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The Americans are still trying to drop the sword of Damocles on Julian Assange’s head. The United States is coming back for this on Wednesday before the British courts to obtain the extradition of the founder of WikiLeaks, which they are pursuing for a massive leak of documents. After seven years in seclusion at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and two and a half years in Belmarsh high security prison, the 50-year-old Australian took a major step towards freedom last January. British justice then rejected the extradition request because of the risk of suicide of Assange, who faces 175 years in prison in the United States. But since Washington obtained to be able to appeal this decision, questioning in particular the reliability of an expert who had testified in its favor.
If there was such a famous version in English, American elected officials could sing Jacques Brel’s song on social networks: Next. After Facebook, the spotlight turned on Tuesday on TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, also accused of harming the mental and physical health of children by overexposing them to the seemingly ideal lives of other people, as well as to images and inappropriate advertisements. Representatives of these three platforms, tried to prove to American senators that they were doing better than Facebook on these subjects, without convincing. For elected officials, the race for an audience is the main driver of the excesses.
COP26 will have to do without the presence of a symbol. Queen Elisabeth II will ultimately not participate in the international climate conference, organized from Sunday in Glasgow. Buckingham Palace said the decision was made on “medical advice.” “. This announcement comes especially less than a week after the sovereign spent a night in the hospital.
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