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  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila – Cartel gunmen kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and mutilated a man whose remains were dumped on a roadside a few miles south of the Texas border. Authorities found a posterboard signed by cartel gunmen, promising future executions. The case took place this week along the highway that connects Allende with Villa Union, Coahuila. Residents found a body with a white poster. Police secured the crime scene as investigators with the Coahuila Attorney General’s Office worked to identify the victim. The poster was signed by a faction of Los Zetas and warned of future bloodshed. The victim’s relatives identified him from tattoos. Law enforcement in Allende confirmed to Breitbart Texas the victim is a local man named Cesar Rivera Rivas. His background was not readily available. According to Chief Investigator Santiago de Jesus Espinoza, agents are in the process of interviewing relatives and friends to retrace the victim’s last moments. Agents are reviewing surveillance cameras in the region. Northern Coahuila is considered a lucrative smuggling area by the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, who take advantage of the lack of fencing and border security measures. Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “J.M. Martinez” from Coahuila. 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. WASHINGTON — Amid a stalled fight in Congress over the future of a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package, a parallel battle has been coming into focus: a struggle for the future of the Republican Party. Behind closed doors in both the House and Senate this week, Republican lawmakers saw their ire focused not on Democrats, but instead at each other, a product lawmakers and strategists say of President Donald Trump’s sinking poll numbers. “They’re dealing with a grim reality,” Doug Heye, a Republican strategist and former senior House aide, said of the outlook in congressional campaign committees. The disagreements that broke out last week appeared to be over fiscal issues like continuing the $600 a week unemployment payments and just how much money the federal government should continue to pump into the struggling economy. But every fight revealed a party that appears to be looking past the dire outlook of November and on to the possibility of a leadership reshuffle in the winter. If Trump loses re-election, Republicans in Congress will be left to grapple with how to respond to a President Joe Biden and which of their members is best suited to counter him. The risk remains that if Democrats secure a landslide, Republicans could lose control of the Senate. If Trump is able to reverse his fortunes and secure re-election, there will be Republicans who hope to convert their loyalty to the president into a move up in the ranks. “The Republicans have figured out that Trump is not going to bulls--- his way out of this crisis and he’s not going to be able to change the subject,” Rick Tyler, a Republican strategist, said, explaining the recent intra-party fights. “Not only is he going to lose by hundreds of electoral votes, they’re going to lose, they will lose seats in the House, they could possibly lose the Senate.” 'The post-Trump world' In the House, details leaked after a group of six conservative lawmakers at a closed-door meeting confronted Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., over her support of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has pushed for public health considerations over Trump’s desire to reopen the U.S. economy. “It wasn’t about a particular issue, it was about the president, period,” Heye said. “And that tells me that it’s all about what comes after Trump, if the elections go the way they look today.” Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. This site is protected by recaptcha It was about “jockeying for the post-Trump world,” he said. Cheney, the daughter of a former vice president, has quickly risen through the ranks of her party after being elected to Congress in 2016. The highest-ranking Republican woman, she is considered to be on a shortlist to lead her caucus in the future. She was confronted by a group of men, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who were once the most conservative voices in the caucus but since Trump’s election have taken up the banner of presidential loyalty. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., piled on, joining the call that she should be removed from her leadership role. Ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives at a closed-door transcribed interview at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill July 9, 2020. Alex Wong / Getty Images Cheney has at times been both supportive and critical of Trump, a tack Heye argues will help her distance herself from him once he leaves office. “She is able to say, ‘I stood with this administration 98 percent of the time, but when I had a problem with it, I stood up and said so, I didn’t attack the president, I stood up and told truths,’” Heye said. Cheney’s quick rise in the party is seen as evidence that Republicans realize they need to do better appealing to women, a demographic that has been hemorrhaging support while Trump has been in office, in the future. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who would face challenges to his control of Republicans in the chamber if Trump were to lose, admitted that the episode with men his party attacking Cheney exposed their problems with women. “I think we're improving. Do we have room for improvement? 100 percent yes,” McCarthy said on Thursday. 'The GOP is off-kilter' In the Senate, the fight has fallen along more electoral lines, often pitting members up for re-election this fall against those who aren’t. At a lunch meeting to discuss coronavirus aid on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heard an uprising of conservative members who don’t want to renew a $600 weekly unemployment payment that was created at the beginning of the pandemic. “What in the hell are we doing?” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declared in the meeting. McConnell, who would likely face a challenge to his role as leader if Republicans lose the Senate, is also trying to ensure senators facing re-election don’t have to return to their districts empty-handed. “There's a lot of disagreement amongst the members,” said Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who has appeared to position himself as a leading voice in a post-Trump world. “Ideology is running square into the reality of the political crisis,” said Tyler, the Republican strategist. “We’re stuck in a deep recession that’s not coming back before November. The virus is not going away by November. The economy is not coming back by November.” Sen. Ted Cruz during a hearing on June 24, 2020. Jonathan Newton / Pool via Reuters Republicans have long argued about how to get their base excited ahead of an election, and conservatives are again making their case to Congress that fiscal austerity is the way to go. “The best strategy for Republicans right now, for Donald Trump, to put out a bill, not the proposal, a bill that contains all of the highest priorities of the Republican Party and the conservative movement,” said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist who has supported Trump. He said McConnell’s current trajectory — authoring a bill that is the product of compromise in order to begin negotiations with Democrats — will make the base unhappy. “You’re going to see a very divided Republican Party and a lot of conservative opposition to that bill, and that’s not a good look going into the November elections,” Moore said. "Pandemic politics is at a fever pitch in both parties,” said a conservative Republican strategist who spoke on background to speak frankly about internal political dynamics, adding that the party is "between a rock and a hard place.” “Right now — and we are still, politically speaking, light-years from the election — the GOP is off-kilter." 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Top Trump administration and White House officials said Sunday that they want to replace expiring expanded unemployment benefits with a system that pays those out of work 70 percent of lost wages because they feel the current system gives people a reason not to return to the job. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on "Fox News Sunday" that 70 percent of wage replacement from the federal government, as opposed to the additional $600 per week, "is a very fair level." "I think workers and Americans understand the concept that you shouldn't be paid more to stay home than to work," he said. "That the fair thing is to replace wages, and it just wouldn't be fair to use taxpayer dollars to pay more people to sit home than they would get working and get a job." Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak More than 30 million people are unemployed, with unemployment numbers on the rise as the coronavirus continues to grip much of the country. Recent spikes in numbers of COVID-19 cases have led some states to delay or roll back their economic reopenings. On ABC's "This Week," White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said the additional $600 a week in unemployment would not be expanded because many people earned more in unemployment than they did through their jobs. "So the president has been very clear, our Republican senators have been very clear, we're not going to extend that provision," Meadows said. "We are going to be prepared on Monday to provide unemployment insurance extension that would be 70 percent of whatever the wages you were prior to being unemployed, that it would reimburse you for up to 70 percent of those wages. Hopefully as a way to get people back on their feet." Meadows said he expects Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to introduce the Republican relief package Monday. Democrats, who released their most recent relief package more than two months ago, blasted Republicans for not having a proposal ready before the expanded unemployment benefits were set to expire at the end of July. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. This site is protected by recaptcha "Republicans have had the HEROES Act for two months," Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., said on CNN's "State of the Union." "Why would you wait until people are at the point of running out of their benefits? And they still haven't come up with a plan. They are fighting between themselves." Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, two former chairs of the Federal Reserve Board, pushed lawmakers this month to extend the $600 expanded unemployment benefit rather than let it expire. Speaking before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Yellen said it "would be a catastrophe" not to do so. Senate Republicans expressed openness last week to either a short-term extension or a smaller cut in benefits than what the administration presented Sunday. Speaking on "State of the Union," top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow offered his typically rosy predictions for economic recovery and said the White House would seek to lengthen the federal moratorium on evictions, which barred evictions from properties serviced by federally backed mortgages. The moratorium ended Saturday. Kudlow said the administration's unemployment proposal would "cap the assistance at a level that is consistent with people going back to work." "We have had a flood of inquiries and phone calls and complaints that small stores and businesses, restaurants can't hire people back," Kudlow said. "They went too far." "Maybe last March it was necessary for that," he said, adding: "I mean, the trick here is going back to work. We don't want people out. ... We want them in wherever possible. The businesses are calling them back. That's why I'm optimistic on the economy." Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized the Republican push to remove liability for employers and schools while curtailing the unemployment benefits "This is so unfair," she said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "Let's just get to the heart of it. At the point of all of this is this president — I have a new name for him: Mr. Make Matters Worse — he has made matters worse from the start. Delay, denial, it's a hoax, it will go away magically, it's a miracle, and all the rest." Pelosi said the $600 unemployment bonus would be simple for state unemployment systems to process. "And figuring out 70 percent of somebody's wages — people don't all make a salary, maybe they do — they make wages and they sometimes have it vary," she said. "Why don't we just keep it simple? Unemployment benefits and the enhancement, which is so essential right now. And that's really where we are starting. It's so important to the American people. "This is an emergency that maybe they don't understand," she added. "I don't know what they have against working families in America." On "State of the Union," Bass said that if the expanded benefit discouraged work, it "might be a problem in some places, but the idea that you would cut it across the board makes no sense at all." "There are some states where the cost of living is a heck of a lot higher, like my state of California," she said. "And as you pointed out, there are a lot of people not going back to work because they know it's not safe. There's also an awful lot of people who don't have the jobs to go back to. So I think this is all about a state of denial that we can just get the economy back and everything is going to go away." 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. WASHINGTON — With 100 days until the election, Democrat Joe Biden holds a 5-point lead over President Donald Trump in Arizona, with more voters saying the former vice president would do a better job handing the coronavirus pandemic and race relations, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. Democrats also enjoy a double-digit advantage in Arizona's key Senate contest between Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic challenger Mark Kelly. But more of Trump's voters strongly back him than Biden's supporters do, and the president holds a significant lead on handling the economy. In the new poll, 50 percent of registered voters say they would vote for Biden, while 45 percent back Trump, a difference that is within the survey's margin of error. Just 4 percent are undecided or pick another candidate. Back in March, the last time NBC News/Marist measured Arizona, Biden topped the president by only 1 point, 47 percent to 46 percent. Biden's lead over Trump is fueled by his advantages among Latinos (61 percent support him, versus 31 percent for the president), voters under 45 (57 percent to 36 percent), women (57 percent to 38 percent), independents (55 percent to 38 percent) and whites with college degrees (51 percent to 44 percent). Trump, meanwhile, is ahead among men (53 percent to 43 percent), those ages 45 and older (52 percent to 45 percent), whites (49 percent to 46 percent) and whites without college degrees (52 percent to 43 percent). "With 11 electoral votes in play, the 2020 battle for the White House goes through the Sunbelt," Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, said of Arizona. "Democrats also have a potential Senate gain given Kelly's wide lead over McSally," Miringoff added. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics As Marist has worked to better reach respondents outside metropolitan areas, 60 percent of the registered voters in the poll are from Maricopa County (Phoenix), 16 percent are from Pima County (Tucson), and 24 percent are from the rest of the state. Forty-three percent of voters describe themselves as living in big cities, 20 percent are from the suburbs, 27 percent are from small cities or small towns, and 10 percent are from rural areas. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. This site is protected by recaptcha What's more, 38 percent of all voters have college degrees, while 62 percent don't. And 31 percent of voters identify as Republican, 26 percent as Democrats and 40 percent as independents. Trump trails on the coronavirus, leads on the economy The NBC News/Marist poll — conducted July 14-22 — comes as the coronavirus has battered Arizona, infecting more than 150,000 residents and killing more than 3,000 in the state. Forty-nine percent of voters say the pandemic is getting worse in Arizona, while 18 percent say it's getting better, and 32 percent say things are staying about the same. Biden leads Trump by 11 points among registered voters on which candidate would do a better job handling the coronavirus, 48 percent to 37 percent. Biden leads by 20 points on which candidate would better handle race relations, 53 percent to 33 percent. But Trump holds a 20-point lead on which candidate would better handle the economy, 55 percent to 35 percent. Trump's job rating among registered voters in the state is 44 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove, according to the poll. That's a reversal from March, when 48 percent approved, versus 46 percent who disapproved. The job rating for Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is 39 percent approve, while 53 percent disapprove. Trump holds the edge in enthusiasm Despite Biden's lead in the horse race and his advantage in handling the coronavirus, Trump holds the edge in enthusiasm. Seventy-four percent of Trump's backers in the poll strongly support him, versus 61 percent of Biden's backers who say the same of him. Among all Arizona voters in the poll, 41 percent have a favorable view of Trump, while 57 percent have an unfavorable view (-16). That's compared with 42 percent who have a favorable view of Biden, versus 52 percent who have an unfavorable view (-10). Among voters who dislike both candidates, 56 percent say they're voting for Biden, while 29 percent are voting for Trump. Kelly is ahead of McSally by 12 points in the Senate race In Arizona's Senate contest, the NBC News/Marist poll shows Kelly leading McSally by 53 percent to 41 percent, a difference that is outside the survey's margin of error. Back in March, Kelly was ahead by 3 points, 48 percent to 45 percent. Kelly enjoys many of the same demographic advantages Biden does — just by wider margins. He leads McSally among Latinos (67 percent to 24 percent), independents (62 percent to 32 percent) and women (61 percent to 33 percent). The NBC News/Marist poll of Arizona of 1,020 adults, which was conducted July 14-22, has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.7 percentage points. The margin of error among the 826 registered voters the poll surveyed is plus-minus 4.1 percentage points. 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Nach der Schließung des US-Konsulats in Chengdu im Südwesten der Volksrepublik haben die chinesischen Behörden das Gebäude übernommen. Kurz zuvor war die Frist zur Räumung abgelaufen. Sicherheitskräfte in Uniform und Zivil riegelten die Straßen um die Vertretung weiträumig ab; Lastwagen fuhren Container weg. An diesem Montagmorgen wurde die US-Flagge eingeholt. In dem 1985 eröffneten Konsulat arbeiteten in der Regel etwa 200 Menschen, darunter rund 150 örtlich angeheuerte Kräfte. Wie viele US-Diplomaten zuletzt in Chengdu waren, ist unklar, weil das Konsulat wegen des Corona-Ausbruchs womöglich nicht voll besetzt war. Nach der Schließung haben die Vereinigten Staaten nun noch vier Generalkonsulate in der Volksrepublik und eines in der Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong. "Legitime und notwendige Reaktion" Chinas Regierung hatte die USA aufgefordert, die Vertretung in Chengdu aufzugeben und alle Diplomaten von dort abzuziehen. Der Schritt wurde als "legitime und notwendige Reaktion auf das unvernünftige Vorgehen der USA" beschrieben. Gemeint war die überraschende Anweisung aus Washington, China müsse sein Konsulat in der texanischen Stadt Houston schließen. US-Außenministern Mike Pompeo hatte die Maßnahme mit Spionagevorwürfen begründet. Ein Arbeiter entfernt das Konsulatsschild am Eingang Die ohnehin angespannten Beziehungen zwischen beiden Mächten haben sich durch die jüngsten Schritte zusätzlich abgekühlt. Differenzen gibt es wegen Pekings Umgang mit der Corona-Pandemie, wegen seines Vorgehens in Hongkong, wo zusehends Freiheitsrechte beschnitten werden, und wegen harter Maßnahmen gegen muslimische Minderheiten wie die Uiguren in Xinjiang. Überdies belastet der seit Langem schwelende Handelsstreit das Verhältnis zwischen China und den USA. jj/ww (dpa, afp, rtr) 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Die Istanbul-Konvention des Europarats enthalte Bestimmungen "ideologischer Natur", die er nicht akzeptieren könne und für schädlich halte, erklärte der polnische Justizminister Zbigniew Ziobro. Er werde deshalb dem zuständigen Familienministerium noch an diesem Montag einen Rückzug aus dem Abkommen vorschlagen. Ziobro ist Gründer der national-konservativen Partei "Solidarisches Polen" (SP), einer Abspaltung der Partei "Recht und Gerechtigkeit" (PiS) von Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki. 2012 war die Istanbul-Konvention von der damaligen gemäßigten polnischen Regierung unterzeichnet und 2015 ratifiziert worden. Das Abkommen verpflichtet die Unterzeichnerstaaten, jegliche Gewalt gegen Frauen und Mädchen sowie alle Formen häuslicher Gewalt als Verbrechen einzustufen und sich gegen die Diskriminierung von Frauen einzusetzen. Einige EU-Staaten wie Ungarn und die Slowakei haben die Konvention bis heute nicht ratifiziert. Bezeichnete die Istanbul-Konvention als "feministische Schöpfung zur Rechtfertigung der homosexuellen Ideologie" "Großer Schritt zurück" Die Generalsekretärin des Europarats, Marija Pejcinovic Buric, reagierte "alarmiert" auf Ziobros Ankündigung. Ein Austritt Polens aus der Konvention wäre "ein großer Schritt zurück für den Schutz von Frauen vor Gewalt in Europa". Sollte es Missverständnisse über die Konvention geben, sei man bereit, diese in einem konstruktiven Dialog auszuräumen. Auch führende Abgeordnete des Europaparlaments verurteilten den Vorstoß. Die Fraktionschefin der Sozialdemokraten, Iratxe García Pérez aus Spanien, sprach von einer "schändlichen" Entscheidung. Der Vorsitzende der liberalen Fraktion "Renew Europe", der rumänische Ex-Regierungschef Dacian Ciolos, kritisierte die Ankündigung als "erbärmlichen Schritt" einiger Regierungsmitglieder "zur Demonstration ihres Konservativismus". wa/pgr (afp, dpa) 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 53 Corona-Tests fielen in der kleinen Gemeinde St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut in den vergangenen Tagen positiv aus, wie ein Behördensprecher des Bundeslandes Oberösterreich in der Nacht zum Montag in Linz bestätigte. Die Ergebnisse weiterer Tests sollen im Laufe des Tages vorliegen. Die ersten Infektionen waren am Freitag öffentlich bekannt geworden. Betroffen sind vor allem junge Praktikanten in Tourismusbetrieben, doch auch zumindest ein Feriengast wurde bisher positiv getestet. "Die infizierten Praktikanten waren auf unterschiedliche Quartiere verteilt untergebracht und wohnten vielfach in Doppel- und Dreibettzimmern", berichtete der Chef der Wolfgangsee Tourismus Gesellschaft (WTG), Hans Wieser. Die jungen Leute trafen sich demnach auch in ihrer Freizeit, unter anderem in zwei Bars, die inzwischen geschlossen wurden. St. Wolfgang liegt am Wolfgangsee - am Fuße des Schafberges im Traunviertel Für Gäste bestehe nur ein geringes Restrisiko für eine Ansteckung, betonte der Bezirkshauptmann von Gmunden, Alois Lanz. Bei der Arbeit hätten die Praktikanten alle einen Mund-Nasen-Schutz getragen. Gleichwohl räumte Tourismus-Chef Wieser ein: "Es gibt dort und da Absagen und Stornierungen" von Buchungen. Auch seien vereinzelt Gäste vorzeitig abgereist. Viele Deutsche am Wolfgangsee St. Wolfgang ist der wichtigste Ferienort Oberösterreichs, mehr als 400.000 Übernachtungen wurden dort im vorigen Jahr gezählt. In einer "normalen" Saison sind rund ein Drittel der Gäste Deutsche. Auch der 2017 verstorbene Altbundeskanzler Helmut Kohl verbrachte über Jahre hinweg dort regelmäßig seinen Urlaub. Der neue Ausbruch weckt Erinnerungen an den Tiroler Ski- und Partyort Ischgl, der in der Anfangsphase der Pandemie ein Zentrum der Corona-Ausbreitung in ganz Europa war. Insgesamt gibt es in Österreich derzeit mehr als 1500 "aktive" Corona-Fälle. Schwerpunkte bei den Neuinfektionen sind Oberösterreich und die Hauptstadt Wien. wa/pgr (dpa, afp, orf.at) 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Der Hurrikan "Douglas" hat über dem Pazifik die Hawaii-Inseln erreicht. Nach Mitteilung des Nationalen Hurrikan-Zentrums der USA befand sich das Auge des Wirbelsturms am Sonntagabend (Ortszeit, Montagmorgen MESZ) 105 Kilometer ost-nordöstlich von Honolulu, der Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaates Hawaii. Mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von 140 Kilometern pro Stunde zieht der Sturm langsam in west-nordwestliche Richtung weiter. Über größere Schäden ist bislang noch nichts bekannt. Die Behörden auf den Inseln hatten vor lebensgefährlichen und potenziell zerstörerischen Wellen, heftigen Regenfällen und gefährlichen Sturmfluten gewarnt. Sie forderten die Menschen auf , zu Hause Schutz zu suchen und Straßen möglichst zu meiden. Hawaii wird nur recht selten von Hurrikanen erreicht. "Douglas" ist der vierte Sturm dieses Jahres im Pazifikraum. Vorboten des Hurrikans: Hohe Wellen brechen sich an der Küste der Insel O'ahu "Hanna" hinterlässt Verwüstung Der erste Hurrikan der diesjährigen Saison über dem Atlantik war am Samstag im US-Bundesstaat Texas auf Land gestoßen. "Hanna" erreichte die Küste mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 150 Kilometern pro Stunde, wie Meteorologen mitteilten. Danach schwächte "Hanna" sich auf dem Weg in den Nordosten Mexikos zu einem tropischen Tief mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von nur noch 45 Stundenkilometern ab. Der Wetterdienst warnte dennoch vor heftigem Regen und Überflutungen. Großes Durcheinander im Hafen der texanischen Stadt Corpus Christi Mehr als 250.000 Haushalte im Süden von Texas seien infolge des Sturms zeitweilig ohne Strom gewesen, berichteten US-Medien. Etliche Hausdächer wurden abgedeckt, Strommasten stürzten um. In Corpus Christi wurde ein Hafen beschädigt. Gouverneur Greg Abbott hatte für zahlreiche Bezirke in Texas den Notstand ausgerufen. Die dort grassierende Corona-Pandemie erschwere die Arbeit der Helfer bei dem Sturm, sagte Abbott laut US-Medien. wa/pgr (dpa, rtr, www.nhc.noaa.gov) 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Die "völlige und allumfassende Feuereinstellung" in der Ostukraine gilt seit Mitternacht (Ortszeit), wie das Präsidialbüro in Kiew offiziell bekanntgab. Das ukrainische Militär und Vertreter der prorussischen Separatisten aus den Gebieten von Donezk und Luhansk hatten zuvor mitgeteilt, alles für die Einstellung der Kämpfe vorbereitet zu haben. "Ich hoffe, dass die vereinbarten Maßnahmen die lang erwartete Ruhe in der Konfliktzone und mehr Frieden für die Zivilbevölkerung bringen", sagte die Vertreterin der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE) in der Ukraine, Heidi Grau. Staatschefs telefonieren Auch Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin und der ukrainische Staatschef Wolodomyr Selenskyj lobten die Einigung auf eine neue Waffenruhe. In einem Telefonat forderte Putin seinen Amtskollegen zugleich auf, sich nicht nur zu den bisherigen Friedensvereinbarungen mit Worten zu bekennen, sondern auch Taten folgen zu lassen. So müssten die Beschlüsse des letzten Ukraine-Gipfels am 9. Dezember in Paris mit Vorrang umgesetzt werden. An einem Tisch in Paris: Wolodomyr Selenskyj, Emmanuel Macron, Wladimir Putin, Angela Merkel (v.l.n.r.) Die vereinbarte Waffenruhe gilt als wichtige Voraussetzung für einen neuen Ukraine-Krisengipfel, der eigentlich schon im Frühjahr in Berlin geplant war. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron wollen dort Putin und Selenskyj wieder an einen Tisch bringen. Schon seit 2014 kämpfen ukrainische Regierungstruppen im Bergbaurevier Donbass gegen die von Russland unterstützten Aufständischen. Laut UN-Schätzungen wurden seitdem mehr als 13.000 Menschen getötet. Ein 2015 mit deutsch-französischer Vermittlung in Minsk vereinbarter Friedensplan sieht - nach einem Waffenstillstand - Wahlen und eine schrittweise Reintegration der Region in die Ukraine vor. wa/pgr (dpa, rtr) 

  Published Date: 2020-07-27 

 Trotz optischer Überlegenheit blieb Juventus Turin im Heimspiel gegen Sampdoria Genua zunächst eher harmlos - dann traf Cristiano Ronaldo nach einer Freistoßvariante mit der letzten Aktion in der ersten Halbzeit. Ein Zuspiel von Miralem Pjanic verwertete der 35-jährige Portugiese von der Strafraumgrenze direkt mit einem Flachschuss (45.+7). Gegen die nun offensiveren Gäste war Ronaldo auch am 2:0 beteiligt, nach seinem Schuss staubte Federico Bernardeschi (67.) ab. Damit war der insgesamt 36. Meistertitel für Juve unter Dach und Fach. Vorsprung genügt Mit nunmehr 83 Punkten ist Turin zwei Spieltage vor dem Saisonende der Serie A nicht mehr von Tabellenplatz eins zu verdrängen. Inter Mailand auf Rang zwei liegt sieben Punkte zurück. Den am Ende beruhigenden Vorsprung an der Tabellenspitze verdankte die "Alte Dame" des italienischen Fußballs zuletzt vor allem der Schwäche der Konkurrenten. Denn in den elf Partien vor dem Spiel am Sonntag waren der Mannschaft von Chefcoach Maurizio Sarri lediglich fünf Siege gelungen. Cristiano Ronaldo (l.) feiert seinen Treffer zum 1:0 Fraglich ist, ob Superstar Ronaldo auch noch Torschützenkönig wird. Denn während er bislang 31 Tore erzielte, hat der frühere Dortmunder Ciro Immobile nach seinem Dreierpack beim 5:1 des Tabellenvierten Lazio Rom bei Hellas Verona schon 34 Treffer auf seinem Konto - so viele, wie Robert Lewandowski zum Titelgewinn des deutschen Rekordmeisters FC Bayern beisteuerte. wa/pgr (sid, dpa)