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Tren Maya: Mexico’s Yucatán railway project ‘horrifies’ environmentalists – BBC News
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is unveiling a new multi-billion-dollar rail network called the ‘Tren Maya’.
The network will stretch for 1,500km (930 miles) and it is expected to bring two million more tourists a year to the impoverished Yucatán Peninsula.
But it has run massively over budget and critics have said it’s an environmental catastrophe.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
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@maximilianohernandez3996
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
So, you American build your roads and cities in old concrete builds or what? Destrón all your infrastructure so you will be environmentally friendly.
@mrxman581
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
AMLO is a joke. He's a narcissist and the Trump of Mexico. Es un hipocrita y un pendejo.
@july9566
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
My mom just bought a house in playa del Carmen because of this project . Hopefully it’s a good investment.
@juansanchez9343
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
What makes environmentalist and the private sector mad, is that the Mexican government under AMLO is working for the citizens not for the corporations anymore. All of our tax money is going to infrastructure, pensions, health, pay debts, military, sports, etc.
In the past with the corrupted political parties of { PRI, PAN, PRD, MC} the politicians from these political parties collect all the tax money every year and send it to their own personal accounts. That's why it was no money on our country from (1957-2018).
Now with these new regime under AMLO with MORENA, PT, VE is the opposite. Our tax money is working for the citizens🎉🎉🎉🎉
@jonfgrunge
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
I don't see the "environmentalists" talking about Calica, the North American company that made a disaster on the peninsula for years.
@josephperez9200
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
"Controversial" to whom? See who's really pulling the strings.
@ibaiwab5183
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
In Europe or US this means progress. But in the rest of the world they see it like a crime. Nothing new.
@oceanvive
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
There is a big agenda on this report paid by the interest of a few. All necessary studies were done before building this project.
@misaelpablin4690
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
When bbc criticizes something that means we are doing great!
@lexbwengye6138
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
the western media and BBC narrative on such projects is always negative and its like they don't want countries to develop such projects. the same narrative was also on the recently completed Malaysia high speed railway project.
@jerrytimbalero4632
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
I thought BBC was objective…… but not . The only concern we have in the Riviera Maya is the miners from USA and Canada (CALICA) they are the bigest concern! Look up over the internet the devastation they have done in only in a few years taking advantage of the past corrupted politicians!! . The rail transport is more efficient per pasenger than any other locomotive means, apart from that there is almos 2 or more kilometers of overhead rail tracks whenever it encouters a Cenote or waterbody, it is full hybrid uses electricity and can shift to diesel whenever is nèeded, moreover the rail road is the existent old road that has been refurbished, it was built with (fauna-pass) tunnels and bridges, etc, etc,etc!! Back in the 80's expresident of Mexico Ernesto Cedillo sold the former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico and passenger train was finished leaving cargo train only, then they build new car roads and bought passenger busses with private money and today there are toll boots all over the country making car road trips very expensive! and PLEASE dont take Eugenio Derbez ( pseudo comediant and now pseudo enviromentalist ) so serious! I am not sponsored by the goverment by writing this comment it is only because I am happy passenger train is back like in the UK! Saludos desde Mexico.
@heriniza
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
👎, compraron las normas ecológicas por capricho de un viejo loco.
@raggazo23
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
BBC News with the PRIAN RIGHT WING 🤮
The ones who protested were bribed by the agonizing radical right wing PRIAN; why didn’t they protest when foreign companies like CALICA destroyed the jungle, cenotes and archeological sites?
GOD BLESS AMLO THE SECOND BEST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD AFTER MODI FROM INDIA
@pabloelizondo17
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
As a Mexican I can Tell you that this is the worst and most stupid project ever and it was very expensive . I feel ashamed , Billions of dollars spent to devaste the Jungle for a train that has no need to be , that the locals can´t afford and they payed for it , that doesn´t take you anywhere in particular and no tourists are going to visit it because it is not attractive at all and will be a symbol of Ecoside and destruction for many decades to come , nobody wants to go to see the landscape in Campeche . Also the soil in Most of the Penninsula is very Carstic and unstable so the tracks run on top of many caves filled with water , the risk of an accident is very high and the pollution of the whole aquypher is now unstoppable. The 5th and 6th parts of the line run trough the virgin mayan jungle and is already been ravaged but will never run , its is in the direct path of hurricanes and just cuts a massive line trough the wildlife´s habitat ( with big animals like Jaguars and wild boars crossing it ) I believe it was only done because it was the childhood wet dream idea of President Andres Lopez Obrador, No economic Viability or Ecological studies were ever presented , they even covered many mayan archeological sites to make way for the train and put the army to build it at gun point and now that the world knows of the Jungle devastation I hope to see a complete boycot and the matter resolved in the I.C.C. Ecoside is a very serious crime against mother nature. It´s the product of a very sick and desperate mind.
@gopa-swamidasa9112
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
Ridículos 😂😂😂
@eoviedo1974
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
No surprise that western media turn against a left-wing government and its projects when the interests of their corporate masters are at stake.
You all can criticize all you want but in the end, whatever impact the Mayan train will have on the environment is dwarfed by…. Say, the massive environmental disaster caused by Canadian mining companies on Mexican soil.
You could report on that too, unless your masters won't allow it.
@mateoibarra3165
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
VIVA MEXICO VIVA AMLO. Aunque los periodistas están como perros queriendo detener el avance de México,. Mexico seguirá avanzando a pasos agigantados para tomar el lugar que le corresponde a nivel mundial. VIVA MEXICO.
@LuisLopez-no7jr
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
Oh my. Really BBC. Such interesting piece of info you’ve tried to create. Frankly I’m disappointed with it. Thumbs down.
The Mayan region will impress many with it’s incredible architecture and mathematical design. Astronomical observatories, perfect calendar, so on and so forth. Come, Europeans and see for yourself and your stay in Mexico 🇲🇽 will certainly be rewarded. Seriously.
@nadieonline8268
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
la maquina de propaganda es mas grande de lo que creen
@jonramos5588
December 18, 2023 at 10:19 am
Very strange that I don't hear environmentalists talk about the destruction that the Vulcan calica company did in the Mayan jungle