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Main article: Jean-Sébastien Jacques to leave ‘by common accord’
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Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques and two other top executives have resigned after intense pressure from investors on the mining company that blew up 46,000-year-old rock shelters in the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. The Church of England pension board, which manages more than £ 2.8 billion (AU $ 5 billion) in retirement savings, was one of the groups that lobbied the Rio Tinto board to take action against your CEO for the debacle.
The Anglo-Australian mining company said Jacques would leave “by mutual agreement” with the board, while his iron ore chief Chris Salisbury and corporate affairs chief Simone Niven would also leave. Rio Tinto blew up the rock shelters, which were extremely important to the area’s traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people, in May in order to extract more iron ore and despite knowing its importance for years.
Sacoolas drove the wrong way – Anne Sacoolas’s lawyers have said the American “instinctively” drove “on the wrong side of the road for 20 seconds” before the fatal accident in which Harry Dunn died. The 43-year-old woman issued a public statement in which she said she asked for help, called police and stayed to help at the scene. The motorcyclist was killed in the crash last year outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, where Sacoolas’ husband worked for US intelligence. The US authorities claimed that Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity and, according to her lawyers, “.[the US embassy] He informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this decision and ordered Anne to return home ”. Dunn’s parents said they took note of the statement but “once again invite her to do the right thing and return to the UK to answer the charges brought against her.” Dunn’s family has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Sacoolas.
Line rages over domestic markets – A rift has emerged between the government’s top legal advisers on legislation to overturn the EU withdrawal agreement. His advice, seen by The Guardian, appears to show that Richard Keen, Scotland’s counsel general, warned that ministers would be violating the ministerial code if they defied international law. Attorney General Suella Braverman and Attorney General Michael Ellis disagreed, though the letter states that all three agreed that the domestic market bill would amount to a “clear violation” of the withdrawal agreement and the right. international. The Brexit talks appear to be on the brink of collapse after Britain roundly rejected an EU ultimatum to back down in three weeks or face sanctions. The committee stage of the bill is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday after Monday’s second reading. You may face a battle in the Lords where high-ranking conservatives have voiced their dissent.
The plight of the Moria refugees – Columns of smoke rise above the ash and twisted metal, all that remains of Europe’s largest refugee camp, Moria on Lesbos, which was home to thousands of children and their families before this week’s devastating fires.
Across the island, the fire has caused anger, outrage, and despair, and divided the community over what would come next. Some locals express their solidarity with the refugees, but many hope that the camp will not be rebuilt. The mayor of Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, Stratis Kytelis, is among those who oppose a new camp and told local media that he will not accept any reopening of Moria. Refugees in the smaller Kara Tepe camp nearby have been sharing food and offering comfort, but for now the thousands who fled Moria have nowhere to go.
Anger behind the mask – Confinement rules and the wearing of masks are causing deeper social fractures than Brexit, according to a survey of 10,000 people. The masked (58%) have severely negative attitudes towards the unmasked, and the majority (68%) of the people who obey the rules of confinement have strongly negative opinions towards those who break them. Sizable minorities of people who adhere to the rules say they “hate” or “resent” people who don’t, says think tank Demos. Hotels and restaurants have been hit by a wave of cancellations as new coronavirus restrictions put Christmas celebrations into question. The festive season is when many retailers deposit the bulk of their annual earnings, while socializing in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year brings Britain’s pubs, restaurants and hotels up to 40% of their annual earnings. Head over to our global coronavirus live blog for more developments.
America reels amid wildfires – More than 500,000 people in Oregon, representing more than 10% of the population, have been forced to evacuate as unprecedented wildfires ravage the state. During the night, the president, Donald Trump, made an emergency declaration approving the federal assistance. Wildfires in the western United States have killed at least 15 people and devastated entire neighborhoods. In Oregon, fire conditions not seen in three decades have sparked huge fires that have killed at least three people and destroyed at least five towns. In Washington state, a one-year-old boy died after his family was apparently invaded by flames trying to flee a forest fire; while in Butte County, Northern California, at least 10 people have died and 16 are missing.
A woman atop Wall St. Citigroup has appointed Scottish-American banker Jane Fraser as its next CEO, the first time a large Wall Street bank will be headed by a woman. Fraser, who has worked there for 16 years, will replace Michael Corbat in February. Fraser was born in Scotland and studied economics at Cambridge and Harvard before working at Goldman Sachs in London, followed by other positions around the world. Citigroup is one of the world’s largest banks, with assets worth more than $ 2.2 trillion (£ 1.7 trillion) on its balance sheet at the end of June.
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Sport
Serena Williams will have to wait to win a 24th Grand Slam title after losing in the semifinals to Victoria Azarenka, who will face Naomi Osaka in the US Open final. Michael Holding has criticized England and Australia for giving “silly” and “flimsy” excuses for not kneeling for the Black Lives Matter movement. The prodigious Marc Hirschi, frustrated on stage two in Nice and again on stage nine until Laruns, finally clinched gold to claim his first Tour de France stage victory on the longest day of this year’s race, the 218 km stage to Sarran Corrèze. Former world middleweight champion Alan Minter has died at the age of 69, announced the British Boxing Control Board. Having announced that he will join Racing Point next season, Sebastian Vettel has revealed that he came close to leaving Formula One before securing his new contract. And the NFL season got off to a lousy start when some fans sneered at what the league described as “a moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country.”
Deal
Asian stocks have been mixed up after tech stocks found themselves back on the nose on Wall Street. The Nikkei recovered their initial losses and the Hang Seng won, while Shanghai was little changed. Sydney and South Korea fell. The pound is worth $ 1,281 and € 1,083, while the FTSE is trending down at time of writing.
The papers
Dame Diana Rigg’s life is celebrated on most of the covers today after her death at the age of 82.
the guardian leads with “Brexit talks on edge as UK rejects ultimatum” Quick declaring that “Britain will not move”, but isn’t Britain the one moving, moving away from the withdrawal agreement reached with the EU? the FOOT reports: “Brussels threatens No. 10 with legal action for breach of the Brexit treaty,” while the Telegraph says “the EU gives the UK 20 days to withdraw from the Brexit bill.”
the Times “Dozens of conservative MPs are preparing a new Brexit revolt” while “up to 30” threaten to reject the internal market bill. “Ultimatum establishes a bitter divorce from the EU,” says the me. The opportunities for puns around the word “six” have not yet been exhausted: “Boris is hit by six by Nicola,” says the Meter, informing that Scotland’s “rule of six” will allow those under 12 years of age to meet in greater numbers. “Cabinet at war for the rule of six,” says the Mail, claiming that almost all members of the “Covid cabinet” voted against it. The Mirror has “Nation Divided by Virus” which reads “Most of those who abide by the lockdown laws are infuriated by those who do not.”
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