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                                  Denmark says Nord Stream 1 pipelines stop leaking




            (AP)  —  Authorities  in  pressure now appears to have  pleted,”  the  Danish  agency  led  to  huge  methane  leaks.  The U.S.-Russia clashes con-
            Denmark  said  Sunday  been  achieved  on  the  Nord  tweeted Sunday.                  Nordic investigators said the  tinued later at an emergency
            that  the  Nord  Stream  1  Stream 1 pipelines.                                        blasts  have  involved  several  meeting of the U.N. Security
            natural gas pipelines have                                The Danish agency said Sat-  hundred  pounds  of  explo-  Council in New York called
            also stopped leaking, a day  “The Nord Stream AG com-     urday  the  Nord  Stream  2  sives.                       by  Russia  on  the  pipelines
            after officials said that the  pany has informed the Dan-  ruptured  natural  gas  pipe-                            attacks  and  as  Norwegian
            ruptured  Nord  Stream  2  ish  Energy  Agency  that  a  lines in the Baltic Sea appears  Russian  President  Vladimir  researchers  published  a  map
            pipelines also appeared to  stable  pressure  now  appears  to have stopped leaking natu-  Putin on Friday accused the  projecting that a huge plume
            stop leaking.                to have been achieved on the  ral gas.                    West  of  sabotaging  the  Rus-  of  methane  from  the  dam-
                                         two Nord Stream 1 pipelines.                              sia-built  pipelines,  a  charge  aged pipelines will travel over
            The Nord Stream AG com-      This indicates that the blow-  Undersea  blasts  that  dam-  vehemently  denied  by  the  large  swaths  of  the  Nordic
            pany  informed  the  Danish  out of gas from the last two  aged the Nord Stream I and  United States and its allies.  region.
            Energy  Agency  that  a  stable  leaks has now also been com-  2  pipelines  this  week  have

                                 King Charles III decides not to attend climate summit



            (AP)  —  King  Charles  III  palace and the government,’’
            has decided not to attend  Simon  Clarke  told  Times                                                               But Charles is now king, and
            the  international  climate  Radio. “The suggestions this                                                           he  has  acknowledged  that
            change  summit  in  Egypt  morning that he was ordered                                                              he will have less freedom to
            next month, fueling spec-    to  stay  away  are  simply  not                                                       speak  out  on  public  issues
            ulation that the new mon-    true.”                                                                                 as  monarch  than  he  did  as
            arch  will  have  to  rein  in                                                                                      the heir to the throne. At the
            his  environmental  activ-   Clarke  also  rejected  sugges-                                                        same time, his advisers would
            ism  now  that  he  has  as-  tions  that  Truss  didn’t  want                                                      be looking for the right time
            cended the throne.           Charles to attend the summit                                                           and  place  for  Charles’  first
                                         because she intends to water                                                           overseas trip as sovereign.
            The  Sunday  Times  newspa-  down Britain’s climate goals.
            per  reported  that  the  deci-  The  government  remains                                                           “My  life  will,  of  course,
            sion came after Conservative  committed  to  the  achieving                                                         change as I take up my new
            Prime  Minister  Liz  Truss  its  target  of  net-zero  carbon                                                      responsibilities,’’   Charles
            objected  to  Charles  attend-  emissions by 2050, he said.                                                         said in a televised address af-
            ing the conference, known as                              Queen  Elizabeth  II  died  on  never  confirmed.  COP27  is   ter his mother’s death.
            COP27, when she met with  Under the rules that govern     Sept. 8, there had been spec-  taking  place  Nov.  16-18  in   “It will no longer be possible
            the king last month at Buck-  Britain’s constitutional mon-  ulation Charles would travel  the Red Sea resort of Sharm   for  me  to  give  so  much  of
            ingham Palace.               archy, the king is barred from                                                         my time and energies to the
                                         interfering  in  politics.  By   to the summit in the role he  el-Sheikh.              charities and issues for which
            But a member of Truss’ Cab-  convention,  all  official  over-  then held as Prince of Wales.  When he was Prince of Wales,   I care so deeply. But I know
            inet said the government and  seas visits by members of the   Charles  attended  the  previ-  Charles was accused of med-  this  important  work  will  go
            palace  were  in  agreement  royal  family  are  undertaken   ous climate summit,COP26,  dling  in  government  affairs,   on  in  the  trusted  hands  of
            about the decision.          in  accordance  with  advice   last  year  in  Glasgow,  Scot-  including  allegations  that  he   others.”
            “That  is  a  decision  that  has  from the government.
            been  made  amicably,  as  far                            land,  but  his  attendance  at  inappropriately  lobbied  gov-
                                                                      this  year’s  conference  was  ernment ministers.
            as  I  am  aware,  between  the  Before becoming king when

                                         Israel holding 800 Palestinians without trial


            JERUSALEM  (AP)  —  Is-      practice  where  the  prisoners  tacks  against  Israelis  earlier  executive director. “This has  thwart attacks against Israelis.
            rael  is  holding  nearly  can  be  held  for  months,  do  this year.                 to stop. If Israel cannot bring  Palestinians say the raids are
            800  Palestinians  without  not know the charges against                               them to trial, it must release  aimed at maintaining Israel’s
            trial  or  charge,  the  high-  them and are not granted ac-  Israel claims it uses adminis-  all administrative detainees.”  55-year  military  rule  over
            est number since 2008, an  cess  to  the  evidence  against  trative  detention  to  impede                         territories they want for a fu-
            Israeli  rights  group  said  them.                       attacks  and  restrain  danger-  HaMoked said the figure was  ture state.
            Sunday.                                                   ous militants without reveal-  a new peak in a growing wave
                                         The  group  said  the  number  ing  sensitive  intelligence.  of  administrative  detentions  The  last  time  Israel  held  as
            The group, HaMoked, which  of  those  held  in  adminis-  Rights  groups  and  Palestin-  which  began  last  spring  fol-  many  administrative  detain-
            regularly gathers figures from  trative  detention  has  risen  ians say it is an abusive system  lowing a series of attacks by  ees,  in  May  2008,  also  co-
            Israeli prison authorities, said  steadily  this  year,  as  Israel  that denies freedom without  Palestinians  against  Israelis  incided  with  an  increase  in
            that 798 Palestinians are cur-  conducts  nightly  arrest  raids  due  process,  leaving  some  that  killed  19  people.  Those  Israeli-Palestinian violence.
            rently being held in so-called  in  the  occupied  West  Bank  Palestinians  for  months  or  attacks  sparked  the  Israeli
            administrative  detention,  a  in response to a spate of at-  even  years  behind  bars  with  raids  that  have  killed  some  Israel’s Shin Bet domestic se-
                                                                      no  evidence  against  them  100  Palestinians,  many  of  curity service did not respond
                                                                      made accessible. Some resort  them  said  to  be  militants  or  to a request for comment.
                                                                      to  life-threatening  hunger  local youths out to protest the
                                                                      strikes  to  draw  attention  to  incursion into their cities or  Israel captured the West Bank
                                                                      their  detention,  which  often  towns, but civilians have also  in the 1967 Mideast war and
                                                                      drives  up  tensions  between  died in the violence.      has  since  established  some
                                                                      Israel and Palestinians.                                  130 settlements there, home
                                                                                                   The Israeli military says some  to 500,000 settlers. The Pal-
                                                                      “Administrative   detention  1,500 Palestinians have been  estinians  want  the  territory,
                                                                      should  be  an  exceptional  arrested during that time in-  along  with  east  Jerusalem
                                                                      measure  but  Israel  makes  cluding those held in admin-  and  the  Gaza  Strip  for  their
                                                                      wholesale  use  of  this  deten-  istrative detention. It says the  hoped-for independent state.
                                                                      tion  without  trial,”  said  Jes-  raids  are  necessary  to  dis-
                                                                      sica  Montell,  HaMoked’s  mantle militant networks and
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