In the words of the New York Times, the UN commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, is the center of a “narrative battle” on her trip to China, involving Xinhua and the BBC – both cited by the newspaper, in favor of the latter.
His call was for the “fear that she will become part of the spin”, of the Chinese effort to overturn the American accusation of “genocide”. He noted that “Bachelet’s few public comments were not confrontational” with Beijing.
The previous narrative battle, aimed at Moscow, is lagging behind. Over the last week, starting with an editorial by the NYT itself, the demand for an end to the war grew, which Ukraine would need to accept with “realism”.
Days after the newspaper, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other names in the American foreign policy establishment, in addition to the three main European governments, spoke in the same direction – according to the NYT, already almost on the campaign trail.
This Friday (27), a cover story asked “How does it end?”, adding that “fissures emerge over what constitutes victory” between Biden and leaders from Germany, France and Italy, who want a deal.
In short, “there is division over what a victory would look like, if ‘victory’ has the same definition” for the US and European Union, whose “biggest and richest countries see Russia as an inescapable neighbor that cannot be isolated forever.” “.
While Biden does not give in and forces Ukraine to the agreement, the NYT and other Americans, such as the Wall Street Journal, began to report that Putin is “gaining ground” and is “about to take control of Sievierodonetsk”. He is “close to encircling the soldiers” in Donbas, the stated objective of the “operation”.
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In the background, the Associated Press reports that “the economy is a higher priority” than sanctioning Russia, according to the agency’s own poll: 51% of Americans say that the priority in relation to the conflict should be “limiting the damage to the US economy”, against 45% more supportive of economic sanctions on Russia.
“A worrying sign for Biden,” who could lose his majority in Congress in five months’ time in the midterm elections.
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The Palestinian-American student Nooran Alhamdanat his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington, declined a greeting from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, echoing through social media and Middle Eastern outlets as Al Jazeera. He charged him, as he passed, with the investigation into the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Israel.
On Thursday, CNN reported that “New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces,” in a report that involved nine of its journalists.
