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The Trump administration has cranked up the pressure on Cuba after the Justice Department unsealed murder and conspiracy charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, tied to the 1996 shootdown of an aircraft that killed three Americans and one Cuban exile. The indictment… The UAE is accelerating construction of a second west-east oil pipeline to Fujairah as Abu Dhabi, free from OPEC, looks to expand exports and reduce dependence on Hormuz. The new pipeline is expected to double ADNOC’s bypass export capacity through Fujairah by next year, adding to the existing Habshan-Fujairah line that can already move roughly 1.8 million barrels per day outside Hormuz. The biggest (and only, really) takeaway from the Trump-Xi meeting is that, as we mentioned last week and the week prior, this is all about Taiwan. All eyes are now on the $14-billion Taiwan arms package that Trump suddenly appears willing to drag his feet on, raising immediate questions about how far Washington is prepared to bend. Trump’s refusal to immediately approve the already Congress-cleared package, combined with his repeated emphasis on having an “amazing” meeting with Xi, is creating growing uncertainty inside Taipei about whether Taiwan is going to be on the losing end of this chess game. Xi reportedly warned Trump directly that Taiwan remained the most dangerous issue in U.S.-China relations and could trigger “clashes and even conflicts” if mishandled. Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The biggest (and only, really) takeaway from the Trump-Xi meeting is that, as we mentioned last week and the week prior, this is all about Taiwan. All eyes are now on the $14-billion Taiwan arms package that Trump suddenly appears willing to drag his feet on, raising immediate questions about how far Washington is prepared to bend. Trump’s refusal to immediately approve the already Congress-cleared package, combined with his repeated emphasis on having an “amazing” meeting with Xi, is creating growing uncertainty inside Taipei about whether Taiwan is going to be on the losing end of this chess game. Xi reportedly warned Trump directly that Taiwan remained the most dangerous issue in U.S.-China relations and could trigger “clashes and even conflicts” if mishandled. The UAE is accelerating construction of a second west-east oil pipeline to Fujairah as Abu Dhabi, free from OPEC, looks to expand exports and reduce dependence on Hormuz. The new pipeline is expected to double ADNOC’s bypass export capacity through Fujairah by next year, adding to the existing Habshan-Fujairah line that can already move roughly 1.8 million barrels per day outside Hormuz. The Trump administration has cranked up the pressure on Cuba after the Justice Department unsealed murder and conspiracy charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, tied to the 1996 shootdown of an aircraft that killed three Americans and one Cuban exile. The indictment adds to sanctions, energy restrictions, and legal escalation. Washington is no longer trying to manage Cuba. It’s increasingly treating the island the same way it now approaches Venezuela: as a system that must be broken apart economically, politically, and institutionally. Rubio has now openly centered much of the administration’s messaging around GAESA, the military-run conglomerate that controls major sections of Cuba’s economy, including hotels, remittance businesses, banking, ports, fuel distribution, and retail operations. Rubio described GAESA as a “state within the state” that hoards wealth for a small elite. He’s trying to start a revolution. With Rubio’s latest messaging, it’s clear that Washington is gearing up to directly target the military-commercial structure that underpins the Cuban state. Cuba, meanwhile, continues blaming the economic collapse on U.S. sanctions, rejecting claims about GAESA’s scale and accusing Washington of fabricating this ruse to justify a move on the island. Weeks of anti-government protests have paralyzed Bolivia, only six months into the presidential term for Rodrigo Paz, who came to power promising aggressive economic reforms and fuel market liberalization to stabilize inflation and chronic shortages. However, the removal of long-standing fuel subsidies instead triggered worsening shortages, surging public anger, and allegations that imported fuel supplies had been adulterated with low-quality gasoline, damaging vehicles and transport systems. The protests have now spread far beyond fuel prices and to a direct challenge to the government. Unions, transport groups, and opposition figures are demanding Paz’s resignation, while former president Morales is attempting to score some political points and reinsert himself in the chaos. Washington has now described the unrest as an “ongoing coup d’état,” while Colombia’s leftist government openly sided with protesters, triggering a diplomatic confrontation between La Paz and Bogotá. Major refineries across central Russia have been forced to halt or cut output after recent Ukrainian drone strikes, with affected plants representing roughly a quarter of Russia’s total refining capacity and more than 30% of its gasoline output. The latest reported strike on Syzran pushes that pressure deeper into Russia, more than 800 kilometers from Ukraine’s border. Russia is trying to turn Ukraine’s refinery campaign into a NATO-border crisis in the meantime, with Russian intelligence alleging that Ukraine is planning to launch drones from Latvia, prompting direct threats from Moscow. This, in turn, adds to the existential pressure for NATO, which is fast losing American support… Washington is now moving from vague rhetoric about “burden sharing” to actual force reductions inside NATO’s military structure. The US is expected to formally lower the number of troops it commits to NATO readiness plans after already announcing surprise redeployments out of Germany and suspending a planned rotational deployment to Poland. European governments have been expecting this shift for months, but it's happening right as the Ukraine war pushes NATO’s eastern flank into a far more unstable phase and as Russia threatens the Baltics. NATO officials are publicly calling the move routine, but privately, Europe has received the message: Washington wants allies to carry more of the burden of defense on the continent while the U.S. reallocates military capabilities toward Asia, for one. The post-Maduro scramble inside Caracas revolves around who controls Venezuela’s oil fields, mining assets, infrastructure rebuild, and future privatizations. The White House is publicly presenting a new U.S.-Venezuela minerals agreement as part of economic reconstruction and critical minerals cooperation; however, the reality unfolding inside Caracas already looks like a full-scale geopolitical and commercial repositioning of the country. The Guardian describes the JW Marriott in Caracas as the main deal-making HQ, abuzz with U.S. diplomats, intelligence personnel, military security teams, energy executives, and foreign dealmakers. It’s all being made up as we go along, so follow the money to the story. Across the city, investors and billionaires are reportedly flooding luxury hotels looking for access to mining projects, privatizations, debt restructuring opportunities, and energy infrastructure contracts. Washington has issued new licenses tied specifically to Venezuela’s mineral sector, and debt overhaul discussions are accelerating as foreign investors get ready for a big reopening of Venezuelan assets and capital markets. The discussions now go far beyond oil and into notions that Venezuela could be a strategic supply-chain project involving critical minerals, electricity infrastructure, and logistics corridors. The current situation in Venezuela is that the government is cooperating with Washington on the big-ticket items (oil and debt restructuring), but domestically, still playing the nationalist card for legitimacy and cover. Delcy Rodríguez’s administration is opening the country to U.S.-linked investment in oil, mining, infrastructure and debt restructuring, while still publicly blaming Washington for much of Venezuela’s economic collapse. That’s a typical unspoken agreement or a transactional power-sharing type of deal. This week, Venezuelan Economy Minister Ramón Lobo said the country’s inability to service its foreign debt stemmed from “illegal U.S. sanctions”. Venezuela is now working more closely with the U.S. Treasury on debt restructuring and financial reintegration, while Washington has issued new licenses tied to Venezuela’s critical minerals sector. Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions Reports on Thursday claimed that ExxonMobil is in advanced discussions to acquire rights to operate multiple Venezuelan oil fields, nearly 20 years after Chávez-era nationalizations forced it out. Just months ago, Exxon executives publicly described Venezuela as “uninvestable” without sweeping legal protections, yet Washington has since accelerated sanctions relief, issued broader operating licenses, and backed new hydrocarbons reforms designed explicitly to attract foreign capital. The latest federal oil and gas lease auction in New Mexico pulled in a record ~$4 billion in bids as major producers try to lock in high-quality US shale. The auction focused heavily on acreage in the Permian Basin. The auction suggests that US shale will remain strategically important for global oil markets well into the next decade. Top-tier drilling inventory has now become even more valuable, with consolidation reducing the amount of premium undeveloped acreage still available across the Permian. NextEra Energy’s $66.8 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy demonstrates how the U.S. power sector is reorganizing itself around AI-driven electricity demand growth. The deal gives NextEra direct exposure to Northern Virginia’s “data center alley,” the world’s largest concentration of hyperscale data center infrastructure, whi

A friend of mine was recently left in tears after filling up the car she relies on to drive to work. Thanks to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, prices at the pumps have soared. She wasn’t sure how her family was going to make it to the next paycheck. It is a personal story and a distressing one, but the big picture is truly obscene. Fossil fuel companies are raking in monstrous, unearned war profits taken from the pockets of people like you, me, my friend, and any of us who fills up a vehicle or pays an energy bill. These, too, are the very companies and countries that have worked so hard to delay climate action and keep us all hooked on oil and gas. In short, we are paying for big oil’s outrageous profits while it cooks the planet – and our way of life along with it. The scale of the war-profits bonanza is hard to comprehend, so I’ll try to illuminate it (I promise there’s a silver lining). First, this week’s top stories. Essential reads In focus View image in fullscreen Drivers are facing rising fuel costs as conflict in Iran sends oil prices soaring. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty $30m an hour: that’s the pure, unearned profits banked by the world’s top 100 oil and gas companies in the first month of the conflict in Iran, purely due to the spike in the oil price. I revealed this exclusive analysis, commissioned by the Guardian, in April – while it was based on the best data in the industry, it was an estimate. Now the first numbers are in, and that $30m may have been a major underestimate. Shell’s profit for the first three months of 2026 more than doubled to $6.9bn, as did BP’s, to $3.2bn. TotalEnergies profits also surged by more than 50%, up to $5.8bn. Even in the Gulf itself, where the flow of oil through the strait of Hormuz has been heavily restricted, some companies have still flourished. Aramco, the state oil company of habitual climate obstructers Saudi Arabia, saw its profits soar by 26% to $33.6bn in the first quarter. Those four companies alone, benefiting not just from the oil price hike but also bumper oil-trading profits, made $23m an hour for the whole of January, February and March. And the Iran conflict only started on 28 February. To get some idea of the scale of this, imagine I gave you $6,200. What would you do? Pay off a loan? Book a fancy holiday? A second later, I give you another $6,200; then again, for hours, weeks and months. That is the rate of profit of just those four companies. There is plenty more to come for the industry. Oil and gas supplies will take months to return to prewar levels, and reserves are getting dangerously low. Even if the oil price remains at today’s level of about $100 a barrel, those 100 companies will make $234bn by the end of the year. Remember, the companies, and petrostates such as Russia, have done no extra work for this, just ridden a soaring oil price. Also remember, you are paying for this. Where I live in the UK, household energy bills are about to jump by £209 ($280) a year for the average home. The profits are extreme, but not new: big oil and gas has been wildly profitable for decades. It has made an average $1tn a year in pure profit for about 50 years. The fossil fuel sector also benefits from explicit subsidies that totalled $1.3tn in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund. These riches have funded the lobbying and campaigns that block climate action and have done so for years, long after the science became crystal clear. As an example of the consequences, the UK’s official climate advisers said on Tuesday that all care homes and hospitals will need air conditioning within the coming 10 years, to stop the heat killing people. Talk of a windfall tax in the European Union – designed to “send a clear message that those who profit from the consequences of war must do their part to ease the burden on the general public” – has faded. The most incisive big-picture take I have seen was from climate analyst and writer Ketan Joshi, who recently wrote: “We cannot survive in this system. Hooking humanity on a fuel that becomes more profitable for companies when there is more bloodshed and conflict is a guaranteed recipe for more suffering in every way imaginable.” But here’s that silver lining I promised: these peak profits contain the seeds of their own downfall. Sky-high fossil fuel prices are pushing people, companies and nations to supercharge their rush towards green power for the simple reason that it is now cheaper and more reliable. Solar power does not need to transit through the strait of Hormuz, as Bill McKibben has observed. The numbers on the surge in renewable energy deployment, already exponential, are not yet in, but they will almost certainly be huge. Green funds are already attracting billions of dollars in new investments and one consultancy estimates that an oil price of $100 a barrel will drive $4tn of extra green investment by 2030. Big oil remains a formidable political force but, on the ground, people are already voting with their feet. Sales of new electric cars in the UK leapt by 59% in April, for example. The pain and anger of today’s energy crisis may yet become a critical turning point in confronting the climate crisis. Read more: Trump’s Iran war may stymie climate gains with boost to big oil Outrage as oil giants profit billions from Iran war – The Latest podcast As household bills soar, is it time for a ‘working-class climate agenda’?

رعى صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سعود بن نايف بن عبدالعزيز<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663364/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%89-%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A9-56%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF"> أمير المنطقة الشرقية</a>، حفل تخريج الدفعة الثالثة عشر من طلاب وطالبات<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6518120/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%89-%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC-1757-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9"> معهد الطاقة</a>، بحضور صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير عبدالعزيز بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز وزير الطاقة، وذلك في الصالة الخضراء بالمدينة الرياضية بالدمام.<br /><br />وأكد سمو أمير<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663272/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%89-%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"> المنطقة الشرقية</a> أن ما يحظى به قطاع الطاقة من دعم واهتمام من القيادة الرشيدة -أيدها الله- أسهم في بناء منظومة وطنية متقدمة تُعنى بتأهيل الكوادر الوطنية وتمكينها.<br /> <br />وأشار سموه إلى أهمية الاستثمار في الإنسان باعتباره الركيزة الأساسية لتحقيق التنمية المستدامة، وتعزيز تنافسية المملكة في مختلف القطاعات الحيوية، ومنها قطاع الطاقة الذي يُعد من أبرز القطاعات الاستراتيجية الداعمة للاقتصاد الوطني.<br /> <h2>دعم مسيرة التنمية</h2>وبارك سمو أمير المنطقة الشرقية للخريجين والخريجات، متمنياً لهم التوفيق والنجاح في مسيرتهم العملية، وأن يسهموا بعلمهم ومهاراتهم في دعم مسيرة التنمية الوطنية، وتعزيز مكانة المملكة في قطاع الطاقة والصناعة.<br /> <br />ودشّن سمو أمير المنطقة الشرقية مشاريع المعهد التوسعية، التي شملت توسعة معهد الدمام، وإنشاء معهد تدريب بالمنطقة الغربية، إضافةً إلى مركز متخصص لمكافحة الحرائق ومهارات البقاء بالتعاون مع شركة RelyOn، بهدف دعم وتأهيل الكوادر الوطنية في قطاعات الطاقة والصناعة والتقنيات الحديثة.<br /><br />كما شهد سموه توقيع اتفاقيات تدريب مع 14 شركةً رائدةً في قطاع الطاقة، لتدريب وتنمية 3728 متدربًا ومتدربةً.<br /> <h2>برنامج الدبلوم التقني</h2>واحتفى المعهد بتخريج أكثر من 3,000 متدرب ومتدربة من برنامج الدبلوم التقني المنتهي بالتوظيف، برعاية 51 شركة بارزة في قطاع الطاقة، ومن المقرر أن يلتحق هؤلاء الخريجون بقطاع الطاقة، بما يعزز من معدلات التوطين في القطاع.<br /> <br />كما تضمن الحفل تخريج 136 مهندساً من برنامج تطوير المهندسين، بما يعزز دور المعهد كمركز وطني رائد في إعداد الكفاءات في قطاع تكرير البتروكيماويات.<br /><br />وفي ختام الحفل كرّم سمو أمير المنطقة الشرقية الرعاة والداعمين للحفل.<br />

وقف صاحب السمو الملكي<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663340/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A9"> الأمير عبدالعزيز بن سعود </a>بن نايف بن عبدالعزيز<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663328/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"> وزير الداخلية</a> رئيس لجنة الحج العليا، الخميس، على جاهزية قوات أمن الحج لتنفيذ الخطط الميدانية والتنظيمية المعتمدة لموسم حج هذا العام 1447هـ، وذلك خلال الحفل السنوي الذي نظمته القوات المشاركة في الحج بمكة المكرمة.<br /><br />وأكد مدير<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663358/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B6%D8%A8%D8%B7-4-%D9%85%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D8%AC-%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9"> الأمن العام</a> رئيس اللجنة الأمنية بالحج الفريق محمد بن عبدالله البسامي، في كلمة ألقاها بهذه المناسبة، أن القيادة الرشيدة -أيدها الله- سخّرت جميع الإمكانات والطاقات لخدمة ضيوف الرحمن، حتى أصبحت المملكة أنموذجًا عالميًا متقدمًا في إدارة الحشود البشرية، وتحقيق أعلى مستويات التنظيم والانسيابية التي تمكّن الحجاج من أداء مناسكهم بأمن وطمأنينة.<div data-oembed-url="https://x.com/MOISaudiArabia/status/2057574198495646083"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">الأمير عبدالعزيز بن سعود وزير الداخلية رئيس لجنة الحج العُليا، يقف على جاهزية قوات أمن الحج واستكمال استعداداتها لموسم حج 1447هـ . <a href="https://t.co/drhMgKXLx3">pic.twitter.com/drhMgKXLx3</a></p>— وزارة الداخلية(@MOISaudiArabia) <a href="https://twitter.com/MOISaudiArabia/status/2057574198495646083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2026</a></blockquote> </div><h2>خطط أمنية وقائية</h2>وأوضح أن قوات أمن الحج باشرت تنفيذ مهامها لهذا الموسم عبر خطط أمنية وقائية متكاملة، ارتكزت على الاستفادة من التجارب السابقة واستشراف مختلف الفرضيات والاحتمالات، بما يضمن المحافظة على أمن الحجاج وسلامتهم في مكة المكرمة والمشاعر المقدسة والمدينة المنورة، وعلى امتداد جميع المسارات التي يسلكها ضيوف الرحمن.<br /><br />وأشار إلى أن المنظومة الأمنية بالحج تعمل وفق أعلى درجات الجاهزية والتكامل الميداني، مدعومة بالتقنيات الحديثة ومراكز القيادة والسيطرة، بما يعزز سرعة اتخاذ القرار ويرفع كفاءة التنسيق والاستجابة بين مختلف الجهات المشاركة في أعمال الحج.<br /> <h2>أمن الحجاج</h2>كما أكد أنه سيتم الوقوف بكل حزم ضد أي محاولة لتسييس الحج أو الإخلال بأمن الحجاج أو تعكير صفو أدائهم لمناسكهم، من خلال الجاهزية الكاملة لقوات أمن الحج في تنفيذ خططها المعتمدة.<br /><br />وتخلل الحفل تنفيذ عدد من الفرضيات الأمنية والميدانية التي عكست مستوى الجاهزية والقدرات التشغيلية للقوات المشاركة، إلى جانب استعراض الآليات والتجهيزات الأمنية والتقنيات الحديثة المستخدمة خلال موسم الحج، ومشاركة طيران الأمن والعربات المساندة للمهام الميدانية.<br /> <br />وحضر الحفل صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلمان بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز أمير منطقة المدينة المنورة رئيس اللجنة الدائمة للحج والعمرة بإمارة منطقة المدينة المنورة، وصاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سعود بن مشعل بن عبدالعزيز نائب أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة، وعدد من أصحاب السمو الأمراء والمعالي الوزراء أعضاء لجنة الحج العليا، وقادة القطاعات الأمنية والعسكرية، وعدد من كبار المسؤولين.<br /><br />

Relief at this week’s news that police are sending files to the Crown Prosecution Service, recommending charges against 77 individuals and organisations for their roles in the Grenfell Tower fire, is mixed with grief and anger. On 14 June the disaster’s survivors and their supporters will gather for the ninth annual silent walk around the west London neighbourhood in which the ruined tower stands. Next year marks a decade since the fire. The public inquiry into the disaster pointed the finger at multiple public and private bodies, decisions and individuals. Three construction firms, Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex, were found to have been deliberately dishonest about their products. Poor regulation of building safety was the fault of central government. Kensington and Chelsea council, and its tenant management organisation, were strongly criticised for poor fire safety and other lapses. So were the architects and contractors commissioned to oversee the block’s refurbishment. The London fire brigade was culpable for its dangerous “stay put” policy, which should have been changed following previous cladding fires, including the one that killed six people in Lakanal House, south London, in 2009. These conclusions, and the inquiry’s 58 recommendations, were delivered in September 2024. Yet even now, the prospect of criminal trials remains painfully remote. With prosecutors expected to decide on which charges to bring by next June, cases are unlikely to come to court until 2028 at the earliest. One survivors’ group, Grenfell Next of Kin, responded to Tuesday’s announcement with a statement that its confidence in the system has been “shattered”. Another group, Grenfell United, said that survivors “cannot be expected to endure years more of delay”. Rightly, campaigners point out that the criminal law does not usually take this long. The Met’s defence is that this is the most complex investigation it has ever carried out. The inquiry pulled a massive amount of evidence together, and this material is certain to feature prominently in any court case. But whether blame is placed on the police, on the decision taken by Theresa May’s government to prioritise a public inquiry, or on the uncooperative approach to the inquiry taken by some witnesses, the consequence of such a protracted process has been to increase suffering and bitterness. Criminal convictions have never been the only outcome sought. Campaigners welcomed the public inquiry’s findings and recommendations. Multimillion pound settlements of civil suits have been agreed. Earlier this year the government pledged dedicated funding for a long-planned memorial. Building regulation is in the process of being overhauled. A programme of cladding removal continues. But there is frustration about the pace of change, and concern that the laws on corporate manslaughter and negligence are too weak. Last year the Common Wealth thinktank warned of the “very high threshold for liability” and called for tougher penalties to ensure “meaningful deterrence”. Some of the firms who bear responsibility for the Grenfell fire continue to win public contracts – causing further distress. In spite of the outpouring of sympathy that followed the fire, and the tenacity of survivors who have campaigned for building safety as well as justice, the accountability and resolution that they have been seeking since 2017 remains a long way off. Prosecutors must now take the baton from the police, and move as quickly as they can.