European and African leaders are in Malta today for a two-day summit on the refugee crisis, with Amnesty International warning that strategies for addressing the situation must focus on human rights rather than mobility.
It is the biggest-ever summit held on the Mediterranean island.
- Follow via The Times of Malta here.
Meanwhile, the all-too pressing nature of the problem remains sadly obvious in the daily headlines.
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WORLD
Speaking of refugees, one candidate at last night’s GOP debate had a pretty clear solution..
But that was in the apparently meaningless “undercard” warmup encounter. In the main event there seemed to be no clear winner – rather, a clear loser.
In Portugal, a step towards ending austerity.. or, er, not?
German chancellor Angela Merkel – now the EU’s longest-serving leader – says David Cameron’s demands on EU reform might be manageable. Others, predictably, aren’t so sure.
https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/664125035007909888
And a German leader of the past died. Helmut Schmidt, leader of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, was 96.
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BUSINESS
The latest UK unemployment numbers are out.
In that context, it’s worth thinking about the amount of unpaid work in the economy – particularly carers.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and Chancellor George Osborne appeared at an Open Forum this morning on trust in financial institutions.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/664371692274393088
meanwhile…
Betamax, the technically superior technology that lost out in the format wars, will finally bring down the curtain in March 2016. Which means, yes, said curtain is still up, somehow…
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JOURNALISM
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CULTURE
and, closing this particular loop, perhaps unsurprisingly…
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SPORTS
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Finally, at the going down of the sun….
The Overnight Note 