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- Barack Obama: Brexit would put UK 'back of the queue' for trade talks
- 600 US-bound Africans stranded in Costa Rica after officials block route
- Prince: new details of plane emergency as fans mourn singer
- 'My soul is in Damascus': portraits of life on the refugee trail
- LA Times hoaxed into reporting UN declaring end of war on drugs
- Turkish academics freed on first day of trial for 'terrorist propaganda'
- CIA torture program: victims' lawsuit can move forward, judge says
- Dutch police shutter encrypted network over alleged organized crime ties
- Award-winning Guardian reporter David Beresford dies aged 68
- China recruits Brazilians as it aims to become footballing superpower
- Rajendra Pachauri to face Delhi court on sexual harassment charges
- Brussels bomber ‘identified as jailer of foreign Isis hostages’
- Secretive group of Hollywood conservatives suddenly dissolves
- Hadley Freeman: I like Bernie as much as the next idealist, but Hillary gets my vote
- Syria's shadowlands: 'He wanted to go home. When he died, I felt I'd failed him'
- Bangladeshi academic hacked to death
- Georgia shootings leave six dead including suspect
- Boys, girls, books and roses: a literary love affair in Catalonia
- Are privacy injunctions on the brink of a comeback?
- Sudan student killing sparks wave of protests
- Bodies of two men found at a property in Hull
- Dilma Rousseff in New York declares no grounds for impeachment
- Tony Abbott: parental leave and MPs' travel among my biggest mistakes
- Israelis look to Rabin - archive, 23 April 1974
- James Clapper pressed for number of citizens US collects data on
- Guatemalan troops mass near Belize border after shooting incident
- Turkey releases fraudster Asil Nadir after repatriation from UK
- US to buy 32 metric tons of Iranian heavy water to fulfill nuclear deal terms
- Former actor appeals ruling throwing out Bill Cosby defamation suit
- Brazil Amazon dam project suspended over concerns for indigenous people
- Muslims in America: voters share views on the US presidential candidates
- Tower of London poppies bloom at Britain's most northerly cathedral
- Cuba to lift boat travel ban in time for US cruise
- Norwegian fighter jet helps save dying patient
- Eyewitness: Sony World Photography Award
- iTunes Movies and iBooks blocked in China
- The beavers are back: animals return to Stockholm after almost a century
- Want to beat climate change and achieve sustainability? Try paying your taxes | Tove Maria Ryding and Bodo Ellmers
- Syrian refugee crisis underestimated by British public, finds humanitarian study
- Poor countries must find $4tn by 2030 to avert catastrophe, says climate study
- Why online voting in the state that Cruz swept was so flawed
- Fact-check: did Obama really remove a Churchill bust from the Oval Office?
- Boris and Brexit provide light relief as Obama and Cameron tackle Syria issue
- Sheriff rules out Prince suicide – video
- Police attend scene of Ohio 'execution-style' shootings – video
- Queen Elizabeth with US presidents past and present – in pictures
- Obama: UK would be 'back of queue' for trade talks if it left EU – video
- Humvees fall from sky after failed US army airdrop – video
- Barack Obama's visit to the UK – in pictures
| Barack Obama: Brexit would put UK 'back of the queue' for trade talks Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:30 PM PDT US president, visiting London, says 'part of being friends is being honest' as he lays out perils of leave vote in EU referendum Barack Obama has warned that the UK would be at the "back of the queue" in any trade deal with the US if the country chose to leave the EU, as he made an emotional plea to Britons to vote for staying in. The US president used a keenly awaited press conference with David Cameron, held at the Foreign Office, to explain why he had the "temerity to weigh in" over the high-stakes British question in an intervention that delighted remain campaigners. Continue reading... |
| 600 US-bound Africans stranded in Costa Rica after officials block route Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:30 PM PDT Blocked migration route has led to a buildup of people in town of Paso Canoas, where migrants are now sleeping rough in a makeshift detention camp About 600 US-bound Africans are stranded in Costa Rica after officials blocked a major migration route to America, leading local aid workers to warn of a humanitarian crisis if their number continues to rise. African and Latin American migrants have long passed through Costa Rica on their way to the US, but their passage has been blocked by the authorities in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, the next country on the route north. Continue reading... |
| Prince: new details of plane emergency as fans mourn singer Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:59 PM PDT Questions surrounding pop superstar's sudden death zero in on unscheduled landing made by his jet a few days before he was found dead New details emerged on Friday of how a medical emergency on board Prince's private jet led to an unscheduled landing just a few days before his death. As fans worldwide mourned the sudden loss of the 57-year-old superstar, questions surrounding the circumstances of his death zeroed in on the fact that he may have become gravely ill days earlier but declined a lengthy stay in hospital. Continue reading... |
| 'My soul is in Damascus': portraits of life on the refugee trail Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:00 AM PDT In a moving series of sketches, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad captures gruelling journeys blighted by poverty and exploitation Last summer, the Turkish port city of Izmir became the springboard for hundreds of thousands of refugees hoping to reach Greece. They came looking for smugglers to take them to sea – and lifejackets to keep them alive. Every third shop on Fevzi Pasha Boulevard, a wide shopping street that led to the smugglers' quarter, was happy to oblige. "Original Yamaha," shopkeepers would shout to passing refugees. "Come in and try one." Some shoe-sellers and tailors put their usual stock in the basements, and started selling crudely made lifejackets instead. Smugglers block-booked the rooms of nearby hotels for their clients. Greece lay just across the Aegean. Continue reading... |
| LA Times hoaxed into reporting UN declaring end of war on drugs Posted: 22 Apr 2016 02:07 PM PDT Press release hoax had claimed UN office on drugs and crime recommended decriminalizing marijuana and other liberal policies before Ungass summit As the United Nations held its first General Assembly in 18 years to discuss narcotics policy, many activists for reform – and no doubt many recreational users – hoped that the international body would liberalize current treaties that outlaw drugs. Related: Decriminalize all drugs, business and world leaders tell UN Continue reading... |
| Turkish academics freed on first day of trial for 'terrorist propaganda' Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:16 PM PDT Four released pending move to change to lesser charge over petition denouncing military operations against Kurdish rebels A Turkish court has freed four academics from jail on the first day of their trial for spreading "terrorist propaganda", as prosecutors moved to scale back the charges against them. The four, on trial for signing a petition denouncing the government's military operations against Kurdish rebels, were released "pending permission from the justice ministry" to change the charge, lawyer Benan Molu told Agence France-Presse. Continue reading... |
| CIA torture program: victims' lawsuit can move forward, judge says Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:36 PM PDT Judge says discovery may begin in case of three CIA torture victims who were subjected to some of the most brutal interrogation techniques of post-9/11 era A federal judge in eastern Washington state has ruled for the first time ever that a civil lawsuit brought by victims of the CIA torture program can move forward. After hearing attorneys for the two contract psychologists who created the torture program post up against American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyers representing three victims of the program's most brutal techniques, senior federal judge Justin L Quackenbush said he could not dismiss the case. Continue reading... |
| Dutch police shutter encrypted network over alleged organized crime ties Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:56 PM PDT Officials say users of Ennetcom's services were engaged in 'serious criminal activity' and arrest owner on laundering and weapons possession suspicions Dutch police have arrested the owner of a company that provided encrypted communications for a network of 19,000 customers and shut its operations down, saying they believed it was being used for organized crime. The owner of the company, Ennetcom, is suspected of money laundering and illegal weapons possession, prosecutors said. Continue reading... |
| Award-winning Guardian reporter David Beresford dies aged 68 Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:00 AM PDT Beresford, known for his writing about the Northern Ireland Troubles and the end of apartheid, has died in Johannesburg David Beresford, the award-winning Guardian correspondent who covered Northern Ireland during the Troubles and South Africa during and after the end of the apartheid era, has died after a long illness at his home in Johannesburg, aged 68. Beresford began journalistic life on the Guardian as a home news reporter and quickly established himself as an exceptional talent. But it was after he was appointed Irish correspondent that his work became more widely acknowledged. Continue reading... |
| China recruits Brazilians as it aims to become footballing superpower Posted: 22 Apr 2016 06:20 AM PDT A growing number of Brazilian players are signing for clubs in China, whose national side ranks 81st in the world Six days after touching down in China's far west, Rudnei da Rosa – or Lu Dini as he is now known – is still trying to find his feet. "I don't know if it's because of my skin colour or what," says the 6ft 2in black Brazilian footballer. "But when I'm walking down the street, people stare so much they nearly trip over. It's like they can't quite believe their eyes." Continue reading... |
| Rajendra Pachauri to face Delhi court on sexual harassment charges Posted: 22 Apr 2016 03:44 AM PDT Former head of world climate change body faces raft of accusations in case that will be closely watched in India and abroad Courtroom 506, in the south-east wing of Delhi's purpose-built Saket district court, does not often sit centre stage in criminal cases of international interest. Its last appearance in the spotlight was three years ago, as journalists from around the world arrived in India's capital for the trial of suspects in the gang-rape of Jyoti Singh. Continue reading... |
| Brussels bomber ‘identified as jailer of foreign Isis hostages’ Posted: 22 Apr 2016 06:38 AM PDT Najim Laachraoui was Islamic State guard known as Abou Idriss, according to lawyer of former Syria hostage Nicolas Hénin One of the two suicide bombers who killed 16 people at Brussels' Zaventem airport last month has been identified as a former Islamic State prison guard in Syria. French journalists seized in Syria by the terror group in 2013 have identified Najim Laachraoui, the presumed bomb-maker for both the Brussels attacks and those carried out in Paris in November last year, as one of the captors who held them hostage for 10 months, their lawyer said. Continue reading... |
| Secretive group of Hollywood conservatives suddenly dissolves Posted: 21 Apr 2016 07:14 PM PDT The announcement by the Friends of Abe fueled speculation that infighting over Donald Trump's candidacy had drained commitment
But on Thursday the organisation – which counts Jon Voight, Jerry Bruckheimer and Kelsey Grammer among its 1,500 members – made an abrupt announcement: it was dissolving. Continue reading... |
| Hadley Freeman: I like Bernie as much as the next idealist, but Hillary gets my vote Posted: 23 Apr 2016 01:00 AM PDT Young Americans don't like Hillary Clinton – she's the broccoli candidate – but would Sanders get anything done as president? Donald Trump talking about the size of his genitals during a presidential debate: I should have predicted that. But who'd have thought that young, liberal American women would be more excited about a 74-year-old male senator than the prospect of the first female president? Young Americans don't like Hillary Clinton, and young American women really don't like her. According to a recent poll, 61% of young American women support Bernie Sanders. Clinton attracts a mere 28%. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out whether this is a feminist triumph (they don't just see her as a woman but judge her as a human! Good!) or a tragedy (er, they hate her. Bad). I'll let you know when I've worked that one out. Continue reading... |
| Syria's shadowlands: 'He wanted to go home. When he died, I felt I'd failed him' Posted: 23 Apr 2016 01:00 AM PDT Undertaking humanitarian work in remote parts of Syria reveals a world of brave and resilient people reduced to despair. They just need a fair life On 21 April, I took my sixth trip to a besieged area in Syria – a place called Rastan, half an hour's drive north from Homs. I was part of a joint team dispatched by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Syrian Arab Red Crescent to bring humanitarian aid to more than 120,000 people for the first time in over a year. We crossed the frontline during the day – in contrast with previous visits to besieged areas, when we have generally only been allowed in after dark – and stayed deep into the night. All such trips have unique challenges, but they are nothing compared to the daily hardships faced by people in besieged areas. Continue reading... |
| Bangladeshi academic hacked to death Posted: 23 Apr 2016 12:52 AM PDT Police believe Rezaul Karim Siddique is latest victim of Islamist militants who target high-profile atheists A university professor in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in an assault police say bears the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants of secular and atheist activists. English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was hacked from behind with machetes as he walked to from his home to the bus station in the north-western city of Rajshahi, where he taught at the public university. Continue reading... |
| Georgia shootings leave six dead including suspect Posted: 23 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT Police say man thought responsible for two deadly incidents was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound A man suspected of killing five people in two shootings in Georgia was found dead afterwards from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Related: Gun crime statistics by US state Continue reading... |
| Boys, girls, books and roses: a literary love affair in Catalonia Posted: 23 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT St George's Day in Catalonia coincides with World Book Day and is an opportunity for Catalans to honour their patron saint and show their love of culture In Catalonia, on Saturday, a record-breaking number of books are predicted to be sold as Catalans, like the English, celebrate their patron saint, St George (known here as Sant Jordi). A walk through any Catalan square will quickly land you in literary heaven: piles of books stacked high on tables with readers thumbing through the latest releases, in search of the perfect book for their loved one – and that's not mentioning the six million roses for sale. With 1.5m books sold last year, grossing €20m, the Catalan publishing industry predicts an increase of up to 6%. According to legend, Sant Jordi slayed a dragon to save his princess. From the pools of the beast's blood grew a single red rose. "Traditionally, boys give girls a flower and girls give boys a book," says editor-turned-Podemos politician Mar Garcia Puig. "Fortunately, we have evolved and now girls also receive a book." Catalans have been exchanging books for roses for around 90 years, but after Unesco declared 23 April World Book Day in 1995, they began buying books on a mass scale. Continue reading... |
| Are privacy injunctions on the brink of a comeback? Posted: 23 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT The legal battle over the Sun's story about a 'celebrity threesome' father still isn't over. But does it indicate a new taste for injunctions? And can a normal person get one? A celebrity father is seeking to prevent tabloid newspapers printing details of a three-way sexual encounter in a case in front of the UK's highest court. Is this why injunctions are back in the news? Sort of. The case, which began in January when the Sun on Sunday tried to publish details of the threesome, is testing freedom of the press and privacy in the digital age. Lawyers for News UK, publisher of the Sun, argue that, because the celebrity has been identified outside the UK, British law is fighting King Canute-like against the tide of a web-based free press. Opponents argue that even celebrities have the right to a private life, and that lifting the injunction would release a flood of reporting. Continue reading... |
| Sudan student killing sparks wave of protests Posted: 22 Apr 2016 03:55 AM PDT Amnesty International calls for investigation into death of Abubakar Hassan during march in North Kordofan Thousands of Sudanese students have entered their second day of protests following the death of a student in North Kordofan, central Sudan. Abubakar Hassan, 18, was killed on Monday at Kordofan University by a gunshot wound to the head after intelligence agents opened fire on students taking part in a peaceful march. Continue reading... |
| Bodies of two men found at a property in Hull Posted: 22 Apr 2016 04:34 PM PDT Police treating deaths as suspicious but unexplained after discovery at the back garden of a residential address The bodies of two men have been found in the back garden of a property in Hull. Humberside police were called at 6.04pm on Friday, where the two men were discovered. Continue reading... |
| Dilma Rousseff in New York declares no grounds for impeachment Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:17 PM PDT Embattled Brazilian president tells foreign media she is the innocent victim of a 'coup' and will only leave office if voted out by the electorate The Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, has told journalists in New York there is "no legal foundation" for her impeachment as she took her fight for political survival into the international ring. Related: The real reason Dilma Rousseff's enemies want her impeached | David Miranda Continue reading... |
| Tony Abbott: parental leave and MPs' travel among my biggest mistakes Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT Former prime minister concedes there were several errors that contributed to his fall, including overlooking women in his cabinet and knighting Prince Philip Tony Abbott has conceded to a series of errors as prime minister that contributed to his downfall, including overlooking women in his cabinet, knighting Prince Philip, and promising a "undeliverable" paid parental leave scheme. In an analysis of his leadership written for Quadrant magazine, Abbott said he was convinced his government "got the big things right" but said there was no doubt there were mistakes "in smaller things" that loomed large for colleagues. Continue reading... |
| Israelis look to Rabin - archive, 23 April 1974 Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:00 PM PDT 23 April 1974: Labour's new leader is untainted by the faction-fighting, and his record is perceived as that of a winner Tel-Aviv, April 22. After a decorous two-hour debate, the party's central committee gave General Rabin 298 votes to 254 for the only other candidate, the Minister of Information, Mr Shimon Peres. Continue reading... |
| James Clapper pressed for number of citizens US collects data on Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:04 PM PDT Eight Democrats and six Republicans made the request in a letter, reflecting the continued bipartisan concerns over the scope of US data espionage US lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to estimate the number of Americans ensnared in email surveillance and other such spying on foreign targets, saying the information was needed to gauge possible reforms to the controversial programs. Eight Democrats and six Republicans made the request to director of national intelligence James Clapper in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday, reflecting the continued bipartisan concerns over the scope of US data espionage. Continue reading... |
| Guatemalan troops mass near Belize border after shooting incident Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:34 PM PDT
The tiny Central American country of Belize has accused its larger neighbour Guatemala of "amassing" troops along the two countries' border following the death of a 13-year-old boy in a shooting incident apparently involving Belizean soldiers. Guatemala responded on Friday with a scathing statement lamenting the Belizean military's "aggressive attitude", saying its "acts of violence" were hurting bilateral relations. Continue reading... |
| Turkey releases fraudster Asil Nadir after repatriation from UK Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:55 PM PDT Court rules businessman who stole £29m from textiles firm Polly Peck would serve rest of his sentence outside prison Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, jailed in Britain in 2012 for stealing millions from his business empire, has been released in Turkey following a night in jail after he returned there to complete his sentence. A court ruling said Nadir would be released on probation, serving the rest of his sentence outside prison, and there was no need to monitor him. Continue reading... |
| US to buy 32 metric tons of Iranian heavy water to fulfill nuclear deal terms Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:46 AM PDT Republicans criticized $8.6m purchase of nuclear materials, which will be resold for research purposes, as going 'well beyond' scope of last year's accord The US is buying 32 metric tons of Iranian heavy water, a key component for one kind of nuclear reactor, to help Iran meet the terms of last year's landmark nuclear deal under which it agreed to curb its atomic program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. The US state and energy departments said a sales agreement would be signed Friday in Vienna by officials from the six countries that negotiated the nuclear deal. The agreement calls for the energy department's Isotope Program to purchase the heavy water from a subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran for about $8.6m, officials said. They said the heavy water will be stored at the Oak Ridge national laboratory in Tennessee and then resold on the commercial market for research purposes. Continue reading... |
| Former actor appeals ruling throwing out Bill Cosby defamation suit Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:34 AM PDT Renita Hill, 48, argues that Cosby and others defamed her when they challenged accusations of sexual assault made by Hill and other women A former teen actor is appealing a ruling that threw out her defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby that involves claims the actor groomed, drugged and molested her. Renita Hill, 48, argues that Cosby and others defamed her when they challenged accusations made by Hill and other women who went public in 2014. Continue reading... |
| Brazil Amazon dam project suspended over concerns for indigenous people Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:21 AM PDT Licensing process for São Luiz do Tapajós dam stalled after Funai report demarcated Sawré Muybu land around river, where Munduruku people live Plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon have been put on hold after Brazil's environmental agency, Ibama, suspended the licensing process over concerns about its impact on the indigenous community in the region. As one of the central elements of the government's project to expand hydroelectric power generation across the Amazon, the 8,000-megawatt São Luiz do Tapajós dam is slated to be Brazil's second largest, after the controversial Belo Monte power plant, which finally began operating this week. |
| Muslims in America: voters share views on the US presidential candidates Posted: 22 Apr 2016 07:55 AM PDT Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have made Muslims the target of extreme rhetoric during this campaign cycle – voters speak out In 2008, 89% of US Muslims voted for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. In a 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center, some 48% of Muslims living in America said they felt the Republican party was unfriendly towards them. Just 7% said the same of the Democratic party. This year's US election has been marked by a serious upsurge in anti-Muslim rhetoric among Republican candidates – particularly from frontrunner Donald Trump, who has called for a ban on foreign Muslims coming into the country until "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" with extremism. To find out more about how American Muslims felt about the presidential race this year, we asked them to share their views using an online callout, telephone and email interviews. Here are some of the results. Continue reading... |
| Tower of London poppies bloom at Britain's most northerly cathedral Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:35 AM PDT Ceramic poppy installation that wowed crowds in 2014 used to mark centenary of battle of Jutland in Kirkwall, Orkney Thousands of ceramic poppies spill dramatically from a tiny window in Britain's most northerly cathedral to mark the centenary of a first world war naval battle in which more than 8,500 sailors died. If the poppies look familiar, it's probably because you saw the vast Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at the Tower of London in 2014, for which 888,246 ceramic poppies were planted to mark those who died in the war. Continue reading... |
| Cuba to lift boat travel ban in time for US cruise Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:01 AM PDT Cold war-era law had put in doubt Carnival's 1 May cruise, the first from the US to Cuba since the 1959 revolution Cuba has said it will lift a ban on Cubans and Cuban Americans entering and leaving the Caribbean island by commercial vessels, opening the way for the cruise operator Carnival to set sail for the country next week. Carnival's 1 May cruise, the first from the US to the Communist-run country since the 1959 revolution, was thrown into doubt when the company triggered a backlash by refusing Cuban Americans passage due to a cold war-era law. Continue reading... |
| Norwegian fighter jet helps save dying patient Posted: 22 Apr 2016 04:20 AM PDT Hospital staff call on air force F-16 to transport vital equipment from Trondheim hospital to patient 280 miles away Quick-thinking medical staff in Norway saved a patient's life by calling in a fighter jet to whisk live-saving medical equipment from another hospital. They didn't ask any questions, except for what size the machine was Continue reading... |
| Eyewitness: Sony World Photography Award Posted: 22 Apr 2016 03:13 AM PDT Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| iTunes Movies and iBooks blocked in China Posted: 22 Apr 2016 02:20 AM PDT Apple confirms services have been taken offline and says it hopes to make them available again as soon as possible Apple has confirmed its iTunes Movies and iBooks services have become unavailable in China, after reports that authorities had ordered them to be taken offline. "We hope to make books and movies available again to our customers in China as soon as possible," a spokeswoman for Apple said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| The beavers are back: animals return to Stockholm after almost a century Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:25 AM PDT City links: An ambitious urban photography project in Toronto, beavers make a comeback in the Swedish capital, and the Parisians who are suing City Hall over dirty streets, all feature in a roundup of this week's best city stories This week's best city stories takes us from barbershops in Philadelphia where a programme is bridging the gap between black men and the polling booths, to the grimy streets of Paris, where residents are fed up of being treated like the underdogs and are suing the state. Share your thoughts about these city stories – and any others you've seen – in the comments below. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:21 AM PDT The Paris climate agreement has been signed amid much fanfare but, as the Panama Papers show, the need for global tax cooperation is greater than ever It is celebration time at the UN headquarters in New York. World leaders have gathered to sign the new Paris climate agreement and give grand speeches about how to achieve the newly adopted sustainable development goals. But behind the smiles and handshakes lies a dark reality. The money needed to turn the climate commitments and global goals into real action is not part of the deal. The summit that was supposed to solve this part of the equation ended with a disappointing outcome in Addis Ababa last July, and this week the follow-up negotiations produced a new low as governments failed to reach any substantive agreement. Continue reading... |
| Syrian refugee crisis underestimated by British public, finds humanitarian study Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:16 AM PDT Humanitarian index reveals that Britons believe 300,000 people have fled Syria, despite official figures suggesting nearly 5 million have been displaced The British public underestimates the number of refugees fleeing Syria by 4.5 million people, a report has found. Nearly 5 million Syrians have been displaced by the civil war, yet Britons believe the figure to be closer to 300,000, the study says – 16 times fewer than official figures suggest. Continue reading... |
| Poor countries must find $4tn by 2030 to avert catastrophe, says climate study Posted: 22 Apr 2016 04:03 AM PDT As Paris climate change agreement is signed in New York, developing country negotiators highlight gulf between ambition and funding Developing countries must raise more than $4tn (£2,456bn), or roughly the entire annual budget of the US, to implement their climate change pledges by 2030, according to new research. But much more money will have to be be found by the world's poorest countries to hold global temperatures enough to avoid catastrophic climate change, say British and Australian researchers who have analysed the financial implications of the pledges made to the UN last December and the money so far offered by rich countries. Continue reading... |
| Why online voting in the state that Cruz swept was so flawed Posted: 22 Apr 2016 05:14 PM PDT Utah's new online voting system was supposed to boost participation in the Republican caucus, but instead it was plagued by glitches. What went wrong? One month after the Utah presidential caucuses, the state Republican party still has not published its final results as evidence amasses of a breakdown in the party's new online voting system as well as email and other communication failures. The 22 March caucus, which moved the reliably red state's place in the presidential calendar up by three months, was notable for Ted Cruz's lopsided victory and the firewall the establishment Republicans hoped Cruz could establish to block Donald Trump's path to the nomination. Continue reading... |
| Fact-check: did Obama really remove a Churchill bust from the Oval Office? Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:03 AM PDT The mayor of London claims Obama removed a bust gifted by the British government to George W Bush in 2001 – but the real truth is complicated Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has claimed that shortly after becoming president, Barack Obama removed a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. Writing on Friday for the Sun, a right-leaning British tabloid, Johnson attacked "the part-Kenyan president's ancestral dislike of the British empire" in an article urging Britons to leave the European Union when given the choice in a referendum to be held in June. Continue reading... |
| Boris and Brexit provide light relief as Obama and Cameron tackle Syria issue Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:50 AM PDT US president may back Cameron's campaign for the UK to stay in the EU, but there is a whirlpool of other global issues to concern them It would be easy to regard Barack Obama's two-day visit to the UK as one long political broadcast for the Remain camp, all funded off the books by the US taxpayer. In private the president might voice doubts about how David Cameron ever managed to get himself into this mess by staging a referendum; Obama is famously pragmatic about the fights he chooses, and he might well have skipped this one. But apart from Brexit, Obama and Cameron have other serious diplomatic discussions ahead on the interconnected and intractable issues of Libya, Syria, Russia, counter-terrorism co-operation and shaping the attack on Mosul, the single largest city held by Islamic State. Continue reading... |
| Sheriff rules out Prince suicide – video Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:57 PM PDT Sheriff Jim Olson of Carver County, Minnesota, speaks to the press on Friday about the death of Prince. Olson says there were no obvious signs of trauma on Prince's body and there is no indication that he committed suicide. This announcement comes a day after the stars death in his Minneapolis home Continue reading... |
| Police attend scene of Ohio 'execution-style' shootings – video Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:01 PM PDT Police attend the scene of a multiple homicide along a road in rural Ohio on Friday. Details on the number of deaths and the whereabouts of the suspect or suspects are not immediately clear. The attorney general's office said a dozen Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents had been called to Pike County, an economically struggling area in the Appalachian region some 80 miles east of Cincinnati Continue reading... |
| Queen Elizabeth with US presidents past and present – in pictures Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:12 AM PDT To celebrate her 90th birthday, the Obamas presented Queen Elizabeth II with an album containing pictures of her meeting presidents of the United States – and the longest reigning monarch in British history has met a lot of them Continue reading... |
| Obama: UK would be 'back of queue' for trade talks if it left EU – video Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:49 AM PDT Barack Obama holds a joint press conference with David Cameron on Friday in London. The US president discusses Britain's membership of the European Union saying it magnified its influence in the world through the organisation, lending his support to those who want Britain to remain in the bloc ahead of a referendum in June Continue reading... |
| Humvees fall from sky after failed US army airdrop – video Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:46 AM PDT Three Humvees belonging to the 173rd airborne brigade crash to earth in an airdrop exercise on 11 April. The video shows the first vehicle slipping from its rigging and falling to the ground; it's then followed by two more. The army is investigating what went wrong in the drop at Hohenfels training area in Germany |
| Barack Obama's visit to the UK – in pictures Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:39 AM PDT The US president and the first lady have lunch with the Queen at Windsor Castle, before Barack Obama heads to Downing Street to meet with David Cameron. They will have dinner later on Friday at Kensington Palace with Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Continue reading... |
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