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- Erdoğan threatens to ramp up assault on Kurds in Syria 'safe zone'
- Canada elections: Trudeau wins narrow victory to form minority government
- Brexit: MPs begin debate on withdrawal agreement bill - live news
- Danish lighthouse put on wheels to move it away from eroding sea
- Berlin state cabinet agrees five-year rent freeze
- Facebook discloses operations by Russia and Iran to meddle in 2020 election
- WeWork board weighs up $10bn rescue plan from Japan's SoftBank
- Brazilians rally to clean beaches amid outrage at Bolsonaro's oil spill inaction
- Japan grants half a million pardons to mark enthronement of emperor Naruhito
- Auckland fire: thousands evacuated as huge blaze takes hold in SkyCity
- The five reluctant hitmen of China: group jailed over botched contract killing
- 'There is ingenuity in Africa': the architect who builds with trash
- The gentrification of Soweto hides its cruel apartheid history | Niq Mhlongo
- Tell us: how have South African cities changed in the 25 years after apartheid?
- ‘It is inhumane’: Santiago’s protesters point finger at Piñera
- Harry Dunn death: police to head to US to interview Anne Sacoolas
- Boris Johnson faces clash with soft Brexit Tories over WTO default
- US mother charged with murdering daughter she said was terminally ill
- UK to use £1bn meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina
- Victorian government owed up to $700m after fine system failures
- University vice-chancellor stands aside over blackmail claims in Pakistan
- Lake Chad shrinking? It's a story that masks serious failures of governance | Oli Brown and Janani Vivekananda
- 'Whistles, warnings, kaboom!': a day with a landmine clearance team | Jamie Fullerton
- Lawyers challenge UK imports of 'slavery-tainted' Uzbek cotton
- Justin Trudeau's victory is a death knell for Canada's fledgling far-right
- Could Mitt Romney be Trump's nemesis in the Senate?
- The enthronement of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito – in pictures
- Auckland fire: thousands evacuated as huge blaze takes hold – video
- Conservatives have put Trudeau on notice, says Andrew Scheer – video
- Brexit process 'a waste of time and energy', says Jean-Claude Juncker – video
- Trudeau triumphs in Canadian election – in pictures
- Trudeau says voters chose 'progressive agenda' after Canadian election win – video
- Exposing one's selfies: Aucklanders answer call for city snapshots – in pictures
| Erdoğan threatens to ramp up assault on Kurds in Syria 'safe zone' Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:12 AM PDT Turkish leader says he will act 'even more strongly' as end of US-brokered ceasefire looms The Turkish president has threatened to press ahead with an operation against Kurdish-led forces in Syria "even more strongly" if promises made by the US regarding the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters have not been met by the time a five-day ceasefire expires. Up to 1,300 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are yet to vacate Ankara's proposed border "safe zone", as per the terms of a ceasefire announced by the US vice-president, Mike Pence, in Ankara last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters before flying to Russia. Continue reading... |
| Canada elections: Trudeau wins narrow victory to form minority government Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:19 AM PDT Liberals secure four more years in power despite lingering criticism over handling of corruption inquiry and blackface scandal Justin Trudeau has won a second term as Canada's prime minister after the country's federal election, but his narrow victory means he will lead a minority government that will be forced to depend on other parties to govern. Related: Justin Trudeau's victory is a death knell for Canada's fledgling far-right Continue reading... |
| Brexit: MPs begin debate on withdrawal agreement bill - live news Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:37 AM PDT Rolling updates on today's political developments as prime minister plans to ram his deal through parliament by Thursday
Owen Paterson, Tory MP for North Shropshire, asks for a "categorical assurance" that we will not use our fish stocks as a bargaining chip in future negotiations. "I can confirm that we will take back 100% control of the spectacular marine wealth of this country," says Johnson.
Lady Hermon, the independent MP for North Down, says that the prime minister must not take the people of Northern Ireland for fools and must explain the implications of the deal to the people of the region. The prime minister says that the vast majority of the Northern Ireland economy will leave the EU with the rest of the UK. Continue reading... |
| Danish lighthouse put on wheels to move it away from eroding sea Posted: 22 Oct 2019 03:19 AM PDT Rubjerg Knude used to be 200 metres away from coast before sand shifting and erosion A 120-year-old lighthouse has been put on wheels and rails to move it away from the North Sea, which has been eroding the coastline of north-western Denmark. When the 23-metre (75ft) Rubjerg Knude lighthouse was first lit in 1900, it was roughly 200 metres from the coast; now it is about only six. Continue reading... |
| Berlin state cabinet agrees five-year rent freeze Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:32 AM PDT Proposal to counter rising housing costs still requires approval by state parliament Berlin's state cabinet has agreed on a rent freeze for five years to counter rising housing costs in the German capital. The city's leftwing coalition government wants to freeze the rent for apartments built before 2014, according to a report by the German news agency dpa. Continue reading... |
| Facebook discloses operations by Russia and Iran to meddle in 2020 election Posted: 21 Oct 2019 12:50 PM PDT The company confirmed it had dismantled the four accounts and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US campaigns Facebook on Monday disclosed it had taken down four new foreign interference operations originating from Iran and Russia, including one targeting the US 2020 presidential elections that appears to be linked to the Russian troll agency, the Internet Research Agency (IRA). The suspected IRA campaign "had the hallmarks of a well-resourced operation that took consistent operational security steps to conceal their identity and location", Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, said in a blogpost. Continue reading... |
| WeWork board weighs up $10bn rescue plan from Japan's SoftBank Posted: 22 Oct 2019 01:05 AM PDT Proposal for US office-sharing company would lead to exit of co-founder Adam Neumann The board of WeWork is meeting on Tuesday to consider a rescue plan worth almost $10bn (£7.7bn) from its biggest investor, Japan's SoftBank, according to reports. The proposal would keep the struggling US office-sharing company afloat and lead to the departure of its controversial chairman and co-founder, Adam Neumann. Continue reading... |
| Brazilians rally to clean beaches amid outrage at Bolsonaro's oil spill inaction Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:00 AM PDT
On Monday evening, Sport Club Bahia – one of the biggest football teams in Brazil's north-east – faced its rivals Ceará with black oil stains on their red, white and blue shirts. It was the latest sign of the growing outrage over a mystery oil spill that since early September has blighted a 2,200km stretch of some of the country's most beautiful beaches – and the failure of President Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government to handle the crisis. Nobody knows where the oil is from or why it keeps washing up on Brazilian beaches. Yet while social media has been bombarded by videos of volunteers rolling up thick globs of oil in sand and putting them into plastic sacks, Bolsonaro sought to blame first Venezuela, then a "criminal action" to scupper a major oil tender. He has repeatedly attacked environmental protection agencies as a "fines industry" and has yet to visit affected areas. Continue reading... |
| Japan grants half a million pardons to mark enthronement of emperor Naruhito Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:10 AM PDT Petty crimes forgiven ahead of ceremony that completes ascension after father's abdication in May Japan has pardoned more than half a million people found guilty of petty crimes such as traffic violations to mark the formal ascension of Naruhito to the Chrysanthemum throne. Naruhito proclaimed himself Japan's new emperor and vowed to "stand with the people" after performing a series of ancient rituals on Tuesday that culminated in his appearance on the imperial throne alongside his wife, Empress Masako. Continue reading... |
| Auckland fire: thousands evacuated as huge blaze takes hold in SkyCity Posted: 21 Oct 2019 10:02 PM PDT The fire started just after 1pm on the roof of the SkyCity convention centre and Great Britain's Lions rugby league squad were among those evacuated Thousands of people were evacuated from central Auckland on Tuesday as a massive fire burned in the heart of New Zealand's largest city. The fire started just after 1pm on the roof of the SkyCity convention centre, which is still under construction. Continue reading... |
| The five reluctant hitmen of China: group jailed over botched contract killing Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:08 PM PDT Court hears job was outsourced repeatedly before fifth hitman offered to stage the death and pocket the payment A court in southern China has sentenced six men to prison for attempted murder in a hit job that was botched after being subcontracted several times. According to the Nanning Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi, in the autumn of 2013 a real estate businessman by the name Qin Youhui hired someone to take out a businessman surnamed Wei, who was suing Qin. But the hitman kept half of the 2m yuan ($280,000) Qin paid and outsourced the job, offering a new assailant the other half. Continue reading... |
| 'There is ingenuity in Africa': the architect who builds with trash Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:14 AM PDT In the shadow of South Africa's car industry, making use of discarded parts is a way of life – so Port Elizabeth's Kevin Kimwelle makes a virtue of it Tell us: how have South African cities changed in the 25 years after apartheid? "You're lucky you arrived on a Monday," says architect Kevin Kimwelle as we drive through the twisting back streets of Port Elizabeth. "The municipality collects rubbish on a Monday … but later in the week, it'll be a terrible mess." In South Africa waste collection is just one of the services that government struggles to deliver. A little under half of the country (41% of households) is without basic waste collection services, let alone recycling: as a nation, only 10% of waste is recycled, while 90% ends up in landfills. Continue reading... |
| The gentrification of Soweto hides its cruel apartheid history | Niq Mhlongo Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:00 PM PDT A quarter of Johannesburg's population live in this modern and sophisticated township that is also blighted by poverty, drug addiction and crime Tell us: how have South African cities changed in the 25 years after apartheid? My mother tells me the house where I was born in the Chiawelo section of Soweto in 1973 didn't have windows, doors or a paved floor when they moved in. My father earned very little as a cleaner at the post office and had no money to fix it. So my mother and her friends would go to a nearby farm to steal cow dung to make the floor. One day she got bitten by the farmer's dog. That scar of poverty is still engraved on her hand like an ugly tattoo. Continue reading... |
| Tell us: how have South African cities changed in the 25 years after apartheid? Posted: 21 Oct 2019 02:32 AM PDT We would like to speak to people about their views and experiences of city life in the country since the demise of the brutal political regime This year marks 25 years since the end of apartheid in South Africa, a brutal political system that enforced the segregation of people of different races. From 1948 to 1994 the division was formalised by law, ensuring the minority white population controlled wealth and power, while black people were oppressed and stripped of basic rights, such as the right to vote. Continue reading... |
| ‘It is inhumane’: Santiago’s protesters point finger at Piñera Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:34 AM PDT After Chile's president declares country is 'at war', people in capital accuse military of brutality As helicopters clattered overhead and army truck convoys rumbled through the city, armed men in masks prowled the streets of Santiago on Monday night, firing at protesters defying a fourth night of curfew under martial law. There were widespread allegations of brutality against the military, following the declaration by Chile's president, Sebastián Piñera, on Sunday night that his country was "at war". Continue reading... |
| Harry Dunn death: police to head to US to interview Anne Sacoolas Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:34 AM PDT Northamptonshire police chief says he wants to 'provide clarity and put rumours to bed' The American woman who claimed diplomatic immunity after her alleged involvement in the death of Harry Dunn has asked to be interviewed in the US under caution by Northamptonshire police officers, according to the force's chief constable. Officers will travel to the US at the earliest opportunity to interview Anne Sacoolas, who was allegedly driving a car on the wrong side of the road when it crashed into the 19-year-old motorcyclist outside RAF Croughton, in Northamptonshire, on 27 August. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson faces clash with soft Brexit Tories over WTO default Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:38 AM PDT Rory Stewart and other whipless Tories want more control over next phase of negotiations Boris Johnson faces a clash with soft Brexit MPs that could derail his Brexit bill, as Downing Street indicated it would not give way to demands to potentially extend the transition period beyond 2020 if this avoided a default to World Trade Organisation terms. Philip Hammond, among a series of moderate Conservatives and ex-Conservatives who have expressed concern at the bill's rapid parliamentary timetable, told the Times that the bill was "a camouflage to a no-deal Brexit at the end of 2020". Continue reading... |
| US mother charged with murdering daughter she said was terminally ill Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:23 AM PDT
A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl's "bucket list" of dreams to fulfil before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the seven-year-old's death, which was previously believed to be from a terminal disease. In a grand jury indictment revealed on Monday, Kelly Renee Turner, 41, also known as Kelly Gant, was charged with 13 criminal counts that included child abuse, theft and charitable fraud in the death of Olivia Gant in 2017. Continue reading... |
| UK to use £1bn meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:04 AM PDT Documents show government's plans to prioritise loans in support of major oil companies The UK is planning to invest in Argentina's controversial oil shale industry using a £1bn export finance deal intended to support green energy, according to government documents seen by the Guardian. UK Export Finance, the government's foreign credit agency, promised in 2017 to offer loans totalling £1bn to help UK companies export their expertise in "infrastructure, green energy and healthcare" to invest in Argentina's economy. Continue reading... |
| Victorian government owed up to $700m after fine system failures Posted: 22 Oct 2019 12:49 AM PDT Merging of Victoria's court fines system with the centralised fines system has led to a delay in payments Issues merging Victoria's court fines system with the centralised fines system has led to a delay in payments for more than 100,000 fines, adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars waiting to be paid to the Victorian government. Reports estimate the amount of outstanding fines sits as high as $700m, with 120,000 fines going unpaid. Continue reading... |
| University vice-chancellor stands aside over blackmail claims in Pakistan Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:29 AM PDT Javed Iqbal denies involvement in scandal over alleged use of CCTV footage to extort money from students in Balochistan The vice-chancellor of a university in the volatile region of Balochistan in Pakistan has temporarily stepped down from his role following the launch of an investigation into allegations of harassment and blackmail on campus. Javed Iqbal said on Sunday that he was leaving his post at the University of Balochistan until the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) concluded its inquiry into claims that CCTV footage of students was used by university officials to blackmail them. Most of the students allegedly affected were female. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:00 PM PDT Our two-year study shows the lake has been stable since the 1990s. Costly 'solutions' shift focus from the complex causes of the region's deadly crisis Lake Chad is a hydrological miracle – a life-giving, freshwater lake in the Sahara desert. But the region around the lake has been engulfed in a violent crisis for more than a decade, which has left nearly 10 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Military crackdowns on insurgent groups such as Boko Haram have failed to end the violence. Bringing durable peace to the region requires unpicking a Gordian knot of many interlinked factors: poverty, sectarian mistrust, political marginalisation and corruption. The risks posed by the climate crisis to the rainfall-dependent livelihoods of the people of Lake Chad are an important strand of this challenge. Continue reading... |
| 'Whistles, warnings, kaboom!': a day with a landmine clearance team | Jamie Fullerton Posted: 21 Oct 2019 10:01 PM PDT Aki Ra was a child soldier for Pol Pot, laying mines around Siem Reap. Now he is using his expertise to clear land in rural Cambodia and make it safe again The rusty tailfin of the mortar round can be seen poking through the roots and mud of a small dirt patch, next to a skull and crossbones sign. Aki Ra thinks the bomb could have been lying in rural Siem Reap, Cambodia, for 40 years. If it hadn't been found, it may have added another death to the approximately 20,000 people killed by explosives laid in the country from the late 1960s to the 1990s. Continue reading... |
| Lawyers challenge UK imports of 'slavery-tainted' Uzbek cotton Posted: 21 Oct 2019 03:18 AM PDT Rights team argues preferential tariffs promote goods produced by hundreds of thousands of unpaid labourers in Uzbekistan The government is facing legal action to try and stop the importation of cotton harvested with state-sponsored forced labour from Uzbekistan into the UK. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Global Legal Action Network (Glan), a team of human rights lawyers, are launching a judicial review of preferential tariffs applied to Uzbek cotton, arguing that it is promoting the importation of goods tainted with modern slavery. The country has faced sustained criticism over the mass enforced mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks to work as unpaid labourers during harvest and planting seasons. Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau's victory is a death knell for Canada's fledgling far-right Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:17 PM PDT Canada's 43rd election campaign capped a particularly bruising year for Trudeau, but in the end his right-leaning rivals fared worse Liberal supporters trickled into the party headquarters in downtown Montreal on Monday night, apparently worried that they were about to witness an electoral comeuppance for Justin Trudeau. Yet any jitters quickly turned to cheers as the party secured a minority government, thereby rescuing Trudeau's legacy – and probably tilting Canada's political landscape further to the left in the process. Continue reading... |
| Could Mitt Romney be Trump's nemesis in the Senate? Posted: 21 Oct 2019 07:31 AM PDT The 2012 presidential nominee has criticized the president over Syria and Ukraine – could he rally Republicans in the event of an impeachment trial? With most of his colleagues unable to choke out a syllable of opprobrium for Donald Trump, Republican senator Mitt Romney has stood out as a willing, if reserved, critic of the president. Related: Cracks appear in Republican effort to shield Trump as scandals mount – live Continue reading... |
| The enthronement of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito – in pictures Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:41 AM PDT Japan's new emperor ascends the Chrysanthemum throne in a ceremony marking the high point of several succession rituals that began in May Continue reading... |
| Auckland fire: thousands evacuated as huge blaze takes hold – video Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:20 AM PDT A fire burned in the heart of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, starting from the roof of the SkyCity centre, which is still under construction. Thousands of people were evacuated. Workers on the site were sent away immediately, but as the fire continued to rage, other areas – including New Zealand's tallest building, Sky Tower – were cleared. The New Zealand fire service asked residents to stay clear of the city centre and a spokesperson said it was 'a very, very difficult fire to extinguish' Continue reading... |
| Conservatives have put Trudeau on notice, says Andrew Scheer – video Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:35 AM PDT Canada's Conservative party leader, Andrew Scheer, said he had spoken to Justin Trudeau to congratulate him on winning the most seats. In his concession speech he added that the election result, in which the Liberals lost 20 seats, showed that the 'Conservatives have put Trudeau on notice'. Scheer said: 'Mr Trudeau, when your government falls, Conservatives will be ready and we will win'
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| Brexit process 'a waste of time and energy', says Jean-Claude Juncker – video Posted: 22 Oct 2019 01:22 AM PDT Jean-Claude Juncker has spoken in the European parliament as his five-year term as president of the European commission comes to an end. He said Brexit had been a waste of time and a waste of energy and that Brussels would be watching Westminster closely as it votes on a withdrawal agreement. Boris Johnson will make a final attempt on Tuesday to force his deal through by 31 October Continue reading... |
| Trudeau triumphs in Canadian election – in pictures Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:55 PM PDT Justin Trudeau has won a second term as Canada's prime minister, losing his majority but delivering unexpectedly strong results despite having been weakened by a series of scandals that tarnished his image as a liberal icon Continue reading... |
| Trudeau says voters chose 'progressive agenda' after Canadian election win – video Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:48 PM PDT Justin Trudeau has won a second term as prime minister of Canada and will lead a minority government as his Liberal party led in 146 out of 304 electoral districts. Addressing supporters, Trudeau said the country had voted in favour of a 'progressive agenda' and committed his government to fighting for all Canadians, not just those who voted for him. Early on Tuesday, barely a minute after Andrew Scheer started addressing supporters at Conservative HQ, Trudeau took to the stage in Montreal to deliver his victory speech, in a highly unconventional moment of political scheduling
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| Exposing one's selfies: Aucklanders answer call for city snapshots – in pictures Posted: 21 Oct 2019 10:15 PM PDT Curators have added 1,000 selfies to Auckland Museum's permanent photography collection after calling on the public to submit them. 'Our collection holds more than 3m photographs, dating back to the early days of photography, and a part of my role is to ensure our collection continues to reflect trends,' says its curator of pictorial, Shaun Higgins. 'The selfie is a present-day photographic phenomenon that can't be overlooked' • Insider's guide to Auckland: a multicultural melting pot by the sea Continue reading... |
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