Verdict is latest legal milestone over France’s worst ever air disaster
A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s worst air disaster.
The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France’s most emblematic companies and families of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims.
Continue reading...The parliamentary rule that only English – and not Jamaican – is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy, and postcolonial identity
When MP Nekeisha Burchell stood up to give her maiden speech, she was keenly aware of how much Jamaica’s parliament mirrored the Westminster version, thousands of miles away in London.
As in the UK, the session on 12 May had started with the arrival of the ceremonial mace – a five-and-a-half foot ornamented silver staff representing the British monarch’s authority over parliament – which now rested on a table between the government and the opposition. Despite the heat outside, debate was presided over by the speaker, dressed in a ceremonial robe.
Continue reading...Disability rights campaigner Robin Millar reveals he is taking owners of music business he founded to a tribunal
The head of one of the UK’s biggest disability charities is planning a legal challenge against the owners of the music business he founded in a dispute over its alleged failure to provide him with proper workplace support after a major illness.
Legendary pop producer Robin Millar, who is blind, said he had been denied a request for a support worker to assist him in his work after he faced mobility challenges following cancer surgery.
Continue reading...HELSINGBORG (ANP) - De aanpassing van het aantal beschikbare Amerikaanse hulptroepen voor Europa is geen reden voor ongerustheid, verzekert NAVO-topman Mark Rutte. "Wat de Verenigde Staten zullen aankondigen is absoluut te doen", zei hij een dag voor de VS de NAVO-landen willen inlichten over de volgens bronnen aanzienlijke vermindering.
De regering van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wekte al bezorgdheid in Europa met de aankondiging er 5000 Amerikaanse militairen weg te halen. Nu zijn er nog ongeveer 80.000 Amerikanen in Europa gelegerd. Naast de troepen die al in Europa zijn, hebben de VS ook versterkingen toegezegd als bijvoorbeeld een vijand aanvalt. De militaire leiding van de NAVO rekent daarop en baseert daarop haar verdedigingsplannen. Die toezeggingen worden nu teruggebracht, zeggen bronnen tegen onder meer persbureau Reuters.
Rutte heeft "al wat inzage gehad" en "ik ben niet ongerust", zei hij voor een vergadering met de buitenlandministers van de NAVO-landen in Zweden.