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- US government shutdown over border wall will last into 2019
- Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina heads for tainted victory
- Congolese election rivals deploy musical powers of persuasion
- How 'Monkey Christ' brought new life to a quiet Spanish town
- Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South
- Extreme heatwave in Australia: catastrophic fire conditions as temperature records broken
- EU nationals deride 'cheery' Home Office UK settlement video
- New York City sky lights up bright blue after Queens power plant explosion
- Thatcher dismissive of Mandela after first phone chat, files reveal
- Indonesia tsunami: volunteers rescue dozens of stranded turtles
- 'Loving it': children walk from one end of New Zealand to the other
- Spite buildings and 50C cities: the most-read urban stories of 2018
- How rising populism could shake up European elections
- Number of banned knives seized at UK borders doubles
- Bread-and-butter local issues threaten to derail the global economy | Michael Boskin
- Syrian Kurdish militia invites government to seize Manbij
- 'The museum is alive' - Rio team toils to rescue items from devastating fire
- 'Blatantly sexist': backlash against South Korea's sex education
- Sydney Opal Tower: residents refuse to leave Olympic Park high-rise
- The teenager who set out to reform Bolivia's broken record on rape justice | Dan Collyns
- Mueller closes in: what will the Trump-Russia inquiry deliver in 2019?
- Best photos of the day: darts fans and a tourist hotpot
- Indonesia raises volcano threat level for fear of another tsunami – video
- Aerial footage reveals devastation after deadly Indonesian tsunami – video
| US government shutdown over border wall will last into 2019 Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:40 PM PST Both houses adjourn without acting to end closure, as Democrats prepare to assume control of Congress next week A partial government shutdown caused by an impasse over Donald Trump's proposed wall on the Mexican border will continue into 2019 after both chambers of Congress adjourned on Thursday without acting to end the closure. There had been a narrow chance that the House would convene on Thursday afternoon and vote on a deal to end the shutdown. But no headway was made, and Trump remained insistent that the shutdown would continue until Congress supplies billions for the border wall, which he says will help tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina heads for tainted victory Posted: 27 Dec 2018 03:34 PM PST Prime minister presides over burgeoning economy but is accused of holding onto power partly by jailing, disappearing or silencing opposition Bangladeshis will vote on Sunday on whether to grant a record third consecutive term to a prime minister who has overseen one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but whose government is accused of rampant human rights abuses. Sheikh Hasina, 71, is favoured to remain PM after a bloody election campaign that opposition activists have described as the most stifled in the 47 years since her father became the country's first leader. Continue reading... |
| Congolese election rivals deploy musical powers of persuasion Posted: 27 Dec 2018 09:00 PM PST As election looms on Sunday, meet the musicians accepting – and declining offers – to sing for candidates A hot, humid afternoon in Kinshasa. Traffic snarls and grinds on rutted streets. Heavy rain threatens. And Felix Wazekwa's band load their bus with musical instruments in the suburb of Limete before heading to a tough neighbourhood far across the city. A local candidate in the elections rescheduled for Sunday has hired them to play at a rally. "If you can get people to dance then you can get a message across very easily. The politicians have a message, and I am the very good at getting people to dance. So they come to me," said Wazekwa, who is one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's biggest stars. Continue reading... |
| How 'Monkey Christ' brought new life to a quiet Spanish town Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:51 PM PST Cecilia Giménez is proud of her amateur restoration, which has bolstered tourism to Borja and helped fund a care home Tangible and competitively priced proof of one of the Lord's more mysterious recent manoeuvres can be found in a church nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Moncayo in north-eastern Spain. A familiar face, now known to the world as Monkey Christ, greets visitors to the Santuario de Misericordia, its blurred and startled features staring down from bottles, thimbles, bookmarks, teddy bears, pens, mugs, T-shirts, mousepads, badges, fridge magnets and keyrings. Continue reading... |
| Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:03 AM PST Personal details leaked through malware-infected computer, says South Korea The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers gained access to a resettlement agency's database, the South Korean unification ministry has said. The ministry said it discovered last week the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen through a computer infected with malicious software at an agency called the Hana centre, in the southern city of Gumi. Continue reading... |
| Extreme heatwave in Australia: catastrophic fire conditions as temperature records broken Posted: 27 Dec 2018 09:22 PM PST Marble Bar in WA reaches 49.3C as parts of SA and Victoria issued bushfire warning, and extreme weather forecast to continue into next week Temperature records have been broken as a heatwave continues across the country and parts of South Australia are expected to enter catastrophic fire conditions later on Friday. Marble Bar in north-western Western Australia broke its all-time heat record on Thursday, reaching 49.3C. Continue reading... |
| EU nationals deride 'cheery' Home Office UK settlement video Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:37 AM PST European citizens who want to stay in UK after Brexit face £65 fee EU nationals and remain campaigners have reacted with anger to a Home Office video outlining the application process for EU citizens who want to continue living in the country after 31 December 2020. Criticism focused on the upbeat tone of the video, which features "cheery" music and pictures of smiling people, and details the EU settlement scheme. Continue reading... |
| New York City sky lights up bright blue after Queens power plant explosion Posted: 27 Dec 2018 07:11 PM PST Police investigating transformer explosion at Con Edison plant in the Astoria neighbourhood A huge explosion at a New York power plant has turned the sky above parts of the city a bright blue-green. Many Manhattanites were stunned when the sky over parts of Queens started to glow a bright neon blue shortly after 9pm on Thursday night. Continue reading... |
| Thatcher dismissive of Mandela after first phone chat, files reveal Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:01 PM PST
Margaret Thatcher dismissed Nelson Mandela as having "rather a closed mind" and expressed her disappointment after their first telephone conversation, according to secret files released at the National Archives. The long buildup to the two leaders' eventually successful meeting in July 1990 – five months after his release from a South African prison – is revealed in official prime ministerial records. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia tsunami: volunteers rescue dozens of stranded turtles Posted: 27 Dec 2018 08:10 PM PST After a harrowing week of human tragedy, rescuers find a moment of hope as they return more than 30 turtles to the sea For the officials and volunteers aiding rescue efforts after the tsunami that killed at least 430 people in Indonesia, it has been a grim week. After deadly waves hit the coasts of Java and Sumatra in the Sunda Strait, they know they are more likely to find bodies than survivors. Amidst the horror, volunteers are clinging to any victories, however small, to keep them going. Continue reading... |
| 'Loving it': children walk from one end of New Zealand to the other Posted: 27 Dec 2018 05:02 PM PST Jonathan Rapsey, six, and Elizabeth, nine, tackle trek with parents to become youngest to walk Te Araroa trail Two children are on track to become the youngest to walk the national trail running the length of New Zealand, having completed the entire North Island a few days before Christmas. Jonathan, six, and Elizabeth, nine, have walked more than 1,200km (745 miles) since October when they set out with their parents, Chris and Jorinde Rapsey, from Cape Reinga at the tip of the North Island. Continue reading... |
| Spite buildings and 50C cities: the most-read urban stories of 2018 Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:30 PM PST From overstretched and overheating cities to an urban paradise that banned cars, here are the best-read cities stories of this year In a year of unrelenting political and climactic extremes, some of the best-read Guardian Cities stories looked at overpopulation and its impact on the environment and communities; others explored the reality of living in acute, road-melting heat. We have also heard from underrepresented voices from urban areas ranging from Stoke-on-Trent to Atlanta, and found a truly walkable city. Here are the most-read Cities stories of 2018. Continue reading... |
| How rising populism could shake up European elections Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:00 PM PST Senior EU source says surge in anti-European parties could create a 'mess' in parliament It is the biggest electoral contest in Europe, but frequently leaves many voters indifferent. Turnout in European parliament elections has been declining ever since the first votes in 1979. Could this time be different? The next European elections will take place in May 2019, less than two months after Brexit day, and never before have the elections been labelled so decisive by so many European leaders. Continue reading... |
| Number of banned knives seized at UK borders doubles Posted: 28 Dec 2018 01:19 AM PST Border Force also recorded a 61% rise in confiscations of other offensive weapons The number of knives seized by Border Force has more than doubled in a year, official figures show. Officers seized 7,668 bladed items at the UK's borders in the year to September, compared with 3,800 in the previous 12 months. Continue reading... |
| Bread-and-butter local issues threaten to derail the global economy | Michael Boskin Posted: 28 Dec 2018 02:09 AM PST Leaders must focus on domestic matters in 2019 to solve world problems such as trade and climate change For many of the world's economies, financial markets, heads of government, and carbon policies, 2018 did not end well. The scars of the global financial crisis, combined with longer-term structural economic, technological, cultural, and demographic trends, have left large swaths of the population in many countries feeling politically neglected, culturally disparaged, and/or economically wounded. And their expression of their grievances – at the polls, on the internet, and in the streets – has left their leaders profoundly weakened. In Germany, the four-term chancellor Angela Merkel has long acted as the European Union's de facto leader. Then came her fateful 2015 decision to welcome more than 1 million refugees into Germany. The backlash – fuelled by frustration with the added pressure on public services, finances and law enforcement, not to mention political fearmongering – left Merkel so wounded that she did not seek re-election as leader of her party this month and will not stand for re-election as chancellor after her current term expires in 2021. Continue reading... |
| Syrian Kurdish militia invites government to seize Manbij Posted: 28 Dec 2018 02:08 AM PST Troops take control of Kurdish-held town to stave off Turkey offensive Syria's military says it has entered the flashpoint Kurdish-held town of Manbij, where Turkey has threatened to launch an offensive. The announcement on Friday came shortly after the main Syrian Kurdish militia invited the government to seize control of Manbij to prevent an attack. The development signals the two sides support the new arrangement. Continue reading... |
| 'The museum is alive' - Rio team toils to rescue items from devastating fire Posted: 28 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST Those who once worked in the National Museum in Brazilian city hope a new institution can emerge from the fire's ashes Since a devastating fire gutted Rio's National Museum and consumed most of its collection of 20m items, archaeologist Murilo Bastos, 35, has lived an upside-down life. He used to work in an office inside the colonial palace, once the home of the Portuguese royal family. Now he scours its charred interior for anything that survived the blaze. Continue reading... |
| 'Blatantly sexist': backlash against South Korea's sex education Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:28 AM PST Students are taught from a young age that women must look pretty and men must earn a lot of money Finding the perfect life partner can be difficult, but South Korean students are taught from an early age the ideal method for attracting a spouse is really quite simple. "Women have to work on their appearance and men have to work on improving their financial capabilities," say the government guidelines for high school pupils. Continue reading... |
| Sydney Opal Tower: residents refuse to leave Olympic Park high-rise Posted: 28 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST Spokesman for Ecove says 'a handful' of residents refused to leave before 5pm deadline Despite all residents of Sydney's cracked Opal tower being told to move out of the building as investigations into the its structural failure continue, some are refusing to leave. The 300 or so residents were told on Thursday the building would need to be emptied for at least 10 days. Continue reading... |
| The teenager who set out to reform Bolivia's broken record on rape justice | Dan Collyns Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:00 PM PST At the age of 17, Brisa De Angulo founded A Breeze of Hope to support other child survivors of sexual abuse. Today, it has 100% conviction rates and has helped change laws on rape Brisa De Angulo was 15 when the carefree, happy childhood she lived in her Bolivian village was shattered. She was raped by a member of her extended family who was lodging at the family home, on the outskirts of the city of Cochabamba. Over eight months she was raped repeatedly. Continue reading... |
| Mueller closes in: what will the Trump-Russia inquiry deliver in 2019? Posted: 27 Dec 2018 10:00 PM PST The special counsel investigation into Russian meddling and possible collusion is notoriously leak-proof but it could soon touch Trump directly or members of his family After two years of the Donald Trump presidency, the national stores of civic goodwill are depleted. That could make for a testy 2019, because it appears that the country's defining political tensions are about to break into open clashes. Continue reading... |
| Best photos of the day: darts fans and a tourist hotpot Posted: 27 Dec 2018 06:31 AM PST The Guardian's picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world, including protests in DRC, a giant panda and a Chinese hotpot hotspot Continue reading... |
| Indonesia raises volcano threat level for fear of another tsunami – video Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:56 AM PST Indonesia raised the danger level for an island volcano that triggered a tsunami at the weekend, killing at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java, and widened its no-go zone. The country's volcanology agency said on Thursday that the Anak Krakatau volcano's alert status had been raised to the second-highest level and the exclusion zone more than doubled to a 5-km (3-mile) radius. Continue reading... |
| Aerial footage reveals devastation after deadly Indonesian tsunami – video Posted: 27 Dec 2018 02:42 AM PST On Saturday evening, Indonesia was hit by a tsunami that killed at least 430 people. Labuan, a coastal town in Banten province, was particularly inundated, with continuous heavy rain severely affecting those who stayed behind. Indonesians fear another tsunami may be imminent as the volcano remains active Continue reading... |
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