Rights

Das Urteil hat eine Bestimmung entkernt, die darauf abzielt, Rassendiskriminierung bei Wahlen zu verhindern. Zudem steigt der Ölpreis auf über 126 $ pro Barrel und erreicht damit den höchsten Stand seit 2022. Guten Morgen. Der US Supreme Court hat durch eine wegweisende Entscheidung über die Wahlkreiskarte von Louisiana einen wesentlichen Teil des Voting Rights Act entkernt – ein massiver Umbruch im US-Bürgerrechtsrecht, der droht, die Stimmenmacht von Minderheiten zu schwächen. Wie haben die Gesetzgeber reagiert? Terri Sewell und Shomari Figures, die nun Gefahr laufen, ihre Sitze in Alabamas afroamerikanisch geprägten Kongresswahlbezirken zu verlieren, haben die Entscheidung verurteilt und erklärt, sie werfe die Nation „zurück“. Wie kam es zu dem Urteil? Es ist der Höhepunkt der gemeinsamen Kampagne der Richter John Roberts und Samuel Alito, Bürgerrechtsgesetze zurückzudrehen. Wie könnten Midterm-Karten durch Redistricting verändert werden? Während die Entscheidung des Supreme Court wenig Zeit lässt, die Karten vor den Midterms neu zu zeichnen, erfahren Sie hier, wie Midterm-Karten aussehen könnten, wenn beide Parteien all ihre derzeitigen Redistricting-Ambitionen verwirklichen. Weiterlesen...

Ein Veranstaltungsprogramm wurde zum Jahrestag des Bristol-Busboykotts angekündigt, mit dem Ziel, ein gesellschaftliches Manifest für die Stadt zu inspirieren.

• Egypt has convened an emergency regional summit with Ethiopia, Sudan, and other Nile Basin nations to address water allocation disputes intensified by Sudan's ongoing civil war and dam infrastructure threats. • The summit, held in Cairo on Friday, focused on protecting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Blue Nile water flows during heightened regional conflict; negotiations remain deadlocked. • US officials are monitoring the summit closely, concerned that water scarcity could fuel refugee crises across the Horn of Africa and destabilize a critical US partner region.

• Filipino coast guard vessels and Chinese maritime militia engaged in a tense standoff Friday near Scarborough Shoal, with both nations claiming territorial waters; no shots were fired, but vessels came within 500 meters of each other, Filipino officials reported. • The incident involved disputed fishing rights and resource access; the Philippines detained three Chinese fishing boats accused of illegal harvesting in Manila-claimed waters, while China demanded their immediate release. • The US State Department reiterated commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines and called for peaceful resolution, warning that any military escalation in the strategic waterway threatens global trade and stability.

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state House to approve a revived AI Bill of Rights before a special session, following Senate passage of sweeping AI restrictions. • The legislation would remove from office local officials violating the rules and prohibit companion chatbots from interacting with minors without parental consent. • This move addresses rising concerns over AI safety, governance, and potential misuse in public and private sectors amid generative AI's rapid adoption.

Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his human rights, according to reports.The former owner of Chelsea FC, who is sanctioned in the UK over his links to Vladimir Putin, is under investigation in Jersey over allegations of corruption and money laundering. Continue reading...

Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says presidentIsrael’s observer status at the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly could be suspended over the country’s new law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of some offences, the president of the body has said.Petra Bayr, an Austrian Social Democrat and president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), said not using the death penalty was “really a requirement” of having observer status at the pan-European human rights body, which has no connection to the EU. Continue reading...