimism in the air for football clubs around Europe as a new season is on the horizon. Some teams hope to repeat their success from last year, while others will try to erase the mistakes of a disappointing campaign. \n\nThe top division is the promised land for clubs that finally get there. The new season signals a fresh era for them and their communities alike. \n\nSome teams have been very successful after getting promoted. A great example of this is Leicester City. The Foxes won the Premier League in 2015 against 5000\/1 odds in just their second season after promotion. While similarly, in Germany, FC Kaiserslautern was relegated in the Bundesliga in 1996, but in back-to-back seasons in '97 and '98, were promoted again and went on to win the big prize. \n\nAchieving promotion is a euphoric event for a club, fans, and footballers, particularly those playing in the top league for the first time. However, once pre-season gets underway, can they rise to the challenge? Or will they crumble under the pressure of trying to avoid relegation in their debut season? \n\n\"Promotion is so exciting for clubs who, for the first time, are getting to play in their country's top flight,\" explained La Liga TV broadcaster Semra Hunter. \n\n\"I think because at the end of the day, football belongs to the people, and there are so many fans who have been supportive of their local club for so long and in a way, getting promoted to the top flight is like winning a trophy.\" \n\nIn England, Luton Town will experience first-division football for the first time. It has been a long time coming for Luton, who was one of the founding members of the Premier League project, but unfortunately, they were relegated without playing a game as the competition officially began in 1992. The Southeastern club have moved up and down the football pyramid for the past 31 years, including being relegated to non-league level between 2009-2014. \n\nSince then, they have been back on the up, but the road to get there hasn't been smooth. \n\n\"We were the team that missed out on the whole gentrification of football we've seen over the last three decades,\" said Luton fan and football writer Kevin Crowe. \n\nA tense 5-6 penalty shootout win at Wembley Stadium gave Luton Town promotion through the Championship playoffs back in May. \n\n\"The global interest in the English football pyramid has always been there, but the Premier League supercharged it and took it to another level. So, to be promoted back to the top flight now means a lot after what we've been through.\" Kevin continued. \n\nLuton's home ground sits just 10,356 fans. Kenilworth Road has been their home since 1905 and will likely become the smallest-ever stadium to feature in the Premier League in August. The stadium is so small that travelling fans have to enter through an entry built into a row of houses on an ordinary street to access their away stand. \n\nA similar story happened in Germany. Heidenheim FC will move up to the Bundesliga next season after beating Hamberg in the final. It's a moment of history for the town's inhabitants, with a population of just 50,000 people. \n\n\"It's a German fairytale because it's not intrinsically linked with money or a new owner coming in and pumping cash into the club,\" explained Raphael Honigstein, German football writer for The Athletic. \n\n\"This is just about getting things right over a large period of time, mostly with unknown players who just happen to be very good or overlooked in terms of quality. Heidenheim will be a fascinating story next season to see if they can stay up, which will be yet another miracle.\" \n\nLeague promotion is historic for football clubs like Luton and Heidenheim. Both teams will play their best to remain in the top leagues. It will be a big ask, but hopefully, their fairytales continue next season. \n\n","htmlText":"<h2>There is renewed optimism in the air for football clubs around Europe as a new season is on the horizon. Some teams hope to repeat their success from last year, while others will try to erase the mistakes of a disappointing campaign.<\/h2><p>The top division is the promised land for clubs that finally get there. The new season signals a fresh era for them and their communities alike.<\/p>\n<p>Some teams have been very successful after getting promoted. A great example of this is Leicester City. The Foxes won the Premier League in 2015 against 5000\/1 odds in just their second season after promotion. While similarly, in Germany, FC Kaiserslautern was relegated in the Bundesliga in 1996, but in back-to-back seasons in '97 and '98, were promoted again and went on to win the big prize.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving promotion is a euphoric event for a club, fans, and footballers, particularly those playing in the top league for the first time. However, once pre-season gets underway, can they rise to the challenge? Or will they crumble under the pressure of trying to avoid relegation in their debut season?<\/p>\n<p>\"Promotion is so exciting for clubs who, for the first time, are getting to play in their country's top flight,\" explained La Liga TV broadcaster Semra Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think because at the end of the day, football belongs to the people, and there are so many fans who have been supportive of their local club for so long and in a way, getting promoted to the top flight is like winning a trophy.\"<\/p>\n<p>In England, Luton Town will experience first-division football for the first time. It has been a long time coming for Luton, who was one of the founding members of the Premier League project, but unfortunately, they were relegated without playing a game as the competition officially began in 1992. The Southeastern club have moved up and down the football pyramid for the past 31 years, including being relegated to non-league level between 2009-2014.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, they have been back on the up, but the road to get there hasn't been smooth.<\/p>\n<p>\"We were the team that missed out on the whole gentrification of football we've seen over the last three decades,\" said Luton fan and football writer Kevin Crowe.<\/p>\n<p>A tense 5-6 penalty shootout win at Wembley Stadium gave Luton Town promotion through the Championship playoffs back in May.<\/p>\n<p>\"The global interest in the English football pyramid has always been there, but the Premier League supercharged it and took it to another level. So, to be promoted back to the top flight now means a lot after what we've been through.\" Kevin continued.<\/p>\n<p>Luton's home ground sits just 10,356 fans. 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Now, accusers are coming forward with their stories. ","summary":"The talent manager behind many of Japan's biggest boy bands died in 2019. Now, accusers are coming forward with their stories. ","url":"is-japans-metoo-movement-coming-for-boy-band-talent-manager-johnny-kitagawa","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least a dozen men have come forward with accusations that Japanese talent manager Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted them as teenagers. \n\nKitagawa, who died in 2019 aged 87, was the managerial force driving many of Japan\u2019s biggest boy bands through his company Johnny & Associates. \n\nAlthough Kitagawa was able to shrug off similar accusations in his life, since his death more people have been willing to publicly accuse him. The latest is Kazuya Nakamura who says he was 15 when Kitagawa forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers. \n\nNakamura is one of a growing group of men alleging that the talent manager sexually assaulted them in their teens. Three spoke anonymously to the BBC in March. \n\nYet despite the salacious allegations and Kitagawa\u2019s legendary status in Japan\u2019s pop scene, the country\u2019s national media hasn\u2019t jumped on the story. \n\nWhile opposition politicians set up a committee in parliament to investigate, and the talent agency Kitagawa founded promised to do the same and offered a brief apology, the news still rarely makes the front pages or lead television news broadcasts. \n\nAllegations were largely ignored by the media before his death, allowing Kitagawa\u2019s business to thrive. Even when a Tokyo appeals court found several accusers to be credible in a libel case in 2003. When Kitagawa died, he was honoured with a massive funeral that filled a stadium. \n\nNakamura\u2019s decision to speak out is because he believes it\u2019s important that Japanese society finally listens. \u201cI just want to speak the truth,\u201d Nakamura told AP, willingly identifying himself to the media. \u201cIt happened.\u201d \n\nIn the same AP piece, Kitagawa's agency, Johnny and Associates responded to a request for comment that all matters had been placed under investigation, and that it will also help with the \u201cmental care\u201d of those who come forward. \n\nPrevious allegations \n\nThe first time Kitagawa faced serious allegations was in 1999 when Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun published a series of anonymous interviews with boys he had forced to have sex. \n\nKitagawa sued the magazine for libel in 2000, but a court found that the boys\u2019 testimony was reliable and the \u201csexual harassment was factual.\u201d The magazine was still forced to pay damages for asserting that Kitagawa gave minors cigarettes and alcohol. \n\nDespite the court\u2019s findings, no criminal charges were filed and the story was largely ignored by the press. \n\nNakamura\u2019s allegations \n\nNakamura joined Johnny\u2019s Jr., a bootcamp for aspirational singers and dancers run by Kitagawa in 2001, after the Shukan Bunshun case. \n\nAged just 15, Nakamura recalls spending the night at Kitagawa\u2019s home after a performance at the Tokyo Dome Stadium on 19 October 2002. \n\nNakamura said he was sleeping in a bed with two other Johnny\u2019s Jr. members, lying in the middle, when Kitagawa, then 70, forced him to have sex. He just closed his eyes and prayed it would be over. The other two boys kept quiet, sleeping or feigning sleep. \n\nThe following day, Nakamura says Kitagawa offered him some money which he refused. Shortly after he stopped attending dance classes. \n\nIt was only after another accuser came forward that Nakamura felt confident to tell his story. \n\nKauan Okamoto alleged in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club in Tokyo that Kitagawa forced him to have sex repeatedly, a month after the BBC\u2019s documentary aired. Okamoto was the first person in decades to accuse Kitagawa without anonymity. Okamato said he was assaulted beginning in 2012, a decade after Nakamura. \n\nCurrent Johnny & Associates president Julie Keiko Fujishima has released a fan apology on YouTube and hired a prosecutor to conduct an investigation, though he says the company is not considering monetary compensation. \n\nNakamura has said that he has tried to reach the investigators, but claims the company is deliberately making them difficult to reach. He is considering a class action lawsuit. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least a dozen men have come forward with accusations that Japanese talent manager Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted them as teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Kitagawa, who died in 2019 aged 87, was the managerial force driving many of Japan\u2019s biggest boy bands through his company Johnny & Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kitagawa was able to shrug off similar accusations in his life, since his death more people have been willing to publicly accuse him. The latest is Kazuya Nakamura who says he was 15 when Kitagawa forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7748954,7715980\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//13//kevin-spacey-begins-his-defence-in-sexual-assault-case/">Kevin Spacey begins his defence in sexual assault case<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//29//rammstein-hq-vandalised-in-berlin/">Rammstein HQ vandalised in Berlin<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nakamura is one of a growing group of men alleging that the talent manager sexually assaulted them in their teens. Three spoke anonymously to the BBC in March.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the salacious allegations and Kitagawa\u2019s legendary status in Japan\u2019s pop scene, the country\u2019s national media hasn\u2019t jumped on the story.<\/p>\n<p>While opposition politicians set up a committee in parliament to investigate, and the talent agency Kitagawa founded promised to do the same and offered a brief apology, the news still rarely makes the front pages or lead television news broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations were largely ignored by the media before his death, allowing Kitagawa\u2019s business to thrive. Even when a Tokyo appeals court found several accusers to be credible in a libel case in 2003. 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He just closed his eyes and prayed it would be over. The other two boys kept quiet, sleeping or feigning sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Nakamura says Kitagawa offered him some money which he refused. Shortly after he stopped attending dance classes.<\/p>\n<p>It was only after another accuser came forward that Nakamura felt confident to tell his story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//90//94//808x539_cmsv2_69c580f5-f67d-5454-a793-8371d3bc591d-7749094.jpg/" alt=\"Eugene Hoshiko/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kauan Okamoto alleged in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club in Tokyo that Kitagawa forced him to have sex repeatedly, a month after the BBC\u2019s documentary aired. Okamoto was the first person in decades to accuse Kitagawa without anonymity. Okamato said he was assaulted beginning in 2012, a decade after Nakamura.<\/p>\n<p>Current Johnny & Associates president Julie Keiko Fujishima has released a fan apology on YouTube and hired a prosecutor to conduct an investigation, though he says the company is not considering monetary compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamura has said that he has tried to reach the investigators, but claims the company is deliberately making them difficult to reach. 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world has remained silent': Afghan women hit out at Taliban's new hair salon ban","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Afghan women hit out at Taliban's new hair salon ban","titleListing2":"'The world has remained silent': Afghan women hit out at Taliban's new hair salon ban","leadin":"'All my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,' said one hairdresser.","summary":"'All my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,' said one hairdresser.","url":"the-world-has-remained-silent-afghan-women-hit-out-at-talibans-new-hair-salon-ban","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Since the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the draconian restrictions on women that made it infamous before it was overthrown have returned with a vengeance. \n\nWomen and girls may no longer participate in formal education above the age of 12 and, after two decades of serving the state, they are now barred from public sector and judicial jobs.\u00a0 \n\nAdded to this oppressive list are newly-introduced restrictions on travelling long distances alone, plus a compulsory strict dress code in public. \n\nAlong with these broad-brush measures, the Taliban is also targeting specific areas of life.\u00a0Among its latest attention-grabbing moves is an order to shut down all beauty salons across the country. \n\nIssued by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the ban will come into effect on 27 July. According to the government, salons provide services forbidden by its ultra-strict interpretation of Islamic religious law. \n\nThey also supposedly put undue strain on the families of grooms before weddings, since it is they who customarily pay for brides' pre-wedding visits, officials added.\u00a0 \n\nEuronews Persian went to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, at the centre of Afghanistan's Balkh province, to speak to people at the sharp end of these changes. \n\n\nCut off \n\nHairdresser\u00a0Marzieh Rezaei had big plans for her business before the new law.\u00a0 \n\n\"The decree issued by the Taliban is very disappointing for us. Since I was a child, I dreamed of having a big beauty salon and becoming a very professional hairdresser, but all my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,\" she told Euronews Persian. \n\n\"With the closure of beauty salons, economic problems will arise for us and our family. We will be completely disappointed.\" \n\nBeauty salon manager Tahereh Mohammadi described how the Taliban's restrictions have not only curtailed her plans for the future, but put her family's finances at risk. \n\n\"I have 18 years of work experience,\" she explained. \"I started from a small hair salon and gradually established this big salon, I was planning to open a bigger beauty salon. \n\n\"My husband is unemployed, and I am responsible for all living expenses and even providing for my children's education expenses.\" \n\nA similar story was told by Bereshana Yaqoubi, a hairdresser whose income is vital for her household. \n\n\"I have been working in this profession for two years after my internship,\" she said, and now I earn 1,000 to 1,500 afghanis (about \u20ac10-15) a day. \n\n\"My father has died, and I have to help my family financially.\" \n\nIsolation \n\nStories like these are part of a broader fact of life in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan: Even with the economy faltering and standards of living plunging, women are still being excluded from the public realm and private sector. \n\nMany are being robbed of the chance to work, leaving their families with one fewer breadwinner in dire times. \n\nThis only worsens the human rights issues presented by the Taliban's views on gender and its embedding of them in the law. \n\nAccording to women's rights activist\u00a0Moneseh Mubarez, the fact that the government is able to continue down its restrictive path is an indictment not just of the Taliban itself, but of the international community. \n\n\"From the point of view of international laws, human rights values and even from the point of view of Sharia, it is an unforgivable crime,\" she said of the regime's practices.\u00a0\"The Taliban increases these restrictions against women every day due to political interests. \n\n\"Unfortunately, the world has remained silent.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Since the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ohchr.org//en//press-releases//2023//03//afghanistan-un-experts-say-20-years-progress-women-and-girls-rights-erased#:~:text=Since%20the%20takeover%20of%20Afghanistan,75%20km%20without%20a%20mahram.\"><strong>draconian restrictions on women<\/strong><\/a> that made it infamous before it was overthrown have returned with a vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>Women and girls may no longer participate in formal education above the age of 12 and, after two decades of serving the state, they are now barred from public sector and judicial jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Added to this oppressive list are newly-introduced restrictions on travelling long distances alone, plus a compulsory strict dress code in public.<\/p>\n<p>Along with these broad-brush measures, the Taliban is also targeting specific areas of life.\u00a0Among its latest attention-grabbing moves is an order to shut down all beauty salons across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Issued by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the ban will come into effect on 27 July. According to the government, salons provide services forbidden by its ultra-strict interpretation of Islamic religious law.<\/p>\n<p>They also supposedly put undue strain on the families of grooms before weddings, since it is they who customarily pay for brides' pre-wedding visits, officials added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Persian went to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, at the centre of Afghanistan's Balkh province, to speak to people at the sharp end of these changes. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cut off<\/strong><\/h2><p>Hairdresser\u00a0Marzieh Rezaei had big plans for her business before the new law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The decree issued by the Taliban is very disappointing for us. Since I was a child, I dreamed of having a big beauty salon and becoming a very professional hairdresser, but all my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,\" she told Euronews Persian.<\/p>\n<p>\"With the closure of beauty salons, economic problems will arise for us and our family. We will be completely disappointed.\"<\/p>\n<p>Beauty salon manager Tahereh Mohammadi described how the Taliban's restrictions have not only curtailed her plans for the future, but put her family's finances at risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//72//82//12//808x539_cmsv2_a00deee2-c0e4-5ba7-a116-fc4b35ffccef-7728212.jpg/" alt=\"Bernat Armangue/Copyright 2021 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I have 18 years of work experience,\" she explained. \"I started from a small hair salon and gradually established this big salon, I was planning to open a bigger beauty salon.<\/p>\n<p>\"My husband is unemployed, and I am responsible for all living expenses and even providing for my children's education expenses.\"<\/p>\n<p>A similar story was told by Bereshana Yaqoubi, a hairdresser whose income is vital for her household.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have been working in this profession for two years after my internship,\" she said, and now I earn 1,000 to 1,500 afghanis (about \u20ac10-15) a day.<\/p>\n<p>\"My father has died, and I have to help my family financially.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Isolation<\/h2><p>Stories like these are part of a broader fact of life in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan: Even with the economy faltering and standards of living plunging, women are still being excluded from 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Journey to Progress: Examining the Path of Reform and Future Prospects","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Uzbekistan's Journey to Progress: Examining the Path of Reform and Future Prospects","leadin":"Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan citizens last week were given a week-long examination of how their nation\u2019s reform program has progressed and where it is heading now.","summary":"Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan citizens last week were given a week-long examination of how their nation\u2019s reform program has progressed and where it is heading now.","url":"uzbekistans-journey-to-progress-examining-the-path-of-reform-and-future-prospects","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan citizens last week were given a week-long examination of how their nation\u2019s reform program has progressed and where it is heading now. \n\nOrganizers of the conference asked all major government ministries to invite their closest international partners and advisors to Tashkent to publicly provide a progress report on the nation\u2019s reform agenda. The result, televised nationally, was a series of mini-conferences covering nearly every aspect of life, from accelerated GDP growth to the state of the fashion industry. \n\nThe event was organized alongside a well-established annual conference on Uzbekistan\u2019s cultural heritage. Convened each year by the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, that conference focused on Uzbekistan\u2019s centuries old history as a cultural hub linking Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Representatives of more than 70 museums, international universities and research centers discussed ongoing work to catalogue and reproduce ancient texts held world-wide. \n\nDiscussions then morphed into the New Uzbekistan conference, a wide-ranging assessment of more recent times and the immediate future, with senior government officials and their international counterparts comparing notes on Uzbekistan\u2019s ongoing reforms before an audience of over 1,000 guests. \n\nThe setting for both conferences, a vast ultra-modern, high-tech conference center built in just 40 days by local EPC contractor Enter Engineering Pte, appeared to symbolize the speed of change in Central Asia\u2019s most populous nation. More than 300 foreign business partners, aid agencies and multilateral financial institutions took to the stage to assess the situation in over 50 separate discussion sessions. \n\n\u201cThere have been significant reforms over the last six to seven years: exchange rate liberalisation, financial sector reforms and new tax code tax reforms, modernization of agriculture, and fiscal consolidation,\u201d Pinar Yashar, World Bank Senior Economist for the Europe and Central Asia Regions, told a session on sustainable development. \u201cThe competition law was recently approved and I'm sure that it will contribute to the competitive environment in the country significantly. So as the World Bank, we are supporting the ambitious reform agenda of the government.\u201d \n\nThere was much talk of Uzbekistan becoming the next \u201cEurasian Tiger\u201d. A key official from one of the original Asian Tigers, the executive director of the Singapore International Cooperation Organization, pointed to the need to embrace technological change. Kong Wai Mun said: \u201cInnovation and technology have proved to be a key driver for sustainable economic growth. Markets are gearing up for even more embrace of new technologies like AI. I\u2019m glad to see that they are being embraced in Uzbekistan as a key lever toward even faster growth. In Singapore we are called a roaring lion, and I think you can even rise above that.\u201d \n\nClimate change preoccupied several sessions, with Uzbekistan\u2019s struggles with energy security and water shortages regarded as potential limits to growth. \n\n\u201cWe need to see climate resilient education, system and infrastructure,\u201d Munir Mamedzadeh, head of the UNICEF office in Tashkent, told a session on education. \u201cIn order to understand better what are the emerging realities in the economy or introduction of artificial intelligence, we must engage children and young people and communities themselves to be part of the national dialogue.\u201d \n\nAizhan Beiseeva, a senior USAID manager, raised the challenge of transport costs. Ms Beiseeva, who is responsible for the American aid agency\u2019s Competitiveness, Trade and Jobs program in Central Asia, pointed out that external trade is increasingly a driver of growth across the region, with trade within the region doubling over the past five years and rising 54% with Europe over the same period. But all five Central Asian nations are landlocked, and Uzbekistan, located in the middle, is doubly landlocked. \n\n\u201cSo, due to geographic position and dependence on external trade, we have a number of disadvantages in infrastructure,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd of course, a long distance to seaports. Of course, transportation expenses are increasing due to these factors.\u201d New, more sustainable transit corridors must be developed, she said. \n\nThere were other cautions raised about Uzbekistan\u2019s prospects. When the Minister for Employment and Job Creation discussed the government\u2019s extensive program of training for potential jobs abroad, international political strategist asked: \u201cHow can we be sure that the language and skills training being provided by the government will not provoke a brain drain by enticing talented young people to seek work in more developed economies rather than contribute to the growth of Uzbekistan\u2019s economy?\u201d \n\nThe discussion also turned to the need for commercial results from the education system, with Ibrahim Abdurahmanov, Uzbekistan\u2019s Minister for High Education, pointing to the government\u2019s emphasis on developing innovation centers and technoparks to prototype scientific ideas. \u201c\u201cHistorically, we had lots of good schools, good talents, but we finally understood ourselves that innovation is not science only. Innovation is like money. When you sell your knowledge, that is innovation.\u201d \n\nIn a session focusing on the overall trajectory of the reforms program, Adem Kula, General Secretary of the Union of Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said, \u201cThe number of entrepreneurs has increased a lot. Economic reforms have been crucial in order to help these new companies to do business, especially as they try to extend exports, which play an important role for country development, since entrepreneurs bring foreign exchange into the country. The new legislation to facilitate this process has been instrumental.\u201d \n\nIn the same session, Sodiq Safoyev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Uzbekistan Parliament, said: \u201cUzbekistan is on the edge of serious, challenging reforms, including land reform, private ownership, privatization, more decentralization of governance system, applying good governance principles, et cetera. With our renewed Constitution, we have a legal foundation for stage 2.0 stage of reforms, which will open up new horizons for Uzbekistan\u2019s development.\u201d \n\nInterspersed amongst the serious discussions about economic and social trends there were lighter moments, including a fashion show and an exhibition of miniatures of historical figures who contributed to the development of world civilization. \n\n\u201cFrankly, we ourselves were amazed,\u201d said Firdavs Abdukhalikov, chairman of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, co-organizer of the two events. \u201cThe reaction from our foreign partners was very positive and supportive. I think our co-organizers, the Center for Sustainable Development of Uzbekistan, would agree: The international response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan citizens last week were given a week-long examination of how their nation\u2019s reform program has progressed and where it is heading now.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the conference asked all major government ministries to invite their closest international partners and advisors to Tashkent to publicly provide a progress report on the nation\u2019s reform agenda. The result, televised nationally, was a series of mini-conferences covering nearly every aspect of life, from accelerated GDP growth to the state of the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized alongside a well-established annual conference on Uzbekistan\u2019s cultural heritage. Convened each year by the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, that conference focused on Uzbekistan\u2019s centuries old history as a cultural hub linking Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Representatives of more than 70 museums, international universities and research centers discussed ongoing work to catalogue and reproduce ancient texts held world-wide.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions then morphed into the New Uzbekistan conference, a wide-ranging assessment of more recent times and the immediate future, with senior government officials and their international counterparts comparing notes on Uzbekistan\u2019s ongoing reforms before an audience of over 1,000 guests.<\/p>\n<p>The setting for both conferences, a vast ultra-modern, high-tech conference center built in just 40 days by local EPC contractor Enter Engineering Pte, appeared to symbolize the speed of change in Central Asia\u2019s most populous nation. More than 300 foreign business partners, aid agencies and multilateral financial institutions took to the stage to assess the situation in over 50 separate discussion sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been significant reforms over the last six to seven years: exchange rate liberalisation, financial sector reforms and new tax code tax reforms, modernization of agriculture, and fiscal consolidation,\u201d Pinar Yashar, World Bank Senior Economist for the Europe and Central Asia Regions, told a session on sustainable development. \u201cThe competition law was recently approved and I'm sure that it will contribute to the competitive environment in the country significantly. So as the World Bank, we are supporting the ambitious reform agenda of the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was much talk of Uzbekistan becoming the next \u201cEurasian Tiger\u201d. A key official from one of the original Asian Tigers, the executive director of the Singapore International Cooperation Organization, pointed to the need to embrace technological change. Kong Wai Mun said: \u201cInnovation and technology have proved to be a key driver for sustainable economic growth. Markets are gearing up for even more embrace of new technologies like AI. I\u2019m glad to see that they are being embraced in Uzbekistan as a key lever toward even faster growth. In Singapore we are called a roaring lion, and I think you can even rise above that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Climate change preoccupied several sessions, with Uzbekistan\u2019s struggles with energy security and water shortages regarded as potential limits to growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to see climate resilient education, system and infrastructure,\u201d Munir Mamedzadeh, head of the UNICEF office in Tashkent, told a session on education. \u201cIn order to understand better what are the emerging realities in the economy or introduction of artificial intelligence, we must engage children and young people and communities themselves to be part of the national dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aizhan Beiseeva, a senior USAID manager, raised the challenge of transport costs. Ms Beiseeva, who is responsible for the American aid agency\u2019s Competitiveness, Trade and Jobs program in Central Asia, pointed out that external trade is increasingly a driver of growth across the region, with trade within the region doubling over the past five years and rising 54% with Europe over the same period. But all five Central Asian nations are landlocked, and Uzbekistan, located in the middle, is doubly landlocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, due to geographic position and dependence on external trade, we have a number of disadvantages in infrastructure,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd of course, a long distance to seaports. 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When the Minister for Employment and Job Creation discussed the government\u2019s extensive program of training for potential jobs abroad, international political strategist asked: \u201cHow can we be sure that the language and skills training being provided by the government will not provoke a brain drain by enticing talented young people to seek work in more developed economies rather than contribute to the growth of Uzbekistan\u2019s economy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also turned to the need for commercial results from the education system, with Ibrahim Abdurahmanov, Uzbekistan\u2019s Minister for High Education, pointing to the government\u2019s emphasis on developing innovation centers and technoparks to prototype scientific ideas. \u201c\u201cHistorically, we had lots of good schools, good talents, but we finally understood ourselves that innovation is not science only. Innovation is like money. When you sell your knowledge, that is innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a session focusing on the overall trajectory of the reforms program, Adem Kula, General Secretary of the Union of Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said, \u201cThe number of entrepreneurs has increased a lot. Economic reforms have been crucial in order to help these new companies to do business, especially as they try to extend exports, which play an important role for country development, since entrepreneurs bring foreign exchange into the country. The new legislation to facilitate this process has been instrumental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same session, Sodiq Safoyev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Uzbekistan Parliament, said: \u201cUzbekistan is on the edge of serious, challenging reforms, including land reform, private ownership, privatization, more decentralization of governance system, applying good governance principles, et cetera. 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In this episode, we\u2019ll \u2018dig in\u2019 to all the different types of food available in Qatar. It really is a melting pot of multicultural cuisine.","summary":" Every taste is catered for in Doha. In this episode, we\u2019ll \u2018dig in\u2019 to all the different types of food available in Qatar. It really is a melting pot of multicultural cuisine.","url":"feast-your-eyes-on-qatars-ample-collection-of-world-cuisines","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Qatar has truly every cuisine on the menu for tourists and locals alike. While the nation is known for its many fancy, high-end restaurants, dig a little deeper and you will find some hidden gems. \n\nZhang Jia Ni\u2019s family restaurant Zhen Street Kitchen specialises in traditional northeastern Chinese food. She says a lot has changed in Doha since her parents opened their first restaurant here, more than a decade ago. Now open in West Bay, Doha\u2019s coastal district, the landscape may have changed, but owner Jia Ni says the passion has not. \n\n\u201cWhy [did] I open my restaurant? Because I love to eat,\u201d Jia Ni laughs off. \n\nOpening over 20 years ago, Jia Ni says it\u2019s much easier to find Chinese ingredients here now than it was a decade ago. \n\n\u201c[Before] When we go to China, we put [the ingredients] in our luggage. But now it is better because they have a supermarket here, a Chinese supermarket. So it's easier for us.\u201d \n\nFood blogger Rachel Morris is excited to see more mom-and-pop restaurants popping up around the city. Running her food blog \u2018Life on the Wedge\u2019 , Morris knows her way around every plate that Doha has to offer. \n\n\u201cQatar is a very food-obsessed nation. We eat out a lot. We love to dine out. And also it's extremely multicultural. So a lot of people want to replicate their tastes of home here,\u201d Morris says. \n\nAsian cuisine is aplenty in Doha. As well as Chinese food you can also sample brilliant Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese food \u2013 and you find it all under one roof at Tuk Tuk Saigon. \n\nTuk Tuk Saigon opened its doors during the 2022 World Cup. With football fans from all over the globe descending on Qatar, food offerings also became significantly more international. \n\n\u201cTuk Tuk Saigon does not bring only the food. We bring the ambiance,\u201d says Natcha Kijjullajarit Friel, co-owner of Tuk Tuk Saigon. \u201cWe get the decoration from Thailand, from Vietnam to make sure you come, you enjoy the ambiance, and you can enjoy the quality of foods that we bring to the table also.\u201d \n\nBurmese food is a recent addition to the menu \u2013 and Morris highly approves. \u201cOne of my favourite dishes on their menu is what's called a Burmese spaghetti. [...] It really hits all my notes. It's sweet, savoury, crunchy. It's got pickles in it. It's very cool,\u201d she says. \n\nEstablishing a \u2018foodie community' \n\nLocals are certainly spoilt for choice in Doha. Food blogger and co-author of \u2018QATAR Bite by Bite: A Lighthearted Look into Qatar\u2019s Food Scene\u2019 Terry Booth , organises food tours with \u2018The Doha Food Project\u2019 . \n\n\u201cOne of them we call \u2018Foodies on the Go\u2019, which is where we go to three different restaurants in one street or one area. And the other one is \u2018Foodies under one roof\u2019 such as here in Westin, where we go from three different restaurants, but within the hotel or within the hotel complex,\u201d Booth explains. \n\nThroughout the night, Booth does the rounds, making sure everyone is happy and well-fed. Booth works in oil and gas by day, but began food blogging three years ago. \n\n\u201cI do it for fun, that\u2019s why I do it. I really get a lot of enjoyment out of exploring my passion.\u201d \n\nBringing South America to Doha \n\nIt\u2019s not just Asian cuisine on offer in Qatar. \n\nIn recent years, Peruvian cuisine has taken the culinary world by storm, both in food trends and in fine dining. When you think about Peruvian cuisine, you might think of ceviche or quinoa. But there\u2019s so much more to it, explains Hasan Kayabasi, the head Chef at COYA Doha . \n\n\u201cCeviche is kind of what represents Peru. But there's more than that. [There are] 3,000 different types of potatoes, nearly a hundred types of corn.\u201d \n\n\u201cBefore the 16th century, in Europe and the East, we didn't know what the potato was. \u201c[They are] originally from Peru. And there are chilies that are specific to Peru also. It goes in almost everything in Peru that you cook,\u201d Kayabasi says. \n\nWhat truly defines Peruvian cuisine is the signature dish Arroz Nikkei. It consists of marinated sea bass, charred over an open flame resting on a bed of fragrant rice. \n\nA sizzling taste of Korea \n\nWith the global rise of Korean pop music and drama series, the popularity of Korean barbecue has also catapulted internationally. It\u2019s a truly interactive dining experience \u2013 best enjoyed with family and friends. \n\nYee Hwa first opened its doors in Qatar in 1998, years before the Korean cultural wave. Today, Seung Moon is continuing what his parents started, opening two more branches, and spreading the love for Korean barbecue. \n\n\u201cKorean barbecue is different in a sense that everyone around the table is involved. Our meat is thinly sliced so that it cooks easily, and at your own pace,\u201d explains Moon. \n\n\u201cWhether you eat it for lunch or dinner, as a couple or in a group, the mix of dishes, sauces, meats and flavours make Korean barbecue as dynamic as the country itself.\u201d \n\nMalaysian delights \n\nMama Rozie , a restaurant with an extensive menu of Malaysian and Indonesian cuisine promises the taste of home-cooked food. \n\nBorn in Malaysia, Mama Rozie first came to Qatar with her family in 1996. Not long after, she started cooking meals for her fellow countrymen who also immigrated, but without their families, to give them a taste of home away from home. \n\nThrough support from her community, she expanded what started as a home-based business to the restaurant she has now. \n\nBeef rendang, laksa, and satay. These are some of Malaysia\u2019s national dishes and the most popular ones on the menu. \n\nPolish food in Doha? \n\nYes you read that right. Not far from Mama Rozie is Polka, the first and only Polish restaurant in Qatar. \n\nMagda Lux opened Polka in late 2022, mostly because she missed eating Polish food. But she also wanted to share a piece of her culture with others, from the food to the decorations - and it truly is vibrant. \n\n\u201cIt looks like a little museum. We did almost everything by hand, and we built a lot of things from the wood,\u201d Lux says. \n\nAnd there\u2019s more to Polish food than just \u2018pierogi\u2019 or dumplings. Polka\u2019s menu promises a dining experience of a typical meal on a weekend in Poland. \n\n\u201cWe call it squeezed cabbage here, but in Poland, we call it \u2018golumpki\u2019. It's cabbage rolled with meat and rice. And zapiekanka, [which] is something like a pizza. It's delicious.\u201d \n\n\u201cFor me, the most important is sharing my culture. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//Ct558w9sxby//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Zhen Street Kitchen (@zhenstreetkitchen)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Food blogger Rachel Morris is excited to see more mom-and-pop restaurants popping up around the city. Running her food blog <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////lifeonthewedge.net///">/u2018Life on the Wedge\u2019<\/strong><\/a>, Morris knows her way around every plate that Doha has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQatar is a very food-obsessed nation. We eat out a lot. We love to dine out. And also it's extremely multicultural. So a lot of people want to replicate their tastes of home here,\u201d Morris says.<\/p>\n<p>Asian cuisine is aplenty in Doha. As well as Chinese food you can also sample brilliant Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese food \u2013 and you find it all under one roof at Tuk Tuk Saigon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tuktuksaigon.com///">Tuk Tuk Saigon<\/strong><\/a> opened its doors during the 2022 World Cup. With football fans from all over the globe descending on Qatar, food offerings also became significantly more international.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuk Tuk Saigon does not bring only the food. We bring the ambiance,\u201d says Natcha Kijjullajarit Friel, co-owner of Tuk Tuk Saigon. \u201cWe get the decoration from Thailand, from Vietnam to make sure you come, you enjoy the ambiance, and you can enjoy the quality of foods that we bring to the table also.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsX4vtRMXSN\/?igshid=MTIzZWMxMTBkOA==\" class=\"widget widget--type-instagram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsX4vtRMXSN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CsX4vtRMXSN//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by TukTuk Saigon Qatar (@tuktuksaigonqatar)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Burmese food is a recent addition to the menu \u2013 and Morris highly approves. \u201cOne of my favourite dishes on their menu is what's called a Burmese spaghetti. [...] It really hits all my notes. It's sweet, savoury, crunchy. It's got pickles in it. It's very cool,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<h2>Establishing a \u2018foodie community'<\/h2><p>Locals are certainly spoilt for choice in Doha. Food blogger and co-author of \u2018QATAR Bite by Bite: A Lighthearted Look into Qatar\u2019s Food Scene\u2019 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.iloveqatar.net//news//community//terry-booth-food-blogger-author-qatar-bite-by-bite/">Terry Booth<\/strong><\/a>, organises food tours with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//thedohafoodproject//about/">/u2018The Doha Food Project\u2019<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of them we call \u2018Foodies on the Go\u2019, which is where we go to three different restaurants in one street or one area. And the other one is \u2018Foodies under one roof\u2019 such as here in Westin, where we go from three different restaurants, but within the hotel or within the hotel complex,\u201d Booth explains.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the night, Booth does the rounds, making sure everyone is happy and well-fed. Booth works in oil and gas by day, but began food blogging three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do it for fun, that\u2019s why I do it. I really get a lot of enjoyment out of exploring my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Bringing South America to Doha<\/h2><p>It\u2019s not just Asian cuisine on offer in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Peruvian cuisine has taken the culinary world by storm, both in food trends and in fine dining. When you think about Peruvian cuisine, you might think of ceviche or quinoa. But there\u2019s so much more to it, explains Hasan Kayabasi, the head Chef at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////coyarestaurant.com//restaurants//doha///">COYA Doha<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeviche is kind of what represents Peru. But there's more than that. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//Ct1J90jsj_B//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by COYA Doha (@coyadoha)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cBefore the 16th century, in Europe and the East, we didn't know what the potato was. \u201c[They are] originally from Peru. And there are chilies that are specific to Peru also. It goes in almost everything in Peru that you cook,\u201d Kayabasi says.<\/p>\n<p>What truly defines Peruvian cuisine is the signature dish Arroz Nikkei. It consists of marinated sea bass, charred over an open flame resting on a bed of fragrant rice.<\/p>\n<h2>A sizzling taste of Korea<\/h2><p>With the global rise of Korean pop music and drama series, the popularity of Korean barbecue has also catapulted internationally. It\u2019s a truly interactive dining experience \u2013 best enjoyed with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Yee Hwa first opened its doors in Qatar in 1998, years before the Korean cultural wave. Today, Seung Moon is continuing what his parents started, opening two more branches, and spreading the love for Korean barbecue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//67//91//64//808x454_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c6dd20ba-4bfc-583c-b671-961503d7dff3-7679164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A thin slice of beef sizzles on a Korean barbeque at Yee Hwa, Doha, Qatar<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cKorean barbecue is different in a sense that everyone around the table is involved. Our meat is thinly sliced so that it cooks easily, and at your own pace,\u201d explains Moon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you eat it for lunch or dinner, as a couple or in a group, the mix of dishes, sauces, meats and flavours make Korean barbecue as dynamic as the country itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Malaysian delights<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//mamarozieqa//?hl=fr\%22>Mama Rozie<\/strong><\/a>, a restaurant with an extensive menu of Malaysian and Indonesian cuisine promises the taste of home-cooked food.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Malaysia, Mama Rozie first came to Qatar with her family in 1996. Not long after, she started cooking meals for her fellow countrymen who also immigrated, but without their families, to give them a taste of home away from home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//67//91//64//808x454_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c4ebdfde-059e-5664-84c2-224065a8045e-7679164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Popular noodle dish with shrimp at Mama Rozie in Doha, Qatar<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Through support from her community, she expanded what started as a home-based business to the restaurant she has now.<\/p>\n<p>Beef rendang, laksa, and satay. These are some of Malaysia\u2019s national dishes and the most popular ones on the menu.<\/p>\n<h2>Polish food in Doha?<\/h2><p>Yes you read that right. Not far from Mama Rozie is Polka, the first and only Polish restaurant in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Magda Lux opened <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//polka.2022//?hl=fr\%22>Polka<\/strong><\/a> in late 2022, mostly because she missed eating Polish food. But she also wanted to share a piece of her culture with others, from the food to the decorations - and it truly is vibrant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like a little museum. We did almost everything by hand, and we built a lot of things from the wood,\u201d Lux says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//67//91//64//808x454_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_52e6ab3b-a14e-5ad4-900f-f7067b624843-7679164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Decorations at Polka<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s more to Polish food than just \u2018pierogi\u2019 or dumplings. Polka\u2019s menu promises a dining experience of a typical meal on a weekend in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call it squeezed cabbage here, but in Poland, we call it \u2018golumpki\u2019. It's cabbage rolled with meat and rice. And zapiekanka, [which] is something like a pizza. It's delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//67//91//64//808x454_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/91\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4dd22538-3072-5b43-8738-245cb94b02ab-7679164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An assortment of Polish delights from Polka in Doha, Qatar<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, the most important is sharing my culture. 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The unseasonable weather has also led the country to face a severe tomato shortage as crops are ravaged by disease. \n\nPrices in major cities like Mumbai and Delhi have risen from 40 rupees (\u20ac0.44) per kilo to over 160 rupees (\u20ac1.76), UK newspaper The Guardian reports. Just months earlier, the commercial price of tomatoes had plummeted to less than two rupees (\u20ac0.02), devastating farmers. \n\nAs a key ingredient in a lot of Indian cooking, many households are now turning to tinned products to fill the gap. \n\nEven fast-food chain McDonald\u2019s has announced it is no longer serving tomatoes. \n\nThe skyrocketing prices have also led thieves to target farms and delivery trucks, Vice reports. \n\nIndia faces deadly weather extremes \n\nIn June, a searing heatwave hit India with temperatures reaching 43.5 degrees Celsius. \n\nHospitals in two of the country\u2019s most populous states became overwhelmed and morgues were filled to capacity, with almost 170 people dead. \n\nJuly has brought little respite and New Delhi recorded its wettest July day in 40 years this week as flooding killed at least 100 people in northern India. \n\nRed alerts (the highest level of warning) were issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in the northern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana as heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides. \n\nIndia is not the only country to face deadly flooding in recent weeks. Japan saw its \u201cheaviest rain ever\u201d earlier this week, while Vermont in the US is currently facing catastrophic rainfall leading to a state of emergency being declared. \n\nParts of Europe, too, have faced torrential rains, with a state of emergency being declared in northwestern Bulgaria last month. \n\nWeather extremes are likely to get more frequent and more extreme due to human-made greenhouse gas emissions, Greenpeace warns. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>India\u2019s extreme weather is taking its toll on crops, with tomato crops being hit especially hard.<\/p>\n<p>Tomatoes have become so expensive that shops need \u2018bodyguards\u2019 to protect them, Vice news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Prices have soared by 400 per cent in recent weeks with a kilogram now costing more than a litre of petrol.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s behind India\u2019s tomato shortage?<\/h2><p>High rainfall and scorching <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//01//india-braces-for-heatwave-amid-soaring-temperatures-what-could-it-mean-for-europes-food-su/">heatwaves have caused flash floods, landslides and hundreds of deaths in India in recent weeks. The unseasonable weather has also led the country to face a severe tomato shortage as crops are ravaged by disease.<\/p>\n<p>Prices in major cities like Mumbai and Delhi have risen from 40 rupees (\u20ac0.44) per kilo to over 160 rupees (\u20ac1.76), UK newspaper The Guardian reports. Just months earlier, the commercial price of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//22//food-shortages-why-are-uk-supermarkets-rationing-fruit-and-vegetables/">tomatoes had plummeted to less than two rupees (\u20ac0.02), devastating farmers.<\/p>\n<p>As a key ingredient in a lot of Indian cooking, many households are now turning to tinned products to fill the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//10//23//your-burger-could-soon-come-wrapped-in-packing-made-from-seaweed/">fast-food chain McDonald\u2019s has announced it is no longer serving tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>The skyrocketing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//18//from-coffee-to-codfish-the-foods-that-will-get-more-expensive-with-climate-change/">prices have also led thieves to target farms and delivery trucks, Vice reports.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7606070,7675896\"\n 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