US arms sale to UAE
Bolsonaro faces senate inquiry as pandemic worsens in Brazil and other stories
Today we look at a Senate inquiry into Brazil’s Covid response, protest actions by port workers and drivers in the US,the Biden administration’s approval of a weapons deal with the UAE, and civilian killings by Eritrean troops in Tigray
US suspends arms deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE pending review
The announcement by US secretary of state Antony Blinken of the suspension of the arms deals pending a review was welcomed by peace organizations which called for them to be scrapped
Rights groups oppose US arms sale to UAE; demand end of its role in Yemen war
Two different letters signed by various international organizations were issued on November 30. The signatories ask the US to end all military cooperation with the UAE and also to end its support to the war in Yemen
- Anti-austerity march to oppose Labour government cuts
- Belgian activists confront reality of occupation during West Bank visit
- Scholar Badar Khan Suri is released following eight weeks of ICE detention
- Legal group reveals extent of anti-Palestinian repression across Germany
- Israel assassinates wounded Palestinian journalist Hassan Islayeh in Gaza’s Nasser hospital
