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Hier — 18 avril 2024NYT > World

Land Under BLM Management to Get New Protections

Par : Catrin Einhorn
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”

U.S. Reimposes Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes Dim for Free Election

Par : Genevieve Glatsky
The Biden administration had temporarily lifted sanctions after President Nicolás Maduro agreed to make free elections possible. Now Mr. Maduro has put up barriers to a credible vote.

President Nicolás Maduro after signing up as a candidate for Venezuela’s presidential elections.
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With Nuclear Deal Dead, Containing Iran Grows More Fraught

Par : David E. Sanger
The U.S., Europe, Russia and China worked together on a 2015 deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. The arrangement’s unraveling and the spike in superpower tensions make this a dangerous moment.

With the latest escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel, President Biden’s political opponents are now blaming the administration for having not taken a tougher line in recent years against Iran.

A Show of Might in the Skies Over Israel

Par : Helene Cooper， Farnaz Fassihi， Aaron Boxerman， Patrick Kingsley and Eric Schmitt
Iran’s retaliation for Israel’s killing of senior military leaders was a highly choreographed spectacle. But fears of a wider war still loom.

More than 300 drones and missiles hurtled toward Israel through Iraqi and Jordanian airspace on Saturday night.

Biden Seeks to Head Off Escalation After Israel’s Successful Defense

Par : Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear
The president told Israel that the interception of nearly all of the Iranian drones and missiles used to attack it constituted a major victory, and so further retaliation might not be necessary, U.S. officials said.

President Biden on Saturday outside the White House. He is trying to convince Israel that its defense against the Iranian attack is a victory.

Tensions Flare in West Bank After Israeli Teenager Is Found Dead

Par : Aaron Boxerman， Christopher F. Schuetze and Julia Jacobs
The killing, which Israel called a “terrorist attack,” prompted rioting by Israeli settlers that killed one Palestinian and raised fears of a broader escalation.

Israeli settlers torched cars and buildings in Al Mughayir in the West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian officials said.

For Many Western Allies, Sending Weapons to Israel Gets Dicey

Par : Lara Jakes
As civilian casualties in Gaza spiral, some nations are suspending sales amid accusations of abetting genocide and war crimes.

Israeli soldiers in January in the central Gaza Strip. The war there has prompted war crimes charges against Israel and allies that sell it weapons.

U.S. Targets May Not Be on List in Possible Iran Attack, Officials Say

Par : Eric Schmitt， Farnaz Fassihi， Aaron Boxerman and Thomas Fuller
In anticipation of the Iranian strikes, several countries, including the United States, issued new guidelines to their citizens about travel in Israel and the surrounding region.

A funeral procession in Tehran last week included photos of seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps members killed during an airstrike by Israeli forces on Iran’s Embassy complex in Syria.

Iran Likely Will Strike Israel, Not U.S. Forces, U.S. and Iranian Officials Say

Par : Eric Schmitt and Farnaz Fassihi
Retaliation by Iran is expected on Israeli soil in the next few days, but officials say Iran does not want to draw the United States deeper into the conflict.

A photograph released by Iranian state news shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. Iran has vowed revenge for the April 1 airstrike on its embassy complex in Damascus, Syria.

China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back

Par : David Pierson and Olivia Wang
China seeks to project military power in the seas around its coastline, yet also faces pressure to mend relations with neighbors for the good of its economy.

President Biden with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House on Thursday.

In Warning to China, Biden Hosts Summit With Leaders of Japan and Philippines

Par : Michael D. Shear
President Biden discussed security in the South China Sea with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines at the White House.

President Biden with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House on Thursday. “I want to be clear, the United States defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” Mr. Biden said.

Julian Assange’s Family React to Biden Suggesting U.S. Might Drop Case

Par : Megan Specia
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spent five years in a London prison while contesting extradition efforts. Before that, he holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

Julian Assange leaving a London court in a prison van in 2019. He has been asking Britain’s courts to prevent his extradition to the United States.

Biden Says Netanyahu Is Making ‘a Mistake’ in Gaza

Par : Cassandra Vinograd
In an interview recorded last week, the president said again that an Israeli strike on aid workers in Gaza was an outrage.

President Biden’s frustration over Israel’s conduct in the war has hit a peak in recent weeks, an administration official has said.

Biden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Assange Case

Par : Erica L. Green
The WikiLeaks founder has been held in London as he has battled extradition to the United States on charges related to his publication of classified documents.

Julian Assange in London in 2011. He has been jailed for nearly five years after being indicted by the United States with 18 counts of violating the Espionage Act.

Japan and US Seek to Strengthen Ties as Kishida Visits

Par : Motoko Rich
Hovering over a state visit to Washington is the possibility of a swing in American foreign policy if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

President Biden with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2022.

Gaza War Turns Spotlight on Long Pipeline of U.S. Weapons to Israel

Par : Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
President Biden sends arms to Israel under an Obama-era $38 billion aid agreement that runs until 2026. Israel’s purchases include the types of bombs dropped in Gaza.

An Israeli Blackhawk, an American-made helicopter, during a drill in northern Israel in February.

Another Israeli Hostage’s Body Recovered, the Death Angering His Family

Par : Aaron Boxerman and Anna Betts
Like the families of other hostages, they are outraged that the Israeli government has yet to reach a deal to halt the fighting and bring home loved ones held in Gaza.

A March protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of the Oct. 7 hostages. At center, a woman holds a poster of Elad Katzir, whose body was recovered Friday by the Israeli military.

In Threatening Israel, Biden Hopes to Avoid a Rupture

Par : Peter Baker
The president has put Israel’s leader “on probation,” as a veteran diplomat put it. The threat is not idle, aides said, but he wants to force a course correction rather than follow through.

Palestinians gathering in southern Gaza to collect airdropped aid in February. Israel authorized the opening of new points for aid delivery shortly after President Biden’s threat.

Why Real Madrid Is Soccer’s Model Club

Par : Rory Smith
The club is strutting into a future different from the one envisioned by its president, Florentino Pérez. But its prospects are as bright as ever.

Real Madrid players celebrating a win over Barcelona in October.

After 6 Months of War, Some Israelis Ask: Is Netanyahu Dragging It Out?

Par : Patrick Kingsley
Despite growing pressure from President Biden, the Israeli prime minister appears in no rush to end the war in Gaza. Some think he has political reasons for extending the stasis.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at a cabinet meeting in December. Some in Israel accuse him of keeping the war going to prevent a collapse of his fragile coalition government.

Israel Agrees to Open Erez Crossing for Gaza Aid After Biden Pressure, U.S. Says

Par : Cassandra Vinograd and Erica L. Green
Israel has come under rising pressure from U.S. officials and humanitarian agencies to allow more aid into Gaza, amid warnings that famine is looming.

Israeli soldiers at the Erez border crossing in December.

Israel to Add Gaza Aid Routes After Biden’s Tense Call With Netanyahu

Par : Peter Baker
The president denounced the killing of seven humanitarian workers in a tense call with Israel’s prime minister. Within hours, Israel agreed to increase aid deliveries.

During a 30-minute call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Biden went further than ever in pressing for change in the military operation.

Biden Outraged After Israel Claims Attack on Aid Workers Was a Mistake

Par : Ben Shpigel， Cassandra Vinograd and Erica L. Green
In a sharply worded statement, Mr. Biden said that Israel had not done enough to protect civilians and noted that the deaths were not a “stand-alone incident.”

The funeral of Saif Abu Taha, a 26-year-old Gazan who worked as a driver and translator for World Central Kitchen, in Rafah on Tuesday.

U.S. Says Israel Seeks to Reschedule Canceled Meeting on Rafah

Par : Zach Montague
Netanyahu’s office hasn’t confirmed it has any desire to make new plans.

President Biden, middle, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Tel Aviv in October.

U.S. Says Israel Has Agreed to Try to Reschedule Canceled Trip

Par : Zach Montague
Netanyahu’s office hasn’t confirmed it has any desire to make new plans.

President Biden, middle, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in October.

Russia Amps Up Online Campaign Against Ukraine Before U.S. Elections

Par : Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger
Moscow has found better ways to conceal influence operations that spread arguments for isolationism, officials and experts say.

A Ukrainian soldier after loading shells into an American-made Paladin howitzer near Bakhmut last year. Russian operatives are laying the groundwork for what could be a stronger push to support U.S. candidates who oppose aiding Ukraine.

Domestic Political Pressures Widen Divide Between Biden and Netanyahu

Par : Steven Erlanger and Aaron Boxerman
The war in Gaza has sorely strained relations between Israel and the United States, and the leaders of both countries have allies at home who would pull them farther apart.

President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Tel Aviv in October.

Who Could Sway the Outcome of the U.S. Election? Mexico’s President

Par : Natalie Kitroeff， Zolan Kanno-Youngs， Paulina Villegas and Guillermo Arias
Immigration is a key issue for voters in the U.S. election, giving Mexico immense power to potentially shape the vote.

A member of Mexico’s National Guard at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana in February. Some Biden Administration officials question whether the Mexican government is doing enough to drive down a surge in illegal crossings.

Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion to Cut Carbon from Industry

Par : Brad Plumer
Industries produce 25 percent of America’s planet-warming emissions but so far have proved very hard to clean up. The Biden administration is trying.

A crane transports a roll of packaged and labeled steel at Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill.

U.S. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire Runs Into Russia-China Veto

Par : Alan Yuhas， Michael Crowley and Thomas Fuller
The American draft resolution before the Security Council did not go far enough to end the Israel-Hamas war, Russia and China said, after the United States had vetoed three earlier resolutions.

Russia, China and Algeria voted against the U.S. resolution, and Guyana abstained, at the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Friday.

Blinken Meets With Netanyahu at Moment of Tension Between U.S. and Israel

Par : Michael Crowley
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated that Israel was determined to send troops into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah despite U.S. urgings not to.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv for meetings with Israeli officials on Friday.

At Odds With Biden, Netanyahu Pushes Ahead With Plans for Rafah Invasion

Par : Cassandra Vinograd and Thomas Fuller
A day after agreeing to President Biden’s request to send officials to Washington to discuss Rafah, the Israeli leader said there was no other option but to send forces into the crowded city.

Palestinians inspect damage to a house in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday.

Netanyahu to Send Israeli Team to Washington to Discuss Rafah Plans

Par : Zach Montague
The Biden administration has expressed concern about Israel’s planned ground invasion in the city, where nearly half of Gaza’s population has sheltered.

Debris-filled streets in Rafah, Gaza, this month.

Niger Orders American Troops to Leave Its Territory

Par : Ruth Maclean and Eric Schmitt
The West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.

American and Nigerien flags at an air base in Agadez, Niger. The Biden administration formally acknowledged last October what most countries had already concluded: that the military takeover in Niger last July was a coup.

What the Philippines Is Doing About South China Sea Tensions

Par : Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia
Escalating tensions in the South China Sea, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. says, are not only a regional issue, but a global one.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany this past week at the chancellery in Berlin.

Biden Embraces Schumer’s Speech Castigating Netanyahu

Par : David E. Sanger and Peter Baker
President Biden did not explicitly endorse any of the specific criticisms in the speech. But his comments were the latest step in his escalating public critique of the Israeli prime minister.

President Biden said that Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, had informed his White House staff before his speech.

Biden Embraces Schumer’s ‘Good Speech’ Castigating Netanyahu

Par : Peter Baker
While the president did not explicitly endorse Senator Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel, his general praise of the senator’s speech will be seen as a rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Biden commented on Senator Chuck Schumer’s speech while hosting the Irish prime minister at the White House on Friday.

The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem Impossible to Kill

Par : Lisa Friedman
For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel subsidies have proven difficult to stop.

An oil field at Signal Hill near Long Beach, Calif., in 1927.

New Palestinian Prime Minister Offers Little Hope for Change

Par : Steven Erlanger and Adam Rasgon
Muhammad Mustafa has long been an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas. Critics are skeptical he can produce the “revitalized Palestinian Authority” that Washington wants.

Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, left, with the new prime minister, Muhammad Mustafa, in a photo provided by the authority on Thursday.

Orban Endangers Hungary’s Status as an Ally, U.S. Diplomat Says

Par : Andrew Higgins
The U.S. ambassador to Budapest raised the temperature in a long-running standoff, citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pro-Russia, anti-U.S. stance and opposition to supporting Ukraine.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary during a session of Parliament last month in Budapest, where lawmakers approved the admission of Sweden into NATO.

White House Denies Biden Has Set ‘Red Lines’ for Israel-Hamas War in Gaza

Par : Peter Baker and Alan Yuhas
The Biden administration repeated its warning that Israel should not attack the city of Rafah, the southernmost city in the enclave, without protections for the more than a million people sheltering there.

A destroyed building in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, on Sunday.

U.S. to Send $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine Under Makeshift Plan

Par : Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
The package will keep advancing Russian troops at bay for only a few weeks, an official said.

Ukrainian troops pausing to repair and replenish their gear and vehicles in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine in February. Shortages of ammunition are plaguing Ukrainian battle planners.

On the Tripwire of a ‘Red Line,’ It’s Often Presidents Who Trip

Par : David E. Sanger
Barack Obama drew one for Syria. George W. Bush drew several, for North Korea and Iran. Now President Biden has drawn one for Israel. The hard part is figuring out what to do when they are crossed.

President Biden, without being specific, has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel about invading Rafah, in southern Gaza.

Biden Offers ‘Ironclad’ Commitment to Allies, Defying Russia (and Trump)

Par : Peter Baker
The president hosted leaders of Poland at the White House as he sought to reassure NATO members of American steadfastness in the face of threats from Moscow and former President Donald J. Trump.

President Biden’s meeting with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland marked the 25th anniversary of their country’s accession to NATO.

Netanyahu’s Coalition ‘May Be in Jeopardy,’ Intelligence Report Says

Par : Julian E. Barnes
The document predicted that Israel would struggle to achieve its goal of destroying Hamas in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel last month. The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment said that “distrust of Netanyahu’s ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public.”

Netanyahu Rejects Biden’s Rebuke and Vows to Press on With Rafah Operation

Par : Vivek Shankar
Mr. Netanyahu said that his policies represented what the “overwhelming majority” of Israelis wanted.

President Biden has remained steadfast in his support of Israel, but has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the rising civilian death toll in Gaza.
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