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Shasta county, hotbed of US election denialism movement, set to appoint ex-Colorado clerk who served prison term

A northern California county that has become a hotbed of activism for those who sow doubts about the reliability of voting machines plans to hire Tina Peters, the prominent Colorado election denier recently released from prison, to work on elections.

Clint Curtis, the top election official in Shasta county, told the Guardian he plans to hire Peters as a consultant to replace Brent Turner, his top deputy, who has been on medical leave. He said Peters would not have access to the county’s voting system and did not directly respond when asked what her responsibilities would be. Plans to hire Peters, who is still on parole and must receive permission to travel outside of Colorado, were first reported by Action News Now.

Shasta county, a conservative region home to 182,000 people, has emerged as a center of the US election denialism movement in recent years. In 2023, the county’s governing body unsuccessfully sought to remake the voting process by cutting ties with the voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems and implementing a hand-count system that experts warned would be costly and far less accurate. The MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the leading promoters of falsehoods about election fraud in the US, said he would support the county’s effort. The state ultimately blocked Shasta’s plans. In addition, several candidates who lost their race for local office have embraced baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud and sued to overturn results.

The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.”

The project through the national park in southern Texas has faced fierce bipartisan opposition by critics who say it is marring the area’s pristine environment. They argue the region’s rugged and remote terrain already serves as a deterrent to migrants and smugglers. Border crossings in the area have historically been lower than other regions and have dropped even further over the past two years.

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Likud’s depiction of Zohran Mamdani is latest move in spat between Israel’s prime minister and New York City mayor

Benjamin Netanyahu’s party has compared the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the leaders of Iran and Hezbollah on a campaign billboard.

The billboard in central Tel Aviv depicts Mamdani alongside the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the chief of the militant group Hezbollah, Naim Qassem.

“They want Netanyahu to lose … Don’t let them win,” says the poster featuring the logo of Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party.

Netanyahu has entered campaign mode to keep his far-right coalition in power after the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was dissolved in July before elections in October – the first since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry released a statement on 17 August declaring the Islamabad memorandum of understanding’s (MoU) 60-day period “not relevant,” as Washington continues to violate the agreement and threaten the Islamic Republic.

“There is nothing in the text of the understanding referred to as a 60-day deadline. Iran is not a party that formulates its policies under pressure or according to deadlines. We make decisions based on our national interests and assessments,” said ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei.

“It was stated that negotiations on the nuclear issue would take place within 60 days, but we did not begin any negotiations at all. The US violated the understanding from the very beginning, and the 60-day issue is not relevant,” Baghaei added.

He went on to say that Tehran’s forces “are keeping a close eye on every development.”

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On August 12, Vietnam Red Cross Society President Do Thi Thu Thao made a donation of US$3.8 million to Cuba at a ceremony in Hanoi attended by Ambassador Rogelio Polanco.

“This is an occasion for us to remember and pay tribute to Fidel, a great friend, a dear comrade of the Vietnamese people, a leader who gave Vietnam special feelings and firm, consistent support during the most difficult moments in its history,” Thu Thao stated, in an atmosphere of Vietnam-Cuba brotherhood and friendship.

Thu Thao emphasized that this friendship is not only manifested in declarations or historical milestones, but also in concrete actions, in sharing during difficult times, and in the mutual support between the two nations. “An entire generation of Vietnamese grew up hearing stories about the solidarity and affection that Cuba showed to Vietnam. We are the generation that came after; we didn’t directly experience those difficult years, but we have inherited an invaluable legacy: the friendship, loyalty, and profound solidarity that the Cuban people have always shown to the Vietnamese people,” he recalled.