what do we know about MAGDALENA ANDERSSON, WHO COULD BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER

what do we know about MAGDALENA ANDERSSON, WHO COULD BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER

 A question of hours for Magdalena Andersson? The 54-year-old Swede is expected to become the country's new prime minister on November 24 following Stefan Löfven's resignation.

This economist, former high-level swimmer and fan of “heavy metal” had been elected by acclamation as head of the Social Democratic Party a few weeks earlier in Gothenburg, when she was the only candidate. If all goes according to plan, she will become the first female Prime Minister in Swedish history. The only condition is to win a vote in Parliament on Wednesday.

"I accepted to be president of the party because I know that Sweden can do better, and that I know that it is us, the Social Democrats, who must lead Sweden forward," he said. - she launched on November 4 to applause, saying she was "honored" by her new function.

"Now we will continue this fight, comrades, this fight that I look forward to leading to govern with you," continued the new head of the party.

Former Minister of Finance, she is known to be wary of big spending. She does not hesitate to define herself as the "most stingy politician in Europe". His outspokenness earned him another nickname, given by Swedish public television: "the bulldozer".

ELECTIONS THAT ARE ANNOUNCED TO BE TIGHT

Stefan Löfven, at the end of his career after seven years as Prime Minister and weakened by a political crisis at the beginning of the summer, announced in August that he would leave his post in November, with less than a year of elections which will end. 'announced disputed in September 2022.

This departure made it possible to ensure a succession in view of the electoral campaign, while the Social Democrats are threatened in the polls.

Magdalena Andersson will notably have to counter the conservative Moderates party led by Ulf Kristersson. The latter has joined forces with the anti-immigration Swedish Democrats (SD) party and is now ready to govern with its support in Parliament.

A major political shift in Sweden at the end of a decade of breakthrough by the far right, fueled by hostility to large inflows of refugees, before a turn of the screw decided by the Social Democratic government in 2015-2016.

Stefan Löfven, who is still Prime Minister, has still not announced the exact date of his resignation, which should trigger the parliamentary process of electing Magdalena Andersson.

But the political balances in the Swedish Parliament are so tight that the Social Democrats must secure the joint support of their environmental allies and of two other parties: the Left Party and the Center Party.

Often divergent interests that Magdalena Andersson will have to reassure so as not to be blocked in her march towards power. Despite being a clear champion of gender equality, Sweden is the last Nordic country to never have a female prime minister.

Race to find the wreck of the "Ghost" in the Mediterranean

 Officials from Britain, the United States of America and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed their confidence on Monday that they will be able, before their rival Russia, to find the wreckage of the stealth fighter "F-35", which crashed last Wednesday over the Mediterranean Sea.

The fighter took off from the British aircraft carrier "HMS Queen Elizabeth", before falling into the sea.

Before the fighter fell into the sea, its commander managed to jump out of it and survived.

Following the accident, NATO expressed its fear that Russia might find the wreckage of the fighter, and get its hands on the "highly advanced technology that distinguishes it."

But General Simon Doran, the highest-ranking US officer on board the British aircraft carrier, reassured Monday: "We'll get it back first, I guarantee you that."

In turn, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, General Tim Radford, told reporters on board the carrier, which is sailing in the Mediterranean, "we are not worried about taking it back."

"We are not worried because we are working on this at the moment. There was concern when the plane went down, but the pilot is fine and that is the most important thing," he added, declining to reveal details of the pilot's rescue operation.

For his part, said Steve Morehouse, who commands one of the nine warships involved in efforts to search for the plane, that the crash of the F-35 is a "really unfortunate accident (...) This is a setback."

Morehouse stressed that "the durability of this aircraft and our confidence in it and the project has not wavered."

The United Kingdom has received to date 21 American F-35 fighters, most of which operate on board the British aircraft carriers "Queen Elizabeth" and "Prince of Wales".

The F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter, especially characterized by the ability to vertically land and short takeoff, and is difficult to detect due to the ability to be hidden from radars.

The signing of the “electricity for water” deal between Israel, the UAE and Jordan

 On Monday, Israel, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates signed the "electricity for water" agreement, in the presence of the US climate envoy, John Kerry, as it is the "largest regional cooperation deal", including several projects in the field of energy and water.

The agreement was signed by the Israeli Minister of Energy, Karen Elharar, the Jordanian Minister of Water, Muhammad Al-Najjar, and the Emirati delegate for climate issues, Sultan Al-Jaber.

The Emirates News Agency, WAM, stated that the agreement is a "declaration of intent" that includes one project consisting of two axes, the "Green Prosperity" program, and includes the development of solar photovoltaic power plants in Jordan with a production capacity of 600 megawatts, provided that the entire energy production is exported. Clean to Israel.

The second axis is the "Blue Prosperity" program, which aims to develop sustainable water desalination projects in Israel to supply Jordan with about 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water.

The agency indicated that work on the feasibility studies for this project is scheduled to begin in 2022.

The American Axios website had quoted officials as saying that the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, "Masdar", would build a huge solar farm in the Jordanian desert.

And "Masdar" is a company owned by the Mubadala Investment Fund, of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The solar farm, funded by the Emirates, will provide renewable energy to Israel, which in turn will build a water desalination plant for Jordan on its lands off the Mediterranean coast.

Israel needs clean energy, but unlike its neighbor Jordan does not have the right land for solar farms, prompting Kerry to broker talks that were finalized last Tuesday.

In contrast, Jordan needs water, but can build desalination plants in the remote south of the country, while the Israeli coast is closer to Jordan's large population centers.

This agreement comes after secret talks between the three governments reached the stage of seriousness in September and crystallized into a draft agreement during October.

The American website, quoting Israeli officials, indicated that the agreement was to be concluded on the sidelines of the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow “Cop 26”, but the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, asked to postpone the signing, fearing that the deal would lead to internal political criticism days before the approval of the agreement. The country's budget early this month.

Axios said that this deal indicates an increase in Jordan's strategic importance to the new government in Israel, after the two countries' relations were frosty during the era of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Abu Dhabi launches the first driverless car trials in the Middle East

 The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is preparing, this month, to start the trials of the first self-driving passenger car transport service in the Middle East, before spreading it to the rest of the regions and cities of the United Arab Emirates.

According to the "Bloomberg" agency website, G42 Artificial Intelligence Services, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Government's Mubadala Investment Fund, will conduct these experiments using 5 autonomous vehicles covering 9 locations on Yas Island, which contains many giant entertainment centers.

The website stated that the second phase of the experiments will cover more places and locations in the city of Abu Dhabi, while G42 will later launch an application for this service that enables customers to book appointments through it.

The Department of Municipalities and Transport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi had indicated earlier that it was working in coordination and cooperation with strategic partners "to develop an integrated and sustainable transport system that would improve the quality of services provided to the emirate's residents and pioneers, and achieve the objectives of the department and the integrated transport center," according to the local newspaper Al Ittihad.

Earlier this year, Cruise LLC, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors, signed an agreement to start operating self-driving taxis in Dubai in 2023.

The company will start operating a small number or vehicles in two groups for a year, and plans to deploy 4,000 Origin driverless vehicles in the emirate by 2030.

KIM KARDASHIAN IS OFFICIALLY IN A COUPLE WITH PETE DAVIDSON

 The rumor had been circulating for several days. Kim Kardashian has found love again in the arms of comedian and comedian Pete Davidson, who is none other than Ariana Grande's ex-boyfriend.

Since their passage on the set of the show "Saturday Night Live", where they had exchanged a kiss, the two lovebirds do not leave each other.

“They get to know each other better and get along well. Kim loves her sparkle. He's very funny, entertaining and makes Kim happy, ”a source told People.

"They always go out together and enjoy it." Peter Davidson compliments the 40-year-old a lot and "she loves it," she added.

A BIRTHDAY AS A SMALL COMMITTEE

While they haven't yet formalized anything on social media yet, their rapper friend Flavor Flav has done it for them on his Instagram account.

As evidenced by its post, the ex-wife of Kanye West celebrated the birthday of Pete Davidson, 13 years his junior, in Palm Springs, at the residence of his mother Kris Jenner.

"Celebrating the birthday of my adopted son Pete Davidson," he captioned a photo where Pete Davidson, Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner all wear the same pajamas.

Further proof, if one were needed, that the mother of four is indeed in a relationship with Pete Davidson.

Not to mention that photos taken that day, and published by the Daily Mail, show the couple holding hands in the street.

Canada floods 'worst in a century'

 Thousands of animals have died in flood areas in western Canada, while other animals are still trapped by the floods caused by heavy rain.

Heavy rain fell over large areas in the province of British Columbia, western Canada, and the state of Washington, northwest of the United States.

The rainfall amounted in just two days, which usually falls in a month, causing floods and mudslides that closed highways, and forced thousands of people to leave their homes, while one person was killed and several others missing, according to the newspaper "The Guardian".

Abbotsford, one of Canada's most important agricultural regions, was among the places hardest hit by the floods.

Abbotsford contains more than 1,200 farms, including livestock, chicken and cows, and provides half of the dairy, eggs and poultry products consumed by British Columbia's 5.2 million people.

Flood waters swept through several barns, and farmers and residents tried to save their animals, after the water level rose, and some of them used marine vehicles to pull the cows from the flooded areas to higher ground.

This powerful storm comes months after wildfires spread in the Canadian province and the US state, and high temperatures that caused hundreds of deaths at the time, due to climate change, according to the Washington Post.

The newspaper says that damage to highways and railways, due to landslides and floods in British Columbia, could take weeks, months and possibly more to repair.

It is expected that the losses will be huge, and the costs of repairing damages to property, infrastructure and the agricultural sector will be high, and experts estimate this to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

British Columbia officials described the flooding as the "worst in a century" and Provincial Premier John Horgan declared a regional emergency, the newspaper reported.

In the United States, some areas of Washington state, adjacent to the border with Canada, were subjected to flooding, which caused flooding of shops and homes, property losses, and the closure of some roads.

After the heat wave that hit the region during the summer, Horgan warned that "these phenomena have become regular due to the repercussions of climate change," according to AFP.

The imposition of the state of emergency aims to reopen highways closed for several days, affecting the supply network. Bad weather also halted traffic in Vancouver Harbor.

He advised the people of the region to avoid movement to give priority to transporting basic goods, emergency equipment and medical staff. The state of emergency will last for 14 days and is subject to extension.

Before that, the Canadian government announced sending "air support from the Canadian Forces to assist in evacuation efforts, support supply channels and protect residents from floods and landslides."

"Hundreds of Canadian Air Force personnel are on their way to provide assistance," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, adding that thousands of military personnel could be sent to the region.

Austria decides to "close" and "compulsory vaccination"

 Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced, Friday, that the government will impose a closure that includes all residents, days after a stone decision targeting the unvaccinated, so that Austria will be the first country in the European Union to take such measures in light of the high number of Corona injuries, according to AFP.

And he confirmed in a press conference in the state of Tyrol, where he met local government officials, that Austria will oblige its residents to receive vaccines against Corona, as of next February.

He indicated that the closure will start from Monday, and it will be evaluated after ten days.

"Despite working on this for months, we have not succeeded in persuading enough people to receive vaccinations," he said, accusing people who refuse to be vaccinated of launching an "attack on the health system."

The closure means that residents will no longer be able to leave their homes, with few exceptions including shopping for essentials and exercising.

Earlier this week, Austria began imposing a stone on unvaccinated people or those who had recently recovered, becoming the first European country to do so.

But injuries continued to rise. And on Thursday, Austria, which has a population of about nine million, recorded a new record number of HIV infections, amounting to more than 15,000 cases.

The demand for vaccinations has increased in recent days, and 66 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, which is slightly lower than the rate in the European Union of more than 67 percent.

Other European countries are also tightening restrictions, at a time when the number of infections is rising across the continent.

And the government in Hungary (Hungary), which borders Austria, announced on Thursday that it will re-command the population to wear masks in closed places, starting next Saturday.

An Israeli-Emirati agreement to manufacture “unmanned” military ships

 The "Edge" group for military industries, owned by the UAE, signed an agreement with the Israeli company "IAI" for the aerospace industry, Thursday, to design unmanned military and commercial ships (march).

The two companies said in a joint statement, published by Reuters, that the 17M unmanned ships will be designed to carry out security operations, such as demining and reconnaissance.

The UAE, one of the largest buyers of arms in the world, is developing the military industry locally, such as drones and guided missiles, to reduce its dependence on expensive exports, in an area often rocked by crises, according to AFP.

The Edge group was set up two years ago to spearhead these efforts and now includes 25 Emirati arms manufacturers, marking the "maturity of the defense industry", the head of one of the group's five divisions, Khaled al-Buraiki, told AFP.

Edge quickly climbed to become one of the world's 25 largest defense manufacturers last year, with revenues of more than $5 billion, according to the International Peace Research Institute "SIPRI" in Stockholm.

"We realized that we had to bring our capabilities together under one roof to focus on what we wanted to manufacture in the country, and now we can do that on a global level as well," Al-Buraiki said. "We have an emerging group mentality, but with tremendous potential," he continued.

The group employs 13,000 people "from all over the world" and is recruiting more Emiratis, mainly through agreements with universities in the UAE or abroad.

At the Dubai Airshow, which started last Sunday, the huge "EDGE" pavilion displays a range of products made in the UAE, such as guided missiles and cybersecurity systems.

The wing seeks to attract contracts that are almost exclusively in favor of the UAE armed forces, especially for the maintenance of military aircraft for the Air Force (approximately $4 billion) or the provision of guided munitions ($880 million).

The oil-rich UAE, like its neighbors Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is among the world's largest arms importers and is seeking to diversify its economy.

Al-Buraiki said, "We already have 20 products that were manufactured under the "Made in the UAE" initiative, and 13 products were announced this year," adding: "We aspire to work within national capabilities (only), but we do not have a sufficient degree of maturity to dispense with About Partners" after.

The signing of the normalization agreement with Israel last year opened new opportunities for the group to get closer to the military manufacturers there, who are present in large numbers for the first time at the Dubai Air Show.

"We discuss with them and sign contracts, we follow the policy of our government," Al-Buraiki said.

In this context, the giant Israeli company Elbit Systems in the field of armaments, which designs unmanned aircraft, announced on Sunday the creation of a subsidiary company in the UAE, with the aim in particular of "transferring technologies to local partners."

EDGE, which has secured nearly two dozen export contracts for services or ammunition, hopes to establish itself on the international stage.

The UAE and Israel established diplomatic relations last year within the framework of the "Abraham Accords" mediated by the United States.

Europe is concerned about the Chinese magnesium deficiency

 Europe is concerned about the shortage of Chinese magnesium, on which it depends in many important industries, after fluctuating prices for this metal during the past three months, as a result of production cuts and expectations that this shortage will continue in the future.

The decline in the production of lightweight metal in China, last September, led to an increase in the price of a ton to more than 11 thousand dollars, after its price was about 2000 dollars in recent years.

Although its price had fallen back to around $5,300 by November 13, some manufacturers are still concerned, according to a report by The Economist.

The head of Volkswagen's procurement department said magnesium shortages "will certainly happen", and the leading US aluminum producer, Matalco, warned customers that it may have to ration deliveries next year.

Magnesium is used in dozens of industries, from power tools, to construction supplies, packaging, and laptop computers, to auto and aircraft parts.

China produces about 85 percent of the world's magnesium, and its production reached about 961,000 tons in 2020, the majority of which is from Yulin City in the northern Shaanxi Province.

In September, city officials asked at least 40 producers to either shut down or reduce their production, to cut emissions and meet energy consumption targets, given that the mineral requires high energy to produce and is not environmentally friendly.

The magazine says that to produce one kilogram of magnesium, it needs 4 kilograms of coal.

Under these circumstances, Yulin's production of magnesium in September fell to about 40 percent compared to production in June, which led to an increase in prices.

Although producers there have since increased production, they are still under pressure.

In other regions in China that produce this metal, high coal prices caused power outages, knowing that the problem of power outages suffered in about 19 provinces in recent weeks.

Research firm S&P Global Platts says slowing production in China means about 120,000 tons of production will be lost this year.

Europe is particularly vulnerable, as it gets 95 percent of its magnesium supply from China.

America, on the other hand, does not rely much on Chinese magnesium, uses mostly domestic suppliers to meet its needs, and imposes protectionist tariffs of more than 140 percent on Chinese magnesium.

The US companies "Ford" and "General Motors" said that they use almost no Chinese magnesium in production.

For James Riley of the consultancy Capital Economics, the shortage of semiconductors is the most pressing problem for the auto sector.

But a prolonged decline in magnesium supply can be harmful, and the problem of a shortage of semiconductor chips due to disruptions in supply chains has shown how bad this can be, according to The Economist.

The European aluminum company is concerned that even if production returns to normal, China will prioritize the needs of its economy over exports.

"In a world where shortages have become the biggest obstacle to economic growth, industries that use magnesium cannot afford another problem in the supply chain," says The Economist.

The lack of microelectronic chips, which are essential to the electronic systems of modern cars, has slowed or temporarily halted production, leading to a tight supply of cars and soaring prices.

The magazine had published a report that shed light on the economic crisis that the world is currently going through due to the Corona pandemic, the most important of which is the disruption of supply chains, and it ruled out that the global economy will return to normal in 2022.

4 European destinations added to the high-risk travel list.

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added four other European destinations to its highest-risk category of travel as the spread of the COVID-19 virus affects the European continent, according to "The Hill".

The CDC added the Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland and Guernsey to the CDC's Level 4 "Covid-19 High - Very High" category.

The Tier 4 classification means that these countries or destinations have more than 500 cases of the virus per 100,000 people for each of the past 28 days, as the population of Guernsey, an island between Great Britain and France, is less than 100,000. It earned this designation because it had more than 500 cumulative new cases in the past 28 days.

The CDC website said about these destinations: "Avoid traveling to these destinations, if you must travel to these destinations, make sure you receive the full vaccination before traveling."

The average daily cases in the Czech Republic are about 11,000, and the “New York Times” indicates that the number of daily new cases in Hungary ranges between 7,200, while Iceland has only 167 cases, and the Guernsey government stated that the island currently has more than 400 Corona virus case.

As of this week, more than 80 destinations are listed in the highest risk category, with the agency also recommending full vaccination and concealment of transportation while traveling regardless of a person's destination.

This designation comes as the United States opened its borders to international travelers earlier this month after more than 18 months of travel restrictions. Under this new policy; Fully vaccinated international travelers are allowed to enter the United States as long as they provide proof of vaccination and show a negative COVID-19 test taken within 3 days of travel.