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- Brexit: PM may have to draw up new proposals three days after Commons defeat
- Oxfam condemns EU over 'inhumane' Lesbos refugee camp
- Donald Trump fuels immigration fears in TV address on 'border crisis'
- Bafta nominations 2019: The Favourite is queen but Steve McQueen snubbed
- 'It's complete chaos': Brazilian state overwhelmed by rash of gang violence
- Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teenager given refugee status by the UN
- Markets push higher as US-China trade talks wrap up - business live
- Journalist Pelin Ünker sentenced to jail in Turkey over Paradise Papers investigation
- Refugees at high risk of kidnapping in Horn of Africa, research reveals
- Venezuela's neighbours turn up heat as Nicolás Maduro begins second term
- Scott Morrison shoe Photoshop fail gives Australian prime minister two left feet
- 'Like LA with minarets': how concrete and cars came to rule Tehran
- Boy, 14, stabbed to death in east London after moped collides with car
- Suspicious packages sent to US, Pakistani and other consulates in Melbourne
- China 'to let thousands of ethnic Kazakhs leave Xinjiang'
- 'We need free period products in schools – it's a human right' – video
- Children 'still being tortured to confess to Isis links' by Kurdish security forces
- Six key things to know about Trump's border wall speech
- Democrats to Trump: 'End this shutdown now' – video
- 'How much more American blood must we shed?' says Trump in Oval speech – video
- Ex-boxer apologises for hitting police officer during 'gilets jaunes' protest – video
Brexit: PM may have to draw up new proposals three days after Commons defeat Posted: 09 Jan 2019 12:41 AM PST Amendment wins cross-party backing to stop government 'running down clock' to no deal
MPs will attempt to force the government to return with an alternative to Theresa May's Brexit deal within three days of her plan being defeated in parliament. Another five-day debate leading up to a vote on May's deal on 15 January will start on Wednesday, opened by the Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay. Continue reading... |
Oxfam condemns EU over 'inhumane' Lesbos refugee camp Posted: 08 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST Violence so bad that women wear nappies at night to avoid leaving tents, report says The EU has been strongly criticised over conditions in Greece's largest refugee camp, where Oxfam reported women are wearing nappies at night for fear of leaving their tents to go to the toilet. The British-based NGO described the increasingly dangerous state of the EU-sponsored Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, where a 24-year-old man from Cameroon was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday as temperatures fell below freezing. Continue reading... |
Donald Trump fuels immigration fears in TV address on 'border crisis' Posted: 08 Jan 2019 11:09 PM PST President offers no new solutions to government shutdown in first Oval Office address of his presidency Donald Trump has used the first Oval Office address of his presidency to stoke fears of illegal immigration, repeat dubious claims about his border wall and offer no new solutions to the partial government shutdown. In the type of made-for-TV-moment he relishes, the US president blamed criminal gangs and "vast quantities of illegal drugs" for "thousands of deaths" and faulted Democrats for failing to end the shutdown, now in its 18th day. Democrats accused him of fear-mongering. Continue reading... |
Bafta nominations 2019: The Favourite is queen but Steve McQueen snubbed Posted: 08 Jan 2019 11:55 PM PST Offbeat period drama starring Olivia Colman scores 12 nods, while Bohemian Rhapsody, Roma, A Star is Born and First Man all trail with seven Yorgos Lanthimos's raucous period romp about a high-stakes love triangle in the court of Queen Anne continues its ascension to this season's awards favourite with 12 nominations at this year's British Academy film awards. The film, which swept the board at the British independent film awards in December, with a record 10 wins, is a contender in all the major categories other than best actor. Continue reading... |
'It's complete chaos': Brazilian state overwhelmed by rash of gang violence Posted: 09 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST Attacks in Ceará are an early challenge for new president Jair Bolsonaro, who swept to power with tough-on-crime proposals Carlos Robério and his colleagues were expecting an attack on their minibus co-op in Fortaleza, north-eastern Brazil. Over the previous few nights, gang members had already destroyed one of their vehicles, and torched dozens of city buses. But when the assault came, there was little Robério could do but watch the CCTV feed as a group of youths doused one of the co-op's kiosks and set it on fire. Continue reading... |
Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teenager given refugee status by the UN Posted: 09 Jan 2019 12:08 AM PST Australia to consider asylum request after home affairs minister says she would not get 'special treatment' Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been found to be a refugee by the United Nations, and the Australian government will now consider her asylum request, according to the Department of Home Affairs. The 18-year-old woman barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room on Sunday to prevent her forcible return to Saudi Arabia, where she claims her family will kill her because she has renounced Islam. Continue reading... |
Markets push higher as US-China trade talks wrap up - business live Posted: 09 Jan 2019 02:14 AM PST Hopes of a ceasefire in the trade war between Washington and Beijing are boosting stocks
Newsflash: Sales of cars in China fell last year, for the first time in at least 20 years. #CHINA DEC. RETAIL PASSENGER VEHICLE SALES -19% ON YEAR: PCA - BBG
UK baker chain Greggs is among the top risers in London, up 7.5%, after posting sparkling results. Greggs has prided itself on adapting products to suit changing consumer tastes, and said its latest creation, the £1 vegan sausage roll, was proving popular with "a broad range of customers". The vegan sausage roll hit Greggs' shelves last week, coinciding with the beginning of Veganuary, a growing movement that encourages people to embrace plant-based diets during January. It is on sale in 950 of Greggs's 1,950 UK shops. Related: Greggs unveils bumper profits … and nothing to do with vegan sausage rolls I have written a poem. pic.twitter.com/aofQPf6HWT Continue reading... |
Journalist Pelin Ünker sentenced to jail in Turkey over Paradise Papers investigation Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:18 PM PST Journalist was found guilty of 'defamation and insult' for writing about companies owned by former PM A Turkish journalist has been sentenced to more than a year in jail for her work on the Paradise Papers investigation into offshore tax havens, because it revealed details of the business activities of the country's former prime minister and his sons. Pelin Ünker, a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) was found guilty in an Istanbul court of "defamation and insult" for writing about companies in Malta owned by Binali Yıldırım and his sons. Yıldırım was prime minister from 2016 to 2018, when the post was abolished, and is now the speaker of the country's national assembly. Continue reading... |
Refugees at high risk of kidnapping in Horn of Africa, research reveals Posted: 08 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST More than one in 10 people travelling through the region are taken, as smugglers boost dwindling returns by preying on people for ransom, survey finds More than 15% of refugees travelling north through the Horn of Africa were kidnapped during their journey last year, according to what is believed to be one of the most comprehensive surveys of migration journeys. Researchers from the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), who conducted 11,150 interviews across 20 countries and seven migration routes, warned that kidnappings may be increasing and identified people travelling through the Horn of Africa to north Africa and Europe as the most vulnerable. Continue reading... |
Venezuela's neighbours turn up heat as Nicolás Maduro begins second term Posted: 08 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST The leftwing president is isolated in a region lurching to the right but despite national crisis a direct intervention is unlikely In a televised new year's message to his atrophying nation, Nicolás Maduro struck an upbeat tone. "Victory awaits us! The future awaits us! And everything will be better!" Venezuela's embattled president insisted, declaring 2019 "the year of fresh starts". But the sandbags and rifle-toting troops that now encircle the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas suggest far less confidence about the days ahead, as Venezuela sinks deeper into economic ruin and political isolation and questions grow over Maduro's future. Continue reading... |
Scott Morrison shoe Photoshop fail gives Australian prime minister two left feet Posted: 08 Jan 2019 04:31 PM PST Australian PM admits his department doctored a family portrait (badly) to scrub out his old trainers It was supposed to be the perfect political portrait – the smiling family man prime minister with his beaming wife and kids. But the image on Scott Morrison's website had a rather obvious flaw – the leader of Australia had two left feet and a pair of Photoshopped shoes. Continue reading... |
'Like LA with minarets': how concrete and cars came to rule Tehran Posted: 08 Jan 2019 11:30 PM PST The next 15 megacities #3: With nearly 10 million people doing daily battle with some of the world's highest levels of congestion and air pollution, headscarves should be the least of the authorities' worries … Tehran's traffic jams have spawned a curious social phenomenon. The affluent car-driving youth of the northern districts have turned gridlock into a way of meeting members of the opposite sex. Known as "dor-dor" ("turn-turn" in Farsi), separate groups of young men and women drive around, pulling up alongside each other in congested traffic so they can flirt and pass phone numbers through the window. The cars are either all-girl or all-boy to avoid censorship by the Islamic morality police. If the police do show up they can make a (slow) getaway. Continue reading... |
Boy, 14, stabbed to death in east London after moped collides with car Posted: 08 Jan 2019 03:22 PM PST Police say teenager was found with stab wounds in Leyton on Tuesday evening A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in an attack detectives believe took place after his moped and a car collided on a residential street in east London on Tuesday evening. Scotland Yard initially said there had been no collision in Leyton, in the borough of Waltham Forest, but officers later amended that to say they thought one had, in fact, occurred before three male suspects got out of the car, stabbed the boy and drove off. They offered no further description of the attackers. Continue reading... |
Suspicious packages sent to US, Pakistani and other consulates in Melbourne Posted: 09 Jan 2019 12:25 AM PST Diplomatic headquarters in Canberra also targeted as firefighters remove bags labelled 'Danger asbestos' The United States, Pakistani, Swiss, Indian, South Korean and New Zealand consulates in Melbourne are among a number of foreign diplomatic headquarters across the city and in Canberra targeted with suspicious packages. The deliveries on Wednesday sparked an emergency "hazardous material" response and, in some cases, evacuation. Continue reading... |
China 'to let thousands of ethnic Kazakhs leave Xinjiang' Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:48 PM PST Kazakh foreign ministry says they will be allowed to drop their Chinese citizenship China is allowing more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to abandon their Chinese citizenship and leave the country, the Kazakh foreign ministry has said, in a sign that Beijing may be starting to feel a mounting backlash against its crackdown on Muslims in the far west region of Xinjiang. The detention of Uighur, Kazakh and other ethnic minorities in internment camps has been an issue in neighbouring Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country of 18 million people. China is a major trading partner, and Kazakhstan's state media had generally avoided reporting on it. But activists say pressure for action has slowly built following international media coverage. Continue reading... |
'We need free period products in schools – it's a human right' – video Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:19 AM PST A teenager from London, Amika George campaigns against period poverty. One in 10 girls in the UK miss school because they cannot afford pads and tampons, and George describes the 'horrific' alternatives some are forced to use. She spoke to the Guardian at an awards ceremony in New York where she was being honoured for her work Continue reading... |
Children 'still being tortured to confess to Isis links' by Kurdish security forces Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:07 AM PST Nearly two years after raising the alarm, Human Rights Watch report reveals continued allegations of electric shocks and beatings on boys aged 14 to 17 Kurdish security forces in Erbil are continuing to torture children to confess their involvement with Islamic State, according to allegations in a report released by Human Rights Watch. According to the organisation, which first raised the alarm about the mistreatment of child detainees by Kurdish security forces nearly two years ago, it has collected claims of the continued regular use of beatings and electric shocks to extract confessions, often prior to trials lasting a handful of minutes. Continue reading... |
Six key things to know about Trump's border wall speech Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:54 PM PST Fact check: what the US president got wrong in his primetime address on the border wall In a primetime address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, Donald Trump made his case for the US to expand its wall on the southern border. The US president blamed criminal gangs and "vast quantities of illegal drugs" for "thousands of deaths", described the situation at the border with Mexico as a humanitarian crisis and argued that the current immigration system allows "vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs" to prey on immigrants, especially women and children. Continue reading... |
Democrats to Trump: 'End this shutdown now' – video Posted: 08 Jan 2019 08:20 PM PST US speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's address. Pelosi said Trump was obsessed with forcing American taxpayers to pay for a wall that would be expensive and ineffective and Schumer said Trump has appealed to fear, not facts, adding: "We don't govern by temper tantrum." Continue reading... |
'How much more American blood must we shed?' says Trump in Oval speech – video Posted: 08 Jan 2019 08:17 PM PST US president Donald Trump uses a primetime address on Tuesday to tell Americans he needs billions of dollars from Congress for his long-promised border wall to keep out drugs, gangs and human traffickers. In an Oval Office address, he says there is a 'growing humanitarian and security crisis' at the US-Mexico border, though crossings have fallen in recent years. He claims the wall will pay for itself via a new trade deal with Mexico and asks: 'How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?' Continue reading... |
Ex-boxer apologises for hitting police officer during 'gilets jaunes' protest – video Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:41 AM PST A former French boxing champion who was filmed punching police officers during a gilets jaunes protest has said in a video that he had 'boiled over' after being teargassed alongside his wife on his eighth Saturday protest Continue reading... |
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