Infighting

• Il regista e longtime alleato di Corbyn afferma che il ‘cattivo comportamento’ ha sprecato la possibilità di unire la sinistra nella lotta contro l'estrema destra • Ken Loach ha accusato Your Party di aver sprecato l'opportunità di unire la sinistra nella lotta contro l'estrema destra, dopo che il nascente movimento socialista fondato dalle ex figure del Labour Jeremy Corbyn e Zarah Sultana è sprofondato in lotte interne. • “C'era una grande speranza quando Jeremy Corbyn e Zarah Sultana hanno unito le forze; 800.000 persone hanno espresso interesse – è tre volte la dimensione di un partito politico”, ha dichiarato. “Ma temo che alcuni comportamenti siano stati pessimi e abbiano perso un'opportunità storica.”

Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is remarkable since he has previously said either he has little knowledge of the new Iranian leadership or that there has already been regime change. Continue reading...

Trump repeatedly demanded that Republicans unify to pass a longer extension of the Fisa warrantless spying lawBoth chambers of Congress voted in quick succession Friday to pass a brief 10-day extension of a controversial warrantless surveillance law after Republican infighting tanked plans for a much longer renewal of the law with no changes.Donald Trump had repeatedly demanded that Republican holdouts “UNIFY” behind Mike Johnson, the US House speaker, in favor of an extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) without changes. But chaos ensued late Thursday as Republican leadership tried and failed twice in votes attempting to reauthorize the surveillance program, before resorting to a stopgap measure. Continue reading...