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More than 1,200 people arrested since protests began

The protest movement continues unabated and has already claimed the lives of 41 people. It began on 16 September, after the death of a young woman for "wearing inappropriate clothing".

The authorities have arrested 450 new demonstrators in northern Iran, where more than 700 people have already been arrested for taking part in protests against the death of a young woman detained by the morality police, official media reported on Monday.

Protest movement

"During the unrest of recent days, 450 rioters have been arrested in Mazandaran," said the province's attorney general, Mohammad Karimi, quoted by the official Irna agency. On Saturday, the authorities reported that 739 demonstrators had been arrested, including 60 women in Guilan, Mazandaran's neighbouring province in the north of the country.

The demonstrations began on 16 September, the date of the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested three days earlier in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" in the Islamic Republic, where the dress code for women is strict, in particular the wearing of the Islamic veil.

The protest movement spread to several cities in the country, where demonstrators shouted anti-government slogans, according to local media. "Over the past few days, rioters have attacked government buildings and damaged public property in some parts of Mazandaran under the direction of foreign agents", he said.

No leniency

On Sunday, the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeï, threatened to show "no leniency" towards the demonstrators and called on the security forces to act "firmly" against "those who undermine security".

According to a non-detailed official report, including demonstrators and police, 41 people have been killed in ten days of protests. But the toll could be higher, with the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) reporting that at least 57 demonstrators have been killed.

On Monday, the Tasnim news agency published around 20 photos of demonstrators, including women, in various streets of Qom, an important Shiite holy city around 150 km south of the capital. The military and security institutions published these images of the "riot leaders" and called on residents to "identify them and inform the authorities", the agency added.

Alcaraz disgusted after Federer's retirement announcement

While just a few hours ago, following his triumph at the US Open, he said that he would really like to play Roger Federer at least once before the end of his career, Carlos Alcaraz was dealt a blow when the Swiss announced on Wednesday that he would be playing him.

The youngest world number one in history posted a heartbreaking message on his Twitter account, which says a lot about his state of mind following the Swiss player's decision to retire from professional tennis due in part to a creaking knee.

Text by we love tennis.fr

The new British sovereign takes the name of Charles III

The new British monarch, previously known as Prince Charles, is now known as Charles III. The 73-year-old prince automatically became king on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II under the rule that "the king never dies".

His accession to the throne after 70 years of patience, a record in the history of the British monarchy, was immediate on the death of the Queen, in accordance with the ancient Latin maxim "Rex nunquam moritur" (the King never dies).

Charles said in a statement posted on Twitter that his mother's death was "a time of great sorrow". "The death of my much-loved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a time of great sorrow for me and my family," the statement read.

Coronation in a few weeks

Her coronation should take place in a few weeks' time at the earliest. Elizabeth II was crowned in June 1953, sixteen months after being proclaimed Queen.

His wife Camilla became Queen Consort, a wish expressed by the Queen last February. The subject remained sensitive among the British. After her marriage to Prince Charles in 2005, Camilla chose not to take the title of Princess of Wales, which was too closely associated with Princess Diana.

Born on 14 November 1948, the eldest son Charles became heir to the crown at the age of three years and three months, in February 1952, when Princess Elizabeth, aged 25, became Queen on the death of her father George VI.

Since his first official engagements in the 1970s, the Prince of Wales's role has been to "support Her Majesty the Queen as a focal point of national pride".

He has welcomed dignitaries to the UK on his behalf, attended state dinners, travelled to a hundred countries, presented thousands of decorations, attended inaugurations, honoured heroes and written or recorded countless messages of encouragement and congratulations.

He was increasingly replacing his mother, who was in declining health. In May, Charles delivered the Speech from the Throne in Parliament for the first time, one of his most important constitutional duties.

Green dandy

The British know him best for the wreckage of his marriage to Princess Diana, which did him considerable harm in the 1990s, and his remarriage to Camilla.

A man of passions, Charles has made the most of this very long wait, an early advocate of the environment, a lover of alternative medicine, a passionate advocate of sustainable urban planning and an inspired gardener who talks to his trees. Since 2007, he has published his "ecological footprint" (total 3133 tonnes of CO2 in 2020 compared with 5070 in 2019).

In total, he is chairman or benefactor of more than 420 charities, the largest of which, the Prince's Trust, has helped more than a million young people in difficulty since it was founded in 1976.

But this dandyish old aristocrat who loves double-breasted suits is far less popular than his mother, who has been totally devoted to her role for 70 years, and is absolutely neutral.

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Flood in Pakistan: global warming has triggered a chain reaction

With a third of Pakistan under water, many scientists claim that the floods have been devastating for a number of reasons, starting as early as April.

They are the worst floods that Pakistan has ever known. Tens of millions of people have already been evacuated, without any resources, and more than 1,200 people have died, while a third of the country is under water. The death toll is set to rise in the coming days, as for the moment the entire country is under water and the extent of the damage is still difficult to assess. But what caused such flooding ? According to researchers, it's a combination of climatic events that have set off a chain reaction, starting with global warming.

An extraordinary drought from April and May onwards

From April onwards, the temperature in Pakistan was well above the seasonal norm of around 30-35°C, and for several days exceeded 40°C in many places. Worse still, in the city of Jacobabad, the mercury a rose to 51°Cthe first of its kind in theNorthern hemisphere until this year! "These were not waves of heat normal, it was the worst in the world. We had the hottest place on Earth in Pakistan.explains Malik Amin Aslam in a press release from Natureformer Minister for Climate Change, based in Islamabad.

And these extreme heat waves do not bode well. L'air warmer, less dense air than cold air, can therefore retain more moisture. This stored water can then be released into the air.atmosphere once the rainy season had begun. As a result, above-normal rainfall levels were already forecast. What's more, the dryness of the air will naturally lead to a soil drought. These then become more compact, absorbing much less water than when they are inactive. weather soil. As a result, the water that reaches these soils tends to run off instead of infiltrating deep into the earth.

But the drought has also had other consequences. Visit high mountain glaciers in the north of the country melted, much more than usual due to the heat waves. Water was already flowing from the mountains into the Indus, the country's largest river, which crosses it from north to south, when the floods came. This river supplies towns and agricultural installations throughout Pakistan. And according to Zia Hashmi, a water resources engineer at Global Change Impact Studies Centreand flow rates high levels of muddy water in the Hunza river, which feeds the Indus, were observed in July. An observation that suggests a cast iron rapid and more intense than usual, and the possibility that some glacial lakes may have broken their dams.

Flooding so bad that a new lake has been created!

But that's not all! These floods also coincide with the arrival of an area of intense low-pressure in the Arabian Sea to the south of the country, causing heavy rainfall. heavy rains in Pakistan from June. "We rarely have large-scale depression systems happening out there".explains Athar Hussain, climatologist at the University of Islamabad. All these events, combined with a monsoon which started at the end of June helped to produce twice as much rainfall than average during the rainy season. Five times, in the southern provinces. So much so that a new lake has been created, even though the rains are now over!

This lake will recede once the weather dries up, but could well remain for a few days to a few weeks. Just like the water flowing across the country, which has already destroyed 240 bridges, 5,000 kilometres of roads and millions of homes. For this country, the worst is not yet over. Particularly representative of the effects of the global warmingIn a few years' time, such events could become the norm in Pakistan.

Text by futura-sciences.com