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A6 WORLD NEWS
Friday 26 august 2022
British sewage overflows stink up relations across Channel

PARIS (AP) — EU lawmak- said it had not contacted
ers have a new, post-Brexit London so far about the
reason to be annoyed with complaints. “We will take
the U.K.: British sewage further the matter as ap-
overflows seeping into the propriate,” Commission
English Channel and the spokeswoman Dana Spi-
North Sea. nant said Thursday.
Heavy rainfall after weeks Britain’s Conservative gov-
of dry weather over- ernment has rejected
whelmed parts of Britain’s the criticism, saying it has
sewage system last week, strengthened water quality
causing untreated waste- regulations since Brexit.
water to be discharged “Unhelpful and ill-informed
into rivers and seas. The comments like this shouldn’t
problem is a long-running distract from the work we
issue in Britain, where regu- are doing to further pro-
lators are investigating pos- tect our rivers and sea,’’
sible permit violations by said Steve Double, the U.K.
six major water companies water minister. “We have
and environmental groups already made it law for wa-
allege the firms have failed ter companies to reduce
to make needed repairs. the frequency and volume
This is mainly a problem of sewage discharges, and
for the U.K., where people An activist sits on a toilet at the entrance to Downing Street to protest against raw sewage dumping our upcoming Storm Over-
were warned to stay away in the rivers and seas around the UK in London, on Oct. 26, 2021. Associated Press flows Discharge Reduction
from dozens of beaches Plan will require water com-
last week, raising concerns European Commission on mittee and a local law- political and legal means in panies to deliver the largest
about public health and Wednesday warning that maker in Normandy. its possession” to find a solu- infrastructure program in
the damage to wildlife. the sewage could also “We can’t tolerate that the tion, accusing the U.K. of vi- water company history.”
The activist group Surfers threaten bathing waters, environment, the econom- olating its post-Brexit trade But last week the opposi-
Against Sewage reported fishing grounds and bio- ic activity of our fishers and deal with the EU. They said tion Liberal Democrats re-
654 alerts of sewer over- diversity in the European the health of our citizens is while the U.K. is no longer leased a report alleging
flows spilling sewage into Union. put into grave danger by held to EU environmental that wastewater discharg-
bathing waters this summer “The English Channel and repeated negligence of standards, it is still a signa- es weren’t being properly
from 171 locations in Eng- the North Sea are not the United Kingdom in the tory to the U.N. convention recorded because many
land and Wales. dumping grounds,” said management of its sewage on maritime rights and ob- of the required monitor-
But three French members Stephanie Yon-Courtin, a water,” she said. ligated to protect shared ing devices either weren’t
of the European Parlia- member of the European The lawmakers asked the seawater. working properly or hadn’t
ment sent a letter to the Parliament’s fishing com- Commission “to use all the The European Commission been installed yet. q

Argentina president accused of

threatening prosecutor

gunshot wound in January Diego Luciani called for a become a source of fren-
2015, a day before he was 12-year sentence against zied speculation in Argen-
scheduled to present evi- the former president. tina with the issue falling
dence against then-Pres- Fernández was asked how squarely into the country’s
ident Cristina Fernández, he interpreted a recent deep divisions between
whom he accused of con- request by the Supreme supporters and critics of the
spiring with Iran to cover up Court to increase security former president.
its alleged involvement in a for judges and prosecutors The legal investigation of
1994 bombing of a Jewish “because there’s always Nisman’s death remains
community center in Bue- the memory of Nisman.” open. Judge Julián Erco-
President Alberto Fernandez attends the swearing-in ceremony nos Aires. Fernández said it was ri- lini indicted one suspect in
of his new Economy Minister Silvina Batakis at the government Allies of the former presi- diculous to “promote the late 2017 as having been a
house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 4, 2022. dent insist Nisman died by idea that what happened “necessary participant” in
Associated Press suicide. But the opposition to Nisman can happen to Nisman’s death, which he
By DANIEL POLITI prosecutor did after press- has long contended that prosecutor Luciani” and is investigating as a murder.
Associated Press ing charges against her. he was murdered or was in- then he went further, say- Others have been indicted
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The main opposition coali- stigated to kill himself. ing that “So far, what hap- as well.
(AP) — President Alberto tion, United for Change, In a television interview pened to Nisman is that he Many opposition leaders
Fernández was engulfed in characterized Fernandez’s Wednesday night, Fernán- committed suicide; nothing and members of the judi-
controversy Thursday after statements as “a veiled dez staunchly defended else has been proven until ciary were quick to con-
saying he hoped the pros- threat against the federal the vice president, who now.” demn Fernández, who de-
ecutor leading a corrup- prosecutor’s personal safe- faces corruption charges “I hope prosecutor Luciani fended his words Thursday
tion trial against Vice Presi- ty.” Some political lead- related to public works doesn’t do something like morning, saying there “has
dent Cristina Fernández de ers said they would seek contracts awarded during that,” he added. been an enormous mis-
Kirchner does not kill him- charges against him. her 2007-2015 administra- Nisman’s death under mys- representation of what I
self like, he claims, another Alberto Nisman died from a tion. This week, prosecutor terious circumstances has said.”q