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- Australian authorities plead for last-ditch evacuation, with terrible bushfire conditions ahead
- More than 200 members of Congress urge US supreme court to reconsider Roe v Wade
- Knit for a prince: Archie's Kiwi beanie takes world by storm
- ‘Bring me home’: Ayia Napa teenager asks Boris Johnson to help
- Rise of #MeTooBots: scientists develop AI to detect harassment in emails
- Jakarta floods: cloud seeding planes will try to break up heavy rain
- Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs
- Black people in California are stopped far more often by police, major study proves
- Climate crisis fuels year of record temperatures in UK, says Met Office
- 'We are sincerely sorry': Wrong anthem played for Moldova at ATP Cup
- 'Bring our people home': the bold new plan for an Indigenous-led district in Canada
- 'We are not safe': India's Muslims tell of wave of police brutality
- Bury fire: firefighters work through night to tackle scrapyard blaze
- Iran crisis: US embassy urges its citizens to leave Iraq immediately – live updates
- Trump bids to shore up evangelical support with visit to Miami megachurch
- NSW, Victoria fires: Australian bushfires cause tens of thousands to flee in mass evacuation – live
- The survivors – premature babies then and now
- Qassem Suleimani's death threatens to open grisly new chapter in Middle East
- Who is Qassem Suleimani? Iran farm boy who became more powerful than a president
- From feared neighbourhood to tourist draw: Medellin's Comuna 13 – in pictures
- Three women go to police over fire at German zoo – video
| Australian authorities plead for last-ditch evacuation, with terrible bushfire conditions ahead Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:03 AM PST Firefighters warn they may have to abandon homes, and even whole towns, as bushfire crisis threatens to overwhelm resources in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia Australian authorities have made a final plea for people to flee bushfire-affected areas in three states before the onset of extreme conditions so dangerous that firefighters may be unable to defend entire towns. On Friday, authorities in New South Wales urged people still in a 14,000 square kilometre area of the state's south coast, and in other high risk areas in the Snowy Valley, to leave overnight. Continue reading... |
| More than 200 members of Congress urge US supreme court to reconsider Roe v Wade Posted: 02 Jan 2020 03:09 PM PST Appeal in an amicus brief in a Louisiana case was signed by 205 Republicans and two Democrats More than two hundred members of Congress have urged the US supreme court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion nationwide. The appeal came in an amicus brief in a Louisiana case, and was signed by 205 Republicans and two Democrats, and calls on the high court to revisit the ruling, which affirmed that access to safe abortion is a constitutional right. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Knit for a prince: Archie's Kiwi beanie takes world by storm Posted: 02 Jan 2020 09:20 PM PST New Zealand community knitting group flooded with orders after picture of young royal wearing one of their woollen hats A community knitting enterprise in New Zealand has been catapulted into the spotlight after Prince Harry put one of their beanies on Archie. But the group has been so swamped with orders they have hit the brakes on accepting any more, lest their knitters feel the pressure and stop having "fun". To mark the new year the Sussexes posted a picture of Harry and Archie on holiday in Canada, both wearing beanies. "It was a complete surprise, and really exciting," says Becky Smith, the co-founder of Make Give Live, a social enterprise that donates one hat to charity for every one sold. Continue reading... |
| ‘Bring me home’: Ayia Napa teenager asks Boris Johnson to help Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:07 AM PST British girl convicted of lying about Cyprus gang-rape pleads with PM for action, not words A British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has pleaded with Boris Johnson to "bring me home". The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was raped by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in the town of Ayia Napa on 17 July. She has since alleged that Cypriot police forced her to sign a retraction, which led to her being convicted of public mischief at Famagusta district court in Paralimni. Continue reading... |
| Rise of #MeTooBots: scientists develop AI to detect harassment in emails Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST City firms experimenting with tech that flags harassment but critics question effectiveness Artificial intelligence programmers are developing bots that can identify digital bullying and sexual harassment. Known as "#MeTooBots" after the high-profile movement that arose after allegations against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, the bots can monitor and flag communications between colleagues and are being introduced by companies around the world. Continue reading... |
| Jakarta floods: cloud seeding planes will try to break up heavy rain Posted: 02 Jan 2020 08:10 PM PST Dozens dead in Indonesian capital and surrounds as role of global heating is acknowledged in 'extreme' event Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding to try and prevent further rainfall over the capital, Jakarta, and surrounding areas the death toll reached 43 on Friday amid flash floods and landslides. With more rain forecast, two small planes were readied to drop sodium chloride to break up potential rain clouds in the skies above the Sunda Strait with a bigger plane on standby, said Indonesia's technology agency. Continue reading... |
| Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs Posted: 02 Jan 2020 01:08 PM PST Boris Johnson's chief adviser touts for 'unusual' applicants outside of the Oxbridge set Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief adviser, has written a rambling blog calling for "weirdos and misfits with odd skills" to apply for new jobs within No 10. In a move way outside the usual recruitment procedures of Whitehall, the key architect of Johnson's election victory has outlined a set of "unusual" qualities he wishes to see in applicants in the blog post which runs to nearly 3,000 words. Continue reading... |
| Black people in California are stopped far more often by police, major study proves Posted: 02 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST Statistics, which come from largest-ever dataset compiled about US police stops, lend support to minority groups who have long complained about biased policing Black people in California were stopped by police officers much more frequently than other racial groups in 2018, and police were more likely to use force against them, new statistics from eight large law enforcement agencies in the state reveal. Twenty eight per cent of all persons stopped by Los Angeles police officers during the last six months of 2018 were black, while black people account for just 9% of the city's population, the data shows. In San Francisco, the black population has shrunk over several decades to just 5% of the city's total population, but 26% of all stops carried out by the SFPD from July through December of 2018 were of black people – marking the widest racial disparity in police stops of the eight reporting agencies. Continue reading... |
| Climate crisis fuels year of record temperatures in UK, says Met Office Posted: 02 Jan 2020 10:01 PM PST Global heating blamed as summer and winter records tumble in 2019 A series of high temperature records were broken in the UK in 2019 as a consequence of the climate crisis, the Met Office has said. The hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK was exceeded on 25 July in Cambridge, where the thermometer hit 38.7C (101F). The record for the hottest February day was also broken, with Kew Gardens in London recording 21.2C on the 26th. Continue reading... |
| 'We are sincerely sorry': Wrong anthem played for Moldova at ATP Cup Posted: 02 Jan 2020 08:27 PM PST
The ATP Cup got off to an awkward start, with the wrong national anthem played for Moldova before their opening tie with Belgium in Sydney. Organisers apologised to Moldova officials after the anthem for their eastern European neighbours Romania echoed out over Ken Rosewall Arena on Friday. "At the start of the Moldova vs Belgium match we mistakenly played the wrong national anthem," a statement read on ATP Cup's Twitter account. Continue reading... |
| 'Bring our people home': the bold new plan for an Indigenous-led district in Canada Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST The Senakw development aims to ease the city's chronic housing crisis – and to challenge the mindset that indigeneity and urbanity are incompatible The scrubby, vacant patch beneath the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver looks at first glance like a typical example of the type of derelict nook common to all cities: 11.7 acres of former railway lands, over which tens of thousands of people drive every day. This is not any old swath of underused space, however. It's one of Canada's smallest First Nations reserves, where dozens of Squamish families once lived. The village was destroyed by provincial authorities more than a century ago. Continue reading... |
| 'We are not safe': India's Muslims tell of wave of police brutality Posted: 02 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST Police in Uttar Pradesh state have embarked on 'reign of terror' against Muslims in wake of new citizenship law It was midnight at a police barracks in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and in a freezing windowless room about 150 Muslim men and boys sat huddled, bloodied and bruised. Some of the shivering prisoners had raw gashes across their hands and faces, others had broken limbs splayed out at awkward angles. The beatings from police came frequently, according to multiple corresponding accounts; to those who asked for water or closed their eyes in drowsiness or simply did nothing at all. Over and over, metal rods and bamboo canes hit soft human skin. Some had been stripped of their clothes. The youngest among them was just 12 years old, said witnesses. How hundreds of innocent Muslim residents of the city of Muzaffarnagar came to be rounded up on 20 December, before being tortured in police detention, is part of what Indian activist and academic Yogendra Yadav described as an unprecedented and ruthless "reign of terror" imposed upon the country's most populous state over the past two weeks. Continue reading... |
| Bury fire: firefighters work through night to tackle scrapyard blaze Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:25 AM PST Flames reach 33 metres high as witnesses report hearing explosions Firefighters worked through the night to tackle a 33-metre-high blaze in a scrapyard in Bury, Greater Manchester. On Friday morning residents were being urged to stay indoors as clouds of black smoke billowed over the town. Continue reading... |
| Iran crisis: US embassy urges its citizens to leave Iraq immediately – live updates Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:26 AM PST World reacts to news of US drone strike ordered by Donald Trump on Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad
Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is detained in Iran, warned the relationship between Iran and the US and UK was rapidly deteriorating. He told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "Things are getting much worse again between the US and Iran, but also between all of us and Iran."
Israeli's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has cut short a visit to Greece following the killing. The prime minister's office said he was returning to Israel early "to follow developments" but did not say when. Israel, which has fought an increasingly overt war against Iranian forces in neighbouring Syria, is preparing itself for a potential military retaliation from Tehran to the US attack. |
| Trump bids to shore up evangelical support with visit to Miami megachurch Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST Many evangelicals admire Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric – but undocumented Hispanics could also be in attendance on Friday Donald Trump will be praying with the religious right at his first campaign event of 2020 in Miami on Friday where his Evangelicals for Trump "coalition launch" will take place at a Hispanic megachurch in a clear attempt to shore up the support of one his most loyal voting blocs. Related: Authoritarian leaders thrive on fear. We need to help people feel safe | Michele Gelfand Continue reading... |
| NSW, Victoria fires: Australian bushfires cause tens of thousands to flee in mass evacuation – live Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:15 AM PST Victorian premier Daniel Andrews declares state of disaster for East Gippsland, urging people to flee bushfire zones, while Scott Morrison is abused by fire victims in Cobargo
We will leave our live coverage of the Australian bushfires there for today. Here is how things currently stand: Related: Australian authorities plead for last-ditch evacuation, with terrible bushfire conditions ahead
This is the full quote that Scott Morrison says is being taken out of context, helpfully put in context by Amy Remeikis. Scott Morrison says comments saying he said people would be inspired by the cricket were "taken out of context" . Questions of his leadership/other issues "are for others to Twitter about" pic.twitter.com/i9e4xH0N7t Continue reading... |
| The survivors – premature babies then and now Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Families tell how advances in healthcare and nutrition are helping to cut infant mortality rates Continue reading... |
| Qassem Suleimani's death threatens to open grisly new chapter in Middle East Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:26 AM PST Killing of powerful Iranian general will have far-reaching consequences for Trump In his long military career, Qassem Suleimani left the Middle East littered with corpses. Now he has finally joined them. His death has closed one gruesome chapter in the region's endless conflicts, only to open another, which could well prove even worse. No one can predict how this will turn out, perhaps least of all the two leading protagonists. Nothing about Donald Trump's actions in the Middle East until now suggests that Suleimani's assassination by drone outside Baghdad airport was part of a considered plan. Continue reading... |
| Who is Qassem Suleimani? Iran farm boy who became more powerful than a president Posted: 02 Jan 2020 09:32 PM PST Quds leader was extraordinarily successful in reshaping the region in wake of Iraq war and Syrian revolution US drone strikes in Baghdad on Friday morning have killed not just one of the most influential men in Iran but also in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, too. Qassem Suleimani had become well known among Iranians in past years and was sometimes discussed as a future president. Yet the leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds force was still a relatively obscure figure outside a region that he may have done more than anyone to reshape. Continue reading... |
| From feared neighbourhood to tourist draw: Medellin's Comuna 13 – in pictures Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Graffiti, cooking and breakdancing are some of the attractions bringing visitors to Medellin's once-feared district Continue reading... |
| Three women go to police over fire at German zoo – video Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:44 AM PST Three women have handed themselves in to police in Germany over a blaze at a zoo on New Year's Eve that killed dozens of animals. The women are being investigated for setting off flying lanterns, which are banned, and which may have been the cause of the fire at Krefeld zoo in North Rhine-Westphalia, which killed over 30 primates. Continue reading... |
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