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- Theresa May's Brexit deal unlikely to pass, says Liam Fox
- Lion Air jet crash: cockpit voice recorder found, says Indonesian official
- Gdańsk mayor stabbed on stage during charity event in Poland
- Trump says he will 'devastate Turkey economically' if it attacks Kurds
- Thailand: biggest democracy protests in years held as military junta delays elections
- DNA discoverer James Watson stripped of honors over views on race
- Macron seeks to turn 'anger into solutions' in open letter to France
- Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn suffering 'draconian' treatment in jail, wife says
- Out of dough? Canada air traffic controllers buy pizzas for unpaid US colleagues
- The Who confirm first new studio album in 13 years
- Death of an electrician: how luck run out for dissident who fled Iran in 1981
- Justin Welby: no-deal Brexit would harm poorest people in UK
- Brexit: No 10 releases exchange of letters between May and Tusk/Juncker over backstop - Politics live
- Stephen Fry and PEN urge UAE to free Ahmed Mansoor ahead of book festival
- What would make a woman go back to Boko Haram? Despair | Azadeh Moaveni
- Monday US briefing: Trump threatens to 'devastate Turkey economically'
- Councils ask Morrison to pay for citizenship ceremonies on 26 January
- Destroy ‘period huts’ or forget state support: Nepal moves to end practice
- The Indian village where child sexual exploitation is the norm
- Yellow vests: protesters fight for ideological ownership
- Counting the cost of Honduran crime – in pictures
- Barbie's turning 60 – in pictures
- RoyalCam: the wildly popular albatross live stream – video
- Polish mayor stabbed on stage in front of thousands – video report
| Theresa May's Brexit deal unlikely to pass, says Liam Fox Posted: 14 Jan 2019 01:29 AM PST Minister urges MPs to back deal because blocking Brexit would be 'political disaster' Theresa May is unlikely to have her Brexit deal passed on Tuesday, a senior member of her cabinet has admitted, as EU officials warned that a letter of assurances on the Irish backstop due to be unveiled on Monday contains nothing new. In a statement to the Commons on Monday afternoon, the prime minister will try to win round MPs to her deal by publishing correspondence with the EU's most senior officials. Continue reading... |
| Lion Air jet crash: cockpit voice recorder found, says Indonesian official Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:20 PM PST The jet crashed into the Java Sea in October last year, killing 189 people on board The cockpit voice recorder of the Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing 189 people, has been found, an Indonesian official has said. Navy divers used specialised equipment to find the device under eight metres of seabed mud. The Lion Air jet, crashed into waters 30 metres deep. Continue reading... |
| Gdańsk mayor stabbed on stage during charity event in Poland Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:30 PM PST Paweł Adamowicz in serious condition after thousands of people witness apparent assassination attempt The mayor of the northern Polish city of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, was stabbed on Sunday evening in an apparent assassination attempt in front of thousands of people during a charity concert. Continue reading... |
| Trump says he will 'devastate Turkey economically' if it attacks Kurds Posted: 13 Jan 2019 09:21 PM PST President tweets blunt warning over Syria troop pullout, drawing a swift response from Ankara Donald Trump has warned Turkey of economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in the wake of the US troop pullout from Syria, while also urging the Kurds not to "provoke" Ankara. "Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds," Trump tweeted, while pushing for the creation of a 20-mile 'safe zone'. He then added: "Likewise, do not want the Kurds to provoke Turkey." Continue reading... |
| Thailand: biggest democracy protests in years held as military junta delays elections Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:13 PM PST Demonstrators gather in cities across country as military government looks set to push back voting for a fifth time Tensions continue to mount in Thailand as the ruling military junta has signalled that the long postponed elections will be delayed yet again, the fifth delay in less than five years. On Sunday, in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in Thailand in over four years, hundreds of people took to the streets for the third time in a week to criticise the military government for appearing to renege on assurances the election would finally happen on 24 February. Continue reading... |
| DNA discoverer James Watson stripped of honors over views on race Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:26 PM PST New York laboratory cuts ties with 90-year-old scientist who helped discover DNA, revoking all titles and honors A New York laboratory has cut ties with James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped discover DNA, over "reprehensible" comments in which he said race and intelligence are connected. Related: Interview: James Watson Continue reading... |
| Macron seeks to turn 'anger into solutions' in open letter to France Posted: 13 Jan 2019 02:04 PM PST French president wants 2,300-word missive to spark national debate about policy reform Emmanuel Macron has launched a two-month "great national debate" in France with a 2,330-word open letter to the country. The French president hopes the nationwide public consultation will take the sting out of the widespread public anger behind the rise of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement and the civil unrest across France. Continue reading... |
| Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn suffering 'draconian' treatment in jail, wife says Posted: 13 Jan 2019 09:10 PM PST Carole Ghosn says he's being interrogated for hours each day to extract a confession The wife of the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged human rights campaigners to highlight Japanese prosecutors' "draconian" treatment of her husband during his prolonged detention on charges of financial misconduct. In a nine-page letter to the Japan office of Human Rights Watch, Carole Ghosn alleged that prosecutors have subjected her husband to hours of daily interrogation in order to extract a confession. Continue reading... |
| Out of dough? Canada air traffic controllers buy pizzas for unpaid US colleagues Posted: 13 Jan 2019 04:40 PM PST Ten thousand US staff have not received paychecks since late December because of government shutdown Canadian air traffic controllers have bought hundreds of pizzas for their American counterparts over the past few days in what has become an industry-wide show of support during the US government's partial shutdown. Peter Duffey, the head of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, said the initiative began on Thursday when employees at Edmonton's control centre took up a collection to buy pies for controllers in Anchorage, Alaska. Continue reading... |
| The Who confirm first new studio album in 13 years Posted: 14 Jan 2019 02:34 AM PST The group will also undertake what Roger Daltrey has said could be their last tour The Who have confirmed that they are working on their first album of new material in 13 years. Lead guitarist Pete Townshend said in a statement that fans could expect "dark ballads, heavy rock stuff, experimental electronica, sampled stuff and Who-ish tunes that began with a guitar that goes yanga-dang". The album is due later this year. It follows the band's 11th studio album, Endless Wire, released in 2006, which included a 10-part mini-opera. Guardian music critic Alexis Petridis described it as "a fitting coda to [the] band's career". Continue reading... |
| Death of an electrician: how luck run out for dissident who fled Iran in 1981 Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST Killing at point-blank range of Ali Motamed in the Netherlands shines light on pattern of Iranian hit jobs Ali Motamed's wife had become accustomed to making excuses for her 56-year-old husband. Call-outs for his work as an electrician at the Dutch firm, Eneco, gave a handy reason for missing parties or even weddings without prompting undue curiosity. A quiet, self-contained character around his colleagues, he appeared to them content to stay in watching television at the redbrick home he shared with Galina, 50, and their 17-year-old son on Hendrik Marsmanstraat in the centre of a small estate of cheap modern housing in Almere, a city east of Amsterdam. Continue reading... |
| Justin Welby: no-deal Brexit would harm poorest people in UK Posted: 13 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST Archbishop of Canterbury says he prays every day for Theresa May and other politicians The archbishop of Canterbury has said a no-deal Brexit would hit the poorest and most vulnerable people in the UK. Justin Welby also said he was praying for Theresa May and other politicians at the start of what is expected to be one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent parliamentary history. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:04 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May's Brexit speech, and her statement to MPs
The government has now published an exchange of letters between Theresa May and Donald Tusk, the European council president, and Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, about the withdrawal agreement and the backstop. The letter from May is here (pdf).
Boris Johnson, the Brexiter former foreign secretary, told LBC this morning that any move by parliament to frustrate Brexit would be seen by voters as a "betrayal" by the "deep state". Speaking about what would happen if MPs tried to stop Brexit happening, he said: I think that people will feel betrayed. And I think they will feel that there has been a great conspiracy by the deep state of the UK, the people who really run the country. I think the deal goes down. I think, possibly, some colleagues are being scared by this idea that there might be no Brexit as a result of voting it down. I think that's nonsense. Britain will leave in March, absolutely, and that's the bottom line. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Stephen Fry and PEN urge UAE to free Ahmed Mansoor ahead of book festival Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST In a letter to the Guardian, authors and activists draw attention to plight of jailed human rights activist Stephen Fry is among a range of signatories, including British MPs and campaign groups, to a letter calling for the release of jailed Emirati human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor. The letter to the Guardian comes as a spotlight falls on the authors planning to attend this year's Emirates Airline festival of literature in Dubai, tickets for which went on sale at the weekend. Continue reading... |
| What would make a woman go back to Boko Haram? Despair | Azadeh Moaveni Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST In northeastern Nigeria, the militant group exploits a broken social system. There are lessons here for the rest of the world Zahra and Amina seem like lucky survivors of the scourge of northeastern Nigeria, the jihadist movement known as Boko Haram. Both were wives of fighters. Zahra escaped by agreeing to detonate an explosive vest that the militants strapped to her. After walking miles to her intended target, a government checkpoint, she turned herself over to soldiers. Amina fled with her three children after her husband was killed in battle. Related: The Chibok girls are just one part of the ordeal of women in north-east Nigeria | Chitra Nagarajan Continue reading... |
| Monday US briefing: Trump threatens to 'devastate Turkey economically' Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:05 AM PST Christian nationalists push new legislation in states ... Is Kamala Harris preparing to run for president? ... Trump and Republicans blamed for continuing shutdown Good morning, I'm Tim Walker with today's essential stories. Continue reading... |
| Councils ask Morrison to pay for citizenship ceremonies on 26 January Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:16 AM PST PM says ceremonies must be held on Australia Day, but some councils say they are too small, or too hot The federal government has been told to put its money where its mouth is on the question of Australia Day. Councils are arguing they should be financially compensated if they are forced to hold citizenship ceremonies on 26 January. A day before he launched a rebrand of his Coalition government, Scott Morrison on Sunday said he was "prime minister for standards" as he spruiked a new rule that would force councils to oversee the ceremonies on Australia Day. The government will also ban "board shorts" and "thongs" from those events. Continue reading... |
| Destroy ‘period huts’ or forget state support: Nepal moves to end practice Posted: 13 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST After the custom of consigning menstruating women to outdoor sheds claimed three more lives, a new system of penalties offers hope of change Chhaupadi, the practice of banishing girls and women to a hut or shed when they have their periods, is common in Dilu Bhandari's village in Nepal. But two months ago Bhandari, a 26-year-old mother of four, watched as her husband destroyed the tiny hut in which she had previously been sent to live once a month. The family had been told by local authorities that if she continued to observe the custom, they would no longer receive state food support. Forced to choose between a food allowance for her twin boys and abandoning the traditional practice, the choice was effectively made for them. Continue reading... |
| The Indian village where child sexual exploitation is the norm Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST Poverty and caste discrimination mean that children in Sagar Gram are being groomed by their own families for abuse Many families in India still mourn the birth of a girl. But when Leena was born, people celebrated. Sagar Gram, her village in central India, is unique that way. Girls outnumber boys. When a woman marries, it is the groom's family that pays the dowry. Women are Sagar Gram's breadwinners. When they are deemed old enough, perhaps at the age of 11, most are expected to start doing sex work. Continue reading... |
| Yellow vests: protesters fight for ideological ownership Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:49 AM PST In France and Britain, gilets jaunes have mutated into symbols of anger against anything from austerity to Islam What is not in dispute is who came first. On the French side of the channel lie the original gilets jaunes (yellow vests), a grassroots, social media-based citizens' movement with no formal structure, recognised leader or party or union backing, named after the hi-visibility jackets that French drivers are required by law to carry in their vehicles. As French yellow vests kicked off their ninth straight weekend of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies, a battle for ownership of what has become an symbol of anti-government agitation across Europe has broken out in Britain as leftwing anti-austerity activists donned yellow in a bid to wrestle it from the far-right. Continue reading... |
| Counting the cost of Honduran crime – in pictures Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:20 AM PST Honduras's homicide rate has fallen significantly in recent years, but the country still has one of the highest murder rates in the world. The fall can be attributed to the initiatives of police and military forces against drug smugglers and gangs. In a country of 8 million people, there are an estimated 7,000-10,000 street gang members Continue reading... |
| Barbie's turning 60 – in pictures Posted: 13 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST She is 60 this year and still doesn't have a single wrinkle! Blonde or brunette, slender or curvy, black or white, princess or president, Barbie is a forever favourite for young girls, even if she has caused controversy over the years Continue reading... |
| RoyalCam: the wildly popular albatross live stream – video Posted: 13 Jan 2019 07:24 PM PST Millions of amateur naturalists around the world are tuning in to the secret lives of albatrosses as New Zealand rangers employ YouTube in a bid to save the mysterious giant sea birds. Continue reading... |
| Polish mayor stabbed on stage in front of thousands – video report Posted: 13 Jan 2019 07:03 PM PST A man bursts onto a stage during a charity event in Poland before stabbing the mayor of Gdańsk, Pawel Adamowicz. Local media have reported his condition as very serious and he has had surgery. The attacker was heard on stage saying: 'I sat innocent in prison, I sat innocent in prison. Civic Platform tortured me, and that's why Adamowicz is dead.' Adamowicz was a member of the pro-European Civic Platform party but left to fight local elections as an independent. He has been mayor of Gdansk since 1998. Continue reading... |
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