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After a winter storm, a Palestinian family’s heavily damaged, war-damaged home in Gaza City collapsed, killing one resident and injuring others, and leaving them homeless. At least 17 of Gaza’s homes have fallen as a result of severe weather, with at least 17 of them falling since the start of the winter.

To compete for only 187 positions with the state’s Home Guard, over 8, 000 people took the government exam on a runway in Odisha, India. To track examinees, drones were used. The ILO estimates that 18% of Indians under the age of 24 are unemployed.

According to the People’s National Assembly, Algerian lawmakers are beginning to debate a draft law that would criminalize France’s occupation of the North African nation during a tense tidal period.

More than 130 years of French colonial rule in Algeria saw the onset of torture, forced disappearances, massacres, economic exploitation, and marginalization of the indigenous Muslim population.

Up to 1.5 million people are thought to have been killed, thousands of people have disappeared, and millions have been displaced since Algeria’s independence from France in 1962.

What are our current knowledge of the proposed legislation?

What is known about the bill, exactly?

The lower house of parliament, the People’s National Assembly, on Saturday, introduced the draft law, which seeks to criminalize French colonial rule in Algeria between 1830 and 1962.

According to reports, the bill will be subject to a vote on Wednesday.

The draft, which includes five chapters of 27 articles and five chapters, is based on “the principles of international law that affirm peoples’ right to legal redress” and “the achievement of historical justice,” according to a public broadcaster called AL24 News.

According to the report, the channel’s report states that it aims to “establish responsibility, secure recognition, and an apology for crimes of colonialism as a foundation for reconciliation with history and the protection of national memory.”

What was said by the speaker?

Speaker Ibrahim Boughali described the bill as a “defining milestone in the course of modern Algeria” when he presented it.

According to the Anadolu news agency, it is a supreme act of sovereignty, a clear moral stance, and an unambiguous political message that shows Algeria’s commitment to its inalienable rights and its loyalty to its people, according to Boughali.

He argued that the country’s colonization by France “did not only involve the plundering of wealth.”

He said that it also included policies of systematic starvation, starvation, and exclusion intended to sever Algerian people’s ties to their “roots,” as well.

What has France said in response?

The French government has yet to respond to the discussion.

However, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has previously stated that he won’t begrudge the country for colonization.

He stated to Le Point magazine in 2023 that he wanted to work with Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to find a resolution.

He claimed in the interview, “It’s not my responsibility to ask for forgiveness,” according to the AFP news agency.

Macron said, “We apologise and each go our own way,” which would be the worst. “A settling of all accounts” doesn’t mean working on memory and history.

What are our current knowledges about Algeria’s colonial history in France?

Algeria was under French rule from 1830 until a brutal independence war that lasted from 1954 to 1962.

French forces are accused of gross human rights violations and war crimes, including systematic torture, summary executions, and forced disappearances, killing 1.5 million Algerians during the conflict. Additionally, thousands of villages were destroyed by the French colonial forces, forcing some two million Algerians to flee.

France acknowledged in 2018 that the war had resulted in widespread torture.

How do France and Algerian relations stand?

Algeria and France maintain close ties through immigration, particularly as a result of the parliamentary debate.

Since Paris recognized Morocco’s plan for resolving the Western Sahara conflict in July 2024, there have been high tense levels for months. Since 1975, when Spain, the colonial power, left the region, the Western Sahara was the site of an armed rebellion.

Algeria backs the Polisario Front, which rejects Morocco’s proposal for autonomy, and supports the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination in Western Sahara.

After an Algerian diplomat was detained in Paris along with two other Algerian nationals in April, the tensions reached a peak. Just one week after Macron and Tebboune pledged to restart dialogue, the diplomatic crisis emerged.

With two games left before the final Ashes Test, Australia won by 82 runs to retain the urn and retaliate against England for another unsuccessful campaign.

England battled valiantly on day five to win the world record 435 runs, but only 352 were lost as a result. Left-armed quick Mitch Starc took three wickets for the hosts before Scott Boland took the final wicket before tea.

Australia captain Pat Cummins, who took six wickets on his return from a back injury, said, “Three-nil is hugely satisfying for many reasons, but particularly with how the conversation was how equally poised it was going to be.

“This group is amazing at just cracking on.”

The age profile of the Australia squad had been the subject of much discussion in the lead-up to the Ashes, but Starc claimed that the veterans had demonstrated their worth.

The 35-year-old said, “We do laugh at some of the comments that come back to us about how old we are.”

“I’m confident that experience helps you go through your highs and lows. … that is a significant component of all of this.

England have lost their third straight defeat on a four-game tour, losing 16 of their previous 18 Tests in the nation, and losing to Australia and Perth by eight wickets.

The most recent surrender may be the worst of the two previous tours due to pure disappointment.

Expectations included a real contest, fighting words from England captain Ben Stokes, and the hope that “Bazball” would take home the urn for the first time since 2010-2011.

All that was left out in Adelaide, where England abandoned their all-time aggression and switched to more conventional Test cricket while still being victorious.

We haven’t been able to accomplish our goal, which we have obviously intended to accomplish. England’s skipper Stokes gushed, “It hurts and it stinks.”

They have outperformed us on a much higher level. … I thought we did a fantastic job of staying in the lead in this fourth inning.

There was some positive stuff to come out of this game, even though we couldn’t do what we were supposed to.

Adelaide’s king was

England’s hopes were hinged on all-rounder Will Jacks and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith after they resumed with 207 for six while still needing 228 runs to win.

Jacks ran for 40 minutes before the rain stopped play after turning his ankle off his crease during a run.

England fans erupted, but the ground soon became a gloomy place with little sun as a result.

After cutting off a four in the field, the Surrey duo made a fifty-run partnership with the old ball and were soon spared spinner Nathan Lyon, who had a hamstring injury.

Smith slammed both Cummins and Starc for back-to-back fours as the second new ball arrived.

He hit a Starc delivery for a third time in a row and was caught by a back-pedalling Cummins midway through the deficit, which was reduced to 150 runs.

Tailender Carse finished 39 not out and hung tough with the all-rounder for 52 runs with Jacks’ steadier hand.

As the pair kept the deficit under 100 runs, home fans sat motionless in their seats, but Starc returned and Marnus Labuschagne sped away from the danger.

After taking Ollie Pope off the slips with a screamer on day four, Labuschagne dived to his left and drove at a Starc ball that moved away off the seam.

After Boland had Tongue, Jofra Archer attempted to slog Starc, but Jake Weatherald sent the ball down his throat at deep point, leaving England one wicket short.

Travis Head’s third-innings victory, his fourth consecutive Test win, earned Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey the title of Man of the Match with 106 and 72 in the first innings, while Travis Carey earned the honour with 170.

Head, who also scored a match-winning 123 in Perth, said, “If he wasn’t before, he’s the king of Adelaide.”

He says, “He won’t have to pay for another beer [here]. It’s bloody good to watch, but I’m not sure how he does it.