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Lula given permission to attend grandson’s funeral

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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is imprisoned in a federal facility in Paraná’s capital Curitiba was offered a jet to leave prison to attend his grandson’s funeral. His 7 year old grandson died of meningitis on Friday. The funeral is scheduled to happen today in Sao Paulo.

The state government of Parana said that one of its planes will be taking Lula to Sao Paulo, “following a request by the federal police.” A judge still needs to give authorization.

Lulu, on Friday got immense response on Brazilian social medias in favor to his release from jail to attend the funeral. But lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Tweeted that Lula will not be allowed to attend the funeral.

Eduardo said “Lula is just an inmate and he should be at a common prison. When the relatives of other inmates die will they also be escorted by the federal police for the funeral? It is absurd to even contemplate that. It only lets him pose as a poor thing.” It was not sure that whether Lula will be given permission to attend the funeral. But later after several procedures, he was given the permission.

Lula was the former union leader who served as the 35th President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010. He was a founding member of the Workers’ Party (PT) and ran unsuccessfully for President three times before achieving victory in the 2002 election, being re-elected in the 2006 election.

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US Sanctions Top Venezuela Officials

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against six military leaders who played a role in blocking humanitarian aid to the embattled South American nation. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the agency’s leader, Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, and its first commissioner, Hildemaro Jose Rodriguez Mucura.

The Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in a statement said “We are sanctioning members of Maduro’s security forces in response to the reprehensible violence, tragic deaths, and unconscionable torching of food and medicine destined for sick and starving Venezuelans”.

Steven Mnuchin said that the blockades used to halt stop the aid from entering the country are the recent example of Maduro’s “illegitimate regime weaponizing the delivery of food and critically needed supplies in order to control vulnerable Venezuelans.”

Reuters reports that a representative the U.S. Transportation Department that oversees NHTSA said that “NHTSA’s Crash Investigation Division assigned a Special Crash Investigation team to investigate the crash”, while the NTSB said it is sending a team of three “to conduct a safety investigation”.

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Dutch government’s purchase of a stake in Air France-KLM – France on great shock

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France got shocked as the Dutch government suddenly purchased a stake in Air France-KLM. This was in attempt to counter French influence. France has reacted frostily to this.

Shares in the airline company was down by 11% as the Netherlands government announced that it was acting to protect “Dutch interests”.

France owns a share of 14.3% and to match with this, the Dutch bought a stake of 14%. Bruno Le Maire, the French Finance Minister insisted that the company should be “managed without national public interference”.

Dutch finance minister, Wopke Hoekstra said “Buying this stake ensures we have a seat at the table,”. This indicated a desire to have more influence over Dutch economic interests and jobs, and the status of Schipol airport, in Amsterdam.

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New Zealand arms some Frontline police after shootouts

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Canterbury District’s front-line police on the southern island will be armed until any further notice, as per Reuters reports. Reports says that this action is after three shooting incidents that leads to a debate on whether all police should carry fire arms.

In New Zealand, the police do not carry guns on their general duty. But, hand guns, rifles and tasers will be kept in their vehicles. These weapons should only be used with a supervisor’s permission.

A shootout between one Christchurch resident and police on Tuesday leads to the decision to arm police in the Canterbury district. The man was shot by police and is in hospital in a stable condition, but another suspect in the shooting is still at large and may be armed, said police. The Canterbury District Commander John Price said all police will carry firearms until the man is caught or surrenders.

“Our officers, who are dedicated to keeping our communities safe, are currently operating in an environment of heightened risk and they deserve to be kept safe,” Price told a news conference.

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Rolls-Royce withdraws from Boeing’s new mid-market engine race, hikes Trent charges
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Rolls-Royce withdraws from Boeing’s new mid-market engine race, hikes Trent charges

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Rolls-Royce said that they had withdrawn from a competition that intends to power Boeing’s planned mid-market aircraft, as per the reuters reports. They took the decision since it could not meet the timetable, as costs related to its Trent 1000 engine resulted in a full-year operating loss of 1.16 billion pounds.

Reports says that Boeing has proposed to launch a new mid-sized jetliner to fill a gap between the narrow and wide-body aircraft. Rolls-Royce said that “We are unable to commit to the proposed timetable to ensure we have a sufficiently mature product which supports Boeing’s ambition for the aircraft,”

The aerospace engineer said that it had increased the charge it had taken on fixing Trent 1000 problems to 790 million pounds from 554 million pounds at the half year. Warren East, the Chief Executive said that the company achieved solid progress despite of all the challenges it faced on Trent 1000 in-service issues.

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Council of Europe demands France to stop the use of rubber bullets

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In a statement, the council’s human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatovic said that the French authorities should halt the use of LBDs during operations aimed at maintaining public order.

France uses the so-called defence ball launchers, known as LBDs, which can shoot 40-millimeter rubber projectiles that are considered non-lethal. This causes dozens of injuries to anti-government protesters in recent weeks.

Dunja Mijatovic also asked the government to review its regulations soon on the use of so-called intermediate weapons for riot control, to ensure they respect law enforcement’s primary task of protecting “citizens and their human rights.”

These rubber bullets were used by the Police for the weekly ‘yellow vest’ protests in Paris and other cities since November. This have often degenerated into clashes with police and vandalism.

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Juan Guaido to visit Brazil in bid to keep pressure on Maduro

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was to visit Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Guido plans this as a part of tour to various nations intended to ratchet up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

Guido had declared himself as the country’s interim president last month. He has been recognized by most Western nations – including Brazil – as Venezuela’s leader.

Guaido will be traveling to Brasilia for a two-day visit from Bogota. He had attended a meeting there with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the regional Lima group regarding how to resolve the political and economic crisis in Venezuela.

It is reported that after today’s meeting at 2.00 pm (1700 GMT), Guido will be organising a news conference.

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Venice to charge admission fees for tourists

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According to the Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro, the tourists will be forced to pay admission fees. The tourists who stays overnight in Venice pays between €1 (90p) and €5 per person as hotel tax now.

On Twitter, the mayor announced that he will take advantage of Italy’s liberalised budget laws to introduce what is called a contributo di sbarco – literally a disembarkation contribution for tourists.

“This is a significant turning point in the management of Venice’s tourist flows,” – Luigi Brugnaro. The Veneto governor Luca Zaia, on Wednesday said that “Venice needs respect, and as is the case with museums, sports stadiums, cinemas, trains and airplanes, it needs to have planned visits… which makes it sustainable both for tourists and the city,”

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Ted Baker Warns on Full-Year Profit

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Ted Baker plc, the fashion retailer estimates more than 10 million pounds fall in full-year pretax profit, blaming the impact of foreign exchange rates, higher amounts to upgrade its systems and inventory write-downs.

It is reported by reuters that the company expects to post profit before tax of about 63 million pounds for the year ended Jan. 26, lower than the 73.5 million pounds reported last year.

Ted Baker plc is a British luxury clothing retail company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company is having its Headquarters at London, United Kingdom.

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George Pell remanded into custody

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Cardinal George Pell was remanded into custody on Wednesday for child sex offences. George Pell is Australia’s most senior Catholic cardinal and a former top adviser to Pope Francis. A jury found that he had sexually abused two 13-year-olds in 1996 and 1997, in the rooms of a Melbourne cathedral. George Pell, the Vatican treasurer is the third most senior Catholic in the world.

Pell will be formally sentenced on March 13. Pell was found guilty of child sex abuse in December. The guilty verdict was revealed on Tuesday after a court suppression order was dropped.

The pre-sentencing hearing was told Pell’s child sex crimes each carry maximum jail terms of 10 years. Prosecutor Mark Gibson SC told Chief Judge Peter Kidd that Pell’s offending involved two vulnerable boys and should be classed as serious.

“These acts … were, in our submission, humiliating and degrading towards each boy and gave rise to distress in each boy,” he said. “There has been a breach of trust in this case in the sense that Cardinal Pell was the driving force and in charge of this cathedral and these two choristers were a cog in the cathedral wheel … in Sunday masses.”

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