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Morocco World
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Far-Right Party Leads Looming Islamophobia, Anti-Migrant Hatred Large in Spain
Rabat – Muslim migrants and residents in Spain are facing a large wave of Islamophobic attacks and anti-migrant sentiment, and slander. Far-right rhetoric is gaining ground as parties like Vox weaponize a recent attack on a Spanish man to portray all migrants as potential criminals. Torre Pacheco in southeastern Spain witnessed an increase in tension and violent incidents, with Vox members calling on Spaniards to hunt migrants from North Africa, particularly from Morocco. This came after an isolated attack against a 68-year-old Spaniard on Friday, with converging reports suggesting that three youths of North African origin had beaten him up. Since then, police arrested dozens, including three who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the attack. Seven detainees were also arrested for assault, public disorder, and hate crimes. The suspects include six Spaniards and one person of North African origin. International media shed light on the situation, expressing concerns over far-right media rhetoric, portraying migrants and Muslims as the villains in the story. RTBF reported on Monday that racial tensions rocked Torre Pacheco for the third consecutive night, with unrest looming large. Despite an investigation to identify the main suspects in the assault case against the retiree, far-right members and media blamed North African immigrants living in the town. The news outlet said the assault that took place in the region was the product of attackers that were not local residents, but radical outsiders, 'reportedly influenced by far-right leaders from parties like Vox and alt-right social media influencers promoting white nationalism.' Social media has been swept by posts targeting Muslims in Spain, blaming the government for 'allowing migrants in.' 'Have you guys seen what's been going on in Spain? Nobody is talking about this, but Muslim migrants have decided to start attacking Spaniards in the streets, and Spaniards have mobilized to fight back,' one user wrote on X. Others shared reports on the attack on the Spanish man, identifying the suspects as 'Muslim migrants' despite the ongoing investigation that is yet to shed further light on the case. Far-right narrative and rhetoric cause flaring tension, with many targeting Muslims and mosques across the region. Reports indicate that suspects set the Piera mosque ablaze in Barcelona in an apparent hate crime. 'The burning of Pera Mosque in Spain isn't just arson, it's art for a growing wave of global Islamophobia,' one user said . 'Pierra Mosque Arson, Spain. Islamophobia is no longer regional. The attack in Barcelona reflects a global crisis of hate,' another wrote. Spain's Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (FEERI) condemned the growing wave of anti-Muslim incidents, expressing strong concerns about recent attacks on Spain's Muslim community. The federation also denounced protests against Muslims and migrants, urging the Spanish government to protect worshiping centers and the Muslim and migrant community in the European country. Abna24 reported that Mayor of Piera, Carme Gonzalez Anjaum, expressed support for the Muslim community, describing it as a well-integrated community. She also called for protesters to exercise caution, awaiting the ongoing police investigation. On Monday, Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska accused Vox of inciting the recent wave of violence in Torre Pacheco. Marlaska said eight have been arrested so far, including five for acts of violence are Spanish nationals. He added that an investigation is ongoing to determine the full scope of responsibility. Marlaska said Vox is exacerbating the unrest in Torre Pacheco, noting that 'organized groups' are active to criminalize immigration instead of promoting coexistence and prosperity. Tags: IslamophobiaIslamophobia in Europe
Daily Mirror
14-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
Lewis Hamilton banned from Charles Leclerc 'friendship' as rumours shut down
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have forged a relationship as team-mates at Ferrari, but it doesn't look likely they'll be considered "best friends" anytime soon The arrival of a seven-time world champion to any Formula 1 team is bound to stir the pot. And that's exactly what's happened at Ferrari since Lewis Hamilton joined forces with Charles Leclerc. However, team principal Frederic Vasseur isn't too fussed about his drivers becoming fast friends, either. In fact, it appears the Frenchman would prefer to see a bit of venom between his two drivers. And the time may be coming where the relationship between Hamilton and Leclerc is tested amid suggestions Ferrari will model their 2026 car around the former. Not that Ferrari's chief will be losing any sleep over the prospect of more tensions. "They are getting along very well, super focused and motivated, with great mutual understanding," Vasseur previously shared with Belgian outlet RTBF (via the Daily Express). "But there has to be competition. "I don't want them to be best friends. Nor enemies, but above all, they must be rivals. It must stay that way; they should always push to outperform each other and be driven by that. In any case, their mindset is healthy and positive." Leclerc has been the face of Ferrari since 2020 but might find himself in a bit of a tussle amid suggestions Hamilton, 40, will soon take more precedence. It's the sort of move that could ruffle feathers, but Vasseur, who is the subject of rumours about his own future at Ferrari, seems quite content with some edge between comrades. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has shown nothing but warmth and respect towards his team-mate since joining Ferrari. The British driver has been full of praise for Leclerc's quality and work ethic, airing his admiration of the Monegasque early on. "Charles is massively talented," said Hamilton said during testing at the Bahrain International Circuit earlier this year. "Getting to see him work opposite the table and watching him in the garage, it's been really, really great. "Obviously he's been here for a long time, so he knows the team well, he speaks Italian, he's at home and at ease. But because we already had a friendship before, that's made it a lot easier to just get straight into working together." Hamilton described Leclerc as "incredibly talented" and expressed his eagerness to learn from his younger team-mate. However, their camaraderie could be tested if Leclerc feels somewhat sidelined at Maranello. Former F1 star Jacques Villeneuve suggested Hamilton's sprint win at the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this season might have sparked jealousy in Leclerc. This could escalate if Hamilton becomes the lead driver for their 2026 car, although Leclerc has so far responded maturely to the situation. Brushing off concerns about development roles, the driver made his priorities clear at Silverstone earlier in July. And that remains the good of the team over any individual glory. "I don't think that's the problem, and I just want the fastest car possible next year," said Leclerc when quizzed about Hamilton potentially taking the lead on the new build. "That's exactly what Lewis wants, and then wherever we are next year, I'll set up the car in a way that I like, and Lewis will do just the same."
Tom's Guide
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
Tour de France 2025 live stream: How to watch cycling for FREE from anywhere
It's time for the big one, La Grande Boucle! The Tour de France 2025, is here and once again Tadej Pogačar is the undeniable favourite after crushing his principle rivals at the Criterium du Dauphiné. Anything can happen at Le Tour though, so stay tuned for the greatest three weeks of the cycling calendar. Read on and we'll show you how to watch the Tour de France 2025 live streams from anywhere with a VPN, and potentially for FREE. Tour de France 2025 live streams take place between Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 27. Start times vary each day.• FREE STREAMS — Watch on ITVX (UK) SBS (Australia) RAIplay (Italy) RTBF (Belgium) (France)• U.S. — Watch on Peacock• Canada — Watch on FloBikes• U.K. — Watch on Discovery+• Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN The biggest actors once again return to the biggest stage as Jonas Vingegaard, Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel and of course Tadej Pogačar all line up for the 112th Tour de France. On paper, in reality and pretty much any way you want to look at it Pogačar is the number one out-and-out favorite who, backed up by a team of leaders all devoted to him is likely to take his 4th title at just 26 years old. Winning a grand Tour is no walk in the park though and the chance of an accident, of illness, or just a bad day on a hard stage can derail even the most fancied of riders so there is no such thing as a certainty. Away from the general classification favorites the start list is bulging with talent from green jersey contenders Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, climbers in the shape of Oscar Onley, Lenny Martinez and the world's three best sprinters Tim Merlier, Jasper Philipsen and Jonathan Milan. Read on for where to watch Tour de France 2025 and live coverage of a whole month of top cycling action, wherever you are in the world. Watch the 2025 Tour de France with Sling TV (50% off) Sling's Blue TV packages lets you watch all 21 stages via NBC. For a limited time, you can get your first month of Sling Blue half price making it a great way to watch live 2025 Tour de France action, plus highlights and previews. If you live in the UK, Australia, Italy, Belgium or France then you can look forward to a FREE Tour de France live stream in 2025. The UK's ITV ITVX and Australia's SBS are set to serve up free streams of the biggest race of 2025 as is Italy's Rai , Belgium's RTBF and France's But what if you're based in any of these countries but aren't at home to catch that free Tour de France coverage? Maybe you're on holiday and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you'd usually be able to watch for free at home? Don't worry — you can watch via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below. Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription? You can still watch the Tour de France 2025 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It's the best on the market: There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 7,000 servers, across 110 countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend. Get 70% off NordVPN and a free Amazon gift card with this deal Using a VPN is incredibly simple. 1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite. 2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view a U.K. service, you'd select U.K. from the list. 3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to ITVX, or another streaming service, and watch the action. Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2025 Tour de France on NBC. It'll also be available to stream via Peacock (from $4.99 per month). Looking to cut the cord? Fear not as you can access NBC via SlingTV as explained earlier. Sling is king here but other alternatives include DirecTV, and FuboTV or Hulu with Live TV. And if you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch all the stages, then don't forget to explore NordVPN set out above. Cycling fans in the U.K. can watch the 2025 Tour de France live for FREE on ITVX via the ITV4 channel. ITV4 is a free-to-air channel in the U.K., though it requires a TV licence and a UK postcode (e.g. SE1 7PB) to watch content live on ITVX. Live coverage of the 2025 Tour de France will also be broadcast in the UK on TNT Sports. To access TNT Sports, you'll either need to add it to your TV package, or you can take out a standalone subscription via Discovery+ which will set you back £30.99 per month, though BT Broadband customers can get a discounted rate. If you're currently traveling overseas, don't worry, as you can use NordVPN to watch from abroad. Fans in Canada can watch Tour de France 2025 on FloBikes. FloBikes has all the important races across the road cycling calendar and costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year. Note, only Canadian customers get access – the U.S. arm of FloBikes doesn't have the rights to the 2025 Tour de France. UK resident visting the Great White North? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to trick your device into thinking you're still in the UK so you can watch ITV's Tour de France stream for free. In a similar vein to the U.K., Australian residents will be able to watch all stages of the Tour de France for free. SBS on Demand will be your home for the race and you can sign in right now via Google, Facebook or Apple accounts. Simply provide your birth year and gender and watch for free! Outside Oz during the Tour? You can still catch the action by using NordVPN. Full stage info below▼ For the first time in five years all 21 stages of the race will take place on French soil with this year's 'Grand Depart' being held in the northern city of Lille. Kicking off the journey with a pan flat course, stage one will certainly be for the sprinters all of whom will be desperate to don the first Maillot Jaune of the 2025. Staying in the north-east for two more stages then heading west into Brittany the opening week is composed of flat and hilly days with a time trial on stage 5 which will start to shape the GC. After a longer than normal first period due to Bastille Day falling on a Monday, the initial 10 days then finish with stage 10 in the Massif Central on the climb to Le Mont-Dore. Week two sees the race transfer south to the Pyrenees kicking off with a flat stage around Toulouse before the mountains arrive on stage 12 with a visit to the mighty Hautacam. This stage, as with all first big mountain days will likely set the agenda for the rest of the race so is one not to be missed. Followed the next day by an uphill time trial to Peyragudes and another massive day of climbing on stage 14 to Superbagnères, the Pyrenees will certainly shake things up. There's one more stage in the south before the second rest day then week three kicks off with a visit to one of the most feared mountains in all of France, the legendary Mont Ventoux. Stage 17 is then thankfully flat before BANG, stages 18 and 19 are again both summit finishes on the Col de la Loze and La Plagne respectively. These two days, if it wasn't sorted long ago will decide the overall before the race heads into its final weekend with a lumpy stage to Pontarlier followed by the typical finish into Paris, which this year comes with a twist. After the success of the Paris Olympic road race which centred around the climb to Montmartre, instead of the normal laps of the Champs-Élysées, this year the final stage will include three of these vicious ascents which is sure to despatch the sprinters and set up the unpredictable finale the fans crave. Stage 1 | Saturday July 5 | Lille – Lille, 184.9km Stage 2 | Sunday July 6 | Lauwin-Planque – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 209.1km Stage 3 | Monday July 7 | Valenciennes – Dunkirk, 178.3km Stage 4 | Tuesday July 8 | Amiens – Rouen, 174.2km Stage 5 | Wednesday July 9 | Caen – Caen, 33.0km (ITT) Stage 6 | Thursday July 10 | Bayeux – Vire, 201.5km Stage 7 | Friday July 11 | Saint-Malo – Mûr-de-Bretagne, 197.0km Stage 8 | Saturday July 12 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand – Laval, 171.4km Stage 9 | Sunday July 13 | Chinon – Châteauroux, 174.1km Stage 10 | Monday July 14 | Ennezat – Le Mont-Dore, 165.3km REST DAY | Tuesday July 15 Stage 11 | Wednesday July 16 | Toulouse – Toulouse, 156.8km Stage 12 | Thursday July 17 | Auch – Hautacam, 180.6km Stage 13 | Friday July 18 | Loudenvielle – Peyragudes, 10.9km (ITT) Stage 14 | Saturday July 19 | Pau – Superbagnères, 182.6km Stage 15 | Sunday July 20 | Muret – Carcassonne, 169.3km REST DAY | Monday July 21 Stage 16 | Tuesday July 22 | Montpellier – Mont-Ventoux, 171.5 km Stage 17 | Wednesday July 23 | Bollène – Valence, 160.4km Stage 18 | Thursday July 24 | Vif – Col de la Loze, 171.5km Stage 19 | Friday July 25 | Albertville – La Plagne, 129.9km Stage 20 | Saturday July 26 | Nantua – Pontarlier, 184.2km Stage 21 | Sunday July 27 | Mantes-la-Ville – Paris, 132.3km Full list below▼ This is the Tour de France 2025 start list with all the riders for each team. Alpecin – Deceuninck Arkéa – B&B Hotels Bahrain Victorious Cofidis Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale EF Education – EasyPost Groupama – FDJ INEOS Grenadiers Intermarché – Wanty Lidl – Trek Movistar Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Soudal – QuickStep Team Jayco AlUla Team Picnic PostNL UAE Emirates Visma | Lease a Bike XDS Astana Team Israel – Premier Tech Lotto TotalEnergies Tudor Uno-X We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
The Sun
23-06-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Belgium wants NATO flexibility following Spain's ‘noisy' outburst
BRUSSELS: Belgium on Monday said it was seeking 'maximum flexibility' from NATO on ramped-up defence spending targets to be agreed at a summit this week after fellow laggard Spain insisted it had won an exception. Madrid said on Sunday it would not need to hit the five percent of GDP demanded by US President Donald Trump, setting up a potential clash at a two-day gathering starting on Tuesday in The Hague. On Monday Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot told local media that while Brussels had to show 'willingness to get back in line' after years of underspending, the target was beyond its 'budgetary reach'. 'We may not have done so by making a noisy statement like Spain, but I can assure you that for weeks our diplomats have been working hard to obtain the flexibility mechanisms... that could help to lighten the burden of the Belgian effort,' he told RTBF radio. 'We're asking for maximum flexibility'. Under a deal greenlit by NATO countries Sunday, allies promise to reach 3.5 percent on core military needs over the next decade, and spend 1.5 percent on a looser category of 'defence-related' expenditures such as infrastructure and cybersecurity. The pledge is seen as key both to satisfying Trump -- who has threatened not to protect allies spending too little -- and helping NATO build up the forces it needs to deter Russia. Multiple diplomats at NATO said the agreement -- set to be unveiled at the summit -- had gone through with the approval of all 32 nations and that there was no exemption for Madrid. But Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez contended he had struck an accord that would see his country keep respecting its commitments 'without having to raise our defence spending to five percent of gross domestic product'. The centre-left leader later posted online a letter from NATO chief Mark Rutte confirming the agreement 'will give Spain the flexibility to determine its own sovereign path' for reaching the alliance's military capability requirements. But a NATO diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity Monday said there was 'no opt-out'. 'It is always the case that Allies have the sovereign right to determine how they'll deliver on their commitments,' the diplomat told AFP. Belgium, like Spain, has been one of the lowest-spending NATO countries on defence in relative terms. It currently spends 1.3 percent of GDP on defence, well below the current target of two percent that the government has pledged to reach.
France 24
18-06-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Belgium seeking to put ex-official on trial over killing of Congo's Lumumba
Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday that they were seeking to put a 92-year-old former diplomat on trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. Etienne Davignon is the only one still alive among 10 Belgians who were accused of complicity in the murder of the independence icon in a 2011 lawsuit filed by Lumumba's children. If he goes on trial, Davignon would be the first Belgian official to face justice in the more than six decades since Lumumba was murdered. A fiery critic of Belgium's colonial rule, Lumumba became his country's first prime minister after it gained independence in 1960. 02:09 But he fell out with the former colonial power and with the United States and was ousted in a coup a few months after taking office. He was executed on January 17, 1961, aged just 35, in the southern region of Katanga, with the support of Belgian mercenaries. His body was dissolved in acid and never recovered. Davignon, who went on to be a vice president of the European Commission in the 1980s, was a trainee diplomat at the time of the assassination. He is accused of involvement in the "unlawful detention and transfer" of Lumumba at the time he was taken prisoner and his "humiliating and degrading treatment", the prosecutor's office said. But prosecutors added that a charge of intent to kill should be dropped. It is now up to a magistrate to decide if the trial should proceed, following a hearing on the case set for January 2026. "We're moving in the right direction. What we're seeking is, first and foremost, the truth," Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of the former Congolese premier, told Belgian broadcaster RTBF. The prosecutor's decision is the latest step in Belgium's decades-long reckoning with the role it played in Lumumba's killing. In 2022, Belgium returned a tooth -- the last remains of Lumumba -- to his family in a bid to turn a page on the grim chapter of its colonial past. The tooth was seized by Belgian authorities in 2016 from the daughter of a policeman, Gerard Soete. A Belgian parliamentary commission of enquiry concluded in 2001 that Belgium had "moral responsibility" for the assassination, and the government presented the country's "apologies" a year later.
