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UK PM visits scene where MP was fatally stabbed
TL Bureau & Sources, London
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and resistance Labor Party pioneer Keir Starmer visited the congregation Saturday where official David Amess was lethally cut while meeting with constituents, hours after his killing was pronounced a fear monger occurrence. The homicide has stunned the country and provoked requires a survey of safety efforts for legislators completing body electorate work. Amess, 69 and an individual from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision Conservative Party, passed on in the wake of being cut a few times at around noontime Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, England. A 25-year-elderly person was
captured on doubt of homicide and a blade was recuperated, police said. He is accepted to have acted alone. “The early examination has uncovered a potential inspiration connected to Islamist radicalism,” the Metropolitan Police said in an assertion short-term. Two locations in the London region are being looked, the power said. The man captured is accepted to be
a British public with Somali legacy, official sources have told UK news office PA Media. The UK’s Counter Terrorism Command is driving the examination concerning the killing, police said Friday. England’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right), Britain’s fundamental resistance Labor Party pioneer Keir Starmer (focus) and senior cop Ben-Julian Harrington
convey flower recognitions for Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea on Saturday. A solemn looking Johnson conveyed a wreath of pale roses Saturday morning to leave before the congregation where Amess was assaulted. He and Starmer were joined by Home Secretary Priti Patel, whose administration office is liable for policing and counterillegal intimidation endeavors in the UK. Boss Constable of Essex Police Ben-Julian Harrington and Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle additionally conveyed blossoms to the scene. English officials face hazards when working up close and personal with electors English officials face chances when working eye to eye with electors Talking in no time a while later, Patel honored Amess as “a man
of individuals” and enthusiastic backer for individuals he addressed. “He was killed doing a task that he cherished, serving his own constituents as a chosen popularity based part,” she said. “Also, obviously, demonstrations of this (sort) are totally off-base and we can’t allow that to hinder our working majority rules system.” Patel said she had been in conversations with the Commons speaker, police and security administrations to “ensure measures are being set up for the security of MPs, so they can continue with their obligations as chosen popularity based individuals.” MPs in Britain normally meet with occupants in their electorates eye to eye during “medical procedures,” and it is unprecedented for them to have a security detail.
Myanmar Head Aung Hlaing excluded from ASEAN leaders summit
TL Bureau, Jakarta
The military general who held onto power in Myanmar in February has been prohibited from a yearly culmination of provincial pioneers in the not so distant future. The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) consented to welcome a non-political delegate from Myanmar rather than Gen Min Aung Hlaing. It is an extraordinary move for the 10-part coalition, which customarily tries not to meddle in its individuals’ undertakings. Asean said the military had not done what’s needed to end the strife in Myanmar. In August, Gen Min Aung Hlaing named himself leader and said the nation’s highly sensitive situation would be stretched out as battling between the military and volunteer army powers went against to the tactical
upset proceeded. Asean said in an explanation that a crisis meeting of its unfamiliar clergymen on Friday couldn’t arrive at an agreement on whether the military ought to address Myanmar at the highest point held between 26-28 October. The gathering said Myanmar’s tactical chiefs had would not satisfy guarantees of discourse and de-heightening and said its agent had been prohibited from meeting the dismissed and detained non military personnel pioneer, Aung San Suu Kyi. The assertion - gave by Brunei, which is facilitating the culmination - said the circumstance in Myanmar “was affecting territorial security just as the solidarity, believability and centrality of Asean”. In April, Asean encouraged Gen Min Aung Hlaing to end the rough crackdown in the nation and to deliver political detainees.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head in Bangkok says the choice to prohibit the general from the culmination, which will likewise be gone to by US President Joe Biden and other world pioneers, is a critical hit to the tactical government’s expectations of inevitable worldwide acknowledgment. There have been no signs yet, our reporter adds, that the military will lessen the utilization of savagery against the resistance and to begin haggling with them. Asean didn’t name the Myanmar agent it was welcoming to partake in the highest point. Shows spread across Myanmar following the February overthrow. Security powers reacted with a merciless crackdown, killing in excess of 1,000 individuals and confining more than 6,000, as per the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
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2 While the Atlantic storm season doesn’t formally end until Nov. 30, AccuWeather forecasters accept that the chances of any extra typhoon development soon are low. After an excited speed around the pinnacle of typhoon season, there is only one name left on the 2021 rundown of tempest names: Wanda. Might that name go unused? The 2021 Atlantic typhoon season got off to a record-quick beginning, with five tempests shaping by July 1, outperforming a record set simply a year prior. The season proceeded at a high speed, with advancement starting off again in mid-August and proceeding through midSeptember. Before the finish of the time of quick movement, eight tempests had made landfall in the United States. Be that as it may, presently, the jungles sit torpid. “We’re going into a circumstance where there are less tropical components falling off Africa, which before October for the most part are the provocateurs in the advancement of typhoons and storms,” AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said. Tropical waves that arise off the shoreline of Africa are typically the wellspring of typhoon improvement during the pinnacle of storm season. As per Kottlowski, 85 of all hurricane improvement can follow its starting points to tropical waves. Typhoon Ida, the most grounded tempest to make landfall in the United States this year, was brought into the world from a tropical wave that started to coordinate in the southern Caribbean Sea, simply off the shore of South America. Ida quickly heightened prior to making landfall in Louisiana. Even in the wake of losing wind force, the tempest proceeded to annihilate portions of the Northeast as a tropical rainstorm. Tropical storm Henri, which shaped off the Northeast coast, had its strange beginning in a complex of rainstorms that followed across the United States almost fourteen days before its landfall in Rhode Island. Be that as it may, around October, the quantity of tropical waves typically diminishes, with storms having a tendency to begin in the Caribbean Sea. Static Tropical Breeding Areas
Hurricane still not over eleven after disaster in United States
Mid-October to November Typhoon Nicholas, which shaped for the current year in September, had its starting point in a manner more normal of October tropical turn of events, framing in the Bay of Campeche prior to making landfall in Texas as a Category 1 storm. Notwithstanding, wind shear over the Caribbean Sea is incredibly discouraging the shot at any further tropical advancement this year. “At the point when you have solid breezes, what we call wind shear, those solid breezes will debilitate tropical frameworks, and that is the reason it’s been so peaceful since Sept. 15, since we’ve had a huge measure of wind shear in the Atlantic bowl,” said AccuWeather boss transmission meteorologist Bernie Rayno. Vertical breeze shear, the most effective with regards to tropical frameworks, is the shift in course and speed of winds at expanding statures in the climate. At the point when solid vertical breeze shear is available, the highest point of a typhoon or storm can be blown many miles downstream. For this situation, the tempest can turn out to be extremely unbalanced or shifted and start to loosen up as dry air advances into the framework or the progression of warm, wet air into the whole tempest is disturbed. Solid breeze shear can keep a tempest from framing in any case. “We are going into a La Niña,” Kottlowski said, alluding to the climatological wonder in which ocean surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean dip under average and can have sweeping impacts on climate somewhere else on the planet.
“Furthermore, ordinarily when you go into a La Niña, that favors keeping the upward wind shear toward the north, and that is not happening presently, the upward wind shear has been profound into the jungles throughout the most recent a few days, and that is the explanation we truly have not seen genuinely hearty examples to set out the freedom for tropical turn of events,” he added. NOAA on Thursday declared that the La Niña stage had authoritatively evolved and that meteorologists anticipate that it should stay into spring of the following year. Typhoon Henri battled wind shear all through a lot of its lifetime, causing the tempest to seem disproportionate on Satellite. At the time this picture was taken on Aug. 20, Henri was around 400 miles southeast of Charleston, S.C., and was advancing toward the northwest with supported breezes estimated 65 mph. Wind shear can be apparent to
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sharp eyewitnesses on satellite symbolism. In the event that a functioning tropical framework looks disproportionate, with the mists on only one side of the framework, that is probable because of high measures of wind shear. In lieu of a tropical framework, wind shear can be noticeable on water fume satellite circles, which show the development of water fume in the upper environment, and along these lines can demonstrate high breezes present. Be that as it may, as Kottlowski referenced, the climate design over the Atlantic bowl is being affected by a La Niña stage, which generally will in general move vertical breeze shear toward the north and out of the Caribbean. La Niña, which means “young lady” in Spanish, is one period of a three-pronged regular environment design that happens across a huge piece of the tropical Pacific Ocean known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. ENSO’s three stages are separated into La Niña’s cool stage, which enhances the northern fly stream and debilitates the southern fly stream, known as the subtropical fly stream, having downstream effects in the United States. In the event that the La Niña assists with causing conditions to turn out to be more ideal, the Atlantic bowl could possibly produce a couple more tempests before the season closes, or even after the season authoritatively finishes on Nov. 30. Tempests can form well into November and have even framed as late as January,
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MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF TRADE RELATIONS MR S ISWARAN UNDERSCORED NEED TO RESTORE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY SAFELY AND STRENGTHEN TRANSPORT CLIMATE ACTION AT 2ND UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT CONFERENCE MINISTERS’ FORUM
TL Bureau, Singapore City
Minister for Transport and Ministerin-charge of Trade Relations Mr S Iswaran led the Singapore delegation to the 2nd United Nations (UN) Global Sustainable Transport Conference, held in a hybrid format, from 14 to 16 October 2021, in Beijing, China. Co-organised by the UN and the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, the 2nd UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference brought governments, industry and
other stakeholders to discuss the role and contribution of sustainable transport in stimulating global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, eradicating poverty, and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 At the Ministers’ Forum on 15 October 2021, Minister Iswaran emphasised the importance of States and stakeholders working together to tackle climate change through strong transport climate action. On mitigating international transport emissions, he
urged support for the global efforts led by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization. Minister Iswaran also underscored the need to restore international connectivity with the continued protection of public health, as the world seeks to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. In that regard, Minister Iswaran shared Singapore’s evidence-based, riskadjusted approach for re-opening its borders, including the quarantine-free Vaccinated Travel Lanes that Singapore
Minister for Defence Meets Technology Experts Participating in Tech Summit
TL Bureau, Singapore City
Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen met international technology experts participating in the 3rd Singapore Defence Technology Summit (Tech Summit) at a meeting this afternoon. Hosted by the Defence Science and Technology Agency, the Tech Summit was held as a hybrid event from 12 to 15 Oct 2021. During the meeting, Dr Ng and these leaders from various defencerelated industries and academia
has launched with 11 countries. The Ministers’ Forum saw the participation of 21 Ministers from various regions of the world, who shared experiences, strategies, policies, plans as well as practices on the crossborder movement of people and goods, and advancing sustainable transport. The Ministers’ Forum was co-chaired by Mr Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, and Mr Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.
DSTA AND MIT COLLABORATE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH TL Bureau, Singapore City
discussed the threats that emerging disruptive technological capabilities may pose to the defence sector, and how industries and militaries could harness benefits while guarding against the misuse of such technologies. They also spoke about the strategies adopted by various industries to tackle challenges with recent geopolitical developments. This year, the Tech Summit brings together close to 800 participants, including global thought leaders from the government, industry and academia. These leaders include
leading defence technology policymakers, national armament directors, chief technology officers, industry chief executive officers, academics and entrepreneurs. All participants attending the Tech Summit in Singapore are fully vaccinated and follow a strictly controlled itinerary. They are required to undergo pre-event testing daily prior to participating in the summit’s activities. Safe distancing measures and limitations on mask-off activities are in place throughout the duration of the event.
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have paired to accelerate the pace of progression in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). The collaboration was announced on the sidelines of the Singapore Defence Technology Summit 2021[1], and brings renowned MIT researchers and DSTA technologists together to distil
insights and elicit AI discoveries, use cases and potential applications. Leveraging the Master Research Agreement established in 2018, a pilot run was held last year. Both organisations recognised the value of collaborating to seize promising advancements in AI – from the use of AI to enhance cognition and decision-making; countering asymmetric threats and disinformation; or examining ways to make AI more accessible and dependable. Joint research projects have commenced, and are expected to run for three years.
Wholesale Electricity Prices Amidst Global Energy Situation SWEM prices are determined every half-hour depending on prevailing demand and supply conditions. In the past two weeks, the SWEM has experienced higher price volatility for sustained periods. These can be attributed to several factors. Globally, prices for spot Liquefied Natural Gas have risen significantly. This is driven by increased global demand for natural gas and a drop in natural gas and coal production. Domestically, Singapore has seen higher than usual electricity demand, with a new system peak demand of 7,667MW recorded on 12 October 2021. There is also a curtailment of piped natural gas from West Natuna and low landing pressure of gas
supplied from South Sumatra. Impact on OEM Consumers and Electricity Retail Market Most consumers have been cushioned from the volatility in SWEM prices as they are either on fixed price plans, DOT, or the regulated tariff. OEM consumers may see an increase in electricity prices at the point of contract renewal, which reflects the increased costs of electricity production. However, electricity retailers who have under-hedged their positions may be exposed to the price volatility in the wholesale electricity market. Some may find it challenging to sustain their operations and may choose to exit the market. This is a consequence of their business decisions and can be expected in open and liberalised electricity markets, where participants
may enter and exit the market, and market consolidation may occur. Given the exceptional circumstances, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) is working closely with retailers which are facing challenges. For retailers which intend to continue operations, EMA is facilitating their efforts to hedge against future price volatility. EMA is also open to allowing retailers to suspend their operations by transferring their customers to SP Group while they strengthen their businesses and ease their customers’ transition with ex-gratia payments. For retailers that are ceasing retail operations entirely, EMA will ensure a smooth transition for their affected customers. Safeguards for OEM Consumers Under the Code of Conduct for
Retail Electricity Licensees, retailers who wish to exit the retail electricity market are required to first approach other retailers to take on their customers under the same contractual terms and conditions. If the exiting retailer is not able to novate their contracts to another retailer, its customers will be transferred to SP Group. Affected customers will then have the option to accept the transfer, or switch to another retailer of their choice. There will be no disruption to their customers’ electricity supply. Retailers will also not be allowed to charge customers an early termination fee. For household consumers, the retailers are required to refund any remaining security deposits after offsetting outstanding charges. See Annex A for details.
Safeguards In Place for Open Electricity Market Consumers
TL Bureau, Singapore City
The nationwide Open Electricity Market (OEM) was launched in November 2018 to provide consumers with increased choice and flexibility when buying electricity. Since then, about half of household consumers in Singapore have switched to buying electricity from OEM retailers. These consumers can choose from a range of price plans, such as fixed price plans, discount-offregulated tariff (DOT) plans, or wholesale electricity price plans. The remaining half of household consumers purchase electricity from SP Group at the regulated tariff. Only a small group of consumers purchase electricity directly from the Singapore Wholesale Electricity Market (SWEM).
4 COVID-19 UPDATE India TL Bureau, New Delhi
97.14 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 16,862 new cases in the last 24 hours Recovery Rate currently at 98.07%; Highest since March 2020 19,391 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,33,82,100. Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.60%; Lowest since March 2020. India’s Active caseload stands at 2,03,678; lowest in 216 days. Weekly Positivity Rate (1.42%) less than 3% for last 112 days, Daily positivity rate (1.43%) less than 3% for last 46 days 58.88 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Egypt Records 869 New Cases of Coronavirus TL Bureau, Cairo
Egypt recorded 869 new infections of the novel coronavirus, along with 38 deaths in the past 24 hours. In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that the total number of the virus infections reached 316,711, while the total number of deaths jumped to 17,884.
U.S. Records 87,870 New Infections of COVID-19 TL Bureau, Washington D.C.
The United States of America recorded 87,870 new infections and 1,393 deaths of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to statistics published by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of the virus infections reached 44,709,010, while the number of deaths jumped to 720,228
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Visa penalties and new powers to speed up removal of illegal migrants
New powers will incentivise other countries to co-operate with the removal of those who have no right to be in the UK. TL Bureau, London The Home Secretary will be granted new powers to impose visa penalties on countries that refuse to take back their own citizens who have no right to be in the UK, under new reforms in the Nationality and Borders Bill announced today (Friday 15 October 2021). Under these new powers, the Home Secretary will be able to take a tougher stance on countries that do not co-operate with deportations and removals, by suspending visas entirely, imposing a £190 surcharge on applications to come to the UK or increasing visa processing times. When used, these powers will help to incentivise other countries to cooperate with the government to remove those who have no right to be in the country. The new power to impose visa penalties is one of the amendments the government has tabled to the Nationality and Borders Bill, as the Home Secretary delivers on her commitment to create a fair but firm immigration system as part of the New Plan for Immigration. Together these measures will help prevent dangerous illegal journeys into the UK and break the business model of the criminal gangs exploiting people. Home Secretary, Priti Patel said: The UK has a proud history of being
open to the world but we rightly expect our international partners to work with us to remove those who have no right to be in the UK, such as dangerous foreign national offenders. It is unfair on UK citizens and taxpayers that pressure is put on our public services by foreign nationals with no legal right to be here. Through my New Plan for Immigration, and this landmark legislation, I will continue to take the difficult action needed to fix our broken asylum system and deliver on what the British people want – full control of our borders. More foreign criminals will also be removed sooner. Under changes to the Early Removal Scheme, foreign national criminals will now be eligible for removal up to 12 months before the end of their
custodial sentence, as opposed to nine months. Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, Tom Pursglove said: The New Plan for Immigration provides the only long-term solution to fix our broken asylum system, and we are taking another step forward in delivering on this commitment as our Nationality and Borders Bill continues its passage through Parliament. We are ensuring our system is fair for those who play by the rules, but firm on foreign criminals and those in our country illegally. We have brought forward the most significant reforms to the immigration and asylum system in decades. This is what the British people have consistently demanded. Strengthening the Bill through these
amendments will ensure that we continue to deliver for them. The government has also tabled further amendments to the Bill, including: changes to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997, to safeguard sensitive material. This will mean that legal challenges on immigration decisions which involve sensitive information can be heard by a court that specialises in protecting sensitive information expanding the types of claims that can be dealt with in an accelerated appeal from detention, so that more cases can be resolved while the person is in detention rather than them being released into the community. This includes foreign national offenders Other government amendments expected to be tabled in Parliament over the coming week include: introducing a robust approach to age assessment to better identify children seeking asylum and stop adults accessing children’s services legislation to establish an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Scheme, in line with the government’s ambition to secure the border. Once introduced, carriers will need to check that all passengers (except British and Irish citizens) have a digital authorisation or some other form of permission before they can travel to the UK
The United States Announces UK provides almost £30 million to humanitarian catastrophe in northern Ethiopia New Humanitarian Aid in UK Minister for Africa Vicky Central America and Mexico Ford, announces an additional TL Bureau, London
TL Bureau, Washington D.C.
Ned Price, Department Spokesperson The United States, through the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), is providing more than $20 million in additional assistance to help meet urgent humanitarian needs for the nearly 700,000 asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in Central America and Mexico. This additional funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance for Central America and Mexico to more than $331 million for Fiscal Year 2021. This additional funding will support increased access to international protection, access to mental health and psychosocial support, legal assistance, shelter, and healthcare, including prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Through its international organization partners, PRM funding also supports protection capacity building for
governments in the region. Through this new humanitarian assistance, the United States is advancing our mission to collaboratively manage migration in the region, including by promoting access to protection and increasing the U.S. response to urgent humanitarian needs in Central America and Mexico. This is part of the Administration’s comprehensive approach to supporting safe, orderly, and humane migration while also addressing the root causes of irregular migration in the region. The United States is the largest single donor of humanitarian aid in Central America and Mexico and to asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in the region. We remain concerned about the continuing increase in humanitarian needs and forced displacement in the region, and we urge other donors to contribute to the international response and provide the support needed to save lives.
The Minister for Africa Vicky Ford has announced an additional £29m of humanitarian aid to people affected by the catastrophic conflict in northern Ethiopia. The announcement marks World Food Day today [16 October] and increases the UK’s commitment to the crisis to more than £75m - making the UK the second largest donor. The Minister is also calling on all parties in Ethiopia to urgently agree a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid through and for the Ethiopian Government to lift the de facto blockade of humanitarian relief into the Tigray region. The people of Tigray need 500 trucks of critical assistance per week, but less than 10% of this has been met since June. The conflict has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, with the UN estimating that 5.5 million people face acute food insecurity. Over 400,000 people in northern Ethiopia are experiencing famine-like conditions – more than in all of the humanitarian crises in the rest of the world combined.
£29m of humanitarian aid for northern Ethiopia on World Food Day 2021. Lady holding baby in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia UNICEF Ethiopia/2020/Mulugeta Ayene