Large demonstrations have been taking place in Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16. The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died on September 16, three days after she was arrested by vice squads for improperly wearing her veil, seems to be the origin of this wind of protest, but it is also the context of the election of the ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raïsi as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, fueling the anger of the demonstrators.

>> REPEAT – Can the revolt in Iran turn into a revolution? The Franceinfo Talk debate

“We must not caricature the movement and believe that it is a war of atheists against the religious, no, it is a fight for freedom,” estimated Farid Vahid, director of the Jean Jaurès Foundation’s Middle East Observatory, on Tuesday , October 4th in Le Talk de franceinfo on Twitch. We can say that Iranian society as a whole is much less religious and religious than, paradoxically, before the Iranian revolution. [de 1979, ndlr], at the time of the Shah. But neither should we caricature by believing that there is a religious war in Iran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Twitter that the young woman’s death “broke the heart” of Iran, “but what is not normal is that some people without evidence or investigation are making the streets dangerous, burning the Koran, headscarves removing veiled women, setting mosques and cars on fire.” According to him, “many women in Iran do not wear the veil perfectly and are strong supporters of the Islamic Republic”.

For Farid Vahid, Iranians practice “less and less.” “They have veiled women in Iran who oppose the veil,” he continues. It is still a very corrupt regime due to the instrumentalization of religion. I went to school in Iran, prayer is obligatory, everything is obligatory, it inevitably repels people.

UKRAINE WAR

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Lviv/Moscow (Ukraine) – The Ukrainian army, with its advance on Kherson in southern Ukraine, holds the annexation of part of the country by Russia in question, is now on the verge of liberating the entire province of Kharkov and invading the Lugansk region in the east. (send)

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– The EU reached a political agreement in Brussels on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia.(send)

– The European Parliament is also debating how to counter the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies in Europe. The Vice President of the EC Margaritis Schinas intervened.(send)

– In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia to Russia. (send)

OPEC CONFERENCE

Vienna – The OPEC+ alliance, which brings together 23 oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, is holding a ministerial conference in Vienna to finalize its oil supply from November. (send)

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ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL

SAO PAULO (Brazil) – Center-right Senator Simone Tebet, the third most likely candidate in last Sunday’s Brazilian presidential election with 4.19 percent of the vote, announces who she supports in the second round.

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CHILE-USA

SANTIAGO, CHILE – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is paying an official visit to Santiago, where he will meet with Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Secretary of State Antonia Urrejola to discuss regional investment security, human rights, immigration and the climate crisis. (send)

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USA ROOM

MIAMI – Crew-5, the fifth manned SpaceX mission commissioned by NASA, will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the International Space Station (ISS).

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ATLANTIC HURRICANES

MIAMI (USA) – United States President Joe Biden is visiting Southwest Florida a week after the impact of Hurricane Ian, a disaster that has already outnumbered the victims of the sadly remembered 1992 Andrew.

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R.UNIDO GAMES

BIRMINGHAM (UK) – Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss is making her first speech as Prime Minister at the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Birmingham, after just a month in office and at a low point in her popularity.(send)

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KOREA CONFLICT

Seoul — Seoul and Washington today responded to Tuesday’s North Korean test by firing short-range missiles and announcing the return of a US aircraft carrier to waters off the Korean Peninsula, prompting a full-scale escalation of regions in the region.(send)

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IRAN PROTESTS

Tehran – The protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini began with large demonstrations that were violently repressed, with mobilizations spreading to universities and now spreading to schools with girls taking off their veils in Iran. By Jaime León (Chronicle) (Posted)

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CHEMISTRY NOBEL

Copenhagen – Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K.Barry Sharpless are the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing an “ingenious” tool for building molecules, the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced. (send)

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OAS ASSEMBLY

Lima – The OAS General Assembly – attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, among others – begins with a day of dialogue with civil society organizations and a meeting of foreign ministers on women’s leadership.(send)

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GEORGE W. BUSH

WASHINGTON – Far from the White House swagger when the Bushes stayed at their Crawford ranch and Camp David, the menus of the then-US presidential couple (2001-2009) opted for home-cooked food, whose chef has now collected in a recipe book . By Martha Garden. (photo) (chronicle) (Posted)

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INFORMATIVE AGENDA (GMT times)

10:00 am.- Geneva.- TRADE PROSPECTS.- The World Trade Organization (WTO) presents its forecasts for trade and the global economy.

5:00 p.m. – Buenos Aires. – ARGENTINA D.HUMANOS. – UN debt and human rights expert Attiya Waris, at a press conference at the end of a visit to Argentina, analyzes the impact of external debt on the human rights situation in the country. Red Room of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta, 2263

Matanzas (Cuba) – FIRE IN CUBA – Two months have passed since the fire at the tank terminal base in Matanzas, western Cuba, became the country’s largest industrial fire, which killed 17 people and caused serious property damage. (photo) (video)

La Coruña (Spain).- GERMANY SPAIN – Germany and Spain resume bilateral summits after nine years since the last one, in a climate of harmony between both countries and with the energy crisis as the protagonist of a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

(2:45 p.m. – Family photo. 5:30 p.m. – Joint press conference).

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Brussels – EU ENERGY – The European Commission is holding an extraordinary informal meeting of the College of Commissioners to discuss energy on the eve of the EU summit of heads of state and government to be held in Prague on Thursday and Friday.

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Strasbourg (France) – EU ENERGY – The European Parliament is voting on a resolution on the EU’s response to rising energy prices in Europe.

08.30 .- Rome.- ITALIAN PARTIES.- The next head of government of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, meets with the national executive of her party, Brothers of Italy, to analyze the scenarios resulting from her election victory on the 25th.

Moscow.- RUSSIA EDUCATION.- Russian President Vladimir Putin will videoconference with the laureates and finalists of the All-Russian Teachers of the Year competition.

11:00 – Geneva. – DRCONGO D. PEOPLE. – A UN-appointed team of international experts presents a report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN Headquarters, Palais des Nations

Kinshasa.- CLIMATE SUMMIT.- Environment ministers from some 50 African countries are meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to prepare for November’s climate change conference in Egypt (COP27), an African “pre-CO27” face-to-face exchange rather than negotiation.

MADRID – SPAIN ECUADOR – Authorities and business people from Spain and Ecuador will take part in the “Ecuador Open for Business 2022” forum, which will take place on Wednesday, October 5 in Madrid in morning and afternoon sessions, and will be opened electronically by the President of Ecuador, William Lasso .

Zaragoza (Spain) – BOTERO EXHIBITION – Presentation of the exhibition “Fernando Botero. Sensuality and Melancholy” which will open on October 6th in Zaragoza. (text) (photo)
(The presentation will take place at 09.30)

Madrid – LIMAHL MUSICAL – Interview with Limahl, who became famous for the main theme of “The Endless Story” before this story premiered in musical format in Madrid. (Text)

New York.- USA MUSIC.- Puccini’s famous opera Tosca returns to the Metropolitan Opera in New York in a production by David McVicar. MET opera. Lincoln Center.

15.30 – Quito. – ECUADOR FLORES. – Expo Flor, the largest international flower fair in Ecuador, returns after the pandemic with 105 exhibitors and more than 2,000 buyers from 42 countries. Quito Metropolitan Convention Center (photo) (video)

San Salvador – EL SALVADOR POLITICS – Interview with Salvadoran MP Claudia Ortiz of opposition party Vamos on her stance on President Nayib Bukele’s announcement that he would seek immediate re-election in 2024. (photo) (video)

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) – MEXICO MIGRATION CRISIS – Interview with the family of Mexican migrant Jesús Iván Sepúlveda, who was murdered by two Americans crossing the border and denounces a racial hatred murder. (photo) (video)

Bangkok.- CAMBODIA CUBA – Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will meet with the country’s key authorities, including his counterpart Hun Sen, during his three-day visit to Cambodia (between October 4 and 6).

Paris.- FRANCE PARTIES – It is the 50th anniversary of the creation of the National Front (FN), renamed the National Grouping (RN, for its French acronym).

CAIRO – IRAQ D.HUMANS – The Gulf Center for Human Rights addresses the systematic patterns of torture in Iraq on the sidelines of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, which will be attended by Amnesty researchers International and the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights.

JERUSALEM – ISRAEL JUDAISM – Israel celebrates the holiday of Yom Kippur, or Day of Forgiveness, which is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar when the country’s airspace is closed and cars do not circulate on the roads and highways.

10.30 Mérida (Spain) – INCLUSIVE CINEMA – Disseminating the social and work inclusion of people with disabilities and their daily reality through the seventh art is the goal of the newly created Ibero-American network of inclusive film festivals.

(Video with directors from festivals in Spain and Colombia)

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Protests continue in Iran. The Iranian judiciary denies the regime’s murder of another young woman in September. The news marker.

• Protests against the mullahs’ regime have been raging in Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
• Free again: Footballer Hossein Mahini released on bail
• Iran’s police crack down on: Blogger arrested during her birthday party

++ 19:10: The Iranian judiciary has ruled out a link between the death of a teenager and the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. No gunshot wounds were found on the body of Nika Shahkarami, who was killed in September. The incident “has nothing to do with the recent disturbances”. Meanwhile, new images of youth protests against the Islamic Republic’s state power continue to emerge.

Allegations had already been raised on online networks that security forces had killed Shahkarami. Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that eight people had been arrested in connection with his death. The investigation of the case continued, the forensic experts had not yet presented their final report to the judicial authorities.

Persian broadcaster BBC and news portal Iran Wire had previously reported that authorities had seized the young woman’s body and secretly buried her on Monday to avoid a burial that could fuel further protests.

++ 17:33: More than 50 French actresses and other celebrities cut their hair in solidarity with women and girls protesting Iran’s repression. “For freedom,” says actress Juliette Binoche at the beginning of a two-minute video that circulated on the Internet on Wednesday. She then gathers her hair with one hand and cuts off about six inches of her braid in front of the camera.

Actresses Isabelle Adjani, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Isabelle Huppert also take scissors in the video and cut more or less long strands of their hair. Singers Jane Birkin and Angèle can also be seen. According to the credits, French lawyer Richard Sedillot initiated the action.

Intermediate texts tell the story of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the moral police in Tehran on 13 September and died three days later. “She was only accused of not wearing the scarf properly,” the video reads. “She died because she left a few strands of hair showing.”

++ 15:50: Iran has warned the European Union against “reckless action” related to the ongoing protests in the country. “If the EU takes hasty and reckless action (in relation to the protests), it must be prepared for Iran to take effective countermeasures,” Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian said in a phone call with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday. .

Iran respects the demands of its people, but not the riots organized by foreign countries and terrorists. “The Iranian people will never allow foreign countries to use such methods to jeopardize the country’s independence and territorial integrity,” the Iranian chief diplomat was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.

++ 2:00 pm: Protests against the government in Iran have always extended to the country’s schools. Videos and photos posted via Twitter allegedly show Iranian schoolgirls taking off their veils and chanting “Death to the dictator”.

The students would have expelled the responsible education director and “taken over the school”. The authenticity of the videos and photos cannot be confirmed without a doubt.

++ 11:40 am: More than 600 cultural workers, including actress Iris Berben, Nobel Prize winner for Literature Elfriede Jelinek and author Carolin Emcke, expressed their support for the protesters in Iran in an open letter. “The call for a feminist revolution in Iran is loud and clear. We see their courageous resistance, we hear their determined voices. We admire your courage and your endurance,” she says.

The letter is not addressed to the federal government or international political institutions, as is usual in similar formats, but to the protesters themselves, the initiators explained in a press release.

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Protests in Iran: Hossein Mahini released on bail

+++ 10:30 am: Iranian football player Hossein Mahini, who was arrested for supporting protests critical of the system, has been released on bail, according to media reports. The former national player was released from prison on Wednesday night on bail equivalent to 30,000 euros and has since returned home, sports portal Varzesh3 reported.

Mahini, 36, was arrested last week for condemning the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody and supporting the protests that followed. His arrest made waves in Iran and sparked nationwide rallies in solidarity with the former Persepolis Tehran captain, 14-time champion. The Iranian team also showed solidarity.

Protests in Iran: British Ambassador Summoned

++ 8:25 am: In connection with the ongoing system-critical protests, Iran has again summoned the British ambassador to Tehran. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the British government had been accused of illegitimate interference and of spreading false and inciting information about the protests. By publishing such information, London was involved in the “staging” of Iranian opposition groups in Britain against the Islamic Republic, he said.

The British ambassador was summoned last week because of critical reporting by London-based Persian-language news channels. The Norwegian ambassador and the charge d’affaires of the French embassy in Tehran were also summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for interfering in the country’s internal affairs.

Iran protests: US plans new sanctions

Update for Wednesday, October 5, 7:20 am: Because of the ongoing violence against the protests in Iran, the US is considering new sanctions. “We will continue to hold the Iranian authorities accountable and support the right of Iranians to protest freely,” said President Joe Biden.

Amnesty International writes that 52 people were killed by state security forces during protests in Iran. There are also hundreds of serious injuries to claim. According to information from Amnesty International, the Headquarters issued an order for the Armed Forces to proceed with all severity against the protesters.

Iran: Italian food blogger is in prison

First report for Tuesday, October 4: Rome – Alberto and Miriam Piperno are sitting in their bookstore in south-central Rome. But his thoughts are not recommending a good read to clients. The couple’s 30-year-old daughter Alessia, a well-known travel and food blogger, is being held in a Tehran prison. Her parents were ordered by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to avoid reporters.

Even before they were called to silence, Alberto posted a plea for help on Facebook with a photo his daughter recently posted from Tehran, where she has been staying for three months. “This girl is Alessia Piperno and she is my daughter,” he wrote in the now-deleted Facebook post on Sunday (October 2, 2022). “I got a call this morning. She cried and let us know that she is under arrest (…) She was arrested by the police along with her friends while celebrating her birthday. It was just a few words but they were desperate. She asked for help.”

Iran’s deputy squad quells protests

Several foreigners were arrested in the crackdown on protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died on Sept. 13 in the custody of Iran’s notorious vice squad. Prior to his arrest, Piperno had posted about the protests, recalling the struggle of Italian guerrillas against the fascist regime at the end of World War II with his protest song Bella Ciao.

“A 22-year-old girl was killed by Iranian police for wearing her hijab inappropriately,” she wrote in mid-September. “The truth is, that girl could have been me, or my friend Hanieh, or one of the women I met on this journey. Hijab in Iran is not synonymous with religion, but government.” She continues: “Every woman must deprive herself of her femininity, hide her beautiful features and the shapes of her body, lest she risk ending up in prison or worse… being flogged 70 times.”

“I feel part of it all, I feel part of these girls who are fighting for their rights, who are speaking out for their freedom, but who end up being forced to hide in a blind spot,” Piperno posted about the protests.

Iran – Italian Blogger Arrested: “I’m Afraid I Can’t Leave, Help Me”

Alberto Piperno writes that his daughter told him they were not told why they were arrested. However, nine others were taken into custody with her. “I’m fine, but there are people here who say they’ve been stuck for months and for no reason,” she told her father, according to his post. “I’m afraid I can’t go out, help me.”

The blogger’s latest Instagram post showed her birthday party at what appeared to be a private home in Tehran. The five women portrayed have their heads uncovered. Piperno wrote: “These years were the most beautiful of my life, the most lived, in which I learned and unlearned so much, in which I met wonderful people and friends and in which I discovered the true beauty of our planet. The world and its people gave me more than I could ask for, day after day, year after year.” A few hours later, she was in prison.

Italian blogger showed markets and mosques in Iran

Her previous contributions show her in various markets and mosques in Iran. Many of her videos show her cultural awareness, for example B. how she curls her hair according to the laws. She did not post any photos of the protests, but wrote about them. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that first night,” she wrote a few days after the protests began. “We had run to the hostel with our hearts in our throats when gunshots sounded behind us and the smell of gas filled the air. (…) A mess I didn’t really know what it was until today. people were screaming in the streets.”

The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed his arrest to the Daily Beast news portal, but did not provide further details on the measures taken to secure his release. In many of her posts, she has received harsh criticism about why she is in Iran. Several commentators write that she deserves it.

“We Europeans know nothing about these people, the messages that come to us are retouched and we get used to marching like puppets and believing everything they tell us,” she wrote a week ago. “Here, however, people are tired of being puppets and that is why thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest. They speak out for their freedom. women, men, young and old. And each of them, each one, is risking their own lives when they go out into the streets.” (lz)

You can’t imagine how happy I was when Paul St-Pierre Plamondon quoted one of Quebec’s greatest poets in his Victory/Defeat speech Monday night.

As the young leader of the PQ, just elected in Camille-Laurin, said: ‘Tonight we didn’t come back to come back. We have arrived at what begins,” he paraphrased a famous quote from Gaston Miron, author of L’homme rapaillé.

phew! It felt good to have a little beauty, a little finesse and a little poetry in the middle of those political speeches on Monday night, after a campaign where we barely talked about culture. .

THE VEROGATE

Why was I so touched as PSPP quotes Gaston Miron?

1– Because I love poetry. 2- Because I fear that Quebec will forget its greatest authors.

We’ve been asking ourselves the question “Who is Véro?” for the last two weeks. Because of Louis Morissette’s text in Véro magazine in which he asked: “Who is Véronique Cloutier?”

Because of Guy Natel’s vox-pop at Dawson College, where English and French students didn’t recognize the host.

But also after the Graduate School of Media Arts and Technology at Cégep de Jonquière published a study involving 600 students on their culture and media consumption habits. The teachers were surprised that some of their students did not know Vero.

• Listen to the Nantel Durocher meeting on the Sophie Durocher Show, broadcast live daily at 3pm. above QUB radio :

I think instead of asking young people if they know Véro to measure their knowledge of the culture, we should ask them if they know Gaston Miron. Has the national poet been completely forgotten today?

I love Véronique Cloutier, I loved her documentary Loto-Méno (which had a real and resounding impact on the lives of Quebec women), she shines on TV and radio, but she’s entertaining.

If we want to assess young Quebecers’ knowledge or appreciation of their own culture, we might want to ask them what they know about culture.

I find it much more serious that a CEGEP student does not know Michel Tremblay or Robert Lepage, Dany Laferrière or Kim Thuy, that he has never heard of Riopelle or Marc Séguin. How many young people from the south-west pass by the Marie-Uguay cultural center but don’t know anything about the poet who died at the age of 26?

Every year, the artists who built modern Quebec die of indifference because young people don’t know who they are. Yves Desgagnés recently told me on QUB radio that on the day of Michelle Rossignol’s death, when invited to appear on television for a different issue, the show’s researcher told him not to mention the actress’ death because it was public not interesting enough. ..

• Listen to the Durocher – Dutrizac match live every day at 12:40 p.m. above QUB radio :

A COUNTRY REACHED

A culture lives when it circulates.

Gaston Miron died in 1996. But he will never die as long as politicians and ordinary citizens continue to quote him like this in the course of a sentence in favor of a speech.

“I’m in the center of the world while it rumbles inside me.”

Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis formed a united front Wednesday as the two stood face-to-face and shook hands for the first time after the president surveyed storm damage in Florida from Hurricane Ian.

The nation’s first lady, Jill Biden, and Florida’s first lady, Casey DeSantis, joined their husbands in a public demonstration of unity.

The Florida couple greeted the Bidens as they stepped out of their motorcade to receive a briefing from state and local officials on what it takes to successfully recover from damage from the Category 4 storm, which killed more than 100 people people died and hundreds of thousands were displaced.

After speaking on the phone multiple times, including one before the storm made landfall, Biden and DeSantis put their hurricane recovery partnership to the test in their first face-to-face meeting.

The president and GOP governor have publicly shot down suggestions that they are not cooperating in their response to the storm’s carnage, even sending each other veiled compliments.

President Joe Biden met for the first time in person with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday when he was visiting the Sunshine State to survey the carnage of Hurricane Ian. From LR: Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis, Governor DeSantis, First Lady Jill Biden, President Biden

Biden was greeted by Florida’s first couple as he met with state and local leaders to work together in recovery from the massive storm that killed at least 109

The Bidens heard from community leaders and local residents affected by the storm on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Fisherman’s Pass in Fort Myers, Fla

DeSantis said during an update earlier Wednesday morning that Florida was “happy” the White House signed the emergency declaration before Hurricane Ian became a tropical storm — and said he “appreciated this quick action.”

As of Tuesday, 109 people were reported dead from the hurricane — the deadliest since 1935. About 318,000 homes and businesses are still without power as of Wednesday morning, a week after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida.

Biden left the White House Wednesday morning to fly to the DeSantis jurisdiction, where he will survey the damage from the storm in Fort Myers, Fla. from the air and speak with local and state officials, including Gov. and Senator Rick Scott, another staunch critic.

Before the storm hit, Biden was scheduled to visit Orlando and Fort Lauderdale last week to promote strengthening Social Security and Medicaid.

He previously accused Scott of wanting to end both programs by suggesting federal laws should expire every five years, despite the Florida senator saying he wants to preserve the programs.

Biden and DeSantis have also had a variety of disagreements over the past few years over a variety of issues, including combating COVID-19 and education and immigration policies.

Biden toured the destruction of the storm in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., by helicopter on Wednesday

Biden’s first trip to the Sunshine State this year became a show of unity between the Democratic government and Republican leadership in Florida as they continue to work hand-in-hand in hurricane recovery. Pictured: Gov. DeSantis speaks with the President and First Lady as they head to a meeting with residents affected by the storm on Wednesday

In recent weeks, the two have publicly clashed over DeSantis’ decision to put migrants on planes or buses to Democratic cities.

However, Hurricane Ian changed the purpose and tone of Biden’s first trip to Florida that year — it became a moment of bipartisan collaboration.

DeSantis has emerged as a potential alternate GOP presidential nominee in 2024 as more moderate Republican voters turn away from ultra-MAGA ideals. Although President Biden has not made an official announcement, he has reiterated that he is determined to run for re-election.

All eyes turned to the Sunshine State on Wednesday over a potential clash between the Democratic president and GOP governor who could face off in 2024.

“There will be plenty of time, plenty of time to discuss differences between the president and the governor — but now is not the time,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during her briefing on Tuesday.

She told reporters: “When it comes to delivering and making sure the people of Florida have what they need, especially in the wake of Hurricane Ian, we are one. We work as a unit.”

Joe and Jill Biden wave to guests as they leave the White House for Florida on Wednesday, October 5

Biden’s first in-person meeting with DeSantis came after a massive storm hit the peninsular state

The duo held several phone calls related to the Category 4 hurricane that devastated the state last week. Pictured: Gov. DeSantis and his wife Casey (left) provide an update on the ongoing effort in the wake of Hurricane Ian on Tuesday, October 4

It is in neither Biden’s nor DeSantis’ interest to make the meeting anything but apolitical at this point. Biden has spoken to DeSantis several times before, but this will be the first face-to-face meeting between the opposing duo.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell will accompany Biden for the trip.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One en route to Florida on Wednesday, Criswell said, “There are communities that need a complete rebuild.”

“We need to invite the entire federal family,” she added.

The President announced Wednesday that the federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs of “debris clearance and emergency preparedness” in Florida for 60 days after the day of the first incident.

This is an extension of the last 30-day relief period announced last month when the hurricane hit.

The first couple exits the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews, where they will fly to Fort Myers, Fla., where their President will survey the damage from the hurricane by helicopter

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without power nearly a week after the hurricane made landfall in Florida. A Search A member of the rescue team searches the carnage at Fort Myers Beach in search of victims

Restaurants, stores and other businesses were destroyed in the hurricane in Fort Myers Beach, Florida

The storm caused an estimated $60 billion in damage and left thousands homeless.

The storm disrupted power to more than 4 million homes and businesses in Florida and over 1.1 million in North and South Carolina.

Partisanship when it comes to federal aid to states has broken down in recent years between the White House and opposing party governors. Santis in 2022.

DeSantis, whose political style focuses on attacking far-left politics, need not worry that Biden’s visit will ruin his influence and popularity in the GOP.

While he will accept federal aid to Florida, it’s unlikely there will be any literal hugs.

The president and governor have congratulated each other during their phone calls in a rare moment of bipartisanship at a deeply divided time in US politics — particularly with less than five weeks until the midterm elections.

DeSantis revealed during a storm response update Tuesday that three of the four looting suspects arrested in Lee County are in the United States illegally.

Focusing on “law and order,” the Florida governor made a connection between the looting and Biden’s immigration policies.

“These are foreigners, they’re illegal in our country, but not only that, they’re trying to loot and loot after a natural disaster,” DeSantis explained.

“They should be prosecuted, but they must be sent back to their home country. You shouldn’t be here at all,’ he continued.

A no-go sign warns looters they will be shot outside a store in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., after Hurricane Ian wreaked widespread destruction

The looting took place after Hurricane Ian.

The four men were arrested for breaking into an unoccupied building during a state of emergency, according to online prison records.

The people, between the ages of 20 and 33, have been booked to search destroyed homes and businesses in Fort Myers Beach while suffering from the raging torrent.

All four looters were arrested on September 29 – but documents show they were released after posting $35,000 bail each.