While tensions with Tehran are escalating and peace negotiations are stalling, Donald Trump seems to be applying one of his favorite recipes. The American president is playing on multiple fronts to saturate the media landscape and divert attention from a war that is not delivering the promised results. In just the last few hours, Washington has indeed multiplied diversion strategies.
Two activists from the “flotilla for Gaza” interrogated in Israel on Saturday, May 2nd. The organizers were seeking to break the Israeli blockade on the Palestinian enclave, where access to humanitarian aid remains very limited. However, two days ago, Israeli forces detained the 176 activists from this flotilla off the coast of Crete. These 22 ships were intercepted in international waters, but the Greek government is accused of yielding to Israel’s demands.
Iranian Narges Mohammadi in critical condition. Currently imprisoned, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate had to be urgently hospitalized after a heart attack and multiple losses of consciousness. Today, at the age of 54, Narges Mohammadi has been incarcerated multiple times in the past 25 years for her work against the death penalty and the strict dress code imposed on Iranian women. Her supporters have been demanding her release for weeks so she can receive treatment in Tehran, as one of her lawyers, Chirinne Ardakani.
Ratko Mladic will be transferred to Serbia for medical treatment? Since 2021, this Serbian general has been convicted of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war from 1992 to 1995. Known as “the Butcher of the Balkans,” he is now 84 years old and serving his sentence in The Hague. Suffering from a neurological accident, he is reportedly in the final stage of life, according to his lawyers. In Bosnia, many are protesting against his potential transfer to Serbia.
A hundred scientific studies attest: ultra-processed foods are bad for health. They can lead to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, or even mental health disorders. Yet, these products represent more than 60% of packaged foods in supermarkets. Faced with such urgency, Foodwatch, France Assos santé, and the Yuka app launched a petition on Saturday, May 2nd to demand real political action.
