{"id":160088,"date":"2023-06-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=919719"},"modified":"2023-06-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"first-thing-former-italian-leader-silvio-berlusconi-dies-aged-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/06\/12\/first-thing-former-italian-leader-silvio-berlusconi-dies-aged-86\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good morning.
\nThe former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86, according to the news agency Ansa.
\nThe media tycoon, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia, died at San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he had spent six weeks this spring being treated for a lung infection.
\nBerlusconi, one of Italy\u2019s most flamboyant politicians, led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011. His Forza Italia party is a junior partner in the current ruling coalition. He made a political comeback in 2017 despite a career tainted by sex scandals, numerous allegations of corruption and a tax fraud conviction.
\nFears over Republicans\u2019 belligerent rhetoric around Trump indictment
\nDonald Trump speaks during the North Carolina Republican party convention in Greensboro on Saturday. Photograph: George Walker IV\/AP
\nAs Donald Trump prepares for a court appearance this week on charges related to the retainment of classified documents, his Republican allies have responded with belligerent and conspiracy-laden rhetoric that some fear may trigger political violence.
\n\u201cWe have now reached a war phase,\u201d tweeted the Arizona congressman Andy Biggs. \u201cAn eye for an eye.\u201d
\nAn estimated 12 million adults \u2013 4.4% of the US population \u2013 believe violence is justified to return Trump to power , according to a recent survey by the University of Chicago\u2019s Project on Security and Threats.
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s happening in the United States is political violence is going from the fringe to the mainstream,\u201d Robert Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago who leads CPOST, told the Guardian.
\nTrump is scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.
\nUkraine claims to have liberated three villages in western Donetsk
\nUkrainian soldiers stand in front of a building with a Ukrainian flag on it in a location given as Blahodatne, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in a screengrab taken from a handout video released on 11 June. Photograph: 68th Separate Hunting Bridge 'Oleksy Dovbusha\u2019\/Reuters
\nAlmost a week after the launch of counteroffensive operations, Ukraine\u2019s armed forces are claiming to have liberated three frontline villages in western Donetsk.
\nVideo footage showed soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag over the village of Blahodatne \u2013 one of the main axes of the counteroffensive so far \u2013 as well as troops in front of their unit\u2019s banner in Neskuchne. Later on Sunday, the deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said forces had taken a third village, Makarivka.
\n\u201cIn the areas where our troops are on the defensive, no position was lost,\u201d Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app.
\nFollow the Ukraine live blog here.
\nNumber of nuclear weapons held by major powers on the rise
\nRussian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers parade through Red Square on 9 May 2022. Photograph: Alexander Nemenov\/AFP\/Getty Images
\nThe number of operational nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the major military powers has increased once again, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute thinktank.
\nThere are an estimated 12,512 warheads globally, of which 9,576 are in military stockpiles ready for potential use \u2013 up 86 from a year ago. While Russia and the US together possess almost 90% of all nuclear weapons globally, the thinktank estimated 60 of the new warheads were held by China, which is believed to have increased its number of warheads from 350 in January 2022 to 410 in January 2023.
\nIn other news \u2026
\nFirefighters work at a collapsed portion of Interstate 95, caused by a large vehicle fire, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. Photograph: Kena Betancur\/AFP\/Getty Images
\nAn elevated section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed early yesterday from a vehicle fire , causing large tailbacks through the area.
\nThe California governor, Gavin Newsom, will sit down with Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity tonight, in an interview that is fueling speculation about the governor\u2019s presidential aspirations.
\nPoor air quality has returned to the north-east US as Canadian wildfires continue to burn , causing orange skies, thick smog and record-setting pollutant levels.
\nSouth Korean authorities arrested a British man attempting to free-climb Seoul\u2019s 123-story Lotte World Tower, the world\u2019s fifth tallest building.
\nStat of the day: big water brands are forecast to produce an extra 280m plastic bottles over the next four years
\nPlastic water bottles litter a beach in the Dominican Republic.
\nPhotograph: Mario De Moya\/Alamy
\nBig water brands are expected to grow more than 10% in the next four years \u2013 an equivalent of more than 280m extra plastic bottles, according to a report by the consultancy Retail Economics. \u201cWe need to make changes to turn the tide on this issue before it\u2019s too late,\u201d said Retail Economics\u2019 chief executive, Richard Lim.
\nDon\u2019t miss this: how eDNA is revealing the ocean\u2019s hidden life
\nTwo students take a water sample at Mauritania\u2019s Banc d\u2019Arguin national park. Photograph: Annika Hammerschlag\/The Guardian
\nThe use of environmental DNA \u2013 known as \u201ceDNA\u201d \u2013 to monitor biodiversity has surged over the last 10 years. By extracting the minute traces of DNA that animals shed as they move through their environment, scientists can determine the presence and diversity of species with unprecedented accuracy, providing a snapshot of the intricacies of an ecosystem.
\n\u2026 or this: misery for workers \u2013 and passengers \u2013 with the rebound of air travel
\nThere has been a surge in operational problems in airline travel. Illustration: Ulises Mendicutty\/The Guardian
\nThough summer air travel is expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels, unresolved labor issues remain for US airline workers who suffered the brunt of pandemic shutdowns and then the spike in air rage that followed. Workers warned that these unresolved issues, which have led to a surge in operational problems, are likely to be felt by the passengers as well.
\nClimate check: who is to blame for New York wildfire pollution?
\nA man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on 7 June. Photograph: Seth Wenig\/AP
\nUnprecedented wildfires burning across Canada made the air over New York City more hazardous this week than in any other place on Earth. The author Kate Aronoff writes that the blame for the air quality belongs to fossil fuel billionaires, with 88 of the world\u2019s top greenhouse gas-emitting companies contributing to global temperature rise and the ensuing dryness that has made wildfires more fearsome.
\nLast Thing: historic night for non-binary actors at the 2023 Tony awards
\nJ Harrison Ghee, winner of the best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for Some Like It Hot. Photograph: Cindy Ord\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
\nLast night, J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first non-binary winners of acting Tonys, with Ghee winning for their role in a musical for Some Like It Hot and Newell for their role in Shucked. \u201cI have wanted this my entire life,\u201d Newell said, before adding: \u201cI should not be up here, as a queer non-binary fat Black little baby from Massachusetts.\u201d
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\nThe former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86, according to the news agency Ansa.
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