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- Iran plane crash: Ukraine's president calls on US and allies to share evidence – live
- Killing Iran general delivered 'American justice', Trump tells rally
- Meghan returns to Canada as Queen calls for 'workable solution'
- Skype audio graded by workers in China with 'no security measures'
- Grass growing around Mount Everest as global heating intensifies
- Woman posed as boy to sexually assault up to 50 girls, say police
- India supreme court orders review of Kashmir internet shutdown
- Northern Ireland parties challenged to restore powersharing on Friday
- Australia bushfires: towns face anxious wait as strong winds drive fires
- 'Designed by clowns': internal Boeing messages raise serious questions about 737 Max
- John le Carré wins $100,000 prize for 'contribution to democracy'
- Is Kristen Stewart too good for big-budget blockbusters?
- Fresh attempt to sue Libya for supplying IRA with Semtex explosive
- Kentucky Republicans push restrictive voter ID law based on voter fraud myth
- Brazil helped the US and Iran towards peace. Dialogue is the only answer | Lula and Celso Amorim
- Hong Kong: nearly a third of adults report PTSD symptoms – study
- Blazes flare amid extreme conditions in Australia – as it happened
- Norway opens its doors to 600 people evacuated from Libya to Rwanda
- Britain must spearhead action against sexual violence or relinquish the reins
- New year health kicks are great – but your environment is also vital | Dr Robert Wright
- Catastrophic failure of Ukraine jet in Iran suggests missile strike
- China's Sars-like illness worries health experts
- Iran video appears to show missile striking Ukrainian plane – video
- Ukrainian jet believed to have been downed accidentally by Iranian missile – video report
- 'I want answers': Justin Trudeau says missile downed plane in Iran – video
- Pelosi: I'll send impeachment articles to Senate 'when I'm ready' – video
| Iran plane crash: Ukraine's president calls on US and allies to share evidence – live Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:57 AM PST Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss investigation with US secretary of state Mike Pompeo
The head of Iran's Civil Aviation body has told reporters that authorities examining the contents of the Flight 752's black box today at a laboratory at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. The will attempt to assess whether it is possible to reconstruct and analyse the information inside the country, according to Iran's IRNA news agency.
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has had panic attacks since tensions between the country and the US escalated, her husband has said. Richard Ratcliffe said the fallout from Donald Trump's assassination of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani was taking a toll on the mental health of his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Continue reading... |
| Killing Iran general delivered 'American justice', Trump tells rally Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:45 PM PST US president calls Qassem Suleimani a 'blood-thirsty terror' to cheers from crowd in first campaign rally of the year President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered "American justice". At the campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Trump spent a lengthy part of his stump speech defending his order to kill Suleimani and rejecting criticism from Democrats who say he overstepped his authority with the US military's drone strike against the commander of Iran's military al-Quds force at Baghdad airport a week ago. Continue reading... |
| Meghan returns to Canada as Queen calls for 'workable solution' Posted: 10 Jan 2020 01:33 AM PST Fallout continues over royal couple's decision to 'step back' from monarchy The Duchess of Sussex has returned to Canada as the Queen and other senior royals took decisive action and ordered their teams to find a "workable solution" to Prince Harry and Meghan's future roles. The couple had only recently arrived in the UK after spending an extended festive break in the Commonwealth country but she is now back with the couple's baby son, Archie, who remained behind, reportedly looked after by a nanny and friends of the duchess. Continue reading... |
| Skype audio graded by workers in China with 'no security measures' Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:50 AM PST Exclusive: former Microsoft contractor says he was emailed login after minimal vetting A Microsoft programme to transcribe and vet audio from Skype and Cortana, its voice assistant, ran for years with "no security measures", according to a former contractor who says he reviewed thousands of potentially sensitive recordings on his personal laptop from his home in Beijing over the two years he worked for the company. The recordings, both deliberate and accidentally invoked activations of the voice assistant, as well as some Skype phone calls, were simply accessed by Microsoft workers through a web app running in Google's Chrome browser, on their personal laptops, over the Chinese internet, according to the contractor. Continue reading... |
| Grass growing around Mount Everest as global heating intensifies Posted: 09 Jan 2020 04:01 PM PST Impact of increase in shrubs and grasses not yet known but scientists say it could increase flooding in the region Shrubs and grasses are springing up around Mount Everest and across the Himalayas, one of the most rapidly heating regions of the planet. Related: 1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows Continue reading... |
| Woman posed as boy to sexually assault up to 50 girls, say police Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Gemma Watts, 21, faces jail after pleading guilty to seven sexual assault and grooming charges A woman posed as a teenage boy to sexually assault up to 50 girls as young as 14 after grooming them online, police have revealed. Gemma Watts, 21, travelled the country by train to meet the youngsters, who believed they were in a relationship with a boy close to their own age. Continue reading... |
| India supreme court orders review of Kashmir internet shutdown Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:52 PM PST Judges say blackout infringes on freedom of speech and expression India's supreme court has ordered the government to review all restrictions in Indian-controlled Kashmir within a week, saying the indefinite suspension of people's rights amounted to an abuse of power. In a blow to the Hindu nationalist government of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, the country's highest court said the expression of opposition to state policy could not justify the crackdown. Continue reading... |
| Northern Ireland parties challenged to restore powersharing on Friday Posted: 09 Jan 2020 03:44 PM PST Sinn Féin and DUP consider proposals asking them to return to Stormont after three years of deadlock Northern Ireland's political parties have been challenged to return to Stormont and restore powersharing on Friday after a dramatic night of developments in political efforts to resurrect devolution. The UK and Irish governments jointly published a suggested deal late on Thursday and urged the five main parties to sign up and re-enter the region's institutions. Continue reading... |
| Australia bushfires: towns face anxious wait as strong winds drive fires Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Alpine areas of Victoria and NSW among those most under threat, while climate protesters take to the streets in major cities Thousands of climate protesters flooded the streets of Australian state capitals on Friday night as fire authorities warned of another dangerous night ahead in four states. Firefighters in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia continued to battle fires, with gusty winds expected to create hazardous firefighting conditions late into the night. Continue reading... |
| 'Designed by clowns': internal Boeing messages raise serious questions about 737 Max Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:53 PM PST Communications from April 2017 show employees saying plane 'designed by clowns who are supervised by monkeys' Boeing on Thursday released hundreds of internal messages that raise serious questions about its development of simulators and the 737 Max that was grounded in March after two fatal crashes, prompting outrage from US lawmakers. In an April 2017 exchange of instant messages, two employees expressed complaints about the Max following references to issues with the plane's flight management computer. "This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys," one unnamed employee wrote. Continue reading... |
| John le Carré wins $100,000 prize for 'contribution to democracy' Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:45 PM PST Spy author, who rarely accepts honours, says he will give the Olof Palme prize money to Médecins Sans Frontières John le Carré has been named the latest recipient of the $100,000 (£76,000) Olof Palme prize, an award given for an "outstanding achievement" in the spirit of the assassinated Swedish prime minister. Related: 'My ties to England have loosened': John le Carré on Britain, Boris and Brexit Continue reading... |
| Is Kristen Stewart too good for big-budget blockbusters? Posted: 09 Jan 2020 11:15 PM PST The Twilight lead turned arthouse mainstay is delving back into the mainstream yet again with $80m monster movie Underwater but it's another awkward fit There are two sorts of movie stars, and the demands of the market are such that the first type must occasionally pretend to be the second type. The first type is the critical darling, accomplished thespians who command crowds of screaming admirers at Cannes even though they may not be household names. They appear in glowingly reviewed indies and attract the attention of international auteurs, regularly landing on year-end best-of lists and awards lineups. They inspire rapturous reviews filled with flowery prose about nuance and subtlety, the exquisite artistry of the acting craft, et cetera. Related: Underwater review – Kristen Stewart's soggy, silly monster movie Continue reading... |
| Fresh attempt to sue Libya for supplying IRA with Semtex explosive Posted: 09 Jan 2020 07:36 AM PST Claims lodged in high court in Belfast on behalf of victims of bombings in Northern Ireland A fresh attempt to sue Libya for supplying the IRA with the plastic explosive Semtex during the Troubles is being launched by victims and the bereaved in Northern Ireland. Claims have been lodged with the high court in Belfast on Thursday on behalf of two men who are seeking compensation respectively for the 1993 Shankill Road bombing and a blast on the Falls Road, west Belfast, in 1988. Continue reading... |
| Kentucky Republicans push restrictive voter ID law based on voter fraud myth Posted: 10 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST New bureaucratic hurdle where voters must carry ID with a photo likely to affect minorities and students Last month, Kentucky elected Democratic governor Andy Beshear in a closely watch election – a landmark blue win in a mostly conservative state. One of the core promises of his campaign was to restore voting rights to 140,000 people with felony convictions, which he fulfilled immediately after taking office. Related: The biggest voting rights win in recent US history – and the Republicans trying to thwart it Continue reading... |
| Brazil helped the US and Iran towards peace. Dialogue is the only answer | Lula and Celso Amorim Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:30 AM PST As president and foreign minister, we always advocated peace. In war, all victories are pyrrhic ones The assassination of Qassem Suleimani by drone bombs, at the express request of the president of the United States, has thrown the Middle East – and the world – into the most serious global security crisis since the end of the cold war. By unilaterally ordering the execution of a senior Iranian military on Iraqi soil, Donald Trump violated international law and took a reckless and dangerous step in escalating conflict, with potential impact all over the planet. Related: Justin Trudeau calls for investigation into Iran plane crash as Canada mourns Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: nearly a third of adults report PTSD symptoms – study Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:49 PM PST Research also finds heavy use of social media to follow socio-political events appears to increase risk on mental health Nearly one in three adults in Hong Kong reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder during months of often violent social unrest in the city, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal on Friday. Related: Portraits of Hong Kong's masked protesters – in pictures Continue reading... |
| Blazes flare amid extreme conditions in Australia – as it happened Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:08 AM PST This blog is now closed. Our live coverage will continue tomorrow morning
We are wrapping up the live blog now, but we will be back at 7am AEDT for the latest on the fires. As of 9pm, this is what we know.
There's now what media (but not RFS) refer to as a megablaze in the Kosciuszko national park with three fires at emergency level in that area of southern NSW, just near the Victorian border. |
| Norway opens its doors to 600 people evacuated from Libya to Rwanda Posted: 09 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Refugees and asylum seekers who found respite in Rwanda camp after escaping conflict in Libya will be resettled in Norway Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libyan detention centres to a transit camp in Rwanda are to be resettled this year in Norway, according to Rwanda's foreign minister. Speaking at a news conference in Kigali on Wednesday, Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta said the African nation was currently hosting more than 300 refugees and asylum seekers at the Gashora transit centre south of Kigali, most of whom hail from Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea, according to CGTN Africa. Continue reading... |
| Britain must spearhead action against sexual violence or relinquish the reins Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:05 AM PST Only with senior government backing can the inertia gripping the global fight against sexual abuse in conflict be arrested Rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict are deliberate crimes against humanity, employed as a tactic of war and terrorism to systematically brutalise entire populations. They are entirely preventable, which is why I launched the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative (PSVI) in 2012 with UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie. From the start, we emphasised the crucial importance of addressing impunity. Without a realistic chance of justice being done, potential perpetrators of these crimes are unlikely to be deterred and the cycle of violence will continue. Continue reading... |
| New year health kicks are great – but your environment is also vital | Dr Robert Wright Posted: 09 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Understanding how environment impacts health will empower us to make the lifestyle changes that matter most, from what foods to buy to fragrances to avoid Exercising and eating better as part of our new year health kicks are great, but we should also think more deeply about the role the environment plays on our health. As a professor of environmental medicine, I believe this is an exciting new area of study that will play a big part in the future of personalized medicine. Consider this, every day we are bombarded with messages: genes that cause cancer, supplements that prevent Alzheimer's disease, diets that prevent asthma, chemicals that make us gain weight. But while headlines frequently proclaim "game changing" new findings, over the last 20 years in the US and Europe our health status as a population has seriously deteriorated. Rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and learning disorders continue to rise. Genetic variation may be part of the puzzle that explains why we get sick, but clearly there are missing pieces. Continue reading... |
| Catastrophic failure of Ukraine jet in Iran suggests missile strike Posted: 09 Jan 2020 12:42 PM PST Experts say debris fragments and sudden loss of fail-safe systems point to missile To civil aviation professionals, including pilots, engineers and former crash investigators, there was something immediately puzzling about the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet that fell burning out of the sky minutes after takeoff from Tehran. Conversation on forums, and in a risk assessment that was rapidly produced by the organisations OpsGroup, pointed to the sudden and catastrophic nature of the event, including the loss of both communications and tracking systems. Continue reading... |
| China's Sars-like illness worries health experts Posted: 09 Jan 2020 11:10 AM PST China's viral pneumonia outbreak may have jumped species barrier, raising fears of pandemic The finding that the outbreak of viral pneumonia in China that has struck 59 people may be caused by a coronavirus, the family of viruses behind Sars, which spread to 37 countries in 2003, causing global panic and killing more than 750 people, means that health authorities will be watching closely. China says the illness is not Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome), nor Mers (Middle East respiratory syndrome), both of which are caused by coronaviruses, and so far it appears milder than both. Unlike Sars, it does not appear to spread easily between humans and unlike Mers, which has a mortality rate of about 35%, nobody has died. Continue reading... |
| Iran video appears to show missile striking Ukrainian plane – video Posted: 09 Jan 2020 08:08 PM PST A new video has emerged which appears to show the moment a Ukrainian passenger jet was shot down in Iran. Originally obtained by the New York Times, the phone footage shows a tiny spec suddenly exploding. The light disappears before the sound of impact can be heard just over 20 seconds later. All 176 people on board were killed. The plane crashed hours after Iran targeted US military assets in neighbouring Iraq. The US and other western allies believe the passenger jet was accidentally shot down by an Iranian missile Continue reading... |
| Ukrainian jet believed to have been downed accidentally by Iranian missile – video report Posted: 09 Jan 2020 03:34 PM PST The Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday appeared to have been accidentally shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missiles, said Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, citing intelligence sources. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 went down in Iran minutes into its flight on Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people onboard. Continue reading... |
| 'I want answers': Justin Trudeau says missile downed plane in Iran – video Posted: 09 Jan 2020 12:39 PM PST The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has confirmed intelligence suggests a Ukrainian jet which crashed in Tehran on Wednesday was downed by an Iranian missile. Trudeau has demanded there be a thorough investigation into the incident which killed 176 people including around 30 Canadian citizens Continue reading... |
| Pelosi: I'll send impeachment articles to Senate 'when I'm ready' – video Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:11 AM PST Nancy Pelosi says she wants to understand the parameters of a Senate trial before sending the articles of impeachment, but adds she does not plan to hold on to them indefinitely. 'I'll send them over when I'm ready,' she says. 'And that'll probably be soon.' The Speaker says she is concerned that senators will not hold an impartial trial to determine whether Donald Trump should be removed from office Continue reading... |
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