内容摘要：Thune has also carefully navigated his relationship with the president, after sharply criticizing Trump in 2020 for trying to overturn his election defeat.

Thune has also carefully navigated his relationship with the president, after sharply criticizing Trump in 2020 for trying to overturn his election defeat.

“To avoid being taken by the Libyan authorities, four people jumped into the sea, and began desperately swimming toward the Madleen,’' which rescued them.The Freedom Flotilla Coalition protested the return of the other migrants to Libya, where human rights campaigners have said they face abuse and even torture. It also has called on Italy, Greece and Malta to pick up those now on board the Madleen and bring them to safety in Europe.

Climate campaigner Thunberg is among 12 activists aboard the Madleen which departed Sicily on Sunday on a mission that aims to break the sea blockade on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid while raising awareness over the growing humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave. The voyage was to last seven days.Among the others on board are “Game of Thrones” actor Liam Cunningham and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament who is of Palestinian descent. She has been barred from entering Israel due to her active opposition to the Israeli assault on Gaza.After a three month total blockade aimed at pressuring Hamas, Israel started allowing some basic aid into Gaza last month, but humanitarian works have

unless the blockade ends.Almost the entire Gaza population of 2.3 million is acutely malnourished and one in five Palestinians are on the brink of starvation, the World Food Program

An attempt last month by Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza by sea failed after another of the group’s vessels was

while sailing in international waters off Malta.Soon, the workers began to see the images becoming clearer, with gray sections returned to the original white painted by Vanka.

“It’s really fascinating, especially to see from below, a lot of these details that were lost coming back, and seeing what his initial vision was,” conservation technician Christina Cichra said.Workers also cleaned the aluminum leaf that forms backgrounds, as in the arch-shaped one behind St. Mark and St. Matthew.

They used a solution with neutral pH — neither alkaline nor acidic, both of which would damage the material.Parts of the aluminum leaf have deteriorated entirely. The team’s original idea was to replace those sections with new leaf, but it was too shiny and didn’t match. After some experimentation, they decided on a mixture of watercolor and other materials.