Attack on Mosque

According to reports the attack on a Mosque during Friday prayers was Afghanistan’s third attack on religious institutions in a week. Reportedly the Taliban have refused an offer from the u.s. to coordinate on Afghan’s security, according to the report Taliban officials and u.s. representatives are meeting for talks this weekend.

Reportedly the attack which is thought to be the work of a suicide bomb mission, according to Ahelbara sends a clear message to the international community that islamic state are far from defeated, putting more pressure on the Taliban. According to the report, in its claim of responsibility the region’s isil affiliate identified the bomber as a uighur muslim protesting against the deportation of Uighurs.

Reportedly, according to a local official atleast 46 people died and more than 140 were wounded, some critically inside the mosque in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan. The region was said to have been a sunni stronghold.

States or nations?

According to a report the Baltics aren’t sufficiently interested in joining the eu at present.

Reportedly a Polish court recently superceded an eu ruling concerning Poland’s rights to remove a judge, beginning an infringement procedure. The new disciplinary regime, according to the commission undermines judicial independence of poland’s judges by not offering necessary guarantees to protect them from political control. Why the judge was removed was unknown.

Enrolled countries are known as member states which implies diminished sovereignty. The current president incumbent of the eu commision was deputy leader of the german christian democratic union for nine years before becoming President of the commission. Reportedly an application was made by the eu commission to strengthen eu rule of law, not popular with everyone in 2019.

Uk landbridge

According to a report, Mr Frost the uk’s Brexit negotiator said in a conservative party conference fringe meeting on Monday that an increased all Ireland trade, and the loss of Irish landbridge road freight across Britain to the european mainland amounted to trade diversion. Reportedly the new protocol resulted in shortages in northern Ireland and may have increased south north trade.

The oecd

According to reports, Ireland’s new corporate tax rate only applies to companies with a revenue of over €750 million, possibly annual. Reportedly the new rate is part of a campaign by the organisation for economic cooperation and development.

According to reports the oecd, known as g20 is made up of 19 countries and the eu and is affiliated with the u.n. Reportedly, Ireland are expected to join 140 other countries in listening to a revised framework agreement in Paris today. According to the report part two of the agreement allows for a proportion of sales made by multinationals to be taxed in countries where those sales are made.

According to reports the oecd, known as g20 is made up of nineteen countries and the eu, and is affiliated with the u.n.

Afghanistan

Reportedly the secretary general of the u.n. said money is needed for critical food amid dwindling supplies in Afghanistan. According to the report donors have pledged more than €1 billion. Speaking after the Geneva ministerial conference on Afghanistan, the u.n. secretary general said he could not determine how much money had been pledged in response to its direct appeal for €606 million, and how much to support other efforts or neighbouring countries.

Reportedly the eu wish to avoid a repeat of the 2015/16 refugee crisis but have currently suspended over a billion dollars of developmental aid to Afghanistan. Lack of food and women’s rights are the main issues. A recent report showed crowds of people outside the newly opened passport office.

Pandora papers

According to reports, the Pandora papers consist of 11.9 million leaked documents from eleven off shore providers. Reportedly tax havens such as Switzerland, Dubai and Monaco are used to deposit enormous sums of money, avoiding domestic taxes. Not illegal but unethical. The buying of some properties is detailed though there’s not always evidence of money laundering. According to reports, in some cases property tax was avoided by registering with or buying off shore purchasing companies.

Reportedly Farrer and co. who have a long history of representing the royal family have been named in the Pandora papers as being involved in transferring money to different off shore accounts. According to a report Britain are both a loser of lost revenue and an enabler of the off shore industry. Reportedly, a spiders web of British crown dependencies and overseas territories make up a third of lost revenue.

The economy

According to a report, the Irish central bank’s predicted growth of 15.3% this year is linked to the unwinding of €16 billion in excess savings built up during the pandemic, though according to published figures Ireland’s international debt was €237.5 billion at the end of August. Reportedly, Ireland has experienced the highest increase in debt per capita this year, up 9% on 2020.

According to a report, house prices are up 99% since 2013 which is driving people into homelessness. A 10% stamp duty was introduced for the purchase of ten or more residential units over a twelve month period to discourage investment funds from buying up housing estates.

Another incentive, derelict property tax will be discontinued from 1 November.

The ecumenical movement

According to a source the u.s. invited jews to join the born again christian movement some time ago. According to a report, the modern ecumenical movement began with the anglican and lutheran churches between the world wars.

Reportedly, the ultimate goal of ecumenism is a full communion of the protestant, catholic and orthodox churches, but there are different opinions on what Christian unity should be and how it should be achieved. Seen to be political, a possible sign of jewish ecumenism are rabbis in the media with european features and political bias.

Is Democracy real?

According to reports the uk labour party were the subject of a series of allegations of antisemitism, leading to an investigation in May 2019 by the equality and human rights commission. According to the ehrc report antisemitism was a problem within a labour party, known to be traditionally pro Palestinian from a humanist point of view and opposed to disproportionate Israeli defence strategies.

Reportedly, Keir Steimer who took leadership of the labour party in 2020, attended Reigate grammar school which became independent while he was a student, after which he studied at Leeds university followed by Oxford. According to reports he was awarded the queens counsel in 2002, and was head of the crown prosecution services from 2012-17 after which he was awarded knight commander of the order of bath, a royal honour, reportedly awarded for service at the monarch’s faith.

Permission sought for gas projects

An application for an exploration license may have been submitted by Predator oil and gas, a fossil fuel exploration company for an area in Corrib south, 18 km from the Corrib gas field. According to a report, last week Predator said they were evaluating the Corrib gas field as a possible acquisition of interest. Reportedly Predator are hoping to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal 50 km off the coast of county Cork.