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A rental pump to be installed Wednesday at the treatment plant will help add 4 million gallons of water a day to the system, officials believe. The state also contracted with outside agencies to begin work on critical emergency repairs. “We are flushing the bad water out of the system and making engineering improvements to prevent an even more catastrophic failure,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said during a news conference Wednesday....

In a speech Thursday night from Philadelphia, the president is expected to highlight a series of threats to the nation’s democracy pushed by Trump-friendly Republicans. These include the denial of the 2020 election results, the downplaying of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and recent attacks on law enforcement entities such as the FBI after it searched the former president’s Florida estate as part of an investigation for handling classified documents....

The Tory leadership frontrunner has promised to lift a moratorium on the controversial technology as part of a bid to improve the security of the UK’s energy supplies after a dramatic rise in gas prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in his final policy speech before leaving Downing Street on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said he was “doubtful” that fracking would be a “panacea” and warned the new prime minister not to “put all our eggs in that one basket »....

During a Q&A on BBC Radio 5 Live, the Labor leader was asked about his plans to tackle rising energy bills that will hit the middle of next year, the Press Association reported. One listener told him: “The public are more left-wing than Labor at the moment.” Starmer replied: “I don’t accept that you’re kicking the can down the road.” He said his party’s plan “responds to the concerns of millions of people”....

Le Conseil d’État a donné mardi 30 août son feu vert à l’expulsion de l’imam Hasan Ikuyusen décidée par Gérald Darmanin, rejetant l’argument selon lequel la décision constituerait une “atteinte grave et illégale” à sa vie privée et familiale. Dans un tweet qu’il a publié peu avant le communiqué du Conseil d’Etat, le ministre de l’Intérieur a estimé que cette décision était “une grande victoire pour la République”. “Il sera expulsé du territoire national”, a ajouté Gérald Darmanin....

To ensure the historic vessel doesn’t sink and can continue to host visitors, the foundation responsible for its care is towing the ship Wednesday from its longtime home along the Houston Ship Channel to a shipyard in Galveston for much needed repairs. Tony Gregory, president of the Battleship Texas Foundation, said Wednesday that the ship’s towing and guidance was perfect. He said any problems would have occurred in the first 15 minutes of the ferry being towed, but there were no problems....

Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll took the lead at 16:15 local time and duly set the benchmark for first place at 1m14.370s using the medium tyres. Most of the pack ran that rubber during the early stages – including Lando Norris, Leclerc and Sainz, who were each relegated from Stroll to the class with fastest times in the Canadian’s wake. Shortly after Sainz burst into his 1m13.544, Verstappen arrived to complete his first session of the day following his FP1 gearbox problem....

Article écrit par Publié le 30/08/2022 20:20 Mis à jour le 30/08/2022 20:24 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Après La France insoumise (LFI), Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV) et le Parti communiste français (PCF), le Parti socialiste (PS) ne participera pas non plus au Conseil national pour la reconstruction sollicité par Emmanuel Macron, a appris franceinfo, mardi. , le 30 août, avec un député et un exécutif socialiste. Quant au PCF, l’adjoint au maire de Paris Ian Brossat et porte-parole du parti, avait confirmé à franceinfo le refus de son parti d’adhérer à cette instance....

“(T)his Court should at least modify the subpoena to prohibit any questions about the above: Senator Graham’s phone-call investigation into Georgia’s elections process regarding the 2020 election and his motives for undertaking that investigation. Partial quashal, at least, is proper,” an attorney for Graham, Brian Lea, wrote. In the filing, Lea argues that the phone calls were part of Graham’s investigation into claims of voter fraud, an investigation Graham has said he made to determine whether he should vote to certify the election for Joe Biden, which the senator ultimately did....

Liz Truss will win the Tory leadership contest, but not by as wide a margin as expected, a Conservative pollster has said. Lord Hayward, a former MP, said the current foreign secretary would have to choose her cabinet from all sides of the Tory party if his prediction was correct. His comments came shortly after Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, a Sunak ally, said Ms Truss’ victory was “not cut and dried”....

In an interview with the Cut, Meghan said she had been told in 2019 by one South African cast member of The Lion King in London: “I need you to know. When you married into this family, we rejoiced in the streets the same we did when Mandela was released from prison.” Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, an African National Congress MP, whose grandfather served 27 years in prison before going on to lead his country, told MailOnline he was surprised at the remark....

Outre la fin du Mercato et la 5e journée de Ligue 1, l’actualité est monopolisée par l’affaire Pogba. Une affaire de famille compliquée et un déchirement pour le clan du champion du monde français, qui doit désormais faire face aux accusations de son frère aîné Matias… Lui-même est accusé par Paul Pogba d’être impliqué dans une affaire d’extorsion, d’extorsion et d’extorsion. Matias Pogba insiste et signe pour Marabou Sur Twitter, Matias Pogba a de nouveau rompu son silence, confirmant sa grande rupture : “Grand frère obligé de parler publiquement car il risque de perdre la vie ou la liberté à cause de son petit frère qui le veut mort ou en prison”....

In den ersten Reaktionen erkannten deutsche Politiker die Bedeutung Gorbatschows für die Bundesrepublik und insbesondere für die Wiedervereinigung. Der Tod stieß auch international auf Sympathie. Der Friedensnobelpreisträger starb am Dienstag im Alter von 91 Jahren „nach langer und schwerer Krankheit“. Gorbatschow wurde 1985 im Alter von 54 Jahren Generalsekretär der Kommunistischen Partei. Die Transparenzpolitik von „Glasnost“ ließ nicht nur Partei- und Staatskritik zu, sondern ermutigte auch Nationalisten. Als 1989 demokratiefreundliche Proteste den Ostblock erfassten, verzichtete Gorbatschow auf Gewaltanwendung....

Von: Tobias Utz, Tanja Banner, Sarah Neumeyer Aufteilung Der Start der NASA-Mondmission Artemis I wurde am Montag überraschend abgesagt: Details auf einen Blick. Update vom Mittwoch, 31. August, 7.39 Uhr: Die US-Raumfahrtbehörde Nasa hat einen möglichen neuen Starttermin für die unbemannte Mondmission Artemis bekannt gegeben. Der Start ist derzeit für Samstag (3. September) geplant. Nach den Problemen am Montag beschloss das Team, das Verfahren zum Betanken mit Treibstoff zu ändern, erklärte Missionsleiter Mike Sarafin....

„Norbert Lorentzen und Julia Stein haben mich am heutigen Nachmittag gebeten, sie bis auf Weiteres von ihren bisherigen Aufgaben zu entbinden. Ich habe ihrem Wunsch entsprochen“, erklärte der Direktor des Landesfunkhauses Schleswig-Holstein, Volker Thormählen, am Mittwoch in einem Statement. Er wolle aber ergänzen, dass die Unschuldsvermutung gelte. Lorentzen war bis dahin als Chefredakteur des NDR für Schleswig-Holstein tätig, Julia Stein (50) als Leiterin der trimedialen Redaktion Politik und Recherche. Lesen Sie auch...

The Phantom Galaxy, officially known as M74, is a type of spiral galaxy known as a “grand design spiral”. This means it has well-defined spiral arms, which visibly wrap from the center in the recently released images. The images were created using data from both the Hubble and Webb telescopes. Webb detected “fine filaments of gas and dust” in the galaxy’s spiral arms, according to the European Space Agency. The images also provide a clear look at the gas-free nuclear star cluster at the center of the galaxy....

Lawsuits to cancel or slow the relief program have been discussed by Republican attorneys general from several states, including Arizona, Missouri and Texas, The Washington Post’s Tony Romm, Jeff Stein and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel. Other conservative and right-wing groups – including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the Heritage Foundation and the Job Creators Network – are considering legal action of their own. Although no lawsuits have yet been filed, the legal challenges are expected to center on the president’s legal authority to unilaterally write off student loan debt....

Zahlen sinken auf breiter Front: Laut RKI sinkt die Inzidenz des Coronavirus über alle Altersgruppen und Regionen hinweg. Das gilt aber auch für die Impfung: Rund 18 Millionen Erwachsene haben keinen ausreichenden Impfschutz. Nach Angaben des Robert-Koch-Instituts (RKI) ist die Zahl der Coronavirus-Fälle in Deutschland in der vergangenen Woche in fast allen Bundesländern und Altersgruppen zurückgegangen. „Nur bei den Studierenden ist in den letzten zwei Wochen ein leichter Anstieg zu verzeichnen“, heißt es im Covid-19-Bericht des RKI, der sich vor allem auf die Vorwoche bezieht....

The maneuvers are also intended to show that Moscow has sufficient military power for massive exercises, even as its troops take part in military action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise will be held until September 7 at seven firing ranges in the Russian Far East and the Sea of ​​Japan and will involve more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 weapons units, including 140 of aircraft and 60 warships....

The latest update from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) states: Recent independent Russian media reports have claimed that due to Russia’s problems in its war against Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is now sidelined in the Russian leadership, with operational commanders reporting directly to President Putin on the course of the war . Russian officers and soldiers with first-hand experience of the war probably regularly ridicule Shoigu for his ineffective and unknown leadership as Russian progress has stalled....