Jean-Paul Marthoz

‘A war crime’: Condemnation after Israel kills 5 Al Jazeera staff in Gaza The killings come after Israel stepped up a smear campaign against Al Jazeera’s correspondent Anas al-Sharif.

Al Jazeera on the targeted killing of its journalists in Gaza www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

For my birthday my wife, Anne-Marie Impe, offered me a surprise. | Jean-Paul Marthoz For my birthday my wife, Anne-Marie Impe, offered me a surprise. Knowing my interest for the Second World War and the Resistance movements she brought me to a little village at the Belgian-French bord...

Along the Comet Line between Belgium and France. On the paths of Belgian Resistance's heroine "Monique" who rescued and brought 135 Allied airmen back to Britain, via France and Spain. An inspiring story for our troubled times
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Hugo Carvajal: Venezuelan ex-spy chief pleads guilty to narco-terror charges The US hopes the Hugo Carvajal will provide them with incriminating information on President Maduro.

A key person in the investigations on Venezuelan drug-trafficking: Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela's former head of military intelligence, also known as "El Pollo", or The Chicken. He has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US.
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US offers $50m reward for arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro A reward for information leading to the capture of Maduro, who the US accuses of drug trafficking, has been doubled.

The Trump administration puts more money in the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro. How to judge the veracity of US accusations of drug trafficking against the Caracas autocrat is not an easy assignment for independent journalists. But they must try...
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Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.

How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.

'Is my secret camera working?' - posing as a migrant to infiltrate a cross-Channel gang In a forest in northern France, a BBC journalist pretends to be a migrant wanting to get to England.

Undercover journalism by the BBC. On migrants' smugglers. Any little mistake and you may die...No country for amateurs.

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La toile d’araignée du régime biélorusse de Loukachenko s’étend à Vilnius et Varsovie. Les vieilles techniques kagébistes activées contre les opposants. John Le Carré aurait eu matière pour tisser une trame romanesque. Texte de @patricesenecal.bsky.social
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‘Genocide is the only term that fits’ Genocide scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s conduct towards the Palestinian population, the situation in Gaza and Germany’s responsibility

"Germany’s first responsibility must be to international law. These laws were created in response to Nazi crimes. If Germany truly wants to support Israel, it should support the parts of Israeli society that believe in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law" www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

‘Genocide is the only term that fits’ Genocide scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s conduct towards the Palestinian population, the situation in Gaza and Germany’s responsibility

When a leading Holocaust studies scholar, Omer Bartov, indicts the Israeli press. "Genocide is not just about the perpetrators — it implicates entire societies. In Israel, the media is spreading falsehoods willingly. Academia is silent" www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Trump nominates ex-Fox host Tammy Bruce as deputy UN ambassador Bruce, who is currently spokeswoman for the state department, has done "brilliantly" according to Trump.

Fox News remains the best career choice for...journalism? Or for a powerful job in the Trump Administration? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The lost art of hitchhiking: What we can still learn from travel's most radical mode? Long dismissed as dangerous, hitchhiking is being rediscovered by a new generation of travellers seeking connection, adventure and a low-carbon way to see the world.

I hitchhiked when I was 17-19, in the UK and in Spain. It was just great and it seemed rather safe, except for my mother (no mobile phone at the time). 20 years later I of course advised my own kids against it. And now it seems to make a comeback..
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Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major court hack There is growing concern that cartels and foreign actors could use the stolen data to identify informants and foil criminal probes.

Governments are obsessed by "leaks" to the press. But hacking seems to be a bigger threat and in many countries the systems do not seem to be water-tight. With potentially devastating consequences as organized crime/drug cartels are in the game www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Shared prayers and tears: how Lammy wooed JD Vance and the White House Analysts say foreign secretary’s empathy and pragmatism make relationship-forming easy despite political divides

No judgment here. Just facts. And legitimate questions. I just read another take on that interesting story. In The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I made an AI clone of my dead son - and let a journalist interview him An interview between a US journalist and an AI clone of a teenager who was killed during shooting at his school has prompted criticism online.

Journalism and AI. This interview of the avatar of a dead person raises immense ethical questions. www.bbc.com/news/videos/... @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @eduardosuarez.bsky.social @cdjm.org @conseildepresse.bsky.social @deontoloj.bsky.social

J.D. Vance Used to Be an Atheist. What He Believes Now Is Telling. He’s not an evangelical Christian. He’s a Catholic—of a very specific type.

An enlightning article in Slate on JD Vance's conversion to a form of conservative Catholicism, close to so-called "integralism". slate.com/life/2024/08...

The unlikely bond between JD Vance and David Lammy The US vice president is beginning his UK holiday with a visit to the foreign secretary. Since when were they so close?

A UK Labour foreign secretary and a US rightwing populist. Pragmatism? Brexit UK's urgent need to make friends abroad? Or the impenetrable bonds of faith? JD Vance is a conservative illiberal Catholic ("integralist") and Lammy is a (centre left) "Anglo-Catholic" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return Historian Andrew Lownie has made some unflattering claims in a book about Prince Andrew.

The Rise and Fall of the House of York, by Andrew Lownie. The book which "puts Prince Andrew back at the front and centre of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal at a time when Donald Trump is facing serious questions about his own friendship with the late paedophile" (R. Palmer)
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UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: U.N. reports are not widely read.

How many people have read the UN report which found that UN reports are not widely read?
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Venezuela’s Political Unrest Has Made Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Other Crimes Easier Political unrest, financial collapse, and corruption in Venezuela have created an environment that allows transnational criminal organizations to operate unchecked. Their illegal activities include il...

One source on accusations of drug trafficking in Venezuela, a report by the US Government Accountability Office, under the presidency of Joe Biden. www.gao.gov/blog/venezue...

Hugo Carvajal: Venezuelan ex-spy chief pleads guilty to narco-terror charges The US hopes the Hugo Carvajal will provide them with incriminating information on President Maduro.

A key person in the investigations on Venezuelan drug-trafficking: Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela's former head of military intelligence, also known as "El Pollo", or The Chicken. He has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

US offers $50m reward for arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro A reward for information leading to the capture of Maduro, who the US accuses of drug trafficking, has been doubled.

The Trump administration puts more money in the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro. How to judge the veracity of US accusations of drug trafficking against the Caracas autocrat is not an easy assignment for independent journalists. But they must try...
www.bbc.com/news/article...

As Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, many aging survivors express frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. wapo.st/4owgrUn

Please read this excellent, point by point refutation of the claim that there was a "Russia hoax"
From @noupside.bsky.social
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Opinion | The Promise of Palestinian Statehood Is Ringing Hollow

Covering the recognition of a Palestinian State means covering what it really implies. Words matter. And ambiguous words have accompanied the peace process for decades. This OpEd might upset some but it should be read with a view to providing realism in reporting www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

American Journalist Is Missing in Norwegian National Park

Rescue workers were searching through bad weather on Tuesday for the American journalist Alec Luhn, who has been missing for days in a national park in Norway. Mr. Luhn’s articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Vice News, etc.
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How a Pro-Palestinian Group Fell Foul of a Long Unused U.K. Terrorism Law

"The protest group Palestine Action does not promote violence against people, writes the NY Times. But after it damaged military property, the British government banned it as a terrorist organization, alongside Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and neo-Nazi Atomwaffen.
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Explosive and experimental, Eddie Palmieri was a revolutionary figure in postwar American music The Puerto Rican New Yorker pianist, who has died aged 88, radiated pure joy as he played – never resting on his laurels as he went from jazz to salsa to house and beyond

Gracias, Eddie, por la felicidad que nos diste. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

The flood warnings that save lives When floods hit, getting clear, timely warnings out to people becomes lifesaving, but too often these messages fail. The BBC asks disaster experts about how to get it right.

Warning on time on potential disasters (flooding, fires, etc.) may be improved. And the media, especially local media, have a role to play in the mix. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Hamas still pays out salaries and rewards supporters Observers are baffled at how Hamas can pay officials as Gaza is isolated and largely reduced to rubble.

Basing its report on its sources in Gaza the BBC strives to describe how Hamas finances its networks and "manages" the local economy, rewarding its supporters. A very difficult assignment as the system is mostly clandestine and testimonies are risky.
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This Is What Democracy Sings Like Want to fight fascism? Start a choir.

"We shall overcome some day"...The power of songs in social protests. Pro-democracy anti-Trump protesters are following a well-established US tradition sojo.net/articles/int... @eduardosuarez.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social