It’s happening in Europe: the UK will hit Daech Syria – Echoes

The planes of the Royal Air Force based in Cyprus will be able to bombard Daech in Syria soon. The British Parliament voted Wednesday night, with a large majority in favor of a British military intervention. The UK is already participating in air strikes in Iraq, since September 2014, but it was not until now in Syria. After half past ten debate both serious and animated in the House of Commons, 397 members voted for the intervention project presented by Prime Minister David Cameron, while 223 voted against, representing a 64% against 36%. “This is the right decision to protect the security of the United Kingdom,” said David Cameron a few minutes after the voting

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According to the BBC, 66 members of the Labor Party (of 231) voted in favor of an intervention, leaving the main opposition deeply divided on the issue. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is fiercely opposed to any military action against Daech. But he had to resign themselves to grant a free vote to MPs face the sling elected at a favorable response, including in its management team. Hilary Benn, the Labour Party’s spokesman for foreign affairs, voted in favor of intervention. He stressed Wednesday at Westminster Francois Hollande, leader of a “sister party” of the British Labour Party, called on Britain to take part in the international coalition. Long applause on all benches – but not by Jeremy Corbyn – he invoked “internationalism” of Labour and the struggle of the left against fascism in the 1930s

. The debate was particularly lively. Over 100 parliamentarians spoke for over ten hours. A right and left, deputies questioned the Government on the merits of, the transaction. David Cameron says 70,000 Syrians moderate fighters are ready to accompany on earth the international offensive against Daech. Many MPs have openly questioned the reality of this figure and asked if all these fighters could well be considered moderate. “They also include Islamists,” admitted Philip Hammond, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Prime Minister focused on not arrogant and respectful of the opposition. “I do not overestimate our contribution” to a solution in Syria, he said. The Royal Air Force bombing “are only part of the answer,” he reiterated, noting that the United Kingdom also urged a diplomatic solution and deployed humanitarian assistance. David Cameron has been repeatedly attacked for remarks he made on Tuesday at a meeting of Conservative MPs. The head of government said that those who would vote against the military intervention might be considered “terrorist sympathizers”. Jeremy Corbyn and several other members of the opposition have asked the head of government to apologize for the remarks. David Cameron did not respond to their request, saying only that all voices in this election was “honorable” whatsoever

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The British public is also divided. Only 48% of those surveyed by YouGov for the “Times” on the eve of the vote said they were favorable to military intervention. There are less than three weeks after the terrorist attacks in Paris, they were 59%. Britons who say they opposed the air strikes are now 31%, eleven points more than in the previous survey. “The opinion is evolving,” said Jeremy Corbyn proclaimed in the House of Commons. Several events were organized by opponents of the operation in recent days, including a Wednesday evening which was attended by several hundred people in Parliament at Westminster as MPs voted.

It happens in Italy: a bolder 2016 Pirelli calendar and less sulfur

The edition 2016 Pirelli calendar will make sensation. Finished models taking the bare lascivious poses. The pin-up gives way to the “remarkable woman, emblematic of professional success, social, cultural, sporting and artistic” . This is the specification given to the photographer Annie Leibovitz by the famous Italian tire brand that wanted to “break with the past” . His best customers and some celebrities handpicked therefore receive free as usual this 43rd edition with 13 photographs of women in black and white.

“I wanted the shots represent them as they really are, without affectation. This calendar is completely different, “ explains the author. Objective filled with a portrait gallery which shattered the beauty standards that were displayed on the pages of calendars Pirelli “more conventional”. Starting with age. Ono, 82, alongside Patti Smith, 68. No “perfect body” also bare. Only the tennis player Serena Williams shows his powerful profile of physical and panties while comedienne Amy Schumer modestly reveals her curves. The focus is on the course this year women: the New York writer Fran Lebowitz, the Agnes Gund art collector, the businesswoman and wife of George Lucas, Mellody Hobson, or blogger Tavi Gevinson .

A bias that has raised controversial reactions. While some welcome the fact that women are simply reduced to their other plastic denounce “recovery of feminism” . Punch the sexyste drift or publicity stunt to try to attract attention, the timing was successful once again his bet, upset by talk of Pirelli.

It happens in Spain: the Constitutional Court censure resolution Catalan independence

Not surprisingly, the Spanish Constitutional Court censured the Catalan separatist tendencies. With unusual speed, the Court considered Wednesday unconstitutional the resolution adopted on November 9 by the regional Parliament, which declared “solemnly the beginning of a process of creating independent Catalan state as a republic” . The magistrates, who have adopted the award unanimously remind the indivisibility of sovereignty of the nation, which belongs to the Spanish people. What makes unconstitutional the resolution adopted a month ago.

The Court recalled that the Catalan Parliament, which is dominated by the pro-independence forces since the regional elections of 27 September, may propose a constitutional reform but “can not be given the power to undermine the constitutional order on which his own authority “.

For Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the Court’s decision shows that “nobody is above the law” . The tug-of-iron independence does not stop there, however. The secessionists are determined to move forward. In response to the Tribunal’s decision, the Vice President of the Catalan government in office, Neus Munté, questioned its legitimacy and said the separatist keep “the political effects of the declaration approved by Parliament legally constituted by absolute majority “.