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Iran 4 November 2021
Demonstrations were held in many cities in Iran on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the US occupation of the Tehran Embassy.
 
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
Loyalists clash with police during a protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol
Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty

A senior police leader has pleaded for calm over the Northern Ireland protocol as a 12-year-old boy was arrested after a hundred rioters attacked officers at a rally. Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said he was “saddened” after police were attacked with missiles and fireworks close to a peace line in Belfast on Wednesday evening.

So what is the Northern Island Protocol?

During Brexit negotiations, all sides agreed that protecting the 1998 Northern Ireland peace deal (the Good Friday agreement) was an absolute priority. That meant keeping the land border open and avoiding new infrastructure such as cameras and border posts. This was easy to do when both Ireland and Northern Ireland were part of the EU. Both sides automatically shared the same EU rules on trade and no checks were needed on goods travelling between them.
 

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Ghislaine Maxwell in court in Manhattan on Monday for a hearing. Opening arguments in her case are scheduled to begin on 29 November. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is subjected to such invasive surveillance in jail that it “rivals scenes of Dr Hannibal Lecter’s incarceration” from The Silence of the Lambs, her lawyer has argued in making yet another request for bail pending her trial.
 
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The U.S. Navy team up with NASA’s Recovery Team as they work through the final certification run for recovering the Artemis I Orion space capsule by capturing a mock capsule into the bay of the USS John P. Murtha off the coast of California, U.S., November 4, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS
 
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Tonalá, Mexico
A migrant caravan continues along the coast of Chiapas and will rest in Tonalá before heading towards Arriaga and on to Mexico City
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty
 
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Neurath, Germany
Activists chain themselves to the rail tracks to block trains supporting the coal power plant near Cologne
Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
 
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House for sale with heat pump

Nayland, Suffolk, UK

The government is offering a grant to help 90,000 households switch from traditional boilers to energy-efficient heat pumps. For those who would rather inherit one than fit it, this Grade II-listed cottage already has an air source pump installed – made by Mitsubishi, no less. More glamorous still is the basement cinema. There are two to three bedrooms and a courtyard garden. The 18th century property is just up the road from the Anchor Inn pub, which has an “eco” ice rink and puts on a popular “skate and dine” night. £550,000.
Photograph: Winkworth

Around 31% of a household’s carbon dioxide emissions come from space and water heating. To meet the governments target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 new technologies such as heat pumps will be needed to reduce these emissions while providing comfortable living conditions.

A heat pump is a device that can replace traditional heating systems such as boilers to provide space and water heating within both domestic and commercial settings. Rather than burning a fuel to produce heat, they move heat from a low-temperature heat source and ‘pump’ it to a higher temperature where it can be used to provide space heating or produce hot water. The source is normally heat in the ground or the outside air.
 
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A large potato sits on a trolly in a garden at Donna and Colin Craig-Browns home near Hamilton, New Zealand, Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021. The New Zealand couple dug up a potato the size of a small dog in their backyard and have applied for recognition from Guinness World Records. They say it weighed in at 7.9 kilograms (17 pounds), well above the current record of just under 5 kg. They've named the potato Doug, because they dug it up. AP
 
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Buffy Bailey, an NHS nurse from Lancaster, was searching farmland near Sheriff Hutton Castle in North Yorkshire with husband Ian when her detector picked up a strong signal close to a footpath. It was a solid gold Bible which has left scholars stunned. The small object, that is just 1.5cm long, weighs around 5g and is either 22-carat or 24-carat gold, dates back to the 15th century and is believed to have belonged to a relative of King Richard III.

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A member of the Women of the Wall clutches a Torah scroll, as she is surrounded by Israeli security forces holding back protesters at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Violent clashes broke out by the Western Wall in Jerusalem yesterday over the right of women to hold prayers at the Western Wall. Dozens of police officers created a barrier between about a hundred members of the Women of the Wall group and 2,000 ultra-Orthodox protesters, mainly young men, who were trying to block them.
 
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Caratinga, Brazil
The plane that was carrying the Brazilian singer Marilia Mendonça when it crashed, killing all four people on board
Photograph: Pedro Vilela/Getty Images
 
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Kabul, Afghanistan
Female primary school students leave after a class in Kabul. The Taliban has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school.
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
 
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West Bank
Mourners and militants take part in the funeral of Palestinian boy Mohamed Dadis who the KPalestinian health ministry said was killed by Israeli forces during clashes in Nablus in the Israeli occupied West Bank 6 November 2021. Reuters
 
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Dublin, Ireland
RETURN TO GAIETY: Alison Comerford (left), and Aoife Magee warming up in the orchestra pit ahead of the opening performance of Irish National Opera's Fidelio, by Beethoven, at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. With an orchestra of 44 and a chorus of 28, this is the first return to full opera production for the company since March 2020. Photograph: Mark Stedman
 
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Warsaw, Poland
The death of Izabela prompted fresh protests against abortion laws /AFP
Women's rights protestors have taken to the streets of Warsaw following the death of a woman who was refused an abortion. The family of a 30-year-old called Izabela reportedly say the foetus she was carrying had multiple defects but doctors were unwilling to terminate the pregnancy following a ruling that almost all abortions were illegal. The government says doctors and not the law were to blame
 
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Jane Goodall is 87
She lives in her childhood home in Bournemouth with her sister, Judy, her niece, Pip, two great nephews and her whippet, Bean. “I’m up by eight every day, however I often find myself awake until 4am because there’s so much to worry about; so much that I haven’t done — like the 2,000 unread emails in my inbox.”
 
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A Diné woman in a traditional dress, on the rim of Grand Canyon.
News Release Date: October 27, 2021

The National Park Service (NPS) and the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) have entered into a cooperative agreement to help facilitate regular, robust and meaningful dialogue between Tribes and the NPS. Strengthening relationships with Tribal governments is a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration and this partnership will ensure that the perspectives, voices and traditions of indigenous communities are incorporated into exhibits, outreach and cultural tourism programs in national parks…….

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/aianta-partnership-2021.htm
 
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Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Polish border near Grodno, Belarus yesterday (Monday).

The US on Monday called on Belarus to stop 'orchestrating' an influx of migrants at the Polish border. 'We call on the (Lukashenko) regime to immediately halt its campaign of orchestrating and coercing irregular migrant flows across its borders into Europe,' State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. The European Union has also accused Lukashenko of facilitating the wave of migrants and refugees, mainly from the Middle East, in retaliation for sanctions imposed by Brussels.
 
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After serving half of his 13-year sentence for murdering Steenkamp, Pistorius, 34, could soon be eligible for release. He was found guilty of killing Reeve Steenkamp 29 in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013 when he fired four times through the door of his bathroom. He claimed he thought he had been firing at an intruder.
 
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Princess Charlene returned from South Africa to be greeted by her husband, Prince Albert, and their twins, Jacques and Gabriella

Princess Charlene of Monaco was reunited with her husband and two children today when she returned to the principality after an eight-month absence that fed speculation about the state of their ten-year marriage.
 
Malevolent forces? see post 947

The term 'Orchestrating' of migrants is one that has bothered me. (see post 947
The massed movement of peoples, requires strategy and finances.
I am concerned these event are the results of 'Puppet Masters,' the who is a mystery.

Viewing the migrants from Hatti, in Mexico walking to the U. S. border raises questions?
These are not the uncertain, frightened migrants that I have become used to viewing.
There orderly, with no apparent concern over food, or fear of their fellow migrants.

Migration of massed peoples is/ can be, a method on straining the resources. the orderly conduct of the receiving nation; I am
seeking the hand of the Puppet Master-who organizes these mass migration?
 


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